LPs
## (released) | artists/titles | annotations |
OJL-1 (1962) | The Immortal Charlie Patton, Number 1

- High Sheriff Blues
- Green River Blues
- Elder Green Blues *
- Moon Going Down
- Going To Move To Alabama *
- I Shall Not Be Moved

- Stone Poney Blues
- Frankie And Albert
- Rinnin Wild Blues *
- Some Of These Days I'll Be Gone
- I'm Goin' Home
- Poor Me
* + Henry Sims, fiddle
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 OJL 1 |
OJL-2 (1962) | Really! The Country Blues 1927-1933

Tommy Johnson
- Maggie Campbell Blues
William Moore
- Old Country Rock
Son House
- My Black Mama, Parts 1 and 2
Sunny Boy and His Pals
- France Blues
Skip James
- Devil Got My Woman
Ishman Bracey
- Woman Woman Blues

Sam Collins
- The Jail House Blues
George 'Bullet' Williams
- Touch Me Light Mama
Henry Sims
- Tell Me Man Blues
Buster Johnson
- Undertaker Blues
Henry Thomas
- Don't Ease Me In
Garfield Akers
- Cottonfield Blues, Parts 1 and 2 | 

 OJL 2 |
OJL-3 (1962) | Henry Thomas Sings The Texas Blues!

- Texas Worried Blues
- Cottonfield Blues
- Run, Mollie, Run
- Honey, Won't You Allow Me One More Chance
- The Fox And The Hounds
- Bob McKinney
- Bull Doze Blues

- Texas Easy Street Blues
- Woodhouse Blues
- When The Train Comes Along
- The Little Red Caboose
- Red River Blues
- Shanty Blues
- John Henry | 

 OJL 3
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OJL-4 (1962) | The Great Jug Bands

Cannon's Jug Stompers
- Heart Breakin' Blues
- Goin' To Germanys
Memphis Minnie and Her Jug Band
- Grandpa And Grandma Blues
Birmingham Jug Band
- Getting Ready For Trial
- German Blues
Jack Kelly and His South Memphis Jug Band
- Cold Iron Bed
- Red Ripe Tomatoes
Whistler and His Jug Band
- The Jug Band Special

Memphis Jug Band
- Coal Oil Blues
- Jug Band Waltz
Elder Richard Bryant's Sanctified Singers
- Come Over Here
Dixieland Jug Blowers
- Garden Of Joy Blues
Kentucky Jug Band
- Walkin' Cane Stomp
Noah Lewis's Jug Band
- New Minglewood Blues
- Ticket Agent Blues
Memphis Shieks
- He's In The Jailhouse Now | notes by Sam Charters
 OJL 4 |
OJL-5 (1963) | The Mississippi Blues 1927-1940

Bukka White
- The Panama Limited
- Special Streamline
Willie Brown
- Future Blues
- M & O Blues
Kid Bailey
- Mississippi Bottom Blues
Robert Wilkins
- That's No Way To Get Along
- I Do Blues

Mississippi John Hurt
- Got The Blues, Can't Be Satisfied
- Louis Collins
William Harris
- Bullfrog Blues
- Hot Time Blues
Skip James
- If You Haven't Any Hay, Get On Down The Road
- Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues
Son House
- Preachin the Blues, Part 1
- Preachin the Blues, Part 2 | brochure notes by Gayle Dean Wardlow






 Origin Jazz Library OJL-5notes by Gayle Dean Wardlow (biographies) and David Evans (lyric transcriptions)


 = OJL-5 (1966) |
OJL-6 (1964) | The Country Girls! 1927-1935

Lottie Kimbrough
- Wayward Girl Blues
- Rolling Log Blues
Geeshie Wiley
- Pick Poor Robin Clean
Rosie Mae Moore
- Stranger Blues
Lulu Jackson
- Careless Love Blues
Lillian Miller
- Dead Drunk Blues
Lucille Bogan
- I Hate That Train Called The M & O
Elvie Thomas
- Motherless Child Blues

Nellie Florence
- Jacksonville Blues
- Midnight Weeping Blues
Pearl Dickson
- Little Rock Blues
Memphis Minnie
- Where Is My Good Man
- Can't I Do It For You
Mae Glover
- Shake It Daddy
Lottie Kimbrough
- Going Away Blues
- Lost Lover Blues |  OJL 6
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OJL-7 (1964) | The Immortal Charlie Patton 1887-1934, Number 2

- Shake It And Break It But (Don't Let It Fall Mama)
- Down The Dirt Road Blues
- Dry Well Blues
- A Spoonful Blues
- High Water Everywhere, Part 1
- High Water Everywhere, Part 2
- It Won't Be Long
- Bird Nest Bound

- Yellow Bee (Bertha Lee, voc)
- Revenue Man Blues
- Pony Blues
- When Your Way Gets Dark
- Come Back Corina (Henry Sims, voc)
- Banty Rooster Blues
- Tom Rushen Blues
- Hammer Blues |  OJL 7
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OJL-8 (1965) | Country Blues Encores 1927-1935

Ishman Bracey
- Saturday Blues
Blind Joe Reynolds
- Outside Woman Blues
Tommy Johnson
- Cool Drink Of Water Blues
Henry Sims
- Farrell Blues
Rube Lacey
- Mississippi Jailhouse Groan
Jaybird Coleman
- Man Trouble Blues
John Byrd
- Old Timbrook Blues
Skip James
- I'm So Glad

Red Hot Old Man Mose
- Molly Man
Garfield Akers
- Jumpin And Shoutin Blues
Charlie Jordan
- Keep It Clean
Bill Wilber
- My Babe, My Babe
The Mississippi Moaner
- It's Cold In China Blues
Big Bill and Thomps
- House Rent Stomp
Sunny Boy and His Pals
- Don't You Leave Me Here
Bill Moore
- One Way Gal | 

 OJL 8
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OJL-9 (1965) | Byways Of Jazz

Frank Bunch and his Fuzzy Wuzzies
- 4th Avenue Stomp
- Fuzzy Wuzzy
- Corgo Stomp
Johnny Williams Synco Jazzers
- Now Cut Loose
Black Birds Of Paradise
- Tishomingo Blues
- Sugar
- Bugahoma Blues
Syd Valentine
- Asphalt Walk

Dewey Jackson's Peacock Orchestra
- Goin' To Town
- She's Cryin' For Me
Eddie And Sugar Loo
- Eddie And Sugar Loo Stomp
- Sweet Papa Will Be Gone
- K.W.K.H. Blues
- There'll Be Some Changes Made
Zach White
- Mandy
Alex Jackson's Plantation Orchestra
- Jackass Blues | 

 OJL 9
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OJL-10 (1965) | Crying Sam Collins And His Git-Fiddle
14 Rare Country Blues by Sam Collins & 2 Surprises by King Solomon Hill - vintage 1927-31

Sam Collins
- Riverside Blues
- Loving Lady Blues
- Yellow Dog Blues
- Devil In The Lion's Den
- Lead Me All The Way
- It Won't Be Long
- Do That Thing
- Hesitation Blues

- Midnight Special Blues
- I want To Be Like Jesus In My Heart
- New Salty Dog
- I'm Still Sitting On Top Of The World
- Slow Mama Slow
King Solomon Hill
- Whoopee Blues
- Down On My Bended Knees | notes by Pete Whelan


 OJL 10pictures of booklet Sam Collins discography
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OJL-11 (1965) | The Mississippi Blues Number 2

Son House
- Dry Spell Blues
Louise Johnson
- All Night Long Blues
- Long Ways From Home
Charlie Patton
- Rattlesnake Blues
- Screamin And Hollerin The Blues
Jaydee Short
- Lonesome Swamp Rattlesnake
- Telephone Arguin' Blues

Blind Willie Reynolds
- 3rd Street Woman Blues
- Nehi Blues
Robert Wilkins
- I'll Go With Her Blues
- Get Away Blues
Hi Henry Brown
- Titanic Blues
- Preacher Blues
Joe Calicott
- Fare Thee Well Blues
Garfield Akers
- Dough Roller Blues |  OJL 11
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OJL-12 (1966) | In The Spirit Volume 1

Bukka White
- I Am In The Heavenly Way
Skip James
- Jesus Is A Mighty Good Leader
Charlie Patton
- You're Gonna Need Somebody When You Die
Blind Joe Taggart
- The Storm Is Passing Over
Patton and Lee
- Oh Death
Rev. D.C. Rice
- No Night There
McIntorsh and Edwards
- Take A Stand
Elder Richard Bryant
- Watch Ye, Therefore, You Know Not The Day

Rev. F.W. McGee
- He Is The Saviour For Me
Holy Ghost Sanctified Singers
- Sinner, I'd Make A Change
Rev. D.C. Rice
- Sure Foundation
Blind Mamie Forehand
- Honey In The Rock
Duckett and Norwood
- I Want To Go Where Jesus Is
Mother McCollum
- When I Take My Vacation In Heaven
Alfred G. Karnes
- I Am Bound For The Promised Land
Washington Phillips
- I Had A Good Father And Mother | 

 OJL 12
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OJL-13 (1966) | In The Spirit Volume 2

Bukka White
- Promise True And Grand
Blind Willie Davis
- Rock Of Ages
Charlie Patton
- Some Happy Day
Sister Cally Fancy
- Hold To God's Unchanging Hand
Patton and Lee
- Troubled Bout My Mother
Elder Curry
- Memphis Flu
Elder Richard Bryant
- How Much I Owe For Love Devine
McIntorsh and Edwards
- The Latter Rain Is Fall

McIntorsh and Edwards
- The 1927 Flood
Rev. D.C. Rice
- I'm Pressing On
Holy Ghost Sanctified Singers
- Thou Carest Lord For Me
Blind Roosevelt Graves
- When I Lay My Burden Down
Mother McCallum
- Jesus Is My Air-O-Plane
William and Versey Smith
- Sinners You'll Need King Jesus
Blind Willie Johnson
- Sweeter As The Years Roll By
Washington Phillips
- Take Your Burden To The Lord And Leave It There |  OJL 13
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OJL-14 (1967) | Alabama Country 1927-1931

Barefoot Bill
- Squabblin Blues
- From Now On
- My Crime
Jaybird Coleman
- No More Good Water
Two Poor Boys
- John Henry
- Two White Horses In A Line
Jaybird Coleman
- Mistreatin Mama

Ed Bell
- Frisco Whistle Blues
- Mamlish Blues
- Hambone Blues
Ollis Martin
- Police & High Sheriff
Wiley Barner
- My Gal Mistreats Me
Whistlin Pete and Daddy Stovepipe
- Tuxedo Blues
George 'Bullet' Williams
- Frisco Leaving Birmingham | 

 OJL 14 |
OJL-15 (1968?) | Rugged Piano Classics 1927-1939

Skip James
- 22-20 Blues
Jim Clark
- Fat Fanny Stomp
Cripple Clarence Lofton
- Pinetop's Boogie Woogie
Henry Brown
- Stomp Em Down To The Bricks
Black Diamond Twins
- Block & Tackle
Blythe and Burton
- Block & Tackle Blues
Blythe and Clark
- Don't Break Down

Cow Cow Davenport
- Alabama Strut
Sammy Brown
- The Jockey Blues
Romeo Nelson
- Gettin' Dirty Just Shakin' That Thing
James Wiggins
- Frisco Bound
- 44 Blues
Jessie James
- Lonesome Day Blues
Frank Melrose
- Pass The Jug |  OJL 15
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OJL-16 (1968?) | Ragged Piano Classics 1923-1943

Sugar Underwood
- Dew Drop Alley Stomp
Smith and Irvine
- Lonesome Road Blues
Blind Leroy Garnett
- Louisiana Glide
Blythe and Burton
- Dusting The Keys
Herve Duerson
- Easy Drag
- Avenue Strut
Frank Melrose
- Jellyroll Stomp

Rob Cooper
- West Dallas Drag No. 2
Blythe and Clark
- Bow To Your Papa
Alonzo Yancey
- Everybody's Rag
George H. Tremer
- Spirit of '49 Rag
Will Ezell
- Mixed Up Rag
Sidney Wilson
- Mississippi Shivers
Clarence Jones
- Modulation |  OJL 16
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OJL-17 (1969?) | The Mississippi Blues No. 3: Transition, 1926-1937

Hambone Willie Newbern
- Roll and Tumble Blues
- Hambone Willie's Dreamy-Eyed Woman's Blues
Robert Johnson
- I'm A Steady Rollin Man
- Sweet Home Chicago
Johnnie Temple
- Big Boat Whistle
Blind Joe Amos
- C & O Blues
Skip James
- Cherry Ball Blues
Bo Weavil Jackson
- You Can't Keep No Brown

Big Joe Williams
- Stepfather Blues
- 49 Highway Blues
Mississippi John Hurt
- Stack O Lee Blues
Mississippi Bracey
- You Scolded Me And Drove Me From Your Door
- I'll Overcome Someday
Mary Butler
- Mad Dog Blues
Rosie Mae Moore
- School Girl Blues
Bertha Lee
- Mind Reader Blues | 

 OJL 17 |
OJL-18 (1969?) | Let's Go Riding

Mr. Freddie
- Let's Go Riding
Willie Walker
- South Carolina Rag
Will Bennett
- Railroad Bill
Pink Anderson and Simmie Dooley
- Gonna Tip Out Tonight
Bill Moore
- Ragtime Crazy
Walter Hawkins
- A Rag Blues
Sylvester Weaver
- I'm Busy and You Can't Come In

Hambone Willie Newbern
- Way Down In Arkansas
Ellis Williams
- Buttermilk Blues
Bo Carter
- Sue Cow
Carl Martin
- Morning, Judge
Peg Leg Howell and His Gang
- Peg Leg Stomp
Blind Blake
- Southern Rag
Gitfiddle Jim
- Paddlin Madeline Blues | 

 OJL 18 |
OJL-19 (1969?) | More Of That Jug Band Sound 1927-1939

Memphis Jug Band
- Sometimes I Think I Love You
Noah Lewis's Carolina Peanut Boys
- Selling The Jelly
Vol Stevens
- Baby Got The Rickets, Mama's Got The Mobile Blues
Jed Davenport and His Beale Street Jug Band
- Beale St. Breakdown
- Save Me Some
Tommy Bradley
- Adam And Eve
- Four Days Blues
Cincinnati Jug Band
- George St. Stomp

Jack Kelly
- Betty Sue
- Man Fooler Blues
Memphis Jug Band
- Gator Wobble
- On The Road Again
Earl McDonald's Original Louisville Jug Band
- Louisville Special
Daddy Stovepipe and Mississippi Sarah
- Greenville Strut
Birmingham Jug Band
- Giving It Away
Cannon's Jug Stompers
- Wolf River Blues

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 OJL 19
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OJL-20 (1969?) | The Blues In St. Louis, 1929-1937

Henry Townsend
- Henry's Worry Blues
Kokomo Arnold
- Set Down Gal
Barrel House Buck
- I Got To Go Blues
Peetie Wheatstraw
- C & A Blues
Henry Spaulding
- Biddle Street Blues
Bessie Mae Smith
- St. Louis Daddy
Henry Townsend
- She's Got A Mean Disposition

Walter Davis
- Sloppy Drunk Again
Charley Jordan
- Tight Haired Mama Blues
Peetie Wheatstraw
- Sleepless Night Blues
Teddy Darby
- Deceiving Blues
Alice Moore
- Black Evil Blues
Speckled Red
- House Dance Blues
Peetie Wheatstraw and His Blues-Blowers
- Throw Me In The Alley |  OJL 20
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OJL-21 (1969?) | The Blues In Memphis 1927-1939

Sleepy John Estes
- Drop Down Mama
- Married Woman Blues
Allen Shaw
- I Couldn't Help It
Robert Wilkins
- New Stock Yard Blues
Yank Rachell
- Gravel Road Woman
Furry Lewis
- Falling Down Blues
Beale Street Shieks
- Mr. Crump Don't Like It

Kansas Joe and Memphis Minnie
- That Will Be Alright
- Goin' Back To Texas
Vol Stevens
- Vol Stevens Blues
Minnie Wallace
- The Old Folks Started It
Cannon's Jug Stompers
- Viola Lee Blues
Jack Kelly
- Flower Blues
Will Weldon
- Hitch Me To Your Buggy And Drive Me Like A Mule | 

 OJL 21
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OJL-22 (1982?) | Peg Leg Howell And His Gang
Peg Leg Howell, Henry Williams, Eddie Anthony

- Beaver Slide Rag #
- Moanin' & Groanin' Blues #
- Worrying Blues §
- Lonesome Blues $
- Tickle Britches §
- Hobo Blues *
- Wringing That Thing §

- New Jelly Roll Blues #
- Everything's Comin' My Way §
- Georgia Crawl $
- Peg Leg Stomp *
- Try That Thing §
- Too Tight Blues *
- Warm Wipe Stomp §
# rec. Atlanta, April 8, 1927; Peg Leg Howell, voc, g; Henry Williams, g; Eddie Anthony, voc, vn
* rec. Atlanta, Nov. 1, 1927; Peg Leg Howell, voc, g; Henry Williams, g; Eddie Anthony, voc, vn
§ rec. Atlanta March 12, 1929 and Dec. 9, 1930; Macon Ed (= Eddie Anthony) voc, vn; Tampa Joe, voc, g
$ rec. Atlanta, April 19, 1928; Henry Williams, voc, g; Eddie Anthony, voc, vn | 

 OJL 22 |
OJL-23 (1980) | Lonnie Johnson: Woke Up This Morning, Blues In My Fingers
Original Recordings, 1927-32

- Go Back To Your No Good Man
- Tin Can Alley Blues
- Away Down In The Alley Blues
- South Bound Water
- Lonesome Ghost Blues
- Four Hands Are Better Than Two
- Roamin' Rambler Blues
- St. Louis Cyclone Blues

- Stomping 'Em Along Slow
- Sweet Potato Blues
- Low Land Blues
- Woke Up With The Blues In My Fingers
- Love Is A Song
- A Broken Heart That Never Smiles
- Blues In G
- Broken Levee Blues |  OJL 23
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OJL-24 (19??) | Memphis Minnie
Previously unissed and alternate recordings 1944-49

- Blue Monday Blues
- Moaning Blues
- Shout The Boogie
- Hold Me Blues
- Fashion Plate Daddy
- Killer Diller From The South
- Oh, Believe Me
- Got To Leave You No. 1

- Moaning Blues No. 2
- Million Dollar Blues
- The Man I Love
- My Man Is Gone Again
- When My Man Comes Home
- Sweet Man
- I Hope Love Will Change Some Day
- Got To Leave You No. 2 | 

 OJL 24
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OJL-25 (1984) | OJL's GA - The Black Country Music Of Georgia 1927-36

Tampa Red
- Down In Spirit Blues
Buddy Moss
- Jealous Hearted Man
Lillie Mae
- Wise Like That
Sam Montgomery
- King Of Knaves No. 2
Sylvester Weaver
- Rock Pile Blues
Bumble Bee Slim
- Hey Lawdy Mama
Charlie Lincoln
- Ugly Papa

Rufus & Ben Quilian
- Keep It Clean
Eddie Head & Family
- Lord, I'm The True Vine
Kokomo Arnold
- Model "T" Woman Blues
Georgia Tom
- Hear Me Beefing At You
Sara Martin
- Useless Blues
Barbeque Bob
- Crooked Woman Blues
Luther Magby
- Jesus Is Getting Ready For The Great Day
Rev. Gates
- David & Uriah |  OJL 25
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OJL-8051 (1984) | Fred McDowell Levee Camp Blues
Fred McDowell 1968: The Early Days Recalled
A Folk-Blues Document - Never-Before-Issued!

- Levee Camp Blues
- Let Me Lay Down in Your Cool Iron Bed
- My Baby Don't Treat Me Like Humankind
- My Baby Has Eyes Like An Eagle (take 2)
- Jim Steam Killed Lula
- Pea Vine Special

- Dark Clouds A-Rising
- My Baby Has Eyes Like An Eagle (take 1)
- Will Me Your Gold Watch And Chain
- Won't Be Worried Long
- Down On Dankin's Farm
- Bye And Bye, Goin' To See The King

- Goin' Over The Hill #
- When I Lay My Burden Down #
rec. 1968 with a couple of songs from 1966; prod. by Pete Welding
# CD bonus tracks | 

 Origin Jazz Library OJL 8051 = Testament TCD 6007 (1998)
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OJL-8052 (1984) | Rev. Robert Wilkins: Memphis Gospel Singer
The Original 1964 Recordings

- Jesus Will Fix It Allright
- Thank You, Jesus
- Just A Closer Walk With Thee
- Do Lord Remember Me
- Here Am I, Send Me

- The Prodigal Son
- Jesus Said If You Go
- I'm Going Home To My Heavenly King
rec. by Peter V. Kuykendall, Wynwood Recording Studio; prod. by Music Research, Inc. |  Piedmont PLP 13162 (1964)notes by Dick Spottswood


 = Piedmont PLP 13162  = Origin Jazz Library OJL 8052 "The Prodigal Son"
 = Origin Jazz Library OJL 8052 (19??) "The Legendary Piedmont Recordings"
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OJL-8053 (1984) | Mississippi John Hurt Folk Songs And Blues

- Avalon Blues
- Richland Women Blues
- Spike Driver Blues
- Salty Dog
- Cow Hooking Blues
- Spanish Fangdang

- Casey Jones $
- Louis Collins
- Candy Man Blues
- My Creole Bell
- Liza Jane (God's Unchanging Hands) #
- Joe Turner Blues
Mississippi John Hurt, voc, g
$ Mississippi John Hurt, 12 string g
# Mississippi John Hurt, harm
rec. by P.V. Kuykendall, Peter Silitch and Sandy Fisher on March 24, 26, 29 and April 2, 1963 in Washington, DC; produced / liner notes by Dick Spottswood
the record number (13157) was meant to take up where Paramount records left off when they went out of business in 1931 ! | notes by T.G. Rockwell and Dick Spottswood


 Piedmont PLP 13157 (1963)



 = Gryphon GLP 13157
original notes by T.G. Rockwell and Dick Spottwood; additional notes by Lawrence Cohn (1964 Sing Out! article)




 reissued and distributed 19?? by OJL "Mississippi John Hurt, 1963 (Volume I of the Original Recordings 'Folksongs and Blues')"  = OJL 8053
notes by David Brown
 = Rounder CD 1081 (1991) "Avalon Blues 1963" www.rounder.com  = Vivid Sound VSCD-130 (Jp 2001)
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OJL-8054 (1984) | Mississippi John Hurt Worried Blues

- Lazy Blues
- Farther Along
- Sliding Delta
- Nobody Cares For Me
- Cow Hooking Blues No. 2

- Talking Casey
- Weeping And Wailing
- Worried Blues
- Oh Mary, Don't You Weep
- I Been Cryin' Since You Been Gone
rec. by P.V. Kuykendall, Wynwood Recording Studio, on March 14, 15 and 21, 1964; produced / liner notes by Dick Spottswood | notes by Robert Shelton and Dick Spottswood


 Piedmont PLP 13161 (1964) = Chesapeake CLP 13161
original notes by Robert Shelton and Dick Spottswood


 reissued and distributed 19?? by OJL "Mississippi John Hurt, 1964 (Volume II of the Original Recordings 'Worried Blues')"  = OJL 8054
notes by Eric Park
 = OJL 8054 notes by David Brown
 = Rounder CD 1082 (1991) "Worried Blues 1963" ["1963" ?] www.rounder.com  = Vivid Sound VSCD-131 (Jp 2001)
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