EDDIE BOYD





SINGLES

RCA VICTOR 20-2311 (78rpm) LITTLE EDDIE BOYD WITH J.T. BROWN'S BOOGIE BAND I Had To Let Her Go / Kilroy Won't Be Back1947 US
RCA VICTOR 20-2555 (78rpm) LITTLE EDDIE BOYD & HIS BOOGIE BAND You Got To Leave That Gal / Unfair Lovers1947 US
RCA VICTOR 20-2703 (78rpm) LITTLE EDDIE BOYD & HIS BOOGIE BAND Rosa Lee Swing / Blue Monday Blues1948 US
RCA VICTOR 20-2920 (78rpm) LITTLE EDDIE BOYD & HIS BOOGIE BAND Getting My Divorce / Playmate Shuffle1948 US
RCA VICTOR 20-3058 (78rpm) LITTLE EDDIE BOYD & HIS BOOGIE BAND Why Did She Leave Me / Mr. Highway Man1948 US
RCA VICTOR 20-3060 (78rpm) LITTLE EDDIE BOYD & HIS BOOGIE BAND Why Did She Leave Me / (reverse by Illinois Jacquet)1948 US
RCA VICTOR 22-0002 (78rpm) LITTLE EDDIE BOYD AND HIS TRIO Baby What's Wrong With You / Eddie's Blues (instr.) 1949 US
RCA VICTOR 22-0022 (78rpm) LITTLE EDDIE BOYD AND HIS TRIO What Makes These Things Happen To Me / Chicago Is Just That Way 1949 US
RCA VICTOR 50-0006 (45rpm, grey label, red vinyl)  LITTLE EDDIE BOYD & HIS TRIO What Makes These Things Happen / Chicago Is Just That Way1949 US
REGAL 3305 (78rpm) EDDIE BOYD Why Don't You Be Wise Baby / I Gotta Find My Baby1949 US
J.O.B. JB 1005 (78rpm) EDDIE BOYD TRIO It's Miserable To Be Alone / I'm Pleading6/1952 US 
J.O.B. 1007 (78/45rpm, black/red vinyl) EDDIE BOYD SINGS AND PLAYS Five Long Years / Blue Coat Man
(a-side Billboard/r'n'b #1, Juke Box #1, Best Seller #1)
7/1952 US
CHESS 1523 (78/45rpm) EDDIE BOYD & HIS ORCHESTRA Cool Kind Treatment / Rosa Lee Swing1952 US
J.O.B. 1009 (78/45rpm) EDDIE BOYD It's Miserable To Be Alone / I'm Pleading  (overdubbed versions)3/1953 US
HERALD 406 (78/45rpm) EDDIE BOYD & HIS ORCHESTRA Lonesome For My Baby / I'm Goin' Downtown  (recorded in 1950)1953 US
CHESS 1533 (78/45rpm, black/red vinyl) EDDIE BOYD 24 Hours / The Tickler
(a-side Billboard/r'n'b #3, Juke Box #3, Best Seller #10)
2/1953 US
CHESS 1541 (78/45rpm, black/red vinyl) EDDIE BOYD AND HIS CHESS MEN Third Degree / Back Beat
(a-side Billboard/r'n'b #3, Juke Box #3, Best Seller #7)
6/1953 US
CHESS 1552 (78/45rpm) EDDIE BOYD AND CHESS MEN That's When I Miss You So / Tortured Soul10/1953 US
CHESS 1561 (78/45rpm) EDDIE BOYD Nothing But Trouble / Picture In The Frame1/1954 US
CHESS 1573 (78/45rpm) EDDIE BOYD AND HIS CHESS MEN Hush Baby, Don't You Cry / Came Home This Morning6/1954 US
CHESS 1576 (78/45rpm) EDDIE BOYD AND HIS CHESS MEN Driftin' / Rattin' And Running Around8/1954 US
CHESS 1582 (78/45rpm) EDDIE BOYD AND HIS CHESS MEN The Story Of Bill / Please Help Me11/1954 US
CHESS 1595 (78/45rpm) EDDIE BOYD AND HIS CHESSMEN The Nightmare Is Over / Real Good Feeling4/1955 US
CHESS 1606 (78/45rpm) EDDIE BOYD I'm A Prisoner / I've Been Deceived8/1955 US
CHESS 1621 (78/45rpm) EDDIE BOYD AND HIS CHESS MEN Life Gets To Be A Burden / Don't1956 US
CHESS 1634 (78/45rpm) EDDIE BOYD AND HIS CHESS MEN Four Leaf Clover / Just A Fool1956 US
CHESS 1660 (78/45rpm) EDDIE BOYD I Got A Woman / Hotel Blues1957 US
CHESS 1674 (78/45rpm) EDDIE BOYD I Got The Blues / She's The One1957 US
J.O.B. 1114 EDDIE BOYD SINGS AND PLAYS I Love You / Save Her Doctor6/1958 US
ORIOLE 1316/7 (red/blue label) EDDIE BOYD Five Long Years / 24 Hours Of Fear1/1959 US
BEA & BABY 101 EDDIE BOYD I'm Commin' [sic] Home / Thank You Baby1959 US
BEA & BABY 107 EDDIE BOYD Blue Monday Blues / The Blues Is Here To Stay1959 US
BEA & BABY 108 EDDIE BOYD Come Home! / You've Got To Reap!1959 US
KEY HOLE 107 EDDIE BOYD & THE DAYLIGHTERS Come On Home / Reap What You Sow
(produced by Christine Ketrell [Kittrell?] who probably is one of the background vocalists) 
1959 US
KEY HOLE 114 EDDIE BOYD All The Way / Where You Belong1959 US
MBS RECORDING STUDIOS - (test pressing)  EDDIE BOYD No Place Like Home / The Stroller1960 US
LA SALLE 503 EDDIE BOYD Vacation From The Blues / I Cry1961 US
MOJO 2167 EDDIE BOYD Vacation From The Blues / It's Too Bad1961 US
ART-TONE 832 EDDIE BOYD (with Bobby Geddins Jr.'s Band) Coming Home / Operator1962 US
PUSH 1050 EDDIE BOYD WITH BOBBY GEDDINS JR.'S BAND Ten-To-One / Come On1962 US
PALOS 1206 EDDIE BOYD Empty Arms / Early Grave1964 US
BLUE HORIZON 45-BH.1009 EDDIE BOYD It's So Miserable To Be Alone / Empty Arms1967 UK
BLUE HORIZON 57-3137 EDDIE BOYD (with Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac) The Big Boat / Send For You Yesterday1968 UK
CBS/BLUE HORIZON 57-3137 (p/s)  EDDIE BOYD (with Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac) The Big Boat / Send For You Yesterday And Here You Come Today1968 FRA 
CBS/BLUE HORIZON 3137 (p/s) EDDIE BOYD (with Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac) The Big Boat / Send For You Yesterday1968 HOL
HECO S 45 008 (p/s?) EDDIE BOYD Let's Tie The Knot / Nothing1969 SWI




EP'S

ESQUIRE EP 247 (p/s) EDDIE BOYD BLUES COMBO: BOYDS BLUES
Nothing But Trouble / Her Picture In The Frame / Five Long Years / Stroller (instr.)
(recorded in Chicago, Il. on October 15, 1960)
1962 UK 
CHESS CRE 6009 (p/s)  EDDIE BOYD/BUDDY GUY: WITH THE BLUES
Third Degree / Twenty-Four Hours / (reverse by Buddy Guy: First Time I Met The Blues / Ten Years Ago)
1966 UK
APOLLO EP 444 (bootleg) V/A: BILLY AUSTIN/MABEL SCOTT/CLARENCE GATEMOUTH BROWN/EDDIE BOYD
Cool Kind Treatment
19??
MOONSHINE 001 (bootleg)  V/A: BLUES NORTH & SOUTH
You Got To Reap
19??




ALBUMS

FONTANA JAZZ LIFE 883.905 JCY/FJL 905/SFJL 905 EDDIE BOYD: FIVE LONG YEARS  (LP)
Five Long Years / Hello Stranger / Where You Belong / I'm Coming Home / My Idea / The Big Question / Come On Home / Blue Monday Blues / Eddie's Blues (Eddie South Blues) / All The Way / Twenty-Four Hours / Rock The Rock / + cd bonus tracks: Five Long Years (take 2) / The Big Question (take 2) / Rosalie (vocal by Jimmy Lee Robinson) / Hound Dog (vocal by Big Mama Thornton)
(tracks 1-12 at Wessex Sound Studios, London on October 21, 1965, cd-bonus tracks recorded in Hamburg on October 7, 1965 with Buddy Guy:gtr/bs on 'Rosalie', Jimmy Lee Robinson:bs/gtr on 'Rosalie' & Fred Below:dms)
-- reissues: L&R Music LP 42.005, 1980 GER/Bellaphon CDLR 72009, 1994 GER/Evidence ECD 26051, 1994 US --
1965 UK/HOL
DECCA LK/SKL 4872 EDDIE BOYD AND HIS BLUES BAND FEATURING PETER GREEN, JOHN MAYALL, JOHN MCVIE, AYNSLEY DUNBAR & TONY MCPHEE  (LP)
Too Bad, Pt.1 / Dust My Broom / Unfair Lovers / Key To The Highway / Vacation From The Blues / Steakhouse Rock / Letter Missin' Blues / Ain't Doin' Too Bad / Blue Coat Man / The Train Is Coming / Save Her Doctor / Rack 'Em Back / Too Bad, Pt.2 / The Big Bell / Pinetop's Boogie Woogie / Night Time Is The Right Time
(recorded in London in March 14-21, 1967 with John Mayall:hca, Peter Green:gtr, John McVie:bs, Aunsley Dunbar:dms, Tony McPhee:gtr on 'Dust My Broom' & 'Save Her Doctor' + overdubbed Albert Hall:tp, Rex Morris:t.sax, Bob Efford:t.sax, Harry Klein:bs on 'Too Bad, Pt.1')
-- reissues: "I'll Dust My Broom", London PS 554, 1969 US/Crosscut LP CCR 1002, 1982 GER/Deram CD 844 012-2, 1994 UK/GottDisc GOTTCD 008, 2004 UK --
1967 UK
PHILIPS XPL 655.033/XPY 855.033  CUBY + BLIZZARDS & EDDY BOYD: PRAISE THE BLUES  (LP)
Nothin' But Trouble / No Place Like Home / Understanding / Twenty Four Hours / The Hammond Sings The Blues / The Big Boat / Mr. Highwayman / I'm In Your Corner / Swinging Boogie / Early Grave / Little Red Rooster
(recorded in Hilversum, Holland in March 9, 1967 with the Blizzards: Eelco Gelling:gtr, Willy Middel:bs & Hans Waterman:dms)
-- reissue: "Cuby + Blizzards: 3 Originals - Desolation/Groeten Uit Grollo/Trippin' Thru' A Midnight Blues/Praise The Blues", Mercury 2-CD 558122-2, 1998 HOL --
1967 HOL
EPIC BN 26409 EDDIE BOYD WITH PETER GREEN'S FLEETWOOD MAC: 7936 SOUTH RHODES  (LP)
You Got To Reap / Just The Blues / She's Real / Back Slack / Be Careful / Ten To One / The Blues Is Here To Stay / You Are My Love / Third Degree / Thank You Baby / She's Gone / I'll Never Stop (I Can't Stop Loving You)
(recorded in London in January 25, 1968 with Peter Green:gtr, John McVie:bs & Mick Fleetwood:dms)
-- UK edition: Blue Horizon 7-63202, 1968/reissues: BGO BGOCD 195, 1993 UK/Epic BN 264009 [limited 180 gram LP edition], 2004 US --
1968 US
LOVE RECORDS LRLP 25 EDDIE BOYD: PRAISE TO HELSINKI  (LP)
Got To Know / Let It Be Me / Denmark / I Cried / Nothing / Praise To Helsinki / When The Cuckoo... / The Guff / Ding Dong (cd bonus) / Eddie's Instrumental (cd bonus)
(recorded in Helsinki, Finland in March 1970 with Willy Donnie:bs & Eddie Hunton:dms)
-- reissues: "Bluesman In Europe" Vogue LDM.30213, 1976 FRA/Love-Siboney LRCD 25, 1996 FIN --
1970 FIN 
VOGUE LDM.30213 EDDIE BOYD: BLUESMAN IN EUROPE  (LP)
Got To Know / Let It Be Me / Denmark / I Cried / Nothing / Praise To Helsinki / When The Cuckoo... / The Guff
(reissue of Love LRLP 25)
-- Japanese edition: Vogue YX-8043, 1976 --
1973 FRA 
GNP CRESCENDO GNP 10020 EDDIE BOYD: LEGACY OF THE BLUES, VOL.10  (LP)
Lovesick Soul / I'm A Fool / Kindness For Weakness / Tell The Truth / The Cannonball / Black, Brown And White / It's A Mellow Day / Do Yourself A Favor / Dedication To My Baby / Zip Code
(recorded at Europa Studios, Stockholm, Sweden in 1973/74 with Christer Ecklund:ten.sax, Peps Persson:hca/gtr, Rolf Alm:bs & Ed Thigpen:dms + Per "Slim" Notini:vcl)
-- UK edition: Sonet SNTF 670, 1974/reissues: Sonet SNTCD 670, 1988 SWI/"The Sonet Blues Story", Universal/EmArcy 06024 9869256 1, 2005 US --
1974 US
STORYVILLE SLP 268 EDDIE BOYD: LIVE  (LP)
I'm Sitting Here Waiting / Third Degree / The Hotel Blues / I Got A Woman / Cool Kind Treatment / Five Long Years / She's The One / It's Miserable To Be Alone / Save Her Doctor / Rattin' And Running Around / A Reel Good Feeling / Her Picture In The Frame
(recorded live in Lausanne, Switzerland, on April 11, 1967)
-- reissues: Storyville SLP 4054, 1986 GER/"Live In Switzerland", Storyville STCD 8022, 1995 GER --
1976 UK/GER
BLUEBEAT S-77331 EDDIE BOYD: FOR SINCERE LISTENING  (LP)
Where You Belong / Blue Coat Man / My Idea / Mr. Highway Man / Pinetop's Boogie Woogie / I'm Coming Home / Kansas City / Talking To The Operator* / Praise To My Baby* / My Lady* / The Loser* / Tunnel Of Love*
(recorded solo at Love Studio, Helsinki, Finland [*] in the mid 1970's, and live in Thayngen, Switzerland on March 22, 1969)
1977 GER
BLUE ANGEL BA 1 EDDIE BOYD WITH ULLI'S BLUES BAND: HAND IN HAND  (LP)
Number Nine / The Big Boat / Hello Stranger / I Got To Know / Thank You Brother / (+ 5 additional tracks by Ulli's Blues Band)
(recorded in Cologne, Germany in March 1976 with Ulli's Blues Band: Ulli Köhsel:hca/gtr/vcl, Martin Pfitzenmeier:bs, Dietmar Dietrich:dms & Jean Malbrance:perc)
1978 GER
LOBO LOBO-002 EDDIE BOYD: MY LADY  (LP)
Talking To The Operator / Praise To My Baby / My Lady / The Loser / Double Clutching / Nothing / I Cried / The Tunnel Of Love / The Charm / My Mood
(recorded in Zurich, Switzerland in February 1978 with George J. Steinmann:gtr, Michel Poffet:bs & David Elias:dms)
1979 FIN
MAGIC ANGEL BA 2 EDDIE BOYD: SOULFUL  (LP)
Talkin' To The Operator / Heed My Warning / Tunnel Of Love / The Loser / I Cried / Double Clutching / Letter Missing Blues / Praise To My Baby / My Lady / The Cannonball
(recorded in Hennef, Germany in November 1979 with Ulli's Blues Band: Ulli Köhsel:gtr, Heiner Buitkamp:gtr, Rolf Schumacher:t.sax, Till Schierer:cn, Martin Pfitzenmeier:bs, Dietmar Dietrich:dms & Jean Malbranche:perc)
1980 GER
PARIS ALBUM PLB 2.28509 EDDIE BOYD: A SAD DAY  (LP)
My Mood / Let It Be Me / It's Too Bad / On The Sunny Side Of The Street / Love Sick Mind / The Charm / My Lady / A Sad Day / In The Dark
(recorded solo in Paris, France in March 28, 1980)
-- reissue: EPM Musique/Blues Collection BC 157812, 1996 FRA --
1980 FRA
STOCKHOLM RJ-204 EDDIE BOYD: LOVER'S PLAYGROUND  (LP)
My Idea / I Will Step Aside / Back Slack / Brotherhood / Number Nine / My Lady / Sweet Leila / Steak-House Rock / Nothing / Lover's Playground
(recorded in Helsinki, Finland in April 1983 with Pedro Hietanen:acc, Pekka Pohjola:bs & Tomi Parkkonen:dms)
1984 SWE
# EDDIE BOYD: IN MY FATHER'S HOUSE (FEATURING CHARLES KNOX)  (CS)
In My Father's House / Dark Was The Night / I Testify / Thank You (sung by Charles Knox) / Brotherhood / Royal Telephone / Love And Joy / The Only Choice (sung by Charles Knox)
(self-produced c-cassette, feat. Eddie Boyd:vcl/pno + female background vocalists)
1993 FIN




COLLECTIONS

FINNISH BLUES SOCIETY FBS-101 BROTHERHOOD  (LP)
It's Too Bad (-61) / Hello Stranger (-74) / Talkin' To The Operator (-74) / Praise To My Baby (-74) / Brotherhood (-74) / Vacation From The Blues (-61) / I'm Coming Home (-59) / Where You Belong (-74) / Thank You Baby (-59) / 24 Hours Of Fear (-58) / You've Got To Reap What You Sow (-59 vocal group version) / Come On Home (-59 vocal group version) / Five Long Years (-52)
1975 FIN
JEFFERSON BL-601 VACATION FROM THE BLUES  (LP)
Vacation From The Blues (-61) / I'm Coming Home (-59) / Where You Belong (-74) / Thank You Baby (-59) / 24 Hours Of Fear (-58) / You've Got To Reap What You Sow (-59 vocal group version) / Come On Home (-59 vocal group version) / Five Long Years (-52) / It's Too Bad (-61) / Hello Stranger (-74) / Talkin' To The Operator (-74) / Praise To My Baby (-74) / Brotherhood (-74)
1976 SWE
CROWN PRINCE IG-400 EDDIE BOYD & HIS CHESS MEN: RATTIN' AND RUNNING AROUND  (LP)
Rosa Lee Swing / Blue Monday Blues / You Got To Love That Gal / What Makes These Things Happen To Me / Eddie's Blues (Eddie South Blues) / Chicago Is Just That Way / Baby What's Wrong With You / Ratting And Running Around / Four Leaf Clover / The Tickler / Picture In The Frame / The Nightmare Is Over / Drifting / Please Help Me / Don't / Life Gets To Be A Burden
1981 SWE
TELDEC/CHESS 6.24810 AG BLUES ROOTS, VOL.20 - ...NO MORE OF THIS THIRD DEGREE  (LP)
Just A Fool / Blues For Baby (1952)* / Third Degree / Hush Baby, Don't You Cry / Cool Kind Treatment / I Got The Blues (1951)* / Driftin' / Come On Home (1959)* / Picture In The Frame (1951)* / Got Lonesome Here (1951)* / Got Me Seein' Double (1954)* / Rattin' And Running Around / I'm A Prisoner / Treat Her Right (1959)*
(*= previously unissued)
1982 GER
P-VINE PLP-6019 THE BEST OF EDDIE BOYD  (LP)
Got Lonesome Here / 24 Hours / Best I Could / The Tickler (prev. unissued alt.take) / Blues For Baby / Third Degree / Four Leaf lover / Rattin' And Runnin Around / Just A Fool / Picture In The Frame / Nothing But Trouble / I Got The Blues / Driftin' / Got Me Seein' Double / Please Help Me / Life Gets To Be A Burden
1984 JPN
CHARLY BM 42 THIRD DEGREE - CHARLY BLUES MASTERWORKS, VOL.42  (LP)
Picture In The Frame / I Got The Blues / Got Lonesome Here / Blues For My Baby / Cool Kind Treatment / 24 Hours / Hard Time Gettin' Started / Best I Could / The Tickler (alt. take) / Third Degree / Rattin' And Runnin' Round / Just A Fool / Hush Baby, Don't You Cry / Nothing But Trouble / I Got The Blues / Driftin' / Got Me Seein' Double / I'm A Prisoner / Treat Her Right / Come On Home
1993 UK
EMI/ORBIS PUBLISHING LTD BLU NC 058 THIRD DEGREE - THE BLUES COLLECTION  (CD)
Picture In The Frame / I Got The Blues / Got Lonesome Here / Blues For My Baby / Cool Kind Treatment / 24 Hours / Hard Time Getting Started / Best I Could / The Tickler / Third Degree / Rattin' And Runnin' Around / Just A Fool / Hush Baby Don't You Cry / Nothing But Trouble / I Got The Blues / Driftin' / Got Me Seein' Double / I'm A Prisoner / Treat Her Right / Come On Home
(issued along with the magazine)
1993 UK
STORYVILLE 8022 THE BLUES OF EDDIE BOYD - "LIVE" IN SWITZERLAND 1968  (CD)
I'm Coming Home* / Early In The Morning* / I Ain't Doing Too Bad At All* / Mr. Highway Man* / Little Red Rooster* / I'm Sitting Here Waiting / Third Degree / The Hotel Blues / I Got A Woman / Cool Kind Treatment / Five Long Years / She's The One / It's Miserable To Be Alone / Save Her Doctor / Rattin' And Running Around / A Reel Good Feeling / Her Picture In The Frame
(recorded live in Lausanne, Switzerland, on April 11, 1967) (reissue of Storyville SLP 268 with prev. unissued bonus tracks*)
1995 GER 
EPM MUSIQUE/BLUES COLLECTION 160002 THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS, VOL.1 : 1947-1950  (CD)
I Had To Let Her Go / Kilroy Won't Back / You Got To Leave That Gal / Rosa Lee Swing / Unfair Lovers / Blue Monday Blues / Why Did She Leave Me / Playmate Shuffle / Mr. Highway Man / Getting My Divorce / What Makes These Things Happen To Me / Baby What's Wrong With You / Chicago Is Just That Way / Eddie's Blues / I Can Trust My Baby (prev. unissued 4/1949 Chicago recording) / Down Beat Rhythm (prev. unissued 4/1949 Chicago recording) / Something Good Will Come To Me (prev. unissued 4/1949 Chicago recording) / Why Don't You Be Wise Baby / I Gotta Find My Baby / Lonesome For My Baby / I'm Goin' Downtown
2001 FRA
EPM MUSIQUE/BLUES COLLECTION 160562 FIVE LONG YEARS - THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS, VOL.2 : 1951-1953  (CD)
Five Long Years / Blue Coat Man / Hard Headed Woman / Blue Coat Man / Picture In The Frame / I Got The Blues / Got Lonesome Here / Began To Sing The Blues / It's Miserable To Be Alone / I'm Pleading / 24 Hours / Hard Time Getting Started / Best I Could / The Tickler / Blues For Baby / Cool Kind Treatment / Back Beat / Rosalee Swing / That's When I Miss You So / Third Degree / Four Leaf Clover / Back Beat (alt.) / The Tickler (alt.)
2004 FRA
BLUE NORTH BNCD 003 "MELLO HELLO!" - EDDIE BOYD IN FINLAND FEATURING ALBERT JÄRVINEN & JUKKA TOLONEN  (CD)
My Idea / The Big Beat / Curtain Out / Interview / Praise To Helsinki / Five Long Years / 24 Hours / I Got To Know / I Cried / Number Nine / Sweet Leila / Double Clutching / Talking To The Operator / I Don't Need No Fireplace / Blow Wind Blow / The Right Time
(tracks 1-3 recorded on April 9, 1970 at YLE Studio, Helsinki, Finland with Pentti Tiensuu:ac.bs & Eddie Hunton:dms, tracks 4-9 recorded on February 8, 1972 at YLE Studio, Helsinki, Finland with Pekka 'Albert' Järvinen:gtr, Tapio Seger:el.bs, Ronnie Österberg:dms, tracks 10-16 recorded live on August 20, 1984 at Club Ostrobotnia, Helsinki, Finland with Jukka Tolonen:gtr, Albert Järvinen:gtr on 'The Right Time', Pentti Lahti:sax, Pekka Sarmanto:ac.bs & Tomi Parkkonen:dms) (all tracks previously unissued)
2005 FIN
UNIVERSAL/EMARCY 06024 9869256 1 THE SONET BLUES STORY, VOL.9  (CD)
Lovesick Soul / I'm A Fool / Kindness For Weakness / Tell The Truth / The Cannonball / Black Brown And White / It's A Mellow Day / Do Yourself A Favor / Dedication To My Baby / Zip Code / Do Yourself A Favor (alt. take) / Dedication To My Baby (alt. take)
(extended cd reissue of GNP Crescendo LP 10020)
2005 US
SONY/BMG/COLUMBIA 8287676982 THE COMPLETE BLUE HORIZON SESSIONS  (CD)
It's So Miserable To Be Alone / Empty Arms / You Got To Reap / Just The Blues / She's Real / Back Slack / Be Careful / Ten To One / The Blues Is Here To Stay / You Are My Love / Third Degree / Thank You Baby / She's Gone / I'll Never Stop (I Can't Stop Loving You) / The Big Boat / Send For You Yesterday And Here You Come Today / The Stroller * / No Place Like Home *
(*= prev. unissued 1960 recordings from MBS Recording Studios, Chicago, Il.)
2006 UK




COMPILATIONS

CHESS LP-1446 V/A: WALKING BY MYSELF  (LP)
24 Hours / Third Degree
-- UK edition: Pye International NPL 28041, 1964 --
1959 US
ARGO LP-4042 V/A: THE BLUES, VOLUME 4  (LP)
Third Degree
-- reissue: Chess/MCA CD/LP CH/CHD-9290, 1990 US --
1965 US
ARGO LP 4051 V/A: THE BLUES, VOL.5  (LP)
24 Hours
-- reissue: Chess/MCA CD/LP CH/CHD-9320, 1990 US --
1965 US
FONTANA 885 422TY/681.529TL  V/A: AMERICAN FOLK BLUES FESTIVAL '65 - STUDIO SESSION  (LP)
Five Long Years / The Big Question
(recorded in Hamburg, Germany on October 7, 1965)
-- UK edition: Fontana TL 5286, 1965/reissues: "American Folk Blues Festival 65-66", Philips-Phonogram SFL-7386, 1969/L+R 42.025/LR CD-2025/Evidence ECD 26200 --
1965 GER
DECCA LK 4748 V/A: BLUES SOUTHSIDE CHICAGO  (LP)
Where You Belong / Losing Hand
(recorded in Chicago in August 1965 with Buddy Guy:gtr, Jack Meyers:bs & Clifton James:dms)
-- reissue: Flyright LP 521, 1976 UK --
1966 UK
NEGRO ART M-12-SB-360 V/A: STORY OF THE BLUES - BLUES PIANORAMA -2  (LP)
It's Miserable To Be Alone / I'm Pleading / Blue Coat Man
1968? FRA 
BLUE HORIZON 7-63215 FLEETWOOD MAC: THE PIOUS BIRD OF GOOD OMEN  (LP)
The Big Boat / Just The Blues
1969 UK
DECCA PA-R 14/SPA-R 14 V/A: THE WORLD OF BLUES POWER  (LP)
Blue Coat Man
1969 UK
BLUE HORIZON SPR 31 V/A: SUPER-DUPER BLUES  (LP)
The Blues Is Here To Stay
1969 UK
DECCA ND 544 V/A: BLUES  (LP)
19?? GER
BLUES CLASSICS BC-8 V/A: CHICAGO BLUES: EARLY 50'S  (LP)
Five Long Years (1958 Oriole version)
19?? US
LONDON 6698 V/A: EL MUNDO DEL PODER BLUE  (LP)
19?? ARG
CHESS 2CH-60012 V/A: CHICAGO BLUES ANTHOLOGY  (2-LP)
Third Degree
-- reissue: Chess/MCA 2-LP CH2-92520 --
1972 US
SONET SNTX 1 V/A: THE LEGACY OF THE BLUES SAMPLER  (LP)
The Cannonball
1974 UK
FLYRIGHT LP 4713 V/A: BLUES FROM THE WINDY CITY - CHICAGO IN TRANSITION 1946-52  (LP)
I Had To Let Her Go
1976 UK
TEICHIKU GUPS-653-N V/A: EDDIE BOYD & MEMPHIS SLIM - THE LEGACY OF THE BLUES  (LP)
Lovesick Soul / Dedication To My Baby / It's A Mellow Day / The Cannonball / Kindness For Weakness / Zip Code
1976 JPN
TEICHIKU GH-83-N V/A: GOLDENTIME OF BLUES SPIRITS  (LP)
Tell The Truth / Do Yourself A Favor
1976 JPN
TEICHIKU SUX-37-N V/A: BOOGIE WOOGIE & BLUES BEST ALBUM  (LP)
I'm A Fool / Zip Code
1977 JPN
RED LIGHTNIN' RL 0020 V/A: MEAT AND GRAVY FROM CADILLAC BABY, VOL.2 - HITS THAT MISSED  (LP)
Blue Monday Blues / I'm Comin' Home / The Blues Is Here To Stay
1978 UK
RED LIGHTNIN' RL 0021 V/A: MEAT AND GRAVY FROM CADILLAC BABY, VOL.3 - TRYING TO MAKE A LIVING  (LP)
All The Way / Come Home / You Got To Reap / Where You Belong / Thank You Baby
1978 UK
REDITA RLP 108 V/A: CHICAGO ROCK WITH JUMP JACKSON AND FRIENDS  (LP)
Vacation From The Blues / I Cry
1979 HOL
TAKOMA TAK 7071 V/A: CHICAGO BREAKDOWN - THE TAKOMA BLUES SERIES (PREVIOUSLY UNISSUED BLUES RECORDINGS FROM THE COLLECTION OF NORMAN DAYRON)  (LP/CD)
Five Long Years
-- UK edition: Sonet SNTF 863, 1981 --
1980 US
P-VINE PLP-9022/5 V/A: CHICAGO BLUES : A QUARTER CENTURY  (4-LP)
Five Long Years / Hard Headed Woman
1981 JPN
P-VINE PLP-9040 V/A: CHICAGO BLUES IN THE GROOVE - BLACK MUSIC IN THE 50'S, VOL.8  (LP)
Blue Coat Man
1982 JPN
DECCA TAB 54 V/A: THE GREAT RHYTHM AND BLUES BARRELHOUSE AND BOOGIE BONANZA 1962-1968  (LP)
Ain't Doin' Too Bad / Blue Coat Man
1982 UK
FLYRIGHT FLY 585 V/A: WORLD OF TROUBLE - EARLY 50'S CHICAGO BLUES  (LP)
Hard Headed Woman
1982 UK
KERBEROS KEL 652 PEDRO'S HEAVY GENTLEMEN: PEDRO'S CHRISTMAS  (LP)
Pedro's Heavy Gentlemen with Eddie Boyd: Love And Joy
-- cd reissue: Fazer Finnlevy CD 600502, 1992 FIN --
1983 FIN
KRAZY KAT KK 7420 J.T. BROWN AND HIS BOOGIE BOYS: ROCKIN' WITH J.T.  (LP)
Kilroy Won't Be Back
1984 UK
JUKE JOINT LP 1501 V/A: BLUES IS KILLING ME  (LP)
Hard Headed Woman
19?? FRA
TAKOMA CDP 72822/FANTASY-TAKOMA TAKCD-8907-2 V/A: TAKOMA BLUES  (LP/CD)
Five Long Years
1987/1998 US
CHESS/MCA CH3-16500/CHD2-16500 V/A: WILLIE DIXON - THE CHESS BOX  (3-LP/2-CD)
Third Degree
1988 US
GNP CRESCENDO GNPS-X-10010/GNPD-X-10010 V/A: THE BLUES, VOL.4  (LP/CD)
The Cannonball / It's A Mellow Day
1989 US
FLYRIGHT FLYCD 31 V/A: CHICAGO PIANO - 1951-1958 FROM COBRA & JOB  (CD)
Five Long Years / Hard Headed Woman / It's Miserable To Be Alone
-- reissue: Paula PCD-15, 1993 US --
1990 UK
EPM MUSIC/MUSIDISC FDC 5503 V/A: WELCOME TO THE BLUES, VOL.1  (CD)
On The Sunny Side Of The Street
1991 FRA
ROOTS 33036 V/A: BLUES, VOL.2  (LP/CD)
Third Degree
1991
DELMARK DD-654 MAGIC SAM: GIVE ME TIME  (LP)
Come Into My Arms
(1/1968 home recording from Chicago feat. Magic Sam:gtr/vcl and Eddie Boyd:vcl)
1991 US
CHESS/MCA CH/CHD-9330 V/A: THE BLUES, VOL.6  (LP/CD)
Got Lonesome Here
1991 US
RHINO R2-71122 V/A: BLUES MASTERS, VOL.2 - POSTWAR CHICAGO BLUES  (CD)
Five Long Years
1992 US
CHARLY/CHESS CD RED 37 V/A: A TRIBUTE TO WILLIE DIXON 1915-1992  (CD)
Third Degree
1992 UK
CHESS/MCA 9340 V/A: CHESS BLUES  (4-CD)
Hard Time Gettin' Started / Come On Home
1992 US
VANGUARD VCD2-77005 V/A: BLUES WITH A FEELING  (CD)
Five Long Years
1993 US
CHARLY BLUES 103 V/A: THE VERY BEST OF CHARLY BLUES MASTERWORKS  (3-CD)
Rattin' And Running Around
1994 UK
MCA SPECIAL PRODUCTS 20750 V/A: BEST OF THE BLUES #3  (CD)
Third Degree
1995 US
EVIDENCE ECD 26100 V/A: AMERICAN FOLK BLUES FESTIVAL : 1962-1965  (5-CD)
Five Long Years / The Big Question
(recorded in Hamburg, Germany on October 7, 1965)
1995 US
WOLF 120.102 V/A: BEST OF PIANO BLUES  (CD)
Come Home
1995 AUT
EVIDENCE ECD 26058 V/A: EVIDENCE BLUES SAMPLER - FOUR  (CD)
Five Long Years
1995 US
CHARLY CD 3 V/A: MODERN BLUES ANTHOLOGY : AIN'T TIMES HARD  (4-CD)
Five Long Years
1995 UK
TIME-LIFE R859-02 V/A: LIVING THE BLUES : BLUES MASTERS  (CD)
Five Long Years
1995? US
MCA 11441 V/A: BLUES CLASSICS  (3-CD)
24 Hours
1996 US
SMITHSONIAN COLLECTION 110/SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION PRESS 0003/0004 V/A: MEAN OLD WORLD - THE BLUES FROM 1940 TO 1994  (CD)
Five Long Years
1996 US
CHARLY CD 224 V/A: TEACHIN' THE BLUES - CLAPTON INFLUENCES  (CD)
Five Long Years
1996 UK
EVIDENCE ECD 26087 V/A: AMERICAN FOLK BLUES FESTIVAL '62-'65 - HIGHLIGHTS  (CD)
Five Long Years
(recorded in Hamburg, Germany on October 7, 1965)
1997 US
VANGUARD VCD 73134 V/A: BLUES WITH A FEELING, PART 2  (CD)
Five Long Years
1997 US
CHESS/MCA CHD 9369 V/A: CHESS BLUES CLASSICS : 1947 TO 1956  (CD)
24 Hours
1997 US
CHESS/MCA CHD 9385 V/A: CHESS BLUES PIANO GREATS - CHESS 50TH ANNIVERSARY COLLECTION  (2-CD)
24 Hours / Got Lonesome Here / I Got The Blues / I Began To Sing The Blues / Rosa Lee Swing / Blues For Baby / Hard Time Gettin' Started / Third Degree / Just A Fool / Rattin' And Running Around / Hush Baby, Don't You Cry / Instrumental / Picture In The Frame / Nothing But Trouble / Got Me Seein' Double / What's The Matter Baby? / Life Gets To Be A Burden / Hotel Blues / Come On Home / Five Long Years
1997 US
CHESS/MCA CHD 9389 V/A: CHESS BLUES-ROCK SONGBOOK - THE CLASSIC ORIGINALS  (CD)
24 Hours
1997 US
A&M 161313 V/A: ESSENTIAL BLUES PIANO  (CD)
Got Lonesome Here
1997 US
A&M 161280 V/A: HOUSE OF BLUES - ESSENTIAL CHICAGO BLUES  (CD)
Five Long Years
1997 US
COLUMBIA 488992 2 V/A: THE BLUE HORIZON STORY 1965-1970, VOL.1  (3-CD)
It's So Miserable To Be Alone / Empty Arms / The Big Boat
1997 UK
CHARLY CDGR 143-2 V/A: CHICAGO BLUES - THE GOLDEN ERA  (2-CD)
Five Long Years
1997 UK
STORYVILLE 8044 V/A: BARRELHOUSE BLUES & BOOGIE WOOGIE, VOL.2  (CD)
Hurry Down, Sun Down / Boyd's Boogie Woogie
1998 UK
WOLF 120.293 V/A: BEA & BABY RECORDS PRESENTS - THE BEST OF CHICAGO BLUES, VOL.1  (CD)
Thank You Baby / Blue Monday Blues / The Blues Is Here To Stay / I'm Coming Home / All The Way / Where You Belong
1998 AUT
WOLF 120.294 V/A: BEA & BABY RECORDS PRESENTS - THE BEST OF CHICAGO BLUES, VOL.2  (CD)
You Got To Reap / Come Home
1998 AUT
WOLF 120.295 V/A: BEA & BABY RECORDS PRESENTS - THE BEST OF CHICAGO BLUES, VOL.3  (CD)
Come On Home / Reap What You Sow
1998 AUT
WOLF 120.297 V/A: LA SALLE CHICAGO BLUES, VOL.2  (CD)
I Cry / Vacation From The Blues
1998 AUT
CULTURE PRESS 1005 V/A: MEAT AND GRAVY - THE BEST OF CADILLAC  (CD)
I'm Coming Home / Thank You Baby / Blue Monday Blues / The Blues Is Here To Stay / Come Home / You Got To Reap / All The Way / Where You Belong
1998 US
CHESS/MCA CHD 9393 V/A: CHESS BLUES GUITAR - TWO DECADES OF KILLER FRETWORK 1949-1969  (2-CD)
Just A Fool
-- EU edition: Chess/Universal Music International Ltd MCD 329 393-2 --
1998 US
COLUMBIA 485316 FLEETWOOD MAC: FLEETWOOD MAC/MR. WONDERFUL/THE PIOUS BIRD OF GOOD OMEN  (2-CD)
The Big Boat / Just The Blues
1998 US/AUS
STORYVILLE 8045 V/A: BARRELHOUSE BLUES & BOOGIE WOOGIE, VOL.3  (CD)
Blue Coat Man / Cow Cow Blues / Hello Mr. Highway Man
1999 UK
SIRE 73003 FLEETWOOD MAC: THE COMPLETE BLUE HORIZON SESSIONS : 1967-1969  (6-CD)
The Big Boat / Just The Blues
1999 UK
JEFFERSON SBACD 12653/4 V/A: I BLUESKVARTER, VOL.1 - CHICAGO 1964  (2-CD)
Five Long Years / Early Grave / The Big Question / Look Over Yonder Wall / Interview
(recorded on May 16, 1964 with Mick Fleetwood:gtr)
1999 SWE
CHARLY CP 8355 V/A: ROCK THE HOUSE - THE BIRTH OF ROCK'N'ROLL, VOL.4  (2-CD)
Rosa Lee Swing
1999 UK
DELMARK DE-717 V/A: LONG MAN BLUES  (CD)
Blue Coat Man (take 1)
2000 US
INDIGO IGCD 2114 V/A: GONNA TAKE MY RAP - POST WAR CHICAGO BLUES, 1945-49  (CD)
I Had To Let Her Go
200? UK
INDIGO IGCD 2120 V/A: INDIGO BLUES COLLECTION, VOL.5  (CD)
I Had To Let Her Go
2000 UK
WESTSIDE WESD 233 V/A: ROUGH TREATMENT - THE J.O.B. RECORDS STORY  (CD)
Five Long Years / Blue Coat Man
2001 UK
VANGUARD 208 V/A: ROOTS OF THE BLUES  (3-CD) 
Eddie Boyd & Willie Dixon: Five Long Years
2002 US
EPM MUSIQUE/BLUES COLLECTION 160232 V/A: 1945-1951 CHICAGO BLUES ELECTRIC GUITAR  (CD)
I Can Trust My Baby
2002 FRA
CASTLE MCDDD 610 V/A: MEAT & GRAVY FROM BEA & BABY  (2-CD)
Blue Monday Blues / The Blues Is Here To Stay / Come Home / Thank You Baby / All The Way / You Got To Reap / I'm Comin' Home / Where You Belong
2002 UK
PAST PERFECT 220240-325 V/A: RHYTHM & BLUES GOES ROCK & ROLL, VOL.1  (15-CD)
Kilroy Won't Be Back
2002 GER
RCA/BLUEBIRD 64006 V/A: WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN : THE SECRET HISTORY OF ROCK & ROLL  (4-CD)
Chicago Is Just That Way
2002 US
RCA/BLUEBIRD 63989 V/A: WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN, VOL.4 : THAT'S ALL RIGHT - THE SECRET HISTORY OF ROCK & ROLL  (CD)
Chicago Is Just That Way
2002 US
HIP-O 000 1030 02 V/A: AMERICAN FOLK BLUES FESTIVAL 1962-1966  (CD)
Five Long Years
(recorded in Hamburg, Germany on October 7, 1965)
2003 US
MCA 000036502 V/A: BLUES-ROCK SONGBOOK : MILLENIUM COLLECTION - 20TH CENTURY MASTERS  (CD)
Third Degree
2003 US
EL TORO R&B 107 V/A: I LOVE TO HEAR MY BABY CALL MY NAME  (CD)
Eddie's Blues
2005 SPA
MEMBRAN MUSIC LTD./DOCUMENTS 223007-321 V/A: RHYTHM & BLUES - ORIGINAL MASTERS   (10-CD)
Kilroy Won't Be Back
2005 GER
SONY 4889924 V/A: THE BLUE HORIZON STORY, 1965-1970, VOL.1  (3-CD)
It's So Miserable To Be Alone / Empty Arms / Big Boat
2006 UK
JSP JSPCD 7762 V/A: ROCKIN' THIS HOUSE - CHICAGO BLUES PIANO 1946-1953  (4-CD)
I Had To Let Her Go / Kilroy Won't Be Back / You Got To Leave That Gal / Rosa Lee Swing / Unfair Lovers / Blue Monday Blues / Why Did She Leave Me / Playmate Shuffle / Mr Highway Man / Getting My Divorce / What Makes These Things Happen To Me / Baby What's Wrong with You / Chicago Is Just That Way / Eddie's Blues / I Can Trust My Baby / Down Beat Rhythm / Something Good Will Come To Me / Why Don't You Be Wise Baby / I Gotta Find My Baby / Lonesome For My Baby / I'm Goin' Downtown / Hard Headed Woman / It's Miserable To Be Alone / Five Long Years / Blue Coat Man
2006 UK
BONNIER AMIGO 334 80803 V/A: AGED AND MELLOW - PUISTOBLUES 30 (IN THE MOOD SINCE 1978)  (CD)
Eddie's Instrumental  (3/1970 recording)
2007 FIN
ACROBAT ADDCD 3058 V/A: HERALD EMBER BLUES - LIVING THE WILD LIFE  (2-CD)
Lonesome For My Baby / I'm Going Downtown
2008 UK
UNION SQUARE MUSIC 404 PETER GREEN: THE ANTHOLOGY  (4-CD)
Train Is Coming
2008 UK


Eddie Boyd also accompanied a few other blues artists on their recordings, including:

- Sonny Boy (John Lee) Williamson in Chicago on July 2, 1945:
"G.M. & O. Blues", RCA Victor 20-2369, "Sonny Boy's Jump" / "Elevator Woman", Bluebird 34-0744, "We Got To Win", RCA Int. LP 5059

- Big Maceo Merriweather in Chicago on February 27, 1947:
"I Lost My Little Woman", RCA Victor 20-2353, "It's All Over Now", RCA Victor 20-2505, "Broke And Hungry Blues", RCA Victor 20-2687, "If You Ever Change Your Ways", RCA Victor 20-2910

- Jazz Gillum in Chicago on April 24, 1947:
"You Got To Run Me Down", RCA Victor 20-2405, "The Blues What Am", RCA Victor 20-2580, "Gonna Take My Rap" / "Chauffer Blues", RCA Victor 20-2783

- Herman (Harmon) Ray in Chicago, 1947:
"Xmas Blues", Document DOCD-32-20-9, 'Blues, Blues Christmas 1925-1955 (2005)'

- Sonny Boy (John Lee) Williamson in Chicago on September 19, 1947:
"Wonderful Time", RCA Victor 22-0001, "Sugar Gal" / "Willow Tree Blues", RCA Victor 20-2623, "Alcohol Blues", RCA Victor 20-2893

- L.C. McKinley in Chicago on January 11, 1954:
"Tortured Blues", P-Vine Special PLP-9040, 'Chicago Blues In The Groove, Vol.8' / "Be My Companion (Companion Blues)", States S-135 / "Weeping Willow Blues", States S-135

- Willie Cobbs in Chicago 1958 (or in 1963?):
"We'll All Be There" / "Slow Down Baby", Ruler 5000

- Willie Cobbs in Memphis in 1961:
"You Don't Love (Me)" / "You're So Hard To Please", Mojo 2168, Home Of The Blues 230, Vee-Jay 411

- Big Mama Thornton in Hamburg, Germany on October 7, 1965:
"Hound Dog", Fontana LP 885 422TY/Fontana LP 681.529TL, 'American Folk Blues Festival '65 - Studio Session'

- Big Mama Thornton in London, UK on October 20, 1965:
"The Place" / "Hound Dog" / "Swing It On Home" / "Unlucky Girl" / "Sweet Little Angel" / "Down Home Shakedown" / "Little Red Rooster" / "Your Love Is Where It Ought To Be" / "Session Blues" / "My Heavy Load", Arhoolie LP 1028, 'Big Mama Thornton In Europe'

In addition, Eddie Boyd possibly appeared on 1957 Chicago recordings by country'n'western-rockabilly artist Hank Mizell (with Jim Bobo:gtr and Bill Collins:dms): "Jungle Rock", "When I'm In Your Arms" (originally issued on 7" EKO 506, 1958, reissued on 7" KING 5236, 1959), and "I'm Ready" (originally issued on 7" OLYMPIC 016, 1984).



                                                      

© Compiled by Pete Hoppula

Acknowledgments: Pertti Nurmi | Erkki Sironen

Published sources: Goldmine Price Guide To 45 Rpm Records (Tim Neely, 2003) | Blues Records 1943 To 1970 Volume One (Mike Leadbitter & Neil Slaven, 1987) | Blues Records 1943-1970 Volume Two (Mike Leadbitter-Leslie Fancourt-Paul Pelletier, 1994) | Rare Record Price Guide 2004 (Record Collector, 2002) | Billboard Top R&B Singles (Joel Whitburn, 1988) | Music Master Price Guide For Record Collectors (Nick Hamlyn, 1991) | New Rock Record (Terry Hounsome, 1986) | Blue North BNCD 003 (album sleeve notes) | The Blues Discography 1943-1970 (Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath, 2006)

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