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Wirz' AMERICAN MUSIC

T O M M Y   M c C L E N N A N; source: Tommy McClennan
b. January 4, 1905 [April 8, 1908]1) in Durant, Mississippi
d. May 9, 1961 at Cook County Hospital in Chicago, Illinois
buried at Mount Greenwood Cemetery in Worth, Illinois
discography
 

#year
of release
title / label / notes

10 inch 78 rpm
Since this ain't no museum, my aim is not to depict actually existing specimen of 78 rpm records,
but to show the labels as pristine as workmanlike possible

even if this - in some cases - takes a whole lot of my time to photoshop process the initial data
11939Tommy McClennan

- You Can Mistreat Me Here (044239-1)   @ Spotify
- New "Shake 'Em On Down" (044240-1)   @ Spotify

rec. November 22, 1939 in Chicago, IL; Tommy McClennan, voc, g


Bluebird B8347

= Montgomery Ward M8786

21939Tommy McClennan

- Whiskey Head Woman (044242-1)   @ Spotify
- Bottle It Up And Go (044241-1)   @ Spotify

rec. November 22, 1939 in Chicago, IL; Tommy McClennan, voc, g


Bluebird B8373


= Montgomery Ward M8787

31939Tommy McClennan

- Baby, Don't You Want To Go? (044245-1)   @ Spotify
- Cotton Patch Blues (044244-1)   @ Spotify

rec. November 22, 1939 in Chicago, IL; Tommy McClennan, voc, g; unknown sb


Bluebird B8408

= Montgomery Ward M8788

41939Tommy McClennan

- Brown Skin Girl (044243-1)   @ Spotify
- Baby, Please Don't Tell On Me (044246-1)   @ Spotify

rec. November 22, 1939 in Chicago, IL; Tommy McClennan, voc, g


Bluebird B8444

= Montgomery Ward M8789

51940Tommy McClennan

- New Highway No. 51 (044986-1) #   @ Spotify
- I'm Goin', Don't You Know (044985-1)   @ Spotify

rec. May 10, 1940 in Chicago, IL; Tommy McClennan, voc, g; unknown, sb


Bluebird B8499

= Montgomery Ward M8920

# Victor 20-2931

61940Tommy McClennan

- My Baby's Doggin' Me (044991-1)   @ Spotify
- She's A Good Looking Mama (044992-1)   @ Spotify

rec. May 10, 1940 in Chicago, IL; Tommy McClennan, voc, g; unknown, sb


Bluebird B8545

= Montgomery Ward M8921

71940Tommy McClennan

- She's Just Good Huggin' Size (044987-1)   @ Spotify
- My Little Girl (044988-1)   @ Spotify

rec. May 10, 1940 in Chicago, IL; Tommy McClennan, voc, g; unknown sb


Bluebird B8605

= Montgomery Ward M8922

81940Tommy McClennan

- My Baby's Gone (044989-1)   @ Spotify
- It's Hard To Be Lonesome (044990-1)   @ Spotify

rec. May 10, 1940 in Chicago, IL; Tommy McClennan, voc, g; unknown sb


Bluebird B8669

= Montgomery Ward M8923

91940Tommy McClennan

- Katy Mae Blues (053739-1)   @ Spotify
- Love With A Feeling (053740-1)   @ Spotify

rec. December 12, 1940 in Chicago, IL; Tommy McClennan, voc, g


Bluebird B8689

101940Tommy McClennan

- Whiskey Head Man (053736-1)   @ Spotify
- New Sugar Mama (053737-1)   @ Spotify

rec. December 12, 1940 in Chicago, IL; Tommy McClennan, voc, g


Bluebird B8760

111940Tommy McClennan

- Black Minnie (053742-1)   @ Spotify
- Drop Down Mama (053741-1)   @ Spotify

rec. December 12, 1940 in Chicago, IL; Tommy McClennan, voc, g


Bluebird B8704

121940Tommy McClennan

- Elsie Blues (053743-1)   @ Spotify
- Down To Skin And Bones (053738-1)   @ Spotify

rec. December 12, 1940 in Chicago, IL; Tommy McClennan, voc, g


Bluebird B8725

131941Tommy McClennan

- Classy Mae Blues (064886-1)   @ Spotify
- Des'e My Blues (064884-1)   @ Spotify

rec. September 15, 1941 in Chicago, IL; Tommy McClennan, voc, g; Joe McCoy, imb


Bluebird B8853

141941Tommy McClennan

- Cross Cut Saw Blues (064885-1)   @ Spotify
- You Can't Read My Mind (064887-1)   @ Spotify

rec. September 15, 1941 in Chicago, IL; Tommy McClennan, voc, g; Joe McCoy, imb


Bluebird B8897

   

- Cross Cut Saw Blues (064885-2)   @ Spotify

rec. September 15, 1941 in Chicago, IL; Tommy McClennan, voc, g; Joe McCoy, imb

Bluebird unissued

151941Tommy McClennan

- Travelin' Highway Man (064888-1) #   @ Spotify
- I'm A Guitar King (064890-1)   @ Spotify

rec. September 15, 1941 in Chicago, IL; Tommy McClennan, voc, g; Joe McCoy, imb


Bluebird B8957

# Victor 20-2931

164/1942Robert Petway

- Boogie Woogie Woman (074111-1) *   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Hollow Log Blues (0074112-1)   @ youtube

rec. February 20, 1942 in Chicago, IL; Robert Petway, voc, g; Alfred Elkins, imb; * poss. Tommy McClennan, voc, sp


Bluebird B8987 (US 4/1942)

Robert Petway discography

171942Tommy McClennan

- Deep Blue Sea Blues 064889-1)   @ Spotify
- It's A Cryin' Pity (064891-1)   @ Spotify

rec. September 15, 1941 in Chicago, IL; Tommy McClennan, voc, g; unknown sb


Bluebird B9005

181942Tommy McClennan

- Mozelle Blues (074100-1)   @ Spotify
- Mr. So And So Blues (074102-1)   @ Spotify

rec. February 20, 1942 in Chicago, IL; Tommy McClennan, voc, g; Ransom Knowling, sb


Bluebird B9015

191942Tommy McClennan

- Blues Trip Me This Morning (074101-1)   @ Spotify
- Bluebird Blues (074107-1)  

rec. February 20, 1942 in Chicago, IL; Tommy McClennan, voc, g; Ransom Knowling, sb

ALL "Bluebird Blues" at Spotify are take 2, even if explicitely labelled "take 1" !!!


Bluebird B9037

   

- Bluebird Blues (074107-2)   @ Spotify

rec. February 20, 1942 in Chicago, IL; Tommy McClennan, voc, g; Ransom Knowling, sb

Bluebird unissued

201942Tommy McClennan

- Roll Me, Baby (074103-1)   @ Spotify
- Blue As I Can Be (074106-1)   @ Spotify

rec. February 20, 1942 in Chicago, IL; Tommy McClennan, voc, g; Ransom Knowling, sb


Bluebird B34-0706

211942Tommy McClennan

- I Love My Baby (074104-1)   @ Spotify
- Shake It Up And Go (074105-1)   @ Spotify

rec. February 20, 1942 in Chicago, IL; Tommy McClennan, voc, g; Ransom Knowling, sb


Bluebird B34-0716

22194?Tommy McClennan

- New Highway No. 51 (044986-1) *   @ Spotify
- Travelin' Highway Man (064888-1) #   @ Spotify

* rec. May 10, 1940 in Chicago, IL; Tommy McClennan, voc, g; unknown sb
# rec. September 15, 1941 in Chicago, IL; Tommy McClennan, voc, g; Joe McCoy, imb

Bluebird B8499 /
Bluebird B8957


RCA Victor 20-2931


EP / LP / CD compilations
231959The Country Blues

Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Matchbox Blues
Lonnie Johnson
- Careless Love
Cannon's Jug Stompers
- Walk Right In
Peg Leg Howell
- Low Down Rounder's Blues
Blind Willie McTell
- Statesboro Blues
Memphis Jug Band
- Stealin' Stealin'
Blind Willie Johnson
- You Gonna Need Somebody On Your Bond
Leroy Carr
- Alabama Woman
Sleepy John Estes
- Special Agent
Big Bill Broonzy
- Key To The Highway
Bukka White
- Fixin' To Die

Tommy McClennan
- I'm A Guitar King
Robert Johnson
- Preachin' Blues
Washboard Sam
- I Been Treated Wrong


edited by Samuel B. Charters

8-pp. booklet by Samuel B. Charters

RBF RF 1 (US 1959)


= RBF RF 1 (US 1966)

RBF discography

241960The Rural Blues
A Study of the Vocal and Instrumental Resources

LP 1:
Will Shade - I Can't Stand It
Hambone Willie Newbern - Shelby County Work House Blues
Robert Johnson - From Four Until Late
Furry Lewis - You Can Leave, Baby
Sleepy John Estes - Sloppy Drunk Blues [= "Milk Cow Blues"]
L'il Son Jackson - Roberta Blues
Lightnin' Hopkins - Bad Luck And Trouble °°
Blind Boy Fuller - Thousand Woman [sic!] Blues
Arthur Crudup - If I Get Lucky
Charlie Pickett - Down The Highway

Kokomo Arnold - Milk Cow Blues
Blind Willie Johnson - Take Your Burden To The Lord

Tommy McClennan - New Highway 51
Lightnin' Hopkins - Penitentiary Blues °°
Blind Willie McTell - Mama T'ain't Long 'Fo' Day
Charlie Burse - Take Your Fingers Off It
Charlie Lincoln - My Wife Drove Me From My Door [on back cover: "Drive"]
Peg Leg Howell - Skin Game Blues
Lightnin' Hopkins - Come Go Home With Me °°
Lightnin' Hopkins - Goin' Back To Florida
Robert Johnson - Standing At The Crossroads



LP 2:
Lightnin' Hopkins - One Kind Favor
Furry Lewis - John Henry
Blind Willie Johnson - Nobody's Fault But Mine
Furry Lewis - Warm Up
Bukka White - Bukka's Jitterbug Swing
Furry Lewis - Casey Jones
Peg Leg Howell - Coal Man Blues
John Hurt - Frankie
Blind Willie McTell - Southern Can Mama
Papa Charlie Jackson - Airy Man Blues
Skip James - Little Cow And Calf Is Gonna Die Blues
Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell - New How Long Blues

Bert Bilbro - Mohana Blues °°
Sonny Terry & Oh Red - Harmonica Stomp
Frank Stokes - Shiney Town Blues
Virgil Perkins - Trouble In Mind
Arthur Crudup- Mean Old Frisco
Brownie McGhee- Sportin' Life Blues
Virgil Perkins - [Washboard] Solo
Charlie Burse - Tippin' Round
Ham Gravy - Mama Don't 'Low It
Moochie Reeves - Key To The Highway


compiled by Samuel B. Charters
"The Material is in part from unissued material in the author's collection, in part from material on the author's Folkways releases, and in part from early blues recordings."

RF-202 features only extracts of most of the recordings!
°° tracks not on RF-202 (X) (1964)

Moochie Reeves track rec. July 1954 in Mobile, AL; previously unissued and from Samuel B. Charters' collection

2 LP boxed set
notes (8-page booklet) by Samuel B. Charters

same front cover as RF-202(X)
(1964), but with more reddish lettering



notes captioned "RBF RECORDS
album No. RF 202 Copyright © 1960"



RBF RF-202 (1960)

(=) RBF RF-202 (X) (1964)

RBF discography

251961Tommy McClennan
Treasury of Jazz series Vol. 5

- You Can Mistreat Me Here
- New "Shake 'em On Down"
- Bottle It Up And Go
- Whiskey Head Woman
- My Baby's Gone

- It's Hard To Be Lonesome
- Blues Trip Me This Morning
- Roll Me, Baby
- Blue As I Can Be
- Bluebird Blues

10 inch LP

RCA 130-274 (Fr 1961)

261962Hudba černého lidu (Black Folk Music)

LP 1: Blues
The Tub Jug Washboard Band - Traveling Blues
Bessie Smithová [sic] - A Good Man Is Hard To Find
Jim Jam Band - 38 Slug
Huddie Ledbetter - Leavin' Blues
Blind Lemon Jefferson - Matchbox Blues

Tommy McClennan - I'm Guitar King
Memphis Jug Band - Tippin' Round
Bukka White - Fixin' To Die

Mobile Strugglers - Trouble, Trouble
Washboard Sam - I Been Treated Wrong
"Red" Willie Smith - Kansas City Blues
"Red" Willie Smith - Solty Dog
Huddie Ledbetter - Pigmeat
Memphis Slim - Woman Blues Boogie
Tommy Ladniera [sic] - Really The Blues
Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee, Gene Moore - Dark Road


LP 2: Hudba New Orleansu (New Orleans Music)
Sam Morgan's Jazz Band - Bogalusa Strut
Unknown Artist - Snimek Z Africke Ugandy
Unknown Artist - Let Your Hammer Ring
Terry Clement, Laurent Clement, Grant Paul Clement - La Chanson Du Mardi Gras
Sonny Terry's Washboard Band - Sonny's Jump
The Lapsey Band - When I Lay My Burden Down
Eureka Brass Band - Lord Lord Lord
Unknown Artist - Bourbon Street Parade
Scott Joplin - Original Rags

Charlie Love, Emile Barnes, Billy Huntington, Albert Glenny, Albert Jiles - Maple Leaf Rag
Freddie Keppard's Jazz Cardinals - Stockyard Strut
Bunk Johnson and His Superior Jazz Band - Down By The Riverside
King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band - Southern Stomp
Billie Piercová [sic] & De De Pierce - Married Man Blues
Louis Armstrong & His Hot Seven - Keyhole Blues
Albert Wynn's Creole Jazz Band - Parkway Stomp
Baby Dodds - Rudiments With Drum-Stick Nervebeat
Kid Clayton - Jimmy's Blues


Hovorí (announcements): Zdenek Štepánek & Jirí Šrámek

2 LP

Supraphon DV 15134 G (Cz 1962) [Folkways origin]

26a1964The Rural Blues
A Study of the Vocal and Instrumental Resources

LP 1:
Will Shade - I Can't Stand It (1:20) [RBF 202, Wolf 120.920]   @ youtube
Hambone Willie Newbern - Shelby County Work House Blues [OKeh 8740]
Robert Johnson - From Four Until Late [Vocalion 03623]
Furry Lewis - You Can Leave, Baby [rec. October 3, 1959, previously unissued, Wolf 120.920]
Sleepy John Estes - Milk Cow Blues [aka "Sloppy Drunk Blues", Victor V38614]
L'il Son Jackson - Roberta Blues [Gold Star 638]
Blind Boy Fuller - Thousand Woman [sic] Blues [OKeh 05657]

Arthur Crudup - If I Get Lucky [Bluebird B8858]
Charlie Pickett - Down The Highway [Decca 7707]

Kokomo Arnold - Milk Cow Blues [Decca 7026]
Blind Willie Johnson - Take Your Burden To The Lord [Columbia 14520-D]
Tommy McClennan - New Highway 51 [Bluebird B8499]
Blind Willie McTell - Mama T'ain't Long 'Fo' Day [Victor 21474]
Charlie Burse - Take Your Fingers Off It (0:34) [previously unissued]
Charlie Lincoln - My Wife Drove Me From My Door [Columbia 14305-D]
Peg Leg Howell - Skin Game Blues [Columbia 14473-D]
Lightnin' Hopkins - Goin' Back To Florida [rec. January 16, 1959, Folkways FS 3822]   @ youtube (3:17)
Robert Johnson - Standing At The Crossroads [aka "Cross Road Blues", Vocalion 03519]


LP 2:
Lightnin' Hopkins - One Kind Favor (0:57) [rec. January 16, 1959, previously unissued]   @ youtube
Blind Willie Johnson - Nobody's Fault But Mine [Columbia 14303-D]
Furry Lewis - Warm Up [rec. October 3, 1959, previously unissued, Wolf 120.920]
Bukka White - Bukka's Jitterbug Swing [OKeh 05625]
Peg Leg Howell - Coal Man Blues [Columbia 14194-D]
Blind Willie McTell - Southern Can Mama [Columbia 14632-D]
Papa Charlie Jackson - Airy Man Blues [Paramount 12219]
Skip James - Little Cow And Calf Is Gonna Die Blues [Paramount 13085]
Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell - New How Long Blues [Vocalion 1435]

Sonny Terry & Oh Red - Harmonica Stomp [OKeh 05538]
Frank Stokes - Shiney Town Blues [Victor V38589]
Virgil Perkins - Trouble In Mind [rec. November 6, 1955, previously unissued]

Arthur Crudup - Mean Old Frisco [Bluebird 34-0704]
Brownie McGhee - Sportin' Life Blues [Alert 401]
Virgil Perkins - [washboard] Solo [rec. November 6, 1955, previously unissued]
Charlie Burse - Tippin' Round (1:27) [previously unissued]
Ham Gravy (= Washboard Sam) - Mama Don't Love It [aka "Mama Don't Allow, No. 1", Vocalion 03275]
Moochie Reeves - Key To The Highway (3:11) [previously unissued]   @ youtube


compiled by Samuel B. Charters
"The Material is in part from unissued material in the author's collection, in part from material on the author's Folkways releases, and in part from early blues recordings."

"All original recordings are included in their entirety" (RBF notes), while the previously unissued tracks (Charters' "field recordings") all seem to be cut short, "some without the courtesy of a proper fadeout, some of the cuts occur mid-stanza" (Charles Radcliffe review in Blues Unlimited 30, pp. 20-21)

2 LP boxed set
notes (8-pp. booklet) by Samuel B. Charters

originally issued with same front and back cover as RF-202 (1960) but with orange lettering
RBF RF-202 (X) (US 1964)


later issued with addition "All original recordings are included in their entirety" on back cover
= RBF RF-202 (X) (US 196?)


= RBF RF-202 (X) (US 196?)


= RBF RF-202 (X) (US 1966?)

2 LP boxed set
(abbreviated) notes by Samuel B. Charters

= XTRA 1035 (UK 1966)

DLP gatefold
notes by Samuel B. Charters

= XTRA 1035 (UK 1966?)

= Fontana 982.099

2 x CDr
notes by Samuel B. Charters

= Smithsonian CD RF 202 (US 2012)

RBF discography
XTRA Records discography

271965Bluebird Blues 1933-46

RCA Victor LPV-518 / RCA RD-7786 track sequence:
Blind Willie McTell
- Lonesome Day Blues
- Searching The Desert For The Blues
Tampa Red
- Kingfish Blues
- Mean Mistreater Blues
Big Joe Williams
- Wild Cow Blues
- Somebody's Been Borrowing That Stuff °°
Sonny Boy Williamson
- Down South
- Moonshine


Tommy McClennan
- Bluebird Blues (tk 1) °°
- Brown Skin Girl
Sleepy John Estes
- Lawyer Clark Blues °°
- Little Laura Blues °°
Arthur Crudup
- Black Pony Blues
- Death Valley Blues
Lonnie Johnson
- Jersey Belle Blues
- Crowing Rooster Blues


reissue prod. by Brad McCuen; °° = tracks not on RCA 430.701

RCA 430.701 track sequence:
Frank Stokes
- It Won't Be Long Now °°
Blind Willie McTell
- Lonesome Day Blues
- Searching The Desert For The Blues
Tampa Red
- Kingfish Blues
- Mean Mistreater Blues
Leroy Carr
- Ain't It A Shame °°
Big Joe Williams
- Wild Cow Blues
Curtis Jones
- Drinking And Thinking Blues °°

Curtis Jones
- School Mate Blues °°
Sonny Boy Williamson
- Down South
- Moonshine

Tommy McClennan
- Brown Skin Girl
Arthur Crudup and Joe McCoy
- Black Pony Blues
- Death Valley Blues
Lonnie Johnson
- Jersey Belle Blues
- Crowing Rooster Blues


compiled by Bert Bradfield;
°° = tracks not on RCA Victor LPV-518 / RCA RD-7786

notes by Lawrence Cohn

RCA Victor LPV-518 (US 1965)

notes by Lawrence Cohn

= RCA RD-7786 (UK 1965)


(not =) RCA 430.701 (Fr 1966) "Blue Bird Blues (1928-1942)" (Treasury Of Jazz #61)

281966Blues Roots / Mississippi

Tommy Johnson
- Canned Heat Blues
- Big Fat Mama Blues
- Big Road Blues
Mississippi Jook Band
- Barbecue Bust
Joe Williams
- My Grey Pony
Bo Carter
- Cigarette Blues
- All Around Man

Robert Johnson
- I Believe I'll Dust My Broom
- Honeymoon Blues
Charlie McCoy
- That Lonesome Train Took My Baby Away

Tommy McClennan
- Whiskey Head Man
Robert Petway
- Bertha Lee Blues
Sonny Boy Williamson
- Miss Louisa Blues
- Until My Love Come Down


compiled and annotated by Samuel Charters

RBF RF 14 (US 1966)

RBF discography

291967Down With The Game Vol. 1

Little Buddy Doyle
- Three-Sixty-Nine Blues
- Sweet Man Blues
Tommy Griffin
- Miserable Life Blues
Charley Jordan
- Cutting My A B C's
- Chifferobe
Little David
- Original Sweet Patunia (Patootie Blues)
- Standing By A Lampost
[sic]

Memphis Minnie
- Memphis Minnie-jitis Blues
- Frankie Jean ((That Trottin' Fool)

Robert Petway
- Boogie Woogie Woman
Bukka White
- When Can I Change My Clothes
- High Fever Blues
Joe Williams
- Please Don't Go
- Break 'Em On Down



Down With The Game D 200 (UK 1967)

Down With The Game
discography

301968Tommy McClennan: Cross Cut Saw Blues
(1939-1941)

- Baby Don't You Want To Go
- I'm Goin' Don't You Know
- She's Just Good Huggin' Size
- My Little Girl
- My Baby's Doggin' Me
- She's A Good Looking Mama
- New Sugar Mama
- Down To Skin And Bones Blues

- Katy Mae Blues
- Love With A Feeling
- Drop Down Mama
- Black Minnie
- Elsie Blues
- Cross Cut Saw Blues
- You Can't Read My Mind
- It's A Crying Pity


Roots RL-305 (Austria 1968) "Cross Cut Saw Blues"


= Best of Blues BOB 16 (Austria 1989/90?) "Tommy McClennan 1931-1941"

Roots Records discography

311968Down South 1927-1941
Louisiana - Mississippi - Alabama - Florida

Richard "Rabbit" Brown
- Never Let The Same Bee Sting You Twice
Shreveport Home Wreckers
- Home Wreckin' Blues
Kid Cole
- Hard Hearted Mama Blues
- Niagra Fall Blues
Robert Johnson
- Milkcow's Calf Blues No. 2

Tommy McClennan
- Deep Blue Sea Blues
Fiddlin' Joe Martin - Son House - Willie Brown
- Fo' Clock Blues
Fiddlin' Joe - Willie Brown - Leroy Williams
- Going To Fishing

Barefoot Bill
- Big Rock Jail
Wiley Barner
- If You Want A Good Woman
Clifford Gibson
- Hard-Headed Woman Blues
- Levee Camp Moan
Jaybird Coleman
- Save Your Money
- Let These Women Go
- Man Trouble Blues
Tallahassee Tight
- Black Snake
Blind Blake
- Depression's Gone From Me Blues



Roots RL-313 (Austria 1968)

Roots Records discography

321968Mississippi Blues Vol. 3 1928-1942

Arthur Petties
- Out On The Santa Fe Blues
Bo Carter
- I Want You To Know
Poor Boy Lofton
- Jake Leg Blues
- My Mean Baby Blues
Mississippi Sheiks
- Jail Bird Love Song
- Yodeling Fiddling Blues
Big Joe McCoy
- I'm Through With You
- When You Said Goodbye

Robert Johnson
- Drunken Hearted Man
Mr. Freddie Spruell
- Let's Go Riding
Robert Petway
- My Baby Left Me
- Cotton Pickin' Blues
Mississippi John Hurt
- Stack O'Lee Blues
Mississippi Jook Band
- Dangerous Woman

Tommy McClennan
- Mozelle Blues
- Mr. So And So Blues

compiled and produced by Evelyn Sperker


Roots RL-314 (Austria 1968)

Roots Records discography

331971Blues 1920-40

LP track sequence:
LP 1
Tommy Johnson - Big Road Blues
Tommy Johnson - Canned Heat Blues
Ishman Bracey - Trouble-Hearted Blues
Blind Willie McTell - Dark Night Blues
Blind Willie McTell - Loving Talking Blues
Clifford Gibson - Drayman Blues
Bukka White - The Panama Ltd.

Jim Jackson - I'm Wild About My Loving
Furry Lewis - Dry Land Blues

Frank Stokes - T'Ain't Nobody's Business
Frank Stokes - Frank Stokes' Dream
Sleepy John Estes - The Girl I Love, She Got Long Curly Hair
Sleepy John Estes - Lawyer Clark Blues
Memphis Minnie - Don't Want No Woman



LP 2
Memphis Jug Band - Memphis Jug Blues
Memphis Jug Band - Going Back To Memphis
Memphis Jug Band - Jug Band Waltz
Gus Cannon - Viola Lee Blues
Gus Cannon - Going To Germany
Gus Cannon - Walk Right In
Daddy Stovepipe - The Spasm

Tommy McClennan - Whiskey Head Woman
Tommy McClennan - De'se My Blues
Big Joe Williams - Baby Please Don't Go
Big Joe Williams - Highway 49
Big Joe Williams - Peach Orchard Mama
Robert Petway - Catfish Blues
Robert Lockwood - Take A Little Walk With Me



LP 3
Leroy Carr - Rocks In My Bed
Leroy Carr - - Six Cold Feet In The Ground
Peetie Wheatstraw - Devil's Son-In-Law
Peetie Wheatstraw - Peetie Wheatstraw
Little Brother Montgomery - Vicksburg Blues - part 3
Big Maceo - Worried Life Blues
Joe Pullum - Hard Working Man Blues [Bluebird B6276]

Big Bill Broonzy - Friendless Blues
Big Bill Broonzy - The Southern Blues
Tampa Red - Kingfish Blues
Robert Lee McCoy - Tough Luck
Sonny Boy Williamson - Good Morning Schoolgirl
Sonny Boy Williamson - Early In The Morning
Jazz Gillum - Key To The Highway



CD track sequence:
CD 1
Early Years of Country Blues
Tommy Johnson - Road Blues (3:18)
Tommy Johnson - Canned Heat Blues (3:37)
Ishman Bracey - Trouble-Hearted Blues (3:24)
Blind Willie McTell - Dark Night Blues (2:49)
Blind Willie McTell - Loving Talking Blues (2:34)
Clifford Gibson - Drayman Blues (2:59)
Clifford Gibson - She Rolls It Slow (2:44) °°
Bukka White - The Panama Ltd. (3:08)
Memphis Blues
Jim Jackson - I'm Wild About My Loving (3:11)
Furry Lewis - Dry Land Blues (3:05)

Frank Stokes - 'Taint Nobody's Business (3:11)
Frank Stokes - Frank Stokes' Dream (2:52)
Sleepy John Estes - The Girl I Love, She Got ... (2:56)
Sleepy John Estes - Poor John Blues (2:52) °°
Sleepy John Estes - Lawyer Clark Blues (3:09)
Son Bonds - A Hard Pill To Swallow (2:58) °°
Memphis Minnie - Don't Want No Woman (3:13)
Jug Band
Memphis Jug Band - Memphis Jug Blues (3:30)
Memphis Jug Band - Going Back To Memphis (2:20)
Memphis Jug Band - Jug Band Waltz (2:49)
Cannon's Jug Stompers - Viola Lee Blues (3:08)
Cannon's Jug Stompers - Going To Germany (2:32)
Cannon's Jug Stompers - Walk Right In (2:52)
Daddy Stovepipe & Mississippi Sarah - The Spasm (2:54)
Washboard Sam & His Washboard Band - Gonna Hit The Highway (3:09) °°

CD 2
Mississippi Blues In The 30's
Tommy McClennan - Whisky Head Woman (3:00)
Tommy McClennan - Des'e My Blues (3:17)
Big Joe Williams - Baby Please Don't Go (3:21)
Big Joe Williams - Highway 49 (3:12)
Big Joe Williams - Peach Orchard Mama (2:46)
Robert Petway - Catfish Blues (2:52)
Robert Lockwood - Take A Little Walk With Me (2:55)
Piano Blues
Leroy Carr - Rocks In My Bed (3:11)
Leroy Carr - Six Cold Feet In The Ground (3:06)
Peetie Wheatstraw - Devil's Son-In-Law (3:22)
Peetie Wheatstraw - Pete Wheatstraw (3:15)
Little Brother Montgomery - Vicksburg Blues Part 3 (3:07)
Big Maceo - Worried Life Blues (2:57)
Big Maceo - Detroit Jump (2:47) °°
Joe Pullum with Andy Boy - Hard Working Man Blues (3:35)
City Blues
Big Bill Broonzy - Friendless Blues (3:22)
Big Bill Broonzy - The Southern Blues (3:32)
Tampa Red - Kingfish Blues (3:11)
Robert Lee McCoy - Tough Luck (3:04)
Sonny Boy Williamson - Good Morning Schoolgirl (3:01)
Sonny Boy Williamson - Elevator Woman (2:38) °°
Sonny Boy Williamson - Early In The Morning (2:58)
Jazz Gillum - Key To The Highway (2:40)
Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup - That's All Right (2:54) °°


compiled by Yasufumi Higurashi, Toyo Nakamura & Hiroshi Suzuki; manufactured from Master Recordings of RCA corporation

°° CD has seven additional tracks!

3 LP folding box with 30-pp. booklet

RCA Victor RA-5433/5 (Jp 1971)

3 LP slide-in box with 30-pp. booklet

= RCA Victor RA-9051/3 (Jp 1975)

2 CD set, notes by Hiroshi Suzuki, Toyo Nakamura, Yasufumi Higurashi, Hisamitsu Noguchi & Shoichi Yui

= RCA BVCP-8733/4 (Jp 1994) "Blues 1927-46"

2 CD set

= RCA BVCM-37530/1 (Jp 2004) "Blues 1927-46"

341975Bluebird Blues

Sleepy John Estes
- Poor John Blues
- Little Laura Blues
- When The Saints Go Marching In
Son Bonds
- A Hard Pill To Swallow
Blind Willie McTell
- Searching The Desert For The Blues
- Mr. McTell Got The Blues

Big Joe Williams
- Somebody's Been Borrowing That Stuff
- Wild Cow Blues

Tommy McClennan
- Bottle It Up And Go
- Brown Skin Girl
- Bluebird Blues (tk 1)
Clifford Gibson
- She Rolls It Slow


Sonny Boy Williamson
- Down South
- Moonshine
- Elevator Woman
Washboard Sam & His Washboard Band
- Gonna Hit The Highway
Big Maceo
- Texas Blues
- Detroit Jump

Arthur "Big Boy"Crudup
- That's All Right
- Mean Old Frisco
- Rock Me Mama
Doctor Clayton
- Copper Colored Mama
Doctor Clayton's Buddy
- Nappy Head Woman
- Walking With The Blues


2 LP set

RCA RVC RA-9054/55 (Jp 1975)

351975Tommy McClennan: Travelin' Highway Man

- You Can Mistreat Me Here
- New Shake 'Em On Down
- Bottle Up And Go
- Whiskey Head Woman
- Cotton Patch Blues
- Baby, Please Don't Tell On Me
- My Baby's Gone
- It's Hard To Be Lonesome

- De'se My Blues
- Classy Mae Blues
- Travelin' Highway Man
- Blues Trip Me This Morning
- Roll Me, Baby
- I Love My Baby
- Shake It Up And Go
- Blue As I Can Be


Flyright LP 112 (UK 1975) "Travelin' Highway Man"

notes by Alan Balfour

= Travelin' Man TM-804 (UK 1984) [remastered] "Cotton Patch Blues"


(=) Travelin' Man TMCD 06 (UK 1990) "Travelin' Highway Man"

Flyright Records discography
Travelin' Man Records discography

361975Mississippi Blues In The 40s

Tommy McClennan
- New Shake 'Em On Down
- My Baby's Gone
- Blues Trip Me This Morning
- Roll Me, Baby
- Blue As I Can Be
Robert Lockwood
- Black Spider Blues
- I'm Gonna Train My Baby

Robert Lockwood
- Little Boy Blue
Arthur Crudup
- If I Get Lucky
Robert Petway
- Ride 'Em On Down
- Left My Baby Crying
- Sleepy Woman Blues
- Bertha Lee Blues
- In The Evening


album conception by Toyo Nakamura

notes (in Japanese) by Yasufumi Higuarsi

RCA RVC RA-5708 (Jp 1975)

371977The Blues

LP 1, side 1
Sleepy John Estes
- Working Man Blues
Will Weldon
- I's Just A Bad Luck Man
Big Bill Broonzy
- Friendless Blues
Big Joe Williams
- Vitamin A

Tommy McClennan
- Mozelle Blues
Johnny Temple
- Big Woman Blues
Lonnie Johnson
- When You Feel Low-Down
Arthur Crudup
- If I Get Lucky

LP 1, side 2 [track sequence?]
Leroy Carr
- Rocks In My Bed
Walter Davis
Lil Green
- What Have I Done
Pete Johnson
- Cuttin' The Boogie
Robert Lockwood
- Black Spider Blues
Memphis Slim
- Caught The Old Coon At Last
Victoria Spivey
- Moaning The Blues
Washboard Sam
- She's Making A Fool Out Of Me
Peetie Wheatstraw
- Devil's Son-In-Law
Sonny Boy Williamson
- Jivin' The Blues
- My Black Name Blues
Jimmy Yancey
- Slow And Easy Blues


prod. by Jean-Paul Guitier

boxed set of 3 LPs
notes by Michael Walter (translated by Don Waterhouse)
   
RCA PM 42039 (Fr 1977)

381977Tommy McClennan: Mississippi Blues
Bluebird series No. 12

- New "Shake 'em On Down"
- Cotton Patch Blues
- Baby, Please Don't Tell On Me
- My Baby's Gone
- It's Hard To Be Lonesome
- Katy Mae Blues
- Love With A Feeling
- Des'e My Blues

- Classy Mae Blues
- You Can't Read My Mind
- I'm A Guitar King
- Mozelle Blues
- Blues Trip Me This Morning
- Mr. So And So Blues
- Blue As I Can Be
- Bluebird Blues

notes by Jacques Morgantini

RCA PM 42040 (Fr 1977)

391978Let's Get Loose
Folk and Popular Blues Styles from the Beginning to the Eraly 1940s

Yank Rachell & Sonny Boy Williamson
- Peach Tree Blues
Pillie Browning
- Brownskin Woman
Johnson Boys
- Violin Blues
Modern Jazz Quartet of Norfolk
- What's The Matter Now
Buck Mountain Band
- Yodeling Blues
Hattie Hudson & Willie Tyson
- Doggone My Good Luck Soul
Clara Smith
- Let's Get Loose
George O'Connor
- Nigger Blues

Tyus & Tyus
- Dad's Old Mule
Rufus & Ben Quillan
- Keep It Clean
Leroy Carr
- Blue Night Blues
Walter Roland
- House Lady Blues
Wilbur "Joe" McCoy & Herb Morand
- I'm Cuttin' Out

Tommy McClennan
- Deep Blue Sea Blues
Sonny Boy Williamson & Big Bill Broonzy
- Love Me Baby
The Five Breezes
- My Buddy Blues


compiled by David Evans

notes by David Evans

New World 290 (US 1978)

401979Blues Giants
Masters of Jazz Vol. 15

LP 1
- Southern Blues - Big Bill Broonzy
- Jasper's Gal - Memphis Slim
- Anytime Is The Right Time - Roosevelt Sykes

- New Shake 'Em On Down - Tommy McClennan
- Willow Tree Blues - Sonny Boy Williamson
- Anna Lou Blues - Tampa Red
- Baby Please Don't Go - Big Joe Williams
- Worried Life Blues - Big Maceo

- Early In The Morning - Sonny Boy Williamson
- Milk Cow Blues - Big Bill Broonzy
- Pleading Blues - Little Brother Montgomery
- Get Yourself Together - Lonnie Johnson
- Walkin' And Drinkin' - Roosevelt Sykes
- Evil Blues - Washboard Sam
- Let Me In Your Saddle - Walter Davis
- Key To The Highway - William 'Jazz' Gillum



LP 2
- Beer Drinking Woman - Memphis Slim
- Crawlin' Kingsnake - Big Joe Williams
- Winter Time Blues - Big Maceo Merriweather
- Louisiana Blues part 2 - Little Brother Montgomery
- Booker T. Blues - Washboard Sam
- Look On Yonder Blues - William 'Jazz' Gillum
- Coal And Iceman Blues - Sonny Boy Williamson
- My Stove Don't Work - Casey Bill Weldon

- Big Time Woman - Roosevelt Sykes

- Katy Mae Blues - Tommy McClennan
- Good Jelly - Big Bill Broonzy
- When Things Go Wrong With You - Tampa Red
- 'Way Down In Louisiana - Casey Bill Weldon
- Teasin' Brown Skin - Walter Davis
- Caught The Old Coon At Last - Memphis Slim
- Lazy Woman Blues - Lonnie Johnson


DLP

RCA CL 42858 (UK 1979)

411983?Robert Petway
Complete Recordings in Chronological Order (1941-42)


- Catfish Blues
- Ride 'Em On Down
- Rockin' Chair Blues
- My Little Girl
- Let Me Be Your Boss
- Left My Baby Crying
- Sleepy Woman Blues

- Don't Go Down Baby
- Bertha Lee Blues

- Boogie Woogie Woman
- Hollow Log Blues
- In The Evening
- My Baby Left Me
- Cotton Pickin' Blues


notes by Paul Oliver

Wolf WSE 108 (Austria 1983?)

BF10,28

421987Mississippi Country Blues, Vol. 2 (1938-1942)
"Delta Blues In Chicago"

Tommy McClennan
- Brown Skin Girl
- New Highway No. 51
- Whiskey Head Man
- Deep Blue Sea Blues
- I'm A Guitar King
- Mozelle Blues
- Mr. So And So Blues
- Bluebird Blues (tk 1)
John Henry Barbee
- Six Weeks Old Blues
- God Knows I Can't Help It

Willie "61" Blackwell
- She's Young And Wild
- Noiseless Motor Blues
- Don't Misuse Me, Baby
- Bald Eagle Blues
- Four O'Clock Flower Blues
- Chalk My To
- Machine Gun Blue
- Rampaw Street Blue
John Henry Barbee
- You'll Work Down To Me Someday
- Against My Will



Document DLP 520 (Austria 1987)

Document Records discography

4319??Stompin' The Country Blues
Volume 22

Freddy King
- That's What You Think
Dennis McMillion
- Going Back Home
Harmonica Frank
- Rock A Little Baby
Jesse Belvin
- Goin' Away Baby

Tommy McClennan
- I Love My Baby
Albert & Charles
- Weird
Clifford King
- Chicken Shack Boogie
J&J Deuce
- Sweet Woman Blues

Clifford King
- Want To Jump With You Baby
Jesse Pipkin
- Work With It
Clear Waters
- Hillbilly Blues
Emright
- One Of These Days
Morris Pejoe
- Tired Of Crying Over You
Country Paul
- Sidewalk Boogie
Richard Bros
- Drunk Drivers Coming
Elmon Mickle
- Jackson Blues



Stompin' ST 122

Stompin' Records discography

441990Tommy McClennan: Travelin' Highway Man
1939 - 1942

- You Can Mistreat Me Here
- New Shake 'Em On Down
- Bottle It Up And Go
- Whiskey Head Woman
- Cotton Patch Blues
- Baby Please Don't Tell On Me
- My Baby's Gone
- It's Hard To Be Lonesome
- Des'e My Blues
- Classy Mae Blues
- Travelin' Highway Man
- Blues Trip Me This Morning
- Roll Me Baby
- I Love My Baby
- Shake It Up And Go
- Blue As I Can Be
- New Highway No 51
- Mr. So And So Blues
- Whiskey Head Man
- Boogie Woogie Woman

Travelin' Man TM-804

notes by Ray Templeton

Travelin' Man TMCD 06 (UK 1990)

Travelin' Man discography

451991Mississippi Blues (1935-1951)
The Complete Recorded Works Of Otto Virgial, Robert Petway, Robert Lockwood

Robert Lockwood
- Black Spider Blues
- Dust My Broom
- I'm Gonna Dig Myself A Hole
- I'm Gonna Train My Baby
- Little Boy Blue
- Take A Walk With Me
Robert Petway
- Bertha Lee Blues

- Boogie Woogie Woman
- Catfish Blues
- Cotton Pickin' Blues
- Don't Go Down Baby
- Hollow Log Blues
- In The Evening
- Left My Baby Crying
- Let Me Be Your Boss
- My Baby Left Me
- My Little Girl
- Ride 'Em On Down
- Rockin' Chair Blues
- Sleepy Woman Blues
Otto Virgial
- Bad Notion Blues
- Got The Blues About Rome
- Little Girl In Rome
- Seven Year Itch


notes by Alan Balfour

Wolf WBCD-005 (Austria 1991)

46199?Mississippi Blues Vol. 3
Complete Recordings of Robert Petway, Mississippi Matilda & Sonny Boy Nelson

Robert Petway
- Catfish Blues
- Ride 'em On Down
- Rockin' Chair Blues
- My Little Girl
- Let Me Be Your Boss
- Left My Baby Crying
- Sleepy Woman Blues
- Don't Go Down Baby
- Bertha Lee Blues

- Boogie Woogie Woman
- Hollow Log Blues
- In The Evening
- My Baby Left Me
- Cotton Pickin' Blues
Mississippi Matilda
- A & V Blues
- Hard Working Woman
- Happy Home Blues
Sonny Boy Nelson
- Long Tall Woman
- Low Down
- Lovin' Blues
- Street Walkin'
- If You Don't Believe I'm Leaving Baby
- Pony Blues


notes by Chris Smith

Document DOCD 5671 (Austria 199?)

471997Tommy McClennan & Robert Petway
A Guitar King 1939-1942


Tommy McClennan
- Bottle It Up And Go
- Whiskey Head Woman
- New "Shake 'Em On Down"
- Baby, Please Don't Tell On Me
- You Can Mistreat Me Here
- My Baby's Gone
- It's Hard To Be Lonesome
- Katy Mae Blues
- Black Minnie
- Love With A Feeling
- Elsie Blues
- Cross Cut Saw Blues
- Deep Blue Sea Blues
- Travellin' Highway Man
- I'm A Guitar King
- I Love My Baby
- Mozelle Blues
- Bluebird Blues
Robert Petway
- Bertha Lee Blues

- Boogie Woogie Woman


EPM / Blues Collection
158702 (Fr 1997)

BR120,28

481997Tommy McClennan: The Bluebird Recordings 1939-1942

disc 1:
- You Can Mistreat Me Here
- New "Shake 'Em On Down"
- Bottle It Up and Go
- Whisky Head Woman
- Brown Skin Girl
- Cotton Patch Blues
- Baby Don't You Want To Go?
- Baby, Please Don't Tell On Me?
- I'm Going Don't You Know
- New Highway
- She's Just Good Huggin' Size
- My Little Girl
- My Baby's Gone
- It's Hard To Be Lonesome
- My Baby's Doggin' Me
- She's A Good Looking Mama
- Whiskey Head Man
- New Sugar Mama
- Down To Skin And Bones Blues
- Katy Mae Blues
- Love With A Feeling

disc 2:
- Drop Down Mama
- Black Minnie
- Elsie Blues
- Des'e My Blues
- Cross Cut Saw Blues (alt. take)
- Cross Cut Saw Blues
- Classy Mae Blues
- You Can't Read My Mind
- Travelin' Highway Man
- Deep Blue Sea Blues
- I'm A Guitar King
- It's a Crying Pity
- Mozelle Blues
- Blues Trip Me This Morning
- Mr. So And So Blues
- Roll Me, Baby
- I Love My Baby
- Shake It Up And Go
- Blue As I Can Be
- Bluebird Blues (tk 2)
- Boogie Woogie Woman

2 CD set
notes by Mary Katherine Aldin

RCA 0786367430-2

49199?Tommy McClennan
The Complete Recordings Vol. 1 (1939-1940)


- You Can Mistreat Me Here
- New Shake 'Em On Down
- Bottle It Up And Go
- Whiskey Head Woman
- Brown Skin Girl
- Cotton Patch Blues
- Baby Don't You Want To Go
- Baby Please Don't Tell On Me
- I'm Going Don't You Know
- New Highway 51
- She's Just Good Huggin' Size
- My Little Girl
- My Baby's Gone
- It's Hard To Be Lonesome
- My Baby's Doggin' Me
- She's A Good Looking Mama
- Whiskey Head Man
- New Sugar Mama
- Down To Skin and Bones Blues
- Katy Mae Blues
- Love With A Feeling

notes by Keith Briggs

Document DOCD 5669 (Austria 199?)

50199?Tommy McClennan
The Complete Recordings Vol. 2 (1940-1942)


- Drop Down Mama
- Black Minnie
- Elsie Blues
- Des'e My Blues
- Cross Cut Saw Blues (tk 1)
- Cross Cut Saw Blues (tk 2)
- Classy Mae Blues
- You Can't Read My Mind
- Travelin' Highway Man
- Deep Blue Sea Blues
- I'm A Guitar King
- It's A Crying Pity
- Mozelle Blues
- Blues Trip Me This Morning
- Mr. So And So Blues
- Roll Me, Baby
- I Love My Baby
- Shake It Up And Go
- Blues As I Can Be
- Bluebird Blues
- Bluebird Blues (tk 2)

notes by Keith Briggs

Document DOCD 5670

511998Too Late, Too Late Vol. 8

- Who Broke Lock - Unique Quartette
- Those Worrying Blues - Unknown Female Singer
- Mama Goes Where Papa Goes - Unknown Female Singer
- Ain't Trustin' Nobody No More - Billy Higgins & Alberta Perkins
- Nobody Else Can Take Your Place - Billy Higgins & Alberta Perkins
- Say Mister! Have You Met Rosie's Sister! - Missouri-Pacific Diamond Jubilee Quartette
- Medley OF Southern Songs - Missouri-Pacific Diamond Jubilee Quartette
- Curious Blues - Dorothy & Hezekiah Jenkins
- Miserable Blues - Dorothy & Hezekiah Jenkins
- Southern Shout (Take 2) - Dixieland Jug Blowers
- Jail Break Blues - Texas Tommy
- Trinity River Bottom Blues - Texas Tommy
- If I Call You Mama [Victor 23400] - Luke Jordan
- Tom Brown Sits In His Prison Cell [Victor 23400] - Luke Jordan
- Stand By Me - Sister Clara Hudmon
- I Want To See Jesus - Sister Clara Hudmon
- Poor Jane Blues - Jack Gowdlock
- Rollin' Dough Blues - Jack Gowdlock
- Early In The Morning - Jazz Gillum
- Harmonica Stomp - Jazz Gillum
- Gone Dry Blues - Joshua White
- I See My Great MisTake (tk 2) - Memphis Slim
- Lend Me Your Love (tk 2) - Memphis Slim

- Cross Cut Saw Blues (tk 2) - Tommy McClennan
- Bluebird Blues (tk 2) - Tommy McClennan



Document DOCD 5574 (Austria 1998)

521999Broke, Black And Blue
An Anthology Of Blues Classics And Rarities

disc 1:
Up Country Blues
- Barrel House Blues - Ed Andrews
- Georgia Stockade Blues - Tom Delaney
- Sun Brimmers Blues - Memphis Jug Band
- Goin' To Leave You Blues - Big Boy Cleveland
- Dry Bone Shuffle - Blind Blake
- Up Country Blues - DeFord Bailey
- Dead Drunk Blues - Sippie Wallace
- Original Stack O'Lee Blues - Long 'Cleve' Reed
- Easy Rider Don't You Deny My Name - Barbecue Bob
- Bo Lita - Kid Brown
- Everybody Help The Boys Come Home - William & Versey Smith
- Church Bells Blues - Luke Jordan
- Two Ways To Texas - Emery Glen
- It Won't Be Long Now - Barbecue Bob & Laughing Charley
- Bottleneck Blues - Weaver & Beasley
- Rock Island Blues - Lewis Black
- Midnight Blues - Bill Moore
- Fare Thee Blues - Johnnie Head
- My Monday Woman Blues - Jim Jackson
- What's The Matter Blues - Frank Stokes
- School Girl Blues - Rosie Mae Moore
- Cool Drink Of Water Blues - Tommy Johnson
- Left Alone Blues - Ishman Bracey
- T And T Blues - Mooch Richardson
- TC Johnson Blues - T. C. Johnson


disc 2:
Broke & Hungry Blues
- Ham Hound Crave - Rube Lacey
- No More Women Blues - Alger "Texas" Alexander
- How Long, How Long Blues - Willie Jackson
- Unknown Blues - Tarter & Gay
- Chicken Wilson Blues - Chicken Wilson
- Stack O' Lee Blues - Mississippi John Hurt
- Broke And Hungry Blues - Peg Leg Howell
- Funny Feathers - Victoria Spivey
- Pitchin' Boogie - William Ezell
- Mr- Devil Blues - Jed Davenport
- Mississippi Bottom Blues - Kid Bailey
- Weary Heart Blues - James Wiggins
- Poor Man Blues - Henry Townsend
- Framer's Blues - Eli Framer
- Trinity River Blues - T-Bone Walker
- Heavy Suitcase Blues - Charley Taylor
- Traveling Mama Blues - Joe Calicott
- Jumpin' And Shoutin' Blues - Garfield Akers
- Bedside Blues - Jim Thompkins
- Walking Blues - Son House
- Future Blues - Willie Brown
- Long Ways from Home - Louise Johnson
- Frisco Blues - Bayless Rose
- Good Boy Blues - Arthur Petties
- No Special Rider Blues - Little Brother Montgomery


disc 3:
Good Whiskey Blues
- Married Man Blues - Blind Willie Reynolds
- Dupree Blues - Willie Walker
- 22-20 Blues - Skip James
- Lonesome Road Blues - Sam Collins
- Midnight Hour Blues - Leroy Carr
- Fat Mama Blues - Jabo Williams
- Never Mind Blues - Georgia Boyd
- Twelves (Dirty Dozens) - Kokomo Arnold
- Little Leg Woman - Big Joe Williams
- That's What My Baby Likes - Bessie Jackson
- Good Whiskey Blues - Peetie Wheatstraw
- Strut That Thing - Cripple Clarence Lofton
- Teasin' Brown Blues - Louie Lasky
- Cold Blooded Murder, No.2 - Bumble Bee Slim
- Baby You Gotta Change Your Mind - Blind Boy Fuller
- Ashes In My Whiskey - Walter Davis
- It's Cold in China Blues - The Mississippi Moaner
- Jockey Blues - Jazz Gillum
- Prisoner Blues - George Clarke
- Back Door Blues - Casey Bill Weldon
- Don't Sell It (Don't Give It Away) - Buddy Woods
- Booker T. Blues - Washboard Sam
- Hard Scufflin' Blues - Little Buddy Doyle
- Jersey Belle Blues - Lonnie Johnson

- Baby, Please Don't Tell On Me - Tommy McClennan

disc 4:
Jumpin' At The Club Blue Flame
- East St.Louis Blues - Faber Smith, Jimmy Yancey
- Bukka's Jitterbug Swing - Bukka White
- Can't You Read - Big Maceo Merriweather
- Life Is Like That - Memphis Slim
- Memory Of Sonny Boy - Forrest City Joe
- Horse Shoe Boogie - Lee Brown
- Ruby Moore Blues - Lee Brown
- Low Land Blues - Lee Brown
- Round The World Blues - Lee Brown
- Rock That Boogie - Jimmie Gordon
- Fast Life - Jimmie Gordon
- Mistreated Blues - Jimmie Gordon
- I Ain't Like That No More - Jimmie Gordon
- Chain Gang Blues - Johnny Temple
- Yum, Yum, Yum - Johnny Temple
- My Baby's Acting Funny - Jimmie Gordon
- It's Time To Go - Jimmie Gordon
- That Woman's A Pearl Diver - Jimmie Gordon
- Jumpin' At The Club Blue Flame - Jimmie Gordon
- I Believe I'll Go Downtown Again - Johnny Temple
- Something In The Moon That Gives Me A Thrill - Johnny Temple
- Dixie Flyer - Johnny Temple
- Believe My Sins Have Found Me Out - Johnny Temple
- Rhythm Mama - Johnny Temple
- New Little Girl, Little Girl - Lee Brown


4 CD set
40-pp. booklet by Joop Visser

Proper CDBOX 7 (UK 1999)

532001Roots of Canned Heat

- Roll And Tumble Blues - Hambone Willie Newbern
- Bullfrog Blues - William Harris
- Goin' Down Slow - St. Louis Jimmy Oden
- Catfish Blues - Robert Petway
- Dust My Broom - Robert Johnson
- Big Road Blues - Tommy Johnson
- Statesboro' Blues - Blind Willie McTell
- Turpentine Blues - Casey Bill Weldon

- Whiskey Head Man - Tommy McClennan
- Pony Blues - Charley Patton
- Squablin' Blues - Barefoot Bill
- Devil Got My Woman - Skip James
- It Hurts Me Too - Tampa Red
- Tell Me Man - Henry Sims
- Bulldoze Blues - Henry Thomas
- Two White Horses - Two Poor Boys
- Streamline Train - Cripple Clarence Lofton
- Canned Heat Blues - Tommy Johnson
- Shake It, Break It - Charley Patton
- That's All Right Mama - Arthur Crudup
- 34 Blues - Charley Patton
- Future Blues - Willie Brown



Catfish CD 174 (UK 2001)

542003Tommy McClennan & Robert Petway:
Cotton Pickin' Blues


Tommy McClennan
- Bottle It Up And Go
Robert Petway
- Catfish Blues

Tommy McClennan
- Cotton Patch Blues
- Whiskey Head Woman
Robert Petway
- Ride 'Em On Down

Tommy McClennan
- Cross Cut Saw Blues
Robert Petway
- Let Me Be Your Boss

Tommy McClennan
- Des'e My Blues
- Brown Skin Girl
Robert Petway
- Bertha Lee Blues

Tommy McClennan
- You Can Mistreat Me Here
- Classy Mae Blues
Robert Petway
- Boogie Woogie Woman

Tommy McClennan
- Blues Trip Me This Morning
- New Shake 'em On Down
- My Little Girl
- It's A Crying Pity
- Travelin' Highway Man
Robert Petway
- In The Evening

Tommy McClennan
- Mozelle Blues
- Mr So And So Blues
- I'm A Guitar King
Robert Petway
- Rocking Chair Blues

Tommy McClennan
- New Highway No. 51 Blues
- Roll Me Baby


Acrobat CD 188 (UK 2003)

552004Big Joe Williams and the Stars of Mississippi Blues

disc 3:
Tommy McClennan
- You Can Mistreat Me Here
- New Shake 'Em On Down
- Bottle It Up And Go
- Whiskey Head Woman
- Brown Skin Girl
- Cotton Patch Blues
- Baby Don't You Want To Go
- Baby Please Don't Tell On Me
- I'm Going Don't You Know
- New Highway 51
- She's Just Good Huggin' Size
- My Little Girl
- My Baby's Gone
- It's Hard To Be Lonesome
- My Baby's Doggin' Me
- She's A Good Looking Mama
- Whiskey Head Man
- New Sugar Mama
- Down To Skin and Bones Blues
- Katy Mae Blues
- Love With A Feeling
- Drop Down Mama
- Black Minnie
- Elsie Blues
- Des'e My Blues

disc 4:
Tommy McClennan
- Cross Cut Saw Blues (take 1)
- Cross Cut Saw Blues (take 2)
- Classy Mae Blues
- You Can't Read My Mind
- Travelin' Highway Man
- Deep Blue Sea Blues
- I'm A Guitar King
- It's A Crying Pity
- Mozelle Blues
- Blues Trip Me This Morning
- Mr. So And So Blues
- Roll Me, Baby
- I Love My Baby
- Shake It Up And Go
- Blues As I Can Be
- Bluebird Blues
- Bluebird Blues (take 2)
- Boogie Woogie Woman
Robert Petway
- Catfish Blues
- Ride 'Em On Down
- Rockin' Chair Blues
- My Little Girl
- Let Me Be Your Boss
- Left My Baby Crying
- Sleepy Woman Blues


5 CD set
notes by Neil Slaven

JSP JSPCD 7719 (UK 2004)



Additional information appreciated !!!

 

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Görgen Antonsson discographies
- Robert M.W. Dixon, John Godrich & Howard W. Rye: Blues & Gospel Records 1890 - 1943, 4th ed. 1997, pp. 557-558
- Bob Eagle & Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues - A Regional Experience.- Santa Barbara (Praeger Publishers) 2013, p. 218
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

source of left column picture: Front cover of Document DOCD 5670

thanks to Alan Balfour [once again], Ulf Bergenblad, Patrice Champarou, Wilson Fabian Ruales Villalva and Fernando Goin for additional info / scans

1) "Tommy McClennan was born in Yazoo City in April of 1908, according to Big Bill Broonzy in his book "Big Bill Blues." However, McClennan's death certificate cites his birthplace as Durant (Holmes County) and the date as January 4, 1905." (source: www.msbluestrail.org)

 

from left: Elmore James, Sonnyboy Williamson, Tommy McClennan, Little Walter
Elmore James, Sonnyboy Williamson, Earl Phillips [not Tommy McClennan]***, Little Walter; Chicago prob. 1953
(photo Big Bill Broonzy, courtesy Yannick Bruynoghe; source: Soul Bag 1983)
*** as was found out by Scott Dirks asking Jody Williams (who was there when it happened ;-)

 

   
Paul Oliver: "Screening The Blues" (with accompanying LP CBS 63288)
have Tommy McClennan portrait on their covers

 

 

 

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