Illustrated 'Thunder' Smith discography

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'Thunder' Smith
Wilson "Thunder" Smith
b. November 17, 1913 in Wharton County, Texas
d. August 20, 1963 dead on arrival at Ben Taub General Hospital in Houston, Texas
buried at Eternity Park Cemetery in Houston, TX
discography

#	year of release	title / label / notes
*10 inch 78 rpm*
		Wilson Smith - Freddie Mae Blues # [aka "Mister Freddie Blues"] Abe Conley - You Can Depend On Me # rec. c. 1946 in Hollywood, CA ?; Wilson Smith, voc, p International Artists 1A2253 (unissued test pressing) # Frog Annual No. 3 (2014)
1	1947	Aladdin 165 (1st release) "THUNDER" SMITH ["'Thunder' Smith singing and accompanying himself on piano, Rhythm background" - no mention of Lightnin' at all!] - Can't Do Like You Used To (52-3) - West Coast Blues (53-1) Aladdin 165 (2nd release) "LIGHTNIN'" HOPKINS AND "THUNDER" SMITH - Can't Do Like You Used To (52-3) @ youtube - West Coast Blues (53-1) rec. November 9, 1946 in Los Angeles, CA; Wilson Smith, voc, p; Lightnin' Hopkins, g; dr Aladdin 165 (1st release) Aladdin 165 (2nd release)
2	1947	"THUNDER" SMITH - L. A. Blues (54-1) - Little Mama Boogie [or Blues] (55-1) @ youtube rec. November 9, 1946 in Los Angeles, CA; Wilson Smith, voc, p; Lightnin' Hopkins, g; dr Aladdin 166
3	1947	"LIGHTNIN'" HOPKINS - Katie Mae Blues (56-1) - That Mean Old Twister (58-1) rec. November 9, 1946 in Los Angeles, CA; Sam 'Lightnin'' Hopkins, voc, g; Wilson 'Thunder' Smith, p; dr Aladdin 167
4	1947	"LIGHTNIN'" HOPKINS - I Feel So Bad (57-2) - Rocky Mountain Blues (59-1) # rec. November 9, 1946 in Los Angeles, CA; Sam 'Lightnin'' Hopkins, voc, g; Wilson 'Thunder' Smith, p; # dr Aladdin 168
5	1947	"LIGHTNIN'" HOPKINS - Down Now Baby (221-1) - Play With Your Poodle (222-1) # rec. August 15, 1947 in Los Angeles, CA; Sam 'Lightnin'' Hopkins, voc, g; # Wilson 'Thunder' Smith, p; # dr Aladdin 209
6	1947	THUNDER SMITH - Cruel-Hearted Woman (A) @ youtube (2:20) - Big Stars Are Falling (B) @ youtube rec. 1947 in Houston, TX; Wilson Smith, voc, p; Luther Stoneham, g Gold Star 615
7	1947	THUNDER SMITH - Santa Fe Blues (A) @ youtube - Temptation Blues (B) # rec. 1947 in Houston, TX; Wilson Smith, voc, p; # Luther Stoneham, g Gold Star 644
8	1947	ANDY THOMAS - Baby Quit Me Blues (A) - Angel Child (B) @ youtube rec. poss. c. June 19, 1947 in Houston, TX; Andrew Thomas, voc; Wilson Smith, p; Luther Stoneham, g Gold Star 645
9	1948	SUNNY JAMES - Please Mam Forgive Me (DT20010A) [sic! - not "Mama"] @ youtube - Excuse Me Baby (DT20010B) rec. 1948 in Houston, TX; Jesse James, voc, g; Wilson Smith, p; Luther Stoneham, g Down Town 2010
10	1948	THUNDER SMITH - ROCKIE - Thunder's Unfinished Boogie (instr) (A) - The Train Is Leaving (B) # rec. 1948 in Houston, TX; Wilson Smith, p; Luther Stoneham, g, # voc Down Town 2011
11	1948	THUNDER SMITH - ROCKIE - New Worried Life Blues (A) # - Mable Blues (B) * rec. 1948 in Houston, TX; Wilson Smith, p, # voc; Luther Stoneham, g, * voc Down Town 2012
12	1948	THUNDER SMITH - ROCKIE - Low Down Dirty Ways (A) # @ youtube - Water Coast Blues (B) * rec. 1948 in Houston, TX; Wilson Smith, p, # voc; Luther Stoneham, g, * voc Down Town 2013
13	1950	MR. HONEY - Build A Cave (102A) @ youtube - Who May Your Regular Be (ACA-1666) * @ youtube rec. 1950 in Houston, Tx.; David Edwards, voc, g; * Wilson 'Thunder' Smith, p ARC 102 [Artist Record Co., Lola Anne Cullum's label, Houston, Texas] David 'Honeyboy' Edwards discography
*LP / CD compilations*
14	1958	Lightnin' Hopkins Strums The Blues Score SLP-4022 track sequence: - Katie May (aka Katie Mae Blues) [Aladdin 167] # - My California [Aladdin 3262] - Honey Babe [Aladdin 3077] - Short Haired Woman [Aladdin 3005] - Little Mamma Blues (aka Big Mama Jump) [Aladdin 3005] - Shotgun [Aladdin 3063] - Rollin' And Rollin' [Aladdin 3063] - See See Rider [Imperial LP 9180] - So Long [Aladdin 3262] - Mistreated Blues [RPM 388] Imperial LP 9180 track sequence: - Katie May (aka Katie Mae Blues) [Aladdin 167] # - My California [Aladdin 3262] - Honey Babe [Aladdin 3077] - Short Haired Woman [Aladdin 3005] - Little Mamma Blues [Aladdin 3005] - So Long [Aladdin 3262] - Feel So Bad (alt tk) (IM 3613) # - Shotgun [Aladdin 3063] - Rollin' And Rollin' [Aladdin 3063] - See See Rider [Imperial LP 9180] - Mistreated Blues [RPM 388] - Abilene [Aladdin 3096] Toshiba/EMI LLR-8189 / Score 2C 069 83076 1-2 track sequence: - Katie May (aka Katie Mae Blues) [Aladdin 167] # - Feel So Bad (alt tk) (IM 3613) # - I Can't Stay Here in Your Town [Aladdin 168] # - Let Me Play With Your Poodle [Aladdin 209] * - Short Haired Woman [Aladdin 3005] - Fast Mail Rambler [Aladdin 204] - Just Don't Care [Imperial LP 9211] - Change Your Way [Aladdin 3028] - Morning Blues [Aladdin 3035] - Unpredictable Woman [Aladdin 3052] - Sis Boogie [Score 4002] - Rollin' And Rollin' [Aladdin 3063] - Honey Babe [Aladdin 3077] - My California [Aladdin 3262] # rec. November 9, 1946 in Los Angeles, CA; Sam 'Lightnin'' Hopkins, voc, g; Wilson 'Thunder' Smith, p; dr * rec. August 15, 1947 in Los Angeles, CA; Sam 'Lightnin'' Hopkins, voc, g; Wilson 'Thunder' Smith, p; dr notes by Anonymous Score SLP-4022 (=) Imperial LP 9180-A Imperial LP 12180-A (stereo) (US 1962 "Lightnin' Hopkins On Stage") (=) Toshiba/EMI LLR-8189 (Jp 197? "Lightnin' Hop- kins Strums The Blues") (=) Score 2C 069 83076 1-2 (1984 "Lightnin' Hopkins Strums The Blues")
15	1962	Lightnin' Hopkins Sings The Blues - Sis' Boogie [Score 4002] - Come Back Baby [Imperial LP 9186] - Daddy Will Be Home One Day [Aladdin 3117] - Baby You're Not Going To Make A Fool Out Of Me [Imperial LP 9186] - Morning Blues [Aladdin 3035] - Have To Let You Go [Aladdin 3035] - Let Me Play With Your Poodle [Aladdin 209] * - Down Baby [Aladdin 209] - Fast Mail Rambler [Aladdin 204] - Thinkin' And Worryin' [Aladdin 204] - Picture On The Wall [Aladdin 3015] - You're Not Goin' To Worry My Life Anymore [Aladdin 3117] * rec. August 15, 1947 in Los Angeles, CA; Sam 'Lightnin'' Hopkins, voc, g; Wilson 'Thunder' Smith, p; dr notes by Anonymous Imperial LP 9186-A Imperial LP-12186-A (stereo [rechanneled]) (US 1962)
16	1964	Best of the Blues Vol. 2 Lightnin' Hopkins - Feel So Bad (alt tk) (IM 3613) # - Shot Gun - Katie May (aka Katie Mae Blues) [Aladdin 167] # - My California Floyd Dixon - Call Operator 210 Peppermint Harris - I Got Loaded Amos Milburn - Trouble In Mind - Bad Bad Whiskey - Baby Baby - Bewildered Fats Domino - Every Night - Comin' Home # rec. November 9, 1946 in Los Angeles, CA; Sam 'Lightnin'' Hopkins, voc, g; Wilson 'Thunder' Smith, p; dr Imperial LP 9259
17	196?	Goin' To California Lowell Fulson - San Francisco Blues - Three O¹Clock Blues - I'm Wild About You - Don't Be So Evil - Prison Bound - My Baby Left Me - Double Trouble - Storming and Raining K.C. Douglas with Sidney Maiden - Mercury Boogie Sidney Maiden with K.C. Douglas - Eclipse Of The Sun Willie B. Huff - Beggar Man Blues Mercy Dee - Trailing My Baby [Rhythm 1774] Johnny Fuller - Train, Train, Train Thunder Smith - New Worried Life Blues [Down Town 2012] Rocky ("Rocky Mountain" Stoneham) - Water Coast Blues [Down Town 2013] Thunder Smith - Thunder's Unfinished Boogie (piano solo) [Down Town 2011] recorded by Bob Geddins; edited & selected by Chris A. Strachwitz notes by Chris Strachwitz Heritage HLP 1003 (UK 196?) Heritage Records discography
18	196?	Texas Blues Vol. 1@ youtube (full album) Lil' Son Jackson - Gambling Blues [Gold Star 668] Lil' Son Jackson - Homeless Blues [Gold Star 668] Lee Hunter - Back To Santa Fe [Gold Star 651] L.C. Williams - Strike Blues [Gold Star 667] Leroy Ervin - Blue, Black And Evil [Gold Star 628] Leroy Ervin - Rock Island Blues [Gold Star 628] Lightning Hopkins - Grievance Blues [Gold Star 669] Lightning Hopkins - Baby Please Don't Go [Gold Star 646] °° L.C. Williams - You Never Miss The Water [Gold Star 614] Thunder Smith - Santa Fe Blues [Gold Star 644] Thunder Smith - Big Stars Are Falling [Gold Star 615] Lightning Hopkins - Big Mama Jump [Gold Star 3131] L.C. Williams - I Wonder [Gold Star unissued] Lightning Hopkins - Death Bells [Gold Star 646] L.C. Williams - I Won't Be Here Long [Gold Star 648] L.C. Williams - Black Woman [Gold Star 648] °° °° re-release bonus tracks P-Vine PCD-2519 bonus tracks (from Arhoolie F 1017): Black Ace - Beer Drinking Woman Rattlesnake Cooper - I'm Leaving Town Mercy Dee Walton - Ebony Baby Billy Bizor - Tom Moore Alex Moore - Chock House Boogie Smokey Hogg - Hello Baby Robert Shaw - The Fives Lightnin' Hopkins - Hurricanes Carla & Esther Mercy Dee Walton - 8th Wonder Of The World notes by Paul Oliver Arhoolie Records, Box 5073, Berkeley 5, California Arhoolie 2006 (US 1963) notes by Paul Oliver Arhoolie Records, Box 9195, Berkeley, Ca. 94709 (=) Arhoolie 2006 (US 19??) (first re-release, bonus tracks not indicated on sleeve nor label!) notes by Paul Oliver Arhoolie Records, Box 9195, Berkeley, Ca. 94709 Arhoolie 2006 (US 19??) (second re-release, bonus tracks indicated on labels, but not on sleeve!) (=) P-Vine PCD-2519 (Jp 1989) (=) Arhoolie CD 352 Arhoolie Records discography Lil' Son Jackson discography L.C. Williams discography Lightnin' Hopkins discography
19	1967	Decade Of The Blues - The 1950s Volume Two Dennis McMillon - Goin' Back Home Rattlesnake Cooper - Rattlesnake Blues - Lost Woman Blues Thunder Smith - Cruel Hearted Woman [Gold Star 615] Jesse James - Forgive Me Blues - Corinna's Boogie Gus Jinkins - You Told Me [Flash 115] J.B. Lenoir - I'm In Korea Robert Nighthawk - The Moon Is Rising Memphis Minnie - Kissing In The Dark - World Of Trouble D.C. Washington - Happy Home Blues Willie Lane - Prowlin' Ground Hog - Too Many Women Blues Stickhorse Hammond - Too Late Baby - Highway 51 prod. by Ted Griffiths & Trev Huyton notes by Chris Roby Highway 51 H-101 BU43 Highway 51 Records discography
20	10/1968	Goin' Up The Country Rural Blues Vol. 1 Nathaniel Terry - Take It Easy [Imperial 5150] @ youtube Manny Nichols - Forgive Me [Imperial 5173] @ youtube Country Jim - Avenue Breakdown [Imperial 5062] @ youtube Lil' Son Jackson - Disgusted [previously unissued] @ youtube Thunder 'N Lightnin' - West Coast Blues [Aladdin 165] @ youtube Lightnin' Hopkins - Howling Wolf Blues [previously unissued] @ youtube Snooks Eaglin - Nobody Knows [Imperial 5671] @ youtube Nathaniel Terry - Don't Know Why [Imperial 5150] @ youtube Manny Nichols - Worried Life [Imperial 5173] @ youtube Country Jim - Phillipine [sic] Blues (alt tk) [previously unissued] @ youtube Lil' Son Jackson - Thrill Me Baby (alt tk) [previously unissued] @ youtube Thunder 'N Lightnin' - Can't Do Like You Used To [Aladdin 165] @ youtube Lightnin' Hopkins - Can't Get That Woman Off My Mind [previously unissued] @ youtube Snooks Eaglin - By The Water [Imperial 5692] @ youtube reissue coordination by Steve LaVere notes (September 1968) by Pete Welding Imperial LM-94000 (US 10/1968) notes (September 1968) by Pete Welding = Liberty LBL 83213E (UK 1968) = Liberty 2C062-90.185 (Fr 1969) (manufactured by Pathé Marconi) notes by Pete Welding (=) Beat Goes On BGOCD 384 (UK 1998) (along with Imperial LM-94001) "Rural Blues, Volumes 1&2" (remastered) mini LP CD = Clinck ODR-6610 (Jp 8/2018) "Rural Blues Vol. 1 & Vol. 2" Imperial/Liberty "Legendary Masters" series discography Manny Nichols discography Country Jim (Bledsoe) discography Lil' Son Jackson discography Lightnin' Hopkins discography Snooks Eaglin discography
21	197?	Water Coast Blues Flyright 4704 tracks: Wright Holmes - Good Road Blues The Sugarman - She's Gone With The Wind - Which Woman Do I Love James Tisdom - Model T Boogie - Last Affair Blues - I Feel So Good - Overhaul Blues Luther Stoneham - January 11, 1949 Blues - Sittin' Here Wonderin' Sunny James - Please Mam Forgive Me - Excuse Me Baby Sonny Boy Holmes - I Got Them Blues - Walking And Crying Blues Mr. Honey (Honeboy Edwards) - Who May Your Regular Be Krazy Kat 7445 tracks: The Sugarman - She's Gone With The Wind - Which Woman Do I Love James Tisdom - Model T Boogie - Last Affair Blues - I Feel So Good - Overhaul Blues - Winehead Swing - Throw This Old Dog A Bone Leroy 'Country' Johnson - No One To Love Me Luther Stoneham - January 11, 1949 Blues - Sittin' Here Wonderin' Sunny James - Please Mam Forgive Me - Excuse Me Baby Sonny Boy Holmes - I Got Them Blues - Walking And Crying Blues Mr. Honey (Honeboy Edwards) - Who May Your Regular Be Flyright LP 4704 Flyright Records discography notes by Chris Bentley (=) Krazy Kat KK 7445 (1989) Krazy Kat Records discography
22	1978	Unfinished Boogie Western Blues Piano 1946-1952 Thunder Smith - Thunder's Unfinished Boogie [Down Town 2011] - New Worried Life Blues [Down Town 2012] Jimmy McCracklin - Highway 101 - Street Loafin' Woman Thunder Smith - Little Mama Boogie [Aladdin 166] Mercy Dee - Straight And Narrow [Colony 102] Little Son Willis - Howling Woman - Roll Me Over Slow Little Willie Littlefield - Little Willie's Boogie Thunder Smith - West Coast Blues [Aladdin 165] - Low Down Dirty Ways [Down Town 2013] Luther "Rocky Mountain" Stoneham - Mable Blues [Down Town 2012] Mercy Dee - The Pay Off [Colony 107] - Baba-Du-Lay Fever (G.I. Fever) [Spire 101] Little Son Willis - Skin And Bones Jimmy McCracklin - Baby, Don't You Want To Go illustration by Mike Faye notes by Frank Scott Muskadine M 104 Muskadine Records discography
23	1989	Lightnin' Hopkins (1946-1960) - That Mean Old Twister [Aladdin 167] # - Short Haired Woman [Gold Star 3131] - Can't Get That Woman Off My Mind - You Are Not Going To Worry My Life Anymore - You're Gonna Miss Me - Sugar On My Mind - Nightmare Blues - Someday Baby - Come Back Baby - The Moon Is Rising - Howling Wolf Blues - Have To Let You Go - (Mama's) Baby Child - Whiskey Headed Woman - Shining Moon - I Wonder Why - Papa Bones Boogie - I've Been A Bad Man - Corinna, Corrina - Tom Moore's Farm - The Slop with # Thunder Smith, Joel Hopkins, Donald Cooks, Melvin "Jack" Jackson RST Blues Documents BD 2066 (Austria 1989)
24	1991	Lightnin' Hopkins: The Complete Aladdin Recordings disc 1: - Down Baby [Aladdin 209] - L.A. Blues [Aladdin 166] - Short Haired Woman [Gold Star 3131] - Can't Do Like You Used To [Aladdin 165] - Katie Mae [Aladdin 167] - I Can't Stay Here In Your Town (Rocky Mountain Blues) [Aladdin 168] - Feel So Bad [Aladdin 168] - West Coast Blues [Aladdin 165] - Backwater Blues (That Mean Old Twister) [Aladdin 167] - Big Mama Jump [Gold Star 3131] - Let Me Play With Your Poodle [Aladdin 209] - Fast Mail Rambler [Aladdin 204] - Woman, Woman [Aladdin 3028] - Thinkin' And Worryin' [Aladdin 204] - Can't Get That Woman Off My Mind [Imperial LM 94000] - You're Not Goin' To Worry My Life Anymore [Aladdin 3117] - Picture On The Wall [Aladdin 3015] - Someday Baby [Imperial LP 9211] - Nightmare Blues [Aladdin 3028] - You're Gonna Miss Me [Aladdin 3096] - Sugar On My Mind [Aladdin 3015] - Come Back Baby [Imperial LP 9186] disc 2: - Morning Blues - Have To Let You Go - Mistreated Blues - Daddy Will Be Home One Day - Howling Wolf - Moon Rise Blues - Baby You're Not Going To Make A Fool Out Of Me - Mama's Baby Child - So Long - I Just Don't Care - Honey Babe - My California - Unpredictable Woman - See See Rider - Abilene - Rolling And Rolling - Drinkin' Woman - Miss Loretta - Shotgun - Tell It Like It Is - Lightnin's Boogie reissue prod. by Pete Welding 2 CD set EMI CDP-7-96843-2 (US)
25	1992	Texas Blues Bill Quinn's Gold Star Recordings - Gambling Blues - Melvin "Lil' Son" Jackson - Homeless Blues - Melvin "Lil' Son" Jackson - Cairo Blues - Melvin "Lil' Son" Jackson - Evil Blues - Melvin "Lil' Son" Jackson - Back to Santa Fe - Lee Hunter - Trying, Trying - L.C. Williams - You Never Miss the Water - L.C. Williams - Cruel Hearted Woman - Thunder Smith [Gold Star 615] - Big Stars Are Falling - Thunder Smith [Gold Star 615] - Hole in the Wall - L.C. Williams - Boogie All the Time - L.C. Williams - Rock Island Blues - Leroy Ervin - Blue Black and Evil Blues - Leroy Ervin - Roberta Blues - Melvin "Lil' Son" Jackson - Freedom Train Blues - Melvin "Lil' Son" Jackson - Ground Hog Blues - Lightnin' Hopkins - Bad Whiskey, Bad Women - Melvin "Lil' Son" Jackson - Santa Fe Blues - Thunder Smith [Gold Star 644] - Black Woman - L.C. Williams - Strike Blues - L.C. Williams - You Can't Take It With You Baby - L.C. Williams - Jet Black Woman - Lightnin' Hopkins - No Money No Love - Lightnin' Hopkins - Gone With the Wind - Melvin "Lil' Son" Jackson - I Won't Be Here Long - L.C. Williams - Angel Child - Andy Thomas - All the Way From Texas - Perry Cain notes by Chris Strachwitz Arhoolie CD 352 Arhoolie Records discography
26	1994	Texas Country Blues 1948-1951 - I Feel So Good - James Tisdom - I Love My Baby - Andrew Thomas - I Treated You Wrong - Rattlesnake Cooper - No One to Love Me - Leroy Johnson - Black Cat Rag - Willie Lane - '51 Blues - James Tisdom - Black Snake Blues - Monister Parker - I Don't Live Here No More - Sonny Boy Davis - Crazy With the Blues - Cleo Harves - Cross Country Blues - Frankie Lee Sims - Excuse Me Baby - Sunny James ["Sunny ~~Jones~~"] - Last Affair Blues - James Tisdom - Rattlesnake Blues - Rattlesnake Cooper - Chicago Blues - Andrew Thomas - Who May Your Regular Be - Mr. Honey - Prowlin' Ground Hog - Willie Lane - Log House on the Hill - Leroy Johnson - Cadillac Blues - James Tisdom - You Gonna Need Me - Monister Parker - Lost Woman - Rattlesnake Cooper - Please Mam Forgive Me - Sunny James - Rhythm Blues - Sonny Boy Davis - Model T Boogie - James Tisdom compiled by Chris Bentley notes by Chris Bentley Flyright FLYCD 941 Flyright Records discography
27	1997	15 Piano Blues & Boogie Classics - Dollar Bill Boogie - Big Joe Duskin - Have You Ever Been Out In The Country - Mercy Dee - Whistling Alex Moore's Blue - Whistling Alex Moore - Moaning And Groaning - Johnny Young/Otis Spann - Katie's Boogie Woogie - Katie Webster - Cruel Hearted Woman - Thunder Smith - Ma Grinder, The - Robert Shaw - Why Did You Go Last Night - Clifton Chenier/Elmore Nixon - Pinetop's Boogie Woogie - L.C. "Good Rockin" Robinson/Pinetop Perkins - San Francisco Can Be Such A Lonely Town - Omar Sharriff - Rocket Boogie "88" - Pete Johnson - Sugar Hill - Bukka White - You Ain't Got A Chance - Piano Red - Cold Chills - Henry Gray - On The Spot Boogie - Charlie Musselwhite/Lafayette Leake Arhoolie CD 108
28	2000	Lightnin' Hopkins: Feel So Bad The Essential Recordings of Lightnin' Hopkins - Katie Mae [Aladdin 167] - Short Haired Woman - Big Mama Jump - Feel So Bad [Aladdin 168 ? or alt tk ?] - Down Baby - Let Me Play With Your Poodle [Aladdin 209] - Fast-Mail Rambler - Thinkin' And Worryin' - Picture On The Wall - Sugar On My Mind - Lightnin's Boogie - Whiskey Headed Woman - Shining Moon - Baby Please Don't Go - Mercy - What Can It Be - Appetite Blues - Tim Moore's Farm - Mad With You - T Model Blues - Lightning Boogie - Death Bells compiled by Les Fancourt notes by Les Fancourt Indigo IGOCD 2119
29	2004	Down Home Blues Classics (1943-1953) disc 1 - Little Mama Boogie - Thunder Smith [Aladdin 166] - Cross Country Blues - Frankie Lee Sims - Hobo - J.D. Edwards - Hole In The Wall - L.C. Williams - Rock Island Blues - Leroy Ervin - Alley Special - Wright Holmes - Quinsella - Sonny Boy Johnson - Hattie Green - Dr Hepcat - Angel Chile - Andy Thomas - Back To Sante Fe - Lee Hunter - Rattlesnake Blues - Rattlesnake Cooper - Mistreated Blues - Buddy Chiles - No One To Love Me - Leroy Johnson - Too Many Woman Blues - Willie Lane - Locked In Jail Blues - Johnny Beck - Wee Wee Hours - Charley Bradix - Forgive Me Blues - Jesse James - Black Snake Blues - Monister Parker - Neglected Woman - Alexander Moore - Gambling Blues - Lil Son Jackson - Throw A Little Boogie - Manny Nicols - Give Me Central 209 - Lightnin' Hopkins - Western Rider Blues - Soldier Boy Houston - Take It Easy - Nat Terry - Sittin' Here Wonderin' - Luther Stoneham disc 2 - Boogie - Snooky & Moody - Hard Times - Floyd Jones - Stop Messing Around - Walter Mitchell - Cadillac Woman - Robert Richard - Big City Blues - Big Maceo - Please Don't Think I'm Nosey - Baby Boy Warren - Notoriety Woman - Eddie Burns - Rolling Stone - Muddy Waters - Cut That Out - Junior Wells - Crawlin' King Snake - Tony Hollins - Crying Won't Help You - Robert Nighthawk - Soon One Morning - Rocky Fuller - Mean Old World - Little Walter - Tired of Crying Over You - Morris Pejoe - It Was A Dream - John Brim - The Last Time - Jimmy Rogers - Sad Story - Blue Smitty - Little School Girl - L.C. Greene - Something's Wrong With My Lovin' Machine - Robert Henry - Brutal Hearted Woman - Johnny Shines - I'll Die Tryin' - J.B. Lenoir - Looking For A Woman - Little Hudson - I Am The Boogie Man - John Lee Hooker - She Fool Me - Harvey Hill Jr. - High And Lonesome - Jimmy Reed disc 3 - She's A Married Woman - Big Joe Williams - How Many Years - Howlin Wolf - Build Myself A Cave - Mr. Honey - Mr Ticket Agent - Silver Cooks - Creole Gal Blues - Edgar Blanchard - Too Late Baby - Stick Horse Hammond - Country Boy Blues - Pee Wee Hughes - Ardelle - David "Pete" McKinley - Cadillac Blues - J.D. Horton - Schoolboy Lost - John Hunter - Eyesight To The Blind - Sonny Boy Williamson - 1951 Blues - Luther Huff - New Arrival - Eddie "Guitar Slim" Jones - Dust My Broom - Elmore James - Catfish Blues - Bobo Thomas - Going Home To Mama - Clarence London - Highway 80 Blues - Tommy Lee - Western Union Man Chicago - Sunny Boy - After Awhile - Papa Lightfoot - Sweet Angel -Earl Hooker - Seventy Four Blues - Willie Love - Easy - Jimmy & Walter - Take A Little Chance - Jimmy DeBarry - Make A Little Love - Arthur Big Boy Crudup - Goin' To New Orleans - Little Sammy Davis disc 4 - Broome Street Blues - Skookle-Dum-Do & Sheffield - Black Jack Blues - Gabriel Brown - Worried Man Blues - The Blues Boys - Income Tax Blues - Ralph Willis - Poor Little Angel- Dennis McMillan - Broke Down Engine - Blind McTell - Applejack Boogie - Pinetop Slim - Number Writer - Dan Pickett - She's Gone - Big Boy Ellis - Your Sweet Man Blues - Leroy Dallas - Blues Mixture - Sticks McGhee - Shackles Round My Body - Little David - Ticket Agent - Curley Weaver - I Got What My Daddy Likes - Marylyn Scott - Blind's Blues - John Lee - Keep Your Hands Off 'Er - John Tinsley & Fred Holland - Awful Shame - Hank Kilroy - Lizzie Lou - Doug Quattlebaum - Rub A Little Boogie - Duke Bayou - So Much Trouble - Brownie McGhee - Wine Head Baby - Lazy Slim Jim - Baby, Let's Have Some Fun - Sonny Terry - Rumors About My Baby - Willie Baker - Gimme Your Bankroll - Square Walton - Shake Baby Shake Champion - Jack Dupree compiled by Neil Slaven 4 CD box notes by Neil Slaven Boulevard Vintage BVBCD 1003
30	2005	Down Home Blues Classics: Texas 1946-1954 disc 1: Lightnin' Boogie Lightnin' Hopkins - Lightnin' Boogie - Katie Mae Blues [Aladdin 167] - Feel So Bad [Aladdin 168 ? or alt tk ?] - Short Haired Woman - Let Me Play With Your Poodle [Aladdin 209] - Picture On The Wall - Sugar Mama - Someday Baby - Abilene - Shotgun - Lonesome Home - Tim Moore's Farm - Lightnin's Boogie - Automobile - Jake Head Boogie - One Kind Favor - Gotta Move - Long Way From Texas - Dirty House - Freight Train Blues - Sad News From Korea - Gone With The Wind - Sittin' Down Thinkin' - Don't Think 'Cause You're Pretty - Sick Feeling Blues - Had A Gal Called Sal disc 2: Walking Talking Blues West Texas Slim - Loudella Thunder Smith - Big Stars Are Falling [Gold Star 615] Stick Horse Hammond - Alberta Frankie Lee Sims - Lucy Mae Blues Rattlesnake Cooper - Lost Woman Blues Mercy Dee - Lonesome Cabin Blues Lil' Son Jackson - Bad Whiskey, Bad Woman Smokey Hogg - Worried Blues Willie Lane - Prowlin' Ground Hog Manny Nichols - Walking Talking Blues Sonny Boy Davis - Rhythm Blues L.C. Williams - Strike Blues Big Son Tillis - Rocks Is My Pillow Clarence Garlow - Bon Ton Roula Sunny James - Please Mam Forgive Me [Down Town 2010] - Wright Holmes - Drove From Home Blues Leroy Ervin - Blue, Black and Evil Pete McKinley - Mean Black Snake Manny Nichols - Tall Skinny Mama Blues Ernest Lewis - No More Lovin' Bill Simpson - Jelly Roll Man Soldier Boy Houston - Dallas Be Bop Blues Perry Cain - A\|l The Way From Texas John Hogg - Black Snake Blues Buddy Chiles - Jet Black Woman disc 3: Little Mae Belle Frankie Lee Sims - Home Again Blues Lil' Son Jackson - Roberta Blues Texas Alexander - Crossroads Thunder Smith - Cruel Hearted Woman [Gold Star 615] L.C. Williams - Boogie All The Time Ernest Lewis - Rosa Lee Stick Horse Hammond - Gamblin' Man Johnny Beck - You Gotta Lay Down Mama Manny Nichols - Worried Life Monister Parker - You Gonna Need Me Smokey Hogg - Misery Blues Country Slim - What Wrong Have I Done Mercy Dee - Ba-Ba-Du-Lay Blues (G.I. Fever) James Tisdom - Throw This Poor Dog A Bone Andy Thomas - My Baby Quit Me Blues The Sugarman - Which Woman Do I Love D.C. Washington - Happy Home Blues Willie Lane - Howlin' Wolf Miss Country Slim - In My Girlish Days Thunder Smith - Low Down Dirty Ways [Down Town 2013] Andrew Thomas - Chicago Blues Big Son Tillis - Zetela Blues Sonny Boy Davis - I Don't Live Here No More Clarence Garlow - I'm In A Boogie Mood West Texas Slim - Little Mae Belle disc 4: She's Gone with the Wind Soldier Boy Houston - Hug Me Baby Lil' Son Jackson - Cairo Blues Leroy 'Country' Johnson - Log House On The Hill Manny Nichols - No One To Love Me Ernest Lewis - Shake 'Em On Down Thunder Smith - Santa Fe Blues [Gold Star 644] Big Son & Lillian Tillis - Ten Long Years Stick Horse Hammond - Highway 5 Lil' Son Jackson - Freedom Train Blues Frankie Lee Sims - Single Man Blues James Tisdom - Last Affair Blues Wright Holmes - Good Road Blues Manny Nichols - Forgive Me Andrew Thomas - I Love My Baby Sunny James - Excuse Me Baby [Down Town 2010] Luther Stoneham - January 11, 1949 Blues David Pete McKinley - Shreveport Blues John Hogg - Worrying Blues Willie Lane - Black Cat Rag Ernest Lewis - West Coast Blues Mercy Dee - Evil And Hanky L.C. Williams - Black Woman Soldier Boy Houston - Lawyer Houston Blues The Sugarman - She's Gone With The Wind Stick Horse Hammond - Truck 'Em On Down 4 CD set notes by Neil Slaven Boulevard Vintage BVBCD 1012
31	2007	Lightning Hopkins: All The Classics 1946-1951 disc 1: - Katie Mae Blues [Aladdin 167] - Feel So Bad (alt tk) - That Mean Old Twister [Aladdin 167] - Rocky Mountain Blues [Aladdin 16(] - Short Haired Woman - Big Mama Jump - Down Baby - Let Me Play With Your Poodle [Aladdin 209] - Fast Mail Rambler - Thinkin' And Worryin' - Short Haired Woman - Big Mama Jump - Can't Get That Woman Off My Mind - Woman Woman - Picture On The Wall - Worried Life Blues - Miss Me Blues - Sugar Mama - Nightmare Blues - Someday Baby - Come Back Baby - Lightnin's Boogie - Baby, You're Not Going To Make A Fool Out Of Me - Daddy Will Be Home One Day - Moonrise Blues - Howling Wolf Blues compiled by Neil Slaven 5 CD set notes by Neil Slaven JSP JSPCD 7705
32	2007	Lightning Hopkins: Lightning Special Volume 2 of the Collected Works disc 1: - What Kind Of Heart Have You - Mad As I Can Be - (alt tk) - Ain't It A Shame - Crazy 'bout My Baby - What's The Matter Now - My Mama Told Me - Highway Blues - I'm Wild About You Baby - Bad Things On My Mind - The War Is Over - Policy Game - Merry Christmas - Happy New Year - Cemetery Blues - I Love You Baby - Shine On Moon - Lightnin's Boogie - Lonesome In Your Home - Remember Me - Sittin' Down Thinkin' - Lightnin's Special - Please Don't Go Baby - Don't Think 'cause You're Pretty - Life I Used To Live - Grandma's Boogie - My Baby's Gone - Early Mornin' Boogie disc 2: - Moving On Out Boogie - Sick Feeling Blues - Hopkins Sky Hop - Evil Hearted Woman - Don't Need No Job - Blues For My Cookie - Had A Gal Called Sal - They Wonder Who I Am - Nothin' But The Blues - That's Alright Baby - Finally Met My Baby - My Little Kewpie Doll - Wonder What Is Wrong With Me - Late In The Evening - Lightnin' Jump - Leavin' Blues - Moanin' Blues - Walkin' The Streets - Mussy Haired Woman - Trying, Trying - You'll Never Miss The Water L.C. Williams - Hole In The Wall - Boogie All The Time - Strike Blues - You Can't Take It With You Baby - So Sorry - The Lazy J - Fannie Mae disc 3: Melvin "Lil' Son" Jackson - Roberta Blues - Freedom Train Blues - Ground Hog Blues - Bad Whiskey - Bad Women - Gone With The Wind - No Money, No Love - Talkin' Boogie - Milford Blues - Cairo Blues - Evil Blues - Gambling Blues - Homeless Blues Manny Nichols - Walkin' Blues - Forgive Me Baby - Walking Talking Blues - Tall Skinny Mama Blues - Worried Life - Forgive Me - No One To Love Me - Throw A Little Boogie Thunder Smith - Can't Do Like You Used To [Aladdin 165] - West Coast Blues [Aladdin 165] - Little Mama Boogie [Aladdin 166] - Cruel Hearted Woman [Gold Star 615] - Big Stars Are Falling [Gold Star 615] - Santa Fe Blues [Gold Star 644] disc 4: Soldier Boy Houston - Dallas Bebop Blues - Western Rider Blues - Hug Me Baby - Out In California Blues - In The Army Since 94 - Lawyer Houston Blues - Going To The West Coast - Lawton, Oklahoma Blues J.D. Edwards - Cryin' - Playboy Blues - Hobo - Cold In The Evening - West Coast Blues Ernest Lewis - Rosa Lee - Shake 'em On Down - Loudella - Little Mae Belle - No More Lovin' - West Coast Blues - What Wrong Have I Done - In My Girlish Days Frankie Lee Sims - Home Again Blues - Cross Country Blues - Don't Forget Me Baby - Single Man Blues compiled by Neil Slaven 4 CD set notes by Neil Slaven JSP JSPCD 7790
33	2012	Juke Joints Vol. 3 disc 1 - I'm A King Bee - Slim Harpo - My Woman Has A Black Cat Bone - Hop Wilson - Steady - Jerry McCain - Late Hours At Midnight - Homesick James - Ludella - Jimmy Rogers - Sail On, Little Girl - Pete McKinley - Alley Special - Wright Holmes - Play My Juke Box - Boy Green - Chicago Blues - Dan Pickett - Shackles Round My Body - David Wylie - Throw A Little Boogie - Manny Nicholls - Dial 110 Blues - Country Jim - About To Lose My Mind - Big Boy Spires - You Better Move On Away From Here - Honeyboy - Applejack Boogie - Pinetop Slim - Seems Like A Million Years tk 1 - Willie Nix - Western Union Man - Chicago Sunny Boy - Silver Haired Woman - Johnny Williams - She Got Me Walkin' - Lazy Bill Lucas - Ride My New Car With Me - Big Joe Williams - After Hours - Earl Hooker - 1958 Blues - Little Sam Davis - Bad Feeling Blues (alt tk) - Lightnin' Slim - Feel So Worried tk 2 - Sammy Lewis & Willie Johnson - I Want A Roller - Smokey Hogg - Gary Stomp - John Brim disc 2 - Operator Blues tk 2 - Houston Boines - My Baby Left Me - John Lee Hooker - Lookin' For My Baby tk 5 - Little Milton - I'm Gonna Love You - Eddie Taylor - She's Gone With The Wind - The Sugarman - Eula Mae - Big Joe Williams - Ardelle - Pete McKinley - Happy Home Blues - D.C. Washington - I've Got Love If You Want It - Slim Harpo - That's All Right - Jimmy Rogers - Hello Central, Please Give Me 209 - Robert Lee Westmoreland - Crying - J.D. Edwards - I'll Move You - Eddie Kirkland - Awful Shame - Hank Kilroy - Cadillac Blues - J.D. Horton - Hollywood Boogie - Country Jim - Chicken Stuff - Hop Wilson - Please Mam Forgive Me - Sunny James [Down Town 2010] - You Better Watch That Jive - Smokey Hogg - Walking Talking Blues - Manny Nicholls - Locked In Jail Blues - Johnny Beck - Highway 51 - Stick Horse Hammond - Jet Black Woman - Buddy Chiles - I Had A Dream - Lazy Bill Lucas - Got A Letter This Morning - Clarence London - Down South - Junior Blackmon disc 3 - She's Tough - Jerry Mccain - Baker Shop Boogie tk 1 - Willie Nix - Ridin' Home - Leslie Louis - Sad And Lonely - Country Jim - Crawdad - Smokey Hogg - No One To Love Me - Manny Nicholls - Wonderin' And Worryin' - Slim Harpo - Lightnin' Slim Boogie - Lightnin' Slim - A & B Blues - Boy Green - Homesick Blues - Homesick James - Fat Mouth - Johnny Williams - Number Writer - Dan Pickett - King's Highway - Big Joe Williams - John Henry - Pinetop Slim - Jammin' - Earl Hooker - Take It Easy - Nat Terry - Mr Ticket Agent - Silver Cooks - Which One Do I Love - Big Boy Spires - Little School Girl - L.C. Greene - Excuse Me Baby - Sunny James [Down Town 2010] - Have You A Match - Honeyboy - Goin' To New Orleans - Little Sam Davis - Want To Boogie-woogie - Clarence London - Love Me Mama - Boogie Bill Webb - Log House On The Hill - Leroy Johnson - You'll Always Have A Home - Eddie Taylor disc 4 - Jimmie's Boogie - Jimmy Reed - Rather Be Sloppy Drunk - Big Joe Williams - G-man Blues - Houston Boines - No One To Love Me - Leroy Johnson - Y M & V Blues - Lost John Hunter - Sittin' Here Wonderin' - Luther Stoneham - Strange Love - Slim Harpo - Size 4 Shoe - Smokey Hogg - I'm In Love - Jimmy Rogers - You Gotta Lay Down Mama - Johnny Beck - Jelly Roll Man - Bill Simpson - Cold In The Evening - J.D. Edwards - Mistreated Blues - Buddy Chiles - My Baby's Gone - Lazy Bill Lucas - Forgive Me - Manny Nicholls - Don't Do It Again - Leslie Louis - Good Lookin' Woman - Country Jim - Goin' Back To Mama - Clarence London - Truck 'em On Down - Stick Horse Hammond - Goin' Back Home Today - Willie Baker - Uncle Sam Blues - Pinebluff Pete - Harlem Women - Hank Kilroy - Don't Want Me Blues - Pete McKinley - Broke And Hungry - Hop Wilson - I Don't Know Why - Nat Terry - Boogie - Boogie Bill Webb compiled by Neil Slaven 4 CD set notes by Neil Slaven JSP JSPCD 77150
34	2014	The Frog Blues & Jazz Annual No. 3 The Musicians, the Records and the Music of the 78 rpm era Jasper Taylor & his State Street Boys - Stomp Time Blues Roberta Dudley - Krooked Blues Moanin' Bernice Edwards - Low Down Dirty Shame Blues The Washingtonians - Choo Choo Julia Lee - Won't You Come Over To My House? Fate Marable's Society Syncopaters - Pianoflage Lottie Kimborough & Winston Holmes - Lost Lover Blues Lottie Kimborough & Winston Holmes - Wayward Girl Blues Tommy Johnson - Canned Heat Blues Big Bill Broonzy - San Antonio Blues South Memphis Jug Band - Doctor Medicine Charlie Burse & his Memphis Mudcats - Beale Street Blues Jelly Roll Morton & his Red Hot Peppers - Sidewalk Blues #2 Freddy Keppard's Jazz Cardinals -Salty Dog #2 Louis Armstrong & his Hot Seven - Potato Head Blues Louis Armstrong & his Orchestra - Knockin' A Jug The Hokum Trio - You Do It Ruth Willis - Experience Blues Poor Boy Lofton - Dark Road Blues Cow Cow Davenport - Alabama Strut Doc Cook & his Orchestra - Hot Tamale Man Lee Collins & the Hangover All Stars - I Found A New Baby Leadbelly - Mississippi River Wilson 'Thunder' Smith - Mr. Freddie's Blues [sic] Cow Cow & Congregation - Do You Call That Religion? CD accompanying The Frog Blues & Jazz Annual No. 3 Frog FB&JA3
Additional information appreciated !!!

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Bob Eagle & Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues - A Regional Experience.- Santa Barbara (Praeger Publishers) 2013, p. 394
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970.- Vancouver 2006, pp. 143, 227, 258, 496-497
- Klaus-Dieter Tilch: Rock LPs 1955-1970, Hamburg (Taurus) 1990,p. 756
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources
thanks to Alan Balfour, Big Joe Louis, Michael Hortig, Chris James, Ray Templeton, Helge Thygesen and Dave Williams for additional info / scans

Wilson Smith certificate of death
(courtesy Michael Hortig)