Richard Harney and Mose Vinson on the grounds of the 33rd National Folk Festival 1971<br>(source: Sing Out! vol. 20 # 6 (1971), p. 7; photographer: Herbert Wise) 
Earl Bell and Mose Vinson on the grounds of the 33rd National Folk Festival 1971
(source: Sing Out! vol. 20 # 6 (1971), p. 7; photographer: Herbert Wise)

Earl Bell
b. February 19, 1914 in Hernando, Mississippi
d. July 1977 in Memphis, Tennessee
discography

This discography is a non-commercial labor-of-love and is in no way associated with any business firm.
All I know about the resp. artist's / label's musical output is shown on this page. To purchase out-of-print records I recommend an ebay, gemm or google search. And - sorry for that - I have not the time to answer any e-mails asking me about further information, let alone duplicating out-of-print recordings I happen to own.

Stefan Wirz   www.wirz.de

Earl Bell LPs / CDs
  Earl Bell

- Dust My Broom
- Take A Little Walk With Me
- Rocky Mountain
- 209 Central
- Travellin' Man #
- Terraplane Blues #
- Memphis Boogie

rec. May 26, 1964; Earl Bell. voc, g

Swedish Radio Station unissued

# Jefferson Records
SBACD 12658/9 (2004)

11971The Memphis Blues Again, Vol. 1

Nathan Beauregard
- Nobody's Business But My Own
- Lonesome To Myself
Sam Clark & Dewey Corley and Richard Harney
- Sunnyland Train Blues

Earl Bell & Marshall "Memphis Sonny Boy" Jones
- Catfish Blues #
Mose Vinson & Backwards Sam Firk and Dewey Corley
- You Ain't Too Old
Mose Vinson & Backwards Sam Firk
- Bullfrog Blues
Sweet Charlene Peeples & Mose Vinson
- Tin Pan Alley
- Scood Up Be Doop Day

Furry Lewis
- Natural Born Eastman No. 2
Furry Lewis & Willie Morris and Dewey Corley
- New Turn Your Money Green
Joe Dobbins & Backwards Sam Firk
- Basin Street Blues
- Sweet Patricia
Gus Cannon
- Mule Gallop
Dewey Corley & Willie Morris and Furry Lewis
- Dewey's Walkin' Blues
Dewey Corley & Walter Miller
- Step It Up And Go

rec. in Memphis in October, 1969 and # at the Peabody Hotel (Memphis) in June, 1970; prod. by Gene Rosenthal; cover drawing by Dick Bangham

notes by Stephan Michaelson & Steve LaVere; click to enlarge !Nathan Beauregard; click to enlarge !

Furry Lewis, Gus Cannon, Sam Clark; click to enlarge !Dewey Corley, Mose Vinson, Sweet Charlene; click to enlarge !

Earl Bell & Memphis Sonny Boy, Joe Dobbing; click to enlarge !notes by Steve LaVere, track list; click to enlarge !
gatefold notes of Adelphi AD 1009

notes by Stephan
Michaelson and Steve
LaVere with assistance
by Nick Perls and
Michael Stewart
click to enlarge !

click to enlarge !
Adelphi AD 1009

click to enlarge !
= Echo Music 801 (1985)
"Blues Anthology Vol. 1"
"Memphis Blues"

Adelphi discography

21971Beale Street Mess-Around

Revival / Barclay tracks:
Dewey Corley
- Just A Dream I Had On My Mind # *
- Tri-State-Bus # *
- Back To The Country # *
- I'm Going Home # []
- Four O'Clock In The Morning # *
[] + Walter Miller, g
* + Johnny Woods, harm; Earl Bell, g

Will Shade & Abe McNeil
- Beale Street Mess-Around
Will Shade & Furry Lewis
- Muscle Shoals Blues
Charlie Burse & Will Shade
- Kansas City Blues
Will Shade
- Dirty Dozen
Charlie Burse
- Tippin' Round
Will Shade
- I Can't Stand It

Rounder tracks:
Will Shade & Abe McNeil
- Beale Street Mess-Around
Will Shade & Furry Lewis
- Muscle Shoals Blues
Charlie Burse
- Tippin' Round
Furry Lewis
- Pearlee
Will Shade
- Dirty Dozen
Furry Lewis
- Old Original Furry Lewis Blues
Will Shade & Catherine Porter
- Let Me Ride With You Tonight
Walter Miller & Dewey Corley
- I'm Going Home

Will Shade & Charlie Burse
- Kansas City Blues
Will Shade
- Newport News

Earl Bell
- Jump On Down #
Furry Lewis
- U.S. Waltz
Will Shade
- I'll Get A Break
Will Shade, Charley Burse, Furry Lewis
- Eleven Light City
Furry Lewis
- Hello, Judge

# rec. August 1967 in Memphis by George Mitchell and Roger Brown

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Revival RVS 1004
Revival discography

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click to enlarge !
= Barclay 920414 (Fr)




(=) Rounder 2006

31994Memphis Blues Caravan, Vol. 1

Sam Chatmon
- Forgive Me Too
Big Sam Clark
- I Fell in Love With This Woman
Sonny Boy Nelson
- Pony Blues

Earl Bell
- Travelin' Blues
Sleepy John Estes / Hammie Nixon
- President Kennedy Stayed Away Too Long
- Yellow Yam Blues
Bukka White
- Bed Springs Blues
Furry Lewis
- Mary Tell-Blues/Mother Story
Harmonica Frank
- Goin' Away Happy
Houston Stackhouse
- Crying Won't Help You
Joe Willie Wilkins & His King Biscuit Boys
- Me And The Devil Blues
notes by Steve LaVere
click to enlarge !
Memphis Archives
CD 7008
42004I Blueskvarter Chicago 1964, Volume Three

CD One
Snooks Eaglin
- Yours Truly
- Pine Top's Boogie Woogie
- My Babe
- Let Me Go Home, Whiskey
- Careless Love
- Rock Island Line
- CC Rider
- I`m Looking For A Woman
- Hello Dolly
- Lonesome Road
Babe Stovall
- Good Morning Blues
- Candy Man
- Fo' Day Blues
- Gonna Move To Kansas City
Johnny Moment
- Keep Our Business To Yourself
- You Got To Mind How To Treat Someone Else
Will Shade
- I Got The Blues So Bad
- I Can't Stand It
Furry Lewis
- Baby, I Know You Don't Love Me

Earl Bell
- Travellin' Man
- Terraplane Blues
Moose Williams
- Mother Keep Your Light Burning High In The Window



CD Two
Willie Mabon
- Somebody's Got To Pay
Big Walter Horton
- West Side Blues
- Tin Pan Alley
- This Is It
Sunnyland Slim
- Prison Bound
Paul Butterfield Blues Band
- Hot Potatoes
- One Room Country Shack
Little Brother Montgomery
- Vicksburg Blues
Johnny Young
- You Got Bad Blood, I Think You Need A Shoot
Washboard Sam
- Mama Don't Allow
Big Joe Williams
- Rootin' Groundhog
- Southern Blues
- King's Highway Blues
Champion Jack Dupree
- Improvisations and Interview
- Drive 'em Down Special
- Improvisations and Interview
- I Feel Like A Millionaire
- Improvisations and Interview
- Barrelhouse Woman
- Improvisations and Interview
2 CD set



Jefferson Records
SBACD 12658/9

www.jeffersonbluesmag.com



Will be completed and expanded with further details !!!

I herewith confess
that I do not have the ambition to list each and every CD anthology / compilation
containing only one (or two ;-) Earl Bell track(s) !!!

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970.- Vancouver 2006, p. 24
- Robert Ford: A Blues Bibliography, 2nd Edition (Routledge Music Bibliographies) 2007, p. 124
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

source of left column picture: Gatefold notes of Adelphi AD 1009 (Earl Bell & Marshall "Memphis Sonny Boy" Jones; photographer: Gene Rosenthal)

 

Stefan Wirz


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