(-) Compilation from previously released L+R albums, released before the Festival, including the featured artists
(1)(4#)(5#)(7##)(8##) Recorded live at Carl Phillip Emanuel Bach-Konzerthalle, Frankfurt an der Oder, East Germany, November 6, 1982
(2)(3)(4)(5)(7)(8) Recorded live at Palmengarten, Frankfurt am Main, West Germany, November 15, 1982
(2#)(3#)(6)(7#)(8#) Recorded live at the Siegerlandhalle, Siegen, West Germany, November 24, 1982
(4##)(5##) Recorded live at Auditorium, Palma de Mallora, Spain, November 27, 1982
(7###)(8###) Recorded in Leland, MS, October/November 1980
(9)(10) Recorded at Odyssey Sound Studio, Chicago, IL, June 30, 1982
(11) Recorded at Odyssey Sound Studio, Chicago, IL, May 27-29 & June 1-2, 1980
(12) Recorded at Odyssey Sound Studio, Chicago, IL, June 28-29, 1982
(13) Recorded at Magic Wand Recording Studios, Burbank, CA, July 2, 1982
Vinyl releases:
Blues '82 - American Folk Blues Festival
(Program and LP-Album with all participating artists)
(-) L+R - 1982 Germany
American Folk Blues Festival '82
(1) Amiga - 1982 East Germany
Blues Live '82 - American Folk Blues Festival
(2) L+R - 1983 Germany
Blues Live '82 - S.O.B. (Sons of Blues)
(4) L+R - 1983 Germany
The James Son Thomas Album
(7) L+R - 1985 Germany
Lurrie Bell & Billy Branch: Chicago's Young Blues Generation
(9) L+R - 1982 Germany
Carey & Lurrie Bell: Son of a Gun
(11) Rooster Blues - 1984 US/UK
Carey Bell's Blues Harp Band with Lurrie Bell: Goin' on Main Street
(12) L+R - 1982 Germany
Margie Evans: Mistreated Woman
(13) L+R - 1982 Germany
CD releases:
Blues Live '82 - American Folk Blues Festival
(3) L+R - 1991
American Folk Blues Festival 1982/1983/1985
(3) L+R/Bellaphon - 2002
Blues Live '82 - S.O.B. (Sons of Blues)
(4) L+R - 1991 Germany
Billy Branch & the S.O.B.s Live '82
(5) Evidence - 1994 US
James Son Thomas
(7) Bellaphon - 1996 Germany
James Son Thomas: Beefsteak Blues
(8) Evidence - 1998
Lurrie Bell & Billy Branch: Chicago's Young Blues Generation
(10) Evidence - 1991 US
Carey & Lurrie Bell: Son of a Gun
(11) P-Vine - 1997
Carey Bell's Blues Harp Band with Lurrie Bell: Goin' on Main Street
(12) Evidence - 1994
Bootleg:
(6) German Television Broadcast; not released officially
Lurrie Bell:
- Breaking Up Somebody's Home* (1)
- Detroit Michigan (Cadillac Assembly Line)* (2)(3)(5)
- Never Make Your Move Too Soon* (4)(5)
- Did (Have) You Ever Love(d) a Woman* (4#)(5#)
- My Kind of Woman (Cold Women with Warm Hearts)* (4##)(5##)
- Reconsider Baby* (4)(5)
- The Train I Ride* (6)
- The Train I Ride (Mystery Train)* (9)(10)
- Breakin' Up Somebody's Home* (9)(10)
- Sweet Little Angel* (9)(10)
- Teenie Weenie Bit (Just a Little Bit)* (9)(10)
- I Need You So Bad* (9)(10)
- Ballbuster** (11)
- I'll Be Your 44** (11)
- Rollin' and Tumblin'** (11)
- Worried Heartache Blues*** (11)
- My Baby** (11)
- I've Got to Leave Chi-Town*** (11)
- Gate Bait** (11)
- I Am Worried**** (12)
Lurrie Bell - guitars, vocals
Elisha Murray - guitars
Billy Branch - harmonica*
J. W. Williams - bass*
Mose Rutues Jr. - drums*
Carey Bell - harmonica**,***
John Ervin - bass**,***
Theodore Dino Davies - drums**,****
James Harrington - drums***
Carey Bell Jr. - bass****
Carey Bell:
- Easy to Love* (1)
- Goin' on Main Street* (2)(3)(5)
- Goin' on Main Street* (6)
- Easy to Love* (6)
- Better Break It Up** (11)
- I'm a Fool** (11)
- Kick Me in the Pants** (11)
- Highway Is My Life** (11)
- If the Ocean Was Whiskey** (11)
- Goin' on Main Street*** (12)
- Heartaches and Pain*** (12)
- Easy to Love You*** (12)
- Train Ticket*** (12)
- When a Woman Get in Trouble*** (12)
Carey Bell - harmonica, vocals
Lurrie Bell - guitars
Elisha Murray - guitars
J. W. Williams - bass*
Mose Rutues Jr. - drums*
John Ervin - bass**
Theodore Dino Davies - drums**
Tom Zydron - organ***
Carey Bell Jr. - bass***
Theodore Dino Davies - drums***
Billy Branch:
- Eyesight to the Blind (4#)(5#)
- Juke Jam (6)
- Help Me (9)(10)
- Don't Stop (Start) Me Talking (9)(10)
Billy Branch - harmonica, vocals
Lurrie Bell - guitars
Elisha Murray - guitars
J. W. Williams - bass
Mose Rutues Jr. - drums
J. W. Williams:
- Sweet Little Angel (1)
- Sweet Little Angel (4)(5)
Lurrie Bell - guitars
Billy Branch - harmonica
Elisha Murray - guitars
J. W. Williams - bass, vocals
Mose Rutues Jr. - drums
Margie Evans:
- Oh Lawdy Lord* (1)
- That Dirty Black Rat** (2)(3)
- Sometimes I'll Be Gone (Oh Lawdy Lord)** (2)(3)
- That Dirty Black Rat** (6)
- Oh Lawdy Lord** (6)
- Mistreated Woman*** (13)
- It's a Shame*** (13)
- Your Love is Painful*** (13)
- Two Lovers in One*** (13)
- Blue Blue Blues*** (13)
- Don't Throw No Stones at Me*** (13)
- God Bless the Child (13)
Margie Evans - vocals
Carey Bell - harmonica**
Lurrie Bell - guitars*,**
Elisha Murray - guitars*,**
J. W. Williams - bass*,**
Mose Rutues Jr. - drums*,**
Cash McCall - guitars***
Zachery Prather - guitars***
Eddie Noble - electric piano***
Welton Gite - bass***
Stuart Nevitt - drums***
Calvin Bennett - sax***
Blues Harp Meeting:
- Tribute to Big Walter* (1)
- Tribute to Big Walter* (2)(3)
- Blues Harp Blues by Three* (2#)(3#)(6)
- Tribute to Big Walter (12)
Carey Bell - harmonica
Billy Branch - harmonica
Harmonica Phil Wiggins - harmonica*
Cephas & Wiggins:
- Last Fair Deal** (1)
- Big Boss Man* (2#)(3#)
- Burn Your Bridges (2)(3)
- Worried Man Blues* (2)
- Running and Hiding*** (2)(3)
- Bye Bye Baby (You're Still My Baby)**** (2#)(3#)(6)
- Careless Love* (6)
Bowling Green John - guitars, vocals*,***,****
Harmonica Phil Wiggins - harmonica, vocals**,***
Margie Evans - vocals****
James Son Thomas:
- Catfish Blues (1)
- Beefsteak Blues (2#)(3#)(7#)(8#)
- Catfish Blues (2#)(3#)(8#)
- Good Morning Little Schoolgirl (2)(3)(7)(8)
- Standing at the Crossroads (2)(7)(8)
- Stormy Monday Blues* (2)(3)(7)(8)
- Big Fat Mama (7)(8)
- The Real Catfish Blues (7)(8)
- 61 Highway (7#)(8#)
- Hoochie Coochie Man/Tune in Next Time (7##)(8##)
- Rock Me Mama** (7###)(8###)
- Mama Don't 'low No Guitar Playin' 'Round Here (7###)(8###)
James Son Thomas - guitars, vocals
J. W. Williams - bass*
Mose Rutues Jr. - drums*
Cleveland Jones - bass**
Archie Edwards:
- The Road Is Rough and Rocky (1)
- How Long Blues (2#)(3#)(6)
- That Won't Do (2#)(3#)
- Take Me Back Baby (2#)(3#)
Archie Edwards - acoustic guitar, vocals
American Folk Blues Festival 1982/1983/1985
