Illustrated Speckled Red discography

source: Jazz Journal 13, #6 (June 1960), p. 3
photographer: David Mangurian Speckled Red
real name Rufus George Perryman
b. October 23, 1899 in Hampton, Henry County, Georgia
d. January 2, 1973 at Homer G. Phillips Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri
buried at Oakdale Cemetery, St. Louis, MI
discography
source: Tropic #6 (September 1960), p. 43
photographer: Valerie Wilmer

#	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
1	1929	SPECKLED RED - The Dirty Dozen (M-187-C) # @ youtube @ Spotify - Wilkins Street Stomp (M-188-D) * @ Spotify rec. September 22, 1929 at the Peabody Hotel in Memphis, TN; Speckled Red, voc, p Brunswick 7116 # = Brunswick 80020 * = Brunswick 80021
1a	1929	Jim Jackson, Tampa Red, Georgia Tom and Speckled Red - Jim Jackson's Jamboree–Part I (M-203/04) @ youtube - Jim Jackson's Jamboree–Part II (M-205/06) @ youtube rec. c. October 14, 1929 at the Peabody Hotel in Memphis, TN; Jim Jackson, voc; Georgia Tom Dorsey, voc, sp, p; Speckled Red, voc, p; Tampa Red, voc, g Vocalion 1428 (US 1929) Speckled Red discography
2	1929	SPECKLED RED / BOB CALL Speckled Red - House Dance Blues (M-184- ) # @ Spotify BOB CALL - 31 Blues (C-5028- ) * @ youtube # rec. September 22, 1929 at the Peabody Hotel in Memphis, TN; Speckled Red, voc, p * rec. December 13, 1929 in Chicago, IL; Bob Call, p solo Brunswick 7137
		- Shake Your Can (M-183) rec. September 22, 1929 at the Peabody Hotel in Memphis, TN; Speckled Red, voc, p Brunswick unissued
3	1930	SPECKLED RED - The Dirty Dozen - No. 2 (C-5584 1/2-C) # @ Spotify - The Right String - But The Wrong Yo Yo (C-5590-) @ Spotify rec. April 8, 1930 in Chicago, IL; Speckled Red, voc, p Brunswick 7151 # = Brunswick 80020
4	1930	SPECKLED RED - Speckled Red's Blues (C-5588-) @ Spotify - Lonesome Mind Blues (C-5591-) @ Spotify rec. April 8, 1930 in Chicago, IL; Speckled Red, voc, p Brunswick 7164
5	1930	JIM THOMPKINS / SPECKLED RED JIM THOMPKINS - Bedside Blues (MEM-780- ) # @ youtube SPECKLED RED - We Got To Get That Thing Fixed (C-5585 1/2- ) * @ Spotify # rec. February 21, 1930 in Memphis, TN; Jim Thompkins, voc, g * rec. April 8, 1930 in Chicago, IL; Speckled Red, voc, p Brunswick 7200 Jim Thompkins discography
		- The Dirty Dozen - No. 3 (C-5589) rec. April 8, 1930 in Chicago, IL; Speckled Red, voc, p Brunswick unissued
6	1939	Sonny Boy Williamson - Low Down Ways (030853-1) - Bluebird Blues Part 2 (030851-1) rec. December 17, 1938 in the Leland Hotel in Aurora, IL; Sonny Boy Williamson, voc, hca; Speckled Red, p; prob. Willie Hatcher, mand; prob. Robert Lee McCoy, g Bluebird B7979
7	1939	Speckled Red / Speckled Red Trio Speckled Red - Do The Georgia (030840-1) @ Spotify Speckled Red Trio - St. Louis Stomp (instr) (030846-1) @ Spotify rec. December 17, 1938 in the Leland Hotel in Aurora, IL; Speckled Red, voc, p; Sonny Boy Williamson, hca; Robert Lee McCoy, g; Willie Hatcher, mand Bluebird B7985
7a	1939	Sonny Boy Williamson - Susie-Q (030850-1) # @ youtube - Goodbye Red (030854-1) @ youtube rec. December 17, 1938 in the Leland Hotel in Aurora, IL; Sonny Boy Williamson, voc, hca; Speckled Red, p; # prob. Willie Hatcher, mand; prob. Robert Lee McCoy, g Bluebird B7995
7b	1939	Willie Hatcher - So Unkind (030867-1) @ youtube - They're Mean To Me (030866-1) @ youtube rec. December 17, 1938 in the Leland Hotel in Aurora, IL; Willie Hatcher, voc, mand; Sonny Boy Williamson, hca; Speckled Red, p; Robert Lee McCoy, g Bluebird B8003
8	1939	Sonny Boy Williamson - Little Girl Blues (030852-1) @ youtube - Number Five Blues (030848-1) @ youtube rec. December 17, 1938 in the Leland Hotel in Aurora, IL; Sonny Boy Williamson, voc, hca; Speckled Red, p; prob. Willie Hatcher, mand; prob. Robert Lee McCoy, g Bluebird B8010
9	1939	Speckled Red - Try Me One More Time (030843-1) @ Spotify - Louise Baltimore Blues (030844-1) @ Spotify rec. December 17, 1938 in the Leland Hotel in Aurora, IL; Speckled Red, voc, p; Sonny Boy Williamson, hca; Robert Lee McCoy, g; Willie Hatcher, mand Bluebird B8012
10	1939	Sonny Boy Williamson - The Right Kind Of Life (030855-1) - Insurance Man Blues (030856-1) rec. December 17, 1938 in the Leland Hotel in Aurora, IL; Sonny Boy Williamson, voc, hca; Speckled Red, p; prob. Willie Hatcher, mand; prob. Robert Lee McCoy, g Bluebird B8034
11	1939	Speckled Red - Take It Easy (030842-1) @ Spotify - You Got To Fix It (030847-1) @ Spotify rec. December 17, 1938 in the Leland Hotel in Aurora, IL; Speckled Red, voc, p; Sonny Boy Williamson, hca; Robert Lee McCoy, g; Willie Hatcher, mand Bluebird B8036
12	1939	Speckled Red - Welfare Blues (030838-1) @ youtube @ Spotify - Early In The Morning (030841-1) # @ youtube @ Spotify rec. December 17, 1938 in the Leland Hotel in Aurora, IL; Speckled Red, voc, p; Sonny Boy Williamson, hca; Robert Lee McCoy, g; # Willie Hatcher, mand Bluebird B8069
13	1939	Sonny Boy Williamson - Christmas Morning Blues (030849-1) @ youtube - Rainy Day Blues (030857-1) @ youtube rec. December 17, 1938 in the Leland Hotel in Aurora, IL; Sonny Boy Williamson, voc, hca; Speckled Red, p; prob. Willie Hatcher, mand; prob. Robert Lee McCoy, g Bluebird B8094
14	1939	Speckled Red - What Makes You Treat Me Mean? (030845-1) # @ Spotify - Down On The Levee (030839-1) @ Spotify rec. December 17, 1938 in the Leland Hotel in Aurora, IL; Speckled Red, voc, p; Sonny Boy Williamson, hca; Robert Lee McCoy, g; # Willie Hatcher, mand Bluebird B8113
*EP / LP / CD compilations*
15	6/1943	Boogie Woogie Piano Historic Recordings by Pioneer Piano Men Montana Taylor - Detroit Rocks (80019 A) [Vocalion 1419] - Indiana Avenue Stomp (80019 B) [Vocalion 1419] Speckled Red - The Dirty Dozen No. 1 (80020 A) [Brunswick 7116] - The Dirty Dozen No. 2 (80020 B) [Brunswick 7151] Romeo Nelson - Head Rag Hop (80021 A) [Vocalion 1447] Speckled Red - Wilkins Street Stomp (80021 B) [Brunswick 7116] Cow Cow Davenport - Cow Cow Blues (80022 A) [Vocalion 1198] - State Street Jive (80022 B) [Vocalion 1198] set of four 10 inch 78 rpm records 8-pp. booklet with liner notes by Eugene Williams Brunswick Album B-1005 (US 6/1943) (Collector's Series) 10 inch LP notes by Eugene Williams = Brunswick BL 58018 (US 1950) set of four 7 inch 45 rpm records notes by Eugene Williams = Brunswick Album 9-7020 (US 1951) Montana Taylor discography Romeo Nelson discography
16	1957	Primitive Piano Tone 1 LP / Collector JGN 1001 / Folk-Lyric FL 117 / The Sirens 101 track sequence: Billie Pierce - Get A Working Man - Panama Rag - In The Racket Speckled Red - Dad's Piece # @ youtube - Early In The Morning # @ youtube - Oh Red # @ youtube Doug Suggs - Doug's Jump - Sweet Patootie James 'The Bat' Robinson - Bat's Blues - Four O'Clock The Sirens CD track sequence: - Dad's Piece - Speckled Red # - Early In the Morning - Speckled Red # - Oh Red - Speckled Red # - Doug's Jump - Doug Suggs - Sweet Patootie - Doug Suggs - Bat's Blues - James Robinson - Four O' Clock - James Robinson - Keep A Knockin - Billie Pierce - See See Rider - Billie Pierce - Florida Blues - Billie Pierce - By and By - Billie and DeDe Pierce - By and By - Billie and DeDe Pierce - Smoke Like Lightning - Doug Suggs - Slow and Low - Doug Suggs - Interview with Doug Suggs by Erwin Helfer rec. 1956/57 by Erwin Helfer and William Russell # rec. September 2, 1956 in the home of John Phillips in St. Louis by Erwin Helfer; Speckled Red, voc, p Tone 1 LP (US 1957) [Alistair Banfield: "ABC 1" on the original cover, because printers weren't informed what the catalogue number was at the time of the printing of the sleeve] = Collector ABC 1 / JGN 1001 (UK 1959) = Folk-Lyric FL 117 (US 1962) The Sirens 101 (US 1975?) (=) The Sirens CD SR5005 (US 2003) Harry Oster / Folk-Lyric Records discography
17	1957	Piano Jazz Vol. 1 - Barrel House And Boogie Woogie Vogue Coral LVA 9069 (1957): - Detroit Rocks - Montana Taylor - Indiana Avenue Stomp - Montana Taylor - The Dirty Dozen, No. 1 - Speckled Red [Brunswick 7116] - The Dirty Dozen, No. 2 - Speckled Red [Brunswick 7151] - Wilkins Street Stomp - Speckled Red [Brunswick 7116] - Head Rag Hop - Romeo Nelson - Pinetop's Boogie Woogie - Pinetop Smith - Pinetop's Blues - Pinetop Smith - Jump Steady Blues - Pinetop Smith - I'm Sober Now - Pinetop Smith - Cow Cow Blues - Cow Cow Davenport - State Street Jive - Cow Cow Davenport Swaggie S1326 (1981): - Pine Top's Boogie Woogie - Pinetop Smith - Pine Top's Blues - Pinetop Smith - Jump Steady Blues - Pinetop Smith - I'm Sober Now - Pinetop Smith - Now I Ain't Got Nothin' At All - Pinetop Smith - I've Got More Sense Than That - Pinetop Smith - Big Boy They Can't Do That - Pinetop Smith - Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out - Pinetop Smith - Detroit Rocks - Montana Taylor - Indiana Avenue Stomp - Montana Taylor - The Dirty Dozen - Speckled Red - The Dirty Dozen - No. 2 - Speckled Red - Wilkins Street Stomp - Speckled Red - Head Rag Hop - Romeo Nelson - Cow Cow Blues - Cow Cow Davenport - State Street Jive - Cow Cow Davenport Vogue Coral LVA 9069 (UK 1957) (=) Swaggie S1326 (Australia 1981) "Piano Jazz: Boogie Woogie Pianists 1928-1930"
18	1960	Speckled Red: The Dirty Dozen Storyville SLP 117 / SLP 4038 tracks: - The Dirty Dozen - Little Girl - I Had My Fun - Caldonia - Speckled Red Talks - Early One Morning - Oh! Red! - St. Louis Stomp - Milk Cow Blues - Four O'Clock Blues - Dad's Piece (instr) - You've Got The Right String - Red's Own Blues Storyville CD 8011 tracks: - The Dirty Dozen (3:04) - Little Girl (3:58) - I Had My Fun (3:37) - Caldonia (4:09) - Speckled Red Talks (3:04) - Early Morning Blues (3:13) - Oh! Red (2:46) - St. Louis Stomp (2:31) - Milk Cow Blues (4:25) - Four O'Clock Blues (4:42) - Dad's Piece (2:56) - You've Got The Right String But The Wrong Yo Yo (3:26) - Red's Own Blues (4:02) - Uncle Sam's Blues (3:22) [Storyville SLP 188] - It Feels So Good (3:14) [Storyville SLP 214] - How Long Blues (3:03) [Storyville SLP 187] - Tain't Nobody's Biznezz [Storyville SLP 187] rec. July 19, 1960 in Copenhagen, Denmark; Speckled Red, voc, p; prod. by Karl Emil Knudsen cover photo [on Storyville SLP 117: reversed!] by Lennart Steen [not "Sten" as on back cover!] notes by Tony Standish Storyville SLP 117 notes by Tony Standish = Storyville SLP 4038 (1981) "Blues Roots Vol. 4" = Storyville STCD 8011 (Den 1991) "Blues Masters Vol. 11" Storyville Records discography
19	1961	Speckled Red: The Dirty Dozens 10 inch Delmar 108 [?]: - The Dirty Dozens # - The Right String But The Wrong Yo Yo # - If You've Ever Been Down # - Wilkins Street Stomp (instr) # - Cow Cow Blues # - Red's Boogie Woogie (instr) # - Highway 61 Blues # - After Dinner Blues (instr) # 12 inch Delmar(k) DE 601: - The Dirty Dozens # - The Right String But The Wrong Yo Yo # - If You've Ever Been Down # - Wilkins Street Stomp (instr) # - Cow Cow Blues # - Red's Boogie Woogie (instr) # - Going Down Slow * - Highway 61 Blues # - After Dinner Blues (instr) # - Cryin' In My Sleep * Delmark CD DE 601: - The Dirty Dozens # - The Right String But The Wrong Yo Yo # - If You've Ever Been Down # - Wilkins Street Stomp (instr) # - Cow Cow Blues # - Just Blues # - Red's Boogie Woogie (instr) # - Going Down Slow * - Highway 61 Blues # - After Dinner Blues (instr) # - Cryin' In My Sleep * - Early In The Morning [] - Love Is Like A Faucet [] - Speckled Red Speaks // - Delmar Blues § - Feel So Good # - The Dirtier Dozens § - The Dirtiest Dozens § rec. in the home of John Phillips in St. Louis by Erwin Helfer; Speckled Red, voc, p; prod. & supervision by Robert G. Koester [] rec. May 29, 1955 // rec. poss. December 31, 1955 # rec. September 2, 1956 * rec. June 4, 1957 § rec. on one of the sessions above front cover art work by William Bollender; back cover photo (Delmark DL-601) by David Mangurian [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)] 10 inch LP (St. Louis 1956?) Delmar 108 (unissued) "Speckled Red: Barrel House Piano" notes by Bob Koester Delmar DL-601 (US) notes by Robert Koester Delmark DL-601 (US 1962) notes by Robert Koester = Esquire 32.190 (UK) notes by Bob Koester Delmark DL-601 (Esquire with Delmark overprint) notes by Robert Koester Delmark CD DE-601
20	1961	The Barrel-House Blues of Speckled Red - T'Ain't Nobody's Biz-Ness If I Do (3:25) @ youtube - Uncle Sam's Blues (4:28) @ youtube - Cow Cow Blues (3:44) @ youtube - If I Could Be With You (2:51) @ youtube - It Feels So Good (3:53) @ youtube - Why Don't You Practice What You Preach? (3:42) @ youtube - Pine Top's Boogie Woogie (3:29) @ youtube - I've Got A Feeling That I'm Falling (4:06) @ youtube - How Long Blues (3:22) @ youtube - Baby Won't You Please Come Home? (3:38) @ youtube - If I Had A Million Dollars (4:53) @ youtube - You Ain't No Good (3:34) @ youtube rec. July 19, 1960 in Copenhagen, Denmark; Speckled Red, voc, p; prod. by Samuel Barclay Charters notes by Samuel B. Charters Folkways FG 3555
21	196?	Speckled Red: It Feels So Good Blues Anthology Vol. 4 - 'Tain't Nobody's Biz-Ness [Folkways FG 3555] - Uncle Sam's Blues [Folkways FG 3555] - How Long Blues [Folkways FG 3555] - It Feels So Good [Folkways FG 3555] rec. July 19, 1960 in Copenhagen, Denmark; Speckled Red, voc, p cover photo (reversed!) by Lennart Steen Storyville SEP 384
22	1963	Barrelhouse Blues & Boogie Vol. 1 Jack Dupree - Drive 'Em Down Special - Keep Your Big Mouth Shut - Back Door Special Dink Johnson - Las Vegas Stomp - The Stella Blues Meade Lux Lewis - Glendale Glide - Randini's Boogie Jimmy Yancey - Assembly Call Boogie - Barber Shop Drag Memphis Slim - Boogie Woogie For Piano And Celeste - Mean Mistreatin' Woman - Medium And Rare Speckled Red - Pinetop's Boogie Woogie [Folkways FG 3555] Jimmy Yancey - Everlasting Blues Storyville SLP 155 Storyville SLP 155 S (Fr 1963) "festival" = Storyville 671155 (1968) Storyville Records discography
23	1963	Piano Blues Otis Spann - The Skies Are Blue - Keep Your Hand Out Of My Pocket Speckled Red - Cow Cow Blues [Folkways FG 3555] Memphis Slim - A Letter Home Sunnyland Slim - Women Trouble Blues # - Sittin' Here Thinkin' # Champion Jack Dupree - Don't Ever Believe - I Just Want To Be Free Memphis Slim - Rebecca Blues Champion Jack Dupree - T.V. Mama # rec. October 8, 1964 in Copenhagen, Denmark; Sunnyland Slim, voc, p notes by Paul Oliver Storyville SLP 168 DLP (=) Storyville ST 21013 (Fr) (along with SLP 187) Storyville Records discography
24	1964?	Speckled Red Trio (1938) Treasury of Jazz No 42 - Doin' The Georgia - Try Me One More Time - St. Louis Stomp - Louise Baltimore Blues 7 inch 45 rpm EP RCA 86.381 (Fr)
25	1965?	Piano Jazz: Rent Party Style Jazz Collector Series 33 1/3 Montana Taylor - Indiana Avenue Stomp Speckled Red - Wilkins Street Stomp Frank Melrose - Pass The Jug Speckled Red - The Dirty Dozens No. 1 Frank Melrose - Jelly Roll Stomp Mary Lou Williams - Drag 'EM 33 rpm EP notes by Bill Haesler Swaggie JCS-33746 (Australia)
26	1965	Collector's Classics Volume Two Jazz Collector Series 33 1/3 Dewey Jackson's Peacock Orchestra - Capitol Blues - Go'Won To Town Speckled Red - The Dirty Dozen - No. 2 King Oliver & His Dixie Syncopators - Speakeasy Blues - Snag It To No. 2 (tk 1) Romeo Nelson - Head Rag Hop 33 1/3 rpm EP notes by Bill Haesler Swaggie JCS-33748 (Australia)
27	196?	Barrelhouse Blues & Boogie Woogie Vol. 2 Jimmy Yancey - Yancey Special Champion Jack Dupree - Shirley Mae Speckled Red - You Ain't No Good [Folkways FG 3555] Henry Brown - Becky Thatcher Blues - St. Louis Sweet Patootie Memphis Slim - Celeste Boogie Roosevelt Sykes - Dog Finger Blue Champion Jack Dupree - Daybreak Blues Pete Johnson - 4 0'Clock Blues Boogie Woogie Trio (Pete Johnson, Albert Ammons, Meade "Lux" Lewis) - Dupree Blues Albert Ammons - Monday Struggle notes by Paul Oliver Storyville SLP 183 (Denmark 196?) notes by Paul Oliver = Storyville 670183 (Denmark 196?) Storyville Records discography
28	1966	Piano Blues Vol. 2 Champion Jack Dupree - Blues Before Sunrise (alt tk) Speckled Red - 'Taint Nobody's Business [Folkways FG 3555] Champion Jack Dupree - You Got Me Way Down Here Henry Brown - Deep Morgan Blues Roosevelt Sykes - Under-Eyed Woman Memphis Slim - Worries All The Time Memphis Slim - Gone Mother Blues Champion Jack Dupree - Please Send Me Someone To Love Roosevelt Sykes - 9 Hour Call Henry Brown - New Eastern Chimes Champion Jack Dupree - Work House Blues Speckled Red - How Long Blues [Folkways FG 3555] notes by Paul Oliver Storyville SLP 187 (Denmark 1966) = Storyville 670187 (Denmark 196?) DLP (=) Storyville ST 21013 (along with SLP 168) Storyville Records discography
28a	1966	The Mike Raven Blues Show - Levee Camp Moan - Texas Alexander - Match Box Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson - Walk Right In - Gus Cannon's Jug Stompers - Four Till Late - Robert Johnson - Cow Cow Blues - Speckled Red - Low Friends - Victoria Spivey - See See Rider - Leadbelly - Willie May Blues - Big Bill Broonzy - The Sky Is Crying - Sonny Boy Williamson - I'm Gonna Lay Down - Brownie McGhee - Don't Treat That Man - Lightnin' Hopkins - Kocking At Your Door - Elmore James notes (November 1, 1966) by Mike Raven XTRA 1047 (UK 1966) XTRA Records discography
29	1967	Barrelhouse Blues & Stomps Vol. 5 Speckled Red - Blues On My Brain # Charlie Rasch - Deep Jungle James Crutchfield - Black Woman John Bentley - Greenville Rocks Henry Brown - 21 Street Stomp Dink Johnson - Miss Clementine From New Orleans Speckled Red - All On Account Of You # Charlie Rasch - Whip It To A Jelly James Crutchfield - How Long Blues John Bentley - West Texas Shout Buster Wilson - Egyptian Fantasy Dink Johnson - Exactly Like You # rec. on one of the 1955 to 1957 sessions in St. Louis by Erwin Helfer; Speckled Red, voc, p Euphonic ESR 1204
30	1967	Barrelhouse Blues & Stomps Vol. 4 Lawrence 'Smokey Joe' Henry - Sweet Georgia Brown Henry Brown - Pickin 'Em Out Again James Crutchfield - Levee Blues John Bentley with Roosevelt Sykes, voc - Over At Hattie's Barrelhouse James 'Stump' Johnson - The Snitcher's Blues Speckled Red - Ain't Gonna Cry No More # Speckled Red - Pinetop's Boogie Woogie # Cyril Bennett - Gin Mill Blues Lawrence 'Smokey Joe' Henry - Nagasaki Dink Johnson - Dink's Final Blues # rec. October 1970 in St. Louis, MO; Speckled Red, voc, p notes by Paul E. Affeldt Euphonic ESR 1205
31	1969	The Blues In St. Louis, 1929-1937 Henry Townsend - Henry's Worry Blues Kokomo Arnold - Set Down Gal Barrel House Buck - I Got To Go Blues Peetie Wheatstraw - C & A Blues Henry Spaulding - Biddle Street Blues Bessie Mae Smith - St. Louis Daddy Henry Townsend - She's Got A Mean Disposition Walter Davis - Sloppy Drunk Again Charley Jordan - Tight Haired Mama Blues Peetie Wheatstraw - Sleepless Night Blues Teddy Darby - Deceiving Blues Alice Moore - Black Evil Blues Speckled Red - House Dance Blues Peetie Wheatstraw and His Blues-Blowers - Throw Me In The Alley notes by Pete Welding Origin Jazz Library OJL 20 OJL Records discography
32	1970	Sonny Boy Williamson: Bluebird Blues - Honey Bee Blues - Whiskey Headed Blues - Lord, Oh Lord Blues - Shannon Street Blues - You've Been Foolin' Round Downtown - Deep Down In The Ground - Number Five Blues - Christmas Morning Blues - Susie Q - Bluebird Blues Part 2 - Little Girl Blues - Low Down Ways - Goodbye Red - The Right Kind Of Life - Insurance Man Blues - Rainy Day Blues notes by Neil Slaven RCA INT 1088 (UK 1970) notes by Neil Slaven = RCA 731.014 (Fr 1970)
33	1971	Speckled Red: Oh! Red - Woke Up This Morning - Dirty Mistreater - I've Had My Fun - Caldonia - It Feels So Good - Oh Red - Milk Cow Blues - Bugle Call Stomp - Early In The Morning - Blu-Della Boogie - Dad's Piece - T'aint Nobody's Bizness If I Do rec. June 1960 in London, England by Roy Clarke; Speckled Red, voc, p notes by Steve Lane VJM LC 11
34	19??	The Best Of The Blues Big Bill Broonzy - Diggin' My Potatoes Speckled Red - Uncle Sam's Blues [Folkways FG 3555] Memphis Slim - Bertha May Champion Jack Dupree - Christina, Christina Blues Big Joe Williams - Vitamin A Blues Lonnie Johnson - Don't Cry Baby Roosevelt Sykes - The Way I Feel Sleepy John Estes - City Hall Blues John Henry Barbee - Early In The Morning Sunnyland Slim - One Room Country Shack Sonny Boy & M. Slim - Copenhagen Woman Otis Spann - Boots And Shoes Storyville SLP 188 (Dk 196?) = Teldec/Storyville 671188 (Germany 196?) notes by Paul Oliver = Storyville SLP 4023 (1981) Storyville Records discography
35	1972	A Festival Of Blues Recorded in Europe Champion Jack Dupree - Sporting Life Blues - Number Nine John Henry Barbee - Worried Life Blues (alt tk) - That's Alright (alt tk) Memphis Slim - Blues Confession - St. Louis Blues - Lonesome Blues Sippie Wallace - You Don't Know My Mind - Suitcase Blue Speckled Red - It Feels So Good [Folkways FG 3555] Roosevelt Sykes - No Money Down - Baby Child Storyville SLP 214 Storyville Records discography
35a	1972	Blues Piano Orgy Speckled Red - Blues Hurt My Tongue To Talk (4:12) // @ youtube Curtis Jones - Tin Pan Alley Blues (3:06) § @ youtube Sunnyland Slim - My Baby's Coming With A Marriage License (3:13) ## @ youtube - Every Time I Get To Drinkin' (3:09) ## Little Brother Montgomery - Stendahl Stomp (2:49) \|\| @ youtube - Tremblin' Blues (3:05) \|\| Little Brother Montgomery - No Special Rider (2:38) \|\| - Bass Key Boogie (2:57) \|\| @ youtube Roosevelt Sykes - Dresser Drawers (2:43) ## - Concentration Blues (2:56) ## @ youtube - Kickin' Motor Scooter (2:51) # @ youtube Otis Spann - Three-In-One Blues (2:25) [] @ youtube Delmark CD DE-626 bonus tracks: Roosevelt Sykes - (New Year's) Resolution Blues (2:28) ### [Delmark DD 773] @ youtube Sunnyland Slim - Poor Boy (4:04) - Depression Blues (3:03) ## Memphis Slim - Five O'Clock Blues (2:51) - Nat Dee Special (2:47) Curtis Jones** - Lonesome Bedroom Blues § (5:10) [Delmark DL 605] @ youtube - Takin' Off (2:55) §§ @ youtube // rec. 1956/57 in St. Louis, MO; Speckled Red, voc, p # rec. May 17, 1963 in Chicago, IL; Roosevelt Sykes, voc, p resp. Sunnyland Slim, voc, p; ## Homesick James, g/b ### rec. May 17, 1963 in Chicago, IL; St. Louis Jimmy Oden, voc; Roosevelt Sykes, p \|\| all 4 of Little Brother Montgomery's 1947 sides originally meant to be issued on Disc Records § rec. January 12, 1962 / §§ January 27, 1962 in Chicago, IL; Curtis Jones, voc, p [] rec. December 30, 1969 in Chicago, IL; Otis Spann, p; Fred Below, dr front cover photo by Ray Flerlage notes by Bob Koester "Delmark Records, 4243 North Lincoln, Chicago, Illinois 60618" Delmark 626 (US 1972) = Trio PA-3046 (Jp 1974) = Trio PA-6211 (Jp 1978) notes by Bob Koester "Delmark Records, 4121 North Rockwell, Chicago, Illinois 60618" (=) Delmark CD DE-626 (US 1996) Delmark Records discography Trio Records discography Roosevelt Sykes discography Little Brother Montgomery discography Curtis Jones discography Otis Spann discography Homesick James discography
36	1974	The Best Of The Blues Big Bill Broonzy - Diggin' My Potatoes Spreckled[sic] Red - Uncle Sam's Blues [Folkways FG 3555] Memphis Slim - Bertha May Champion Jack Dupree - Christina, Christina Blues Big Joe Williams - Vitamin A Blues Lonnie Johnson - Don't Cry Baby Roosevelt Sykes - The Way I Feel Sleepy John Estes - City Hall Blues John Henry Barbee - Early In The Morning Sunnyland Slim - One Room Country Shack Sonny Boy Williamson & Memphis Slim - Copenhagen Woman Otis Spann - Boots And Shoes Champion Jack Dupree & Mogens Seidelin - Sporting Life Blues Memphis Slim - Blues Confession John Henry Barbee - That's Alright Sippie Wallace & Little Brother Montgomery - Suitcase Blues Roosevelt Sykes - No Money Down Memphis Slim - St. Louis Blues John Henry Barbee - Worried Life Blues Memphis Slim - Lonesome Blues Champion Jack Dupree - Number Nine Sippie Wallace & Roosevelt Sykes - You Don't Know My Mind Speckled Red - It Feels So Good [Folkways FG 3555] Roosevelt Sykes - Baby Child DLP Storyville SLPD5 = Storyville DALP 2/1946 Storyville Records discography
37	1974	Il Blues Urbano - Urban Blues Jesse James - Lonesome Day Blues Blind Blake - Doing A Stretch Speckled Red - The Dirty Dozens Kokomo Arnold - Bad Luck Blues Little Brother Montgomery - No Special Rider Blues Memphis Minnie & Joe McCoy - She Put Me Outdoors Red Nelson - Crying Mother Blues Lonnie Johnson - New Falling Rain Blues Georgia Tom - Don't Leave Me Here Jimmy Yancey - Yancey Stomp Big Bill Broonzy - Night Time Is The Right Time Lucille Bogan - Pot Hound Blues Leroy Carr - Blues Before Sunrise Peetie Wheatstraw - Road Tramp Blues Sonny Boy Williamson - Bluebird Blues n. 2 Roosevelt Sykes - You Can't Fix It Back Albatros VPA 8189 Albatros VC 0777 (cass) notes / sound clips (=) Albatros ALB 8 3LP = VPA 8187/88/89 "Il Blues Rurale / Jazzistico / Urbano" Albatros discography
37a	1974	Boogie Woogie Pianos Pinetop Smith - Pinetop's Boogie Woogie - Pinetop's Blues - I'm Sober Now - Jump Steady Blues Speckled Red - The Dirty Dozen No. 1 - Wilkins Street Stomp - The Dirty Dozen No. 2 Romeo Nelson - Head Rag Hop Meade Lux Lewis - Honky Tonk Train Blues - Mr.Freddie Blues - Celeste Blues - Yancey Special Montana Taylor - Detroit Rocks - Indiana Avenue Stomp Cow Cow Davenport - Cow Cow Blues - State Street Jive notes by Shouichi Yoi MCA-3083 (Jp 1974) = MCA VIM 4638 (Jp 1981) Pinetop Smith discography Romeo Nelson discography Montana Taylor discography
37b	1975	Piano In Style 2 "Black Fingers" 1928-1938 Charles "Cow Cow" Davenport - Cow Cow Blues - State Street Jive Montana Taylor - Indiana Avenue Stomp - Detroit Rocks Romeo Nelson - Head Rag Hop Speckled Red - The Dirty Dozen (No.1) - Wilkins Street Stomp - The Dirty Dozen (No.2) Alex Hill - Stompin' Em Down - Tack Head Blues Robert "Bob" Call - Thirty-One Blues Honey Hill - Boogie Woogie Mary-Lou Williams - Night Life (instr) - Drag 'Em - Isabelle - Clean Pickin' notes by Pierre-François Cangardel MCA 510.122 (Fr 1975) (Jazz Heritage series)
37b	197?	Barrelhouse Piano Cow Cow Davenport - Cow Cow Blues - State Street Jive - Alabama Strut - Back In The Alley - Mootch Piddle Henry Brown - Stomp 'Em Down To The Bricks Speckled Red - The Dirty Dozen - Wilkins Street Stomp Speckled Red - Dirty Dozen No. 2 Montana Taylor - Whoop And Holler Stomp - Hayride Stomp - Indiana Avenue Stomp - Detroit Rocks Romeo Nelson - Head Rag Hop - Gettin' Dirty Just Shakin' That Thing - The Midnight Special Jazz Piano JP-5007
38	197?	Delmark Blues Masterpiece - All Of Your Love - Magic Sam - Indiana Woman Blues - Big Joe Williams - If You Change Your Mind - J.B. Hutto - Little Angel Child - Jimmy Dawkins - All Days Are Good Days - Roosevelt Sykes - Sad Dreams - Carey Bell - Steady Rollin' Man - Robert Jr. Lockwood - Diving Duck Blues - Sleepy John Estes - All Pretty Wimmins - Jo Jo Williams - Coal Black Mare - Arthur Crudup - You Done Lost Your Good Thing Now - Luther Allison - Wilkins Street Stomp - Speckled Red - Early In The Morning - Junior Wells "Special Album" (promotion LP) Delmark/Trio TD6 (Jp)
38a	1978	Postscripts, 1927-33 The Piano Blues Vol. 5 Little Brother Montgomery - Frisco Hi-Ball Turner Parrish - Trenches Roosevelt Sykes - 44 Blues Mozelle Alderson - Tight Whoopee Sammy Brown - Jockey Blues Speckled Red - Wilkins Street Stomp Jame Robinson - Humming Blues Rufus & Ben Quillian - Holy Roll Cow Cow Davenport - Atlanta Rag Pinetop & Lindberg - 4-11-44 Lonnie Clark - Down In Tennessee Skip James - If You Haven't Any Hay Charlie Spand - Soon This Morning No. 2 Herve Duerson - Avenue Strut Stump Johnson - Bound To Be A Monkey Kingfish Bill Tomlin - Hot Box foreword by Francis Smith notes by Bob Hall and Richard Noblett Magpie PY 4405 Magpie Records discography
39	1979	Blues Roots: Give Me The Blues The Living Tradition LP 1: Smoky Babe - Boogy Avery Brady - I Don't Want You No More Doug Quattlebaum - Good Woman Blues Huddie Ledbetter - Frankie And Albert, parts 1 + 2 [Jimmy Brewer - Big Road Blues Even though shown on the cover as well as on the label track listing and even though there's a picture and a short bio of Jim Brewer in the liner notes, this Jim Brewer track is actually / erroneously? not included; instead there's the following Arthur Weston track !!!] Arthur Weston - Someday Baby Big Joe Williams - Long Road Blues Big Bill Broonzy - You Better Mind Clarence Edwards - Mean Old Frisco Bert Logan, Russ Logan, Big Joe Williams - Four O'Clock In The Morning Big ~~Joe~~ John Henry Miller, Jimmy Lee Miller - Down Here By Myself Arthur 'Big Boy' Spires - 21 Below Zero Johnny Young - Green Door Blues Arthur Weston - Roll Me Over Slow LP 2: Champion Jack Dupree - Back Door Special Roosevelt Sykes - Southern Style Piano Henry Brown - Low Down Drag Memphis Slim - Funky Blues Jimmy Yancey - Yancey Special Sunnyland Slim - Sunnyland's Boogie Speckled Red - Cow Cow Blues Otis Spann - The Skies Are Blue Memphis Slim - A Letter Home Otis Spann - Boots And Shoes Memphis Slim - Rebecca Blues Willie Mabon - I'm The Fixer Champion Jack Dupree - I Just Want To Be Free compiled by Manfred Miller front cover lino-cut by Hartmut Heumann accompanying flyer DLP notes by Manfred Miller (English translation by Christa M. Gowing) Storyville 6.28470 (Germany 1979) to read liner notes click on pictures of covers: G = German / E = English text has been black/white reversed to improve readability = PGP RTB 2LP 3220044 (Yugoslavia 1981) Storyville Records discography
40	1984	Barrelhouse Years 1928-1933 'some piano player, I'll tell you that' (The Piano Blues Vol. 20) Pine Top Smith - Pine Top's Boogie Woogie (-B) - Pine Top Blues (-B) Pinetop & Lindberg - Down On The Levee - Louisiana Bound - East Chicago Blues Speckled Red - The Right String - The Dirty Dozen - no. 2 'Boodle It' Wiggins - Evil Woman Blues Turner Parrish - Fives Lonnie Clark - Broke Down Engine Davenport - Slum Gullion Stomp 'Montana' Taylor - Indiana Avenue Stomp 'Jabo' Williams - Fat Mama Blues Henry Brown - Blind Boy Blues Bert M. Mays - You Can't Come In Davenport & Smith - Alabama Strut mastered by John R. T. Davies foreword by Francis Smith notes by Bob Hall Magpie PY 4420 (UK 1984) Magpie Records discography
40a	1984	The Pioneers of Boogie Woogie Original Masterpieces Vol. 1 Pine Top Smith - Pinetop's Blues Pine Top Smith - Pinetop's Boogie Woogie Pine Top Smith - Jump Steady Blues Cow Cow Davenport - Cow Cow Blues Speckled Red - The Dirty Dozen No. 2 Henry Brown - Deep Morgan Cripple Clarence Lofton - In The Morning Speckled Red - Jim Jackson's Jamboree Jimmy Yancey - Yancey Special Jimmy Yancey - White Sox Stomp Jimmy Yancey - The Fives Jimmy Yancey - South Side Stuff Romeo Nelson - Head Rag Hop Montana Taylor - Indiana Avenue Stomp Charles Avery - Dearborn Street Breakdown Joker SM 4081 (It 1984) 6 LP set (=) Joker SM 9416 (It) (boxed set of Joker SM 4081 to SM 4086)
41	1984	Speckled Red (1929-38) Complete Recordings in Chronological Order - House Dance Blues - The Dirty Dozen - Wilkins Street Stomp - The Dirty Dozen - No. 2 - We Got To Get That Fixed [sic, actually "We Got To Get That Thing Fixed"] - Speckled Red's Blues - The Right String-But The Wrong Yo Yo - Lonesome Mind Blues - Welfare Blues - Down On The Levee - Do The Georgia - Early In The Morning - Take It Easy - Try Me One More Time - Louise Baltimore Blues - What Makes You Treat Me Mean? - St. Louis Stomp - You Got To Fix It notes by Paul Oliver Wolf WSE 113 (Austria 1984) Wolf (WSE) Records discography
41a	1993	Delmark 40th Anniversary Blues Junior Wells - Snatch It Back And Hold It Big Joe Williams - Baby Please Don't Go Jimmie Lee Robinson - Lonely Traveller Big Time Sarah - I Make Love Dave Specter, Barkin' Bill Smith - Things I'd Do For You Robert Lockwood Jr. - Rambling On My Mind Sleepy John Estes - I'd Been Well Warned Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup - That's All Right Otis Rush - You're Breakin' My Heart (alt tk) J.B. Hutto - Slidewinder Roosevelt Sykes - Eagle Rock Me Baby Jimmy Johnson - Easy Money Curtis Jones - Highway 51 Blues Edith Wilson - Mistreatin' Blues Speckled Red - The Dirty Dozen Yank Rachell - Let Me Tangle In Your Vines Jesse Fortune - Fortune Tellin' Man Willie Kent - Memory Of You Magic Sam - I Need You So Bad Delmark DX-2 (US 1993) Delmark Records discography
42	1993	Speckled Red Complete Recorded Works 1929-1938 - House Dance Blues - The Dirty Dozen - Wilkins Street Stomp - The Dirty Dozen No. 2 (tk 2) - We Got To Get That Fixed [sic, actually "We Got To Get That Thing Fixed"] - Speckled Red's Blues - The Right String - But The Wrong Yo Yo - Lonesome Mind Blues - Welfare Blues - Down On The Levee - Do The Georgia - Early In The Morning - Take It Easy - Try Me One More Time - Louise Baltimore Blues - What Makes You Treat Me Mean? - St. Louis Stomp - You Got To Fix It - They're Mean To Me - (voc) - So Unkind - (voc) - Dad's Piece - Oh Red - Early In The Morning notes by Keith Briggs Document DOCD-5205 (Austria 1993)
42a	1996	The Roots Of Rap Classic Recordings from the 1920s and 30s Blind Willie Johnson - If I Had My Way I'd Tear This Building Down Luke Jordan - Cocaine Blues Allen Brothers - Bow Wow Blues Frankie 'Half-Pint' Jaxon - Jive Man Blues Henry Thomas - Jonah In The Wilderness Willie Walker - South Carolina Rag Memphis Jug Band - Whitewash Station Red Henderson - Automobile Ride Through Alabama Speckled Red - The Dirty Dozen No. 2 Butterbeans & Susie - 'Tain't None O' Your Business Beale Street Sheiks - It's A Good Thing Jimmie Davis - She's A Hum Dum Dinger Leroy Carr - Papa's On The House Top Rev. Edward W. Clayborn - Let That Liar Alone Frank Hutchinson - Back In My Home Town T.C.I. Section Crew - Track Linin Blind Willie McTell - Atlanta Strut Lonnie Glosson - Arkansas Hard Luck Blues Kansas City Kitty & Georgia Tom - How Can You Have The Blues? Seven Foot Dilly & His Dill Pickles - Pickin' Off Peanuts Pine Top Smith - Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out Dixieland Jug Blowers - When I Stopped Running I Was At Home Memphis Minnie - Frankie Jean prod. by Don Kent & Richard Nevins; remastered (directly from original 78s) by Richard Nevins notes by Don Kent Yazoo CD 2018 (US 1996)
43	2000	Biddle Street Barrelhousin' - Oh, Red! - Speckled Red - Dad's Piece - Speckled Red - Goin' Down Slow - Speckled Red - 21st Street Stomp - Henry Brown - Levee Blues - James Crutchfield - Blow North Wind - James Crutchfield - How Long Blues - James Crutchfield - Milk Cow Blues - Speckled Red - Black Gal - Speckled Red - Black Gal - James Crutchfield - Ora-Nelle Blues - James Crutchfield - Pearly Mae Blues - James Crutchfield - Snitcher's Blues - James 'Stump' Johnson - Blues For Lindy - James 'Stump' Johnson - St. Louis Blues - Lawrence Henry - Memphis Blues - Lawrence Henry - Goin' Down To Becky Thatcher - Henry Brown - All On Account Of You - Speckled Red - Wilkins Street Stomp - Speckled Red compiled by Paul Affeldt notes by Bob Koester Delmark DE-739 (Euphonic series)
44	2003	Masters Of The Boogie Piano - Wilkins Street Stomp - Speckled Red - Bear Cat Crawl - Meade "Lux" Lewis - A Boogie Woogie - Sir Charles Thompson - North Gulfport Boogie - Roosevelt Sykes - 66 Stomp - Pete Johnson / Dave Dexter, Jr. - Clo Clo Boogie - Ken Saydak - Hersal Blues - Albert Ammons - Bye Bye Baby - Jule Styne - Bass Key Boogie - Little Brother Montgomery - Memories of Albert Ammons - Steve Behr - Curtis Jones' Boogie Woogie - Curtis Jones - Boogie Woogie Prayer - Albert Ammons / Pete Johnson / Meade "Lux" Lewis Delmark DX 908
45	2007	The Original Sonny Boy Williamson Volume 1 disc 1: - Good Morning, Little School Girl - Blue Bird Blues - Jackson Blues - Got the Bottle Up And Gone - Sugar Mama Blues - Skinny Woman - Tough Luck - (with Robert Lee McCoy) - Prowling Night-Hawk - (with Robert Lee McCoy) - Sweet Pepper Mama - (with Robert Lee McCoy) - I Know You Gonna Miss Me - (with Big Joe Williams) - Rootin' Ground Hog - (with Big Joe Williams) - Brother James - (with Big Joe Williams) - I Won't Be In Hard Luck No More - (with Big Joe Williams) - Up the Country Blues - Worried Me Blues - Black Gal Blues - Collector Man Blues - Frigidaire Blues - Suzanna Blues - Early In the Morning - Project Highway - My Friend Has Forsaken Me - (with Robert Lee McCoy) - Mean Black Cat - (with Robert Lee McCoy) - Brickyard - (with Robert Lee McCoy) - Mamie Lee - (with Robert Lee McCoy) - Take It Easy Baby - (with Robert Lee McCoy) disc 2: - I Have Spent My Bonus - Robert Lee McCoy - CNA - Robert Lee McCoy - Lose Your Man - Henry Townsend - All I've Got's Gone - Henry Townsend - A Ramblin' Mind - Henry Townsend - Now I Stay Away - Henry Townsend - My Little Cornelius - Decoration Blues - You Can Lead Me - Moonshine - Miss Louisa Blues - Sunny Land - I'm Tired Trucking My Blues Away - Down South - Beauty Parlor - Until My Love Come Down - Katy Fly - Elijah Jones - Big Boat - Elijah Jones - Only Boy Child - Elijah Jones - Lonesome Man - Elijah Jones - Mean Actin' Mama - Elijah Jones - Stuff Stomp - Elijah Jones - J.L. Dairy Blues - Yank Rachell - Rachel Blues - Yank Rachell - Lake Michigan Blues - Yank Rachell disc 3: - I'm Wild And Crazy As Can Be - Yank Rachell - Honey Bee Blues - My Baby I've Been Your Slave - Whiskey Headed Blues - Lord, Oh Lord Blues - You Give An Account - Shannon Street Blues - You've Been Foolin' Round Town - Deep Down In The Ground - When You Feel Down And Out - Yank Rachell - Texas Tommy - Yank Rachell - It's All Over - Yank Rachell - My Mind Got Bad - Yank Rachell - Get Your Head Trimmed Down - 'Jackson' Joe Williams - Peach Orchard Mama - 'Jackson' Joe Williams - Haven't Seen No Whiskey - 'Jackson' Joe Williams - Goin' Up The Mountain - 'Jackson' Joe Williams - You Got To Fix It - Speckled Red - Number Five Blues - Christmas Morning Blues - Susie-Q - Blue Bird Blues - Part 2 - Little Girl Blues - Low Down Ways disc 4: - Goodbye Red - Right Kind Of Life, The - Insurance Man Blues - Rainy Day Blues - Next Door Neighbor - (with Rambling Bob (McCoy)) - Big Apple Blues - (with Rambling Bob (McCoy)) - Freight Train Blues - (with Rambling Bob (McCoy)) - Good Gamblin' - (with Rambling Bob (McCoy)) - Bad Luck Blues - My Little Baby - Doggin' My Love Around - Little Low Woman Blues - Good For Nothing Blues - Sugar Mama Blues No. 2 - Good Gravy - T.B. Blues - Something Goin' On Wrong - Good Gal Blues - Joe Louis And John Henry Blues - Thinking My Blues Away - I'm Not Pleasing You - New Jail House Blues - Life Time Blues - Miss Ida Lee - Tell Me, Baby 4 CD set JSP JSPCD 7797
46	2009	Speckled Red & Barrelhouse Buck McFarland Speckled Red - House Dance Blues - The Dirty Dozen - Wilkins Street Stomp - The Dirty Dozen - No. 2 - We Got To Get That Fixed - Speckled Red's Blues - The Right String - But The Wrong Yo Yo - Lonesome Mind Blues - Welfare Blues - Down On The Levee - Do The Georgia - Early In The Morning - Take It Easy - Try Me One More Time - Louise Baltimore Blues - What Makes You Treat Me Mean? - St. Louis Stomp - You Got To Fix It Barrelhouse Buck McFarland - St. Louis Fire Blues - I Got To Go Blues - Lamp Post Blues - Mercy Mercy Blues - Weeping Willow Blues Wolf CD WSE 116
47	11/2013	Peabody Blues Furry Lewis - John Henry (The Steel Driving Man) - Part 1 - John Henry (The Steel Driving Man) - Part 2 - Black Gypsy Blues - Creeper's Blues Walter Vinson - You're Friend Gonna Use It Too - Part 1 - You're Friend Gonna Use It Too - Part 2 - Overtime Blues Charlie McCoy - It Ain't No Good - Part 1 - It Ain't No Good - Part 2 Speckled Red - House Dance Blues - The Dirty Dozen - Wilkins Street Stomp Jenny Pope - Whiskey Drinking Blues - Doggin' Me Around Blues Robert Wilkins - That's No Way To Get Along - Alabama Blues - Long Train Blues - Falling Down Blues Garfield Akers - Cottonfield Blues - Part 1 - Cottonfield Blues - Part 2 Jed Davenport - How Long How Long Blues - Cow Cow Blues Joe Williams - I Want It Awful Bad - Mr. Devil Blues Kid Bailey - Mississippi Bottom Blues - Rowdy Blues Nehi NEH01 (UK)
Additional information appreciated !!!

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Jean-Claude Arnaudon: Dictionnaire du Blues.- Paris, France (Filipacci) 1977, p. 234-235
- Karel Bogaert: Blues Lexicon.- Antwerpen (Standaard) 1972, p. 349-350
- Robert M.W. Dixon, John Godrich & Howard W. Rye: Blues & Gospel Records 1890 - 1943, 4th ed. 1997, pp. 365, 850-851, 1045
- Bob Eagle & Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues - A Regional Experience.- Santa Barbara (Praeger Publishers) 2013, p. 269
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970 (2nd edition).- Vancouver 2012, p. 580-581
- Robert Ford: A Blues Bibliography, 2nd Edition (Routledge Music Bibliographies) 2007, p. 916-917
- Sheldon Harris: Blues Who's Who - A Bibliographical Dictionary of Blues Singers.- New York (Da Capo Press) 1987, p. 413-414
- Michael Hortig: The Dirty Dozen - The Life and Music of Speckled Red.- Blues & Rhythm 241 (August 2009), pp. 4-6
- Valerie Wilmer: Speckled Red.- Tropic #6 (September 1960), pp.43-44
- Michael Hortig: The Dirty Dozen. The life and music of Speckled Red.- Blues & Rhythm 241 (August 2009), pp. 4-6
- Discography Of The Delmar(k) Label
- John Tefteller and Blues Images Collection - used with permission
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources
thanks to Paul Vernon, Patrice Champarou, Helge Thygesen, Wilson Fabian Ruales Villalva, Dennis Fennelly and Max Hoeffner for additional info / scans

Charlie O'Brian (St. Louis policeman & blues researcher), Bobby & Sue Koester and Speckled Red at St. Louis Street fair, early 1970s
source: Block 77 (jan/feb/mrt 1991), p. 35; photographer: Greg Roberts (a/k/a Bob Koester)