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1 | 1953 | BIG WILLIE with acc. - Bogey Man (R-1389) # @ youtube - It Keeps Raining (R-1390) @ youtube rec. August 28, 1949 at United Broadcasting Studios in Chicago, IL; Willie Mabon, voc, p, # hca; Delmark DE 655 | ||
2 | 1/1950 | BLUES ROCKERS - Trouble In My Home (U7218) * - Times Are Getting Hard (U7219) # rec. 1949 in Chicago, IL by Al Benson; poss. James Watts, * voc; Willie Mabon, p, # voc; Eddie El, g; g; Earl Dranes, b Official CD 401 | ||
3 | 11/1952 | WILLIE MABON and his Combo - I Don't Know (U-4315) @ youtube - Worry Blues (U-4314) @ youtube unissued tracks from same session: - See Me Cry (U-4315 A) - L.A. (U-4315 B) rec. c. October 1952 in Chicago, IL; Willie Mabon, voc, p; Ernest Cotton, ts; Bill Anderson, b; Bill Stepney, dr "I Don't Know" (Chess 1531) hit #1 on the Billboard Rhythm & Blues chart and remained on the charts for 15 weeks | ||
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4 | 4/1953 | WILLIE MABON and his Combo - I'm Mad (U 4328) # @ youtube - Night Latch (U 4331) (instr) @ youtube originally unissued tracks from same session: - I'm Mad (alt tk) [Chess CXMP 2056, Chess CD CHD 9330] @ youtube - Got To Have It (U 4329) [Charly CD BM44] @ youtube - Beggar Or Bandit (U 4330) [Teldec LP 6.24806AG] @ youtube rec. February 5, 1953 in Chicago, IL; Willie Mabon, voc, p; Fred Clark, ts; Joseph "Cool Breeze" Bell, b; Steve Boswell, dr # Chess LP 1439 | ||
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5 | 8/1953 | WILLIE MABON and his Combo - You're A Fool (U 7528) @ youtube - Monday Woman (U 7529) @ youtube rec. June 1953 poss. in New York, NY; Willie Mabon, voc, p; tp; Milt Larkin, tb; as; bs; Charles Ferguson, ts; Ted Sturgis, b; dr | ||
6 | 12/1953 | WILLIE MABON and Orchestra - I Got To Go (U 7571) @ youtube - Cruisin' (U 7572) @ youtube originally unissued track from same session: - Life Could Be Miserable [Chess CD CHD2-9385] @ youtube rec. November 1953 in Chicago, IL; Willie Mabon, voc, p; Paul King, tp; Andrew "Goon" Gardner, as; Herbert Robertson, ts; Bill Anderson, b; Oliver Coleman, dr | ||
7 | 4/1954 | WILLIE MABON - Would You Baby? (U 7511) @ youtube - Late Again (U 7612) @ youtube originally unissued tracks from same session: - I'm Tired (U 7610) [Chess/Teldec 6.24806] @ youtube - Mabon's Boogie (U 7512) rec. c. February 1954 in Chicago, IL; Willie Mabon, voc, p; Paul King, tp; Harold Ashby, Herbert Robertson, ts; Bill Anderson, b; Oliver Coleman, dr | ||
- Heartbroken Blues (7677) - Come On Baby (U 7678) [Chess 1592] @ youtube - Lonely Blues (U 7579) [Chess/Teldec 6.24806, Chess CH 9189] @ youtube - Willie's Blues (7680) [Chess/Teldec 6.24806, Chess CH 9189] @ youtube rec. August 1954 in Chicago, IL; Willie Mabon, voc, p; Paul King, tp; Harold Ashby, Herbert Robertson, ts; Andrew Gardner, as; Bill Anderson, b; Oliver Coleman, dr Chess unissued | ||||
8 | 10/1954 | WILLIE MABON - Poison Ivy (U 7722) @ youtube - Say Man (U 7723) # @ youtube rec. c. October 1954 in Chicago, IL; Willie Mabon, voc, p; Paul King, tp; Harold Ashby, Herbert Robertson, ts; Bill Anderson, b; Oliver Coleman, dr; # voc group | ||
9 | 3/1955 | WILLIE MABON - Come On Baby (U 7678) # @ youtube - Wow I Feel So Good (U 7782) * @ youtube # rec. August 1954 in Chicago, IL; Willie Mabon, voc, p; Paul King, tp; Harold Ashby, Herbert Robertson, ts; Andrew Gardner, as; Bill Anderson, b; Oliver Coleman, dr * rec. late January / early February 1955 in Chicago, IL; Willie Mabon, voc, p; Paul King, tp; Harold Ashby, Herbert Robertson, ts; Bill Anderson, b; Oliver Coleman, dr | ||
10 | 10/1955 | WILLIE MABON - The Seventh Son (U 7871) @ youtube - Lucinda (U 7872) @ youtube originally unissued tracks from same session: - He Lied (U 7869) [Chess/Teldec 6.24806] # @ youtube - Someday You Gotta Pay (U 7870) (= Someday You Will Have To Pay) [Chess/Teldec 6.24806] @ youtube rec. June 1, 1955 in Chicago, IL; Willie Mabon, voc, p; # Willie Dixon, voc; Paul King, tp; Harold Ashby, Herbert Robertson, ts; Bill Anderson, b; Oliver Coleman, dr | ||
11 | 5/1956 | WILLIE MABON - Knock On Wood (U 8119) @ youtube - Got To Let You Go (U 8120) # @ youtube unissued track from same session: - untitled (U 8121) rec. May 24, 1956 in Chicago, IL; Willie Mabon, voc, p; Harold Ashby, Herbert Robertson, ts; Bill Anderson, b; Oliver Coleman, dr; # fem voc group | ||
12 | 1957 | WILLIE MABON - Light Up Your Lamp (F 575-1) @ youtube - Rosetta, Rosetta (F 576-1) @ youtube originally unissued tracks from same session: - It's Gonna Hurt You (F 577) [Negro Rhythm 107] @ youtube - It's Gonna Hurt You (short version) [Negro Rhythm 107, not listed on back cover & label!] - Got To Find My Baby (F 578) [Negro Rhythm 107] @ youtube rec. August 16, 1957 in Chicago, IL; Willie Mabon, p; Ellis Hunter, g, Bill Anderson, b; Lonnie Lee Evans, dr Negro Rhythm Records discography | ||
13 | 2/1960 | WILLIE MABON - I Gotta Go Now (AP 538) @ youtube - Michell [sic] (AP 540) rec. 1960 prob. at Sheldon (Chess) Studio in Chicago, IL; Willie Mabon, voc, Wurlitzer p; Harvey Hill, g; Bill Anderson, b; Jimmy Bolden, dr Kedric Mabon @ facebook: "My father made this song for my big sister Michelle Mabon Canty"
Harvey Hill discography I'm not sure if the "Harvey Hill" accompanying Willie Mabon is the same musician as the one recorded on S.R.C. 104 and Spivey | ||
14 | 1960 | WILLIE MABON - I Don't Know (U 537) - I Got To Have Her (U 539) rec. 1960 prob. at Sheldon (Chess) Studio in Chicago, IL; Willie Mabon, voc, Wurlitzer p; Jay Peters, ts; Harvey Hill, g; Bill Anderson, b; Jimmy Bolden, dr Harvey Hill discography I'm not sure if the "Harvey Hill" accompanying Willie Mabon is the same musician as the one recorded on S.R.C. 104 and Spivey | ||
- Why Did It Happen To Me (10408) # - I'm Mad At You (10409) # - Keep My Lover Girl With Me (10410) - I Love My Baby (10411) rec. c. 1960 in Chicago, IL; Willie Mabon, voc, p with unknown acc. Chess unissued # Chess/Teldec 6.24806 | ||||
15 | 1962 | WILLIE MABON - Got To Have Some (S 2125) @ youtube - Why Did It Happen To Me (S 2126) @ youtube rec. 1962 in Chicago, IL; Willie Mabon, voc, p; Billy Emerson, org; Willie Hudson, g; Bob Hudson, b; Al Duncan, dr | ||
16 | 1962 | WILLIE MABON - Fannie Mae (FR 1051 A) # - Mean Mistreater (FR 1051 B) rec. 1962 in Chicago, IL; Willie Mabon, voc, p; Willie Hudson, g; # unknown, 2nd g; Bob Hudson, b; Al Duncan, dr # = Solar 54001 | ||
17 | 1962 | Willie Mabon - Fannie Mae (FR 1051 A) # - Early One Morning (FR 1052 B) @ youtube rec. 1962 in Chicago, IL; Willie Mabon, voc, p; Willie Hudson, g; # unknown, 2nd g; Bob Hudson, b; Al Duncan, dr # Formal 1018 | ||
18 | 1963 | WILLIE MABON - Just Got Some (USA 2556) # @ youtube - That's No Big Thing (USA 2557) @ youtube rec. February 7, 1963 in Chicago, IL; Willie Mabon, voc, p; Lacy Gibson, g; Billy Emerson, org; 2 unk ts; Jack Myers, b; Al Duncan, dr | ||
19 | 1963 | WILLIE MABON - Too Hot To Handle (USA 783) * - I'm The Fixer (USA 786) # @ youtube * rec. February 7, 1963 in Chicago, IL; Willie Mabon, voc, p; Lacy Gibson, g; Billy Emerson, org; 2 unknown, ts; Jack Myers, b; Al Duncan, dr # rec. May 23, 1963 in Chicago, IL; Willie Mabon, voc, p; Eugene Pearson, g; Billy Emerson, org; 2 unk ts; Jack Myers, b; Al Duncan, dr = USA 785 # = Sue WI-382 (UK 9/1965) | ||
- Klick-Ed Clack rec. February 7, 1963 in Chicago, IL; Willie Mabon, voc, p; Lacy Gibson, g; Billy Emerson, org; 2 unk ts; Jack Myers, b; Al Duncan, dr USA unissued | ||||
- Don't Let That Music Die - Lover Gal rec. May 23, 1963 in Chicago, IL; Willie Mabon, voc, p; Eugene Pearson, g; Billy Emerson, org; 2 unk ts; Jack Myers, b; Al Duncan, dr USA unissued Jewel / P-Vine PLP-9017 | ||||
20 | 1964 | WILLIE MABON - Ruby's Monkey (USA 800) - I'm Hongry (USA 801) rec. January 27, 1964 in Chicago, IL; Willie Mabon, voc, p; Willie Hudson, g; Earl Crossley, Johnny Cameron, ts; Reginald Boyd, b; Al Thompson, dr | ||
21 | 1964 | WILLIE MABON - New Orleans Blues (USA 813) - Some More (USA 814) # @ youtube rec. January 27, 1964 in Chicago, IL; Willie Mabon, voc, p; Willie Hudson, g; Earl Crossley, Johnny Cameron, ts; Reginald Boyd, b; Al Thompson, dr # = Sue WI-382 (UK 9/1965) | ||
22 | 1964 | WILLIE MABON - Somebody Gotta Pay (820) @ youtube - Harmonica Special (821) rec. January 27, 1964 in Chicago, IL; Willie Mabon, voc, p; Willie Hudson, g; Earl Crossley, Johnny Cameron, ts; Reginald Boyd, b; Al Thompson, dr | ||
23 | 1964 | WILLIE MABON - Lonesome Blue Water (862) - Some Time I Wonder (USA 863) @ youtube rec. October 29, 1964 in Chicago, IL; Willie Mabon, voc, p; Billy Brimfield, tp; Neil Green, ts; John Watson, tb; unknown, g; Al Duncan, dr | ||
24 | 1964 | WILLIE MABON - Something For Nothing (RK3M-6368) - Baby Sweets (RK3M-6373) rec. October 29, 1964 in Chicago, IL; Willie Mabon, voc, p; Billy Brimfield, tp; Neil Green, ts; John Watson, tb; unknown g; Al Duncan, dr | ||
26 | 1964 | The Blues Volume 4 Billy Stewart - Billy's Blues part 2 Little Walter - Last Night Lowell Fulson - Trouble Trouble Larry Williams - My Baby's Got Soul Eddie Boyd - Third Degree Willie Mabon & His Combo - I Don't Know Betty James - I'm A Little Mixed Up Muddy Waters - She's 19 Years Old T.V. Slim - Flat Foot Sam Little Walter - Boom Boom Memphis Slim & House Rockers - I Guess I'm A Fool John Lee Hooker - Leave My Wife Alone
notes by Joe Segal | ||
28 | 9/1965 | WILLIE MABON - I'm The Fixer [USA 741] - Some More [USA 759] | ||
29 | 1965 | Rhythm And Blues Of Chicago Bluesscene USA Vol. 1 Elmore James - Knocking At Your Door Willie Mabon - Mean Mistreater Ricky Allen - Ouch T. V. Slim - You Can't Love Me A. C. Reed - Lotta Lovin' Ricky Allen - I Don't Got It Jesse Fortune - Good Things T. V. Slim - Hold Me Close To Your Heart Willie Mabon - I'm The Fixer A. C. Reed - This Little Voice Jesse Fortune - Heavy Heart Beat Ricky Allen - Early In The Morning Willie Mabon - Fannie Mae Jesse Fortune - Too Many Cooks
notes by Paul Oliver = Storyville SLP 840 Storyville Records discography | ||
29a | 1965 | The Blues Volume 5 - That's Alright - Jimmy Rogers [Chess 1435] - Honey Bee - Muddy Waters [Chess 1468] - How Many More Years - Howlin' Wolf [Chess 1479] - Ground Hog Blues - John Lee Hooker - Free and Easy Mind - Jimmy Nelson - Double Dealing - Percy Mayfield - Seventh Son - Willie Mabon & his Combo [Chess 1608] - Check Yourself - Lowell Fulson - The Key - Sonny Boy Williamson - Me and My Chauffeur - Memphis Minnie - Confessin' the Blues - Little Walter & the Jukes [Checker 890] - 24 Hours - Eddie Boyd [Chess 1533]
notes by Marshall Chess and Willie Dixon notes by Marshall Chess and Willie Dixon LP CD Argo/Cadet/Chess 'The Blues' series discography | ||
29b | 1966 | Blues Southside Chicago Shakey Horton - Can't Help Myself Johnny Young - One More Time # Sunnyland Slim - Everytime I Get To Drinking Poor Bob - I Won't Be Happy Eddie Boyd - Where You Belong Robert Nighthawk - Merry Christmas °° Homesick James - Crutch And Cane Johnny Young - Little Girl * @ youtube Poor Bob - The Sun Is Rising Homesick James - Got To Move Sunnyland Slim - I Got To Get To My Baby Ronda Mitchell & Mrs. Lovell - J.F. Kennedy's Reservation Robert Nighthawk - Lula Mae °° Eddie Boyd - Losing Hand rec. in Chicago, IL by Willie Dixon Decca LK 4748 cover photo of Robert Nighthawk by Frank Scott Flyright LP 521 cover photo: Chicago 1941 by Russell Lee (courtesy of Library of Congress)
notes by Mike Leadbitter original notes by Mike Leadbitter notes by Mike Leadbitter Flyright Records discography | ||
30 | 1969 | WILLIE MABON - I'll Keep On Hurtin' (C-18199) - I Won't Be Back No More (C-18200) rec. October 24, 1969 in Chicago,IL; Willie Mabon, voc, p; Lefty Bates, g; King Kolax, prob. Billy Brimfield, tp; Neil Green, ts; John Watson, tb; Eugene Howell, b; Al Thompson, dr | ||
- Troubles (C-18198) rec. October 24, 1969 in Chicago,IL; Willie Mabon, voc, p; Lefty Bates, g; King Kolax, prob. Billy Brimfield, tp; Neil Green, ts; John Watson, tb; Eugene Howell, b; Al Thompson, dr Checker unissued | ||||
31 | 1969 | Heavy Heads Voyage 2 Willie Mabon - I Don't Know Chuck Berry - Wee Wee Hours Muddy Waters - Forty Days And Forty Nights Sonny Boy Williamson - Your Funeral And My Trial Howlin' Wolf - Moanin' At Midnight Little Walter - Off The Wall Sonny Boy Williamson - Fattening Frogs For Snakes Little Walter - Key To The Highway Muddy Waters - All Night Long Howlin' Wolf - How Many More Years John Lee Hooker - Union Station Blues Lowell Fulson - Reconsider Baby | ||
31a | 1970 | Have A Good Time - Chicago Blues Chicago Anthology Homesick James - Little And Low ## [unissued Willie Dixon recording] @ youtube - Look On Yonder's Wall # [unissued Willie Dixon recording] @ youtube - My Home Ain't Here ## [unissued Willie Dixon recording] @ youtube Walter Horton - I Need My Baby Blues * [unissued Willie Dixon recording] @ youtube - Have A Good Time * [unissued Willie Dixon recording] @ youtube Prez Kenneth - I Am The Man Downstairs § [Biscayne 005] @ youtube - Messin' With Mabel § [Biscayne 015] @ youtube Smokey Smothers - I'm Lookin' For You + [Gamma GA-104] @ youtube "Poor" Bob Woodfork - I Wanna School You Pretty Baby || [originally unissued] @ youtube - Ain't Got A Lousy Dime || [originally unissued; alt tk of "The Sun Is Rising"] @ youtube L.C. McKinley - So Strange // [originally unissued] @ youtube - Mind Your Business // [originally unissued] @ youtube Snooky Pryor - I'm Going Away \\ [Atomic-H unissued] @ youtube - Rest A Little While \\ [Atomic-H unissued] @ youtube compiled by Mike Leadbitter Walter Horton photo (inner gatefold) by Marcel Imsand
# rec. August 1964 in Chicago, IL by Willie Dixon; Homesick James, voc, g; ## Walter Horton, hca; Henry Gray or Willie Mabon, p; Mighty Joe Young, g; Willie Dixon, b; Clifton James, dr
notes on four leaflets (December 1970) by Mike A. Leadbitter Sunnyland discography | ||
32 | 1972 | Willie Mabon Is Back - Funky - Trouble Blues - Guilty Blues - Hang Loose Baby - Worry Blues - I'm Going To Get You - I Wonder - Poison Ivy - Hey Gal - My Baby Won't Write To Me - Thinkin' About You - I Don't Know rec. early 1972 in Chicago, IL; Willie Mabon, voc, p; Malcolm 'Little Mac' Simmons, hca; Mighty Joe Young, Eugene Pearson, g; Jimmy Richards, b; Bill Warren, dr
notes by Al Smith notes by Pete Welding Blues on Blues discography | ||
32a | 1972 | WILLIE MABON - Poison Ivy (BOB-0012-A) - Guilty Blues (BOB-0012-B) rec. early 1972 in Chicago, IL; Willie Mabon, voc, p; Malcolm 'Little Mac' Simmons, hca; Mighty Joe Young, Eugene Pearson, g; Jimmy Richards, b; Bill Warren, dr; prod. by Al Smith
Blues on Blues discography | ||
32b | 1972 | Chicago Blues Anthology Album 1 - Tough Times - John Brim - Anna Lee - Robert Nighthawk - So Glad I Found You - Johnny Shines - Having Fun - Memphis Slim - Goin' Away Baby - Jimmy Rogers - I Don't Know - Willie Mabon - Dark Road - Floyd Jones - Dust My Broom - Elmore James - Eisenhower Blues - J.B. Lenoir - By Myself - Big Bill Broonzy & Washboard Sam - Murmur Low - Big Boy Spires - Rattlesnake - John Brim Album 2 - I See My Baby - Elmore James - Korea Blues - J.B. Lenoir - You Can't Live Long - Floyd Jones - I Can't Stop - Willie Dixon - Third Degree - Eddie Boyd - Ten Years Ago - Buddy Guy - Be Careful - John Brim - Jackson Town Gal - Robert Nighthawk - The World's In A Tangle - Jimmy Rogers - You Know My Live - Willie Dixon - My Time After A While - Buddy Guy - Chicago Bound - Jimmy Rogers 2 LP set notes by Pete Welding = Chess CH 50 011 (Fr) = Chess CXMD4053 (UK Chess Masters) | ||
33 | 1973 | Willie Mabon: Cold Chilly Woman - 'Round For You - Cold Chilly Woman - Michelle - Guilty Blues * - Why Did It Happen To Me - Baby, Why Don't You Write To Me - Lucinda - Mary-Ann °° - Blue Piano In Bordeaux - Michelle °° - Shakin' The Boogie °° - Why Did It Happen To Me °° - Sad Feeling °° - Mabon's Best °° - You Rascal You °° °° CD bonus tracks rec. December 3 & 4, 1972 in Bordeaux, France; Willie Mabon, voc, p, hca; * Emmett Sutton, b; Bill Warren, dr | ||
34 | 1973 | Willie Mabon: Come Back - Come Back - Discotheque Special - I'm Going To Get You - Thinking About You - Blues For Chantal . Mabon's Boogie - Somebody Got To Pay - Worry Blues - Fooling Around - Evening Shadows rec. January 1973 in France; Willie Mabon, voc, p, hca; Eddy Tuleja, g; Emmett Sutton, b; Tony Cahill, dr | ||
35 | 1973 | Willie Mabon: The Comeback - Klickety Clock - Lonely Blues - Come On Baby - Keep My Lover With Me - Shake That Thing - I Still Don't Know - The Comeback - I Don't Know - My Baby Won't Write To Me - Boogie Woogie Special - I'm Hungry - I'll Keep On Hurtin' # rec. & mixed January - March 1973 at Chalk Farm Studios, London, England; Willie Mabon, voc, p, hca; Mickey Baker, g; # Colin Smith, tpt, # Johnny Barnes, bs; Dan Armstrong, b; Pete York, dr; Dyan Birch, Frank Collins, Paddie McHugh of "Kokomo", backing voc; prod. by Jim Simpson
notes by Tony Cummings Big Bear Records discography | ||
35a | 1973 | The Montreux Blues Festival Memphis Slim - Wish Me Well - Angel Child - Lend Me Your Love McHouston "Mickey" Baker - Diggin' My Potatoes - Make Your Bed Up Mama Willie Mabon - Harmonica Swing Willie Mabon - Sad Feeling - Mabon Soul Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown - Louisiana Breakdown - Highball For Gate - Cajun Blues - Got My Mojo Working CD bonus tracks: Willie Mabon - Have A Little Mercy On Me Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown - The Drifter Rides Again rec. June 29 & July 1, 1973 live at 1973 Montreux Jazz Festival; backing musicians from Freddie King Band and Little Milton Band = Polygram Jazz / Verve 261006 (1993) notes by Philippe Rault | ||
36 | 1974 | Big Willie Mabon: Live + Well LP track sequence: - Klickety Klock - Dorsey's Boogie Woogie - Lover Girl # °° - Rainy Night In Georgia - Rockin' Willie # - I Don't Know - Hey Girl # - Shake The Thing °° - Little Red Rooster °° - Amen °° °° not on CD reissues CD track sequence: - Klickety Klock - Willie's Bounce °° - Rainy Night In Georgia - Dorsey's Boogie - I Don't Know - The Seventh Son °° - Rockin' Willie # - I'm The Fixer °° - Hey Girl # - When The Saints °° - That Lucky Old Sun °° °° not on LP issues rec. "live" February 6, 1974 at "Sinkkasten", Frankfurt/Main, Germany; Willie Mabon, voc, p, # hca
notes by S.A. Christmann = ESCEHA CH-7.102 = CMA/Ornament CD CM 8008 (Germany 1991) (original 1977) notes by S.A. Christmann Ornament Records discography | ||
37 | 1974 | Willie Mabon: Chicago 1963 - I'm The Fixer [USA 741] - Just Got Some [USA 735] - Somebody Gotta Pay [USA 767] - I'm Hongry [USA 750] - Ruby's Monkey [USA 750] - That's No Big Thing [USA 735] - Lonesome Blue Water [USA 787] - New Orleans Blues [USA 759] - Too Hot To Handle [USA 741] - Harmonica Special (instr) [USA 767] - Some Time I Wonder [USA 787] - Some More [USA 759] | ||
38 | 1974 | Jimmy Rogers: That's All Right resp. Sloppy Drunk Black & Blue 33.504 tracks: - Sloppy Drunk (5:35) - Gold Tailed Bird (3:40) - Walking By Myself (2.32) - That's All Right (3:25) - Ludella (3:14) - I Lost The Good Woman (5:00) - You're Sweet (3:09) - The Last Time (3:50) - Shelby County (3:00) - Tricky Woman (3:32) Black & Blue 33.544 tracks: - Sloppy Drunk [version 2] (3:22) [previously unissued] - I Can't Sleep For Worrying (3:54) [previously unissued] - Mistreated Baby (3:32) [previously unissued] - Slick Chick (2:00) [previously unissued] - Pretty Baby (3:35) [previously unissued] - Left Me With A Broken Heart (3:30) [previously unissued] - I Lost The Good Woman (5:00) [Black & Blue 33.504] - You're Sweet (3:09) [Black & Blue 33.504] - The Last Time (3:50) [Black & Blue 33.504] - Shelby County (3:00) [Black & Blue 33.504] - Tricky Woman (3:32) [Black & Blue 33.504] Black & Blue Black & Blue CD 59.544 / Evidence ECD 26036-2 track sequence: - Sloppy Drunk [version 2] (3:25) - I Can't Sleep For Worrying (3:56) - Mistreated Baby (3:44) - Slick Chick (2:03) - Pretty Baby (3:39) - Left Me With A Broken Heart (3:33) - I Lost A Good Woman (5:03) - You're Sweet (3:11) - The Last Time (3:52) - Shelby County (3:04) - Tricky Woman (3:35) - Sloppy Drunk (5:42) - Gold Tailed Bird (3:59) - Walking By Myself (2:44) - That's All Right (3:35) - Ludella (3:21) Black & Blue BB 452-2 track sequence: - Sloppy Drunk (tk 1) (3:25) - I Can't Sleep For Worrying (tk 2) (3.58) - Mistreated Baby (3:46) - Pretty Baby (3:39) - Slick Chick (2:04) - Left Me With A Broken Heart (3:33) - I Lost The Good Woman (5:04) - You're So Sweet (3:13) - The Last Time (3:53) - Shelby County (3:03) - Tricky Woman (3:35) - Sloppy Drunk (tk 2) (3:29) - Pretty Baby (tk 1) (3:11) - I Cant Sleep For Worrying (tk 1) (3:56) - Walkin' By Myself (2:52) - Gold Tailed Bird (3:46) - Sloppy Drunk (5:39) - Ludella (3:20) - That's All Right (3:33) Jimmy Rogers, voc, g; Louis Myers, g; Willie Mabon, p; Dave Myers, b; Fred Below, dr side A of Black & Blue 33.504 rec. December 8, 1973 live at the Casino of Biarritz, France side B of Black & Blue 33.504 and side A of Black & Blue 33.544 rec. December 13, 1973 at Studio Condorcet in Toulouse, France Black & Blue 33.504 front cover photo by J.-P. Tahmazian Evidence ECD 26036-2 front cover photo by James Fraher
notes by Jacques Morgantini notes by Bill Dahl
Jimmy Rogers discography | ||
38a | 1974 | Koko Taylor: Southside Baby resp. Southside Lady Black & Blue LP 33.505 track sequence: - I'm A Little Mixed Up (73-191) (3:38) # @ youtube - Wonder Why (73-185) (3:18) # @ youtube - What Kind Of Man Is This? (73-183-1) (4:55) # @ youtube - Black Nights (73-189-2) (3:55) # @ youtube - Love Me To Death (73-184-1) (4:04) # @ youtube - Wang Dang Doodle (73-163) (6:15) * @ youtube - I Got What It Takes (73-164) (4:50) * @ youtube - Twenty Nine Ways (73-165) (4:20) * @ youtube - I Got My Mojo Working (73-166) (3:24) * @ youtube
Black & Blue LP 33.542 track sequence:@ youtube (full album)
Black & Blue CD 59.542 / Evidence ECD 26007-2 track sequence:
notes by Bernard Niquet & Emmanuel Choisnel = Limited Edition LDR 3201 (Russia 2002) "Southside Lady" = Limited Edition LDR 3201 (Russia 2002)
Jimmy Rogers discography | ||
39 | 1975 | Willie Mabon: Shake That Thing - Riverboat - I Enjoy Myself In Pau - Shake That Thing - Poison Ivy - Hey Girl - Worry Blues - Hungry - I'm Mad - Got To Have Some - Lover Girl rec. June 29, 1973 at Condorcet Studio, Toulouse, France; Willie Mabon, voc, p, hca: Louis Myers, Jimmy Rogers, g; Dave Myers, b; Fred Below, dr
= P-Vine PCD 5532 | ||
40 | 1975 | Otis Rush: Screamin' And Cryin' Black & Blue 33.516 track sequence: - Looking Back § @ youtube - You're Gonna Need Me @ youtube (5:25) - It's My Own Fault @ youtube - I Can't Quit You Baby * @ youtube (7:15) - Everyday I Have The Blues @ youtube - A Beautiful Memory @ youtube (5:55) Black & Blue CD BB 516 / Evidence ECD 26014-2S track sequence: - Looking Back § (74-272-21) - You're Gonna Need Me (74-275-2) - It's My Own Fault (74-280) - I Can't Quit You Baby (74-274-1) * - Everyday I Have The Blues @ youtube - A Beautiful Memory (74-277) - I Got News For You (74-279) °° - I Can't Quit You Baby (74-274-2) °° °° CD bonus tracks unissued tracks from same session: - Looking Back (74-272-1) § - Let's Have A Natural Ball (74-273-1) - Let's Have A Natural Ball (74-273-2) - You're Gonna Need Me (74-275-1) - Frosty (74-276-1) - Frosty (74-276-2) - You're Gonna Need Me (74-275-3) - Let's Have A Natural Ball (74-273-3) - Frosty (74-276-3) rec. November 26, 1974 at Barclay studio, Paris, France; Otis Rush, voc, g; Jimmy Dawkins, g; Willie Mabon, p; § Sunnyland Slim, p; * Jerome Van Jones, p, org; James Green, b; Robert Plunkett, dr
notes by Didier Tricard notes by Armando Aflalo notes by Lois Ulrey Otis Rush discography | ||
40a | 1975 | Mickey Baker: Take A Look Inside - Make Your Bed Up Mama - Don't Doubt Me - Take A Look Inside - Blues Fell This Morning - Diggin' In My Potatoes - Playing With Danger # - I'll Always Be In Love With You # - She Brings Out The Animal - New York, New York - Tight Ropes & Bumpy Roads - Bewildered Mickey Baker, voc, g; Willie Mabon, p, hca; Dan Armstrong, b (except #); # Pete Morgan, b; Peter York, dr photos by Alan Johnson
notes by Tony Cummings notes by Tony Cummings Big Bear Records discography | ||
40b | 1975 | Rhythm And Blues Of Chicago Bluesscene USA Vol. 1 Elmore James - Knocking At Your Door Willie Mabon - Mean Mistreater Ricky Allen - Ouch T.V. Slim - You Can't Love Me A.C. Reed - Lotta Lovin' Ricky Allen - I Don't Got It Jesse Fortune - Good Things T.V. Slim - Hold Me Close To Your Heart Willie Mabon - I'm The Fixer A.C. Reed - This Little Voice Jesse Fortune - Heavy Heart Beat Ricky Allen - Early In The Morning Willie Mabon - Fannie Mae Jesse Fortune - Too Many Cooks front cover photo by Paul Oliver: Street musicians on Maxwell Street, Chicago
notes by Paul Oliver notes by Paul Oliver notes by Paul Oliver Storyville Records discography | ||
41 | 1976 | Willie Mabon Sings "I Don't Know" and other Chicago Blues Hits - Trouble Blues - Guilty Blues - Hang Loose Baby - Worry Blues - I'm Going To Get You - I Wonder - Poison Ivy - Hey Gal - My Baby Won't Write To Me - Thinkin' About You - I Don't Know rec. early 1972 in Chicago, IL; Willie Mabon, voc, p; Little Mac Simmons, hca; Mighty Joe Young, Eugene Pearson, g; Jimmy Richards, b; Bill Warren, dr Blues On Blues BOB 10004 | ||
41a | 1976 | Mighty Joe Young: Bluesy Josephine - Teasin' The Blues (tk 2) # @ youtube - Five Long Years * @ youtube - Sweet Home Chicago * @ youtube - Wisefool Express (instr) (tk 2) * @ youtube - Take Money (tk 3) # @ youtube Black & Blue CD 59.521 2 / Evidence ECD-26023-2 bonus tracks: - Fool's Advice (tk 3) @ youtube - Need A Friend @ youtube Black & Blue BB 442.2 track sequence: - Teasin' The Blues (tk 1) # (10:20) - Take Money (tk 1/2/3?) # (5:27) - Five Long Years * (9:21) - Wisefool Express (tk 1) * (6:32) - Take A Fool [sic] Advice (tk 3) (4:38) - Sweet Home Chicago (8:25) - Need A Friend (4:35) - Take Money (tk 2) # (5:18) [previously unissued] - Wisefool Express (tk 1) (5:43) [previously unissued] - Teasin' The Blues (tk 1) # (10:35) [previously unissued] unissued tracks from same session: - Take A Fool Advice (tk 1) - Take A Fool Advice (tk 2) - Take A Fool Advice (tk 4) - Take A Fool Advice (tk 5) - Take Money (tk 2) # - Take Money (tk 4) # rec. November 28, 1976 at Condorcet Studio, Toulouse, France; Mighty Joe Young, voc, g; * Ken Sajdak [Saydak], p (# Willie Mabon, p; Ken Sajdak [Saydak], org); Cornelius Boyson, b; Willie Hayes, dr photography Black & Blue 33.521 (1976) / CD 59.521 2 (1989): Brigitte Charvolin photography Black & Blue 33.521 (19??): Luc Nicolas-Morgantini photography Evidence ECD-26023-2 (1993): Joseph A. Rosen (MJY at Mancini's Club, McKee's Rocks, PA, c. 1979) photography Black & Blue 442.2 (2000): Jean-Pierre Tahmazian & Luc Nicholas Morgantini [sic], Brigitte Charvolin, Jean-Pierre Arniac & Willy Leiser
notes (in French) by Didier Tricard (English translation by Gwen Persiany) notes (in French) by Didier Tricard (English translation by Gwen Persiany) notes by Chris Heim notes (in French) by Jacques Périn (English translation by Jeff & Patricia Kresser) Mighty Joe Young discography | ||
42 | 197? | Sunnyland Slim: Worried About My Baby - Worried About My Baby - She Used To Love Me - So Glad - Levee Camp Blues - Depression Blues - I Got To Quit Ma Baby - See My Lawyer - It's You Baby - No More Whiskey - I Done You Wrong - Swinging In Paris rec. by Pierre Dobler at Barclay studio, Paris, France, Nov. 26, 1974: Sunnyland Slim, voc, p; Jimmy Dawkins, g; Willie Mabon, hca; James Green, b; Bob Plunkett, dr | ||
43 | 1976 | Heavy Timbre Chicago Boogie Piano Blind John Davis - Davis Boogie - A Little Every Day - I Almost Lost My Mind Sunnyland Slim - She's Got A Thing Goin' On - Canadian Walk - Gotta See My Lawyer Willie Mabon - I Don't Know Willie Mabon - World of Trouble - The Seventh Son Jimmy Walker - Four O'Clock Blues - I Just Want To Hold On Erwin Helfer - The Fives - Improvizations Sunnyland Slim organ / Erwin Helfer piano - Big Joe CD bonus tracks: Sunnyland Slim - Promote Sunnyland A Drink Blind John Davis - Kansas City Willie Mabon - Slow Blues Sunnyland Slim organ / Blind John Davis piano - Johnny Sunny Blues Jimmy Walker - Mr. Freddie Blues | ||
44 | 1976 | Boogie Woogie: Jean-Paul Amouroux And His Friends Duos with Memphis Slim, Sammy Price, Milt Buckner, Jay McShann, Willie Mabon - Boogie for 2 Pianos - Crazy Boogie - Lady Be Good Boogie - Mister Freddie Boogie - Sixth Avenue Express n 1 - Devil's Boogie - Honky Tonk Train Blues - My Chile - Pinetop's Boogie Woogie - Slapping the Boogie - Boogie for Fats Domino - Boogie for Chuck Berry - Boogie for Lionel Hampton - Boogie for 3 Pianos - Boogie Woogie Explosion = Media 7 MDCD 201 (1989) | ||
45 | 1978 | going to chicago blues! 1949-1957 Robert Jr. Lockwood - Aw Aw Baby [J.O.B. 1107] @ youtube - Sweet Woman From Maine [J.O.B. 1107] @ youtube L.C. McKinley - Blue Evening (Blues) [Vee Jay unissued] @ youtube J.B. Lenoir - In The Evening [J.O.B. unissued] @ youtube - Please Don't Go Away [J.O.B. unissued] @ youtube Forest City Joe - Ash Street Boogie [Aristocrat unissued] @ youtube Willie Mabon - It's Gonna Hurt You [Federal unissued] # @ youtube - Got To Find My Baby [Federal unissued] # @ youtube - It's Gonna Hurt You (short version) # [not listed on back cover & label!] Robert Jenkins Trio - Steelin' Boogie pt. 1 [Parkway 103] @ youtube - Steelin' Boogie pt. 2 [Parkway 103] @ youtube Sunnyland Slim - Back To Korea [Sunny 101] @ youtube - It's All Over Now [Sunny 101] @ youtube # rec. August 16, 1957 in Chicago, IL; Willie Mabon, voc, p; Ellis Hunter, g, Bill Anderson, b; Lonnie Lee Evans, dr A Division of Son Brimmer Enterprises Album production: Joe Willie Gilmore Liner notes: Hayes Williams Mastering: Friday Ford Studios Design and Calligraphy: Garfield Akers Photos: Dudlow Tutwiler Archives | ||
46 | 1979 | Willie Mabon: Chicago Blues Session!@ youtube - Little Red Rooster @ youtube - Lonely Blues @ youtube - It's A Shame @ Spotify - Moanin' Blues @ youtube - Monday Woman (A Tribute to Jimmy Reed) @ youtube - Louise (A Tribute to Howlin' Wolf) @ youtube - Seventh Son (Dedicated to Willie Dixon) @ Spotify - I'm Mad @ youtube - A Change Is Gonna Come @ Spotify rec. July 4th, 1979 at Odyssey Sound Studio, Chicago, IL; Willie Mabon, voc, p, hca; Hubert Sumlin, g; Eddie Taylor, g; Aron Burton, b; Casey Jones, dr Bellaphon CDLR 82003 - Little Red Rooster - Lonely Blues - It's A Shame - Moanin' Blues - Monday Woman (A Tribute to Jimmy Reed) - Louise (A Tribute to Howlin' Wolf) - Seventh Son (Dedicated to Willie Dixon) - I'm Mad - A Change Is Gonna Come - I Don't Know # @ Spotify - Mabon's Boogie # @ Spotify # additional tracks from L+R 42.013
notes by Willy Leiser inner sleeve notes by Willy Leiser ("About Willie Mabon") and Horst Lippmann ("About The Session")
L+R Records discography | ||
47 | 1979 | Blues Roots: Give Me The Blues The Living Tradition LP 1: Smoky Babe - Boogy Avery Brady - I Don't Want You No More Doug Quattlebaum - Good Woman Blues Huddie Ledbetter - Frankie And Albert, parts 1 + 2 [Jimmy Brewer - Big Road Blues Even though shown on the cover as well as on the label track listing and even though there's a picture and a short bio of Jim Brewer in the liner notes, this Jim Brewer track is actually / erroneously? not included; instead there's the following Arthur Weston track !!!] Arthur Weston - Someday Baby Big Joe Williams - Long Road Blues Big Bill Broonzy - You Better Mind Clarence Edwards - Mean Old Frisco Bert Logan, Russ Logan, Big Joe Williams - Four O'Clock In The Morning Big Arthur 'Big Boy' Spires - 21 Below Zero Johnny Young - Green Door Blues Arthur Weston - Roll Me Over Slow LP 2: Champion Jack Dupree - Back Door Special Roosevelt Sykes - Southern Style Piano Henry Brown - Low Down Drag Memphis Slim - Funky Blues Jimmy Yancey - Yancey Special Sunnyland Slim - Sunnyland's Boogie Speckled Red - Cow Cow Blues Otis Spann - The Skies Are Blue Memphis Slim - A Letter Home Otis Spann - Boots And Shoes Memphis Slim - Rebecca Blues Willie Mabon - I'm The Fixer Champion Jack Dupree - I Just Want To Be Free compiled by Manfred Miller front cover lino-cut by Hartmut Heumann
DLP
Storyville Records discography | ||
48 | 1979 | Willie Mabon & Jean-Paul Amouroux: Boogie Woogie For 2 Pianos - Boogie In The Garden * - Klickety Klock * - I Don't Know * - Willie's Blues * - Boogie Woogie Time - When The Saints Go Marchin' In # * - Willie's Boogie Woogie * - Boogie All Night Long - Honky Tonk Train Blues - Shake Eattle And Roll * - Pinetop's Boogie Woogie * - Slapping The Boogie * rec. February 22 & 23, 1979 live at Jardin de Beaubourg in Paris, France; Willie Mabon, left p, voc, # hca; Jean-Paul Amouroux, right p; * Gilles Chevaucherie, b | ||
Willie Mabon & Jean-Paul Amouroux: Boogie Woogie For 2 Pianos Vol. 2 Milan unissued | ||||
49 | 1980 | The first Blues Sampler Louisiana Red & Sunnyland Slim Blues Band - Chicago, Glad To Be Back Home J.B. Lenoir - I Feel So Good The Eddie Taylor Blues Band + Carey Bell - Wreck On 83 Highway Willie Dixon with Hubert Sumlin, Sunnyland Slim - My Babe Eddie Boyd with Buddy Guy a.o. - Blue Monday Blues Eunice Davis with Wasboard Doc, Lucky & Flash a.o. - Rock Little Daddy Hubert Sumlin & Carey Bell - Brought Up The Hard Way Willie Mabon with Hubert Sumlin, Eddie Taylor a.o. - Monday Woman Wasboard Doc, Lucky & Flash; guest Lousiana Red - Early One Morning Philadelphia Jerry Ricks & Oscar Klein - Levee Woman Sunnyland Slim Blues Band; guest Carey Bell - Tired Of Travelling Lousiana Red - Witchcraft Blues tracks from other L+R LPs, and unissued takes L+R Records discography | ||
50 | 1980 | Willie Mabon: I'm The Fixer - I'm The Fixer [USA 741] - Lover Gal [previously unissued] - Just Got Some [USA 735] - I'm Hongry [USA 750] - Some More [USA 759] - Don't Let That Music Die [previously unissued] - Somebody Gotta Pay [USA 767] - Harmonica Special (instr) [USA 767] - New Orleans Blues [USA 759] - Some Time I Wonder [USA 787] - Something For Nothing [USA 805] - Baby Sweet [USA 805] notes by Alan Balfour Flyright Records discography | ||
51 | 1981 DLP | American Folk Blues Festival '80 LP 1: Louisiana Red - Pretty Woman # - I Wonder Who # - Lonesome Train # - Tribute To Mama Spivey # °° Willie Mabon - Mabon's Boogie * @ Spotify - I Don't Know * @ Spotify Washboard Doc, Lucky & Flash - Shake, Rattle And Roll || Eunice Davis - Rock Little Daddy °° Washboard Doc, Lucky & Flash - Flip, Flop And Fly || Hubert Sumlin & Carey Bell - Gamblin' Woman // - I Got A Little Thing They Call The Swing // LP 2: Carey Bell - One Day I Get Lucky \\ - Nineteen Years Old \\ - What My Mama Told Me \\ Sunnyland Slim - Everytime I get To Drinking § Sunnyland Slim - Sunnyland's New Orleans Boogie § Eddie Taylor - Dust My Broom $ - There'll Be A Day $ Louisiana Red - Labour Blues ## - Thirty Dirty Women # °° °° not on CD rec. April 20 in Saarbrücken, April 22 in Mannheim, May 5 in Hamburg and May 7 in Düsseldorf, Germany # Louisiana Red, voc, g * Willie Mabon, voc, p; Hubert Sumlin, g; Eddie Taylor, g; Robert Stroger, b; Odie Payne, dr || Joseph "Washboard Doc", washboard; Cab Lucky, g, voc; John "Flash" Whitner, washtub b, humazoo, voc; Louisiana Red, dobro °° Eunice Davis, voc; Sunnyland Slim, p // Hubert Sumlin, voc, g; Carey Bell, hca; Eddie Taylor, g \\ Carey Bell, voc, hca; Hubert Sumlin, g; Eddie Taylor, g; Robert Stroger, b; Odie Payne, dr § Sunnyland Slim, voc, p; Carey Bell, hca; Hubert Sumlin, Eddie Taylor, g; Robert Stroger, b; Odie Payne, dr $ Eddie Taylor, voc, g; Carey Bell, hca; Hubert Sumlin, g; Robert Stroger, b; Odie Payne, dr ## Louisiana Red, voc, g; Carey Bell, hca; Sunnyland Slim, p; Hubert Sumlin, g; Robert Stroger, b; Odie Payne, dr photos by Ulla Reimer, Gerd Scheffler and Norbert Hess
notes by Norbert Hess 4 CD box American Folk Blues Festival discography | ||
52 | 1982 | Willie Mabon & His Combo: The Seventh Son - I Don't Know - Worry Blues - I'm Mad - Night Latch - You're A Fool - Monday Woman - I Got To Go - Cruisin' - Late Again - Would You Baby ? - Poison Ivy - Say Man - Wow I Feel So Good - Come On Baby - The Seventh Son - Lucinda - Knock On Wood - Got To Let You Go | ||
53 | 1982 | Willie Mabon: I'm A Heart Regulator Blues Roots Vol. 16 - I Don't Know [Parrot 1050 / Chess 1531] - Begger Or Bandit [previously unissued] - You're A Fool [Chess 1548] - Monday Woman [Chess 1548] - Willie's Blues [previously unissued] - Someday You Gotta Pay [previously unissued] - Poison Ivy [previously unissued] - I'm Mad At You [previously unissued] - Lonely Blues [previously unissued] - I'm Tired [previously unissued] - He Lied [previously unissued] - Knock On Wood [Chess 1627] - Why Did It Happen To Me [previously unissued] - Seventh Son [Chess 1608] 'Blues Roots' series originally compiled by Manfred Miller & Wolfgang Michels cover photo by Stephanie Wiesand Chess GCH 8099 / Chess CH 9189 prod. for reissue by Milton Malden, Norman Schoenfeld & Freddi Jefferies
notes by Manfred Miller 'Blues Roots' discography | ||
54 | 1984 | Willie Mabon: Mr. I-Don't-Know Man - Knock On Wood - The Seventh Son - Poison Ivy - You're A Fool - He Lied - Willie's Blues - Say Man - Someday You Gotta Pay - I Don't Know - Worry Blues - Monday Woman - Night Latch - I'm Mad At You - I'm Mad - I Got To Go - Why Did It Happen To Me | ||
55 | 1984 | Willie Mabon: CHESS Masters - I Don't Know - Beggar Or Bandit - You're A Fool - Monday Woman - Willie's Blues - Someday You Gotta Pay - Poison Ivy - I'm Mad (alt tk) [previously unissued] - Lonely Blues - I'm Tired - He Lied - Knock On Wood - Why Didn't It Happen To Me - The Seventh Son | ||
56 | 1986 | Atlantic Blues: Piano - Yancey Special - Jimmy Yancey - Talkin' Boogie - Little Brother Montgomery - Mournful Blues - Jimmy Yancey - Farish Street Jive - Little Brother Montgomery * - Salute To Pinetop - Jimmy Yancey - Vicksburg Blues 1951 - Little Brother Montgomery * - Shave 'Em Dry - Jimmy Yancey - Frankie And Johnny - Champion Jack Dupree - T.B. Blues - Champion Jack Dupree - Strollin' - Champion Jack Dupree - Ball The Wall - Professor Longhair * - Tipitina - Professor Longhair - Blue Sender - Vann Piano Man Walls - After Midnight - Vann Piano Man Walls - Roll 'Em Pete - Joe Turner with Pete Johnson, p - 'Fore Day Rider - Jay McShann - Cherry Red - - My Chile - Jay McShann - Cow Cow Blues - Meade Lux Lewis - Albert's Blues - Meade Lux Lewis - Honky Tonk Train Blues - Meade Lux Lewis - Ray's Blues - Ray Charles * - Low Society - Ray Charles - A Bit Of Soul - Ray Charles * - Hey Bartender - Floyd Dixon - Floyd's Blues - Floyd Dixon - After Hours Blues - Texas Johnny Brown - Junco Partner - Doctor John - I Don't Know - Willie Mabon # * not included on CD reissue # rec. October 24, 1976 in Chicago, IL; Willie Mabon, voc, p; Mick Jagger, hca; Lurrie Bell, b; Morris Jennings, dr; prod. by Ahmet Ertegun & Mick Jagger
2 LP set 4 CD set | ||
56a | 1987 | The Best of Chess Blues Volume One - Rollin' Stone - Muddy Waters - Black Angel Blues (Sweet Black Angel) - Robert Nighthawk - 24 Hours - Eddie Boyd and His Chess Men - Seventh Son - Willie Mabon - Reconsider Baby - Lowell Fulsom - (I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man - Muddy Waters - Smokestack Lightnin' - Howlin' Wolf - Juke - Little Walter & His Night Cats - Eisenhower Blues - J.B. Lenoir - Walking By Myself - Jimmy Rogers - Don't Start Me Talkin' - Sonny Boy Williamson - Boom Boom (Out Go The Lights) - Little Walter compiled by Andy McKaie | ||
56b | 1991 | The Blues Volume 6 '50s Rarities - Goin' Back Home - Howlin' Wolf - Juke (U 7437-4) - Little Walter [previously unissued] - Funeral Hearse At My Door - Rocky Fuller - Date Bait - Blue Smitty & His String Men - Lake Michigan - Memphis Minnie - What Kind Of Gal Is That? - Little Joe E. Lee - I Don't Know - Sonny Boy Williamson II - Would You Call Me A Fool? - Percy Mayfield - All Night Long - Muddy Waters - Gary Stomp - John Brim - Overseas - Floyd Jones - Got Lonesome Here - Eddie Boyd - Messin' Around With The Blues - Alberta Adams - I'm Mad (alt tk) - Willie Mabon - Alarm Clock Blues - Floyd Dixon - Don't Drive Me Baby - Lowell Fulson | ||
56c | 1992 | The Ultimate Blues Collection Volume 2 CD 1: Willie Mabon - I Don't Know - Rainy Night In Georgia Carey Bell - She's Nineteen Years Old Fernest Arcenaux - The Things I Used To Do Archie Edwards - Boogie Woogie Mama # Big Jay McNeely - Pretty Girls - Country Boy Detroit Gary Wiggins - That What You Doin' To Me Luther Allison - The Dock Of The Bay - Let's Try It Again CD 2: John Lee Hooker - Introduction - Goin' To California - Black Night Is Falling - Crawlin' Kingsnake John Cephas - Richmond Blues # - St. James Infirmary # Louisiana Red - Louisiana Boogie - When My Mama Was Livin' - Got Sad News - Stop Doggin' Me Around Sam Chatmon - I Gets The Blues # - St. Louis Blues # CD 3: Champion Jack Dupree - Wine, Wine, Wine - You Can Make It Memphis Piano Red - Mother-In-Law Blues # - Barrelhouse Blues # Erwin Helfer and The Chicago Allstars - Sneaky Pete - 4 O'clock Blues Tommy Tucker - Blues Had A Baby - Hard Luck Blues - Five Long Years # - Drifting Blues # # previously unreleased
3 CD set Ornament Records discography | ||
56d | 1992 | The Ultimate Blues Collection Volume 3 CD 1: Karen Carroll - Little Red Rooster - Woke Up This Morning - Big Boss Man - Sweet Home Chicago Maisha Grant - Help Me Through The Day - Mellow Down Easy - Mama Talk To Your Daughter - Please Love Me The Cat - Tin Roof Rules Katie Webster - When Something Is Wrong With My Baby - Misty Blue CD 2: Thomas Shaw - I'm Broke And I Haven't Got A Dime - Sail Along Little Girl Joanna Connor - Guitar Woman - The Sky Is Crying VGO / Ed Morris - Talking Hard Luck Blues James 'Son' Thomas - Bull Cow Blues Luther Allison - Fight - Freedom Thomas Shaw - Smokey Mountain - Mini Blues Sam Chatmon - Sittin' On Top Of The World CD 3: Willie Mabon - Klickety Klock - Lover Girl - Dorsey's Boogie - The Seventh Son The Cat - I Love My Baby - Came Home This Morning - Rockin' The Subway 'Big Moose' Walker - Don't Cry Baby Little Willie Littlefield - Adam Come And Get Your Bone - Prisoner For Tonight Tommy Tucker - Trouble In Mind
3 CD set | ||
57 | 1993 | Willie Mabon: Seventh Son Charly Masterworks Vol. 44 - I Don't Know - I'm Mad (alt tk) [previously unissued] - Got To Have It [previously unissued] - Beggar Or Bandit - You're A Fool - Monday Woman - I'm Tired - Lonely Blues - Willie's Blues - Poison Ivy - He Lied - Someday You Gotta Pay - The Seventh Son - Knock On Wood - Why Didn't It Happen To Me - I'm Mad At You 1952-1960 Formal, USA, Mad recordings | ||
58 | 1992 | Sunnyland Slim: House Rent Party with Jimmy Rogers, Willie Mabon, St. Louis Jimmy, ... - I'm Just A Lonesome Man (2:33) (Sunnyland Slim) - Sad Old Sunday (Mother's Day) (2:00) (St. Louis Jimmy) - Boogie Man (= Bogey Man) (3:10) [Apollo 450] (Willie Mabon) - Hard Time (When Mother's Gone) (2:37) (Sunnyland Slim) - Chicago Woman (2:52) (St. Louis Jimmy) - I'm In Love (2:31) (Jimmy Rogers) - Bad Times (Cost Of Living) (2:51) (Sunnyland Slim) - Nervous Breakdown (2:41) (St. Louis Jimmy) - It Keeps Raining (2:47) [Apollo 450] (Willie Mabon) - Brown Skin Woman (Sunnyland Slim) - Old Age Has Got Me (2:43) (St. Louis Jimmy) - That's All Right (2:24) (Jimmy Rogers) - Sad Old Sunday (alt) (3:28) (St. Louis Jimmy) - I'm Just A Lonesome Man (alt) (2:47) (Sunnyland Slim) - Bad Times (alt) (Sunnyland Slim) (2:48)
notes by John Brisbin Delmark Records discography | ||
59 | 1994 | Hubert Sumlin: Blues Anytime! - It's You Baby * - Love You Woman * - Everytime I Get To Drinking * - When I Feel Better * - Blues Anytime * - I Love * - Leavy [sic] Camp Moan * - My Babe * - Hubert's Blues * - We Gonna Jump * - Big Legged Woman * - Too Late For Me To Pray * - Mabon's Boogie # - I Don't Know # - Woodchopping Blues °° - I Love °° - Everything I Do Gonna Be Funky °° * rec. Nov. 1, 1964 at the Amiga-Studios in East-Berlin, GDR; Hubert Sumlin with Sunnyland Slim, Willie Dixon, Clifton James (from L+R 42.004 (1981)) # rec. April 20/22th, and May 5/7th, 1980 in Saarbrücken, Mannheim, Hamburg, and Düsseldorf, Germany; Willie Mabon, voc, p; Hubert Sumlin, voc, g; Eddie Taylor, el. g; Robert Stroger, b; Odie Payne, dr (from L+R 42.013 (1981)) °° rec. March 17, 1981 at the Siegerlandhalle. Siegen, Germany; Hubert Sumlin, voc, g; Louisiana Red, voc, g; Lurrie Bell, g; Robert Stroger, b; Odie Payne, dr (from L+R 42.022 (1981)) L+R Records discography | ||
60 | 1995 | The Best of Willie Mabon: I Don't Know Chicago Rhythm & Blues Piano - I Got To Have Some - Mean Mistreater - Why Did It Happen To Me - Fannie Mae - Sometime I Wonder - I'm Hungry - Just Got Some - Harmonica Special - Too Hot To Handle - Somebody's Gotta Pay - I Don't Know - Shake That Thing - Dorsey's Boogie Woogie - Little Red Rooster - Rockin' Willie | ||
61 | 6/1997 | Chess Blues Piano Greats The Chess 50th Anniversary Collection disc 1 Eddie Boyd - 24 Hours - Got Lonesome Here - I Got The Blues - I Began To Sing The Blues °° - Rosa Lee Swing - Blues For Baby - Hard Time Gettin' Started - Third Degree - Just A Fool - Rattin' And Running Around - Hush Baby, Don't You Cry - Instrumental (tk 2) (instr) (=? Back Beat, tk 2) °° - Picture In The Frame - Nothing But Trouble - Got Me Seein' Double - What's The Matter Baby? °° - Life Gets To Be A Burden - Hotel Blues °° - Come On Home - Five Long Years °° Otis Spann - It Must Have Been The Devil - Five Spot (instr) - I'm Leaving You - I'm In Love With You Baby disc 2 Willie Mabon - Don't Know - Worry Blues - I'm Mad - Got To Have It - Monday Woman - I Got To Go - Life Could Be Miserable °° - Late Again - Willie's Blues - Say Man - Poison Ivy - Wow! I Feel So Good - The Seventh Son [Chess 1608] - Lucinda [Chess 1608?] °°? - Someday You Will Have To Pay - He Lied - Knock On Wood - I Love My Baby °° Lafayette Leake - Slow Leake - Wrinkles (live) - Swiss Boogie (live) compiled by Andy McKaie with Don Snowdon; prod. by Andy McKaie cover photo by Ray Flerlage °° previously unreleased (in the USA)
2 CD set Eddie Boyd discography | ||
62 | 1999 | I Blueskvarter Chicago 1964, Volume One CD One: Willie Mabon - Michelle @ Spotify - I'm Hungry @ Spotify - I Don't Know @ Spotify - New Orleans Blues @ Spotify - I'm The Fixer @ Spotify James Brewer - I Know A Woman, She Lives Up The Hill @ Spotify - Big Road Blues @ Spotify - Blues In The Morning, Blues Every Turn Around @ Spotify - Poor Kelly Blues @ Spotify - I Don't No Woman, She Got Hair Like Drops Of Rain @ Spotify Eddie Boyd (+ Mike Bloomfield) - Five Long Years @ Spotify - Her Picture In The Frame @ Spotify - Early Grave @ Spotify - The Big Question @ Spotify - Look Over Younder Wall @ Spotify Yank Rachell - Going To Pack Up My Things And Go @ Spotify - Every Night And Day, I Hear My Baby Call My Name @ Spotify - My Baby Rocks Me @ Spotify - My Baby's Gone, Soon I'll Be Gone Myself @ Spotify CD Two: Johnny Young (+ Slim Willis, Otis Spann, Robert Whitehead) - Why Did You Break My Heart @ Spotify - Better Cut It Out @ Spotify - My Baby Walked Out And Left @ Spotify - Step By, Baby @ Spotify - Monkey-Face Woman @ Spotify Sunnyland Slim (+ Mike Bloomfield) - Brownskin Woman @ Spotify - It's You Baby @ Spotify - One Room Country Shack @ Spotify - Sunnyland's Jump @ Spotify - Rock Me @ Spotify Big Walter Horton (+ Robert Nighthawk) - Let's Have A Good Time @ Spotify - Mean Mistreater @ Spotify - I'm In The Mood @ Spotify - Louise, Louise @ Spotify - You Don't Mistreat Me @ Spotify - Trouble In Mind @ Spotify Interviews (& Olle Helander) Willie Mabon @ Spotify James Brewer @ Spotify Eddie Boyd @ Spotify Yank Rachell @ Spotify unissued tracks from same session: Yank Rachell - Texas Tony (takes 1 to 3) - Bye Bye Baby - Sometimes I Believe My Baby Treats Me Wrong - My Rock Is My Steady Pistol CD 1 tracks all rec. May 16, 1964 in Chicago, IL Willie Mabon, voc, p James Brewer, voc, g Eddie Boyd, voc, p; Mike Bloomfield, g Yank Rachell, voc, mand, g; Mike Bloomfield, p; John Lee Granderson, g CD 2 tracks all rec. May 1964 in Chicago, IL Johnny Young rec. May 23, 1964; Johnny Young, voc, g; Slim Willis, hca; Otis Spann, p; Robert Whitehead, dr Sunnyland Slim rec. May 19, 1964; Sunnyland Slim, voc, p Walter Horton rec. May 23, 1964; Walter Horton, voc, hca; Robert Nighthawk, g all interviews rec. May 16, 1964
2 CD set | ||
63 | 1999 | Chicago Blues From Federal Records Kid Thomas - Wolf Pack - The Spell - Jivin' Mess - You're Fine - Come Here Woman - Beulah Come Back - Here Is My Story - Ride On, Ride On Smokey Smothers - I've Been Drinking Muddy Water [Federal 12395] - Blind And Dumb Man Blues [Federal 12441] - Hello Little School Girl [Federal 12466] - Come On Rock Little Girl [Federal 12405] Willie Mabon - Light Up Your Lamp [Federal 12306] - Rosetta Rosetta [Federal 12306] - It's Gonna Hurt You [Negro Rhythm 107] - Got To Find My Baby [Negro Rhythm 107] Bobby King - I Want You To Rock Me - Two Telephones - W-A-S-T-E-D - What A Day What A Night Eddie Clearwater - Real Good Time - Hey Bernardine
notes (1998) by Ray Topping Smokey Smothers discography | ||
64 | 2002 | Don't Worry 'bout The Bear disc 1: - Shake Your Boogie - Snooky Pryor - After You There Won't Be Nobody Else - Snooky Pryor - Crossroads - Homesick James - Highway 51 - Homesick James - Honeydripper - Big John Wrencher - Seems Like A Million Years - Eddie "Playboy" Taylor - Ready For Eddie - Eddie "Playboy" Taylor - Don't Worry 'Bout the Bear - Doctor Ross - I'm A Mannish Boy - Doctor Ross - Got Something To Tell You [live] - Doctor Ross, Chicago Aces - Sneaky Pete - Erwin Helfer - Homage To AA And PJ - Erwin Helfer, Bob Hall - Texas Flood - Whispering Smith - Walkin' In The Park - Lightnin' Slim - 12th Street Boogie - G.P. Jackson - Meet Me In The Alley - Johnny Mars, Boogie Woogie Red & Baby Boy Warren disc 2: - She's in L.A. - Eddie "Guitar" Burns - Do It If You Wanna - Eddie "Guitar" Burns - Viper Song - Boogie Woogie Red - I Wish You Would - Billy Boy Arnold - It's My Own Fault - Johnny Mars - I've Been Down So Long - Johnny Mars - Klickety Klock - Willie Mabon - Blues Fell This Morning - Mickey Baker - I'll Always Be In Love With You - Mickey Baker - Alimony - Tommy Tucker - Buzzard Luck - Billy "The Kid" Emerson - Blues For My Baby - Charles Brown - So Tired - Gene "The Mighty Flea" Connors - Let The Good Times Roll - Gene "The Mighty Flea" Connors - Honky Tonk - Gene "The Mighty Flea" Connors - When A Woman Loves A Man - Cousin Joe
2 CD set | ||
65 | 2002 | The USA Records Blues Story - Figure Head - Lonnie Brooks - The Duck Walk - Eddy Clearwater - Some Time I Wonder - Willie Mabon - From My Heart - Fenton Robinson - Going Or Coming - Ricky Allen - Forget It - Jimmy Burns - It's Bad To Make A Woman Mad - Detroit Junior - You Better Stop - Andrew Brown - Hard Times (Follow Me) - Mighty Joe Young - Like Heaven To Me - Koko Taylor - I Feel So Good - J.B. Lenoir - I'd Rather Fight Than Switch - A.C. Reed - Just Got Some - Willie Mabon - Too Many Cooks - Jesse Fortune - Crossroads - Homesick James - I Have Made A Change - Ricky Allen - She's A Sweet One - Junior Wells - Through All Your Faults - Jimmy Burns - Call My Job - Detroit Junior - Momee, Momee - Eddy Clearwater - Something Can Go Wrong - Andrew Brown - I'm Not Going Home - Lonnie Brooks - Say You're Leavin' - Fenton Robinson - My Baby's Sweet - Homesick James - Honky Tonky - Koko Taylor - Good Things - Jesse Fortune compiled by Bill Dahl
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65a | 2003 | The Best of Mad Records - Angels In the Sky - John McKinney & Premiers - Underneath the Sun - Equallos - Say It - Freddie & Freeloaders - I Don't Know - Willie Mabon [Mad 1300] - When It Rains It Pours - Billy the Kid Emerson - Come Here - Four Shades of Rhythm - Don't Say Goodbye - Rudy Robinson & Tone Blenders - Big Nellie's - Tony Smith - Patty Patty - Equallos - Cha Cha Boogie - Louis Capenter's All Stars - Jess One Mo Time - Madman Jones - Michelle - Willie Mabon [Mad 1298] - Ala Cart - Red Hollander - I Never Get Enough - Billy the Kid Emerson - Sugar In My Tea - Piney Brown & Blues Toppers - Gee (How I Love You) - John McKinney & Premiers - In Between Tears - Equallos - Hi Fi Apartment - Mad Man Jones - Background - Lefty Bates - Nursery Love - Little Prince & Freeloaders - When You're Hurtin - Rudy Robinson & Tone Blenders - I Got To Have Her - Willie Mabon [Mad 1300] - Oh Henry - Mad Man Jones - Am I Blue - Lefty Bates - Simple Steps - Red Hollander - Tell Me Why - Johnny Holliday - My Love - Piney Brown & Blues Toppers - Rooster Rock - Mad Man Jones - I Gotta Go Now - Willie Mabon [Mad 1298] - Yeah - Louis Carpenter's All Stars - Yodelin - Equallos Harvey Hill discography | ||
66 | 2004 | I Blueskvarter Chicago 1964, Volume Three CD One: Snooks Eaglin - Yours Truly @ Spotify - Pine Top's Boogie Woogie @ Spotify - My Babe @ Spotify - Let Me Go Home, Whiskey @ Spotify - Careless Love @ Spotify - Rock Island Line @ Spotify - C.C. Rider @ Spotify - I'm Looking For A Woman @ Spotify - Hello Dolly @ Spotify - Lonesome Road @ Spotify Babe Stovall - Good Morning Blues @ Spotify - Candy Man @ Spotify - Fo' Day Blues @ Spotify - Gonna Move To Kansas City @ Spotify Johnny Moment - Keep Our Business To Yourself @ Spotify - You Got To Mind How To Treat Someone Else @ Spotify Will Shade - I Got The Blues So Bad @ youtube @ Spotify - I Can't Stand It @ youtube @ Spotify Furry Lewis - Baby, I Know You Don't Love Me @ Spotify Earl Bell - Travellin' Man @ Spotify - Terraplane Blues @ Spotify Moose Williams - Mother Keep Your Light Burning High In The Window @ Spotify CD Two: Willie Mabon - Somebody's Got To Pay @ Spotify Big Walter Horton - West Side Blues @ Spotify - Tin Pan Alley @ Spotify - This Is It @ Spotify Sunnyland Slim - Prison Bound @ Spotify Paul Butterfield Blues Band - Hot Potatoes @ Spotify - One Room Country Shack @ Spotify Little Brother Montgomery - Vicksburg Blues @ Spotify Johnny Young - You Got Bad Blood, I Think You Need A Shoot @ Spotify Washboard Sam - Mama Don't Allow @ Spotify Big Joe Williams - Rootin' Groundhog @ Spotify - Southern Blues @ Spotify - King's Highway Blues @ Spotify Champion Jack Dupree - Improvisations and Interview 1 @ Spotify - Drive 'em Down Special @ Spotify - Improvisations and Interview 2 @ Spotify - I Feel Like A Millionaire @ Spotify - Improvisations and Interview 3 @ Spotify - Barrelhouse Woman @ Spotify - Improvisations and Interview 4 @ Spotify Snooks Eaglin tracks rec. June 2, 1964 in New Orleans, LA Babe Stovall tracks rec. June 2, 1964 at the Art Gallery, St. Peter Street, New Orleans, LA Johnny Moment, Will Shade, Furry Lewis, Earl Bell, and Moose Williams rec. May 26, 1964 at Will Shade's apartment, Memphis, TN CD 2 tracks rec. May 1964 at Southerland Lounge, Chicago, IL Willie Mabon track rec. May 16, 1964 at Southerland Lounge, Chicago, IL; Willie Mabon, voc, p except Big Joe Williams tracks rec. May 18, 1961 at Willie Dixon's home in Chicago,IL Champion Jack Dupree tracks rec. January 26, 1964 at Sveriges Radio, Karlaplansstudion in Stockholm, Sweden
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67 | 2005 | The Chronological Willie Mabon 1949 - 1954 - Bogey Man [Apollo 450] - It Keeps Raining [Apollo 450] - Worry Blues - I Don't Know - I'm Mad - Got To Have It - Beggar Or Bandit - Night Latch - You're A Fool - Monday Woman - I Got To Go - Cruisin' - I'm Tired - Would You Baby ? - Late Again - Come On Baby - Lonely Blues - Willie's Blues - Poison Ivy - Say Man | ||
68 | 2013 | Willie Mabon: Willie's Blues The Greatest Hits 1952 - 1957 - Worry Blues - I'm Mad - Got To Have It - Beggar Or Bandit - You're A Fool - Monday Woman - I Got To Go - Life Could Be Miserable - I'm Tired - Late Again - Poison Ivy - Say Man - Lonely Blues - Willie's Blues - Wow I Feel So Good - Someday You Will Have To Pay - He Lied - The Seventh Son - Lucinda - Knock On Wood - Light Up Your Lamp - Rosetta Rosetta - It's Gonna Hurt You - Got To Find My Baby | ||
69 | 2014 | Hidden Gems Volume Three: Aristocrat Blues Rockers - Trouble In My Home Chas. Bradix - Wee Wee Hours Seven Melody Men - I'm On My Way 5 Blazes - Chicago Boogie Jump Jackson & Orch. - The Greatest Mistake Blues Rockers - Blues Rockers' Bop Clarence Samuels with Dave Young's Orchestra - I Don't Love You Mamie Rev. "Gatemouth" Moore & His Congregation - The Bible's Being Fulfilled Every Day Jump Jackson & His Orch. - Hey Pretty Mama Floyd Smith - Blue Moods Dozier Boys - All I Need Is You Blues Rockers - Times Are Getting Hard 5 Blazes - All My Geets Are Gone Clarence Samuels with Dave Young's Orch. - Boogie Woogie Blues Duke Jenkins Aristocrats - Berceuse Chas. Bradix - Numbered Days Blues Rockers - When Times Get Better Seven Melody Men - Nobody Knows - Nobody Cares Floyd Smith - Saturday Nite Boogie Sax Mallard & His Orch. - Summit Ridge Drive Duke Jenkins Aristocrats - Baby I'm Sick Of You Dozier Boys - She's Gone Prince Cooper Trio - Night Fall Horace Palm with Duke Groner Trio - Lilacs In The Rain | ||
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Sources / Further reading: - own record collection - Bob Eagle & Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues - A Regional Experience.- Santa Barbara (Praeger Publishers) 2013, p. 245 - Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970 (2nd edition).- Vancouver (Eyeball Productions) 2012, pp. 242,/nbsp;407-408, 415 - Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970 (3rd edition).- Vancouver (Eyeball Productions) 2019, pp. 51, 418-419 - Bez Turner, Guido van Rijn & Jim O'Neal (with help from Alan Balfour): Willie Mabon discography.- Blues Unlimited 143 (1982), pp. 29-31 - http://campber.people.clemson.edu/aristocrat.html (Aristocrat discography) - http://campber.people.clemson.edu/chess2.html (Chess discography) - http://campber.people.clemson.edu/parrot.html (Parrot discography) - http://www.ne.jp/asahi/ko-1/crossroads/label/crown/crown.htm - http://campber.people.clemson.edu/mad.html - eBay auctions - diverse internet resources thanks to Alan Balfour, Marc Claes, Phil Wight, Lex Jansen, Max Hoeffner, Robert Pruter, Kedric Mabon, Johnny Alexander and Jesse Birdsall for additional info / scans
Odie Payne, Little Johnny Jones, Willie Mabon, Big Bill Hill, Sam Dawson, Caledonia Lounge, Chicago 1950 source: Blues Forum Nr. 2 (März/April/Mai 1981), p. 41; photographer's name not given; photoshop treated by Stefan Wirz
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