Illustrated RBF Records discography

RBF
RBF Records
Record Book and Film Sales Inc., NY
discography

# year of release	title / notes
RF 1 (1959)	accompanying book: Samuel B. Charters: The Country Blues.- New York (Rinehart & Company), 1959 Samuel B. Charters: The Country Blues.- London (The Jazz Book Club with Michael Joseph), 1961 cover design by Denis Piper Samuel B. Charters: The Country Blues.- New York (da Capo paperback), 1975 cover design by Joseph del Gaudio; photographer: David Gahr 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 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-page booklet by Samuel B. Charters RBF RF 1 (US 1959) = RBF RF 1 (US 1966) = RBF/Folkways RF 1 (US 196?)
RF-202 (1960)	The Rural Blues A Study of the Vocal and Instrumental Resources LP 1: Will Shade - I Can't Stand It (1:20) [previously unissued, 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 - 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 [rec. February 4, 1959, previously unissued] °° Blind Willie Johnson - Nobody's Fault But Mine Furry Lewis - Warm Up [rec. October 3, 1959, previously unissued, Wolf 120.920] Bukka White - Bukka's Jitterbug Swing Furry Lewis - Casey Jones [rec. February 4, 1959, previously unissued] °° 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 °° @ youtube 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 cover design by Ronald Clyne 2 LP boxed set notes (8-pp. booklet) by Samuel B. Charters notes captioned "RBF RECORDS album No. RF 202 Copyright © 1960" RBF RF-202 (US 1960) (not "1962", as Sam Charters erroneously claims in his remembrances!) (=) RBF RF-202 (X) (1964)
RF-202(X) (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) XTRA Records discography
RF-203 (1964)	New Orleans Jazz - The 'Twenties Volume One (RBF 203-1) Original Tuxedo Jazz Orchestra - Black Rag Piron's New Orleans Orchestra - Red Man Blues - Bouncing Around - Kiss Me Sweet Original New Orleans Rhythm Kings - Everybody Loves Somebody Brownlee's Orchestra of New Orleans - Dirty Rag Johnny Bayersdorffer and his Jazzola Novelty Orchestra - Waffle Man's Call Louis Dumaine's Jazzola Eight - Franklin Street Blues - To-Wa-Bac-A-Wa Sam Morgan's Jazz Band - Short Dress Gal - Down By The Riverside - Mobile Stomp Fate Marable's Society Syncopators - Frankie And Johnny Billy Mack and Mary Mack with Punch Miller - My Heartbreakin' Gal Volume Two (RBF 203-2) Johnny DeDroit and his New Orleans Jazz Orchestra - New Orleans Blues Albert Brunies and his Half Way House Orchestra - Let Me Call You Sweetheart - Maple Leaf Rag Anthony Parenti and his Famous Melody Boys - Creole Blues Arcadian Serenaders - San Sue Strut New Orleans Owls - Meat On The Table - Picadilly Celestin's Original Tuxedo Jazz Orchestra - I'm Satisfied You Love Me - It's Jam Up John Hyman's Bayou Stompers - Alligator Blues Johnny Miller's New Orleans Frolickers - Panama Monk Hazel and his Bienville Roof Orchestra - Sizzling The Blues Jones and Collins Astoria Hot Eight - Damp Weather - Duet Stomp 2 LP set compiled and edited by Samuel Charters RBF RF 203
RF 3 (1961)	A History Of Jazz - The New York Scene Europe's Society Orchestra - Too Much Mustard The Original Dixieland Jazz Band - Sensation Rag Mamie Smith - Crazy Blues Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra - Sugar Foot Stomp Clarence Williams' Washboard Five - Log Cabin Blues Cahrlie Johnson's Paradise Orchestra - Boy In The Boat Miff Mole's Little Molers - Shim-Me-Sha-Wabble Louisiana Sugar Babes - Thou Swell Duke Ellington and His Orchestra - Harlem River Quiver The Missourians - Ozark Mountain Blues Cab Calloway and His Orchestra - Keep That Hi-De-Ho In Your Soul Jummy Lunceford and His Orchestra - Jazznochracy Coleman Hawkins Quartet with Thelonius Monk - Flyin' Hawk Dizzy Gillespie and His Sextet - Groovin' High edited by Samuel B. Charters notes by Samuel B. Charters RBF RF 3
RF 4 (1966)	Send Your Children to the Orphan Home Calypso of the 30s-40s (The Real Calypso Vol. 2) The Executor - Reign Of The Georges Raymond Quevedo (Atilla) - Good Will Flyers Wilmoth Houdini - The Million Dollar Feet The Caresser - Theodore The Lion - Send Your Children To The Orphan Home The Growling Tiger - The Gold in Africa The Lion - Excursion to Grenada Atilla the Hun - If I Won A Sweepstake Lord Invader - Rate Rate Ray Lionel Belasco's Orchestra - Sally You Not Ashamed? Harmony Kings Orchestra - Oh Lil' Lil' Gal The Growling Tiger - Hell Yard And George Street Conflict Lord Executor - Poppy Day The Lion - Out the Fire RBF RF 4 (US 1981) "Out The Fire" (Calypso Songs Of Social Commentary And Love Troubles)
RBF 5 (1962)	An Introduction To Gospel Song Fisk University Jubilee Quartet - Roll Jordan Roll Traveling Tuskegee Institute Singers - I've Been 'Buked/Most Done Hattie Parker Jubilee Singers - Leave It There Pace Rev. J. M. Gates and Congregation - You Mother Heart Breakers - Why Don't You Live So God Can Use You? Rev. F. W. McGee and Congregation - I Looked Down The Line And I Wondered - Jesus The Lord Is A Saviour Sister Ernestine Washington, Bunk Johnson's Jazz Band - Did I Wonder Lightfoot Solomon Michaux, Happy Am I Choir and Orchestra - I Am So Happy (parts I and II) Rev. Utah Smith and Congregation - I Got Two Wings Mother McClease and her sons - Psalm For Confusion The Spirit of Memphis - When Mother's Gone - He's A Friend Of Mine compiled & edited by Samuel B. Charters RBF 5
RBF 6 (1964)	The Jug Bands The Old Southern Jug Band - Blues Just Blues - Thats All - Hatchet Head Blues The Birmingham Jug Band - Bill Wilson King Davids Jug Band - Rising Sun Blues - Whats That Tastes Like Gravy Cannons Jug Stompers - Mule Get Up In The Alley Cliffords Louisville Jug Band - Struttin The Blues Memphis Jug Band - Overseas Stomp - Whitewash Station - She Done Sold It Out The Dixieland Jug Blowers - Florida Blues - Banjoreno - Carpet Alley - House Rent Rag RBF 6
RBF 7 (1964)	The Piano Roll - Bubbling Spring - Southern Jollification - Beautiful Creole - Floreine - Let 'Er Go - Trail Of The Lonesome Pine - Rag Medley - Sunburst Rag - Floating Down That Old Green River - Pianoflage - Sweet Georgia Brown - Jazz Dance Repertoir - Satisfied Blues - Dr. Jazz's Razz-Ma-Tazz compiled and edited by Trebor Jay Tichenor RBF 7
RBF 8 (1964)	Sleepy John Estes 1929-1940 1929-1930 - Divin' Duck Blues - The Girl I Love, She Got Long Curly Hair - Street Car Blues - Milk Cow Blues 1930-1940 - Jack And Jill Blues - New Someday Baby - Floating Bridge - Brownsville Blues - Need More Blues - Jailhouse Blues - Everybody Ought To Make A Change - Working Man Blues compiled and annotated by Samuel Charters RBF 8
RBF 9 (1964)	The Country Blues Volume Two 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 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
RBF 10 (1965)	Blind Willie Johnson 1927-30 - Jesus Make Up My Dying Bed - God Don't Never Change - Trouble Soon Be Over - Let Your Light Shine On Me - The Rain Don't Fall On Me - I Know His Blood Can Make Me Whole - I'm Going To Run To The City of Refuge - Lord, I Just Can't Keep From Crying - Everybody Ought To Treat A Stranger Right - Jesus Is Coming Soon - Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning - Church I'm Fully Saved Today - By And By I'm Going To See The King - Can't Nobody Hide From God edited and with an introduction by Samuel Charters RBF 10
RBF 11 (1966)	Blues Rediscoveries Mississippi John Hurt - Ain't No Tellin' - Avalon Blues Bukka White - Sleepy Man Blues - Aberdeen, Mississippi Blues Henry Townsend - Poor Man Blues John Estes - Poor Man's Friend - Liquor Store Blues Blind Gary Davis - Oh Lord Search My Heart - You Got to Go Down Peg Leg Howell - Doin' Wrong Furry Lewis - Jelly Roll - Sweet Papa Moan Big Joe Williams - Highway 49 - Someday Baby edited by Samuel Charters front cover photo by Ann Charters notes by Samuel Charters RBF 11 (US 1966)
RBF 12 (1966)	Piano Blues Walter Roland - Big Mama - Dice's Blues Sylvester Palmer - Broke Man Blues Mississippi Jook Band - Skippy Whippy Wesley Wallace - Fanny Les Blues - Number 29 Jabbo Williams - Pratt City Blues Walter Davis - M & O Blues Romeo Nelson - Dyin' Rider Blues Louise Johnson - On The Wall Roosevelt Sykes - Lost All I Had Blues Little Brother Montgomery - The First Time I Met You Jabbo Williams - Jab Blues Peetie Wheatstraw - Good Woman Blues edited by Samuel Charters front cover photo by Ann Charters notes by Samuel Charters RBF 12
RBF 13 (1966)	The Real Calypso 1927-46 The Caresser - Edward The VIII The Lion - Bing Crosby The Atilla And The Lion - Louis-Schmeling Fight Gerald Clark And His Calypso - G-Man Hoover (Sir Lancelot, voc) Executor, Caresser, Atilla, Lion - War Atilla The Hun - Five Year Plan Lord Invader - Yankee Dollar The Lion - Four Mills Brothers The Tiger - Money Is King Lord Beginner - Always Marry A Pretty Woman Lord Invader - New York Subway The Executor - Three Friends Advice Sam Manning - Let Go My Hand The Atilla - Miss Bombilia Brown edited by Samuel Charters notes by Samuel Charters RBF 13
RBF 14 (1966)	Blues Roots / Mississippi Tommy Johnson - Canned Heat Blues - Big Fat Mama Blues - Big Road Blues Mississippi Jook Band - Barbecue Bust Joe Williams - My Grey Pony Bo Carter - Cigarette Blues - All Around Man Robert Johnson - I Believe I'll Dust My Broom - Honeymoon Blues Charlie McCoy - That Lonesome Train Took My Baby Away Tommy McClennan - Whiskey Head Man Robert Petway - Bertha Lee Blues Sonny Boy Williamson - Miss Louisa Blues - Until My Love Come Down compiled and annotated by Samuel Charters RBF 14
RBF 15 (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 - Broke Down Engine 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 15
RBF 16 (1967)	Blues Roots / Chicago - The 1930s Big Bill Broonzy, Blind John Davis, Fred Williams - When I Had Money - I've Got To Dig You Big Bill Broonzy, Black Bob - Keep Your Hands Off Her Memphis Minnie, Lizzie Douglas - Hold Me Blues - Killer Diller Johnnie Temple, Horace Malcolm, Charlie McCoy - New Louise Louise Blues - So Lonely And Blue Jazz Gillum, Big Bill Broonzy, Alfred Elkins - Key To The Highway Jazz Gillum, Big Bill Broonzy, Blind John Davis - Go Back To The Country Big Maceo, Maceo Merriwether, Tampa Red - Winter Time Blues St. Louis Jimmy, Jimmy Oden, Roosevelt Sykes - Going Down Slow Washboard Sam, Black Bob, Big Bill Broonzy - Come On In Washboard Sam, Blind John Davis, Big Bill Broonzy - Yes! I Got Your Woman - Just Got To Hold You compiled by Samuel Charters notes by Samuel Charters RBF RF 16 (US 1967)
RBF 17 (1971)	Ragtime 1 / The City Banjos, Brass Bands, and Nickel Pianos - Contentment Rag - Steve Williams - Oriole Rag - Fred Van Eps - Buffalo Rag - Vess Ossman - Original Rags - machine piano roll - Operatic Rag - Joseph Moskovitz - Notoriety Rag - Fred Van Eps - Frog Legs Rag - machine piano roll - St. Louis Tickle - Ossman-Dudley Trio - Railroad Rag - Arthur Collins - Tickled To Death - Prince's Band - Springtime Rag - Vic Meyers and Orchestra - Frog-I-More Rag - Jelly Roll Morton - Original Tuxedo Rag - Celestin's Original Tuxedo Orchestra - Sic 'Em Tige - State Street Ramblers compiled and annotated by Samuel Charters RBF 17
RBF 18 (1971)	Ragtime 2 / The Country Country Mandolins, Fiddles, and Guitars - Dallas Rag - Dallas String Band - No Use Workin' So Hard - Carolina Tarheels - Old Weary Blues - Jesse Young's Tennessee Band - Hungry Man's Scuffle - Jolly Jivers - Downtown Blues - Frank Stokes - They Go Wild Simply Wild Over Me - Leake County Revelers - Hale's Rag - Theron Hale and Daughters - Laughing Rag - Sam Moore and Horace Davis - Lindy - Proximity String Quartet - Kansas City Dog Walk - Charlie Turner - Ozark Rag - East Texas Serenaders - Dill Pickle Rag - Kessinger Brothers - Rag Mama Rag - Blind Boy Fuller compiled by Samuel Charters notes by Samuel Charters RBF 18
RBF 19 (1971)	Country Gospel Song - I Know That Jesus Set Me Free - Ernest Phipps and His Holiness Singers - To the Work - Alfred G. Karnes - God Moves on the Water - Blind Willie Johnson - Honey in the Rock - Blind Mamie and A.C. Forehand - My Mother is Waiting for Me in Heaven Above - The Smith Brothers - The Lion and the Tribes of Judah - Lonnie McIntorsh - Just as Soon as My Feet Strike Zion, Lord I Won't Be Troubled No More - Rev. J.M. Gates - Lonesome Valley - The Carter Family - The Little Black Train - The Carter Family - Jesus, Lover of My Soul - Uncle Dave Macon - Walking with My Saviour - The Freeman Quartet - Wouldn't Mind Dying - Blind Mamie Forehand - Take Your Burden to the Lord - Blind Willie Johnson - Went Up in the Clouds of Heaven - Ernest Phipps and His Holiness Singers compiled by Sam Charters RBF 19
RBF 20 (1966)	Roots - Rhythm And Blues - Johnny B. Goode - Al White and his Hi-Liters - A Fool In Love - Naomi Bradly - Don't Mistreat Me - Queenettes - Baby Fat - Dominoes - The Eel - Johnny Larand and the Internes - Testify - Dominoes - Until The End - Barons - I Can Jerk All Night - Barons - On My Way Back Home - Louis Armstrong / Rainbow of Rhythm - There Is Something About My Girl That Is Mighty Sweet - Dave Bonds - Maybe - Queenettes - There's A Dream For You - Barons - Dream Lover - Phillip and the Originals - Make My Life Worth - Living Queenettes - Come On Home - Johnny Larand and the Internes RBF 20
RBF 21 (1971)	The Cajuns Songs, Waltzes & Two-Steps - Two-Step A Erby, La - Thibodeaux Boys - Si Tu Voudroit Marriez Avec Moi - Joe's Acadians - Cajun Crawl - Hackberry Ramblers - Te Ma Lessa Jolie Blond - Miller's Merrymakers - Lafayette - Joseph F. Falcon - Rang Tang - Bully Joe Werner and Ramblers - Tu Pen Pas Ma Retter De Revere - Thibodeaux Boys - Two-Step A 'Chachin - Joe's Acadians - Crap Shooter's Hop - Joe Werner and Ramblers - Pine Island - Miller's Merrymakers - Waltz That Carried Me to My Grave - Joseph F. Falcon - Jolie Petite Blonde - Alley Boys of Abbeville - Tu Peu Depend Si Moi - Alley Boys of Abbeville - Breakdown a Pete, La - Hackberry Ramblers compiled and annotated by Samuel Charters RBF 21
RBF 22 (1973)	Ragtime Entertainment - Black And White Rag - Saxanola - King Of The Bungaloos - Toots - Ragtime Skedaddle - Smiles And Chuckles - Ragtime Drummer - Georgia Grind - Haunting Rag - Whoa! You Heifer - Pastime Rag - Bantam Step - Frozen Bill - Zam-a-Zam Rag - Belle Of The Philippines - Hungarian Rag rec. 1902-1922 compiled by David A. Jasen RBF 22
RBF 24 (1974)	Ragtime Piano Interpretations Mike Bernard - Everybody Two-Step Henry Lange - Rufenreddy Harold Willoughby - You Tell 'Em Ivories Jimmy O'Keefe - Canadian Capers Willie Eckstein -Nickel In The Slot Arthur Schutt -Try And Play It Frank Banta & Cliff Hess - Slipova Willie Eckstein - Coaxing The Piano Harry Perrella & Raymond Turner - Kitten On The Keys Sidney Williams - My Pet Jimmy Andrews - Doll Dance Vera Guilaroff - Calico Rag Raie Da Costa - The Match Parade Edna Fischer - Rag Doll Muriel Pollock & Vee Lawhurst -Dizzy Fingers Pauline Alpert - Chopsticks compiled and edited by David A. Jasen RBF 24
RBF 25 (1974)	Toe Tappin' Ragtime Dance Bands Scott Joplin - Maple Leaf Rag Harry Ruby - Tenth Interval Rag Roy Bargy - Pianoflage Paul Pratt - Sprintime Rag Luckey Roberts - Pork And Beans Fred Hafer & Justin Ring -Gloria Joseph C. Northup -Cannonball Rag Rosario Burdon - Ginger Snaps Jazz Bands Ted Shapiro - Dog On The Piano Harry Reser - Lolly Pops Joseph Lamb - Nightingale Rag Blues Robert Hampton -Catarac Rag Blues James P. Johnson -Carolina Shout Bennie Moten -Goofy Dust Fred Rose -The Arm Breaker Bob Zurke - Hobson Street compiled and edited by David A. Jasen RBF 25
RBF 26 (197?)	Original Memphis Five - Memphis Glide - Snuggle Up A Bit - Railroad Man - Pickles - Yankee Doodle Blues - Ji Ji Boo - Hopeless Blues - That Big Blond Mamma - Shufflin' Mose - Great White Way Blues - Red Hot Mamma - I'm Going Back To Those Who Won't Go Back On Me - Lonesome Mamma Blues - Struttin' Jim - Cuddle Up Blues - Lots O' Mama prod. by David A. Jasen RBF 26
RBF 27 (1976)	Dancing Twenties Dance orchestras of the early 1920s Isham Jones Orchestra, Piccadilly Revels Orch., Gene Rodemich Orch., Original Six, George Olsen Orch., Okey Syncopators, Ray Miller Orch., Ted Weems Orch., Zez Confrey Orch., Guyon's Paradise Orch., Roseland Dance Orch., Scranton Sirens Orch., Warner's Seven Aces, Lloyd Finlay Orch., Edwin J. McEnelly's Orch. compiled and annotated by David A. Jasen RBF 27
RF 31 (1977)	Jazz Some Beginnings - You Can't Get Away From It - Bert Williams - Down Home Rag - James Europe's Society Orchestra - Raggin' The Scale - Fred Van Eps - Round The Corner - Dabney's Band - I'm Done - Eddie Hunter, Alex Rogers, and C. Luckyeth Roberts - You Gotta See Mama Every Night - Gene Fosdick's Hoosiers - Masculine Women! Feminine Men! - Friar's Inn Orchestra - Taint Nobody's Biz-Ness If I Do - Matson's Creole Serenaders - Graysom Street Blues - Black and Blue Trio - Nobody Knows And Nobody Cares Blues - Sara Martin - When My Sugar Walks Down The Street - The New Orleans Orchestra - Weary Blues - The Vic Meyers Orchestra - Old Time Blues - Mamie Smith's Jazz Hounds - In Harlem's Araby - The Good Time Band compiled by Samuel Charters notes by Samuel Charters RBF 31
RF 33 (1977)	Early Ragtime Piano 1913 - 1930 Mike Bernard - 1915 Rag Joe Batten - The Tramp Rag Harry Thomas - Delirious Rag Vee Lawnhurst - Breakin The Piano Max Darewski - Monkey Blues Willie Eckstein - Fine Feathers, Chimes Donald Thorne - Spring Feelin James P. Johnson - You've Goit To Be Modernistic Jelly Roll Morton - Frog-I-More Rag, King Porter Stomp Harry Snodgrass - Dusting The Keys Willy White - Try And Play It Frank Westphal - Pianola Ronald Gourlay - Doing The Dominoes Raie Da Costa - Dancing Shawdows compiled by David A. Jasen notes by David A. Jasen RBF 33
RF 35 (1978)	Roy Bargy: Piano Syncopations RBF 35
RBF 37 (197?)	Early Syncopated Dance Music Cakewalks, Two-Steps, Trots and Glides RBF 37
RBF 38 (1979)	Early Band Ragtime - Honolulu Rag (Williams-Van Alstyne) - Les Copeland's Rag (38th Street Rag) - Smiler Rag (Percy Wenrich) - Pickles And Peppers (Adaline Shepherd) - Whitewash Man - Wild Cherries Rag (Ted Snyder) - Temptation Rag (Henry Lodge) - Dill Pickles Rag (Charles L. Johnson) - Maple Leaf Rag (Joplin) - Black And White Rag (Botsford) - Southern Beauties (C.L. Johnson) - Sweetmeats - Ragamuffin Rag (Pierson - Zamecnik) - Banana Peel Rag (Gus Winkler) RBF 38
RBF 39 (1979)	Late Band Ragtime RBF 39
RBF 40 (1980)	Those Ragtime Banjos compiled and annotated by David A. Jasen RBF 40
RBF 41 (1980)	Novelty Ragtime Piano Kings Rube Bloom & Arthur Schutt prod. by David A. Jasen RBF 41
RBF 42 (1980)	Ragtime Piano Novelties of the 20's RBF 42
RBF 43 (1981)	'The Piano Roll Artistry of Max Kortlander A collection of rare piano roll recordings by Kortlander, also known pseudonymously as Ted Baxter, primarily rags played to popular tunes of the 1920s and recorded under the auspices of Q.R.S. Music Company in Chicago, producer of piano rolls. Eighteen tracks, including Blue Clover Man, Deuces Wild, American Beauty Rag, Dear Old Daddy Long Legs, Climax Rag, Bo La Bo, Ida! Sweet As Apple Cider, Bigamous Blues, Chicago, Russian Rag, Funeral Rag, and more. compiled and annotated by David A. Jasen RBF 43
RBF 44 (19??)	Piano Roll Artistry of Charley Straight RBF 44
RBF 45 (19??)	Piano Roll Artistry of Zez Comfrey RBF 45
RBF 48 (1983)	They All Played The Tiger Rag RBF 48
RBF 49 (1983)	Ragtime Piano Revival RBF 49
RBF 50 (19??)	The Piano Roll Artistry Of Edythe Baker & Other Women RBF 50
RBF 51 (1963)	Uncle Dave Macon - Cumberland Mountain Deer Race - All In Down And Out Blues - From Earth To Heaven - The Gal That Got Stuck On Everything She Said - I've Got The Mourning Blues - Hold That Wood-Pile Down - Johnny Gray - Jordan Is A Hard Road To Travel - My Daughter Wished To Marry - The Old Man's Drunk Again - Over The Road I'm Bound To Go - Rise When The Rooster Crows - Tom And Jerry - Two-in-One Chewing Gum - When The Train Comes Along - Wreck Of The Tennessee Gravy Train RBF 51
RBF 52 (1985)	Dixieland Joys RBF 52
RBF 110 (1979)	Joseph Allard: Masters of French Canadian Dance - Fisherman's Reel - Grande Chaine - Sir Wilfred Laurier March - Canadian Jig - Chateauguay Reel - Rooster Waltz - Indian Quadrille - Mrs. Renault's Reel - Reel Of Sweets - Rose Waltz - Blue Cap Reel - French Quadrille - Jacques-Cartier's - Jenny Lynn Polka RBF 11 (US 1966)0
RBF 602 (1981)	Bert Williams: "Nobody" And Other Songs - Nobody - Somebody - Ten Little Bottles - O Death Where Is Thy Sting? - I'm Neutral - I'm Gonna Quit Saturday - Bring Back Those Wonderful Days - You Can't Get Away From It - I Want To Know Where Tosti Wentams - Twenty Years - He's a Cousin Of Mine - Moon Shines On The Moonshine - My Last Dollar - Unlucky Blues RBF 602
RF 654 (1983)	Dock Boggs: His Twelve Original Recordings Dock Boggs, Hub Mahaffey - Down South Blues - Sugar Baby Dock Boggs - Country Blues Dock Boggs, Hub Mahaffey - Sammie, Where Have You Been So Long? Dock Boggs - Danville Girl - Pretty Polly Dock Boggs, Hub Mahaffey - New Prisoner's Song - Hard Luck Blues Dock Boggs, Emry Arthur - False Hearted Lover's Blues - Old Rub Alcohol Blues - Will Sweethearts Know Each Other There? - Lost Love Blues singles recorded in the 1920s for Brunswick supervised by Mike Seeger RF 654
Will be completed and expanded with further details !!!

Sources / Further reading:
- http://www.folkways.si.edu/index.html
- http://www.smithsonianglobalsound.org
- own record collection
- eBay auctions
- other internet ressources
thanks to Edward Cooke, Jim Clay and Ulf Bergenblad for additional information / scan

RBF recordings can be purchased as custom-made CDs
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RBF recordings can be purchased as custom-made CDsfrom Smithsonian Folkways

RBF recordings can be purchased as custom-made CDs
from Smithsonian Folkways