Drawing: R. Crumb

This is a list of LPs issued by
YAZOO
Records

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  Yazoo Records has been founded in New York in 1967 by Nick Perls (†) (Sister label: Blue Goose Records). In 1987 the label has been bought by Shanachie Records, who keep the spirit alive by issueing a great part of the Yazoo catalogue on CD.
 
 
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L 10011968Mississippi Blues 1927 - 1941

Harvey Hull
- Gang Of Brownskin Women
Henry Sims
- Be True, Be True Blues
William Harris
- I'm Leavin' Town
Skip James
- Special Rider Blues
- Cypress Grove Blues
Charley Patton
- Hang It On The Wall
Geechie Wiley
- Eagles On A Half

Mattie Delaney
- Tallahatchie River Blues
John Byrd
- Billy Goat Blues
Charley Patton
- Mean Black Moan
- Pea Vine Blues
Bobby Grant
- Nappy Head Blues
Son House
- Delta Blues
Robert Johnson
- Dead Shrimp Blues
notes by Bradley Sweet
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Belzona L 1001

notes by Bradley Sweet
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= Yazoo L 1001

L 1002196810 Years In Memphis 1927-1937
George Torey
- Married Woman Blues
- Lonesome Man Blues
Gus Cannon
- Poor Boy
Allen Shaw
- Moanin' The Blues
Robert Wilkins
- Jailhouse Blues
- Falling Down Blues
Big Boy Cleveland
- Goin' To Leave You Blues
Furry Lewis
- Billy Lyons And Stack O 'Lee
- Big Chief Blues
Frank Stokes
- What's The Matter Blues
- Jazzin' The Blues
Tom Dickson
- Happy Blues
- Death Bell Blues
Kansas Joe
- Pile Drivin' Blues
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Belzona L 1002

notes by Don Kent
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= Yazoo L 1002

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= Yazoo L 1002 (19??)

L 10031968St. Louis Town 1929-1933

Henry Spaulding
- Cairo Blues
Henry Townsend
- Long Ago
Hi Henry Brown
- Skin Man
Charley Jordan
- Hunkie Tunkie
- Spoonful Blues
Teddy Darby
- Built Right On The Ground
- Lawdy Lawdy Worried Blues

Jim Jackson
- St. Louis Blues
Hi Henry Brown
- Nut Factory
Charley Jordan
- Keep It Clean - No. 2
- You Run And Tell Your Daddy
Joe Stone
- It's Hard Time
Jelly Jaw Short
- Barefoot Blues
- Snake Doctor Blues
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Belzona L 1003

notes by Don Kent
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= Yazoo L 1003
= Yazoo CD 1003 YAZ [1991]
with different liner notes !

L 10041968Tex-Arkana-Louisiana Country 1929-1933

Buddy Boy Hawkins
- Awful Fix
Henry Thomas
- Don't Leave Me Here
Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Hot Dogs
Little Hat Jones
- Bye Eye Baby Blues
Six Cylinder Smith
- Oh Oh Lonesome
Sammy Hill
- Needin' My Women
King Solomon Hill
- The Gone Dead Train

Willie Reed
- Dreaming Blues
Henry Thomas
- Lovin' Babe
Texas Alexander
- 98 Degree Blues
Little Hat Jones
- Kentucky Blues
Sammy Hill
- Cryin' For You
King Solomon Hill
- Tell Me Baby
Six Cylinder Smith
- Pennsylvania Woman Blues
notes by
Horace Butterworth
(= Stephen Calt)
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Belzona L-1004

notes by Stephen Calt
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= Yazoo L-1004 (19??)

notes by Stephen Calt
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= Yazoo L-1004 (19??)
"Don't Leave Me Here"
The Blues of Texas,
Arkansas, & Louisiana
1927-1932

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= Yazoo CD 1004 YAZ
(1991)

L 10051968Blind Willie McTell 1927-1933
The Early Years

- Broke Down Engine Blues
- Mama 'Tain't Long 'Fore Day
- Georgia Rag
- Love Changing Blues
- Statesboro Blues
- Stomp Down Rider

- Travelin' Blues
- Drive Away Blues
- Warm It Up To Me
- Three Women Blues
- Writing Paper Blues
- Southern Can Is Mine
- Talkin' To Myself
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Belzona L 1005

notes by Stephen Calt
and John Miller
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= Yazoo L 1005

L 10061968The 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

notes by Humphrey Higgins



= Yazoo L 1006
"Alabama Blues"

L 10071968Jackson Blues 1928-1938

Ishmon Bracey
- Trouble Hearted Blues
Charlie McCoy
- Last Time Blues
Walter Vincent
- Overtime Blues
Arthur Pettis
- Two Time Blues
Bo Carter
- Old Devil
Tommy Johnson
- Lonesome Home Blues
- Black Mare Blues

Willie Lofton
- Dark Road Blues
Mississippi Sheiks
- Stop And Listen Blues
Mississippi Mudder
- Going Back Home
Tommy Johnson
- Bye Bye Blues
Willie Harris
- Never Drive A Stranger From Your Door
Ishman Bracey
- The Fore Day Blues
- Pay Me No Mind Blues
notes by Dave Evans


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L 10081968Frank Stokes' Dream 1927-1931

Tom Dickson
- Labor Blues
Frank Stokes
- Frank Stokes' Dream
- Take Me Back
Pearl Dickson
- Twelve Pound Daddy
Furry Lewis
- Black Gypsy Blues
- Creeper's Blues
Noah Lewis
- Devil In The Woodpile

Will Weldon
- Turpentine Blues
Furry Lewis
- I Will Turn Your Money Green
- Judge Harsh Blues
Memphis Minnie & Kansas Joe
- 'Frisco Town
- I Don't Want That Junk Outta You
Cannon's Jug Stompers
- Noah's Blues
Frank Stokes
- Last Go Round

notes by Fritz Peterson
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Yazoo L 10088
CD 1008 YAZ [1992?]
Shanachie Blues
L 10091968Mississippi Moaners 1927-1942

Mississippi John Hurt
- Big Leg Blues
Washington White
- The New 'Frisco Train
Mattie Delaney
- Down The Big Road Blues
Rube Lacey
- Ham Hound Crave
Skip James
- Cherry Ball Blues
Uncle Bud Walker
- Stand Up Suitcase Blues
Charley Patton
- Devil Sent The Rain Blues

Son House
- Special Rider Blues
Bobby Grant
- Lonesome Atlanta Blues
Mae Glover
- Gas Man Blues
Papa Harvey Hull
- Two Little Tommies Blues
Joe Calicot
- Traveling Mama Blues
The Mississippi Moaner
- Mississippi Moan
Blind Willie Reynolds
- Married Man Blues
notes by Brad Sweet
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Yazoo L 1009

notes by Stephen Calt
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Yazoo L 1009 (1978?)

notes by Brad Sweet
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Yazoo CD 1009 (1991)

L 10101968Buddy Boy Hawkins & his Buddies 1927-1934

Buddy Boy Hawkins
- Snatch It And Grab It
- Number Three Blues
- How Come Mama Blues
- A Rag
- Snatch It Back Blues
- Raggin' The Blues
- Voice Throwin' Blues

Will Day
- Central Avenue Blues
Texas Alexander
- Easy Rider Blues
Willie Reed
- Texas Blues
Little Hat Jones
- Hurry Blues
- Rollin' from Side To Side
'Funny Paper' Smith
- Fool's Blues
Blind Percy and his Blind Band
- Coal River Blues

front cover photograph by Ben Shahn

notes by Jerome Epstein
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Yazoo L-1010
L 10111968The Young Big Bill Broonzy 1928-1935

- Brownskin Shuffle
- Eagle Ridin' Papa
- Starvation Blues
- Long Tall Mama
- Good Liquor Gonna Carry Me Down
- Skoodle Do Do
- Banker's Blues

- Saturday Night Rub
- I Can't Be Satisfied
- Mississippi River Blues
- Hip Shakin' Strut
- How You Want It Done?
- Hokum Stomp
- Stove Pipe Stomp
notes by Stephen Calt,
Nick Perls, Michael Stewart
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Yazoo L-1011

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Yazoo L-1011

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= Yazoo CD 1011 YAZ [1991]

L 10121968The Georgia Blues 1927-1933

Fred McMullen
- Wait And Listen
Gitfiddle Jim
- Paddlin' Blues
George Carter
- Rising River Blues
- Hot Jelly Roll Blues
Gitfiddle Jim
- Rainy Night Blues
Peg Leg Howell
- Rolling Mill Blues
Willie Baker
- Weak-Minded Blues

Blind Blake
- Police Dog Blues
- That'll Never Happen No More
Bumble Bee Slim
- No Woman No Nickel
Charlie Lincoln
- Doodle Hole Blues
Barbecue Bob
- Unnamed Blues
Willie Baker
- Crooked Woman Blues
Sylvester Weaver
- Can't Be Trusted Blues
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Yazoo L 1012

notes by Stephen Calt,
Nick Perls & Michael Stewart
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Yazoo L 1012

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= CD 1012 YAZ (1992)

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= Vivid VSCD-1156 (Jp)

L 10131968?East Coast Blues 1926-1935

Willie Walker
- South Carolina Rag - take 2
- Dupree Blues
Blind Blake
- Blind Arthur's Breakdown
William Moore
- Barbershop Rag
- Raggin' The Blues
Carl Martin
- Old Time Blues
- Crow Jane

Tarter & Gay
- Unknown Blues
- Brownie Blues
Bo Weavil Jackson
- Pistol Blues
Bayless Rose
- Original Blues
- Black Dog Blues
Chicken Wilson & Skeeter Hinton
- Myrtle Avenue Stomp
- D. C. Rag
notes by Stephen Calt,
Nick Perls & Michael
Stewart
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Yazoo L-1013

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Yazoo CD 1013 (1992)

L 10141968?Bo Carter - Greatest Hits 1930-1940

- Who's Been Here?
- Tellin' You 'Bout It
- Dinner Blues
- The Ins And Outs Of My Girl
- Country Fool
- Bootlegger's Blues
- Let's Get Drunk Again

- Bo Carter's Advice
- Arrangement For Me Blues
- The New Stop And Listen Blues
- Beans
- I Want You To Know
- Your Biscuits Are Big Enough For Me
- Pales Tax
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Yazoo L-1014

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= Yazoo L-1014 (19??)

L 10151969Favorite 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
notes by Stephen Calt,
Jerome Epstein, Nick
Perls, Michael Stewart
drawing by Rory Block



Yazoo L-1015


= Yazoo CD 1015

L 10161969Guitar Wizards 1926-1935

Carl Martin
- Farewell To You Baby
- Badly Mistreated Man
Billy Bird
- Mill Man Blues
Blind Blake
- You Gonna Quit Me Blues
- Wabash Rag
Tampa Red
- Boogie Woogie Dance
- Bumble Bee Blues

Blind Blake
- Guitar Chimes
- Panther Squall Blues
Sam Butler
- Poor Boy Blues
- Jefferson County Blues
- Some Scream High Yellow
Wiliam Moore
- Ragtime Millionaire
Carl Martin
- Joe Louis Blues
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Yazoo L-1016

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= Yazoo CD 1016 (1991)

L 10171969Bessie Jackson and Walter Roland 1927-1935

Jolly Two
- Guitar Stomp
Bessie Jackson
- Sweet Patunis.
- Baking Powder Blues
- Barbecue Bess
Walter Roland
- Jookit Jookit
- T Model Blues
- Early This Morning No. 2

Jolly Two
- Railroad Stomp
Bessie Jackson
- Levee Blues
- Jump Steady Daddy
Walter Roland
- Penniless Blues
Bessie Jackson
- Jim Tampa Blues
Walter Roland
- Big Mama
Bessie Jackson
- They Ain't Walkin' No More
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Yazoo L-1017

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= Yazoo L-1017 (19??)

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CD 1017 YAZ [1992]

L 10181969Going Away Blues 1926 - 1935

Lottie Beaman
- Going Away Blues
- Rolling Log Blues
George 'Big Boy' Owens
- Kentucky Blues
Charlie Kyle
- Kyle's Worried Blues
Jelly Jaw Short
- Grand Daddy Blues
Frank Stokes
- Right Now Blues
George 'Bullet' Williams
- Frisco Leaving Birmingham

Charley Jordan
- Stack O'Dollar Blues
Henry Thomas
- Railroadin' Some
Robert Wilkins
- Old Jim Canaan
- New Stockyard Blues
William McCoy
- Central Tracks Blues
Uncle Bud Walker
- Look Here Mama Blues
Elvie Thomas & Geeshie Wiley
- Over To My House
notes by Stephen Calt,
Jerome Epstein, Nick
Perls, Michael Stewart
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Yazoo L 1018

= CD 1018 YAZ [1992]

L 10191970The Virtuoso Guitar of Scrapper Blackwell

Scrapper Blackwell
- Penal Farm Blues
- Trouble Blues Part 1
- Trouble Blues Part 2
- Blue Day Blues
Leroy Carr
- Good Woman Blues
Black Bottom McPhail
- My Dream Blues
Scrapper Blackwell
- Hard Time Blues

Black Bottom McPhail
- Down In Black Bottom
- Whiskey Man Blues
Scrapper Blackwell
- Kokomo Blues
- Down South Blues
- Back Door Blues
Tommie Bradley
- Pack Up Her Trunk Blues
Leroy Carr
- Barrelhouse Woman No. 2
notes by Stephen Calt
Jerry Epstein, Nick Perls
& Michael Stewart



Yazoo L 1019


= Yazoo CD 1019 YAZ (1991?)

L 10201970Charley Patton

- Mississippi Bo Weevil Blues
- Screamin' And Hollerin' The Blues
- Down The Dirt Road Blues
- Pony Blues
- Banty Rooster Blues
- It Won't Be Long
- Tom Rushen Blues

- A Spoonful Blues
- Shake It And Break It
- Going To Move To Alabama
- Elder Green Blues
- Frankie And Albert
- Some These Days I'll Be Gone
- Green River Blues


- Hammer Blues
- When Your Way Gets Dark
- High Water Everywhere Part 1
- High Water Everywhere Part 2
- Rattlesnake Blues
- Running Wild Blues
- Dry Well Blues

- Moon Going Down
- Bird Nest Bound
- High Sheriff Blues
- Stone Pony Blues
- 34 Blues
- Revenue Man Blues
- Poor Me
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Yazoo L 1020

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= Yazoo 1020 (19??)

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= Yazoo cassette

CD 1020 YAZ [1990]
[24 tracks only!]

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CD 2001 YAZ
King Of The Delta Blues

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CD 2010 YAZ
Founder of The Delta Blues

L 10211970Memphis Jamboree 1927-1936

Will Batts
- Highway No. 61 Blues
Memphis Minnie
- Ain't No Use You Tryin' To Tell On Me
Hattie Hart
- Coldest Stuff In Town
Yank Rachell & Dan Smith
- Squeaky Work Bench Blues
Memphis Minnie
- Soo Cow Soo
The Two Charlies
- I Couldn't Stay Here
Kansas Joe Mccoy
- Joliet Bound

Memphis Minnie
- Drunken Barrel House Blues
Furry Lewis
- Dry Land Blues
Memphis Minnie
- That'll Be Alright
Kansas Joe Mccoy
- Something Gonna Happen To You
Gus Cannon
- Can You Blame The Colored Man
Jim Jackson & Co.
- Jim Jackson's Jamboree
San Townsend
- Lily Kimball Blues
notes by Stephen Calt, Nick
Perls, Michael Stewart
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Yazoo L 1021

= CD 1021 YAZ [1991]
Shanachie Blues
"Out of Production"

L 10221970Ten Years Of Black Country Religion 1926-36

Charley Patton
- Lord I'm Discouraged
Kid Prince Moore
- Church Bells
- Sign Of Judgement
Blind Willie Davis
- I've Got A Key To The Kingdom
- Your Enemy Cannot Harm You
Lonnie Mcintorsh
- Arise And Shine
Bo Weavil Jackson
- I'm On My Way To The Kingdom Land
Jaybird Coleman
- I'm Gonna Cross The River Of Jordan Some Of These Days
Charley Patton
- Prayer Of Death - part 1
- Prayer Of Death - part 2
Dennis Crumpton & Robert Summers
- Go I'll Send Thee
- Everybody Ought To Pray Sometime
Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Where Shall I Be ?
- All I Want Is That Pure Religion
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Yazoo L-1022
L 10231970Reverend Gary Davis 1935-1939

- The Angel's Message To Me
- The Great Change In Me
- I'm Throwin Up My Hand
- You Got To Go Down
- I Can't Bear My Burden By Myself
- I Belong To The Band
- I Am The True Vine

- Lord, Stand By Me
- Twelve Gates To The City
- Have More Faith In Jesus
- 0 Lord, Search My Heart
- You Can Go Home
- Meet Me At The Station
- Cross And Evil Woman Blues
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Yazoo L 1023

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= Yazoo CD 2011 YAZ
"The Complete Early
Recordings"

L 10241970Mister Charlie's Blues (1926-1938)

Wesley Long
- They Are Wild Over Me
Herschel Brown
- Spanish Rag
Dick Justice
- Black Dog Blues
Sam Mcgee
- Buck Dancer's Choice
Buster & Jack
- Cross Tie Blues
Larry Hensely
- Match Box Blues
South Georgia Highballers
- Blue Grass Twist

Allen Brothers
- Maybe Next-week Sometime
Roy Harvey & Leonard Copeland
- Just Pickin'
Dick Justice
- Cocaine
Sam Mcgee
- Franklin Blues
Buster & Jack
- Pouring Down Blues
Anglin Brothers
- Southern Whoopie Song
South Georgia Highballers
- Bibb County Grind
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Yazoo L 1024
L 10251970Cripple Clarence Lofton & Walter Davis

Cripple Clarence Lofton
- Juke Joint Stomp
- I Don't Know
- State Street Blues
- Change My Mind Blues
- Streamline Train
- South Side Mess Around
- Brown Skin Girls

Walter Davis
- Why Should I Be Blues
- Santa Claus
- Jacksonville - part 2
- Call Your Name
- Please Don't Mistreat Me
- I Can Tell By The Way You Smell
- Can't See Your Face
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Yazoo L 1025
L 10261971?Bottleneck Blues Guitar Classics 1926-37

King Solomon Hill
- Whoopie Blues
Barbecue Bob
- Atlanta Moan
Shreveport Home Wreckers
- Fence Breakin' Blues
Robert Johnson
- Milkcow's Calf Blues Take 2
Black Ace
- Black Ace
Ruth Willis
- Man Of My Own
Jim & Bob
- St. Louis Blues
Bo Weavil Jackson
- You Can't Keep No Brown
Weaver & Beasley
- Bottleneck Blues
Ramblin' Thomas
- So Lonesome
Kansas Joe & Memphis Minnie
- My Wash Woman's Gone
Oscar Woods
- Evil Hearted Woman Blues
Bukka White
- The Panama Limited
Irene Scruggs
- My Back To The Wall
notes by Stephen Calt,
Nick Perls, Mike Stewart
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Yazoo L-1026

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Yazoo CD 1026 [1991?]

L 10271972Clifford 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-1027
L 10281972V. A.: Barrelhouse Blues 1927-1936

Bob Call
- Thirty-One Blues
Barelhouse Welsh
- Dying Pickpocket Blues
Joe Dean
- I'm So Glad I'm Twenty-One Years Old Today
George Noble
- Seminole Blues
Lonnie Johnson
- Sam, You're Just A Rat
Louise Johnson
- On The Wall
Montana Taylor
- Indiana Avenue Stomp
Little Brother Montgomery
- Vicksburg Blues No. 2
Charley Taylor
- Heavy Suitcase Blues
Cow Cow Davenport
- State Street Jive
Jabo Williams
- Polack Blues
Jesse James
- Ramrod
Raymond Barrow
- Walking Blues
Will Ezell
- Barrelhouse Woman Take 2
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Yazoo 1028
= Yazoo CD 1028 YAZ
L 10291972Papa Charlie Jackson: Fat Mouth 1924-1927

- Airy Man Blues
- Baby Please Loan Me Your Heart
- I'm Alabama Bound
- Shave 'Em Dry
- Texas Blues
- The Faking Blues
- Your Baby Ain't Sweet Like Me

- Drop That Sack
- Salty Dog Blues
- Up The Way Bound
- Coffee Pot Blues
- She Belongs To Me
- Shake That Thing
- Fat Mouth Blues
notes by Stephen Calt, Nick
Perls & Michael Stewart



Yazoo L-1029
L 10301972St. Louis Blues 1929-1935
The Depression


Henry Townsend
- Sick With The Blues
Charley Jordan
- Gasoline Blues
Hi Henry Brown
- Preachers Blues
Henry Townsend
- Mistreated Blues
Charley Jordan
- Raidin' Squad Blues
Henry Townsend
- She's Got A Mean Disposition
Georgia Boyd
- Never Mind Blues
Hi Henry Brown
- Titanic Blues
Henry Townsend
- Henry's Worried Blues
Charley Jordan
- Big Four Blues
Joe Stone
- Back Door Blues
Henry Townsend
- Poor Man Blues
Charley Jordan
- Keep It Clean
Peetie Wheatstraw
- Sleepless Nights Blues
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Yazoo L 1030
= CD 1030 YAZ [1991]
L 10311972Funny Papa Smith
The Original Howling Wolf 1930-31


- Honey Blues
- Seven Sisters Blues part 1 (lyrics)
- Seven Sisters Blues part 2 (lyrics)
- Hungry Wolf
- Mama's Quittin' And Leavin' part 1 (and Magnolia Harris)
- Mama's Quittin' And Leavin' part 2 (and Magnolia Harris)
- County Jail Blues

- Howling Wolf Blues part 1
- Howling Wolf Blues part 2
- Corn Whiskey Blues
- Hoppin' Toad Frog
- Good Coffee Blues
- Tell It To The Judge part 1 (and Dessa Foster)
- Tell It To The Judge part 2 (and Dessa Foster)
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Yazoo L 1031

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= Yazoo CD 1031 (199?)

L 10321972Blues From The Western States 1927-1949

King Solomon Hill
- Down On My Bended Knee
Will Day
- Sunrise Blues
Ramblin' Thomas
- Lock And Key Blues
Jesse Baby Face Thomas
- No Good Woman Blues
Willie Lane
- Howling Wolf Blues
Rabbit Brown
- James Alley Blues
Little Hat Jones
- Cherry Street Blues

Otis Harris
- You'll Like My Loving
Oscar Woods
- Don't Sell It, Don't Give It Away
Little Hat Jones
- Little Hat Blues
Jesse Baby Face Thomas
- Blue Goose Blues
Willie Lane
- Black Cat Rag
Texas Alexander
- Double Crossing Blues
Little Hat Jones
- Cross The Water Blues



Yazoo L-1032
L 10331972Roosevelt Sykes:
The Country Blues Piano Ace (1929-1932)


Roosevelt Sykes
- You So Dumb
- No Good Woman Blues
- Hard Luck Man Blues
- Don't Put The Lights Out
- All My Money Gone
- Mr. Sykes Blues
James 'Stump' Johnson
- Barrel Of Whiskey Blues

Roosevelt Sykes
- Highway 61 Blues
- Kelly's Special
- As True As I've Been To You
- Kelly's 44 Blues
- The Way I Feel Blues
- Skeet And Garret
- Poor Boy Blues
notes by Stephen Calt,
Jerome Epstein, Nick Perls
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Yazoo L 1033
L 10341973Bo Carter: Twist It Babe 1931-1940

- The Law Gonna Step On You
- Honey
- Shake 'Em On Down
- Rolling Blues
- Howlin' Tom-Cat Blues
- Policy Blues
- My Baby

- Twist It Baby
- Some Day
- Doubled Up In A Knot
- I Get The Blues
- Let Me Roll Your-Lemon
- Pussy Cat Blues
- Bo Carter Special
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Yazoo L 1034
L 10351973Big Bill Broonzy: Do That Guitar Rag 1928-35

- Pig Meat Strut
- Down In The Basement
- Terrible Operation Blues
- Big Bill Blues
- Leave My Man Alone
- Bull Cow Blues
- Grandma's Farm

- Guitar Rag
- Pussy Cat Blues
- Mr. Conductor Man
- Worrying You Off My Mind Part I
- Double Trouble Blues
- Skoodle Do Do
- C&A Blues
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Yazoo L 1035
L 10361973Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell:
Naptown Blues 1929-1934


- Carried Water For The Elephant
- Low Down Dog Blues
- Papa Wants A Cookie
- Naptown Blues
- Bread Baker
- I Keep The Blues
- Gettin' All Wet

- What More Can I Do
- Longing For My Sugar
- Fore Day Rider
- How About Me?
- Memphis Town
- Hold Them Puppies
- Papa Wants To Knock A Jug
notes by Stephen Calt
& Mike Stewart



Yazoo L 1036
L 10371974Blind Willie McTell 1927-1935: Doin' That Atlanta Strut

- Ticket Agent Blues
- B & O Blues No. 2
- It's A Good Little Thing
- Cold Winter Day 0
- Kind Mama
- Experience Blues (Ruth Day, voc)
- Southern Can Mama

- My Baby's Gone
- Painful Blues (Ruth Day, voc)
- Razor Ball
- Stole Rider Blues
- God Don't Like It
- Scarey Day Blues
- Atlanta Strut
notes by Stephen Calt
and John Miller
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= Yazoo L 1037
L 10381974Lonesome Road Blues
15 Years in the Mississippi Delta 1926 - 1941

Big Joe Williams
- Little Leg Woman
Arthur Pettis
- Good Boy Blues
Sonny Boy Nelson
- Street Walkin'
Mississippi Bracey
- Stered Gal
- Cherry Ball
Sam Collins
- My Road Is Rough And Rocky
- Lonesome Road Blues

Robert Petway
- Catfish Blues
Freddie Spruell
- Milk Cow Blues
- Tom Cat Blues
Skip James
- I'm So Glad
Robert Lockwood
- Take A Little Walk With Me
Johnny Temple
- The Evil Devil Blues
The Mississippi Moaner
- It's Cold In China Blues
notes by Stephen Calt
and John Miller
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Yazoo 1038

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= Yazoo CD 1038 (1992?)


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L 1039
(1973)
TAMPA RED
BOTTLENECK GUITAR 1928-1937
FRANKIE JAXON It's Heated
TAMPA RED You Got To Reap What You Sow
TAMPA RED What Is It That Tastes Like Gravy
MA RAINEY Black Eye Blues 20898-1
TAMPA RED The Duck Yas YaS Yas
MADLYN DAVIS It's Red Hot
GEORGIA TOM If You Want Me To Love You
TAMPA RED No Matter How She Done It
TAMPA RED Through Train Blues
TAMPA RED Seminole Blues
MADLYN DAVIS Too Black Bad
TAMPA RED Come On Mama Do That Dance
TAMPA RED Denver Blues
LIL JOHNSON House Rent Scuffle
CD 1039 YAZ [1992?]
Shanachie Blues

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L 10401974Mama Let Me Lay It On You 1926-1936

Bobby Leecan & Robert Cooksey
- Whiskey And Gin Blues
Irene Scruggs
- Itching Heel
Smith And Harper
- Poor Girl
Willie Walker
- South Carolina Rag - take 1
Blind Blake
- Chump Man Blues
Pink Anderson & Simmie Dooley
- Every Day In The Week Blues
Walter Coleman
- Mama Let Me Lay It On You

Josh White
- Good Gal
Leola B. Wilson
- Wilson Dam
Blind Boy Fuller
- Black And Tan
Spark Plug Smith
- Vampire Women
Blind Blake
- Sweet Jivin' Mama
Smith And Harper
- Insurance Policy Blues
Charlie Manson
- Nineteen Women Blues
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Yazoo 1040

= Yazoo CD 1040 [1991]

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L 1041
(1974)
GEORGIA TOM DORSEY 1928 -1932
Come on Mama Do That Dance
TOM DORSEY Mississippi Bottom Blues
FRANKIE JAXON Jive Man Blues
KANSAS CITY KITTY & GEORGIA TOM How Can You Have The Blues?
JANE LUCAS & GEORGIA TOM Come On Mama
KANSAS CITY KITTY & GEORGIA TOM The Doctor's Blues
GEORGIA TOM & TAMPA RED Crow Jane Alley
GEORGIA TOM DORSEY If You See My Saviour
BERTHA CHIPPIE HILL Some Cold Rainy Day
GEORGIA TOM DORSEY Rollin' Mill Blues
STOVEPIPE JOHNSON Devilish Blues
GEORGIA TOM DORSEY Second-Handed Woman Blues
GEORGIA TOM DORSEY How About You?
KANSAS CITY KITTY & GEORGIA TOM Gym's Too Much For Me
TAMPA RED & GEORGIA TOM But They Got It Fixed Right On
CD 1041 YAZ [1992]
Shanachie Blues;
L 10421974Uptown Blues
A Decade Of Guitar-Piano Duets 1927-1937

Big Bill Broonzy
- Mountain Blues
Rufus & Ben Quillian
- Sweet Miss Stella Blues
Bo Carter
- When You Left
Charlie Campbell
- Goin' Away Blues
Teddy Darby
- My Leona Blues
Down Home Blues
- You Do It
Leola Manning
- He Fans Me

Rufus & Ben Quillian
- Good Feeling Blues
Watson's Pulman Porters
- Barbecue Blues
Cripple Clarence Lofton
- Policy Blues
Willie Harris
- What Makes A Tom Cat Blue?
Mack Rhinehart & Brownie Stubblefield
- Uptown Blues
Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell
- Papa's On The Housetop
Charley Spand
- Ain't Gonna Stand For That
notes by Stephen Calt
and John Miller
cover art by Garry Bready
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Yazoo L 1042

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= Yazoo CD 1042 YAZ [1993]

L 10431974Please Warm My Weiner
Old Time Hokum Blues

Whistling Bob Howe & Franke Griggs
- The Coldest Stuff In Town [actually "The Hottest Stuff In Town"]
Tommie Bradley & James Cole
- Adam And Eve
Buddie Burton
- Ham Fatchet Blues Part 1
Georgia Tom & Tampa Red
- The Alley Crap Game
Rufus K Ben Quillian
- Satisfaction Blues
Hokum Boys
- I Had To Give Up Gym
Papa Charlie Jackson
- You Put It In, I'll Take It Out
Butterbeans & Susie
- Elevator Papa, Switchboard Mama
Robert & Charlie Hicks
- Darktown Gambling - The Crap Game
The Yazoo All Stars[actually "The Paramount All Stars"]
- Hometown Skiffle Part 1
- Hometown Skiffle Part 2
Memphis Minnie
- Banana Man Blues
Leola B & Kid Wesley Wilson
- Uncle Joe
Bo Carter
- Please Warm My Weiner



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L 1044
(1974)
FRED VAN EPS & VESS L. OSSMAN
KINGS OF THE BANJO RAGTIME
VESS L. OSMAN Smoky Mokes
VESS L. OSMAN Peaceful Henry
VESS L. OSMAN Yankee Land
VESS L. OSMAN The Smiler
VESS L. OSMAN Popularity
VESS L. OSMAN Rusty Rags Medley
VESS L. OSMAN St. Louis Tickle
FRED VAN EPS Red Pepper Rag
FRED VAN EPS Black Diamond Rag
FRED VAN EPS Whipped Cream Rag
FRED VAN EPS Ragtime Oriole
FRED VAN EPS Junk Kan Rag
FRED VAN EPS Policy King
FRED VAN EPS White Wash Man
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L 1045
(1974?)
STRING RAGTIME
- To Do This You Got To Know How
JIM & BOB Sweet Georgia Brown
NAP HAYES & MARTIN PRATER Somethin' doin'
EAST TEXAS SERENADERS Arizona Stomp
CHAUNCEY C LEE Banjo Rag
ROBERT MAXWELL Spaghetti Rag
JOHN DILLESHAW & THE STRING MARVELL Cotton Patch Rag
LONNIE JOHNSON To Do This You Got To Know How
DAVE APOLLON Mandolin Blues
DAVE APOLLON Russian Rag
WALKER'S CORBIN RAMBLERS E Rag
HERALD GOODMAN & HIS TENNESSEE VALLEY BOYS Banjo Rag
BOB ROBERTS Persian Lamb Rag
LOUIE BLUE & TED BOGAN State Street Rag
DALLAS STRING BAND Dallas Rag
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L 10461975The Voice Of The Blues
Bottleneck Guitar Masterpieces

Barbecue Bob
- Goin' Up The Country
The Georgia Browns
- Decatur Street 81
Ramblin' Thomas
- Ground Hog Blues
Tampa Kid
- Keep On Trying
The Hokum Boys
- Selling That Stuff
The Too Bad Boys
- Corrine Corrine Blues
Sister O. M. Terrell
- I Want You To Lead Me On
Sam Butler
- Jefferson County Blues
Oscar "Buddy" Woods
- Come On Over To My House Baby
Roy Smeck
- Laughing Rag
Irene Scruggs
- The Voice Of The Blues
Jimmie Davis
- She's A Hum Dum Dinger From Dingersville
Blind Willie Davis
- When The Saints Go Marching In
Georgia Cotton Pickers
- She's Coming Back Some Cold Rainy
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Yazoo 1046

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Yazoo CD 1046 [1992]

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L 1047
(1975)
UKULELE IKE (Cliff Edwards)
"I'm A Bear In A Lady's Boudoir"
CLIFF EDWARDS I'm A Bear In A Ladies Boudoir
CLIFF EDWARDS Hard Hearted Hannah
CLIFF EDWARDS For No Good Reason At All
CLIFF EDWARDS I'll See You In My Dreams
CLIFF EDWARDS Charley, My Boyl
CLIFF EDWARDS Whole The Meanest Gal In Town, Josephine
CLIFF EDWARDS Stack O'Lee Part 1
CLIFF EDWARDS Stack O'Lee Part 2
CLIFF ]EDWARDS Insufficient Sweetie
CLIFF EDWARDS Alabamy Bound
CLIFF EDWARDS It Had To Be You
CLIFF EDWARDS I Want To Walk In Again Blues
CLIFF EDWARDS California
CLIFF EDWARDS I'm Going To Give It To Mary With Love
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L 1048
(1975)
HARRY RESER
BANJO CRACKERJAX 1922-1930
HARRY RESER Lollypops
HARRY RESER Frosted Chocolate
HARRY RESER Heebe Jeebes
HARRY RESER Send Back My Honeyman
HARRY RESER The Cat And The Dog
HARRY RESER Crazy Jol
HARRY RESER Flaperette
HARRY RESER Crackerjack
HARRY RESER Kitten On The Keys
HARRY RESER Easy Goin'
HARRY RESER Sugar Blues
HARRY RESER The Old Town Pump
HARRY RESER Pickin's
HARRY RESER Fair And Warmer
CD 1048 YAZ [1992?]
Shanachie Blues
L 10491975Casey Bill Weldon & Kokomo Arnold:
Bottleneck Guitar Trendsetters Of The 1930s


Casey Bill Weldon
- You Just As Well Let Her Go
- Go Ahead, Buddy
- Lady Doctor Blues
- The Big Boat
- Hitch Me To Your Buggy And Drive Me Like A Mule
- You Shouldn't Do That
- Back Door Blues

Kokomo Arnold
- The Twelves (The Dirty Dozens)
- I'll Be Up Someday
- Busy Bootin'
- Sagefield Woman Blues
- Back To The Woods ca
- Salty Dog
- Feels So Good
notes by Stephen Calt
& John Miller
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Yazoo L 1049

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= Yazoo CD 1049 YAZ (1992)

L 10501975Furry Lewis: In His Prime 1927-1928

- Good Looking Girl Blues
- Falling Down Blues
- Mean Old Bedbug Blues
- Furry's Blues
- Mistreatin' Mamma
- Cannonball Blues
- I Will Turn Your Money Green (alt. take)

- Jellyroll
- Why Don't You Come Home Blues
- Kassis Jones Part 1
- Kassis Jones Part 2
- Everybody's Blues
- Rock Island Blues
- Judge Harsh Blues (alt. take)

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Yazoo L 1050

= CD 1050 YAZ

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L 1051
(1975)
THE HOKUM BOYS
"You Can't Get Enough Of That Stuff"
THE HOKUM BOYS You Can't Get Enough Of That Stuff
THE HQKUM BOYS Gambler's Blues
THE HOKUM BOYS Put Your Mind On It
THE HOKUM BOYS Went To His Head
THE HOKUM BOYS We Don't Sell It Here No More
THE HOKUM BOYS I Was Afraid Of That Ptl
THE HOKUM BOYS Let Me Have It
THE HOKUM BOYS Hokum Blues
THE HOKUM BOYS Pat-A-Foot Blues
THE HOKUM BOYS Only The Blues (uniss)
THE HOKUM BOYS Selling That Stuff
THE HOKUM BOYS Ain't Goin' That Way
THE HOKUM BOYS It's All Gone Now
THE HOKUM BOYS I Was Afraid Of That Pt2
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L 1052
(1976?)
ROY SMECK
plays Hawaiian Guitar, Banjo, Ukelele and Guitar (1926 - 1949)
ROY SMECK 12th Street Rag
ROY SMECK Frettin' Blues
ROY SMECK Shuffle Off To Buffalo
ROY SMECK Limehouse Blues
ROY SMECK Nifty Pickin'
ROY SMECK Tough Pickin'
ROY SMECK Slippery Fingers
ROY SMECK Steel Guitar Rag
ROY SMECK Tiger Rag
ROY SMECK Guitarese
ROY SMECK Farewell Blues
ROY SMECK Ukelele Bounce
ROY SMECK Bugle Call Rag
ROY SMECK Laughing Rag
CD 1052 YAZ [1992?]
Shanachie Blues
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L 1053
(1976)
HARMONICA BLUES
Great Harmonica Performances of the 1920s and '30s
FREEMAN STOWERS Railroad Blues
STATE STREET BOYS Crazy About You
CARVER BOYS Wang Wang Harmonica Blues
LEE BROWN My Driving Wheel
ASHLEY & FOSTER Bay Rum Blues
ROBERT HILL I'm Going To Write And Tell Mother
CHUCK DARLING Blowin' The Blues
CHUCK DARLING Harmonica Rag
JAYBIRD COLEMAN Man Trouble Blues
JAZZ GILLUM I Want You By My Side
ALFRED LEWIS Friday Moan Blues
CHICKEN WILSON & SKEETER HINTON House Snake Blues
BOBBY LEECAN & ROBERTCOOKSEY Need More Blues
DE FORD BAILEY Davidson County Blues
CD 1053 YAZ [1991]
Shanachie Blues

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L 1054
(1976)
CLIFFORD HAYES AND THE DIXIELAND JUG BLOWERS
DIXIELAND JUG BLOWERS You'd Better Leave Me Alone Sweet
CLIFFORD HAYES Everybody Wants My Tootelum
DIXIELAND JUG BLOWERS National Blues (tk3)
CLIFFORD HAYES Clef Club Stomp
BEN FERGUSON Please Don't Holler Mama
CLIFFORD HAYES Dance Hall Shuffle
CLIFFORD HAYES Barefoot Stomp
BEN FERGUSON Try And Treat Her Right
CLIFFORD HAYES You're Ticklin' Me (Tkl)
DIXIELAND JUG BLOWERS Love Blues
CLIFFORD HAYES Bye Bye Blues
CLIFFORD HAYES Heyl I Am Blue
DIXIELAND JUG BLOWERS If You Can't Make It Easy (Tkl)
CLIFFORD HAYES Blue Guitar Stomp
CD 1054 YAZ [1991]
Shanachie Blues
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L 1055
(1976?)
HAWAIIAN GUITAR HOT SHOTS
KING BENNY NAWAHI Tickling The Strings *
SOL HOOPII In Ma-La-Ka-Mo-Ka-Lu
KANE'S HAWAIIANS Hilo
JIM AND BOB By The Waters Of The Minnetonka
HAUULEA ENTERTAINERS 12th Street Rag
PALE K LUA Kohala March
HAUULEA ENTERTAINERS Railroad Blues
ROY SMECK My Little Grass Shack Pq
KING QUEEN AND JACK Stack-O-Lee Blues
HANAPI TRIO Indiana March
FRANCHINI AND DETTBORN Palakiko Blues Cn
HAUULEA ENTERTAINERS Ellis March F3
MASTER'S HAWAIIAN'S Hawaiian Stormy Weather
SOL HOOPII Right Or Wrong
* re-released on CD
King Bennie Nawahi:
"Hawaiian String Virtuoso /
Classic Acoustic Steel Guitar
Recordings of the 1920's"
Shanachie CD

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L 1056
(1977)
FRANK STOKES
CREATOR OF THE MEMPHIS BLUES
FRANK STOKES Chicken You Can Roost Behind The Moon
FRANK STOKES Memphis Rounders Blues
FRANK STOKES Unnamed Blues
FRANK STOKES Stomp That Thing
FRANK STOKES Mr. Crump Don't Like It
FRANK STOKES Nehi Mamma Blues
FRANK STOKES It's A Good Thing
FRANK STOKES You Shall
FRANK STOKES It Won't Be Long Now
FRANK STOKES Mistreatin' Blues
FRANK STOKES Wasn't That Doggin' Me
FRANK STOKES 'Tain't Nobody's Business If I Do Part 2
FRANK STOKES Sweet To Mama
FRANK STOKES Beale Town Bound
CD 1056 YAZ [1991]
Shanachie Blues

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L 1057
(1977?)
PIONEERS OF THE JAZZ GUITAR
LONNIE JOHNSON AND EDDIE LANG Handful Of Riffs
EDDIE LANG AND CARL KRESS Feeling My Way
NICK LUCAS Teasing The Frets
JOHN CALI AND TONY GUTTUSO A Study In Brown
CARL KRESS AND DICK McDONOUGH, Heat Wave
DICK McDONOUGH Dick Bernstein Ramble
JOHN CALI AND TONY GUTTUSO Hittin' On All Six
LONNIE JOHNSON AND EDDIE LANG Hot Fingers
CARL KRESS AND DICK McDONOUGH Stage Fright (These Blues
LONNIE JOHNSON AND EDDIE LANG Have To Change Keys To Play
JOHN CALI AND TONY GUTTUS0 Satan Takes A Holiday
NICK LUCAS Picking The Guitar
DICK McDONOUGH Chasing A Buck
CARL KRESS AND DICK McDONOUGH Chicken A La. Swing
CD 1057 YAZ [1992]
Shanachie Jazz
L 10581977?Blind Willie Johnson: Praise God I'm Satisfied

- Jesus Make Up My Dying Bed
- Dark Was The Night-Cold Was The Ground
- Praise God I'm Satisfied
- Bye And Bye I'm Going To-See The King
- You're Gonna Need Somebody On YourBond
- When The War Was On
- God Moves On The'Water

- I Know His Blood Can Make Me Whole
- God Don't Never Change
- The Rain Don't Fall On Me
- Nobody's Fault But Mine
- Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning
- Jesus Is Coming Soon
- Mother's Children Have A Hard Time
notes by Steve Calt
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Yazoo L 1058

= Yazoo CD 1058 YAZ [1989]

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L 1059
(1977?)
EDDIE LANG - JAZZ GUITAR VIRTUOSO
EDDIE LANG Prelude(Rachmaninoff Op 3. No 2)
EDDIE LANG Pickin' My Way
EDDIE LANG Rainbow Dreams
EDDIE LANG Blue Guitars
EDDIE LANG April Kisses
EDDIE LANG I'll Never Be The Same
EDDIE LANG Blue Room
EDDIE LANG Eddie's Twister
EDDIE LANG Midnight Call Blues
EDDIE LANG Perfect
EDDIE LANG A Little Love, A Little Kiss
EDDIE LANG XelcAy Kan's Dream
EDDIE LANG Feeling My Way
EDDIE LANG Church Street Sobbin' Blues
CD 1059 YAZ [1990]
Shanachie Jazz
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L 1060
(1979?)
BLIND BOY FULLER
TRUCKIN' MY BLUES AWAY
BLIND BOY FULLER Truckin' My Blues Away
BLIND BOY FULLER Untrue Blues
BLIND BOY FULLER Homesick And Lonesome Blues
BLIND BOY FULLER You Never Can Tell
BLIND BOY FULLER Mamie
BLIND BOY FULLER Jivin' Woman Blues
BLIND BOY FULLER Funny Feeling Blues
BLIND BOY FULLER I Crave My Pigmeat
BLIND BOY FULLER Meat Shakin' Woman
BLIND BOY FULLER Walking My Troubles Away
BLIND BOY FULLER Painful Hearted Man
BLIND BOY FULLER Corrine What Makes You Treat Me So?
BLIND BOY FULLER Sweet Honey Hole
BLIND BOY FULLER Weeping Willow
CD 1060 YAZ [1990?]
Shanachie Blues

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L 1061
(1979?)
FUN ON THE FRETS
Early Jazz Guitar
CARL KRESS & TONY MOTTOLA In G
CARL KRESS & TONY NOTTOLA Sarong Number
CARL KRESS & TONY MOTTOLA The Camel Walks
CARL KRESS & TONY MOTTOLA Blonde On The Loose
CARL KRESS & TONY MOTTOLA Serenade 0
CARL KRESS & TONY MOTTOLA Squeeze Box Swing
CARL KRESS & TONY MOTTOLA Sharp As A Tack
CARL KRESS & TONY MOTTOLA Nobody's Idea
CARL KRESS & TONY MOTTOLA Boogie Woogle For Guitar
CARL KRESS & DICK McDONOUGH Danzon
CARL KRESS & DICK McDONOUGH I've Got A Feeling You're Fooling
CARL KRESS Peg Leg Shuffle W
CARL KRESS Sutton Mutton (Taking It On The Lamb)
GEORGE VAN EPS I Wrote It For Jo
GEORGE VAN BPS Kay's Fantasy
GEORGE VAN EPS Tea For Two
GEORGE VAN BPS Once In A While
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L 1062
(1979?)
JOE VENUTI
1927 TO 1934 VIOLIN JAZZ
JOE VENUTI Sensation
JOE VENUTI Apple Blossoms
JOB VENUTI Raggin' The Scale
JOE VENUTI Satan's Holiday
JOE VENUTI A Mug Of Ale
JOB VENUTI Heyl Young Pella
JOE VENUTI The Wild Dog
JOB VENUTI Sweet Lorraine
JOE VENUTI Kickin' The Cat
JOE VENUTI Jig Saw Puzzle Blues
JOE VENUTI Hiawatha's Lullaby
JOE VENUTI Four String Joe
JOE VENUTI Goin' Places
CD 1062 YAZ [1992?]
Shanachie Jazz
10631979?The Roots Of Rock

Kansas Joe & Memphis Minnie
- When The Levee Breaks
Charley Patton
- A Spoonful Blues
Bukka White
- Shake 'em On Down
Skip James
- I'm So Glad
Bo Carter
- Corrine Corrine.
Blind Blake
- Diddie Wa Diddie
Blind Willie McTell
- Statesboro Blues

Henry Thomas
- Bull Doze Blues
Tommy Johnson
- Big Road Blues
Hambone Willie Newbern
- Roll And Tumble Blues
Blind Joe Reynolds
- Outside Woman Blues
Robert Wilkins
- That's No Way To Get Along
Blind Blake
- That Will Never Happen No More
Cannon's Jug Stompers
- Walk Right In
notes by Steve Calt
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Yazoo 1063

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Yazoo CD 1063 [1991?]

L 10641970Bo Carter: Banana In Your Fruit Basket
Red Hot Blues 1931-36

- All Around Man
- Banana In Your Fruit Basket
- Pig Meat Is What I Crave
- Pussy Cat Blues
- My Pencil Won't Write No More
- Ants In My Pants
- Cigarette Blues

- Howling Tom Cat Blues
- What Kind Of Scent Is-This?
- Mashing That Thing
- Blue Runner Blues
- Don't Mash My Digger So Deep
- Pin In Your Cushion
- Ram Rod Daddy
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Yazoo L 1064
10651979Mississippi John Hurt
1928 Sessions


- Got The Blues Can't Be Satisfied
- Louis Collins
- Blue Harvest Blues
- Avalon Blues
- Blessed Be The Name
- Nobody's Dirty Business
- Frankie

- Ain't No Tellin'
- Big Leg Blues
- Stack 0 Lee Blues
- Praying On The Old Camp Ground
- Spike Driver Blues
- Candy Man Blues

mastering and production: Nick Perls

notes by Steve Calt
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Yazoo L 1065

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= Yazoo CD 1065

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L 1066
(1980?)
DAVE APOLLON
MANDOLIN VIRTUOSO
DAVE APOLLON Who
DAVE APOLLON Perfidia
DAVE APOLLON Two Guitars
DAVE APOLLON St. Louis Blues
DAVE APOLLON A Media Luz
DAVE APOLLON Czardas
DAVE APOLLON Star Duet
DAVE APOLLON Mandolin Blues
DAVE APOLLON Russian Rag
DAVE APOLLON Begin The Beguine
DAVE APOLLON Love Me Or Leave Me
DAVE APOLLON Spanish Fantasy
DAVE APOLLON Gypsy Aire
DAVE APOLLON No Te Enganes Corazon
DAVE APOLLON Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
DAVE APOLLON Dark Eyes
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L 1067
(1981)
DLP
MEMPHIS JUG BAND
MEMPHIS JUG BAND I'll See You In The Spring,
When The Birds Begin To Sing
MEMPHIS JUG BAND Memphis Jug Blues
MEMPHIS JUG BAND Cave Man Blues 1-3
MEMPHIS JUG BAND Gator Wobble
MEMPHIS JUG BAND Beale St. Mess Around
MEMPHIS JUG BAND Memphis Yo Yo Blues
MEMPHIS JUG BAND Stealin' Stealin'
MEMPHIS JUG BAND Lindberg Hop
MEMPHIS JUG BAND Fourth St. Mess Around F-3
MEMPHIS JUG BAND Memphis Boy Blues
MEMPHIS JUG BAND Taking Your Place
MEMPHIS JUG BAND On The Road Again
MEMPHIS JUG BAND Tired Of You Driving Me
MEMPHIS JUG BAND Cocaine Habit Blues
MEMPHIS JUG BAND Oh Ambulance Man
MEMPHIS JUG BAND K.C. Moan
MEMPHIS JUG BAND You May Leave But This Will Bring You Back
MEMPHIS JUG BAND The Old Folks Started It
MEMPHIS JUG BAND Newport News Blues - take 1
MEMPHIS JUG BAND Everybody's Talking About Sadie Green
MEMPHIS JUG BAND Little Green Slippers
MEMPHIS JUG BAND Spider's Nest Blues
MEMPHIS JUG BAND Sometimes I Think I Love You
MEMPHIS JUG BAND She Stays Out All Night Long
MEMPHIS JUG BAND Insane Crazy Blues
MEMPHIS JUG BAND Aunt Caroline Dyer Blues
MEMPHIS JUG BAND What's The Matter?
MEMPHIS JUG BAND Whitewash Station Blues
CD 1067 YAZ [1991?]
[23 tracks only !]

Shanachie Blues

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L 1068
(1984)
DLP
BLIND BLAKE
RAGTIME GUITAR'S FOREMOST FINGERPICKER
BLIND BLAKE Blind Arthur's Breakdown
BLIND BLAKE C.C. Pill Blues
LEOLA B. WILSON Black Biting Bee Blues
BLIND BLAKE Hard Pushing Papa
BLIND BLAKE Black Dog Blues
BLIND BLAKE Georgia Bound
BLIND BLAKE Hastings St.
BLIND BLAKE Skeedle Loo Doo Blues
BLIND BLAKE Rope Stretching Blues-Pt I
BLIND BLAKE Chump Man Blues
BLIND BLAKE Diddie Wa Diddie
BLIND BLAKE Sweet Jivin' Mama
IRENE SCRUGGS Itching Reel
BLIND BLAKE Too Tight Blues No. 2
BLIND BLAKE Southern Rag
BLIND BLAKE One Time Blues
BLIND BLAKE Playing Policy Blues
BLIND BLAKE Hey Hey Daddy Blues
BLIND BLAKE Sweet Papa Low Down
BLIND BLAKE Police Dog Blues
LEOLA B. WILSON Wilson Dam
BLIND BLAKE Come On Boys Lets Do That Messin' Around
BLIND BLAKE You Gonna Quit Me Blues
BERTHA HENDERSON Let Your Love Come Down
BLIND BLAKE Bad Feeling Blues
BLIND BLAKE Righteous Blues
LEOLA B. WILSON Down The Country Blues
BLIND BLAKE Seaboard Stomp
CD 1068 YAZ [1990]
Shanachie Blues

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L 1069
(1984)
BLIND LEMON JEFFERSON
KING OF THE COUNTRY BLUES
BLIND LEMON JEFFERSON Hot Dogs
BLIND LEMON JEFFERSON Broke And Hungry
BLIND LEMON JEFFERSON Stocking Feet Blues
BLIND LEMON JEFFERSON Lonesome House Blues
BLIND LEMON JEFFERSON See That My Grave Is Kept Clean
BLIND LEMON JEFFERSON Got The Blues
BLIND LEMON JEFFERSON Black Horse Blues
BLIND LEMON JEFFERSON One Dime Blues
BLIND LEMON JEFFERSON Corrina Blues
BLIND LEMON JEFFERSON Rabbit Foot Blues
BLIND LEMON JEFFERSON Oil Well Blues
BLIND LEMON JEFFERSON Shuckin' Sugar Blues
BLIND LEMON JEFFERSON He Arose From The Dead
BLIND LEMON JEFFERSON That Crawlin' Baby Blues
BLIND LEMON JEFFERSON Match Box Blues
BLIND LEMON JEFFERSON Easy Rider Blues
BLIND LEMON JEFFERSON Booger Rooger Blues
BLIND LEMON JEFFERSON Right Of Way Blues
BLIND LEMON JEFFERSON Big Might Blues
BLIND LEMON JEFFERSON Booster Blues
BLIND LEMON JEFFERSON Dry Southern Blues
BLIND LEMON JEFFERSON Bad Luck Blues
BLIND LEMON JEFFERSON Prison Cell Blues
BLIND LEMON JEFFERSON Rambler Blues
BLIND LEMON JEFFERSON Gone Dead On You Blues
BLIND LEMON JEFFERSON Wartime Blues
BLIND LEMON JEFFERSON Beggin' Back
BLIND LEMON JEFFERSON Long Lonesome Blues
CD 1069 YAZ [1990]
Shanachie Blues

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L 1070
(1984?)
YAZOO'S HISTORY OF JAZZ
JAMES P JOHNSON Carolina Shout
JIMMY NOONE & EARL HINES Monday Date
MARY LOU WILLIAMS Night Life
KING OLIVER Chimes Blues
JASPER TAYLOR Stomp Time Blues
JUNIE COBB Chicago Buzz
JABBO SMITH & IKEY ROBINSON Jazz Battle
ALBERT WYNN Parkway Stomp
MUGGSY SPANIER & SIDNEY BECHET That's A Plenty
FLETCHER HENDERSON Hay Foot, Straw Foot
DENNIS NOTIN Kansas City Shuffle
BIX BEIDERBECKE Clementine
JELLY ROLL MORTON Sweet Peter
DUKE ELLINGTON Past And Furious
BENNY GOODMAN Muskrat Ramble
THOMAS "FATS" WALLER Lookin' GoOD But Feelin' Bad
Ever issued on CD /
cassette ?
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L 1071
(1985)
MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM
MA RAINEY "Ma" Rainey's Black Bottom
MA RAINEY Don't Fish In My Sea
MA RAINEY Booze And Blues
14A RAINEY Farewell Daddy Blues
MA RAINEY Stack O'Lee Blues
MA RAINEY Black Eye Blues
MA RAINEY Oh Papa Blues
MA RAINEY Blues Oh Blues
MA RAINEY Shave 'Em Dry Blues
MA RAINEY Lucky Rock Blues
MA RAINEY Screech Owl Blues
MA RAINEY Georgia Cake Walk
MA RAINEY Sleep Talking Blues
MA RAINEY Yonder Come The Blues
CD 1071 YAZ [1991]
Shanachie Blues
10721986Skip James: The Complete 1931 Session

- Devil Got My Woman
- If You Haven't Any Hay Get On Down The Road
- Hard Luck Child
- Drunken Spree
- Little Cow And Calf Is Gonna Die Blues
- Be Ready When He Comes
- How Long "Buck"
- I'm So Glad
- Cherry Ball Blues

- Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues
- 22-20 Blues
- 4 O'Clock Blues
- Jesus Is A MIghty Good Leader
- Yola My Blues Away
- What Am I To Do Blues
- Special Rider Blues
- Illinois Blues
- Cypress Grove Blues
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Yazoo L 1072

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Yazoo CD 2009 (1994)
"The Complete Early
Recordings - 1930"

10731986The Roots Of Robert Johnson

Skip James
- Devil Got My Woman
Kokomo Arnold
- Milk Cow Blues
Leroy Carr
- When The Sun Goes Down
Son House
- Preachin' The Blues - part 1
Lonnie Johnson
- Life Saver Blues
Henry Thomas
- Red River Blues
Charley Patton
- Revenue Man Blues
Son House
- My Black Mama - part 1
Skip James
- 22-20 Blues
Hambone Willie Newbern
- Roll And Tumble Blues
The Mississippi Sheiks
- Sitting On Top Of The World
Scrapper Blackwell
- Kokomo Blues
Casey Bill Weldon
- Go Ahead, Buddy
Johnnie Temple
- Lead Pencil Blues
notes by Stephen Calt
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Yazoo L 1073
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L 1074
(1986?)
KING BENNIE NAWAHI
Hot Hawaiian Guitar
1928 to ca. 1949
KING BENNIE NAWAHI Ukelele Benny *
KING BENNIE NAWAHI Singing In The Bathtub *
KING BENNIE NAWAHI Tickling The Strings *
KING BENNIE NAWAHI I'm A Dreamer Aren't We All
KING BENNIE NAWAHI California Blues *
KING BENNIE NAWAHI Wiggle Yo Toes *
KING BENNIE NAWAHI Honolulu Bound *
KING BENNIE NAWAHI May Day Is Lei Day In Hawaii *
KING BENNIE NAWAHI I've Seen My Baby (And It
Won't Be Long Now) *
KING BENNIE NAWAHI My Girl From The South
Sea Isles *
KING BENNIE NAWAHI Hawaiian Capers *
KING BENNIE NAWAHI Black Boy Blues *
KING BENNIE NAWAHI Guitar Rhythm *
KING BENNIE NAWAHI My Little Brownie *
KING BENNIE NAWAHI Mauna Kea *
KING BENNIE NAWAHI The Big Feet Rag *
* re-released on CD
King Bennie Nawahi:
"Hawaiian String Virtuoso /
Classic Acoustic Steel Guitar
Recordings of the 1920's"
Shanachie CD

biography

 
L 1075
(19??)
???
never issued
 
L 1076
(19??)
???
never issued
10771989Robert Wilkins: The Original Rolling Stone

- I'll Go With Her
- Rollin' Stone - Part 1
- Get Away Blues
- Alabama Blues
- I Do Blues
- Long Train Blues
- That's No Way To Get Along

- Fallin' Down Blues
- Jailhouse Blues
- Losin' Out Blues
- Rollin' Stone - Part 2
- Old Jim Canan's
- Nashville Stonewall
- Police Sergeant Blues
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Herwin 215 (1980)

= Yazoo L 1077 (1989)
= Yazoo CD 1077 (1991)

10781990Blind Willie Johnson:
Sweeter As The Years Go By


- John The Revelator
- You'll Need Somebody On Your Bond
- Let Your Light Shine On Me
- Everybody Ought To Treat A Stranger Right
- Lord, I Just Can't Keep From Crying
- If I Had My Way I'd Tear The Building Down
- If It Had Not Been For Jesus
- Church, I'm Fully Saved Today

- Soul Of Man
- I'm Gonna Run To The City of Refuge
- Can't Nobody Hide From God
- Sweeter As The Years Go By
- Go With Me To That Land
- Trouble Will Soon Be Over
- Take Your Burden To The Lord And Leave It
- Take Your Stand
notes by David Evans
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Yazoo 1078 (cassette)
Yazoo CD 1078 YAZ
10791990Crying Sam Collins and his Git-Fiddle: Jailhouse Blues

- Devil In The Lion's Den
- Slow Mama Slow
- The Jailhouse Blues
- Riverside Blues
- New Salty Dog
- Yellow Dog Blues
- Pork Chop Blues
- Dark Cloudy Blues

- Hesitation Blues
- It Won't Be Long
- Do That Thing
- I Want To Be Like Jesus In My Heart
- Loving Lady Blues
- Midnight Special Blues
- Lead Me All The Way
- Graveyard Digger's Blues
notes by Chris Smith
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Yazoo 1079
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L 1080/81
(1990)
DLP
HENRY THOMAS
TEXAS WORRIED BLUES
HENRY THOMAS John Henry
HENRY THOMAS Cottonfleld Blues
HENRY THOMAS Arkansas
HENRY THOMAS The Fox And The Hounds
HENRY THOMAS Red River Blues
HENRY THOMAS The Little Red Caboose
HENRY THOMAS Bob McKinney
HENRY THOMAS Honey, Won't You Allow Me One More
HENRY THOMAS Run, Mollie, Run
HENRY THOMAS Shanty Blues
HENRY THOMAS Woodhouse Blues
HENRY THOMAS Jonah In The Wilderness
HENRY THOMAS When The Train Comes Along
HENRY TH0MAS Bull Doze Blues
HENRY THOMAS Don't Ease Me In
HENRY THOMAS Texas Easy Street
HENRY THOMAS Texas Worried Blues
HENRY THOMAS Fishing Blues
HENRY THOMAS Old Country Stomp
HENRY THOMAS Charmin' Betsy
HENRY THOMAS Lovin'Babe
HENRY THOMAS Railroad Some
HENRY THOMAS Don't Leave Me Here
CD 1080/1 YAZ [1992?]
Shanachie Blues

more info

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L 1082/83
(1990)
DLP
CANNON'S JUG STOMPERS - THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS
BANJO JOE Jonestown Blues
BANJO JOE Poor Boy, Long Ways From Home
BANJO JOE Madison Street Rag
BANJO JOE Jazz Gypsy Blues
BANJO JOE Can You 'Blame The Colored Man
BANJO JOE My Money Never Runs Out
CANNON'S JUG STOMPERS Minglewood Blues
CANNON'S JUG STOMPERS Big Railroad Blues
CANNON'S JUG STOMPERS Madison Street Rag
CANNON'S JUG STOMPERS Springdale Blues
CANNON'S JUG STOMPERS Ripley Blues
CANNON'S JUG STOMPERS Pig Ankel Strut
CANNON'S JUG STOMPERS Noah's Blues
CANNON'S JUG STOMPERS Hollywood Rag
CANNON'S JUG STOMPERS Heart Breakin' Blues
CANNON'S JUG STOMPERSFeather Bed
CANNON'S JUG STOMPERS Cairo Rag
CANNON'S JUG STOMPERS Bugle Call Rag
CANNON'S JUG STOMPERS Viola Lee Blues (-1)
CANNON'S JUG STOMPERS Viola Lee Blues (-2)
CANNON'S JUG STOMPERS Riley's Wagon
CANNON'S JUG STOMPERS