Arhoolie Records label    
Arhoolie Records
discography (Vinyl only)

This discography is a non-commercial labor-of-love and is in no way associated with any business firm.
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Man at Work !!!
(Please do not comment until I'm stumped, i.e. until this piece of advice has disappeared ;-)
 
1000 series
 
1001
(1960)
Mance Lipscomb:
Texas Sharecropper and Songster


- Freddie
- Sugar Babe, It's All Over Now
- Going Down Slow
- Baby Please Don't Go
- Rock Me All Night Long
- Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo
- Jack O'Diamonds Is A Hard Card To Play

- Shake, Shake, Mama
- Ella Speed
- One Thin Dime
- Going To Louisiana (See See Rider)
- Mama Don't Allow
- Ain't It Hard
- Bout A Spoonful

rec. Navasota, Aug. 11, 1960 by Chris Strachwitz and Mack McCormick

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Arhoolie F 1001

1002
(1960)
Big Joe Williams
Tough Times


- Sloppy Drunk Blues
- Yo Yo Blues
- President Roosevelt
- Forty-Four Blues
- Greystone Blues
- I Want My Crown [with Mary Williams]

- Mean Stepfather
- Brother James
- Shake Your Boogie
- Vitamin A Blues
- She Left Me A Mule To Ride
- So Glad

rec. 1959/1960

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Arhoolie 1002
= Arhoolie AR 19026 (D)

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= Fontana 688 800 ZL (1961)
(Folk Blues USA series)

re-released (along with most of
Arhoolie1053) on Arhoolie CD
315 "Shake Your Boogie"

www.arhoolie.com

1003
(1960)
The Black Ace
BK Turner and his Steel Guitar

Arhoolie tracks:
- I Am The Black Ace
- Bad Times Stomp
- Drink On Little Girl
- Santa Fe Blues
- New Triflin' Woman
- Farther Along
- Evil Woman

- 'Fore Day Creep
- Litle Augie
- Your Leg's Too Little
- No Good Woman
- Santa Claus Blues
- Golden Slipper

rec. by Chris Strachwitz in Ft. Worth, Texas, 1960




Arhoolie F 1003




= Heritage HLP 1006 (1962)

 



= Arhoolie F 1003 (1975)
read Paul Oliver's notes

1004
(1960)
Lil Son Jackson

- Blues Come To Texas
- Cairo Blues
- Ticket Agent
- Louise Blues
- Sugar Mama
- The Girl I Love
- Santa Fe Blues
- Turn Your Lamp Down Low

- Groundhog Blues
- Gambler Blues
- Charley Cherry (take 1)
- Charley Cherry (take 2)
- West Dallas Blues
- Rollin' Mill Went Down
- Red River Blues
- Roberta Blues

rec. 1960 in Dallas, Tx. by Chris Strachwitz






Arhoolie F 1004
1005
(1960)
I Have To Paint My Face

F 1005 (1960) track list:
Sam Chatman
- I Have To Paint My Face [lyrics]
- You Shall Be Free (Nigger Be A Nigger) *
- I Stand And Wonder
Butch Cage & Willie Thomas
- Forty-Four Blues #
Jasper Love
- Desert Blues

Sam Chatmon
- Lay My Burden Down (Glory Hallelujah) *
Kathryn Pitman and group
- Save A Seat For Me

Wade Walton & R. C. Smith
- Barbershop Rhythm
R.C. Smith
- Going Back To Texas
Jasper Love & Columbus Jones
- The Slop
R. C. Smith
- Lost Love Blues
- Lonely Widow
Wade Walton
- Rooster Blues
Butch Cage & Willie Thomas
- Butch's Blues

rec. 1960 by Chris A. Strachwitz with assistance from Mr. and Mrs. Paul Oliver
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F 1005 (1980) track list:
Sam Chatman
- I Have To Paint My Face [lyrics]
K. C. Douglas
- Big Road Blues #

Sam Chatman
- I Stand And Wonder
Big Joe Williams
- Texas Blues #
Bukka White
- Drifting Blues #

Wade Walton & R. C. Smith
- Barbershop Rhythm
R. C. Smith
- Going Back To Texas
K. C. Douglas & Sidney Maiden
- Blues And Trouble #
R. C. Smith
- Lonely Widow
Wade Walton
- Rooster Blues
Butch Cage & Willie Thomas
- Butch's Blues

* omitted from 1969 and 1980 remastered LP versions; not included in CD 432
# on remastered LP version only

notes by Mack McCormick
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Arhoolie F 1005 (1960)

notes by Chris Strachwitz
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Arhoolie F 1005 (1980)
subtitled "A Random Collection of
Mississippi Blues"

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partly reissued on Arhoolie
CD 432 (1995)
"Mississippi Blues 1960"

www.arhoolie.com

1006
(1961)
Blues 'n Trouble

Big Joe Williams
- Married Woman Blues
Lil' Son Jackson
- Johnny Mae
Lowell Fulson
- Good Woman Blues
Mance Lipscomb
- Back Water Blues
Jasper Love
- Jove's Honeydripper
Butch Cage & Willie Thomas
- One Thin Dime #

Sam Chatman
- God Don't Like Ugly
"Whistling" Alex Moore
- Wake Up Old Lady
Black Ace
- Hitchhiking Woman
Robert Curtis Smith
- Stella Ruth
Mercy Dee
- I Been A Fool
Sidney Maiden
- Chicago Blues *
Fat Boy Hayes [aka 'Jelly Belly']
- Goin' Back South *

* on 1980 remastered LP version only

on CD 432 only:
Sam Chatmon
- Hollandale Blues

# rec. August 7, 1960 by Chris Strachwitz

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Arhoolie FS 101

notes by Chris Strachwitz
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Arhoolie F 1006

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partly reissued on Arhoolie
CD 432 (1995)
"Mississippi Blues 1960"

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1007
(196?)
Mercy Dee

- Mercy's Troubles
- Jack Engine
- Lady Luck
- Red Light
- Walked Down So Many Turnrows
- Call The Asylum
- Troublesome Mind
- Betty Jean
- Mercy's Party

Mercy Dee, voc, p; K. C. Douglas, g; Sidney Maiden, hca; Otis Cherry, dr







Arhoolie 1007
1008
(196?)
Alex Moore

- Whistling Alex Moore's Blues
- Pretty Woman With A Sack Dress On
- Rubber Tired Hack
- From North Dallas To The East Side
- Black Eyed Peas And Hog Jowls
- Going Back To Froggy Bottom

- West Texas Woman
- Frisky Gal
- You Say I'm A Bad Feller
- Miss No-Good Weed
- Boogie In The Barrel
- July Boogie

Arhoolie 1008
1009
(1967)
Zydeco

Paul McZiel
- Alons A Lafayette
- Tap Dance
Sidney Babineaux
- One Step
- Original Zydeco
Albert Chevallier
- L'Haricot Sont Pas Sale
- Mont Ma Coucher
Willie Green
- Green's Zydeco
Herbert Sam
- They Call Me Good Rockin'
Amade Ardon
- La Valse De Amities
- Les Blues De Voyages
Leadbelly
- Corn Bread Rough
Lightning Hopkins
- Zydeco
Clifton Chenier
- Clifton's Blues
- Louisiana Stomp
Clarence Garlow
Bon Ton Roulet

Arhoolie 1009
1010
(196?)
Robert Shaw:
Texas Barrelhouse Piano


- The Cows
- Whores Is Funky
- Here I Come With My Dirty, Dirty Duckins On
- Black Gal
- Put Me In The Alley

- Griceries On My Shelf
- The Clinton
- People, People
- The Ma Grinder
- Hattie Green

Arhoolie 1010
1011
(1962)
Lightnin' Sam Hopkins 1961-62

- Meet You At The Chicken Shack
- Once Was A Gambler
- Speedin' Boogie
- Ice Storm Blues

- California Showers
- Burnin' In La
- Do The Boogie
- Bald Headed Woman
- Goin' Out

rec. december 1961 in Berkeley and january 1962 in Houston; Lightnin' Hopkins, voc, g and p; Spider Kilpatrick, dr on 3 tracks; all other tracks: Gino Lantry, b and Victor Leonard, dr


Arhoolie F 1011
1012
(196?)
Blues n' Trouble Vol. 2

Ligtning Hopkins
- Wine Drinking Woman
Guitar Slim & Jelly Belly
- Yellow-Brown Woman
Little Son Willis
- Nothing But The Blues
Blind James Phillips
- Night Is Falling
Lil' Son Jackson
- Bad Whiskey - Bad Women
Joe Turner & Pete Johnson
- B & O Blues

Mercy Dee
- Sugar Daddy
Big Joe Williams
- Little Machine
Paul McZiel Zydeco Band
- I'm Sad And I'm Blue
Blind James Campbell
- Sittin' Here Drinking
Robert Shaw
- Turn Loose My Tongue
notes by Chris A. Strackwitz
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Arhoolie F 1012
1013
(196?)
New Orleans Jazz At The Kitty Halls

- Shake It And Break It - Punch Miller's New Orleans Band
- Maggie - Kid Thomas' Algiers Stompers
- I Ain't Good Looking - Billie & DeDe Pierce
- Put On Your Old Grey Bonnet - Jane's Alley Six
- High Society - Kid Clayton's Happy Pals
- Shiek Of Araby - Kid Sheik's Storyville Ramblers
- Nelly Gray - Kid Howard's La Vida Band
- Savoy Blues - George Guesnon's New Orleans Stompers
- Hindustan - John Handy's Louisiana Shakers

Arhoolie F 1013
1014
(196?)
An Evening With Rev. Louis Overstreet - His Guitar, His Four Sons, and The Congregation of St. Luke Powerhouse Church of God in Christ

- A Prayer
- I'm A Soldier
- Working On The Building
- Yeah, Lord
- Getting Richer
- Is There Anybody Here?
- Holiness Danc

rec. live in 1962 at St. Luke Powerhouse Church of God in Christ in Phoenix, Arizona






Arhoolie 1014
1015
(196?)
Blind James Campbell And His Nashville Street Band

- Have I Stayed Away Too Long
- I'm Crazy About You Baby
- Buffalo Gal
- Will The Circle Be Unbroken
- The Moon May Rise In Blood
- John Henry

- Baby Please Don't Go
- Jimmy's Blues
- Monkey Man Blues
- This Little Light Of Mine
- Detroit Blues
- Beauford's Breakdown

rec. 1963 by Chris Strachwitz; some tracks include tuba and trumpet




Arhoolie F 1015
1016
(196?)
Kid Thomas Valentine Creole Jazz Band

- Panama
- Just A Closer Walk With Thee
- On A Coconut Island
- Maryland, My Maryland
- I Believe I Can Make It By Myself

- Eh La Bas
- I Can Excape From You
- When My Dreamboat Comes Home
- Stingaree Blues
- Siboney

Arhoolie 1016
1017
(196?)
Texas Blues Volume 2

Manny Nichols
- Long Skinny Mama
Mance Lipscomb
- You Don't Mean No Good
Black Ace
- Beer Drinking Wooman
Rattlesnake Cooper
- I'm Leaving Town
Otis Cherry
- Ebony Baby
Mercy Dee
- Isam Hisam
Lightning Hopkins
- I'm Feeling Bad

Manny Nichols
- Walking Talking Blues
Billy Bizor
- Tom Moore
Alex Moore
- Chock House Boogie
Smokey Hogg
- Hello Baby
Robert Shaw
- The Fives
Lightning Hopkins
- Hurricanes Carla & Esther
Mercy Dee / K.C. Douglas / Otis Cherry
- 8th Wonder Of The World
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Arhoolie F 1017
1018
(196?)
Bad Luck N' Trouble

Clifton Chenier
- Why Did You Go Last Night
R.C. Smith
- Don't Drive Me Away
Mercy Dee
- Bird Brain Baby
Lightning Hopkins & Spider Kilpatrick
- Candy Wagon
James Phillips
- No Lovin'
Little Son Willis
- Bad Luck N' Trouble
K.C. Douglas
- I Know You Didn't Want Me

Fred McDowell
- Fred's Rambling Blues
Little Son Willis
- Harlem Blues
Detroit Slim
- Nelly Mae
Essie Jenkins
- Influenza Blues
Bukka White
- Midnight Blues
Manny Nichols
- Throw A Little Boogie

Arhoolie F-1018
1019
(1965)
Bukka White:
Sky Songs


- My Baby
- Alabama Blues

- Jesus Died On The Cross To Save The World
- Sugar Hill



Arhoolie F 1019


= Fontana 688 804 ZL
(UK 1966)

1020
(1965)
Bukka White:
Sky Songs Vol. 2


- Bald Eagle Train
- Single Man Blues

- Georgia Skin Game
- Mixed Water
rec. Nov., 1963 Berkeley, CA


Arhoolie F 1020

1021
(1964)
Fred McDowell: Mississippi Delta Blues

- Write Me A Few Lines
- Louise
- I Heard Somebody Call
- 61 Highway
- Mama Don't Allow Me
- Kokomo Blues

- Fred's Worried Life Blues
- You Gonna Be Sorry
- Shake 'Em On Down
- My Trouble Blues
- Black Minnie
- That's Alright
- When I Lay My Burden Down

rec. Como, Mississippi, Feb. 13, 1964 with Annie Mae McDowell

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Arhoolie F-1021
= Arhoolie AR 19025 (D)
= Trio PA-3052 (Jp 1974)

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= Fontana 688 806 ZL (UK)

1022
(1966)
Lightnin' Hopkins

(with his brothers Joel and John Henry)
- I'm Gonna See About My Brother John Henry
- Black Hannah
- I Walked From Dallas
- Hot Blooded Woman Blues
- Going Back To Baden-Baden

(with Barbara Dane)
- Sometimes She Loves Me
- You Got Another Man
- I'm Going Back, Baby
- Mother Earth
- Jesus Won't You Come By Here

rec. 1964




Arhoolie 1022

= Fontana 688 807 ZL

1023
(1964)
Mance Lipscomb:
Texas Songster Volume 2


- Joe Turner Killed A Man
- Bumble Bee
- Silver City
- If I Miss The Train
- Alabama Jubilee
- God Moves On The Water (The Titanic)

- Come Back Baby
- Charlie James
- Boogie In A
- Key To The Highway
- Cocaine Done Killed My Baby
- Spanish Flang Dang
- You Got To Reap What You Sow

rec. Berkeley, May 2, 1964 by Chris Strachwitz

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Arhoolie F 1023

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= Pacific Jazz / Fontana (UK)
688 805 ZL (1967)
"Texas Songster"

1024
(1965)
Clifton Chenier:
Louisiana Blues And Zydeco


- Eh, 'Tite Fille
- Banana Man
- Hot Rod
- It's Hard
- I Can Look Down At Your Woman
- I Can't Stand.

- Zydeco Et Pas Sale
- LaFayette Waltz
- Louisiana Two Step
- Clifton's Waltz
- Louisiana Blues

rec. in Houston, Tx., May 11, 1965






Arhoolie F 1024
1025
(1965)
John Jackson
Blues And Country Dance Tunes From Virginia


- Nobody's Business But My Own
- Going Down In Georgia On A Horn
- Black Snake Moan
- Flat Foot & Buck Dance
- If Hattie Wanna Lu, Let Her Lu Like A Man
- T.B. Blues
- I Am A Bad, Bad Man

- Rattlesnakin' Daddy
- Poor Boy
- Boats Up the River
- Steamboat Whistle Blues
- John's Rag
- Cindy
- John Henry

[all titles!] rec. April 19, 1965 in Fairfax, Virginia
by Chris Strachwitz


Arhoolie F 1025 (mono)

[1970 remastered version
contains tracks recorded
1969 in Stuttgart, Germany]

1026
(1965)
Mance Lipscomb Vol. 3
Texas Songster in a Live Performance

- Take me Back Baby
- Shine On Harvest Moon
- Rag In G
- Heel And Toe Polka
- Big Boss Man
- You Gonna Quit Me
- Blues In G

- Mama Don't Dog Me
- Willie Poor Boy
- Polly Wolly Doodle All Day
- Tell Me Where You Stayed Last Night
- Knocking Down Windows
- Nobody's Fault But Mine
- Motherless Children

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Arhoolie F 1026
1027
(1966)
Fred McDowell, Vol. 2

- I Ain't Gonna Be Bad No More
- Where Were You
- I Looked At The Sun
- Do My Baby Ever Think Of Me
- Brooks Run Into The Ocean *
- Bull Dog Blues *

- I Walked All The Way From East St. Louis
- Red Cross Store Blues
- Gravel Road Blues
- Frisco Lines
- You Got To Move
- I Wish I Was In Heaven Sittin Down

* + Eli Green, voc

rec. Como Mississippi 1966

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Arhoolie F-1027

1028
(196?)
Big Mama Thornton
In Europe


- Swing It On Home *
- Sweet Little Angel *
- The Place
- Little Red Rooster *
- Unlucky Girl *
- Hound Dog *
- My Heavy Load * #
- School Boy * #
- Down Home Shakedown
- Your Love Is Where It Ought To Be *
- Session Blues

Eddie Boyd, keyb; Buddy Guy, g; Big Walter Horton, harm; # Mississippi Fred McDowell, g; Fred Below, dr; Jimmie Lee Robinson, b

* on Arhoolie CD 305


Arhoolie F-1028


= Stateside/ISP 80525 (Jp)


= Arhoolie CD 305 (1989)
"Ball And Chain"

1029
(1966)
Johnny Young And His Chicago Blues Band

- Wild, Wild Woman
- Keep Your Nose Out Of My Business
- I'm Having A Ball
- My Trainfare Out Of Town
- I'm Doing All Right
- Stealin'

- Keep On Drinking
- Hot Dog!
- Come Early In The Morning
- Moaning And Groaning
- Crosscut Saw
- Slam Hammer

rec. in Chicago, November 11, 1965; Johnny Young, voc, g and mandolin; Otis Spann, p; James Cotton, harp; Jimmy Lee Morris, b; S.P. Larey, dr




Arhoolie F 1029
1030
(1966)
Lightning Hopkins, Clifton Chenier, Mance Lipscomb:
the 2nd annual Berkeley Blues Festival

Concert & Dance

Mance Lipscomb
- Stop Time
- I Ain't Got Nobody
- Take Your Arms From Around My Neck, Sugarbabe
- When The Saints Go Marching In
Clifton Chenier
- Clifton's Rock
- After Hours
- Pinetop's Boogie Woogie
Lightning Hopkins
- Last Night
- Going To Louisiana
- Black Cadillac
- Short Haired Woman
- Lightning's Boogie

rec. Berkeley, April 15, 1966






Arhoolie F 1030

re-released 2000
on Arhoolie CD 484

1031
(1967)
Clifton Chenier Vol. 2: Bon Ton Roulet!

- Bon Ton Roulet
- Frog Legs
- If I Ever Get Lucky
- Black Gal
- Long Toes
- Baby Please Don't Go

- Ma Negresse
- Sweet Little Doll
- Jole Blonde
- Ay Ai Ai
- Can't Stop Loving You
- Keep On Scratching





Arhoolie 1031
1032
(196?)
Big Mama Thornton Vol. 2:
The Queen At Montery


- I'm Feeling Alright
- Sometimes I Have A Heartache
- Black Rat
- Life Goes On
- Everything Gonna Be Alright

- Bumble Bee
- Gimme A Penny
- Looking The World Over
- I Feel The Way I Feel
- My Love



Arhoolie 1032
1033
(1967)
Mance Lipscomb Vol. 4

- Captain Captain
- Night Time Is The Right Time
- I Want To Do Something For You
- So Different Blues
- A Rag
- Ain't You Sorry

- Mr. Tom
- Long Tall Girl Got Stuck On Me
- Keep On Trucking
- Run, Sinner, Run
- and Stories From Home
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Arhoolie F 1033
1034
(1968)
Lightning Hopkins: The Texas Bluesman

- Tom Moore Blues
- Watch My Fingers
- Little Antoinette
- Love Is Like A Hydrant
- Cut Me Out Baby

- Take A Walk
- Slavery
- I Would If I Could
- Bud Russell Blues
- At Home Blues

rec. December 18, 1967 in Houston, Texas by Chris Stachwitz; Lightning Hopkins, voc and electric g


Arhoolie F 1034
1035
(1968)
John Jackson Vol. 2
More Blues And Country Dance Tunes From Virginia


- Bear Cat Blues
- Death Of Blind Boy Fuller
- Reuben
- Rocks And Gravel
- You Left Me
- Going Down The Road Feeling Bad

- Police Dog Blues
- Don't Let Your Deal Go Down
- Muleskinner Blues
- Near The Cross
- Going Up North
- Lay Down My Old Guitar

rec. Dec. 8, 1967 in Fairfax Station, Virginia
by Chris Strachwitz


Arhoolie F 1035 (stereo)
1036
(1968)
Juke Boy Bonner: I'm Going Back To The Country
Where They Don't Burn The Buildings Down

- Going Back To The Country
- Sad-Sad Sound
- She Turns Me On
- Hard Luck
- Trying To Be Contented
- Working With Juke Boy #

- Life Is A Nightmare
- It’s Time To Make A Change
- Jumpin’ At The Zydeco #
- My Blues
- Stay Off Lyons Avenue
- I’m Getting Tired

rec. Dec. 1967 & Jan. 1968; liner notes by Larry Skoog




Arhoolie F 1036

Arhoolie CD 375
(except #)

1037
(1968)
Johnny Young And Big Walter:
Chicago Blues


- Strange Girl
- Ring Around My Heart
- Sometimes I Cry
- Don't You Lie to Me
- On the Road Again

- Drinking Straight Whiskey
- Walter's Boogie
- Stockyard Blues
- Sleeping with the Devil
- Fumbling Around

Johnny Young, voc & g; Walter Horton, harp; Jimmy Dawkins, lead g; Lafayette Leake, p; Ernest Gatewood, b; Lester Dorsie dr


Arhoolie F 1037
1038
(196?)
Clifton Chenier:
Black Snake Blues


- Black Snake Blues
- Let's Talk It Over
- Walking To Louisiana
- Things Ain't What They Used To Be
- Wrap It Up

- Monifique
- Johnny Can't Dance
- I Lost My Baby (in french)
- Can't Go Home No More
- I Got A Little Girl

Arhoolie 1038
1039
(196?)
Big Mama Thorton - Lightning Hopkins

Lightning Hopkins
- Come On Baby
- Money Taker
- Mama's Flight
- My Woman
- Gabriel

Big Mama Thornton
- Ball In Chain
- Wade In The Water
Larry Williams
- So Much Trouble
- That's My Girl
- I Know You Here Me Calling

Arhoolie 1039
1040
(196?)
George Coleman: "Bongo Joe"

- I Wish I Could Sing
- Innocent Little Doggy
- Cool It

- Listen At That Bull
- Transistor Radio
- Eloise
- Dog Eat Dog

rec. 1968 on the streets of San Antonio by Chris Strachwitz; Coleman plays a 55-gallon steel drum


Arhoolie 1040
1041
(196?)
Mississippi Delta Blues - Vol. 1

Napoleon Strickland
- Oh Baby
Do Boy Diamond
- Long Haired Doney
- Going Away Blues
Johnny Woods & Fred McDowell
- Three O'Clock In The Morning
Walter Miller
- Stuttgart, Ark
Tom Turner
- Gonna Bring Her Right Back Home

Furry Lewis
- See That My Grave Is Kept Clean
Robert Diggs
- Drink, Drink, Drink
Dewey Corley
- Fishing In The Dark
Teddy Williams
- Down Home Blues
Houston Stackhouse
- Canned Heat
Peck Curtis
- The Death Of Sonny Boy Williamson

rec. Memphis 1967 by George Mitchell

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Arhoolie 1041
1042
(196?)
Mississippi Delta Blues - Vol. 2

R. L. Burnside
- Poor Black Mattie
- Long Haired Doney
- Going Down South
- Skinny Woman
- I's Be Troubled
- Catfish Blues
Rosa Lee Hill
- Pork And Beans

Joe Calicott
- Lonesome Katy Blues $*
- Come Home To Me Baby $*
- Fare You Well Baby Blues $*
- Country Blues $
- Laughing To Keep From Crying $*
- Love Me Baby Blues $* (= France Chance)

rec. by George Mitchell

$ reissued on Arhoolie CD 402
* reissued on Fat Possum CD 80360

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Arhoolie 1042
1043
(196?)
John Littlejohn's Chicago Blues Stars




Arhoolie 1043
1044
(196?)
Earl Hooker:
2 Bugs And A Roach


- Anna Lee
- Off The Hook
- Love Ain't A Plaything
- You Don't Want Me
- Two Bugs And A Roach
- Wah Wah Blues
- You Don't Love Me
- Earl Hooker Blues

Earl Hooker, voc, g; Gene Skaggs, b; Joe Willie Perkins, p, org; Levi Warren, dr; Fred Roulette, steel g; Andrew Odom, voc; Carey Bell, voc, hca; Louis Myers, hca




Arhoolie 1044
1045
(1969)
Juke Boy Bonner: The Struggle

- Struggle Here In Houston
- Railroad Tracks
- Watch Your Buddies
- I Got My Passport
- When The Deal Goes Down
- Being Black And I'm Proud

- I'm In The Big City
- Houston, The Action Town
- Over Ten Years Ago
- Running Shoes
- Just A Blues
- It Don't Take Too Much

rec. Nov. 1968 & May 1969; liner notes by Larry Skoog




Arhoolie ST 1045 (US)
= Arhoolie AR 19002 (D)

Arhoolie CD 375

1046
(1969)
Fred McDowell And His Blues Boys

- My Baby
- Levee Camp Blues
- When The Saints Go Marching In
- Diamond Ring
- Dankin's Farm

- Big Stars Falling *
- You Ain't Treating Me Right
- Meet Me Down In Froggy Bottom
- Ethel Mae Blues
rec. Aug. 19, 20, and 21, 1969
in Berkeley, CA at
Sierra Sound Studios
* rec. July 5, 1965 in Berkeley
Fred McDowell, voc, g
Mike Russo, g
John Kahn. b
Bob Jones, dr

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Arhoolie F-1046
= Arhoolie AR 19001 (D)

1047
(1970)
John Jackson In Europe

- I Bring My Money
- John's Ragtime
- Red River Blues
- Knife Blues
- Trucking Little Baby
- Blind Blake's Rag
- Goodbye Booze

- Too Tight
- You Ain't No Woman
- Early Morning Blues
- Graveyard Blues
- All Around The Water Tank
- Don't You Want To Go Up There
- Just A Closer Walk With Thee

rec. Oct. 23, 1969 in Stuttgart, Germany
by Chris Strachwitz


Arhoolie 1047 (stereo)
1048
(196?)
Alex Moore in Europe


Arhoolie 1048
1049
(1970)
Mance Lipscomb Vol. 5
Texas Blues and 3 Other
Songs

- Black Gal
- Texas Blues
- Oh, Baby
- Blues In The Bottle *
- Angel Child *

- Mance's Blues
- Whiskey Blues
- Long Way From Tipperary
- Haunted House Blues
- Mother Had A Sick Child
- I'm Looking For My Jesus

* rec. Navasota, Dec. 5, 1968
rec. Berkeley, ca. Nov. 20 & 22, 1969

click to enlarge !

click to enlarge !
Arhoolie 1049

click to enlarge !

click to enlarge !
= AR 19007 (D)

1050
(196?)
Bee Houston


Arhoolie 1050
1051
(1975)
Earl Hooker:
Hooker and Steve


- The Moon Is Rising
- Earl's Blues
- Conversion Blues
- Guitar Rag

- Hooker N' Steve
- I'm Your Main Man
- New Riviera
- Strung-Out Woman Blues

rec. 1969 with Louis Myers, Geno Skaggs & Bobby Johnson




Arhoolie 1051
1052
(1970)
Clifton Chenier:
King Of The Bayous


- Tu Le Ton Son Ton
- Hard To Love Someone
- Who Can Your Good Man Be
- Zodico Two Step
- Going La Maison
- I Believe I'll Go Back Home

- Release Me
- Big Mamou
- Ton Na Na
- I Am Coming Home
- Josephine Par Se Ma Femme
- It's Christmas Time

rec. in Houston, Tx., May 5, 1970 & Nov. 6, 1969


Arhoolie 1052
= Arhoolie AR 19020 (D)
1053
(1969)
Big Joe Williams
Thinking Of What They Did To Me


- Louisiana Bound
- Killing Floor Blues
- Throw The Boogie Woogie
- Dirt Road Blues
- Montreal Blues
- Take Me Out Of The Bottom
- Thinking Of What They Did To Me

- The Death Of Dr. Martin Luther King
- Army Man In Vietnam
- Creole Queen
- Remember Way Back
- Bad Living
- Trouble For Everybody
- King Jesus

+ Charlie Musselwhite

click to enlarge !
Arhoolie 1053
= AR 19009 (D)

most of it (along with
Arhoolie 1002) re-released
on Arhoolie CD 315
"Shake Your Boogie"

www.arhoolie.com

1054
(1970)
Louisiana Blues
Arthur 'Guitar' Kelley, Silas Hogan, Henry Gray, Moses 'Whispering' Smith, Clarence Edwards

Henry Gray
- The Blues Won't Let Me Take My Rest
- Lucky, Lucky Man
Guitar Kelly
- If I Ever Get Back Home
- Talk To Be Baby
- I Got A Funny Feeling

Silas Hogan
- Rats And Roaches In My Kitchen
Henry Gray
- Cold Chills
Clarence Edwards
- Hear That Rumbling
- How Many More Years
Moses "Whispering" Smith
- On The Dark Road Crying

rec. 1970 in Baton Rouge by Tracy Pattison and Chris Strachwitz




Arhoolie 1054


= Arhoolie AR 19011 (D)

1055
(196?)
Johnie Lewis:
Alabama Slide Guitar


- Hobo Blues
- He Met Me On A Thursday Morning
- Uncle Sam
- Can't Hardly Get Along
- My Little Gal
- North Carolina Blues

- I'm Gonna Quit My Baby
- Baby, Listen To Me Howl
- You Gonna Miss Me ("Martin Luther King")
- Mistake In Life
- I Got To Climb A High Mountain
- My Mother Often Told Me



Arhoolie 1055
1056
(196?)
Charlie Musselwhite:
Takin' My Time


- It Ain't Right
- Love Me Or Leave Me
- Finger Lickin' Good
- Two Little Girls
- Up And Down The Avenue

- Highway Blues
- Wild Wild Woman
- Takin' My Time

rec. Jan. & Feb. 1971


Arhoolie 1056
1057
(196?)
Roosevelt Holts and his friends

Roosevelt Holts
- Barrelhouse Blues
- Packing Up Her Trunk To Leave
- I'll Catch The Train And Ride
- Leaving This Time. Won't Be Back Til Fall
Esau Weary
- Bogalousa Boogie
- Big Leg Woman

Boogie Bill Webb
- Maggie Campbell Blues
- Drinking And Stinking
Eli Owens
- Railroad Blues
- Memphis Mail
Blind Pete Burrell
- I'll Fly Away

Arhoolie 1057
1058
(196?)
New Orleans Ragtime Orchestra


Arhoolie 1058
1059
(196?)
Clifton Chenier "Live"


Arhoolie 1059
1060
(1972)
Herman E. Johnson:
Louisiana Country Blues


- I Just Keeps On Wanting You
- You Don't Know My Mind
- Motherless Children
- Depression Blues
- She's A-Looking For Me

- She Had Been Drinking
- I'm Growing Older
- Po' Boy
- Leavin' Blues
- Piano Blues
- Where The Mansion's Prepared For Me

rec. Baton Rouge, Nov. 3, 1960 until May 12, 1961 by Harry Oster

notes by Harry Oster
click to enlarge !

click to enlarge !
Arhoolie 1060

click to enlarge !
(=) Arhoolie CD 440

www.arhoolie.com

1061
(1970)
Joseph Spence: Good Morning Mr. Walker

- Out On The Rolling Sea
- I See Mary And Joseph
- Oh, How I Love Jesus
- Lay Down My Brother
- Coming In On A Wing And A Prayer

- Good Morning Mr. Walker
- The Glory Of Love
- Don't Let Nobody Burn Down Burma Road
- Sloop John B
- Be A Friend To Jesus
- Mary Ann

rec. 1971 by Chris Strachwitz & Dick Waterman

click to enlarge !

click to enlarge !
Arhoolie 1061

reissued
Arhoolie CD 349

1062
(197?)
L. C. "Good Rockin'" Robinson:
Ups And Downs


- Mojo In My Hand
- Ups And Downs
- Pinetop's Boogie Woogie
- Across The Bay Blues
- L. C.'s Shuffle

- I've Got To Go
- Stop And Jump
- She Got It From The Start
- Things' So Bad In California
- New Train Time

rec.in San Francisco, Ca., Aug. & Dec. 1971




Arhoolie 1062
1063
(197?)
Lightning Hopkins in Berkeley

- Please Settle In Viet Nam
- Up On Telegraph
- Wipe Your Feet On The Floor
- Send My Child Home To Me
- Selling Wine
- Brand New Look

- Have You Ever Loved A Woman
- Little And Low
- Hold Up Your Head
- Good Times Here
- Annie's Boogie
- Black And Evil

with Francis Clay, dr on side 2


Arhoolie 1063
1064
(197?)
Piano Red:
"Dr. Feelgood" All Alone With His Piano


- Ten Cent Shot
- Pushing That Thing
- Atlanta Bounce
- Red's How Long Blue
- Corrine, Corrina

- You Ain't Got A Chance
- My Baby Left Me
- Let's Get It On
- Red's Boogie
- Rockin' with Red
- Wrong Yo-Yo

rec. in Macon, Ga., May 7, 1972


Arhoolie 1064
1065
(1972)
Doctor Ross: His First Recordings

- Shake 'Em On Down *
- Down South Blues *
- Shake A My Hand #
- Little Soldier Boy #
- Mississippi Blues %
- Going Back South []
- Dr. Ross Breakdown %

- Going To The River §
- Good Thing Blues §
- Turkey Leg Woman %
- Country Clown #
- My BeBop Gal *
- Memphis Boogie $

rec. 1951-1954 for the Sun label

notes by Steve LaVere
and Bob Eagle



Arhoolie F 1065
1066
(197?)
Earl Hooker:
His First and Last Recordings


- The Hook
- New Sweet Black Angel
- Going Down The Line
- Original Sweet Black Angel
- Guitar Rag

- Earl's Boogie Woogie
- Improvisations on Dust My Broom
- Improvisations on Frosty

recordings from 1952, 53, 68 & 69; with Louis Myers, Geno Skaggs, Joe Willie "Pine Top" Perkins, Unknown dr & hca, Eddie Taylor




Arhoolie 1066
1067
(197?)
Dave Alexander:
The Rattler


- The Sky Is Crying
- Swanee River Boogie
- I Needd A Little Spirit
- Good Home Cooking
- The Rattler

- There Ought To Be A Law
- Lonesome Train Blues
- A Tribue To My Father
- 13 Is My Number
- The Judgement

Arhoolie 1067
1068
(1973)
Fred McDowell: Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning

- Introduction
- I Heard Somebody Calling
- Amazing Grace
- Where Could I Go But To The Lord
- Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning
- Bye And Bye
- Dig My Grave With A Silver Spade

- Don't Look For Me On A Sunday
- Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
- Little Girl, Little Girl
- Levee Camp Blues

rec. 1964-69

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Arhoolie F-1068
1069
(1974)
Mance Lipscomb Volume 6

- Does She Ever Think Of Me
- I Just Hang Down My Head And Cry
- Rag In F
- Wonder Where My Easy Rider Gone
- Tell Me Where You Stayed Last Night
- Corinne, Corinna

- Evil Blues
- Mama, Let Me Lay It On You
- Louise
- When Death Comes Creeping In Your Room
- Sometimes I Feel Like
click to enlarge !
Arhoolie 1069
1070
(197?)
Boisec: La Musique Creole
Alphonse "Boisec" Ardoin with Canray Contenant & The Ardoin Brothers


Arhoolie 1070
1071
(197?)
Dave Alexander:
The Dirt On The Ground





Arhoolie 1071
1072
(197?)
Clifton Chenier:
Out West



Arhoolie 1072
1073
(1974)
K. C. Douglas: The Country Boy

LP track sequence - Fanny Lou
- ??? - Your Crying Won't Make Me Stay
- Country Girl
- Black Cat Bone
- Good Looking Women

- Woke Up This Morning
- High Water Rising
- Mercury Blues
- My Mind's Going Back To 1929
- Catfish Blues

CD track sequence - Mercury Blues
- My Mind's Going Back To 1929
- Catfish Blues
- High Water Rising
- Woke Up This Morning
- Somebody Done Stole My Gal - (previously unreleased)
- Fanny Lou - (previously unreleased)
- I Don't Want No Woman To Love Me - (previously unreleased)
- Married Woman Blues - (previously unreleased)
- Black Cat Bone - (previously unreleased)
- Good Looking Woman - (previously unreleased)
- Richard's Ride - (previously unreleased)
- Hear Me Howling - (previously unreleased)
- I'm Gonna Build Me A Web - (previously unreleased)
- Make Your Coffee - (previously unreleased)
- Night Shift Blues - (previously unreleased)
- Canned Heat - (previously unreleased)
- Your Crying Won't Make Me Stay
- Country Girl
- Black Cat Bone
- Good Looking Women
- Fanny Lou

rec. between 1960 and 1974
"previously unreleased" = CD bonus tracks


Arhoolie 1073

notes by Tom Mazzolini
and Chris Strachwitz

(=) Arhoolie CD 475 (1998)
"Mercury Blues"

www.arhoolie.com

1074
(197?)
Charlie Musselwhit:
Goin' Back Down South

with Lafayette Leake and Robben Ford

- Crazy For My Baby
- Blue Steel
- Take Me Back
- Blue Stu

This Old Night Line
- Taylor's Arkansas
- Cut You Loose
- If Trouble Was Money
- On The Spot Boogie

rec. 1971 (2 tracks) and 1974, Lafayette Leake, p; Skip Rose, p; Robben Ford, g & sax; Tim Kaihatsu, g; Larry Martin, dr; Pat Ford, dr; Karl Sevareid, b; Gerald Pedersen, b


Arhoolie 1074
1075
(197?)
J. C. Burris:
One Of These Mornings





Arhoolie 1075
1076
(197?)
Clifton Chenier:
Bogalusa Boogie



Arhoolie 1076
1077
(1978)
Mance Lipscomb:
You'll Never Find Another Man Like Mance


- Meet Me In The Bottom
- Tom Moore's Farm
- Keep On Trucking
- Joe Turner Blues
- Alabama Bound
- You Got To See Your Mama Every Night
- Out And Down
- Angel Child

- You Rascal You
- Mance's St. Louis Blues
- Baby, Don't Lay It On Me
- Tall Angel At The Bar
- Willie Poor Boy
- Johnny Take A One On Me
- plus two segments of Mance talking with the audience
click to enlarge !

click to enlarge !
Arhoolie 1077
1078
(197?)
Clifton Chenier And His Red Hot Louisiana Band

- Grand Prix
- Hungry Man Blues
- Parti De Paris
- Take Off Your Dress
- Paty Down (at the Blue Angel Club)

- Falksy Girl
- Easy, Easy Baby
- Tante Na Na
- Do Right Sometime
- Highway Blues

rec. 1975 & 1977


Arhoolie 1078
1079
(197?)
Tom McFarland:
Travelin' With The Blues


- Travelin' With The Blues
- You Can't Take It With You
- Gasoline Blues
- You're Killing Me
- Going Back To Oakland

- Street Walking Woman
- Juicer's Blues
- Blues Got Me
- Blues Up And Gone
- Telephone Blues

Arhoolie 1079
1080
(197?)
Big Joe Duskin:
Cincinnati Stomp





Arhoolie 1080
1081
(197?)
The Sam Brothers 5


Arhoolie 1081
1082
(1979)
Clifton Chenier:
Classic Clifton



Arhoolie 1082
1083
(197?)
John Delafose:
Zydeco Man



Arhoolie 1083
1084
(1979)
Kings Of Country Blues Vol. 1

Booker White
- Christmas Eve Blues
- Columbus, Miss. Blues
- Sad Day Blues
Piano Red
- Mobile Blues
- Abel Street Stomp

Nathan Beauregard
- Nathan's Bumble Bee Blues
- 'Bout A Spoonful
Sleepy John Estes
- Need More Blues
- President Kennedy Stayed Away Too Long


Furry Lewis
- Judge Boushay Blues
- Walking Blues
Fred McDowell
- Shake Em On Down
- Fred's Blues
Napoleon Strickland
- Back Water Rising

- Other's Piece
- Shimmy She Wobble
Watson & Jones [John Fahey & Bill Barth]
- Memphis Rag
- St. Louis Blues
- Praying On The Old Campground

rec. June 12, 1969 in Memphis, Tennessee

click to enlarge left page of inner gatefold !click to enlarge right page of inner gatefold and read track list !
inner gatefold of Blue Thumb BTS 6000

click to read first and second column of inner sleeve A !click to read third and fourth column of inner sleeve A ! click to read first column of inner sleeve B !click to read second column of inner sleeve B !click to read third column of inner sleeve B !
inner sleeves of Blue Thumb BTS 6000

DLP
notes by Pete Welding
click to enlarge !

click to read track list !
Blue Thumb BTS 6000
"Memphis Swamp Jam"
= King SR-481 (Jp 1971)

click to enlarge !

click to enlarge !
(=) Arhoolie 1084

and Arhoolie 1085 "Kings
Of Country Blues Vol. 2"

1085
(1979)
Kings Of
Country Blues Vol. 2


Booker White
- Christmas Eve Blues
- Columbus, Miss. Blues
- Sad Day Blues
Piano Red
- Mobile Blues
- Abel Street Stomp

Nathan Beauregard
- Nathan's Bumble Bee Blues
- 'Bout A Spoonful
Sleepy John Estes
- Need More Blues
- President Kennedy Stayed Away Too Long



Furry Lewis
- Judge Boushay Blues
- Walking Blues
Fred McDowell
- Shake Em On Down
- Fred's Blues
Napoleon Strickland
- Back Water Rising

- Other's Piece
- Shimmy She Wobble
Watson & Jones [John Fahey & Bill Barth]
- Memphis Rag
- St. Louis Blues
- Praying On The Old Campground

rec. June 12, 1969 in Memphis, Tennessee

click to enlarge !click to enlarge !
inner gatefold of Blue Thumb BTS 6000

DLP
notes by Pete Welding
click to enlarge !

click to enlarge !
Blue Thumb BTS 6000 (1969)
"Memphis Swamp Jam"
= King SR-481 (Jp 1971)

(=) Arhoolie 1084 "Kings Of
Country Blues Vol. 1"

click to enlarge !
and
Arhoolie 1085

1086
(196?)
Clifton Chenier:
The King Of Zydeco


- Jambalaya
- You're Fussin' Too Much
- Boogie Woogie
- Ay Tete Fee
- Cher Catin

- Money
- I'm On the Wonder
- Woo Woo
- Hush, Hush
- Calinda

rec. live at Montreux, Switzerland


Arhoolie 1086
1087
(1981)
Lightning Hopkins:
Po' Lightning



Arhoolie 1087
1088
(1982)
John Delafose:
Uncle Bud Zydeco



Arhoolie 1088
1089
(1984)
Elizabeth Cotten Live


Arhoolie 1089
1090
(198?)
Zydeco Vol. 2


Arhoolie 1090
1091
(198?)
Lawrence "Black" Ardoin & His French Band


Arhoolie 1091
1092
(198?)
Rebirth Jazz Band of New Orleans:
Here To Stay


- Going To The Mardi Gras
- Chameleon
- Lord, Lord, Lord, You Sure Been Good To Me
- Blue Monk
- It Ain't My Fault
- Shake Your Booty
- Sweet Georgia Brown
- The Law
- Let's Tear It Up
- Here To Stay

Arhoolie 1092
1093
(198?)
Clifton Chenier Live at S. F. Blues Festival


Arhoolie 1093
1094
(1985)
Katie Webster:
You Know That's Right


with Hot Links


Arhoolie 1094
1095
(1985)
Howard Armstrong: Louie Bluie
Film sound track


Arhoolie 1095
1096
(198?)
Chris Thomas:
The Beginning



Arhoolie 1096
1097
(198?)
Clifton Chenier Sings The Blues


Arhoolie 1097
1098
(198?)
C .J. Chenier:
Let Me In Your Heart


- Check Out My Zydeco
- I'm Coming Home
- She's My Woman
- Blue Flame Blues
- My Baby Won't Wear No Shoes
- Let Me In Your Heart
- Bow Legged Woman
- Banana Man
- I'm All Shook Up
- Used And Abused
- I'll Be Long Gone

with Cleveland Chenier, rub board & Selwyn Cooper, g


Arhoolie 1098
 
2000 series
 
2001/02
(1968)
The Roots Of America's Music

2-disc package




Arhoolie R2001/2002
= Stateside/Toshiba SR
-9323B (Jp 1972)

2003
(196?)
Lowell Fulson


Arhoolie 2003
2004
(196?)
Joe Turner :
Jumpin' The Blues

with Pete Johnson Orchestra


Arhoolie 2004
2005
(196?)
Guitar Slim and Jelly Belly

- No More Hard Times
- Working Man Blues
- Mike And Jerry
- Christmas Time Blues
- Bad Acting Woman
- Snowing And Raining Blues
- Why Oh Why
- Ups And Downs Blues

- South Carolina Blues
- Big Trouble Blues
- Jail And Buddy Blues
- Railroad Blues
- Travelin' Blues
- Right And Wrong Women
- Betty And Dupree

Alec Seward & Louis Hayes




Arhoolie R 2005
2006
(196?)
Texas Blues Vol. 1


Arhoolie 2006
2007
(196?)
Lightning Hopkins:
Early Recordings


- Bluebird Blues
- Walking Blues
- Unkind Blues
- Mad With You
- Somebody's Got To Go
- Automobile Blues
- Seems Funny Baby
- Coolin' Board Blues

- Airplane Blues
- Loretta Blues
- Whiskey Blues
- You Don't Know
- Organ Boogie
- What Can It Be
- Ida Mae
- Goin' Back And Talk To Mama

Arhoolie 2007
2008
(1970)
Oakland Blues

KC Douglas
- Mercury Boogie
Sidney Maiden
- Eclipse Of The Sun
Willie B. Huff
- Beggar Man Blues
Juke Boy Bonner
- Well Baby
Mercy Dee Walton
- Trailing My Baby
LC Good Rockin’ Robinson
- Why Don’t You Write To Me
Juke Boy Bonner
- Rock With Me Baby

Johnny Fuller
- Train, Train Blues
- First Stage of the Blues
Jimmy McCracklin
- When I’m Gone
Jimmy Wilson
- Tin Pan Alley
- A Woman Is To Blame
- Blues At Sundown
- Frisco Bay
notes by Lee Hildebrand

Arhoolie 2008

= Trio PA-3063 (Jp 1975)

2009
(1967)
Frisco Bound! with Jesse Fuller

- Leavin' Memphis Frisco Bound
- Got A Date Half Past Eight
- Hump In My Back
- Flavor In My Cream
- Finger Twister #
- Just Like A Ship On The Deep Blue Sea #

- Motherless Children
- Amazing Grace
- Hark From The Tomb
- As Long As I Can Feel The Spirit
- Cincinnati Blues #
- Just A Closer Walk With Thee #

# on Cavalier 6009, Folk Art 5005 and Arhoolie F 2009 only

rec. Oakland, Ca, April 22, 1955; prod. by Tom Spinoza

reissued 1993 on Arhoolie CD 360

 

other 'Folk Art' releases (http://koti.mbnet.fi/wdd/hankdavisbio11.htm):
FLP 5001: Rev. Anthony Campbell, Calvin Morris, Hank Davis 'God Made The Blues'
45 FLP 5002: Rev. Anthony Campbell, Calvin Morris, Hank Davis 'How Long Have You Been A Negro? / Hit 'Em Again Lord' ( 7 inch 45 rpm)
FLP 5003: Lightnin' Hopkins 'In Town'
FLP 5004: Leadbelly 'I'm Never Gone

10 inch LP
click to enlarge !

click to enlarge !
Cavalier CAV 5006 (1955)
(red vinyl)

12 inch LP





(=) Cavalier CVLP6009 (1957)
(black vinyl)


(=) Folk Art FLP 5005
"God Made the Blues
Volume 2"
(1964)




(=) Arhoolie F 2009 (7/1967)

2010
(1971)
Lightning Hopkins:
Early Recordings Vol. 2


- Short Haired Woman
- Old Woman Blues
- Untrue Blues
- T-Model Blues
- Jailhouse Blues
- Trying To Find A Friend
- Can't Be Successful
- Tom Moore Blues

- Fast Life Woman
- Grosebeck Blues - Take 2
- Grosebeck Blues - Take 3
- Rollin' Woman Blues
- Ain't It A Shame
- Somebody's Got To Go
- Automobile Blues
- All I Got Is Gone

rec. in late 40s, Houston, Tx., for Gold Star Records


Arhoolie 2010
2011
(1970)
Robert Pete Williams, Guitar Welch, Hogman Maxey: Angola Prisoners' Blues

Robert Pete Williams
- Levee Camp Blues §
- Prisoner's Talking Blues #
- Motherless Children Have A Hard Time §
- Some Got Six Months #
- I'm Lonesome Blues #
Hogman Maxey
- Stagolee #
- Black Night Fallin' #
Guitar Welch
- Electric Chair Blues #
- I'm Gonna Leave You Mama #

rec. 1959 Angola State Penitentiary, Louisiana, by Harry Oster

§ on Arhoolie CD 394
# on Arhoolie CD 419


Louisiana Folklore Society
LFS A-3

= Collector JGN 1003
(UK 1961)


= Arhoolie R 2011 (1970)
Angola Prisoner's Blues


Arhoolie CD 419

www.arhoolie.com

www.louisianafolklife.org

2012
(19??)
Prison Worksongs

Rodney Mason, Rev. Rogers & Roosevelt Charles
- Berta
Guitar Welch, Hogman Maxey & Andy Mosley
- Take This Hammer
Rev. Rogers, Rodney Mason & Smith
- Stewball
Odea Mathews
- Five Long Years for One Man
Guitar Welch, Hogman Maxey & Andy Mosley
- Alberta Let Your Bangs Grow Long
James Russel & Gang
- I Had Five Long Years
Johnny Butler & Gang
- Early In The Mornin'

Roosevelt Charles, Davis & Rodney Mason
- All Teamed Up in Angola's Mule Lot
Willy Rafus & Gang
- I Got a Hurtin' In My Right Side
Rodney Mason, Willy Rafus & Davis
- Let Your Hammer Ring
Willy Rafus, Andy Mosley & Johnny Butler
- Cleaning This Highway
Guitar Welch, Hogman Maxey & Robert Pete Williams
- John Henry
Odea Mathews
- Something Within Me
Murray Macon
- Jesus Cares

on CD only:
Emanuel Dunn
- Working On The Levee (Part 1)
- Working On The Levee (Part 2)
Big Louisiana
- Take This Hammer
Creola Scott/Ceola Scott
- Pickin' Cotton All Day Long
Emanuel Dunn
- My Mule "Grey"

rec. 1959 Angola State Penitentiary, Louisiana, by Harry Oster

notes by Harry Oster
& Chris Strachwitz

Louisiana Folklore Society
LFS A-5


= Collector JGN 1006
(UK 196?)


= Arhoolie R 2012


Arhoolie CD 448

www.arhoolie.com

www.louisianafolklife.org

2014
(1971)
Snooks Eaglin / Lucius Bridges / Brother Randolph:
New Orleans Washboard Blues


Folk-Lyric FL 107 (I) / Arhoolie 2014 tracks:
- Possum Up A Simmon Tree
- That's All Right
- Veal Chop And Pork Chop
- I Ain't Gonna Study War No More
- Model T And The Train
- Jack O'Diamonds
- Death Valley Blues
- This Train

- Bottle Up And Go
- Mardi Gras Mambo
- Rock Me Mama
- John Henry
- Locomotive Train
- I Had A Little Woman
- Don't Leave Me Mama

Folk-Lyric FL 107 (II) tracks:
- Possum Up A Simmon Tree
- That's All Right
- Veal Chop And Pork Chop
- Down By The Riverside
- Model T And The Train
- Jack O'Diamonds

- Death Valley Blues
- Rock Me Mama
- John Henry
- Locomotive Train
- I Had A Little Woman
- Rock Me Mama

rec. 1958 by Harry Oster




Folk-Lyric FL 107 (I) (1959)




Folk-Lyric FL 107 (II)
"Possum Up A Simmon Tree"


= Arhoolie 2014 (1971)


= Storyville SLP 179
"New Orleans Blues"

re-released 1991 on
Arhoolie CD 348
"Country Boy Down
In New Orleans"

Storyville discography

2015
(19??)
Robert Pete Williams:
Those Prison Blues


Folk Lyric FL 109 = 77 LA 12/17
- I'll Be Glad When I'm From Behind Iron Walls
- Louise #
- Blue In Me §
- Come Here Baby, Tell Me What Is Wrong With You #
- I Got The Blues So Bad §
- Boogy Woman (+ Hogman Maxey, 12-str. g)

- Pardon Renied Again #
- Army Blues (+ Hogman Maxey, 12-str. g)
- Blues In The Dark
- Make Me A Pallet On The Floor
- Angola Special #

Arhoolie R 2015
- Pardon Denied Again #
- This Wild Old Life #
- Texas Blues #
- Up And Down Blues #
- I'm Blue As A Man Can Be #
- Louise #
- Blue In Me §
- I Got The Blues So Bad §
- Come Here Baby, Tell Me What Is Wrong With You #

green = track on both LPs
# on Arhoolie CD 394
§ on Arhoolie CD 395

rec. 1959 & 1960 Angola State Penitentiary, Louisiana, by Harry Oster; Robert Pete Williams, voc, 6- or 12-str. g

notes by Harry Oster





Folk Lyric FL 109

click to enlarge !
= 77 LA 12/17 (UK 1963)


Arhoolie R 2015 (1971)


Arhoolie CD 394
“I'm Blue as a Man Can Be”
www.arhoolie.com


Arhoolie CD 395
"When A Man Takes The Blues"
www.arhoolie.com

2016
(1971)
Billie & DeDe Pierce
New Orleans Jazz


- Eh La Bas
- Gulf Coast Blues
- Some Of These Days
- You Can Depend On Me
- The Peanut Vendor
- Jelly Roll

- Mama Don't Allow
- Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
- Going Back To Florida
- Panama
- St. James Infirmary
- John Henry

CD bonus tracks:
- Get A Working Man
- Panama Rag
- In The Racket

rec. 1959 by Harry Oster


Folk-Lyric FL 110

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= Arhoolie 2016 (1971)
"New Orleans Music"

= Storyville SLP

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= Arhoolie CD 488
"Gulf Coast Blues"

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2017
(1976)
Rev. Pearly Brown:
Georgia Street Singer


- God Don't Never Change
- Just A Closer Walk With Thee
- You're Gonna Need That Pure Religion
- Savior, Don't You Pass Me By
- Motherless Children
- Oh What A Morning
- I Must See Jesus
- Nobody's Fault But Mine
- I Know It Was The Blood
- By And By (I'm Gonna See The King)
- Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning
- If I Never See You Anymore
- Ninety-Nine And A Half Won't Do
- It's A Mean Old World
- The Great Speckled Bird

CD bonus tracks (not recorded by Harry Oster):
- Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning
- You Gotta Move
- I'm On My Way To The Canaan Land
- Good By
- What A Morning

rec. 1961 by Harry Oster
and Richard Allen

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Folk-Lyric FL 108

= Arhoolie 2017 (1976)

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= Arhoolie CD 9025
"You're Gonna Need
That Pure Religion"

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Rev. Pearly Brown bio

2018
(19??)
Country Negro Jam Session

Butch Cage & Willie Thomas
- 44 Blues
Robert Pete Williams
- Mississippi Heavy Water Blues
Clarence Edwards
- Smokes Like Lightning
Butch Cage & Willie Thomas
- Who Broke The Lock
Clarence Edwards
- You Don't Love Me
Butch Cage & Willie Thomas
- It's The Sign Of The Judgement
Ben Douglas
- Foxhunt


Sally Dotson with Smoky Babe & Hillary Blunt
- Your Dice Won't Pass
Butch Cage & Willie Thomas
- Jelly Roll
Rebecca Smith etc.
- I've Got Religion

Smoky Babe
- Going Downtown Boogie
Clarence Edwards
- Stack O' Dollars
Willie Thomas & Butch Cage
- Brown Skin Woman
Leon Strickland with Lucius Bridges
- I Won't Be Your Low Down Dog No More

additional tracks on CD:
Butch Cage & Willie B Thomas
- The Piano Blues

Smoky Babe
- Cotton Field Blues
Otis Webster
- The Farm Blues
- The Boss Man Blues
Butch Cage & Willie B Thomas
- Whoa Mule!
Otis Webster
- Boll Weevil Blues
Clarence Edwards/Cornelius Edwards/Butch Cage
- Thousand Miles From Nowhere
Butch Cage & Willie B. Thomas
- Dead And Gone
- Called For You Yesterday
- Me & My Chauffeur
- Baby Please Don't Go

rec. in southwest Louisiana during the late 1950s and early 1960s by Harry Oster
cover photo of Butch Cage and Willie Thomas with their wives by Harry Oster

Dr. Harry Oster discography




Folk-Lyric FL 111




= Arhoolie R 2018

= Trio PA-6028 (Jp 1974)


Arhoolie CD 372
notes by Chris Strachwitz

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Butch Cage & Willie
Thomas discography

2019
(197?)
Smoky Babe and his friends:
Hot Blues


track list of 77-LA-12-12
- Rabbit Blues
- Too Many Women
- Two Wings
- Mississippi River So Deep & Wide
- I'm Broke And I'm Hungry
- My Baby She Told Me

- Black Ghost
- Ain't Got No Rabbit Dog
- Bad Whiskey
- Black Gal
- My Baby Put Me Down
- Going Back Home

track list of Arhoolie R 2019
- Too Many Women
- Two Wings
- I'm Broke And I'm Hungry
- Mississippi River
- My Baby She Told Me
- Rabbit Blues

- Black Ghost
- Ain't Got No Rabbit Dog
- Bad Whiskey
- My Baby Put Me Down
- Going Back Home

rec. Scotlandville, La. in 1960 by Harry Oster; Smoky Babe, voc, g with Sally and William Dotson, Henry Thomas [= Lazy Lester], and Clyde Causey
liner notes by Harry Oster

Dr. Harry Oster discography

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Folk-Lyric FL 118

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= 77 LA 12-12 (1962)
77 Records discography

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= Arhoolie R 2019 (197?)
"Hot Blues"

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= Arhoolie CD 440

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2020
(19??)
Sonnyboy Williamson:
King Biscuit Time


- Do It If You Wanna
- Cool Cool Blues
- Come On Back Home
- Stop Crying
- Eyesight To The Blind
- West Memphis Blues
- I Cross My Heart
- Crazy About You Baby

- Nine Below Zero
- Mighty Long Time
- She Brought Life Back To The Dead
- Stop Now Baby
- Mr. Downchild
- Sonny Boy's Christmas Blues
- Pontiac Blues
- Too Close Together

Sonny Boy Williamson's first records for the Trumpet label




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