Victor unissued
Victor 21741
label of the specimen depicted [erroneously?] shows "Alabama Blues"Brunswick 7125
Brunswick 7158
Brunswick 7168
Brunswick 7205
Victor 23379
Vocalion 03106
Vocalion 03154
Vocalion unissued
Vocalion 03176
Vocalion 03223
Vocalion 03223 (West Coast pressing: small ring = 1 and 3/16ths of an inch)
test pressing from original stamper
brochure notes by Gayle Dean Wardlow Origin Jazz Library OJL-5 (US 1963)also delivered with labels: "The Mississippi Blues No. 1"
notes by Gayle Dean Wardlow (biographies) and David Evans (lyric transcriptions plus leaflet "The Mississippi Blues") Origin Jazz Library OJL-5 (US 196?) on labels: "The Mississippi Blues No. 1"
notes by Gayle Dean Wardlow (biographies) and David Evans (lyric transcriptions) = Origin Jazz Library OJL-5 (US 1966) on labels: "The Mississippi Blues No. 1"
= Origin Jazz Library OJL-5 (180g repro 2018)
OJL Records discography
notes by Dick Spottswood Piedmont PLP 13162 (US 1964)
notes by Dick Spottswood = Piedmont PLP 13162 (US 196?)
the cover image is on a separate 8"x12" paper glued onto a generic white jacket6-pp. booklet "Father To 'The Prodigal Son'" by Mark Humphrey = Origin Jazz Library OJL 8052 (US 1984) "The Prodigal Son"
notes by Dick Spottswood and 6-pp. booklet "Father To 'The Prodigal Son'" by Mark Humphrey = Origin Jazz Library OJL 8052 (US 19??) "The Legendary Piedmont Recordings"
Piedmont Records discographyOJL Records discography
Bear Family BCD16629
Newport Folk Festival discography
Vanguard VRS 9181 (mono)= VSD 79181 (stereo)
2 CD setKing/Vanguard KICP 2118/9 (Jp 1991)The Blues at Newport1964 part 1 and 2
Vanguard VRS 9183 (mono)= VSD 79183 (stereo)
Blues Classics BC 5
Blues Classics discography
notes by David Evans and Bill Givens Origin Jazz Library OJL-11 (US 1965)
= Origin Jazz Library OJL-11 (US 19??)
Roots RL-302 (Austria 1967, 1st pressing) [line of front cover text in black]
Roots RL-302 (Austria 1968, 2nd pressing) [line of front cover text in red]
Roots RL-302 (Austria 19??, 3rd pressing) [line of front cover text in red]
= autogram/Roots RL-302 (Germany 2013)
Roots Records discography
notes by Don Kent 390 East 8th Street New York, New York 10009 back cover has side 1 and side 2 tracks interchanged!Belzona L-1002 (US 1968)
notes by Don Kent 390 East 8th Street New York, N.Y. 10009 = Yazoo L-1002 (US 1968)
notes by Don Kent 54 King Street New York, N.Y. 10014 = Yazoo L-1002 (US 19??)
notes by Don Kent 245 Waverley Place New York, N.Y. 10014 = Yazoo L-1002 (US 19??)
notes by Steve Calt [!] = Yazoo L-1002 (US 19??)
Yazoo Records discography
notes by Richard K. Spottswood Biograph BLP 12027 (US 1971)
Biograph Records discography
# Bear Family BCD16629
notes by Mike Vernon Blue Horizon 7-63210 (mono) (UK 1968)
notes by Mike Vernon Sire SES 97003 (stereo) (US 1968) (two slightly different labels)
notes by Mike Vernon = Blue Horizon S 7-63210 (stereo) (UK 1969) (logo on front cover yellow)
notes by Mike Vernon = Blue Horizon S 7-63210 (stereo) (Germany 1969) (logo on front cover black)
= CBS SBP 473668 (stereo) (Australia 1969)
(=) Blue Horizon CD 82876851232 (2006)
Blue Horizon Records discographyNathan Beauregard discographyBukka White discographyFurry Lewis discographyJoe Callicott discography
Historical ASC-22
= Historical ASC-5829-22
notes by Larry Cohn = Historical HLP-22 (Vol. 22)
Historical Records discography
Yazoo L-1018
= CD 1018 YAZ [1992]
notes by Dave [sic] Evans Origin Jazz Library OJL-21
Roots RL 333 (Austria 1970)
notes by Robert W.M. Dixon and John Godrich CBS M 52797 (UK 1970)
= Epic ECPJ-23 (Jp 1970)
album illustrates the book "Recording The Blues" in the Blues Paperback Series, produced by November Books Ltd., and published in 1970 by Studio Vista Ltd.
Spokane SPL 1002
Spokane Records discography
Magpie PY 1800 (UK 1976)
notes by Michael Stewartand Don Kent Mamlish S-3803
Mamlish Records discography
Albatros VPA 8187= Albatros VC 0775(cassette)
(=) Albatros ALB 83LP = VPA 8187/88/89"Il Blues Rurale/Jazzistico/Urbano"
Albatros Records discograpy
notes by Toyo Nakamura MCA MCA-3525 (Jp 1976)
Magpie PY 1800 (UK)
Magpie Records discography
Bullseye/Rounder CD BB 9530 track sequence Little Brother Montgomery - Ain't Nobody Here But Me John Lee Granderson - Bumble Bee Robert Nighthawk - Murderin' Blues Otis Spann - Hotel Lorraine Big Joe Williams - Sinkin' Blues Johnnie Jones - Worried Life Blues Rev. Robert Wilkins - Glory Glory Hallelujah # Big Joe Williams and Paul Butterfield - Wild Cow Moan Johnnie Jones with Billy Boy Arnold - I Hear My Black Name Ringing James Cotton with Elvin Bishop - So Glad I'm Living Little Brother Montgomery - Buddy Bolden's Blues Otis Spann - Blues For Martin Luther King Robert Pete Williams - Ugly Man Blues Little Brother Montgomery - Prescription For The Blues James Cotton with Elvin Bishop, Paul Butterfield - Diggin' My Potatoes J.B. Lenoir - My Dear Old Mother °° Maxwell Street Jimmy - Someday Baby James Cotton with Elvin Bishop, Paul Butterfield, Billy Boy Arnold - Three Harp Boogie Big Joe Williams - Screamin' And Cryin' Little Brother Montgomery - Salty Dog Robert Nighthawk - Medley: Annie Lee & Sweet Black Angel Rev. Robert Wilkins - Just A Closer Walk With Thee # °° rec. early to mid 1960s in Chicago, IL by Norman Dayron; compiled and edited by Norman Dayron & Mark Naftalin # rec. January 1965 live at the University of Chicago Folk Festival; Rev. Robert Wilkins, voc, g
notes by Pete Welding Roots TR 1005 (US 1977)
= CBS S2BP 220205 (Australia 1977)
notes by Pete Welding (=) TK Records TKR 82539 (UK 1978) "Rare Gems Vol. 1" (LP 1 only)
notes by Pete Welding (=) Bullseye Blues CD BB 9530 (US 1993) "Rare Chicago Blues 1962-1968"
notes by Steve Calt Yazoo 1063 (US 1979?)
Yazoo CD 1063 (US 1991?)
notes by Steve Calt Herwin 215 (US 1980)
= Yazoo L 1077 (US 1989)
= Yazoo CD 1077 (US 1991)
Herwin Records discography
notes by Norman Dayron Takoma TAK 7081
notes by Norman Dayron = Sonet SNTF 853= Sonet RISLP-14115
Fantasy TAKCD-8907-2"Takoma Blues"
Takoma Records discography
notes by Paul OliverWolf WSE-111(Austria 1983)
= Wolf WSE-111(Austria 198?)
(=) Wolf CD WSE 108(Austria 1994)"Memphis Blues"
Wolf discography
DLPRCA NL 89276
= BMG/RCA CD 74321264092(1995)
HK Records HK 4002
HK Records discography
3 LP set with 24-pp. booklet notes (English and German) by Paul Oliver RST Blues Documents BD-01 (Austria 1990)
3 CD setnotes by Paul Oliver Vol. 1: 1927-1930 Vol. 2: 1927-1936 Vol. 3: 1929-1956= Story Of Blues/Da Music 3521/3522/3523 (Austria 1992)
= Century Media SOB 3521-2/3522-2/3523-2 (1994)
3 CD set = 1201 Music 7002-2 (US 1999)
notes by Alan Balfour Document DOCD-5014 (Austria 1991)
= Document DOCD-5014 (UK 2003) "Memphis Blues Vol. 1"
= Document DOCD-5014 (UK 20??) "Memphis Blues Volume 1"
Tom Dickson discography
Private Records PR 4 (A)
notes by Sam Charters Vanguard VCD 115/16 (US 1991)
Newport Folk Festival discographyMississippi John Hurt discographyReverend Gary Davis discographySkip James discographySleepy John Estes discographyYank Rachell discographyHammie Nixon discographyRobert Pete Williams discographyJesse Fuller discographyJohn P. Hammond discographyDave Van Ronk discography
booklet notes by Pete Welding Columbia CD CK-/CT-47467 (US 1991) (Roots n' Blues series)
= Columbia/Legacy COL 468770 2 (US / Australia 1991) (Roots n' Blues series)
= SPV GmbH SPV 42722 CD (Germany 2008) (Roots n' Blues series)
20 CD box set, CD 6 (=) Sony Music 88875043322 (US 2014) (Roots n' Blues series)
notes by Robert PalmerGenes GCD 9902
Adelphi Records discography
notes by Robert Palmer = Edsel EDCD 380 (UK 1993)
Fat Possum/Amazon MusicCD/LP FP1603 (US 2017)"Worried Blues"
2 CD setnotes (May 1993) by Mary Katherine Aldin Vanguard VCD2-77005 (US/Germany 1993)
(=) Vanguard VCD 73133-2 (US 1997) "part one"
(=) Vanguard VCD 73134-2 (US 1997) "part two"
notes by Peter AschoffBiograph BCD 130
Wilkins tracks not onBiograph BLP 12017 (1970)= Blue Moon BMLP 1.047 (1988)
Memphis Archives 7001
three-disc box set
MCA CD 11441
Yazoo CD 2015 (US 1996)
Indigo CD 2038
Vanguard CD 79505
www.vanguardrecords.com
Frog CD 22
1201 Music 7002
four-disc box set
Catfish CD 1
Hallmark CD 1014
Document CD 32201
2 CD setnotes by Gary AtkinsonDocument CBL-200008 (UK 2002)
Shanachie CD 6056
P-Vine PCD-2251 (Jp)
reissue (remastered)of 1968 Sire SES 97003 /Blue Horizon 7-63210"The 1968 MemphisCountry Blues Festival"and Blue Horizon 7-63229"Memphis Hot Shots"
2 CD setBlue Horizon CD82876851232
12 inch LPMississippi MR 033
Blues Images Vol. 7 (2010)
Blues Images
12 inch LPMonk MK 324 (It)
54-pp. booklet with stories and anecdotes of shellac collectors Yazoo CD 2203 (US 9/2012)
Nehi NEH01 (UK)
Piedmont PLP 13162 /Biograph BLP 12027
CD digipak (4-plated)28-page booklet/notesby Dick Spottswood Bear Family BCD16629 (Germany)
5 CD set American Epic AMPC451 (US 2017)
thanks to Graeme Orr, Brian Henley, Alan Balfour, Jean-Marie Juif, Helge Thygesen, Andy Cohen, Wilson Fabian Ruales Villalva, Roi Geyari and Russell Shor for additional information / scans
Lane Wilkins at the '97 King Biscuit Blues Festival