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SINGLES
| SHARP HV-9039 |
THE WILD CHILD |
Down In The Chile' / Achin' All Over | 1964 US |
| JEWEL 769 |
WILD CHILD BUTLER |
Hold Me Baby / Do Something Baby | 1966 US |
| JEWEL 780 |
WILD CHILD BUTLER |
Open Up, Baby / Big Momma, Little Momma | 1967 US |
| JEWEL 793 |
WILD CHILD BUTLER |
Jelly Jam / Axe And The Wind | 1968 US |
| JEWEL 798 |
WILD CHILD BUTLER |
Put It All In There / My 40 Year Old Woman | 1968 US |
| JEWEL 825 |
LIGHTNIN' HOPKINS (with Wild Child Butler on hca) |
Found My Baby Crying / Uncle Stan The Hip Hit Record Man | 1971 US |
In additon, there is also a single released as by George Butler on Million Records of Hendersonville, TN in 1972:
"She Calls Me Baby Baby (All Night Long)" / "Betty Lou" (Million MIL-9; produced by Scotty Moore). However
the artist is probably a different person.
ALBUMS
| JEWEL LP 5001 |
LIGHTNIN' HOPKINS: TALKIN' SOME SENSE (LP)
Long Way From Home / Lightnin' Strikes One More Time / Uncle Stan, The Hip Hit Record Man / You're Gonna Miss Me / The Purple Puppy / Walking Blues / Vietnam War (Pts. 1 & 2) / I'm Tired Of Trouble / Talkin' Some Sense / My Suggestion / Lonesome Lightnin' (recorded in Houston, Tx in 1968, feat. Wild Child Butler on harmonica)
-- reissue: Paula/Flyright LP 240842, 197? US--
| 1968 US |
| MERCURY LP 61293 |
KEEP ON DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING (LP)
Hippie's Playground / Gravy Child / Can You Use A Man / Horner's Corner / Worried All The Time / Keep On Doin' What You're Doin' / Sweet Love / It's All Over / Never Had Nothin' / The Best Of Wild Child / My Baby Done Put Me Down (recorded on November 11, 1969 with Lafayette Leake:pno/org, Jimmy Dawkins:gtr, Mighty Joe Young:gtr, Big Mojo Elem:bs, Robert Richey:dms, Ronnie Stigger:bgo & Johnny Young:mnd) -- reissue: Black Magic CD 9015, 1991 HOL [with bonus track "When I First Met You Baby"] --
| 1969 US |
| POLYDOR/CARNIVAL GOLD STANDARD LP 2941 066 |
WILD CHILD - JUKE BLUES, VOL.8 (LP)
Axe And The Wind / She Walks Like My Mary Ann / Hold Me Baby / Keep On (Doin' What You're Doin') / Put It All In There / Jelly Jam / Best Of Wild Child / Harmonica Prayer / Open Up Baby / Gravy Child / My 40 Year Old Woman / Do Something Baby / Hippy Playground / Big Momma, Little Momma (unissued Jewel recordings 1967-68 with Willie Dixon, Lafayette Leake, Jimmy Dawkins, Cash McCall, Big Mojo Elem etc.)
| 1972 UK |
| TK/ROOTS R 1003 |
FUNKY BUTT LOVER (LP)
Everybody Got A Mojo / Gravy Child / Funky Butt Lover / None Of Nothing / Built For Comfort / I Love You From Now On / My Baby Got Another Man / Rooster Blues (Rock Tonight Baby) / Love Like A Butterfly (with Sammy Lawhorn/Joe Kelly:ld.gtr, Wild Bill Moore:rh.gtr, Lee Thomas Johnson/Aaron Burton:bs & Nathan Applewhite/Sam Lay:dms)
| 1976 US |
| CHARLY CRB 1104 |
OPEN UP BABY (LP)
Open Up Baby / Big Momma, Little Momma / Axe And The Wind / Jelly Jam / Hold Me Baby / Do Something Baby / She Walks Like My Mary Ann / Put It All In There / My Forty Year Old Woman / Harmonica Prayer / Gravy Child / Best Of Wild Child / Keep On (Doin' What You're Doin') / Hippy Playground
| 1985 UK |
| ROOSTER BLUES LP 7611/MC RECORDS CD MC0036 |
LICKIN' GRAVY (LP/CD)
Everybody Got A Mojo / Gravy Child / Funky Butt Lover / None Of Nothing / Built For Comfort / I Love You From Now On / Spoonful / My Baby Got Another Man / Rooster Blues (Rock Tonight Baby) / Love Like A Butterfly / Speed (reissue of 1976 album with overdubs by Jimmy Rogers:gtr & Pinetop Perkins:pno/org made in 1986 + '86 bonus tracks "Spoonful" & "Speed")
| 1989/1998 US |
| BLUE HORIZON CDBLUH 014 |
THE DEVIL MADE ME DO IT (CD)
These Mean Old Blues / Give Me An Answer / Anyone Can Say They Love You / Crack House Woman / Walkin' The Little Girl Home / The Devil Make Me Do It / It's A Pity / No One Woman's Man / It's A Sin To Be A Thief / My Woman's Been Misled / (Baby) Do Your Thing -- reissue: "These Mean Old Blues", Bullseye Blues CD BB 9518, 1993 US --
| 1991 UK |
| ROUNDER/BULLSEYE BLUES BB 9539 |
STRANGER (LP/CD)
Face It Baby / Weak In The Knees / Treat Me Just Like I Treat You / Wedding Ring Blues / Rent Money Gone Again / Stranger / You Can Have It If You Want It / I'm Not Guilty / I Just Can't Please Her / High I.Q. / Roll And Squeeze (recorded at Jigsaw Studios, Purley, Surrey, England, on December 15-17, 1993 with Pete "Guitar" Boss:gtr, Steve Harris:gtr, Matt Little:keys, Mark Brown:bs & Al Savage:dms)
| 1994 US |
| ACOUSTIC SOUNDS AAPO-004 |
WILD CHILD BUTLER (LP)
Weak In The Knees / Treat Me Like I Treat You / Forty Year Old Woman / Anyone Can Say They Love You / Can You Use A Man Like Me? / My Baby Done Put Me Down
| 2001 US |
| ANALOGUE PRODUCTIONS ORIGINALS APO-2015 |
SHO' 'NUFF (LP/CD)
Open Up Baby / You Had Quit Me / I Got To Go (Sweet Daddy-O) / Can You Use A Man Like Me / Moaning Moaning / Slippin' In / Funky Things / Maryanne* / It's All Over / Loving* / Achin' All Over* / I Changed / Baby I Can't Exist* (featuring Jimmy D. Lane:gtr, Jimmy Lee Robinson:ac.gtr on "You Had Quit Me", Bob Stroger:bs & Sam Lay:dms; *= on cd edition only)
| 2001 US |
In additon, Wild Child Butler may also appear on Lightnin' Hopkins' LP 'Free Form Patterns' (International Artists IALP-6, 1968). According to album credits, the harmonica player would be Billy Bizor. However, someone named 'Wild Child Harmonica' is mentioned on "Thanks to" -section! The songs were recorded at International Artist Studios, Houston, Texas on February 1, 1968, also featuring Duke Davis (bs) & Danny Thomas (dms) of the 13th Floor Elevators.
COMPILATIONS
| PYTHON PLP-KM 16 |
V/A: BLUES TODAY - SOUTHERN STYLE (LP)
Something Baby / Hold Me Baby
| 1969? US |
| PYE NPL 28142 |
V/A: BLUES FROM THE BAYOU (LP)
Jelly Jam
| 1970 UK |
| SEVEN SEAS/KING SR 728 |
V/A: BLUES FROM LOUISIANA (LP)
Open Up Baby / Put It All In There
| 1972 JPN |
| PAULA/JEWEL LPS 5015/JCD 1015 |
V/A: JEWEL'S SPOTLIGHT ON BLUES, VOL.1 (LP/CD)
Put It All In There
| 1978/1994 US |
| P-VINE PLP-725 |
V/A: HARP AND BLUES (LP)
Axe And The Wind / Hold Me Baby / Do Something Baby / Jelly Jam / My 40 Year Old Woman / Open Up Baby / The Best Of Wild Child
| 1983 JPN |
| CHARLY CDCHARLY 26 |
V/A: BLUES UPSIDE YOUR HEAD (CD)
Put It All In There
| 1988 UK |
| BULLSEYE BLUES AN 14 |
V/A: NEW BLUES CLASSICS (CD)
Rent Money Gone Again
| 1994 US |
| RONN RONN-8008 |
V/A: CLASSIC BLUES, VOLUME 2 (CD)
Runnin' Drunk
| 1995 US |
| CHARLY CD 3 |
V/A: MODERN BLUES ANTHOLOGY : AIN'T TIMES HARD (4-CD)
Put It All In There
| 1995 UK |
| CHARLY CD 220 |
V/A: BLUES HARP BOSSES (CD)
Best Of Wild Child
| 1998 UK |
| FUEL 2000 CD 061078 |
V/A: AMERICAN BLUES, VOL.1 (CD)
Put It All In There
| 2000 UK |
| M.C. MC-0039 |
BIG JACK JOHNSON & THE OILERS: ROOTS STEW (CD)
Big Jack Johnson & the Oilers with Wild Child Butler (hca): I Wanna Go Home (recorded in 1999)
| 2000 US |
| FUEL 2000 CD 061138 |
V/A: MR. DIXON'S WORKSHOP (CD)
Axe And The Wind
| 2001 US |
| VARÈSE SARABANDE 061131 |
V/A: HARP & SOUL (CD)
Jelly Jam
| 2001 US |
| TAXIM TX 1044-2 TA |
V/A: BLUES FROM THE HEART OF DIXIE - A COLLECTION OF CONTEMPORARY BLUES SONGS FROM THE STATE OF ALABAMA, VOL.1 (CD)
Everybody Got A Mojo
| 2001 GER |
| M.C. RECORDS MC-0048 |
V/A: THE BEST OF M.C. RECORDS 1996-2002 (CD)
Gravy Child
| 2003 US |
| FUEL 2000 RECORDS 061273 |
V/A: BLUES, BOOZE, HARPS AND GUITARS (2-CD)
Jelly Jam
| 2003 US |
| FUEL 2000 RECORDS 061319 |
V/A: CHICAGO BLUES MASTERS (2-CD)
Axe And The Wind
| 2003 US
| | STOMPIN' ST 318 |
V/A: STOMPIN' 18 (CD)
Down In The Chilé
| 2003 UK |
| THORENS ATD 125 |
V/A: THORENS 125TH ANNIVERSARY (3-LP)
You Had Quit Me
| 2008 SWI
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© Compiled by Pete Hoppula
Acknowledgments: George Butler | Elaine Butler | Alan Balfour
Published sources: Blues Records 1943 To 1970 Volume One (Mike Leadbitter & Neil Slaven, 1987) | The Blues Discography 1943-1970 (Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath, 2006)
Online sources: www.allmusic.com | www.recordmaster.com | www.singlesdb.com | www.bsnpubs.com | www.ebay.com | www.gemm.com | www.musicstack.com | www.ne.jp/asahi/ko-1/crossroads | www.bassharp.com/butler.htm | www.wirz.de/music/python.htm
Note: The contents of www.wangdangdula.com website are informative only!
All the corrections/additions are welcome. E-mail: petehoppula @ hotmail.com
Revised on July 25, 2013
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