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Ramblin' Thomas
Willard Thomas
b. 1901 in Logansport, Louisiana
d. 1944 in Memphis, Tennessee

discography
R A M B L I N'   T H O M A S; source: 1992 repro of original Paramount ad in Chicago Defender, March 31, 1928; click to enlarge!
Paramount ad in Chicago Defender, March 31, 1928
source: 1992 repro of original Paramount ad


#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
11928Ramblin' Thomas

- No Job Blues (20343-2)   @ youtube
- Back Gnawing Blues (20344-2)   @ youtube   @ Spotify

rec. c. February 1928 in Chicago, IL; Ramblin' Thomas, voc, g


Paramount 12609 (US 1928)

21928Ramblin' Thomas

- Sawmill Moan (20337-2)   @ youtube
- Ramblin' Mind Blues (20339-2)   @ youtube

rec. c. February 1928 in Chicago, IL; Ramblin' Thomas, voc, g


Paramount 12616

31928Ramblin' Thomas

- So Lonesome (20334-2)
- Lock And Key Blues (20336-3)

rec. c. February 1928 in Chicago, IL; Ramblin' Thomas, voc, g


Paramount 12637

41928Ramblin' Thomas

- Hard To Rule Woman Blues (20335-3)
- No Baby Blues (20338-1)

rec. c. February 1928 in Chicago, IL; Ramblin' Thomas, voc, g


Paramount 12670

= Broadway 5087

51928Ramblin' Thomas

- Jig Head Blues (21017-4)
- Hard Dallas Blues (21018-2)



originally unissued track from same session:
- Hard Dallas Blues (21018-4) [Document DOCD 5601]

rec. c. November 1928 in Chicago, IL; Ramblin' Thomas, voc, g


Paramount 12708


= Tempo R 51 (UK 195?) [jazz subsidiary of British Decca]

61928Moanin' Bernice Edwards

- Two-Way Mind Blues (21023-2)
- Jack Of All Trades (21024-1)

rec. c. November 1928 in Chicago, IL; Moanin' Bernice Edwards, voc, p; poss. Ramblin' Thomas, g


Paramount 12713

71928Ramblin' Thomas

- Poor Boy Blues (21020-4)
- Ramblin' Man (21019-4)

rec. c. November 1928 in Chicago, IL; Ramblin' Thomas, voc, g


Paramount 12722

81928Ramblin' Thomas

- Good Time Blues (21027-1)
- New Way Of Living Blues (21028-2)

rec. c. November 1928 in Chicago, IL; Ramblin' Thomas, voc, g


Paramount 12752

91932Ramblin' Thomas

- Ground Hog Blues (70666-1)
- Shake It Gal (70667-1)

rec. February 9, 1932 in Dallas, TX; Ramblin' Thomas, voc, g


Victor 23332

101932Ramblin' Thomas

- Ground Hog Blues No. 2 (70668-1)   @ youtube
- Little Old Mama Blues (70669-1)   @ youtube

rec. February 9, 1932 in Dallas, TX; Ramblin' Thomas, voc, g


Victor 23365


EP / LP / CD compilations
111952Anthology Of American Folk Music
Volume Three: Songs


LP 1:
- The Coo Coo Bird - Clarence Ashley
- East Virginia - Buell Kazee
- Minglewood Blues - Cannon's Jug Stompers
- I Woke Up One Morning In May - Didier Hebert
- James Alley Blues - Richard "Rabbit" Brown
- Sugar Baby - Dock Boggs
- I Wish I Was a Mole In the Ground - Bascom Lamar Lunsford

- Mountaineer's Courtship - Ernest and Hattie Stoneman
- The Spanish Merchant's Daughter - The Stoneman Family
- Bob Lee Junior Blues - The Memphis Jug Band
- Single Girl, Married Girl - The Carter Family
- Le Vieux Soulard Et Sa Femme - Clemo Breaux and Joseph Falcon
- Rabbit Foot Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Expressman Blues - Sleepy John Estes and Yank Rachell



LP 2:
- Poor Boy Blues - Ramblin' Thomas
- Feather Bed - Cannon's Jug Stompers
- Country Blues - Dock Boggs
- 99 Year Blues - Julius Daniels
- Prison Cell Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- See That My Grave Is Kept Clean - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- C'est Si Triste Sans Lui - Cleoma and Orphy Breaux w/ Joe Falcon

- Way Down The Old Plank Road - Uncle Dave Macon
- Buddy Won't You Roll Down The Line - Uncle Dave Macon
- Spike Driver Blues - Mississippi John Hurt [OKeh 8692]
- K.C. Moan - The Memphis Jug Band
- Train On The Island - J.P. Nestor
- The Lone Star Trail - Ken Manyard
- Fishing Blues - Henry Thomas


edited by Harry Smith

2 LP set

Folkways FP-253 (US 1952)

2 LP set

= Folkways FA 2953 (US 19??)


1997 re-released as 6 CD box set by Smithsonian Folkways

2 LP set

= Doxy DOY627 (It 2009)

121959Blind Blake & Ramblin' Thomas
The Male Blues Vol. 3

Blind Blake
- Come On Boys Let's Do That Messin' Around
- Skeedle Loo Doo Blues


Rambling Thomas [sic]
- So Lonesome
- Lock And Key Blues

7 inch EP
notes by Frank Owen

Jazz Collector JEL 4 (UK)

131962



The Country Blues - Texas

Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Blind Lemon's Cannonball Moan
- One Dime Blues
- Got The Blues
- Hangman's Blues
- Gone Dead On You Blues
- Lockstep Blues
- Change My Luck Blues
- Long Lonesome Blues


Willard 'Ramblin' Thomas
- Good Time Blues
- Ramblin' Man
- Poor Boy Blues
- Jig Head Blues
- New Way Of Livin'
- Hard Dallas Blues
- So Lonesome Blues
- Lock And Key Blues

Blind Lemon Jefferson discography


Heritage HLP 1007

Heritage Records discography


= Collectors Classics CC 5
(Denmark) "Blind Lemon Jefferson / Willard 'Ramblin' Thomas"

Collectors Classics discography


= Early Jazz Classics EJC 1200

141968Ramblin' Thomas 1928
Chicago Blues

- No Job Blues
- Back Gnawing Blues
- Sawmill Moan
- Ramblin' Mind Blues
- Hard To Rule Woman Blues
- No Baby Blues

- Poor Boy Blues
- Ramblin' Man
- Jig Head Blues
- Hard Dallas Blues
- Good Time Blues
- New Way Of Living Blues

notes by Arnold S. Caplin

Biograph BLP 12004

Biograph Records discography

151968Texas Country Music Vol. 1   (1927-1936)

Henry Thomas
- Arkansas
Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Sunshine Special - tk 1
Bernice Edwards
- Hot Mattress Stomp
J.T. "Funny Paper" Smith
- Before Long
Texas Tommy
- Jail Break Blues

Ramblin' Thomas
- No Job Blues
- Back Gnawing Blues
Billiken Johnson & Neal Roberts
- Frisco Blues

Coley Jones
- Sweet Mama Blues
Dallas String Band
- Dallas Rag
Blind Willie Johnson
- When The War Was On
- Praise God I'm Satisfied
Texas Alexander
- Section Gand Blues
- No More Woman Blues
- Sittin' On A Log
Jesse James
- Sweet Patuni


compiled and produced by Evelyn Parth; cover photo: Mike Leadbitter


Roots RL-312 (Austria 1968)


= Roots RL-312 (Austria 19??)


= Autogram RL-312 (Germany 2010) "Texas Country Music Vol. 1 - Blues series"

Roots Records discography

161971?Bottleneck Blues Guitar Classics 1926-37

King Solomon Hill
- Whoopie Blues
Barbecue Bob
- Atlanta Moan
Shreveport Home Wreckers
- Fence Breakin' Blues
Robert Johnson
- Milkcow's Calf Blues Take 2
Black Ace
- Black Ace
Ruth Willis
- Man Of My Own
Jim & Bob
- St. Louis Blues

Bo Weavil Jackson
- You Can't Keep No Brown
Weaver & Beasley
- Bottleneck Blues

Ramblin' Thomas
- So Lonesome
Kansas Joe & Memphis Minnie
- My Wash Woman's Gone
Oscar Woods
- Evil Hearted Woman Blues
Bukka White
- The Panama Limited
Irene Scruggs
- My Back To The Wall

notes by Stephen Calt, Nick Perls, Mike Stewart

Yazoo L-1026


Yazoo CD 1026 [1991?]

Yazoo Records discography

171971Texas & Louisiana Country  (1927-1932)

Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Struck Sorrow Blues
- Empty House Blues
- Saturday Night Spender Blues
- Bed Springs Blues
Willie Reed
- Leavin' Home
Texas Bill Day & Billiken Johnson
- Billiken's Weary Blues
Gene Campbell
- Wandering Blues
- Robbin' And Stealin' Blues

Billiken Johnson & Fred Adams
- Sun Beam Blues
- Interurban Blues
Coley Jones
- Drunkard's Special

Willard 'Ramblin'' Thomas
- Hard To Rule Woman Blues
- Sawmill Moan
- No Baby Blues
- Ramblin' Mind Blues
King Solomon Hill
- Whoopee Blues


Roots RL 335 (UK 1971)


Roots/Saydisc RL 335 (UK 1971)

Roots Records discography

181972Blues From The Western States 1927-1949

King Solomon Hill
- Down On My Bended Knee
Will Day
- Sunrise Blues

Ramblin' Thomas
- Lock And Key Blues
Jesse Baby Face Thomas
- No Good Woman Blues
Willie Lane
- Howling Wolf Blues
Rabbit Brown
- James Alley Blues
Little Hat Jones
- Cherry Street Blues

Otis Harris
- You'll Like My Loving
Oscar Woods
- Don't Sell It, Don't Give It Away
Little Hat Jones
- Little Hat Blues
Jesse Baby Face Thomas
- Blue Goose Blues
Willie Lane
- Black Cat Rag
Texas Alexander
- Double Crossing Blues
Little Hat Jones
- Cross The Water Blues


notes by Stephen Calt, Nick Perls, Michael Stewart

Yazoo L-1032

Yazoo Records discography

191975The Voice Of The Blues
Bottleneck Guitar Masterpieces

Barbecue Bob
- Goin' Up The Country
The Georgia Browns
- Decatur Street 81

Ramblin' Thomas
- Ground Hog Blues
Tampa Kid
- Keep On Trying
The Hokum Boys
- Selling That Stuff
The Too Bad Boys
- Corrine Corrine Blues
Sister O. M. Terrell
- I Want You To Lead Me On
Sam Butler
- Jefferson County Blues
Oscar "Buddy" Woods
- Come On Over To My House Baby
Roy Smeck
- Laughing Rag
Irene Scruggs
- The Voice Of The Blues
Jimmie Davis
- She's A Hum Dum Dinger From Dingersville
Blind Willie Davis
- When The Saints Go Marching In
Georgia Cotton Pickers
- She's Coming Back Some Cold Rainy

notes by Stephen Calt

Yazoo 1046


Yazoo CD 1046 [1992]

Yazoo Records discography

201977The Thomas Family 1925-1929
'give it to me good, Mr. Hersal' (The Piano Blues Vol. 4)

Hociel Thomas
- Worried Down With The Blues
- Fish Tail Dance
Sippie Wallace
- Murder's Gonna Be My Crime
George Thams
- Fast Stuff Blues
- Don't Kill Him In Here
Moanin' Bernice Edwards
- High Powered Mama
- Born To Die
- South Bound Blues

Moanin' Bernice Edwards
- Long Tall Mama
- Mean Man Blues

Moanin' Bernice Edwards with Ramblin' Thomas
- Jack Of All Trades
Moanin' Bernice Edwards
- Moaning Blues
- Hard Hustling
- Low Down Dirty Shame
Hersal Thomas
- Suitcase Blues
- Hersal Blues

notes by Paul Oliver

Magpie PY 4404

Magpie Records discography

211983Ramblin' Thomas 1928-32
Complete Recordings In Chronological Order

- So Lonesome (20334-2)
- Hard To Rule Woman Blues (20335-3)
- Lock And Key Blues (20336-3)
- Sawmill Moan (20337-2)
- No Baby Blues (20338-1)
- Ramblin' Mind Blues (20339-2)
- No Job Blues (20343-2)
- Back Gnawing Blues (20344-2)

- Jig Head Blues (21017-4)
- Hard Dallas Blues (21018-2)
- Ramblin' Man (21019-4)
- Poor Boy Blues (21020-4)
- Good Time Blues (21027-1)
- New Way Of Living Blues (21028-2)
- Ground Hog Blues (70666-1)
- Shake It Gal (70667-1)

notes by Paul Oliver

Matchbox MSE 215 (UK)

Matchbox Records discography

221989Texas Blues   1927-1935

Lewis Black
- Rock Island Blues
- Gravel Camp Blues
- Corn Liquor Blues
- Spanish Blues
Gene Campbell
- Somebody's Been Playin' Papa
- Wash And Iron Woman Blues
- Main Papa's Blues
- Face To Face Blues
Bernice Edwards
- Sunshine Blues
- Lonesome Longing Blues

Bernice Edwards & Ramblin Thomas
- Two-Way Mind Blues
Charlie Kyle
- Kyle's Worried Blues
- Monkey-Man Blues
- Walking Blues
- No Baby
Willie Reed
- Some Low Down Groundhog Blues
- All Worn Out And Dry Blues
T-Bone Walker
- Trinity River Blues
- Wichita Falls Blues



Document DLP 558

Document Records discography

231992Ramblin' Thomas & The Dallas Blues Singers 1928 - 1932

Willard Ramblin' Thomas
- So Lonesome
- Hard To Rule Woman Blues
- Lock And Key Blues
- Sawmill Moan
- No Baby Blues
- Ramblin' Mind Blues
- No Job Blues
- Back Gnawing Blues
- Jig Head Blues
- Hard Dallas Blues
- Ramblin' Man
- Poor Boy Blues
- Good Time Blues
- New Way Of Living Blues
- Ground Hog Blues
- Shake It Gal
Jesse "Babyface" Thomas
- Down In Texas Blues
- My Heart Is A Rolling Stone
- Blue Goose Blues
- No Good Woman Blues
Troy Ferguson with Jesse Thomas
- Good Night
Sammy Hill
- Cryin' For You Blues
- Needin' My Woman Blues
Otis Harris
- Waking Blues
- You'll Like My Loving

notes by Bob Groom

Document DOCD 5107

241993Too Late Too Late Vol. 2   (1897-1935)

Cousins & De Moss
- Pour Mourner
Jim Jackson
- Jim Jackson's Affinity (negro Vaudeville Sketch)
Unknown
- Turkey In The Straw (negro Shout)
Male Quartette
- Way Down Yonder In The Cornfield
Blind Blake
- West Coast Blues (2669)
- Come On Boys Let's Do That Messin' Around (tk 1)
Booker Orchestra
- Salty Dog
Bantley & Williams
- Big Fat Mamma
Rev. Moses Mason
- John The Baptist
- Go Wash In The Beautiful Stream (tk 2)
Ma Rainey
- Traveling Blues (tk 2)
Charley Patton
- Lord I'm Discouraged
- I'm Goin' Home
Gene Campbell
- Toby Woman Blues
- Turned Out Blues
Lonnie Johnson
- Jelly Killed Old Sam
- The Faults Of All Women And Men
Kansas Joe
- I'm Going Crazy
- Dresser Drawer Blues

Ramblin' Thomas
- Ground Hog Blues No. 2 [Victor 23365]
- Little Old Mama Blues [Victor 23365]
Joshua White
- Broad Players Blues
- Big House Blues
Bo Carter
- Backache Blues (82610)
- Nobody Knows My Baby
Kokomo Arnold
- Policy Wheel Blues (90158)

notes by Guido van Rijn

Document DOCD 5216

251994Texas Piano Vol. 1   (1923 - 1935)

George W. Thomas (1923-1929)
split tracks:
- The Rocks (as Clay Custer) and Fast Stuff Blues
- Don't Kill Him In Here
Hersal Thomas (1925)
- Suitcase Blues
- I Can't Feel Frisky Without My Liquor (Hociel Thomas, voc)
- Worried Down With The Blues (12188) (Hociel Thomas, voc)
- I Must Have It (Hociel Thomas, voc)
- Hersal Blues
- Worried Down With The Blues (9167) (Hociel Thomas, voc)
- Fish Tail Dance (Hociel Thomas, voc)

Moanin' Bernice Edwards (1928-1935)
- Sunshine Blues
- Lonesome Longing Blues
- Mean Man Blues
- Long Tall Mama
- Moaning Blues
- Southbound Blues
- Hard Hustling Blues
- High Powered Mama Blues
- Low Down Dirty Shame Blues
- Born To Die Blues

- Two-Way Mind Blues
- Jack Of All Trades
- Bantam Rooster Blues
- Hot Mattress Stomp
- Ninth Street Stomp
- Butcher Shop Blues


notes by David Evans

Document DOCD 5224

261995Suitcase Full of Blues

- The Gone Dead Train - King Solomon Hill
- Frisco Whistle Blues - Ed Bell

- Ramblin' Man - Ramblin' Thomas
- Going Away Blues - Lottie Kimbrough
- Poor Boy, Long Ways from Home - Gus Cannon
- Florida Bound - Edward Thompson
- Pea Vine Blues - Charley Patton
- Rambler Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Up the Way Bound - Papa Charlie Jackson
- Frisco Leaving Birmingham - George "Bullet" Williams
- Slidin' Delta - Tommy Johnson
- Down the Country - Leola B. Wilson
- M and O Blues - Willie Brown
- Georgia Bound - Blind Blake
- Number Three Blues - Buddy Boy Hawkins
- Sunshine Special - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Illinois Blues - Skip James
- I Wonder to Myself - Tommy Johnson

- Poor Boy Blues - Ramblin' Thomas
- Mean Conductor Blues - Ed Bell
- Suitcase Full of Blues - Ishman Bracey


cover art
by Tony Mostrom

Black Swan HCD-23

271995Willard 'Ramblin' Thomas / Jesse 'Babyface' Thomas:
Dallas Blues Before 1950


Ramblin' Thomas
- Poor Boy Blues
- New Way Of Living Blues
- Sawmill Moan
- No Job Blues
- Jig Head Blues
- Shake It Gal
- Ramblin' Mind
- Lock & Key Blues
Jesse Thomas
- Down In Texas Blues [Victor V23381]
- Blue Goose Blues [Victor V38555]
- My Heart's A Rolling Stone [Victor V23381]
- Good Night
- Same Old Stuff [Miltone 232]
- Double Do Love You [Miltone 232]
- Guess I'll Walk Alone [Freedom 1513]
- Let's Have Some Fun [Freedom 1513]



Collectables COL-5572

281996Ramblin' Thomas & Oscar "Buddy" Woods:
Texas Knife Slide Guitar Blues


Ramblin' Thomas
- So Lonesome
- Hard To Rule Woman Blues
- Lock And Key Blues
- Sawmill Moan
- No Baby Blues
- Ramblin' Mind Blues
- No Job Blues
- Back Gnawing Blues
- Jig Head Blues
- Hard Dallas Blues
- Ramblin' Man
- Poor Boy Blues
- Good Time Blues
- New Way Of Living Blues
- Ground Hog Blues
- Shake It Gal
Oscar "Buddy" Woods
- Red Nightgown Blues
- Davis's Salty Dog
- Evil Hearted Woman Blues
- Lone Wolf Blues
- Don't Sell It - Don't Give It Away
- Baton Rouge Rag
- Jam Session Blues
- Low Life Blues
- Token Blues
- Come On Over To My House Baby



P-Vine PCD-5724 (Jp)

291998Too Late Too Late Vol. 10   (1926-1951)

Three Bad Habits (1920's)
- Three Bad Habit Blues
Blind Blake (1926)
- West Coast Blues (3056-2)
Jacksonville Harmony Trio (1927)
Why Did You Leave Me Alone?
- I Wonder
Hattie Burleson (1928)
Jim Nappy (take b)

Ramblin' Thomas (1928)
- Hard Dallas Blues (tk 4) (21018-4)
Blind Blake (1929)
- Diddie Wa Diddie (15459- -)
Charlie Spand (1930)
- Big Fat Mama Blues (take 2)
Bill Williams (1930)
- No Good Buddy (take 1)
Ivory Joe Hunter (1933)
- Stackolee
Camp Actonjive Cats (c. 1938)
- If You're A Viper
Stanford Mosby (c.1938)
- Hicky Ricky
Sonny Terry (1938)
- Lost John (2494-a)
Big Boy (1941)
- John Henry
Nashville Washboard Band (1942)
- Deary, Don't Be Angry
- Kohoma Blues
- I'll Be Glad When You're Dead, You Rascal You
- Going Away To Make It Lonesome Here
- Arkansas Traveler
Theopolis Stokes (1942)
Washboard Solos: - Breakdown Tempo - Blues Tempo - Swing Tempo
Thomas James Carroll (1942)
- Bullfiddle, Cord-Can-One-String Tuning And Interview
James Kelly - Tom Carroll (1942)
- Solo (Bye Bye Blues)
Big Joe Williams (1947)
- Baby, Please Don't Go (take -ng)
Ralph Willis (1951)
- Too Late To Scream And Shout
- Hoodoo Man



Document DOCD 5601

302000The Great Race Record Labels, Vol. 1: Paramount Records

- Blind Arthur's Breakdown - Blind Blake
- Future Blues - Willie Brown
- Dry Spell Blues, Pt. 1 - Son House
- Salty Dog Blues - Papa Charlie Jackson
- Drunken Spree - Skip James
- See That My Grave Is Kept Clean - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Little Low Mama Blues - Ma Rainey
- High Water Everywhere, Pt. 1 - Charley Patton
- Pratt City - Jabo Williams
- St. Louis Cyclone Blues - Elzadie Robinson
- Mecca Flat Blues - Priscilla Stewart
- Farrell Blues - Henry "Son" Sims
- Soon This Morning Blues - Charlie Spand

- Ramblin' Mind Blues - Ramblin' Thomas
- Down In The Basement Blues - Big Bill Broonzy
- Jake Liquor Blues - Ishman Bracey
- Poor Boy, Long Ways From Home - Gus Cannon
- Mr. Man, Pt. 1 - Ida Cox
- Lawdy Lawdy Worried Blues - Blind Teddy Darby
- Off The Wall - Louise Johnson
- Honey Bee Blues - Bumble Bee Slim
- West Coast Rag - William Ezell
- Ridin' Horse - Tommy Johnson
- Midnight Blues - Gary Moore



Catfish CD 160 (UK)

Catfish Records (UK) discography

312001Ramblin' Thomas: Hard Dallas

Ramblin' Thomas
- So Lonesome
- Hard To Rule Woman Blues
- Lock And Key Blues
- Sawmill Moan
- No Baby Blues
- Ramblin' Mind Blues
- No Job Blues
- Back Knawing Blues
- Jig Head Blues
- Hard Dallas Blues
- Hard Dallas Blues (take 4)
- Ramblin' Man
- Poor Boy Blues
- Good Times Blues
- New Way Of Living Blues
- Ground Hog Blues
- Shake It Gal
- Ground Hog Blues No. 2
- Little Old Mama Blues
Jesse Babyface Thomas
- Down In Texas Blues
- My Hearts Like A Rolling Stone
- Blue Goose Blues
- No Good Woman Blues


notes by Keith Briggs

Catfish 173 (UK)

Catfish Records (UK) discography

322003Classic Blues Artwork from the 1920s Volume 1
2004 Calendar with free CD

CD and Calendar contents:
- He's In The Jailhouse Now - Blind Blake
- No Job Blues - Ramblin' Thomas
- 22-20 Blues - Skip James
- Rising High Water Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Down The Dirt Road Blues - Charley Patton
- Death Cell Blues - Blind Willie McTell
- Rough Rugged Road - Bumble Bee Slim
- Dry Spell Blues - Son House
- Bad Feeling Blues - Blind Blake
- Beale Town Bound - The Beale Street Sheiks
- Black Snake Dream - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Dead Drunk Blues - Ma Rainey

Supplementary CD tracks:
- I Want Someone To Love Me - Tommy Johnson
- Cold Woman Blues - Blind Joe Reynolds
- Times Has Done Got Hard - King Solomon Hill


restored by Richard Nevins


Blues Images Calendar Vol. 1 (rel. 2003, for 2004)


Blues Images CD BIM-101 (US 2003) accompanying Blues Images Calendar Vol. 1 (for 2004)

Blues Images calendar discography

332004Texas Blues: Early Blues Masters From The Lone Star State

disc 1:
Henry Thomas
- John Henry
- Cottonfield Blues
- Arkansas
- The Fox And The Hounds
- The Little Red Caboose
- Bob McKinney
- Red River Blues
- Honey, Won't You Allow Me One More Chance
- Run, Mollie, Run
- Shanty Blues
- Woodhouse Blues
- Jonah In The Wilderness
- When The Train Comes Along
- Bull Doze Blues
- Don't Ease Me In
- Texas Easy Street
- Texas Worried Blues
- Fishing Blues
- Old Country Stomp
- Charmin' Betsy
- Lovin' Babe
- Railroadin' Some
- Don't Leave Me Here
Pete Harris
- Jack O'Diamonds
- Is You Mad At Me
- Blind Lemon's Song
- Carrie


disc 2:
Ramblin' Thomas
- So Lonesome
- Hard To Rule Woman Blues
- Lock And Key Blues
- Sawmill Moan
- No Baby Blues
- Ramblin' Mind Blues
- No Job Blues
- Back Gnawing Blues
- Jig Head Blues
- Hard Dallas Blues
- Hard Dallas Blues (take 4)
- Ramblin' Man
- Poor Boy Blues
- Good Time Blues
- New Way Of Living Blues
- Ground Hog Blues
- Shake It Gal
- Ground Hog Blues No. 2
- Little Old Mama Blues
Willie Reed
- Dreaming Blues
- Texas Blues
- Leavin' Home
- Goin' Back To My Baby
- Some Low Down Groundhog Blues
- All Worn Out And Dry Blue


disc 3:
Oscar Woods
Fence Breakin' Blues
Home Wreckin' Blues
Evil Hearted Woman Blues
Lone Wolf Blues
Don't Sell It - Don't Give It Away
Muscat Hill Blues
Don't Sell It (Don't Give it Away)
Baton Rouge Rag
Jam Session Blues
Low Life Blues
Token Blues
Come On Over To My House Baby
Look Here Baby, One Thing I Got To Say
Sometimes I Get To Thinkin' (take 1)
Don't Sell It
Sometimes I Get To Thinkin' (take 2)
Boll Weevil Blues
Smith Casey
Shorty George
Santa Fe Blues
Hesitating Blues
Two White Horses Standing In Line
Jack O'Diamonds
Mournful Blues
East Texas Rag


disc 4:
Coley Jones
- my Mule In No Man's Land
- Traveling Man
- Drunkard's Special
- The Elder's He's My Man
Little Hat Jones
- New Two Sixteen Blues
- Two String Blues
- Rolled From Side To Side Blues
- Hurry Blues
- Little Hat Blues
- Corpus Blues
- Kentucky Blues
- Bye Bye Baby Blues
- Cross The Water Blues
- Cherry Street Blues
Jesse "Babyface" Thomas
- Down In Texas Blues
- My Heart's A Rolling Stone
- Blue Goose Blues
- No Good Woman Blues
Black Ace
- Trifling Woman
- Black Ace
- You Gonna Need My Help Some Day
- Whiskey And Women
- Christmas Time Blues
- Lowing Heifer


compiled by Neil Slaven

4 CD box set
notes by Neil Slaven

JSP JSPCD 7730 (UK 2004)


= JSP JSPCD 77174 (UK 2015)

342009Classic Blues Artwork from the 1920s Volume 7
2010 Calendar with free CD

CD and Calendar contents:
- That's No Way To Get Along - Robert Wilkins
- High Water Everywhere Parts 1 & 2 - Charley Patton
- Hard Luck Child - Skip James
- Match Box Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Mojo Hand Blues - Ida Cox
- She's Crazy 'Bout Her Lovin' - Mississippi Sheiks
- The Death Of Holmes' Mule Parts 1 & 2 - Charlie Turner and Winston Holmes
- Slow Driving Moan - Ma Rainey
- Early Morning Blues - Blind Blake
- Coal Man Blues - Papa Charlie Jackson

- Sawmill Moan - Ramblin' Thomas
- This Old World's In A Hell Of A Fix! - Rev. J. Gordon McPherson

Supplementary CD tracks:
- Ain't Gonna Lay My 'Ligion Down tk. 1 - Frank Palmes
- Ain't Gonna Lay My 'Ligion Down tk. 2 - Frank Palmes
- Married Man Blues - Test, tk. 2 - Irene Scruggs with Blind Blake
- Married Man Blues - Test, tk. 3 - Irene Scruggs with Blind Blake
- Doctor Oh Doctor - Henry Townsend
- Jack O' Diamonds-Georgia Rub - Henry Townsend


remastered by Richard Nevins


Blues Images Vol. 7 (2010)

Blues Images

3509/202023 Classic Blues Songs from the 1920s Volume 18
2021 Calendar with free CD

CD and Calendar contents:
Peg Leg Howell - Too Tight Blues
Bertha Henderson with Blind Blake - Terrible Murder Blues
Walter Roland - Cold Blooded Murder
Buddy Moss - Undertaker Blues
Meade Lux Lewis - Honky Tonk Train Blues
Sonny Boy Williamson - Good Morning, School Girl
Lead Belly - New Black Snake Moan
Blind Lemon Jefferson - Pneumonia Blues

Ramblin' Thomas - Hard To Rule Woman Blues
Victoria Spivey - Witchcraft Blues
Blind Boy Fuller - Rag, Mama, Rag
Rev. D.C. Rice - The Angels Rolled The Stone Away


Supplementary CD tracks:
LOST JOHN HUNTER
- Miss Thelma Mae (tk 1)
- Miss Thelma Mae (tk 2)
- Lost John's Pinetop's Boogie
- You Gotta Heart Of Stone (tk 1)
- You Gotta Heart Of Stone (tk 2)
- Boogie For Me Baby"
- Trouble Everywhere (tk 1)
- Trouble Everywhere (tk 2)
- Mind Your Own Business (tk 1)
- Mind Your Own Business (tk 2)
- Back To Louisiana (tk 1)


restored by the AMERICAN EPIC sound team


Blues Images Calendar Vol. 18 (rel. 2020, for 2021)


Blues Images CD BIM-118 (US 2020) accompanying Blues Images Calendar Vol. 18 (for 2021)

Blues Images calendars discography



Additional information appreciated !!!

 

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Görgen Antonsson discographies
- Bob Eagle & Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues - A Regional Experience.- Santa Barbara (Praeger Publishers) 2013, p. 303
- Robert M.W. Dixon & John Godrich: Blues & Gospel Records 1902 - 1943, 3rd ed. 1982, p. 754
- Robert M.W. Dixon, John Godrich & Howard W. Rye: Blues & Gospel Records 1890 - 1943, 4th ed. 1997, p. 920
- John Tefteller and Blues Images Collection - used with permission
- Ray Templeton: "Ramblin'" Thomas And the "Texas & Pacific" Country Blues.- Blues & Rhythm 34 (1988), pp. 12-13
- Jeff Todd Titon: Early Downhome Blues.- Urbana, Chicago, London (University of Illinois Press) 1979 (1st paperback printing)
- Gayle Dean Wardlow: A quick ramble with Ramblin' Thomas, Jesse Thomas, Will Ezell, Bessie Tucker, Elzadine Robinson and Texas talent scouts, R.T. Ashford and the Kendle Brothers.- Blues Unlimited 141 (1981), pp. 14-15
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

thanks to Alan Balfour and 'Blueswriter' for additional info / scans

 

 

 

 

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