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Little Walter Discography
Little Walter Discography
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BeardHarmonica
56 posts
Dec 20, 2011
1:04 AM
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Do I have all recording of Little Walter? Anybody know if theres bootleg or other stuff out there.
The Complete Chess Masters
Little Walter and Otis Rush "Live in Chicago"
The Blues World of Little Walter
Complete Chess Recordings - Jimmy Rodgers
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groyster1
1645 posts
Dec 20, 2011
9:44 AM
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I bought a couple of little walter vinyls on a french company called le roi on blue and lonesome leonard chess says blue and lonesome by little mf walter-you could hear walter cracking up and saying Im gonna kill you when they have trouble getting a take little walter tells chess everything you do is all my fault and he then has a temper fit try le roi du blues little walter on ebay it will only on vinyl lp
Last Edited by on Dec 20, 2011 9:55 AM
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Jaybird
270 posts
Dec 20, 2011
10:52 AM
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Also,
"His Best"
"Confessin' the Blues"
"Boss Blues Harmonica"
There may be more...
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jdblues
57 posts
Dec 20, 2011
11:07 AM
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There are a lot of miscellaneous recordings with Little Walter as a sideman. Stuff with Memphis Minnie, John Brim, even Shel Silverstein!
I don't really know where to find them on a convenient compilation CD, but the biography "Blues with a Feeling" has a COMPLETE chronological discography of ever session Walter did.
You obviously love Little Walter, so you should get the book if you don't have it already. It is excellent.
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Blocker
108 posts
Dec 20, 2011
1:21 PM
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This is from David Barretts "Artist Listing" page which I have found very useful as a quick reference.
Marion Jacobs aka Little Walter (May 1st, 1930 – February 15th, 1968)
The Blue World of Little Walter – Little Walter (1994)
1. I Just Keep Loving Her – E, A Harp (2nd Position)
2. Muskadine Blues – Eb, No Harp
3. Rollin' and Tumblin', Pt. 1 – G, C Harp (2nd Position)
4. Rollin' and Tumblin', Pt. 2 - G, C Harp (2nd Position)
5. Boll Weevil – E, A Harp (2nd Position)
6. Bad Acting Woman - Eb, No Harp
7. Red Headed Woman – E, A Harp (2nd Position)
8. Moonshine Blues - Eb, No Harp
9. I Wanna Play a Little While –A, No Harp
10. Louise – E, No Harp
11. People Are Meddling (In Our Affairs) – A, No Harp
12. I Done You Wrong – C, No Harp
13. Low Down Sunyland Train – Ab, No Harp
*Songs may be slightly flat or sharp
Blues With A Feeling - Chess Collectibles, Disc 1 (Chess/MCA, 1995)
1. Juke, alt. [Inst.] – E, A Harp (2nd Position)
2. Can't Hold Out Much Longer - G, C Harp (2nd Position)
3. Blue Midnight, alt. [Inst.] - F, Bb Harp (2nd Position)
4. Fast Boogie, alt. [Inst.] - F, Bb Harp (2nd Position)
5. Driftin' - G, C Harp (2nd Position)
6. Tonight With A Fool - G, C Harp (2nd Position)
7. That's It [Inst.] - C, Bb Harp (3rd Position) & Bb Chromatic (3rd Position)
8. Blues With A Feeling - A, D Harp (2nd Position)
9. My Kind Of Baby - F, Bb Harp (2nd Position)
10. Last Boogie [Inst.] - F, Bb Harp (2nd Position)
11. Come Back Baby - G, C Harp (2nd Position)
12. I Love You So (Oh Baby) - Ab, Db Harp (2nd Position)
13. Big Leg Mama [Inst.] - F, Bb Harp (2nd Position)
14. Mercy Babe (My Babe, alt.) - F, Bb Harp (2nd Position)
15. Thunderbird [Inst.] – D, G Harp (2nd Position) & C Chromatic (3rd Position)
16. Crazy For My Baby - D, C Chromatic (3rd Position)
17. Can't Stop Lovin' You - B, E Harp (2nd Position)
18. Who - E, A Harp (2nd Position)
19. Flying Saucer [Inst.] - C Chromatic (3rd Position) & D, G Harp (2nd Position)
20. Teenage Beat [Inst.] - D, C Chromatic (3rd Position)
Blues With A Feeling - Chess Collectibles, Disc 2 (Chess/MCA, 1995)
1. Temperature - E, A Harp (2nd Position)
2. Shake Dancer [Inst.] - E, A Harp (2nd Position)
3. Ah'w Baby - G, C Harp (2nd Position)
4. Rock Bottom [Inst.] - D, G Harp (2nd Position) & C Chromatic (3rd Position)
5. You Gonna Be Sorry (Someday Baby) - B, A Harp (3rd Position)
6. Baby - B, A Harp (3rd Position)
7. My Baby Is Sweeter - G, C Harp (2nd Position)
8. Crazy Mixed Up World - D, C Chromatic (3rd Position)
9. Worried Life Blues - B, E Harp (2nd Position)
10. Everything's Gonna Be Alright, alt. - G, C Harp (2nd Position)
11. Mean Old Frisco - B, E Harp (2nd Position)
12. One Of These Mornings - B, A Harp (3rd Position)
13. Blue And Lonesome - Dm, C Chromatic (3rd Position)
14. Me And Piney Brown - G, C Harp (2nd Position)
15. Break It Up - C, F Harp (2nd Position)
16. Going Down Slow - E, A Harp (2nd Position)
17. You're Sweet - A, G Harp (3rd Position)
18. You Don't Know - D, G Harp (2nd Position)
19. I'm A Business Man - G, C Harp (2nd Position)
20. Chicken Shack [Inst.] - G, C Harp (2nd Position)
Confessin’ The Blues (Chess/MCA, 1996)
1. It Ain't Right - B, E Harp (2nd Position)
2. Rocker [Inst.] – E, A Harp (2nd Position)
3. I Got To Find My Baby - A, D Harp (2nd Position)
4. Lights Out [Inst.] - D, C Chromatic (3rd Position)
5. One More Chance With You – F, Bb Harp (2nd Position)
6. Crazy Legs [Inst.] – F, Bb Harp (2nd Position)
7. Temperature – F, Bb Harp (2nd Position)
8. I Got To Go – A, G Harp (3rd Position)
9. Crazy Mixed Up World - D, C Chromatic (3rd Position)
10. Quarter To Twelve [Inst.] - F, Bb Harp (2nd Position)
11. Confessin' The Blues - G, C Harp (2nd Position)
12. The Toddle [Inst.] – E, A Harp (2nd Position)
13. Up The Line - D, C Chromatic (3rd Position)
14. Rock Bottom [Inst.] – G, C Harp (2nd Position)
15. Mean Old Frisco – B, E Harp (2nd Position)
Hate To See You Go [Import] (Universal, 2004)
1. Nobody But You – F, Bb Harp (2nd Position)
2. My Baby's Sweeter – G, C Harp (2nd Position)
3. Roller Coaster [Inst.] E, A Harp (2nd Position)
4. As Long As I Have You – F, Bb Harp (2nd Position)
5. Oh Baby - G, C Harp (2nd Position)
6. Take Me Back – A, D Harp (2nd Position)
7. Everything's Gonna Be Alright - G, C Harp (2nd Position)
8. Mellow Down Easy – A, D Harp (2nd Position)
9. Hate To See You Go – G, C Harp (2nd Position)
10. I Got To Find My Baby – A, D Harp (2nd Position)
11. Everybody Needs Somebody – F, Bb Harp (2nd Position)
12. Blue Midnight [Inst.] – F, Bb Harp (2nd Position)
13. I've Had My Fun - E, A Harp (2nd Position)
14. Key To The Highway – G, C Harp (2nd Position)
15. Blue And Lonesome – Dm, C Chromatic (3rd Position)
16. I Got To Find My Baby, alt. – A, D Harp (2nd Position)
17. I've Had My Fun, alt. - E, A Harp (2nd Position)
His Best (Chess 1997)
1. Juke - E, A harp (2nd Position)
2. Can't Hold Out Much Longer - G, C Harp (2nd Position)
3. Mean Old World - F, Bb Harp (2nd Position)
4. Sad Hours - F, Bb harp (2nd Position)
5. Tell Me Mama – G, C harp (2nd Position)
6. Off The Wall – G, C harp (2nd Position)
7. Blues With A Feeling - A, D harp (2nd Position)
8. You're So Fine - E, A harp (2nd Position)
9. Too Late - G, C Harp (2nd Position)
10. Last Night - D, G Harp (2nd Position)
11. Mellow Down Easy – A, D harp (2nd Position)
12. My Babe – F, Bb harp (2nd Position)
13. Roller Coaster - E, A harp (2nd Position)
14. Hate To See You Go – G, C harp (2nd Position)
15. It Ain't Right - B, E harp (2nd Position)
16. Boom, Boom Out Goes The Light - E, A harp (2nd Position)
17. Confessin' the Blues - G, C Harp (2nd Position)
18. Key To the Highway – G, C Harp (2nd Position)
19. Everything's Gonna Be Alright - G, C harp (2nd Position)
20. Just Your Fool - A, D Harp (2nd Position)
Little Walter: The Essential (Chess/MCA, 1993) - Disc 1
1. Juke [Inst.] - E, A Harp (2nd Position)
2. Can't Hold Out Much Longer - G, C Harp (2nd Position)
3. Boogie [Inst.] – F, Bb Harp (2nd Position)
4. Blue Midnight, alt. [Inst.] – F, Bb Harp (2nd Position)
5. Mean Old World - F, Bb Harp (2nd Position)
6. Sad Hours [Inst.] - F, Bb Harp (2nd Position)
7. Don't Need No Horse [Inst.] - F, Bb Harp (2nd Position)
8. Tell Me Mama – G, C Harp (2nd Position)
9. Off The Wall [Inst.] – G, C Harp (2nd Position)
10. Quarter To Twelve [Inst.] – F, Bb Harp (2nd Position)
11. Blues With A Feeling - A, D Harp (2nd Position)
12. Too Late - G, C Harp (2nd Position)
13. Fast Boogie [Inst.] – F, Bb Harp (2nd Position)
14. Lights Out [Inst.] – D, C Chromatic (3rd Position)
15. Fast Large One [Inst.] – D, C Chromatic (3rd Position)
16. You're So Fine - E, A Harp (2nd Position)
17. Oh Baby - G, C Harp (2nd Position)
18. I Got To Find My Baby – A, D Harp (2nd Position)
19. Last Night – D, No Harp
20. You Better Watch Yourself – E, A Harp (2nd Position)
21. Mellow Down Easy – A, D Harp (2nd Position)
22. My Babe – F, Bb Harp (2nd Position)
23. Roller Coaster [Inst.] - E, A Harp (2nd Position)
24. Little Girl – G, C Harp (2nd Position)
Little Walter: The Essential (Chess/MCA, 1993) - Disc 2
1. Hate To See You Go – G, C Harp (2nd Position)
2. Boom, Boom, Out Goes The Light - E, A Harp (2nd Position)
3. It Ain't Right - B, E Harp (2nd Position)
4. It's Too Late Brother – F, Bb Harp (2nd Position)
5. Just A Feeling – A, D Harp (2nd Position)
6. Ah'w Baby – G, C Harp (2nd Position)
7. I've Had My Fun - E, A Harp (2nd Position)
8. Confessin' The Blues - G, C Harp (2nd Position)
9. Key To The Highway - G, C Harp (2nd Position)
10. Walkin' On [Inst.] – G, C Harp (2nd Position)
11. You Gonna Be Sorry (Someday Baby) – A, D Harp (2nd Position)
12. Crazy Mixed Up World – D, C Chromatic (3rd Position)
13. Worried Life – B, E Harp (2nd Position)
14. Everything's Gonna Be Alright - G, C Harp (2nd Position)
15. Back Track [Inst.] – F, Bb Harp (2nd Position)
16. Blue And Lonesome – D minor, C Chromatic (3rd Position)
17. I Don't Play – F, Bb Harp (2nd Position)
18. As Long As I Have You – F, Bb Harp (2nd Position)
19. Just Your Fool - A, D Harp (2nd Position)
20. Up The Line – D, C Chromatic (3rd Position)
21. Southern Feeling [Inst.] – F, Bb Harp (2nd Position)
22. Dead Presidents – F, Bb Harp (2nd Position)
Super Blues (Chess. 1967/1992)
1. Long Distance Call – G, C Harp (2nd Position)
2. Who Do You Love? – G, C Harp (2nd Position)
3. I'm A Man – G, C Harp (2nd Position)
4. Bo Diddley – G, C Harp (2nd Position)
5. You Can't Judge A Book By Its Cover – A, D Harp (2nd Position)
6. I Just Want To Make Love To You - D, C Harp (3rd Position)
7. My Babe – G, C Harp (2nd Position)
8. You Don't Love Me (You Don't Care) – G, C Harp (2nd Position)
9. Studio Chatter (Spoken)
10. Sad Hours – A, D Harp (2nd Position)
11. Juke [Inst.] – G, C Harp (2nd Position)
Little Walter Jacobs also appears on:
Blues Masters, vol. 16: More Harmonica Classics (Rhino Records, 1998)
Blues Masters, vol. 4: Harmonica Classics (Rhino Records, 1992)
Jimmy Rogers - Chicago Bound (Chess, 1976)
Jimmy Rogers - The Complete Chess Recordings
Otis Rush - His Cobra Recordings 1956 -1958 (Paula Records, 1989)
Muddy Waters – They Call Me Muddy Waters (Chess, 1990)
Many Songs by Muddy Waters
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Piro39
13 posts
Dec 20, 2011
10:20 PM
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On Disc 1 Blues with a Feeling song #7 titled That's It. I have been listening to this cut over and over recently and the chromatic always sounded a little strange. At first I thought he might have switched to E flat [third position with button in] but that didn't seem right. I then realized that what he is probably doing is playing in first position key of C on a C chromatic with the button in for all the draw notes which gives you the tonic C [slide in on the B note] slide in for E flat [ flatted 3rd] slide in for G flat [flat 5] and slide in for flat 7 [B flat]. What sounds a little strange is playing partial chords with the flatted 5th in it. I don't think he releases the button to get the four and i'm not sure that he hits the blow note for G the fifth. I just had a discussion about this last week with my harp genius friend, Pierre Beaureguarde. This cut might be an early attempt by Walter on chromatic. By the way I am mentioned and interviewed for this biography because I saw Walter in the mid 50's in his prime and I saw him at his worst in the 60's.My name is Paul Shapiro.
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NiteCrawler .
154 posts
Dec 21, 2011
6:23 AM
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A quick note on Super Blues,1968/Chess, This album includes,Bo Diddley,Muddy Waters and Little Walter.Its probrably one of L.W.,s last recordings before his death,if I,m not mistaken.
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MP
1926 posts
Dec 21, 2011
11:00 AM
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hey Piro39! or Paul..i've seen your name around over the years...
you beat me to the punch re- 'That's it'. i always love that tune till the CHRO comes in, ruins the tune for a while, and then walter comes back with a simple diatonic figure that's kind of brilliant actually.
i doubt Bb chromatics were widely available, if available at all, when walter recorded this tune.
never-the-less barrett is correct that a Bb chro belongs on the chro break.
a friend/collector turned me on to this tune. he said, "wanna hear LW mess up royally?" of course i said "yeah". i dig the tune in spite of the huge glaring flaw.
he also gave me LWs unfortunate attempt at 'watermelon man'. i can't listen to it. oh well.
over all, Walters brilliantly insipiring output more than makes up for this minute percentage of oddities.
he was losing it by the time he recorded watermelon man.
and, as you pointed out, "This cut [That's it] might be an early attempt by Walter on chromatic".
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MP
doctor of semiotics and reed replacement.
"making the world a better place, one harmonica at a time"
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Honkin On Bobo
872 posts
Dec 21, 2011
11:31 AM
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Silly question for Little Walter fanatics/historians.
according to the above discography:
My Babe and Juke (two of my favorite tunes by LW), are played in different keys on the Super Blues record from every other place they appear in his dicography. My Babe: in G on Super Blues, in F on The Essential and His Best....Juke: in G on Super Blues, in E on The Essential, His Best and Blues With a Feeling.
Why is this?...I mean, I guess it could be because he's Little Walter, and he felt like it.
Just wondering if there is a reason.
Last Edited by on Dec 21, 2011 11:34 AM
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chromaticblues
1101 posts
Dec 21, 2011
12:08 PM
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Anyone that hasn't bought any LW would be fine with buying The Essential LW and Blues With A Feeling. This is all his best music!
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Piro39
14 posts
Dec 21, 2011
3:07 PM
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MP, I am wondering if Barrett is just making an assumption that it is a B flat chromatic because it is in 3rd position. I would be very surprised if Walter even owned one. Check out the chromatic part with the instructions from my post. Slide in all draw notes, see what you think.
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MP
1927 posts
Dec 21, 2011
9:02 PM
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Piro39,
yes,yes.. just played the diatonic head and the diatonic figure he does after the chro solo on the chromatic like you said. it works.
hmmmmm... interesting.
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MP
doctor of semiotics and reed replacement.
"making the world a better place, one harmonica at a time"
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chromaticblues
1105 posts
Dec 22, 2011
6:29 AM
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Yes that is interesting. I thought Stevie Wonder was the first person to play 1st position ("C" on a "C" chrom) with the slide in as home position.
I never payed much attention to the chrom part of that song because aa well umm. OK IT SUCKS!
He obviously was just learning the cro at that time. It's also interesting that he never developed that style, but instead any time he recorded with the slide in after that it was always playing Eb on a "C" chrom. I wonder who told him about playing 1st position with the slide in. This also makes me think that Stevie Wonder must have learned that from someone else also.
Many people believe that is the Stevie Wonder way of playing!
hmmmmm... interesting indeed!
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DanP
238 posts
Dec 22, 2011
9:14 AM
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A couple of essential CDs that feature Little Walter as a sideman are: "Muddy Waters-The Definitive Collection" with Little Walter playing behind Muddy on 11 songs and "Jimmy Rogers-His Best" which has Little Walter playing on 12 cuts.
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Keith R
6 posts
Jan 31, 2012
1:30 PM
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Hi Guys
Walter 'odds and ends' response:
Regarding 'That's It', some years ago I paid a recording engineer friend to remove the chromatic section (and yes, it is a 64 chromatic in C - Walter just 'lost the plot' there for a while) and then splice it seamlessly and put it on CD...As you'll appreciate, it sounds great - I never listen to the original!
I have the Le Roi du Blues albums and the dialogue that is mentioned by groyster1 is on CD these days. I agree that it's a pleasure to hear (unless Walter is feeling and sounding angry, then it's pitiful).
Blocker's list is excellent but 'I Love You So' is played on Koch harmonica which (as you no doubt all know) is a diatonic with a slide/button, therefore it's in C and Db.
Lastly, I definitely would not recommend the 'Super Blues' album.
Best wishes from a (British) Little Walter fan since 1965 - and I still listen to Walter most days.
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MP
1992 posts
Jan 31, 2012
6:11 PM
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i'd suggest
hate to see you go
the two disc essential lw
confessin the blues
and the complete jimmy rogers
this will keep you well fed and won't repeat too many cuts. also, it avoids some of the more regrettable recordings...like watermelon man. you will miss 'that's it'. personally i kind of dig it even though i skip the chro section every time.
in my new band we play- nobody but you, as long as i have you, aw baby, off the wall, shake dancer, juke, and i got to go.
in the past i've played dead presidents, fast large one, just your fool, can't hold on much longer, and tell me mama. i love walter tunes!
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MP
doctor of semiotics and reed replacement.
"making the world a better place, one harmonica at a time"
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Keith R
9 posts
Feb 02, 2012
3:33 AM
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With respect, sydeman, your discogaphy details are not from the most reliable source I've seen. 1995? There's been much research since then.
It is without doubt Junior Wells playing harp on 'Who's Gonna Be Your Sweet Man', 'Gone To Main Street', 'Standing Around Crying' and 'Iodine In My Coffee'; of course it is Little Walter playing on 'Just To Be With You' - as Rod Piazza says: "Who else?"
And although I haven't triple-checked, I can't see any mention of 'Mad Love (I Want You To Love Me)' which is another Little Walter classic that Big Walter gets the credit for all too often.
Regards
Last Edited by on Feb 05, 2012 6:39 AM
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