Illustrated Arhoolie Records discography

"Arhoolie Records, Box No. 5073, Berkeley 5, Calif."

"Arhoolie Records, Box 9195, Berkeley, Ca. 94709"

"Arhoolie Records, 10341 San Pablo Ave., El Cerrito, CA 94530"

"Arhoolie" is a trademark
of Arhoolie Productions, Inc. - 10341 San Pablo Ave., El Cerrito, CA 94530 - PH: (510)5257471
e-mail: info@arhoolie.com

www.arhoolie.com

rec. April 16, 1961 in Berkeley, CA; Mercy Dee Walton, voc, p; Sidney Maiden, hca; Otis Cherry, dr

Mercy Dee Walton discography

7 inch 45 rpm

Arhoolie 45-501

rec. July 28, 1961 in Memphis, TN; R.C. Smith, voc, g; #

R.C. Smith discography

7 inch 45 rpm

Arhoolie 45-503

rec. August 19, 1963 in Berkeley, CA; K.C. Douglas, voc, g; Clarence Van Hook, ts; George Hurst, p; Jimmy Rainey, dr

K.C. Douglas discography

7 inch 45 rpm

Arhoolie 45-504

7 inch 45 rpm

Arhoolie 45-507

7 inch 45 rpm

Arhoolie 45-510

7 inch 45 rpm

Arhoolie 45-511

7 inch 45 rpm

Arhoolie 45-512

Lightnin' Hopkins discography

7 inch 45 rpm

Arhoolie 45-513

Johnny Young discography

7 inch 45 rpm

Arhoolie 45-515

7 inch 45 rpm

Arhoolie 45-5

# rec. November 12, 1968 in Chicago, IL; Earl Hooker, g; Pinetop Perkins, org, p; Freddie Roulette, st-g; Chester 'Gino' Skaggs, b; Willie Williams, dr
* rec. November 14, 1968 in Chicago, IL; Earl Hooker, g; Pinetop Perkins, org, p; Chester 'Gino' Skaggs, b; Bill 'Levi' Warren, dr

Earl Hooker discography

7 inch 45 rpm

Arhoolie 45-521

- Shake, Shake, Mama (2:50) # °°   @ Spotify
- Ella Speed (2:30) # °°   @ Spotify
- One Thin Dime (2:55) # °°   @ Spotify
- Going To Louisiana (See See Rider) (2:10) \\   @ Spotify
- Mama Don't Allow (2:20) # °°   @ Spotify
- Ain't It Hard (3:10) # °°   @ Spotify
- Bout A Spoonful (3:20) \\ °°   @ youtube   @ Spotify

# rec. August 11, 1960 in Navasota, TX by Chris Strachwitz and Mack McCormick; Mance Lipscomb, voc, g

// rec. August 12, 1960 in Navasota, TX by Chris Strachwitz and Mack McCormick; Mance Lipscomb, voc, g

\\ rec. August 13, 1960 in Navasota, TX by Chris Strachwitz and Mack McCormick; Mance Lipscomb, voc, g

°° re-released on Arhoolie CD 306 (1993)

|| released on Arhoolie LP 101 / F 1006 (1960)
§ released on Decca LK 4664 (1965)
[] released on Arhoolie CD 465 (1999)

photographs by Chris Strachwitz

notes & lyrics booklet by Mack McCormick
 
Arhoolie F 1001 (US 11/1960) (1st pressing, no photos on back cover, 250 copies)   Chris Strachwitz and Wayne Pope pasting the covers of the first Arhoolie Records' release "Texas Songster," 1960. Photo by Alice Pope

notes & lyrics booklet by Mack McCormick
   
Arhoolie F 1001 (US 196?) (repressings, no photos on back cover)

notes & lyrics booklet by Mack McCormick

Arhoolie F 1001 (US 1963) (later pressing, photos on back cover)

= Trio PA-3062 (Jp 197?)

(=) Arhoolie / City Hall Records F 1001 (US 2012) (reissue without notes and lyrics; includes download card)

= P-Vine PCD-93735 (Jp 7/2013)

Mance Lipscomb discography
Trio Records discography

- Mean Stepfather
- Brother James
- Shake Your Boogie
- Vitamin A Blues
- She Left Me A Mule To Ride #
- So Glad

# rec. late 1959 in Oakland, CA by Bob Geddins; Big Joe Williams, voc, g
all other tracks rec. October 5, 1960 in Los Gatos, CA by Chris A. Strachwitz and Richard Garvin; Big Joe Williams, voc, g; [] Mary Williams, voc

cover art work on original issue by Clair Moxley
front and liner photos by Chris A. Strachwitz

notes by Chris Strachwitz   "Arhoolie Records, P.O. Box 671 - Los Gatos, Calif."

Arhoolie 1002 (US 1960)

notes by Chris Strachwitz

= Fontana 688 800 ZL (UK 1961) (Folk Blues USA series)

notes by Chris Strachwitz   "Arhoolie Records, Box 5073, Berkeley 5, California"

= Arhoolie 1002 (US 19??)

notes by Chris Strachwitz   "Arhoolie Records, Box 9195, Berkeley, CA. 94709"

= Arhoolie 1002 (US 1969)

notes by Chris Strachwitz

= Arhoolie AR 19026 (EU 1970)

= Trio PA-3051 (Jp 1974)

re-released (along with most of Arhoolie 1053) on Arhoolie CD 315 "Shake Your Boogie"

Big Joe Williams discography
Fontana Records discography
Trio Records discography

more variants at https://www.discogs.com/master/457739-Big-Joe-Williams-Tough-Times

- Evil Woman (Blues) #   @ youtube
- 'Fore Day Creep #   @ youtube
- Little Augie #   @ youtube
- Your Leg's Too Little #   @ youtube
- No Good Woman #   @ youtube
- Santa Claus Blues #   @ youtube
- Golden Slipper #   @ youtube

Black Ace, voc, g
# rec. August 14, 1960 in Fort Worth,TX by Chris Strachwitz and Paul Oliver
* rec. September 10, 1960 in Fort Worth, TX by Chris Strachwitz and Paul Oliver

stapled notes booklet by Paul Oliver inside jacket     "Arhoolie Records, P.O. Box 671, Los Gatos, Calif."
 
Arhoolie F 1003 (US 1961)

stapled notes booklet by Paul Oliver inside jacket

= Heritage HLP 1006 (UK 1962) (only 99 pressed!) "The Black Ace"

notes (1961) by Paul Oliver     "Arhoolie Records, Box 9195, Berkeley, Ca. 94709"

= Arhoolie F 1003 (US 1975) "Black Ace"

notes (1961) by Paul Oliver     "Arhoolie Records, 10341 San Pablo Ave., El Cerrito, CA 94530"

= Arhoolie F 1003 (US 198?) "Black Ace"

(=) Arhoolie CD 374 (US 1992)
(=) P-Vine PCD 93736 (Jp 2013)

Black Ace discography
Heritage Records discography

- Groundhog Blues   @ youtube
- Gambler Blues   @ youtube
- Charley Cherry (tk 1)   @ youtube
- Charley Cherry (tk 2)   @ youtube
- West Dallas Blues (instr)   @ youtube
- Rollin' Mill Went Down   @ youtube
- Red River Blues   @ youtube
- Roberta Blues   @ youtube

LP tracks rec.

Chris Strachwitz @ facebook: "Arhoolie never officially issued colored vinyl pressings. However around 1961 - 1963 Ed Denson and I had purchased a small, older record pressing plant in East Oakland which had previously been used by Bob Geddins. At that time pressings of 12" LPs were still made by supplying the pressers with 'biscuits' in the form of a chocolate bars which had to be heated on a 'heating table' next to the press. They came usually in black but you could also get them in various colors! So we thought it to be fun to try out a few like that! And that is how a few copies of (I think) Lowell Fulson and Lil Son Jackson were shipped out on colored vinyl!"

2-pp. leaflet notes by Chris Strachwitz inside jacket   "Arhoolie Records, P.O. Box 671, Los Gatos, California"
 
Arhoolie F 1004 (US 1960)     green vinyl version"Recorded by: Cris [sic] A. Strachwitz in Ft. Worth, Texas, 1960"

notes by Chris Strachwitz   "Arhoolie Records, Box 9195, Berkeley, Calif. 94719"
 
Arhoolie F 1004 (US 19??)

notes by Chris Strachwitz

(=) Arhoolie CD 409 (US 1994) "Lil' Son Jackson: Blues Come To Texas"

= Arhoolie F 1004 (US 2012)

(=) Arhoolie/P-Vine PCD-93734 (Jp 2013)

Lil' Son Jackson discography

Wade Walton & R.C. Smith
B1 - Barbershop Rhythm   @ youtube   @ Spotify
R.C. Smith
B2 - Going Back To Texas   @ youtube   @ Spotify
Jasper Love & Columbus Jones
B3 - The Slop

Sam Chatman - God Don't Like Ugly   @ youtube
"Whistling" Alex Moore - Wake Up Old Lady   @ youtube
Black Ace - Hitchhiking Woman   @ youtube
Robert Curtis Smith - Stella Ruth   @ youtube
Mercy Dee - I Been A Fool [Arhoolie CD 369]   @ youtube

Black Ace - Hitchhiking Woman
Sam Chatman - God Don't Like Ugly
"Whistling" Alex Moore - Wake Up Old Lady
Black Ace - Ace's Guitar Blues

Arhoolie FS101 front cover lay-out by Clair Moxley
Arhoolie F1006 front cover design by Wayne Pope
photos by Chris Strachwitz (except Black Ace, courtesy B.K. Turner)

- Walked Down So Many Turnrows (3:05)   @ youtube
- Troublesome Mind (5:55)   @ youtube
- Betty Jean (1:30)

- Walked Down So Many Turnrows (3:05)
-

° only on 1st pressing
°° only on 2nd pressing

rec. February 5 & 12, & March 12, 1961 in Stockton, CA & April 16, 1961 in Berkeley, CA; Mercy Dee Walton, voc, p; K.C. Douglas, g, # voc; Sidney Maiden, hca, # voc; Otis Cherry, dr
cover photo by William Carter

notes (1961) by Chris A. Strachwitz     "Arhoolie Records, Box No. 5073, Berkeley 5, Calif."
 
Arhoolie F1007 (1st pressing 1961, blue back cover)

notes (1961, newly typeset) by Chris A. Strachwitz     "Arhoolie Records, Box 9195, Berkeley, Ca. 94709"

Arhoolie F1007 (1st pressing 1963?, white back cover)
"ZIP Codes are a system of postal codes used by the United States Postal Service (USPS) since 1963." (en.wikipedia)
Mercy Dee's death on December 2, 1962 is mentioned in the newly typeset notes, so publishing date must be 1963!

notes (1961) by Chris A. Strachwitz

Arhoolie F1007 (2nd pressing 1965?)   track list correction sticker on back cover!

Arhoolie CD 369 (US 1993)

Mercy Dee Walton discography
K.C. Douglas discography
Sidney Maiden discography

- Black Eyed Peas And Hog Jowls   @ youtube
- Boogie In The Barrel   @ youtube
- Going Back To Froggy Bottom   @ youtube
- July Boogie   @ youtube
- West Texas Woman   @ youtube
- Frisky Gal   @ youtube

rec. July 30, 1960 in Dallas, TX by Chris Strachwitz; 'Recording Supervision & Photography' by Paul Oliver; Whistling Alexander Moore, voc, p, # whistling

Arhoolie CD 408 = Arhoolie LP 1008, one previously unreleased track from same session, eight previously unissued sides that Alex recorded at Radio KLIF in Dallas in 1947, and two cuts made in Germany which appeared on LP 1048

notes by Paul Oliver

= 77 LA12/7 (UK 1961) "Whistling Alexander Moore - Blues Piano Vocal and Whistling"

notes by Paul Oliver   "Arhoolie Records, Box 5073, Berkeley 5, California"

= Arhoolie F 1008 (US 1961/62?) "Alex Moore", on labels: ""Whistling" Alex Moore"

notes by Paul Oliver   "Arhoolie Records, Box 9195, Berkeley, CA. 94709"
 
= Arhoolie F 1008 (US 19??) "Alex Moore", on labels: ""Whistling" Alex Moore" or "Alex Moore"

notes by Chris Strachwitz and Paul Oliver

(=) Arhoolie CD 408 (US 1994)

Alex Moore discography
77 Records discography

Arhoolie 1009

- Put Me In The Alley
- Groceries On My Shelf

- Groceries On My Shelf

rec. March 8, June 10, August 9, 1963 in Austin, TX by Mack McCormick; Robert Shaw, voc, p
photos by Mary and Mack McCormick; front cover photo: Roadhouse at Point Blank, Texas (photographer: Mack McCormick)

8-pp. booklet by Mack McCormick
   
Almanac 10 (US 1963)   [first and only release from Mack McCormick's "Almanac Book and Recording Company"]

notes by Mack McCormick

= Arhoolie F 1010 (US 1967?)

Arhoolie CD 377

Robert Shaw discography

- California Showers §   @ youtube
- Burnin' In LA. // #   @ Spotify
- Do The Boogie

# rec. November 26, 1961 in Berkeley, CA; Lightnin' Hopkins, voc, g &

§ rec. December 2, 1961 in Berkeley, CA; Lightnin' Hopkins, voc, g

* rec. January 23, 1962 in Houston, TX; Lightnin' Hopkins, g; Spider Kilpatrick, dr

cover photo by Bill Carter; liner photos by Chris Strachwitz

notes by Chris A. Strachwitz

Arhoolie F 1011

notes by Chris A. Strachwitz

= Fontana 688 801 ZL (1964)

= Trio PA-3064 (Jp 197?) (has sides A and B switched!)

= Arhoolie F 1011 (2012 repress; includes download card for a free digital copy of the entire album)

Lightnin' Hopkins discography
Fontana Records discography
Trio Records discography

Mercy Dee - Sugar Daddy
Big Joe Williams - Little Machine
Paul McZiel Zydeco Band - I'm Sad And I'm Blue
Blind James Campbell - Sittin' Here Drinking
Robert Shaw - Turn Loose My Tongue
Dr. Ross (Isaiah Ross) - Downtown Boogie (tk 2) (2:20)

notes by Chris A. Strachwitz   "Arhoolie Records, Box No. 5073, Berkeley 5, Calif."

Arhoolie F 1012 (US 1962) (11 tracks!)

notes by Chris A. Strachwitz   "Arhoolie Records, Box 9195, Berkeley, Ca. 94709"

Arhoolie F 1012 (US 196?) (11 tracks!)

notes by Chris A. Strachwitz   "Arhoolie Records, Box 9195, Berkeley, Ca. 94709"

Arhoolie F 1012 (US 1964?) (13 tracks!)

Arhoolie Records discography

Arhoolie F 1013

- Getting Richer
- Is There Anybody Here?
- Holiness Danc

rec. live in 1962 at St. Luke Powerhouse Church of God in Christ in Phoenix, Arizona

- Baby Please Don't Go
- Jimmy's Blues
- Monkey Man Blues
- This Little Light Of Mine
- Detroit Blues
- Beauford's Breakdown

rec. 1963 by Chris Strachwitz; some tracks include tuba and trumpet

- Eh La Bas
- I Can Excape From You
- When My Dreamboat Comes Home
- Stingaree Blues
- Siboney

Arhoolie 1016

Billy Bizor
- Tom Moore
Alex Moore
- Chock House Boogie
Smokey Hogg
- Hello Baby
Robert Shaw
- The Fives
Lightning Hopkins
- Hurricanes Carla & Esther
Mercy Dee / K.C. Douglas / Otis Cherry
- 8th Wonder Of The World

notes by Paul Oliver

Arhoolie F 1017

(=) P-Vine PCD 2519 (Jp)

Fred McDowell
- Fred's Rambling Blues
Little Son Willis
- Harlem Blues
Detroit Slim
- Nelly Mae
Essie Jenkins
- Influenza Blues
Bukka White
- Midnight Blues

on front cover: Sleepy John Estes' hands
cropped from a 1962 photo by Georges Adins

Arhoolie F-1018

- Jesus Died On The Cross To Save The World (7:35) //   @ youtube
- Sugar Hill (18:45) []   @ youtube

* rec. November 8, 1963 in Berkeley, CA; Bukka White, voc, g

[] rec. November 25, 1963 in Berkeley, CA; Bukka White, voc,

// rec. November 26, 1963 in Berkeley, CA; Bukka White, voc, g; # Big Willie (Wayne Pope), washboard
photography by Kelly Hart

Arhoolie CD-323 track sequence:
- Bald Eagle Train [Arhoolie F 1020]
- Single Man Blues [Arhoolie F 1020]
- Georgia Skin Game [Arhoolie F 1020]
- Jesus Died On The Cross To Save The World [Arhoolie F 1019]
- Sugar Hill [Arhoolie F 1019]
- My Baby [Arhoolie F 1019]
- Alabama Blues [Arhoolie F 1019]

notes by Chris Strachwitz

1019 & 1020 have same back cover!
Arhoolie F 1019 (US 1965)

notes by Chris Strachwitz

19039 & 19040 have same back cover!
= Arhoolie AR 19039 (EU)

notes by Chris Strachwitz

(=) Fontana 688 804 ZL (NL 1965) (tracks from Arhoolie F 1019 & F 1020)

= Trio PA-3061 (Jp 197?)

notes by Dix Bruce

(=) Arhoolie CD-323 (US 1990) (along with F 1020)

Bukka White discography
Trio Records discography
Fontana Records discography

- Mixed Water (monologue by Bukka White) (26:00) // °°   @ youtube

[] rec. November 25, 1963 in Berkeley, CA; Bukka White, voc,

°° not on Arhoolie CD-323, but on Arhoolie CD-386 (1993)

Arhoolie CD-323 track sequence:
- Bald Eagle Train [Arhoolie F 1020]
- Single Man Blues [Arhoolie F 1020]
- Georgia Skin Game [Arhoolie F 1020]
- Jesus Died On The Cross To Save The World [Arhoolie F 1019]
- Sugar Hill [Arhoolie F 1019]
- My Baby [Arhoolie F 1019]
- Alabama Blues [Arhoolie F 1019]

notes by Chris Strachwitz

1019 & 1020 have same back cover!
Arhoolie F 1020

notes by Chris Strachwitz

(=) Fontana 688 804 ZL (NL 1965) (tracks from Arhoolie F 1019 & F 1020)

Fontana Records discography

notes by Dix Bruce

(=) Arhoolie CD-323 (US 1990) (along with F 1019)

Bukka White discography

- Fred's Worried Life Blues
- You Gonna Be Sorry
- Shake 'Em On Down
- My Trouble Blues
- Black Minnie
- That's Alright
- When I Lay My Burden Down #

rec.

notes by Chris Strachwitz
 
Arhoolie F-1021 (US 1964)

notes by Chris Strachwitz

= Fontana 688 806 ZL (UK 1964)

notes by Chris Strachwitz

= Arhoolie AR 19025 (France/Germany 1972?)

notes by Chris Strachwitz

= Trio PA-3052 (Jp 1974)

Mississippi Fred McDowell discography
Fontana Records discography
Trio Records discography

(with Barbara Dane)
- Sometimes She Loves Me
- You Got Another Man
- I'm Going Back, Baby
- Mother Earth
- Jesus Won't You Come By Here

rec. 1964

Arhoolie 1022 (US 1966)

= Fontana 688 807 ZL

Fontana Records discography
Barbara Dane discography

- Come Back Baby
- Charlie James
- Boogie In A
- Key To The Highway
- Cocaine Done Killed My Baby
- Spanish Flang Dang
- You Got To Reap What You Sow

rec. May 2, 1964 in Berkeley, CA by Chris Strachwitz

Arhoolie F 1023 (US 1964)

= Pacific Jazz / Fontana 688 805 ZL (UK 1967) "Texas Songster"

Fontana Records discography

- Zydeco Et Pas Sale
- LaFayette Waltz
- Louisiana Two Step
- Clifton's Waltz
- Louisiana Blues

rec. May 11, 1965 in Houston, TX

= Trio PA-3056 (Jp 197?)

Trio Records discography

- Rattlesnakin' Daddy
- Poor Boy
- Boats Up the River
- Steamboat Whistle Blues
- John's Rag
- Cindy
- John Henry

side A rec. April 19, 1965 in Fairfax, Virginia (in mono)

notes by Chuck Perdue

Arhoolie F 1025 (mono)

notes Chuck Perdue

Arhoolie F 1025 (remastered version 1970)

notes by Chuck Perdue

= Arhoolie AR 19034 (EU)

= Trio PA-6026 (Jp)

John Jackson discography

- Mama Don't Dog Me #
- Willie Poor Boy #
- Polly Wolly Doodle All Day
- Tell Me Where You Stayed Last Night #
- Knocking Down Windows #
- Nobody's Fault But Mine #
- Motherless Children #

notes by Paul Oliver

Arhoolie F 1026

# Arhoolie CD 306

Mance Lipscomb discography

- I Walked All The Way From East St. Louis
- Red Cross Store Blues
- Gravel Road Blues
- Frisco Lines
- You Got To Move
- I Wish I Was In Heaven Sittin Down

# rec. February 13/14 191964 in Como, Miss.; Fred McDowell, voc, g

* rec. March 1965 in Holly Springs, Miss.; Fred McDowell, voc, g; Eli Green, voc

[] rec. May 2, 1965, Fred McDowell, voc, g; Annie Mae McDowell, voc; Hunter's Chapel Spiritual Singers, vocals
// rec. July 5, 1965 in Berkeley, Ca.; Fred McDowell, voc, g

cover photo by Jim Marshall

notes by Pete Welding

Arhoolie F-1027

Fred McDowell discography

rec. October 20, 1965 at Wessex Studio in London, UK by Chris Strachwitz; Big Mama Thornton, voc, hca; Eddie Boyd, keyb; Buddy Guy, g; || Big Walter Horton, hca; ># Mississippi Fred McDowell, g; Jimmie Lee Robinson, b; Fred Below, dr
cover photo by Chris Strachwitz

notes by Chris Strachwitz

Arhoolie F-1028

= Stateside ISP-80525 (Jp 1966)

Arhoolie CD 305 (US 1989) "Ball And Chain"

(=) Arhoolie CD 9056 (US 2005)

- Keep On Drinking   @ youtube
- Hot Dog!   @ youtube
- Come Early In The Morning   @ youtube
- Moaning And Groaning   @ youtube
- Crosscut Saw   @ youtube
- Slam Hammer (instr)

rec. November 11

notes (1966) by Pete Welding   Arhoolie Records, P.O. Box 5073, Berkeley 5, Calif.

Arhoolie F 1029 (US 1966)

notes by Pete Welding

= Fontana 688 809 ZL (UK 1967?)

notes by Pete Welding   Arhoolie Records, Box 9195, Berkeley, Ca. 94709

Arhoolie AR 19023 (Fr 1972)

notes by Pete Welding   Arhoolie Records, 10341 San Pablo Ave., El Cerrito, CA 94530

Arhoolie F 1029 (US 1987)

notes (1966 & 1968) by Pete Welding

(=) Arhoolie CD 325 (US 1990) (along with most of Arhoolie F 1037)

= P-Vine PCD-24106 (Jp 2002)

(=) P-Vine PCD-2504 (Jp 20??) (along with all of Arhoolie F 1037)

Johnny Young discography
Otis Spann discography
Fontana Records discography

rec. April 15, 1966 at a concert in the Harmon Gymnasium on the University of California campus in Berkeley, CA by Radio station KAL; edited by Dan McClosky and Chris Strachwitz

Arhoolie F 1030 (US 1966)

= Arhoolie CD 484 (US 2000)

Mance Lipscomb discography
Lightnin' Hopkins discography

- Ma Negresse
- Sweet Little Doll
- Jole Blonde
- Ay Ai Ai
- Can't Stop Loving You
- Keep On Scratching

Arhoolie 1031

- Bumble Bee
- Gimme A Penny
- Looking The World Over
- I Feel The Way I Feel
-

Arhoolie F 1032, 1st ed. notes:
"Recorded in San Francisco on April 25, 1966.
Excuse: The engineer at this studio had no idea of how to record a blues band - attempts to fire him were made.
Produced by Chris Strachwitz"

notes by Philip Elwood & Ralph J. Gleason   P.O. Box 9195 - Berkeley, California 94719

Arhoolie 1032 (US 1966, 1st ed.)

notes by Philip Elwood & Ralph J. Gleason   Box 9195 - BERKELEY, CALIF. 94719

Arhoolie 1032 (US 1967, 2nd ed.)

= Arhoolie AR 19017 (EU 19??) Distribution Musidisc Europe

= Trio PA-3053 (Jp 1967)

- Long Tall Girl Got Stuck On Me (162)   @ youtube
- Keep On Trucking (L-57) #   @ youtube
- Run, Sinner, Run (L-66) #   @ youtube
- Reminiscences at UCSB [aka "Early Days Back Home"] / Farewell (Farewell Blues) (161) *   @ youtube

rec. April 1966 in Berkeley, CA by Chris Strachwitz; Mance Lipscomb, voc, g
# rec. November 1964 live at the Cabale in Berkeley, CA by Chris Strachwitz; Mance Lipscomb, voc, g
* rec. April 1966 at the University of California at Santa Barbara by Peter Feldman; Mance Lipscomb, voc, g

cover photo by Les Blank

Mance Lipscomb discography

notes by Pete Welding

Arhoolie F 1033

- Take A Walk
- Slavery
- I Would If I Could
- Bud Russell Blues
- At Home Blues

rec. December 18, 1967 in Houston, Texas by Chris Stachwitz; Lightning Hopkins, voc and electric g

Arhoolie F 1034

- Police Dog Blues
- Don't Let Your Deal Go Down
- Muleskinner Blues
- Near The Cross
- Going Up North
- Lay Down My Old Guitar

rec. December 8, 1967 in Fairfax Station, Virginia by Chris Strachwitz

notes by Chuck Perdue

Arhoolie F 1035 (stereo)

John Jackson discography

- Life Is A Nightmare
- It's Time To Make A Change
- Jumpin' At The Zydeco #

# rec. December 20, 1967 at ACA Studios in Houston, TX; Juke Boy Bonner, voc, hca, g; prod by Chris Strachwitz
all other tracks rec. January 23, 1968 at ACA Studios in Houston, TX; Juke Boy Bonner, voc, hca, g; prod by Chris Strachwitz

notes (1968) by Larry Skoog     "Arhoolie Records, Box 9195, Berkeley, CA. 94709"
 
Arhoolie F 1036 (US 1968)

Arhoolie CD 375 (except °°)

Juke Boy Bonner discography

- Drinking Straight Whiskey   @ youtube
- Walter's Boogie   @ Spotify
- Stockyard Blues   @ youtube
- Sleeping With The Devil

rec. November 27, 1967 at Stereosonic Studios in Chicago, IL; Johnny Young, voc, g; Walter Horton, hca; Lafayette Leake, p; Jimmy Dawkins, lead g; Ernest Gatewood, b; Lester Dorsie, dr; prod. by Chris Strachwitz and Willie Dixon
cover photo by Chris Strachwitz

notes (April 1968) by Pete Welding

Arhoolie F 1037 (US 1968)

notes by Pete Welding

(=) Arhoolie CD 325 (US 1990) (along with all of Arhoolie F 1029)

= P-Vine PCD-24106 (Jp 2002)

(=) P-Vine PCD-2504 (Jp) (all of Arhoolie F 1029 and Arhoolie F 1037)

Johnny Young discography

- Monifique
- Johnny Can't Dance
- I Lost My Baby (in french)
- Can't Go Home No More
- I Got A Little Girl

rec. October 10, 1967 at Sierra Sound Labatories in Berkeley, CA by Chris Strachwitz; Clifton Chenier, voc, acc; Cleveland Chenier, rubboard; Felix James Benoit, g; Joe Morris, b; Robert St. Judy, dr
cover photo by Chris Strachwitz

notes by Chris Strachwitz

Arhoolie 1038

notes by Chris Strachwitz

= Arhoolie AR 19024 (EUR)

Lightning Hopkins
- Come On Baby
- Money Taker
- Prison Blues

notes (December 1968) by Pete Welding

Arhoolie 1039 (US 1968)

= Arhoolie AR 19022 (EU 1970)

Arhoolie 1039 (US 1974 repress)

- Listen At That Bull
- Transistor Radio
- Eloise
- Dog Eat Dog

rec. 1968 on the streets of San Antonio by Chris Strachwitz; Coleman plays a 55-gallon steel drum

notes by Lawrence C. Skoog

Arhoolie 1040 (US 196?)

(=) Arhoolie CD 1040 (US 1992)

= Mississippi MR-022 (US 2008)

Robert Diggs
- Drink, Drink, Drink
Do Boy Diamond
- Going Away Blues
Dewey Corley
- Fishing In The Dark
Teddy Williams
- Down Home Blues
Houston Stackhouse
- Canned Heat
Peck Curtis
- The Death Of Sonny Boy Williamson

rec. 1967 by George Mitchell and Roger Brown; edited & produced by Chris Strachwitz
all photographs by George Mitchell

notes (adapted from "Blow my Blues away") by George Mitchell

Arhoolie 1041

(=) Arhoolie CD 401 (US 1994)

Furry Lewis discography
Do Boy Diamond discography
Dewey Corley discography
Johnny Woods discography
Fred McDowell discography
Walter Miller discography

Joe Callicott
- Lonesome Katy Blues
- Come Home To Me Baby
- Fare You Well Baby Blues
- Country Blues
- Laughing To Keep From Crying
- Love Me Baby Blues (= France Chance)

rec. 1967 by George Mitchell and Roger Brown; edited & produced by Chris Strachwitz; all photographs by George Mitchell

notes by George Mitchell (adapted from "Blow my Blues
away") and David Evans

Arhoolie 1042

(=) Arhoolie CD 402 (US 1994)

R.L. Burnside discography
Joe Callicott discography

- Reelin' And Rockin'
- Been Around The World
- How Much More Long
- Shake Your Moneymaker
- I'm Tired
- Nowhere To Lay My Head

rec. November 14, 1968 in Chicago, IL; John Littlejohn, voc, g; Monroe Jones, g; Alvin Nichols, b, backgr voc; Robert Pulliam, ts, backgr voc; Booker Sidgrave, dr; Willie Young, ts, backgr voc; prod. by Chris Strachwitz and Willie Dixon

Arhoolie 1043 (US 196?)

= Trio PA-3050 (Jp)

= P-Vine PCD-2107 (Jp 1991)

John Littlejohn discography

- Two Bugs And A Roach
- Wah Wah Blues
- You Don't Love Me
- Earl Hooker Blues

rec. November 12, 14 & 15, 1968 in Chicago, IL; Earl Hooker, voc, g; Geno Skaggs, b; Joe Willie Perkins, p, org; Levi Warren, dr; Fred Roulette, steel g; Andrew Odom, voc; Carey Bell, voc, hca; Louis Myers, hca

notes by Chris Strachwitz

Arhoolie F 1044 (US 5/1969)

= Arhoolie AR 19003 (EU)

= Trio PA-3058 (Jp)

(=) Arhoolie CD 324 (US 1990)

= P-Vine PCD 24110 (Jp 2001)

Earl Hooker discography

- I'm In The Big City
- Houston, The Action Town
- Over Ten Years Ago
- Running Shoes
- Just A Blues
- It Don't Take Too Much

rec. November & May 1969

notes by Larry Skoog

Arhoolie ST 1045 (US 1969)
= Arhoolie AR 19002 (Germany)

Arhoolie CD 375

Juke Boy Bonner discography

- Big Stars Falling *
- You Ain't Treating Me Right
- Meet Me Down In Froggy Bottom
- Ethel Mae Blues

rec. August 19, 20, and 21, 1969 in Berkeley, CA at Sierra Sound Studios
* rec. July 5, 1965 in Berkeley; Fred McDowell, voc, g; Mike Russo, g; John Kahn, b; Bob Jones, dr

Arhoolie F-1046 (US 1969)
= Arhoolie AR 19001 (Germany)

Fred McDowell discography

- Too Tight
- You Ain't No Woman
- Early Morning Blues
- Graveyard Blues
- All Around The Water Tank
- Don't You Want To Go Up There
- Just A Closer Walk With Thee

rec. October 23, 1969 in Stuttgart, Germany by Chris Strachwitz

notes by Chuck & Nan Perdue

Arhoolie 1047 (stereo)

John Jackson discography

- Flossie Mae
- Just A Blues
- Rolling Around Dallas
- Having Fun Here And There

rec. October 23, 1969 live in Stuttgart, Germany; Alex Moore, voc, p

notes by Paul Oliver

Arhoolie 1048 (US 1970)

= Arhoolie AR 19004 (Europe)

Alex Moore discography

- Mance's Blues
- Whiskey Blues
- Long Way From Tipperary
- Haunted House Blues
- Mother Had A Sick Child
- I'm Looking For My Jesus

* rec. December 5, 1968 at Mance Lipscomb's house in Navasota, TX by Chris Strachwitz; Mance Lipscomb, voc, g; Frank Lipscomb, b; Wayne Davis, dr

all other tracks rec. November 20 & 22, 1969 at Sierra Sound Studios in Berkeley, CA; Mance Lipscomb, voc, g; # Mark Birnbaum, 2nd g; prod. by Chris Strachwitz

cover photos by Kelly Hart

Arhoolie 1049 (US 1970)

= Arhoolie AR 19007 (EU)

Mance Lipscomb discography

- Things Gonna Get Better
- Never
- Lovesick Man
- Freddy's Bag
- Any Time

Arhoolie 1050 (US 1970)

= Arhoolie AR 19013 (EU 1970)

(=) Arhoolie CD9008 (Fr 1997) "The Hustler"

- Hooker N' Steve
- I'm Your Main Man
- New Riviera
- Strung-Out Woman Blues

rec. 1969 with Louis Myers, Geno Skaggs & Bobby Johnson

Arhoolie 1051 (US 1975)

Earl Hooker discography

- Release Me
- Big Mamou
- Ton Na Na
- I Am Coming Home
- Josephine Par Se Ma Femme
- It's Christmas Time

rec. in Houston, Tx., May 5, 1970 & Nov. 6, 1969

Arhoolie 1052 (US 1970)
= Arhoolie AR 19020 (Germany)

- The Death Of Dr. Martin Luther King []
- Army Man In Vietnam []
- Creole Queen
- Remember Way Back
- Bad Living

rec.

notes by Pete Welding

Arhoolie 1053 (US 1969)

notes by Pete Welding

= Arhoolie AR 19009 (EU 1970)

most tracks re-released (along with Arhoolie 1002) on Arhoolie CD 315 "Shake Your Boogie" (US 1993)

Big Joe Williams discography

Silas Hogan
- Rats And Roaches In My Kitchen []   @ youtube
Henry Gray
- Cold Chills
Clarence Edwards
- Hear That Rumbling
- How Many More Years
Moses "Whispering" Smith
- On The Dark Road Crying **   @ youtube

# rec. April 24, 1970 in Baton Rouge by Terry Pattison and Chris Strachwitz; Arthur Kelley, voc, g; Whispering Smith, hca; Gene Douzier, b; Samuel Hogan, dr
* rec. April 27, 1970 in Baton Rouge by Terry Pattison and Chris Strachwitz; Whispering Smith, voc, hca; ** Henry Gray, p; Roy Lee Sheppard, g; Clarence Prophet, b; Samuel Hogan, dr
[] rec. April 27, 1970 in Baton Rouge by Terry Pattison and Chris Strachwitz; Silas Hogan, voc, g; Whispering Smith, hca; Gene Douzier, b; Samuel Hogan, dr
photography by Chris Strachwitz

notes by Terry Pattison

Arhoolie 1054 (US 1970)

notes by Terry Pattison

= Arhoolie AR 19011 (Germany 1970)

notes by Terry Pattison

(=) Arhoolie CD 9004 (US 1997)

- I'm Gonna Quit My Baby
- Baby, Listen To Me Howl   @ youtube
- You Gonna Miss Me (Martin Luther King)   @ youtube
- Mistake In Life
- I Got To Climb A High Mountain
- My Mother Often Told Me

LP side A (& "Lewis' Little Girl Done Stole...") rec. January 9, 1971 in Chicago, IL by Leon Kelert with Charlie Musselwhite supervising; Johnie Lewis, voc, g; # Charlie Musselwhite, hca
LP side B (& all other bonus tracks) rec. August 13, 1970 in Chicago, IL by John Steiner with Chris Strachwitz supervising; Johnie Lewis, voc, g, * hca
prod. & cover photo by Chris Strachwitz

notes by Chris Strachwitz

Arhoolie 1055

original 1971 notes (revised 1997) by Chris Strachwitz

(=) Arhoolie CD 9007 (US 1997)

- Highway Blues
- Wild Wild Woman
- Takin' My Time

rec. January & February 1971

Arhoolie 1056

Boogie Bill Webb
- Maggie Campbell Blues
- Drinking And Stinking
Eli Owens
- Railroad Blues
- Memphis Mail
Blind Pete Burrell
- I'll Fly Away

Arhoolie 1057

- The Entertainer
- The Ragtime Dance
- New Orleans Hop Scop Blues
- My Maryland
- The Chrysanthemum
- Panama

Arhoolie 1058

- Tighten Up Zydeco
- Tu Le Ton Son Ton (Every Now And Then)
- You're My Mule
- Zydeco Cha Cha

Arhoolie 1059

- She Had Been Drinking #   @ youtube
- I'm Growing Older #   @ Spotify
- Po' Boy   @ Spotify
- Leavin' Blues #   @ Spotify
- Piano Blues   @ Spotify
- Where The Mansion's Prepared For Me   @ youtube

rec. November 3, 1960, March 26, 1961, April 5, 1961, April 27, 1961 & May 12, 1961 in Baton Rouge, LA by Harry Oster; Herman E. Johnson, voc, g, # el g

notes by Harry Oster

Arhoolie 1060 (US 1972)

notes by Harry Oster

(=) Arhoolie CD 440 (US 1996)

Herman E. Johnson discography
Dr. Harry Oster discography

- Good Morning Mr. Walker
- The Glory Of Love
- Don't Let Nobody Burn Down Burma Road
- Sloop John B
- Be A Friend To Jesus
- Mary Ann

rec. 1971 by Chris Strachwitz & Dick Waterman

Joseph Spence discography

Arhoolie 1061

reissued
Arhoolie CD 349

- I've Got To Go *   @ Spotify
- Stop And Jump (instr) *   @ Spotify
- She Got It From The Start * §   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Things' So Bad In California * §   @ Spotify
- New Train Time *   @ Spotify

# rec. September 9, 1971 at Wally Heider Studios in San Francisco, CA; L.C. Robinson, voc, g, § vn; James Madison, g; // voc; Charlie Musselwhite, hca; Pinetop Perkins, p; Sammy Lawhorn, g; Calvin "Fuzz" Jones, b; Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, dr; prod. by Chris Strachwitz

* rec. December 17, 1971 at Funky Features in San Francisco, CA; L.C. Robinson, voc, g, § vn; Dave Alexander, p; William Hyatt, b; Teddy Winston, dr; prod. by Chris Strachwitz

[] rec. November 27, 1975 at Radio Station KPFA in Berkeley, CA by Tony Ferro (during a Thanksgiving Day broadcast hosted by Chris Strachwitz); L.C. Robinson, voc, § vn, \\ g; Rev. A.C. Robinson, voc, & hca; Ren Hawkins, voc, $ p; Teddy Winston, dr, perc; {} Chris Strachwitz, sp

notes by Joel Selvin

Arhoolie 1062 (US 1972)

notes by Joel Selvin

= Arhoolie AR 19036 (EUR)

notes by Joel Selvin

(=) Arhoolie CD 453 (US 1996) "Mojo In My Hand"

- Have You Ever Loved A Woman

side 1 rec. December 8, 1969 in Berkeley, CA; Lightnin' Hopkins, voc, g
side 2 rec. May 20, 1969 in Berkeley, CA; Lightnin' Hopkins, voc, g; Francis Clay, dr
cover and liner photos by Chris Strachwitz

Lightnin' Hopkins discography

Arhoolie 1063

- You Ain't Got A Chance
- My Baby Left Me
- Let's Get It On
- Red's Boogie
- Rockin' with Red
- Wrong Yo-Yo

rec. in Macon, Ga., May 7, 1972

Arhoolie 1064

- Going To The River §
- Good Thing Blues §
- Turkey Leg Woman %
- Country Clown #
- My BeBop Gal *
- Memphis Boogie $

rec. 1951-1954 for the Sun label

Doctor Ross discography

notes by Steve LaVere
and Bob Eagle

Arhoolie F 1065

- Earl's Boogie Woogie (2:55) //
- Improvisations on Dust My Broom (7:40) \\
- Improvisations on Frosty (6:40) \\

# rec. July 18, 1969 in Berkeley, CA; Earl Hooker, g; Louis Myers, hca; Steve Miller, p; Geno Skaggs, b; Bobby Johnson, dr
* rec. November 12, 1968 in Chicago, IL; Earl Hooker, g; Geno Skaggs, Joe Willie 'Pine Top' Perkins, Levy Warren, dr
// rec. July 15, 1953 in Memphis, TN; Earl Hooker, g, voc; Joe Willie 'Pine Top' Perkins, p; unknown, b; Willie Nix, dr
|| rec. "prob. 1952 in Memphis, TN; Earl Hooker, voc, g; unknown, hca & dr"

Earl Hooker discography

notes by Chris Strachwitz

Arhoolie 1066 (US 1986)

notes by Chris Strachwitz

= Arhoolie AR 19027 (EU)
(distributed by Musidisc-Europe)

(=) Arhoolie CD 324 (#)

(=) P-Vine PCD 24110 (Jp 2001)

(=) P-Vine PCD-93705 (Jp 2013)

- There Ought To Be A Law * []
- Lonesome Train Blues #
- A Tribue To My Father * []
- 13 Is My Number * []
- The Judgement *   @ youtube

# rec. July 31, 1972 in Berkeley, CA; Dave Alexander, voc, p; Larry Murdo, b; Mickey Durio, dr; prod. by Chris Strachwitz

* rec. August 1, 1972 in Berkeley, CA; Dave Alexander, voc, p; [] Larry Murdo, b; [] Mickey Durio, dr; prod. by Chris Strachwitz

notes by Lee Hildebrand

Arhoolie 1067 (US 1972)

(=) Arhoolie CD 365 (US 1992)

Dave Alexander / Omar Sharriff discography

- Don't Look For Me On A Sunday
- Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
- Little Girl, Little Girl
- Levee Camp Blues

rec. 1964-69

Fred McDowell discography

Arhoolie F-1068

- Evil Blues   @ youtube
- Mama, Let Me Lay It On You   @ youtube
- Louise   @ youtube
- When Death Comes Creeping In Your Room   @ youtube
- Sometimes I Feel Like   @ youtube

rec. May 1973 at Arhoolie House in Berkeley, CA by Chris Strachwitz; Mance Lipscomb, voc, g; # Powell St. John, hca; * Charlie Pritchard, g; prod. by Chris Strachwitz

cover photo by Jim Crockett; back liner photos by Chris Strachwitz

Mance Lipscomb discography

notes by Chris Strachwitz

Arhoolie 1069

- Petite Et La Grosse
- Ses Parents Ne Veulent Plus Le Voir
- Joe Pitre A Deux Femmes
- Le Boss
- Jupe Courte
- Jolie Catin

rec. in the early 1970s near Mamou, La. by Chris Strachwitz

Arhoolie 1070

- So You Want To Be A Man #
- Dirt On The Ground #
- Jimmy, Is That You?
- Hoodoo Man #
- St. James Infirmary #   @ youtube

rec. December 5, 1972 at Wally Heider's Studio D in San Francisco, CA; Dave Alexander, voc, p; # Larry Murdo, b; # Mickey Durio, dr

notes by Joel Selvin

Arhoolie 1071 (US 1973)

notes by Joel Selvin

= Trio PA-3059 (Jp 1973)

(=) Arhoolie CD 365 (US 1992)

Dave Alexander / Omar Sharriff discography
Trio Records discography

- You're Fussin' Too Much
- Just Like A Woman
- All Your Love
- C. C. Special
- I'm A Hog For You

prod. by Chris Strachwitz

Arhoolie 1072

- Woke Up This Morning
- High Water Rising
- Mercury Boogie
- My Mind's Going Back To 1929
- Catfish Blues

rec. on portable equipment at Arhoolie House by Chris Strachwitz; Side A: November 16, 1973; K.C. Douglas, voc, g; Richard Riggins, hca; Side B: January 26, 1974; K.C. Douglas, voc, g; Richard Riggins, hca; Ron Thompson, lead g; Jim Marshall, dr

K.C. Douglas discography

notes by Tom Mazzolini

Arhoolie 1073

notes by Tom Mazzolini
and Chris Strachwitz

(=) Arhoolie CD 475 (1998)
"Mercury Blues"

- This Old Night Line
- Taylor's Arkansas
- Cut You Loose
- If Trouble Was Money
- On The Spot Boogie

rec. 1971 (2 tracks) and 1974, Charlie Musselwhite, voc, hca; Lafayette Leake, p; Skip Rose, p; Robben Ford, g & sax; Tim Kaihatsu, g; Larry Martin, dr; Pat Ford, dr; Karl Sevareid, b; Gerald Pedersen, b

Arhoolie 1074

- One Of These Mornings
- Inflation Blues
- Hand Jive
- You Got To Roam
- Highway Blues

rec. 1975 at the Northeast Community Center in San Francisco, Ca. and at West Dakota in Berkeley, Ca. by Chris Strachwitz; J.C. Burris, voc, hca, bones

notes by Tom Mazzolini

Arhoolie 1075

- Allons A Grand Coteau
- Je Suis En Recolteur (I'm A Farmer)
- Ti Na Na
- Come Go Along With Me
- Bogalusa Boogie

rec. October 27, 1975 at Studio In The Country, Bogalusa, La; Clifton Chenier, voc, accordion, hca; John Hart, ts; Paul Senegal, g; Joe Bruchet, b; Robert Peter, dr; Cleveland Chenier, rubboard; prod by Chris Strachwitz

notes by Chris Strachwitz

Arhoolie 1076

- You Rascal You
- Mance's St. Louis Blues
- Baby, Don't Lay It On Me
- Tall Angel At The Bar
- Willie Poor Boy
- Johnny Take A One On Me
- plus two segments of Mance talking with the audience

Mance Lipscomb discography

Arhoolie 1077

- Falksy Girl
- Easy, Easy Baby
- Tante Na Na
- Do Right Sometime
- Highway Blues

rec. 1975 & 1977

Arhoolie 1078

- Street Walking Woman
- Juicer's Blues
- Blues Got Me
- Blues Up And Gone
- Telephone Blues

Arhoolie 1079

- Down The Road Apiece
- Well,Well Baby
- Honky Tonk Train
- Beat Me Daddy, Eight To The Bar
- Tender Hearted Woman #
- Stoop Down Baby #

rec. February 28 & August, 1977 at 5th Floor Studios, Cincinnati; Big Joe Duskin, voc, p
# rec. February 28, 1978 at Acme Studio, Chicago; Big Joe Duskin, voc, p; [] Jimmy Johnson, g; Bob Margolin, g; Truck Parham, b; S.P. Leary, [] Ben Sandmel, dr; prod. by Ben Sandmel and Chris Strachwitz

notes by Ben Sandmel

Arhoolie 1080

(=) Arhoolie CD 422 (1995)

- Lafayette Special
- La La Waltz
- Mama
- Roll Me Baby
- Good Rockin' Sam's Boogie
- S.A.M.

Leon Sam (15 years old), lead voc, accordion; Carl Sam (18), g; Rodney Sam (16), dr; Glen Sam (13), b; Calvin Sam (11), rubboard; (Father) Herbert 'Good Rockin' Sam, voc, accordion on two tracks; prod. by Chris Strachwitz

Arhoolie 1081

= Arhoolie CD 9044
"Sam (Get Down)"

- Tu Le Ton Son Ton
- Black Snake Blues
- Big Mamou
- Sa M'Appel Fou
- I'm on the Wonder
- Party Down

Arhoolie 1082

Arhoolie 1083

Nathan Beauregard
- Nathan's Bumble Bee Blues
- 'Bout A Spoonful
Sleepy John Estes
- Need More Blues
- President Kennedy Stayed Away Too Long

Furry Lewis
- Judge Boushay Blues
- Walking Blues
Fred McDowell
- Shake Em On Down
- Fred's Blues
Napoleon Strickland
- Back Water Rising

- Other's Piece
- Shimmy She Wobble
Watson & Jones

rec. June 12, 1969 in Memphis, Tennessee

DLP
notes by Pete Welding

Blue Thumb BTS 6000
"Memphis Swamp Jam"
= King SR-481 (Jp 1971)

(=) Arhoolie 1084

and Arhoolie 1085 "Kings
Of Country Blues Vol. 2"

Furry Lewis
- Judge Boushay Blues
- Walking Blues
Fred McDowell
- Shake Em On Down
- Fred's Blues
Napoleon Strickland
- Back Water Rising

- Other's Piece
- Shimmy She Wobble
Watson & Jones

rec. June 12, 1969 in Memphis, Tennessee

inner gatefold of Blue Thumb BTS 6000

DLP
notes by Pete Welding

Blue Thumb BTS 6000 (1969)
"Memphis Swamp Jam"
= King SR-481 (Jp 1971)

(=) Arhoolie 1084 "Kings Of
Country Blues Vol. 1"

and

- Money
- I'm On the Wonder
- Woo Woo
- Hush, Hush
- Calinda

rec. live at Montreux, Switzerland

Arhoolie 1086

- My Starter Won't Start This Morning
- One Kind Favor I Ask Of You
- Little Girl, Little Girl
- Baby Please Don't Go
-

rec. May 20, 1969 in Berkeley, CA by Chris Strachwitz; Lightning Hopkins, voc, g; Francis Clay, dr; * Moose Walker, p; * Jeff Carp, hca; * Paul Asbell, g; * Geno Scaggs, b
# rec. November 26, 1961 in Berkeley, CA by Chris Strachwitz; Lightning Hopkins, voc, g

prod. by Chris Strachwitz
photos by Chris Strachwitz

notes (1983) by Chris Strachwitz

Arhoolie 1087 (US 1983)

(=) Arhoolie CD 403 (US 1995)

mini LP replica with OBI & Japanese insert

= P-Vine PCD-93653 (Jp December 26, 2012)

Lightning Hopkins discography

Arhoolie 1088

- Vastopol
- Guitar Story
- Babe, It Ain't No Lie
- Elizabeth Story, et al.
  Honey Babe, Your Papa Cares For You
- Spanish Flangdang
- 'Til We Meet Again

Arhoolie 1089

Elizabeth Cotten discography

Ambrose Sam's Old Time Zydeco
- Oh Yes, I'm Going Away
- Santa Fe Blues
- I'm Gone In The Country
- Ma negress la bas
- Baby, Please Don't Go
- Old Time Zydeco

Arhoolie 1090

- Every Now And Then (tu le ton son ton)
- Walking Down the Interstate
- Lonely Waltz
- Midland Two Step
- My Baby Don't Wear No Clothes
- Talk To Your Daughter

Arhoolie 1091

Arhoolie 1092

- Louisiana Two-Step
- Calinda
- I'm Coming Home
- What'd I Say
- Cher Catin (Dear Baby)
- I'm The Zydeco Man

Arhoolie 1093

- Po Jenkins
- Voodoo Bliss
- I Want You To Love Me
- Million Dollar Secret
- Jesus Loves Me

rec. January 8, 1985 at Bear West Studio, San Francisco, CA
live tracks November 30 & December 1, 1984 at the Koncepts Cultural Gallery, Oakland, CA
November 25, 1985 at the Arhoolie Records 25th Anniversary Party, Albany Veterans Memorial Hall, Albany, CA
Katie Webster, voc, p; John Lumsdaine, g; Clay Cotton, org; Bruce Unsworth, as; Nancy Wright, ts; Steve Ehrmann, b; Steve Griffith, dr (Hot Links)

Arhoolie 1094

(=) Arhoolie CD 393 (US 1993) "I Know That's Right"

- When He Calls Me I Will Answer
- Vine Street Drag
- My Gal Sal Medley
- State Street Rag
- Du, Du Liegst Mir Im Herzen
- Railroad Blues
- Cacklin' Hen
- Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams

notes by Marty Pahls

Arhoolie 1095

(=) Arhoolie CD 470 (1998)

- Take Yo Time
- Going Home To Louisiana
- South Side Shuffle
- You'll Be Sorry Baby
- Don't Work To Hard

Arhoolie 1096

- My Little Angel
- Paper In My Shoe
- Blues After Hours
- Trouble In Mind
- In The Mood
- Worried Life Blues

Arhoolie 1097

with Cleveland Chenier, rub board & Selwyn Cooper, g

Arhoolie 1098

compilation of tracks previously on Arhoolie LPs; ed. & prod. by Chris Strachwitz
no previously unissued tracks!

2-disc package
notes by Pete Welding

Arhoolie R2001/2002

= Stateside SR-9323B (Jp 1972)

- The Blues Is Killing Me
- Did You Ever Feel Lucky
- I'm Wild About You
- Blues With A Feeling
- Why Can't You Cry For Me
- There Is A Time For Everything
- Lowell Jumps One

rec. between 1946 and 1951 in San Francisco, CA

notes by Chris Strachwitz

Arhoolie R2003 (1962)

= Arhoolie AR 19014 (EUR)

Trio PA-3055 (Jp 1975)

(=) Arhoolie CD 443 (1997)
"My First Recordings"

- Christmas Date Boogie
- Radar Blues
- Tell Me Pretty Baby
- Rocket Boogie "88" - part II
- Trouble Blues
- Half Tight Boogie

notes by Rolph Fairchild

Arhoolie R2004 (US 1962)

= Fontana 688 802 ZL

Fontana Records discography

Trio Records discography

- South Carolina Blues
- Big Trouble Blues
- Jail And Buddy Blues
- Railroad Blues
- Travelin' Blues
- Right And Wrong Women
- Betty And Dupree

Alec Seward & Louis Hayes

notes by Chris Strachwitz

Arhoolie R 2005

- Airplane Blues

rec. late 1940s in Houston, TX; reissued from Gold Star masters

notes by Chris Strachwitz     Arhoolie Records, Box 9195, Berkeley, California 94719

Arhoolie 2007 (US 1963) "Early Recordings"

notes by Chris Strachwitz

= Fontana 688 803 ZL (NL 1966) "Bluebird Blues"

= Stateside ISR-8145 (Jp 19??) "Early Recordings"

notes (1963) by Chris Strachwitz     Arhoolie Records, 10341 San Pablo Avenue, El Cerrito, CA 94530

= Arhoolie 2007 (US 1969) "Early Recordings"

notes (1963) by Chris Strachwitz     Arhoolie Records, 10341 San Pablo Avenue, El Cerrito, CA 94530

= Arhoolie 2007 (US 1975) "Early Recordings"

Lightnin' Hopkins discography
Fontana Records discography

Johnny Fuller - Train, Train Blues

notes by Lee Hildebrand

Arhoolie 2008 (US 1970)

= Trio PA-3063 (Jp 1975)

Trio Records discography
K.C. Douglas discography
Sidney Maiden discography
Juke Boy Bonner discography
Mercy Dee Walton discography
LC Good Rockin' Robinson discography
Johnny Fuller discography
Jimmy McCracklin discography
Jimmy Wilson discography

- Motherless Children
- Amazing Grace
- Hark From The Tomb
- As Long As I Can Feel The Spirit
- Cincinnati Blues #
- Just A Closer Walk With Thee #

# on Cavalier 6009, Folk Art 5005 and Arhoolie F 2009 only

rec. Oakland, Ca, April 22, 1955; prod. by Tom Spinoza

reissued 1993 on Arhoolie CD 360

other 'Folk Art' releases (http://koti.mbnet.fi/wdd/hankdavisbio11.htm): FLP 5001: Rev. Anthony Campbell, Calvin Morris, Hank Davis 'God Made The Blues'
45 FLP 5002: Rev. Anthony Campbell, Calvin Morris, Hank Davis 'How Long Have You Been A Negro? / Hit 'Em Again Lord' ( 7 inch 45 rpm)
FLP 5003: Lightnin' Hopkins 'In Town'
FLP 5004: Leadbelly 'I'm Never Gone

Jesse Fuller discography

10 inch LP

Cavalier CAV 5006 (1955)
(red vinyl)

12 inch LP

(=) Cavalier CVLP6009 (1957)
(black vinyl)

(=) Folk Art FLP 5005
"God Made the Blues
Volume 2" (1964)

(=) Arhoolie F 2009 (7/1967)

- Fast Life Woman
- Grosebeck Blues - take 2
- Grosebeck Blues - take 3
- Rollin' Woman Blues
- Ain't It A Shame
- Somebody's Got To Go
- Automobile Blues
- All I Got Is Gone

rec. in late 40s, Houston, Tx., for Gold Star Records

notes by Chris Strachwitz

Arhoolie 2010 (US 1971)

Lightnin' Hopkins discography
Joel Hopkins discography

Robert Pete Williams - Motherless Children Have A Hard Time §

rec. 1959 at Angola State Penitentiary, Louisiana by Dr. Harry Oster and Richard B. Allen; all artists play on Harry Oster's 12string guitar
# rec. January 26, 1959
* February 12, 1959
|| February 22, 1959
§ March 21, 1959

notes by Harry Oster
and Richard Allen
& Paul B. Crawford

Louisiana Folklore Society
LFS A-3 (US 1959)

notes by Harry Oster
and Richard Allen
& Paul B. Crawford

Louisiana Folklore Society
LFS A-3 (US 19??)

notes by Harry Oster
and Richard Allen
& Paul B. Crawford

= Collector JGN 1003 (UK 1961)

notes by Harry Oster
and Richard Allen
& Paul B. Crawford

= Arhoolie R 2011 (1970)
Angola Prisoner's Blues

notes by Harry Oster
& Paul B. Crawford

(=) Arhoolie CD 419

= Doxy DOY636 (It 2010)

Roosevelt Charles, Davis & Rodney Mason
- All Teamed Up in Angola's Mule Lot
Willy Rafus & Gang
- I Got a Hurtin' In My Right Side
Rodney Mason, Willy Rafus & Davis
- Let Your Hammer Ring
Willy Rafus, Andy Mosley & Johnny Butler
- Cleaning This Highway
Guitar Welch, Hogman Maxey & Robert Pete Williams
- John Henry
Odea Mathews
- Something Within Me
Murray Macon
- Jesus Cares

rec. 1959 Angola State Penitentiary, Louisiana, by Harry Oster

notes by Harry Oster & Chris Strachwitz

Louisiana Folklore Society LFS A-5

= Collector JGN 1006 (UK 196?)

= Arhoolie R 2012 (US 1971?)

Arhoolie CD 448

Dr. Harry Oster discography

- Bottle Up And Go ***   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Mardi Gras Mambo ****   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Rock Me Mama || #   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- John Henry *   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Locomotive Train (instr) ()   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- I Had A Little Woman # ||   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Don't Leave Me Mama (Rock Me Mama no. 2) #   @ youtube   @ Spotify

rec. 1958 in New Orleans, LA by Harry Oster & Richard Allen

# Snooks Eaglin, voc, 6-str g, || 12-str g
## Snooks Eaglin, voc, 6-str g, || 12-str g; Percy Randolph, hca; Lucius Bridges, wb
### Snooks Eaglin, voc, 6-str g, || 12-str g; Percy Randolph, hca; Lucius Bridges, voc, wb

* Lucius Bridges, voc; Snooks Eaglin, 6-str g; Percy Randolph, wb
** Lucius Bridges, voc, g, wb; Snooks Eaglin, 6-str g, || 12-str g, wb; Percy Randolph, wb, ** hca
*** Lucius Bridges, voc; Percy Randolph, hca; Snooks Eaglin, wb
**** Lucius Bridges, voc; Snooks Eaglin, voc; Percy Randolph, hca

{} Percy Randolph, voc, slapping shoe-shine rag
[] Percy Randolph, hca, voc; unknown, tom tom (actually the head of a banjo)
() Percy Randolph, voc, hca; Snooks Eaglin, 6-str g, hca; Lucius Bridges, wb

Folk-Lyric FL 107 (I) drawing by Norman Gross
Folk-Lyric FL 107 (II) drawing by Malcolm Quantrill
Arhoolie/Storyville photo by Harry Oster

notes by Harry Oster     "Folk-Lyric Records, 1945 Bay St., Baton Rouge, LA"

Folk-Lyric FL 107 (I) (US 1959) "New Orleans Washboard Blues"

notes by Harry Oster     "Folk-Lyric Recording Co., 3323 Morning Glory, Baton Rouge, La."

Folk-Lyric FL 107 (II) (US 1960) "Possum Up A Simmon Tree"

notes by Harry Oster with some editing by Chris Strachwitz

= Arhoolie 2014 (US 1971) "Possum Up A Simmon Tree"

notes by Harry Oster

= Storyville SLP 179 (Denmark 1975) "New Orleans Blues"

(=) Arhoolie CD 348 (US 1991) "Country Boy Down In New Orleans"

notes by Harry Oster with some editing by Chris Strachwitz

(=) P-Vine PCD-93733 (Jp 2013) "Possum Up A Simmon Tree"

Folk Lyric / Harry Oster discography
Storyville Records discography
Snooks Eaglin discography
Percy Randolph discography

notes by Harry Oster

Folk Lyric FL 109

= 77 LA 12/17 (UK 1963)

Arhoolie R 2015 (US 1971)

Arhoolie CD 394 "I'm Blue as a Man Can Be"

Arhoolie CD 395 "When A Man Takes The Blues"

Dr. Harry Oster discography
Robert Pete Williams discography

- Mama Don't Allow # § //
- Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out #
- Going Back To Florida #
- Panama §
- St. James Infirmary #
- John Henry § ||

rec. 1959 in New Orleans, LA by Harry Oster and Richard Allen; Billie Pierce, p, # voc; De De Pierce, cornet, * voc; § Brother Randolph, washb; Lucius Bridges, // tom toms, || voc
Arhoolie CD 488 bonus tracks rec. for Erwin Helfer's Tone label; Billie Pierce, voc, p

notes by Harry Oster

Folk-Lyric FL 110 (US 1960) "New Orleans Jazz"

notes by Harry Oster

= Arhoolie 2016 (US 1971) "New Orleans Music"

notes by Harry Oster

Storyville SLP 178 (Denmark 1975) "New Orleans Jazz"

notes by Harry Oster

= Storyville 670 178 "New Orleans Jazz"

= Arhoolie CD 488 (US 2000) "Gulf Coast Blues"

Storyville Records discography
Dr. Harry Oster discography

- Nobody's Fault But Mine   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- I Know It Was The Blood   @ Spotify
- By And By (I'm Gonna See The King)   @ Spotify
- Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- If I Never See You Anymore   @ Spotify
- Ninety-Nine And A Half Won't Do   @ Spotify
- It's A Mean Old World   @ Spotify
- The Great Speckled Bird   @ Spotify

rec. 1961 in Macon, GA by Harry Oster and Richard Allen; Pearly Brown, voc, g

bonus tracks rec. 1974 at KPFA Radio in Berkeley, CA by Chris Strachwitz; Pearly Brown, voc, g, # 12-str g; * Christine Brown, voc; § Bob Young, hca; Duane Cox, washtub b; previously unissued
Folk-Lyric FL 108 cover photo by Harry Oster; Arhoolie CD 9025 cover photo by Chris Strachwitz

notes by Harry Oster

Folk-Lyric FL 108 (US 1961)

notes by Harry Oster

= Folk-Lyric FL 108 (US 196? re-release)

≠ Arhoolie 2017 (scheduled for January 1976 release)
[release never materialized, some Folk-Lyric LPs were sold from Arhoolie bins]

original notes by Harry Oster & new notes by Chris Strachwitz

(=) Arhoolie CD 9025 (US 2002) "You're Gonna Need That Pure Religion"

Rev. Pearly Brown discography
Harry Oster discography

Sally Dotson with Smoky Babe & Hillary Blunt
- Your Dice Won't Pass
Butch Cage & Willie Thomas
- Jelly Roll
Rebecca Smith etc.
- I've Got Religion
Smoky Babe
- Going Downtown Boogie
Clarence Edwards
- Stack O' Dollars
Willie Thomas & Butch Cage
- Brown Skin Woman
Leon Strickland with Lucius Bridges
- I Won't Be Your Low Down Dog No More

rec. in southwest Louisiana during the late 1950s and early 1960s by Harry Oster
cover photo of Butch Cage and Willie Thomas with their wives by Harry Oster

notes by Harry Oster

Folk-Lyric FL 111

notes by Harry Oster (with some additional comments by Chris Strachwitz)

= Arhoolie R 2018 (US 1970)

= Trio PA-6028 (Jp 1974)

notes by Chris Strachwitz

Arhoolie CD 372

Folk Lyric discography
Butch Cage & Willie Thomas discography
Harry Oster discography

- Black Ghost []
- Ain't Got No Rabbit Dog
- Bad Whiskey
- Black Gal //

- Black Ghost []
- Ain't Got No Rabbit Dog //
- Bad Whiskey
- My Baby Put Me Down #
- Going Back Home

all tracks rec. February 1960 in Scotlandville, LA by Harry Oster
# Smoky Babe, voc, g; Henry Thomas

notes by Harry Oster

Folk-Lyric FL 118

notes by Harry Oster

= Arhoolie R 2019 (US 1971) "Hot Blues"

(=) Arhoolie CD 440 (US 1996)

Smoky Babe discography
Dr. Harry Oster discography
77 Records discography

- Nine Below Zero
- Mighty Long Time
- She Brought Life Back To The Dead
- Stop Now Baby
- Mr. Downchild
- Sonny Boy's Christmas Blues
- Pontiac Blues
- Too Close Together

Original recordings produced by Lillian NcMurry; reissue prod. by Chris Strachwitz

notes by Paul Oliver

Arhoolie 2020 (US 1970)

notes by Paul Oliver

= Trio PA-3057 (Jp 1975)

- It Must Be The End Of Time
- Nights Of Gladness
- Blues Run In My Family
- Sixth Avenue Stomp
- Stack O'Lee
- I Feel So Good

cover photo by Wes Taft

notes by Wes Taft

Arhoolie 4003

- American Defense
- Am I Right Or Wrong
- Walking Blues
- County Farm Blues
- The Pony Blues
- The Jinx Blues - part 1
- The Jinx Blues - part 2

rec. 1941/42 by Alan Lomax for the Library of Congress
compiled and produced by Evelyn Parth
photography by Brad Barrett

Roots RSE 1 (Special edition)
(Austria 1972)

= Folklyric 9002 (US 1975?)
("distributed by Arhoolie Records")

= Autogram RSE-1 (Germany 2006)
(Collector's series)

Roots Records discography

* rec. 1961 in Macon, Georgia by Harry Oster and Richard Allen
remaining tracks rec. 1974 at KPFA Radio in Berkeley, CA by Chris Strachwitz; Pearly Brown, voc, g; Christine Brown, voc; Bob Young, hca; Duane Cox, washtub b; previously unissued
cover photo by Chris Strachwitz

Rev. Pearly Brown discographyHarry Oster discography

Folk-Lyric FL 108

original notes by Harry
Oster & new notes
by Chris Strachwitz

Arhoolie CD 9025 (US 2002)

prod. and edited by Chris Strachwitz
cover photo (Big Joe Williams) by Chris Strachwitz

Arhoolie CD 101 (US 1996)

includes all of Arhoolie LP 1044 (#) and over half of Arhoolie LP 1066 (*)

Earl Hooker discography

notes by Chris Strachwitz

Arhoolie CD 324

(=) P-Vine PCD 24110 (Jp 2001)

(=) P-Vine PCD-93705 (Jp 2013)

- Keep On Drinking   @ youtube
- Hot Dog!   @ youtube
- Come Early In The Morning   @ youtube
- Moaning And Groaning   @ youtube
- Crosscut Saw   @ youtube
- Slam Hammer (instr)

rec. November 11

notes (1966) by Pete Welding   Arhoolie Records, P.O. Box 5073, Berkeley 5, Calif.

Arhoolie F 1029 (US 1966)

notes by Pete Welding

= Fontana 688 809 ZL (UK 1967?)

notes by Pete Welding   Arhoolie Records, Box 9195, Berkeley, Ca. 94709

Arhoolie AR 19023 (Fr 1972)

notes by Pete Welding   Arhoolie Records, 10341 San Pablo Ave., El Cerrito, CA 94530

Arhoolie F 1029 (US 1987)

notes (1966 & 1968) by Pete Welding

(=) Arhoolie CD 325 (US 1990) (along with most of Arhoolie F 1037)

= P-Vine PCD-24106 (Jp 2002)

(=) P-Vine PCD-2504 (Jp 20??) (along with all of Arhoolie F 1037)

Johnny Young discography
Otis Spann discography
Fontana Records discography

notes (adapted from
"Blow my Blues away")
by George Mitchell

Arhoolie CD 401

Arhoolie Records discography

* previously unissued on Arhoolie
[] recorded in 1930 and originally issued on Brunswick 7166 (78 rpm)

notes by George Mitchell
and David Evans (1969)
1993 update
by Chris Strachwitz

Arhoolie CD 402

Smoky Babe rec. 1960 in Scotlandville, LA by Harry Oster; previously issued on Folklyric LP 118 and Arhoolie LP 2019

Herman E. Johnson rec. 1960/1961 in Baton Rouge, LA by Harry Oster; previously issued on Arhoolie LP 1060

notes by Harry Oster

Arhoolie CD 440 (US 1996)

Dr. Harry Oster discography
Smoky Babe discography
Herman E. Johnson discography

Compilation producers: Chris Strachwitz & Elijah Wald; digitally remastered by Mike Cogan

5 CD box
66-pp. booklet by Chris Strachwitz, Ry Cooder, Bonnie Raitt & Elijah Wald

Arhoolie CD 491 (US 2000)

ed. by Chris Strachwitz & Paul Oliver

notes by Paul Oliver

Arhoolie CD 510 (US 2005)

on front cover: Sleepy John Estes' hands cropped from a 1962 photo by Georges Adins

Arhoolie Records discography

- On Mr. Walter's Farm   @ Spotify
- I'm Going Home On The Morning Train   @ Spotify
- I'm Goin' Away Baby

rec. February 1960 in Scotlandville, LA and August 1961 in Vance, MS by Harry Oster; edited and prod. by Chris Strachwitz and Adam Machado

Smoky Babe discographyDr. Harry Oster discography

notes by Adam Machado

Arhoolie LP 548 (US 2014)

notes by Adam Machado

(=) Arhoolie CD 548 (US 2014)