Illustrated Blind Willie McTell discography

McTell studio portrait, prob. late 1920s
source: Michael Gray 2007 / Cover of Orbis BLU NC 043 Blind Willie McTell
William Samuel McTell (né William Samuel McTier)
b. May 5, 1903 in Happy Valley, Mount Auburn District, near Thomson, McDuffie County, Georgia
d. August 19, 1959 at Milledgeville State Hospital in Milledgeville, Baldwin County, Georgia
buried (initially as "Eddie McTier") at Jones Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Shoals Road, McDuffie County, Georgia
discography
Blind Willie McTell, September 1956
source: Robert Langmuir Collection
at Robert W. Woodruff Library, Emory University
photographer: Ed Rhodes

#	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
1	1927	Blind Willie McTell - Stole Rider Blues (40309-2) @ youtube - Mr. McTell Got The Blues (40311-2) @ youtube @ Spotify rec. October 21, 1927 in Atlanta, GA; Blind Willie McTell, voc, 6-str g Victor 21124
		- Mr. McTell Got The Blues (40311-1) @ Spotify rec. October 21, 1927 in Atlanta, GA; Blind Willie McTell, voc, 6-str g Victor unissued RCA International INT 1175 (US 1970) Wolf WSE-102 (Austria 1982)
2	1927	Blind Willie McTell - Writing Paper Blues (40308-1) @ youtube - Mamma, Tain't Long Fo' Day (40310-1) @ youtube rec. October 21, 1927 in Atlanta, GA; Blind Willie McTell, voc, 6-str g Victor 21474
3	1928	Blind Willie McTell - Three Women Blues (47185-2) - Statesboro Blues (47187-3) rec. October 17, 1928 in Atlanta, GA; Blind Willie McTell, voc, g Victor V38001
4	1928	Blind Willie McTell - Dark Night Blues (47186-1) - Loving Talking Blues (47188-3) rec. October 17, 1928 in Atlanta, GA; Blind Willie McTell, voc, g Victor V38032
5	1929?	BLIND SAMMIE - Travelin' Blues (149300-1) - Come On Around To My House Mama (149302-2) rec. October 30, 1929 in Atlanta, GA; Blind Willie McTell, voc, g Columbia 14484-D
		- Cigarette Blues (149301-1) # - Real Jazz Mama (149318-1) * # rec. October 30, 1929 in Atlanta, GA; Blind Willie McTell, voc, g * rec. October 31, 1929 in Atlanta, GA; Blind Willie McTell, voc, g Columbia unissued
6	1929	Blind Willie McTell - Drive Away Blues (56599-1) # - Love Changing Blues (56635-1) * # rec. November 26, 1929 in Atlanta, GA; Blind Willie McTell, voc, g * rec. November 29, 1929 in Atlanta, GA; Blind Willie McTell, voc, g Victor V38580
7	1929	Alfoncy and Bethenea Harris - Teasing Brown (56597-1) # - This Is Not The Stove To Brown Your Bread (56610-1) * # rec. November 25, 1929 in Atlanta, GA; Alfoncy Harris, Bethenea Harris, voc duet; William Shorter, bj; Blind Willie McTell, g * rec. November 27, 1929 in Atlanta, GA; Alfoncy Harris, Bethenea Harris, voc duet; Blind Willie McTell, g Victor V38594
		- Lucaloosa Blue Front Blues (56596-2) # - Get Back Blues (56609-2) * - What Do I Care? (56611-2) * - Learn Something Blues (56612-2) * # rec. November 25, 1929 in Atlanta, GA; Alfoncy Harris, Bethenea Harris, voc duet; Alfoncy Harris, cl; William Shorter, bj; Blind Willie McTell, g * rec. November 27, 1929 in Atlanta, GA; Alfoncy Harris, Bethenea Harris, voc duet; Blind Willie McTell, g Victor unissued
		- Death Room Blues (56598-2) # - Hard Working Mama (56600-2) # - Blue Sea Blues (56631-2) * - South Georgia Bound Blues (56632-2) * - Mr. McTell's Sorrowful Moan (56633-2) * - Weary-Hearted Blues (56634-2) * # rec. November 26, 1929 in Atlanta, GA; Blind Willie McTell, voc, g * rec. November 29, 1929 in Atlanta, GA; Blind Willie McTell, voc, g Victor unissued
8	1930	BLIND SAMMIE - Talking To Myself (150257-2) @ youtube - Razor Ball (150258-2) @ youtube rec. April 17, 1930 in Atlanta, GA; Blind Willie McTell, voc, g Columbia 14551-D
9	1931	BLIND SAMMIE - Southern Can Is Mine (151904-1) @ youtube - Broke Down Engine Blues (151905-1) @ youtube rec. October 23, 1931 in Atlanta, GA; Blind Willie McTell, voc, g Columbia 14632-D
10	1931	RUTH DAY - Experience Blues (15906-1) - Painful Blues (151907-1) rec. October 23, 1931 in Atlanta, GA; Ruth (Mary) Willis, voc; Blind Willie McTell, g, sp Columbia 14642-D
11	1931	MARY WILLIS - Rough Alley Blues (405004-1) # - Low Down Blues (405086-1) * # rec. October 23, 1931 in Atlanta, GA; Ruth (Mary) Willis, voc; Blind Willie McTell, g, # voc * rec. October 31, 1931 in Atlanta, GA; Ruth (Mary) Willis, voc; Blind Willie McTell, g; Curley Weaver, g OKeh 8921
12	1931	GEORGIA BILL - Low Rider's Blues (405084-1) # - Georgia Rag (405085-1) rec. October 31, 1931 in Atlanta, GA; Blind Willie McTell, voc, g; Curley Weaver, g, # sp OKeh 8924
13	1931	MARY WILLIS - Talkin' To You Wimmin' About The Blues (405005-1) # - Merciful Blues (405087-1) * # rec. October 23, 1931 in Atlanta, GA; Ruth (Mary) Willis, voc, Blind Willie McTell, voc, g * rec. October 31, 1931 in Atlanta, GA; Ruth (Mary) Willis, voc, Blind Willie McTell, g; Curley Weaver, 2nd g OKeh 8932
14	1931	GEORGIA BILL - Stomp Down Rider (405002-1) - Scarey Day Blues (405003-1) rec. October 23, 1931 in Atlanta, GA; Blind Willie McTell, voc, g OKeh 8936
15	5/1932	BLIND SAMMIE - Atlanta Strut (149299-2) # - Kind Mama (149319-2) * # rec. October 30, 1929 in Atlanta, GA; Blind Willie McTell, voc, g * rec. October 31, 1929 in Atlanta, GA; Blind Willie McTell, voc, g Columbia 14657-D (US 5/1932) Columbia 14657-D (US 193?) (blue shellac, blue label!)
16	1932	Ruby Glaze - Hot Shot Willie - Mama, Let Me Scoop For You (71605- ) - Rollin' Mama Blues (71603- ) # rec. February 22, 1932 in Atlanta, GA; Ruby Glaze [Kate McTell?] ¹⁾, Blind Willie McTell, voc duet; Blind Willie McTell, g; # poss. Ruby Glaze, g ¹⁾ in later interviews Kate McTell claims to have been "Ruby Glaze"; DIXON, GODRICH & RYE (1997): "It appears possible that Ruby Glaze is a pseudonym for Kate McTell." Victor 23328 = Bluebird B5362 = Bluebird B6007 (as by Ruby Glaze-Blind Willie) = Sunrise S3443
17	1932	Ruby Glaze - Hot Shot Willie - Lonesome Day Blues (71604-1) # - Searching The Desert For The Blues (71606-1) rec. February 22, 1932 in Atlanta, GA; Ruby Glaze [Kate McTell?] ¹⁾, Blind Willie McTell, voc duet; Blind Willie McTell, g; # poss. Ruby Glaze, g ¹⁾ in later interviews Kate McTell claims to have been "Ruby Glaze"; DIXON, GODRICH & RYE (1997): "It appears possible that Ruby Glaze is a pseudonym for Kate McTell." Victor 23353 = Bluebird B5391
		- Lay Some Flowers On My Grave (14007- ) - It's Your Time To Worry (14009-2) # # rec. September 14, 1933 in New York City; Blind Willie McTell, voc, g; Curley Weaver, g Vocalion unissued # JEMF JEMF-106 (1979)
18	1933	Blind Willie - Savannah Mama (14035-1) ' - B And O Blues No. 2 (14066-1) * # rec. September 18, 1933 in New York City; Blind Willie McTell, voc, g; Curley Weaver, g * rec. September 21, 1933 in New York City; Blind Willie McTell, voc, g; Curley Weaver, g Vocalion 02568
19	1933	Blind Willie - Broke Down Engine (14036-2) ' - Death Cell Blues (14049-1) * # rec. September 18, 1933 in New York City; Blind Willie McTell, voc, g; Curley Weaver, g * rec. September 19, 1933 in New York City; Blind Willie McTell, voc, g; Curley Weaver, g Vocalion 02577
20	1933	Blind Willie - Warm It Up To Me (14008-2) # - Runnin' Me Crazy (14070-1) * # rec. September 14, 1933 in New York City; Blind Willie McTell, voc, g; Curley Weaver, voc, g * rec. September 21, 1933 in New York City; Blind Willie McTell, voc, g; Curley Weaver, g Vocalion 02595
21	1933	Blind Willie - It's A Good Little Thing (14010-1) # - Southern Can Mama (14069-2) * # rec. September 14, 1933 in New York City; Blind Willie McTell, voc, g; Curley Weaver, voc, g * rec. September 21, 1933 in New York City; Blind Willie McTell, voc, g; Curley Weaver, g Vocalion 02622
22	1933	Blind Willie and Partner - Lord Have Mercy, If You Please (14027-1) # - Don't You See How This World Made A Change (14034-1) * rec. September 18, 1933 in New York City; Blind Willie McTell, voc, g; Curley Weaver, # g, * voc Vocalion 02623
23	1933	Blind Willie - My Baby's Gone (14038-2) # - Weary Hearted Blues (14067-1) * # rec. September 18, 1933 in New York City; Blind Willie McTell, voc, g; Curley Weaver, voc, g * rec. September 21, 1933 in New York City; Blind Willie McTell, voc, g; Curley Weaver, g Vocalion 02668
		Broke Down Engine No. 2 (14037-1) # Broke Down Engine No. 2 (14037-3) * rec. September 18, 1933 in New York City; Blind Willie McTell, voc, g; Curley Weaver, g Vocalion unissued # Document DOCD-5411 * JEMF JEMF-106 (1979)
		- Love-Makin' Mama (14045-1) * - Love-Makin' Mama (14045-2) # - Let Me Play With Your Yo-Yo (14046- ) == - Hard To Get (14047- ) == - Death Room Blues (14048-1) [] // - Death Room Blues (14048-2) * - Lord, Send Me An Angel (14050-1) * [] // - Snatch That Thing (14059- ) rec. September 19, 1933 in New York City; Blind Willie McTell, voc, g; Curley Weaver, g rec. September 19, 1933 in New York City; Blind Willie McTell, voc, g; == Buddy Moss or Curley Weaver, g Vocalion unissued # Document DOCD-5411 * JEMF JEMF-106 (1979) [] Columbia C2K 53234 // Document DOCD-5321
		- B And O Blues No. 2 (14066-2) - Bell Street Lightnin' (14068-1) - East St. Louis Blues (Fare You Well) (14071-1) rec. September 21, 1933 in New York City; Blind Willie McTell, voc, g; Curley Weaver, g Vocalion unissued JEMF JEMF-106 (1979)
24	1935	Curley Weaver - Tricks Ain't Walking No More (C-9938-A) - Early Morning Blues (C-9942-A) rec. April 23, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Curley Weaver, voc, g; Blind Willie McTell, g Decca 7077 Curley Weaver discography
25	1935	Curley Weaver - Sometime Mama (C-9939-B) - Two-Faced Woman (C-9941-A) # rec. April 23, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Curley Weaver, voc, g; # Blind Willie McTell, g Champion 50065 = Decca 7906 Curley Weaver discography
26	1935	Curley Weaver - Oh Lawdy Mama (C-9940-A) - Fried Pie Blues (C-9943-A) rec. April 23, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Curley Weaver, voc, g; Blind Willie McTell, g Champion 50077 = Decca 7664 Curley Weaver discography
27	1935	BLIND WILLIE and KATE McTELL - Bell Street Blues (C-9946-A) # - Ticket Agent Blues (C-9954-A) * # rec. April 23, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Blind Willie McTell, voc, g; Curley Weaver, g * rec. April 25, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Blind Willie McTell, voc, g; Kate McTell, voc Decca 7078
		- Don't Let Nobody Turn You Around (C-9936-A) # - I Got Religion, I'm So Glad (C-9937-A) * rec. April 23, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Blind Willie McTell, voc, g; Kate McTell, voc; Curley Weaver, g Decca unissued MCA 1368 (US 1983) # MCA 3523 (Jp 1976) * MCA 3530 (Jp 1976)
28	1935	BLIND WILLIE and KATE McTELL - Dying Gambler (C-9944-A) @ youtube - God Don't Like It (C-9945- ) @ youtube rec. April 23, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Blind Willie McTell, voc, g; Kate McTell, voc; Curley Weaver, g Decca 7093
29	1935	BLIND WILLIE and KATE McTELL - Ain't It Grand To Be A Christian (C-9934-A) # - We Got To Meet Death One Day (C-9935-A, -B) rec. April 23, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Blind Willie McTell, voc, g; # Kate McTell, voc; Curley Weaver, g Decca 7130
30	1935	BLIND WILLIE McTELL - Your Time To Worry (C-9957-A) - Hillbilly Willie's Blues (C-9959-A) rec. April 25, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Blind Willie McTell, voc, g Decca 7117
31	1935	BLIND WILLIE McTELL - Cold Winter Day (C-9956-A) # - Lay Some Flowers On My Grave (C-9952-A) rec. April 25, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Blind Willie McTell, voc, g; # Curley Weaver, g Decca 7810
		- Death Room Blues (C-9953- ) ?? - Dying Doubter Blues (C-9955- ) ?? - Cooling Board Blues (C-9958-A) # rec. April 25, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Blind Willie McTell, voc, g; # Curley Weaver, g; ?? Curley Weaver, g ?? Decca unissued # MCA 3523 (Jp 1976) # MCA 1368 (US 1983)
		Piano Red And Partner - What Makes You Worry Me So? (AUG-114- ) - Pushing That Thing (AUG-115- ) rec. June 26, 1936 in Augusta, GA; Willie Perryman, voc, p; Blind Willie McTell, g Vocalion unissued
		Blind Willie And Piano Red - Married Life's A Pain (AUG-123- ) rec. June 26, 1936 in Augusta, GA; Blind Willie McTell, voc, g; Willie Perryman, voc, p; Vocalion unissued
		Blind Willie And Piano Red - Undertaker's Blues (AUG-156- ) - Mama Keep Steppin' (AUG-157- ) - Maybe Some Day (AUG-158- ) rec. July 1, 1936 in Augusta, GA; Blind Willie McTell, voc, g; Willie Perryman, voc, p; Vocalion unissued
		- Just As Well Get Ready, You Got To Die (4069-B-1) - Climbing High Mountains, Tryin' To Get Home (4069-B-2) - Monologue On Accidents (4069-B-3) - Boll Weevil (4070-A-1) # - Delia (4070-A-2) - Dying Crapshooter's Blues (4070-B-1) - Will Fox (4070-B-2) - I Got To Cross The River Jordan (4071-A-2) - Monologue On Old Songs ; Old Time Religion, Amen (4071-B-2) - Amazing Grace (4071-B-3) - Monologue On The History Of The Blues (4072-A-1) - Monologue On Life As Maker Of Records (4072-A-2) - Monologue On Himself (4072-A-3) - King Edward Blues (4072-B-1) - Murderer's Home Blues (4072-B-2) - Kill-it-kid Rag (4073-A-1) - King Edward Blues (4073-B-1) - Chainey (4073-B-1) - I Got To Cross De River O' Jordan (4073-B-2) rec. November 5, 1940 in Atlanta, GA; Blind Willie McTell, voc, sp, g Library of Congress # Archive of Folk Song AAFS L51 (1958) [excerpt] Melodeon 7323 (1966) Storyville 186 (1967) RST BDCD 6001 (1990)
32	1949	Curley Weaver - My Baby's Gone (C2042) - Ticket Agent (C2043) rec. c.October 1949 at a studio on Edgewood Avenue, Atlanta, GA; Curley Weaver, voc, g; Blind Willie McTell, g Sittin' In With 547 Document 6014 (1990)
	1949	Curley Weaver - Some Rainy Day (J481) - Trixie (J482) rec. c.October 1949 at a studio on Edgewood Avenue, Atlanta, GA; Curley Weaver, voc, g Sittin' In With 646
33	1/1950	BARRELHOUSE SAMMY (The Country Boy) - Kill It, Kid (A 320) - Broke-Down Engine Blues (A 323) rec. c. November 1949; Blind Willie McTell, voc, g Atlantic 891 (US 1/1950)
		- The Razor Ball (A 321) - Little Delia (A 322) - Dying Crapshooter's Blues (A 324) - Pinetop's Boogie Woogie (A 325) - Blues Around Midnight (A 326) - On The Cooling Board (A 327) - Motherless Children Have A Hard Time (A 328) - I Got To Cross The River Jordan (A 329) - You Got To Die (A 330) - Ain't It Grand To Live A Christian (A 331) - Pearly Gates (A 332) - Soon This Morning (A 333) - Last Dime Blues (A 334) rec. c. November 1949; Blind Willie McTell, voc, g Atlantic unissued Atlantic SD-7224
34	1950	BLIND WILLIE - River Jordan (R1283) @ Spotify - How About You (R1284) @ Spotify rec. May 1950 [not c. November 1949¹⁾] in Atlanta, GA by Fred Mendelsohn; Willie Samuel McTell, voc, g Regal 3260 [no copy ever been found] Delmark DE-755 (2002) Document 6014 (2008)
35	1950	BLIND WILLIE - It's My Desire (R1285) @ youtube - Hide Me In Thy Bosom (R1286) @ youtube rec. May 1950 [not c. November 1949¹⁾] in Atlanta, GA by Fred Mendelsohn; Willie Samuel McTell, voc, g Regal 3272 Delmark DE-755 (US 2002) Document 6014 (UK 2008)
36	1950	Pig 'N' Whistle Band - Love Changing Blues (R1270-1) # @ youtube - Talkin' To You Mama (R1272-1) @ youtube rec. May 1950 [not c. November 1949¹⁾] in Atlanta, GA by Fred Mendelsohn; Willie Samuel McTell, voc, g; # Curley Weaver, voc, g Regal 3277 Document 6014 (UK 2008)
		- Don't Forget It (R1266) # - A To Z Blues (R1267) [] - Good Little Thing (R1268) # - You Can't Get Stuff No More (R1269) # - Savannah Mama (R1271-1) * - East St. Louis (R1273-1) * - Wee Midnight Hours (R1274-1) * - Brown Skin Woman (R1275) == {} - She Don't Treat Me Good No More (R1276) == [] - I Keep On Drinkin' (R1277) == {} - Pal Of Mine - tk 1 (R1278-1) * - Pal Of Mine - tk 2 (R1278) # - Honey It Must Be Love (R1279) # - Sending Up My Timber (R1280-1) # - Sending Up My Timber (R1280-2) # - Lord Have Mercy If You Please (R1281) # - Trying To Get Home (R1282) # - It's My Desire (alt take) // rec. May 1950 [not c. November 1949¹⁾] in Atlanta, GA by Fred Mendelsohn; Willie Samuel McTell, voc (except ==), g; Curley Weaver, g, == voc Regal unissued [] Savoy 1600 (c.1960) # Biograph 12008 (1969) {} Biograph 12009 (1969) * Biograph 12035 (1971) // Delmark DE-755 (2002) Document 6014 (2008)
		- Baby, It Must Be Love # - The Dying Crapshooter's Blues # - Pal Of Mine # - Don't Forget It # - Kill It Kid # - That Will Never Happen No More # - My Blue Heaven - Beedle Um Bum # - A Married Man's A Fool # - A To Z Blues # - Goodbye Blues # - Basin Street Blues - Salty Dog # - Wabash Cannonball # - St. James Infirmary - If I Had Wings - instrumental blues - Early Life # additional tracks remaining unreleased (acc to GRAY 2007, p. 368): - Warm Up - More About Life - Request for My Blue Heaven - Some Talk About Drinking - Talk About Salty Dog - Talk About New Orleans - Talk rec. September 1956 in Atlanta by record store owner Ed Rhodes # Bluesville 1040 (1962)
*EP / LP / CD compilations*
37	1957	Blind Willie Johnson: His Story Told, Annotated and Documented by Samuel B. Charters - Remembrances - Interview - Angeline Johnson Blind Willie Johnson - If I Had My Way, I'd Tear That Building Down - Nobody's Fault But Mine - Jesus is Coming Soon - Mother's Children Have A Hard Time - Dark Was The Night, Cold Was The Ground Blind Lemon Jefferson - Match Box Blues Blind Willie (?) [McTell] and partner [Curley Weaver] - It's A Good Little Thing [Vocalion 02622] Blind Boy Fuller - Little Woman You're So Sweet Folkways FG 3585 custom CD from www.folkways.si.edu
38	1958	John A. Lomax The Ballad Hunter Parts V and VI Part V: "Two Sailors: Sea Shanties and Canal Boat Ballads" Excerpts from: - Old Woman Under the Hill (Captain Pearl R. Nye) - Haul Away My Rosy (John M. (Sailor Dad) Hunt) - When Jones's Ale Was New (John M. (Sailor Dad) Hunt) - Trip on the Canal (Captain Pearl R. Nye) - Interview with Captain Pearl R. Nye - Dark-Eyed Canaler (Captain Pearl R. Nye) - Barbara Allen (Captain Pearl R. Nye) Part VI: "Boll Weevil: Songs about the Little Bug that Challenged King Cotton" Excerpts from seven Boll Weevil songs sung by Woodrow Wilson (Woody) Guthrie, John Lomax, Finous (Flatfoot) Rockmore, Willie George King, Huddie Ledbetter (Lead Belly), Vera Hall, and Blind Willie McTell Woody Guthrie - Boll Weevil Song John A. Lomax - Boll Weevil Finous (Flatfoot) Rockmore - Boll Weevil Willie George Albertine King - Boll Weevil Huddie Ledbetter - Boll Weevil Vera Hall - Boll Weevil Blues Blind Willie McTell (4070-A-1) - Boll Weevil [not mentioned on accompanying leaflet!] Parts V and VI of Lomax's 10 volume radio-lecture series commissioned by the Library of Congress in 1941 Library of Congress Recording Laboratory AAFS L51 (Archive of Folk Culture)
39	1959	The 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 [Victor V38001] 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
40	1960	The 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-pp. 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
41	1961	Blind Willie McTell: Last Session - Baby, It Must Be Love @ youtube @ Spotify - The Dying Crapshooter's Blues @ youtube @ Spotify - Don't Forget It @ youtube @ Spotify - Kill It Kid @ youtube @ Spotify - That Will Never Happen No More @ youtube @ Spotify - Goodbye Blues @ youtube @ Spotify - Salty Dog @ youtube @ Spotify - Early Life @ youtube @ Spotify - Beedle Um Bum @ youtube @ Spotify - A Married Man's A Fool @ youtube @ Spotify - A To Z Blues @ youtube @ Spotify - Wabash Cannonball @ youtube @ Spotify - Pal Of Mine @ youtube @ Spotify CD bonus tracks: - Kill It Kid [Atlantic 891] @ youtube @ Spotify - Broke-Down Engine Blues [Atlantic 891] @ youtube @ Spotify originally unissued tracks from same session: - My Blue Heaven - Basin Street Blues - St. James Infirmary - If I Had Wings - instrumental blues additional tracks remaining unreleased (acc to GRAY 2007, p. 368): - Warm Up - More About Life - Request for My Blue Heaven - Some Talk About Drinking - Talk About Salty Dog - Talk About New Orleans - Talk rec. September 1956 in Atlanta's Peachtree Street by record store owner Ed Rhodes notes by Samuel B. Charters Bluesville BV/BVLP 1040 (US 1961) - trident label in use 1964 -1971 notes by Samuel B. Charters = Prestige PR-7809 (US 1966) = Transatlantic PR 1040 (UK 1966) notes by Samuel B. Charters = Prestige/Fantasy PR/PRT-7809 (US 1972) notes by Samuel B. Charters = Prestige HBS 8008 (It 1982) notes by Samuel B. Charters = OBC OBC-517 (US 1987) notes by Samuel B. Charters (=) OBC OBCCD-517-2 (EU 1992) notes by Peter Eden = Blue Planet BPLP 1003 = Pepper Cake CD PEC 2096-2 (Germany 2017) = Pepper Cake CD PEC 4025-2 (EU December 14, 2018) Bluesville Records discography OBC Records discography
42	1962	Bawdy Blues Memphis Slim - Sweet Root Man Tampa Red - Let Me Play With Your Poodle Victoria Spivey - I'm A Red Hot Mama Lonnie Johnson - Jelly Roll Baker Memphis Slim - Churning Man Blues Pink Anderson - Try Some Of That # @ youtube @ Spotify Memphis Slim - Steady Rollin' Blues Tampa Red - Jelly Whipping Blues Victoria Spivey - That Man Memphis Willie B. - Car Machine Blues Memphis Slim - If You See Kay Blind Willie McTell - Beedle Um Bum [Bluesville 1040] rec. between 1956 and 1961 # rec. April 12, 1961 in Spartanburg, SC by Samuel Charters; Pink Anderson, voc, g; prod. by Kenneth S. Goldstein design and collage: Christos Gianakos notes by John Greenway Bluesville BV/BVLP 1055 (US 1962) notes by John Greenway Prestige BVLP 1055 (US 196?) - trident label in use 1964 -1971 notes by John Greenway = OBCCD-544 (US 1991) Bluesville Records discography OBC Records discography Tampa Red discography Lonnie Johnson discography Pink Anderson discography Memphis Willie B. discography
43	1963	Kings Of The Twelve String Blind Willie McTell - Dark Night Blues [Victor V38032] - Mama, Let Me Scoop For You [Victor 23328] - Ain't It Grand To Be A Christian [Decca 7130] - Loving Talking Blues [Victor V38032] Seth Richard - Skoodeldum Doo - Lonely Seth Blues Willie Baker - No No Blues Barbecue Bob - How Long Pretty Mama - Barbecue Blues George Carter - Ghost Woman Blues - Weeping Willow Woman [real title: Weeping Willow Blues] Charlie Turner ["Winston Holmes & Charlie Turner"] - Kansas City Dog Walk Charlie Lincoln [real name: Charlie Hicks] - Depot Blues - Mama Don't Rush Me cover illustration of Piedmont PLP 13159 by Anne H. Spottswood Flyright 101 "presented by Robin L. Gosden, Simon A. Napier and Bruce Bastin" In case anybody wonders why the 1978 edition of the Flyright LP has "℗ 1973" on its labels: The "need for putting '℗ 1973' on the label comes about because of the passage of the amending 1978 US copyright act" (Bob Eagle): § 303. Duration of copyright: Works created but not published or copyrighted before January 1, 1978 (a) Copyright in a work created before January 1, 1978, but not theretofore in the public domain or copyrighted, subsists from January 1, 1978, and endures for the term provided by section 302. In no case, however, shall the term of copyright in such a work expire before December 31, 2002; and, if the work is published on or before December 31, 2002, the term of copyright shall not expire before December 31, 2047. 12-pp. booklet Piedmont PLP 13159 (US 1963) 12-pp. booklet = Gryphon GLP 13159 (on cover), Chesapeake CLP 13159 (on label), Richland (on notes) (US 1964) [Dick Spottswood labels founded soon after he "left" Piedmont Records] = Flyright LP 101 (UK 1973) = Flyright LP 101 (UK 1978) Piedmont Records discography Flyright Records discography
44	1962	Living With The Blues Savoy MG-16000 / Realm/Oriole RM 209 / CBS 52209 tracks (source: http://www.jazzdisco.org/savoy/14000-cat/a/#mg-16000): Brownie McGhee (g, voc), Ernie Hayes ℗, Roy Gaines, Carl Lynch, Al Lucas (b), Bobby Donaldson (d) NYC, December 22, 1958 - Living With The Blues (SBM70332) Memphis Minnie (g, voc), Sunnyland Slim ℗, unknown (b), unknown (d) Chicago, IL, 1950 - Kidman Blues (1217) John Lee Hooker (g, voc), Eddie Kirkland (Germany), unknown (b) unknown (d) New Jersey, 1954 - When My Wife Quit Me Sunnyland Slim ℗, unknown (b), unknown (d), St. Louis Jimmy (voc) Chicago, IL, 1950 - Tryin' To Change My Ways Pee Wee Hughes (hca, voc), unknown (Germany), unknown (d) New Orleans, LA, 1949 - I'm A Country Boy (1012) Curley Weaver (g, voc) a.o. same location, date - She Don't Treat Me Good No More Sunnyland Slim (p, voc), unknown (Germany), unknown (b), unknown (d), unknown (ts) Chicago, IL, April 19, 1949? or 1951 - Orphan Boy Blues (R1513) Dennis McMillon (g, voc) Linden, NJ, 1950 - Poor Little Angel (AM1056) Frank Edwards (voc, g, hca), Curley Weaver, g ("Atlanta, GA, 1950") - Gotta Get A Gettin' [actually "Gotta Get Together"] [Regal unissued] Peg [sic] N' Whistle Red (g, voc) (Willie McTell) Atlanta, GA, 1949 - A To Z Blues (1267) David Wylie (g, voc) circa 1950??? - You're Gonna Weep And Moan (1263) Papa Lightfoot - That Mean Old Train Savoy MG-16000 album cover by "Harvey"; prod. by Fred Mendelsohn Muse MR 5212 / Tobacco Road B2537 tracks: Frank Edwards - Gotta Get A Gettin' [actually "Gotta Get Together"] [Regal unissued] Pig N' Whistle Red (Willie McTell) - A To Z Blues Curley Weaver - She Don't Treat Me Good No More Dennis McMillan - Poor Little Angel Girl David Wylie - You're Gonna Weep And Moan John Lee Hooker - When My Wife Quit Me Memphis Minnie - Kid Man Blues Pee Wee Hughes - I'm A Country Boy Blind Billy Tate - Cryin' In The Morning St Louis Jimmy - Trying To Change My Ways Sunnyland Slim - Orphan Boy Blues Blind Billy Tate - Ooh Wee Baby Muse MR 5212 / Tobacco Road B/2537 / Happy Bird B 90084 reissues "prepared and edited by Fred Seibert" Muse MR 5212 cover photo and design by Ron Warwell Tobacco Road B/2537 cover photo by Jan Saudek "Some compositions previously released on Savoy MG-16000" Musidisc 30CV955 tracks: Brownie McGhee - Livin' With The Blues Memphis Minnie - Kid Man Blues John Lee Hooker - When My Wife Quit Me St Louis Jimmy - Trying To Change My Ways Pee Wee Hughes - I'm A Country Boy Curley Weaver - She Don't Treat Me Good No More Sunnyland Slim - Orphan Boy Blues Dennis McMillan - Poor Little Angel Girl Frank Edwards - Gotta Get A Gettin' [actually "Gotta Get Together"] [Regal unissued] Peg [sic] n' Whistle Red (Willie McTell) - A To Z Blues David Wylie - You're Gonna Weep And Moan Papa Lightfoot - That Mean Old Train Musidisc 30CV955 cover photo (John Lee Hooker) by Jean-Pierre Leloir notes by Fred Mendelsohn Savoy MG 16000 (US 1962) "Living With The Blues" notes by Chris Whent = Realm/Oriole RM 209 (UK 1964) "Livin' With The Blues" notes by Chris Whent = CBS 52209 (US 1964) (CBS Realm Jazz series) "Livin' With The Blues" notes by Ed Salamon = Muse MR 5212 (US 1979) "Cryin' In The Morning" = Tobacco Road B/2537 (Germany 1976?) "What Is The Thing Called Blues?" (American Jazz & Blues History Vol. 37) = Happy Bird B 90084 (Germany 1979 "Jazz 2000") "Cryin' In The Morning" notes by Ed Salamon = Muse MR 5212 (Australia 1981) "Cryin' In The Morning" = Musidisc 30CV955 (Fr) "Living With The Blues" = Musidisc 30CO955 (Fr "collection or")
45	196?	The Country Blues Volume 2 Compiled and Edited by Samuel Charters Texas Alexander - Levee Camp Moan Peg Leg Howell - Tishamingo Blues Henry Townsend - Mistreated Blues Eddie Kelly's Washboard Band - Poole County Blues Papa Charlie Jackson - Papa's Lawdy Lawdy Blues "Georgia Bill" - Scarey Day Blues [OKeh 8936] Luke Jordan - Church Bells Blues Bo Carter - I'm An Old Bumble Bee Charlie Lincoln - Jealous Hearted Blues Bukka White - Strange Place Blues Blind Boy Fuller with Sonny Terry - Bye Bye Baby Blues Charlie Pickett - Let Me Squeeze Your Lemon Brownsville Son Bonds - Weary Worried Big Maceo with Tampa Red - Maceo's 32 - 20 compiled and edited by Samuel Charters photo on front cover depicts Moochie Reeves; photographer: Samuel Charters RBF 9 (US 196?) RBF discography
46	1964	Country Blues & Gospel Willie Lofton - Dark Road Blues Blind Willie McTell - Searching The Desert For The Blues [Victor 23353] Jaybird Coleman - Man Trouble Blues Blind Willie Davis - Rock Of Ages The Guitar Evangelist - Death Is Only A Dream Blind Willie Johnson - Jesus Goin' To Make Up My Dyin' Bed 7 inch 33 1/3 rpm EP Heritage H-302 (UK 1964) Heritage Records discography
46a	1964	The 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
47	1965	Bluebird Blues 1933-46 RCA Victor LPV-518 / RCA RD-7786 track sequence: Blind Willie McTell - Lonesome Day Blues [Victor 23353] - Searching The Desert For The Blues [Victor 23353] 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 °° - 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 (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)
48	1966	The Atlanta Blues Barbecue Bob - Motherless Child Blues - She's Gone Blues - Easy Rider Don't You Deny My Name Lonnie Coleman - Old Rock Island Blues Tampa Red - Boogie Woogie Dance Blind Willie McTell - Death Cell Blues [Vocalion 02577] - Broke Down Engine [Vocalion 02577] Charlie Lincoln - Country Breakdown - Mojoe Blues Peg Leg Howell - Please Ma'am Peg Leg Howell And His Gang - Beaver Slide Rag Alec Johnson - Sundown Blues Buddy Moss - Hard Road Blues - Daddy Don't Care compiled by Samuel Charters notes by Samuel Charters RBF RF15 (US 1966) RBF discography
49	1966	Blind Willie McTell: 1940 The Legendary Library of Congress Session - Chainey - Murderer's Home Blues - Kill-It-Kid Rag - I Got To Cross De River O' Jordan - monologue on history of the blues - monologue on old songs; Old Time Religion, Amen - Will Fox - Dying Crapshooter's Blues - Amazing Grace - monologue on accidents - Just As Well Get Ready, You Got To Die; Climbing High Mountains, Tryin' To Get Home - King Edward Blues - Delia - Boll Weevil - I Got To Cross The River Jordan notes by Richard Spottswood and John A. Lomax Melodeon MLP 7323 (US 1966) = Storyville SLP 186 (Denmark 1967) = Storyville 670.186 = Blue Moon BMLP 1.049 (198?) RST BDCD 6001 (Austria 1990) Melodeon Records discography Storyville Records discography
50	1966	Blues Classics Volume 3 Lonnie Coleman - Old Rock Island Blues Robert Lockwood - Little Boy Blue Wright Holmes - Alley Blues The Delta Boys - You Shouldn't Say That - Black Gal Swing Barbecue Bob - Ease It To Me Blues Walter Roland - 45 Pistol Blues - Every Morning Blues Willie McTell - Kill It Kid [Atlantic 891] Kid Stormy Weather - Short Haired Blues Casey Bill -WPA Blues Harmonika Frank - Tom Cat Blues Memphis Minnie - Bumble Bee Blues Black Boy Shine - Sugarland Blues Son Bond - 80 Highway Willie McTell - Broke Down Engine [Atlantic 891] Blues Classics BC 7 (US 1966) Blues Classics discography
51	1968	Blind Willie McTell 1927-1933 The Early Years - Broke Down Engine Blues [Columbia 14632-D] - Mama 'Tain't Long 'Fore Day [Victor 21474] - Georgia Rag [OKeh 8924] - Love Changing Blues [Victor V38580] - Statesboro Blues [Victor V38001] - Stomp Down Rider [OKeh 8936] - Travelin' Blues [Columbia 14484-D] - Drive Away Blues [Victor V38580] - Warm It Up To Me [Vocalion 02595] - Three Women Blues [Victor V38001] - Writing Paper Blues [Victor 21474] - Southern Can Is Mine [Columbia 14632-D] - Talkin' To Myself [Columbia 14551-D] Belzona L 1005 (US 1968) notes by Stephen Calt and John Miller = Yazoo L 1005 (US 1968) Yazoo Records discography
52	1968	Blues From Georgia 1926-1931 Barbecue Bob - Cold Wave Blues - Beggin' For Love - Jesus' Blood Can Make Me Whole Charlie Lincoln - Ugly Papa - If It Looks Like Jelly - Chain Gang Trouble - Hard Luck Blues - Gamblin' Charley Blind Willie McTell - Stole Rider Blues [Victor 21124] - Mr. McTell Got The Blues [Victor 21124] - Low Rider's Blues [OKeh 8924] Peg Leg Howell - Rock And Gravel Blues - Walkin' Blues - Turtle Dove Blues - Fo' Day Blues - New Prison Blues Roots RL-309 (Austria 1968) Roots Records discography
53	1969	Georgia Guitar 1927-38 Kokomo Arnold - Going Down In Galilee (Swing Along With Me) - Something's Hot Barbecue Bob - It Just Won't Hay - It's Just Too Bad Fred McMullen - Poor Stranger Blues Blind Willie McTell - It's A Good Little Thing [Vocalion 02622] Buddy Moss - Cold Country Blues - My Baby Don't Pay Me No Mind - Stop Hanging Around Tampa Red - Sugar Mama Blues no. 2 - Black Angel Blues Curley Weaver - No No Blues Sylvester Weaver - Penitentiary Bound Blues - Devil Blues - Black Spider Blues "Kokomo Records produced by Ted Griffiths & Trev Huyton" Kokomo K-1004 (UK 1969) Kokomo Records discography
54	1969	Blind Willie McTell 1949: Trying To Get Home - Hide Me In Thy Bosom [Regal 3272] - Honey It Must Be Love [R1279, Regal unissued] - Sending Up My Timber [R1280-1, Regal unissued] - Sending Up My Timber [R1280-2, Regal unissued] - Lord Have Mercy If You Please [R1281, Regal unissued] - It's My Desire [Regal 3272] - Trying To Get Home [R1282, Regal unissued] - Don't Forget It [R1266, Regal unissued] - Good Little Thing [R1268, Regal unissued] - You Can't Get Stuff No More [R1269, Regal unissued] - Pal Of Mine - tk 2 [R1278, Regal unissued] rec. May 1950 [not c. November 1949] in Atlanta, GA notes by Chris Albertson Biograph BLP-12008 (US 1969) Biograph Records discography
55	1969	Sugar Mama Blues 1949 Postwar Blues David Wylie (Little David) - Baby, You Don't Mean Me No Good - Baby, You're Gonna Change Your Mind - Shackles Around My Body Frank Edwards - Love My Baby ((R-1264) * Pee Wee Hughes - Sugar Mama Blues - Santa Fe Blues - Shreveport Blues Curley Weaver - Brown Skin Woman - I Keep On Drinkin' Dennis McMillan - Woke Up One Morning (tk 1) - Woke Up One Morning, (tk 2) - Poor Little Angel Girl - Paper Wooden Daddy (tk 1) - Paper Wooden Daddy (tk 2) Biograph BLP 12009 (US 1969) Biograph Records discography
56	1969	Blind Willie McTell: King Of The Georgia Blues Singers (1929-1935) - Come On Around To My House Mama - Razor Ball - Rollin' Mama Blues - Lord Have Mercy If You Please - Don't You See How This World Made A Change? - My Baby's Gone - Weary Hearted Blues - Runnin' Me Crazy - We Got To Meet Death One Day - Dying Gambler - God Don't Like It - Bell Street Blues - Lay Some Flowers On My Grave - Ticket Agent Blues - Cold Winter Day - Your Time To Worry Roots RL-324 (Austria 1969) Roots Records discography
57	1969	Masters Of The Blues 1928-1940 Robert Johnson (recorded Dallas, June 20, 1937) - Little Queen Of Spades - Love In Vain Blues Curley Weaver accompanied by Blind Willie McTell (recorded Chicago, April 23, 1935) - Sometime Mama - Two Faced Woman Little Bill Gaither (recorded Chicago, June 12, 1940) - Georgia Barrel House Blind Boy Fuller (recorded Chicago, June 12, 1940) - You Got To Have Your Dollar Robert Hill (recorded New Orleans, Oct 15, 1936) - I Had A Gal For The Last Fifteen Years Tommy Johnson (recorded Memphis, August 31, 1928) - Lonesome Blues (tk 1) unissued - Lonesome Blues (tk 2) unissued - Canned Heat Blues Bumble Bee Slim (Amos Easton) with Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell (NY, March 16, 1932) - I'm Waitin' On You Frank Stokes (recorded Memphis, Feb 2, 1928) - Downtown Blues (unissued take) Texas Alexander (recorded San Antonio, March 10, 1928) with Eddie Lang & Lonnie Johnson - Yellow Girl Blues - I Am Calling Blues notes by Chris Albertson Historical HLP-31 (US 1969) Historical Records discography
58	1969	The Story Of The Blues Fra-Fra Tribesmen - Yarum Praise Songs Mississippi John Hurt - Stack O' Lee Blues Blind Willie McTell - Travelin' Blues Charley Patton - Stone Pony Blues Blind Lemon Jefferson - Black Snake Moan Leadbelly - Pig Meat Papa Texas Alexander - Broken Yo-yo Peg Leg Howell - Broke And Hungry Blues Barbecue Bob - It Won't Be Long Now Henry Williams - Georgia Crawl Mississippi Jook Band - Dangerous Woman Memphis Jug Band - Gator Wobble Bessie Smith - In The House Blues Lillian Glinn - Shake It Down Bertha 'Chippie' Hill - Pratt City Blues Butterbeans And Susie - What It Takes To Bring You Back (Mama Keeps It All The Time) Leroy Carr - Midnight Hour Blues Faber Smith - East St Louis Blues Peetie Wheatstraw - Good Whiskey Blues Casey Bill - W.P.A. Blues Bo Carter - Sorry Feeling Blues Robert Johnson - Little Queen Of Spades Bukka White - Parchman Farm Blues Memphis Minnie - Me And My Chauffeur Blues Blind Boy Fuller - I Want Some Of Your Pie Brownie McGhee - Million Lonesome Woman Joe Williams - Wild Cow Moan Big Bill Broonzy - All By Myself Joe Turner - Roll 'Em Pete Otis Spann - Bloody Murder Elmore James - Sunnyland Johnny Shines - I Don't Know compiled by Paul Oliver DLP CBS 22135
59	1969?	The East Coast States Vol. 2 (1924-1938) Georgia - Carolinas - Virginia Sylvester Weaver - I'm Busy And You Can't Come In - Guitar Rag Curley Weaver - Oh Lawdy Mama - Fried Pie Blues Blind Willie McTell - Hillbilly Willie's Blues Julius Daniels & Bubba Lee Torrence - I'm Gonna Tell God How You Doin' - My Mamma Was A Sailor Willie Baker - Bad Luck Moan Joe Linthecome - Pretty Mama Blues Virgil Childers - Travellin' Man - Preacher And The Bear Barbecue Bob - Poor Boy A Long Way From Home Andrew & Jim Baxter - K. C. Railroad Blues Luke Jordan - Traveling Coon - Pick Poor Robin Clean - Cocaine Blues Roots RL 326 (Austria 1969?) Roots Records discography
60	1970	Travellin' This Lonesome Road An Anthology Of The Victor/Bluebird Catalogues Luke Jordan - Church Bells Blues # - Pick Poor Robin Clean # Blind Willie McTell - Mr. McTell's Got The Blues [40311-1, Victor unissued] Memphis Jug Band - She Stays Out All Night Long James Rachel - Sweet Mama Clifford Gibson - Jive Me Blues - She Rolls It Slow Cannon's Jug Stompers - Pretty Mama Blues Walter Davis - Travellin' This Lonesome Road - Sad And Lonesome Blues Elijah Jones - Katy Fly - Mean Actin' Mama Joe Williams - Get Your Head Trimmed Down - Peach Orchard Mama Sonny Boy Williamson - Early In The Morning - Project Highway # previously unissued first takes notes by Neil Slaven RCA International (Camden) INT 1175 (US 1970) = RCA 731.046
61	1971	Blind Willie McTell & Memphis Minnie: Love Changin' Blues Blind Willie McTell - Love Changing Blues [Regal 3277] # - Savannah Mama [R1271-1, Regal unissued] # - Talkin' To You Mama [Regal 3277] # - East St. Louis [R1273-1, Regal unissued] # - Wee Midnight Hours [R1274-1, Regal unissued] # - Pal Of Mine - tk 1 [R1278-1, Regal unissued] # Memphis Minnie - Down Home Girl (R1214-1) * - Night Watchman Blues - tk 1 (R1215-1) * - Night Watchman Blues - tk 2 (R1215-2) * - Why Did I Make You Cry (R1216-1) * - Kid Man Blues (R1217-2) * Jimmy Rogers - Ludella (R1218-2) [] # rec. c. August 1949 in Atlanta (Regal) * rec. 1949/1950 in Chicago (Regal) [] rec. 1949 in Chicago (Regal) notes by Don Kent Biograph BLP-12035 (US 1971) = Blue Moon 1.073 (UK 1989) (=) Biograph BCD 124 Biograph Records discography
62	1971	Christ Was Born On Christmas Morn Cotton Top Mountain Sanctified Singers (featuring Frankie Half-Pint Jaxon and Punch Miller) - Christ Was Born On Christmas Morn - She's Coming 'Round The Mountain Blind Willie Johnson - The Soul Of A Man - Take Your Stand Blind Mamie Forehand & A.C. Forehand - Wouldn't Mind Dying If Dying Was All - Mothers Prayer - I'm So Glad Today, Today Laura Henton - He's Coming Soon Blind Willie McTell - We Got To Meet Death One Day - Ain't It Grand To Be A Christian - Lay Some Flowers On My Grave Arizona Dranes - He Is My Story - I Shall Wear A Crown Edward W. Clayborn - Jesus Will Make It Allright Rooseveldt Graves & Brother - I'll Be Rested (When The Roll Is Called) - Wake Up This Morning (With My Mind On Jesus) notes by Richard K. Spottswood Historical HLP-34 (US 1971) Historical Records discography
63	1971	Blues 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-page 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"
64	1972	Blind Willie McTell: Atlanta Twelve String Blues Originals Vol. 1 - Kill It Kid [Atlantic 891] - The Razor Ball [A 321, Atlantic unissued] - Little Delia [A 322, Atlantic unissued] - Broke Down Engine Blues [Atlantic 891] - Dying Crapshooter's Blues [A 324, Atlantic unissued] - Pinetop's Boogie Woogie [A 325, Atlantic unissued] - Blues Around Midnight [A 326, Atlantic unissued] - Last Dime Blues [A 334, Atlantic unissued] - On The Cooling Board [A 327, Atlantic unissued] - Motherless Children Have A Hard Time [A 328, Atlantic unissued] - I Got To Cross The River Jordan [A 329, Atlantic unissued] - You Got To Die [A 330, Atlantic unissued] - Ain't It Grand To Live A Christian [A 331, Atlantic unissued] - Pearly Gates [A 332, Atlantic unissued] - Soon This Morning [A 333, Atlantic unissued] rec. c. November 1949 in Atlanta, GA; Blind Willie McTell, voc, g; prod. by Ahmet Ertegun & Herb Abramson; album research & compilation: Pete Lowry & Ilhan Mimaroglu; series concept: Pete Lowry notes by Simon A. Napier Atlantic SD 7224 (US) = Atlantic K40400 (UK) = Atlantic CD 82366 (US 1992) = WEA Atlantic WPCR-27595 (Jp 2012)
65	1972	The World's Rarest Country Blues Records Blind Willie McTell - B And O Blues No 2 (New York Sep. 21 1933) King Solomon Hill - Down On My Bended Knee (Grafton, Wis. c. Jan 1932) Blind Lemon Jefferson - Disgusted Blues (Chicago, Ill. c. Jan 1929) - The Cheaters Spell (Richmond Ind. Sep 24 1929) Sluefoot Joe - She's A Fool (Long Island City, N.Y. Apr 1929) - House Top Blues (Long Island City, N.Y. Apr 1929) Jaybird Coleman - Trunk Busted Suitcase Full Of Holes (Birmingham Alabama c. Aug. 1927) Ruby Paul - Last Farewell Blues (Chicago, Ill. Dec. 1927) Blind Willie Davis - Trust In God And Do Right. Grafton Wis. c. Jan 1930) William Harris - Electric Chair Blues - Kansas City Blues (Richmond Ind. Oct. 9th 1928) Geeshie Wiley - Last Kind Words Blues - Skinny Leg Blues (Grafton, Wis. c. April 1930) Skip James - Hard-Luck Child - 4 O'Clock Blues (Grafton Wis. c. Feb. 1931) Charley Patton - Circle Round The Moon - Magnolia Blues - Mean Black Cat Blues (Grafton Wis. Nov. 1929) Strictly limited edition (150 Copies). Plain white cover white Separate Typed Listing Sheet. Note: "Every title presented on this lp has been dubbed from the only copy known to exist in the world. The makers have done their best to make these extremely rare and worn out 78's audible!" For Specialists Only FSO-001 (Austria [Paltram/Roots] 1972)
66	1973	Blind Willie McTell: Death Cell Blues 1929 - 1933 - Atlanta Strut - Travelin' Blues - Kind Mama - Talkin' To Myself - Southern Can Is Mine - Broke Down Engine Blues - Experience Blues - Painful Blues - Stomp Down Rider - Scarey Day Blues - Georgia Rag - Warm It Up To Me - Savannah Mama - Broke Down Engine - Death Cell Blues - Southern Can Mama notes by Anonymous (transmitted from Melodeon 7323) Biograph BLP-C14 (US 1973) Biograph Records discography
67	1974	Blind Willie McTell 1927-1935 Doin' That Atlanta Strut - Ticket Agent Blues - B & O Blues No. 2 - It's A Good Little Thing - Cold Winter Day 0 - Kind Mama - Experience Blues (Ruth Day, voc) - Southern Can Mama - My Baby's Gone - Painful Blues (Ruth Day, voc) - Razor Ball - Stole Rider Blues - God Don't Like It - Scarey Day Blues - Atlanta Strut notes by Stephen Calt and John Miller = Yazoo L 1037 (US 1974) Yazoo Records discography
68	1974	Rough Alley Blues Blues from Georgia 1924-1931 Mary Willis & B. W. McTell - Rough Alley Blues Ed Andrews - Time Ain't Gonna Make Me Stay Sylvester Weaver - Chittlin Rag Blues Bert Bilbro - C. & N. W. Blues Irene Scruggs - Itching Heel Blues Wash Board Walter (Taylor) & John Byrd - Disconnected Mama Andrew & Jim Baxter - Forty Drops Walter Beasley - Toad Frog Blues Sylvester Weaver - Rock Pile Blues Sloppy Henry - Canned Heat Blues Barbecue Bob - California Blues Bert Bilbro - Mohana Blues Mary Willis & B. W. McTell - Low Down Blues Ed Andrews - Barrelhouse Blues Walter Beasley - Georgia Skin Leola B. Wilson - Ashley St. Blues prod. by Yngve Nordström notes by Bengt Olsson Magnolia MLP 502 (Sweden 1974) Magnolia Records discography
69	1975	Bluebird 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 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)
69a	1975	Blues In The Thirties The Mississippi Mudder (Joe & Charlie McCoy) - Going Back Home Blues [Decca 7087] Memphis Minnie - Dirty Mother For You [Decca 7048] Kokomo Arnold - Old Black Cat Blues (Jinx Blues) [Decca 7050] Blind Willie McTell - Hillbilly Willie's Blues [Decca 7117] Frankie Black (Scrapper Blackwell) & Dot Rice - No Good Woman Blues [Champion 50049] Sleepy John Estes - Someday Baby Blues [Champion 50068]> The Honey Dripper (Roosevelt Sykes) & Kokomo Arnold - The Honey Dripper [Decca 7050] Jesse James - Lonesome Day Blues [Decca 7213] Bumble Bee Slim - Green Country Gal (No More To Say) [Decca 7440] Johnny Temple - Louise Louise Blues [Decca 7254] Alex Moore - Bull Cow Blues [Decca 7552] Andrew Hogg - Family Trouble Blues [Decca 7303] Blind Boy Fuller - Some Day You're Gonna Be Sorry [Decca 7892] Peetie Wheatstraw & Lonnie Johnson - What More Can A Man Do? [Decca 7429] MCA-3526 (Jp 1975)
70	1975	The Blues Box - Country Blues record 1: Kokomo Arnold - Shake That Thing Baby Doo - The Death Of Walter Barnes Scrapper Blackwell - Motherless Boy Blues Dot Rice & Frankie Black - Texas Stomp Son Bonds - Trouble Trouble Blues Walter Coleman - I'm Going To Cincinnati - Smack That Thing Blind Teddy Darby - The Girl I Left Behind Bumble Bee Slim - Bleeding Heart Blues Cow Cow Davenport - I Ain't No Iceman - Railroad Blues Big Boy Teddy Edwards - W-P-A Blues Cow Cow Davenport - Louisiana Blind Boy Fuller - Stingy Mama - Working Man Blues Gene Gilmore - Natchez Fire record 2: Bill Gaither - Pains In My Heart - In The Wee Wee Hours Jimmie Gordon - Graveyard Blues - Sweet Jelly Rollin' The Harlem Hamfats - Baby Don't You Tear My Clothes - Let Me Feel It Honey Hill - Boogie Woogie - Set 'Em Springback James - Stingaree Mama Blues - Rusty Can Blues Lonnie Johnson - Flood Water Blues - Blue Ghost Blues Signifying Mary Johnson - Peepin' At The Risin' Sun - Black Gal Blues Charlie McCoy - Candy Man Blues - Baltimore Blues record 3: Joe McCoy - I Got To Have A Little More - Please Baby Robert Lee McCoy - Gonna Keep It For Me Daddy - Mama Don't Allow Me To Stay Out All Night Long Charlie McFadden - People People Leothus "Lee" Green - 44 Blues Barrel House Buck McFarland - Mercy Mercy Blues - Weeping Willow Blues Arthur McKay - Central Limited Blues - She Squeezed My Lemon Blind Willie McTell - Let Me Play With Your Yo-Yo - Ticket Agent Blues Alice Moore - Telephone Blues - Don't Deny Me Baby Shorty Bob Parker - The Death Of Slim Green - So Cold In China record 4: Johnny Temple - Louise Louise Blues Black Ace - Whiskey And Woman Curley Weaver - Oh Lawdy Mama Peetie Wheatstraw - These Times Georgia White - Daddy Let Me Lay It On You - Dead Man's Blues Oscar Woods - Evil Hearted Woman Blues - Don't Sell It-Don't Give It Away Charlie Pickett - Crazy 'Bout My Black Gal - Trembling Blues Red Nelson - Detroit Special - Streamline Train Sloke And Ike - Slocum Blues - Chocolate Candy Blues Johnnie Strauss - Hard Working Woman Roosevelt Sykes - Soft And Mellow compiled by Robert "Bob" Hertwig (TELDEC product manager) 4 LP set notes (in German and English) by Robert Hertwig MCA Coral 6.30106 (Germany 1975) = MCA Coral 82.024 / RCOX 7526/1-4 (Germany 1975) (=) Bob CD 203 (Germany 2006)
71	1976	Maple Leaf Rag Ragtime in Rural America Dallas String Band - Dallas Rag Blind Blake - Southern Rag Sugar Underwood - Dew Drop Alley Blind Boy Fuller - Piccolo Rag Cow Cow Davenport - Atlanta Rag Blind Willie McTell - Kill-It-Kid Bunk Johnson and his Band - The Entertainer Rev. Gary Davis - Maple Leaf Rag Jimmie Tarlton - Mexican Rag Gid Tanner and his Skillet Lickers - Hawkins Rag Roy Harvey and Jess Johnson - Guitar Rag Spooney Five - Chinese Rag Bill Boyd and his Cowboy Ramblers - Barn Dance Rag China Poplin - Sunter Rag / Steel Guitar Rag Merle Travis - Cannon Ball Rag / Bugle Call Rag notes by Larry Cohn New World 235 (US 1976)
71a	1975	Blues, Boogie And Beat LP 1: Country Blues - Don't Ease Me In - Henry Thomas - Need More Blues - Sleepy John Estes - Prison Bound Blues - Leroy Carr - Cold Winter Day - Blind Willie McTell - Chickasaw Train Blues - Memphis Minnie - Shack Bully Stomp - Peetie Wheatstraw - Bad Things On My Mind - Lightnin' Hopkins Gospel - The Storm Is Passing Over - Blind Joe Taggart - Chariot's Coming Down - Rev. J.C.Burnett - Didn't It Rain - Norfork Jubilee Singers - Take My Hand, Precious Lord - Selah Jubilee Singers - God's Gonna Separate - Mahalia Jackson - I Feel My Time Ain't Long - Blue Jay Singers - Motherless Children Had Hard Times - Dixie Hummingbirds LP 2: Boogie Woogie - Pinetop's Boogie - Pinetop Smith - Boogie Woogie Stomp - Albert Ammons - Death Ray Boogie - Pete Johnson - Boogie Woogie Cocktail - Andy Kirk - Hamp's Boogie Woogie - Lionel Hampton - Choo Choo Ch'Boogie - Louis Jordan - I'm Wild About You, Baby - Lightnin' Hopkins R & B to Rock - Hey Ba-Ba-Re-Bop - Lionel Hampton - Let The Good Times Roll - Louis Jordan - Treat Your Daddy Well - T-Bone Walker - Talkin' All Out My Head - Little Esther - The Ladder Of Love - The Flamingos - Shake, Rattle And Roll - Joe Turner - Rock Around The Clock - Bill Haley compiled by Toyo Nakamura gatefold DLP notes by Toyo Nakamura MCA-3521/22 (Jp 1975) gatefold DLP notes by Toyo Nakamura = MCA VIM-4636/37 (Jp 1981)
72	1976	Blind Boy Fuller / Blind Willie McTell Blind Boy Fuller - If You See My Pigmeat - Stingy Mama - You Never Can Tell - Put You Back In The Jail - Walking And Looking Blues - Where My Woman Usta Lay - Working Man Blues Blind Willie McTell - Bell Street Blues - Let Me Play With Yo' Yo-Yo - Lay Some Flowers On My Grave - Ticket Agent Blues - Your Time To Worry - Cooling Board Blues [Decca unissued] - Don't Let Nobody Turn You 'Round [Decca unissued] MCA 3523 (Jp 1976)
73	1976	Gospel Music Vol. 1 (1926-1940) - God's Gonna Separate The Wheat From The Tares - Blind Joe Taggart - When I Stand Before The King - Blind Joe Taggart & Bertha Taggart - The Gospel Train Is Coming - Edward W. Clayburn - You Enemy Cannot Harm You - Edward W. Clayburn - I Got Religion, I'm So Glad - Blind Willie McTell & Kate McTell [Decca unissued] - Ain't That News? - Son Bonds & Hammie Nixon - Give Me That Old Time Religion - Son Bonds - Downfall Of Nebuchadnezzar - Rev. J.C. Burnett - When The Evening Sun Goes Down - Rev. J.C. Burnett - Amaging Grace - Rev. J.C. Burnett - If I Have To Run - Charles Beck - Death Train Is Coming - Norfolk Jubilee Quartet - Jesus Is Making Up My Dying Bed - Norfolk Jubilee Quartet - Pure Religion - Norfolk Jubilee Quartet MCA 3530 (Jp 1976)
73a	1979	La Ballata Afro-Americana Afro-American Ballads La Ballade Afro-Américaine - Dying Crapshoot Blues - Blind Willie McTell - Casey Jones (Kassie Jones, part 1) - Furry Lewis - Casey Jones (Kassie Jones, part 2) - Furry Lewis - Casey Jones (Southern Casey Jones) - Jesse James - Boll Weevil - Leadbelly - Bettie And Dupree (Dupree Blues) - Willie Walker - Brady And Duncan (Bill Brady) - Leadbelly - Ella Speed - Leadbelly - John Henry - Willie Turner - John Henry - Furry Lewis - Titanic (Titanic Blues) - Hi Henry Brown - Delia (Little Delia) - Blind Willie McTell - Frankie And Albert (Frankie) - Mississippi John Hurt - Stackolee (Billy Lyons And Stack O'Lee) - Furry Lewis notes (Italian & English) by Alessandro Roffeni Albatros VPA 8437 (It 1979) = VC 4934 (cassette) Albatros Records discography
74	1979	Atlanta Blues 1933 A Collection Of Previously Unissued Recordings Georgia Browns - Next Door Man Blind Willie McTell and Curley Weaver - It's Your Time To Worry Curley Weaver and Blind Willie McTell - You Was Born To Die Curley Weaver and Buddy Moss - Dirty Mistreater Buddy Moss and Curley Weaver - Back To My Used To Be - Can't Use You No More Blind Willie McTell - Broke Down Engine No. 2 - Love Makin' Mama Blind Willie McTell and Curley Weaver - Death Room Blues Blind Willie McTell - Lord, Send Me An Angel Buddy Moss and Curley Weaver - Broke Down Engine No. 2 Curley Weaver and Buddy Moss - Empty Room Blues Buddy Moss and Curley Weaver - Some Lonesome Day Blind Willie McTell and Curley Weaver - B And O Blues No. 2 - Bell Street Lightnin' - East St. Louis Blues (Fare You Well) cover by Grant Swanlund 32-pp. booklet by David Evans & Bruce Bastin John Edwards Memorial Foundation JEMF 106 notes by David Evans & Bruce Bastin ("Edited by Chris Strachwitz from the original 31-pp. booklet to fit this space") John Edwards Memorial Foundation JEMF 106 (Arhoolie re-release sans booklet!) JEMF discography Fred McMullen discography Buddy Moss discography Curley Weaver discography
75	1979	Straight And Gay Victoria Spivey And Lonnie Johnson - Toothache Blues Maggie Jones - Anybody Here Want To Try My Cabbage Lil Johnson - Take Your Hand Off It Washboard Sam And His Washboard Band - I'm Gonna Keep My Hair Parted Sippie Wallace - I'm A Mighty Tight Woman Mae Glover - Gas Man Blues Victoria Spivey - Black Snake Blues Blanch Calloway And Her Joy Boys - I Got What It Takes The Hokum Boys - Somebody's Been Using That Thing Charlie Jackson - Shave Em Dry Pinewood Tom - Sissy Man Ma Rainey And Her Georgia Band - Sissy Blues Monette Moore And Her Swing Shop Boys - Two Old Maids In A Folding Bed Ruby Glaze And Blind Willie McTell - Rollin' Mama Blues Ruth Ladson And Three Shadows - Windy City Blues Lucille Bogan - Stew Meat Blues Stash St-118 (US 1979) Stash discography
76	1979?	The Roots Of Rock Kansas Joe & Memphis Minnie - When The Levee Breaks Charley Patton - A Spoonful Blues Bukka White - Shake 'em On Down Skip James - I'm So Glad Bo Carter - Corrine Corrine. Blind Blake - Diddie Wa Diddie Blind Willie McTell - Statesboro Blues Henry Thomas - Bull Doze Blues Tommy Johnson - Big Road Blues Hambone Willie Newbern - Roll And Tumble Blues Blind Joe Reynolds - Outside Woman Blues Robert Wilkins - That's No Way To Get Along Blind Blake - That Will Never Happen No More Cannon's Jug Stompers - Walk Right In notes by Steve Calt Yazoo 1063 (US 1979?) Yazoo CD 1063 (US 1991?) Yazoo Records discography
77	1982	Blind Willie McTell: 1927-1949 The Remaining Titles - Mr. McTell Got The Blues - Dark Night Blues - Loving Talking Blues - Low Rider's Blues - Lonesome Day Blues - Mama Let Me Scoop For You - Searching The Desert For The Blues - Broke Down Engine - Death Cell Blues - Ain't It Grand To Be A Christian - Don't Let Nobody Turn You 'Round - Let Me Play With Yo' Yo-Yo - Cooling Board Blues - Hillbilly Willie's Blues - A To Z Blues Wolf WSE 102 (Austria 1982)
78	1983	Blind Willie McTell: Blues In The Dark - Let Me Play With Your Yo-Yo - Ticket Agent Blues - Cold Winter Day - Ain't It Grand To Be A Christian - Cooling Board Blues - Dying Gambler - Hillbilly Willie's Blues - I Got Religion - I'm So Glad - Lay Some Flowers On My Grave - Don't Let Nobody Turn You Round - We Got To Meet Death One Day - Bell Street Blues "transferred from the original 78 rpm Decca metal parts" notes by Richard James Hite MCA MCA-1368 (US 1983) (Jazz Heritage Series)
In 1983 Bob Dylan recorded "(Nobody Can Sing The Blues Like) Blind Willie McTell" for his album "Infidels". It hasn't been officially released until 1991 ("The Bootleg Series 1-3")
79	1985	Georgia Blues 1924-1935 The Complete Recordings in Chronological Order of Ed Andrews, Emery Glen, George Carter, Blind Gussie Nesbit, plus alternative takes by Babecue Bob and Blind Willie McTell, and the Remaining Titles of Sylvester Weaver Ed Andrews - Barrel House Blues - Time Ain't Gonna Make Me Blue Sylvester Weaver - Weaver's Blues - Mixing The Up In C Blind Willie McTell - Mr. McTell Got The Blues Emery Glen - Back Door Blues - Two Ways To Texas - Fifth Street Blues - Blue Blazes Blues George Carter - Rising River Blues - Hot Jelly Roll Blues - Weeping Willow Blues - Ghost Woman Blues Barbecue Bob - Chocolate To The Bone Blind Gussie Nesbit - Pure Religion - Canaan Land - Motherless Children - I'll Just Stand And Wring My Hands And Cry HK 4005 (Austria 1985) HK Records discography
80	1986	Atlantic Blues: Guitar - Broke Down Engine - Blind Willie McTell - Shake 'Em On Down - Mississippi Fred McDowell - My Baby Don't Love Me - John Lee Hooker - Guitar Lovin' Man - John Lee Hooker * - Tall Pretty Woman - Sticks McGhee - The Blues Rock - Texas Johnny Brown - There Goes The Blues - Texas Johnny Brown - Bongo Boogie - Texas Johnny Brown - Two Bones And A Pick - T-Bone Walker - Mean Ol' World - T-Bone Walker * - Let Me Know - Chuck Norris - It Hurts To Love Someone - Guitar Slim * - Down Through The Years - Guitar Slim - Okie Dokie Stomp - Cornell Dupree - Blue Nocturne - Cornell Dupree * - TV Mama - Big Joe Turner - Reconsider Baby - Al King - Midnight Midnight - Mickey Baker - I Smell Trouble - Ike & Tina Turner - Why I Sing The Blues - B.B. King - Crosscut Saw - Albert King - Angels Of Mercy - Albert King * - Born Under A Bad Sign - Albert King # - Can't Be Satisfied - John Hammond, Jr. * - Shake For Me - John Hammond, Jr. # - Flood Down In Texas - Stevie Ray Vaughan * not included on CD reissue # on CD reissue only 2 LP set Atlantic 7-81695-1 part of "Atlantic Blues: Guitar, Piano, Vocalists, Chicago" (8 LP box) Atlantic 7-81713-1 4 CD set (=) Atlantic CD 82309 (US 1990) "Atlantic Blues: Guitar, Piano, Vocalists, Chicago"
81	1986?	Copulatin' Rhythm Vol. 2 Sixteen More Blues And Jazz Rarities - Get 'Em From The Peanut Man (Hot Nuts) - Georgia White - Southern Can Mama - Blind Willie And Partner - Let Me Pat That Thing - The Hokum Boys - My Handy Man - Ethel Waters - Six Or Seven Times - The Chocolate Dandies - The Duck's Yas-Yas-Yas - James "Stump" Johnson - My Handy Man Ain't Handy No More - Miss Edith Wilson - I Wonder Who's Boogiein' My Woogie Now - Oscar's Chicago Swingers - What's That Smells Like Fish? - Blind Boy Fuller - How Do They Do It That Way? - Victoria Spivey - Papa's Got Your Water On - The Memphis Jug Band - Honey Dripper Blues - Hattie North - All Around Man - Bo Carter - (Easy Rider) I Wonder Where My Easy Rider's Gone - Tampa Red And His Hokum Jug Band - Uncle Ned, Don't Use Your Head - Lonnie Johnson - I'm Wild About That Thing - Bessie Smith Jass Five (US 1986?) Stash/Jass Records discography
82	1987	Them Dirty Blues A Five Record Copulation Compilation LP 1: - Bring On Home To Grandma - Mississippi Mud Mashers °° - (Good Mornin' Susie) I'm Gonna Heat Your Bread - Lee Green °° - Keep It To Yourself - Lonnie Johnson And Spencer Williams - Worn Out Engine Blues - Blind Boy Fuller °° - She Done Sold It Out - Memphis Jug Band °° - Big Leg Mama - Kokomo Arnold °° - Daddy, You've Got Everything - Mary Dixon °° - Take A Pro - Unidentified Armed Forces Radio Orchestra °° - Yas Yas Yas No.1 - Jimmy Strange, The Yas Yas Man - The Hottest Stuff In Town - Bob Howe and Frankie Griggs °° - Every Morning Blues - Walter Roland - Ram Rod Blues - Mississippi Sheiks °° - Ash Can Blues - Bob Clifford °° - Caught Us Doing It - Hokum Boys °° - Blue Bloomer Blues - Whistlin' Alex Moore °° - Mister Mary Blues - Speedy Holmes °° LP 2: - Wet It - Frankie Half Pint Jaxon - I Want Some Of Your Pie - Blind Boy Fuller °° - You Can't Sleep In My Bed - Mary Dixon - Messin' Around - Bud Jackson's Swannee Serenaders °° - The Coldest Stuff In Town - Whistling Bob Howe and Frankie Griggs - Somebody's Been Using That Thing - Holmes And Howard °° - She Really Meant To Keep It - Johnny Messner and His Orchestra - Empty Bed Blues, Part One - Bessie Smith - Empty Bed Blues, Part Two - Bessie Smith - Big Mama - Walter Roland °° - Loose Like That - The Mississippi Sheiks °° - Once Or Twice - Lonnie Johnson and Spencer Williams °° - Shake It, Baby - Blind Boy Fuller °° - I Can't Use That Thing - Connie McClean's Rhythm Boys °° - If You Can't Get Five, Take Two - Georgia White ¹⁾ °° - Tricks Ain't Walkin' - Jimmy Rushing °° ¹⁾ back cover erroneously lists "She Really Meant To Keep It - Johnny Messner and His Orchestra" as track #7 on both sides of LP 2! (evidence: http://www.horntip.com/mp3/1930s/1930s--1978ca_them_dirty_blues_(boxed_LPs)/?fref=gc) LP 3: - Somebody's Been Using That Thing, No.2 - The Hokum Boys - Shave 'em Dry - Papa Charlie Jackson - Sissy Man - Pinewood Tom - Sissy Blues - Ma Rainey with Her Georgia Band - Two Old Maids In A Folding Bed - Monette Moore with Her Swing Shop Boys - Rollin Mama Blues - Ruby Glaze and Hot Shot Willie - Windy City Blues - Ruth Ladson with The Three Shadows - Stew Meat Blues - Lucille Bogan - Toothache Blues - Victoria Spivey and Lonnie Johnson - Anybody Here Want To Try My Cabbage? - Maggie Jones with Louis Armstrong and Fletcher Henderson - Take Your Hand Off It - Lil Johnson - I'm Gonna Keep My Hair Parted - Washboard Sam and His Washboard Band - I'm A Mighty Tight Woman - Sippie Wallace - Gas Man Blues - Mae Glover - Black Snake Blues - Victoria Spivey - I Got What It Takes - Blanch Galloway with Her Joy Boys LP 4: - The Candy Man - Rosetta Howard - Tired As I Can Be - Bessie Jackson (Lucille Bogan) °° - You've Got To Save That Thing - Ora Alexander °° - Ants In My Pants - Bo Carter (Bo Chatman) °° - Don't Tear My Clothes - The Chicago Black Swans °° - My Baby (Squeeze Me Again) - Lil Johnson °° - She Showed It All - Napoleon Fletcher °° - Honey, You're So Good To Me - Lil Johnson °° - You've Gotta Have That Thing - The Dallas Jug Band °° - If You Don't Give Me What I Want - Lil Johnson °° - Please Warm My Weiner - Bo Carter (Bo Chatman) °° - Try And Get It - Bea Foote °° - Grinding Mill - Johnny Temple °° - If You See My Rooster - Memphis Minnie °° - I Don't Want No Skinny Woman - Blind Boy Fuller - Take It Easy, Greasy - Lil Johnson °° LP 5: - Get 'em From The Peanut Man (Hot Nuts) - Georgia White °° - Southern Can Mama - Blind Willie and Partner °° - Let Me Pat That Thing - The Hokum Boys - My Handy Man - Ethel Waters °° - Six Or Seven Times - The Chocolate Dandies °° - The Duck's Yas-yas-yas - James "Stump" Johnson °° - My Handy Man Ain't Handy No More - Miss Edith Wilson °° - I Wonder Who's Boogiein' My Woggie Now - Oscar's Chicago Swingers °° - What's That Smells Like Fish? - Blind Boy Fuller °° - How Do They Do It That Way? - Victoria Spivey - Papa's Got Your Water On - The Memphis Jug Band °° - Honey Dripper Blues - Hattie North (Edith North Johnson) °° - All Around Man - Bo Carter (Bo Chatman) °° - (Easy Rider) I Wonder Where My Easy Rider's Gone - Tampa Red and his Hokum Jug Band °° - Uncle Ned, Don't Use Your Head - Lonnie Johnson °° - I'm Wild About That Thing - Bessie Smith °° on JASS CD-11/12 (50 tracks!) comp. by Joe Lauro cover illustration by Collin Kellogg 5 LP box set (80 tracks) Jass Box One (US 1987) 5 cassette set (80 tracks) (=) Jass JCB1-1 - JCB1-5 (US 1988) 2 CD set (50 tracks) (=) Jass JASS CD-11/12 (US 1989) Stash/Jass Records discography
83	1988	Bluesville Vol. 1 "Folk Blues" Furry Lewis - Judge Boushay Blues @ youtube Memphis Willie B. - Country Girl Blues @ youtube K.C. Douglas - Big Road Blues @ youtube Big Joe Williams - Levee Camp Blues @ youtube Robert Curtis Smith - Catfish Blues @ youtube Sidney Maiden - San Quentin Blues @ youtube Wade Walton - Big Fat Mama @ youtube Pete Franklin - Grievin' Me @ youtube Blind Willie McTell - The Dying Crapshooter's Blues @ youtube Lonnie Johnson - Fine Booze and Heavy Dues @ youtube Scrapper Blackwell - Blues Before Sunrise @ youtube Reverend Gary Davis - You Got To Move @ youtube Blind Snooks Eaglin - Brown Skinned Woman @ youtube Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry - Pawn Shop @ youtube Lightnin' Hopkins - T-Model Blues @ youtube Doug Quattlebaum - You Is One Black Rat @ youtube Ace CDCH 247 bonus tracks: Memphis Willie B - Highway 61 @ youtube Furry Lewis - Shake 'em On Down @ youtube Blind Snooks Eaglin - Alberta @ youtube Baby Tate - See What You Done Done @ youtube Scrapper Blackwell - Goin' Where The Monon Crosses The Yellow Dog @ youtube compiled by Ray Topping notes (8-pp. booklet) by John H. Cowley Ace CH 247 (UK 1988) Ace CDCH 247 (UK 1988) Bluesville Records discography
84	1988	Blind Willie McTell 1929-1935 - Come On Around To My House Mama - Teasing Brown (Harris & Harris, voc) [Victor V38594] - This Is Not The Stove To Brown Your Bread (Harris & Harris, voc) [Victor V38594] - Rough Alley Blues (Ruth (Mary) Willis, voc) - Low Down Blues (Ruth (Mary) Willis, voc) - Rollin' Mama Blues - Lord Have Mercy If You Please - Don't You See How This World Made A Change - Weary Hearted Blues - Runnin' Me Crazy - We Got To Meet Death One Day (version A) - We Got To Meet Death One Day (version B) - I Got Religion, I'm So Glad - Dying Gambler - Bell Street Blues - Lay Some Flowers On My Grave - Your Time To Worry Document DLP 531 (Austria 1988)
85	1988	Skip James / Blind Willie McTell / Bukka White: Three Shades Of Blues Bukka White (rec. 1974, from Biograph BLP-12049) - Mama Don't Low - Jelly Roll Workin' Blues - Black Crepe Blues - Glory Bound Train Skip James (rec. 1964, from Biograph BLP-12016) - Drunken Spree - Special Rider Blues - I Don't Want A Woman To Stay Out All Night Long Blind Willie McTell - Love Changin' Blues [Regal 3277] # - Savannah Mama [Biograph 12035] # - Talkin' To You, Mama [Regal 3277] # - East St.Louis [Biograph 12035] # - Wee Midnight Hours (Curley Weaver, voc) [Biograph 12035] # - Pal Of Mine [Biograph 12035] # # rec. 1950 for Regal label notes by Pete Lowry Biograph BCD 107 = Collectables 6925 (US 2007) (from the Archives of Biograph Records)
86	1990	Blind Willie McTell Vol. 1 1927 - 1931 - Writin' Paper Blues - Stole Rider Blues - Mama, 'tain't Long Fo' Day - Mr. McTell Got The Blues (tk 1) - Mr. McTell Got The Blues (tk 2) - Three Women Blues - Dark Night Blues - Statesboro Blues - Loving Talking Blues - Atlanta Strut - Travelin' Blues - Come On Around To My House Mama - Kind Mama - Teasing Brown (Harris & Harris, voc) - Drive Away Blues - This Is Not The Stove To Brown Your Bread (Harris & Harris, voc) - Love Changing Blues - Talkin' To Myself - Razor Ball - Southern Can Is Mine - Broke Down Engine Blues - Stomp Down Rider - Scarey Day Blues notes by Alan Balfour Document DOCD 5006 (Austria 1990)
87	1990	Blind Willie McTell Vol. 2 1931 - 1933 - Rough Alley Blues (Ruth Willis, voc) - Experience Blues (Ruth Willis, voc) - Painful Blues (Ruth Willis, voc) - Low Rider's Blues - Georgia Rag - Low Down Blues (Ruth Willis, voc) - Rollin' Mama Blues - Lonesome Day Blues - Mama, Let Me Scoop For You - Searching The Desert For The Blues - Warm It Up To Me - It's Your Time To Worry - It's A Good Little Thing - You Was Born To Die (w. Curley Weaver) - Lord Have Mercy If You Please - Don't You See How This World Made A Change - Savannah Mama - Broke Down Engine - Broke Down Engine No. 2 (take 3) - My Baby's Gone - Love-makin' Mama (tk 1) - Death Room Blues (tk 2) - Death Cell Blues - Lord, Send Me An Angel (tk 1) notes by Alan Balfour Document DOCD 5007 (Austria 1990)
88	1990	Blind Willie McTell Vol. 3 1933 - 1935 - B And O Blues No. 2 (tk 1) - B And O Blues No. 2 (tk 2) - Weary Hearted Blues - Bell Street Lightnin' - Southern Can Mama - Runnin' Me Crazy - East St. Louis Blues (Fare You Well) - Ain't It Grand To Be A Christian - We Got To Meet Death One Day (tk A) - We Got To Meet Death One Day (tk B) - Don't Let Nobody Turn You Around - I Got Religion, I'm So Glad - Dying Gambler - God Don't Like It - Bell Street Blues - Let Me Play With Yo' Yo-Yo - Lay Some Flowers On My Grave - Ticket Agent Blues - Cold Winter Day - Your Time To Worry - Cooling Board Blues - Hillbilly Willie's Blues notes by Alan Balfour Document DOCD 5008 (Austria 1990)
89	1990	Blind Willie McTell 1940 - Just As Well Get Ready, You Got To Die; Climbing High Mountains, Tryin' To Get Home - monologue on accidents - Boll Weevil - Delia - Dying Crapshooter's Blues - Will Fox - I Got To Cross The River Jordan - monologue on old songs; Old Time Religion, Amen - Amazing Grace - monologue on history of the blues - monologue on life as maker of records - monologue on himself - King Edward Blues - Murderer's Home Blues - Kill-It-Kid Rag - Chainey - I Got To Cross De River O'Jordan notes by Alan Balfour RST Blues Documents BDCD 6001 (Austria 1990) updated notes by Alan Balfour Document DOCD 6001 (UK 2000, remastered) "Tryin' To Get Home"
90	1990	The Greatest in Country Blues (1927-1956) LP 1 - High Water Everywhere - Charlie Patton - See That My Grave Is Kept Clean - Blind Lemon Jefferson - Cotton Field Blues Part 2 - Garfield Akers - James Alley Blues - Richard "Rabbit" Brown - Had A Good Father And Mother - Washington Phillips - Travelin' Blues - Blind Willie McTell - Canned Heat Blues - Tommy Johnson - Minglewood Blues - Cannon's Jug Stompers - Nappy Head Blues - Bobby Grant - Third Street Woman Blues - Blind Willie Reynolds - My Black Momma Part I - Son House - Bull-Doze Blues - Henry Thomas - Dark Was The Night Cold Was The Ground - Blind Willie Johnson - Trouble Hearted Blues - Ishman Bracey - Honey In The Rock - Blind Mamie Forehand - Frankie - Mississippi John Hurt - Man Trouble Blues - Jaybird Coleman - How Long - Frank Stokes - Future Blues - Willie Brown - Voice Throwin' Blues - Walter "Buddy Boy" Hawkins LP 2 - Devil Got The Woman - Skip James - When That Great Ship Went Down - William And Versey Smith - The Jail House Blues - Sam Collins - Touch Me Light Momma - George "Bullet" Williams - Mothers Love - Blind Joe Taggart - Skin Man Blues - "Hi" Henry Brown - Lost Lover Blues - Lottie Kimbrough - Levee Camp Moan Blues - Texas Alexander - K.C. Moan - Memphis Jug Band - Paddlin' Madeline Blues - Gitfiddle Jim - Preachin' Blues - Robert Johnson - Billy Lyons And Stack O'Lee - Furry Lewis - Fryin' Pan Skillet Blues - Bessie Tucker - Dallas Rag - Dallas String Band - Crazy Cryin' Blues - Memphis Minnie - Woke Up This Morning - Roosevelt Graves - That's No Way To Get Along - Robert Wilkins - McAbee Railroad Piece - Palmer McAbee - The Gone Dead Train - King Soloman Hill - Hastings St. - Blind Blake And Charlie Spand LP 3 - Shorty George - Smith Casey - Ain't No Grave Can Hold My Body Down - Bozie Sturdivant - I Be's Troubled - Muddy Waters - How You Want It Done? - Big Bill Broonzy - She's Coming Back Some Cold Rainy Day - The Georgia Cotton Pickers - Sic 'Em Dogs On - Bukka White - California Desert Blues - Lane Hardin - Lonesome Day Blues - Jesse James - Moanin' The Blues - Allen Shaw - Midnight Hour Blues - Leroy Carr - Jack O'Diamonds - Pete Harris - Dust My Broom - Elmore James - Rowdy Blues - Kid Bailey - Rollin' And Tumblin' - Baby Face Leroy - Penitentiary Blues (Pt. 1 & 2) - Smokey Hogg - Baby How Long - Dan Pickett - Mighty Long Time - Sonny Boy Williamson - River Blues (Pt. 2) - Lowell Fulson - Smokestack Lightnin' - Howlin' Wolf - Moanin' Blues - Lightnin' Hopkins compiled by Johnny Parth 3 LP set with 24-pp. booklet notes (English and German) by Paul Oliver RST Blues Documents BD-01 (Austria 1990) 3 CD set notes by Paul Oliver Vol. 1: 1927-1930 Vol. 2: 1927-1936 Vol. 3: 1929-1956 = Story Of Blues/Da Music 3521/3522/3523 (Austria 1992) = Century Media SOB 3521-2/3522-2/3523-2 (1994) 3 CD set = 1201 Music 7002-2 (US 1999)
91	1990	Legends Of The Blues Volume One Columbia LP C/AL 46215 track sequence: - St. Louis Blues - Bessie Smith - Match Box Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson - Ain't No Tellin' - Mississippi John Hurt - Lord, I Just Can't Keep From Crying - Blind Willie Johnson - Pigmeat Is What I Crave - Bo Carter - Southern Can Is Mine - Blind Willie McTell - Low Down St. Louis Blues - Lonnie Johnson - Revenue Man Blues Patton - Charley Patton - Stormy Night Blues - Leroy Carr - I Believe I'll Make A Change - Josh White - Forth Worth And Dallas Blues - Leadbelly - Sweet Home Blues - Peetie Wheatstraw - Stop Breakin' Down Blues - Robert Johnson - Truckin' My Blues Away, #2 - Blind Boy Fuller - Spreadin' Snakes Blues - Big Bill Broonzy - Nothing In Ramblin' - Memphis Minnie - Fixin' To Die Blues - Bukka White - Hard Day Blues - Muddy Waters - Don't You Leave Me Here (tk 1) - Big Joe Williams - Death Letter - Son House SPV Blue CD SPV 91722 bonus tracks: - Hell Hound On My Trail - Robert Johnson - Rock Island Line - Leadbelly and The Golden Gate Quartet original series compiled & prod. by Lawrence Cohn notes by Paul Oliver Columbia LP C/AL 46215 (US 1990) notes by Paul Oliver = Columbia/Legacy CD CK 46215 (US 1990) notes by Paul Oliver = CBS/Legacy CD 467245 (EU 1990) = CBS/Sony CSCS 5323 (Jp 1990) notes by Neil Slaven (=) SPV Blue SPV 91722 (Germany/Poland 2008) 20 CD box set, CD 5 (=) Sony Music 88875043322 (US 2014) (Roots n' Blues series)
91a	1990	The Slide Guitar: Bottles, Knives & Steel [Vol. 1] - Bottleneck Blues - Weaver & Beasley - untitled - Barbecue Bob - God Don't Never Change - Blind Willie Johnson - Dark Was The Night (Cold Was the Ground) - Blind Willie Johnson - St. Louis Blues - Weaver & Beasley - Experience Blues - Blind Willie McTell, Ruth Mary Willis - Guitar Rag - Sylvester Weaver - You Can't Get That Stuff No More - Tampa Red - High Sheriff Blues - Charley Patton - Homesick And Lonesome Blues - Blind Boy Fuller - Packin' Trunk Blues - Leadbelly - I Believe I'll Make A Change - Casey Bill Weldon - Don't Sell It (Don't Give It Away) - Buddy Woods - Muscat Hill Blues - Buddy Woods - Traveling Riverside Blues - Robert Johnson - Bukka's Jitterbug Swing - Bukka White - Special Streamline - Bukka White - Swing Low, Chariot - Sister O.M. Terrell - Pearline - Son House SPV CD 42492 bonus tracks: - Black Snake Moan - Leadbelly - Death Letter Blues - Son House series prod. by Lawrence Cohn cover photo by Steve Prezant notes by Richard Spottswood CBS LP C 46218 (US 1990) = CBS LP 268.064 (UK 1990) (Roots n' Blues series) notes by Richard Spottswood = CBS CD CK46218 (US 1990) = CBS CD 467251 (EU 1990) (Roots n' Blues series) = CBS/Sony CSCS 5327 (Jp 1990) = Columbia WCK 46218 (Ca 1990) = Columbia 493345 2 (UK 1998) notes by Neil Slaven = SPV GmbH/Blue Label CD SPV 42492 (Germany 2008) (Roots n' Blues series) 20 CD box set, CD 8 notes by Dean Rudland (=) Sony Music 88875043322 (US 2014) (Roots n' Blues series)
92	1991	Blind Willie McTell and Curley Weaver: The Post-War Years 1949-1950 1990 track sequence - My Baby's Gone - Ticket Agent - Don't Forget It - A To Z Blues - Good Little Thing - You Can't Get Stuff No More - Love Changing Blues (2:27) - Savannah Mama - Talkin' To You Mama - East St. Louis - Wee Midnight Hours - She Don't Treat Me Good No More - Brownskin Women - I Keep On Drinking - Pal Of Mine - Pal Of Mine - Honey It Must Be Love - Sending Up My Timber - Sending Up My Timber - Lord Have Mercy If You Please - Trying To Get Home Climbing High Mountains - It's My Desire - Hide My Desire - Some Rainy Day - Trixie 2008 track sequence - My Baby`s Gone - Ticket Agent - Some Rainy Day - Trixie - Don't Forget It - A To Z Blues - Good Little Thing - You Can't Get Stuff No More - Love Changin' Blues - Savannah Mama - Talkin' To You Mama - East St. Louis - Wee Midnight Hours - Brownskin Woman Blues - She Don't Treat Me Good No More - I Keep On Drinking - Pal Of Mine (tk 1) - Pal Of Mine (tk 2) - Honey It Must Be Love - Sending Up My Timber (tk 1) - Sending Up My Timber (tk 2) - Lord Have Mercy If You Please - Trying To Get Home (Climbing High Mountains) - River Jordan (2:28) # - How About You (2:37) # - It's My Desire (tk 1) (3:35) - It's My Desire (tk 2) (2:37) - Hide Me In Thy Bosom (2:38) # 1950 Regal / Sittin' In With recordings; # 2008 additional tracks notes by Alan Balfour RST Blues Documents BDCD 6014 (Austria 1990) notes by David Evans (extended to 6 pages) Document BDCD 6014 (remastered 2008, 3 additional tracks) "Don't Forget It" The Post-War Years 1949
92a	1992	Roots N' Blues - The Retrospective (1925-1950) disc 1: Charlie Poole with The North Carolina Ramblers - Whitehouse Blues Aiken County String Band - High Sheriff Frank Hutchison - The Last Scene Of The Titanic Hersal Thomas - Suitcase Blues Reverend J.M. Gates - Death's Black Train Is Coming Dora Carr - Cow-Cow Blues Vance's Tennessee Breakdowners - Washington County Fox Chase Fiddlin' John Carson - I'm Going To Take The Train To Charlotte Ernest V. Stoneman's Trio - Untitled Whistler And His Jug Band - Low Down Blues Washington Phillips - Paul & Silas In Jail Barbecue Bob - Blind Pig Blues Austin & Lee Allen - Chattanooga Blues Sherman Tedder - Untitled Dallas String Band with Coley Jones - Hokum Blues Gladys Bentley - Worried Blues Elizabeth Johnson - Empty Bed Blues Part 1 Elizabeth Johnson - Empty Bed Blues Part 2 South Georgia Highballers - Blue Grass Twist Charlie Bowman And His Brothers - Moonshiner And His Money Clarence Green - Johnson City Blues Reverend Johnny Blakey assisted by The Sanctified Singers - Warming By The Devil's Fire Papa Too Sweet & Harry Jones - (Honey) It's Tight Like That Mississippi John Hurt - Big Leg Blues Daniels-Deason Sacred Harp Singers - Hallelujah disc 2: Hershel Brown and His Happy Five - Liberty Mamie Smith - My Sportin' Man Blues Birdhead - Mean Low Blues Pink Anderson & Simmie Dooley - C.C. & O. Blues The Okeh Atlanta Sacred Harp Singers - Ortonville Slim Doucet - Dear Black Eyes (Chere Yeux Noirs) Roosevelt Sykes - Roosevelt Blues The Hokum Boys - Gin Mill Blues Joe Falcon acc. by Clemo Breaux & Ophy Breaux - Osson W.T. Narmour & S.W. Smith - Sweet Milk And Peaches (Breakdown) Gid Tanner & The Skillet Lickers With Riley Puckett & Clayton McMichen - Soldier's Joy Whistlin' Alex Moore - They May Not Be My Toes Mississippi Sheiks - The Jazz Fiddler Lonnie Johnson - I Have To Do My Time Tom Darby & Jimmie Tarlton - Lonesome Frisco Line Roy Harvey & Leonard Copeland - Back To The Blue Ridge Buster Carter & Preston Young - Darn Good Girl Bo Carter - West Jackson Blues Lonnie Johnson & Violet Green - You Had Too Much Silver Leaf Quartet - Oh! Glory Glory Freeny's Barn Dance Band - Don't You Remember The Time Pelican Wildcats - Walkin' Georgia Rose Peetie Wheatstraw - Police Station Blues Tindley Quaker City Gospel Singers - Hallelujah Side Will Batts - Highway # 61 Blues disc 3: W. Lee O'Daniel & Lightcrust Doughboys - Doughboys Theme Song # 1 W. Lee O'Daniel And His Hillbilly Boys - Ida (Sweet As Apple Cider) W. Lee O'Daniel & Lightcrust Doughboys - Doughboys Theme Song # 2 Blind Willie (McTell) - Bell Street Lightnin' @ youtube Charlie Patton - Jersey Bull Blues Walter Roland - Every Morning Blues Blue Ridge Ramblers - D Blues Breaux Freres - La Valse Des Yeux Bleus Bessie Jackson - Skin Game Blues Leroy Carr with Scrapper Blackwell - Good Woman Blues Pinewood Tom (Josh White) - Sissy Man The Rhythm Wreckers - Blue Yodel # 2 (My Lovin' Gal Lucille) The Anglin Twins - Just Inside The Pearly Gates Bumble Bee Slim - Hard Rocks In My Bed The Two Charlies - Tired Feelin' Blues Eldon Baker And His Brown County Revelers - One Eyed Sam A'nt Idy Harper And The Coon Creek Girls - Poor Naomi Wise Kid Prince Moore - South Bound Blues Big Bill Broonzy - C & A Blues George Curry - My Last Five Dollars The Nite Owls - Memphis Blues The Alley Boys Of Abbeville - Pourquoi tu m'aime pas Reverend Benny Campbell - Have Mercy On Me Albert Ammons - Shout For Joy Jack Kelly - Flower Blues Bob Clifford - Onion Eating Mama Callahan Bros. - Brown's Ferry Blues # 2 Little Buddy Doyle - Slick Capers Blues Bill McKinley (Jazz Gillum) - Poor Boy Blues disc 4: Frank Edwards - We Got To Get Together Sweet Violet Boys - You Got To See Mama Every Night (Or You Can't See Mama At All) The Humbard Family - I'll Fly Away Tony Hollins - Cross Cut Saw Blues Peter Cleighton (Clayton) - Black Snake Blues Black Cats And The Kitten - Step It Up And Go Bob And Randall Atcher - Papa's Going Crazy, Mama's Going Mad Adolf Hofner And His San Antonians - Cotton-Eyed Joe Poor Boy Burke - Old Vets Blues Little Son Joe - Black Rat Swing Big Maceo Merriweather - Maceo Special The Light Crust Doughboys with J.B. Brinkley - It's Funny What Love Will Make You Do Hank Penny And His Radio Cowboys - Army Blues James "Beal Street" Clark - Who But You Homer Harris - Tomorrow May Be Too Late McKinley Morganfield (Muddy Waters) - Burying Ground Blues Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys - Goodbye Old Pal Gene Autry - Dixie Cannonball Bill Landford & The Landfordaires - Run On For A Long Time (Big) Joe Williams - Baby, Please Don't Go Sister Myrtle Fields acc. by The Austin McCoy Trio - I'm Toiling Willie "Boodle It" Right - Two By Four Blues Bailes Bros. - You Can't Go Halfway (And Get In) Molly O'Day & The Cumberland Mountain Folks - Heaven's Radio Rosetta Howard - Plow Hand Blues Memphis Seven - Grunt Meat Blues Deep South Boys - Until I Found The Lord Brother Porter & Brother Cook - I Know My Jesus Won't Deny Me compiled by Lawrence Cohn 4 disc set notes by Lawrence Cohn and Pete Welding Columbia Legacy 47911/47912-15 (US 1992) 20 CD box set (=) Sony Music 88875043322 (US 2014)
93	1993?	Blind Willie McTell: No One Sings The Blues Like ... - Chainey - Murderer's Home Blues - Kill It Kid Rag - I Got To Cross De River Of Jordan - Monologue - Old Time Religion, Amen - Will Fox - Dying Crapshooter's Blues - Amazing Grace - Monologue - Medley: Just As Well Get Ready, You Got To Die / Climbing High Mountains, Tryin to Get Home - King Edward Blues - Delia - Boll Weevil - I Got To Cross The River Jordan Blue Planet BPLP
94	1993	Blind Willie McTell: Pig 'n Whistle Red - Don't Forget It - Good Little Thing - You Can't Get Stuff No More - Love Changin' Blues - Savannah Mama - Talkin' To You Mama - East St. Louis - A To Z Blues - Wee Midnight Hours - Brown Skin Woman - I Keep On Drinkin' - Pal Of Mine (tk 1) - Pal Of Mine (tk 2) - Honey It Must Be Love - Sending Up My Timber (tk 2) - Sending Up My Timber (tk 2) - Lord Have Mercy If You Please - Climbing High Mountains - It's My Desire - Hide Me In Thy Bosom notes by Don Kent Biograph BCD 126 (US 1993) = Shout Factory CD 30171 (US 2003)
95	1994	The Definitive Blind Willie McTell disc 1: - Atlanta Strut - Travelin' Blues - Come On Around To My House Mama - Kind Mama - Talking To Myself - Razor Ball - Southern Can Is Mine - Broke Down Engine Blues - Stomp Down Rider - Scarey Day Blues - Rough Alley Blues - Experience Blues - Painful Blues - Low Rider's Blues - Georgia Rag - Low Down Blues - Warm It Up To Me - It's Your Time To Worry - It's A Good Little Thing - You Was Born To Die - Dirty Mistreater disc 2: - Lord Have Mercy If You Please - Don't You See How This World Made A Change - Savannah Mama - Broke Down Engine - Broke Down Engine No. 2 - My Baby's Gone - Love Makin' Mama - tk 1 - Love Makin' Mama - tk 2 - Death Room Blues - tk 1 - Death Room Blues - tk 2 - Death Cell Blues - Lord Send Me An Angel - tk 1 - Lord Send Me An Angel - tk 2 - B & O Blues No. 2 - tk 1 - B & O Blues No. 2 - tk 2 - Weary Hearted Blues - Bell St. Lightnin' - Southern Can Mama - Runnin' Me Crazy - East St. Louis Blues (Fare You Well) 2 CD set notes by David Evans Sony Legacy C2K-53234
96	1995	Blind Willie McTell: Statesboro Blues The Blues Collection # 43 - Statesboro Blues - Mama, 'Tain't Long Fo' Day - Drive Away Blues - Loving Talking Blues - Lonesome Day Blues - Mama, Let Me Scoop For You - Love Changing Blues - Dark Night Blues - Stole Rider Blues - Mr. McTell Got The Blues - Three Women Blues - Rollin' Mama Blues - Writin' Paper Blues - Searching The Desert For The Blues magazine written by Michael Gray Orbis BLU NC 043
97	1995	Too Late Too Late Vol. 4 c. 1892 - 1937 - Brudder Rasmus - Louis Vasnier - Southern Blues - Unknowns - I Got What It Takes But It Breaks My Heart To Give It Away (tk 1) - Papa Charlie Jackson - Hot Papa Blues (tk 1) - Papa Charlie Jackson - Mama, Don't You Think I Know? (tk 1) - Papa Charlie Jackson - Gay Cattin' (tk 1) - Papa Charlie Jackson - Teddy Bear Blues (tk 1) - Blind Lemon Jefferson - Mr. Moore Blues - Ida May Mack - When You Lose Your Daddy (tk 1) - Ida May Mack - You Got Me In This Mess (tk 2) - Georgie Tom - Saturday Night Rub - Big Bill - Pig Meat Strut - Big Bill - All Night Long Blues (alt tk) - Louise Johnson - Black Spider Blues - Sweet Papa Tadpole - Weep And Moan When I'm Gone - Sweet Papa Tadpole - Nok-Em All - Eddie And Oscar - Flying Crow Blues - Eddie And Oscar - Death Room Blues (tk 1) - Blind Willie McTell - Lord, Send Me An Angel (tk 2) - Blind Willie McTell - Doin' The Best I Can (tk A) - Peetie Wheatstraw - Where The Sweet Old Oranges Grow - Sam Montgomery - Keyhole Blues (tk 2) - Casey Bill Weldon - Family Trouble Blues - Andrew Hogg - Kind-Hearted Blues - Andrew Hogg notes by Guido van Rijn Document DOCD 5321 (Austria 1955)
98	1996	Too Late, Too Late Vol. 5 (1927-64) Sister Morgan (1927) - Hurry Down, Sunshine, And See What Tomorrow Brings Lonnie Johnson (1927) - Handfull O' Keys - Searchin' For Flats Cow Cow Davenport (1928) - Cow Cow Blues (tk B) Elizabeth Johnson (1928) - Be My Kid Blues - Sobbin' Woman Blues Leroy Carr (1928) - Box Car Blues Frank Stokes (1929) - I'm Going Away Blues - Old Sometime Blues Henry Townsend (1931) - Doctor, Oh Doctor - Jack Of Diamonds Georgia Rub Blind Wille McTell (1933) - Broke Down Engine No. 2 (tk 1) - Love Makin' Mama (tk 2) John (Big Nig) Bray (1934) - Trench Blues. Leadbelly (1940) - Didn't Ol' John Cross The Water? Sonny Terry (1944/45) - I Have Had My Fun - Keys To The Highway Leadbelly (1945) - Eagle Rock Rag (alt tk) James 'Jack Of All Trades' McCain (1945) - Good Mr. Roosevelt Montana Taylor (1946) - Lowdown Bugle (tk B) - Detroit Rocks Big Maceo (c.1950) - Eloise, Don't Play Me For A Fool Scrapper Blackwell (1959) - How Long No. 2 Rev. Lonnie Farris (1964) - Peace In The Valley (Proverb 1001) notes by Dr. Guido van Rijn Document DOCD 5411 (Austria 1996)
99	1996	The Roots Of Rap Classic Recordings from the 1920s and 30s Blind Willie Johnson - If I Had My Way I'd Tear This Building Down Luke Jordan - Cocaine Blues Allen Brothers - Bow Wow Blues Frankie 'Half-Pint' Jaxon - Jive Man Blues Henry Thomas - Jonah In The Wilderness Willie Walker - South Carolina Rag Memphis Jug Band - Whitewash Station Red Henderson - Automobile Ride Through Alabama Speckled Red - The Dirty Dozen No. 2 Butterbeans & Susie - 'Tain't None O' Your Business Beale Street Sheiks - It's A Good Thing Jimmie Davis - She's A Hum Dum Dinger Leroy Carr - Papa's On The House Top Rev. Edward W. Clayborn - Let That Liar Alone Frank Hutchinson - Back In My Home Town T.C.I. Section Crew - Track Linin Blind Willie McTell - Atlanta Strut Lonnie Glosson - Arkansas Hard Luck Blues Kansas City Kitty & Georgia Tom - How Can You Have The Blues? Seven Foot Dilly & His Dill Pickles - Pickin' Off Peanuts Pine Top Smith - Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out Dixieland Jug Blowers - When I Stopped Running I Was At Home Memphis Minnie - Frankie Jean prod. by Don Kent & Richard Nevins; remastered (directly from original 78s) by Richard Nevins notes by Don Kent Yazoo CD 2018 (US 1996) Yazoo Records discography
100	1999	The Bluesville Years, Vol. 9 "Down the Country Way" J.T. Adams And Shirley Griffith - Match Box Blues - O Mama How I Love You Robert Curtis Smith - Get A Real Young Woman - I'm Going Away Smoky Babe - Hottest Brand Goin' - Locomotive Blues Robert Pete Williams - Free Again - Rolling Stone Wade Walton - Rock Me, Mamma - Blues, Stay Away From Me Big Joe Williams - Jockey Ride Blues - Coal And Iceman Blues Pete Franklin - I Got To Find My Baby - Black Gal Scrapper Blackwell - Blues Before Sunrise - A Blues Blind Willie McTell - Broke Down Engine Blues - Don't Forget It Tampa Red - Dark And Stormy Night - You Better Let My Gal Alone Prestige PRCD-9917-2 (US 1999) Bluesville discography
101	1999	Blind Willie McTell: A To Z Blues - Don't Forget It - Good Little Thing - You Can't Get Stuff No More - Love Changin' Blues - Savannah Mama - Talkin' To You, Mama - East St. Louis - A To Z Blues - Wee Midnight Hours - Brown Skin Woman - I Keep on Drinkin' - Pal Of Mine - tk 1 - Pal Of Mine - tk 2 - Honey It Must Be Love - Sending Up My Timber - tk 1 - Sending Up My Timber - tk 2 - Lord Have Mercy If You Please - Climbing High Mountains - It's My Desire - Hide Me In Thy Bosom Regal recordings Universe/Comet UVLP 112 (It 1999)
102	2000	The Early Blues Roots of Bob Dylan Under The Influence, Vol. 4 - Ragged and Dirty - Sleepy John Estes - Blood In My Eyes - Mississippi Sheiks - Broke Down Engine - Blind Willie McTell - Stack-o-Lee - Mississippi John Hurt - Will The Circle Be Unbroken -Rev. J. C. Burnett - Frankie And Albert - Mississippi John Hurt - Sittin' On Top Of The World - Mississippi Sheiks - Step It Up And Go - Blind Boy Fuller - It Hurts Me Too - Tampa Red - Corrina Corrina - Bo Carter - Honey Allow Me One More Chance - Texas Henry Thomas - Fixin' To Die - Bukka White - See That My Grave Is Kept Clean - Blind Lemon Jefferson - Railroad Bill - Will Bennett - Motherless Children - Blind Willie Johnson - Grasshoppers In My Pillow - Leadbelly - Poor Lazarus - Josh White - Matchbox Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson - Candy Man - Mississippi John Hurt - Po' Boy - Bukka White - Jesus Gonna Make Up My Dyin' Bed - Blind Willie Johnson Catfish CD 168 (UK 2000) Catfish Records (UK) discography
103	2000	Blind Willie McTell / Sleepy John Estes: Jailhouse Blues disc 1: Blind Willie McTell - Georgia Rag - Rough Alley Blues - Low Riders Blues - Painful Blues - Experience Blues - Low Down Blues - Lonesome Day Blues (Ruby Glaze/Hot Shot Willie) - Mama, Let Me Scoop For You (Ruby Glaze/Hot Shot Willie) - Rollin Mama Blues (Ruby Glaze/Hot Shot Willie) - Searching The Desert For The Blues (Ruby Glaze/Hot Shot Willie) - It's Your Time To Worry - Warm It Up To Me - You Was Born To Die - Don't You See How This World Made A Change - It's A Good Little Thing - Savannah Mama - Lord Have Mercy If You Please - My Baby's Gone - Broke Down Engine - Broke Down Engine No. 2 - Love-makin Mama - Death Room Blues - Death Cell Blues - Lord, Send Me An Angel disc 2: Sleepy John Estes - Jack And Jill Blues - Poor Man's Friend (T Model) - Hobo Jungle Blues - Airplane Blues - Floating Bridge - Need More Blues - Fire Department Blues (Martha Hardin) - New Someday Blues - Liquor Store Blues - Brownsville Blues - Everybody Outta Make A Change - Easin' Back To Tennessee - Clean Up At Home - Special Agent (Railroad Police Blues) - Drop Down (I Don't Feel Welcome Here) - Jailhouse Blues - Time Is Drawing Near - Tell Me How About It (Mr. Tom's Blues) - Mailman Blues - Mary Come On Home - Working Man Blues - Don't You Want To Know (The Delta Boys) - Lawyer Clark Blues - You Should'nt Do That (The Delta Boys) - Little Laura Blues - When The Saints Go Marching In (The Delta Boys) 2 CD set History CD 20.1942-HI (Germany 2000) (Nothing But The Blues series)
104	2001	East Coast Blues disc 1: - Crow Jane - Julius Daniels - My Mamma Was A Sailor - Julius Daniels - Georgia Stomp - Andrew And Jim Baxter - Shake That Shimmy - Blind Boy Fuller - Poor And Ain't Got A Dime - Floyd Council - Blood Red River Blues - Josh White - Gonna Tip Out Tonight - Pink Anderson - Won't You Be Kind - Luke Jordan - Long And Tall - Kokomo Arnold - Georgia Rag - Blind Willie McTell - Waycross Georgia Blues - Barbecue Bob - Next Door Man - Georgia Browns - Tricks Ain't Walkin' No More - Curley Weaver - You Got To Give Me Some Of It - Buddy Moss/Josh White - Daddy Don't Care - Buddy Moss - Me And My Dog Blues - Brownie McGhee - Let's Have A New Deal - Carl Martin - Champagne Charlie Is My Name - Blind Blake - Please Ma'am - Peg Leg Howell - Ball And Chain Blues - Peg Leg Howell - Georgia Crawl - Henry Williams/Eddie Anthony - Ragtime Millionaire - William Moore - Barbershop Rag - William Moore disc 2: - South Carolina Rag - Willie Walker - Dupree Blues - Willie Walker - Poor Jane Blues - Jack Gowdlock - Rollin' Dough Blues - Jack Gowdlock - Royal Palm Special Blues - Sloppy Henry - Long, Tall Disconnected Mama - Sloppy Henry - Decatur Street Drag - Guy Lumpkin - Chain Gang Trouble - Charlie Lincoln - Jealous Hearted Blues - Charlie Lincoln - Rag Baby - Willie Baker - Rolling Mama - Fred McMullen - Poor Stranger Blues - Fred McMullen - Hot Jelly Roll - George Carter - Ghost Woman Blues - George Carter - Come On In Here Mama - Richard And Welly Trice - Trembling Bed Spring Blues - Richard And Welly Trice - Harmonica And Washboard Breakdown - Sonny Terry - Georgia Skin - Walter Beasley - Southern Man Blues - Walter Beasley - Unknown Blues - Tarter And Gay - Brownie Blues - Tarter And Gay - Mama, You Gotta Get It Fixed - Troy Ferguson - Tampa Blues - Skoodle Dum Doo And Sheffield 2 CD set notes by Keith Briggs Catfish KATCD 178 (UK 2001) Catfish Records (UK) discography
105	2001	Blind Willie McTell: Broke Down Engine Blues 1927-1935 - Writing Paper Blues - Stole Rider Blues - Mr. Mctell Got The Blues - tk 1 - Three Women Blues - Statesboro Blues - Loving Talking Blues - Atlanta Strut - Travelin' Blues - Come On Around To My House Mama - Razor Ball - Broke Down Engine Blues - Scarey Day Blues - Low Rider's Blues - Georgia Rag - Searching The Desert For The Blues - Broke Down Engine No. 2 - Bando Blues - tk 1 - East St. Louis Blues - Southern Can Blues - Dying Gambler - Let Me Play With Yo' Yo-yo - Ticket Agent Blues - Cold Winter Day Wolf 900004 (Austria 2001)
106	2001	The Essential Blind Willie McTell disc 1: - Three Women Blues - Boll Weevil - Don't Forget It - My Baby's Gone - Atlanta Strut - I Got To Cross The River Jordan - Teasing Brown (Harris & Harris, voc) - Stomp Down Rider - Stole Rider Blues - Chainey - Mama, 'Tain't Long Fo' Day - Painful Blues - B & O Blues No. 2 - Amazing Grace - Honey It Must Be Love - Statesboro Blues - God Don't Like It - Murderer's Home Blues - Mr. McTell Got the Blues disc 2: - Hide Me In Thy Bosom - Broke Down Engine - Good Little Thing - It's Your Time To Worry - Dying Crapshooter's Blues - Low Rider's Blues - This Is Not The Stove To Brown Your Bread (Harris & Harris, voc) - Dark Night Blues - I Got Religion, I'm So Glad - Georgia Rag - You Was Born To Die - Could Winter Day - Don't Let Nobody Turn You Around - Delia - Talkin' To You, Mama - East St. Louis Blues (Fare You Well) - Drive Away Blues 2 CD set notes by Gary Atkinson Document CBL-200007 (UK 2001) = Allegro CBL 200007 (US)
107	2001	Blind Willie McTell: Crapshooter's Blues - Chainey - Murderer's Home Blues - Kill-It-Kid Rag - I Got To Cross De River O'Jordan - Interview with John Lomax - Old Time Religion, Amen - Will Fox - Dying Crapshooter's Blues - Amazing Grace Newton - Interview with John Lomax - Medley: Just As Well Get Ready / Climbing High Mountains - King Edward Blues McTell - Delta Traditional - Boll Weevil McTell - I Got To Cross De River O'Jordan notes by Niall Dunbar TKO Magnum CBCD 022
108	2002	The Definitive Blind Willie McTell 1927-1935 disc 1: - Writin' Paper Blues - Stole Rider Blues - Mama, 'tain't Long Fo' Day - Mr. McTell Got The Blues - Mr. McTell Got The Blues - Three Women Blues - Dark Night Blues - Statesboro Blues - Loving Talking Blues - Atlanta Strut - Travelin' Blues - Come On Around To My House Mama - Kind Mama - Teasing Brown (Harris & Harris, voc) - Drive Away Blues - This Is Not The Stove To Brown Your Bread (Harris & Harris, voc) - Love Changing Blues - Talkin' To Myself - Razor Ball - Southern Can Is Mine - Broke Down Engine Blues - Stomp Down Rider - Scarey Day Blues - Rough Alley Blues - Experience Blues - Painful Blues disc 2: - Low Rider's Blues - Georgia Rag - Low Down Blues - Rollin' Mama Blues - Lonesome Day Blues - Mama, Let Me Scoop For You - Searching The Desert For The Blues - Warm It Up To Me - It's Your Time To Worry - It's A Good Little Thing - You Was Born To Die - Dirty Mistreater - Lord Mercy If You Please - Don't You See How This World Made A Change - Savannah Mama - Broke Down Engine - Broke Down Engine No. 2 - Broke Down Engine No. 2 - My Baby's Gone - Love-Makin' Mama - Love-Makin' Mama - Death Room Blues - Death Room Blues - Death Cell Blues disc 3: - Lord, Send Me An Angel - Lord, Send Me An Angel - B And O Blues No. 2 - B And O Blues No. 2 - Weary Hearted Blues - Bell Street Lightnin' - Southern Can Mama - Runnin' Me Crazy - East St. Louis Blues - Ain't It Grand To Be A Christian - We Got To Meet Death One Day - We Got To Meet Death One Day - Don't Let Nobody Turn You Around - I Got Religion, I'm So Glad - Dying Gambler - God Don't Like It - Bell Street Blues - Let Me Play With Yo' Yo-Yo - Lay Some Flowers On My Grave - Ticket Agent Blues - Cold Winter Day - Your Time To Worry - Cooling Board Blues - Hillbilly Willie's Blues 3 CD box set notes by Keith Briggs Catfish KATCD229 (UK 2002) = Recall RCLR 23 (Fr 2005) Catfish Records (UK) discography
109	2002	Blind Willie McTell: Experience Blues - Willie McTell - Searchin' The Desert For The Blues - It's Your Time To Worry - Lord, Send Me An Angel - Love-Makin' Mama - You Was Born To Die - Rollin' Mama Blues - Death Cell Blues - Lonesome Day Blues - Mama, Let Me Scoop For You - Savannah Mama - It's Good Little Thing - Death Room Blues - Experience Blues - Rough Alley Blues - Broke Down Engine Our World OURW 308
110	2002	"Guitar Slim" Seward & "Jelly Belly" Hayes: The Back Porch Boys Guitar Slim & Jelly Belly - Big Hip Mamma - Good Boy, Long Way From Home [previously unreleased] - King Kong Blues - Sweet Woman Blues - Friday The Thirteenth Blues [previously unreleased] - Sorry Woman Blues - Be Kind Blues - Water Trough Blues - That's All Right With Me [previously unreleased] - She Can Shake It [previously unreleased] Champion Jack Dupree ["Duke Bayou & His Mystic Six"] - Doomed [Apollo 440) - Rub A Little Boogie [Apollo 440) - Goin' Back Home [previously unreleased, alternate take) - Big Hip Mamma [previously unreleased, alternate take) - Sorry Woman Blues [previously unreleased, alternate take) - Be Kind Blues [previously unreleased, alternate take) Dennis McMillon - Goin' Back Home Blind Willie McTell - It's My Desire [alt tk, previously unreleased] # - River Jordan [R1283, previously unreleased] # - How About You [R1284, previously unreleased] # - It's My Desire [Regal 3272] # - Hide Me In Thy Bosom [Regal 3272] # # from original master tapes notes by Kip Lornell Delmark CD DE-755 (Apollo series)
111	2003	Blind Willie McTell: The Classic Years 1927-1940 disc 1: - Writin' Paper Blues - Stole Rider Blues - Mama, 'Tain't Long Fo' Day - Mr. McTell Got The Blues - Mr. McTell Got The Blues - Three Women Blues - Dark Night Blues - Statesboro Blues - Loving Talking Blues - Atlanta Strut - Travelin' Blues - Come On Around To My House Mama - Kind Mama - Teasing Brown (Harris & Harris, voc) - Drive Away Blues - This Is Not The Stove To Brown Your Bread (Harris & Harris, voc) - Love Changing Blues - Talkin' To Myself - Razor Ball - Southern Can Is Mine - Broke Down Engine Blues - Stomp Down Rider - Scarey Day Blues disc 2: - Rough Alley Blues - Experience Blues - Painful Blues - Low Rider's Blues - Georgia Rag - Low Down Blues - Rollin' Mama Blues - Lonesome Day Blues - Mama, Let Me Scoop For You - Searching The Desert For The Blues - Warm It Up To Me - It's Your Time To Worry - It's A Good Little Thing - You Was Born To Die - Lord Have Mercy If You Please - Don't You See How This World Made A Change - Savannah Mama - Broke Down Engine - Broke Down Engine No. 2 - My Baby's Gone - Love-Makin' Mama - Death Room Blues - Death Cell Blues - Lord, Send Me An Angel disc 3: - B And O Blues No. 2 - B And O Blues No. 2 - Weary Hearted Blues - Bell Street Lightnin' - Southern Can Mama - Runnin' Me Crazy - East St. Louis Blues (Fare You Well) - Ain't It Grand To Be A Christian - We Got To Meet Death One Day - We Got To Meet Death One Day - Don't Let Nobody Turn You Around - I Got Religion, I'm So Glad - Dying Gambler - God Don't Like It - Bell Street Blues - Let Me Play With Yo' Yo-Yo - Lay Some Flowers On My Grave - Ticket Agent Blues - Cold Winter Day - Your Time To Worry - Cooling Board Blues - Hillbilly Willie's Blues disc 4: - Just As Well Get Ready, You Got To Die/Climbing High Mountains/Tryin' To Get Home - Monologue On Accidents - Boll Weevil - Delia - Dying Crapshooter's Blues - Will Fox - I Got To Cross The River Jordan - Monologue On Old Songs/Old Time Religion/Amen - Amazing Grace - Monologues On: The History Of The Blues/Life As Maker Of Records/On Himself - King Edward Blues - Murderer's Home Blues - Kill-It-Kid Rag - Chainey - I Got To Cross The River Of Jordan 4 CD box set JSP JSPCD 7711 (UK 2003)
112	2003	Blind Willie McTell: King Of The Blues Vol. 7 - Mama, 'Tain't Long Fo' Day - Mr. McTell Got The Blues - Three Women BLues - Travelin' Blues - Kind Mama - Love Changing Blues - Scarey Day Blues - Rough Alley Blues - Low Rider's Blues - Georgia Rag - Low Down Blues - Rollin' Mama Blues - Lonesome Day Blues - It's Your Time To Worry - It's A Good Little Thing - You Was Born To Die - Love-Makin' Mama - Death Cell Blues - B And O Blues No.2 - Weary Hearted Blues - We Got To Meet Death One Day - Dying Gambler - Bell Street Blues - Cold Winter Day P-Vine PVIN 2262 (Jp 2003)
113	2003	Blind Willie McTell: Statesboro Blues The Complete RCA Victor Recordings 1927-1932 - Statesboro Blues - Mr. McTell Got The Blues - Writin' Paper Blues - Stole Rider Blues - Mama, 'Tain't Long Fo' Day - Three Women Blues - Dark Night Blues - Love Talking Blues - Drive Away Blues - Love Changin' Blues - Rollin' Mama Blues - Lonesome Day Blues - Mama, Let Me Scoop For You - Searching The Desert For The Blues - Teasing Brown (Harris & Harris, voc) [Victor V38594] - This Is Not The Stove To Brown Your Bread (Harris & Harris, voc) [Victor V38594] - Mr. McTell Got The Blues (alt tk) prod. by Ralph S. Peer; Compilation producers: David Evans, Barry Feldman, Colin Escott, Joshua Sherman (Bluebird's When The Sun Goes Down: The Secret History Of Rock & Roll series) notes by David Evans RCA Bluebird 82876-55157 BMG Heritage (US 2003)
113a	2003	Classic Blues Artwork from the 1920s Volume 1 2004 Calendar with free CD CD and Calendar contents: - He's In The Jailhouse Now - Blind Blake - No Job Blues - Ramblin' Thomas - 22-20 Blues - Skip James - Rising High Water Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson - Down The Dirt Road Blues - Charley Patton - Death Cell Blues - Blind Willie McTell - Rough Rugged Road - Bumble Bee Slim - Dry Spell Blues - Son House - Bad Feeling Blues - Blind Blake - Beale Town Bound - The Beale Street Sheiks - Black Snake Dream - Blind Lemon Jefferson - Dead Drunk Blues - Ma Rainey Supplementary CD tracks: - I Want Someone To Love Me - Tommy Johnson - Cold Woman Blues - Blind Joe Reynolds - Times Has Done Got Hard - King Solomon Hill restored by Richard Nevins Blues Images Calendar Vol. 1 (rel. 2003, for 2004) Blues Images CD BIM-101 (US 2003) accompanying Blues Images Calendar Vol. 1 (for 2004) Blues Images calendar discography
114	2004	The Best of Blind Willie McTell - Broke Down Engine Blues - Statesboro Blues - Travelin' Blues - Searching The Desert For The Blues - Dark Night Blues - Three Women Blues - Atlanta Strut - Writing Paper Blues - Come On Around To My House Mama - Scarey Day Blues - Mama Let Me Scoop For You - Mama, Tain't Long Fo' Day - Death Cell Blues - Kind Mama - Low Rider's Blues - Loving Talking Blues - Drive Away Blues - Love Changing Blues - Southern Can Is Mine - B And O Blues No. 2 - Stole Rider Blues - Talkin' To Myself - Lay Some Flowers On My Grave compilation producer: Richard Nevins notes by Don Kent Yazoo CD 2071 (US 2004)
115	2004	Blind Willie McTell: The Devil Can't Hide From Me [Remaster] - Just As Well Get Ready / You Got To Die / Climbing High Mountains / Tryin' To Get Home - Monologue - Boll Weevil - Delia - Dying Crapshooter's Blues - Will Fox - I Got To Cross The River Jordan - Monologues - Amazing Grace - Monologues - King Edward Blues - Murderer's Home Blues - Kill-It-Kid Rag - Chainey - I Got To Cross The River Of Jordon notes by Bill Dahl Fuel 2000 VSD 3020614412 (US 2004)
116	2004	Blind Willie McTell: Mr. McTell Got The Blues disc 1: - Writin' Paper Blues - Stole Rider Blues - Mama, T'Ain't Long For Day - Mr. McTell's Got The Blues - Three Women Blues - Statesboro Blues - Atlanta Strut - Travelin' Blues - Kind Mama - Drive Away Blues - Love Changin' Blues - Razor Ball - Broke Down Engine Blues - Scarey Day Blues - Rough Alley Blues - Low Rider's Blues - Georgia Rag - Rollin' Mama Blues - Lonesome Day Blues - Searching The Desert For The Blues disc 2: - Warm It Up To Me - It's A Good Little Thing - Lord Mercy If You Please - Don't You See How This World Made A Change - Savannah Mama - Broke Down Engine - My Baby's Gone - Love Makin' Mama - Death Room Blues - Lord, Send Me An Angel - B&O Blues #2 - Weary Street Blues - Lay Some Flowers On My Grave - Cold Winter Day - Cooling Board Blues 2 CD set Recall SMD CD 522 (UK 2004)
117	2004	Blind Willie McTell: Atlanta Strut - Love Changing Blues - Three Women Blues - Searching The Desert For The Blues - Broke Down Engine Blues - Travelin' Blues - Georgia Rag - Southern Can Is Mine - Statesboro Blues - Death Cell Blues - Drive Away Blues - B & O Blues No. 2 - Mama 'Taint Long Fo' Day - Atlanta Strut - God Don't Like It - Scarey Day Blues - Lord, Send Me An Angel - Stomp Down Rider - Razor Ball - Writin' Paper Blues - I Got Religion And I'm So Glad Snapper SNAP 11 (UK 2004)
118	2005	Blind Willie McTell: The Regal Country Blues disc 1: Blind Willie McTell - Don't Forget It - A-Z Blues - Good Little Thing - You Can't Get Stuff No More - Love Changin' Blues - Savannah Mama - Talkin' To You Mama - East St Louis - Wee Midnight Hours - Pal Of Mine (Alt Take) - Pal Of Mine (Alt Take) - Honey It Must Be Love - Sending Up My Timber - Sending Up My Timber (Alt Take) - Lord Have Mercy If You Please - Climbing High Mountains (Trying To Get Home) - It's My Desire - Hide Me In Thy Bosom disc 2: Curly Weaver - Brown Skin Woman - Keep On Drinkin' The Delta Duo - Sugar Mama Blues - Shreveport Blues Little Brother Montgomery - Vicksburg Blues - A&B Blues - After Hour Blues Mamie Smith And Her Jumping Boys - Down Home Girl - Nightwatchman Blues - Nightwatchman Blues (Alt Take) - Why Did I Make You Cry - Kidman Blues St Louis Jimmy - Hard Work Boogie - Your Evil Ways - I Sit Up All Night - State Street Blues Sunnyland Slim - When I Was Young Aka Shake It Baby Jimmy Rogers - Ludella 2 CD set Acrobat ACBT 5015 (US 2005)
119	2005	Blind Willie McTell: Georgia Rag disc 1: - Atlanta Strut - Travelin' Blues - Kind Mama - Southern Can Is Mine - Broke Down Engine Blues - Stomp Down Rider - Scarey Day Blues - Experience Blues - Painful Blues - Low Rider's Blues - Georgia Rag - Warm It Up To Me - It's Your Time To Worry - It's A Good Little Thing - You Was Born To Die - Dirty Mistreater - Savannah Mama - Broke Down Engine - Love Makin' Mama - tk 1 - Death Room Blues - tk 2 - Lord Send Me An Angel - tk 1 - B & O Blues No. 2 - tk 1 - Bell St. Lightnin' - East St. Louis Blues (Fare You Well) disc 2: - Southern Can Mama - Ain't It Grand To Be A Christian - We Got To Meet Death One Day - Don't Let Nobody Turn You Around - I got Religion, I'm So Glad - Dying Gambler - God Don't Like It - Bell Street Blues - Let Me Play with Yo' Yo-Yo - Lay Some Flowers On My Grave - Ticket Agent Blues - Cold Winter Day - Your Time To Worry - Cooling Board Blues - Hillbilly Willie's Blues - Boll Weevil - Delia - Dying Crapshooter's Blues - Will Fox - I Got To Cross The River Jordan - Amazing Grace - King Edward Blues - Murderer's Home Blues - Kill-It-Kid-Rag - Chainey - I Got To Cross The River Of Jordan 2 CD set Universe UV1422CD (It 2005)
120	2005	Blind Willie McTell: Statesboro Blues The Early Years 1927 ~ 1935 disc 1: - Writin' Paper Blues - Stole Rider Blues - Mama, Tain't Long Fo' Day - Mr. McTell Got The Blues (tk 1) - Mr. McTell Got The Blues (tk 2) - Three Women Blues - Dark Night Blues - Statesboro Blues - Love Talking Blues - Atlanta Strut - Travelin' Blues - Come On Around To My House Mama - Kind Mama - Teasing Brown - Drive Away Blues - This Is Not The Stove To Brown Your Bread - Love Changing Blues - Talkin' To Myself - Razor Ball - Southern Can Is Mine - Broke Down Engine Blues - Stomp Down Rider - Scarey Day Blues - Rough Alley Blues - Experience Blues - Painful Blues disc 2: - Low Rider's Blues - Georgia Rag - Low Down Blues - Rollin' Mama Blues - Lonesome Day Blues - Mama, Let Me Scoop For You - Searching The Desert For The Blues - Warm It Up To Me - It's Your Time To Worry - It's A Good Little Thing - You Was Born To Die - Dirty Mistreater - Lord Have Mercy If You Please - Don't You See How This World Made A Change - Savanah Mama - Broke Down Engine - Broke Down Engine No. 2 (tk 1) - Broke Down Engine No. 2 (tk 2) - My Baby's Gone - Love Makin' Mama (tk 1) - Love Makin' Mama (tk 2) - Death Room Blues (tk 1) - Death Room Blues (tk 2) - Death Cell Blues disc 3: - Lord, Send Me An Angel (tk 1) - Lord, Send Me An Angel (tk 2) - B and O Blues No.2 (tk 1) - B and O Blues No.2 (tk 2) - Weary Hearted Blues - Bell Street Lightnin' - Southern Can Mama - Runnin' Me Crazy - East St. Louis Blues (Fare You Well) - Ain't It Grand To Be Aa Christian - We Got To Meet Death One Day (tk 1) - We Got To Meet Death One Day (tk 2) - Don't Let Nobody Turn You Around - I Got Religion, I'm So Glad - Dying Gambler - God Don't Like It - Bell Street Blues - Let Me Play With Yo' Yo Yo - Lay Some Flowers On My Grave - Ticket Agent Blues - Cold Winter Day - Your Time To Worry - Cooling Board Blues - Hillbilly Willie's Blues Document DOCD-5677 (UK 2005)
121	2007	Blind Willie McTell: King Of The Georgia Blues 117 Classic Recordings On Six Discs disc 1: - Writin' Paper Blues - Stole Ride Blues - Mamma Tain't Long Fo' Day - Mr McTell Got The Blues 1 - Mr McTell Got The Blues 2 - Three Women Blues - Dark Night Blues - Statesboro Blues - Loving Talking Blues - Atlanta Strut - Travelin' Blues - Come On Round To My House Mama - Kind Mama - Teasing Brown (Harris & Harris, voc) - Drive Away Blues - This Is Not The Stove To Brown Your Bread (Harris & Harris, voc) - Love Changing Blues - Talkin' To Myself - Razor Ball - Southern Can Is Mine disc 2: - Broke Down Engine Blues - Stomp Down Rider - Scarey Day Blues - Rough Alley Blues - Experience Blues - Painful Blues - Low Rider's Blues - Georgia Rag - Low Down Blues - Rollin' Mama Blues - Lonesome Day Blues - Mama Let Me Scoop For You - Searching The Desert For The Blues - Warm It Up For Me - It's Your Time To Hurry - It's A Good Little Thing - You Was Born To Die - Dirty Mistreater - Lord Mercy If You Please - Don't You See How This World Made A Change disc 3: - Savannah Mama - Broke Down Engine - Broke Down Engine 2 - Broke Down Engine 2 - My Baby's Gone - Love Makin' Mama - Love Makin' Mama - Death Room Blues - Death Room Blues - Death Cell Blues - Lord Send Me An Angel - Lord Send Me An Angel - B And Q Blues 2 - B And Q Blues 2 - Weary Hearted Blues - Bell Street Lightnin' - Southern Can Mama - Runnin' Me Crazy - East St Louis Blues (Fare Thee Well) - Ain't It Grand To Be A Christian disc 4: - We Got To Meet Death One Day - We Got To Meet Death One Day - Don't Let Nobody Turn You Around - I Got Religion I'm So Sad - Trick Ain't Working No More - Oh Lawdy Mama - Two Faced Woman - Early Morning Blues - Fried Pie Blues - Dying Gambler - God Don't Like It - Bell Street Blues - Let Me Play With Yo' Yo-Yo - Lay Some Flowers On My Grave - Ticket Agent Blues - Cold Winter Day - Your Time To Worry - Cooling Board Blues - Hilbilly Willie's Blues - Just As Well Get Ready You Got To Die / Climbing High Mountains Trying To Get Home disc 5: - Monologue On Accidents - Boll Weevil - Delia - Dying Crapshooter's Blues - Will Fox - I Got To Cross The River Jordan - Monologue On Old Songs/Old Time Religion Amen - Amazing Grace - Monologue - King Edward Blues - Murderer's Home Blues - Kill It Kid Rag - Chainey - I Got To Cross De River O' Jordan - Don't Forget It - A To Z Blues - Good Little Thing - You Can't Get Stuff No More - Love Changin' Blues - Savannah Mama disc 6: - Talkin' To You Mama - East St. Louis - Wee Midnight Hours - Brown Skin Woman - I Keep On Drinkin' - Pal Of Mine - Pal Of Mine - Honey It Must Be Love - Sending Up My Timber - Sending Up My Timber - Lord Have Mercy If You Please - Trying To Get Home - River Jordan - How About You - It's My Desire - It's My Desire - Hide Me In Thy Bosom most comprehensive compilation; from what I read at weeniecampbell.com it has at least adequate sound quality, but is messed up with digital issues: "The tracks are riddled with glitches that are clearly in the digital domain, occasional tracking issues, etc." 6 CD box set 36-pp. booklet by Paul Swinton and Russell Beecher Snapper SBLUECD504X (UK 2007)
122	2007	Classic Blues Artwork from the 1920s Volume 5 2008 Calendar with free CD CD and Calendar contents: - Range In My Kitchen Blues - Texas Alexander - One Dime Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson - Mississippi Jail House Groan - Rube Lacey - Nehi Mama Blues - Blind Joe Reynolds - Deep Moaning Blues - Ma Rainey - Jail House Blues - Crying Sam Collins - Madison Street Rag - Banjo Joe (Gus Cannon) - Seaboard Stomp - Blind Blake - The New Shake That Thing - Mississippi Sheiks - Low Down Jail House - Blind Blake - Cold And Blue - Ida Cox - The Santa Claus Crave - Elzadie Robinson Supplementary CD tracks: - Ain't Gonna Do That No More - Blind Blake - Talkin' To You Wimmin' About The Blues - Blind Willie McTell & Mary Willis - Merciful Blues - Blind Willie McTell & Mary Willis - Outside Woman Blues - Blind Joe Reynolds remastered by Richard Nevins Blues Images Vol. 5 (US 2007) Blues Images
	scheduled for release "summer 2007" but never materialized	Blind Willie McTell: The Box Set The Definite Limited Edition Luxury Box Set box set including 5 CDs, 1 DVD, 1 vinyl record, 1 book prod. by Larry Cohn notes by David Evans, Larry Cohn, David Fulmer, Neil Harpe, Bruce Bastin, Luigi Monge www.cohndesilva.com (active 04/2003-08/2007)
123	2/2008	Blind Willie McTell: Atlanta Strut - Stole Rider Blues - Mr McTell Got The Blues - Writing Paper Blues - Mamma, Tain't Long Fo' Day - Three Women Blues - Statesboro Blues - Dark Night Blues - Loving Talking Blues - Travvelin' Blues - Come On Around To My House Mama - Atlanta Strut - Kind Mama - Drive Away Blues - Love Changing Blues 12 inch LP notes by Richard Wellard Rockwell RWLP 004 (UK 2/2008)
	2008	Fight On, Your Time Ain't Long Bukka White - Promised True And Grand Kid Prince Moore - Sign Of The Judgement Bessie Johnson - Great Reaping Day Blind Joe Taggart - The Storm Is Passing Over Blind Mamie Forehand - Wouldn't Mind Dying Willie Williams - Where The Sun Never Goes Down Bo Weavil Jackson - Fight On, Your Time Ain't Long Mother McCollum - Take My Vacation In Heaven Edward Clayborn - Your Enemy Cannot Harm You McIntorsh And Edwards - Take A Stand Alfred G. Karnes - Bound For The Promised Land Louise And Joseph - Won't That Be A Happy Time Willie McTell is subject of the cover photo, but does not appear as musical content of this album 12 inch LP Mississippi MR-025 (US 2008)
124	2009	Blind Willie McTell: Scarey Day Blues - Writing Paper Blues - Stole Rider Blues - Mamma, Tain't Long Fo' Day - Mr. McTell Got The Blues (tk 1) - Mr McTell Got The Blues (tk 2) - Three Woman Blues - Dark Night Blues - Statesboro Blues - Loving Talking Blues - Atlanta Strut - Travelin' Blues - Come Around To My House Mama - Kind Mama - Teasing Brown - Drive Away Blues - This Is Not The Stove To Brown Your Bread - Love Changing Blues - Talkin' To Myself - Razor Ball - Southern Can Is Mine - Broke Down Engine Blues - Stomp Down Rider - Scarey Day Blues - Rough Alley Blues - Experience Blues - Painful Blues 12 inch DLP Monk MK309DLP (It 2009)
125	2013	Blind Willie McTell: The Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order Volume 1 October 18, 1927 to November 29, 1929 - Writin' Paper Blues - Stole Rider Blues - Mama, Tain't Long Fo' Day - Mr. McTell Got The Blues (tk 1) - Mr. McTell Got The Blues (tk 2) - Three Women Blues - Dark Night Blues - Statesboro Blues - Loving Talking Blues - Atlanta Strut - Travelin' Blues - Come On Around To My House Mama - Kind Mama - Drive Away Blues - Love Changing Blues edited "in conjunction with Document Records"; remastered by Gary Atkinson; artwork by Rob Jones 180-gram LP notes by Mick Middles Third Man TMR 155 (US 2013)
126	2017	American Epic: The Collection disc 1: - The Coo Coo Bird (The Cuckoo) - Clarence Ashley - On the Road Again - Memphis Jug Band - The Panama Limited - Bukka White - Indian War Whoop - Hoyt Ming and His Pep Steppers - 'Tain't Nobody's Business If I Do, Pt. 1 - Frank Stokes - K.C. Railroad Blues - Andrew & Jim Baxter - I Am Bound for the Promised Land - Alfred G. Karnes - Cottonfield Blues, Pt. 2 - Garfield Akers - I Wish I Was a Mole In the Ground - Bascom Lamar Lunsford - Down On Penny's Farm - Bentley Boys - Foldin' Bed - Whistler's Jug Band - Greenback Dollar - Weems String Band - Tallahatchie River Blues - Mattie Delaney - Walk Right In - Cannon's Jug Stompers - Bury Me Under the Weeping Willow - The Carter Family - Old Dog Blue - Jim Jackson - Bayou Teche - Columbus Fruge - Cool Drink of Water Blues - Tommy Johnson - Train On the Island - J.P. Nestor disc 2: - My Heart Keeps Singing - Elder J.E. Burch - Ninety-Nine Year Blues - Julius Daniels - I Get My Whiskey From Rockingham - Earl Johnson and his Clodhoppers - Death's Black Train Is Coming - Rev. J. M. Gates - Waiting for a Train - Jimmie Rodgers - Darling, Where Have You Been So Long? - Tenneva Ramblers - Rocky Road - Alabama Sacred Harp Singers - Ma Blond Est Partie - Amadie Breaux, Ophey Breaux & Cleoma Breaux - Peg and Awl - Carolina Tar Heels - Chocolate to the Bone - Barbecue Bob - Down On Me - Eddie Head and Family - Prenez Courage - Cleoma Breaux with Joseph Falcon and Ophy Breaux - Pickin' Off Peanuts - Dilly and his Dill Pickles - Just Because - Nelstone's Hawaiians - Dupree Blues - Willie Walker - Ladies On the Steamboat - Burnett & Rutherford - Mamma, 'Tain't Long Fo' Day - Blind Willie McTell disc 3: - Cecilia - Cuarteto Flores - La Coquetera - Los Borinquenos - Coconito - Guty Cárdenas Y Lencho - Lovesick Blues - Emmett Miller - Long Tall Mama - Big Bill Broonzy - John Henry Blues - Two Poor Boys - Mr. Tom Hughes' Town - Lead Belly - Louis Collins - Mississippi John Hurt - I Am The Light of the World - Blind Gary Davis - Fifty Miles of Elbow Room - Rev. F.W. McGee - Chant of the Eagle Dance - Hopi Indian Chanters - Hilo Hula - Mike Hanapi & The Ilima Islanders - If The River Was Whiskey - Charlie Poole - Stackalee - Frank Hutchison - The Wreck of the '97 - Ernest Stoneman - Faded Coat of Blue - Buell Kazee - Country Blues - Dock Boggs - Sail Away Ladies - Uncle Dave Macon and His Fruit-Jar Drinkers - Sail Away Lady - Uncle Bunt Stephens - Sally Gooden - Eck Robertson - Arkansas Traveller - Don Richardson disc 4: - Hard Time Blues - Lane Hardin - Down the Dirt Road Blues - Charley Patton - Poor Boy, Long Ways From Home - Banjo Joe - Hastings Street - Blind Blake & Charlie Spand - See That My Grave's Kept Clean - Blind Lemon Jefferson - Gonna Have 'Lasses In the Morning - Golden Melody Boys - New Orleans Stop Time - Memphis Minnie & Bumblebee Slim - Prove It On Me Blues - Ma Rainey - Gonne Die with My Hammer in My Hand - Williamson Brothers & Curry - Last Kind Words Blues - Geeshie Wiley - Banjoreno - Dixieland Jug Blowers - It's a Good Thing - Beale Street Sheiks - Trust In God and Do the Right - Blind Willie Davis - Someday Baby Blues - Sleepy John Estes - Lonesome Road Blues - Sam Collins - Future Blues - Willie Brown - Bull Doze Blues - Henry Thomas - Brown Skin Gal (Down the Lane) - Massey Family - Henry Lee aka Young Hunting - Dick Justice - Old Country Rock - William Moore - La Danseuse - Delma Lachney & Blind Uncle Gaspard - My Black Mama, Pt. 1 & 2 - Son House - Cypress Grove Blues - Skip James disc 5: - Cross Road Blues - Robert Johnson - Mal Hombre - Lydia Mendoza - Sunshine Special - Frenchy's String Band - Old Jim Canan's - Robert Wilkins - Les Blues De Voyage - Amédé Ardoin & Dennis McGee - The Lost Child - Stripling Brothers - I'm Gonna Cross the River Jordan Some of These Days - Jaybird Coleman - Tomi Tomi - Sol K. Bright with The Aloha Serenaders - Sittin' On Top of the World - Mississippi Sheiks - James Alley Blues - Richard Rabbit Brown - The Indian Tom Tom - Big Chief Henry's Indian String Band - Blues In a Bottle - Prince Albert Hunt's Texas Ramblers - Je Me Suis En Alle - Bartmont Montet & Joswell Dupuis - Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground - Blind Willie Johnson - E Mama Ea - Sol Hoopii & His Novelty Quartette - Ghost Dance - Truett & George - Woke Up This Morning (With My Mind On Jesus) - Roosevelt Graves & Brother - Allons A Lafayette - Joseph Falcon - Corrido De Joaquin Murrieta, Pt. 1 & 2 - Los Madrugadores - Denomination Blues (Part 1 & 2) - Washington Phillips "American Epic: The Collection gathers 100 of these original recordings from the 1920s and 1930s in one five-disc set, restored to unprecedented levels of sonic fidelity. For this box set, compiled by Director Bernard MacMahon, engineer Nicholas Bergh refined a transfer process using a mix of both modern and vintage equipment in order to extract the remarkable resolution from the records that is often missed." 5 CD set American Epic AMPC451 (US 2017)
127	2019	It's The Best Stuff Yet disc 1: Piedmont Come Down To Atlanta Ruth Willis (with Blind Willie McTell) - Talkin' to You Wimmin' About The Blues Ruth Willis - Merciful Blues Blind Willie McTell - Mamma T'aint Long Fo' Day Curley Weaver & Eddie Mapp - It's The Best Stuff Yet Prince Moore - Mississippi Water #2 Prince Moore - Market Street Rag #1 Ruth Willis - I'm Still Sloppy Drunk Buddy Moss - Red River Blues #2 Buddy Moss - Hard Time Blues #1 Gitfiddle Jim - Rainy Night Blues Gitfiddle Jim - Paddlin' Blues Barbecue Bob - Jambooger Blues Barbecue Bob - Black Skunk Blues Curley Weaver - Dirty Deal Blues Georgia Boyd - Never Mind Blues Sam Montgomery - Mercy Mercy Blues #2 Allison Mathis - You Done Quit Me Good As I Been To You Blind Willie McTell - Delia Blind Blake - West Coast Blues #1 Blind Boy Fuller - Rag Mama Rag #1 Joshua White - John Henry John Jackson - A Blind Blake Rag John Jackson - Too Tight Unkown Artists - Squeeze My Lemon Ed Bush - My Husband Just Now Left Josh White - Darktown Strutters disc 2: The COMPLETE 1956 Blind Willie McTell 'Ed Rhodes Final Session' - Warm Up - Baby It Must Be Love - talk about "Dyin' Crapshooter's" - Dyin' Crapshooter's Blues - talk about Early Life - Pal Of Mine - more about Life - Don't Forget It - talk about "Kill It Kid" - Kill It Kid - talk about "That Will Never Happen No More" - That Will Never Happen No More - a request for "My Blue Heaven" - My Blue Heaven - some talk "About Drinking" - Beedle Um Bum - talk about "Salty Dog" - A Married Man's A Fool - talk about "A To Z" - A To Z Blues - talk about "New Orleans" - Goodbye Blues - Basin Street Blues - talk about "People In Room" - Salty Dog - talks about "Train Songs" - Wabash Cannonball - talks about "St James" & asks to 'Snooze' - St. James Infirmary - asks for Prison Songs - talk and If I Had The Wings - Length and Leadbelly - Instrumental (medley): - Kill It Kid (instr) - Weeping Willow (instr) - Wreck Of The Old 97 (with vocal) - bonus interview edits: - Ed Rhodes remembers Willie McTell in conversation with Larry Cohn - part 1 - part 2 Note: Final Session Track Listing Is As Listed by Samuel B. Charters from the original tape master sheet and reproduced in Record Research Magazine (August 1961) 2 CDs and DVD size 32-pp. colour booklet in a DVD size case Frog Records DGF88 (UK 2019)
Additional information appreciated !!! I herewith confess that I do not have the ambition to list each and every CD anthology / compilation containing only one (or two ;-) Blind Willie McTell track(s) !!!

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Görgen Antonsson discographies
- Robert M.W. Dixon & John Godrich: Blues & Gospel Records 1902 - 1943, 3rd ed. 1982, pp. 489-492
- Robert M.W. Dixon, John Godrich & Howard W. Rye: Blues & Gospel Records 1890 - 1943, 4th ed. 1997, pp. 590-594, 1046-1047
- Bob Eagle & Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues - A Regional Experience.- Santa Barbara (Praeger Publishers) 2013, p. 270
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970.- Vancouver 2006, pp. 378-379; 565
- Michael Gray: Hand Me My Travelin' Shoes.- London 2007
- Sheldon Harris: Blues Who's Who - A Bibliographical Dictionary of Blues Singers.- pp. 269-270
- Mike Leadbitter & Neil Slaven: Blues Records 1943 to 1966.- London/New York 1968.- pp. 227-228
- http://www.bluesimages.com/html/museum_html/78_blind_sammie.html
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources
¹⁾ GRAY 2007, p. 292; FANCOURT & McGRATH 2006: rec. "c.August 1949" "(Matrices applied May 1950)"
thanks to Alan Balfour, Mark Claes, Nico Fournier, Alex van der Tuuk, Tom Ball and Mario Longoria for additional info / scans

Blind Willie McTell; source: Atlantic SD 7224 gatefold

Blind Willie McTell
source: Atlantic SD 7224 gatefold

Blues Unlimited #125
(July/Aug. 1977)
Blues Access #11
(Fall 1982)

Robert Crumb's 'Heroes Of The Blues' card # 30: Blind Willie McTell
© 1980 by Yazoo Records, Inc., 245 Waverly Place. New York, NY 10014

Southeast Blues further reading

Bastin, Bruce: Crying for the Carolines.- London (Studio Vista) 1971

Bastin, Bruce: Red River Blues - The Blues Tradition in the Southeast.- Chicago (University of Illinois Press) 1986

Bastin, Bruce: Truckin' My Blues Away - East Coast Piedmont Styles.- in: Cohn, Lawrence: Nothing But The Blues - The Music and the Musicians.- New York, London, Paris (Abbeville Press) 1993, p. 205 - 231