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SINGLES
| PEACOCK 1510 |
(DONALD) "SILVER" COOKS & THE GONDOLIERS (feat. George Lightfoot on hca) |
Mr. Ticket Agent / Coming Back Home | 1949 US |
| PEACOCK 1514 |
EDGAR BLANCHARD WITH THE GONDOLIERS (feat. George Lightfoot on hca) |
Creole Gal Blues / She'll Be Mine After Awhile | 1949 US |
| SULTAN 1425 |
PAPA GEORGE (?) (or by J. Brown - vcl/gtr?) |
Winding Ball Mama / Snake Hipping Daddy | 1950 US |
| ALADDIN 3171 |
PAPA LIGHTFOOT, HIS HARMONICA & ORCHESTRA |
After-While (Blue Lights) / P.L. Blues | 1952 US |
| ALADDIN 3304 |
PAPA LIGHTFOOT, HIS HARMONICA & ORCHESTRA |
After-While (Blue Lights) / Jumpin' With Jarvis | 1952 US |
| KING 4706 |
CHAMPION JACK DUPREE (with George Lightfoot on hca) |
Rub A Little Boogie / Camille | 1953 US |
| IMPERIAL 5289 |
PAPA LIGHTFOOT |
Wine, Women, Whiskey / Mean Ol' Train
(Note: This release is also available as an identical 2010 UK repro edition) | 1954 US |
| SAVOY 1161 |
PAPA LIGHTFOOT WITH GUITAR RED'S ORCHESTRA |
(That) Mean Old Train / Wildfire | 1954 US |
| LIBERTY LBF 15176 |
PAPA LIGHTFOOT |
Wine, Women, Whiskey / (reverse by Slim Harpo: Something Inside Me) (reissue) | 1969 UK |
| LIBERTY LBF 15342 (p/s) |
PAPA GEORGE LIGHTFOOT |
Jump The Boogie / Mean Ol' Train (reissue) | 19?? FRA |
| ROCK 'N' RHYTHM RR 45-103 |
PAPA LIGHTFOOT |
Mean Ol' Train / (reverse by Jay Swan: You Don't Love Me) (reissue) | 19?? |
EP'S
| JAN & DIL JR 451 |
V/A: MORE DOWN HOME BLUES
Wine, Women, Whiskey (other tracks by Good Jelly Bess, Juke Boy Bonner & Snooky Pryor)
| 196? UK |
| JUMPIN' 002 (p/s) |
V/A: JUMP 2
Mean Ol' Train
| 198? |
ALBUMS
| VAULT LP 130 |
NATCHEZ TRACE (LP)
My Woman Is Tired Of Me Lyin' / New Mean Old Train / Love My Baby / Goin' Down That Muddy Road / Aw Come On Honey / Heard Somebody Crying / Take It Wicha / Night Time -- UK edition: Liberty LBS 83353, 1971/reissue: Crosscut CCR 1001, 1984 GER -- | 1969 US |
| ACE CDCHD 548 |
GOIN' BACK TO THE NATHEZ TRACE (CD)
My Woman Is Tired Of Me Lyin' / New Mean Old Train / Love My Baby / Goin' Down That Muddy Road / Aw Come On Honey / Heard Somebody Crying / Take It Wicha / Night Time / Early In The Morning / Walkin' / Goin' Back To Nachez / Baby Please Don't Go / Train Tune / Papa George - Talkin' 'Bout It
| 1994 UK |
| OFFICIAL # 5254 |
PAPA LIGHTFOOT & SAMMY MYERS: BLUES HARMONCA WIZARDS (CD)
Wine, Women & Whiskey / Jump The Boogie / Mean Ol' Train / P.L. Blues / When The Saints Go Marchin' In / Blue Lights / Mean Ol' Train #2 / Wild Fire / Jumpin' With Jarvis / Rub A Little Boogie (vcl:Champion Jack Dupree) / Mr. Ticket Agent (vcl:Donald "Silver" Cooks) / Coming Back Home (vcl:Donald "Silver" Cooks) / Creole Gal Blues (vcl:Edgar Blanchard) / She'll Be Mine After Awhile (vcl:Edgar Blanchard) / Mean Ol' Train #3 (= actually same take as Mean Ol' Train #2)
| 199? DEN |
COMPILATIONS
| SAVOY MG 16000 |
V/A: LIVING WITH THE BLUES (LP)
That Mean Old Train -- UK edition: CBS Realm RM 52209, 1964/French edition: Musidisc Collection Variéte 30 CV 955, 1964/reissue: "Cryin' In The Morning" Muse LP 5212 -- | 1964 US |
| IMPERIAL LP-94001/LBL 83214E |
V/A: SATURDAY NIGHT FUNCTION - RURAL BLUES, VOL.2 (LP)
When The Saints Go Marchin' In / Wine Women Whiskey -- reissue: "Rural Blues, Vol.1 & 2", Beat Goes On BGOCD 384, 1998 -- | 1968 US |
| IMPERIAL LP-94006 |
V/A: DOWN HOME STOMP - RURAL BLUES, VOL.3 (LP)
Jump The Boogie / Mean Ol' Train
| 1968 US |
| NEGRO ART M-12-SB-362 |
V/A: STORY OF THE BLUES - HARMONICA BLUES -1 (LP)
Blues [sic] Lights / Jumpin' With Jarvis
| 1968? FRA |
| LIBERTY LBX/3 |
V/A: GUTBUCKET - AN UNDERWORLD ERUPTION (LP)
Wine, Women And Whiskey
| 1969 US |
| LIBERTY/TOSHIBA LLS-8195 |
V/A: BLUES ANTHOLOGY 3 - NEW ORLEANS BLUES (LP)
Jump The Boogie / Mean Old Train
| 1974 JPN |
| FESTIVAL ALBUM 125 |
V/A: AMERICAN FESTIVAL FOLK BLUES (2-LP)
That Mean Old Train
| 19?? FRA |
| SUNDOWN CG-709-03 |
V/A: SUCKIN' AND BLOWIN' - HARMONICA BLUES (LP)
P.L. Blues | 198? HOL |
| SUNDOWN CG 709-06 |
V/A: JUICY HARMONICA (LP)
Wildfire / After While (Blue Lights)
| 198? HOL |
| STOMPIN' 101 |
V/A: STOMPIN', VOL.1 (LP)
Wine, Women, Whiskey
| 198? UK |
| STOMPIN' 102 |
V/A: STOMPIN', VOL.2 (LP)
Jump The Boogie
| 198? UK |
| SAVAGE KICK SK 502 |
V/A: BLACK ROCK'N'ROLL - SAVAGE KICK, VOL.2 (LP)
Jumpin' With Jarvis
| 198? UK |
| SUNJAY SJCD 598 |
V/A: NATTSUDDS-RÖJARE/RHYTHM & BOOZE BLASTERS (CD)
Wine, Women, Whiskey
| 1993 SWE |
| EMI 7243 8 30712 2 7 |
V/A: GUTBUCKET/SON OF GUTBUCKET (CD)
Wine, Women And Whiskey
| 1994 UK |
| SAVAGE KICK SKCD-501 |
V/A: BLACK ROCK'N'ROLL VOLUME ONE (CD)
Jumpin' With Jarvis
| 199? UK |
| RHINO 75346 |
V/A: BLUES MASTERS, VOL.16 - MORE HARMONICA CLASSICS (CD)
Jump The Boogie | 1998 US |
| ACE CDCHD 710 |
V/A: HARP BLUES (CD)
Wine, Women, Whiskey
| 1999 UK |
| FLAT-TOP FTB-CD 01 |
V/A: SHAKE 'EM ON DOWN (CD)
Mean Ol' Train
| 1999 UK |
| CHEESCAKE CD-511 |
V/A: BLUES 'N' ROCKIN' (CD)
Mean Old Train
| 200? |
| PAST PERFECT 220256-325 |
V/A: RHYTHM & BLUES GOES ROCK & ROLL, VOL.2 (15-CD)
Jumpin' With Jarvis
| 2002 GER |
| FREMEAUX & ASSOCIES FA 5059 |
V/A: HARMONICA BLUES, VOL.2 : 1946-1952 (2-CD)
Jumpin' With Jarvis
| 2003 FRA |
| INDIGO/SANCTUARY IGOTD 2536 |
V/A: BLOWING THE BLUES - A HISTORY OF BLUES HARMONICA 1926-2002 (3-CD)
After While (Blue Lights)
| 2003 UK |
| FREMEAUX 5086 |
V/A: NEW ORLEANS BLUES 1940-1953 (2-CD)
After While (Blue Lights) | 2004
| | BOULEVARD VINTAGE BVBCD 1003 |
V/A: DOWN HOME BLUES CLASSICS 1943-1953 (4-CD)
After While (Blue Lights)
| 2004 US |
| STATESIDE 60630 |
V/A: RHYTHM & BOOZE (CD)
Wine, Women & Whiskey
| 2005 UK |
| STOMPIN' ST 326 |
V/A: STOMPIN' 26 (CD)
P.L. Blues
| 2005 UK |
| MEMBRAN MUSIC LTD./DOCUMENTS 223007-321 |
V/A: RHYTHM & BLUES - ORIGINAL MASTERS
(10-CD)
Jumpin' With Jarvis | 2005 GER |
| BOULEVARD VINTAGE BVBCD 1015 |
V/A: DOWN HOME BLUES CLASSICS 1949-1954, VOL.5 - MEMPHIS & THE SOUTH (2-CD)
Jumpin' With Jarvis / Wine, Whiskey & Women / P.L. Blues
| 2007 US |
| FANTASTIC VOYAGE FVTD055 |
V/A: LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT THE BLUES : ATLANTA (3-CD)
Mean Old Train
| 2010 UK |
Excello recording artist Ole Sonny Boy ('You Better Change' / 'Blues And Misery', Excello 2086, 1956) has said to be a pseudonym for Papa Lightfoot but according to Martin Hawkins (liner notes of A Shot In The Dark -boxset, Bear Family 2000) it may actually be J.D. Horton, another New Orleans-based musician who recorded also one single in Nashville as J.D. Horton. ('Cadillac Blues' / 'Why Don't You Let Me Be', Bullet 350, 1952). 'You Better Change' & 'Blues And Misery' are reissued on LP "Suckin' And Blowin - Harmonica Blues" (Sundown CG-709-03, 198? NL) and on 2-CD "Blues Hangover - Excello Blues Rarities" (Excello-Avi CD 2002, 1995 US/Excello CD 4202, 1997 US). 'Cadillac Blues' & 'Why Don't You Let Me Be' (Bullet 350, 1952) are reissued on 8-CD "A Shot In The Dark - Nashville Jumps" (Bear Family BCD 15864 HL, 2000 GER) and 'Cadillac Blues' on 2-CD "Harmonica Blues, Vol.2 : 1946-1952 (Fremeaux & Associes FA 5059, 2003 FRA).
© Compiled by Pete Hoppula
Acknowledgments: Benoit Billot | Edward Parkinson | Fred Eatherton
Published sources: Goldmine Price Guide To 45 Rpm Records (Tim Neely, 2003) | Goldmine Standard Catalog Of Rhythm & Blues Records (Tim Neely, 2002) | Blues Records 1943-1970 Volume Two (Mike Leadbitter-Leslie Fancourt-Paul Pelletier, 1994) | Rare Record Price Guide 2004 (Record Collector, 2002) | Music Master Price Guide For Record Collectors (Nick Hamlyn, 1991) | The Blues Discography 1943-1970 (Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath, 2006)
Online sources: www.allmusic.com | www.recordmaster.com | www.ebay.com | www.gemm.com | www.musicstack.com | www.ne.jp/asahi/ko-1/crossroads | www.wirz.de/music/negrofrm.htm
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All the corrections/additions are welcome. E-mail: petehoppula @ hotmail.com
Revised on May 14, 2012
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