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Delmark Records is an independent, American jazz and blues independent record label.[1] It was founded in 1958 as Delmar Records and is based in Chicago, Illinois. The label originated in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1953 when then owner, and founder, Bob Koester released a recording of the Windy City Six, a traditional jazz group, under the Delmar imprint.
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| Genre | Jazz, blues |
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| Founded | 1953 |
| Founder | Bob Koester |
| Headquarters | Chicago, Illinois |
Number of locations | United States |
| Website | www |
History
editBorn in 1932 in Wichita, Kansas, Bob Koester was the son of a petroleum engineer. While in the hospital with polio when he was a child, he listened to the radio and was cheered up when he heard Eddie Condon and Benny Goodman. In his teens, he was a dedicated jazz fan who began buying old records from a Salvation Army store. At concerts in Kansas City, he heard Red Allen, Count Basie, Jimmy Rushing, Tommy Douglas, Lionel Hampton, and Jay McShann.[2]
Moving from Wichita to St. Louis to attend college, Koester began his career as a record trader in his dormitory room. Joining a local jazz club gave Koester his first taste of live jazz, seeing Clark Terry perform. Koester made acquaintance with a fellow jazz club member, Ron Fister, with whom he opened his first record shop, K & F Sales. Shortly after opening in an old restaurant storefront, they changed the name to the Blue Note Record Shop. About a year after this joint venture, Fister and Koester decided to part ways, with Koester moving to the corner of Delmar and Olive streets in St. Louis. Taking the name from the street his shop was on, Koester recorded a local jazz group the Windy City Six in 1953. Shortly thereafter, Koester found local talent such as James Crutchfield, Speckled Red, J.D. Short, and Big Joe Williams.
Koester moved to Chicago in August 1958. He bought Seymour's Jazz Mart, and in renaming the storefront the Jazz Record Mart, Delmark Records found its new home in the basement of the record shop. By 1963, Koester had moved the shop to a location at 7 West Grand. During this period in Chicago, Delmark released albums by, Barney Bigard, Donald Byrd, Jimmy Forrest, George Lewis, Bud Powell, and Ira Sullivan.
Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, Delmark recorded the Art Ensemble of Chicago, Sonny Stitt, Junior Wells,[3] Luther Allison, Arthur Crudup, Jimmy Dawkins, Sleepy John Estes, Buddy Guy, J. B. Hutto,[4][5] Jimmy Johnson, Magic Sam, Robert Nighthawk, Yank Rachell, Otis Rush, Roosevelt Sykes, and Malachi Thompson.
In 1966, Chuck Nessa, manager of the Jazz Record Mart, convinced Koester to release albums by musicians associated with the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians. The first record was Roscoe Mitchell's Sound (1966) which received a five star review in Downbeat. This was followed by Muhal Richard Abrams' Levels and Degrees of Light (1968), Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre's Humility in the Light of the Creator (1969) and Anthony Braxton's For Alto (1969). Delmark released two of the earliest Sun Ra albums, Sun Song and Sound of Joy, in 1967 and 1968 respectively.
Delmark has also released albums by Fred Anderson, Frank Catalano, Rob Mazurek, Nicole Mitchell, Ken Vandermark, Roy Campbell, Jr., and Ethnic Heritage Ensemble; and blues musicians including Zora Young, Ken Saydak, Byther Smith, Michael Coleman, Little Arthur Duncan, Eddie C. Campbell, Jimmy Burns, and ragtime musicians including Terry Waldo.
In March 2010, Delmark announced the release of the album Revisit by the Polish duo Mikrokolektyw. This album was Delmark's first by a European avant-garde jazz group in its 57-year history.[6] In 2012, Delmark released two Chicago blues albums by Linsey Alexander and Mike Wheeler.[7][8][9]
In May 2018, Koester retired and sold Delmark Records to Delmark Records LLC, of which Julia A. Miller is the Managing Member. Julia A. Miller became the label President & CEO and Elbio Barilari became the Vice President & Artistic Director. They are two musicians from Chicago and Uruguay, respectively. The sale included Delmark's subsidiary labels, CD and LP inventory, the catalog of masters, and Riverside Studio.[10]
Discography
editJazz
editDelmark Records began releasing 12 inch LP jazz albums sporadically from 1959 commencing with the 400 series and continuing with the 500 series in 1998.[11][12][13]
| Catalog No. | Album | Artist | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| 401 | The Bob Graf Sessions | Bob Graf | also released as At Winchester |
| 402 | Blue Stroll | Ira Sullivan | |
| 403 | The John Young Trio | John Young | also released as Serenata |
| 404 | All the Gin Is Gone | Jimmy Forrest | recorded 1959 |
| 406 | Bouncing with Bud | Bud Powell | |
| 407 | Yusef! | Yusef Lateef | reissue of 1956 Transisition LP also released as First Flight by Donald Byrd |
| 408 | Sound | Roscoe Mitchell | |
| 409 | Archie Shepp in Europe | Archie Shepp with the New York Contemporary Five | partial reissue of 1964 Sonet double LP |
| 410 | Song For | Joseph Jarman | |
| 411 | Sun Song | Sun Ra | reissue of 1957 Transition LP |
| 413 | Levels and Degrees of Light | Muhal Richard Abrams | |
| 414 | Sound of Joy | Sun Ra | |
| 415 | Three Compositions of New Jazz | Anthony Braxton | |
| 416 | I Remember Newport | Leon Sash | |
| 417 | As If It Were the Seasons | Joseph Jarman | |
| 418 | Celebration for Modern Man | Kent Schneider | |
| 419 | Humility in the Light of the Creator | Maurice McIntyre | |
| 420/21 | For Alto | Anthony Braxton | Double LP |
| 422 | Nicky's Tune | Ira Sullivan | |
| 423 | Young at Heart/Wise in Time | Muhal Richard Abrams | |
| 424 | Birth Sign | George Freeman | |
| 425 | Forces and Feelings | Kalaparushna Maurice McIntyre | |
| 426 | Made for Each Other | Sonny Stitt and Don Patterson | |
| 427 | Black Forrest | Jimmy Forrest | recorded 1959 |
| 428 | Together Alone | Joseph Jarman and Anthony Braxton | |
| 429 | Because of You | Tab Smith | |
| 430 | Things to Come from Those Now Gone | Muhal Richard Abrams | |
| 431 | Bad Bascomb | Paul Bascomb | |
| 432/33 | Live at Mandel Hall | Art Ensemble of Chicago | Double LP |
| 434 | Somebody Done Stole My Blues | Chris Woods | |
| 435 | Night Train | Jimmy Forrest | |
| 436 | Reality | Frank Walton | |
| 437 | Modus Operandi | Chris Woods | |
| 438 | Honkers And Bar Walkers 1 | Various Artists | |
| 439 | Big Band Jazz: Tulsa to Harlem | Various Artists | |
| 440 | Shock of the New | Brad Goode | |
| 441 | Last Trio Session | Wynton Kelly | |
| 442 | Spirit | Malachi Thompson | |
| 443 | After Hours Joint | Jimmy Coe | |
| 444 | Unit 7 | Mike Smith | |
| 445 | Upward Spiral | Edward Petersen | |
| 446 | Tough Town | Jim Cooper | |
| 447 | Jump Time | Tab Smith | |
| 448 | On a Cool Night | Mike Smith | |
| 449 | Delayed Exposure | Lin Halliday | |
| 450 | Takin' Off | Sir Charles Thompson | |
| 451 | Mellow Mama | Dinah Washington | compilation of 1947 Apollo recordings |
| 452 | Honkers and Bar Walkers 2 | Various Artists | |
| 453 | The Jaz Life | Malachi Thompson | |
| 454 | Experience | Jodie Christian | |
| 455 | Ace High | Tab Smith | |
| 456 | New Kingdom | Roy Campbell | |
| 457 | Nutville | Jim Cooper | |
| 458 | East of the Sun | Lin Halliday | |
| 459 | Rainbow Mist | Coleman Hawkins | compilation of 1944 Apollo recordings |
| 460 | Call of the Gators | Willis Jackson | compilation of 1949-50 Apollo recordings |
| 461 | Straight Up | Eric Alexander | |
| 462 | The Traveler | Mike Smith | |
| 463 | Lift Every Voice | Malachi Thompson | |
| 464 | Brass Knuckles | Zane Massey | |
| 465 | Swingtet Live at Andy's | Chuck Hedges | |
| 466 | Renaissance of the Resistance | Kahil El'Zabar Ritual Trio | |
| 467 | Rain or Shine | Jodie Christian | |
| 468 | Where or When | Lin Halliday | |
| 469 | La Tierra del Fuego | Roy Campbell | |
| 470 | And the Duke's Men | Earl Hines | compilation of 1944/47 Apollo recordings |
| 471 | Arnett Blows for 1300 | Arnett Cobb | compilation of 1947 Apollo recordings |
| 472 | How D'You Like It So Far? | Barrett Deems | |
| 473 | New Standards | Malachi Thompson | |
| 474 | Haint | Edward Petersen | |
| 475 | Hey Donald | Roscoe Mitchell | |
| 476 | Up, Over & Out | Eric Alexander | |
| 477 | Big Cliff | Kahil El'Zabar Ritual Trio with special guest Billy Bang | |
| 478 | Cerupa | Cecil Payne | |
| 479 | Portrait in the Mist | Andrew Lamb | |
| 480 | Sinatra Song Book | Mike Smith | |
| 481 | Buddy Bolden's Rag | Malachi Thompson and Africa Brass featuring Lester Bowie | |
| 482 | Horns Aplenty | Betty O'Hara | |
| 483 | Skylark | Chuck Hedges and Johnny Varro | |
| 484 | That's for Sure! | Bobby Smith | |
| 485 | This Is My House | NRG Ensemble | |
| 486 | Ultimate Frontier | Ari Brown | |
| 487 | Safe to Imagine | Zane Massey | |
| 488 | Stablemates | Eric Alexander and Lin Halliday | |
| 489 | Just Found Joy | The Rich Corpolongo Quartet plus Two | |
| 490 | Front Line | Jodie Christian | |
| 491 | Warrior | Carl Leukaufe | |
| 492 | Deemus | Barrett Deems | |
| 493 | Sound Songs | Roscoe Mitchell | |
| 494 | Scotch and Milk | Cecil Payne | |
| 495 | Motherless Child | Andy Goodrich | |
| 496 | The Continuum | Ethnic Heritage Ensemble | |
| 497 | 47th Street | Malachi Thompson | |
| 498 | Soul Fountain | Jodie Christian | |
| 499 | Top and Bottom | Tab Smith | |
| 500 | Mode for Mabes | Eric Alexander | |
| 501 | Cut It Out | Frank Catalano | |
| 502 | Smiles | Rich Corpolongo | |
| 503 | Playground | Rob Mazurek Chicago Underground Orchestra | |
| 504 | Venus | Ari Brown | |
| 505 | Groovin' Hard | Barrett Deems Big Band | |
| 506 | Freebop Now! | Malachi Thompson | |
| 507 | Return of the Lost Tribe | Bright Moments | collaborative project by Joseph Jarman, Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre, Kahil El'Zabar, Malachi Favors and Adegoke Steve Colson |
| 508 | Von & Ed | Von Freeman and Ed Petersen | |
| 509 | Payne's Window | Cecil Payne | |
| 510 | In Walked Buckner | The Roscoe Mitchell Quartet | |
| 511 | Possible Cube | Chicago Underground Trio | |
| 512 | The Song Bird | Francine Griffin | |
| 513 | Heretic Blues | Kevin O'Donnell's Quality Six | |
| 514 | Conversations | Archie Shepp and Kahil El'Zabar's Ritual Trio | |
| 515 | Love You Madly | Eddie Johnson | |
| 516 | Design in Time | Ken Vandermark's Sound in Action Trio | |
| 517 | Freedom Jazz Dance | Ethnic Heritage Ensemble | |
| 518 | Rising Daystar | Malachi Thompson | |
| 519 | Africa N'Da Blues | Kahil El'Zabar Ritual Trio | |
| 521 | Flamethrower | Chicago Underground Trio | |
| 522 | Control Freak | Kevin O'Donnell's Quality Six | |
| 523 | Airegin | Lin Halliday | |
| 524 | Jo'burg Jump | Ernest Dawkins' New Horizons Ensemble | |
| 525 | You Talkin' to Me?! | Von Freeman and Frank Catalano | |
| 526 | Robbins' Nest: Live at the Jazz Showcase | Sir Charles Thompson | |
| 528 | Ethnic Stew and Brew | Roy Campbell | |
| 529 | Chic Boom: Live at the Jazz Showcase | Cecil Payne | |
| 530 | Modern Man | Bobby Broom | |
| 531 | Reminiscing | Jodie Christian Trio | |
| 532 | Talking Horns | Malachi Thompson | |
| 533 | Spirits Entering | Kahil El'Zabar and Billy Bang | |
| 534 | On the Run, Live at the Velvet Lounge | Fred Anderson | |
| 535 | At the Party | Earl Hines | recorded 1970 |
| 536 | Live at the Green Mill | Frank Catalano | |
| 537 | I've Got Rhythm: Live at the Jazz Showcase | Sir Charles Thompson | |
| 538 | Jumpin' at Apollo | Illinois Jacquet | compilation of tracks recorded for Apollo between 1945 and 1948 |
| 539 | Mister Lucky | Al Green and Othello Anderson | |
| 540 | Silver Spines | Rob Mazurek | |
| 541 | Love Outside of Dreams | Kahil El'Zabar Trio | |
| 542 | Honkers & Bar Walkers Volume Three | Various Artists | |
| 543 | Like-Coping | Jeff Parker | |
| 544 | Four Compositions (GTM) 2000 | Anthony Braxton | |
| 545 | Cape Town Shuffle | Ernest Dawkins' New Horizons Ensemble | |
| 546 | Cipher | Josh Abrams | |
| 547 | Titration | Active Ingredients | |
| 548 | Blue Jazz | Malachi Thompson and Africa Brass with Gary Bartz and Billy Harper | |
| 549 | Back at the Velvet Lounge | Fred Anderson | |
| 550 | Up Jumped Spring | Curtis Fuller | |
| 551 | Breeding Resistance | Ted Sirota's Rebel Souls | |
| 552 | Tribute to Hamp | Duane Thamm and the Chuck Hedges Swingtet | |
| 553 | Morning Song | Kalaparush and the Light | |
| 554 | Yes Indeed! Women Vocalists on United | Various Artists | |
| 555 | Crazy Walk | Tab Smith | recorded for United Records in the 1950s |
| 556 | Deep Blue Bruise | Deep Blue Organ Trio | |
| 557 | We Is | Kahil El'Zabar and David Murray | |
| 558 | Song Songs Song | Jeff Parker and Scott Fields | |
| 559 | Mean Ameen | Ernest Dawkins' New Horizons Ensemble | |
| 560 | More Questions Than Answers | Jim Baker | |
| 561 | Several Lights | Chicago Luzern Exchange | |
| 562 | Running Out of Time | SavoirFaire | |
| 563 | It's Magic | Sonny Stitt | |
| 564 | High Voltage | Common Ground | |
| 565 | Blues for Hawk | Yves Francois | recorded between 1981 and 1986 and originally released on the Pinnacle label |
| 566 | Live at the River East Art Center | Kahil El'Zabar Ritual Trio with Billy Bang | |
| 567 | Hypnotic Suggestion | Brad Goode | |
| 568 | Timeless, Live at the Velvet Lounge | Fred Anderson | |
| 569 | Goin' to Town: Live at the Green Mill | Deep Blue Organ Trio | |
| 570 | The Messenger | Ernest Dawkins' New Horizons Ensemble | |
| 571 | Ready Everyday | Keefe Jackson's Fast Citizens | |
| 572 | Big M: A Tribute to Malachi Favors | Kahil El'Zabar Ritual Trio featuring Billy Bang | |
| 573 | Chronicle | Chicago Underground Trio | |
| 574 | Hot 'n' Heavy | Ethnic Heritage Ensemble | |
| 575 | Black Unstoppable | Nicole Mitchell's Black Earth Ensemble | |
| 576 | Transmigration | Kahil El'Zabar's Infinity Orchestra | |
| 577 | Live at the Green Mill | Ari Brown | |
| 578 | Nature Boy | Brad Goode | |
| 579 | Doctor Midnight | Sabertooth | |
| 580 | Just Like This | Keefe Jackson's Project Project | |
| 581 | The Art of Dying | Jason Ajemian | |
| 582 | Drop It | Corey Wilkes | |
| 583 | Tickle Toe | Cy Touff and Sandy Mosse | Recorded in Chicago in October 1981 |
| 584 | West of State Street / East of Harlem' | John Burnett Swing Orchestra | |
| 585 | Go Red Go! | Red Holloway | |
| 586 | Sound Is | Rob Mazurek Quintet | |
| 587 | Renegades | Nicole Mitchell's Black Earth Strings | |
| 588 | Old Idea | Josh Berman | |
| 589 | 21st Century Chase | Fred Anderson | |
| 590 | Two Cities | Aram Shelton's Fast Citizens | |
| 591 | Revisit | Mikrokolektyw | |
| 592 | Get Happy | Rich Corpolongo Trio | |
| 593 | Tight Like This | Brad Goode | |
| 595 | Stars Have Shapes | Exploding Star Orchestra | |
| 596 | Down for Double | John Burnett Orchestra with special guest Buddy DeFranco | |
| 597 | Dew Point | Mikrokolektyw | |
| 598 | The Prairie Prophet | Ernest Dawkins' New Horizons Ensemble | |
| 599 | Awakening | Nicole Mitchell |
2000 Series
editDelmark Records 2000 series consisted of eight CD releases between 2011 and 2012 when Delmark commenced the 5000 series.[14]
| Catalog No. | Album | Artist | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Double Demon | Starlicker | Rob Mazurek, Jason Adasiewicz, John Herndon |
| 2012 | Spacer | Jason Adasiewicz's Sun Rooms | |
| 2013 | The Story This Time | Jason Stein | |
| 2014 | Explosion! | Jim Holman | |
| 2015 | Bright Light in Winter | Jeff Parker | |
| 2016 | There Now | Josh Berman & His Gang | |
| 2017 | Gather | Fred Lonberg-Holm's Fast Citizens | |
| 2018 | Stellar Pulsations | Rob Mazurek Pulsar Quartet |
5000 Series
editDelmark Records 5000 series follows the 2000 series as the main series of Delmark jazz albums from 2012 onwards.[15]
| Catalog No. | Album | Artist | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5001 | Afro Straight | Ernest Dawkins | |
| 5002 | What It Is! | Kahil El'Zabar Quartet | |
| 5003 | Absent Minded | Mikrokolektyw | |
| 5004 | Aquarius | Nicole Mitchell's Ice Crystals | |
| 5005 | Cicada Music | Frank Rosaly | |
| 5007 | The Space Between | Rob Mazurek Exploding Star Electro Acousic Ensemble | |
| 5008 | Heavy Artillery | Howard Alden / Andy Brown Quartet | |
| 5009 | A Round Goal | Keefe Jackson's Likely So | |
| 5010 | Blue Skies | Ira Sullivan presents the Jim Holman Trio featuring Roger Humphries | |
| 5011 | Groove Awakening | Ari Brown | |
| 5012 | Trance Hypothesis | Fareed Haque | |
| 5013 | Follow the Sun | Kahil El'Zabar's Ritural Trio | |
| 5014 | High Red Center | Jason Roebke Octet | |
| 5015 | Force Majeure | Paul Giallorenzo's GitGO | |
| 5016 | Folklords | Jason Ajemian | |
| 5017 | From the Region | Jason Adasiewicz's Sun Rooms | |
| 5018 | In the Wee Small Hours | Sax Gordon | |
| 5019 | Soloist | Andy Brown | |
| 5020 | The Time Inside a Year | Dave McDonnell Group | |
| 5021 | A Dance and a Hop | Josh Berman | |
| 5022 | Invitation | Larry Novak Trio | |
| 5023 | Direct Call | Andy Brown | |
| 5024 | Rows and Rows | Keefe Jackson and Jason Adasiewicz | |
| 5025 | Lucille! | Jason Stein Quartet | |
| 5026 | Flow | Paul Giallorenzo Trio with Joshua Abrams | |
| 5027 | Yes, and... Music for Nine Improvisors | Geof Bradfield | |
| 5028 | Paquito Libre | Volcano Radar featuring Paquito D’Rivera | |
| 5029 | New Latin American Music for Guitar And String Quartet | Fareed Haque and KAIA String Quartet | |
| 5030 | Soulful Days | Soul Message Band | |
| 5031 | Ephemeral Certainties | Javier Red’s Imagery Converter | |
| 5032 | It’s Too Hot for Words | Metropolitan Jazz Octet featuring Dee Alexander |
Blues
editDelmark Records began releasing 12 inch LP blues albums in 1961 with the 600 series which continued through the 800s by 2008.[16][17]
| Catalog No. | Album | Artist | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| 601 | The Dirty Dozens | Speckled Red | |
| 602 | Piney Woods Blues | Big Joe Williams | |
| 603 | Legend | Sleepy John Estes | |
| 604 | Blues on Highway 49 | Big Joe Williams | |
| 605 | Lonesome Bedroom Blues | Curtis Jones | |
| 606 | Mandolin Blues | Yank Rachell and his Tennessee Jug-Busters | |
| 607 | Hard Drivin' Blues | Roosevelt Sykes with Homesick James | |
| 608 | Broke and Hungry (Ragged and Dirty, Too) | Sleepy John Estes | |
| 609 | Stavin' Chain Blues | Big Joe Williams and J.D. Short | |
| 611 | Sleepy John Estes in Europe | Sleepy John Estes | |
| 612 | Hoodoo Man Blues | Junior Wells | |
| 613 | Brownsville Blues | Sleepy John Estes | |
| 614 | Look on Yonder's Wall | Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup | |
| 615 | West Side Soul | Magic Sam Blues Band | |
| 616 | Roosevelt Sykes in Europe Solo | Roosevelt Sykes | |
| 617 | Hawk Squat | J. B. Hutto and the Hawks with Sunnyland Slim | |
| 618 | Sweet Home Chicago | Various Artists | |
| 619 | Electric Sleep | Sleepy John Estes | |
| 620 | Black Magic | Magic Sam Blues Band | |
| 621 | Crudup's Mood | Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup | |
| 622 | Carey Bell's Blues Harp | Carey Bell | |
| 623 | Fast Fingers | Jimmy Dawkins | |
| 624 | Chicago Ain't Nothing But a Blues Band | Various Artists | |
| 625 | Love Me Mama | Luther Allison | |
| 626 | Blues Piano Orgy | Various Artists | |
| 627 | Nine String Guitar Blues | Big Joe Williams | |
| 628 | Southside Blues Jam | Junior Wells with Buddy Guy and Otis Spann | |
| 629 | Blues with a Touch of Soul | Mighty Joe Young | |
| 630 | Steady Rollin' Man | Robert Lockwood Jr. | |
| 631 | Kidney Stew is Fine | Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson | |
| 632 | Feel Like Blowing My Horn | Roosevelt Sykes | |
| 633 | I Want a Little Girl | T-Bone Walker | |
| 634 | All for Business | Jimmy Dawkins | |
| 635 | On Tap | Junior Wells | |
| 636 | Slidewinder | J.B. Hutto | |
| 637 | He May Be Your Man (But He Comes to See Me Sometimes) | Edith Wilson | |
| 638 | Cold Day in Hell | Otis Rush | |
| 639 | Newport Blues | Sleepy John Estes | |
| 640 | Blues Hit Big Town | Junior Wells | |
| 641 | Blisterstring | Jimmy Dawkins | |
| 642 | Raining in My Heart | Roosevelt Sykes | |
| 643 | So Many Roads: Live in Japan | Otis Rush | |
| 644 | Johnson's Whacks | Jimmy Johnson | |
| 645/646 | Magic Sam Live | Magic Sam | 2-LP set of recordings from Chicago in 1963/64 and from the Ann Arbor Blues Festival in 1969 |
| 647 | North/South | Jimmy Johnson | |
| 648 | The Blues World of Little Walter | Various Artists | |
| 649 | Chicago Style | Yank Rachell | |
| 650 | Professor Strut | Professor's Blues Revue with Karen Carroll | |
| 651 | The Magic Sam Legacy | Magic Sam | |
| 652 | Bluebird Blues | Dave Specter and Barkin' Bill Smith | |
| 653 | Ain't It Nice | Willie Kent | |
| 654 | Give Me Time | Magic Sam | collection of 1968 home recordings |
| 655 | House Rent Party | Sunnyland Slim featuring Jimmy Rogers, Willie Mabon and St. Louis Jimmy | compilation of 1949 Apollo recordings |
| 656 | Central Avenue Boogie | Pete Johnson | compilation of 1947 Apollo recordings |
| 657 | West Coast Jive | Various Artists | compilation of 1946-47 Apollo recordings by Cee Pee Johnson, Duke Henderson, Lucky Thompson, Al "Stomp" Russell, Frank Haywood and Wynonie Harris |
| 658 | Fortune Tellin' Man | Jesse Fortune and Dave Specter | |
| 659 | Lay It on 'em Girls | Big Time Sarah and the BTS Express | |
| 660 | Let’s Talk It Over | Lonnie Brooks | |
| 661 | Big Wheeler's Bone Orchard | Golden "Big" Wheeler with the Ice Cream Men | |
| 662 | The Strongman | Reginald R. Robinson | |
| 663 | Goodbye Mr. Blues | Little Brother Montgomery's State Street Swingers | |
| 664 | Blueplicity | Dave Specter | |
| 665 | Lonely Traveler | Jimmie Lee Robinson | |
| 666 | Heartaches and Pain | Carey Bell | |
| 667 | Too Hurt to Cry | Willie Kent | |
| 668 | Get Your Kicks | Duke Henderson | compilation of 1945 Apollo recordings |
| 669 | East Coast Jive | Various Artists | compilation of 1946-47 Apollo recordings by Babs Gonzales, The Four Blues, Artie Simms, Loumell Morgan, Ben Smith and Babe Wallace |
| 670 | Sounds in Silhouette | Reginald R. Robinson | |
| 671 | Let Your Hair Down! | Floyd McDaniel and the Blues Swingers | |
| 672 | Gotcha! | Barkin' Bill Smith | |
| 673 | One to Infinity | Tad Robinson | |
| 674 | Back in the Game | Syl Johnson with Hi Rhythm | |
| 675 | Wild Cards | Al Miller | |
| 676 | Sweetheart of the Blues | Bonnie Lee | |
| 677 | Live in Europe | Dave Specter and the Bluebirds | |
| 678 | Boogie My Blues Away | Eddy Clearwater | |
| 679 | Mercurial Son | Lurrie Bell | |
| 680 | Had My Fun | Karen Carroll | |
| 681 | Live at Westville Prison | Little Milton | |
| 682 | I Ain't Lyin' | Little Sammy Davis | |
| 683 | Everybody Boogie! | Wynonie Harris | compilation of 1945 Apollo recordings with Illinois Jacquet, Jack McVea and Oscar Pettiford |
| 684 | Don't You Feel My Leg | Blu Lu / Wee Bea / Baby Dee | compilation of 1946/50 Apollo recordings |
| 685 | Blues Around the Clock | Willie Bryant | |
| 686 | Homebrew | Brewer Phillips | |
| 687 | Who Put the Benzedrine in Mrs. Murphy's Ovaltine? | Harry "The Hipster" Gibson | |
| 688 | Live at Blue Chicago | Johnny B. Moore | |
| 689 | Crying for My Baby | Lacy Gibson | |
| 690 | Women of Blue Chicago | Various Artists | |
| 691 | Mississippi Kid | Byther Smith & The Night Riders | |
| 692 | Blues in the Year One-D-One | Big Time Sarah and the BTS Express | |
| 693 | Left Turn On Blue | Dave Specter | |
| 694 | Leaving Here Walking | Jimmy Burns | |
| 695 | Hello World | Aaron Moore | |
| 696 | Long Way to Ol' Miss | Willie Kent | |
| 697 | Blues Guitar Greats | Various Artists | |
| 698 | Can't Stop Now | Eddie Shaw & The Wolf Gang | |
| 699 | Blues Before Sunrise Live Vol. 1 | Various Artists | |
| 700 | 700 Blues | Lurrie Bell | |
| 701 | Troubled World | Johnny B. Moore | |
| 702 | Working the Road: The Golden Age of Chicago Gospel | Various Artists | |
| 703 | Chop Chop Boom | Various Artists | The Dandeliers and Other Great Groups on States |
| 704 | Mary Joe | The Four Blazes | |
| 705 | Boogie Woogie Stomp | Albert Ammons with Meade Lux Lewis and Pete Johnson | |
| 706 | West Side Baby | Floyd McDaniel | |
| 707 | Talk to the Hand | Karen Carroll | |
| 708 | All Night Long | Byther Smith | |
| 709 | Jump In | Golden "Big" Wheeler | |
| 710 | Memphis Slim U.S.A | Memphis Slim and his House Rockers featuring Matt "Guitar" Murphy | |
| 711 | Bricks in My Pillow | Robert Nighthawk | |
| 712 | Harmonica Blues Kings | Big Walter Horton and Alfred "Blues King" Harris | |
| 714 | Windy City Boogie | J. T. Brown | |
| 715 | Jump 'n' Shout! | Various Artists | |
| 716 | Wrapped in My Baby | Morris Pejoe / Arthur "Big Boy" Spires | |
| 717 | Long Man Blues | Various Artists | |
| 718 | Euphonic Sounds | Reginald R. Robinson | |
| 719 | Ready! | James Wheeler | |
| 720 | Straight Out of Chicago | The Rockin' Johnny Band | |
| 721 | Blues Spoken Here | Dave Specter and Lenny Lynn | |
| 722 | Last Go Round | Tad Robinson | |
| 723 | Make Room for the Blues | Willie Kent | |
| 724 | Kiss of Sweet Blues | Lurrie Bell | |
| 725 | Foolish Man | Ken Saydak | |
| 726 | Junk Food | A.C. Reed | |
| 727 | Good Blues to You | Aron Burton | |
| 728 | American People | Tail Dragger | |
| 729 | Talkin' Bout Chicago! | Syl Johnson | |
| 730 | Night Time Again | Jimmy Burns | |
| 731 | Boot 'Em Up | Aaron Moore | |
| 732 | Man's Temptation | The Rockin' Johnny Band | |
| 733 | Singin' with the Sun | Little Arthur Duncan | |
| 734 | 'C' for Chicago | Steve Freund | |
| 735 | Smile on My Face | Sunnyland Slim with Lacy Gibson and Lee Jackson | [18] |
| 736 | Blues Had a Baby | Lurrie Bell | |
| 738 | The Neglected Professor | Charles Thompson | |
| 739 | Biddle Street Barrelhousin' | Various Artists | Speckled Red, Henry Brown, Stump Johnson, James Crutchfield, Lawrence Henry |
| 740 | Dr. Feelgood | Piano Red | |
| 741 | New Role Soul | Robert Ward | |
| 742 | All in the Joy | The Big DooWopper | |
| 743 | Can't Take It | James Wheeler | |
| 744 | Speculatin' | Dave Specter | |
| 745 | Pepper's Hangout | Jimmy Johnson | |
| 746 | This Is the Blues Harmonica | Various Artists | |
| 747 | Do Your Thing! | Michael Coleman | |
| 748 | Learned My Lesson | Zora Young | |
| 749 | Blues Is a Feeling | Jesse Thomas | |
| 750 | A Million of You | Big Time Sarah | |
| 751 | Love Without Trust | The Ken Saydak Band | |
| 752 | I'll Be Your Mule | Steve Freund | |
| 753 | Joplin's Disciple | Brun Campbell | |
| 754 | Hoot & Holler Saturday Night! | Piney Brown / Eddie Mack | compilation of 1948/50 Apollo recordings |
| 755 | The Back Porch Boys | Alex "Guitar Slim" Seward and Louis "Jelly Belly" Hayes | compilation of 1947-50 Apollo recordings with Blind Willie McTell, Champion Jack Dupree and Brownie McGhee |
| 756 | McVoutie's Central Avenue Blues | Jack McVea | compilation of 1945-46 Apollo recordings with Rabon Tarrant, Wynonie Harris, Wild Bill Moore, Cee Pee Johnson and Duke Henderson |
| 757 | Killer Diller | Shirley Johnson | |
| 758 | Snake Eyes | Eddie Burns | |
| 759 | Bye Bye Baby | Robert McCoy | |
| 760 | On the Battlefield... Great Gospel Quartets | Various Artists | |
| 761 | Bang Goes My Heeart | Various Artists | The Moroccans and Other Great Groups on United |
| 762 | The Come Back | Memphis Slim and his House Rockers with Matt "Guitar" Murphy | |
| 763 | I Smell a Rat | Lester Davenport | |
| 764 | The Delmark Sessions | Frank Morey | |
| 765 | Rockin' Wild in Chicago | Magic Sam | |
| 766 | Feel the Spirit: A Tribute to Mahalia | The Big DooWopper | |
| 767 | I Got Wild | Big Joe Williams | |
| 768 | Switchin' in the Kitchen | Dave Clark's Blues Swingers featuring Floyd McDaniel | |
| 769 | Rockin' in the Same Boat | Johnny B. Moore | |
| 770 | Back to the Delta | Jimmy Burns | |
| 771 | If Heartaches Were Nickels | Charles Wilson | |
| 772 | Something Within Me | William Warfield | |
| 773 | Chicago Boogie | Roosevelt Sykes | |
| 774 | Hold That Train | Byther Smith | |
| 775 | The United Records Story | Various Artists | |
| 776 | Tell Me | Various Artists | The Five C's and Other Great Groups on United |
| 777 | Blues on the Internet | Detroit Junior | |
| 778 | Stompin' at Mother Blues | J.B. Hutto | |
| 779 | Is What It Is | Dave Specter and Steve Freund | |
| 780 | This Is the Blues Harmonica Vol 2 | Various Artists | |
| 781 | All Your Love I Miss Loving | Otis Rush | |
| 782 | My Head Is Bald | Tail Dragger | |
| 783 | One Eye Open | Mississippi Heat featuring Lurrie Bell | |
| 784 | Tore Up from the Floor Up | Zora Young | |
| 785 | Blues Brunch at the Mart | Michael Coleman and the Delmark All-Stars | |
| 786 | That Ain't Right | Magic Slim and the Teardrops / Joe Carter with Sunnyland Slim | |
| 787 | Live at Theresa's 1975 | Junior Wells | |
| 788 | Alton Blues | Barrelhouse Buck McFarland | |
| 789 | Live at B.L.U.E.S | Jimmy Burns | |
| 790 | Street Singer: Born 1875 | Cowboy Roy Brown | |
| 791 | Gettin' Up Live | Carey Bell and Lurrie Bell | |
| 792 | Messin' Around Blues | Jimmy Blythe | |
| 793 | Live At Rosa's Blues Lounge | Little Arthur Duncan | |
| 794 | Live in Chicago | Dave Specter | |
| 795 | Hattiesburg Blues | Mississippi Heat | |
| 796 | Blues on the Moon | Byther Smith | |
| 797 | On 80 Highway | Sleepy John Estes with Hammie Nixon | |
| 798 | Blues Attack | Shirley Johnson | |
| 799 | Tear This World Up | Eddie C. Campbell | |
| 800 | It Ain't Over: Delmark Celebrates 55 Years of Blues | Various Artists | |
| 801 | Hey Jodie! | Quintus McCormick Blues Band | |
| 802 | The French Connection | Zora Young | |
| 803 | Live at Rooster's Lounge | Tail Dragger | |
| 804 | Boogie Woogie Kings | Various Artists | |
| 805 | The Life I Love | Willie Buck | |
| 806 | Burnin' Love | Dave Weld and the Imperial Flames | |
| 807 | Let's Live It Up! | Mississippi Heat | |
| 808 | Jimmy Dawkins Presents The Leric Story | Various Artists | |
| 809 | Live in Boston 1966 | Junior Wells and the Aces | |
| 810 | That's the Way You Do | Studebaker John's Maxwell Street Kings | |
| 811 | Love You from the Top | James Kinds | |
| 812 | Gettin' Kinda Rough! | Graná Louise | |
| 813 | Low Down Papa | Clarence Johnson | |
| 814 | Bad Girl | Demetria Taylor | |
| 815 | Put It On Me! | Quintus McCormick Blues Band | |
| 816 | The Real Deal | Sharon Lewis and Texas Fire | |
| 817 | Leaving Mood | Toronzo Cannon | |
| 818 | Old School Rockin' | Studebaker John | |
| 819 | Spider Eating Preacher | Eddie C. Campbell | |
| 820 | Grim Reaper | The Rockin' Johnny Band | |
| 821 | Still Called the Blues | Quintus McCormick | |
| 822 | Been There Done That | Linsey Alexander | |
| 823 | Delta Bound | Mississippi Heat | |
| 824 | Self Made Man | Mike Wheeler | |
| 825 | Cell Phone Man | Willie Buck | |
| 826 | ...In Between Time | Al Miller Chicago Blues Band | |
| 827 | Sunny Road | Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup | |
| 828 | Stop Lyin' | Tail Dragger | |
| 829 | Blues In My Soul | Lurrie Bell | |
| 830 | Kingsville Jukin' | Studebaker John's Maxwell Street Kings | |
| 831 | John the Conquer Root | Toronzo Cannon | |
| 832 | Troubles | John & Sylvia Embry | |
| 833 | Live at the Avant Garde | Magic Sam | |
| 834 | Stoned Soul | Giles Corey | |
| 835 | Live In Japan with Hammie Nixon | Sleepy John Estes | |
| 836 | Message in Blue | Dave Specter | |
| 837 | Set Me Free | Steve Freund and Gloria Hardiman | |
| 838 | Come Back Baby | Linsey Alexander | |
| 839 | Warning Shot | Mississippi Heat | |
| 840 | Born & Raised | Omar Coleman | |
| 841 | It Ain’t Right | Jimmy Burns | |
| 842 | Slip Into a Dream | Dave Weld and the Imperial Flames | |
| 843 | Truth | Guy King | |
| 844 | Corey Dennison Band | Corey Dennison Band | |
| 845 | Turn Up!! | Mike Wheeler Band | |
| 846 | Omar Coleman Live! | Omar Coleman | |
| 847 | Can’t Shake This Feeling | Lurrie Bell | |
| 848 | Cab Driving Man | Mississippi Heat | |
| 849 | Grown Ass Woman | Sharon Lewis and Texas Fire | |
| 850 | Lonesome Highway' | Billy Flynn | |
| 851 | Two Cats | Linsey Alexander | |
| 852 | Night After Night | Corey Dennison Band | |
| 853 | Sometimes the Blues Got Me | Breezy Rodio | |
| 854 | Back to Chicago | Rockwell Avenue Blues Band | |
| 855 | Tribute to Carey Bell | Lurrie Bell & The Bell Dynasty | |
| 856 | Tribute: Delmark’s 65th Anniversary | Various Artists | |
| 857 | Willie Buck Way | Willie Buck | |
| 858 | Johnny Burgin Live | Johnny Burgin | |
| 859 | Blues from the Inside Out | Dave Specter | |
| 860 | If It Ain't Broke Don’t Fix It | Breezy Rodio |
See also
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The oldest jazz and blues label in the country, Delmark Records has inspired countless small startups around the world determined to promote the pioneers and mavericks of the two genres.
- ^ Kennedy, Rick; McNutt, Randy (1999). Little labels Big Sound: Small Record Companies and the Rise of American Music. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. pp. 161–. ISBN 978-0253-21434-8.
- ^ Hanson, Karen (2007). Today's Chicago Blues. Lake Claremont Press. pp. 96–98. ISBN 978-1-893121-19-5.
Delmark Records made history in 1965 when Junior Wells stepped into the studio to record Hoodoo Man Blues.
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