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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 |
Baby Tate 45 rpm / LPs / CDs
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| early 1950s Atlanta sessions for Dave Kapp (08/07/1904-03/01/1976) [ever issued?] |
| 1 | 1962 | Pink Anderson: Carolina Medicine Show Hokum & Blues with Baby Tate

Pink Anderson
- You Don't Know My Mind
- That's No Way To Do
- Weeping Willow Blues
- Meet Me In The Bottom
- I Got A Woman 'cross Town
- Greasy Greens

- Boweevil
- Chicken
- He's In The Jailhouse Now
- The Titanic
- The Boys Of Your Uncle Sam
Baby Tate
- See What You Done Done # @ youtube

# rec. August 14, 1961 in Spartanburg, SC by Samuel Charters; Baby Tate, voc, g
Pink Anderson discography | notes by Samuel Charters




 Folkways Records FS 3588 |
| 2 | 1963 | The Blues of Baby Tate: See What You Done Done

- See What You Done Done @ youtube
- Dupree Blues
- What Have I Done To You?
- Baby, I'm Going
- Hey Mama, Hey Pretty Girl
- When Your Woman Don't Want You Around

- My Baby Don't Treat Me Kind
- Trucking Them Blues Away
- Baby, You Just Don't Know
- Lonesome Over There
- Thousand Woman Blues [sic ] @ youtube
- I Ain't Got No Loving Baby Now

rec. August 14, 1961 in Spartanburg, SC by Samuel Charters; Baby Tate, voc, g; LP prod. by Kenneth S. Goldstein

 OBCCD-567-2 notes
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 Prestige/Bluesville 1072 Bluesville discography
notes by Samuel B. Charters
 = OBCCD-567-2 OBC discography
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| 3 | 1967 | The Blues Music from the Documentary Film by Samuel Charters

J.D. Short & Memphis Willie B.
- Alone in the Evening Blues
J.D. Short
- Slidin' Delta
Pink Anderson
- Old Cotton Fields of Home
Furry Lewis
- John Henry
Baby Tate
- Bad Blues (instr) # @ youtube

Memphis Willie B. & Gus Cannon
- Sitting Here Thinking
Sleepy John Estes
- Lonesome Ground
Baby Tate
- If I Could Holler Like A Mountain Jack #
- When I First Started Hoboing #
Pink Anderson
- Weeping Willow Blues

# rec. July 1962 in Spartanburg, SC; Baby Tate, voc, g | 

 Asch A-101 =Folkways FA AS101 =Folkways F-ASCH101 = Blue Angel / Asch BA20011 (Zweitausendeins 1967 G)
www.folkways.si.edu download liner notes/ sound clips at Smithsonian Global Sound |
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- Smokey Mountain Blues (001) *
- Rag Mama Rag (003)
- Ride To Your Funeral In A V8 (004) *
- Down On Your Hands Again (005)
- Married Woman Blues (007) #
- Baby Please Don't Go (008)
- Tate's Lonesome Blues (009)
- See What You Done Done (010)
- I Can't Be Satisfied (011)
- So Sweet, So Sweet (012)
- Truckin' My Blues Away (013)
- Careless Love (015)
- Mamie (016)
- Sugar Bee/Babe [?] (019)
- Skinny Woman Blues (020) #
- Rock Me (021) #

rec. August 2, 1970 in Spartanburg, SC by Peter B. Lowry; Baby Tate, voc, g, # hca; * McKinley Ellis, g; Peg Leg Sam, hca, [] voc

Peter B. Lowry Febr. 09, 2003: "possible titles for proposed album" | Trix label (should have been LP 3313, but wasn't released) Trix discography
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- See What You Done Done (045) [Trix 4502]
- Bad Gasiline Blues (049) [Flyright 528]
- Rasselin' Jacob (059)
- I'll Fly Away (060) []

rec. August 7, 1970 in Spartanburg, SC by Peter B. Lowry; Baby Tate, voc, g; Peg Leg Sam, hca, [] voc

Peter B. Lowry Febr. 09, 2003: "possible titles for proposed album" | Trix label (should have been LP 3313, but wasn't released) Trix discography
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- When The Saints Go Marchin' In (070)
- My Hook's In The Water (071)
- You Can Always Tell (074) [Flyright 528]
- Bumble Bee (075)

rec. August 8, 1970 in Spartanburg, SC by Peter B. Lowry; Baby Tate, voc, g; Peg Leg Sam, hca

Peter B. Lowry Febr. 09, 2003: "possible titles for proposed album" | Trix label (should have been LP 3313, but wasn't released) Trix discography
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- Who's That Left Here While Ago (072)
- Bad Whiskey Blues (077)

rec. August 8, 1970 in Spartanburg, SC by Peter B. Lowry; Peg Leg Sam, voc, hca; Baby Tate, voc, g | Trix unissued Trix discography
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- Shotgun (080)
- Weeping Willow (081)
- I Ain't Got No Lover Now (082)
- I Can Lay It On Down (083)
- I Feel So Good (084)
- Poor Boy, Long Way From Home (085)
- Why Do You Treat Me Like You Do (087)
- Whiskey Headed Woman (088)
- I Got News For You (089)
- Sugar Bee (090)
- Red River Blues (091)
- You Got To Go Down 095)
- Don't Try To Mistreat Me (098)
- Police Dog Blues (099)

rec. August 15, 1970 in Spartanburg, SC by Peter B. Lowry; Baby Tate, voc, g

Peter B. Lowry Febr. 09, 2003: "possible titles for proposed album" | Trix label (should have been LP 3313, but wasn't released) Trix discography
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- Meet Me In The Bottom (115)
- Weeping Willow (116)
- I Got Mine (17)
- I Feel So Good (118)
- Bad Gasoline Blues (119)
- Tate's Boogie (120)
- Wild & Reckless (121)
- Late In The Evening (122)
- Police Dog Blues(123)

rec. December 30, 1970 in Spartanburg, SC by Peter B. Lowry; Baby Tate, voc, g

Peter B. Lowry Febr. 09, 2003: "possible titles for proposed album" | Trix label (should have been LP 3313, but wasn't released) Trix discography
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| 4 | 1973 | Another Man Done Gone

Baby Tate
- You Can Always Tell *
Jack Harp
- After A While
Guitar Shorty
- Mother's Dead And Gone
Willie Rockmore & Bruce Upshaw
- Got The Stuff Right Here
Buddy Boy Jenkins
- Greasy Greens
Henry Johnson
- Rock Tonight Baby
Willie Moore
- Born In The Country
Jack Harp
- You Got To Move
Elbert Freeman & Nathaniel Ford
- Worried Blues

Baby Tate with Peg Leg Sam
- Bad Gasoline #
Jack Harp
- Glory Glory Hallelujah
Willie Moore
- Goin' Away To Leave You
Bud Grant
- Rattlesnake Moan
Bill Bryant
- Black & Tan
Ed Green
South Carolina Blues
Dave Dickerson
- When The War is Over
Henry Johnson
- Can't Keep From Cryin'
Elbert Freeman & Nathaniel Ford
- John Henry
- Old Hen Cackled

#rec. August 7, 1970 in Spartanburg, SC by Peter B. Lowry; Baby Tate, voc, g

* rec. August 8, 1970 in Spartanburg, SC by Peter B. Lowry; Baby Tate, voc, g | 

 Flyright LP 528 Flyright discography
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| 5 | 1973 | Peg Leg Sam: Medicine Show Man

- Who's That Left Here 'While Ago #
- Greasy Greens
- Reuben
- Irene, Tell Me, Who Do You Love *
- Skinny Woman Blues #
- Lost John
- Ode to Bad Bill

- Ain't But One Thing Give A Man The Blues
- Easy Ridin' Buggy #
- Peg's Fox Chase
- Before You Give It All Away *
- Fast Freight Train #
- Nasty Old Trail
- Born in Hard Luck

rec. August 7, 1970 by Peter B. Lowry; Peg Leg Sam, hca, voc; # Charles Henry "Baby" Tate, g, voc; * Henry "Rufe" Johnson, g, voc |  Trix LP 3302 re-released 1993 on CD
 re-released 2000 on CD 32 Blues 32211 'Kickin' It'
film 'Born For Hard Luck' Trix discography
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| 6 | 1974 | "Baby" Tate
- See What You Done Done (+ Peg Leg Sam) *
- Late In The Evening #

* rec. August 7, 1970 in Spartanburg, SC by Peter B. Lowry; Baby Tate, voc, g
# rec. December 30, 1970 in Spartanburg, SC by Peter B. Lowry; Baby Tate, voc, g | 7 inch 45 rpm


 Trix 4502 Trix discography
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| 7 | 1988 | Bluesville Vol. 1 "Folk Blues"

Furry Lewis
- Judge Boushay Blues
Memphis Willie B.
- Country Girl Blues
K.C. Douglas
- Big Road Blues
Big Joe Williams
- Levee Camp Blues
Robert Curtis Smith
- Catfish Blues
Memphis Willie B
- Highway 61 (CD only)
Furry Lewis
- Shake 'em On Down (CD only)
Sidney Maiden
- San Quentin Blues
Wade Walton
- Big Fat Mama
Pete Franklin
- Grievin' Me
Blind Willie McTell
- Dying Crapshooter's Blues
Blind Snooks Eaglin
- Alberta (CD only)
Lonnie Johnson
- Fine Booze and Heavy Dues
Scrapper Blackwell
- Blues Before Sunrise
Doug Quattlebaum
- You Is One Black Rat
Reverend Gary Davis
- You Got to Move
Blind Snooks Eaglin
- Brown Skin Woman
Baby Tate
- See What You Done Done (CD only)
Scrapper Blackwell
- Goin' Where The Monon Crosses The Yellow Dog (CD only)
Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry
- Pawn Shop
Lightnin' Hopkins (LP only)
- T-Model Blues | 

  Ace CH 247 Ace CD 247
Bluesville discography
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| 8 | 1996 | The Bluesville Years, Vol. 6 "Blues Sweet Carolina Blues"

Pink Anderson
- Meet Me In The Bottom
- Baby I'm Going Away
- Mama Where Did You Stay Last Night
- Baby, Please Don't Go
Baby Tate
- See What You Done Done
- Baby, You Just Don't Know
- Hey Mama
- Hey Pretty Girl
- What Have I Done To You?
Sonny Terry
- Callin' My Mama
- Ida Mae
Baby Tate
- Trucking Them Blues Away
- Lonesome Over There
- Dupree Blues
Pink Anderson
- That's No Way To Do
- Weeping Willow Blues
- My Baby Left Me This Morning
- Ain't Nobody Home But Me
Reverend Gary Davis
- The Boy Was Kissing The Girl (And Playing The Guitar At The Same Time)
- Candy Man
Larry Johnson
- Tell You Women 'Bout Me
- Whiskey Store Blues
- Take These Blues Off My Mind
Brownie McGhee
- One Thing For Sure |  Prestige PRCD-9914-2 Bluesville discography
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Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Bruce Bastin: Crying for the Carolines.- London (Studio Vista) 1971
- Bruce Bastin: Red River Blues - The Blues Tradition in the Southeast.- Chicago (University of Illinois Press) 1986
- Bruce Bastin: Truckin' My Blues Away - East Coast Piedmont Styles.- in: Lawrence Cohn: Nothing But The Blues - The Music and the Musicians.- New York, London, Paris (Abbeville Press) 1993, p. 205 - 231
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970.- Vancouver 2006, pp. 436-437, 518-519
- Sheldon Harris: Blues Who's Who - A Bibliographical Dictionary of Blues Singers.- p. 492
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources
source of left column picture: Front cover of Prestige/Bluesville 1072; photographer: Samuel Charters
thanks to Peter B. Lowry for info on the unissued Trix 3313
 Baby Tate (from Bruce Bastin: Crying for the Carolines, p. 75; photographer: Pete Lowry)
Southeast Blues further reading
 Bastin, Bruce: Crying for the Carolines.- London (Studio Vista) 1971 |
 Bastin, Bruce: Red River Blues - The Blues Tradition in the Southeast.- Chicago (University of Illinois Press) 1986 |
 Bastin, Bruce: Truckin' My Blues Away - East Coast Piedmont Styles.- in: Cohn, Lawrence: Nothing But The Blues - The Music and the Musicians.- New York, London, Paris (Abbeville Press) 1993, p. 205 - 231 |
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