Lil' Son Jackson 78 rpm / 45 rpm / LPs / CDs
| # | year
of release | title | label # / notes |
|---|
10 inch 78 rpm / 7 inch 45 rpm |
| 1 | 1948 | "LITTLE SON" JACKSON
- Roberta Blues (A)
- Freedom Train Blues (B) @ youtube
rec. 1948 in Houston, Tx., Melvin Jackson, voc, g | 
Gold Star 638 |
| 2 | 1948 | "LITTLE SON" JACKSON
- Ground Hog Blues (A)
- Bad Whiskey - Bad Women (B)
rec. 1948 in Houston, Tx., Melvin Jackson, voc, g | 
Gold Star 642 |
| 3 | 1949 | "LITTLE SON" JACKSON
- Gone With The Wind She's Gone (A)
- No Money No Love (B)
rec. 194) in Houston, Tx., Melvin Jackson, voc, g |
Gold Star 653 |
| 4 | 1949 | "LITTLE SON" JACKSON
- Cairo Blues (A) @ youtube
- Evil Blues (B)
rec. 1949 in Houston, Tx., Melvin Jackson, voc, g | 
Gold Star 663 |
| | |
- Cairo Blues (alt. tk.)
rec. 1949 in Houston, Tx., Melvin Jackson, voc, g | Gold Star unissued Kent KST 9005 (1969) |
| 5 | 1949 | "LITTLE SON" JACKSON
Gold Star 668
"LITTLE SON" JACKSON
- Gambling Blues (A)
- Homeless Blues (B)
Dot 1051
LITTLE SON JACKSON
- Gambling Blues (A)
- Homeless (B)
Sittin In With 643
- Gambling Blues (A)
- Homesick Blues (B)
rec. 1949 in Houston, Tx., Melvin Jackson, voc, g | 
Gold Star 668
= Sittin In With 643
= Dot 1051 (5/1951)
|
| 6 | 1949 | LITTLE SON JACKSON
- Talkin' Boogie (MM1672- ) @ youtube
- Milford Blues (MM1673- )
rec. 1949 in Houston, Tx., Melvin Jackson, voc, g | 
Modern 840 |
| | |
- Talkin' Boogie (MM1672-1)
- Milford Blues (MM1673-1)
rec. 1949 in Houston, Tx.; Melvin Jackson, voc, g | Modern unissued Ace CDCHD 1057 (2005)
|
| 7 | 1950 | LIL' SON JACKSON
- Ticket Agent Blues (IM206)
- True Love Blues (IM207) @ youtube
rec. September 1950 in Los Angeles; Melvin Jackson, voc, g | 
Imperial 5100 |
| 8 | 1950 | LIL' SON JACKSON
- Evening Blues (IM208)
- Tough Luck Blues (IM210)
rec. September 1950 in Los Angeles; Melvin Jackson, voc, g | 
Imperial 5108 |
| 9 | 2/1951 | LIL' SON JACKSON
- Rockin' And Rollin' (IM242) @ youtube
- Peace Breaking People (IM241) [Peace Bringing People]
rec. December 16, 1950 in Houston, Tx.; Melvin Jackson, voc, g | 
Imperial 5113
= Imperial 5703
|
| 10 | 1951 | LIL' SON JACKSON
- Two Timin' Woman (IM)
- Rocky Road (IM)
rec. December 16, 1950 in Houston, Tx.; Melvin Jackson, voc, g |
Imperial 5119 |
| 11 | 1951 | LIL' SON JACKSON
- Travelin' Alone (IM246)
- Young Woman Blues (IM248)
rec. December 16, 1950 in Houston, Tx.; Melvin Jackson, voc, g |
Imperial 5125= Imperial 5192 |
| | |
- Disgusted (IM245) #
- New Year's Resolution (IM247) *
rec. April 1951 in Dallas, Tx; Melvin Jackson, voc, g; ts; Boston Smith, p; Booker T. Averheart Jr., b; Be Bop McKinley, dr | Imperial unissued # Imperial LM 94000
(1968)
* Imperial LP-9142 (1961) |
| 12 | 7/1951 | LIL' SON JACKSON
- Mr. Blues (IM281)
- Time Changes Things (IM282)
rec. April 1951 in Dallas, Tx; Melvin Jackson, voc, g; ts; Boston Smith, p; Booker T. Averheart Jr., b; Be Bop McKinley, dr |
Imperial 5131 |
| 13 | 1951 | LIL' SON JACKSON
- Wondering Blues (IM283)
- Restless Blues (IM284)
rec. April 1951 in Dallas, Tx; Melvin Jackson, voc, g; Booker T. Averheart Jr., b | 
Imperial 5137 |
| 14 | 1951 | LIL' SON JACKSON An His Rockin' And Rollers
- Stop For The Red Light (IM321) # @ youtube
- Aching Heart (IM322) @ youtube
rec. c.June 1951 in Dallas, Tx; Melvin Jackson, voc, g; # Henry Jenkins, as; Al Calloway, p; Booker T. Averheart Jr., b; Be Bop McKinley, dr | 
Imperial 5144 |
| 15 | 1951 | LIL' SON JACKSON
- Travelin' Woman (IM320) #
- Everybody's Blues (IM319)
rec. c.June 1951 in Dallas, Tx; Melvin Jackson, voc, g; # Henry Jenkins, as; # Al Calloway, p; Booker T. Averheart Jr., b; # Be Bop McKinley, dr |
Imperial 5156= Imperial 5851 |
| 16 | 5/1952 | LIL' SON JACKSON
- Upstairs Boogie (IM369) @ youtube
- All My Love (IM370) @ youtube
rec. November 1951 in Dallas, Tx; Melvin Jackson, voc, g; Henry Jenkins, as; Al Calloway, p; Be Bop McKinley, dr | 
Imperial 5165 |
| 17 | 5/1952 | LIL' SON JACKSON
- Big Gun Blues (IM372)
- My Little Girl (IM371)
rec. November 1951 in Dallas, Tx; Melvin Jackson, voc, g; Al Calloway, p; g; Be Bop McKinley, dr |
Imperial 5175 |
| 18 | 11/1952 | LIL' SON JACKSON
- Rockin' And Rollin' #2 (IM492)
- Journey Back Home (IM90)
rec. October 1952 in Fort Worth, Tx; Melvin Jackson, voc, g; Al Calloway, p; Booker T. Averheart Jr., b; Be Bop McKinley, dr | 
Imperial 5204 |
| 19 | 1/1953 | LIL' SON JACKSON
- Sad Letter Blues (IM491)
- Black And Brown (IM489)
rec. October 1952 in Fort Worth, Tx; Melvin Jackson, voc, g; Al Calloway, p; Booker T. Averheart Jr., b; Be Bop McKinley, dr |
Imperial 5218 |
| 20 | 1953 | LIL' SON JACKSON
Imperial 5229
- Lonely Blues (IM527)
- Freight Train Blues (IM528)
Post 2014
- Lonely Blues (IM527)
- No Money (IM528 alt. tk.) @ youtube
rec. January 1953 in Fort Worth, Tx. ?; Melvin Jackson, voc, g; J.S. Anderson, as; Boston Smith, p; Booker T. Averheart Jr., b; Be Bop McKinley, dr |
Imperial 5229(=) Post 2014 (1955)
[Imperial subsidiary] |
| | |
- Pulp Wood Boogie (IM532)
- Losin' My Woman (IM533)
rec. January 1953 in Fort Worth, Tx. ?; Melvin Jackson, voc, g; Boston Smith, p; Booker T. Averheart Jr., b; Be Bop McKinley, dr | Imperial unissued Capitol CDP 31744 |
| 21 | 5/1953 | LIL' SON JACKSON
- Spending Money Blues (IM209) #
- All Alone (IM285) *
# rec. September 1950 in Los Angeles; Melvin Jackson, voc, g
* rec. April 1951 in Dallas, Tx; Melvin Jackson, voc, g; Booker T. Averheart Jr., b | 
Imperial 5237 |
| 22 | 9/1953 | LIL' SON JACKSON
- Movin To The Country (IM605)
- Confession (IM607)
rec. July 29, 1953 in Dallas, Tx.; Melvin Jackson, voc, g |
Imperial 5248 |
| 23 | 11/1953 | LIL' SON JACKSON
- Little Girl (IM638)
- Dirty Work (IM637) #
rec. September 22, 1953 in Dallas, Tx.; Melvin Jackson, voc, g; # perc | 
Imperial 5259 |
| 24 | 1/1954 | LIL' SON JACKSON
- Thrill Me Baby (IM606) @ youtube
- Doctor, Doctor (IM608)
rec. July 29, 1953 in Dallas, Tx.; Melvin Jackson, voc, g | 
Imperial 5267 |
| | |
- Thrill Me Baby (alt. tk.)
rec. July 29, 1953 in Dallas, Tx.; Melvin Jackson, voc, g | Imperial unissued Imperial LM 94000 (1968) |
| 25 | 1954 | LIL' SON JACKSON
- Big Rat (IM639)
- Piggly Wiggly (IM636)
rec. September 22, 1953 in Dallas, Tx.; Melvin Jackson, voc, g; perc | 
Imperial 5276 |
| 26 | 6/1954 | LIL' SON JACKSON
- Blues By The Hour (IM531)
- Trouble Don't Last Always(IM534)
rec. January 1953 in Fort Worth, Tx. ?; Melvin Jackson, voc, g; Boston Smith, p; Booker T. Averheart Jr., b; Be Bop McKinley, dr | 
Imperial 5286 |
| 27 | 1954 | LIL' SON JACKSON
- Let Me Down Easy (IM446)
- Get High Everybody (IM445) #
rec. June 2, 1952 in Fort Worth, Tx; Melvin Jackson, voc, g; # Henry Jenkins, as; # Junior Herman Williams, as; Boston Smith, p; Booker T. Averheart Jr., b; Johnny Shields, dr |
Imperial 5300 |
| 28 | 10/1954 | LIL' SON JACKSON
- Good Old Wagon (IM530) #
- How Long (IM529)
rec. January 1953 in Fort Worth, Tx. ?; Melvin Jackson, voc, g; # J.S. Anderson, as; Boston Smith, p; Booker T. Averheart Jr., b; Be Bop McKinley, dr |
Imperial 5312 |
| 29 | 1954 | LIL' SON JACKSON
- My Younger Days (IM447)
- I Wish To Go Home (IM448)
rec. June 2, 1952 in Fort Worth, Tx; Melvin Jackson, voc, g; Boston Smith, p; Booker T. Averheart Jr., b; Johnny Shields, dr | 
Imperial 5319 |
| 30 | 1955 | LIL' SON JACKSON
- Sugar Mama (IM829)
- Messing Up (IM830)
rec. January 1955 in Dallas, Tx.; Melvin Jackson, voc, g | 
Imperial 5339 |
| 31 | 1955 | LIL' SON JACKSON
- Prison Bound (IM831)
- Rolling Mill (IM832)
rec. January 1955 in Dallas, Tx.; Melvin Jackson, voc, g |
Imperial 5963 |
| | |
- Can't Keep A Good Man Down
rec. January 1955 in Dallas, Tx.; Melvin Jackson, voc, g | Imperial unissued Capitol CDP 31744 |
LP / CD compilations |
| 32 | 1960 | Hitsville Vol. II
- I Need Your Love - Pee Wee Crayton
- Garden Of Memories - Johnny Fuller
- Stack-A-Lee, Part 1 - Archibald
- Spending Money Blues - Lil' Son Jackson
- Pledge Of Love - Ken Copeland
- Lost Dreams - Ernie Freeman
- Every Dog Has A Day - Pee Wee Crayton
- My Heart Is Bleeding - Johnny Fuller
- Stack-A-Lee, Part 2 - Archibald
- Rockin' And Rollin - Lil' Son Jackson
- Teenage - Ken Copeland
- Spring Fever - Ernie Freeman
| notes by Anonymous
Imperial LP 9099 |
| 33 | 1960 | Lil Son Jackson
- Blues Come To Texas
- Cairo Blues
- Ticket Agent
- Louise Blues
- Sugar Mama
- The Girl I Love
- Santa Fe Blues
- Turn Your Lamp Down Low
- Groundhog Blues
- Gambler Blues
- Charley Cherry (take 1)
- Charley Cherry (take 2)
- West Dallas Blues
- Rollin' Mill Went Down
- Red River Blues @ youtube
- Roberta Blues
rec. 1960 in Dallas, Tx. by Chris Strachwitz | notes by Chris Strachwitz
Arhoolie F 1004notes by Chris Strachwitz
Arhoolie F 1004 (19??)  Arhoolie discography
|
| 34 | 1961 | Lil' Son Jackson: Rockin' An' Rollin'
- Everybody's Blues
- Travelin' Woman
- Aching Heart
- Mr. Blues
- Restless Blues
- Wondering Blues
- Time Changes Things
- Rockin' And Rollin'
- Two Timin' Women
- Rocky Road
- New Year's Resolution [previously unissued]
- Young Woman Blues
| notes by Anonymous
Imperial LP-9142 [mono!]notes by Anonymous
= Pathé Marconi 1546671
(Fr 1983) 
= Toshiba Liberty LLR 8194
(Jp 19??)
|
| 35 | 1961 | Blues 'n Trouble
Big Joe Williams
- Married Woman Blues
Lil' Son Jackson
- Johnny Mae
Lowell Fulson
- Good Woman Blues
Mance Lipscomb
- Back Water Blues
Jasper Love
- Jove's Honeydripper
Butch Cage & Willie Thomas
- One Thin Dime #
Sam Chatman
- God Don't Like Ugly
"Whistling" Alex Moore
- Wake Up Old Lady
Black Ace
- Hitchhiking Woman
Robert Curtis Smith
- Stella Ruth
Mercy Dee
- I Been A Fool
Sidney Maiden
- Chicago Blues *
Fat Boy Hayes [aka 'Jelly Belly']
- Goin' Back South *
* on 1980 remastered LP version only
on CD 432 only:
Sam Chatmon
- Hollandale Blues
# rec. August 7, 1960 by Chris Strachwitz | 
Arhoolie FS 101notes by Chris Strachwitz
Arhoolie F 1006 
partly reissued on Arhoolie
CD 432 (1995)
"Mississippi Blues 1960"
Arhoolie discography |
| 36 | 196? | Blues n' Trouble Volume 2
Ligtning Hopkins
- Wine Drinking Woman
Guitar Slim & Jelly Belly
- Yellow-Brown Woman
Little Son Willis
- Nothing But The Blues
Blind James Phillips
- Night Is Falling
Lil' Son Jackson
- Bad Whiskey - Bad Women
Joe Turner & Pete Johnson
- B & O Blues
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 | notes by Chris A. Strachwitz
Arhoolie F 1012Arhoolie discography |
| 37 | 1962? | Ray Charles
Arbee Stidham - Peppermint Harris - Lil Son Jackson - Brownie McGhee - James Wayne
Blues Folk series Vol. 4
Ray Charles
- Why Did You Go?
- Back Home
Peppermint Harris
- These Are My Blues
- Evil Woman Blues
James Wayne
- I'm A Real Gypsy Fellow
- If I Were A Millionaire
Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry
- Dissatisfied Woman
- Pawn Shop Blues
Arbee Stidham
- I'm A Real Gypsy Fellow
- If I Were A Millionaire
Lil Son Jackson
- Roberta
- She's Gone
| 
Time LP N90P-1386/87Time discography notes by
Derrick Stewart-Baxter
= Realm RM 175 (1963)
"Ray Charles In R&B
Greats Vol. 2" |
| 38 | 1963 | A World Of Blues
T-Bone Walker
- Cold Cold Feeling
- I Get So Weary
- Travelin' Blues
- The Sun Went Down
Charles Brown
- Drifting Blues
- Black Night
Amos Milburn
- Trouble In Mind
- Baby Baby
Floyd Dixon
- Tired Broke And Busted
- Call Operator #210
Lil' Son Jackson
- Rockin' And Rollin'
James Wayne
- Tend To Your Business
Pathé Marconi LP has the following tracks instead of "Travelin' Blues" and "The Sun Went Down"
T-Bone Walker
- The Hustle Is On
- Evil Hearted Woman | 
Imperial LP 9210
= Pathé Marconi 2C 068-
83300 (Fr 1982)
|
| 38a | 1964 | The Essential Folk Blues
Ray Charles
- Why Did You Go
- Guitar Blues
- I Found My Baby There
- Back Home
Peppermint Harris
- These Are My Blues
- Oh I Got the Blues
Lightnin Hopkins
- Hello Central
- Mad As I Can Be
- New Short Haired Woman
- Gotta Move
Lil Son Jackson
- Roberta
- She's Gone
Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry
- Dissatisfied Woman
- Pawn Shop Blues
- Goin' Down Slow
- Mean Old Frisco
Arbee Stidham
- Feeling Blue And Low
- I Want To Rock
Smokey Hogg
- Saved All My Money
- What In The World Am I Gonna Do
Lightnin Hopkins
- Fast Life Woman
- Buck Dance Boogie
- Worried Blues
- Home In The Woods
Mainstream
XM-93/94-MS inner gatefold | 2 LP set
Time PMS- (Jp)2 LP set
= Columbia / Mainstream
XM-93/94-MS (Jp 1969) = Mainstream:MP 2405 (Jp) |
| 39 | 1965 | Conversation With The Blues
A Documentary of Field Recordings by Paul Oliver
Boogie Woogie Red - "So Much Good Feeling" Spoken, with own piano
Willie Thomas - "A Little Different" Spoken
James Butch Cage & Willie Thomas - "Kill That Nigger Dead" Cage, vocal and fiddle; Thomas, vocal and guitar
Lil' Son Jackson - "The Onliest Way" Spoken #
J. B. Lenoir - "My Father's Style" Guitar solo
J. B. Lenoir - "So It Rocked On" Spoken
J. B. Lenoir - "Move To Kansas City" Vocal and own guitar
Otis Spann - "When She Comes Back" Spoken
Otis Spann - "Poor Country Boy" Vocal, with own piano
Lightnin' Hopkins - "Ain't No Easy Thing" Spoken
Mance Lipscomb - "Evil Heart Blues" Vocal and own piano
Blind Arvella Gray - "A Roughneck" Spoken
Roosevelt Sykes - "West Helena Blues" Vocal and guitar
Will Shade - "Days Of Nineteen-Hundred" Spoken
Will Shade - "Newport News Blues" Vocal and own guitar
Whistling Alex Moore - "Chock House Days" Spoken
Whistling Alex Moore - "Come and Get Me" Vocal and own piano
Whistling Alex Moore - "Chock House Days" Spoken
Brother John Sellers - "Move Back For What?" Spoken
J. B. Lenoir - "I Been Down So Long" Vocal and own guitar
Jasper Love - "Santa Fé Blues" Vocal and piano
John Lee Hooker - "Somewhere Down The Line" Spoken
Robert Curtis Smith - "I Hope One Day My Luck Will Change" Vocal and own guitar
Otis Spann - "Only Places They Can Go" Spoken
Otis Spann - "People Calls Me Lucky" Vocal and own piano
Henry Townsend - "What Have I Committed" Spoken
James Butch Cage - "Tween Midnight And Day" Vocal and own guitar
Little Brother Montgomery - "Walking Basses" Spoken
Little Brother Montgomery - "Dud Low Joe" Piano solo
Little Brother Montgomery - "It's A Barrelhouse Blues" Spoken
Little Brother Montgomery - "Vicksburg Blues" Vocal with piano
Little Brother Montgomery - "They Beat Me To Chicago" Spoken
Roosevelt Sykes - "They All Called Him 'Pork Chops'" Spoken
Roosevelt Sykes - "Forty-Four Blues" Vocal and own piano
Robert Junior Lockwood & Sunnyland Slim - "Doctor Clayton And Me" Spoken
Robert Junior Lockwood & Sunnyland Slim - "Take A Little Walk With Me" Vocal with own electric guitar, with Sunnyland Slim, piano
Edwin Buster Pickens - "To Have The Blues Within" Spoken
Mance Lipscomb - "Blues In The Bottle" Vocal and own guitar
# rec. July 29, 1960 in Dallas; LP accompanying Paul Oliver's book by the same title
 | notes by Paul Oliver
Decca LK 4664
2nd ed. (1997) of book
(with enclosed CD)
|
| 40 | 196? | Texas Blues Vol. 1
Lil' Son Jackson
- Gambling Blues
- Homeless Blues
Lee Hunter
- Back To Santa Fe
L.C. Williams
- Strike Blues
Leroy Ervin
- Blue, Black And Evil
- Rock Island Blues
Lightning Hopkins
- Grievance Blues
- Baby Please Don't Go
L.C. Williams
- You Never Miss The Water
Thunder Smith
- Santa Fe Blues
- Big Stars Are Falling
Lightning Hopkins
- Big Mama Jump
L.C. Williams
- I Wonder
Lightning Hopkins
- Death Bells
L.C. Williams
- I Won't Be Here Long
- Black Woman | notes by Paul Oliver
Arhoolie 2006Arhoolie discography |
| 41 | 1968 | Goin' Up The Country - Rural Blues, Vol. 1
Nathaniel Terry
- Take It Easy
Manny Nichols
- Forgive Me
Country Jim
- Avenue Breakdown
Lil' Son Jackson
- Disgusted [previously unissued]
Thunder 'N Lightnin'
- West Coast Blues
Lightnin' Hopkins
- Howling Wolf Blues
Snooks Eaglin
- Nobody Knows
Nathaniel Terry
- Don't Know Why
Manny Nichols
- Worried Life
Country Jim
- Philippine Blues
Lil' Son Jackson
- Thrill Me Baby [alt. tk.] [previously unissued]
Thunder 'N Lightnin'
- Can't Do Like You Used To
Lightnin' Hopkins
- Can't Get That Woman Off My Mind
Snooks Eaglin
- By The Water | notes by Pete Welding
Imperial LM-94000notes by Pete Welding
= Liberty LBL 83213E notes by Pete Welding
(=) Beat Goes On BGOCD
384 (UK 1998; along with
Imperial LM-94001) "Rural
Blues, Volumes 1&2"
(remastered) |
| 42 | 1968 | Down Home Stomp - Rural Blues, Vol. 3
Papa Lightfoot
- Jump The Boogie
- Mean Ol Train
Boogie Bill Webb
- Boogie
- Bad Dog
J.D. Edwards
- Playboy Blues
- Hobo
Lowell Fulsom
- Stormin' And Rainin'
Roosevelt Sykes
- Hush Oh Hush
- I'm Tired
Manny Nichols
- No One To Love Me
Country Jim
- Sad And Lonely
Lil' Son Jackson
- Rock And Rollin' # 2
- Sad Letter Blues
 
Imperial LM-94006 inner gatefold
| notes by Pete Welding
Imperial LM-94006notes by Pete Welding
= Liberty LBL 83329 
= Matchbox MB 904
(UK 1989) "Rural Blues"
notes by Pete Welding
= Beat Goes On BGOCD 464
(UK 1999, remastered) |
| 43 | 1968 | Dirt Blues
Lightnin' Hopkins
- Fast Mail Rambler
- Shotgun
- My California
T-Bone Walker
- Glamour Girl
- Love Is Just A Gamble
- I'm About To Lose My Mind
Lil' Son Jackson
- Rockin' & Rollin'
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
- Key To The Highway
- Lose Your Money
- Louise
- Sportin' Life
Luke 'Long Gone' Miles
- Miss Hazel Mae
- Bad Luck
- Long Distance Call
Photography and Design: Michael Hasted | 
Minit MLL 40005 (UK)
[Liberty subsidiary] |
| 44 | 1969 | Anthology Of The Blues - Texas Blues
Little Son Jackson
- Milford Blues [Modern 840]
Smokey Hogg
- Unemployment Blues [Modern 20-556]
- Bad Life Blues (BB 5)
Jesse Thomas
- Meet Me Tonight (MM 1188) #
Alexander Moore
- Neglected Woman
Lowell Fulsom
- Prison Bound
Alexander Moore
- Lillie Mae Boogie
Little Son Jackson
- Cairo Blues (alt tk) [previously unissued])
Jesse Thomas
- Texas Blues (MM 1190) #
- Tomorrow I May Be Gone (MM 1189) #
Charlie Bradix
- Boogie Like You Wanna
- Dollar Diggin' Woman
# rec. Los Angeles 1949; Jesse Thomas, voc, g
Kent KST-9005 inner gatefold | notes by Bruce Bromberg
Kent KST-9005
= United Superior US-7782
= Musidisc 30AB5605
= P-Vine PCD-3039 (1994)
|
| 44a | 196? | Lil' Son Jackson: Home Of The Blues Vol. 2
- Cairo Blues
- Gamblin' Blues
- Bad Whiskey
- Groundhog Day Blues - tk 1
- Groundhog Day Blues - tk 2
- Jailhouse Blues
- Bad Whiskey And Bad Women
- No Lovin Blues
- Worried Life Blues
| 
Polydor 046 866 (Fr) |
| 44b | 1970 | Dirt Blues
LP 1:
Papa George Lightfoot - Wine, Woman, Whisky
Lightnin' Hopkins - Antoinette's Blues
The Chambers Brothers - Blues Get Off My Shoulder
Lil' Son Jackson - Disgusted
Slim Harpo - A Man Is Crying
The Robins - Around About Midnight
Fats Domino - Stay Away
Sunnyland Slim - Dust My Broom
George Smith & The Chicago Blues - Band My Babe
T-Bone Walker - I Get So Weary
Big Joe Williams - Oh Baby
George Smith & The Chicago Blues Band - Can't Hold On Much Longer
LP 2:
Slim Harpo - Something Inside Me
Papa George Lightfoot - Take It Witcha
The Chambers Brothers - It's All Over Now
Smiley Lewis - Shame, Shame, Shame
Country Jim - Phillipine Blues
Snooks Eaglin - Travellin' Mood
Lightnin' Hopkins - California Mudslide
Boogie Bill Webb - Boogie
The Jewels - No Shoulder To Cry
Wilson Pickett - If You Need Me
Lightnin' Hopkins - Howling Wolf Blues
Chris Kenner - I Like It Like That | DLP
Liberty LBS 83404/05 X
(Germany) |
| 45 | 1971 | Ray Charles
Arbee Stidham - Lil Son Jackson - James Wayne
Ray Charles
- Why Did You Go
- Back Home
- I Found My Baby There
- Guitar Blues
James Wayne
- Junco Partner
- Please Baby Please
Arbee Stidham
- I Want To Rock
- Feeling Blue & Low
- I'm In The Mood
Lil Son Jackson
- Roberta
- She's Gone
"prod. by Bobby Shad" | 
Mainstream MRL 310
[Bob Shad label] |
| 45a | 1971 | One Rainy Day
Blues Obscurities Volume 4
James Tisdom
- Last Affair Blues
- Model T. Boogie
Lowell Fulson
- The Blues Is Killing Me
- Did You Ever Feel Lucky
West Texas Slim
- Little Mae Belle
- Lou Della
Luther Huff
- Rosalie
Monister Parker
- Black Snake Blues
- You Gonna Need Me
Lil' Son Jackson
- Gone With The Wind [Gold Star 653]
- No Money - No Love [Gold Star 653]
Clarence London
- One Rainy Morning
- Goin' Back To Mama
Luther Huff
- Bull Dog Blues | 
Blues Obscurities BOV4notes by Neil Slaven
= London/King GXF 2004
(Jp 1975)
"River Town Blues" Blues Obscurities
discography |
| 45b | 1974 | Blues Anthology Vol. 1 - Texas Blues
- Disgusted - Lil' Son Jackson
- Sad Letter Blues - Lil' Son Jackson
- Take It Easy - Nathaniel Terry
- I Don't Know Why - Nathaniel Terry
- Worried Life / Manny Nichols
- No One To Love Me - Manny Nichols
- Love Me Mama - Boogie Bill Webb
- Howlin' Wolf Blues - Lightnin' Hopkins
- Can't Get That Woman Off My Mind - Lightnin' Hopkins
- Playboy Blues - J.D.Edwards
- Hobo - J.D.Edwards
- Sad And Lonely - Country Jim
- Good Lookin' Woman - Country Jim
- Boogie - Boogie Bill Webb
| 
Toshiba Liberty LLR-8188 |
| 46 | 1976 | Texas Blues Anthology
Lil Son Jackson
- Milford Blues
Smoky Hogg
- Unemployment Blues
Jesse Thomas
- Tomorrow I May Be Gone
Charlie Bradix
- Dollar Diggin Woman
Lowell Fulson
- Prison Bound
Lil Son Jackson
- Cairo Blues
Jesse Thomas
- Texas Blues
Alexander Moore
- Lillie Mae Boogie
- Neglected Woman
Lightnin' Hopkins
- One Kind Favor
- You Gonna Look Like A Monkey
- Tim Moore's Farm
cover art by Kazuyuki Goto | 
Trio PA-3125 (Jp) |
| 47 | 1976 | Little Son Jackson: Everybody's Blues
- Everybody's Blues [Imperial 5156]
- Peace Breaking People [Imperial 5113]
- Big Gun Blues [Imperial 5175]
- Confession [Imperial 5248]
- Two Timin' Woman [Imperial 5119]
- My Little Gurl [sic] [Imperial 5175] | 7 inch 33 1/3 rpm EP
Black Diamond 4505Black Diamond discography |
| 47a | 1992 | Texas Blues
- Gambling Blues - Melvin "Lil' Son" Jackson
- Homeless Blues - Melvin "Lil' Son" Jackson
- Cairo Blues - Melvin "Lil' Son" Jackson
- Evil Blues - Melvin "Lil' Son" Jackson
- Back to Santa Fe - Lee Hunter
- Trying, Trying - L.D. Williams
- You Never Miss the Water - L.C. Williams
- Cruel Hearted Woman - Thunder Smith
- Big Stars Are Falling - Thunder Smith
- Hole in the Wall - L.C. Williams
- Boogie All the Time - L.C. Williams
- Rock Island Blues - Leroy Ervin
- Blue Black and Evil Blues - Leroy Ervin
- Roberta Blues - Melvin "Lil' Son" Jackson
- Freedom Train Blues - Melvin "Lil' Son" Jackson
- Ground Hog Blues - Lightnin' Hopkins
- Bad Whiskey, Bad Women - Melvin "Lil' Son" Jackson
- Santa Fe Blues - Thunder Smith
- Black Woman - L.C. Williams
- Strike Blues - L.C. Williams
- You Can't Take It With You Baby - L.C. Williams
- Jet Black Woman - Lightnin' Hopkins
- No Money No Love - Lightnin' Hopkins
- Gone With the Wind - Melvin "Lil' Son" Jackson
- I Won't Be Here Long - L.C. Williams
- Angel Child - Andy Thomas
- All the Way From Texas - Perry Cain
| notes by Chris Strachwitz
Arhoolie CD 352 |
| 48 | 1994 | Lil' Son Jackson: Blues Come To Texas
- Blues Come To Texas
- Cairo Blues
- Ticket Agent
- Louise Blues
- Sugar Mama
- The Girl I Love
- Santa Fe Blues
- Turn Your Lamp Down Low
- Groundhog Blues
- Gambler Blues
- Charley Cherry (Take 1)
- Charley Cherry (Take 2)
- West Dallas Blues
- Rollin' Mill Went Down
- Red River Blues
- Johnnie Mae
- Buck Dance
- I Walked From Dallas
- Rock Me
- Roberta Blues
| notes by Chris Strachwitz
Arhoolie CD 409 |
| 49 | 1995 | Lil' Son Jackson: The Complete Imperial Recordings
disc 1
- Ticket Agent Blues
- True Love Blues
- Evening Blues
- Spending Money Blues
- Tough Luck Blues
- Peace Breaking People
- Rockin' And Rollin'
- Two Timin' Woman
- Rocky Road
- Disgusted
- Travelin' Alone
- New Year's Resolution
- Young Women's Blue
- Mr. Blues
- Time Changes Things
- Wondering Blues
- Restless Blues
- All Alone
- Everybody's Blues
- Travelin' Blues
- Stop For The Red Light
- Aching Heart
- Upstairs Boogie
- All My Life
- My Little Girl
- Big Gun Blues
- Get High Everybody
disc 2
- Let Me Down Easy
- My Younger Day
- I Wish To Go Home
- Black and Brown
- Journey Back Home
- Sad Letter Blues
- Rockin' And Rollin' #2
- Lonely Blues
- Freight Train Blues
- How Long
- Good Ole Wagon
- Blues By The Hour
- Pulp Wood Boogie [Imperial unissued]
- Losin' My Woman [Imperial unissued]
- Trouble Don't Last Always
- Movin' To The Country
- Thrill Me Baby
- Confession
- Doctor, Doctor
- Piggly Wiggly
- Dirty Work
- Little Girl
- Big Rat
- Sugar Mama
- Messin' Up
- Prison Bound
- Rollin' Mill
- Can't Keep A Good Man Down [Imperial unissued]
| 2 CD set
notes by Mark Humphrey
Capitol CDP 31744 |
| 50 | 1996 | Arhoolie Presents American Masters, Vol. 1
15 Down Home Country Blues Classics
- Frisco Line - Mississippi Fred McDowell
- Have You Ever Loved A Woman - Lightning Hopkins
- Going Down In Georgia On A Horn - John Jackson
- Cairo Blues - Melvin "Lil' Son" Jackson
- 'bout A Spoonful - Mance Lipscomb
- Drink On Little Girl - Black Ace
- Country Boy Down In New Orleans - Snooks Eaglin
- Columbus, Mississippi Blues - Bukka White
- Shake 'em On Down - Dr. Ross
- Just Trippin' In - Robert Pete Williams
- Hump In My Back - Jesse Fuller
- Brother James - Big Joe Williams
- I'm Broke And I'm Hungry - Smoky Babe
- Poor Black Mattie - R.L. Burnside
- Mercury Blues - K.C. Douglas
| 
Arhoolie CD 101
|
| 51 | 2001 | The Traveling Record Man
Historic Down South Recording Trips Of Joe Bihari & Ike Turner
- Blue Serenade - Baby Face Turner
- My Sweet Woman - Driftin' Slim
- No Ridin' Blues - Charlie Booker
- Numbered Days - Big Charlie Bradix
- Riding In The Moonlight - Howlin' Wolf
- I'm Gonna Find Your Trick - Smokey Hogg [Modern 20-667]
- Baby Please Don't Go - Pinetop Slim
- Cairo Blues - Lil' Son Jackson [Kent KST 9005]
- Good Morning Little Angel - Joe Hill Louis
- Tiny's Down Home - Tiny Webb
- Tomorrow I May Be Gone - Jesse Thomas
- Please Send My Baby Back Home aka Step Back Baby - Sunny Blair
- If I Lose You Woman - Alexander Moore
- My Little Machine - Driftin' Slim
- My Baby's Gone - Elmore James
- Rock House - Calvin Frazier
- She Broke Up My Life (She Got Me Walking) - Joe Hill Louis
- Keep Away From Me Baby - Joe Hill Louis>
- Meet Me Tonight (Along The Avenue) - Jesse Thomas
- Lonesome Bedroom Blues - Willie Nix
- Talking Boogie - Lil' Son Jackson [Modern 840]
- Long Tall Woman - Elmore James
- I'll Be Glad When You're Dead, You Rascal You - "Arkansas Johnny Todd"
- Ramblin' On My Mind - Boyd Gilmore | 
Ace CDCHD 813 |
| 52 | 2002 | The Post Records Story
- Special Girl – Earl Curry
- Somebody Stole My Girl From Me – Earl Curry
- I Get So Weary – T-Bone Walker
- The Reason – T-Bone Walker
- I Won’t Be Back – Kidds
- You Broke My Heart – Kidds
- Why Oh Why – Hawks
- These Blues – Hawks
- City Born, City Bred – Salmas Brothers
- I Don’t Care – Salmas Brothers
- Hear My Plea – Gay Notes
- Crossroads – Gay Notes
- I Must Go On – Pee Wee Crayton
- Don’t Go – Pee Wee Crayton
- Don’t Do It – Elmore Nixon
- Them Women – Elmore Nixon
- Made To Love – Sharp Tones
- Since I Fell For You – Sharp Tones
- Country Bred – Clifton Chenier
- Rockin’ The Bop – Clifton Chenier
- Love Somebody - Earl Curry
- Hobo – Earl Curry
- Tin Can Alley – Ruth Durand
- I’m Wise – Ruth Durand
- She’s Rolling – Al Reed
- Drops Of Rain – Al Reed
- Lonely Blues – Lil’ Son Jackson [Post 2014]
- No Money – Lil’ Son Jackson [Post 2014]
- Tell Me – Clifton Chenier
- Rockin’ Hop – Clifton Chenier
| 
Post PRCD-2001 |
| 53 | 2005 | The Modern Down Home Blues Sessions Vol. 4
Southern Country Blues Guitarists 1948-1952
Alexander Moore with Smokey Hogg
- Neglected Woman [RPM 326]
- Carolina (MM1616)
- Lillie Mae Boogie (MM1617)
- If I Lose You Woman [RPM 326]
Jesse Thomas
- Meet Me Tonight Along The Avenue
- Gonna Write You A Letter
Pine Top Slim and His Guitar
- Applejack Boogie
- I'm Gonna Carry On
- John Henry
- Baby Please Don't Go
Leroy Simpson with Lane Hardin
- 13 Highway
- Bluebird Blues
Lane Hardin aka Arkansas Johnny Todd
- Keep 'Em Down
- I'll Be Glad When You're Dead, You Rascal You
Big Bill Dotson
- Dark Old World
- Thinking Life Over aka Sittin' Down Thinkin'
Pine Top Slim and His Guitar
- Fast Life
- Mean Old Frisco
- Poor Boy
- Applejack Boogie
Little Son Jackson
- Milford Blues (tk 1) [previously unissued actually Modern 840] #
- Talkin' Boogie (tk 1) [previously unissued actually Modern 840] #
Jesse Thomas
- Night Time Anytime aka Tomorrow I May Be Gone
- Texas Blues
Big Charley Bradix
- Numbered Days
- Wee Wee Hours
- Dollar Diggin' Woman Boogie
- Like You Wanna
# Ace CDCHD 1057 notes indicate "Modern 840", while Fancourt & McGrath 2006 (erroneously) claim "tk 1" (info from John Broven via Thomas Baker) | 
Ace CDCHD 1057 |
| 54 | 2006 | Lil Son Jackson: Rockin' And Rollin' - Volume 1
- Roberta Blues
- Freedom Train Blues
- Ground Hog Blues
- Bad Whiskey/Bad Women
- Gone with the Wind
- No Money, No Love
- Talkin' Boogie
- Milford Blues
- Cairo Blues
- Evil Blues
- Gambling Blues
- Homeless Blues
- Ticket Agent Blues
- True Love Blues
- Evening Blues
- Spending Money Blues
- Tough Luck Blues
- Peace Breaking People
- Rockin' and Rollin'
- Two Timin' Woman
- Rocky Road
- Disgusted
- Travelin' Alone
| notes by Gary Atkinson
Document DOCD-5680 |
| 55 | 2006 | Lil Son Jackson: Restless Blues - Volume 2
- New Year's Resolution
- Young Woman's Blues
- Mr. Blues
- All Alone
- Everybody's Blues
- Travelin' Woman
- Red Light
- Aching Heart
- Upstairs Boogie
- All My Love
- My Little Girl
- Big Gun Blues
- Get High Everbody
- Let Me Down Easy
- My Younger Days
- I Wish I Could Go Home
- Black and Brown
- Journey Back Home
- Sad Letter Home
- Rockin' and Rollin' #2
| notes by Gary Atkinson
Document DOCD-5681 |
| 56 | 2007 | Lightning Hopkins: Lightning Special
Volume 2 of the Collected Works
disc 1:
- What Kind Of Heart Have You
- Mad As I Can Be - (alt tk)
- Ain't It A Shame
- Crazy 'bout My Baby
- What's The Matter Now
- My Mama Told Me
- Highway Blues
- I'm Wild About You Baby
- Bad Things On My Mind
- The War Is Over
- Policy Game
- Merry Christmas
- Happy New Year
- Cemetery Blues
- I Love You Baby
- Shine On Moon
- Lightnin's Boogie
- Lonesome In Your Home
- Remember Me
- Sittin' Down Thinkin'
- Lightnin's Special
- Please Don't Go Baby
- Don't Think 'cause You're Pretty
- Life I Used To Live
- Grandma's Boogie
- My Baby's Gone
- Early Mornin' Boogie
disc 2:
- Moving On Out Boogie
- Sick Feeling Blues
- Hopkins Sky Hop
- Evil Hearted Woman
- Don't Need No Job
- Blues For My Cookie
- Had A Gal Called Sal
- They Wonder Who I Am
- Nothin' But The Blues
- That's Alright Baby
- Finally Met My Baby
- My Little Kewpie Doll
- Wonder What Is Wrong With Me
- Late In The Evening
- Lightnin' Jump
- Leavin' Blues
- Moanin' Blues
- Walkin' The Streets
- Mussy Haired Woman
- Trying, Trying
- You'll Never Miss The Water
L.C. Williams
- Hole In The Wall
- Boogie All The Time
- Strike Blues
- You Can't Take It With You Baby
- So Sorry
- The Lazy J
- Fannie Mae
disc 3:
Melvin "Lil' Son" Jackson
- Roberta Blues
- Freedom Train Blues
- Ground Hog Blues
- Bad Whiskey - Bad Women
- Gone With The Wind
- No Money, No Love
- Talkin' Boogie
- Milford Blues
- Cairo Blues
- Evil Blues
- Gambling Blues
- Homeless Blues
Manny Nichols
- Walkin' Blues
- Forgive Me Baby
- Walking Talking Blues
- Tall Skinny Mama Blues
- Worried Life
- Forgive Me
- No One To Love Me
- Throw A Little Boogie
Thunder Smith
- Can't Do Like You Used To [Aladdin 165]
- West Coast Blues [Aladdin 165]
- Little Mama Boogie [Aladdin 166]
- Cruel Hearted Woman [Gold Star 615]
- Big Stars Are Falling [Gold Star 615]
- Santa Fe Blues [Gold Star 644]
disc 4:
Soldier Boy Houston
- Dallas Bebop Blues
- Western Rider Blues
- Hug Me Baby
- Out In California Blues
- In The Army Since 94
- Lawyer Houston Blues
- Going To The West Coast
- Lawton, Oklahoma Blues
J.D. Edwards
- Cryin'
- Playboy Blues
- Hobo
- Cold In The Evening
- West Coast Blues
Ernest Lewis
- Rosa Lee
- Shake 'em On Down
- Loudella
- Little Mae Belle
- No More Lovin'
- West Coast Blues
- What Wrong Have I Done
- In My Girlish Days
Frankie Lee Sims
- Home Again Blues
- Cross Country Blues
- Don't Forget Me Baby
- Single Man Blues
compiled by Neil Slaven | 4 CD set
notes by Neil Slaven
JSP JSPCD 7790 |
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