Chris Smith

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A scholar of early blues recordings, Smith is a frequent contributor of liner notes for releases by Document Records (2).

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Blind Lemon Jefferson

Match Box Blues

2023, CD, Comp, P-Vine Records

"It's The Best Stuff Yet!"

2019, 2xCD, Comp, Frog (7)

Pickin' For Jivin' (The Very Best Of Swingin' Jive Guitarists)

2013, CD, Album, RE, Blind Pig Records

The Complete 1931 Paramount Recordings

Never Let The Same Bee Sting You Twice: Blues, Ballads, Rags And Gospel In The Songster Tradition

2005, 2xCD, Comp, RM + CDr, Comp, RM, Document Records (2)

Sylvester Cotton / Andrew Dunham

Blues Sensation (Detroit Downhome Recordings 1948-49)

2003, CD, Comp, Ace

Vocal Blues & Jazz Volume 4. 1938-1949

2001, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2),

Sammy Price And The Blues Singers Vol. 2 (1939-1949)

2001, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2)

Sammy Price And The Blues Singers - Vol. 1 (1938-1941)

2001, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2)

Jazzin' The Blues (Vol. 5 1930-1953) (Remaining Titles And Supplements)

2001, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2),

Ike Turner's Kings Of Rhythm

Down And Out - The Cobra Sessions 1958 - 1959

2001, CD, Comp, P-Vine Records

Lightnin' Hopkins

Lightnin' And The Blues The Herald Sessions

Omega: The Final Recordings

Lightning Hopkins*

Jake Head Boogie

1999, CD, Comp, Ace, Modern Records (2),

Jazz & Blues Piano (1934-1947)

1999, CD, Comp, Document Records (2)

Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order, Volume 2 (1944-1949)

1999, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2),

Harmonica Blues

Black And White Piano Volume 2 - 1929-1942

1998, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2)

Classic Blues, Jazz & Vaudeville Singers (More Alternate Takes & Newly Discovered Titles Volume 2) (1920-1926)

1998, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2),

Black And White Piano Volume 1 (1923-1931)

1998, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2),

Lucille Hegamin

Complete Recorded Works - Volume 4 (Alternative Takes & Remaining Titles) (1920-1926)

1998, CD, Comp, Document Records (2)

Vocal Blues & Jazz (Alternate Takes & Remaining Titles Vol. 2 1921-1938)

1998, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2)

Big Bill Broonzy

Warm, Witty, And Wise

Volume 1: 1947-1951

1997, CDr, Comp, Rst Records,

East Coast Blues

Volume 2: 1951-1960 And The Complete Recorded Works Of John Hogg, Stormy Herman, Square Walton And Levi Seabury

1997, CDr, Comp, RM, Rst Records,

East Coast Blues

Wiseman Sextette / Quartet*

Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order (1923)

1997, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2)

Sonny Boy & Lonnie, Marylin Scott*

Carolina Blues & Gospel (The Complete Recorded Works Of Sonny Boy & Lonnie, Marylin Scott (Mary Deloatch) In Chronological Order 1945-1951)

1997, CD, Comp, Document Records (2),

Country Blues/Gospel

Free At Last (Gospel Quartets From Stax Records' Chalice Label)

1997, CD, Comp, Mono, Promo, RM, Specialty Records

1997, CD, Album, Ranger Music

The Complete Recorded Works Of Esther Bigeou, Lillyn Brown, Alberta Brown & The Remaining Titles Of Ada Brown In Chronological Order (1921-1928)

1996, CD, Comp, Document Records (2),

Deep Harmonica Blues

1996, CD, Comp, Ace, Excello,

Harmonica Blues/Louisiana Blues

Rev. J. M. Gates

Volume 6 (February 1928 To March 1929) Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order

1996, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2),

Rev. J. M. Gates

Volume 3. Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order. September To November 1926

1996, CD, Comp, Document Records (2)

Rev. W.M. Mosley

Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order (1926-1931)

1996, CD, Comp, Document Records (2)

Sister Ernestine Washington*

In Chronological Order 1943-1948

Victoria Spivey

Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order Volume 2 (31 October 1927 To 24 September 1929)

1995, CD, Comp, Document Records (2),

Lucille Hegamin

Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order Volume 1 (1920-1922)

1995, CD, Comp, Document Records (2)

Lucille Hegamin

Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order Volume 3 (1923-1932)

1995, CD, Comp, Document Records (2)

Lucille Hegamin

Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order Volume 2 (1922-1923)

1995, CD, Comp, Document Records (2),

Cajun Hot Sauce

1995, CD, Comp, Ace

Victoria Spivey

Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order Volume 4 (30 August 1936-21 July 1937)

Mississippi Blues & Gospel (Field Recordings) 1934-1942

Victoria Spivey

Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order Volume 1 (11 May 1926 To 31 October 1927)

Victoria Spivey

Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order Vol. 3 (1 October 1929 To 7 July 1936)

Frank "Springback" James* & George Curry

Completed Recorded Works In Chronological Order 1934-1938

1994, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2)

Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order 1929-1936

1994, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2),

Hokum Boys* & Bob Robinson

The Complete Hokum Boys & Bob Robinson 1935-1937 In Chronological Order

1994, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2)

Rare Paramount Blues (1926-1929)

1994, CD, Comp, Document Records (2)

St. Louis Bessie And Alice Moore

St. Louis Women. Vol. 1: St. Louis Bessie (Mae Smith) 1927-1928 And Alice Moore 1929 (Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order)

1994, CD, Comp, Document Records (2)

Alice Moore, St. Louis Bessie (Streamline Mae)*

St. Louis Women. Vol. 2: Alice Moore 1934-1937, St. Louis Bessie (Streamine Mae) 1941 In Chronological Order

1994, CD, Comp, Document Records (2),

Roosevelt Sykes

Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order, Volume 8 - 1945 To 15 October 1947

1994, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2)

Alfred Fields / Tony Hollins / Johnny Shines

Chicago Blues Volume 1 (The Complete Recorded Works Of Alfred Fields, Tony Hollins, Johnny Shines (1939-1951))

Complete Recordings June-December 1929 In Chronological Order

The Fairfield Four

Standing On The Rock

Give Me My Flowers / Heart Warming Spirituals

1993, CD, Comp, Mono, Ace

Disturb My Soul (Gospel From Stax Records' Chalice Label)

1993, CD, Comp, Mono, RM, Stax

Free At Last (Gospel From Stax Records' Chalice Label)

1993, CD, Comp, Mono, RM, Specialty Records

Roosevelt Sykes

Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order Volume 5 (29 April 1937 To 13 April 1939)

1992, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2)

Roosevelt Sykes

Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order Volume 6 (13 April 1939 To 27 February 1941)

1992, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2)

Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order Volume 3 (31 October 1935 To 2 November 1937)

1992, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2),

Roosevelt Sykes

Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order: Volume 1 (14 June 1929 To 1 June 1930)

1992, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2)

Complete 1937 To June 1947 Recordings In Chronological Order Volume 2 (22 May 1940 To 13 February 1942)

1992, CD, Comp, RST Records

Roosevelt Sykes

Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order Volume 2 (12 June 1930 To 10 June 1931)

1992, CD, Comp, Document Records (2)

Roosevelt Sykes

Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order Volume 7 (27 February 1941 To 15 December 1944)

1992, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2)

Roosevelt Sykes

Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order Volume 4 (18 August 1934 To 22 May 1936)

1992, CD, Comp, Document Records (2)

Roosevelt Sykes

Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order Volume 3 (19 September 1931 To 11 December 1933)

1992, CD, Comp, Document Records (2),

Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order Volume 2 (28 August 1928 To February 1930)

Complete 1937 To June 1947 Recordings In Chronological Order. Volume 3 (14 December 1944 To 2 June 1947)

Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order Volume 2 (28 September 1931 To August 1934)

Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order Vol. 1 (June 1930 To March 1931)

Complete 1937 To June 1947 Recordings In Chronological Order Volume 1 (8 November 1937 To 22 May 1940)

Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order Vol. 1 (10 October 1927 To 27 August 1928)

The Two Poor Boys*

Joe Evans & Arthur McClain 1927-1931 (Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order)

1991, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2)

Papa Charlie Jackson

Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order Vol. 2: February 1926 To September 1928

1991, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2)

The Songster Tradition 1927-1935

1991, CD, Comp, Document Records (2)

Famous Hokum Boys

Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order Volume 2 (1930-1931)

1991, CD, Comp, Mono, RM, Wolf Records (2)

Famous Hokum Boys

Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order, Volume 1 (1930)

1991, CD, Comp, Wolf Records (2),

Complete Recorded Works 1925-1932 In Chronological Order Volume 2 (13 August 1926 To 12 August 1927)

1991, CD, Comp, Document Records (2)

Complete Recorded Works 1925-1932 In Chronological Order Volume 5 (15 May 1929 To 23 January 1930)

1991, CD, Comp, Document Records (2)

Complete Recorded Works 1925-1932 In Chronological Order Volume 3 (3 October 1927 To 21 February 1928)

1991, CD, Comp, Document Records (2),

Complete Recorded Works 1925-1932 In Chronological Order Volume 7 (11 February 1931 To 12 August 1932)

1991, CD, Comp, Document Records (2)

Sittin' In With Smokey Hogg

1991, CD, Comp, RM, Mainstream Records

Complete Recorded Works 1925-1932 In Chronological Order Volume 4 (9 March 1928 To 8 May 1929)

Mississippi String Bands And Associates 1928-1931

Reverend Blind Gary Davis*

Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order (1935-1949)

Papa Charlie Jackson

Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order Volume 3: September 1928 To 26 November 1934

John Lee Hooker

Nothing But The Blues

Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order: Volume 1 (25 March 1927 To 13 April 1928)

Barbecue Bob, Robert Hicks

Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order: Volume 2 (21 April 1928 To 3 November 1929)

Mississippi Sheiks

Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order Volume 1: 17 February To 12 June 1930

Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order, Volume 3 -- 6 November 1929 To 8 December 1930

Memphis Jug Band

Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order, Volume 2 (13 February 1928 To 4 October 1929)

Memphis Jug Band

Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order: Volume 3 (1930)

Ragtime Blues Guitar (Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order 1927-1930)

Mississippi Sheiks

Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order Volume 2 (15 December 1930 To 24 October 1931)

Mississippi Sheiks & Chatman Brothers

Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order: Volume 4 (26 March 1934 To 15 October 1936)

Mississippi Sheiks

Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order Volume 3 (25 October 1931 To 26 March 1934)

Complete Recorded Works 1925-1932 In Chronological Order Volume 1 (4 November 1925 To 13 August 1926)

Complete Recorded Works 1925-1932 In Chronological Order Volume 6 (23 January 1930 To 11 February 1931)

Papa Charlie Jackson

Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order Vol. 1: 1924 To February 1926

Gus Cannon & Noah Lewis

Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order, Volume 2 (12 September 1929 To 28 November 1930)

1990, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2)

Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order: Volume 1 (November 1927 To 20 September 1928)

The Victor Recordings In Chronological Order (1928-1929)

Memphis Jug Band

Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order, 1932-1934

The Greatest Songsters 1927 - 1929

Sleepy John Estes

Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order, Volume 2 (2 August 1937 To 24 September 1941)

Sleepy John Estes

Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order, Volume 1 -- 24 September 1929 To 2 August 1937

Murderers' Home

John Lee Hooker

Chicago Piano 1951-1958 From Cobra + JOB

Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order (1927 – 1929)

Crying Sam Collins*

Jail House Blues

Big Bill Broonzy, Memphis Slim, Sonny Boy Williamson

Blues In The Mississippi Night

The Beale Street Sheiks (Stokes & Sane)*

Frank Stokes' Complete Paramount Recordings In Chronological Order (1927-1929)

Tarheel Slim & Little Ann

Lock Me In Your Heart

1989, LP, Comp, Charly R&B

Down In The Alley (Previously Unissued 1934-1942)

1989, LP, Comp, Mono, Travelin' Man,

Country Blues/Delta Blues

Any Kind A Man (Previously Unissued 1934-1938)

1989, LP, Mono, RM, Travelin' Man,

New York Blues Vol. 1

Rhythm & Blues/Electric Blues

Midnight Creeper

Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup

Mean Ol' Frisco

Shake 'Em On Down 1959

1988, LP, Mono, K.C. Records

Forrest City Joe* / Rocky Fuller

Memory Of Sonny Boy

East Coast Blues

Country Blues/East Coast Blues

Blues For Big Town

Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry With Earl Hooker

I Couldn't Believe My Eyes Plus

Chicago Blues/Harmonica Blues/Piedmont Blues

1949 Country Blues

Country Blues/Gospel

The Bullet Sides ...1949 - 1952

1986, LP, Comp, Mono, Krazy Kat, Krazy Kat,

Chicago Blues/Piano Blues

Carolina Blues & Boogie

Sylvester Cotton

I Tried 1948-1949 Detroit Blues Volume 1

1978, 2xLP, Album, Vanguard

Jumping On The Hill (Memphis Blues & Hokum 1928-1941)

1976, LP, Album, Comp, Mono, RM, Policy Wheel, Policy Wheel,

Mississippi Blues Volume 3 1939~1940

CDr, Comp, Document Records (2),

Memphis Jug Band

Complete Recorded Works 1927-1930 In Chronological Order: Volume 1 (24 February 1927 To 13 February 1928)

CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2),