ORIGIN
OJL-1 Brooklyn Heights, N.Y: : Origin Jazz Library, [1962]
OJL-2-21: Berkeley, Calif. : Origin Jazz Library, [1962]-[1969?]
OJL-22-25: Santa Monica, Calif. : Origin Jazz Library, [1982?-1984]
*OJL-1
Patton, Charley:
Charlie Patton no. 1. - [1962]
Title on front cover: The immortal Charlie Patton number 1 ; title on back
cover: Charlie Patton and the country blues
Unsigned liner notes
12 tracks
*OJL-2
Really! the country blues. - [1962]
Produced by Bill Givens ; edited by Pete Whelan ; lyrics transcribed by Bill
Givens and Dave Evans ; brochure notes: Gayle Dean Wardlow
14 tracks: Garfield Akers, Ishman Bracey, Sam Collins, Son House, Harvey Hull,
Skip James, Buster Johnson, Tommy Johnson, William Moore, Henry Sims, Henry Thomas,
George "Bullet" Williams
*OJL-3
Thomas, Henry:
Henry Thomas sings the Texas blues. - [1962]
Produced by [Bill] Givens, [Pete] Whelan
14 tracks
*OJL-4
The great jug bands. - [1962]
Notes by Sam Charters
16 tracks: Birmingham Jug Band, Gus Cannon, Jack Kelly, Noah Lewis, Memphis
Jug Band, Memphis Minnie, Phillips' Louisville Jug Band, Whistler and his Jug Band
*OJL-5
The Mississippi blues no. 1. - [1963]
Lyrics transcribed by Dave Evans ; brochure notes: Dave Evans
16 tracks: Kid Bailey, Willie Brown, William Harris, Son House, Mississippi
John Hurt, Skip James, Bukka White, Robert Wilkins
*OJL-6
The country girls. - [1964]
Produced by [Bill] Givens/[Pete] Whelan ; notes, "A woman's view of the
blues-", by Nancy Grace Whelan and three lyrics transcriptions by Robert Travis
on insert leaflet
16 tracks: Lottie Beaman, Lucille Bogan, Pearl Dickson, Nellie Florence, Mae
Glover, Lulu Jackson, Lillian Miller, Memphis Minnie, Rosie Mae Moore, Elvie Thomas,
Geeshie Wiley
OJL-7
Patton, Charley:
Charlie Patton no. 2. - [1964]
Title on cover: The immortal Charlie Patton 1887-1934 number 2
Brochure notes: Bernard Klatzko
16 tracks, incl Bertha Lee, and Henry Sims
*OJL-8
Country blues encores. - [1965]
Lyrics transcriptions: David Evans ; brochure notes: Gayle Dean Wardlow
16 tracks: Garfield Akers, Ishman Bracey, Big Bill Broonzy, John Byrd, Jaybird
Coleman, Harvey Hull, Skip James, Tommy Johnson, Charley Jordan, Rube Lacy, Moses
Mason, Mississippi Moaner, William Moore, Blind Joe Reynolds, Henry Sims, Bill Wilber
*OJL-10
Collins, Sam:
Sam Collins. - [1965]
Brochure notes: Pete Whelan
Title on front cover: Crying Sam Collins and his git-fiddle
16 tracks: Sam Collins, John D. Fox, King Solomon Hill
*OJL-11
The Mississippi blues no. 2. - [1965]
Lyrics transcribed by Dave Evans & Bill Givens ; brochure notes: Dave Evans
16 tracks: Garfield Akers, Hi Henry Brown, Joe Calicott, Louise Johnson, Charley
Patton, Blind Willie Reynolds, J.D. Short, Robert Wilkins
*OJL-12
In the spirit no. 1. - [1966]
Title on cover: In the spirit : vol. 1
Recordings selected by Bernard Klatzko ; edited by Bill Givens and Mr. Klatzko
; produced by Bill Givens ; notes by Pete Welding ; brochure notes: Bernard Klatzko
15 tracks: Elder Richard Bryant, Slim Duckett, Blind Mamie Forehand, Skip James,
Mother McCollum, Rev. F.W. McGhee, Lonnie McIntorsh, Charley Patton, Washington Phillips,
Rev. D.C. Rice, Blind Joe Taggart, Bukka White. Plus one track by a white artist
*OJL-13
In the spirit no. 2. - [1966]
Title on cover: In the spirit : vol. 2
Recordings selected by Bernard Klatzko ; edited by Bill Givens and Mr. Klatzko
; produced by Bill Givens ; notes by Pete Welding ; brochure notes: Bernard Klatzko
16 tracks: Elder Richard Bryant, Elder Curry, Blind Willie Davis, Sister Cally
Fancy, Roosevelt Graves, Holy Ghost Sanctified Singers, Blind Willie Johnson, Mother
McCollum, Lonnie McIntorsh, Charley Patton, Washington Phillips, Rev. D.C. Rice,
William & Versey Smith, Bukka White
*OJL-14
Alabama country. - [1967]
Notes in broschure, "Alabama blues : a study in tyranny", by Jacques
Roche [pseud. for Stephen Calt]
14 tracks: Ed Bell, Wiley Barney, Jaybird Coleman, Daddy Stovepipe, Joe Evans,
Ollis Martin, George "Bullet" Williams
*OJL-15
Rugged piano classics. - [1968?]
Commentary by Tracy Nelson
11 tracks: Henry Brown, Sammy Brown, W.E. "Buddy" Burton, Jim Clark,
Cow Cow Davenport, Bob Hudson, Jesse James, Skip James, Cripple Clarence Lofton,
Romeo Nelson, James Wiggins. Plus 3 jazz tracks
*OJL-16
Ragged piano classics. - [1968?]
Commentary by Dick Raichelson
7 tracks: Robert Cooper, Herve Duerson, Will Ezell, Blind Leroy Garnett, Sugar
Underwood, Alonzo Yancey. Rest white or jazz artists
*OJL-17
The Mississippi blues no. 3. - [1969?]
Subtitle on cover: Transition, 1926-1937
Edited, produced and designed by Bill Givens ; liner notes: Dave Evans. With
lyrics transcripts
16 tracks: Blind Joe Amos, Caldwell Bracey, Mary Butler, Sam Butler, Mississippi
John Hurt, Skip James, Robert Johnson, Bertha Lee, Rosie Mae Moore, Hambone Willie
Newbern, Johnnie Temple, Big Joe Williams
*OJL-18
Let's go riding. - [1969?]
Edited and produced by Bill Givens ; notes by David Evans
14 tracks: Pink Anderson, Kokomo Arnold, Will Bennett, Blind Blake, Bo Carter,
Buddy Boy Hawkins, Peg Leg Howell, Carl Martin, Bill Moore, Freddie Spruell, Willie
Walker, Sylvester Weaver, Ellis Williams
*OJL-19
That jug band sound. - [1969?]
Edited and produced by Bill Givens ; notes by Henry Vestine
15 tracks: Birmingham Jug Band, Gus Cannon, Cincinatti Jug Band, James Cole,
Daddy Stovepipe, Jed Davenport, Jack Kelly, Noah Lewis, Memphis Jug Band, Vol Stevens.
Plus 1 jazz track
*OJL-20
The blues in St. Louis. - [1969?]
Title on cover: The blues in St. Louis, 1929-1937
Liner notes: Pete Welding
14 tracks: Kokomo Arnold, Teddy Darby, Walter Davis, Charley Jordan, Buck McFarland,
Alice Moore, Bessie Mae Smith, Henry Spaulding, Speckled Red, Henry Townsend, Peetie
Wheatstraw
*OJL-21
The blues in Memphis. - [1969?]
Subtitles on cover: 1927-1939 : all the uptown and downhome music of the gateway
to the Delta
Notes by Dave Evans
14 tracks: Gus Cannon, Sleepy John Estes, Jack Kelly, Furry Lewis, Kansas Joe
McCoy, Allen Shaw, Vol Stevens, Frank Stokes, Minnie Wallace, Will Weldon, Robert
Wilkins
*OJL-22
Howell, Peg Leg:
Peg Leg Howell and his gang. - [1982?]
14 tracks: Macon Ed, Peg Leg Howell, Henry Williams
*OJL-23
Johnson, Lonnie:
Vocals and instrumentals. - [1982?]
Title on cover: Woke up this morning, blues in my fingers : original recordings,
1927-32
Produced by Lawrence Cohn ; liner notes by Lawrence Cohn 16 tracks
*OJL-25
OJL's GA : 1927-36 : the black country music of Georgia. - [1984]
Produced and annotated by Don Kent ; four lyrics transcriptions on insert leaflet:
Don Kent
15 tracks: Kokomo Arnold, Barbecue Bob, Bumble Bee Slim, Georgia Tom Dorsey,
Rev. J.M. Gates, Eddie Head, Charlie Lincoln, Lillie Mae, Luther Magby, Sara Martin,
Sam Montgomery, Buddy Moss, Rufus & Ben Quillian, Tampa Red, Sylvester Weaver