Illustrated Memphis Piano Red discography

Memphis Piano Red, Memphis, TN, November 1980
source: Front cover of Ornament CH-7.516; photographer: Axel Küstner Memphis Piano Red
real name: John Williams
b. April 16, 1905 in Germantown, Shelby County, Tennessee
d. February 5, 1982 (murdered at his home on Walker Street [now Ave.]) in Memphis, Tennessee
discography
Michael Stewart and Memphis Piano Red visit Sleepy John Estes & family at home in Brownsville, Tennessee; source: www.adelphirecords.com/...

#	year of release	title / label / notes
1	1969	Memphis Swamp Jam LP 1: Booker White - Christmas Eve Blues - Columbus, Miss. Blues - Sad Day Blues Piano Red - Mobile Blues * @ youtube - Abel Street Stomp (instr) * @ youtube Nathan Beauregard - Nathan's Bumble Bee Blues (10:30) # @ youtube - 'Bout A Spoonful (3:20) # @ youtube Sleepy John Estes - Need More Blues - President Kennedy Stayed Away Too Long LP 2: Furry Lewis - Judge Boushay Blues - Walking Blues Fred McDowell - Shake Em On Down - Fred's Blues Napoleon Strickland - Back Water Rising - Other's Piece - Shimmy She Wobble R.L. Watson & Josiah Jones [John Fahey & Bill Barth] - Memphis Rag - St. Louis Blues - Praying On The Old Campground unissued track from same session: Piano Red - Walked Down So Many Turnrows * rec. June 9, 1969 live at Ardent Recording Studios in Memphis, Tennessee; all sessions supervised by Chris Strachwitz; prod. by Chris Strachwitz; assistant producers: John Fahey and Bill Barth # Nathan Beauregard, voc, el g [right channel]; Mike Stewart, ac g [left channel] * Memphis Piano Red, voc, p front cover photo of Blue Thumb BTS 6000 / Arhoolie 1084 taken at the Memphis Blues Festival by Jim Marshall DLP notes (1969) by Pete Welding Blue Thumb BTS 6000 (US 1969) = King SR-481 (Jp 1971) notes (1969) by Pete Welding (=) Arhoolie 1084 (US 1981) "Kings Of Country Blues Vol. 1" and Arhoolie 1085 (US 1981) "Kings Of Country Blues Vol. 2" (=) Arhoolie CD 385 (US 1993) "Mississippi Delta Blues Jam In Memphis Vol. 1" (=) Arhoolie CD 386 (US 1993) "Mississippi Delta Blues Jam In Memphis Vol. 2" Arhoolie Records discography
2	1971	The Memphis Blues Again Vol. 2 Bukka White - Fried Chicken Willie Morris, g, voc & Dewey Corley, b - New Stop And Listen Blues Willie Morris - My Good Woman Has Quit Me - Tell Me Mama, Babe, On You Hacksaw Harney & Dewey Corley, b - Hacksaw's Down South Blues - Can Can Walter Miller, voc & Willie Morris, g and Mose Vinson, p - I Don't Care What You Do Memphis Piano Red John Williams - Me And My Pal (instr) * @ youtube Sleepy John Estes & Tom Gary, harm - Drop Down Mama Van Hunt & Mose Vinson, p - Jelly Selling Woman Van Hunt & Mose Vinson, p and Dewey Corley, b - Lonesome Road Blues rec. October 1969 in Memphis, TN or June 1970 at the Peabody Hotel in Memphis, TN; prod. by Gene Rosenthal * Memphis Piano Red, piano solo Adelphi AD 1010 cover drawing by Dick Bangham notes by Steve LaVere with assistance by Nick Perls & Michael Stewart Adelphi AD 1010 (US 1971) = Echo Music 802 (UK 1985) "Blues Anthology Vol. 2" "More Memphis Blues" Adelphi Records discography
3	1972	Southern Comfort Country Lottie Merle [real name: Lattie Murrell] - When A Gal Cross The Bottom Perry Tillis - Kennedy Moan @ youtube David Johnson - Train Imitation William Floyd - Why Did I Have To Leave Cairo @ youtube @ Spotify Lottie Merle [real name: Lattie Murrell] - Spoonful @ youtube @ Spotify Perry Tillis - Soon One Morning @ youtube Lottie Merle [real name: Lattie Murrell] - Blues For Mattie Mae @ youtube @ Spotify Memphis Piano Red - Dupree Blues # @ youtube Lum Guffin & Bill Barth - Minglewood Blues @ youtube Perry Tillis - Too Close @youtube @ Spotify Lottie Merle [real name: Lattie Murrell] - Good Morning Little Schoolgirl @ youtube David Johnson - Let The Nation Be Free William Floyd - Every Time I Need You Baby Joe Townsend - Take Your Burdens To The Lord @ youtube @ Spotify Perry Tillis - Motherless Children Lincoln Jackson - What You Want Your Daddy To Do all tracks rec. by Bengt Olsson # rec. June-September 1971 in Memphis, TN; Memphis Piano Red, voc, p notes by Bengt Olsson Flyright LP 501 (UK 1972) Bengt Olsson recordings discography Flyright Records discography Lattie Murrell discography Lum Guffin discography
4	1974	Blues Oggi Booker T. Washington White - I'm Getting Ready @ youtube Dewey Corley - I Feel So Bad ## @ youtube Laura Dukes - Laura's Blues @ youtube Mose Vinson - Vicksburg Blues # @ youtube Hammie Nixon - I Told You Baby Long Time Ago @ youtube Dewey Corley - Yes, My Baby's Just Like A Dresser ## @youtube Sleepy John Estes - Corrina, Corrina @ youtube Laura Dukes - Got To Get Myself Somebody To Love @ youtube Sleepy John Estes - I Got A Pretty Little Flower @ youtube John "Piano Red" Williams - Baby I Need Your Love So Bad @ youtube Sleepy John Estes - I'll Be Glad When You Dead (You Rascal You) @ youtube John "Piano Red" Williams - Red Boogie @ youtube Booker T. Washington White - Brownsville, Tennessee @ youtube # rec. December 27, 1972 in Memphis, TN; Mose Vinson, voc, p; Dewey Corley, bull-fiddle; ed. by Franco Coggiola ## rec. December 27, 1972 in Memphis, TN; Dewey Corley, voc, bull-fiddle; Mose Vinson, p; ed. by Franco Coggiola photos by Gianni Marcucci (on front cover: Dewey Corley at the piano, two of Sleepy John Estes' children: son Charles & daughter Lucy; liner photo: Sleepy John Estes' children, daughters Lucy, Mae (with child), Virginia (Hammie Nixon's [future] wife), and son Charles) notes (24-pp. booklet) by Gianni Marcucci and Lucio Maniscalchi I Dischi Del Sole DS 526/28 (Italy 1974) = Ala Bianca CD 128553718 (Italy 1996)
5	1975	Tennessee Blues Vol. 1 Little Laura Dukes - Stack O'Lee Blues # @ youtube - Jimmy's Blues # @ youtube - Eh, Lordy Lord! (Doggone My Soul) # @ youtube - Bricks In My Pillow # @ youtube John 'Piano Red' Williams@ youtube [4 tracks] - Baby Please Come Back To Me (4:00) // [Mbirafon CD104] - Forgive Me Baby (3:30) //+ - Goin' To St. Louis (2:33) // - Blues In The Mornin' (1:10) // (= "After Hours") [Mbirafon CD104] Bukka White - Aberdeen Blues * - Please! * - I Ain't Got A Little Bed * - All Night Long ** - Cross The River * # rec. December 22, 1972 in Furry Lewis' bedroom in Memphis, TN by Gianni Marcucci; Laura Dukes, voc, ukulele; Furry's budgies, background chirping * rec. December 22, 1972 in Memphis, TN by Gianni Marcucci; Bukka White, voc, g; ** poss. Hammie Nixon, kazoo // rec. December 22, 1972 in Memphis, TN by Gianni Marcucci; Memphis Piano Red, voc, p; + Gianni Marcucci, hca 16-pp. booklet notes by Diego Carpitella Albatros VPA 8240 (It 1975) = Albatros VC 0715 (cassette) 30-pp. booklet notes (French, English & Italian) by Anonymous (most likely Gianni Marcucci) (=) Dom disques Albatros CD DAF 101 (Fr 1997) "Tennessee Blues Vol. 1" (along with VPA 8261 "Tennessee Blues Vol. 2") Albatros Records discography Bukka White discography
6	1976	Hammie Nixon Tennessee Blues Vol. 3 - You're So Fine - Nix's Boogie // - Sweet Old Kokomo // - My Babe // - But Someday Baby ## @ youtube - Yeller Yams - Yeller Yams (n. 2) // - You Know I Don't Want No Woman * - Somebody Done Changed That Little Lock On My Door - Sweet Old Kokomo (n. 2) # @ youtube - Sugar Mama // - So Long // - She Keeps Me Worried And Bothered All The Time // - Holy Spirit Don't Leave Me // On-the-field-recordings by ~~Lucio Maniscalchi &~~ Gianni Marcucci; Hammie Nixon, voc, hca, g, kazoo # rec. December 22, 1972 at John Williams' house in Memphis, TN; Hammie Nixon, voc, kazoo; Memphis Piano Red, p, ## voc; // John Estes, g; * Mose Vinson, p; * Dewey Corley, bull-fiddle photography by Gianni Marcucci notes (+ 18-pp. booklet) by Diego Carpitella Albatros VPA 8277 (It 1976) = Albatros VC 0757 (cassette) (=) Dom disques Albatros CD DAF 102 (Fr 1997) "Tennessee Blues Vol. 2" (along with VPA 8285)
7	1979	Way Back Yonder ... Original Country Blues Volume 1 Memphis & Brownsville, Tennessee (1976-1978) Charley Sangster - The Dirty Dozen (2:07) @ youtube @ Spotify - Peach Tree Blues (2:11) @ Spotify Hammie Nixon - Viola Lee Blues (2:55) @ youtube @ Spotify Walter Cooper - Baby Please Don't Go (2:26) @ youtube @ Spotify Hammie Nixon - Ida Mae (4:21) @ youtube @ Spotify Lum Guffin - Roll And Tumble Blues (4:36) @ youtube @ Spotify - Casey Jones (3:06) @ youtube @ Spotify Willie Borum - 61 Highway (2:44) @ youtube @ Spotify John (Memphis Piano Red) Williams - Cow Cow Blues (2:45) @ youtube @ Spotify - How Long Blues (4:16) @ youtube @ Spotify originally unissued track from same session: John (Memphis Piano Red) Williams - William's Boogie (3:29) @ youtube @ Spotify front cover photo (depicting Charley Sangster) by Gianni Marcucci notes by Gianni Marcucci Albatros VPA 5458 (It 1979) (=) Albatros ALB 13 (It 1979) "Way Back Yonder... Original Country Blues Volumes 1, 2 & 3" Albatros Records discography Willie Borum discography Lum Guffin discography
8	1980	Living Country Blues USA The Introduction@ youtube (full double album) LP 1: Guitar Frank - Lonesome Road Blues @ youtube Memphis Piano Red - The Train Is Coming @ youtube Flora Molton & The Truth Band - What's The Matter Now @ youtube Flora Molton & The Truth Band - The Titanic @ youtube Lottie Murell - Trouble Late Last Night (4:13) # @ youtube Sam Chatmon - Sittin' On Top Of The World @ youtube James "Son" Thomas - Rock Me Mama @ youtube Hammie Nixon - Corinna, Corinna @ youtube Cora Fluker & Ola Mae Bell - Talkin' 'Bout Jesus @ youtube Walter Brown - So Hard To See @ youtube Archie Edwards - Bear Cat Mama Blues @ youtube LP 2: Bowling Green John Cephas & Harmonica Phil Wiggins - Reno Factory @ youtube Lonnie Pitchford - My Babe @ youtube Sam "Stretch" Fields - Bluebird Blues @ youtube Joe Savage - Mean Ol' Frisco @ youtube Arzo Youngblood - I Can't Be Successful @ youtube CeDell "Big G" Davis - I Don't Know Why @ youtube Othar Turner & the Rising Star Five & Drum Band - Tango Twist @ youtube Guitar Slim - Come On In My Kitchen (voc, g) @ youtube Guitar Slim - Lula's Back In Town (voc, p) @ youtube Boyd Rivers - You Got To Move @ youtube Boogie Bill Webb - Big Road Blues @ youtube rec. October/November 1980 by Siegfried Christmann photos by Axel Küstner "none of the takes included in this double album will re-appear in further releases" = on Evidence 3 CD set (US 1999) DLP notes by Axel Küstner L+R 42.030 (Germany 1980) 3 CD set 48-pp. booklet with notes by Jerry Gordon, Axel Küstner & Brett Bonner some tracks reissued on Evidence ECD 26105-2 (US 1999) "Living Country Blues - An Anthology" 2 CD set notes by Axel Küstner [CD notes do not contain liner photos that were part of the original LP release!] = Bellaphon CDLR 711921 (Germany 2008) = Bellaphon LR 713014 (Germany 2014) (180 g DLP) (includes download code) L+R Records discography Flora Molton discography Lattie Murrell discography Sam Chatmon discography Son Thomas discography Hammie Nixon discography Archie Edwards discography Lonnie Pitchford discography Guitar Slim discography Boyd Rivers discography
9	1981	Living Country Blues USA Vol. 4 Tennessee Blues Hammie Nixon & Walter Cooper - Someday Baby Lottie Murrell - I Got A Gal Cross The Bottom Hammie Nixon - Louise Blues Memphis Piano Red - Cow Cow Blues @ youtube - Goin' To Chicago @ youtube Charlie Sangster - She's Taylor [sic] Made Memphis Piano Red - Mr. Freddy @ youtube Memphis Piano Red - Hangover (instr) @ youtube Hammie Nixon - Viola Lee Blues Memphis Piano Red - Good Patuni @ youtube Lottie Murrell - Rollin' And Tumblin' Charlie Sangster & Hammie Nixon - Moanin' The Blues Memphis Piano Red - Mother-In-Law Blues @ youtube Hammie Nixon & Walter Cooper - Soon One Mornin' rec. by Siegfried Christmann and Axel Küstner = on Evidence 3 CD set (US 1999) notes by Axel Küstner L+R 42.034 (Germany 1981) 3 CD set 48-pp. booklet with notes by Jerry Gordon, Axel Küstner & Brett Bonner some tracks reissued on Evidence ECD 26105-2 (US 1999) "Living Country Blues - An Anthology" [CD notes do not contain liner photos that were part of the original LP release!] = L+R LRCD 712829 (Germany 2008) L+R Records discography
10	1981	Memphis Piano Red / Guitar Slim : Play It A Long Time, Daddy resp. Walkin' Boogie Old Time Barrelhouse Blues Ornament CH-7.516 track sequence: Memphis Piano Red - Rocky Mountain Blues [Chrisly CM 11001] - Red's Boogie [Chrisly CM 11001] - Red's Delight [CMA / Ornament CM 8000] @ youtube - Mr. Grinder - My Life Is So Miserable [Chrisly CM 11001] - Blues With A Feelin' Guitar Slim (Stephens) - Walkin' Boogie # - Outdoor Weather Blues ### - Betty & Dupree # - Did You Get That Letter # - Hard Headed Blues ## CDs track sequence: Guitar Slim - Walkin' Boogie # Memphis Piano Red - Rocky Mountain Blues Memphis Piano Red - Red's Boogie Guitar Slim - Outdoor Weather Blues ### Guitar Slim - Betty & Dupree # Memphis Piano Red - Red's Delight Memphis Piano Red - Mr. Grinder Guitar Slim - Did You Get That Letter # Memphis Piano Red - My Life Is So Miserable Guitar Slim - Hard Headed Blues ## Memphis Piano Red - Blues With A Feelin Memphis Piano Red (John Williams) tracks rec. November 3 & 6, 1980 in Memphis, TN by Siegfried A. Christmann; Memphis Piano Red, voc, p Guitar Slim (James Stephens) tracks rec. October 13, 1980 in Greensboro, NC by Siegfried A. Christmann; Guitar Slim, voc, # p, ## g; ### 12str g photos by Axel Küstner notes by No-Nothing Slim (Siegfried A. Christmann) and Even-Less Fats (Axel Küstner) Ornament CH-7.516 (Germany 1981) (=) Comerta FC 5303 (Switzerland 1989) "Walkin' Boogie" = CMA/Ornament CD CM-8002 (Germany 1991) "Old Time Barrelhouse Blues" = Drive CD 3225 (Switzerland 1991) "Walkin' Boogie" = CMA/Ornament CD CM-8002 (Germany 1992) = Chrisly CD CM-30002 (Germany 2000) Ornament Records discography
11	1982	Living Country Blues USA Vol. 10 Country Boogie Lottie Murrell - Spoonful # @ youtube Napoleon Strickland - That's The Boogie @ youtube Guitar Slim - Lovin' Blues @ youtube James "Son" Thomas - Mama Don't 'Low No Guitar Playin' Here @ youtube Othar Turner & the Rising Star Fife and Drum Band - Bouncin' Ball @ youtube Lonnie Pitchford - One String Boogie @ youtube Bowling Green John & Harmonica Phil Wiggins - Burn Your Bridges @ youtube Memphis Piano Red - Pinetop's Boogie Woogie @ youtube Archie Edwards - Sellin' That Stuff @ youtube Lonnie Pitchford - Shake Your Moneymaker @ youtube Cora Fluker - Shotgun Boogie @ youtube Arzo Youngblood - Swing, Swing @ youtube Cedell "Big G" Davis - You Got To Do The Boogie Woogie @ youtube # rec. November 5, 1980 in Somerville, Tennessee by Siegfried Christmann and Axel Küstner; Lattie Murrell, voc, g photos by Axel Küstner = on Evidence 3 CD set (US 1999) notes by Axel Küstner L+R 42.040 (Germany 1982) 3 CD set 48-pp. booklet with notes by Jerry Gordon, Axel Küstner & Brett Bonner some tracks reissued on Evidence ECD 26105-2 (US 1999) "Living Country Blues - An Anthology" [CD notes do not contain liner photos that were part of the original LP release!] = L+R LRCD 712225 (Germany 2008) L+R Records discography Guitar Slim discography Son Thomas discography Lonnie Pitchford discography Archie Edwards discography
		- Mr. Freddy Blues - Mama Likes Good Whiskey - Blues fragment rec. May 7, 1981 in Memphis, TN by Michael Hortig; Memphis Piano Red, voc, p unissued
12	1987?	Giants of Country Blues Piano Whistlin' Alex Moore - Boogie Woogie # - You Leave Me Walkin' # Robert Shaw - Piggly Wiggly Blues - People People - She Used To Be My Baby - Ma Grinder - Santa Fe Blues - Jim Nappy - Low Down Dirty Shame Lavada Durst (Dr. Hepcat) - Love You Baby - Blues "Memphis" Piano Red - Baby Please * - Stormy Monday * Mose Vinson - How Long - Memphis Stomp Isaac Youngblood - Jesus Never Says No Trenton Cooper - Blues - I'm Goin' To Chicago originally unissued tracks from same session: "Memphis" Piano Red - Mama Likes Good Whiskey * [Wolf 120.921] - After Hours * [Wolf 120.921] - Instrumental Blues * - Mr. Freddy Blues * - Able Street Stomp * - Cow Cow Blues * - St. Louis Blues * - Sweet Patuni * - I'm Going Back To Chicago, IL * - Shake 'Em On Down * - Untitled Blues * - 44 Blues * - Pinetop's Boogie * - Stormy Monday * # rec. October 21, 1981 in Dallas, TX * rec. November 9, 1981 in Memphis, TN by Michael Hortig; Memphis Piano Red, voc, p notes by Michael Hortig Wolf LP 120.910 (Austria 1987?) Wolf CD 120.629 (Memphis Piano Red tracks not included!)
13	1992	The Real Blues Sampler - Bull Cow Blues - Big Joe Williams - Red's Delight - Memphis Piano Red [Ornament CH-7.516] @ youtube - Hard Headed Blues - Guitar Slim [Ornament CH-7.516] - You're So Fine - John Lee Hooker - St. James Infirmary - Blind John Davis - Ethel Mae - Louisiana Red - Reminiscing Fats W. - Champion Jack Dupree - Hobo Blues - Doctor Ross - I'm the Fixer - Willie Mabon - Don't Cry No More - Fernest Arceneaux - Foot Race - Johnny "Big Moose" Walker - Hard Luck Blues - Tommy Tucker CMA / Ornament CM 8000 (Germany 1992) = Ornament CM 8000 (Germany 1992) = Chrisly CD CM-30000 (Germany 1992) Ornament Records discography Big Joe Williams discography Champion Jack Dupree discography Doctor Ross discography Willie Mabon discography
14	1992	The Ultimate Blues Collection Volume 1 CD 1: Big Joe Williams - Bull Cow Blues - When The Saints Go Marchin' In Doctor Ross - My Little Woman °° - Cat Squirrel °° Blind John Davis - Everyday I Have The Blues - Limehouse Blues John Lee Hooker - You're So Fine - It Serve Me Right To Suffer Guitar Slim (Stephens) - Early Mornin' Blues # °° @ youtube Tommy Tucker - Come Back Baby / What Did I Say - Hi Heel Sneakers Tommy Tucker & Louisiana Red - Early Morning Blues °° CD 2: Guitar Slim (Stephens) - Outdoor Weather Blues ### [Ornament CH-7.516] Richard Bargel - Dancing Up That Country Road Guitar Slim (Stephens) - Hard Headed Blues ## [Ornament CH-7.516] Richard Bargel - Blue Steel - Me And The Devil Blues Big Joe Williams - Down In The Bottom - Boogie Woogie All Night Long - I'm Gonna Do It This Time, Ain't Gonna Do It No Mo' - In The Evening When The Sun Goes Down - In The Evening When The Sun Goes Down Dr. Ross - Chicago Breakdown - 30:20 Blues - Sweet Black Angel - China Blues CD 3: Memphis Piano Red - Rocky Mountain Blues [Ornament CH-7.516] - Red's Boogie [Ornament CH-7.516] - My Life Is So Miserable [Ornament CH-7.516] Champion Jack Dupree - I Ain't Good Lookin' - Reminscing Fats W. Blind John Davis - Dippermouth Blues - Cow Cow Blues - Moanin' The Blues Big Moose Walker - Would You Baby - Somebody Got To Go # rec. October 13, 1980 in Greensboro, NC; James 'Guitar Slim' Stephens, # p, ## g, ### 12-str g; prod. by Siegfried A. Christmann & Axel Küstner °° previously unreleased 3 CD set Chrisly CM 11001/04/07 (Germany 1992) "Chrisly Records Blues Box" Ornament Records discography Big Joe Williams discography Doctor Ross discography Guitar Slim (Stephens) discography Champion Jack Dupree discography
15	1992	The Ultimate Blues Collection Volume 2 CD 1: Willie Mabon - I Don't Know - Rainy Night In Georgia Carey Bell - She's Nineteen Years Old Fernest Arcenaux - The Things I Used To Do Archie Edwards - Boogie Woogie Mama °° Big Jay McNeely - Pretty Girls - Country Boy Detroit Gary Wiggins - That What You Doin' To Me Luther Allison - The Dock Of The Bay - Let's Try It Again CD 2: John Lee Hooker - Introduction - Goin' To California - Black Night Is Falling - Crawlin' Kingsnake John Cephas - Richmond Blues °° - St. James Infirmary °° Louisiana Red - Louisiana Boogie - When My Mama Was Livin' - Got Sad News - Stop Doggin' Me Around Sam Chatmon - I Gets The Blues °° - St. Louis Blues °° CD 3: Champion Jack Dupree - Wine, Wine, Wine - You Can Make It Memphis Piano Red - Mother-In-Law Blues (4:11) # °° @ youtube - Barrelhouse Blues (2:52) # °° @ youtube Erwin Helfer and The Chicago Allstars - Sneaky Pete - 4 O'clock Blues Tommy Tucker - Blues Had A Baby - Hard Luck Blues - Five Long Years °° - Drifting Blues °° # rec. May 11, 1981 in Essen, Germany by Siegfried A. Christmann; Memphis Piano Red, voc, p °° previously unreleased 3 CD set Chrisly CM 11002/05/08 (Germany 1992) "Chrisly Records Blues Box" Willie Mabon discography Archie Edwards discography Sam Chatmon discography Champion Jack Dupree discography Memphis Piano Red discography
16	1992	Giants Of Country Blues Vol. 3 Jack Owens - Leavin' Blues Eugene Powell - Blues In Texas Son Thomas - Walking Cane LV Conerly - Hard Headed Woman Roosevelt Holts - Big Road Blues Arzo Youngblood - I Don't Want No Woman Sam Chatmon - Talkin' Bout My Girl Wade Walton - Catfish Blues Isaac Youngblood - Big Road Blues Wade Walton - Catfish Blues Isaac Youngblood - Big Road Blues Mott Willis - Long Tall Woman Robert Shaw - Ma Grinder Pt 2 - Mobile & KC Blues - The Cows - Rock Island Lavada Durst - Boogie Woogie Alex Moore - Henry 6 Mike # Memphis Piano Red - Mama Likes Good Whiskey * - After Hours * Mose Vinson - Blues Jumped A Rabbit - Four O'Clock Blues # rec. October 21, 1981 in Dallas, TX * rec. November 9, 1981 in Memphis, TN by Michael Hortig; Memphis Piano Red, voc, p cover drawing (of Robert Shaw) by Bernd Konrad notes by Michael Hortig Wolf 120.921 (Austria 1992) not identical with Wolf CD 120.918 with same title !!!
17	1994	Memphis Blues Caravan, Vol. 2 Memphis Piano Red - Blues Like Showers Of Rain (3:30) Skip James - Crow Jane Little Red Holmes - Peach Tree Blues Joe Dobbins - Satchel Blues Bukka White - Uncle Sam Blues Furry Lewis - Furry Lewis' Blues Johnny Shines - Mr. Tom Green's Farm Joe Willie Wilkins - Hard Headed Woman Roland Boy Blue Hayes - Cold Chills Charlie Booker with Joe Willie Wilkins & His King Biscuit Boys - New Moonrise Blues Big Daddy Rucker with T-Bone Terrell & His Band - Sweet Little Angel prod. by Steve LaVere notes by Steve LaVere Memphis Archives CD 7009 (US 1994)
18	1997?	Boogie Woogie Katie Webster - Rockin' The Subway (1:55) Little Willie Littlefield - Toe Tapping Boogie (2:34) Errol Dixon - Errol's Boogie Woogie (2:20) Erwin Helfer - The Fives (2:33) Champion Jack Dupree - Drive'em Down Special (4:35) Blind John Davis - Cow Cow Blues (2:25) Memphis Piano Red - Red's Boogie (3:34) Willie Mabon - Dorsey's Boogie Woogie (3:22) John "Big Moose" Walker - Would You Babe (2:46) Little Willie Littlefield - Undecided Boogie (2:13) Erwin Helfer - Sneaky Pete (2:36) Katie Webster - Texas Boogie Queen (2:13) Errol Dixon - Blues From Cuba (2:23) Champion Jack Dupree - Reminiscing Fats W. (5:11) Little Willie Littlefield - 12th Street Rag (1:36) CC - The Boogie Man - Tree Top Boogie (2:44) Chrisly CR 50003 (Germany 1997?) Ornament/Chrisly Records discography
19	1999	Living Country Blues: An Anthology disc 1: Mississippi Moan - Catfish Blues - James Thomas - Bye Bye Blues - Arzo Youngblood - Gonna Cut You Loose - Eddie Cusic - You Gonna Take Sick And Die - Boyd Rivers - Maggie Campbell Blues - Bill Webb - Sittin' on Top Of The World - Sam Chatmon - Move Daniel - Cora Fluker - My Babe - Othar Turner - Boogie Chillen - Lonnie Pitchford - Bull Cow Blues - James Thomas - Stop And Listen Blues - Sam Chatmon - Swing, Swing - Arzo Youngblood - Jazz Boogie Woogie - Stonewall Mays - Jesus On The Mainline - Boyd Rivers - Shake Your Money Maker - Lonnie Pitchford - Rock Me Mama - James Thomas / Cleveland Jones - Big Road Blues - Bill Webb - My Daddy Was A Jockey - Sam Chatmon - That's The Boogie - Napoleon Strickland - Vicksburg Blues - Sam Chatmon - Mississippi Moan - Walter Brown - When I Lay Down My Burden - Othar Turner & the Rising Star Fife & Drum Band disc 2: Lonesome Road Blues (East Coast) - Lonesome Road Blues - Guitar Frank - Baby Please Give Me A Break - Archie Edwards - Road Is Rough And Rocky - Archie Edwards - Come On In My Kitchen - Guitar Slim - Bye And Bye, I'm Going To See The King - Flora Molton & The Truth Band - Chimney Hill Breakdown - Guitar Frank - Railroad Bill - Guitar Frank - Chicken Can't Roost Too High For Me - John Cephas - Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad - John Cephas & Phil Wiggins - Do Lord Remember Me - Archie Edwards - Jelly Roll Baker - Guitar Frank - I'm Feelin' Lonesome - Guitar Slim - My Old Schoolmates - Archie Edwards - Lonesome Home Blues - Guitar Slim - T For Texas - Archie Edwards - Diggin' My Potatoes - Guitar Frank disc 3: You Got To Move (Tennessee, Arkansas & More) - Vacation In Heaven - Flora Molton & The Truth Band - Granny, Will Your Dog Bite? - Othar Turner & the Rising Star Fife & Drum Band - I Laid And I Wondered - James Thomas / Cleveland Jones - I Can't Stand It - Flora Molton & The Truth Band - Mr. Freddie Blues - Memphis Piano Red - Corine, Corrina - Hammie Nixon - Rollin' And Tumblin' - Lottie Murrell - She's Tailor Made - Charlie Sangster - Hounds - Sam Shields - You Got To Move - Boyd Rivers - Let Me Play With Your Poodle - CeDell Davis - Viola Lee Blues - Hammie Nixon - Joe's Prison Camp Holler - Joe Savage - When The Saints Go Marchin' In - Othar Turner & the Rising Star Fife & Drum Band - Spoonful - Lottie Murrell - You Got To Do The Boogie Woogie - CeDell Davis - Trouble Late Last Night - Lottie Murrell - Dry Bones In The Valley - Cora Fluker - I Got a Gal 'Cross The Bottom - Lottie Murrell - Soon One Mornin' - Hammie Nixon - Levee Camp Holler - Walter Brown - Precious Lord - Boyd Rivers 3 CD set Evidence ECD 26105-2 with 3 CD set 48-pp. booklet with notes by Jerry Gordon, Axel Küstner & Brett Bonner photos by Axel Küstner
20	200?	Mississippi Delta Blues Jam in Memphis, Vol. 1 Napoleon Strickland with The Como Drum Band - Back Water Rising Fred McDowell & Johnny Woods - Shake 'Em On Down - Fred's Blues - Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning Otha Turner with The Como Drum Band - Otha's Piece Napoleon Strickland with The Como Drum Band - Shimmy She Wobble Fred McDowell - Write Me A Few Of Your Lines - A Dark Cloud Rising Furry Lewis - Furry Lewis' Blues [previously unreleased] - Walking Blues - Judge Bushay Blues R.L. Watson & Josiah Jones [= John Fahey & Bill Barth] - Memphis Rag - St. Louis Blues - Praying On The Old Campground / Lonesome Blues Memphis Piano Red - Mobile Blues - Abel Street Stomp Furry Lewis tracks rec. June 1969 Includes all of Arhoolie LP 1085, part of 1084 and several previously unissued cuts. LPs 1084 & 1085 were once available as "Swamp Blues", a double LP originally released on Blue Thumb (=) Arhoolie CD 385 (US 200?)
21	2013	Memphis Piano Red: Blues at home 4 recorded in Memphis, Tennessee (1972-1978) - Untitled Slow Boogie (2:28) °° @ youtube - Baby Please Come Back To Me (3:55) [Albatros VPA 8240] @ youtube - Red's Delight (2:58) °° @ youtube - I Need Love So Bad (3:31) °° @ youtube - Forty-Four Blues (3:27) °° @ youtube - Barrelhouse Blues (tk 1) (2:34) °° @ youtube - Pretty Little Flower (feat. Sleepy John Estes, voc) (3:38) °° @ youtube - After Hours (= Blues In The Mornin') (1:02) [Albatros VPA 8240] @ youtube - Pinetop's Boogie Woogie (2:03) °° @ youtube - How Long, How Long Blues (4:17) [Albatros VPA 5458] @ youtube - Barrelhouse Blues (tk 2) (2:40) °° @ youtube - Going Down Slow (2:57) °° @ youtube - Cow Cow Blues (2:27) °° @ youtube - Mr. Freddie Blues (1:59) °° @ youtube - Dark Muddy Bottom (2:54) °° @ youtube - Memphis Blues (1:40) °° @ youtube - Standing At The Crossroads (1:51) °° @ youtube - Aggravating Papa (1:47) °° @ youtube - Mother-In-Law Blues (2:40) °° @ youtube - Louisiana Blues (1:59) °° @ youtube - Rocky Mountain Blues (3:20) °° @ youtube - Untitled Slow Boogie No. 2 (1:52) °° @ youtube rec. 1972-78 in Memphis, TN by Gianni Marcucci; Memphis Piano Red, voc, p; rec., ed. & prod. by Giambattista Marcucci; digital remastered from original tapes °° previously unissued Mbirafon CD104 (It 2013) MP3 at www.cdbaby.com
Additional information appreciated !!!

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Jean-Claude Arnaudon: Dictionnaire du Blues.- Paris, France (Filipacci) 1977, p. 184
- Bob Eagle & Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues - A Regional Experience.- Santa Barbara (Praeger Publishers) 2013, p. 241
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970 (3rd edition).- Vancouver (Eyeball Productions) 2019, pp. 454-455
- Robert Ford: A Blues Bibliography, 2nd Edition.- New York & London (Routledge Music Bibliographies) 2007, pp. 719-720
- Robert Ford & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1971 - 2000 [the later years].- Vancouver (Eyeball Productions) 2011, p. 319
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources
thanks to Michael Hortig (der mir den letzten Anstoß gegeben hat), Max Hoeffner and Scott Barretta for additional info / scans

Memphis Piano Red at Molde Jazz Festival 1978
source: Norwegian TV program

Memphis Piano Red, Memphis, TN, November 1980
source: Blues Forum Nr. 4 (Sept./Okt./Nov. 1981), p. 25
photographer: Axel Küstner

Memphis Piano Red obituary
source: Blues Forum Nr. 6 (2. Quartal 1982), p. 50
photographer: Axel Küstner