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 Python Records discography label founded and run by Keith Tillman and Tony Martin |
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| PKM-01 (196?) | Big Moose - Rambling Woman - Puppy Howl Blues
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| PKM-02 (1969) | Jerry McCain - Homogenized Love - 728 Texas Jewel 753 (1965)
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| PKM-03 (1969) | Magic Sam - 21 Days In Jail - Easy Baby Magic Sam discography
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| PKM-04 (1969) | Muddy Waters - Country Boy - All Night Long
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| KM 1 (1968) | Going Back To Chicago Muddy Waters - Gone To Main Street [Chess 1526] - Sad Sad Day [Chess 1537, actually not on record!] - Evans Shuffle [Chess 1441] - Please Have Mercy [Chess 1514] - Sugar Sweet [Chess 1612] - Meanest Woman [Chess 1765] - Tiger In Your Tank [Chess 1765] Little Walter - I Got To Go [not on label; actually not on record] - Lights Out - It Ain't Right - Rocker Jimmy Rogers - Out On The Road - Act Like You Love Me - What Have I Done
notes (October 1968) by Keith Tillman Muddy Waters discography | |
| KM 2 (1969) | Buddy Guy: First Time I Met The Blues Python PLP-KM 2 track list: - Stone Crazy [Chess 1812] - I Got My Eyes On You [Chess 1753] - My Time After Awhile [Chess 1899] - Slop Around [Chess 1759] - Skippin' [Chess 1812] - Ten Years Ago [Chess 1784] - Broken Hearted Blues [Chess 1759] - The Treasure Untold [Chess 1838] - When My Left Eye Jumps [Chess 1838] - Let Me Love You Baby [Chess 1784] - ... - ... red = not on Red Lightnin' RL 001
Red Lightnin' RL 001 track list:
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| KM 3 (1970) | Otis Rush and his Band: Groaning The Blues - Groaning The Blues - All Your Love - Love That Woman - Jump Sister Bessie - My Love Will Never Die - Checking On My Baby - It Takes Time - I Can't Quit You Baby - She's A Good 'Un - Three Times A Fool - If You Were Mine - Double Trouble
notes by Keith Tillman Otis Rush discography | |
| KM 4 (196?) | Otis Spann with Robert Jr. Lockwood: Raised In Mississippi - I Got Ramblin' On My Mind # - My Daily Wish # - Little Boy Blue # - Take A Little Walk With Me # - Beat Up Team - Worried Life Blues - Hard Way - Great Northern Stomp - Otis In The Dark # Robert Jr. Lockwood, voc
notes by Keith Tillman
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| KM 5 (1969) | Freddy King: It's Too Bad Things Are Going So Tough - She Put The Whammy On Me - Cloud Sailin' - It's Too Bad Things Are Going So Tough - Freddy's Guitar Blues - She's The Kind That Can Make You Forgive And Forget - Have You Ever Loved A Woman - I'm Tore Down - The Welfare Turns Its Back On You - Full Time Love - Manhole - Christmas Tears - I'm On My Way To Atlanta
notes by Keith Tillman | |
| KM 6 (196?) | Jimmy Rogers & Eddie Taylor: Blues From Chicago Volume One Jimmy Rogers - Ludella - Chicago Bound - Going Away Baby - Money, Marbles & Chalk - Sloppy Drunk - She Loves Another Man Eddie Taylor - Ride 'Em On Down - Bad Boy - Lookin' For Trouble - You'll Always Have A Home - Don't Knock At My Door - Sittin' Here Thinkin' with Little Walter, Willie Dixon, Fred Below, Otis Spann, Jimmy Reed, Hubert Sumlin, Muddy Waters
notes by Keith Tillman Jimmy Rogers discography | |
| KM 7 (1969) | Freddy King: Volume Two - Freeway 75 - Takin' Care Of Business - I Love The Woman - Sen-Sa-Shun - You Know That You Love Me But You Never Tell Me So - The Stumble - See See Baby - You've Got To Love Her With A Feeling - Texas Oil - You Mean, Mean Woman - High Rise - Meet Me At The Station
notes by Keith Tillman | |
| KM 8 (196?) | The 'Downhome' Blues Part One by Lightnin' Slim - Wanderin' And Goin' - Hoo Doo Blues - Cool Down Baby - I'm Grown - Have Your Way - Bad Luck And Trouble - Mean Old Lonesome Train - Sugar Plum - Goin' Home - Blues At Night - Too Close Together - I'm A Rollin' Stone
Lightnin' Slim discography | |
| KM 9 (196?) | Blues From Chicago Volume 2 Jimmy Lee Robinson and Band - All Of My Life Tommy Brown with Big Walter 'Shakey' Horton - Remember Me - Southern Women Lazy Bill Lucas and his Blue Rhythms - I Had A Dream Otis Spann with Band - Five Spot Elmore James and his Broomdusters - Baby What's Wrong - Sinful Woman Junior Wells and his Eagle Rockers - Lawdy Lawdy Muddy Waters with Rhythm Accompaniment - You're Gonna Miss Me (When I'm Dead And Gone) Little Johnny Jones & The Chicago Hound Dogs - Sweet Little Woman (Dirty By The Dozen)
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| KM 10 (196?) | Southside Chicago Big Walter Horton - We're Gonna Have A Good Time Sunnyland Slim - Country Shack Johnny Young with The Chicago Blues Band featuring Otis Spann - I Believe You Need A Shot Eddie Boyd - Look On Yonder Wall Big Walter Horton - Shakey Boogie Willie Mabon - Goin' Back To New Orleans Johnny Young with The Chicago Blues Band featuring Otis Spann - Want My Baby (Step By, Baby) St. Louis Jimmy - The Woman I'm Loving Johnny Young with The Chicago Blues Band featuring Otis Spann - Broken Hearted Blues Big Walter Horton - I'd Be The Same Way If I Could Johnny Young with The Chicago Blues Band featuring Otis Spann - You Better Cut That Out Big Walter Horton - You Know It's You Babe from Olle Helander's 1964 radio broadcasts
notes by Keith Tillman
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| KM 11 (1970) | Freddy King Volume Three - Let Me Be, Stay Away From Me - Low Tide - Some Other Day, Some Other Time - Funnybone - San-Ho-Zay - In The Open - Just Pickin' - Lonesome Whistle Blues - Sidetracked - If You Believe - Fish Fare - She's The One
notes by Keith Tillman | |
| KM 12 (1969) | The Real Chicago Blues of Muddy Waters Part One - All Aboard [Chess 1620] - Evan's Shuffle [Chess 1441] - Blow Wind Blow [Chess 1550] - Sad, Sad Day [Chess 1537] - She's So Pretty [Chess 1560] - Mean Red Spider [Aristocrat 1307] - Clouds In My Heart [Chess 1724] - Who's Gonna Be Your Sweet Man [Chess 1542] - Young Fashioned Ways [Chess 1602] - Turn Your Lamp Down Low (Baby Please Don't Go) [Chess 1542] - I Don't Know Why [Chess 1579] - She's All Right (alt tk) [Chess unissued]
notes by Keith Tillman Muddy Waters discography | |
| KM 13 (196?) | Howlin' Wolf - Mr. Airplane Man [Chess 1735] - The Wolf Is At Your Door [Chess 1497] - Oh Red! [Chess 1528] - Going Back Home [Chess 1648] - Don't Mess With My Baby [Chess 1607] - Getting Old And Grey [Chess 1510] - Red Rooster [Chess 1804] - I Aint Superstitious [Chess 1823] - Come To Me Baby [Chess 1607] - My Last Affair [Chess 1528] - Do The Do [Chess 1844] - Howlin' Wolf Boogie [Chess 1497] rec. 1952-1962
Howlin' Wolf discography | |
| KM 14 (1970) | The 'Downhome' Blues Part Two Little Al - No Jive [Excello 2098] Lonesome Sundown - My Home Is A Prison [Excello 2102] Slim Harpo - Strange Love [Excello 2138] Arthur Gunter - Baby Let's Play House Little Al - Easy Ridin' Buggy [Excello 2128] Lazy Lester - Lonesome Highway Blues [Excello 2230] Silas Hogan - Airport Blues [Excello 2231] Little Al - Little Lean Woman [Excello 2098] Baby Boy Warren - Chuck-A-Luck [Chicken] [J-V-B 59 / Excello 2211] Jimmy Anderson - Goin' Crazy Over T.V. [Excello 2257] Little Sonny - I'll Love You Baby [JVB 5001 / Excello 2209] Little Al - Every Day Brings About A Change [Excello 2128] Lonesome Sundown - Don't Go [Excello 2145]
notes by Keith Tillman | |
| KM 15 (1971) | Blues From Chicago Volume Three Floyd Jones and his Band - Ain't Times Hard [Vee-Jay 111] - Schooldays On My Mind [Vee-Jay 111] Lazy Bill and his Blue Rhythms - She Got Me Walkin' [Chance 1148] L.C. McKinley - Companion Blues [States 135] Chicago Sunny Boy [Joe Hill Louis] - Jackpot [Meteor 5004] James Banister and his Combo - Blues And Trouble [States 141] Little Walter and his Jukes - Teenage Beat [Checker 845] Sir John Lee Hooker - We're All God's Children [Fortune 855] L.C. McKinley - Weeping Willow Blues [States 135] Freddy King - That's What You Think [El-Bee 157] Little Hudson and his Red Devil Trio - Rough Treatment [JOB 1015] Big Walter and his Combo - Back Home To Mama [States 145]
notes by Keith Tillman | |
| KM 16 (197?) | Blues Today - Southern Style Frank Frost - Things You Do Wild Child Butler - My 40 Year Old Woman Frank Frost - Pocket Full Of Money - My Back Scratcher Wild Child Butler - Do Something Baby Little Joe Blue - Don't Stop Loving Me Frank Frost - Harp And Soul Frank Frost - Harpin' On It Little Joe Blue - Standing On The Threshold Wild Child Butler - Put It All In There Frank Frost - Ride With Your Daddy Tonight Wild Child Butler - Hold Me Baby Carter Brothers - Booby Trap Baby Lightnin' [Hopkins] with Wild Child's Blues Harp Band - Mini Skirt
notes by Keith Tillman | |
| KM 17 (197?) | Blues - Chicago Style Magic Sam - Out Of Bad Luck [Crash 425] @ youtube Junior Wells - Cut My Toenails [Bright Star 146] @ youtube - A Tribute To Little Walter [Hit Sound 223] James Cotton - Complete This Order [Loma 2042] @ youtube - Laying In The Weeds [Loma 2042] Billy Boy Arnold - Kissing At Midnight [Vee Jay VJ-2382] @ youtube Hound Dog Taylor - Baby's Coming Home [Bea & Baby 112] Hound Dog Taylor - Christine [C.J. 626] @ youtube - Take Five [Bea & Baby 112] @ youtube - Alley Music [C.J. 626] @ youtube Mighty Joe Young - Voo Doo Dust [Webcor W-101] @ youtube G.L. Crockett - It's A Man Down There [Four Brothers 445] @ youtube Sugarpie Desanto - Slip-In Mules [Checker 1073] @ youtube Tommy Tucker - Alimony [Checker 1112] @ youtube
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| KM 18 (1969) | The Real Chicago Blues of Muddy Waters Part Two - I Got To Find My Baby [Chess 1644] - My Eyes (Keep Me In Trouble) [Chess 1596] - I Feel Like Going Home [Aristocrat 1305, Chess 1514] - Please Have Mercy [Chess 1514] - I Want To Be Loved [Chess 1596] - I'm A Natural Born Lover [Chess 1585] - Loving Man [Chess 1585] - Don't Go No Farther [Chess 1630] - Ooh Wee [Chess 1724] - Sugar Sweet [Chess 1612] - Diamonds At Your Feet [Chess 1630] - Tiger In Your Tank (1960) [Chess 1765] - Trouble No More [Chess 1612] - Gone To Main St. [Chess 1526] rec. between 1948 and 1956; Muddy Waters, Little Walter, Otis Spann, Willie Dixon, Jimmy Rogers, Big Crawford, Walter Horton
Muddy Waters discography | |
| KM 19 (1969) | The Real Chicago Blues Of Muddy Waters Part Three - My Fault - I Live The Live I Love - Baby, Please Don't Go (alt tk) - Got My Mojo Working (orig. version) - Rock Me - Woman Wanted - Oh Yeah - She's Got It - Take The Bitter With The Sweet - Look What You've Done - Mean Mistreater - She's 19 Years Old - I Won't Go On - Meanest Woman - Oh Yeah
Muddy Waters discography | |
| KM 20 (1969) | Little Walter and his Jukes - I Got To Go - Shake Dancer - Crazy For My Baby - Confessin' The Blues - Flying Saucer - Boom Boom Out Goes The Lights - Last Night (alt tk) - Rock Bottom - Just A Feeling - Off The Wall (alt tk) - One More Chance With You - Too Late - Thunderbird - Mean Ole Frisco rec. 1953-58; with Bo Diddley, Robert Jr. Lockwood, Willie Dixon, Fred
notes by Keith Tillman | |
| KM 21 (197?) | Blues From The Windy City Jimmy Rogers - Today, Today Blues - My Last Meal - If It Ain't Me Howlin' Wolf - Hard Luck [Chess 2081] - I Had A Dream [Chess 2009] - Hidden Charms [Chess 1890] - New Crawling Kingsnake [Chess 1968] - Don't Laugh At Me [Chess 1945] - Just Like I Treat You [Chess 1823] Buddy Guy - No Lie - Hard But It's Fair Sonny Boy Williamson - Born Blind - Let Your Conscience Be Your Guide - Keep It To Yourself
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| KM 22 (1970) | The Downhome Blues Volume 3 Lightnin' Slim - Just Made 21 Whispering Smith - I Tried So Hard Schoolboy Cleve - New Kind Of Loving Mr. Calhoun - Hallo Friends, Hallo Pals Lightnin' Slim - Just A Lonely Stranger Lonesome Sundown - I'm Gonna Cut Out On You [Excello 2259] Roscoe Chenier - I Broke The Jo-Jo [Reynaud 1018] Slim Harpo - Little Queen Bee Lazy Lester - Patrol Blues Schoolboy Cleve - Leaving You Baby Lightnin' Slim - Greyhound Blues Whispering Smith - Crying Blues Roscoe Chenier - Born For Bad Luck
notes by Keith Tillman | |
| KM 23 (197?) | Little George Smith: Blues Harmonica - All Last Night - Sometimes You Win When You Lose - West Helena Woman - Hot Rolls - Go Ahead On - Blowin' The Blues - Brown Mule - Come Home - Blues In The Dark - Yes Baby - Good Things - Miss O'Malley's Ralley - Summertime George 'Harmonica' Smith discography | |
| KM 24 (197?) | Fention Robinson [sic] & Larry Davis Fention Robinson - The Getaway [Sound Stage 7 2554] - Mississippi Steamboat [Duke 191] - Somebody Loan Me A Dime [Seventy 7 122] - From My Heart [USA 842] - Tennessee Woman [Meteor 5041] - Cryin' Out Loud [Meteor 5041] Fention Robinson - Schoolboy [Duke 312] Larry Davis - Texas Flood [Duke 192] - I Tried [Duke 192] - Angels In Houston [Duke 313] - Rock Me Baby [Kent 4532] - Woke Up This Morning [Kent 5432]
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| KM 25 (1968) | J.B. Lenoir - Lou Ella [Shad 5012] - Back Door [Shad 5012] - Oh Baby [VeeJay alt tk.] - Do What I Say [VeeJay 352] - The Mojo Boogie - Slow Down Woman - I Want My Baby [Job 1016] - How Can I Leave? [Job 1012] - Mama Talk To Your Daughter [Parrot 809] - Fine Girls [Parrot 821] - Mama Your Daughter Is Gonna Miss Me [Parrot 814] - I'll Die Tryin' [Job 1060] - I Feel So Good
plain white jacket
J.B. Lenoir discography | |
| KM 26 (1972) | Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown Volume One - I Live My Life (1949) - Justice Blues (1949) - Dirty Work At The Crossroads (1953) - After Sunset (1947) - Guitar In My Hands (1947) - Gatemouth Boogie (1947) - You Got Money (1953) - Without Me Baby (1947) - Depression Blues (1954) - Okie Dokie Stomp (1954) - Gate Walks The Board (1953)
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| KM 27 (197?) | Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown Volume Two - Gates Salty Blues (1956) - Midnight Hour (1954) - Please Tell Me Baby (1953) - For Now, So Long (1954) - Rock My Blues Away (1956) - Ain't That Dandy (1956) - Just Before Dawn (1960) - Swingin' The Gate (1960) - May The Bird Of Paradise Fly - Up Your Nose (1965) - A Long Way Home (1965)
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| BB 901 (1972) | Muddy Waters: Rare Live Recordings Volume 1 - The Blues Ain't Nothin' (Otis Spann, voc) * - Trouble No More * - Five Long Years * - Got My Mojo Working ** - Captain, Captain (Muddy Waters, voc, ac g) § - T-99 (Otis Spann, voc) * - Blowin' These Blues || [short instr version of "Got my mojo workin'"] - Goodbye Baby # [actually "Blow Wind Blow", incomplete (part 2)] - Hoochie Coochie Man # - Honey Bee ## - Walking Through The Park # "All selections recorded 'live' at venues in U.S.A. & Europe" * rec. October 4, 1963 at Jahrhunderthalle, Frankfurt a.M., Germany (American Folk Blues Festival '63); Muddy Waters, voc; Otis Spann, p; Matt Murphy, g; Willie Dixon, b: Billy Stepney, dr; ** band voc § rec. || rec. ???; Muddy Waters, g [?]; Paul Butterfield, hca; Luther Johnson, g; Jerome Arnold, b; Sam Lay, dr # Radio broadcast November 1970, Stockholm, Sweden; Muddy Waters, voc, ## g; Carey Bell, hca; Joe 'Pinetop' Perkins, p; James 'Pee Wee' Madison, Sam Lawhorn g; Sonny Wimberley, b; Willie Smith dr "Photograph courtesy of Scandinavian Blues Association, Tegnergatan 21, S-852, 49 Sundsvall, Sweden"
cover plain white with photocopied inserts cover plain white with photocopied inserts and blank red labels Muddy Waters discography | |
| BB 902 (1972) | Muddy Waters: Rare Live Recordings Volume 2 - Blues Riff (instr, incomplete) - You Can't Lose What You Ain't Never Had - Bloodstains On The Wall # - Hoochie Coochie Man No. 2 / version 2 - Got My Mojo Working No. 2 / version 2 - Long Distance Call - Country Boy - Have You Ever Been Mistreated? - What's Getting Wrong With Me * "All selections recorded 'live' at venues in U.S.A. & Europe" rec. October 21, 1968 at The Maltings, Snape, Suffolk, UK (BBC 2 TV Broadcast "Jazz At The Maltings"); Muddy Waters, voc, g; Paul Oscher, hca, Otis Spann, p, # voc; Luther 'Georgia Boy' Johnson, Pee Wee Madison, g; Sonny Wimberley, b; S.P. Leary, dr * rec. 1963 in Europe; Otis Spann, voc, p, Willie Dixon, b; Bill Stepney, dr "Photograph courtesy of Scandinavian Blues Association, Tegnergatan 21, S-852, 49 Sundsvall, Sweden" Muddy Waters & Sammy Lawhorn; previously published in Jefferson No. 14, 1971, p. 13 (accompanying Clas Ahlstrand's, Peter Måhlin's and Jan-Åke Petterson's Muddy Waters article/interview "Muddy Talkin'", pp. 6-14); photographer Bill Greensmith [?]
cover plain white with photocopied inserts cover plain white with photocopied inserts and blank black labels Muddy Waters discography | |
| BB 903 (1972) | Muddy Waters: Rare Live Recordings Volume 3 Muddy Waters - Blow Wind, Blow # [incomplete (part 1)] - Trouble No More No. 2 / version 2 # - Goin' Down Slow # - Built Up From The Ground $ - Blowin' / Comin' On Up * - Sonny Boy (Williamson) & Muddy's Mojo § @ youtube @ youtube Jimmy Rogers (live footage)- My Home Is In Shelby County || - You're Sweet || # Radio broadcast November 1970, Stockholm, Sweden; Muddy Waters, voc, g; Carey Bell, hca; Joe 'Pinetop' Perkins, p; James 'Pee Wee' Madison, Sam Lawhorn g; Sonny Wimberley, b; Willie Smith, dr $ rec. 1963 at unknown location, Europe; Otis Spann, voc, p; Matt Murphy, g; Willie Dixon, b; Bill Stepney, dr * rec. ???; Muddy Waters, g [?]; Paul Butterfield, hca; Luther Johnson, g; Jerome Arnold, b; Sam Lay, dr § rec. || poss. early 1970s live (in Chicago, IL?); Jimmy Rogers, voc, g, sp; unknown acc.
cover plain white with photocopied inserts cover plain white with photocopied inserts and blank black labels Otis Spann discography | |
| BB 904 (1972) | Freddy King: Live Performance Part One - Guitar Workout - See See Baby - This Is The Blues - New Hideaway - Have You Ever Loved - Get Out Of My Life rec. live while on tour in England c. March 1969; Freddy King, voc, g; Martin Pugh or Kieran White, g; Steve Davy, b; Mike Rushton, dr cover plain white with photocopied insert
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| BB 905 (1972) | Freddy King: Live Performance Part Two - Someday Afterwhile - San-Sa-Shun - Baby - Guitar Pickin' - Love Her With A Feeling rec. live while on tour in England c. March 1969; Freddy King, voc, g; Martin Pugh or Kieran White, g; Steve Davy, b; Mike Rushton, dr cover plain white with photocopied insert
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| KH5 (1969) | Freddy King Sings - See See Baby - Lonesome Whistle Blues - Takin' Care Of Business - Have You Ever Loved A Woman - You Know That You Love Me (But You Never Tell Me So) - I'm Tore Down - I Love The Woman - Let Me Be (Stay Away From Me) - It's Too Bad Things Are Going So Tough - You've Got To Love Her With A Feeling - If You Believe (In What You Do) - You Mean Mean Woman (How Can Your Love Be True)
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| PWBC-1 (19??) | Post-War Blues Collector Series Volume 1 Late 1950's / 1960's Binghampton Blues Boys - Cross Cut Saw Joe Mayfield - I'm A Natural Born Man Model T. Slim - Shake Your Boogie Sweets Reed - Bad Shape Blues Jimmy Slim - Hey Y'All Jo Jo Williams - All Pretty Wimmens Kid Thomas - Rockin' This Joint Tonite Danny Boy - Kokomo Me Baby Good Jelly Bess - A Little Piece At A Time Willie B. - This I Gotta See B. Brown - My Baby Left Me Leroy Washington - Everyday J.L. Smith - I Hate To See You Go Little Red Walters - Pickin' Cotton selected by Mike Leadbitter
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| Juke (19??) | Homesick James: Blues On The Southside@ youtube (full album playlist) - The Woman I'm Lovin' - She May Be Your Woman - Goin' Down Swingin' - Homesick's Shuffle - Johnnie Mae - Gotta Move - Lonesome Road - Working With Homesick - The Cloud Is Cryin' - Homesick's Blues - Crawlin' - Stones In My Passway rec. January 7, 1964 in Chicago, IL; Homesick James, voc, g; Lafayette Leake, p; Prestige PR 7388 et al. front cover photo (White Owl Barbeque) by Ray Flerlage Ace CH 257 front cover photo by Ray Topping
notes (February 1965) by Pete Welding notes (February 1965) by Pete Welding notes by Keith Tillman notes (February 1965) by Pete Welding notes (February 1965) by Pete Welding = Prestige HBS 8007 (It 1982)
notes (February 1965) by Pete Welding
OBC Records discography | |
| Rebel (19??) | Rebel Records A documentary LP of Mississippi racialist recordings. Featuring the voices of "The Son of Mississippi" (Joe Norris), "Johnny Rebel" (Clifford Joseph "Pee Wee" Trahan) and "Happy Fats" (LeRoy LeBlanc) - Nigger Hatin' Me - Looking For A Handout - Kajun Klu [sic] Klux Klan - NAACP Prayer - Dear Daddybird - Vote Wallace In '72 - In Coon Town - Stay Away From Dixie - Flight NAACP 105 - The New Sherriff - Joining The Big Society - Leroy Speaks To The Local Board - Football - Birthday Thank You Tommy - From Vietnam rec. 1966-1972 in Crowley, Louisiana on Jay Miller's "Reb Rebel Records" | |
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