BIG WALTER (THE THUNDERBIRD)





SINGLES

TNT 8005 BIG WALTER AND HIS THUNDERBIRDS   Calling Margie / Junior Jumped In 1955 US
TNT 8006 BIG WALTER AND HIS THUNDERBIRDS Oh No No Blues / Six Weeks Of Misery 1955 US
TNT 8009 BIG WALTER AND HIS THUNDERBIRDS This Is All / You Make Lovin' So Easy 1955 US
PEACOCK 1661 BIG WALTER AND HIS COMBO Gamblin' Woman / Shirley Jean 1956 US
PEACOCK 1666 BIG WALTER AND HIS THUNDERBIRDS Pack Fair And Square / Hello, Maria 1956 US
PEACOCK 1669 BIG WALTER AND HIS THUNDERBIRDS Just Looking For A Home / You're The One I Need 1956 US
PEACOCK 1674 BIG WALTER AND HIS THUNDERBIRDS I'll Cry For You / I Gotta Go 4/1957 US
VOGUE ? BIG WALTER AND HIS THUNDERBIRDS Pack Fair And Square / (reverse by Louis Jones and his Rock'n Roll Band: Rock'n Roll Bells)  1957? FRA 
PEACOCK 1680 BIG WALTER AND HIS THUNDERBIRDS Ramona / Can't Stand To Lose 1958 US
GOLDBAND 1080   BIG WALTER San Antonio / Crazy Dream 12/1958 US 
GOLDBAND 1098 BIG WALTER Never Too Old / Oh Ramona 1960 US
MYRL 406 BIG WALTER AND HIS THUNDERBIRDS Feelin' A Little Worried / It's How You Treat Me 1961 US
MYRL 409 BIG WALTER AND HIS THUNDERBIRDS Watusie Freeze Part 1 / Watusie Freeze Part 2 1961 US
GLOBAL 409 BIG WALTER AND HIS THUNDERBIRDS Watusie Freeze Part 1 / Watusie Freeze Part 2 1961 US
TEAR DROP 3130 BIG WALTER Get To Gittin' / Nobody Loves Me 1966 US
JET STREAM 742 BIG WALTER Diane, It's About Time / Love Me One More Time 1967 US
SABA SS-9217A45/B45  BIG WALTER What Fool Is That Knocking / Walkin Down Life's Hiway   1985 US




ALBUMS

LUNAR #2 L2M-20017 BIG WALTER PRICE: BOOGIE - BIG WALTER THE THUNDERBIRD RECORDED LIVE AT THE AGORA CLUB  (10" LP)
Walters Boogie / Blueberry Hill / Big Walters Lement / Nobody Loves Me / Don't Know / Down The Road I Go / Shirley Jean / Hello Maria / Did What You Told Me
(recorded live at the Agora Club, Houston, TX, October 9, 1980 with the Lunar Blues Band feat. Big Walter Price:vcl/keys, Lee Durst:bs, Donnie Strange:dms)
1981 US
ACE CHD 246 BIG WALTER: BOOGIES FROM COAST TO COAST  (LP)
I Don't Know / Walking Across Texas / It Had To Be / Bloodstains On The Wall / Long Way To Go / I Won't Lie To You Anymore / Clock On The Motel Wall / I Want To Be Your Chauffeur / The Darkest Hour Is Just Before Dawn / I Thought I Heard My Baby Cry / Louise / Tequilas And Margharitas / Someone Who Don't Understand / Walter's Boogie
(1971 recordings produced by Roy C. Ames)
1988 UK
P-VINE PCD-1615 BIG WALTER PRICE WITH ALBERT COLLINS: TEXAS THUNDERBIRD  (LP)
Big Walter with Albert Collins: My Tears / If Blues Was Money / Big Bad Woman (prev. unissued Beaumont 5/1963 recording) / I Wanta Be Your Chauffeur (prev. unissued Beaumont 5/1963 recording) / Nothing But The Blues / My Tears (original version) / Big Walter & The Thunderbirds: Walking Across Texas / Louise / Clock On The Motel Wall / Bloodstains On The Wall / I Don't Know / The Darkest Hour Is Just Before Dawn / I Thought I Heard My Baby Cry / Walter's Boogie / It Had To Be / Long Way To Go / I Won't Lie To You Anymore / Walter's Boogie (electric piano version) / Someone Who Don't Understand / I Wanta Be Your Chauffeur
1988 JPN
COLLECTABLES COL-5505 BIG WALTER PRICE WITH ALBERT COLLINS: VINTAGE THUNDERBIRD  (LP)
I Don't Know / Walking Across Texas / Bloodstains On The Wall / If Blues Was Money (I'd Be A Millionaire) / Nobody Loves Me / Calling Margie / Junior Jumped In / You're Never Too Old / Six Weeks Of Misery / Tequilas And Margueritas / Wanta Be Your Chauffeur / Long Way To Go / It Had To Be / Life's Highway
1994 US
EDSEL/DIABLO DIAB 8018 BIG WALTER PRICE: GIT TO GITTIN' - THE CRAZY CAJUN RECORDINGS  (LP)
I Can't Stand It / Git To Gittin' / Nobody Loves Me / If The Blues Was Money / Money Is The Root Of All Evil / Love Me One More Time / Diane It's About Time / Answer To Staggerlee / If It Don't Fit Don't Force It / To The Married Man / Sandy Claws / Git To Gittin' (alt. take)
(c. 1963-67 Beaumont and Houston, TX recordings)
1999 UK
SONS OF SUNSHINE SSR-505923 BIG WALTER THE THUNDERBIRD: TELL ME  (CD)
Tell Me / What Fool Is That Knockin' / Big Bad Woman / I Treated You Like A Fool / If The Blues Was Money / Love Me One More Time / Nobody Loves Me / Pack Fair And Square / To The Married Men / Walkin' To Conroe / Walter's Boogie
2004 US
SONS OF SUNSHINE SSR-506029 BIG WALTER THE THUNDERBIRD: PAIN IN MY HEART  (CD)
Pain In My Heart / Summer Is Gone Winter Is Almost Here / Big Bad Woman / My Ol' Lady Says I'm Cheatin' On Her / Shirley Jean / So Tired / If The Blues Was Money / Twelve Midnight / Ma Ha / Copyright Your Man / If You Seen It Why Did You Step In It
2004 US
SONS OF SUNSHINE SSR-50702 BIG WALTER THE THUNDERBIRD: COOL BREEZE  (CD)
Answer To Stager Lee / Calling Margie / Cool Breeze / Get To Gettin' / A Long Way To Go / Hello Maria / Oh No Blues / Crazy Dreams / I Thought I Heard My Baby Crying / I Want To Be Your Chauffeur / Feeling A Little Worried / Darkest Hour Is Just Before Dawn
2005 US
SONS OF SUNSHINE SSR-50712 BIG WALTER THE THUNDERBIRD: SIX WEEKS OF MISERY  (CD)
Louise / Oh Ramona / San Antonio Here I Come / Six Weeks Of Misery / Preacher Who Turn To A Drunk / Never Too Old / Santa Claus Is Right Outside / The Old Clock On The Motel / Sheets And Pillows Torn To Pieces / Life's Highway / Lookin' For A Home / Junior Jumped In
2005 US
DIALTONE DT 0016 TEXAS SOUTHSIDE KINGS  (CD)
Mimbo (sung by Junior Moore) / Leo's Shuffle #2 (sung by Leo Morris with Oscar O'Bear) / Come On Down (sung by Bubba Mitchell) / Big Bad Woman (sung by Big Walter Price with Gene Taylor) / It's My Own Fault (sung by Willie Sampson) / Everyday I Have The Blues (sung by Spot Barnett) / I Want To Know (sung by Leo Morris with Oscar O'Bear) / Low Down Dresser (sung by Spot Barnett) / One Room Country Shack (sung by Junior Moore) / New Orleans & Galveston (sung by Big Walter Price with Gene Taylor) / Some Day (sung by Willie Sampson) / Tammy, Tammy (sung by Leo Morris with Oscar O'Bear) / On No (sung by Big Walter Price with Gene Taylor) / Drifting Blues (sung by Junior Moore)
2006 US




COMPILATIONS

VOGUE EPL 7301 (p/s) V/A: ROCK AND ROLL, VOL.6  (7" EP)
Pack Fair Et Square
1957 FRA
FLYRIGHT LP 4700 V/A: CHICKEN STUFF - HOUSTON GHETTO BLUES  (LP)
Nothing But The Blues (If Blues Was Money) / My Tears (Nobody Loves Me)
(recorded in Beaumont, TX, May 16, 1963 feat. Walter Price:vcl/pno, Albert Collins:gtr + unk. bs/dms + org/horns added on "My Tears")
-- reissue: "Houston Ghetto Blues", Flyright FLY 527, 1977 UK --
1970 UK
CBS 66278 V/A: NOTHING BUT THE BLUES  (2-LP)
My Tears
(issued in company with Hanover Publications' book "Nothing But The Blues" compiled by the Editors of Blues Unlimited)
1971 UK
GOLDBAND GRLP-7774/FC-12038 V/A: BLUESVILLE  (LP)
Oh Ramona
1974 US
FLYRIGHT FLY 527 V/A: HOUSTON GHETTO BLUES  (LP)
Nothing But The Blues (If Blues Was Money) / My Tears (Nobody Loves Me)
(reissue of Flyright LP 4700)
1977 UK
INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS IALP-13 V/A: EPITAPH FOR A LEGEND - INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS  (2-LP/2-CD)
Breakfast In Bed
-- reissues: Decal (LP) LIKD 52, 198? UK/Collectables (CD) COL-8813, 1993 US/Sunspots SPOT 537CD, 19?? ITA --
1980 US
STOMPIN' ST 101 V/A: STOMPIN', VOL.1  (LP)
Just Looking For A Home
19?? UK
STOMPIN' ST 102 V/A: STOMPIN', VOL.2  (LP)
Gamblin' Woman
19?? UK
MOONSHINE BLP 104 V/A: GUITAR IN MY HANDS  (LP)
Get To Gettin'
1986 HOL
CHARLY/GOLDBAND GCL-120 V/A: BAYOU RHYTHM AND BLUES SHUFFLE, VOL.3  (LP)
Oh Ramona / San Antonio
1988 UK
HOME COOKING HCS 106 V/A: BLUES AS BIG AS TEXAS, VOL.1  (LP)
Bloodstains On The Wall
-- reissue: Collectables COL-5220, 1994 US --
1988 US
MUSIC MANIAC RECORDS MMLP 55001 V/A: DOWN HOME BLUES  (LP)
Big Walter With Albert Collins: Nothing But The Blues / If Blues Was Money
1990 GER
ACE CDCHD 424 V/A: EDDIE'S HOUSE OF HITS - THE STORY OF GOLDBAND RECORDS  (CD)
San Antonio
1992 UK
COLLECTABLES COL-5268 V/A: BROKE DOWN - BLUES ABOUT AUTOMOBILES  (CD)
I Wanta Be Your Chauffeur
1992 US
COLLECTABLES COL-5282 V/A: TEXAS PIANO GREATS  (CD)
Walter's Boogie / Bloodstains On The Wall
1993 US
COLLECTABLES COL-5283 V/A: GULF COAST GREATS - TALK ABOUT A PARTY!  (CD)
If Blues Were Money
1993 US
RHINO R2-71127-2 V/A: BLUES MASTERS, VOL.6 - BLUES ORIGINALS  (CD)
Pack Fair And Square
1993 US
ACE CDCHD 427/GOLDBAND CD-744 V/A: BAYOU BLUES BLASTERS  (CD)
Oh! Ramona
1993 UK/US
RHINO R2-71781-2 V/A: TEXAS MUSIC, VOL.1 - POSTWAR BLUES COMBOS  (CD)
Pack Fair And Square
1994 US
COLLECTABLES COL-CD-5342 V/A: BOOGIE THE JOINT : BOOGIE WOOGIE BLUES OF THE '40S AND '50S  (CD)
Big Walter's Boogie
1994 US
MCA 11441 V/A: BLUES CLASSICS  (3-CD)
Pack Fair And Square
1996 US
ROCKAFELLER US 7008 V/A: ROCK AND ROLL, THE UNTOLD STORY, VOL.8 - JIVE SPECIAL  (CD)
Pack, Fair And Square
1996
MR. DJ CD 101 V/A: CRUISIN' CLASSICS, VOL.1  (CD)
Ain't No Use You Lyin'
1998
SEPIA 002 V/A: MIDNIGHT RAMBLE TONIGHT!  (CD)
San Antonio
199? FRA
WESTSIDE WESD 231 V/A: SIR DOUG PRESENTS : LONE STAR JUKEBOX - THE DECADES OF TEXAS TREATS  (2-CD)
Git To Gittin'
2000 UK
OFFICIAL OF-CD 5679 G.L. CROCKETT MEETS BIG WALTER PRICE: ROCKIN' WITH THE BLUES  (CD)
Six Weeks Of Misery / Calling Margie / Junior Jumped In / Oh No No Blues / Shirley Jean / Gamblin' Woman / Pack, Fair And Square / Hello, Maria / You're The One I Need / Just Looking For A Home / I Gotta Go / I'll Cry For You / San Antonio / Crazy Dream / Never Too Old / Oh, Ramona / It's How You Treat Me / Feelin' A Little Worried
2003 DEN
STOMPIN' ST 329 V/A: STOMPIN' 29  (CD)
Pack Fair And Square / Gamblin' Woman
2006 UK
BEAR FAMILY BCD 16711 AS V/A: BLOWING THE FUSE, VOL.12 - 30 R&B CLASSICS THAT ROCKED THE JUKEBOX IN 1956  (CD)
Pack Fair And Square
2006 GER
PAN AMERICAN RECORDINGS 56016 V/A: SHE'S A DEVIL  (CD)
Pack Fair And Square
200?

Note: Big Walter himself probably calls all the above reissues (except the ones released by Sons Of Sunshine and MCA Records) bootlegs. In several cases, he is indeed correct, in some cases not. Nevertheless, I am not representing any of the companies, or advertising/selling/distributing any of the products listed here, neither legal nor unlegal. The discography is provided strictly for informational basis only.


                                                      

© Compiled by Pete Hoppula

Published sources: Blues Records 1943-1970 Volume Two (Mike Leadbitter-Leslie Fancourt-Paul Pelletier, 1994) | The Blues Discography 1943-1970 (Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath, 2006)

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