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year of release | title / notes | |
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1800 series | ||
1800 (1976) | Robert Wilkins 1928-1935 Before The Reverence Vintage Country Blues ![]() - Rolling Stone - Part 1 - Jail House Blues - I Do Blues - That's No Way To Get Along - Alabama Blues - Long Train Blues - Falling Down Blues ![]() - Nashville Stonewall Blues - Police Sergeant Blues - Get Away Blues - I'll Go With Her Blues - Dirty Deal Blues - New Stock Yard Blues - Old Jim Canan's ![]() Robert Wilkins discography | |
1801 (1976) | Bumble Bee Slim 1931-1937 Everybody's Fishing ![]() - Everybody's Fishing - Chain Gang Bound - Baby So Long - Some Things Will Be Breaking My Way - Back In Jail Again - New Policy Dream Blues - New Big 80 Blues - Hard Rocks In My Bed ![]() - No More Biscuit Rolling Here - 12 O'Clock Southern Train - Just Yesterday - This Old Life I'm Living - Greasy Greens - You Got To Live And Let Live - Wet Clothes Blues - Dead And Gone Mother ![]() Bumble Bee Slim discography | |
1802 (1976) | Kokomo Arnold 1935-1938 Set Down Gal, Quit Your Low Down Ways ![]() - Tired Of Running From Door To Door (1938) - Kid Man Blues (1938) - The Twelves (1938) - Midnight Blues (1938) - Big Leg Mama (1935) - Your Ways And Actions (1938) - I'll Be Up Someday (1936) ![]() - Back On The Job (1937) - Set Down Gal (1937) - Southern Railroad Blues (1935) - Big Ship Blues (1937) - Busy Bootin' (1935) - Slop Jar Blues (1935) - Black Annie (1935) ![]()
notes by David Harrison
Kokomo Arnold discography | |
1803 (1978) | Arnett Nelson The Rhythm Kings 1936-1938 When The Music Sounds Good ![]() Washboard Rhythm Kings - Please Come Down To My House - Brown Skin Mama - Street-Walkin' Blues - Arlena Bumble Bee Slim - When The Music Sounds Good Tampa Red - Maybe It's Someone Elese You Love Leonard Scott - You Done Tore Your Playhouse Down - She's Got Something Good ![]() Arnett Nelson - Oh! Red Victoria Spivey - Any-Kind-A-Man - I Ain't Gonna Let You See My Santa Claus Casey Bill Weldon - Christmas Time Blues Washboard Sam - You Got To Take It Red Nelson - Don't Tear My Clothes No. 3 Lorraine Walton - Waiting Blues Washboard Sam - Down On The Old Village Store ![]() New Orleans clarinettist Nelson as accompanist | |
1804 (1977) | Bill Gaither 1935-1941 Leroy's Buddy ![]() - Pins And Needles - Bad Luck Child - Rocky Mountain Blues - Champ Joe Louis - Tired Of That Same Stuff All The Time - Do Like I Want To Do - A Short Cut To The Grave - Georgia Barrel House ![]() - Georgia Woman Stomp - Sunrise Blues - Won't You Tell Me Baby - Jungle Man Blues - Changing Blues - Triflin' Blues - Stony Lonesome Graveyard - Gravel In My Bread ![]() | |
1805 (1978) | Brownie McGhee & His Buddies 1945-1955 Let's Have A Ball ![]() - Let's Have A Ball - Jack Dupree - Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee - Stick McGhee - Dices Dices - Big Chief Ellis - Baby Let's Have Some Fun - Sonny Terry - Tell Me Pretty Baby - Ralph Willis - My Baby Likes To Shuffle - Alonzo Scales - Day Break - Brother Blues (Dupree) - All Night Long - Brownie McGhee ![]() - Baby Baby Blues - Stick McGhee - Doggin' Blues - Bobby Harris - Big Chief's Blues - Big Chief Ellis - She Is Gone - Big Chief Ellis - Featherweight Mama - Brother Blues (Dupree) - I'm Gonna Rock - Ralph Willis - Baby, You Say You Love Me - Bobby Harris - The Woman I Love - Brownie McGhee ![]() | |
1806 (1977) | Memphis Minnie 1936-1949 Hot Stuff ![]() - Good Morning - Hot Stuff - Keep On Sailing - Black Widow Stinger - Good Soppin' - I'm Not A Bad Gal - Mean Mistreater Blues - I'm So Glad - Fish Man Blues - Lean Meat Won't Fry - Three Times Seven Blues - Shout The Boogie - Sweet Man ![]() | |
1807 (1979) | Blind Boy Fuller 1935-1938 Shake That Shimmy ![]() - Baby I Don't Have To Worry - Looking For My Woman - Somebody's Been Playing With That Thing - Mama Let Me Lay It On You - Boots And Shoes # - Truckin' My Blues Away - no. 2 - My Best Gal Gonna Leave Me ![]() - Oh Zee Zaz Rag - Too Many Woman Blues - Oozin' You Off My Mind # - Shake That Shimmy # - Heart Ease Blues # - Georgia Ham Mama - Jivin' Woman Blues ![]() # with Floyd "Dipper Boy" Council, g Blind Boy Fuller discography | |
1808 | ![]() ![]() Magpie PY 1808 | |
1809 (1980) | Brownie McGhee Blues: B.M. Blues 1944-1959![]() - Me And My Dog - Heart In Sorrow - Brownie's Guitar Boogie - Evil But Kindhearted - My Bulldog Blues - She Loves So Easy - Big Legged Woman - I'm Gonna Move Across The River ![]() - Watch Out - Dissatisfied Woman - Rum Cola Papa [omitted from back sleeve track listing] - Pawnshop Blues - B. M. Blues - Gin Head Woman - Cheatin' & Lying - Need Some One To Love Me ![]() | |
1810 (1979) | Memphis Shakedown![]() Memphis Jug Band - Memphis Shakedown - Sun Brimmers Blues Little Buddy Doyle & - Bad In Mind Blues Memphis Jug Band - Bottle It Up And Go - Fourth Street Mess Around Little Buddy Doyle & - Three-Sixty-Nine Blues Memphis Jug Band - Lindberg Hop ![]() Memphis Jug Band - Insane Crazy Blues Jenny Pope - Mr. Postman Blues Kaiser Clifton - Fort Worth And Denver Blues - Cash Money Blues Little Buddy Doyle & - Sweet Man Blues Memphis Jug Band - Newport News Blues - K.C. Moan ![]() | |
1811 (1978) | Blind Boy Fuller: On Down Vol. 1![]() Bull City Red, Blind Boy Fuller - What's That Smells Like Fish? Blind Boy Fuller - Weeping Willow Sonny Terry, Bull City Red, Blind Boy Fuller - Worn Out Engine Blues Floyd Council, Bull City Red, Blind Boy Fuller - New Oh Red Sonny Terry, Blind Boy Fuller - Mean And No Good Woman Blind Boy Fuller - Corrine What Makes You Treat Me So? Sonny Terry, Bull City Red, Blind Boy Fuller - Get Your Ya Yas Out ![]() Blind Boy Fuller - Why Don't My Baby Write To Me? Blind Boy Fuller - Baby Quit Your Low Down Ways Blind Boy Fuller - Worried And Evil Man Blues Blind Boy Fuller - Mamie Blind Boy Fuller - If You See My Pigmeat Blind Boy Fuller - Put You Back In Jail Blind Boy Fuller - Where My Woman Usta Lay ![]()
notes by David Harrison notes by Bruce Bastin Blind Boy Fuller discography | |
1812 (1978/79) | Bull City Blues![]() Sonny Terry & Oh Red (Sonny Terry & George Washington) - Harmonica And Washboard Blues Little Boy Fuller (Richard Trice) - Lazy Bug Blues [Savoy 5535] Welly Trice (Willie Trice) - Come On In Here Mama # [Decca 7358] Bull City Red (George Washington) - Black Woman And Poison Blues The Devil's Daddy-In-Law (Floyd Council) - Lookin' For My Baby Rich Trice (Richard Trice) - Come On Baby # [Decca 7701] Blind Boy Fuller - Homesick And Lonesome ![]() The Devil's Daddy-In-Law (Floyd Council) - I Don't Want No Hungry Woman Little Boy Fuller (Richard Trice) - Shake Your Stuff [Savoy 5535] Welly Trice (Willie Trice) - Let Her Go God Bless Her # [Decca 7358] Bull City Red (George Washington) - I Won't Be Dogged Around Blind Boy Fuller - Passenger Train Woman Brownie McGhee - Dealing With The Devil Rich Trice (Richard Trice) - Trembling Bed Spring Blues # [Decca 7701] ![]() # rec. July 13, 1937 in New York City
notes (February 1972) by Bruce Bastin notes (February 1972) by Bruce Bastin Flyright Records discography | |
1813 (1978) |
Snooky Pryor![]() - Telephone Blues - Boogie - Raising Sand - Boogy Fool - I'm Getting Tired - Going Back On The Road - I Want You For Myself ![]() - Crosstown Blues - Crying Shame - Eighty Nine Ten - Someone To Love Me - Judgement Day - Uncle Sam Don't Take My Man - Boogie Twist ![]() reissue of his postwar 78 rpm JOB records; rec. 1948 - 1963; Snooky Pryor, voc., harmonica; Moody Jones, g or b; Leroy Foster, g; Sunnyland Slim, p; Eddie Taylor, g; Lazy Bill Lucas, p; Johnny Young, g; Floyd Jones, g; Homesick James, g: Little Joe Harris, Alfred Wallace, Earl Philips, dr notes (August 1969) notes (August 1969) Snooky Pryor discography | |
1814 (1979) | Cow Cow Davenport: Alabama Strut![]() - New Cow Cow Blues - Stealin' Blues - Cow Cow Blues - State Street Jive - Chimin' The Blues - Alabama Strut ![]() - Alabama Mistreater - Dirty Ground Hog Blues - Chimes Blues - Slow Drag - Mootch Piddle - We Gonna Rub It ![]() | |
1815 (1979) | Bessie Tucker & Ida Mae Mack: The Texas Moaners acc. by Mr. 49 ![]() Bessie Tucker - Fryin' Pan Skillet Blues - Fort Worth And Denver Blues Ida Mae Mack - When You Lose Your Daddy Bessie Tucker - My Man Has Quit Me Ida Mae Mack - Elm Street Blues - Mr. Forty-Nine Blues Bessie Tucker - Bessie's Moan ![]() Bessie Tucker - Black Name Moan Ida Mae Mack - Mr. Moore Blues - Wrong Doin' Daddy Bessie Tucker - The Dummy Ida Mae Mack - Good-Bye Rider Bessie Tucker - Got Cut All To Pieces - Penitentiary - Got Cut All To Pieces ![]() | |
1816 (1979) | Cecil Gant: Killer Diller Boogie![]() - Killer Diller Boogie - Little Baby, You're Running Wild - Fare Thee My Baby - I'll Remember You - I'm Losing You - Lost Baby Blues - Goodbye Baby - What's The Matter ![]() - Original Cecils Boogie - Sooner Or Later - Baby I'm Losing You - My Baby's Changed - I've Heard That Jive Before - Wake Up Cecil Wake Up - You Can't Do Me Right - It's All Over Darlin' ![]() | |
1817 (1979) | New York Rhythm 'n Blues![]() Flyright 4707 tracks: The Wheels - Let's Have A Ball Lee Roy Little - Your Evil Thoughts Bob Gaddy - Rip And Run Buster Brown - Good News Billy Hoke - I Don't Want No Other Woman Lee Roy Little - Hurry Baby Please Come Home Charles Walker - It Ain't Right ![]() Little Red Walter - Aw Shucks Baby June Bateman - Possum Belly Overalls Lee Roy Little - I'm A Good Man, But A Poor Man Denny Brown - Standing On The Corner Wilbert Harrison - Please Forgive Me Noble 'Thin Man' Watts - Flap Jack Billy Hoke - Cryin' And Wonderin'
Magpie PY 1817 tracks: notes by John J. Broven | |
1818 (1980) | New York City Blues![]() Johnny Acey - I Go Into Orbit Bob Gaddy - Paper Lady Sticks McGhee - Money Fever Louisiana Red - Tell Me Cousin Leroy - Will A Matchbox Hold My Clothes - Charles Walker Slop Tarheel Slim - Wild Cat Tamer ![]() Guitar Crusher - I've Got To Know Buster Brown - Broadway On Fire Cousin Leroy - Highway 41 Louisiana Red - Little Girl Take Your Time Bob Gaddy - Out Of My Name Larry Dale - Heed My Warning Sticks McGhee - Sleep In Job ![]() | |
4400 (The Piano Blues) series edited and produced by Francis Wilford Smith ![]() ![]() | ||
4401 (1977) | Paramount 1929-1930 'whip it to a jelly' (The Piano Blues Vol. 1) ![]() Charlie Spand - Moanin' The Blues - Mississippi Blues Blind Leroy Garnett - Chain 'Em Down - Louisiana Glide Little Brother - No Special Rider - Vicksburg Blues Wesley Wallace - Fanny Lee Blues - No. 29 ![]() Louise Johnson - By The Moon And Stars - All Night Long Blues Will Ezell - Pitchin' Boogie - Heifer Dust Charles Avery - Dearborn St. Breakdown James Wiggins - Forty-Four Blues Henry Brown - Henry Brown Blues Blind Blake / Spand - Hastings St. ![]()
foreword by Francis Smith Magpie PYCD 01 (1990) | |
4402 (1977) | Brunswick 1928-1930 'nothing but a worried mind' (The Piano Blues Vol. 2) ![]() Lucille Bogan - Alley Boogie - New Way Blues 'Speck' Pertum - Gamblers Blues - Weak Eyed Blues - Harvest Moon John Oscar - Whoopee Mama Blues Freddie Nicholson - You Gonna Miss Me Blues - Freddie's Got The Blues ![]() Eddie Miller - Freight Train Blues - Good Jelly Blues - School Day Blues Shorty George - Jones Law Blues Bob Call - 31 Blues Henry Brown - Stomp 'Em Down To The Bricks Mary Johnson - Dawn Of Day Blues Mozelle Alderson - Tight In Chicago ![]()
foreword by Francis Smith | |
4403 (1977) | Vocalion 1928-1930 'shake your wicked knees' (The Piano Blues Vol. 3) ![]() Cow Cow Davenport - Back In The Alley Bert M. Mays - Michigan River Blues Joe Dean - I'm So Glad I'm Twenty-One Years Old Today Lee Green - Memphis Fives Jim Clarke - Fat Fanny Stomp Cow Cow Davenport - Cow Cow Blues Romeo Nelson - Gettin' Dirty Just Shakin' That Thing Dan Stewart - New Orleans Blues ![]() Lil Johnson - House Rent Scuffle Montana Taylor - Detroit Rocks Tampa Red - Black Hearted Blues Pinetop Smith - Jump Steady Blues Joe Dean - Mexico Bound Blues Romeo Nelson - Head Rag Hop Cow Cow Davenport - Texas Shout Montana Taylor & The Jazoo Boys - Whoop And Holler Stomp ![]()
foreword by Francis Smith Magpie PYCD 03 | |
4404 (1977) | The Thomas Family 1925-1929 'give it to me good, Mr. Hersal' (The Piano Blues Vol. 4) ![]() Hociel Thomas - Worried Down With The Blues - Fish Tail Dance Sippie Wallace - Murder's Gonna Be My Crime George Thams - Fast Stuff Blues - Don't Kill Him In Here Moanin' Bernice Edwards - High Powered Mama - Born To Die - South Bound Blues ![]() Moanin' Bernice Edwards - Long Tall Mama - Mean Man Blues - Jack Of All Trades - Moaning Blues - Hard Hustling - Low Down Dirty Shame Hersal Thomas - Suitcase Blues - Hersal Blues ![]()
foreword by Francis Smith | |
4405 (1977) | Postscript 1927-1935 'hot box is on my mind' ( The Piano Blues Vol. 5) ![]() Little Brother Montgomery - Frisco Hi-Ball Turner Parrish - Trenches Roosevelt Sykes - 44 Blues Mozelle Alderson - Tight Whoopee Sammy Brown - Jockey Blues Speckled Red - Wilkins Street Stomp Jame Robinson - Humming Blues Rufus & Ben Quillian - Holy Roll ![]() Cow Cow Davenport - Atlanta Rag Pinetop & Lindberg - 4-11-44 Lonnie Clark - Down In Tennessee Skip James - If You Haven't Any Hay Charlie Spand - Soon This Morning No 2 Herve Duerson - Avenue Strut Stump Johnson - Bound To Be A Monkey Kingfish Bill Tomlin - Hot Box ![]()
foreword by Francis Smith | |
4406 (1978) | Walter Roland 1933-1935 'take your big legs off' (The Piano Blues Vol. 6) ![]() Jolly Jives - Piano Stomp - Jookit Jookit - Watcha Gonna Do - Hungry Man's Scuffle Walter Roland - Early This Morning - Back Door - Big Mama - Red Cross Blues ![]() Walter Roland - House Lady - Every Morning - Collector Man - Bad Dream Lucille Bogan - Changed Way - B.D. Woman's Blues - Down In Bougie Alley - Stew Meat Blues ![]()
foreword by Francis Smith | |
4407 (1978) | Leroy Carr 1930-1935 'don't cry when I'm gone' (The Piano Blues Vol. 7) ![]() Leroy Carr - Ain't It A Shame - Just A Rag - Alabama Women Blues - New How Long - Four Day Rider - Rocks In My Bed - Sloppy Drunk Blues - Going Back Home ![]() Leroy Carr - Big Four Blues Carr & Blackwell - Barrel House Woman No. 2 - Good Woman Blues - George Street - Make A Change - Don't Start No Stuff - Take A Walk - It's Too Short ![]()
foreword by Francis Smith = Magpie PYCD 07 Leroy Carr discography | |
4408 (1978) | Texas Seaport 1934-1937 'stomp the grinder down' (The Piano Blues Vol. 8) ![]() Rob Cooper - West Dallas Drag - West Dallas Drag No. 2 Andy Boy - Too Late - Evil Blues - House Raid - Yellow Gal - Church Street - Lonesome ![]() Joe Pullum - Careful Drivin' Mama - Blues With Class - Cows, See That Train - Rack It Back - Mississippi Flood - McKinney Street Stomp Walter Washington - West Dallas Woman - Ice Pick Mama ![]()
foreword by Francis Smith | |
4409 (1979) | Lofton / Noble 1935-1936 'what's the use of getting sober' (The Piano Blues Vol. 9) ![]() Cripple Clarence Lofton - Brown Skin Girls - Tore Your Playhouse Down - Monkey Man - Strut That Thing Red Nelson / Lofton - Crying Mother - Soldiers Get Their Bonus - Sweetest Thing Born - Streamline Train ![]() George Noble - If You Lose Your Gal - T.B. Blues - On My Death-Bed - Sissy Man - New Milk Cow - Bed Springs - Dozing - Seminole ![]()
foreword by Francis Smith Cripple Clarence Lofton discography | |
4410 (1979) | Territory Blues 1934-1941 'that's where I was born' (The Piano Blues Vol. 10) ![]() Mississippi Jook Band - Hittin' The Bottle Stomp - Barbecue Bust - Sloppy Whippy - Dangerous Woman Big Boy Knox - Texas Blues - Poor Man Curtis Henry - G-Man Blues - County Jail ![]() Peanut The Kidnapper - Silver Spade - Eight Avenue Blues Jazzbo Tommy - Blaze Face Cow Frank Tannehill - Rolling Stone Rhinehart & Stubblefield - T.P.N. Moaner Blind Mack - Keep Your Woman Home: Dusky Dailey - Flying Crow Alfoncy Harris - South Land Blues ![]()
foreword by Francis Smith | |
4411 (1979) | Texas Santa Fe 1934-1937 'there's a train leavin' Houston' (The Piano Blues Vol. 11) ![]() Son Becky - Midnight Trouble Blues Black Boy Shine - Dog House Blues Black Ivory King - Working For The PWA Pinetop Burks - Fannie Mae Blues Alfoncy Harris - Absent Freight Train Blues Pinetop Burks - Aggravatin' Mama Blues Sony Becky - Sweet Woman Blues Bernice Edwards, Black Boy Shine & Howling Smith - Hot Mattress Stomp ![]() Pinetop Burks - Mountain Jack Blues Black Boy Shine - Brown House Blues Bernice Edwards - Butcher Shop Blue Pinetop Burks - Jack Of All Trades Blues Black Ivory King - Gingham Dress Son Becky - Cryin' Shame Blues Black Boy Shine - Sail On Little Girl No. 3 Pinetop Burks - Sun Down Blues ![]()
foreword by Francis Smith | |
4412 (1979) | Big Four 1933-1941 'will satisfy your mind' (The Piano Blues Vol. 12) ![]() Little Brother - Farrish Street Jive - Vicksburg Blues - part 3 - Shreveport Farewell - Louisiana Blues - part 2 Walter Davis - Big Jack Engine - I Can Tell - Sweet Sixteen - Frisco Blues ![]() Roosevelt Sykes - Big Legs Ida - Low As A Toad - Let Me Hang My Stocking Stingback James - Bad Luck Ever Change? - New Red Cross - Snake Hip Blues - See For Yourself - Poor Coal Loader ![]()
foreword by Francis Smith | |
4413 (1980) | Central Highway 1933-1941 'pull up your dress, babe' (The Piano Blues Vol. 13) ![]() Georgia White - The Blues Ain't Nothin' - Territory Blues Lee Green - The Way I Feel Monkey Joe - New York Central Peetie Wheatstraw - Shack Bully Stomp Stump Johnson - Don't Give My Lard Away Eddie Morgan - Rock House Blues Pine Top - Every Day I Have The Blues ![]() Pine Top - Tell Her About Me Dot Rice - Texas Stomp Honey Hill - Boogie Woogie Tampa Red - Stormy Sea Eddie Miller - Whoopie Memphis Minnie - Joe Louis Strut "Freddie" Shayne - Lonesome Man Pigmeat Terry - Black Sheep ![]()
foreword by Francis Smith | |
4414 (1980) | The Accompanist 1933-1941 'play it for me' (The Piano Blues Vol. 14) ![]() Bumblebee Slim - New Bricks In My Pillow - New Orleans Stop Time - Any Time A Night - Rough Treatment - When Somebody Loses Johnson & Trowbridge - Steady Grindin' Lil Johnson - I Lost My Baby - Keep On Knocking ![]() Carl Rafferty - Dresser With The Drawers Bill Gaither - Georgia Woman Stomp Charlie McFadden - Times Are So Tight Johnny Temple - What Is That She Got Mary Johnson - Deceitful Woman Blind Squire Turner - Pitty Pat Trowbridge - Bad Luck Blues Kansas City Kitty - Christmas Mornin' ![]()
foreword by Francis Smith | |
4415 (1980) | Dallas 1927-1929 'Elm Street's paved in brass' (The Piano Blues Vol. 15) ![]() Texas Bill Day & Billiken Johnson - Elm Street Blues Whistlin' Alex Moore - Heart Wrecked Blues Johnson & Roberts - Frisco Blues Texas Bill Day - Goin' Back To My Baby Hattie Hudson - Doggone My Good Luck Soul Johnson & Adams - Sun Beam Blues Whistlin' Alex Moore - Blue Bloomer Blues Texas Bill Day - Good Mornin' Blues ![]() Whistlin' Alex Moore - They May Not Be My Toes Texas Bill Day & Billiken Johnson - Billiken's Weary Blues Johnson & Roberts - Wild Jack Blues Whistlin' Alex Moore - West Texas Woman Bobbie Cadillac - Carbolic Acid Blues Texas Bill Day - Burn The Trestle Down Johnson & Adams - Interurban Blues Whistlin' Alex Moore - Ice Pick Blues ![]()
foreword by Francis Smith (=) Magpie PYCD 15 (UK 1992) | |
4416 (1981) | Charlie Spand 1929-1931 'soon this morning' (The Piano Blues Vol. 16) ![]() - Soon This Morning - Thirsty Woman - Got To Have My Sweetbread - Evil Woman Spell - Good Gal - Got Good Stuff - Room Rent Blues - Ain't Gonna Stand For That ![]() - Back To The Woods - Dreamin' The Blues - Georgia Mule - Big Fat Mama - Mistreatment Blues - Levee Camp Man - Fetch Your Water - Hard Times Blues ![]()
foreword by Francis Smith Charlie Spand discography | |
4417 (1982) | Paramount Vol. 2 1927-1932 'raised in the alley' (The Piano Blues Vol. 17) ![]() Jabo Williams - Pratt City Blues Henry Brown - Eastern Chimes Blues Freddie Brown - Raised In The Alley Blues Skip James - 22-20 Blues Raymond Barrow - Walking Blues Charley Taylor - Heavy Suitcase Blues Barrel House Welch - Dying Pickpocket Blues Louise Johnson - Long Way From Home ![]() Louise Johnson - On The Wall Charley Taylor - Louisiana Bound Barrel House Welch - Larceny Woman Blues Meade Lux Lewis - Honky Tonk Train Blues Will Ezell - Playing The Dozen Freddie Brown - Whip It To A Jelly Henry Brown - Deep Morgan Blues Jabo Williams - Jabo Blues ![]()
foreword by Francis Smith | |
4418 (1983) | Roosevelt Sykes / Lee Green 1929-1930 'the way I feel' (The Piano Blues Vol. 18) ![]() Roosevelt Sykes - Roosevelt's Blues - Ten And Four Blues - Henry Ford Blues - Poor Boy Blues - All My Money Gone - Home Of Your Own - Lost All I Had - The Way I Feel ![]() Lee Green - Railroad Blues - Number 44 Blues - If I Get Drunk - Dud-Low Joe - All My Money Gone - Death Bell Blues - The Way I Feel - Maltese Cat Blues ![]()
foreword by Francis Smith Roosevelt Sykes discography | |
4419 (1984) | Barrelhouse Women 1925-1933 'play it for your mama' (The Piano Blues Vol. 19) ![]() Davenport & Smith - State Street Jive Doretha Trowbridge - Slavin' Mama Blues Margaret Thornton - Texas Bound Blues Elzadie Robinson - St. Louis Cyclone - The Santa Claus Crave Mary Johnson - Mean Black Man Blues - Black Men Blues - Morning Sun Blues ![]() Lucille Bogan - Coffee Grindin' Blues Margaret Whitmire - That Thing Ida May Mack - Good-bye Rider Lillian Miller - Kitchen Blues Alderson & Beck - State Street Special Evelyn Brickey - Down In The Valley Blues Elizabeth Washington - Riot Call Blues Lil Johnson - Never Miss Your Jelly ![]()
foreword by Francis Smith | |
4420 (1984) | Barrelhouse Years 1928-1933 'some piano player, I'll tell you that' (The Piano Blues Vol. 20) ![]() Pine Top Smith - Pine Top's Boogie Woogie (-B) - Pine Top Blues (-B) Pinetop & Lindberg - Down On The Levee - Louisiana Bound - East Chicago Blues Speckled Red - The Right String - The Dirty Dozen - no. 2 'Boodle It' Wiggins - Evil Woman Blues ![]() Turner Parrish - Fives Lonnie Clark - Broke Down Engine Davenport - Slum Gullion Stomp 'Montana' Taylor - Indiana Avenue Stomp 'Jabo' Williams - Fat Mama Blues Henry Brown - Blind Boy Blues Bert M. Mays - You Can't Come In Davenport & Smith - Alabama Strut ![]() mastered by John R. T. Davies | |
4421 (1984) | Unissued Boogie 1938-1945 'jump for joy' (The Piano Blues Vol. 21) ![]() Meade Lux Lewis - Honky Tonk Train Blues Albert Ammons - Pine Top's Boogie Woogie Meade Lux Lewis - Yancey Special Joe Turner & Pete Johnson - Low Down Dog Albert Ammons - Boogie Woogie Stomp Albert Ammons & Meade Lux Lewis - Jumpin' Blues ![]() Meade Lux Lewis - Honky Tonk Train Blues Albert Ammons & Meade Lux Lewis Double Up Blues Joe Turner & Meade Lux Lewis - Roll 'em Meade Lux Lewis - Boogie Woogie Joe Turner & Meade Lux Lewis - Low Down Dog Albert Ammons - Suitcase Blues ![]() mastered by Ron Geesin | |
4451 (1987) | Little Brother Montgomery: These Are What I Like Unissued Recordings Vol. 1 ![]() - Mr. Freddie Blues - Railroad Blues - Old Louisiana Blues - Trembling Blues - I Ain't No Bulldog - Trumpets Farm Blues - Farish Street Jive ![]() - Pinetop's Boogie - The Fives - No Special Rider Blues - Cow Cow Blues - Four O'Clock Blues - Up The Country - Suitcase Blues ![]() rec. June 26/27 and August 26/27, 1960 in Sussex, England by Francis Wilford Smith mastered by John R. T. Davies photography by Mrs. Janet Montgomery
foreword by Francis Wilford Smith
Little Brother Montgomery discography | |
4452 (1989) | Little Brother Montgomery: Those I Liked I Learned Unissued Recordings Vol. 2 ![]() - Wang Wang Blues - Prescription For The Blues - Caldonia No. 1 and No. 2 - Kansas City Kitty - Careless Love - Ain't Nobody's Business - You Shall ![]() - Do Right Mama - Black Snake Blues - Golf Coast Blues - Lonesome Mama Blues - The Cooter Crawl - Hesitation Blues - Lonesome Road Blues - Trouble In Mind ![]() rec. 1960 by Francis Wilford Smith mastered by John R. T. Davies photography by Mrs. Janet Montgomery
foreword by Francis Wilford Smith
Little Brother Montgomery discography | |
CD series | ||
01 (1990) | Paramount Vol. 1 1928-1932 The Piano Blues series ![]() Charlie Spand - Moanin' The Blues Blind Leroy Garnett - Chain 'Em Down Little Brother - No Special Rider Wesley Wallace - Fanny Lee Blues Louise Johnson - By The Moon And Stars Will Ezell - Pitchin' Boogie Blind Leroy Garnett - Louisiana Glide Blind Blake / Charlie Spand - Hastings St. Skip James - If You Haven't Any Hay 'Jabo' Williams - Fat Mama Blues 'Boodle It' Wiggins - Evil Woman Blues Lonnie Clark - Down In Tennessee Charles Avery - Dearborn St. Breakdown Charlie Spand - Mississippi Blues Will Ezell - Heifer Dust Little Brother - Vicksburg Blues Wesley Wallace - No. 29 James Wiggins - Forty-Four Blues Henry Brown - Henry Brown Blues Louise Johnson - All Night Long Blues ![]() Magpie PY 4401 plus four tracks from Magpie PY 4420 | |
03 (1990) | Vocalion 1928-1930 The Piano Blues series ![]() - Back In The Alley - Cow Cow Davenport - Michigan River Blues - Bert M. Mays - I'm So Glad I'm 21 Years Old Today - Joe Dean - Memphis Fives - Lee Green - Fat Fanny Stomp - Jim Clarke - Cow Cow Blues - Cow Cow Davenport - Gettin' Dirty Just Shakin' That Thing - Romeo Nelson - New Orleans Blues - Dan Stewart - Pine Top's Boogie Woogie - Pine Top Smith - You Can't Come In - Bert M. Mays - Indiana Avenue Stomp - Montana Taylor - Slum Gullion Stomp - Cow Cow Davenport - Pine Top Blues - Pine Top Smith - Detroit Rocks - Montana Taylor - Black Hearted Blues - Tampa Red - Jump Steady Blues - Pine Top Smith - Mexico Bound Blues - Joe Dean - Head Rag Hop - Romeo Nelson - Texas Shout - Cow Cow Davenport - Whoop And Holler Stomp - Montana Taylor & The Jazoo Boys ![]() Magpie PY 4403 | |
04 | ![]() ![]() Magpie PYCD 04 | |
05 (199?) | Paramount Vol. 2 1927-1932 The Piano Blues series ![]() Jabo Williams - Pratt City Blues Henry Brown - Eastern Chimes Blues Freddie Brown - Raised In The Alley Blues Skip James - 22-20 Blues Raymond Barrow - Walking Blues Charley Taylor - Heavy Suitcase Blues Barrel House Welch - Dying Pickpocket Blues Louise Johnson - Long Way From Home Louise Johnson - On The Wall Charley Taylor - Louisiana Bound Barrel House Welch - Larceny Woman Blues Meade Lux Lewis - Honky Tonk Train Blues Will Ezell - Playing The Dozen Freddie Brown - Whip It To A Jelly Henry Brown - Deep Morgan Blues Jabo Williams - Jabo Blues + 4 add'l tracks ![]() Magpie PY 4417 plus four tracks from Magpie PY 44?? | |
07 (1992) | Leroy Carr 1930-1935 The Piano Blues series ![]() - Barrel House Woman No- 2 - Good Woman Blues - Ain't It A Shame - George Street Blues - Just A Rag - Alabama Woman Blues - I Believe I'll Make A Change - Don't Start No Stuff - You Left Me Crying - Suicide Blues - How Long Has That Evening Train Been Gone - Eleven Twenty-Nine Blues - Take A Walk Around The Corner - New How Long How Long Blues - part 2 - Four Day Rider - Rocks In My Bed - Sloppy Drunk Blues - Going Back Home - Big Four Blues - It's Too Short ![]() Magpie PY 4407
notes by Bob Hall and Richard Noblett Leroy Carr discography | |
15 (1992) | Dallas 1927-1929 The Piano Blues series ![]() Texas Bill Day & Billiken Johnson - Elm Street Blues Whistlin' Alex Moore - Heart Wrecked Blues Johnson & Roberts - Frisco Blues Texas Bill Day - Goin' Back To My Baby Hattie Hudson - Doggone My Good Luck Soul Johnson & Adams - Sun Beam Blues Whistlin' Alex Moore - Blue Bloomer Blues Bessie Tucker - Penitentiary [Magpie 1815] Bessie Tucker - The Dummy [Magpie 1815] Texas Bill Day - Good Mornin' Blues Whistlin' Alex Moore - They May Not Be My Toes Ida Mae Mack - When You Lose Your Daddy [Magpie 1815] Ida Mae Mack - Elm Street Blues [Magpie 1815] Texas Bill Day & Billiken Johnson - Billiken's Weary Blues Johnson & Roberts - Wild Jack Blues Whistlin' Alex Moore - West Texas Woman Bobbie Cadillac - Carbolic Acid Blues Texas Bill Day - Burn The Trestle Down Johnson & Adams - Interurban Blues Whistlin' Alex Moore - Ice Pick Blues ![]() | |
17 (1992) | Leroy Carr Vol. 2 1929-1935 The Piano Blues series ![]() - Straight Alki Blues - part 1 - Straight Alki Blues - part 2 - Gettin' All Wet - Papa's On The House Top - Carried Water For The Elephant - Low Down Dog Blues - Papa's Got Your Water On - Gone Mother Blues - Midnight Hour Blues - Blues Before Sunrise - Court Room Blues - Mean Mistreater Mama - Blue Night Blues - Barrel House Woman - Florida Bound Blues - Tight Time Blues - Bread Baker - When The Sun Goes Down ![]()
notes by Bob Hall and Richard Noblett Leroy Carr discography | |
21 (1994) | Boogie Woogie Boys 1938 - 1944![]() Meade Lux Lewis - Honky Tonk Train Blues Albert Ammons - Pine Top's Boogie Woogie Meade Lux Lewis - Yancey Special Pete Johnson - Low Down Dog Albert Ammons - Boogie-Woogie Stomp Albert Ammons, Pete Johnson & Meade Lux Lewis - Jumpin' Blues Albert Ammons & Meade Lux Lewis - Double-Up Blues Albert Ammons & Pete Johnson - Boogie Woogie Man (tk 1) - Boogie Woogie Man (tk 2) - Barrel House Boogie - Cuttin' The Boogie - Foot Pedal Boogie - Walkin' The Boogie - Sixth Avenue Express - Pine Creek - Movin' The Boogie - Boogie Woogie Prayer - Foot Pedal Boogie - Jumpin' The Boogie - Cuttin' The Boogie - St.Louis Blues - Lady Be Good - The Sheik Of Araby - Pistol Packin' Mama - Rumboogie - Boogie Woogie Man ![]() | |
22 (199?) | Piano Boogie Woogie & The Blues 1943 - 1946![]() Gene Rodgers - G.R. Boogie Deryck Sampson - Blues Boogie Beverly White - If Things Don't Get Better Deryck Sampson - Boogie Express Billie Hayes - You Ain't Had No Blues Deryck Sampson - Boogie In "C" Jack Dupree - I'm A Doctor For Women Deryck Sampson - Hen House Boogie Gene Rodgers - G.R. Blues Gene Rodgers - Rhapsody Boogie Jack Dupree - Lover's Lane Deryck Sampson - Basin Street Boogie Deryck Sampson - Kansas City Boogie Woogie Beverly White - Don't Stop Now Deryck Sampson - Canal Street Boogie Woogie Deryck Sampson - Boogie Serenade Gene Rodgers - G.R. Blues (alt tk) Bille Hayes - Man Shortage Blues Deryck Sampson - Table Top Boogie Deryck Sampson - Hen House Boogie Jack Dupree - She Makes Good Jelly Gene Rodgers - G.R. Boogie (alt tk) ![]() | |
53 (1992) | Champion Jack Dupree: New Orleans Barrelhouse Piano Blues 1960 ![]() - Gravier Street Blues - Workhouse Blues - Louise Blues - Doctor Special - My Cabin Inn - Slippin' In After Midnight - By My Mother's Bedside - Mean Old Frisco - Daybreak Blues - Nagging Woman Blues - London Special - Ici Mo-Mo - Come Back Baby - Tee-Na-Na - Sometimes I Feel Troubled - Number Nine Blues - Wig-Headed Woman - Pearl Harbour Blues - Low Down Dog ![]()
booklet by Bob Hall Champion Jack Dupree discography | |
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Thanks to Alan Balfour, Rob van den Handel, Marc Claes, Fernando Goin and David J Costa for additional information / scans
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