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Complete
John Lee Hooker
Session Discography
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revised and compiled by Claus Röhnisch
Updated November 28, 2006


Detroit 1948-1955 |
Chicago 1955-1964 | The Sixties Albums | 1970-1999 |
This session discography is based on
Les Fancourt's Hooker-entry
in "The Blues Discography 1943-1970"
Fancourt and McGrath
(by Les Fancourt and Bob
McGrath, 2006 Eyeball Productions ISBN 0-9685445-7-0, printed in October 2006).
- slightly revised by Claus Röhnisch.
"Boogie Chillen" - a guide by Les Fancourt and information from
Neil Slaven,
Dave Sax,
Mike Rowe, Charles Shaar Murray,
and Gary Hearn
has also been valuable; and inspiration from Alan Balfour and Colin Escott.
There is a discography on
Hooker by Michael J. Sweeney and Robert Pruter, published in Goldmine magazine,
March 20, 1992 (which i have not come across).
Note: The tracks from "The
Unknown John Lee Hooker"
-
Flyright FLYCD 57
(private 1951 recordings - reissued on Eagle CD 20024 in 2004 as "Jack O'
Diamonds") not included.
John Lee Hooker, vcl/gtr plus accomp as
shown. For pseudonym credits - see singles
discography.
John Lee Hooker's Rosebud session discography
1981 - 2003 compiled by Gary Hearn
Rock These Blues Away (on pdf)
- please note there are some dates wrong in that disco (to be
revised later)
Part One:
John Lee Hooker 1948 - 1955
Johnnie Lee´s Definitive Detroit
With
tracks - not in order
of Body & Soul chronological CD issues - but
based on the Les Fancourt discography - revised by Claus Röhnisch.
This means the tracks are not in the playing order of the Body&Soul CDs,
but in a revised and more accurate chrono-order.
The Body&Soul double CDs are packed
in nice traditional 2CD-sets with extensive inlay booklets
including comments and discography by Neil Slaven (and in track order based on the
"Blues Records" discography).
Each session starts with producer and
date of recording - with original vinyl issues noted. aoa = alternate of
above.
The tracks on Bernie Besman´s DCC LP DZL 042 "40th Anniversary Album" (reissued
on Demon FIEND LP and CD 154 "The Detroit Lion")
are all indicated due to the retitlings (that album also includes "Blues For Abraham
Lincoln" from Besman´s 1961 California session).
The 33 tracks of Krazy Kat LP "Boogie Awhile" are noted with the tracks not on
the later CD 05 marked (not CD).
All tracks on United Artists LPs 2-127 and 5512 also on Capitol 3-CD 33912-2.
Original master numbers are given after track title (when known).
Master/matrix numbers, which lack sufficient discographical significance, are not noted.
All tracks recorded in Detroit, unless otherwise indicated.
Yellow titles indicate original 78
issues (1948 - 1955 issues).
The tracks on the Proper 4CD box PROPERBOX 111 "The Boogie Man" are indicated #
for overview.
For CD track listings, see Ultimate CD Collection
Detroit 1948 - 1949

(almost equal to Body & Soul
3057012, 2-set CD)
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Barbee demo, rec. June 12, 1948 w. unkn,pno; prob J. Scarber,gtr Rocks (aka Miss Sassy Mae) - KK LP 200 (not CD) Note: "Dupree" with Scarber, vcl also recorded at this session. Barbee demos, rec. ca August, 1948 Leavin´ Chicago - KK LP 200 Wednesday Evening Blues - KK LP 200 (not CD) Note: Hooker also recorded demos of "(When) My First Wife Left Me" at the above session, listed as "When My Wife Quit Me" and "When My First Wife Left Me" German 10CD Box-set "Portrait" lists "My First Wife Left Me" and an alternate of "Do The Boogie" from later session - "My First Wife Left Me" is the Vee-Jay/Prestige recording of 1960 (also issued on several other public domain CDs). "War Is Over" and "She Was in Chicago" below are remakes of the two above. Barbee "demos", rec. in Toledo, Ohio 1948 Johnny Hooks,tensax -1, James Watkins,pno; Curtis Foster,dms (Miss Sadie Mae*) Curl My Baby´s Hair - Fortune 846, Fortune LP 3002* 609 Boogie -1 - Fortune 846, Hi-Q 5018 (repressing) (Body & Soul Vol 3) Note: The Fortune single was issued in 1958. These two recordings are possibly the "combo" recordings Besman "rejected" when Barbee presented them to Besman. Besman session, ca September 1948 (leased to Modern, issued on November 3) Sally May (Sally Mae*) (There Is A Day Comin´ Baby**) (B 7003) - Modern 627, Crown LP 5353*, UA LP 127**, Rhino CD R2 70572*, Ace CD 799*, #* Sally Mae (aoa - aka Sallie May) - Modern 4, Crown LP 5157, Kent LP 525, Ace/Flair CD 315, Virgin CD 82741 War Is Over (Goodbye California) (aka Highway Blues) (B7004) - Specialty LP 2127, # See, See Baby (aoa) - GB LP 3130 She Was In Chicago (aka Wednesday Evening Blues) (B 7005) - UA LP 5512,# Crazy ´Bout That Woman (aoa) - GB LP 3130 Boogie Chillen' (Boogie Chillen*) (aka Boogie Children) (B 7006) - Modern 627, Modern 4, Crown LP 5157*, DCC LP 042*, #* Note: reedited as "New Boogie Chillen" on Grand 109/Modern 893. The only album issues with the original Boogie Chillen' spelling are the Rhino CDs, the Audio Fidelity AFX005 CD, and the "Hooker" CDbox. Henry´s Swing Club (aoa) - Specialty LP 2127 Johnny Lee´s Original Boogie (aoa - prob the first take) - UA LP 127 Same session Drifting From Door To Door (aka When My First Wife Left Me) (B 7007) - Modern 714, Crown LP 5232, # Hobo Blues (B 7008B) - Modern 663, Crown LP 5157, # Long, Long Way From Home (aoa) - UA LP 127 Numbers Blues (aka Playin´ The Numbers) (B 7009) - Ace CDCHD 799 (not on Body & Soul) She Ain´t Good For Nothin´ (aoa ) - GB LP 3130 Note: "Drifting.." and "Hobo Blues" may be Barbee recordings from mid 1948 handed over to Besman. When Besman handed his first tapes to Modern in November, 1948 he offered the "Boogie Chillen´"-session plus the tracks above. Some evidense point to the fact that the alternate of "Numbers Blues", "Well I Got To Leave" (see session from ca. December 1949) is actually the alternate of the above and the alternate listed here is from the 1949 session. Alberta (B 7010?) - Specialty LP 2125 Howlin´ Wolf (I´m A Howling Wolf*) (B 7011) - Modern 730, Crown LP 5353*, # Crawling King Snake (Crawlin' King Snake) (B 7012) - Modern 714, Crown LP 5157, # I Rule My Den (aoa) - UA LP 127 Note: The "Blues Brother" Ace CD lists James Taylor as lead gtr on "Alberta". The nine recordings listed here often reported as recorded February 18, 1949 - see below. Barbee, rec. ca November 1948 (sold to Battle, resold to Savoy in December) Mercy Blues (D 1100) - KK LP 200 Boogie Woogie (D 1101) - KK LP 200 Helpless Blues (D 1102) - Regent 1001, RL LP 003, # Good Business (D 1103) - KK LP 200 Goin´ Mad Blues (D 1104) - Regent 1001, RL LP 003, # Grievin´ Blues (D 1105) - Savoy LP 2255 Low Down Midnite Boogie (aka Talking Boogie) (D 1106) - Savoy 5558, LP 2255, # Landing Blues (D 1107) - Savoy 5558, Savoy LP 2255, # Twister Blues (D 1108) - Savoy LP 2255 Shady Grove Blues (D 1109) - Savoy LP 2255 Goin´ Home Blues (aka Goin´ Down Slow) (D 1110) - Savoy LP 2255 (Just) Like A Woman (D 1111) - Savoy LP 2255 Note: Hooker calls himself "Poor Slim". All twelve tracks issued on Savoy and Metro Doubles CDs. Barbee, sold to Battle - King, rec. ca November 1948 Stomp Boogie (Flub*) (K 5590 / K 5594) - King 4283, King 4504, LP 859*, Polydor LP 2310 256, # Who´s Been Jiving You (K 5591) - King LP 885, Pol LP 2310 256, # Black Man Blues (K 5592) - King 4283, Pol LP 2310 256, # Poor Joe (K 5593) - King LP 885, Pol LP 2310 256 Note: Originally planned to be issued as by "Poor Joe & His Boys" and later intended for King LP 727. The American original LP also lists the four titles together with the other 12 "Texas Slim" recordings, although 4 Earl Hooker recordings appear instead. "Flub" credited to Memphis Slim on LP 859 and titled "Unissued, Untitled Instrumental" (as K 5594 on Collectables CD 2877. That CD lists "Black Man Blues" as "Black Man's Blues" and the CD suggests the King 4504 issue actually has "Slim's Stomp" from the Battle session below, re-titled "Stomp Boogie". Same session Shake Your Boogie - KK LP 200 Poor Slim - KK LP 200 (not CD) Poor Slim (aoa) - KK LP 200 Down So Long - KK LP 200 (not CD) Note: The last track includes conversation with Barbee (and the first track below features a Barbee speech). The first track above originally issued on a French bootleg album (v.a.) in the '70s. Barbee, sold to Battle, rec. ca February 1949 Miss Pearl Boogie (JB 1402) - KK LP 200 Morning Blues (JB 1403) (aka Sittin´ And Thinkin´ JB 1408) - Acorn 308, KK LP 200, Charly CD GR176, # Boogie Awhile (JB 1407) (aka Boogie Baby JB 1460)- KK LP 200, # Tuesday Evening Blues (aka Miss Lorraine -version 1) (JB 1461) - KK LP 200, # Note: Hooker calls himself "Slim". All four tracks also on Savoy and Metro Doubles CDs. The alternate titles are unissued speeded-up versions. These recordings may have been cut ca December, 1948. Barbee, sold to Battle, rec. ca February 1949 w. James Watkins,pno; Curtis Foster,dms Do The Boogie (JB 1404) - Acorn 308, KK LP 200, Charly CD GR 176, # Note: An alternate version of "Do The Boogie" is listed together with the above on the 10CD box set "Portrait" (Past Perfect 10CD 205565 - German bootleg). Christmas Time Blues (aka Hard Luck Blues JB 1406) - KK LP 200 609 Boogie (Six O' Nine Boogie*) (U 2060) (aka Alabama Boogie and After Hour Blues 1405) - Chance 1122, Constellation LP 6, #, Pointblank CD 40116* Road Trouble (U 2061) (aka In My Father´s House 1401?) - Chance 1122, Constellation LP 6, # Notes: Hooker calls himself "Slim" - tracks planned to be issued as "Alabama Slim". Elmer Barbee is featured with vocal comments on a couple of the above. All titles also on Savoy and Metro Doubles CDs (with unedited versions of 2060/2061). "Six 0´Nine Boogie (take 1)" and (take 2) on Pointblank CD 40116 are identical. Barbee demos, rec. early 1949 (Battle prob. not involved) w. James Watkins,pno Cotton´ Pickin´ Boogie - KK LP 200, Pointblank CD 40116 Low Down Boogie - KK LP 200 (not CD) We Gonna Make Everything Alright - KK LP 200 (not CD) Must I Wait Til Your Man Is Gone - KK LP 200 Roll Me Baby - KK LP 200 (not CD) Note: "Cotton..." found on an Audiodisc demo record. Hooker calls himself "Poor Tony". |

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Malone - Prize session, early 1949 |
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Besman session, ca December 1949 No Friend Around (TB´s Killing Me*) (B 8010) - Modern 746, UA LP 127*, # Wednesday Evening (She Left Me* or She Left Me On My Bended Knee**) (B 8011) - Modern 746, Crown LP 5232**, Crown LP 5353*, # Note: Issued in edited versions on UA LP 127 as "Baby Please Don´t Go" and "I Was Beggin´ My Baby". Canal Street Blues (B 8012) - Sensation 26, Specialty LP 2127 Playin´ The Races (Dream A Number*) (B 8013) - Modern 730, Kent LP 9006, GB LP 3130*, # Well I Got To Leave (aoa) - UA LP 127 Huckle Up Baby (B 8014) - Sensation 26, Specialty LP 2125, # Note: above session definately late 1949, since "Huckle Up Baby" was released in December, 1949. "Huckle Up Baby" and "Canal Street Blues" noted as recorded February 8, 1950 (and February 27, 1950) on Specialty issues. Besman session, poss. February 8 or 27, 1950 w. James Watkins,pno-1 Let Your Daddy Ride - 1 (Slow Down Your Chatter Baby*) (B 8017) - Sensation 30, UA LP 127*, # Let Your Daddy Ride - 1 (aoa, B 8017) - Modern 790, Crown LP 5232, Kent LP 525 Note: alt. version reported on Ace CD799. Goin´ On Highway 51 (Goin´ Down Highway 51*) (B 8018) - Sensation 30, Specialty LP 2127* The Moon Above - GB LP 3130 She Left Me By Myself - UA LP 127, # No Mortgage On My Soul -1 - UA LP 127, # Note: "The Moon Above" poss a recording from c. Sept -49 or even 1952/53. "Goin' Down Highway 51" listed as recorded February 27, 1950 on Specialty issues. Malone - King recordings, ca March 1950 (sold from Staff to King in August) Thinking Blues - King 4377, LP 727, # Don´t You Remember Me - King 4366, LP 727, Federal 12377, # (drums dubbed on Federal and several later issues) Note: John calls himself "Johnny" (prob intended to be issued as by Johnny Williams). Battle - Gone recordings, prob. early-mid 1950 Mad Man Blues - Gone 60/61, Chess 1462, LP 1454, Chess MCD 09391, # Boogie Now (Hey Boogie*) - Gone 60/61, Chess 1462, LP 1454*, Chess MCD 09391*, #* Note: Hooker calls himself "Sam". Besman session, prob. April 28, 1950 My Baby´s Got Somethin´ (B 8035) - Sensation 33, Specialty LP 2127, # Decoration Day Blues (Lord Taketh My Baby Away*) (B 8036) - Sensation 33, UA LP 5512*, # Boogie Chillen' #2 (I Gotta Be Comin´ Back*) (B 8037) - Regal 3295, Sensation 34, Specialty LP 2125, UA LP 127*, #* 21 Boogie (aoa) - Specialty LP 2127 Jump Chillun (aoa) - GB LP 3130 Roll ´n´ Roll (I Cried The Whole Night Long*) (B 8040) - Modern 767, GB LP 3130* Rollin´ Blues (aoa) - Specialty LP 2125 Crying All Night (aoa) - UA LP 5512, # One More Time (Lets Talk It Over* or Come Back Baby** aka Let´s Think It Over) (B 8042) - Modern 790, Crown LP 5353*, UA LP 5512**, #** Three Long Years Today - Specialty LP 2125, # Strike Blues - Specialty LP 2127, # Welfare Blues (aoa) - UA LP 5512 Lord What More Can I Do (aoa) - UA LP 127 Turnin´ Gray Blues - UA LP 5512, # Note: "Do My Baby Think Of Me" and its alternate listed at April 2, 1951 session below. Session date on Body & Soul incorrect. "My Baby's Got Something" noted as recorded February 8, 1950 and as April 28, 1950 on different Specialty issues. Besman session, April 28, 1950 Give Me Your Phone Number (It´s A Crime And A Shame*) (B 8047) - Modern 767, UA LP 127*, #* Your Sure Look Good To Me (aoa) - GB LP 3130 Notoriety Woman (No Place To Stay*) (B 8048) - Regal 3304, GB LP 3130* Throw This Old Dog A Bone (aoa) - UA LP 5512, # Never Satisfied (Just Like A Woman*) (B 8049) - Regal 3304, UA LP5512*, #* The Story Of A Married Woman (aoa) - UA LP 127, # Moon Is Rising - UA LP 5512, # Please Have Mercy - GB LP 3130 Note: session date on Body & Soul incorrect; several of the B8035-B8049 masters issued between May-August 1950. Malone - Staff recordings, October or November, 1950 Wandering Blues - Staff 710, Gotham 506, RLP 003, Collectables LP 5151 House Rent Boogie - Staff 710, Gotham 506, RLP 003, Collectables LP 5151, # Note: Gotham 506 issued in December, 1950. |

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Besman session, November 16, 1950 John L´s House Rent Boogie (Out The Door I Went*) (B 9001) - Modern 814, CLP 5157, UA LP 127* House Rent Boogie (aoa) - Ace CDCHD 799 (not on Body & Soul) (titled Hey,´S The House Rent Boogie on DCC LP 042 and House Rent Boogie on Mainstream CD 903 - the ed. is uncertain which versions actually are on these two CDs, since the two versions are very similar) Queen Bee (B 9002) - Modern 814, Crown LP 5157, # Don´t You Remember Me (Can I Say Hello*) - CLP 5232, UA LP 127*, #* You´ve Got Another Man (Hello Baby*) (aoa) - GB LP 3130, DCC LP 042* Grinder Man - Specialty LP 2127, # If You Need My Lovin´ Baby (aoa) - GB LP 3130 I Met The Grindin´ Man (aoa) - UA LP 127 Nobody To Talk To Me (aka Mean Old Train) - UA LP 127 Walkin´ This Highway - Specialty LP 2125 Note. "Grinder Man" noted as recorded on February 8, 1950 on the Specialty issues. Last title may be of sligthly diff. date. Detroit, for Gotham , ca March 1951 (probably Battle recordings) Questionnaire Blues - Gotham 509, # Real Gone Gal - Gotham 509, # Little Boy Blue - Gotham 513 My Daddy Was A Jockey - Gotham 513, # Mean Old Train - Gotham 515 Catfish (aka Cat Fish) - Gotham 515, # Feed Her All Night - KK LP 816 Feed Her All Night (aoa) - unissued How Long Must I Be Your Slave - KK LP 816 Ground Hog - KK LP 816 Union Station - unissued Jail House Blues - unissued Looking For My Baby - unissued Note: all the issued titles on Collectables LP 5151 and CD 5316 - Gotham 509 issued in early 1951 and 515 in March, 1952 Where Did You Stay Last Night (w Eddie Burns, 1951) - KK LP 818 (Body & Soul Vol 5) Note: the last track was sold to Gotham from Battle in July, 1951. Besman recordings, prob. April 2, 1951 Do My Baby Think Of Me? - Specialty LP 2125, DCC LP 042, # I Don´t Be Welcome Here (aoa) - UA LP 127, # Note: Date above given on Besman´s DCC LP - and probably correct, although Slaven, Sax and Fancourt list the tracks together with the "Strike Blues" session of 1950. "Do My Baby Think Of Me" wrongly noted as recorded April 2 (and April 28), 1950 on some Specialty issues. Besman session, April 2, 1951 w. Little Eddie Kirkland,gtr-1 Women In My Life -1 (Four Women In My Life*) (MM 1560) - Modern 829, Kent LP 9006, Specialty LP 2127*, #* I´m Going Away -1 (Four Women In My Life*) (aoa) - UA LP 127, DCC LP 042* Tease Me Baby (Tease Your Daddy*) (MM 1561) - Modern 829, CLP 5353* I Need Lovin´ (aoa) - Specialty LP 2125 Tease Me Baby (aoa) - GB LP 3130 Looking For Romance (Movin´ On Down The Line*) - Kent LP 9006, GB LP 3130* Streets Is Filled With Women (aoa) - UA LP 5512 Reach My Goal (Find Me A Woman*) - Kent LP 9006, Specialty LP 2127* Me And A Woman (I´m Gonna Get Me A Woman*) (aoa) - UA LP 127, DCC LP 042* Whistle Done Blown -1 - UA LP 5512 Note: The Specialty edition of the first track has an intro not on the earlier issues; and the last track may be of slightly diff. date. Chess session, Chicago April 26, 1951 w. Little Eddie Kirkland,gtr-1 Louise -1 (U 7326) - Chess 1482, Modern 842, Chess LP 1438, # High Priced Woman (U 7327) - Chess 1505, LP 1438, # Union Station Blues (U 7328) - Chess 1505, LP 1438, # Just Me And My Telephone -1 (aka Me And My Phone) (U 7329) - Chess LP 1454 Ground Hog Blues (U 7330) - Chess 1482, Modern 842, Chess LP 1438, # Leave My Wife Alone (U 7331) - Chess 1467, LP 1438, # Ramblin´ By Myself (U 7333) - Chess 1467, LP 1438, # Dreamin´ Blues (U 7334) - Chess LP 1454 Note: All Chess recordings issued on MCA/Chess CD MCD 09391. Malone - Staff recordings, ca 1951 w. Vernon "Boogie Woogie Red" Harrison,pno; Curtis Foster,dms Prison Bound - Staff 718, KK LP 200 (not CD), Charly CD GR176 Bumble Bee Blues - Staff 718, KK LP 200 (not CD), Charly CD GR176 Note: There is a Polydor LP, "All Star Blues", which mistakenly credits two West Texas Slim recordings as by John Lee Hooker. Besman session, August 7, 1951 w. Little Eddie Kirkland,gtr (plus vcls on -1) How Can You Do It (MM 1635) - Modern 835, Crown LP 5353 I Work For Her Every Day (Baby How Can You Do It?*) (aoa) - GB LP 3130, DCC LP 042* Throw My Money Around (undubbed version of above) - UA LP 127 (not on Body & Soul) Johnny Lee´s Mood (Original One Voice aka I´m In The Mood) - UA LP 5512 Two Voiced Original Mood - UA LP 127 I´m In The Mood (Three Voiced Original Mood*) (MM 1636) - Modern 835, Crown LP 5157, UA LP 127*, # I´m In The Mood (aoa) - DCC LP 042, Mainstream CD 903 I´m In The Mood (w hca dub) - Ace CDCHD 799 (not on Body & Soul) Anybody Seen My Baby (Johnny Says Come Back*) (MM 1637) - Modern 847, Crown LP 5157, UA LP 127* Anybody Seen My Baby (unedited version) - Mainstrean CD 903 (not on Body & Soul) I Did Everything (aoa) - UA LP 127 Turn Over A New Leaf (This Is 19 and 52, Babe*) (aka 1952 Blues) (MM 1638) - Modern 847, Crown LP 5232, DCC LP 042*, # Let´s Talk It Over -1 - Modern 935, Crown LP 5259, DCC LP 042 Note: dbl track vcl on original 78 issue of Modern 935 - July, 1954; this title often listed as a 1952 recording together with the "Rock House Boogie" session or as May 22, 1952; but listed as being recorded as above on DCC LP. Note: Around August, 1951 Hooker made his private recordings for Gene Deitch - two sessions in Detroit - the last with 4 recordings - one of them listed as August 16 (the original statement was October 18, 1949) (issued on Flyright FLYCD57 - "The Unknown" - and reissued on Eagle CD 20024 as "Jack O' Diamonds"). |
Detroit 1952 - 1953

(almost equal to Body &
Soul, 2-set CD BS2500, The Complete JLH Vol. 5)
Please note that the discography below is not identical
to the Body & Soul issue.
This is a revised and more accurate
discography!
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Besman session, early 1952 w. Bernie Besman,org; and dubbed instr Cold Chills (All Over Me) (I Got Drunk*) - Modern 862, Crown LP 5157, GB LP 3130* Cold Chills (aoa) - Ace CDHCD 530 Rock Me Mama (Good Rockin´ Mama*) - Modern 862, Crown LP 5232* I Came To You Baby - UA LP 127 Someone To Love - UA LP 127 Note: first two titles above both issued in three editions on GB LP 3130 (titled take 1,2,3) and "Someone To Love" issued in alternate edition on UA LP 127 - take 1 and 2. Body & Soul Vol 5 has three versions each of the first two and two versions of "Someone..". Chess session, (prob. Detroit) April 24, 1952 Dbl track vcl and extra dubbed (speeded-up) gtr on -1 Walkin´ The Boogie -1 (U 7432) - Chess 1513, LP 1438, # Walkin´ The Boogie (unedited) - Chess LP 8203, LP 9102 Sugar Mama (U 7433) - Chess 1513, LP 1438, # I Don´t Want Your Money - Chess LP 1454, # Hey, Baby - Chess LP 1454 The Journey (aka Sentimental Journey) - Chess LP 1454 Bluebird - Chess LP 1454, # Love Blues - Chess LP 1438 Apologize - Chess LP 1454 Lonely Boy Boogie (aka New Boogie) - Chess LP 1454 (Baby) Please Don´t Go - Chess LP 1454 Worried Life Blues - Chess LP 1454, # Down At The Landing - Chess LP 1438 Note: All Chess recordings issued on MCA/Chess CD MCD 09391. "Lonely Boy Boogie" has a slightly longer ending - and "The Journey" a longer intro on that CD. Besman session, May 22, 1952 w. Little Eddie Kirkland,gtr (and vcl-1); Bernie Besman,org-2 It Hurts Me So -1/2 - Modern 876, Crown LP 5353, DCC LP 042 I Got Eyes For You (Yes, Baby, Baby, Baby* or Yes, Baby, Baby**) - Modern 876, Crown LP 5353, DCC LP 042*, Audio Fidelity CD AFX005** I Got Eyes For You (aoa) - Ace CDCHD 799 (not on Body & Soul) Key To The Highway -1/2 - Modern 886, Crown LP 5353 I Got The Key (aoa) (Key To The Highway*) -1/2 - DCC LP 042, Ace CDCHD 799* Bluebird Blues (Bluebird, Bluebird Taka A Letter Down South* or Bluebird, Take A Letter Down South**) (aka Blue Bird Blues) - Modern 886, DCC LP 042*, Audio Fidelity CD AFX005** Note: double-track voice on several issues of the above titles. It´s Time For My Lovin´ To Be Done - RPM 367, Kent LP 9006 That´s All Right - RPM 367, Kent LP 9006 Note: the last two are by Little Eddie Kirkland. Besman recordings, 1952 w. Bob Thurman,pno; Eddie Burns, dbd hca-1 It´s My Own Fault (aka It's My Fault) - Chess 1562, LP 1438, MCA CD 09391 It´s My Own Fault -1 (edited version of above master) - Fortune LP 3002 Baby I Prove My Love To You (unedited version of above) - GB LP 3130 Note: Dbl track vcl on original issues; hca dubbed on Fortune issue - GB issue no double track and no hca (unedited original recording) - the alternate versions not on Body & Soul. Blues For Big Town - Fortune LP 3002, MCA CD 09391, # Juke Bug (inst -1) - Fortune LP 3002 You Have Two Hearts - MCA CD 09391 Note: last track (no pno - no hca - but celeste) not on Body & Soul. Fortune Records, ca 1952 w. Bob Thurman or Boogie Woogie Red,pno; unknown,gtr (poss overdubbed or Eddie Kirkland); prob Tom Whiteheead,dms Women And Money (aka Money And Women) - Chess 1562, LP 1438, MCA CD 09391 Bihari - Siracuse productions, December 3, 1952 w. Johnny Hooks,tens; Boogie Woogie Red,pno; Jimmy Turner,dms It´s Been A Long Time Baby - Modern 897, Ace CD 799 Ride ´Til I Die - Modern 907, Ace LP 37 I Tried Hard - Modern 935, Ace CD 799 Bihari - Siracuse productions, 1952 w. Eddie Kirkland,gtr Rock House Boogie - Modern 897, Crown LP 5295, # It´s Stormin´ And Rainin´ - Modern 901, Ace CD799 Cool Little Car - Modern 942, Ace LP 37 Lookin´ For A Woman - Modern 978, Crown LP 5295 Note: last title issued without dbl vcl track on Mainstream MDCD903 and later CDs. Bihari - Siracuse productions, June 26, 1953 w. Boogie Woogie Red,pno; Eddie Kirkland,gtr; Tom Whitehead,dms Love Money Can´t Buy - Modern 908, Ace CD 799 Please Take Me Back - Modern 908, Ace CD 315 |
Detroit 1953 - 1955

(almost equal to Body & Soul, 2-set CD
BS2653 The Complete JLH Vol. 6, issued January 31, 2005)
Please note that the discography below is not identical
to the Body & Soul issue.
This is a revised and more accurate
discography!
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Henry Stone session, prob. Cincinnati
(or poss Miami), July 1953 w. Eddie Kirkland,gtr-1 (and sec.vcl-2) Please Say You' re Mine (GR 15117) - unissued (poss. not Hooker) My Baby Don´t Love Me (15118) - DeLuxe 6046, Atco LP 151, Collectables CD 2877 Blue Monday (I Ain´t Got Nobody*) (15119) -1 - DeLuxe 6004, Rockin 525*, Chart 614, Atlantic LP 7228, Collectables CD 2877* My Baby Put Me Down (aka Misbelieving Baby) (15120) - Chart 614, Atlantic LP 7228 Love My Baby (aoa) (15121) - Atco LP 151 Wobbling Baby (15122) -1 - Chart 609, Atlantic LP 7228 Pouring Down Rain (Wobblin´ Baby*) (15123) -1 (aoa) - DeLuxe 6032, Rockin 525*, Atco LP 151* Goin´ South (15124) - Chart 609, Atlantic LP 7228 Real, Real Gone (aoa) (15125) - DeLuxe 6046, Atco LP 151, Collectables CD 2877 Lovin´ Guitar Man (Guitar Lovin´ Man*) -1/2 (15126) - DeLuxe 6004, Rockin 524, Atco LP 151*, Collectables CD 2877 Stuttering Blues (Stutterin' Blues*) (15127) - DeLuxe 6032, Rockin 525, Atco LP 151, Collectables CD 2877* Hook´s Boogie (I Ain´t Got Nobody*) (A 5626) - Atco LP 151* Sleepy Blues (Misbelieving Baby*) (A 5627) - Atco LP 151* Note: DeLuxe matrix prefix GR-, Chart-prefix C-. Last two tracks are instrumentals probably recorded in 1961. All 12 tracks above issued on Atco CD 7567-82365-2. Collectables COL-CD-2877 which has 15 of the 16 Texas Slim recordings also has the three DeLuxe recordings from below plus the tracks listed above. Bihari - Siracuse productions, poss. August 1953 w. Eddie Kirkland,gtr Too Much Boogie - Modern 916, Ace CD 315 Need Somebody - Modern 916, Ace CD 315, # Battle recordings, September 1953 w. Eddie Kirkland,gtr I Came To See You Baby (GV-2-113) - DeLuxe 6009, KK LP 200 (not CD), CD COL2877 I´m A Boogie Man (I'm The Boogie Man*) (GV-2-114) - DeLuxe 6009, KK LP 200 (not CD), CD COL2877* My Baby Left Me (GV-2-115) - originally unissued, CD COL2877, Varese Sarabande CD 301066597-2 Note: Last track only issued on Collectables and Varese Sarabande. Varese has all the original 16 Texas Slim recordings plus the three recordings above. Last track not on Body & Soul. Bihari - Siracuse productions, late 1953 w. Eddie Kirkland,gtr Down Child - Modern 923, Crown LP 5295, # Gotta Boogie (Gonna Boogie*) - Modern 923, Crown LP 5295* Bad Boy - Modern 942, Crown LP 5295, # Note: Louisiana Red reported to be present on "Down Child" according to (early) Les Fancourt. "Boogie Woogie All Night Long" on Crown LP 5232 is by Louisiana Red (calling himself Rockin' Red on that track). Bihari - Siracuse productions, February 6, 1954 w. Eddie Kirkland,gtr -1 I Wonder Little Darling - Modern 931, Ace CD 530 Jump Me (One More Time) -1 - Modern 931, Ace CD 315 Johnny Vincent session (Esquire Rec. Studios) - Specialty, May 12/13, 1954 w. Johnny Hooks,tens; John Griffith,pno; Theophilus Roosevelt,b; Tom Whitehead,dms I´m Mad - Specialty 528, CD 7035 I Been Done So Wrong (tk 1) - Specialty LP 5013 I Been Done So Wrong (tk 2) - PeaVine (J) PCD1854/55 I Been Done So Wrong (aoa) - Specialty CD 7035 Note: above two altnernates not on Body & Soul Boogie Rambler - Specialty CD 7035 I Keep The Blues - Specialty CD 7035 No More Doggin´ aka No More Foolin´ - Specialty CD 7035 I Do Like I Please - Specialty LP 5013 (not on CD) w. Tom Whitehead,dms Anybody´s Blues (I Love You Baby) - Specialty CD 7035 Everybody´s Blues - Specialty 528, LP 5013, Specialty CD 7035 Locked Up In Jail (aka Prison Blues) - Specialty LP 5013, CD 7035 Siracuse session (United Sound Studios) - Specialty, October 18, 1954 Don´t Trust Nobody (I Had A Good Girl*) - Specialty LP 2117, Ace LP 232* Nothin´ But Trouble (Don´t Take Your Wife´s Family In) - Specialty LP 2149 I Need Love So Bad - Specialty LP 2149 Odds Against Me (aka Backbiters and Syndicaters) - Specialty LP 5013 Note: All four above on Specialty CD 7035. Bihari recordings, late 1954 w. Eddie Kirkland,gtr Half A Stranger - Modern 948, Crown LP 5295 Baby, You Ain´t No Good (Baby, You Ain´t No Ugly Good*) - Crown LP 5295, Audio Fidelity CD AFZ005* Baby I´m Gonna Miss You - Crown LP 5295 |