Brother John Sellers b. May 27, 1924 in Clarksdale, Mississippi d. March 27, 1999 in New York (Manhattan) discography

source: front cover of London LL 1705

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 Brother John Sellers 78 rpm / EPs / LPs / CDs # year of release title label # / notes 10 inch 78 rpm 1 1945 BROTHER JOHN SELLERS - Let Us Run While The Sun Is Shining (You Better Run) (N 570) # - My Crown (N 574) * rec. May 1945 in Chicago # BROTHER JOHN SELLERS Gospel Singing with Melba Pope and Her Gospel Trio * BROTHER JOHN SELLERS Gospel Singing with Piano by Melba Pope Chicago 108 2 1945 Big Johnny Sellers / Melba Pope Trio Big Johnny Sellers - Shorty Come Out From Under My Bed (IN 115) Melba Pope Trio - ??? rec. Chicago?, May 1945; John B. Sellers, voc; Melba Pope, p; Huey Long or Johnny Johns, g; Allan Lott, b Southern 128 3 1945 Brother John Sellers - He Came All the Way Down - Bye And Bye rec. Chicago?, May 1945; John B. Sellers, voc; Southern 132 4 1946 JOHN SELLERS - Rockin' Mama Blues (UN 30) - Mirror Blues (UN 23) rec. May 1945 in Chicago?; John B. Sellers, voc; Melba Pope, p; Huey Long or Johnny Johns, g; Allan Lott, b Queen 4114 [Syd Nathan's 1945-1947 sublabel of King Records] 5 1947 BROTHER SELLERS - Precious Lord (2654-3) - Beginning Of Sorrow (2656-5) rec. c. October 1946 Miracle 106 6 1947 BROTHER SELLERS - Move On Up A Little Higher (2655-2?) - Just Wait A Little While (2657) rec. c. October 1946 Miracle 107 7 1947 John Sellers - Farewell Night Life (D7VB 312) - Play Around With My Head (D7VB 315) rec. Chicago, February 12, 1947; John B. Sellers, voc; James Clark, p; Leonard Caston, g; Willie Dixon, b; Charles Sanders, dr RCA Victor 20-2238 8 1947 John Sellers - Let Me Be Your Sidetrack (D7VB 313) - Mama, What You Gonna Do (D7VB 314) rec. Chicago, February 12, 1947; John B. Sellers, voc; James Clark, p; Leonard Caston, g; Willie Dixon, b; Charles Sanders, dr RCA Victor 20-2418 9 7/1949 Rev. John Sellers - Coming Back Home (UB9514) - Day Is Passed (UB9517) rec. c. December 1948 Miracle 138 10 1959? Brother John Sellers Cal "Caldonia" Palmer and Little Brother's Jazz Blues Band - Busy Bootin' And You Can't Come In (A) Brother John and Little Brother's Jazz Band - Shakin' That Thing (B) * # rec. c. 1959 in Chicago; Lil Palmore, voc; John Sellers, voc, Le Roi Nabors, tp; Little Brother Montgomery, p; Robert Lockwood, g; Ransom Knowling, b; Jack Cooley, dr * rec. ??? in Chicago; John Sellers, voc, Le Roi Nabors, tp; Little Brother Montgomery, p; Robert Lockwood, g; Ransom Knowling, b; Jack Cooley, dr Ebony 1095 11 1951 LUCKY MILLINDER And His Orchestra - The Right Kind Of Lovin' # - It's Been A Long Long Time * # feat. Annisteen Allen, Melvin Moore & John Sellers * feat. Melvin Moore King 4496 12 1952 JOHNNY SELLERS - Don't Knock At My Door (K 8054) - Turn The Lights Down Low (K 8055) rec. New York, September 20, 1951; John Sellers, voc; David "Bubber" Brooks, ts; Sonny Thompson, p; Jimmy Shirley, g; Carl Pruitt, b; Kelly Martin, dr King 4498 13 1952 JOHNNY SELLERS - Heavyweight Mama (K 8052-1) - I Really Love You (K 8053-2) rec. New York, September 20, 1951; John Sellers, voc; David "Bubber" Brooks, ts; Sonny Thompson, p; Jimmy Shirley, g; Carl Pruitt, b; Kelly Martin, dr King 4567 14 8/1952 JOHNNY SELLERS - Josie Jones (U-2129) # - Rock Me In The Cradle (U-2130) rec. Chicago, May 1, 1952; John Sellers, voc; John Porter, ts; bs, # org, b, dr Chance 1120 15 1952 JOHNNY SELLERS - Blues, This Ain't No Place For You (U-2197) - Mighty Lonesome (U-2200) rec. Universal Recording, Chicago, September 1952; Johnny Sellers, voc; King Kolax Orchestra (more info) Chance 1123       - Too Many Heartaches (U-2198) - The Jay Bird Story (U-2199) - Christmas Time Blues (U-2201) - The World (U-2203) rec. Universal Recording, Chicago, September 1952; Johnny Sellers, voc; King Kolax Orchestra (more info) Chance unissued 16 1953 JOHNNY SELLERS King Kolax Orchestra - Mirror Blues (U-2202) - Newport News (U-2204) rec. Universal Recording, Chicago, September 1952; Johnny Sellers, voc; King Kolax Orchestra (more info) Chance 1138 17 1955 JOHNNY FRANK - Li'l Lover (H 1175) - Oh Darlin' (H 1176) rec. New York, c. November 1955; John Sellers, voc; ts; bs; Ernie Hayes, p; Mickey Baker, g Herald 453       - Sorrowful Soul (H 1174) - There Is No You For Me (H 1177) rec. New York, c. November 1955; John Sellers, voc; ts; bs; Ernie Hayes, p; Mickey Baker, g Herald unissued LP / CD compilations 18 1954 Brother John Sellers Sings Blues And Folk Songs - John Henry - Farewell Work Life - Doretha Boogie - Boll Weevil - Two Little Fishes, Five Loaves Of Bread - Down By The Riverside rec January 22, 1954 in New York City; Brother John Sellers, voc; Sir Charles Thompson, p; Ruby Braff, trumpet: Freddie Greene, g; Walter Page, b; Jo Jones, dr (Count Basie rhythm section); production supervision by John Hammond cover drawing by Charles White 10 inch LP notes by John Hammond Vanguard VRS 8005 (Jazz Showcase series) = Vanguard PPT 12008 (UK 1955) = Vanguard KIJJ-2095 (Jp) Vanguard 79036-2 (1996) Vanguard / Ace VMD 8005 (2006) 19 1954 Brother John Sellers: Jack Of Diamonds - Jack Of Diamonds - I Love You, Baby - Sally Go Round The Sunshine - Every Day I Have The Blues - Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen - Let Us Run - I've Been Lonesome, I've Been Worried - When I've Been Drinking - Lonesome Road - Great Day rec. March 10, 1954 in New York; Brother John Sellers, voc; Sonny Terry, hca; Johnny Johns [Jones?], g cover drawing by Charles White 10 inch LP Vanguard VRS 7022 (US) = Vanguard PPT 12017 (UK 1957; pressed by PYE) Vanguard 79036-2 (1996) Vanguard / Ace VMD 8005 (2006) 20 1957 Brother John Sellers In London ... sings a programme of blues, ballads and spirituals - In The Evening (DR 23210) - Oh! Little Girl (DR 23211) - Backwater Blues (DR 23212) - Mamie (DR 23213) - Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child (DR 23214) - All These Days Are The Beginning Of Sorrow (DR 23215) - They Call Me A Blind Man (DR 23216) - Oh! What Kind Of Woman (DR 23217) - I Want A True Lover (DR 23218) - You Been Gone Too Long (DR 23219) - The House Of The Rising Sun (DR 23220) - Chicago Hop (DR 23221) rec. March 8, 1957 in London; Brother John Sellers, voc; Al Fairweather, tp; Wally Fawkes, cl; Stan Greig, p; William "Diz" Disley, g; Frank Clarke, b; Tony Kinsey, dr 12 inch LP notes by Paul Oliver London LL 1705 (mono) = Decca LK 4197 (UK 1958) "In The Evening" 21 1957 Brother John Sellers in London - In The Evening - Mamie - Back Water Blues - Oh! What Kind Of Woman rec. March 8, 1957 in London; Brother John Sellers, voc; Al Fairweather, tp; Wally Fawkes, cl; Stan Greig, p; William "Diz" Disley, g; Frank Clarke, b; Tony Kinsey, dr 7 inch 45 rpm EP London DFE 6457 notes by Werner Burkhardt = Decca-EP DX 2033 22 1957 "Brother John" Sellers: Blues And Spirituals - Lucy Mae Blues - Railroad Man Blues - Love Is A Story - He Come All The Way Down rec. May 13, 1957 in Paris, France; John Sellers, voc; Guy Lafitte, ts; George Arvanitas, p; Pierre Michelot, b; Kenny Clarke, dr Columbia ESDF 1157 (Fr) (Columbia Jazz Stars series) = Columbia SEG 7740 (UK) (=) Sackville SKCD2-2074 (Can 2009) "Paris 1957" 23 1957 "Brother John" Sellers - Hands Off - Baby, How Long How Long - Morning Noon And Night - You've Been Gone Five Years - I Cried For You - Woke Up This Morning - Blue Suede Shoes - Miss Otis Regrets - I Have The Blues Every Day - I'm Gonna Move On The Outskirts Of Town - Let's Rock And Roll rec. November 14-29, 1957 in Paris, France; Brother John Sellers, voc; Guy Lafitte, ts; Georges Arvanitas, p; Christian Garros, dr Columbia FPX 149 (Fr) (=) Sackville SKCD2-2074 (Can 2009) "Paris 1957" 24 1957 Brother John Sellers: Blues And Spirituals - Doretha Boogie - Farewell Work Life - Down By The Riverside - Two Little Fishes, Five Loaves Of Bread Vanguard EPP 14002 (UK) 25 1959 Brother John Sellers: Baptist Shouts! & Gospel Songs - I'm Coming Back Home To Live With Jesus - Precious Lord - He's My Rock - Wade In The Water - God Is Coming On The Clouds - I Had A Dream - Sinner Man - Only Believe - He Took My Feet Out Of The Miry Clay - Little Wooden Church On The Hill - Sing On My Singer - How Come Me Here rec. New York, May 1959; John Sellers, voc; Ernest Hayes, p, org; Herman Stevens, p; Mickey Baker, g; Panama Francis, dr; Haywood Henry, fl, ten sax; Lloyd Trotman, b notes by Thomas Dorsey and Brother John Sellers Monitor MF 335 (mono) = MFS 335 (stereo) Smithsonian Folkways Recordings Custom Compact Disc www.folkways.si.edu 26 1959 Brother John Sellers sings "big boat up the river" and other blues and folk songs - Big Boat Up The River - Feeling Sad And Blue - Trouble Is A Woman - Something Strange Is Going On Wrong - When I Was A Little Boy - You Got A Line And I'll Get A Pole - Chain Gang - Strange Fruit - City Called Heaven - Watermelon On The Vine - Prison Wall Blues - Martha Blues rec. New York, May 1959; John Sellers, voc; Ernest Hayes, p; Mickey Baker, g; Panama Francis, dr; Haywood Henry, fl, ten sax; Lloyd Trotman, b notes by John Sellers Monitor MP 505 (mono) = Monitor MPS 6002 (stereo) Smithsonian Folkways Recordings Custom Compact Disc www.folkways.si.edu = Arteco TS 101 (Fr) 27 1960 Brother John Sellers Sings Blues And Folk Songs - Jack Of Diamonds * - Two Little Fishes, Five Loaves Of Bread # - I Love You Baby * - Sally Go Round The Sunshine * - Every Day I Have The Blues * - Boll Weevil # - Great Day * - Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen * - John Henry # - Farewell Work Life # - Let Us Run * - When I've Been Drinking * - Doretha Boogie * - Lonesome Road * - Down By The Riverside # # from Vanguard VRS 8005 * from Vanguard VRS 7022 12 inch LP Vanguard VRS 9036 (mono) = VSD 79036 (stereo) = Fontana TFL 6005 (UK 1962) = Amadeo 9023 (Austria) Vanguard 79036-2 (1996) 28 196? Folksong Digest Odetta - If I Had A Hammer Joan Baez - Banks Of The Ohio Leon Bibb - East Virginia The Weavers - The Boll Weevil Odetta - No More Cane On The Brazos Brother John Sellers, Sonny Terry - When I've Been Drinkin' The Weavers - Wimoweh Odetta - Dark As A Dungeon Brother John Sellers, Sonny Terry - I Love You, Baby Leon Bibb - Skillett The Weavers - Follow The Drinking Gourd Joan Baez - Rambler Gambler Leon Bibb - Darlin' Odetta - Pay Day At Coal Creek Brother John Sellers, Sonny Terry - Great Day Joan Baez - Fennario Amadeo AVRS-9125   1964 Brother John Sellers backed by J.B. Lenoir, Willie Dixon & Thomas A. Dorsey meanwhile video has been removed from youtube Jubilee Showcase 31 29 1965 Conversation With The Blues A Documentary of Field Recordings by Paul Oliver Boogie Woogie Red - "So Much Good Feeling" Spoken, with own piano Willie Thomas - "A Little Different" Spoken James Butch Cage & Willie Thomas - "Kill That Nigger Dead" Cage, vocal and fiddle; Thomas, vocal and guitar Lil' Son Jackson - "The Onliest Way" Spoken J. B. Lenoir - "My Father's Style" Guitar solo J. B. Lenoir - "So It Rocked On" Spoken J. B. Lenoir - "Move To Kansas City" Vocal and own guitar Otis Spann - "When She Comes Back" Spoken Otis Spann - "Poor Country Boy" Vocal, with own piano Lightnin' Hopkins - "Ain't No Easy Thing" Spoken Mance Lipscomb - "Evil Heart Blues" Vocal and own piano Blind Arvella Gray - "A Roughneck" Spoken Roosevelt Sykes - "West Helena Blues" Vocal and guitar Will Shade - "Days Of Nineteen-Hundred" Spoken Will Shade - "Newport News Blues" Vocal and own guitar Whistling Alex Moore - "Chock House Days" Spoken Whistling Alex Moore - "Come and Get Me" Vocal and own piano Whistling Alex Moore - "Chock House Days" Spoken Brother John Sellers - "Move Back For What?" Spoken J. B. Lenoir - "I Been Down So Long" Vocal and own guitar Jasper Love - "Santa Fé Blues" Vocal and piano John Lee Hooker - "Somewhere Down The Line" Spoken Robert Curtis Smith - "I Hope One Day My Luck Will Change" Vocal and own guitar Otis Spann - "Only Places They Can Go" Spoken Otis Spann - "People Calls Me Lucky" Vocal and own piano Henry Townsend - "What Have I Committed" Spoken James Butch Cage - "Tween Midnight And Day" Vocal and own guitar Little Brother Montgomery - "Walking Basses" Spoken Little Brother Montgomery - "Dud Low Joe" Piano solo Little Brother Montgomery - "It's A Barrelhouse Blues" Spoken Little Brother Montgomery - "Vicksburg Blues" Vocal with piano Little Brother Montgomery - "They Beat Me To Chicago" Spoken Roosevelt Sykes - "They All Called Him 'Pork Chops'" Spoken Roosevelt Sykes - "Forty-Four Blues" Vocal and own piano Robert Junior Lockwood & Sunnyland Slim - "Doctor Clayton And Me" Spoken Robert Junior Lockwood & Sunnyland Slim - "Take A Little Walk With Me" Vocal with own electric guitar, with Sunnyland Slim, piano Edwin Buster Pickens - "To Have The Blues Within" Spoken Mance Lipscomb - "Blues In The Bottle" Vocal and own guitar LP accompanying Paul Oliver's book by the same title Decca LK 4664 2nd ed. (1997) of book (with enclosed CD) 30 1969 Ella Jenkins (with Brother John Sellers, Joseph Brewer) A Long Time To Freedom gospel songs, work songs, spirituals, songs of freedom - The Wilderness - I'm Gonna Tell God All My Troubles - Heaven - When The Roll Is Called Up Yonder - Tol' My Captain - I'm Gonna Ride This Train - Jimbo - Another Man Done Gone - Soft Pedal Blues - Po' Man's Blues - A Friendly Loan - How High's The Water - An Old Lady and Her House - If You Ever Get Down - Freedom's Coming Mighty Soon - A Long Time + Guy Guilbert, g Stu Black, engineer Asch AHS 850 = Folkways FC 7520 1992 reissued as CD: Smithsonian Folkways 45034 www.folkways.si.edu ellajenkins.com 31 1976 Blues From The Windy City Chicago In Transition 1946 - 1952 Bill 'Jazz' Gillum - Country Woman Blues John Sellers - Let Me Be Your Sidetrack [RCA Victor 20-2418] Sonny Boy Williamson - Bring Another Half Pint Willie 'Long Time' Smith - Due Respects To You Eddie Boyd - I Had To Let Her Go Bill 'Jazz' Gillum - Take One More Chance With Me Tampa Red - Maybe Some Day Guitar Pete Franklin - Casey Brown Blues Tampa Red - It's Good Like That Memphis Minnie - Tears On My Pillow Bill 'Jazz' Gillum - Look What You Are Today Walter Davis - What May Your Troubles Be Guitar Pete Franklin - Down Behind The Rise Willie 'Long Time ' Smith - Flying Cloud Boogie James 'Beal St.' Clark - You Can't Make The Grade Walter Davis - Tears Came Rollin' Down Flyright LP 4713 31a 1993 Burt Munk & Company: Black Folk Music In America Vol. 1 Songs of Slavery. Black Songs of the Civil War - Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child - Go Down Moses (Let My People Go) - Michael, Row The Boat Ashore - Steal Way To Jesus - Oh Freedom - No More Auction Block For Me - Give Us A Flag - Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho - Slavery's Chain Done Broke At Last "Brother John Sellers sings of different periods to reflect different experiences, events and emotions"; author: Milton Lamb SVE Educations Library A-682 (1970 ?) 2 VHS video cassettes (duration: 15 + 16 min) 31b 1993 Burt Munk & Company: Black Folk Music In America Vol. 2 Black Songs after the Civil War. Black Songs of Modern Times - Goin' Down This Road Feelin' Bad - When I Was A Cowboy - St. Louis Blues - Lift Every Voice And Sing - The Ballad Of The Boll Weevil - I Wonder When I'll Get To Be Called A Man - Hallelujah, I'm A Travelin' - We Shall Overcome - Free At Last "Brother John Sellers sings of different periods to reflect different experiences, events and emotions"; author: Milton Lamb 2 VHS video cassettes (duration: 15 + 16 min) 32 1996 Brother John Sellers Sings Blues And Folk Songs - Jack Of Diamonds - Two Little Fishes, Five Loaves Of Bread - I Love You Bay - Sally Go Round The Sunshine - Every Day I Have The Blues - Boll Weevil - Great Day - Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen - John Henry - Farewell Work Life - Let Us Run - When I've Been Drinking - Doretha Boogie - Lonesome Road - Down By The Riverside VRS 8005 and VRS 7022 Vanguard 79036-2 33 2006 Brother John Seller Sings Blues And Folk Songs - John Henry - Farewell Work Life - Doretha Boogie - Boll Weevil - Two Little Fishes - Down By The Riverside - I Love You Baby - Every Day I Have The Blues - When I've Been Drinking - Jack Of Diamonds - I've Been Lonesome, I've Been Worried - Nobody Knows The Troubles I've Seen - Let Us Run - Great Day - Sally Go Round The Sunshine - Lonesome Road VRS 8005 and VRS 7022 notes by Chris Smith Vanguard / Ace VMD 8005 www.acerecords.co.uk 34 200? Rare Chicago R&B Vol. 2 - Rock Daddy Rock - Big Bertha Henderson - Somebody Help Me - Leon Tarver - Tell Me Why Why Why - Bobby Prince - Come Back Little Daddy - Lou Mac - Brand New Man - Barrel House Blott - Calling Baby - Johnny Rodgers - So Many Days - Skippy Brown - Blues This Ain't No Place For You - Johnny Sellers [Chance 1123] - This Crooked World - Freddie Hall - The Judge - Jimmy Binkley & His Blue Notes - Didn't I Tell You - Dr- Jo Jo Adams - Take Your Trouble To A Friend - Lou Mac - Hey Hey Sugar Ray - Jimmy Binkley - Rock Me In The Cradle - Johnny Sellers [Chance 1120] - Chicks Going Crazy - Barrel House Blott - Wine Wine Wine - Jimmy Binkley - Albert Is His Name - Lou Mac - Tears In My Eyes - Big Bertha - You Made A Boo Boo - Jimmy Binkley - Knock Me Out - Freddie Hall - Mighty Lonesome Johnny Sellers [Chance 1123] - Tale Of Woe - Skippy Brown - I Want To Hold You - Bobby Prince - Blue Blue Night - Jimmy Binkley - My Sympathy - Tasso The Great Blue Lake 55-101 (Nl) 35 2008 Classic African American Gospel - Jesus Going to Make Up My Dying Bed - Horace Sprott - Oh Lord, I'm So Glad I Got Good Religion - The Starlight Gospel Singers - Thank You, Lord - Alvin Dockett And Blessed - When I Was Sinkin' Down - Fisk Jubilee Singers - Just Got Over At Last - Little Brother Montgomery - Moses Smote the Waters - The Thrasher Wonders - Soon, One Mornin' - Willie Gresham - Dry Bones: Ezekiel Saw the Wheel - The Missionary Quintet - Holy Ghost - Juanita Johnson And The Gospel Tones - Where Could I Go - Bunk Johnson - Oh, What a Beautiful City - Big Bill Broonzy - You've Got to Move - Two Gospel Keys - Let the Church Say Amen - Elder Beck - I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say - Bishop Bowen And The Combined Gospel Choirs - If I Had My Way - Rev. Gary Davis - Low Down Death Right Easy - Dock Reed - He's My Rock - Brother John Sellers - Hallelujah, It Is Done - Elizabeth Cotten - We Praise Your Holy Name - The Mississippi Mass Choir - Don't Let His Name Go Down - First Independent Holy Church of God-Unity-Prayer - Go Tell It on the Mountain - Fannie Lou Hammer - Been in the Storm So Long - Mary Pinckney - Every Time I Feel the Spirit / Swing Low Sweet Chariot / They Hung Him on the Cross (Medley) - Lead Belly - It's Time to Make a Change Madison's Lively Stones Smithsonian Folkways SFW CD 40194 36 2008 The Al Fairweather Collection 1953-1957 disc 1 - Forty And Tight (a) - Four's Company (a) - Swinging The Blues (b) - Dreamed I Had The Blues (b) - Skinnie Minnie (b) - St. James Infirmary Blues (b) - New Orleans Hop Scop Blues (take 2) (c) - Pauline's Blues (c) - Margie (c) - Yama Yama Blues (c) - At Sundown (c) - Royal Garden Blues (d) - Rose Room (d) - Winin' Boy (d) - Ostrich Walk (d) - Nobody's Sweetheart (e) - New Orleans Hop Scop Blues (take 1) (c) disc 2 - Somebody Loves Me (g) - Miss Otis Regrets (f) - The Lady In Red (f) - Everybody Loves My Baby (f) - How Long Blues (g) - Shimme Sha Wabble (f) - Shortnin' Bread (g) - Willie The Weeper (f) - Blue Post Haste (g) - Show Me The Way To Go Home (f) - In The Evening # - Oh, Little Girl # - Backwater Blues # - Mamie # - Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child # - All These Days Are The Beginning Of Sorrow # - They Call Me A Blind Man # - Oh, What Kind Of Woman # - I Want A True Love # - You Been Going Too Long # - The House Of The Rising Sun # - Chicago Hop # (a) Humphrey Lyttelton / Al Fairweather Trumpet; Bruce Turner - Alto; Wally fawkes - Clarinet; Sandy Brown - Clarinet; Johnny Parker - Piano; Freddie Legon - Banjo; Micky Ashman - Bass; George Hopkinson - Drums. rec. September 17, 1953 (b) Fairweather - Trumpet; Jeremy French - Trombone; Sandy Brown - Clarinet / Vocal; Stan Greig - Piano; Al McPake - Guitar; Tim Mahn - Bass; Graham Burbridge - Drums. rec. 2nd September 1957 (c) Fairweather - Trumpet; John R.T.Davies - trombone; Henrik Johansen - Clarinet; Diz Disley - Guitar; Major Holley - bass; Burbridge - Drums. rec. July 5, 1956 (d) Albert Nicholas - Clarinet; Fairweather - Trumpet; Adrian Bentzon - Piano; Fridolin Bentzon - Bass; Ole Karn - Drums. rec. September 4, 1954 (e) Fairweather - Trumpet; Davies - Trombone; Brown - Clarinet; Alan Thomas - Piano; Mo Urmansky - Banjo; Brian Parker - Bass; Burbridge - Drums. rec. April 29, 1956 (f) “John Picard’s Angels” Fairweather - Trumpet; John Picard - Trombone; Fawkes - Clarinet; Thomas - Piano; Jim Bray - Bass; Art Fryatt - Drums. rec. April 17, 1955 (g) as (f) Parker - bass replaces Bray; Burbridge - Drums replaces Fryatt. rec. April 10, 1955 # Fairweather - Trumpet; Fawkes - Clarinet; Greig - Piano; Brother John Sellers - Vocal / Tambourine; Disley - Guitar; Frank Clark - bass. Tony Kinsey - Drums; rec. March 18, 1957 in London London LL 1705 (1957) = Decca LK 4197 (1958) 2 CD set notes by Ralph M. Laing Lake LACD 260 www.jazznblues.co.uk 37 2009 Brother John Sellers: Paris 1957 with the Guy Lafitte Orchestra - Lucy Mae Blues # - Railroad Man Blues # - Love Is A Story # - He Came All The Way Down # - Hands Off * - How Long Blues * - Morning Noon And Night * - You've Been Gone Five Years * - I Cried For You * - Woke Up This Morning * - Blue Suede Shoes * - Miss Otis Regrets * - I Have The Blues Every Day * - I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town * - Let's Rock And Roll * # rec. May 13, 1957; previously Columbia ESDF 1157 (1957) * rec. November 14-29, 1957; previously Columbia FPX 149 (1957) Sackville SKCD2-2074 (Can)   picture from HARRIS, Sheldon: Blues Who's Who A Bibliographical Dictionary of Blues Singers.- p. 452   Brother John Sellers as subject of other Artist's recordings # year of release artist / title of songs label # / notes   1 1977 Ella Jenkins: Songs, Rhythms And Chants for the Dance - Brother John Sellers Smithsonian Folkways 45004 www.folkways.si.edu   2 1975 Gary Shearston: The Greatest Stone On Earth and Other Two-Bob Wonders - Sail On Brother John Charisma 636 9968 (Aus) = Charisma CSS 1106 (UK) more info at www.garyshearston.com   3 2001 Gary Shearston: Only Love Survives - Sing On, Brother John Rouseabout CD RRR3 www.garyshearston.com Sources: - own record collection - Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970.- Vancouver 2006, p. 479-480 - Harris, Sheldon: Blues Who's Who - A Bibliographical Dictionary of Blues Singers.- New York 1987, p. 452-453 - Klaus-Dieter Tilch: Rock LPs 1955-1970, Hamburg (Taurus) 1990,p. 1439 - http://hubcap.clemson.edu/~campber/chance.html - http://hubcap.clemson.edu/~campber/ebony.html - http://hubcap.clemson.edu/~campber/miracle.html - http://www.nugrape.net/eps.htm - Sir Charles Thompson discography - eBay auctions - diverse internet resources source of left column: front cover of Vanguard VRS 7022 (drawing by Charles White) thanks to Alan Balfour, Pierre Monnery and Bill Haller for additional info / label scans   Gary Shearston's (Australian) reminiscences of Brother John Sellers Anthony "Tony" Rotante & John Sellers: Brother John Sellers - A Revised Discography.- Record Research 39 (1961) "A Blues Souvenir Issue" (Index Record Research 32-39/1961) Brother John Sellers obituary   The Christian 'praise and worship' singer/songwriter 'John Sellers' is not Brother John Sellers !!! 2 1984 John Sellers: Let Praise Arise Birdwing BWR 2050 2 1997 John Sellers: Dreams & Visions King & Bride

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