Songs of Memphis Slim and Willie Dixon

Folkways Records - FA 2385

Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation
Country: United States
Released: 1960
Genre: Blues, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Blues
[Tracklist]
A1 Joggie Boogie (03:28)
A2 Stewball (03:36)
A3 John Henry (02:28)
A4 Kansas City No.1, 2 and 3 (07:50)
B1 Have You Ever Been to Nashville Pen? (02:32)
B2 Roll and Tumble (02:58)
B3 Beer Drinking Woman (02:32)
B4 Chicago House Rent Party (05:00)
B5 44 Blues (02:36)
B6 Unlucky (02:45)
[Credits]
Memphis Slim (piano/vocals) Willie Dixon (bass)
Photographer: David Gahr, Designer: Ronald Clyne
[Notes]
This album features big-voiced blues pianist and singer Memphis Slim and legendary bassist Willie Dixon, who is credited with having helped create the Chicago blues sound. Several tracks from this album are also included on Smithsonian Folkways' Memphis Slim: The Folkways Years (SFW40128).

Classic Piano Blues from Smithsonian Folkways

Smithsonian Folkways – SFW CD 40196

Country: Unites States
Released: 2008
Genre: Blues, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Piano Blues
[Tracklist]
01 Dedication to Pete Johnson: Memphis Slim (3:12)
02 Early in the Morning: Booker T. Laury (3:06)
03 How Long Blues: Speckled Red (3:20)
04 Yellow Dog Blues: James P. Johnson and Katherine Handy Lewis (2:56)
05 Key to the Highway: Jazz Gillum, Memphis Slim (2:54)
06 Medium Blues: Meade "Lux" Lewis (2:51)
07 Black Wolf Blues: Champion Jack Dupree (2:57)
08 Dices Blues: Big Chief Ellis (4:54)
09 Big Fat Woman: Lead Belly (1:10)
10 Harlem Parlor Blues: Sammy Price (2:51)
11 Little Drops of Water: Henry Brown & Edith Johnson (3:03)
12 Pinetop's Boogie Woogie: Little Brother Montgomery (4:08)
13 Pinetop's Boogie Woogie: Speckled Red (3:26)
14 Wish Me Well: Memphis Slim, Willie Dixon (2:14)
15 All My Money's Gone: Henry Townsend (2:53)
16 You're My Man: Victoria Spivey (4:33)
17 On My Way to See Moe Asch: Champion Jack Dupree (4:21)
18 Sweet Old Chicago: Roosevelt Sykes (2:56)
19 No Special Rider Blues: Little Brother Montgomery (3:29)
20 Hesitation Blues: James P. Johnson (3:05)
[Credits]
Executive producers: Daniel E. Sheehy and Atesh Sonneborn, Compiled: Jeff Place and Richard James Burgess, Layout and design: Communication Visual (http://www.com-vis.com )
[Notes]
Storyville nightclubs, Beale Street juke joints, gambling houses, barrelhouse bars in the lumber and turpentine camps of East Texas—these were the places African American piano bluesmen called home. Born of ragtime and hard times, the piano blues migrated with its players from the deep South to the urban North. Classic Piano Blues revisits raucous boogie-woogie and blues legends Memphis Slim, Willie Dixon, Champion Jack Dupree, Speckled Red, Meade "Lux" Lewis, Lead Belly, Little Brother Montgomery, Roosevelt Sykes, James P. Johnson, and more, in 20 tracks drawn from the well of the Folkways Collections. Extensive notes, 32-page booklet, 64 minutes.

Classic African-American Ballads from Smithsonian Folkways

Smithsonian Folkways – SFW40191

Series: Smithsonian Folkways Classic Series
Format: CD, Compilation
Country: US
Released: 2006
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk
[Tracklist]
01 Mouse on the Hill (Froggie Went a-Courting): Warner Williams with Jay Summerour (3:44)
02 Casey Jones: K.C. Douglas (1:23)
, 03 John Hardy: Lead Belly (2:43)
04 Railroad Bill: John Jackson (3:33)
05 Stewball: Memphis Slim and Willie Dixon (3:33)
06 John Henry: Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee (4:04)
07 St. James Infirmary: Snooks Eaglin (2:20)
08 Staggerlee (Stackolee): John Cephas and Phil Wiggins (5:03)
09 Lost John: Convict Group, Ramsey and Retrieve State Farms (4:54)
10 Betty and Dupree: Josh White (3:45)
11 Old Riley / Here, Rattler, Here: Lead Belly (1:58)
12 The Race of the Jim Lee and Katy Adam: Jazz Gillum, Memphis Slim (2:27)
13 The Titanic: Pink Anderson (2:49)
14 Frankie and Johnny: Big Bill Broonzy (2:07)
15 White House Blues: Earl Taylor and the Stoney Mountain Boys (1:59)
16 Louis Collins: John Jackson (3:18)
17 Bad Lee Brown (Late One Night): Woody Guthrie (2:14)
18 Luke and Mullen: Horace Sprott (2:25)
19 Duncan and Brady: Dave Van Ronk (3:00)
20 Gallis Pole (The Maid Freed from the Gallows): Lead Belly (2:45)
21 Boll Weevil: Pink Anderson (3:04)
22 Delia's Gone: Josh White Jr. (3:45)
[Crtedits]
Producer and Liner Notes: Barry Lee Pearson, Designer: Joe Parisi, Engineer: Pete Reiniger
[Notes]
Classic African-American Ballads is a sampling of an important, historic, and engaging slice of America's Black music heritage. The heyday of the Black ballad tradition (1890-1920) left a lasting strain of creativity and a monument to African American life of the time. Ranging from songs created from the heritage of the English ballad, to social commentary vilifying abusive white authority figures, to "blues ballads," this album reminds us of the enormity and constant evolution of African American musical tradition. 36-page booklet. 22 tracks. 67 minutes.

American Folk Blues Festival '63-64

PHILIPS SFL-7385

Format: Vinyl, LP, Stereo
Country: Japan
Released: 1981
Genre: Blues
Style: Blues
[Tracklist]
A1 Five Long Years: Muddy Waters (5:00)
A2 Sittin' And Cryin' The Blues: Willie Dixon (3:22)
A3 Crazy For My Baby: Willie Dixon (2:33)
A4 Matt's Guitar Blues: Matt Murphy (5:15)
A5 Grant Spivey: Victoria Spivey (4:01)
A6 I Don't Know: Sonny Boy Williamson (4:38)
B1 I'm Trying To Make London My Home: Sonny Boy Williamson (4:03)
B2 Ain't It A Pity: Lightnin' Hopkins (6:47)
B3 Baby Please Don't Go: Lightnin' Hopkins (2:42)
B4 Everytime I Get To Drinkin': Sunnyland Slim (4:14)
B5 No Title Boogie: Hubert Sumlin (3:56)
B6 Dust My Broom: Howlin' Wolf (6:06)
[Notes]
Recorded: (A) Bremen, October 13, 1963 (B) Hamburg, October 9th, 1964
Manufactured by Japan Phonogram Co. Ltd., Tokyo.