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Washington
Phillips
b. January 11, 1880 (1882?) in Texas
d. September 20, 1954 in Teague, Texas
discography  
Columbia 14277-D; click to enlarge !
Columbia 14277-D      

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

Washington Phillips 78 rpm / LPs / CDs
#year
of release
titlelabel # / notes

10 inch 78 rpm
11927Washington Phillips

- Take Your Burden To The Lord And Leave It There (145305-1)
- Lift Him Up That's All (145307-2)

rec. December 2, 1927; Dallas, Tx.; Washington Phillips, voc, zither




Columbia 14277-D
21927Washington Phillips

- Denomination Blues - part 1 (145330-1)
- Denomination Blues - part 2 (145331-1)

rec. December 5, 1927; Dallas, Tx.; Washington Phillips, voc, zither




Columbia 14333-D
31927Washington Phillips

- Mother's Last Word To Her Son (145304-2)
- Paul And Silas In Jail (145306-2)

rec. December 2, 1927


Columbia 14369-D
41928Washington Phillips

- I Am Born To Preach The Gospel (147560-2)
- Train Your Child (147561-1)

rec. December 4, 1928; Dallas, Tx.; Washington Phillips, voc, zither


Columbia 14448-D
51928Washington Phillips

- Jesus Is My Friend (147574-1)
- What Are They Doing In Heaven Today (147575-1)

rec. December 5, 1928; Dallas, Tx.; Washington Phillips, voc, zither


Columbia 14404-D
61929Washington Phillips

- A Mother's Last Word To Her Daughter (149500-2)
- I've Got The Key To The Kingdom (149501-1)

rec. December 2, 1929; Dallas, Tx.; Washington Phillips, voc, zither


Columbia 14511-D
  Washington Phillips

- The World Is In A Bad Fix Everywhere - part 1 (149502-2)
- The World Is In A Bad Fix Everywhere - part 2 (149503-2)
- You Can't Stop A Tattler - Part 1 (149504-2)
- You Can't Stop A Tattler - Part 2 (149505-2)

rec. December 2, 1929; Dallas, Tx.; Washington Phillips, voc, zither


Columbia unissued
71929Washington Phillips

- I Had A Good Father And Mother (149506-2)
- The Church Needs Good Deacons (149507-2)

rec. December 2, 1929; Dallas, Tx.; Washington Phillips, voc, zither


Columbia 14566-D

LP / CD compilations
81966In 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

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Origin Jazz Library OJL-12

OJL discography

91966In 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

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Origin Jazz Library OJL-13

OJL discography

101968This Old World's In A Hell Of A Fix
the gospel according to ...

Rev. Dr. J. Gordon McPherson
- This Old World's In A Hell Of A Fix (excerpts from sermon)
Rev. Robert Wilkins
- Old Time Religion
- I Wish I Was In Heaven
- Holy Ghost Train
- The Gamblin' Man
Fred McDowell
- Jesus Is On The Main Line
- See What My Lord Has Done
Skip James
- Let Jesus Lead You

Jaybird Coleman
- I'm Gonna Cross The River Jordan
Sam Collins
- Devil In The Lion's Den
Rev. Moses Mason
- Go Wash In The Beautiful Stream

Washington Phillips
- You Can't Stop A Tattler
Blind Lemon Jefferson
- I Want to Be Like Jesus in My Heart
- All I Want Is That Pure Religion
- He Arose From The Dead
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Biograph BLP 12027

more info

111968Negro Religious Music Vol. 2
The Sanctified Singers Part 2

Blind Willie Johnson
- Take Your Burden To The Lord
Blind Mamie Forehand
- Wouldn't Mind Dying

Washington Phillips
- Denomination Blues - pt. 1 & 2
Arizona Dranes
- Just Look
Brother George
- I See The Sign Of The Judgement
Willie Mae Williams
- When The Sun Never Goes Down
- Don't Want To Go There
Smokey Hogg
- He Knows How Much We Can Bear
Lightning Hopkins
- Needed Time
Two Gospel Keys
- You've Got To Move
Sister Terrell
- The Gambling Man
Rev' Utah Smith
- Take A Trip
- Two Wings

Blues Classics BC 18

Blues Classics
discography

121968Nearer My God To Thee (1926-1942)
Sanctified Singers, Preachers & Congregations

Richard Rabbit Brown
- Sinking Of The Titanic
Sister Mary Nelson
- The Royal Telephone
Joe & Emma Taggart
- Mother's Love
Rev. F.W. McGee
- Jonah In The Belly Of The Whale

Washington Phillips
- Lift Him Up That's All
Mississippi John Hurt
- Praying On The Old Camp Ground
Arizona Dranes
- Sweet heaven Is My Home
Blind Willie Johnson
- You'll Need Somebody On Your Bond

Bozie Sturdivant
- Ain't No Grave Can Hold My Body Down
Mississippi John Hurt
- Blessed Be The Mama
Rev. F.W. McGee
- With His Stripes We Are Healed
Arizona Dranes
- It's All Right Now
Blind Joe Taggart
- Religion Is Something Within You
Blind Lemon Jefferson
- He Arose From The Dead
Skip James
- Be Ready When He Comes
Barbecue Bob
- When The Saints Go Marching In

compiled and produced by Evelyn Sperker

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Roots RL-304

Roots discography

131968Screening The Blues
Aspects Of The Blues Tradition

Jack Ranger
- Thieving Blues
Butterbeans And Susie
- Papa Ain't No Santa Claus (Mama Ain't No Christmas Tree)

Washington Phillips
- Denomination Blues
Hambone Willie Newbern
- Nobody Knows (what The Good Deacon Does)
Hambone Willie Newbern
- Roll And Tumble Blues
Bumble Bee Slim
- Policy Dream Blues
Memphis Minnie
- He's In The Ring (Doing The Same Old Thing)

Memphis Minnie
- Joe Louis Strut
George Noble
- Sissy Man Blues
Robert Johnson
- Phonograph Blues
Clara Smith
- It's Tight Like That
Bertha Idaho
- Down On Pennsylvania Avenue
Curley Weaver
- Sweet Petunia
Bessie Jackson
- Shave 'em Dry
Lucille Bogan
- Shave 'em Dry
notes by Paul Oliver



CBS 63 288

= CBS/Sony ECPJ-24

141970Southern Sanctified Singers

Blind Willie Johnson
- Go With Me To That Land

Washington Phillips
- A Mother's Last Word To Her Daughter
Bessie Johnson
- The Great Reaping Day
Bozie Sturdivant (Silent Grove Baptist Church)
- When I've Done The Best I Can, I Want My Crown
Sam Butler
- Christians Fight On, Your Time Ain't Long
Rev. Edward W. Clayborn
- Your Enimy Cannot Harm You (But Watch Your Best Friend)
Arizona Dranes
- In That Day
Blind Willie Davis
- When The Saints Go Marching In

Henry Thomas
- Jonah In The Wilderness

Washington Phillips
- I've Got The Key To The Kingdom
Rev. J.C. Burnett
- Put Your Trust In Jesus
Sam Butler
- Heaven Is My View
Blind Joe Taggart
- I'll Be Satisfied
Nugrape Twins
- There's A City Built On Mansions
Rev. Edward W. Clayborn
- The Gospel Train Is Coming
Elder Otis Jones
- Holy Mountain





Roots RL 328

Roots discography

151977Next Week Sometime
a compilation of "pre-war" blues 1927-1940

Alec Johnson
- Miss Meal Cramp Blues
- Sister Maud Mule
- Sundown Blues
- Next Week Sometime
- Mysterious Coon
- Toodle Doo
Papa Charlie Jackson
- Long Gone Lost John
- I'm Looking For A Woman Who Knoes How To Treat Me Right

Charley Lincoln
- Gamblin' Charley
- Ugly Papa
Biliken Johnson & Neal Roberts
- Frisco Blues
Lewis Black
- Gravel Camp Blues
Bo Carter
- What You Want Your Daddy To Do?
Tampa Red
- Blue And Evil Blues

Washington Phillips
- Denomination Blues - part 1
- Denomination Blues - part 2





Nugrape CBR-001
(Australia)
161980Washington Phillips: Denomination Blues

- Mother's Last Word To Her Son
- Take Your Burden To The Lord And Leave It There
- Paul And Silas In Jail
- Lift Him Up That's All
- Denomination Blues - part 1
- Denomination Blues - part 2
- I Am Born To Preach The Gospel
- Train Your Child

- Jesus Is My Friend
- What Are They Doing In Heaven Today?
- A Mother's Last Word To Her Daughter
- I've Got The Key To The Kingdom
- You Can't Stop A Tattler - part 1
- You Can't Stop A Tattler - part 2
- I Had A Good Father And Mother
- The Church Needs Good Deacons
notes by Guido van Rijn
and Hans Vergeer

Agram 2006

Agram Records

171984Trouble Done Bore Me Down

Barbecue Bob
- Good Time Rounder
- Trouble Done Bore Me Down
Charley Jordan
- Doin' Wrong Blues
Walter Vinson
- That's It
- Same Thing The Cats Fight About
- Times Is Tight Like That
Jim Jackson
- Policy Blues
Lucille Bogan
- House Top Blues
- Superstitious Blues


Washington Phillips
- Mother's Last Word To Her Son
- Paul And Silas In Jail
James Stump Johnson
- Baby B. Blues
- Worried Man Blues
Scrapper Blackwell
- Springtime Blues
- Mix That Thing
Texas Alexander
- Thirty Day Blues
Sylvester Weaver
- Gonna Ramble Blues
- Teasing Brown Blues
notes by Guido van Rijn
and Hans Vergeer

Agram 2011

Agram Records

181984Songsters & Saints
Vocal Traditions on Race Records Vol. 1

Dances And Traveling Shows
Peg Leg Howell and Eddie Anthony
- Turkey Buzzard Blues
Pink Anderson and Simmie Dooley
- Gonna Tip Out Tonight
"Beans" Hambone - El Morrow
- Beans
Earl McDonald's Original Louisville Jug Band
- Under The Chicken Tree
Alec Johnson
- Mysterious Coon
"Big Boy" George Owens
- The Coon Crap Game
Memphis Sheiks
- He's In The Jailhouse Now
Charley Patton
- Elder Greene Blues
Hambone Willie Newbern
- Way Down In Arkansas

Comment, Parodies And Ballad Heroes
Lil McClintock
- Furniture Man
Julius Daniels
- Can't Put The Bridle On That Mule This Morning
Hezekiah Jenkins
- The Panic Is On
Bogus Ben Covington
- I Heard The Voice Of A Pork Chop
Johnson - Nelson - Porkchop
- G. Burns Is Gonna Rise Again
Bo Chatman
- Good Old Turnip Greens
Two Poor Boys
- John Henry Blues
Will Bennett
- Railroad Bill
Kid Coley
- Clair And Pearley Blues



Baptists And Sanctified Preachers
Rev. Jim Beale
- The Hand Of The Lord Was Upon Me
Rev. A.W. Nix
- After The Ball Is Over
Rev. Isaiah Shelton
- As The Eagle Stirreth Her Nest
Rev. J.M. Milton
- Silk Worms And Boll Weevils
Rev. H.M. Massey
- Old Time Baptism - part 2
Rev. J.T. Burch
- Baptised By Water, and Baptism By The Holy Ghost
Rev. E.S (Shy) Moore
- The Solemn Warning
Elder Curry
- Prove All Things
Rev. Leora Ross
- God's Mercy To Colonel Lindbergh


Gospel Soloists And Evangelists
Missionary Josephine Miles and Sister Elizabeth Cooper
- You Have Lost Jesus
Mother McCollum
- When I Take My Vacation In Heaven
Eddie Head and his Family
- Down On Me

Washington Phillips
- I Am Born To Preach The Gospel
Blind Roosevelt Graves and Brother
- Telephone To Glory
The Guitar Evangelist
- Death Is Only A Dream
Blind Willie Davis
- Your Enemy Cannot Harm You
Blind Nesbit
- Pure Religion
William and Versey Smith
- When That Great Ship Went Down
DLP



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Matchbox MSEX 2001/2002

191990?The Greatest In Country Blues

King Solomon Hill
- The Gone Dead Train
Richard (Rabbit) Brown
- James Alley Blues
Furry Lewis
- Billy Lyons And Stack O'Lee
Robert Wilkins
- That's No Way To Get Along
Kokomo Arnold
- Paddlin' Madeline Blues

Washington Phillips
- I Had A Good Father And Mother
3 LP set

booklet notes by Paul Oliver
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RST BD-1 (Austria)

RST discography

201991Washington Phillips: I Am Born To Preach The Gospel

- I Am Born To Preach The Gospel
- The Church Needs Good Deacons
- I Had A Good Father And Mother
- Take Your Burden To The Lord And Leave It There
- Mother's Last Word To Her Daughter
- Paul And Silas In Jail
- Denomination Blues - part 1
- Denomination Blues - part 2
- Left Him Up That's All
- Jesus Is My Friend
- Mother's Last Word To Her Son
- What Are They Doing in Heaven Today?
- I've Got The Key To The Kingdom
- Train Your Child
- You Can't Stop A Tattler - part 1
- You Can't Stop A Tattler - part 2
notes by Pat Conte

Yazoo CD 2003
211994Washington Phillips: Storefront & Streetcorner Gospel 1927 - 1929

Washington Phillips
- Mother`s Last Word To Her Son
- Take Your Burden To The Lord And Leave It There
- Paul And Silas In Jail
- Lift Him Up That`s All
- Denomination Blues - part 1
- Denomination Blues - part 2
- I Am Born To Preach The Gospel
- Train Your Child
- Jesus Is My Friend
- What Are They Doing In Heaven Today
- A Mother`s Last Word To Her Daughter
- I`ve Got The Key To The Kingdom
- You Can`t Stop A Tattler - part 1
- You Can`t Stop A Tattler - part 2
- I Had A Good Father And Mother
- The Church Needs Good Deacons
A C Forehand & Blind Mamie
- Mother`s Prayer (take 1)
- Mother`s Prayer (take 2)
- I`m So Glad Today (take 1)
- I`m So Glad Today (take 2)
- Honey In The Rock
- Wouldn`t Mind Dying If Dying Was All (part 1)
- Wouldn`t Mind Dying If Dying Was All (part 2)
Luther Magby
- Blessed Are The Poor In Spirit
- Jesus Is Getting Us Ready For The Great Day
notes by Guido van Rijn

Document DOCD 5054

www.document-records.com

222004Spreading The Word
Early Gospel Recordings

disc 2
Washington Phillips
- Mother's Last Words To Her Son
- Take Your Burden To The Lord And Leave It There
- Paul And Silas In Jail
- Lift Him Up That's All
- Denomination Blues: Part 1
- Denomination Blues: Part 2
- I Am Born To Preach The Gospel
- Train Your Child
- Jesus Is My Friend
- What Are They Doing In Heaven Today?
- A Mother's Last Words To Her Daughter
- I've Got The Key To The Kingdom
- You Can't Stop A Tattler: Part 1
- You Can't Stop A Tattler: Part 2
- I Had A Good Father And Mother
- The Church Needs Good Deacons
Bessie Johnson With Her Sanctified Singers
- No Room At The Hotel
- Key To The Kingdom
- One Day
- The Whole World In His Hand
- The Great Reaping Day
- He Got Better Things For You
Brother Williams Memphis Sanctified Singers
- He's Got The Whole World In His Hands
- I Will Meet You At The Station
Texas Jubilee Singers
- He's The Lily Of The Valley
- He's Coming Soon
4 CD set


JSP 7733

232005Washington Phillips:
What Are They Doing In Heaven Today?


- Train Your Child
- Paul and Silas In Jail
- I Was Born To Preach the Gospel
- Mother's Last Word To Her Son
- You Can't Stop The Tattler - part 2
- Take Your Burden To The Lord

- What Are They Doing In Heaven Today?
- Denomination Blues - part 1
- Denomination Blues - part 2
- I Had A Good Mother And Father
- Lift Him Up, That's All
- Mother's Last Word To Her Daughter

Mississippi Records MR-006
[vinyl LP]
242005Washington Phillips: The Key To The Kingdom

Washington Phillips
- Lift Him Up That's All
- Paul And Silas In Jail
- Mother's Last Word To Her Son
- The Church Needs Good Deacons
- Jesus Is My Friend
- A Mother's Last Word To Her Daughter
- I Had A Good Father And Mother
- I Am Born To Preach The Gospel
- Take Your Burden To The Lord And Leave It There
- Denomination Blues - part 1
- Denomination Blues - part 2
- What Are They Doing In Heaven Today
- I've Got The Key To The Kingdom
- Train Your Child
- You Can't Stop A Tattler - part 1
- You Can't Stop A Tattler - part 2
- Wouldn't Mind Dying If Dying Was All
Blind Mamie And A.C. Forehand
- I'm So Glad Today, Today
- Honey In The Rock
- Mother's Prayer
new notes by Pat Conte

Yazoo CD 2073

[new remastering]

www.yazoorecords.com

252006Washington Phillips

- Denomination Blues - part 1
- Take Your Burden To The Lord And Leave It There

7 inch 45 rpm

notes by sonic boom



The Great Pop Supplement
gps 12
(limited pressing of 220)

www.greatpopsupplement.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 ;-) Washington Phillips track(s) !!!

 

Other artist's Covers of Washington Phillips songs
#year
of release
Artistlabel # / notes
11972Ry Cooder: Into The Purple Valley

- How Can You Keep Moving (Unless You Migrate Too)
- Billy The Kid
- Money Honey
- F.D.R. In Trinidad
- Teardrops Will Fall

- Denomination Blues

- On A Monday
- Hey Porter
- Great Dream From Heaven
- Taxes On The Farmer Feeds Us All
- Vigilante Man

Reprise K44142
21974Ry Cooder: Paradise And Lunch

- Tamp 'Em Up Solid
- Tattler
- Married Man's A Fool
- Jesus On The Mainline
- It's All Over Now

- Medley: Fool For A Cigarette / Feelin' Good
- If Walls Could Talk
- Mexican Divorce
- Ditty Wah Ditty

Reprise 44260
31975Barry McGuire & 2nd Chapter Of Acts: To The Bride

disc 1:
- Intro
- Come To Praise The Lord
- Little Bitty Dude
- He's Comin' Back
- Sad Song
- Happy Road
- Acts Intro

- Which Way's The Light
- Love, Peace, Joy
- Layers
- I Wonder
- Ogre
- Am I Seeing You

- Denomination Blues
- A Friend
- Jimmy's Song
- Snow White
- Prince Song



disc 2:
- He Alone Is Worthy
- Easter Song
- He Is Coming
- Anyone But Jesus
- The Only Way
- Sing The Melody
- Shock Absorbers
- Chosen Generation

- Jesus People
- I Walked A Mile
- Dolphins
- Callin' Me Home
- Each Other
- Doesn't That Bible Say
- Brainwashed
- Doesn't That Bible Say
2 LP set


Myrrh MSX-6548

3a1976Linda Ronstadt: Hasten Down The Wind

- Lose Again
- The Tattler (Ry Cooder, Russ Titelman & Washington Phillips) [sic]
- If He's Ever Near
- That'll Be The Day
- Lo Siento Mi Vida
- Hasten Down The Wind

- Rivers Of Babylon
- Give One Heart
- Try Me Again
- Crazy
- Down So Low
- Someone To Lay Down Beside Me



Asylum 7E-1072
3b1977David Soul: Playing To An Audience Of One

- Silver Lady
- Can't We Just Down And Talk It Over

- Tattler (Cooder / Phillips / Titelman)
- I Wish I Was
- Rider
- Going In With My Eyes Open

- Playing To An Audience Of One
- Tomorrow Child
- By The Devil (I Was Tempted)
- Nobody But A Fool Or A Preacher
- Mary's Fancy
- Don't Give Us On Us

Private Stock 7001
41981Andy Cohen & Joe LaRose:
Tuxedo Blues


- Cheatham County Breakdown (Arthur Smith)
- My Money Never Runs Out (Gus Cannon's Jug Stompers)
- One-Eyed Sam/ Winkin' Eye (Fields Ward)
- Sailing Down The Chesapeake Bay (Jean C. Havez - George Botsford)
- Texas Easy Street (Henry Thomas)
- Tuxedo Blues (Whistling Pete/Daddy Stovepipe)
- Carolina Shout (James P. Johnson)

- Seaboard Train Blues (Larry Johnson)
- Lost John
- I'm Satisfied (Mississippi John Hurt)

- Bye & Bye I'm Gonna See The King (Washington Phillips)
- Squabblin' Blues (Wiley Barner / Joe LaRose)
- Ragged But Right
- Airy Man (Papa Charlie Jackson)



Green Linnet SIF 1033
51982The 77's: Ping Pong Over The Abyss

- A Different Kind Of Light
- How Can You Love
- It's So Sad
- Falling Down A Hole

- Someone New
- Renaissance Man
- Ping Pong Over The Abyss
- Time Is Slipping Away

- Denomination Blues (That's All)

- A Different Kind Of Light (live)
- How Can You Love (4-track demo)
- It's So Sad (live)
- Falling Down A Hole (live)
- Ping Pong Over The Abyss (4-track demo)

- Denomination Blues (That's All) (live)

Exit

The Discography 123 Box Set

61992Marianne Antonsen: Pickin' Up The Spirit

- Little Boy
- Gamblin' Man
- Jesus On The Main Line
- I'M Willing
- Nobody Knows

- Denomination Blues
- Wonders And Things
- Motherless Children
- Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child
- Anyhow
- Go Down Moses
- I Bid You Good Night
- I Don't Feel Noways Tired

Kulturverkstedt GFXCD-116
71993Andy Cohen with William Lee Ellis & Eleanor Ellis:
Preachin' In That Wilderness

- John The Revelator
- C.C. & O. Blues (Simmie Dooley / >Pink Anderson)
- In My Girlish Days (Memphis Minnie)
- Your Up Is Down (Bill Ellis)

- A Mother's Last Words To Her Son (Washington Phillips)
- Wee Midnight Hours (Willie McTell / Curley Weaver)
- Bill's Blues (Andy Cohen)
- Worried Blues Henry Thomas)
- You Jes' Well Let Her Go (Casey Bill Weldon)

- Lift Him Up (Washington Phillips)

- Cookbook (Larry Johnson)
- You Got My Money (Bill Ellis)
- Spanish Flangdang
- Jonah (Henry Thomas)
- Hawkins' Rag
- New Cat Blues
- Leavin' Trunk (Sleepy John Estes)
- Jump Little Children (Brownie McGhee)
- Shack Rouster Song
- Spoonful (Mance Lipscomb)
- Hungry Blues (Langston Hughes / James P. Johnson)
- Poor Boy (Gus Cannon)

Marimac 8006-C
(cassette)

williamleeellis.com

2005 re-released on
Riverlark RL 10107 CD

www.riverlark.com

81993Palace Brothers: There Is No One What Will Take Care Of You

- Idle Hands Are The Devil's Playthings
- Long Before
- I Tried To Stay Health For You
- The Cellar Song
- (I Was Drunk At The) Pulpit
- There Is No-One What Will Take Care Of You
- O Lord Are You In Need?
- Merida
- King Me

- I Had A Good Mother And Father
- Riding
- O Paul

Drag City DC-34CD

= Domino 008 (2001)

91994Kate Wolf: Looking Back At You

- The Old Street Singer
- I Had A Good Father and Mother (Traditional)
- Hold On To Me Babe (Tom Paxton)
- Rock Salt And Nails (Bruce "Utah" Phillips)
- The Lover's Return (Traditional)
- Looking Back At You
- Bird On A Wire (Leonard Cohen)
- Springfield Mountain Coal Miner (Cyrus Clarke)
- These Days (Jackson Browne)
- Traveling Day (Lyrics by Jack Aldridge, Music by Kate Wolf)

Rhino 71613

www.katewolf.com

101996Michael Hakanson-Stacy: Sanctuary Blues

- Creepin'
- You Drink Too Much
- Blues In The Belfry
- Pizza Blues
- 1944 Blues
- Sanctuary Blues
- God's Gonna Cut 'em Down
- Death Don't Have No Mercy

- Denomination Blues - part II
- Ring Him Up Easy
- Old Time Religion
- Delchytown Blues
- New Pony Blues
- Wiscassett Narrow Line
- Eutychus' Dream



Time & Strike T&S 7780
111999Geoff Bartley: Hear That Wind Howl

- If I Had Possession Over Judgment Day
- Sittin' On Top Of The World
- Grinnin' In Your Face
- The Dying Crapshooter's Blues
- Papa's On The Housetop
- Prize Your Reputation
- Crossroads Blues
- Lemonade
- When You Got A Good Friend
- Everything They Told Me
- Peaceable Street
- The Fullerton Street Strut
- No Money Down
- Duncan And Brady

- Denomination Blues
- Come On In My Kitchen

Waterbug CD 52

www.geoffbartley.com

121999Charles Walker: I'm Available

- Homewrecker Legs
- Leavin' This Old Town
- Fleetwood Cadillac
- Make It Rain
- Nothing A Young Girl Can Do
- Need Somebody
- I'm Available
- Judge Of Hearts
- Monkey Song
- You Got The Walk

- The Tattler
- When I'm Gone
- Very Thing That Makes You Rich

rec. at Three Little Pigs Studio, Nashville, Tennessee in March 1999; Charles Walker, voc; Johnny Jones, voc, g; Fred James, g, p; Dennis Taylor, tenor & baritone sax; Phil Rugh, org; Rusty Russell, b; Herb Shucher, dr; prod by Fred James


Black Magic 9040


= Cannonball 29115
(2000)

122002Andrew M. Cohen: Dolceola Favorites

- Mother's Last Words (Washington Phillips)
- Precious Lord (Thomas A. Dorsey)
- All Night Long (Skip James)
- What A Friend We Have In Jesus (Rev. Charles A. Tindley)
- The Entertainer (Scott Joplin)
- Oak Top Boogie (Jim Brewer)
- John Ate The Locust and the Honey (William Lee Ellis)
- Rock Island Line (Huddie Ledbetter)
- Organ Grinder Swing (Clarence Williams)
- What Are They Doin' In Heaven Today/Paul & Silas (Tindley)
- John Hurt Medley (Frankie/Creole Belle/Richland Woman) (Hurt/Lampe/Hurt)
- Take Your Burden To The Lord (Rev. Charles A. Tindley)
- Tipitina /
Denomination Blues (Roy Bird/ Phillips)
- La Valse Joyeuse (Jean Carignan)
- Teddy Bear's Picnic (Bratton/Kennedy)
- When My Sugar Walks Down The Street (Mills/McHugh/Austin)
- Goin' Home (Charlie Patton)
- Lord Franklin (Trad/Carthy)
- I Bid You Goodnight (Pindar Family)
- Bertha Mae (Memphis Slim (Peter Chatman)

Riverlark RL105-CD

andycohenmusic.com

www.riverlark.com

Dolceola pages

132003Gillian Welch: Soul Journey

- Look At Miss Ohio
- Make Me A Pallet On Your Floor
- Wayside/Back In Time

- I Had A Real Good Mother And Father
- One Monkey
- No One Knows My Name
- Lowlands
- One Little Song
- I Made A Lovers Prayer
- Wrecking Ball



142003Jorma Kaukonen: Blue Country Heart

- Blue Railroad Train
- Just Because
- Blues Stay Away From Me
- Red River Blues
- Bread Line Blues
- Waiting For A Train
- Those Gambler's Blues
- Tom Cat Blues
- Big River Blues
- Prohibition Blues
- I'm Free From The Chain Gang Now
- You And My Old Guitar

- What Are They Doing In Heaven Today?



152004Paul Rishell & Annie Raines: Goin' Home

- Hunkie Tunkie Blues (Charlie Jordan, with additional music by Rishell/Raines)
- You've Got It Made (Rishell/Raines)

- I Had A Good Mother and Father (Washington Phillips)
- I'm Goin' Home (Charley Patton)
- It Ain't Right (Rishell/Raines)
- Candy (David/Kramer/Whitney)
- Memphis Town (Carr/Blackwell)
- Black Horse Blues (Lemon Jefferson)
- Black Eye Blues (Ma Rainey)
- Ragtime Millionaire (William Moore)
- Custard Pie (Fulton Allen)
- Some of These Days (I'll be Gone) -live! (Charley Patton, arrangement by Paul Rishell)
- Lookin' Good -live! (Samuel Maghett, with additional music by Rishell/Raines)

Artemis CD 51570

= Rykodisc CD 17306

www.paulandannie.com

162006Voice Of The Spirit, Gospel Of The South

- By The Side Of The Road - Mac Wiseman
- Unclouded Day - Johnny Cash
- Twelve Gates To The City - Mavis Staples & Marty Stuart
- Over The Next Hill We'll Be Home - Connie Smith
- If I Be Lifted Up - Earl & Randy Scruggs
- My Lord Keeps A Record - Ronnie & Del McCoury
- We Will Overcome - Mighty Clouds Of Joy

- Denomination Blues - Rodney Crowell
- Leave It There - John Cowan & Tony Rice
- Diamonds In The Rough - Laura Cash & Larry Gatlin
- Where The Soul Of A Man Never Dies - Jon Randall & Jessi Alexander
- Ain't No Grave Gonna Hold My Body Down - Fisk Jubilee Singers

- What Are They Doing In Heaven Today? - Vince Gill

Dualtone CD 01228

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Görgen Antonsson discographies
- Robert M.W. Dixon & John Godrich: Blues & Gospel Records 1902 - 1943, 3rd ed. 1982, p. 590
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

source of left column picture: Cover of Yazoo CD 2073

thanks to Alan Balfour and Bob Riemenschneider for additional info / scans

 

Exhuming The Legend Of Washington Phillips

by Michael Corcoran

 

Washington Phillips CD study

by Gregg Miner

 

WP section at www.FretlessZither.com

by Garry Harrison
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