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7" EP Roots EPL-001 Jimmy and Mamma Yancey How Long Blues / Make Me a Pallet On the Floor


Austrian press in picture sleeve. Record has large centre hole. 45rpm.

Jimmy plays harmonium whilst Mama sings.
LP Paltram FSO 001 Various Artists The World's Rarest Country Blues Records


B and O Blues (Blind Willie McTell);
Down On My Bended Knee (King Soloman Hill);
Disgusted Blues (Blind Lemon Jefferson);
The Cheaters Spell (Blind Lemon Jefferson)
She's a Fool (Sluefoot Joe);
House Top Blues (Sluefoot Joe & Clifford Gobson);
Trunk Busted-Suitcase Full of Holes (Jaybird Coleman);
Last Farewell Blues (Ruby Paul with [possibly] Bobby Grant);
Trust in God and Do the Right (Blind Willie Davis);
Electric Chair Blues (William Harris [as 'Alonzo Boone]);
Kansas City Blues (William Harris [as 'Alonzo Boone]);
Last Kind Words Blues (Geeshie Wiley);
Skinny Leg Blues (Geeshie Wiley);
Hard Luck Child (Skip James);
4 O'Clock Blues (Skip James);
Circle Round the Moon (Charley Patton & Henry Sims);
Magnolia Blues (Charlie Patton);
Mean Black Cat Blues (Charlie Patton).

Record is Austrian and individually numbered from 1 to 150 in red biro on an otherwise printed label. Issued in a plain white sleeve. My file copy has track listing written on the sleeve in green biro - I presume that this was done by the original owner (one of the original board of directors of Saydisc) and not by the record company?

Includes Roneo insert.

Every track on the record was dubbed from the only known existing 78 copy.
LP Roots RL 301 Blind Lemon Jefferson Blind Lemon Jefferson Volume 1 (1926-1929)


Wartime Blues;
Booger Rooger Blues;
Corinna Blues;
Black Horse Blues;
Maltese Cat Blues;
D. B. Blues;
Dry Southern Blues;
Rambler Blues;
Rabbit Foot Blues;
Booster Blues;
Dynamite Blues;
Eagle Eyed Mama;
Right Of Way Blues;
Black Snake Dream Blues;
Black Snake Moan;
Chock House Blues;
Prison Cell Blues;
See That My Grave Is Kept Clean - No. 2.

Sleeve and record are Austrian.

Includes a Roneo insert.
LP Roots RL 302 Various Artists Mississippi Blues Vol. 1 (1927-1942)


Snake Doctor Blues (Jelly Jaw Short);
C & O Blues (Blind Joe Amos);
Early Mornin' Blues (William harris);
Signifying Blues (Sam Collins ['Salty Dog Sam']);
Mean Black Moan (Charley Patton with Henry Sims);
Jesue Is a Dying-Bed Maker (Charley Patton with Henry Sims);
Rolling Stone, part 1 & 2 (Robert Wilkins);
Mississippi Moan (Isiah Nettles ['The Mississippi Moaner']);
Cypress Grove Blues (Skip James);
The Jinx Blues - No. 2 (Son House);
Black Train Blues (Bukka White with Washboard Sam)
Barefoot Blues (Jelly Jaw Short);
Left Alone Blues (Ishman Bracey with Chalie McCoy);
Blue Harvest Blues (Mississippi John Hurt);
Kind Hearted Woman Blues (Robert Johnson).

Sleeve and record are Austrian.
LP Roots RL 303 ? ?



LP Roots RL 304 Various Artists Nearer My God To Thee (1926-1942)


Sinking of the Titanic (Richard 'Rabbit' Brown);
The Royal Telephone (Sister Mary Nelson);
Mother's Love (Joe & Emma Taggart);
Jonah In the Belly of the Whale (Rev. F. W. McGee);
Lift Him Up That's All (Washington Phillips)
Praying On the Old Damp Ground (Mississippi John Hurt);
Sweet Heaven Is My Home (Arizona Dranes);
You'll Need Somebody On Your Bond (Blind Willie Johnson);
Ain't No Grave Can Hold My Body Down (Bozie Sturdivant);
Blessed Be Thy Name (Mississippi John Hurt);
With His Stripes We Are Heaked (Rev. F. W. McGee);
It's All Right Now (Arizona Dranes);
Religion Is Something Within You (Blind Joe Taggart);
He Arose From the Dead (Blind Lemon Jefferson);
Be Ready When He Comes (Skip James);
When the Saints Go Marching In (Barbecue Bob).

Sleeve and record are Austrian.

Includes a Roneo insert.
LP Roots RL 305 Tommy McClennan Cross Cut Saw Blues (1939-1941)


Baby, Don't You Want To Go?;
I'm Goin', Don't You Know;
She's Just Good Huggin' Size;
My Little Girl;
My Baby's Doggin' Me;
She's a Good-Looking Mama;
New Sugar Mama;
Down To Skin & Bones;
Katy Mae Blues;
Love With a Feeling;
Drop Down Mama;
Black Minnie;
Elsie Blues;
Cross Cut Saw Blues;
You Can't Read My Mind;
It's a Crying Pity.

Sleeve and record are Austrian.

Includes a Roneo insert.
LP Roots RL 306 Blind Lemon Jefferson Blind Lemon Jefferson Vol 2. (1925-1929)


I Want To Be Like Jesus In My Heart;
All I Want Is That Pure Religion;
Jack O' Diamonds Blues No. 1;
Old Rounders Blues;
Easy Rider Blues;
Match Box Blues No. 2;
Match Box Blues No. 4;
See That My Grave Is Kept Clean;
'Lectric Chair Blues;
Piney Woods Moany Mama;
Low Down Mojo Blues;
Competition Bed Blues;
Sad News Blues;
Christmas Eve Blues;
Happy New Year Blues;
Yo Yo Blues;
Fence Breakin' Yellen' Blues;
Cat Man Blues.

Sleeve and record are Austrian.

Includes a Roneo insert.
LP Roots RL 307 Various Artists The Memphis Area 1927-1932


Madison Street Rag (Cannon's Jug Stompers);
Hollywood Rag (Cannon's Jug Stompers);
Broken-Hearted, Ragged and Dirty Too (Sleepy John Estes);
Black Mattie Blues (Sleepy John Estes);
Nobody Knows What the Good Deacon Does (Hambone Willie Newbern);
Tappin' That Thing (Burse & Stephen);
Come Along, Little Children ('Poor Jab');
It Won't Be Long Now - take 2 (Frank Stokes);
Garage Fire Blues (Memphis Minnie);
Bad Lucks' My Buddie (Noah Lewis' Jug Band);
Stack O' Dollars (Sleepy John Estes);
My Black gal Blues (Sleepy John Estes);
Roll and Tumble Blues (Hambone Willie Newbern);
Nashville Stonewall Blues (Robert Wilkins);
Police Sergeant Blues (Robert Wilkins);
Kansas City Blues (Memphis Jug Band).

Sleeve and record are Austrian.

Includes a Roneo insert.
LP Roots RL 308 Frank Stokes Frank Stokes with Dan Sane and Will Batts (1927-1929)


You Shall;
Sweet To Mama;
Half a Cup of Tea;
Beale Town Bound;
Mr. Crump Don't Like It;
Chicken You Can Roast Behind the Moon;
Bedtime Blues;
Mistreatin' Blues;
Nehi Mama Blues;
Stomp That Thing;
Ain't Goin' To Do Like I Used To Do;
South Memphis Blues;
Bunker Hill Blues;
Memphis Rounders Blues.

Sleeve and record are Austrian.

Tracks 1 to 6 & 11 are by The Beale Street Sheiks (Stokes & Dan Sane). Track 7 has an unknown accompanist. Tracks 12 & 13 are by Frank Stokes & Will Bates.
LP Roots RL 309 Various Artists Blues from Georgia 1926-1931


Cold Wave Blues (Barbecue Bob);
Beggin' for Love (Barbecue Bob);
Jesus' Blood Can make Me Whole (Barbecue Bob);
Ugly Papa (Charlie Lincoln);
If It Looks Like Jelly (Charlie Lincoln);
Chain gang Trouble (Charlie Lincoln);
Hard Luck Blues (Charlie Lincoln);
Gamblin'Charley (Charlie Lincoln);
Stole Rider Blues (Blind Willie McTell);
Mr. McTell Got the Blues (Blind Willie McTell);
Low Rider's Blues (Blind Willie McTell);
Roack & Gravel Blues (Peg Leg Howell):
Walkin' Blues (Peg Leg Howell):
Turtle Dove Blues (Peg Leg Howell):
Fo' Day Blues (Peg Leg Howell):
New Prison Blues (Peg Leg Howell).

Sleeve and record are Austrian.

Includes a Roneo insert.
LP Roots RL 310 Various Artists Missouri and Tennessee (1924-1937)


Raidin' Squad (Charley Jordan);
Got Your Water On (The Two Charlies);
Don't Put Your Dirty Hands On Me (The Two Charlies);
Biddle Street Blues (Henry Spaulding);
Lonesome John (Stovepipe No. 1);
Fisher's Hornpipe (Stovepipe No. 1);
She's Got a Mean Disposition (Henry Townsend);
A Woman Gets Tired of the Same Man All the Time (Stovepipe No. 1 & David Crockett);
Hambone Willie's Dreamy-Eyed Woman's Blues (Hambone Willie Newbern);
Way Down in Arkansas (Hambone Willie Newbern);
My Money Never Runs Out (Banjo Joe);
Staggering Blues (Rosie Mae Moore);
Little Sarah (James 'Yank' Rachel);
T-Bone Steak Blues (James 'Yank' Rachel);
Crazy 'Bout My Black Girl (Charlie Pickett);
Evergreen Money Blues (Memphis Jug Band).

Sleeve and record are Austrian.

Includes a Roneo insert.
LP Roots RL 311 Various Artists Harmonicas, Washboards, Fiddles, Jugs (1926-1933)


Apaloosa Blues (Bobby Leecan's Need-More Band);
Peaches in the Springtime (Memphis Jug Band);
Feed Your Friend (Memphis Jug Band);
I Whipped My Woman (Memphis Jug Band);
I Packed My Suitcase (Memphis Jug Band);
Believe I'll Go Back Home (Jack Kelly's Jug Band);
Ko-Ko-Mo Blues (Jack Kelly's Jug Band);
Jazz Gypsy Blues (Banjo Joe [Cannon & Blake]);
Nobody's Business If I Do (Tommie Bradley);
Mistreated the Only Friend You Had (James Cole);
I Can Deal Worry (King David's Jug Band);
Sweet Potato Blues (King David's Jug Band);
String Band Blues (Kansas City Blues Stompers);
Pig Meat Blues (Whistler's Jug Band);
Black Cat Bone Blues (Leecan & Cooksey);
Dirty Guitar Blues (Leecan & Cooksey).

Sleeve and record are Austrian.

Includes a Roneo insert.
LP Roots RL 312 Various Artists Texas Country Music Vol. 1


Arkansas (Henry Thomas ['Ragtime Texas']);
Sunshine Special - take 1 (Blind Lemon Jefferson);
Hot Mattress Stopm (Bernice Edwards);
Before Long (J. T. 'Funny Paper' Smith);
Jail Break Blues (Texas Tommy);
No Job Blues (Ramblin' Thomas);
Back Knawing Blues (Ramblin' Thomas);
Frisco Blues (Billikin Johnson & Neal Roberts);
Sweet Mama Blues (Coley Jones);
Dallas Rag (Dallas String Band);
When the War Was On (Blind Willie Johnson);
Praise God I'm Satisfied (Blind Willie Johnson);
Section Gang Blues (Texas Alexander);
No More Women Blues (Texas Alexander);
Sitin' On a Log (Texas Alexander);
Sweet Patuni (Jesse James).

Sleeve and record are Austrian.

Includes a Roneo insert.
LP Roots RL 313 Various Artists Down South (Louisiana - Mississippi - Alabama - Florida) (1927-1941)


Never Let the Same Bee Sting You Twice (Richard 'Rabbit' Brown);
Home Wreckin' Blues (Shreveport Home Wreckers);
Hard Hearted Mama Blues (Kid Cole);
Niagra Falls Blues (Kid Cole);
Milkcow's Calf Blues No. 2 (Robert Johnson);
Deep Blue Sea Blues (Tommy McClennan);
Fo' Clock Blues (Fiddlin' Joe Martin, Son House & Willie Brown);
Going To Fishing (Fiddlin' Joe, Willie Brown & Leroy Williams);
Big Rock Jail (Barefoot Bill);
If You Want a Good Woman (Wiley Barner);
Hard-Headed Woman Blues (Clifford Gibson);
Levee Camp Moan (Clifford Gibson);
Save Your Money - Let These Women Go (Jaybird Coleman);
Man trouble Blues (Jaybird Coleman);
Black Snake (Tallahassee Tight);
Depression's Gone From Me Blues (Blind Blake).

Sleeve and record are Austrian.
LP Roots RL 314 Various Artists Misissippi Blues Vol.3 (1928-1942)


Out On Santa Fe-Blues (Arthur Petties);
I Want You To Know (Bo Carter);
Jake Leg Blues (Poor Boy Lofton);
My Mean Baby Blues (Poor Boy Lofton);
Jail Bird Love Song (Mississippi Sheiks);
Yodelin' Fiddlin' Blues (Mississippi Sheiks);
I'm Through With You (Big Joe McCoy);
When You Said Goodbye (Big Joe McCoy);
Drunken Hearted Man - take 2 (Robert Johnson);
Let's Go Riding (Mr. Freddie Spruell);
My Baby Left Me (Robert Petway);
Cotton Pickin' Blues (Robert Petway);
Stack O'Lee Blues (Mississippi John Hurt);
Dangerous Woman (Mississippi Jook Band);
Mozelle Blues (Tommy McClennan);
Mr. So and So Blues (Tommy McClennan).

Sleeve and record are Austrian.

Includes a Roneo insert.
LP Roots RL 315 Various Artists Texas Country Music Vol. 2 (1927-1937)


Charmin' Betsy (Henry Thomas);
The Elders He's My Man (Coley Jones);
If It Had Not Been for Jesus (Blind Willie Johnson);
Sunrise Blues (Will Day);
Corn-Bread Blues (Texas Alexander);
Long Lonesome Day Blues (Texas Alexander);
Blues ('Little Brother');
Family Trouble Blues (Andrew Hogg);
Corpus Blues (Little Hat Jones);
Wild Jack Blues (Billikin Johnson & Neal Roberts);
The Sould of Man (Blind Willie Johnson);
Take Your Stand (Blind Willie Johnson);
T. P. Window Blues (Jack Ranger);
It Wouldn't Be So Hard (Whistlin' Alex Moore);
Packin' Trunk Blues (Leadbelly);
All Out & Down (Leadbelly).

Sleeve and record are Austrian.

Includes a Roneo insert.
LP Roots RL 316 Various Artists The Country Fiddlers


The Moore Girl (Andrew & Jim Baxter);
Walking Blues (Chasey Collins);
Highway No. 61 Blues (Jack Kelly's South Memphis Jug Band);
Georgia Crawl (Henry Williams & Eddie Anthony);
Lonely One In This Town (Mississippi Sheiks);
Sittin' On Top of the World (Mississippi Sheiks);
J. C. Johnson's Blues (T. C. Johnson & 'Blue Coat' Tom Nelson);
Blue Coat Blues ('Blue Coat' Tom Nelson);
Rustlin' Man (State Street Boys);
Too Tight Blues (Peg Leg Howell & His Gang);
Peg Leg Stomp (Peg Leg Howell & His Gang);
Violin Blues (T. C. Johnson Boys);
Seen Better Days (Texas Alexander);
Frost Texas Tornado Blues (Texas Alexander);
Fattenin' Frogs (Mobile Strugglers);
Memphis Blues (Mobile Strugglers).

Sleeve and record are Austrian.
LP Roots RL 317 Lucille Bogan & Walter Roland (1930-1935) Alabama Blues


My Georgia Grind;
Sloppy Drunk Blues;
Alley Boogie;
T. N. & O. Blues;
Hungry Man's Scuffle;
You Got To Die Some Day;
Lonesome Midnight Blues;
My Man Is Boogan Me;
Pig Iron Sally;
Tired As I Can Be;
Sweet Man, Sweet Man;
Reckles Woman;
Down In Boogie Alley;
Man Stealer Blues;
Stew Meat Blues;
Skin Game Blues.

Sleeve and record are Austrian.

Includes a Roneo insert.
LP Roots RL 318 Various Artists The East Coast States (Georgia - Carolinas - Virginia) (1927-1940)


Ball & Chain Blues (Peg Leg Howell & Jim Hill);
Away from Home (Peg Leg Howell & Jim Hill);
Salty Dog (Kokomo Arnold);
Wild About My Loving (Lonnie Coleman);
St. Louis Blues (Sylvester Weaver & Walter Beasley);
Bottleneck Blues (Sylvester Weaver & Walter Beasley);
Railroad Blues (Will Bennett);
Gravy Server (Buddy Moss);
Bamalong Blues (Andrew & Jim Baxter);
Furniture Man (Lil' McClintock);
Don't Think I'm Santa Claus (Lil' McClintock);
Gonna Tip Out Tonight (Pink Anderson & Simmie Dooley);
Crooked Woman Blues (Blind Boy Fuller);
Somebody's Been Talking (Blind Boy Fuller);
My Gal's Dome Quit Me (Luke Jordan);
Ragtime Crazy (William Moore).

Sleeve and record are Austrian.

Includes a Roneo insert.
LP Roots RL 319 Various Artists Up and Down the Mississippi (1926-1940)


Mystery of the Dunbar's Child (Richard 'Rabbit' Brown);
I'm Not Jealous (Richard 'Rabbit' Brown);
Jail House Fire Blues (Buddy Boy Hawkins):
Shaggy Dog Blues (Buddy Boy Hawkins):
You Can't Keep No Brown (Bo Weavil Jackson);
Pig Meat Papa (Mae Glover & John Byrd);
Bedside Blues (Jim Thompkins);
Mind Reader Blues (Bertha Lee & Charley Patton);
Friar's Point Blues (Robert Lee McCoy);
You Scolded Me and Drove Me from Your Door (Mississippi Bracey);
I'll Overcome Someday (Mississippi Bracey);
Hitch Me To Your Buggy (Will Weldon);
grief Will Kill You (Little Buddy Doyle);
Bad in Mind Blues (Little Buddy Doyle);
California Desert Blues (Lane Hardin);
Henry's Worried Blues (Henry Townsend).

Sleeve and record are Austrian.

Includes a Roneo insert.
LP Roots RL 320 Various Artists The Great Harmonica Players Volume 1 (1925-1929)


Mean Low Blues (Blues Birdhead);
Harmonica Blues (Blues Birdhead);
McAbee's Ralroad Piece (Palmer McAbee);
Lost Boy Blues (Palmer McAbee);
Roubin Blues (William Francis & Richard Sowell);
John Henry Blues (William Francis & Richard Sowell);
Middlin' Blues (George 'Bullet' Williams);
Chickasaw Special (Noah Lewis);
Careless Love (Slim Barton & Eddie Mapp);
I'm Hot Like That (Slim Barton & Eddie Mapp);
Ice Water Blues (De Ford Bailey);
Davidson County Blues (De Ford Bailey);
Meddlin' with the Blues (The Two of Spades [Herbert Leonard & Harry Mays]);
Harmonica Blues (The Two of Spades);
Ah'm Sick and Tired of Tellin' You (To Wiggle That Thing) (Jaybird Coleman);
Black Snake Blues (Whistlin' Pete and Daddy [Johnny Watson] Stovepipe).

My file copy has the original Austrian sleeve, but the record looks suspiciously like UK pressing with small, rough-textured labels and SDL 171 matrix in the run-off groove along with the Roots matrix number.
LP Roots RL 321 Various Artists Great Harmonica Players Volume 2 (1927-1940)


Cow Cow Blues (Jed Davenport plus unknown accompanist);
How Long How Long Blues (Jed Davenport plus unknown accompanist);
Dollar Blues (Martin & Robert [Alfred Martin & Robert Cooksey]);
Hock My Shoes (Martin & Robert);
Poor Convinct Blues (Slim Barton & James Moore);
The Cockeyed World (Minnie Wallace with Her Night Hawks [Will Shade, Kid Stormy Weather, Little Son Joe & 'Spoons']);
Field Mouse Stomp (Minnie Wallace with Her Night Hawks);
Mountain Blues (Jimmy Smith);
Royal Palm Blues (Leecan & Cooksey [Bobby Leecan & Robert Cooksey]):
Ain't She Sweet (Leecan & Cooksey):
Smokey Blues (Ellis Williams plus unknown accompanist);
Buttermilk Boys (Ellis Williams plus unknown accompanist);
I Want It Awful Bad (Joe Williams with [probably] Jed Davenport);
Mr. Devil Blues (Joe Williams with [probably] Jed Davenport);
Tough Luck (Robert Lee McCoy ['Ramblin' ob'] with Big Joe Williams & Sonny Boy Williamson);
Harmonica & Washboard Beakdown (Sonny Terry with Oh Red [George Washington]).

Sleeve and record are Austrian.
LP Roots RL 322 The Memphis Jug Band The Memphis Jug Band (1927-1929)


Stingly Woman Blues;
Memphis Jug Blues;
Sinshine Blues;
I'm Looking for the Bully of the Town;
State of Tennesse Blues;
Beale Stret Mess Around;
I'll See You In the Spring;
Snitchin' Gambler Blues;
Papa Long Blues;
She Stays out All Night Long;
A Black Woman Is Like a Black Snake;
Mississippi River Waltz;
I Can't Stand it;
Dirty Butter;
The Old Folks Started It;
Memphis Yo Yo Blues.

Sleeve and record are Austrian. The sleeve includes a printed Saydisc credit.
LP Roots RL 323 Various Artists Memphis Blues Vol. 1 (1927-1934)


Prater Blues (Johnson Boys);
'Tain't Nobody's Business (Frank Stokes);
I raised My Window (Ollie Rupert);
Ain't Gonna Be Your Low Down Dog (Ollie Rupert);
She Could Toodle-Oo (Hambone Willie Newbern);
Everybody Help the Boys Come Home (William & Versey Smith);
Mr. Furry's Blues (Furry Lewis);
Mistreatin' Mama (Furry Lewis);
I Couldn't Help It (Allen Shaw);
Worry Blues (Tom Dickson);
Poor John Blues (Sleepy John Estes);
Whatcha Doin'? (Sleepy John Estes);
School Girl Blues (Rosie Mae Moore);
Bootlegging Blues (Jim Jackson);
Mova That Thing (Memphis Jug Band);
You Got Me Rollin' (Memphis Jug Band).

My file copy has the original Austrian sleeve with a Saydisc sticker attached, but the record looks suspiciously like a UK pressing with small, rough-textured labels and SDL 172 matrix in the run-off groove along with the Roots matrix number.

Includes Roneo insert. My file copy also includes June 1969 and January 1970 Matchbox and Roots catalogues.
LP Roots RL 324 Blind Willie McTell King of the Georgia Blues Singers (1929-1935)


Come On Around To My House Mama;
Razor Ball;
Rollin' Mama Blues;
Lord Have Mercy If You Please;
Don't You See How This World Made a Change?;
My Baby's Gone;
Weary-Hearted Blues;
Runnin' Me Crazy;
We Got To Meet Death One Day;
Dying Gambler;
God Don't Like It;
Bell Street Blues;
Lay Some Flowers On My Grave;
Ticket Agent Blues;
Cold Winter Day;
Your Time To Worry.

Sleeve and record are Austrian. The sleeve has a Saydisc sticker attached.

Includes Roneo insert.
LP Roots RL 325 Various Artists Alabama Country Blues (1924-1933)


Barefoot Bill's Hard Luck Blues (Barefoot Bill);
One More Time (Barefoot Bill);
I Don't Like That (Pillie Bolling & Barefoot Bill);
She's Got a Nice Line (Pillie Bolling & Barefoot Bill);
Shrimp Ma (Red Hot Ole Man Mose):
Sundown Blues (Daddy Stovepipe):
Stove Pipe Blues (Daddy Stovepipe);
Beat You Doing It (Clifford Gibson);
Carry It Right Back Home (Ed Bell);
She's a Fool Gal (Ed Bell);
Fat Mouth Blues (Ben Curry);
Red Cross Blues (Sonny Scott);
Cane Break Blues (Birmingham Jug Band);
Kickin' Mule Blues (Birmingham Jug Band);
It's a Fight Like That (Blind Bogus Ben Covington);
Boodle-De-Bum Bum (Blind Bogus Ben Covington).

Sleeve and record are Austrian. The sleeve has a Saydisc sticker attached.

Includes Roneo insert.
LP Roots RL 326 Various Artists The East Coast States Vol. 2 (1924-1938)


I'm Busy & You Can't Come In (Sylvester Weaver);
Guitar Rag (Sylvester Weaver);
Oh Lawdy Mama (Curly Weaver);
Fried Pie Blues (Curly Weaver);
Hillbilly Willie's Blues (Blind Willy McTell);
I'm Gonna Tell God How You're Doin' (Julius Daniels & Bubba Lee Torrence);
My Mamma Was a Sailor (Julius Daniels & Bubba Lee Torrence);
Bad Luck Moan (Willie Baker);
Pretty Mama Blues (Joe Linthecome);
Travelin' Man (Virgil Childers);
Preacher & the Bear (Virgil Childers);
Poor Boy a Long Ways From Home (Barbecue Bob);
K. C. Railroad Blues (Andrew & Jim Baxter);
Traveling Coon (Luke Jordan);
Pick Poor Robin Clean (Luke Jordan);
Cocaine Blues (Luke Jordan).

Sleeve and record are Austrian. The sleeve has a Saydisc sticker attached.

Includes Roneo insert.

Covers Georgia, Carolina & Virginia.
LP Roots RL 327 Various Artists Texas Country Music Vol. 3 (1927-1937)


Cross the Water Blues (Little Hat Jones);
Cherry Street Blues (Little Hat Jones);
Blue Goose Blues (Jesse 'Babyface' Thomas);
No Good Woman Blues (Jesse 'Babyface' Thomas);
Fourteenth Street Blues (Blind Percy & His Blind Band);
Corn Liquor Blues (Lewis Black);
Awful Moanin' Blues, pts. 1 & 2 (Texas Alexander);
Water Bound Blues (Texas Alexander);
Goin' Back To My Baby (Texas Bill Day):
Back Door Blues ('Bo' Jones);
Leavenworth Prison Blues ('Bo' Jones);
Ninth Street Stomp (Bernice Edwards);
Christmas Time Blues (Black Ace);
Trinity River Blues (Oak Cliff T-Bone);
Blac Gal - No. 2 (Joe Pullum).

Sleeve and record are Austrian. The sleeve has a Saydisc sticker attached.

Includes Roneo insert.
LP Roots RL 328 Various Artists Southern Sanctified Singers (1926-1942)


Go With Me To That Land (Blind Willie Johnson);
A Mother's Last Word To Her Daughter (Washington Phillips);
The Great Reaping Day (Bessie Johnson);
I Want My Crown (Bozie Sturdivant);
Christians Fight On (Sam Butler);
Your Enemy Cannot Harm You (Rev. Edward W. Clayborn);
In That Day (Arizona Dranes);
When the Saints Go Marching In (Blind Willie Davis);
Jonah In the Wilderness (Henry Thomas);
I've Got the Key To the Kingdom (Washington Phillips);
Put Your Trust in Jesus (Rev. J. C. Burnett);
Heaven Is My View (Sam Butler);
I'll Be Satisfied (Blind Joe Taggart);
There's a City Built of Mansions (Nugrape Twins);
The Gospel Train Is Coming (The Guitar Evangelist);
Holy Mountain (Elder Otis Jones).

Sleeve and record are Austrian. The sleeve includes a printed Saydisc credit.

Includes Roneo insert. My file copy includes a January 1970 Matchbox and Roots catalogue.
LP Roots RL 329 Various Artists Memphis Blues Vol. 2 (1927-1939)


Squat It (Memphis Minnie);
Someday I'll Be In the Clay (Kansas Joe McCoy);
Highway 61 Blues - No. 2 (Jack Kelly's South Memphis Jug Band);
Number Nine Blues (Blind Clyde Church);
Pneumatic Blues (Blind Clyde Church);
Mad Dog Blues (Rosie Mae Moore);
Hard Scufflin' Blues (Little Buddy Doyle);
Renewed Love Blues (Little Buddy Doyle);
Sweet Mama (Sleepy John Estes & Yank Rachel);
Good Looking Girl Blues (Furry Lewis);
Country Woman (Will batts);
Money Never Runs Out (Canon's Jug Stompers);
Prison Wall Blues (Canon's Jug Stompers);
Blues Everywhere I Go (Casey Bill Weldon);
Somebody's Got To Go (Casey Bill Weldon);
1931 Depression Blues (The Three Stripped Gears).

Sleeve and record are Austrian. The sleeve includes a printed Saydisc credit.
LP Roots RL 330 Tommy Johnson & Ishman Bracey The Famous 1928 Tommy Johnson & Ishman Bracey Session


Cool Drink of Water Blues (Tommy Johnson with Charlie McCoy);
Big Road Blues (Tommy Johnson with Charlie McCoy);
Bye-Bye Blues (Tommy Johnson);
Maggie Campbell Blues (Tommy Johnson with Charlie McCoy);
Canned Heat Blues (Tommy Johnson);
Lonesome Home Blues (Tommy Johnson);
Lonesome Home Blues (different take) (Tommy Johnson);
Louisiana Blues (Tommy Johnson);
Big Fat Mama Blues (Tommy Johnson);
Saturday Blues (Ishman Bracey with Charlie McCoy);
Left Alone Blues (Ishman Bracey with Charlie McCoy);
Leavin' Town Blues (Ishman Bracey with Charlie McCoy);
My Brown Mamma Blues (Ishman Bracey with Charlie McCoy);
Trouble-Hearted Blues (Ishman Bracey);
Trouble-Hearted Blues (different take) (Ishman Bracey);
The Four Day Blues (Ishman Bracey).

Sleeve and record are Austrian. The sleeve includes a printed Saydisc credit.
LP Roots RL 331 Blind Lemon Jefferson Blind Lemon Jefferson Volume 3 (1928-1929)


Lemon's Worried Blues;
Mean Jumper Blues;
Balky Mule Blues;
Long Lastin' Lovin';
How Long How Long;
Oil Well Blues;
Tin Cup Blues;
That Black Shake Moan No. 2;
Big Night Blues;
Paech Orchard Mama;
Mosquito Moan;
Southern Woman Blues;
Bakershop Blues;
Pneumonia Blues;
Long Distance Moan;
That Crawlin' Baby Blues;
Bootin' Me Bout'.

Track 5 includes an unknown pianist.

Sleeve and record are Austrian. The sleeve includes a printed Saydisc credit.
LP Roots RL 332 Various Artists Cream of the Crop (1926-1942) 1960s

Shetland Pony Blues (Son House);
Make Me a Pallet On Your Floor (Willie Brown);
Sic 'Em Dogs On (Bukka White);
Po' Boy (Bukka White);
Kitchen Range Blues (William Harris);
Go I'll Send Thee (Dennis Crumpton & Robert Summers);
Everybody Ought To Pray Sometime (Dennis Crumpton & Robert Summers);
Why Do You Moan? (Bo Weavil Jackson);
The Pony Blues (Son House);
The Jinx Blues - No. 1 (Son House);
Mississippi Swamp Moan (Alfred Lewis);
Workin' On the Railroad (Walter 'Buddy Boy' Hawkins);
Yellow Woman Blues (Walter 'Buddy Boy' Hawkins);
James Alley Blues (Robert 'Rabbit' Brown);
Wasm't That Doggin' Me (The Beale Street Sheiks [Frank Stokes & Dan Sane]);
Rockin' On the Hill Blues (The Beale Street Sheiks).

Sleeve and record are Austrian.
LP Roots RL 333 Various Artists Kings of Memphis Town 1927 - 1930 1960s

Falling Down Blues (Furry Lewis);
Mean Old Bedbug Blues (Furry Lewis);
Why Don't You Come Home Blues (Furry Lewis);
Furry's Blues (Furry Lewis);
Kassie Jones - Part 1 & 2 (Furry Lewis);
Alabama Blues (Robert Wilkins);
Long Train Blues (Robert Wilkins);
Downtown Blues (Frank Stokes with unknown accompanist);
Hunting Blues (The Beale Street Sheiks [Frank Stokes & Dan Sane]);
The Girl I Love, She Got Long Curly Hair (Sleepy John Estes with Jab Jones & James 'Yank' Rachel);
Diving Duck Blues (Sleepy John Estes with Jab Jones & James 'Yank' Rachel);
Street Car Blues (Sleepy John Estes with Jab Jones & James 'Yank' Rachel);
Expressman Blues (Sleepy John Estes with Jab Jones & James 'Yank' Rachel);
Sleep On, Mother Sleep On (Lonnie McIntorsh);
The Lion & the ribes of Judah (Lonnie McIntorsh).

Sleeve and record are Austrian. The sleeve includes a printed Saydisc credit.
LP Roots RL 334 Various Artists Country Blues Obscurities Vol. 1 (1926-1936)


When That Great Ship Went Down (William & Versey Smith);
The Coon Crap Game ('Big Boy' George Owens);
Poor Girl (Smith & Harper);
Insurance Policy Blues (Smith & Harper);
Quill Blues (Big Boy Cleveland);
The Moanin' Blues (John D. Fox with Sam Collins);
Fare Thee Blues - Part 1 & 2 (Johnnie Head);
Greyhound Blues ('Bill' Wilber with Willie Lofton);
Friday Moan Blues (Alfred Lewis);
The Crowing Rooster (Walter Rhodes with 'Pet' & 'Can');
Real Estate Blues (Will Bennett);
(Who's Gonna Do Your) Sweet Jelly Rollin' (Whistlin' Rufus);
Miss Handy Hanks (Archie Lewis [as 'Handy Archie']);
Fence Breakin' Blues (Shreveport Home Wreckers [Ed Schaffer & Oscar Woods]).

Sleeve and record are Austrian. The sleeve includes a printed Saydisc credit.
LP Roots RL 335 Various Artists Texas & Louisiana Country (1927-1932)


Bed Springs Blues (Blind Lemon Jefferson);
Struck Sorrow Blues (Blind Lemon Jefferson);
Saturday Night Spender Blues (Blind Lemon Jefferson);
Empty House Blues (Blind Lemon Jefferson);
Leavin' Home (Willie Reed);
Billikin's Weary Blues (Texas Bill Day & Billikin Johnson with [possibly] Alex Moore & Coley Jones);
Wandering Blues (Gene Campbell);
Robbin' & Stealin' Blues (Gene Campbell);
Sun Beam Blues (Billikin Johnson & Fred Adams with Willie Tyson & Octave Gaspard);
Interurban Blues (Billikin Johnson & Fred Adams with Willie Tyson & Octave Gaspard);
Drunkard's Special (Coley Jones);
Hard To Rule Woman's Blues (Willard 'Ramblin'' Thomas);
Sawmill Moan (Willard 'Ramblin'' Thomas);
No Baby Blues (Willard 'Ramblin'' Thomas);
Ramblin' Mind Blues (Willard 'Ramblin'' Thomas);
Whoopee Blues (King Soloman Hill).

My file copy is an Austrian press in UK sleeve. Sleeve states that Roots Records are manufactured and distributed in Britain by Matchbox Records, despite the Austrian pressing!
LP Roots RL 336 Cannon's Jug Stompers Cannon's Jug Stompers (1928-1930)


Minglewood Blues;
Pig Ankle Strut;
Feather Bed;
cairo Rag;
Bugle Call rag;
Viola Lee Blues;
Riley's Wagon;
Last Chance Blues;
Fourth & Beale;
Tired Chicken Blues;
Walk Right In;
Mule Get Up In the Alley;
Jonestown Blues;
Pretty Mama Blues;
Bring It with You When You Come.

All tracks by Canon's Jug Stompers, except: tracks 1 & 2 by Gus Cannon & Elijah Avery; track3 3 to 6 by Gus Cannon, Elijah Avery and (probably) Hosea Woods; tracks 8 & 9 by The Beale Street Boys (Gus Cannon & Hosea Woods).

My file copy is an Austrian press in UK sleeve. Sleeve states that Roots Records are manufactured and distributed in Britain by Matchbox Records, despite the Austrian pressing!

For some reason, the sleeve is in lurid orange and white instead of the more usual black and white.
LP Roots RL 337 Memphis Jug Band Memphis Jug Band Volume 2 (1927-1934) 1971
Matchbox 2 (light blue/silver) Memphis Boy Blues;
Bob Lee Junior Blues;
Sugar Pudding;
Whitewash Station Blues;
Stealin, Stealin';
I Can Beat You Plenty (That Hand You Tried To Deal Me);
Tired of You Driving Me;
K.C. Moon;
Oh Ambulance Man;
Jim Strainer Blues;
Cave Man Blues;
Meningitis Blues;
Got a Letter From My Darlin';
You May Leave But This Will Bring You Back;
I Got Good Taters;
She Done Sold It Out.

UK press in UK sleeve. Sleeve does not include a Saydisc credit, but the record, with RL catalogue number, is on the Saydisc Matchbox label design.
LP Roots RL 338 Rev. F. W. McGee Rev. F. W. McGee (1927-1930)


Testifyin' Meetin';
Holes In Your Pockets;
I Looked Down the Line & I Wondered;
Jesus the Lord Is a Saviour;
Three Ways - Part 1;
Three Ways - Part 2;
Death May Be Your Pay Check;
Sin Is To Blame For It All;
Jesus the Light of the World;
He's Got the Whole World In His Hand;
The Half Ain't Never Been Told;
The Scarlet Thread In the Window;
The Crooked Made Straight;
Babylon Is Falling Down;
Rock of Ages, with Scripture lesson;
I've Seen the Devil.

Sleeve and record are Austrian.

Most tracks have unknown accompanists. Track 8 includes Elsa Henry Reid.
LP Roots RL 339 Various Artists Delta Blues (1929-1969)


Ramblin' On My Mind (Robert Johnson);
Come On In My Kitchen (Robert Johnson);
Phonograph Blues (Robert Johnson);
Cross Road Blues (Robert Johnson);
Little Queen of Spades (Robert Johnson);
Drunken Hearted Man (Robert Johnson);
Stop Breakin' Down Blues (Robert Johnson);
Love In Vain (Robert Johnson);
Mississippi Bo Waevil Blues (Charley Patton);
Four O'Clock Blues (Skip James);
Drunken Spree (Skip James);
Illinois Blues (Skip James);
How Long Blues (Skip James);
Sundown (Son House).

Sleeve and record are Austrian.
LP Roots RL 701 Riley Puckett The Riley Puckett Story (1924-41)


Steamboat Bill;
Sleep, Baby, Sleep;
Bile Dem Cabbage Down;
Uncle Bud;
Wal I Swan;
Everybody Works but Father;
Put My Little Shoes Away;
Red Wing;
Come, Be My Rainbow;
Mama Won't Allow No Low Down Hanging Around;
Beaver Cap;
My Old Mule;
Way Out There;
Back On the Texas Plains;
Where the Shy Little Violets Grow;
Railroad Boomer.

Sleeve and record are Austrian.

A branch out into hillbilly, with sleeve notes by Chris Comber.
LP Paltram PL 101 Memphis Minnie and Kansas Joe McCoy The Early Recordings of Memphis Minnie and Kansas Joe (1929-1936)


Goin' Back to Texas (Kansas Joe & Memphis Minnie);
I'm Talking About You (Memphis Minnie & Kansas Joe);
Bumblee Bee (Memphis Minnie & Kansas Joe);
I'm Going Back Home (McCoy & Johnson [Memphis Minnie & Joe Johnson]);
Don't Want No Woman (McCoy & Johnson);
Georgia Skin (McCoy & Johnson);
I Don't Want No Woman I Have To Give My Money To (Kansas Joe & Memphis Minnie);
I'm Wild About My Stuff; (Kansas Joe & Memphis Minnie);
My Mary Blues (Kansas Joe & Memphis Minnie);
Cherry Ball Blues (Kansas Joe & Memphis Minnie);
Botherin' That Thing (Kansas Joe & Memphis Minnie);
Beat It Right (Kansas Joe & Memphis Minnie);
Stinging Snake Blues (Memphis Minnie);
Chickasaw Train Blues (Low Down Dirty Thing) (Memphis Minnie & Kansas Joe);
Dirty Mother For You (Memphis Minnie & [probably] Charlie Segar);
You Can't Give It Away (Memphis Minnie & [probably] Charlie Segar);
He's In the Ring (Doing That Same Old Thing) (Memphis Minnie, Black Bob & Bill Settles);
Black Cat Blues (Memphis Minnie & unknown accompanist);


Sleeve and record are Austrian.
LP Paltram PL 102 Various Artists Texas Blues (1927-1952)


Old Country Stomp (Henry Thomas ['Ragtime Texas']);
Fishing Blues (Henry Thomas ['Ragtime Texas']);
Match Box Blues (Blind Lemon Jefferson);
Little Hat Blues (Little Hat Jones);
New Two Sixteen Blues (Little Hat Jones);
Two String Blues (Little Hat Jones);
Don't Get Love In Your Mind (Texas Bill Day with [possibly] Alex Moore & Coley Jones);
Lowing Heifer (Black Ace [Buck K. Turner] with unknown accompanist);
Yellow Girl Blues (Texas Alexander with Lonnie Johnson);
I Am Calling Blues (Texas Alexander with Eddie Lang);
Broken Yo Yo (Texas Alexander with Carl Davis);
Katy Crossing Blues (Texas Alexander with [possibly] Willie Reed and unknown accompanists);
Lone Wolf Blues (Oscar Woods [Oscar 'Buddy' Woods, 'The Lone Wolf']);
Another Fool In Town (Lightnin' Hopkins [Sam 'Lightnin'' Hopkins]);
Sad News From Korea (Lightnin' Hopkins with Donald Cooks);
Penitentiary Blues, pts. 1 & 2 (Smoky Hogg [Andrew 'Smoky' Hogg]).

Sleeve and record are Austrian.
LP Roots RSE 1 Son House Son House (1941-1942)


Shetland Pony Blues;
Ca,p Hollers;
Delta Blues;
Special Rider Blues;
Low Down Dirty Dog Blues;
Depot Blues;
The Key of Minor;
American Defense;
Am I Right Or Wrang;
Walking Blues;
County Farm Blues;
The Pony Blues;
The Jinx Blues - Part 1;
The Jinx Blues - Part 2.

Son House is accompanied by: Fiddlin' Joe Martin & Willie Brown on track 2; Leroy Williams on track 3; Alan Lomax on track 7.

My file copy is an Austrian press in UK sleeve. Sleeve states that the record is released in th UK by Saydisc Specialized Recordings Ltd.
LP Roots RSE 2 Various Artists Legendary Sessions - Memphis Style


Mississippi Bottom Blues (Kid Bailey & Willie Brown);
Rowdy Blues (Kid Bailey & Willie Brown);
Cottonfield Bllues - Part 1 & 2 (Garfield Akers & Joe Calicott);
Dough Roller Blues (Garfield Akers);
Jumpin' and Shoutin' Blues (Garfield Akers);
Fare Thee Well Blues (Joe Calicott);
Traveling Mama Blues (Joe Calicott);
Bedside Blues (Jim Thompkins);
Married Man Blues (Blind Willie Reynolds);
Third Street Woman Blues (Blind Willie Reynolds);
The New 'Frisco Train (Bukka [Washington] White with Napoleon Hairiston);
The Panama Limited (Bukka White with Napoleon Hairiston & 'Miss Minnie'? Notes are not clear as there is a slight printing flaw on my file copy);
I Am In the Heavenly Way (Bukka White with 'Miss Minnie');
Promise Trye & Grand (Bukka White with 'Miss Minnie');
Sic 'Em Dogs On (Bukka White);
Po' Boy (Bukka White).

Sleeve and record are Austrian.

The Vocalion tracks by Bukka White were also available on Columbia C-30036 at time of this release.
LP Roots RSE 3 ? ?



LP Roots RSE 4 Sleepy John Estes 1929-30 Sessions with Yank Rachel


The Girl I Love, She Got Long Curly Hair;
Broken-Hearted, Ragged and Dirty Too;
Diving Duck Blues;
Little Sarah;
Black Mattie Blues;
T-Bone Steak Blues;
Milk Cow Blues;
Street Car Blues;
Expressman Blues;
Whatcha Doin'?;
Poor John Blues;
Stack O' Dollars;
My Black Gal Blues;
Sweet Mama.

Credits are as follows: tracks 1 - 3, 7 - 8 & 10 - 13 are Sleepy John Estes with Jab Jones & James 'Yank' Rachel; tracks 4, 9 & 14 are Yank Rachel with Jab Jones & John Estes; track 5 is Sleepy John Estes with 'Tee' & Yank Rachel; track 6 is Yank Rachel with 'Tee' & Sleepy John Estes.

Sleeve and record are Austrian.
LP Roots RSE 5 Various Artists Legendary Sessions Delta Style


All Night Long Blues (Louise Johnson with Cripple Clarence Lofton, Son House and/or Willie Brown);
Long Way from Home (Louise Johnson with Cripple Clarence Lofton, Son House and/or Willie Brown);
My Black Mama, part 1 & 2 (Son House);
Preachin' the Blues, part 1 & 2 (Son House);
M and O Blues (Willie Brown):
Future Blues (Willie Brown):
On the Wall (Louise Johnson with Cripple Clarence Lofton, Son House and/or Willie Brown);
By the Moon & Stars (Louise Johnson with Cripple Clarence Lofton, Son House and/or Willie Brown);
Dry Spell Blues, part 1 & 2 (Son House);
Fo' Clock Blues (Fiddlin' Joe Martin, Son House & Willie Brown);
Make Me a Pallet on the Floor (Willie Brown):
Gong to Fishing (Fiddlin' Joe Martin, Willie Brown & Leroy Williams);

Sleeve and record are Austrian.

Tracks 10 - 12 are supplements to RSE-1. It is known that there were other sessions by Son House and Willie Brown in 1930, but these had not been traced by the time of release. Have recordings of these sessions come to light since?
LP Roots SL 504 Son House The Vocal Intensity of Son House


Label states, "Roots Limited Edition Special Series", "King of the Mississippi Blues Singers", and, "Recorded in Rochester New York 1969". Tracks are "Son's Blues", "Yonder Comes My Mother", "Shetland Pony Blues", "Preachin' the Blues", "Empire State Express", "Grinnin' In Your Face", and "Sun Goin' Down".
LP Roots SL 506 The Bluegrass Specials The Train I Ride 1970
4 (brick red/silver) Orange Blosom Special;
You Don't Love Me;
The Bugle;
You Are My Flower;
Russian Ride;
Victory Rag;
The Train I Ride;
Soldier's Joy;
Foggy Mountain Breakdown;
Home Sweet Home;
Down the Road;
Shuckin' the Corn;
Silver Bells;
The Battle of New Orleans.

Ferry Leitner, 5-string banjo; Wolfgang Entmayr, vocal mandolin, autoharp; Raimund Bamboschek, vocal, guitar, dobro; Eddy Layrl, vocal, fiddle, rhythm guitar; Willy Nefzger, string bass.

UK press in UK sleeve. Sleeve includes a Saydisc credit, and the record, with RL catalogue number, is on the Saydisc label design.
LP Roots SL 511 Duo Stadlmayr-Kroupa Duo Stadlmayr-Kroupa


Gruss euch Gott, wia gehts euch denn;
Im Liebhartsthal drauss'n;
Weana Drahrer-Marsch;
Amol macht's an Plumpser;
's Thuribruck'l;
D'lentzen zwa Pulcher;
I'kann am Weinderl net vorbeigeh'n;
Bei uns daham in Breitensee;
Kinder, seid's alle bei'nand;
Jedenfalls in Hernals;
Im Grunen find' i'
meinHamur;
Mit Herz und Sinn fur unser Wien;
Das Raunzen hat ja gar kan Sinn;
Stanabrunn'l.

Sleeve and record are Austrian. Record looks suspiciously like a white label test pressing with stock copy labels attached over the top.
LP Truth TLP 1001 Various Artists Traditional Jazz in Rural Churches (1928-1930)


I'm In the Battlefield for My Lord (Rev. D. C. Rice);
I Will Arise and Go To My Father (Rev. D. C. Rice);
The Sure Foundation - Part 2 (Rev. D. C. Rice);
The Wise and Foolish Virgins (Rev. D. C. Rice);
Take My Yoke Upon You (Rev. D. C. Rice);
Shall Not a Dog Move His Tongue (Rev. D. C. Rice);
Leaving All To Follow Jesus (Rev. D. C. Rice);
Lord Keep Me with a Mind (Rev. D. C. Rice);
Come and See (Rev. D. C. Rice);
Soon We'll Gather at the River (Southern Sanctified Singers);
Where He Leade Me I Will Follow (Southern Sanctified Singers);
He's the Lily of the Valley (Texas Jubilee Singers with [probably] Arizna Dranes);
He's Coming Soon (Texas Jubilee Singers with [probably] Arizna Dranes);
Let Us Therefore Come (Rev. Joe Lenley with [probably] Arizna Dranes);
Lord Who Shall Abide In Thy Tabernacle (Rev. Joe Lenley with [probably] Arizna Dranes);
Fifty Miles of Elbow Room (Rev. F. W. McGee with unknown accompanist).

Sleeve and record are Austrian.
LP Truth TLP 1002 Various Artists Guitar Evangelists - Vol. 1 (1927-1936)


Mother's Children Have a Hard Time (Blind Willie Johnson);
If I Had My Way I'd Tear the Building Down (Blind Willie Johnson);
Dark Was the Night - Cold Was the Ground (Blind Willie Johnson);
I Want To See Him (Mother McCollum);
You Better Quit Drinking Shine (Rev. I. B. Ware, wife & son);
Death Is Only a Dream (The Guitar Evangelist [Rev. Edward W. Clayborn]);
I'm Gonna Live So God Can Use Me (Blind Benny Paris & Wife):
Hide Me In the Blood of Jesus (Blind Benny Paris & Wife):
On My Way To Heaven (Blind Roger Hays);
I Must Be Blind, I Cannot See (Blind Roger Hays);
He Got Better Things For You (Memphis Sanctified Singers [Bessie Johnson, B. Taylor, Sally Sumler & Will Shade]);
John the Baptist (Rev. Moses Mason);
I Wouldn't Mind Dying (But I Gotta Go By Myself) (Rev. I. B. Ware, wife & son);
Does Jesus Care? (Blind Willie Harris);
Woke Up This Morning (With My Mind on Jesus) (Blind Roosevelt Graves with Uaroy Graves);
The Angels Rolled the Stone Away (Rev. D. C. Rice and his Congreation).

Sleeve and record are Austrian.
LP Truth TLP 1003 Various Artists Guitar Evangelists - Vol. 2 (1927-1941)


John the Revelator (Blind Willie Johnson with Angeline Johnson);
You're Gonna Need Someone On Your Bond (Blind Willie Johnson with Angeline Johnson);
Where He Leads Me I Will Follow (Blind Willie Harris);
Church Bells (Kid Prince Moore);
Sign of Judement (Kid Prince Moore);
I've Crossed the Separation Line (Blind Joe Taggart with Joshua White);
Scandalous and a Shame (Blind Joe Taggart with Joshua White);
Since I Laid My Burdon Down (Elders McIntorsh & Edwards with Sisters Bessie Johnson & Taylor);
I Am the Light of the World (Blind Gary [Rev. Blind Gary Davis]);
Warming By the Devil's Fire (Rev. Johnnie Blakey with the Sanctified Singers & [possibly] Lonnie McIntorsh);
Jesus Will Make It All Right (Rev. Edward W. Clayborn [The Guitar Evangelist]);
Let That Lie Alone (Rev. Edward W. Clayborn);
I Believe I'll Go Back Home (Blind Willlie Davis);
Lord Don't Drive Me Away (Blind Joe Taggart with Joshua White);
Theres a Hand Writing On the Wall (Blind Joe Taggart with Joshua White);
When the Saints Go Marching In (The Delata Boys [Sleepy John Estes, Son Bonds & Raymond Thomas]).

Sleeve and record are Austrian.