Forrest City Joe 78 rpm / LPs / CDs
| # | year
of release | title | label # / notes |
|---|
| 1 | 1/1949 | Forest City Joe
- Memory Of Sonny Boy (U7164)
- A Woman On Every Street (U7167)
rec. June / July (?) or December 2 (?), 1948 in Chicago; Forrest City Joe, voc, hca; poss. J.C. Cole, g | 
Aristocrat 3101 |
| | | Forest City Joe
- Special Delivery Man (U7165) #
- Shady Lane Woman (U7166) #
- Sawdust Bottom (U7168) # []
- Ash Street Boogie (U7169) # §
- Mean Mistreatin' Woman (U7170) # *
- Lonesome Day Blues (U7171) # *
rec. June / July (?) or December 2 (?), 1948 in Chicago; Forrest City Joe, voc, hca; poss. J.C. Cole, g | Aristocrat (?) unissued # P-Vine (Jp) PLP 6032
[] Chess (UK) 6641 047
* Chess (UK) 6641 125
§ Negro Rhythm 107 |
| 2 | 1960 | Roots Of The Blues
Southern Folk Heritage Series
Lonnie Young
- Jim and John
Vera Hall
- The Wild Ox Moan
Fred McDowell
- Been Drinkin' Water Out Of A Hollow Log
Miles Pratcher
- All Night Long
Fred McDowell
- Shake 'Em On Down
Forest City Joe
- Levee Camp Reminiscence
Lonnie Young
- Chevrolet
Lonnie Young
- Oree
Johnny Lee Moore
- Levee Camp Holler
- Eighteen Hammers
Forest City Joe
- Train Time
Fred McDowell
- Freight Train Blues
Forest City Joe
- Drink On Little Girl
Forrest City Joe tracks rec. October 1, 1959 in Hughes, AR by Alan Lomax with the assistance of Shirley Collins | notes by Gary Kramer
Atlantic SD-1348notes by Alan Lomax
= Polydor-Atlantic 590 019
(UK 1968) 
= Atlantic 782496
4 cd boxset 1993
"Sounds Of The South"
|
| 3 | 1960 | The Blues Roll On
Southern Folk Heritage Series
Boy Blue
- Boogie Children
Forest City Joe
- She Lived Her Life Too Fast
Fred McDowell
- Drop Down Mama
Lonnie Young
- Sittin' On Top Of The World
John Dudley
- Cool Water Blues
Forest City Joe
- She Don't Love Me That Way
- Stop Breaking Down
Boy Blue
- Joe Lee's Rock
Rosalie Hill
- Bullyin' Well
Fred McDowell
- When You Get Home, Write Me A Few Little Lines
Forest City Joe
- Red Cross Store
- Forest City Jump
Forrest City Joe tracks rec. October 1, 1959 in Hughes, AR by Alan Lomax with the assistance of Shirley Collins | 
Atlantic SD 1352= London LTZ-K 15215 notes by Alan Lomax
= Polydor-Atlantic 590 025
(UK 1968)
= Atlantic 782496
4 cd boxset 1993
"Sounds Of The South"
Atlantic discography
|
| 4 | 196? | Memphis And The Delta - The 1950s
Houston Boines
- Relation Blues
Luther Huff
- Bull Dog Blues
Junior Brooks
- She's A Little Girl
Harmonica Frank
- Goin' Away Walking
Forest City Joe
- Memory Of Sonny Boy
Roosevelt Sykes
- West Helena Blues
Joe Hill Louis
- I Feel Like A Million
Sunnyland Slim
- Going Back To Memphis
Boyd Gilmore
- Rambling On My Mind<
Drifting Slim
- Good Morning Blues
Willie Love
- Seventy Four Blues
James Cotton
- Cotton Crop Blues
Baby Face Turner
- Gonna Let You Go
Elmore James
- Please Find My Baby | 
Blues Classics BC 15 Blues Classics
discography
|
| 5 | 1972 | Genesis Vol. 1
The Beginnings Of Rock
Sunnyland Slim
Muddy Waters
LeRoy Foster
Forrest City Joe
- Sawdust Bottom
Robert Nighthawk
Little Johnny Jones
Big Bill Broonzy
Washboard Sam
Jimmy Rogers
| 4 LP box set
Chess 6641 047
(UK Phonogram) |
| 6 | 1973 | Genesis Vol. 2
The Beginnings of Rock: From Memphis to Chicago
Album 1 (6499 432)
Sonny Boy Williamson
- Work With Me
- Don't Start Me To Talking
- All My Love In Vain
- Good Evening Everybody
- You Killing Me (On My Feet)
- Let Me Explain
- I Know What Love Is All About
Sonny Boy Williamson
- I Wonder Why
- Your Imagination
Elmore James
- Country Boogie
- My Best Friend
- I See My Baby
- She Just Won't Do Right
- Muddy Shoes
Album 2 (6499 433)
Ethel Mae
- Down The Line
- Handsome Lover
- Sugar Papa
Robert Nighthawk
- Good News
- Six Three O
- Prison Bound
Forrest City Joe
- Mean Mistreatin' Woman
Forrest City Joe
- Lonesome Day Blues
Howlin' Wolf
- I'm Not Joking
- Moanin' At Midnight
- How Many More Years
- All Night Long
- No Place To Go
Album 3 (6499 434)
Jackie Brenston
- Rocket "88"
Doctor Ross
- Country Clown
- Doctor Ross Boogie
Willie Nix
- Truckin' Little Woman
- Just One Mistake
Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup
- Open Your Book
- Tears In My Eyes (C-1023 [alt.])
Woodrow Adams
- Pretty Baby Blues
- She's Done Come And Gone
Joe Hill Louis
- Dorothy Mae
- When I Am Gone
Harmonica Frank
- Swamp Root
- Howlin' Tomcat
- She Done Moved
Album 4 (6499 435)
Sonny Boy Williamson
- Keep It To Yourself
- Please Forgive (Keep It To Yourself)
- The Key To Your Love
Howlin' Wolf
- Baby How Long
- Evil Is Goin' On
- Forty Four
- Who Will Be Next
Howlin' Wolf
- I Have A Little Girl
- Come To Me Baby
- Don't Mess With My Baby
- Smokestack Lightning
- You Can't Be Beat
- So Glad
- Break Of Day
compiled by Mike Leadbitter & Neil Slaven | 4 LP box set
Chess 6641 125
(UK Phonogram) |
| 7 | 1975 | The Blues
The Blues Music In Early 50's
Sunnyland Slim
- Johnson Machine
Muddy Waters
- Little Anna Mae
Forrest City Joe
- Mean Mistreatin' Woman
Ethel Mae
- Sugar Papa
Robert Nighthawk
- 6-3-0
- Prison Bound
Howlin' Wolf
- Mama Died And Left Me
Muddy Waters
- Where Is My Woman Been
Doctor Ross
- Doctor Ross Boogie
Willie Nix
- Just One Mistake
Memphis Minnie
- Broken Heart
Howlin' Wolf
- Come To Me Baby | 
Victor LWG-1089 (Jp promo) |
| 8 | 1976 | Chicago Slickers 1948-1953
Little Walter
- I Want My Baby
Floyd Jones
- School Days
- Hard Time
Forest City Joe
- A Woman On Every Street
Little Walter
- Just Keep Lovin' Her
John Brim
- Dark Clouds
- Lonesome Man Blues
Earl Hooker
- Sweet Angel
Johnny Shines
- Ramblin'
- Cool Driver
Homesick James
- Lonesome Ole Train
- Farmer's Blues
Delta Joe
- Train Time
Big Boy Spires
- About To Lose My Mind
Floyd Jones
- Early Morning | notes by Leroy Pierson
Nighthawk 102Nighthawk discography |
| 8a | 1977 | Roots Of The Blues
Henry Ratcliff
- Louisiana
Bakari-Badji
- Field Song From Senegal
John Dudley
- Po' Boy Blues
Tangle Eye
- Kate Left Memphis
Leroy Miller And A Group Of Prisoners
- Berta, Berta
Fred McDowell And Miles Pratcher
- Old Original Blues [= Fred McDowell Blues]
Ed Young And Lonnie Young
- Jim And John
Alec Askew
- Emmaline, Take Your Time
Miles Pratcher And Bob Pratcher
- Buttermilk
Leroy Gary
- Mama Lucy
Miles Pratcher And Bob Pratcher
- I'm Gonna Live Anyhow Till I Die
Tangle Eye And A Group Of Prisoners
- No More, My Lord
Rev. Crenshaw And The Congregation Of New Brown's Chapel, Memphis
- Lining Hymn And Prayer
Fred McDowell
- Death Comes A-Creepin' In My Room [= Soon One Mornin']
Congregation Of New Brown's Chapel, Memphis
- Church-House Moan
Bessie Jones
- Beggin' The Blues
Rose Hemphill
- Rolled And Tumbled #
Fred McDowell, Miles Pratcher, And Fannie Davis
- Goin' Down To The Races [= Goin' Down To The River]
Forrest City Joe
- You Gotta Cut That Out
Forrest City Joe track rec. October 1, 1959 in Hughes, AR by Alan Lomax with the assistance of Shirley Collins
# Fred McDowell credited erroniously as guitarist | notes by Alan Lomax
New World NW 252 |
| 9 | 1978 | goin' to chicago blues! 1949 - 1957
Robert Jr. Lockwood
- Aw Aw Baby
- Sweet Woman
L. C. McKinley
- Blue Evening Blues
J. B. Lenoir
- In The Evening
- Please Don't Go Away
Forest City Joe
- Ash Street Boogie
Willie Mabon
- It's Gonna Hurt You (F 577)
- Got To Find My Baby (F 578)
Robert Jenkins Trio
- Steelin' Boogie pt. 1 (Parkway 103)
- Steelin' Boogie pt. 2 (Parkway 103)
Sunnyland Slim
- Back To Korea (Sunny 101)
- It's All Over Now (Sunny 101) | 
Negro Rhythm Records 107
[George Paulus label]BU 130/26 |
| 10 | 1984 | Forrest City Joe / Rocky Fuller: Memory Of Sonny Boy
Forrest City Joe #
- Special Delivery Man
- Shady Lane Woman
- A Woman On Every Street
- Sawdust Bottom
- Ash Street Boogie
- Mean Mistreatin' Woman
- Lonesome Day Blues
- Memory Of Sonny Boy
Rocky Fuller []
- Soon One Morning
- Rock Me Baby
- Under A Neon Sign
- Catch Me A Freight Train
- Looking For The Mail Man
- The Moon Won't Go Down
- Gonna Leave This Town
- Raining And Snowing
# rec. December 2, 1948
[] rec. March 13, 1952 | 
P-Vine/Chess PLP 6032 (Jp)= Charly/Chess GCH 8112 |
| 11 | 1991 | Robert Nighthawk / Forest City Joe: Black Angel Blues
Robert Nighthawk
- Sweet Lovin' Woman
- Down The Line
- Sweet Black Angel
- Handsome Lover
- She Knows How To Love A Man
- Annie Lee Blues
- Sugar Papa
- Return Mail Blues
- Good News
- Six Three O
- Prison Bound
- Jackson Town Gal
- Sorry My Angel
- Someday
Forest City Joe
- Memory Of Sonny Boy
- Special Delivery Man
- Shady Lane Woman
- Woman On Every Street | 
Charly RED 29 (UK) |
| 12 | 1992 | Chess Blues
disc 1
- Lollypop Mama - Clarence Samuels
- Bilbo Is Dead - Andrew Tibbs
- Johnson Machine Gun - Sunnyland Slim
- Fly Right, Little Girl - Sunnyland Slim
- Little Anna Mae - Muddy Waters
- I Can't Be Satisfied - Muddy Waters
- My Sweet Lovin' Woman - Robert Nighthawk
- I Feel Like Going Home - Muddy Waters
- She Ain't Nowhere - Sunnyland Slim
- Florida Hurricane - St. Louis Jimmy
- Memory Of Sonny Boy - Forest City Joe
- Tonky Boogie - Forrest Sykes
- Cryin' The Blues - Laura Rucker
- My Head Can't Rest Anymore - Baby Face Leroy
- Big Town Playboy - Johnny Jones
- Sweet Black Angel - Robert Nighthawk
- Rollin' Stone - Muddy Waters
- Luedella - Jimmy Rogers
- Mother Earth - Memphis Slim
- Dr. Ross' Boogie - Doctor Ross
- Joliet Blues - Johnny Shines
- Moanin' At Midnight - Howlin' Wolf
- All Night Long - Muddy Waters Alternate Take
- Mr. Commissioner - Arbee Stidham Alternate Take
- Getting Old And Grey - Howlin' Wolf
disc 2
- Walkin' The Boogie - John Lee Hooker Alternate Take
- Juke - Little Walter
- Conjur Man - Memphis Minnie
- Who's Gonna Be Your Sweet Man When I'm Gone - Muddy Waters
- Broken Heart - Memphis Minnie Alternate Take
- Truckin' Little Woman - Willie Nix
- Funeral Hearse At My Door - Rocky Fuller
- Hard Time Gettin' Started - Eddie Boyd
- Don't Need No Horse - Little Walter
- Eight Ball - Gus Jenkins
- Fast Boogie - Little Walter
- I'm Mad - Willie Mabon
- Ice Cream Man - John Brim
- Whose Muddy Shoes - Elmore James
- Got To Have It - Willie Mabon
- I Declare That Ain't Right - Henry Gray
- Remember - Alberta Adams
- [Untitled Instrumental] - Henry Gray
- Blues With A Feeling - Little Walter
- (I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man - Muddy Waters
- Forty-Four - Howlin' Wolf
- Got To Find My Baby - Little Walter Alternate Take
- Evil - Howlin' Wolf
- Reconsider Baby - Lowell Fulson
- Mama Talk To Your Daughter - J.B. Lenoir
disc 3
- Mellow Down Easy - Little Walter
- My Eyes (Keep Me in Trouble) - Muddy Waters
- My Baby - Little Walter
- You Got To Love Me - Billy Boy Arnold
- Walking The Blues - Willie Dixon
- Don't Start Me To Talkin' - Sonny Boy Williamson II
- Smokestack Lightning - Howlin' Wolf
- Twenty-Nine Ways To My Baby's Door - Willie Dixon
- Right To Love You - Paul Gayton
- Ain't Nobody's Business - Jimmy Witherspoon
- I'm Leaving You - Otis Spann
- Break Of Day - Howlin' Wolf
- Please Don't Go - Floyd Dixon
- Keep It To Yourself - Sonny Boy Williamson II
- Walking By Myself - Jimmy Rogers
- Got My Mojo Working - Muddy Waters
- Fattening Frogs For Snakes - Sonny Boy Williamson II
- Slow Leake - Lafayette Leake
- Sitting On Top Of The World - Howlin' Wolf
- She Don't Know - J.B. Lenoir
- Your Funeral And My Trial - Sonny Boy Williamson II
- Key To The Highway - Little Walter
- Double Trouble - Muddy Waters Alternate Take
- Come On Home - Eddie Boyd
- Goat - Sonny Boy Williamson II Band Track
- So Many Roads, So Many Trains - Otis Rush
disc 4
- First Time I Met the Blues - Buddy Guy
- Too Poor - Detroit Junior
- Blue Shadows - Lowell Fulson
- The Shakedown - Lloyd Glenn
- Sun Is Shining - Elmore James Alternate Take
- Calling On My Darling - Albert King
- The Red Rooster - Howlin' Wolf
- Nine Below Zero - Sonny Boy Williamson II
- Goin' Down Slow - Howlin' Wolf
- Satisfied - Little Milton
- Something's Got A Hold On Me - Etta James
- Wrinkles - The Big Three Trio
- Bring It On Home - Sonny Boy Williamson II
- Good Moanin' Blues - Big Walter Horton
- Killing Floor - Howlin' Wolf
- What Kind Of Man Is That? - Koko Taylor
- We're Gonna Make It - Little Milton
- Wang Dang Doodle - Koko Taylor
- Dirty Work Goin' On - Little Joe Blue
- One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer - John Lee Hooker
- Jinglin' Baby - Eddie "Guitar" Burns
- That's Why I Don't Mind - Muddy Waters
- Keep It To Myself - Buddy Guy
- Sitting Here Alone - Hound Dog Taylor
- I'd Rather Go Blind - Etta James | 4 CD set
Chess CX3663 |
| 13 | 1993 | Sounds Of The South
A Musical Journey From The Georgia Sea Islands To The Mississippi Delta
Disc 1: Sounds Of The South / Blue Ridge Mountain Music:
- The Banks Of The Arkansas / Wave The Ocean - Neil Morris/Charley Everidge
- Hen Duck - Lonnie Young/Ed Young/Lonnie Young Jr.
- The Farmer's Curst Wife - Estil C. Ball
- Boll Weevil Holler - Vera Hall
- Jesse James - The Mountain Ramblers
- Jesse James - Vera Hill
- Kenny Wagner - Bob Carpenter
- Trouble So Hard - Vera Hall
- Baptizing Scene - Reverend W.A. Donaldson
- Is There Anybody Here That Love My Jesus - Viola James & Congregation
- Windham - Alabama Sacred Harp Singers
- Keep Your Lamps Trimmed And Burning - Mississippi Fred McDowell
- Come On Boys, Let's Go To The Ball - Sid Hemphill/Lucas Smith
- Join The Band - John Davis & Group
- Lucky Holler - Ed Lewis
- I Be So Blad When The Sun Goes Down - Ed Lewis & Group
- Cotton Eyed Joe - The Mountain Ramblers
- Big Tilda - The Mountain Ramblers
- Jennie Jenkins - Estil C. Ball/Orna Ball
- John Henry - The Mountain Ramblers
- Rosewood Casket - The Mountain Ramblers
- Silly Bill - The Mountain Ramblers
- Big Ball In Boston - The Mountain Ramblers
- Chilly Winds - Wade Ward
- The Old Hickory Cane - The Mountain Ramblers
- John Brown - Hobart Smith
- Poor Ellen Smith - Hobart Smith
- Shady Grove - The Mountain Ramblers
Disc 2: Roots Of The Blues / The Blues Roll On:
- Jim And John - Lonnie Young/Ed Young/Lonnie Young Jr.
- The Wild Ox Moan - Vera Hall
- Been Drinkin' Water Out Of A Hollow Log - Mississippi Fred McDowell
- All Night Long - Miles Pratcher/Bob Pratcher
- Shake 'Em On Down - Mississippi Fred McDowell/Mile Pratcher/Annie Davis
- Levee Camp Reminiscence - Forrest City Joe
- Chevrolet - Lonnie Young/Ed Young/Lonnie Young Jr.
- Levee Camp Holler - Johnny Lee Moore
- Eighteen Hammers - Johnny Lee Moore/12 Mississippi Penitentary Convicts
- Drink On Little Girl - Forrest City Joe/Sonny Rogers/Thomas Morgan
- Drop Down Mama - Mississippi Fred McDowell
- Boogie Children - Boy Blue / Willie Jones / Joe Lee
- She Lived Her Life Too Fast - Forrest City Joe / Sonny Boy Rogers / Thomas Martin
- Sittin' On Top Of The World - Lonnie Young/Ed Young/Lonnie Young Jr.
- Cool Water Blues - John Dudley
- Stop Breaking Down - Forrest City Joe / Sonny Boy Rogers / Thomas Martin
- Joe Lee's Rock - Boy Blue/Willie Jones/Joe Lee
- Bullyin' Well - Rosalie Hill
- When You Get Home, Write Me A Few Lines - Mississippi Fred McDowell
- Red Cross Store - Forrest City Joe
- Forrest City Jump - Forrest City Joe / Sonny Boy Rogers / Thomas Martin
Disc 3: Negro Church Music / White Spirituals:
- Death, Have Mercy - Vera Hall
- I Want Jesus To Walk With Me - James Shorty & Mississippi Fred McDowell
- Jesus Is Real To Me - Mrs. Mary Lee/Congregation
- I Love The Lord - Reverend R.C. Crenshaw & Congregation
- A Sermon Fragment - Reverend G.I. Townsel
- I'm Goin' Home On The Mornin' Train - Reverend R.C. Crenshaw & Congregation
- Power - Madam Mattie Wigley/Congregation
- On That Rock - Viola James/Lonnie Young/Ed Young
- Jesus On The Mainline - James Shorty/Viola James/Congregation
- I'm Gonna Sail Like A Ship On The Ocean - Henry Morrison & St Simon's Island Singers
- Blow Gabriel - John Davis/Bessie Jones/St. Simon's Island Singers
- What Do You Think About Jesus (He's Alright) - Bernice McClellan/Congregation
- Tribulations - Estil C. Ball/Lacey Richardson/Blair Reedy
- When I Get Home - Estil C. Ball/Blair Reedy
- The Poor Wayfaring Stranger - Estil C. Ball
- Baptizing Down By The Creek - The Mountain Ramblers
- Sermon And Lining Hymn - Reverend I.D Back/Congregation
- Antioch - Alabama Sacred Harp Singers
- Calvary - Alabama Sacred Harp Singers
- Please Let Me Stay A Little Longer - Alabama Sacred Harp Singers
- Father, Jesus Loves You - Estil C. Ball
- Lonesome Valley - Estil C. Ball/Lacey Richardson/Orna Ball/Blair Reedy
- Father Adieu - Estil C. Ball
- The Old Country Church - The Mountain Ramblers
- Cabin On The Hill - Estil C. Ball/Lacey...
Disc 4: American Folk Songs For Children:
- Johnson's Old Gray Mule - Mainer Band
- My Little Rooster - Almeda Riddle
- Whoa Mule - Mainer Band
- Frog Went A-Courtin' - Almeda Riddle
- Glenn's Chimes - Mainer Band
- Chick-A-Li-Lee-Lo - Almeda Riddle
- Old Joe Clark - The Mountain Ramblers
- Go Tell Aunt Nancy - Almeda Riddle
- Train III - Mainer Band
- Johnny Cuckoo - Bessie Jones & Group
- Mama Buy Me A Chiney Doll - Almeda Riddle
- Soldier, Soldier - Hobart Smith
- Mary Mack - Jessie Pratcher/Mattie Gardner/Mary Gardner
- Hambone - Bessie Jones
- Banging Breakdown - Hobart Smith
- Green Sally, Up - Jessie Pratcher/Mattie Gardner/Mary Gardner
- Sometimes - Bessie Jones & Group
- The Arkansas Traveller - Hobart Smith
- Paper Of Pins - Estil C. Ball/Orna Ball
- The Little Dappled Cow - Texas Gladden
- Go To Sleep, Little Baby - Bessie Jones
- Paddy On The Turnpike - Wade Ward/Charley Higgins/Charley Poe
- Jimmy Sutton - Spence Moore/Roy Birns
- Liza Jane - The Mountain Ramblers
- Oree - Lonnie Young/Ed Young/Lonnie Young Jr.
- Train Time - Forrest City Joe
- Freight Train Blues - Mississippi Fred McDowell
- This Little Light Of Mine - James Shorty/Viola James/Congregation
- Motherless Children - Felix Dukes / Mississippi Fred McDowell
- Little Moses - Neil Morris | reissue prod.
Yves Beauvais
Atlantic 782496
|
| 14 | 1996 | Robert Nighthawk / Forrest City Joe
The Blues Collection # 63
Robert Nighthawk
- My Sweet Lovin' Mama
- Down The Line
- Sweet Black Angel
- Handsome Lover
- She Knows How To Love A Man
- Annie Lee Blues
- Sugar Papa
- Return Mail Blues
- Good News
- Six Three O
- Jackson Town Gal
- Sorry My Angel
- Someday
Forrest City Joe
- Special Delivery Man
- Shady Lane Woman
- A Woman On Every Street
- Sawdust Bottom
- Ash Street Boogie
- Mean Mistreatin' Woman
- Lonesome Day Blues | edited by Tony Russell
Orbis BLU NC 063 |
| 15 | 1999 | Broke, Black And Blue
An Anthology Of Blues Classics And Rarities
disc 1
- Barrel House Blues - Ed Andrews
- Georgia Stockade Blues - Tom Delaney
- Sun Brimmers Blues - Memphis Jug Band
- Goin' To Leave You Blues - Big Boy Cleveland
- Dry Bone Shuffle - Blind Blake
- Up Country Blues - DeFord Bailey
- Dead Drunk Blues - Sippie Wallace
- Original Stack O'Lee Blues - Long 'Cleve' Reed
- Easy Rider Don't You Deny My Name - Barbecue Bob
- Bo Lita - Kid Brown
- Everybody Help The Boys Come Home - William & Versey Smith
- Church Bells Blues - Luke Jordan
- Two Ways To Texas - Emery Glen
- It Won't Be Long Now - Barbecue Bob & Laughing Charley
- Bottleneck Blues - Weaver & Beasley
- Rock Island Blues - Lewis Black
- Midnight Blues - Bill Moore
- Fare Thee Blues - Johnnie Head
- My Monday Woman Blues - Jim Jackson
- What's The Matter Blues - Frank Stokes
- School Girl Blues - Rosie Mae Moore
- Cool Drink Of Water Blues - Tommy Johnson
- Left Alone Blues - Ishman Bracey
- T And T Blues - Mooch Richardson
- TC Johnson Blues - T. C. Johnson
disc 2
- Ham Hound Crave - Rube Lacey
- No More Women Blues - Alger "Texas" Alexander
- How Long, How Long Blues - Willie Jackson
- Unknown Blues - Tarter & Gay
- Chicken Wilson Blues - Chicken Wilson
- Stack O' Lee Blues - Mississippi John Hurt
- Broke And Hungry Blues - Peg Leg Howell
- Funny Feathers - Victoria Spivey
- Pitchin' Boogie - William Ezell
- Mr- Devil Blues - Jed Davenport
- Mississippi Bottom Blues - Kid Bailey
- Weary Heart Blues - James Wiggins
- Poor Man Blues - Henry Townsend
- Framer's Blues - Eli Framer
- Trinity River Blues - T-Bone Walker
- Heavy Suitcase Blues - Charley Taylor
- Traveling Mama Blues - Joe Calicott
- Jumpin' And Shoutin' Blues - Garfield Akers
- Bedside Blues - Jim Thompkins
- Walking Blues - Son House
- Future Blues - Willie Brown
- Long Ways from Home - Louise Johnson
- Frisco Blues - Bayless Rose
- Good Boy Blues - Arthur Petties
- No Special Rider Blues - Little Brother Montgomery
disc 3
- Married Man Blues - Blind Willie Reynolds
- Dupree Blues - Willie Walker
- 22-20 Blues - Skip James
- Lonesome Road Blues - Sam Collins
- Midnight Hour Blues - Leroy Carr
- Fat Mama Blues - Jabo Williams
- Never Mind Blues - Georgia Boyd
- Twelves (Dirty Dozens) - Kokomo Arnold
- Little Leg Woman - Big Joe Williams
- That's What My Baby Likes - Bessie Jackson
- Good Whiskey Blues - Peetie Wheatstraw
- Strut That Thing - Cripple Clarence Lofton
- Teasin' Brown Blues - Louie Lasky
- Cold Blooded Murder, No. 2 - Bumble Bee Slim
- Baby You Gotta Change Your Mind - Blind Boy Fuller
- Ashes In My Whiskey - Walter Davis
- It's Cold in China Blues - The Mississippi Moaner
- Jockey Blues - Jazz Gillum
- Prisoner Blues - George Clarke
- Back Door Blues - Casey Bill Weldon
- Don't Sell It (Don't Give It Away) - Buddy Woods
- Booker T. Blues - Washboard Sam
- Hard Scufflin' Blues - Little Buddy Doyle
- Jersey Belle Blues - Lonnie Johnson
- Baby, Please Don't Tell On Me - Tommy McClennan
disc 4
- East St.Louis Blues - Faber Smith, Jimmy Yancey
- Bukka's Jitterbug Swing - Bukka White
- Can't You Read - Big Maceo Merriweather
- Life Is Like That - Memphis Slim
- Memory Of Sonny Boy - Forrest City Joe
- Horse Shoe Boogie - Lee Brown
- Ruby Moore Blues - Lee Brown
- Low Land Blues - Lee Brown
- Round The World Blues - Lee Brown
- Rock That Boogie - Jimmie Gordon
- Fast Life - Jimmie Gordon
- Mistreated Blues - Jimmie Gordon
- I Ain't Like That No More - Jimmie Gordon
- Chain Gang Blues - Johnny Temple
- Yum, Yum, Yum - Johnny Temple
- My Baby's Acting Funny - Jimmie Gordon
- It's Time To Go - Jimmie Gordon
- That Woman's A Pearl Diver - Jimmie Gordon
- Jumpin' At The Club Blue Flame - Jimmie Gordon
- I Believe I'll Go Downtown Again - Johnny Temple
- Something In The Moon That Gives Me A Thrill - Johnny Temple
- Dixie Flyer - Johnny Temple
- Believe My Sins Have Found Me Out - Johnny Temple
- Rhythm Mama - Johnny Temple
- New Little Girl, Little Girl - Lee Brown | 4 CD set
booklet/discography
by Joop Visser
Proper CD 1007 |
| 16 | 2002 | Alan Lomax Collection:
The Land Where The Blues Began
- Four O' Clock Flower Blues - William Blackwell & William Brown
- Interview with Willie '61' Blackwell
- Walking Blues - Eddie 'Son' House, Fiddlin' Joe Martin, Willie Brown, Leroy Williams
- When I Lay My Burden Down - Turner Junior Johnson
- Strange Things Happening In The Land - Charles Haffer, Jr.
- Missionary Sermon By J.H. Terrell
- Rock Daniel - Reverend C. H. Savage
- Satisfied - Florence Stamp
- I'm A Soldier In The Army Of The Lord - Congregation of the Church of God in Christ
- Sermon: Hell Is A Place - Reverend Ribbins
- The Preacher And The Bear - M.C. Orr
- Mississippi Sounding Calls - Joe Shores
- Roustabout Song - John Cameron
- The Toast To Bud Doggett - Willie Stark
- I Been Down In The Circle Before - Calvin Frazier, Sampson Pittman
- Rosie - Dobie Red
- Early In The Mornin' - 22, Tangle Eye, Hard Hair, Little Red
- I'm Goin' Home - D.W. "Bama" Stuart
- Go Down, Old Hannah - Ernest Williams
- John Henry - Sid Hemphill, Lucius Smith, Alec Askew, Will Head
- Emmaline, Take Your Time - Alex Askew
- Jim And John - Ed Young, G.D. Young, Lonnie Young
- Shake 'Em On Down - Mississippi Fred McDowell
- Wind Howling Blues - David 'Honeyboy' Edwards
- Country Blues - Muddy Waters
- Black, Brown And White - Big Bill Broonzy
- Life Is Like That - Memphis Slim, Big Bill Broonzy, and Sonny Boy Williamson
- She Lived Her Life Too Fast - Forrest City Joe
soundtrack to Alan Lomax's book of the same name
rec. between 1933 and 1959 by Alan Lomax, Lewis Jones, John W. Work, John A. Lomax, and Herbert Halpert. Remastered to 24-bit digital from the original metal and acetate discs, and the original paper and acetate-backed tape recordings | 
Rounder CDROUN1861www.rounder.com |
| 17 | 2003 | Blowing The Blues
A History Of Blues Harmonica 1926-2002
three discs: 'Pre-War Acoustic Harmonica', '1946-52 The Harp Goes Electric', & 'Into The Rock Era & Beyond'
1. Sun Brimmers Blues - The Memphis Jug Band
2.Need More Blues - Robert Cooksey
3.Up Country Blues - De Ford Bailey
4.Man Trouble Blues - Jaybird Coleman
5.Greenville Strut - Mississippi Sarah & Daddy Stovepipe
6.Chickasaw Special - Noah Lewis
7.The Old Folks Started It - Minni Wallace
8.Touch Me Light Mama - George Bullet Williams
9.Fourth Avenue Blues - Slim Barton & Eddie Mapp
10.El Watsons Fox Chase - Wl Watson
11.Medley Of Blues - Freeman Stowers
12.Beale Street Breakdown - Jed Davenport & His Beale St Jug Ba
13.Police And High Sheriff Come Ridin Down - Ollis Martin
14.Bumble Bee Blues - Memphis Minnie
15.Mean Low Blues - Blues Birdhead
16.Mississippi Swamp Moan - Alfred Lewis
17.Tampa Strut - The Georgia Browns
18.Harmonica Stomp - Jazz Gillum
19.Im A Stranger Here - Blind Boy Fuller
20.Blues In The Rain - Eddie Kellys Washboard Band
21.You Can Lead Me - Sonny Boy Williamson
22.Slick Capers Blues - Little Buddy Doyle
23.Blowing The Blues - Sonny Terry
24. Frank Edwards
- We Got To Get Together
25.Tampa Blues - Skoodle Dum Doo & Sheffield
26.King Biscuit Stom - Big Joe Williams
27.Pet Milk Blues - Walter Mitchell
28.Better Get Reaky - Elder Roma Wilson
29.Bring Another Half A Pint - Sonny Boy Williamson
30.Memory Of Sonny Boy - Forest City Joe
31.Im A Country Boy - Pee Wee Hughes & His Delta Duo
32.Wig Wearing Woman - Robert Richard
33.Boogy Fool - Snooky Pryour
34.Creole Gal Blues - Edgar Blanchard & The Gondoliers
35.Wailin Willie - Rhythm Willie
36.Winehead Seing - James Tisdom
37.Evans Shuffle - Muddy Waters
38.Gotta Go Baby - Joe Hill Louis
39.Moanin At Midnight - Howling Wolf
40.Jumpin Blues - Walter Horton
41.Me & My Chauffeur - Memphis Minnie
42.Down South Blues - Driftin Slim
43.Juke - Little Walter
44.Glad To Be Back Home - Sunny Blair
45.After While (Blue Lights) - Papa Lightfoot
46.Man Around My Door - Grace Brim
47.Doctor Ross Boogie - Doctor Ross And His Jump & Jive Boys
48.The Woman Is Killing Me - Sonny Terry
49.Mighty Long Time - Sonny Boy Williamson
50.Dont Come Back - Little Mac
51.Gonna Have A Good Time - Snooky Pryor
52.Juke - Little Walter
53.Hoodoo Man Blues - Junior Wells
54.Dont Start Me Talking - Good Rockin Charles
55.Sonny Boy Williamson - Paul Jones & Jack Bruce
56.Got Something To Tell You - Doctor Ross
57.99 - Sonny Boy Williamson
58.Last Night - Paul Butterfield
59.Down At The Grocery Store - Jimmy Reed
60.Fresh Country Jam - Duster Bennett
61.Key To The Highway - Charlie Musselwhite
62.Easy - Walter Horton
63.Hoodoo Party - King Biscuit Boy
64.You Went Away Baby - Carey Bell
65.Why Worry - John Mayall
66.Honeydripper - Big John Wrencher
67.Back Door Friend - Billy Boy Arnold
68.Rode Myself Crazy - Paul Delay
69.Bring It On Home - Sonny Blake
70.Texas Flood - Whispering Smith
71.Hootin And Screamin - Paul Lamb | 3 CD box 
Indigo/Sanctuary
IGOTD 2536
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| 18 | 2003 | Harmonica Blues, Vol. 2: 1946-1952
CD 1
- Hoodoo Hoodoo John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson
- Boogy Fool Snooky Pryor
- Take One More Chance With Me Jazz Gillum
- Mellow Chick Swing John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson
- Woman On Every Street Forest City Joe
- Pontiac Blues Sonny Boy Williamson
- My Bebop Gal Doctor Ross
- Little Boy Blue Big Walter Horton
- Love My Baby Frank Edwards
- Mercury Boogie
- Cadillac Blues J. D.Horton
- Better Get Ready Elder Roma Wilson
- Brazos Blues Billy Brazos
- Santa Fe Blues Pee Wee Hughes
- Rambling Around My Blues Sam Kelly
- Walkin' Talkin' Blues Joe Hill Louis
- Now Tell Me Baby Big Walter Horton
- Mr. Downchild Sonny Boy Williamson
- Harmonica Boogie Pete Lewis
CD 2
- Down South Blues Drifting Slim
- Blue Midnight Little Walter
- Going to New Orleans Little Sam Davis
- Harmonica Rhumba Sonny Terry
- Riding in the Moonlight Howlin' Wolf
- Scratchin' Pete Lewis
- Baby, Let's Have Some Fun Sonny Terry
- Honeydripper Papa Lightfoot
- Come Home and Go With Me Sonny Boy Johnson
- Stop Mess Around
- Jumpin' With Jarvis Papa Lightfoot,
- Man Around My Door Grace Brim,
- Little Milton's Boogie Little Milton
- Five Foot Three Sunny Blair
- Wailin' Willie Rhythm Willie
- Hello Miss Jessie Lee Eddie "Guitar" Burns
- Sad Hours Little Walter | 
Fremeaux CD FA 5059www.fremeaux.com |
| 19 | 200? | Aristocrat Of The Blues
Forest City Joe
- Memory Of Sonny Boy
| 2 CD set
Chess MVCE-30017 (Jp) |
| 20 | 200? | The Chess Story 1947-1975
Forest City Joe
- A Woman On Every Street
| 15 CD set (341 tracks)
Chess |
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 ;-) Forrest City Joe track(s) !!!
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