Ii D. the Arhoolie Collection

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II D. THE ARHOOLIE COLLECTION

In 1960 a young college student living in Berkeley named Chris Strachwitz decided to start a record company. He was passionately excited in vernacular American music of every style, and he had a strong, personal interest in the blues. His first LP release was an album of blues and songs by the Texas sharecropper and songster Mance Lipscomb. Forty years later Strachwitz is still as excited by the music he finds, and his record company, Arhoolie, named after a field holler, has been consistently one of the most important sources for African American music of every style, from field song to gospel choirs. Also, with his extensive reissue program, he has introduced his audiences to music of the Caribbean, from the dance orchestras of Martinique to the sextetos and danzons of Cuba, along with a tantalizing introduction to historical calypso performances. In the last decades he has been interested in music of the southwestern Latin community, and working with film maker Les Blank he produced the award winning film Chulas Fronteras. Beginning with the first years he was active with his company Strachwitz has made many trips to western Louisiana, and Arhoolie was the exclusive label for many of the local artists, including the “King of Zydeco” Clifton Chenier, and the well-known Cajun group Beausoleil. With Les Blank and Maureen Gosling he produced the definitive film on Cajun music and culture J’ai Ete Au Bal. The material from the bayou country is a fascinating cross-section of the sources of this rich cultural area. Strachwitz has generously presented this archive of Arhoolie albums, CDs, 45rpm singles, and videos materials to strengthen and expand the collection’s documentation of African American rural and urban root musical styles.

LPs

F 1001 MANCE LIPSCOMB “Texas Sharecropper and Songster” LP 575

F 1002 BIG JOE WILLIAMS “Tough Times” LP 576

F 1003 BLACK ACE LP 577

F 1004 LIL SON JACKSON LP 578

F 1005 I HAVE TO PAINT MY FACE - MISSISSIPPI BLUES (Notes by Mack McCormick ) LP 579

F 1005 I HAVE TO PAINT MY FACE: A RANDOM COLLECTION OF MISSISSIPPI DELTA BLUES (Different cover design and notes by Chris Strachwitz) LP 580

F 1006 BLUES ‘N TROUBLE LP 581

F 1007 MERCY DEE LP582

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F 1008 ALEX MOORE LP 583

F 1009 ZYDECO LP 584

F 1010 TEXAS BARRELHOUSE PIANO - ROBERT SHAW LP 585

F 1011 LIGHTNIN’ HOPKINS LP 586

F 1012 BLUES ‘N TROUBLE Volume 2 LP 587

F 1013 NEW ORLEANS JAZZ AT THE KITTY HALLS LP 588

F 1014 REV. LOUIS OVERSTREET “An Evening with Rev. Overstreet” LP 589

F 1015 BLIND JAMES CAMPBELL and his NASHVILLE STREET BAND LP 590

F 1016 KID THOMAS VALENTINE and his CREOLE JAZZ BAND LP 591

F 1017 TEXAS BLUES Volume 2 LP 592

F 1018 BAD LUCK ‘N TROUBLE LP 593

F 1019 BUKKA WHITE Volume 1 “Sky Songs” LP 594

F 1020 BUKKA WHITE Volume 2 “Sky Songs” LP 595

F 1021 MISSISSIPPI FRED McDOWELL “Mississippi Delta Blues” LP 596

F 1022 LIGHTNING HOPKINS and his BROTHERS LP 597 Side One with his brothers, Joel and John Henry; Side Two with Barbara Dane.

F 1023 MANCE LIPSCOMB Volume 2 “Texas Songster” LP 598

F 1024 CLIFTON CHENIER “Louisiana Blues and Zydeco” LP 599

F 1025 JOHN JACKSON “Blues and Country Dance Tunes from Virginia” LP 600

F 1026 MANCE LIPSCOMB Volume 3 “Texas Songster in Live Performance” LP 601

F 1027 MISSISSIPPI FRED McDOWELL Volume 2 LP 602

F 1028 BIG MAMA THORNTON “In Europe” LP 603

F 1029 JOHNNY YOUNG and his CHICAGO BLUES BAND LP 604 Featuring Otis Spahn and James Cotton.

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F 1030 THE SECOND ANNUAL BERKELEY BLUES FESTIVAL LP 605

F 1031 CLIFTON CHENIER “Bon Ton Roulet!” LP 606

F 1032 BIG MAMA THORNTON Volume 2 LP 607 With Muddy Waters’ B;ues Band.

F 1033 MANCE LIPSCOMB Volume 4 LP 608

F 1034 LIGHTNING HOPKINS “Texas Blues Man” LP 609

F 1035 JOHN JACKSON Volume 2 “More Blues and Country Dance Tunes from Virginia” LP 610

F 1036 JUKE BOY BONNER “I’m going back to the country where they don’t burn the buildings down” LP 611

F 1037 JOHNNY YOUNG and BIG WALTER “Chicago Blues” LP 612

F 1038 CLIFTON CHENIER “Black Snake Blues” LP 613

F 1039 BALL AND CHAIN LP 614 Big Mama Thornton, Lighting Hopkins, Larry Williams.

F 1040 GEORGE COLEMAN “BONGO JOE” LP 615

F 1041 MISSISSIPPI DELTA BLUES Volume 1 LP 616

F 1042 MISSISSIPPI DELTA BLUES Volume 2 LP 617

F 1043 JOHN LITTLEJOHN “Chicago Blues Stars” LP 618

F 1045 JUKE BOY BONNER “The Struggle” LP 619

F 1046 FRED McDOWELL and his BLUES BOYS LP 620

F 1047 JOHN JACKSON “In Europe” LP 621

F 1048 ALEX MOORE “IN Europe” LP 622

F 1049 MANCE LIPSCOMB Volume 5 LP 623

F 1050 BEE HOUSTON LP 624

F 1051 EARL HOOKER “Hooker and Steve” LP 625

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F 1052 CLIFTON CHENIER “King of the Bayous” LP 626

F 1053 BIG JOE WILLIAMS “Thinking of what they did to Me” LP 627

F 1054 LOUISIANA BLUES LP 628

F 1055 JOHNIE LEWIS “Alabama Slide Guitar” LP 629

F 1056 CHARLIE MUSSELWHITE “Takin’ My Time” LP 630

F 1057 ROOSEVELT HOLTS “and His Friends” LP 631

F 1058 THE NEW ORLEANS RAGTIME ORCHESTRA LP 632

F 1059 CLIFTON CHENIER “Live” LP 633

F 1060 HERMAN E. JOHNSON “Louisiana Country Blues” LP 634

F 1061 JOSEPH SPENCE “Good Morning, Mr. Walker—Bahaman Guitarist” LP 635

F 1062 L. C. “GOOD ROCKIN’” ROBINSON “Ups and Downs” LP 636

F 1063 LIGHTNING HOPKINS “In Berkeley” LP 637

F 1064 PIANO RED “Dr. Feelgood all Alone with his Piano” LP 638

F 1065 DR. ROSS “His First Recordings” LP 639

F 1066 EARL HOOKER “His First and Last Recordings” LP 640

F 1067 DAVE ALEXANDER “The Rattler” LP 641

F 1068 FRED McDOWELL “Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning” LP 642

F 1069 MANCE LIPSCOMB Volume 6 LP 643

F 1070 ALPHONSE “BOISEC” ARDOIN with CONROY FONTENOT and the ARDOIN BROTHERS “Boisec La Musique Creole” LP 644

F 1071 DAVE ALEXANDER “The Dirt on the Ground” LP 645

F 1072 CLIFTON CHENIER “Out West with Elvin Bishop and Steve Miller” LP 646

F 1073 K. C. DOUGLAS “The Country Boy” LP 647

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F 1074 CHARLIE MUSSELWHITE “Goin’ Back Down South with LaFayette Leake and Robben Ford” LP 648

F 1075 J. C. BURRIS “One of These Mornings” LP 649

F 1076 CLIFTON CHENIER “Bogalusa Boogie” LP 650

F 1077 MANCE LIPSCOMB “You’ll Never Find Another Man Like Mance” LP 651

F 1078 CLIFTON CHENIER and his RED HOT LOUISIANA BAND LP 652

F 1079 TOM McFARLAND “Travelin’ with the Blues” LP 653

F 1080 BIG JOE DUSKIN “Cincinnati Stomp” LP 654

F 1081 SAM BROS. 5 with DADDY “GOOD ROCKIN’” SAM LP 655

F 1082 CLIFTON CHENIER “Classic Clifton” LP 656

F 1083 JOHN DELAFOSE “Zydeco Man” LP 657

F 1084 KINGS OF COUNTRY BLUES Volume 1 LP 658

F 1085 KINGS OF COUNTRY BLUES Volume 2 LP 659

F 1086 CLIFTON CHENIER “The King of Zydeco” LP 660

F 1087 LIGHTNING HOPKINS “Po’ Lightin’” LP 661

F 1088 JOHN DELAFOSE with GENO DELAFOSE on drums “Uncle Bud Zydeco” LP 662

F 1089 ELIZABETH COTTON “Live!” LP 663

F 1090 ZYDECO Volume 2 “Preston France and the Swallow Band and Ambrose Sam’s Old Time Zydeco” LP 664

F 1091 LAWRENCE “BLACK” ARDOIN and his FRENCH BAND with EDWARD POULARD on fiddle LP 665

F 1092 REBIRTH JAZZ BAND of NEW ORLEANS “Here to Stay!” LP 666 F 1093 CLIFTON CHENIER “Live at the San Francisco Blues Festival with his Red Hot Louisiana Band” LP 667

F 1094 KATIE WEBSTER with HOT LINKS “You Know That’s Right” LP 668

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F 1095 Soundtrack from the film LOUIE BLUIS LP 669

F 1096 CHRIS THOMAS “The Beginning” LP 670

F 1097 CLIFTON CHENIER “The King of Zydeco Sings the Blues” LP 671

F 1098 C. J. CHENIER (son of Clifton Chenier) and the NEW RED HOT LOUISIANA BAND “Let Me in Your Heart” LP 672

F 1099 BOB MIELKE’S BEARCATS LP 673

SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON “It’s King Biscuit Time” (7 inch record) LP 748

2001/2002 THE ROOTS OF AMERICA’S MUSIC LP 674a, 674b

R 2003 LOWELL FULSON LP 675

R 2004 JOE TURNER with PETE JOHNSON’S ORCHESTRA “Jumpin’ the Blues” LP 676

R 2005 GUITAR SLIM and JELLY BELLY “Carolina Blues” LP 677

R 2006 TEXAS BLUES Volume 1 (from Gold Star label) LP 678

R 2007 LIGHTNING HOPKINS “Early Recordings” LP 679

R 2008 OAKLAND BLUES LP 680

R 2009 JESSE FULLER “Frisco Bound” LP 681

R 2010 LIGHTNING HOPKINS “Early Recordings, Volume 2” LP 682

R 2011 ANGOLA PRISONER’S BLUES (from Folklyric label) LP 683 Robert Pete Williams, Matthew “Hogman” Maxey, Robert “Guitar” Welch.

R 2012 PRISON WORKSONGS (from Folklyric label) LP684

R 2014 SNOOKS EAGLIN (from Folklyric label) “Possum Up a Simmon Tree” LP 685

R 2015 ROBERT PETE WILLIAMS (from Folklyric label) “Those Prison Blues” LP 686

R 2016 BILLIE & DEE DEE PIERCE “New Orleans Music” LP 687

R 2018 COUNTRY NEGRO JAM SESSION LP 688

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Butch Cage, Willie B. Thomas and others.

R 2019 SMOKY BABE “Hot Blues” LP 699

R 2020 SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON (from Trumpet label) “King Biscuit Time” LP 700

5031 CAJUN FIDDLE STYLES Volume 1, The Creole Tradition LP 701 Conroy Fontenot, Joseph “Bebe” and Eraste Carriere (The Carriere Brothers)

5035 CAJUN JAM SESSION “Live Radio Broadcast with Sharon Arms Doucet on Trumpet” LP 702 Michael Doucet, Danny Poullard, Alan Senauke.

CONTEMPORARY JAZZ

ST 8001 LUNA “Space Swell” LP 703

ST 8002 NOW CREATIVE ARTS JAZZ ENSEMBLE LP 704 Featuring Smiley Winters, Bert Wilson and Rahim Roach.

ST 8003 SONNY SIMMONS “Manhattan Egos” LP 705

ST 8004/5 SMILEY WINTERS “Smiley, etc.” LP 706a, 706b

ST 8006 JERRY HAHN and his Qunitet LP 707

BLUES CLASSICS

This label was one of several Strachwitz founded to reissue older music from 78 rpm singles. He has collected this material all his life, and from his collection, sometimes augmented with rare releases from other collectors, he has presented a wide range of music styles and historically important performers.

Blues Classics by: BC 1 MEMPHIS MINNIE LP 708

BC 2 THE JUG, JOOK AND WASHBOARD BANDS LP 709

BC 3 SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON LP 710

BC 4 PEETIE WHEATSTRAW and KOKOMO ARNOLD LP 711

BC 5 COUNTRY BLUES CLASSICS Volume 1 LP 712

BC 6 COUNTRY BLUES CLASSICS Volume 2 LP 713 459

BC 7 COUNTRY BLUES CLASSICS Volume 3 LP 714

BC 8 CHICAGO BLUES The Early 1950’s LP 715

BC 9 “The Original” SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON LP 716

BC 10 WASHBOARD SAM LP 717

BC 12 DETROIT BLUES “The Early 1950s” LP 718

BC 13 MEMPHIS MINNIE Volume 2 “Early Recordings with “Kansas Joe” McCoy” LP 719

BC 14 COUNTRY BLUES CLASSICS Volume 4 LP 720

BC 15 MEMPHIS AND THE DELTA - 1950’s LP 721

BC 16 TEXAS BLUES - THE EARLY ‘50s LP 722

BC 17 NEGRO RELIGIOUS MUSIC - SANCTIFIED SINGERS Part One LP 723

BC 18 NEGRO RELIGIOUS MUSIC - SANCTIFIED SINGERS Part Two LP 724

BC 19 NEGRO RELIGIOUS MUSIC--SINGING PREACHERS and THEIR CONGREGATIONS LP 725

BC 20 SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON Volume 2 LP 726

BC 21 BIG JOE WILLIAMS and SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON LP 727

BC 22 RALPH WILLIS - CAROLINA BLUES LP 728 With Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry.

BC 23 JUKE JOINT BLUES LP 729

BC 24 SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON Volume 3 LP 730

BC 25 TAMPA RED “Guitar Wizard, 1935 – 1953” LP 731

BC 26 WHEN WOMEN SANG THE BLUES LP 732

BC 27 ALBERT AMMONS “The King of Boogie Woogie” LP 733

BC 29 BIG MACEO [Maceo Merriweather] Volume 2 “The King of Chicago Blues Piano, Volume II” LP 734

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BC 30 LIGHTNING HOPKINS “Houston’s King of the Blues, Historic Recordings, 1952 – 1953” LP 735

FOLKLYRIC

Folklyric was another series devoted to reissues of older recordings. It had a different title to indicate that its range would be considerably wider than the blues, although one of its first albums presented the Library of Congress blues recordings by Son House.

9002 SON HOUSE “The Legendary 1941 – 1942 Recordings in Chronological Sequence” LP 736

9008 KID ORY’S CREOLE JAZZ BAND “The Complete 1944 Appearances on Orson Welles’ Mercury Wonders Show and the 1945 Standard School Broadcasts” LP 737

9025 HOT SWING FIDDLE CLASSICS “Stuff Smith, Emilio Caceres, Svend Asmussen, 1936 – 1943” LP 738

9028 TINY PARHAM AND HIS MUSICIANS “Hot Chicago Jazz from the late 1920s” LP 739

9029 HARLEM HAM FATS “Hot Chicago Jazz, Blues and Jive, 1936 – 1937” LP 740

9030 PAPA CELESTIN and GEORGE LEWIS “Oscar “Papa” Celestin and his New Orleans Jazz Band/ George Lewis and his New Orleans Ragtime Jazz Band, The Radio Broadcasts: 1950 – 1951” LP 741

9032 JOE ROBICHAUX and his NEW ORLEANS BOYS “1933” LP 742

9038 SLIM GAILLARD “Cement Mixer Put-ti Put-ti” LP 743

9040 WILMOTH HOUDINI “Historic Recordings from the 1930s with Gerard Clark’s Night Owls” LP 744 9045 ACAPELLA GOSPEL SINGING LP 745

9046 GOLDEN AGE OF GOSPEL SINGING LP 746

9050 AU BAL ANTILLES (Franco-Creole Biguines from Martinique) “Early Recordings of Caribbean Dance Music” LP 747

9054 SEXTETO HABANERO “La Historia de son Cubano” LP 698

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OLD TIMEY

Old Timey label was devoted largely to country and cajun material, but this release is a documentation of the first recordings by a legendary black cajun accordionist.

OT 124 AMADE ARDOIN “His Original Recordings, 1928 – 1938/Louisian Cajun Music, V. 6” LP 697

JEMF “JEMF” was an acronym of the John Edwards Memorial Foundation, a non-profit organization devoted to perpetuating the musical interests of noted folklorist John Edwards. Arhoolie acted as distributor for the releases.

JEMF 106 ATLANTA BLUES 1933 LP 696

JEMF 108 JUBILEE TO GOSPEL, 1921 – 1953 “A Selection of Commercially recorded Black Religious Music” LP 695

JEMF 109 MINSTRELS AND TUNESMITHS “The Commercial Roots of Early Country Music” LP 694

JEMF 110 WORK’S MANY VOICES Volume 1 LP 692

JEMF 111 WORK’S MANY VOICES Volume 2 LP 693

CDS Although many of the CD releases duplicate the original LP album, Strachwitz has added additional material wherever available. He has always insisted that a CD should contain at least an hour of music.

CD 101 DOWN HOME COUNTRY BLUES CLASSICS CD 360

CD 102 DOWN HOME URBAN BLUES CLASSICS CD 361

CD 105 15 LOUISIANA ZYDECO CLASSICS CD 362

CD 108 15 PIANO BLUES & BOOGIE CLASSICS CD 363

CD 111 15 DOWN HOME GOSPEL CLASSICS CD 364

CD 301 CLIFTON CHENIER “The King of Zydeco” CD 365

CD 302 LIGHTNING HOPKINS “Texas Blues” CD 366

CD 303 CHARLIE MUSSELWHITE “Memphis Charlie” CD 367

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CD 304 FRED McDOWELL “You Gotta Move” CD 368

CD 305 BIG MAMA THORNTON “Ball ‘n Chain” CD 369

CD 306 MANCE LIPSCOMB “Texas Songster” CD 370

CD 307 ZYDECO - The Early Years CD 371

CD 308 BEAUSOLEIL “Allons a Lafayette” CD 372

CD 310 SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON “King Biscuit Time” CD 373

CD 313 CLIFTON CHENIER “Live at St. Mark’s” CD 374

CD 315 BIG JOE WILLIAMS “Shake Your Boogie” CD 375

CD 323 BUKKA WHITE “Sky Songs” CD 376

CD 324 EARL HOOKER “Two Bugs and a Roach” CD 377

CD 325 JOHNNY YOUNG “Chicago Blues” CD 378

CD 328 ZYDECO CHAMPS CD 379

CD 329 CLIFTON CHENIER “Louisiana Blues and Zydeco” CD 380

CD 330 LIGHTNING HOPKINS (from Gold Star label) “The Gold Star Sessions, Volume 1” CD 381

CD 331 J’AI ETE AU BAL Volume 1 “I Went to the Dance” CD 382 (This is the sound track from the film, see video listing)

CD 332 J’AI ETE AU BAL Volume 2 “I Went to the Dance” CD 383

CD 333 JOE TURNER “Tell Me Pretty Baby” CD 384

CD 335 JOHN DELAFOSE “Joe Pete Got Two Women” CD 385

CD 337 LIGHTNING HOPKINS (from Gold Star label, Volume 2) “The Gold Star Sessions, Volume 2” CD 386

CD 339 CLIFTON CHENIER “King of the Bayous” CD 387

CD 340 LIGHTNING HOPKINS and HIS BROTHERS “The Hopkins Brothers: Lighning, Joel and John Henry” CD 388

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CD 345 CLIFTON CHENIER “Bon Ton Roulet: CD 389

CD 346 NEW ORLEANS JAZZ CD 390

CD 347 CLIFTON CHENIER “Bogalusa Boodie” CD 391

CD 348 SNOOKS EAGLIN “Country Boy in New Orleans” CD 392

CD 349 JOSEPH SPENCE “Bahaman Guitarist” CD 393

CD 350 CLIFTON CHENIER “Out West” CD 394

CD 351 CLIFTON CHENIER “Sings the Blues” CD 395

CD 352 TEXAS BLUES CD 396

CD 353 THE CHARLES FORD BAND CD 397

CD 355 CLIFTON CHENIER “The King of Zydeco Live at Montreux” CD 398

CD 356 CALIFORNIA CAJUN ORCHESTRA “Not Lonesome Anymore” CD 399

CD 360 JESSE FULLER “’Frisco Bound” CD 400

CD 365 OMAR SHARIFF “The Raven” CD 401

CD 369 MERCY DEE “Mercy’s Troubles” CD 402

CD 371 DR. ROSS “Boogie Disease” CD 403

CD 372 COUNTRY NEGRO JAM SESSION CD 404

CD 374 BLACK ACE CD 405

CD 375 JUKE BOY BONNER “Life Gave Me a Dirty Deal” CD 406

CD 377 ROBERT SHAW “The Ma Grinder” CD 407

CD 378 JOHN JACKSON “Don’t Let Your Deal Go Deal” CD 408

CD 379 PIANO RED “Atlanta Bounce” CD 409

CD 381 CANRAY FONTENOT “Louisiana Hot Sauce Creole Style” CD 410

CD 382 PARAMOUNT SINGERS “Work and Pray On” CD 411

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CD 383 CHATUYE “Heartbeat in the Music” CD 412

CD 384 JOHNNY OTIS “Spirit of the Black Territory Bands” CD 413

CD 385 MISSISSIPPI DELTA BLUES JAM Volume 1 CD 414

CD 386 MISSISSIPPI DELTA BLUES JAM Volume 2 CD 415

CD 388 IVAN CUESTA “A Ti, Columbia” CD 416

CD 390 LIGHTNING HOPKINS “Lightnin’!” CD 417

CD 393 KATIE WEBSTER “I Know That’s Right” CD 418

CD 394 ROBERT PETE WILLIAMS Volume 1 CD 419

CD 395 ROBERT PETE WILLIAMS Volume 2 CD 420

CD 398 MANCE LIPSCOMB “You Got To Reap What You Sow” CD 421

CD 401 MISSISSIPPI DELTA BLUES Volume 1 CD 422

CD 402 MISSISSIPPI DELTA BLUES Volume 2 CD 423

CD 403 LIGHTNING HOPKINS “Po’ Lightnin’” CD 424

CD 404 CLIFTON CHENIER “Live!” CD 425

CD 405 CLAUDE WILLIAMS Volume 1 “Live, I” CD 426

CD 406 CLAUDE WILLIAMS Volume 2 “Live, II” CD 427

CD 408 ALEX MOORE “From North Dallas to the East Side” CD 428

CD 409 LIL’ SON JACKSON “Blues Come to Texas” CD 429

CD 417 TREME BRASS BAND “Gimme My Money Back” CD 430

CD 419 ANGOLA PRISONERS’ BLUES CD 431

CD 420 NEW ORLEANS RAGTIME ORCHESTRA “Creole Belles” CD 432

CD 421 MASTERS OF THE BANJO CD 433

CD 422 BIG JOE DUSKIN “Cincinnati Stomp” CD 434

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CD 424 FRED McDOWELL “Good Morning Little School Girl” CD 435

CD 429 ELDER ROMA WILSON “This Train” CD 436

CD 432 I HAVE TO PAINT MY FACE - MISSISSIPPI BLUES 1960 CD 437

CD 434 MASTERS OF THE FOLK VIOLIN CD 438

CD 436 CALIFORNIA CAJUN ORCHESTRA “None Adam Two Step” CD 439

CD 438 BLIND JAMES CAMPBELL CD 440

CD 440 SMOKY BABE/ HERMAN E. JOHNSON “Louisiana Country Blues” CD 441

CD 441 FRED McDOWELL “This Ain’t No Rock ‘N Roll” CD 442

CD 442 REV. LOUIS OVERSTREET CD 443

CD 443 LOWELL FULSON “My First Recordings” CD 444

CD 445 ALPHONSE “BOIS SEC” ARDOIN “La Musique Creole” CD 445

CD 448 PRISON WORKSONGS CD 446

CD 450 SACRED STEEL CD 447

CD 451 BARBARA DANE & LIGHTNING HOPKINS CD 448

CD 453 L. C. “Good Rockin’” ROBINSON “Mojo in my Head” CD 449

CD 460 GUITAR SLIM & JELLY BELLY CD 450

CD 461 CAMPBELL BROTHERS “Pass Me Not” CD 451

CD 462 SONNY TREADWAY “Jesus Will Fix It” CD 452

CD 463 AUBREY GHENT “Can’t Nobody Do Me Like Jesus” CD 453

CD 465 MANCE LIPSCOMB “Captain, Captain” CD 454

CD 468 EARL HOOKER “The Moon is Rising” CD 455

CD 470 LOUIE BLUIE “Film Soundtrack” CD 456

CD 475 K. C. DOUGLAS “Mercury Blues” CD 457

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CD 477 ELIZABETH COTTON “Live!” CD 458

CD 1040 GEORGE COLEMAN: BONGO JOE CD 459

CD 1043 JOHN LITTLEJOHN “Chicago Blues Stars” CD 460

CD 1098 C. J. CHENIER “My Baby Don’t Wear No Shoes” CD 461

45 RPM SINGLES

CD 7007 AMEDE ARDOIN “The Roots of Zydeco” CD 462

CD 7009 BIG MACEO “The King of Chicago Blues Piano” CD 463

CD 7024 OSCAR “PAPA” CELESTIN and his Tuxedo Jazz Band CD 464

CD 9001 CLIFTON CHENIER “Zydeco Sont Pas Sale” CD 465

CD 9002 REBIRTH JAZZ BAND “Here to Stay” CD 466

CD 9004 LOUISIANA BLUES CD 467

CD 9007 JOHNIE LEWIS (Alabama Slide Guitar) CD 468

CD 9008 BEE HOUSTON “The Hustler” CD 469

CD 9011 JERRY HAHN and his QUINTET CD 470

SPECIAL PRODUCTS SERIES

CD 001 MANCE LIPSCOMB, Texas Blues Guitar, material included in a Lipscomb instructional book. CD 471

45rpm SINGLES

The archive includes 51 single releases, all of them material from the Arhoolie albums. Clifton Chenier was an important singles artist in the Louisiana area, so there are many Chenier singles, some of them on Bayou Records, an Arhoolie subsidiary. One of the releases features a photo label of Chenier, released on a label named for the artist. Also of particular interest is a single on Joliet label of Lightning Hopkins singing “Please Settle In Vietnam.” [See also LP 748, a seven inch LP by Sonny Boy Williamson]

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1. Lawrence Ardoin & His French Band: “My Baby Don’t Wear No Clothes,” b/w “Bayou Two Step”

2. Bonner, Juke Boy: “Houston, The Action Town,” b/w, “My Blues”

3. Chenier, C.J. : “Check Out The Zydeco,” b/w, “She’s My Woman”

4. Chenier, Clifton: “Ay Ai Ai,” b/w, “Why Did You Go Last Night”

5. Chenier, Clifton: “Zydeco Et Pas Sale,” b/w, “I Can Look Down At Your Woman”

6. Chenier, Clifton: “I’m On The Wonder,” b/w, “C. C. Special”

7. Chenier, Clifton: “Someone Told Me It Was All Over,” b/w, “Key To The Highway”

8. Chenier, Clifton: “Calinda,” b/w, “You Know It Ain’t Fair”

9. Chenier, Clifton: “You’re Fussin’ Too Much,” b/w, “Just Like A Woman”

10. Chenier, Clifton: “One Step At A Time,” b/w, “Boogalusa Boogie”

11. Chenier, Clifton: “I’m A Farmer (Part 1 – French Vocal),” b/w, “I’m A Farmer (Part 2 – English Vocal) Arhoolie Number, 45-529

12. Chenier, Clifton: “I’m A Farmer (Part 1 – French Vocal),” b/w, “I’m A Farmer (Part 2 – English Vocal) Arhoolie Number, 45-531

13. Chenier, Clifton: “Ti Na Na,” b/w, “Take Off Your Dress”

14. Chenier, Clifton: “Come Go Along With Me,” b/w, “Sa M’Appel Fou (They Call Me Crazy)

15. Chenier, Clifton: “Party Down At Blue Angel Club,” b/w, “Foxy Girl”

16. Chenier, Clifton: “Highway Blues,” b/w, “Grand Prix”

17. Chenier, Clifton: “Jambalaya,” b/w, “Money”

18. Chenier, Clifton: “Ain’t No Need of Cryin’ (Every Day Is The Same),” b/w, “Paper In My Shoe”

19. Chenier, Clifton: “One Step At A Time,” b/w, “Ain’t No Need of Cryin’ (Every Day Is The Same),”

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20. Chenier, Clifton: “Hot Rod,” b/w, “Louisiana Blues”

21. Chenier, Clifton: “Zydeco Et Pas Sale,” b/w, “I Can Look Down At Your Woman”

22. Chenier, Clifton: “Bon Ton Roulet,” b/w, “Lafayette Waltz”

23. Chenier, Clifton: “Oh, Negresse,” b/w, “Ay Ai Ai”

24. Chenier, Clifton: “Baby Please Don’t Go,” b/w, “Long Toes”

25. Chenier, Clifton: “Jole Blonde,” b/w, “Sweet Little Doll”

26. Chenier, Clifton: “Black Gal,” b/w, “Frog Legs”

27. Chenier, Clifton: “Black Snake,” b/w,” Wrap It Up”

28. Chenier, Clifton: “I Lost My Baby (In French),” b/w, “Let’s Talk It Over”

29. Chenier, Clifton: “Things Ain’t What They Used To Be,” b/w, “Louisiana Rock”

30. Chenier, Clifton: “Walking To Louisiana,” b/w, “Louisiana Two Step”

31. Chenier, Clifton: “It’s Christmas Time,” b/w, “Tired Of Crying Over You”

32. Chenier, Clifton: “Release Me,” b/w, “Ton Na Na”

33. Chenier, Clifton: “Monifique,” b/w, “I Got A Gal”

34. Chenier, Clifton: “Tu Le Ton Son Ton,” b/w, “I’m Coming Home”

35. Chenier, Clifton: “Banana Man,” b/w, “Pinetop’s Boogie Woogie”

36. Chenier, Clifton: “Zydeco Cha-Cha,” b/w, “Bad Luck and Trouble”

37. Chenier, Clifton: “Cher Catin,” b/w, “You’re My Mule”

38. Delafose, John: “Uncle Bud Zydeco,” b/w, “Mardi Gras Song”

39. Delafose, John: “Joe Pete Lost His Two Women,” b/w, “Mother’s Day Blues”

40. The Fondettes: “The Beatles Are In Town,” b/w, Johnny Hartsman: “Lovelorn Flame”

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41. Fontenot, Canray: “Canray’s Blues (Les Blues A Canray), b/w, “His Folks Don’t Want To See Him No More (Ses Parents Ne Veulent Plus Le Voir)

42. Preston Frank & the Swallow Playboys: “Shake What You Got,” b/w, “Why Do You Want To Make Me Cry”

43. Hooker, Earl: “Wah Wah Blues,” b/w, “You Don’t Want Me”

44. Lightning Hopkins: “Come On Baby,” b/w, “Money Taker”

45. Lightning Hopkins: “Please Settle In Vietnam,” b/w, “Once A Gambler”

46. Littlejohn, Johnny: “Dream,” b/w, “Catfish Blues”

47. O’Williams, Larry: “That’s My Girl,” b/w, “Hear Me Calling Baby”

48. Smith, R.C. : “Don’t Drive Me Away,” b/w, “I Believe We Love Each Other”

49. Big Mama Thornton and Her Hounddogs: “Ball and Chain (Part 1),” b/w, “Wade In The Water”

50. Thornton. Big Mama: “Swing It On Home,” b/w, “My Heavy Load”

51. Young, Johnny: “Slam Hammer,” b/w, “Wild, Wild Woman”

VIDEOS

ARV 401 CLIFTON CHENIER The King of Zydeco Dodd Video 26 and Dodd Video 352

BF 103 J’AI ETE AU BAL The Cajun and Zydeco Music of Louisiana Dodd Video 353

CATALOGS AND SALES MATERIAL

The Arhoolie archive includes a generous sampling of catalogs, sales flyers, and “Occasional” newsletters, which give an invaluable glimpse into the company’s interests and activites. Included is catalog #1 from the fall of 1961, which lists eight releases, two of them “forthcoming”!

Samuel & Ann Charters Collection Arhoolie Archive: 45 records

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