Walking Blues (1942 recording, AFS6607, a.k.a Death Letter Blues)

~ Recording by Son House

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.6My Black Woman?:??Son HouseBlues from the Mississippi DeltaSon House & J.D. ShortAlbum + Compilation
Folkways RecordsFA 2467
1.1My Black Woman2:57Son HouseBlues from the Mississippi DeltaSon House & J.D. ShortAlbum + Compilation
Verve FolkwaysFV-9035
1.10Walking Blues3:01Son HouseThe Legendary 1941/42 Recordings in Chronological SequenceSon HouseAlbum + Compilation
Folklyric9002
1.15Walking Blues3:00Son HouseThe Complete Library of Congress Sessions: 1941-1942Son HouseAlbum + Compilation
Travelin' ManTM CD 02
1.11Walking Blues3:06Son HouseDelta BluesSon HouseAlbum + Compilation
Biograph RecordsBCD 118
1.6Walking Blues3:00Son HouseMississippi BluesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Object EnterprisesORO124
1.13Walking Blues2:56Son HouseDelta BluesSon HouseAlbum + Compilation
ArpeggioARB 004
1.7Walking Blues2:59Son HouseLowdown Dirty Dog BluesSon HouseAlbum + Compilation
ABM (imprint? of Audio Book & Music Company Limited)ABMMCD 1240
1.11Walking Blues3:06Son HouseDelta BluesSon HouseAlbum + Compilation
  • US2003-07-15
Biograph RecordsDK 30170
2.15Walking Blues3:00Son HouseLegends of Country BluesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2003-08-11
JSP Records (UK jazz/blues reissues)JSP7715
1.13Walking Blues (Death Letter)3:03Son HouseHeroes of the Blues: The Very Best of Son HouseSon HouseAlbum + Compilation
  • US2003-09-09
Shout! FactoryDK 30251
1.18Walking Blues3:04Son HouseA Proper Introduction to Son House: Delta BluesSon HouseAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2004-04-13
Proper RecordsINTRO CD 2016
1.14Walking Blues3:01Son HouseKing of the Delta BluesSon HouseAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2006-08-17
Fuel 2000 Records
1.12Walking Blues3:01Son HouseThe Delta Blues of Son HouseSon HouseAlbum
  • US2009-05-27
Grammercy RecordsGRAM-263
1.1Walking Blues3:00Son HouseCountry Farm BluesSon HouseAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2010-07-05
Brownsville
41.13Walkin’ Blues2:56Son HouseABC of the BluesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • DE2010-09-24
Documents (German, Membran Entertainment Group)233168
3.11Walking Blues (Death Letter Blues)2:57Son HouseJukebox Favourites: The Best of the BluesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -2011
APM Music (production music label, prefix: APMC)AUPCD968
2.13Walkin’ Blues2:56Son HouseBlues Masters, Volume 8Lightnin’ Hopkins / Roosevelt Sykes / Son House / Snooks Eaglin / Sleepy John EstesAlbum + Compilation
4π
1.15Walking Blues?:??Son HouseClarksdale Moan [1930-1942]Son HouseAlbum + Compilation
The Devil’s TunesDevicd001
3.15Walking Blues2:59Son HouseDelta Blues: Milestones of LegendsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Documents (German, Membran Entertainment Group)600378
1.3Death Letter Blues3:02Son HouseClassic Delta and Deep South Blues from Smithsonian FolkwaysVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2018-01-19
Smithsonian Folkways (imprint of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings)SFW 40222, SFW CD 40222
1.15Walking Blues3:00Son HouseThe Complete Library of Congress Sessions 1941-1942Son HouseAlbum + Compilation
Jasmine Records (UK label)JASMCD 3199
1.6Death Letter Blues3:01Son HouseLow Down Dirty Dog BluesSon HouseAlbum + Compilation
  • -2023-11-20
Black Barn Music
(unknown)
1.15Walking Blues3:00Son HouseThe Complete Library of Congress Sessions: 1941 - 1942Son House

Relationships

recorded in:Robinsonville, Mississippi, United States (on 1942-07-17)
guitar:Son House
vocals:Son House
field recordings:Lewis Jones (worked with Alan Lomax) (on 1942-07-17)
Alan Lomax (US ethnomusicologist) (on 1942-07-17)
stream for free:https://archive.culturalequity.org/field-work/mississippi-delta-survey-1941-1942/robinsonville-742/walking-blues [info]
recording of:Death Letter Blues (Son House)

Related works

Death Letter Blues (Son House)

writer:Son House