Clifford "Grandpappy" Gibson 78 rpm / LPs / CDs
| # | year
of release | title | label # / notes |
|---|
10 inch 78 rpm |
| 1 | 1929 | Clifford Gibson
- Tired Of Being Mistreated - part 1 (484-A)
- Tired Of Being Mistreated - part 2 (485-A)
rec. c. June 1929 Long Island City, N.Y.C.; Clifford Gibson, voc, g |
QRS R7079= Paramount 12866 |
| 2 | 1929 | Clifford Gibson
- No No Blues
- Ta Ta Blues
rec. c. June 1929 Long Island City, N.Y.C.; Clifford Gibson, voc, g |
QRS R7082 |
| 3 | 1929 | Clifford Gibson
- Stop Your Rambling (486-A)
- Sunshine Moan (487-A)
rec. c. June 1929 Long Island City, N.Y.C.; Clifford Gibson, voc, g |
QRS R7083= Paramount 12923 |
| 4 | 1929 | Clifford Gibson
- Whiskey Moan Blues (483-A)
- Beat You Doing It (482-A)
rec. c. June 1929 Long Island City, N.Y.C.; Clifford Gibson, voc, g | 
QRS R7087 |
| 5 | 1929 | Clifford Gibson
- Morgan Street Blues
- West Trade Street Blues
rec. c. June 1929 Long Island City, N.Y.C.; Clifford Gibson, voc; unknown p |
QRS R7090 |
| 6 | 1929 | Clifford Gibson
- Old Time Rider (57176-2) #
- Brooklyn Blues (45th Street Blues) (57759-1) *
# rec. November 26, 1929 New York City; Clifford Gibson, voc, g
* rec. December 10, 1929 New York City; Clifford Gibson, voc, g |
Victor 23255 |
| 7 | 1929 | Clifford Gibson
- Ice And Snow Blues (57173-2)
- Drayman Blues (57175-2)
rec. November 26, 1929 New York City; Clifford Gibson, voc, g | 
Victor V38562 |
| 8 | 1929 | Clifford Gibson
- Jive Me Blues (57758-1) *
- Don't Put That Thing On Me (57174-2) #
# rec. November 26, 1929 New York City; Clifford Gibson, voc, g
* rec. December 10, 1929 New York City; Clifford Gibson, voc, g | 
Victor V38572= Bluebird B5110
= Sunrise S3193 |
| 9 | 1929 | Clifford Gibson
- Levee Camp Moan (57754-2)
- Hard-Headed Blues (57755-2)
rec. December 10, 1929 New York City; Clifford Gibson, voc, g |
Victor V38577 |
| 10 | 1929 | Clifford Gibson
- Bad Luck Dice (57753- )
- Blues Without A Dime (57756- )
rec. December 10, 1929 New York City; Clifford Gibson, voc, g |
Victor V38590 |
| 11 | 1929 | Clifford Gibson
- Keep Your Windows Pinned (57757- )
- Society Blues (57760- )
rec. December 10, 1929 New York City; Clifford Gibson, voc, g | 
Victor V38612 |
| 12 | 1931 | R. T. Hanen
- She's Got Jordan River In Her Hips (69408-2)
- Happy Days Blues (69409-2)
rec. June 9, 1931 Louisville, Kentucky; R.T. Hanen (Jaydee Short?), voc; Willie Kelly (Roosevelt Sykes?), p; Clifford Gibson, g |
Victor 23288 |
| 13 | 1931 | Clifford Gibson
- She Rolls It Slow (69405- )
- Railroad Man Blues (69406- )
rec. June 1931 Louisville, Kentucky; Clifford Gibson, voc, g; prob. Roosevelt Sykes, p |
Victor 23290 |
| | | Jimmie Rodgers
- Let Me Be Your Sidetrack (69424-2)
rec. June 11, 1931 Louisville, Kentucky; Jimmie Rodgers, voc. g.; Clifford Gibson, g |
Victor unissued |
| | | Clifford Gibson
- Sneaky Groundhog
- Let Me Be Your Handy Man
rec. December 18, 1951 in St. Louis; Clifford Gibson, voc, g | Baul Studios unissued Swingtime BT 2017 (1989) |
45 rpm / LP / CD compilations |
| 14 | 1960 | Grandpappy Gibson
- It's Best To Know Who You're Talking To (13940-1)
- I Don't Want No Woman (13940-2)
rec. 1960 in St. Louis; Clifford Gibson, voc, g; unknown g, b, dr | 7 inch 45 rpm
Bobbin 124
(Bob Lyon's label)
|
| 15 | 1960 | Grandpappy Gibson
- The Monkey Likes To Boogie (127-1)
- No Success Blues (127-2)
rec. 1960 in St. Louis; Clifford Gibson, voc, g; unknown p, b, dr | 7 inch 45 rpm 
Bobbin 127
|
| 16 | 1968 | The Blues Of Alabama 1927-1931
Clifford Gibson
- Keep Your Windows Pinned
- Don't Put That Thing On Me
Edward Thompson
- Showers Of Rain Blues
- West Virginia Blues
Jay Bird Coleman
- Coffee Grinder Blues
Marshall Owens
- Try Me One More Time
- Texas Blues
Edward Thompson
- Seven Sister Blues
- Florida Bound
George 'Bullet' Williams
- The Escaped Convict
Ed Bell
- Mean Conductor Blues
Barefoot Bill
- Snigglin' Blues
Clifford Gibson
- Tired Of Being Mistreated - part 2
- Whiskey Moan Blues | 
Belzona L-1006
= Yazoo L-1006
 Yazoo discography
|
| 17 | 1968 | Down South 1927-1941
Louisiana - Mississippi - Alabama - Florida
Louisiana
Richard (Rabbit) Brown
- Never Let The Same Bee Sting You Twice
Shreveport Home Wreckers
- Home Wreckin' Blues
Mississippi
Kid Cole
- Hard-Hearted Mama Blues
- Miagra Fall Blues
Robert Johnson
- Milkcow's Calf Blues
Tommy McClennan
- Deep Blue Sea Blues
Fiddlin' Joe Martin
- Fo' Clock Blues
- Going To Fishing
Wiley Barner
- If You Want A Good Woman - Get One Long And Tall
Blind Blake
- Depression's Gone From Me Blues
Barefoot Bill
- Big Rock Jail
Jaybird Coleman
- Save Your Money - Let These Women Go
Clifford Gibson
- Levee Camp Moan
- Hard-Headed Blues
Louis Washington
- Black Snake Blues | 
Roots RL 313 |
| 18 | 1969 | Favorite Country Blues Piano-Guitar Duets 1929-1937
Willie Harris
- West Side Blues
Charlie Spand
- Good Gal
- Back To The Woods Blues
Leroy Carr
- Sloppy Drunk Blues
Roosevelt Sykes "& Clifford Gibson" #
- Tired Of Being Mistreated
Springback James
- Poor Coal Passer
Leola Manning
- The Blues Is All Wrong
Joe Evans
- Down In Black Bottom
- Shook Woman Blues
Walter Davis
- Sloppy Drunk Again
Cripple Clarence Lofton
- Monkey Man Blues
Bumble Bee Slim
- New Orleans Stop Time
Buddy Woods
- Don't Sell It, Don't Give It Away
# guitar accompaniment is by Oscar Carter (prob. pseudonym used by Henry Townsend) | notes by Stephen Calt,
Jerome Epstein, Nick
Perls, Michael Stewart
drawing by Rory Block
Yazoo L-1015Yazoo discography |
| 19 | 1969 | Alabama Country Blues 1924-1933
Barefoot Bill
- Barefoot Bill's Hard Luck Blues
- One More Time
Pillie Bolling with Ed Bell
- I Don't Like That
- She's Got Nice Line
Red Hot Ole Man Mose (Moses Mason)
- Shrimp Man
Daddy Stovepipe
- Sundown Blues
- Stove Pipe Blues
Clifford Gibson
- Beat You Doing It
Ed Bell
- Carry It Right Back Home
- She's A Fool Gal
Ben Curry
- Fat Mouth Blues
Sonny Scott
- Red Cross Blues
Birmingham Jug Band
- Cane Break Blues
- Kickin' Mule Blues
Blind Bogus Ben Covington
- It's A Fight Like That
- Boodle-De-Bum Blues | 
Roots RL 325 |
| 20 | 1970 | Travellin' This Lonesome Road
An Anthology Of The Victor/Bluebird Catalogues
Luke Jordan
- Church Bells Blues #
- Pick Poor Robin Clean #
Blind Willie McTell
- Mr. McTell's Got The Blues
Memphis Jug Band
- She Stays Out All Night Long
James Rachel
- Sweet Mama
Clifford Gibson
- Jive Me Blues
- She Rolls It Slow
Cannon's Jug Stompers
- Pretty Mama Blues
Walter Davis
- Travellin' This Lonesome Road
- Sad And Lonesome Blues
Elijah Jones
- Katy Fly
- Mean Actin' Mama
Joe Williams
- Get Your Head Trimmed Down
- Peach Orchard Mama
Sonny Boy Williamson
- Early In The Morning
- Project Highway
# previously unissued first takes | notes by Neil Slaven
RCA International (Camden)
INT 1175
= RCA 731.046 |
| 21 | 1971 | Blues 1920-40
LP 1
Tommy Johnson
- Big Road Blues
- Canned Heat Blues
Ishman Bracey
- Trouble-Hearted Blues
Blind Willie McTell
- Dark Night Blues
- Loving Talking Blues
Clifford Gibson
- Drayman Blues
Bukka White
- The Panama Ltd.
Jim Jackson
- I'm Wild About My Loving
Furry Lewis
- Dry Land Blues
Frank Stokes
- T'Ain't Nobody's Business
- Frank Stoke's Dream
Sleepy John Estes
- The Girl I Love, She Got Long Curly Hair
- Lawyer Clark Blues
Memphis Minnie
- Don't Want No Woman
LP 2
Memphis Jug Band
- Memphis Jug Blues
- Going Back To Memphis
- Jug Band Waltz
Gus Cannon
- Viola Lee Blues
- Going To Germany
- Walk Right In
Daddy Stovepipe
- The Spasm
Tommy McClennan
- Whiskey Head Woman
- De'se My Blues
Big Joe Williams
- Baby Please Don't Go
- Highway 49
- Peach Orchard Mama
Robert Petway
- Catfish Blues
Robert Lockwood
- Take A Little Walk With Me
LP 3
Leroy Carr
- Rocks In My Bed
- Six Cold Feet In The Ground
Peetie Wheatstraw
- Devil's Son-In-Law
- Peetie Wheatstraw
Little Brother Montgomery
- Vicksburg Blues - part 3
Big Maceo
- Worried Life Blues
Joe Pullum
- Hard Working Man Blues
Big Bill Broonzy
- Friendless Blues
- The Southern Blues
Tampa Red
- Kingfish Blues
Robert Lee McCoy
- Tough Luck
Sonny Boy Williamson
- Good Morning Schoolgirl
- Early In The Morning
Jazz Gillum
- Key To The Highway | 3 LP box
RCA Victor RA-5433/5 (Jp)
= RCA Victor RA-9051/3
(Jp 1975)
|
| 22 | 1972 | Clifford Gibson: Beat You Doing It
- Hard Hearted Blues
- Blues Without A Dime
- Tired Of Being Mistreated Pt 1
- lee And Snow Blues
- Brooklyn Blues
- Bad Luck Dice
- Sunshine Moan
- Levee Camp Moan
- Jive Me Blues
- Society Blues
- Old Time Rider
- Beat You Doing It
- Drayman Blues
- Stop Your Rambling | notes by Stephen Calt, Nick
Perls, Mike Stewart
Yazoo L-1027Yazoo discography |
| 23 | 1975 | Bluebird Blues
Sleepy John Estes
- Poor John Blues
- Little Laura Blues
- When The Saints Go Marching In
Son Bonds
- A Hard Pill To Swallow
Blind Willie McTell
- Searching The Desert For The Blues
- Mr. McTell Got The Blues
Big Joe Williams
- Somebody's Been Borrowing That Stuff
- Wild Cow Blues
Tommy McClennan
- Bottle It Up And Go
- Brown Skin Girl
- Bluebird Blues
Clifford Gibson
- She Rolls It Slow
Sonny Boy Williamson
- Down South
- Moonshine
- Elevator Woman
Washboard Sam & His Washboard Band
- Gonna Hit The Highway
Big Maceo
- Texas Blues
- Detroit Jump
Arthur "Big Boy"Crudup
- That's All Right
- Mean Old Frisco
- Rock Me Mama
Doctor Clayton
- Copper Colored Mama
Doctor Clayton's Buddy
- Nappy Head Woman
- Walking With The Blues | 2 LP set
RCA RVC RA-9054/55 (Jp) |
| 24 | 197? | Good Time Blues - St. Louis 1926-1932
Charley Jordan
- Two Street Blues
"J.D. Short" [R.T. Hanen] with Clifford Gibson
- She Got Jordan River In Her Hips
Sylvester Palmer
- Lonesome Man Bues
Papa Eggshell
- Far From Home
Edith North Johnson
- Honeydripper Blues
Peetie Wheatstraw
- Don't Hang My Clothes On No Barbed Wire Line
Jelly Roll Anderon
- Good Time Blues
Lee Green
- Train Number 44
"Hi" Henry Brown
- Hospital Blues
Walter Davis
- Sunnyland Blues
- Robert Peoples
- Fat Greasy Baby
Lonnie Johnson
- Love Story Bues
- Pretty Boy Walker
- The Breaks I'm Gettin'
Cora Perkins
- Today Blues | 
Mamlish S-3805Mamlish discography |
| 25 | 1985 | J. D. Short 1930-33
His Early Recordings In Chronological Order (including Accompaniements and ? Pseudonyms)
Jaydee Short
- Telephone Arguin' Blues
- Lonesome Swamp Rattlesnake
'Spider' Carter
- Please Please Blues
- Dry Spell Blues
Peetie Wheatstraw & 'Neckbones'
- Tennessee Peaches Blues
- Four O' Clock In The Morning
'Spider' Carter
- Don't Leave Me Blues
Ell-Zee Floyd
- Snow Bound And Blue
R.T. Hanen
- She's Got Jordan River In Her Hips
- Happy Days Blues
Jelly Jaw Short
- Snake Doctor Blues
- Barefoot Blues
- Grand Daddy Blues
Georgia Boyd
- Never Mind Blues
Joe Stone
- It's Hard Time
- Back Door Blues
Johnson's Jazzers [James 'Stump' Johnson]
- Don't Give My Lard Away | notes by Paul Oliver
Wolf WSE 118 |
| 26 | 1988 | The Blues From St. Louis (1929-1935)
Blind Teddy Darby
- Lose Your Mind
- What Am I To Do?
- I'm Gonna Wreck Your Vee Eight - Part 2
James "Stump" Johnson
- Bound To Be A Monkey
- Jones Law Blues
- Low Moanin' Blues
- Baby B. Blues
- Steady Grindin'
Leroy Henderson
- Good Grinder Blues
Clifford Gibson
- Whiskey Moan Blues
- Tired Of Being Mistreated Part 2
- Don't Put That Thing On Me
- Keep Your Windows Pinned
- She Rolls It Slow
- Railroad Man Blues
Dorothy Baker
- Steady Grinding Blues
Pretty Boy Walker
- The Break I'm Gettin'
- Hog-Love Blues | 
Blues Document BD-2017Blues Document discography |
| 26a | 1989 | Times Are So Tight
Uncle Skipper (Charley Jordan)
Walter Davis
Mary Johnson
Clifford Gibson (1951)
- Sneaky Groundhog #
- Let Me Be Your Handy Man #
Mary Harris
Peetie Wheatstraw
Booker T. Washington
Verdi Lee & Charley Jordan
Dolly Martin
Silvester Palmer
Frank Pluitt
Pinetop Sparks
# rec. December 18, 1951 in St. Louis; Clifford Gibson, voc, g; from acetates made at Baul Studios | 
Swingtime BT 2017 (Dk) |
| 27 | 1993 |
J.D. Short & Henry Brown: St. Louis Blues (1929-1933)
Jaydee Short
- Telephone Arguin' Blues
- Lonesome Swamp Rattlesnake
'Spider' Carter
- Please Please Blues
- Dry Spell Blues
Peetie Wheatstraw & 'Neckbones'
- Tennessee Peaches Blues
- Four O' Clock In The Morning
'Spider' Carter
- Don't Leave Me Blues
Ell-Zee Floyd
- Snow Bound And Blue
R.T. Hanen
- She's Got Jordan River In Her Hips
- Happy Days Blues
Jelly Jaw Short
- Snake Doctor Blues
- Barefoot Blues
- Grand Daddy Blues
Georgia Boyd
- Never Mind Blues
Joe Stone
- It's Hard Time
- Back Door Blues
Johnson's Jazzers [James 'Stump' Johnson]
- Don't Give My Lard Away
Henry Brown
- Stomp 'Em Down To The Bricks
- Henry Brown Blues
- Eastern Chimes Blues
- Deep Morgan Blues
- All Men Blues
- Beef Man Blues | 
Wolf CD 115 |
| 28 | 199? | Rural Blues Vol. 2 (1951-1962)
Sam 'Suitcase' Johnson
- Sam's Comin' Home
- Sam's Boogie
Bobo Thomas
- Catfish Blues (i Wish I Was A Catfish)
Clifford Gibson (1951)
- Sneaky Groundhog
- Let Me Be Your Handy Man
Juke Boy Bonner
- Rock With Me Baby
- Well Baby
Joel Hopkins
- Good Times Here, Better Down The Road
- Thunder In Germany
- I Ain't Gonna Roll For The Big Hat Man No More
- Accused Me Of Forgin' Can't Even Write My Name
- Matchbox Blues
Jewell Long (1960)
- Frankie And Albert
- My Pony Run Blues
- Sealy Rag
- Muddy Shoes Blues
Clifford Gibson (1960)
- It's Best To Know Who You're Talking To
- I Don't Want No Woman
- The Monkey Likes To Boogie
- No Success Blues
Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup
- Angel Child (take 2) | 
Document DOCD-5619www.document-records.com |
| 29 | 1998 | Alabama Blues (1927 - 1930)
George "Bullet" Williams
- Touch Me Light Mama
- Frisco Leaving Birmingham
- Frisco Leaving Birmingham
- The Escaped Convict
- Middlin' Blues
Ollis Martin
- Police And High Sheriff Come Riding Down
Frank Palmes
- Ain't Gonna Lay My 'Ligion Down
- Troubled 'Bout My Soul
Bertha Ross
- My Jelly Blues
Jaybird Coleman
- Mill Log Blues
- Ah'm Sick And Tired Of Tellin' You (To Wiggle That Thing)
- My Trouble Blues
- Trunk Busted - Suitcase Full of Holes
- I'm Gonna Cross The River Of Jordan - Some O These Days
- No More Good Water (Cause The Pond Is Dry)
- Mistreatin' Mama
- Save Your Money - Let These Women Go
- Coffee Grinder Blues
- Man Trouble Blues
Clifford Gibson
- Keep Your Windows Pinned
- Don't Put That Thing On Me
- Tired Of Being Mistreated Part 2
- Whiskey Moan Blues | 
Wolf WSE 113 |
| 30 | 2005 | Clifford Gibson: Complete Recorded Works 1929-1931
- Beat You Doing It (482-A)
- Whiskey Moan Blues (483-A)
- Tired Of Being Mistreated - part 1 (484-A)
- Tired Of Being Mistreated - part 2 (485-A)
- Stop Your Rambling (486-A)
- Sunshine Moan (487-A)
- Ice And Snow Blues (57173-2)
- Don't Put That Thing On Me (57174-2)
- Drayman Blues (57175-2)
- Old Time Rider (57176-2)
- Bad Luck Dice (57753- )
- Levee Camp Moan (57754-2)
- Hard-Headed Blues (57755-2)
- Blues Without A Dime (57756- )
- Keep Your Windows Pinned (57757- )
- Jive Me Blues (57758-1)
- Brooklyn Blues (45th Street Blues) (57759-1)
- Society Blues (57760- )
- She Rolls It Slow (69405- )
- Railroad Man Blues (69406- )
R.T. Hanen [J.D. Short?] & Clifford Gibson
- She's Got Jordan River In Her Hips
- Happy Days Blues
Jimmie Rodgers & Clifford Gibson
- Let Me Be Your Sidetrack (tk. 2) | notes by Mike Rowe
Blues Documents BDCD 6015 |
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 ;-) Clifford Gibson track(s) !!!
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