Illustrated J.D. Short discography

source: Front cover of Delmark DL-609
photographer: Sam Charters J.D.Short
a/k/a Jaydee Short, a/k/a Jelly Jaw Short
=? 'Neckbones', 'Spider' Carter, Ell-Zee Floyd,
=? R.T. Hanen, Joe C. Stone
(cousin of Big Joe Williams and of Honeyboy Edwards)
b. December 26, 1902 near Port Gibson, Claiborne County, Mississippi
d. October 21, 1962 dead on arrival, Homer G. Phillips Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri
buried at Jefferson Barracks Cemetery in St. Louis, Missouri
discography
source: Samuel Charters: The Poetry of the Blues, p. 55
photographer: Ann Charters

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

1930

Jaydee Short

- Steamboat Rousty
- Gittin' Up On The Hill

rec. c. June 1, 1930 in Grafton, WI; Jaydee Short, voc, prob. own g
this record has never been found

Paramount 13012

1930

Jaydee Short

- Drafted Mama (L-453- )
- Wake Up Bright Eye Mama (L-454- )

rec. c. June 1, 1930 in Grafton, WI; Jaydee Short, voc, prob. own g
artist's name (on printer's label copy) given as 'Kaydee Short'; this record has never been found, an alternative coupling on Paramount 13040, by Charley Patton, was issued

Paramount 13040

1930

Jaydee Short

- Lonesome Swamp Rattlesnake (L-468-1) @ youtube
- Telephone Arguin' Blues (L-456-1) @ youtube

rec. c. June 1, 1930 in Grafton, WI; Jaydee Short, voc, prob. own g

Paramount 13043

1930

Jaydee Short

- Tar Road Blues (L-467- )

from www.tefteller.com
- Flagin' [sic] It To Georgia (L-455- )

from www.tefteller.com

rec. c. June 1, 1930 in Grafton, WI; Jaydee Short, voc, prob. own g

~~this record has never been found~~
Only known specimen found recently (2014) - now in the possession of John Tefteller, who has published both sides - remastered by Richard Nevins - on his 2016 Blues Calendar --- more info

Paramount 13091

1930

"SPIDER" CARTER

- Please Please Blues (C-6096- ) # @ youtube
- Don't Leave Me Blues (C-6165- ) * @ youtube

# rec. September 13, 1930 Chicago, IL; 'Spider' Carter (J.D. Short?), voc; poss. Peetie Wheatstraw, p
* rec. September 17, 1930 Chicago, IL; 'Spider' Carter (J.D. Short?), voc; poss. Charley Jordan, g

Brunswick 7188

1930

Peetie Wheatstraw & "Neckbones"

Vocalion 1552
Peetie Wheatstraw & "Neckbones"
- Tennessee Peaches Blues (C-6098-A) # @ youtube
- Four O'Clock In The Morning (C-6099-A) # @ youtube

Vocalion 04443
PEETIE WHEATSTRAW (The Devil's Son-In-Law)
- Tennessee Peaches Blues (C-6098-A) #
- Don't Feel Welcome Blues (C-6402-A) [Vocalion 1597] *

# rec. September 13, 1930 Chicago, IL; Peetie Wheatstraw & 'Neckbones' (J.D. Short?), voc duet; poss. Peetie Wheatstraw, p; unknown, g; unknown, sb

* rec. September 19, 1930 Chicago, IL; Peetie Wheatstraw, voc, p

Vocalion 1552

(=) Vocalion 04443

1930

'SPIDER' CARTER / ELL-ZEE FLOYD

- Dry Spell Blues (C-6097-A) # @ youtube
- Snow Bound And Blue (C-6166-A) @ youtube

# rec. September 13, 1930 Chicago, IL; 'Spider' Carter (J.D. Short?), voc; unknown [Charles Avery], p

* rec. September 19, 1930 Chicago, IL; Ell-Zee Floyd [L.C. Floyd] (J.D. Short?), voc; unknown [Charles Avery], p

Brunswick 7181

Charles Avery discography

1931

R. T. Hanen

- She Got Jordan River In Her Hips (69408-2) @ youtube
- Happy Days Blues (69409-2) @ youtube

rec. June 9, 1931 Louisville, Ky.; R.T. Hanen (Jaydee Short?), voc; Willie Kelly (Roosevelt Sykes), p; Clifford Gibson, g

Victor 23288

1932

JELLY JAW SHORT

- Snake Doctor Blues (11474- ) @ youtube
- Bare Foot Blues (11475- ) @ youtube

rec. March 14, 1932 New York City; Jaydee Short, voc, g

Vocalion 1704

1932

JELLY JAW SHORT

- Grand-Daddy Blues (11479-A) @ youtube
- Let Me Mash That Thing (11478-A) *

rec. March 14, 1932 in New York City; Jaydee Short, voc, g; * prob. Peetie Wheatstraw, p

* according to Richard Nevins (via John Tefteller) this is actually a Charley Jordan track (from Vocalion 1696)!

Vocalion 1708

10a

1932

JELLY JAW SHORT
- Grand-Daddy Blues (11479-A) #
CHARLEY JORDAN
- Doin' Wrong Blues (11471-A) *

# rec. March 14, 1932 in New York City; Jaydee Short, voc, g
* rec. March 14, 1932 in Chicago, IL; Charley Jordan, voc, g; prob. Peetie Wheatstraw, p

* (from Vocalion 1696)!

"An odd copy of Vocalion 1696 is known which has Matrix 11479-A on one side; regular issues of Vocalion 1696 involve a coupling of Charley Jordan." (BGR 4th ed. 1997, p. 794)

Vocalion 1696

1933

James 'Stump' Johnson

- Steady Grindin' (76839-1) * @ youtube
- Don't Give My Lard Away (76841-1) # @ youtube

* rec. August 2, 1933 Chicago, Ill.; 'Stump' Johnson, voc; Aaron Sparks, p; Dorathea [sic] Trowbridge, voc

# rec. August 2, 1933 Chicago, IL; 'Stump' Johnson, voc, # p; # Joe C. Stone (J.D. Short?), g

Bluebird B5159

= Sunrise S3240 (193?)

1933

Joe Stone

- It's Hard Time (76837- ) @ youtube
- Back Door Blues (76838- ) @ youtube

rec. August 2, 1933 Chicago, IL; Joe Stone (Jaydee Short?), voc, g

Bluebird B5169

1933

Georgia Boyd

- Never Mind Blues (76835-1) # @ youtube
- I'm Sorry (76836-1) * @ youtube

rec. August 2, 1933 Chicago, IL; Georgia Boyd, voc; # J.D. Short, g; * Willie Kelly (Roosevelt Sykes?), p

Bluebird B5573

LP / CD compilations

1958

Big Joe Williams: Piney Woods Blues

@ youtube (full album playlist)

- Baby Please Don't Go §
- Drop Down Mama *
- Mellow Peaches #
- No More Whisky *
- Tailor Made Babe #
- Big Joe Talking [] #

- Some Day Baby §
- Good Morning Little Schoolgirl *
- Peach Orchard Mama #
- Juanita §
- Shetland Pony Blues *
- Omaha Blues #

# rec. January 10/11, 1958 in St. Louis by Bob Koester; Big Joe Williams, voc, sp, g; [] with Bob Koester, Paul Bridenbach, John Harford [sic] (= John Hartford)
* rec. February 8, 1958 in St. Louis by Bob Koester; Big Joe Williams, voc, g; J.D. Short, g, hca
§ rec. February 18, 1958 in St. Louis by Bob Koester; Big Joe Williams, voc, g; J.D. Short, g, hca

Delmark LPs front cover photo by C.T. Hopkins (aka Turner Hopkins), cover design by W. Hopkins
77 LA 12/19 cover photo by Ray Flerlage

[label founder and owner Bob Koester in August 1958 moved his business from a location on the corner of Delmar and Oliver streets in St. Louis to Chicago (http://www.delmark.com/delmark.history.htm)]

notes by Bob Koester "Delmar Records, 439 So. Wabash, Chicago 5, Ill."

Delmar DL-602 (mono) (US 1958)

notes by Bob Koester "Delmar" on labels, "Delmark" on the sleeve, "Delmar Records, 439 So. Wabash, Chicago 5, Ill."

= Delmark DL-602 (mono) (US 1959)

notes by Bob Koester "Delmark stereo DS-602" on jacket, "DL-602" on spine and labels, "Delmark Records, 4243 North Lincoln, Chicago, Illinois 60618"

= Delmark DS/DL-602 (stereo) (US 19??)

notes (slightly amended in 1961) by Bob Koester "Delmark Records, 4243 North Lincoln, Chicago, Illinois 60618"

= Delmark DL-602 (stereo) (US 1961)

notes by Bob Koester

= 77 LA 12/19 (UK 1963)

notes (1969) by Bob Koester "Delmark Records, Seven West Grand, Chicago, Illinois 60610"

= Delmark DL-602 (US 1969)

notes (1969) by Bob Koester "Delmark Records, Seven West Grand, Chicago, Illinois 60610"

= Delmark DL-602 (mono) (UK in American sleeve 1969)

notes by Robert G. Koester "Delmark Records, 4121 N. Rockwell, Chicago, IL 60618"

= Delmark CD DD-602 (US 1997)

= P-Vine PCD-20294 (Jp 2014)

Delmark Records discography
77 Records discography
Big Joe Williams discography

1963

Son House & J.D. Short: Blues From The Mississippi Delta

Son House
- My Black Woman [6607-B-3(a) Walking Blues]
- Sun Goin Down [6607-A-1 Low Down Dirty Dog Blues]
- I Aint Goin To Cry No More [6607-A-2(a) Depot Blues]
- This War Will Last You For Years [6607-B-1(a) American Defense]
- Was I Right Or Wrong [6607-B-2 Am I Right Or Wrong]
- County Farm Blues

J.D. Short
- So Much Wine
- Train, Bring My Baby Back
- You Been Cheating Me
- Fighting For Dear Old Uncle Sam

Son House tracks rec. August 1942 by Alan Lomax for the Library of Congress
J. D. Short tracks rec. July 3, 1962 in St. Louis, MO by Samuel Charters

Folkways FA 2467 (US 1963)
= Folkways FS 1467 "Son House & J.D. Short: Blues from the Mississippi Delta"

= Folkways FTS 31028 (US 1968) "Son House / J.D. Short: Delta Blues"

= XTRA 1080 (UK 1969) "Son House / J.D. Short: Delta Blues"

= Verve/Folkways FV-9035 "Son House & J.D. Short: Blues from the Mississippi Delta"

Son House discography

1965

Stavin' Chain Blues
Mississippi Blues by J.D. Short And Big Joe Williams

- Stavin' Chain Blues #
- Mean Stepfather
- You Got To Help Me Some #
- Sweet Old Kokomo
- Jumpin' In The Moonlight

- Jaydee Talks #
- Nobody Knows Chicago Like I Do
- Gonna Check Up On My Baby
- You're Gonna Need King Jesus
- Rambled And Wandered
- Going Back To Crawford, Miss.

CD bonus tracks:
- Roll & Tumble
- You're Gonna Need King Jesus [alternate]
- Rocks & Gravel
- Stavin' Chain Blues [alternate]

rec. February 8, 1958 in St. Louis, MO by Robert G. Koester; Big Joe Williams, voc, 9-str. g; J.D. Short, hca, g, # voc

notes by Bob Koester

Delmark DL-609 (US 1965)

notes by Bob Koester

= Goody GY 10006 (Fr 198?) "Super Black Blues, Vol. 1"

(=) Delmark CD DD-609 (US 1991) "Big Joe Williams & J.D. Short"

Delmark Records discography
Big Joe Williams discography

1965

The Mississippi Blues Number 2
16 Previously Unreissued Sides In The Mississippi Delta Style By A Cadre Of Prophetic Bluesmen Who Voiced The Full, Raw Language Of This Area's Rich Musical Argot!

Son House
- Dry Spell Blues - part 1
- Dry Spell Blues - part 2
Louise Johnson
- All Night Long Blues
- Long Ways From Home
Charlie Patton
- Rattlesnake Blues
- Screamin And Hollerin The Blues
Jaydee Short
- Lonesome Swamp Rattlesnake
- Telephone Arguin' Blues

Blind Willie Reynolds
- 3rd Street Woman Blues
- Nehi Blues
Robert Wilkins
- I'll Go With Her Blues
- Get Away Blues
Hi Henry Brown
- Titanic Blues
- Preacher Blues
Joe Calicott
- Fare Thee Well Blues
Garfield Akers
- Dough Roller Blues

notes by David Evans
and Bill Givens

Origin Jazz Library OJL-11 (US 1965)

Origin Jazz Library OJL-11 (US 19??)

OJL Records discography

1967

Mississippi Blues Vol. 1 (1927-1942)

Jelly Jaw Short (J.D. Short) - Snake Doctor Blues
Blind Joe Amos - C & O Blues
William Harris - Early Mornin' Blues
Sam Collins - Signifyin' Blues
Charley Patton & Henry Sims - Mean Black Moan
Charley Patton & Henry Sims - Jesus Is A Dying-Bed Maker
Robert Wilkins - Rolling Stone, part 1 & 2

Isaiah Nettles (The Mississippi Moaner) - Mississippi Moan
Skip James - Cypress Grove Blues
Son House - The Jinx Blues - No. 2
Bukka White - Black Train Blues
Jelly Jaw Short (J.D. Short) - Barefoot Blues
Ishman Bracey - Left Alone Blues
Mississippi John Hurt - Blue Harvest Blues
Robert Johnson - Kind-Hearted Woman No. 2

Roots RL-302 (Austria 1967, 1st pressing) [line of front cover text in black]

Roots RL-302 (Austria 1968, 2nd pressing) [line of front cover text in red]

Roots RL-302 (Austria 19??, 3rd pressing) [line of front cover text in red]

= autogram/Roots RL-302 (Germany 2013)

Roots Records discography

1967

The Blues
Music from the Documentary Film by Samuel Charters

@ youtube (full album)

J.D. Short
- Introduction # @ youtube
Memphis Willie B.
- Alone In The Evening Blues (instr) @ youtube @ Spotify
J.D. Short
- Slidin' Delta ## @ youtube @ Spotify
Pink Anderson (with son "Little Pink")
- Old Cotton Fields Of Home @ youtube @ Spotify
Furry Lewis
- John Henry @ youtube @ Spotify
Baby Tate
- Bad Blues (instr) # @ youtube @ Spotify

Memphis Willie B. & Gus Cannon
- Sitting Here Thinking @ youtube @ Spotify
Sleepy John Estes
- Lonesome Ground @ youtube @ Spotify
Baby Tate
- If I Could Holler Like A Mountain Jack # @ youtube @ Spotify
- When I First Started Hoboing # @ youtube @ Spotify
Pink Anderson
- Weeping Willow Blues @ youtube @ Spotify

rec. in the summer of 1962 by Samuel Barclay Charters with Ann Charters, technical assistant. "The Blues" was finished early in 1963, and was premiered at the University of Chicago Folk Festival in January, 1963.
# rec. July 1962 in St. Louis, MO; J.D. Short, voc, g, ## dr
photography by Ann Charters

notes by Samuel Charters

Asch A-101 (US 1967)
= Folkways FA AS101

notes by Samuel Charters

= Blue Angel BA20011 (Germany 1978/79?) (Zweitausendeins)

CDr
notes by Samuel Charters

= Smithsonian Folkways FW-ASCH101-CCD (US 2007)

J.D. Short discography
Memphis Willie B. discography
Pink Anderson discography
Furry Lewis discography
Baby Tate discography
Gus Cannon discography
Sleepy John Estes discography

1968

Down With The Game Vol. 4

Peetie Wheatstraw + 'Neckbones'
- Tennessee Peaches Blues
Peetie Wheatstraw
- Don't Feel Welcome Blues
- Long Lonsome Drive
Kokomo Arnold
- Shine On, Moon
Peetie Wheatstraw
- Don't Feel Welcome Blues
- Long Lonsome Drive
- The Last Dime
- More Good Whiskey Blues
Alice Moore
- Three Men

Walter Davis
- I Can Tell By The Way You Smell
- Moonlight Is My Spread
- My Babe
Booker T. Washington
- Save It All For Me
Walter Davis
- Frisco Blues
- Root Man Blues
- West Coast Blues

title on labels: "Peetie & Walter"

Down With The Game D 204 (UK 1968)

Down With The Game discography
Peetie Wheatstraw discography
Kokomo Arnold discography
Walter Davis discography

1968

St. Louis Town 1927-1932 resp. 1929-1933

Henry Spaulding
- Cairo Blues
Henry Townsend
- Long Ago
Hi Henry Brown
- Skin Man
Charley Jordan
- Hunkie Tunkie
- Spoonful Blues
Teddy Darby
- Built Right On The Ground
- Lawdy Lawdy Worried Blues

Jim Jackson
- St. Louis Blues
Hi Henry Brown
- Nut Factory
Charley Jordan
- Keep It Clean - No. 2
- You Run And Tell Your Daddy
Joe Stone
- It's Hard Time
Jelly Jaw Short
- Barefoot Blues
- Snake Doctor Blues

notes by Don Kent

Belzona L 1003 (US 1968)

notes by Don Kent

= Yazoo L 1003 (US 196?)

notes by Stephen Calt

= Yazoo CD 1003 YAZ (US 1991)

Yazoo Records discography

1969

Going Away Blues 1926 - 1935

Lottie Beaman
- Going Away Blues
- Rolling Log Blues
George 'Big Boy' Owens
- Kentucky Blues
Charlie Kyle
- Kyle's Worried Blues
Jelly Jaw Short
- Grand Daddy Blues
Frank Stokes
- Right Now Blues
George 'Bullet' Williams
- Frisco Leaving Birmingham

Charley Jordan
- Stack O'Dollar Blues
Henry Thomas
- Railroadin' Some
Robert Wilkins
- Old Jim Canaan
- New Stockyard Blues
William McCoy
- Central Tracks Blues
Uncle Bud Walker
- Look Here Mama Blues
Elvie Thomas & Geeshie Wiley
- Over To My House

Yazoo L 1018 (US 1969)

= CD 1018 YAZ (US 1992)

Yazoo Records discograpy

1972

Blues For Your Pocket

Blind Willie Johnson - Dark Was The Night, Cold Was The Ground [XTRA 1098]
Son House - New Pony Blues [Transatlantic TRA 223]
Furry Lewis - Pearlee Blues [XTRA 1116]
Jazz Gillum - Key To The Highway [XTRA 1111]
Big Bill Broonzy - Guitar Shuffle [XTRA 1004]
Brownie McGhee - Sportin' Life Blues [XTRA 1035]

Memphis Slim - Boogie Woogie Piano Styles [XTRA 1085]
Little Brother Montgomery - Lonesome Mama [XTRA 1115]
Sticks McGhee - Drink Of Wine Mop Mop [XTRA 1110]
J.D. Short - So Much Wine [XTRA 1080]
James 'Son' Thomas - Beefsteak Blues [XTRA 1105]
Fred McDowell - Mojo Hand [Transatlantic TRA 194]

compiled by Mike Leadbitter

notes by Mike Leadbitter

Transatlatic TRA SAM 25 (UK 1972)

= Guimbarda 30.111057 (Sp 1979) "Bluesmen 3"

XTRA Records discography

1972

Country Blues Obscurities Vol. 2

Too Tight Henry
- Charleston Contest - part 1
Bob Coleman
- Sing Song Blues
George Thomas
- Fast Stuff Blues
- Don't Kill Him in Here
Kid Prince Moore
- Honey Dripping Papa
- Midnight Blues
Willie Harris
- Louisiana Midnight Dream

Bob Campbell
- Dice's Blues
- Shotgun Blues
Lonnie Clark
- Broke Down Engine
- Down in Tennessee
Smokey Harrison
- Hop Head Blues
- Iggly Oggly Blues
Jelly Roll Anderson
- Free Women Blues
'Spider' Carter
- Don't Leave Me Blues

Roots RL 340 (Austria 1972)

Roots Records discography

1972

St. Louis Blues 1929-1935
The Depression

Henry Townsend
- Sick With The Blues
Charley Jordan
- Gasoline Blues
Hi Henry Brown
- Preachers Blues
Henry Townsend
- Mistreated Blues
Charley Jordan
- Raidin' Squad Blues
Henry Townsend
- She's Got A Mean Disposition
Georgia Boyd
- Never Mind Blues

Hi Henry Brown
- Titanic Blues @ youtube
Henry Townsend
- Henry's Worried Blues
Charley Jordan
- Big Four Blues
Joe Stone
- Back Door Blues
Henry Townsend
- Poor Man Blues
Charley Jordan
- Keep It Clean
Peetie Wheatstraw
- Sleepless Nights Blues

notes by Stephen Calt, Nick Perls & Mike Stewart

Yazoo L-1030 (US 1972)

notes by Stephen Calt, Nick Perls & Mike Stewart

= Yazoo CD 1030 (US 1991)

Yazoo Records discography

1972

Roots Of Black Music In America
Some Correspondences between the Music of the Slave Areas of West Africa and the Music of the United States and the Caribbean

J. D. Short
- Wasting My Time

compiled and edited by Samuel Charters

DLP

Folkways FA 2694

download complete track list / liner notes / sound clips at Smithsonian Global Sound

1975?

Good Time Blues - St. Louis 1926-1932

Charley Jordan
- Two Street Blues
"J.D. Short" [R.T. Hanen]
- She Got Jordan River In Her Hips
Sylvester Palmer
- Lonesome Man Bues
Papa Eggshell
- Far From Home
Edith North Johnson
- Honeydripper Blues
Peetie Wheatstraw
- Don't Hang My Clothes On No Barbed Wire Line
Jelly Roll Anderson
- Good Time Blues

Lee Green
- Train Number 44
"Hi" Henry Brown
- Hospital Blues
Walter Davis
- Sunnyland Blues
Robert Peeples
- Fat Greasy Baby
Lonnie Johnson
- Love Story Bues
- Pretty Boy Walker
- The Breaks I'm Gettin'
Cora Perkins
- Today Blues

Mamlish S-3805

Mamlish Records discography

1973

J.D. Short: The Legacy Of The Blues Vol. 8

- Starry Crown Blues @ youtube
- My Rare Dog
- By The Spoonful
- You're Tempting Me
- Slidin' Delta

- I'm Just Wasting My Time
- The Red River Run
- Help Me Some
- East St. Louis
- Make Me Down A Pallet

rec. July 1962 in St. Louis, MO by Sam Charters; J.D. Short, voc, g, hca

book accompanying "The Legacy Of The Blues" LP series

Sam Charters: The Legacy Of The Blues - (A Glimpse Into The) Art And Lives
Of Twelve Great Bluesmen.

UK hardback edition: London (Calder & Boyars) 1975

UK paperback edition: London (Marion Boyars Publishers) 1975

US hardback edition: Boston (Da Capo Press) 1977

US paperback edition: Boston (Da Capo Paperback) 1977

1974

The Legacy Of The Blues Sampler

- Aberdeen Mississippi Blues - Bukka White
- Funky Malaguena - Snooks Eaglin
- Found My Baby Gone - Champion Jack Dupree
- Wishy Washy Woman - Mighty Joe Young
- I'm A Bluesman - Juke Boy Bonner
- Black Gal You're Sure Looking Warm - Big Joe Williams

- Long Time Gone, A - Memphis Slim
- Starry Crown Blues - J.D. Short
- I'm Going To Have Myself A Ball - Robert Pete Williams
- The Cannonball - Eddie Boyd
- She's So Mellow - Sunnyland Slim
- Please Help Poor Me - Lightnin' Hopkins

"Maxi Sampler" bonus tracks:
- Poor Boy Long Way From Home - Bukka White
- Drive It Home - Snooks Eaglin
- You're The One - Champion Jack Dupree
- Early In The Morning - Mighty Joe Young
- Lonesome Ride Back Home - Juke Boy Bonner
- I Been Wrong But I'll Be Right - Big Joe Williams
- Lets Get With It - Memphis Slim
- Make Me Down A Pallet - J.D. Short
- You're My All Day Steady And My Midnight Dream - Robert Pete Williams
- It's A Mellow Day - Eddie Boyd
- Get Hip To Yourself - Sunnyland Slim
- Water Fallin' Boogie - Lightnin' Hopkins

series prod. by Sam Charters
front cover photo by Sam Charters

notes by Anonymous (most likely Sam Charters)

Sonet SNTX 1 / Sonet 201.038 (UK 1974)

notes by Anonymous (most likely Sam Charters)

= Crescendo GNPS 10010 (US 1976)

= Poljazz PSJ-146 (Poland 1976)

gatefold DLP

(=) Sonet INT 157.103 (UK 1983) "The Legacy Of The Blues Maxi Sampler"
(=) Sonet DLP SNTD 202 (Germany 1983) "The Legacy Of The Blues Maxi Sampler"

(=) Sonet SNTDCD 202 (UK 1983) "The Legacy Of The Blues Maxi Sampler"

notes (1988) by Samuel Charters

= Sonet SNTXCD1 (UK 1988) "The Legacy Of The Blues Sampler"

= GNP Crescendo GNP5-0010X (cassette) (US 1990)

1985

J. D. Short 1930-33
His Early Recordings In Chronological Order (including Accompaniements and ? Pseudonyms)

R.T. Hanen
- She's Got Jordan River In Her Hips
- Happy Days Blues
Jelly Jaw Short
- Snake Doctor Blues
- Barefoot Blues
- Grand Daddy Blues
Georgia Boyd
- Never Mind Blues
Joe Stone
- It's Hard Time
- Back Door Blues
Johnson's Jazzers [James 'Stump' Johnson]
- Don't Give My Lard Away

notes by Paul Oliver

Wolf WSE 118 (Austria 1985)

Wolf (WSE) Records discography

1993

St. Louis Country Blues 1929 - 1937

Henry Spaulding (1929)
- Cairo Blues
- Biddle Street Blues
Henry Townsend (1929-1937)
- Henry's Worry Blues
- Mistreated Blues
- Long Ago Blues
- Poor Man Blues
- No Home Blues
- Take A Chance
- She's Got What I Want
- Sick With The Blues
- Don't Love That Woman
- She's Got A Mean Disposition
- Lose Your Man
- All I've Got's Gone
- A Ramblin' Mind
- Now I Stay Away
J.D. Short (1930-1933)
- Telephone Arguin' Blues
- Lonesome Swamp Rattlesnake
- Snake Doctor Blues
- Barefoot Blues
- Grand Daddy Blues
- It's Hard Time
- Back Door Blues

1993

St. Louis Country Blues 1929 - 1937

notes by Keith Briggs

Document DOCD-5147 (Austria 1993)

1993

J.D. Short & Henry Brown: St. Louis Blues (1929-1933)

Jaydee Short
- Telephone Arguin' Blues
- Lonesome Swamp Rattlesnake
'Spider' Carter
- Please Please Blues
- Dry Spell Blues
Peetie Wheatstraw & 'Neckbones'
- Tennessee Peaches Blues
- Four O' Clock In The Morning
'Spider' Carter
- Don't Leave Me Blues
Ell-Zee Floyd
- Snow Bound And Blue
R.T. Hanen
- She's Got Jordan River In Her Hips
- Happy Days Blues
Jelly Jaw Short
- Snake Doctor Blues
- Barefoot Blues
- Grand Daddy Blues
Georgia Boyd
- Never Mind Blues
Joe Stone
- It's Hard Time
- Back Door Blues
Johnson's Jazzers [James 'Stump' Johnson]
- Don't Give My Lard Away
Henry Brown
- Stomp 'Em Down To The Bricks
- Henry Brown Blues
- Eastern Chimes Blues
- Deep Morgan Blues
- All Men Blues
- Beef Man Blues

Wolf CD 115 (Austria 1993)

1998

Hard Times Come Again No More Vol. 1
Rural Songs of Hard Times and Hardships
Classic Recordings from the 1920s and 30s

The Bentley Boys - Down On Penny's Farm
Blind Alfred Reed - How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times And Live
Lane Hardin - Hard Time Blues
Ernest Stoneman - All I Got's Gone
Slim Smith - Bread Line Blues
Alec Johnson - Miss Meal Cramp Blues
Kelly Harrell - My Name Is John Johanna
Dave McCarn - Serves 'em Fine
J.D. Short - It's Hard Time
Uncle Dave Macon - All In Down And Out
Rutherford & Foster - Richmond Blues
Elder Curry & His Congregation - Hard Times
Cofer Brothers - Georgia Hobo
Blind Lemon Jefferson - One Dime Blues
Fiddlin' John Carson - Dixie Boll Weevil
Chubby Parker - See The Black Clouds A'Breakin' Over Yonder
Scrapper Blackwell - Down And Out Blues
Edward L. Crain - Starving To Death On A Government Claim
Barbecue Bob - We Sure Got Hard Times
Samantha Bumgarner - Georgia Blues
Mississippi John Hurt - Blue Harvest Blues
Dixon Brothers - Weaver's Life
Graham Brothers - Hard Times Come Again No More

notes by Don Kent

Yazoo CD 2036 (US 1998)

Yazoo Records discography

2000

Henry Townsend and Friends: Henry's Worry Blues

Henry Townsend
- Henry's Worry Blues
- Mistreated Blues
- Long Ago Blues
- Poor Man Blues
- Doctor Oh Doctor
- Jack Of Diamonds Georgia Rub
- No Home Blues
- Take A Chance
- She's Got What I Want
- My Sweet Candy
- Sick With The Blues
- Don't Love That Woman
- She's Got A Mean Disposition
- Lose Your Man
- All I've Got's Gone
- A Ramblin' Mind
- Now I Stay Away
J.D. Short
- Telephone Arguin' Blues
- Lonesome Swamp Rattlesnake
- Snake Doctor Blues
- Barefoot Blues
- Grand Daddy Blues
Joe Stone
- It's Hard Time
- Back Door Blues

notes by Keith Briggs

Catfish CD 172 (UK 2000)

Catfish Records (UK) discography
Henry Townsend discography

2003

When The Sun Goes Down Vol. 6: Poor Man's Heaven
'The Secret History of Rock & Roll' series

- Eddie Cantor's Tips On The Stock Market - Eddie Cantor
- A Tale Of Ticker - Frank Crumit
- Brother, Can You Spare A Dime - Leo Reisman & His Orchestra
- Remember My Forgotten Man - George Hall/The Hotel Taft Orchestra
- It Must Be Swell - Alex Bartha & His Hotel Traymore Orchestra
- Raising The Rent - Ramona & Roy Bargy
- Sittin' On A Rubbish Can - Snooks Friedman & His Orchestra
- Ten Cents A Dance - The High Hatters
- Poor Man's Heaven - Bud Billings/Carson Robison
- The Rich Man And The Poor Man - Bob Miller
- Hallelujah, I'm A Bum - "Mac" Harry McClintock
- All In Down And Out Blues - Uncle Dave Macon
- Taxes On The Farmer Feeds Them All - Fiddlin' John Carson
- How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times And Live? - Blind Alfred Reed
- Farm Relief Song, The - Vernon Dalhart
- Dusty Old Dust (So Long, It's Been Good To Know You) - Woody Guthrie
- 35 Depression - Daddy Stovepipe & Mississippi Sarah
- California Desert Blues - Lane Hardin
- It's Hard Time - Joe Stone @ youtube
- President Roosevelt Is Everybody's Friend - Rev. J.M. Gates
- CWA Blues - Joe Pullum
- Jimmy Shut His Store Doors - Cedar Creek Sheik (a.k.a. Philip McCutchen)
- Welfare Store Blues - Sonny Boy Williamson
- Poor But Ambitious - The Bamboo Orchestra/Wilmoth Houdini

compilation producers: Barry Feldman, Colin Escott with David Evans

notes by David Evans & Colin Escott

Bluebird RCA 82876 509582 2 (EU 2003)

35a

2014

The Roots Of It All: Acoustic Blues - The Definitive Collection, Vol. 3

disc 1: The 1960s
Mance Lipscomb - Shake, Shake, Mama (2:50)
John Lee Hooker - Tupelo (3:19)
Rev. Gary Davis - Samson And Delilah (4:05)
Robert Pete Williams - I've Grown So Ugly (2:48)
Lightnin' Hopkins - Mojo Hand (3:03)
Lonnie Johnson - Moaning Blues (4:01)
Smoky Babe - Hottest Brand Goin' (4:06)
Herman E. Johnson - I Just Keeps On Wanting You (2:45)
Scrapper Blackwell - Shady Lane (5:27)
Pink Anderson - I Got Mine (3:07)
Pete Franklin - Prison Bound (4:21)
Shirley Griffith - Bye Bye Blues (4:11)
R.C. Smith - Please Don't Drive Me Away (2:25)
Memphis Willie B. - Wine Drinking Woman (3:36)
Baby Tate - What Have I Done To You (2:42)
Leroy Dallas - She Caught The M & O (3:43)
Sleepy John Estes - Vernita's Blues (2:19)
J.D. Short - I'm Just Wastin' My Time (5:25)
Muddy Waters - Feel Like Going Home (3:52)
Buddy Moss - Amy (2:42)
Johnny Young - Want My Lovin' (3:30)
Arvella Gray - Corrine, Corrina (2:13)
Mississippi John Hurt - Candy Man (2:53)
Maxwell Street Jimmy Davis - Alberta (2:56)

disc 2: The 1970s
Son House - Empire State Express (3:41)
Mississippi Fred McDowell - Frisco Lines (3:59)
J.B. Lenoir - If I Get Lucky (2:59)
Skip James - Sickbed Blues (4:06)
R.L. Burnside - Long Haired Doney (2:45)
Furry Lewis - Old Original Furry Lewis Blues (3:46)
Joe Callicott - Lonesome Katy Blues (3:04)
John Jackson - Rocks And Gravel (3:15)
Babe Stovall - Worried Blues (3:33)
Howlin' Wolf - Ain't Goin' Down That Dirt Road #2 (4:20)
Larry Johnson - Four Women Blues (2:33)
Jack Owens - I Love My Baby (4:50)
Johnny Shines - Your Troubles Can't Be Like Mine (4:18)
Brownie McGhee - My Last Suit (3:53)
Juke Boy Bonner - Tired Of The Greyhound Bus (2:26)
Tarheel Slim - So Sweet, So Sweet (3:19)
Tom Shaw - Baby Be A Boy Child Named Him After Me (5:44)
Eddie Taylor - Bullcow Blues (3:10)
Bill Williams - Salty Dog (4:37)
Guitar Shorty - Jessie Jones (3:58)
Rev. Pearly Brown - It's A Mean Old World To Try To Live In (2:24)
Louisiana Red - Dead Stray Dog (3:56)
David "Honeyboy" Edwards - Big Fat Mama (2:56)
Henry Townsend - Can't You See (3:18)

front cover photo (of Big Joe Williams) by Axel Küstner

112-pp. booklet notes by Bill Dahl

Bear Family BCD 17231 (Germany 2014)

2015

20 Classic Blues Songs from the 1920s Volume 13
2016 Calendar with free CD

CD and Calendar contents:
- My Monday Blues - Jim Jackson
- When The War Was On - Blind Willie Johnson
- Walking Blues - Charlie Kyle
- Atlanta Moan - Barbecue Bob
- Boogie Woogie - Papa Charlie McCoy
- Some Cold Rainy Day - Curly Weaver and Ruth Willis
- Wabash Rag - Blind Blake
- 'Lectric Chair Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Beale Street Breakdown - Jed Davenport and His Beale Street Jug Band
- Vampire Women - Spark Plug Smith
- Georgia Cake Walk - Ma Rainey
- The High Cost Of Sin - Black Billy Sunday

Supplementary CD tracks:
- Will You Spend Eternity In Hell - Black Billy Sunday
- Special Question Blues - Hattie Hyde
- T & N O Blues - Hattie Hyde
- No Baby - Charlie Kyle
- Country Guy Blues - Papa Charlie McCoy
- See That My Grave Is Kept Clean - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Tar Road Blues - Jaydee Short
- Flaggin' It To Georgia - Jaydee Short

restored by the AMERICAN EPIC sound team

Blues Images Calendar Vol. 13 (rel. 2015, for 2016)

Blues Images CD BIM-113 (US 2015) accompanying Blues Images Calendar Vol. 13

Blues Images calendars discography

10/2019

23 Classic Blues Songs from the 1920s Volume 17
2020 Calendar with free CD

CD and Calendar contents:
- Got The Blues - B.B. King
- Blood Thirsty Blues - Victoria Spivey
- Baby Keeps Stealing Lovin' On Me - Mississippi Sheiks
- Howling Tom Cat Blues - Bo Carter
- Days Is Lonesome - Texas Alexander with the Mississippi Sheiks
- Ain't Gonna Stand For That - Charlie Spand
- I'm Gonna Move To Louisiana - Part 1 and Part 2 - Jim Jackson
- Ashley St. Blues - Leola B. Wilson with Blind Blake
- Bad Luck Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- She's Making Whoopee In Hell Tonight - Lonnie Johnson
- Shave 'Em Dry - Bessie Jackson
- Read Your A B C's - Mississippi Sarah and Daddy Stovepipe

Supplementary CD tracks:
- Life Is A Cheater - Irma Records Demo [unreleased] - Juke Boy Barner
- Life Is A Cheater - Music City Records Demo [unreleased] - Juke Boy Barner
- I Got Hip To It - Irma Records Demo [unreleased] - Juke Boy Barner
- Tillie Lee - William Moore
- Dying Blues - Leola B. Wilson with Blind Blake
- Come On Babe - Blues Boy Bill
- Little Boy Blue - Blues Boy Bill
- It's Hard Time - Joe Stone
- Back Door Blues - Joe Stone
- Back To Mississippi - Mississippi Sheiks

remastered by the AMERICAN EPIC sound team

Blues Images Vol. 17 (rel. 10/2019, for 2020)

Blues Images

Will be completed and expanded with further details !!!

I herewith confess
that I do not have the ambition to list each and every CD anthology / compilation
containing only one (or two ;-) J. D. Short 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. 105, 147, 237, 295, 381, 650, 820 (BGR 1982)
- Robert M.W. Dixon, John Godrich & Howard W. Rye: Blues & Gospel Records 1890 - 1943.- Oxford (Clarendon), 4th ed. 1997, p. 794 (BGR 1997)
- Bob Eagle & Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues - A Regional Experience.- Santa Barbara (Praeger Publishers) 2013, p. 217
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970.- Vancouver 2006, pp. 578-582
- Bob Groom: J.D. Short.- Talking Blues 2 (1976), p. 2-7; Talking Blues 3 (1976), p. 6-12; Talking Blues 4 (1977), p. 12-18
- Sheldon Harris: Blues Who's Who - A Bibliographical Dictionary of Blues Singers.- p. 459-460
- Mike Leadbitter & Neil Slaven: Blues Records 1943 to 1970 - A selective discography, Vol. one, A to K.- p. 288
- John Tefteller and Blues Images Collection - used with permission
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources
thanks to Al Haug, Alan Balfour, David J Costa, John Tefteller, Helge Thygesen, Michael Hortig and Esther Gavillet for additional info / scans

J.D. Short & wife, Memphis, TN, 1962
source: Back cover of Hasse Andréasson & Hans Schweitz: Sam Charters.- Stockholm (Swedish Blues Association / Jefferson), 2016, 47 pp.
photographer: Samuel Charters, photoshop treated by Stefan Wirz

Bob Groom:
J.D. Short (Part 1).- Talking Blues 2 (1976), p. 2-7;
J.D. Short (Part 2).- Talking Blues 3 (1976), p. 6-12;
J.D. Short (Part 3).- Talking Blues 4 (1977), p. 12-18

The article above is 'published' here for private research only. While of historical interest, they may contain factual errors only revealed by later research. Be advised that more recent reference works should be consulted regarding factual points such as spelling of names, dates of birth, dates of recordings.