In Chronological Order 1929-1936

Artists

Album Info

Release Date: 1996

Label: Document Records

Recorded in Chicago, 18 April 1929 (tracks 1, 2), 1 May 1929 (track 3), 18 May 1929 (tracks 4, 5), c. 29 June 1929 (tracks 6, 7), 9 September 1929 (tracks 8, 9), 10 October 1929 (tracks 10, 11), c. mid-June 1930 (tracks 12 to 16), c. 14 July 1930 (track 17), c. early September 1930 (track 20), c. 10 September 1934 (track 21), 17 September 1934 (tracks 22, 23), and 5 May 1936 (tracks 24, 25)
Recorded in Richmond, Ind., 30 August 1930 (tracks 18, 19)

On this release Sam Tarpley is indicated as a pseudonym for Sam Theard; the authors of "Blues and gospel records 1890-1943" (Oxford University Press, 1997) does not agree and list Tarpley's recordings in a separate entry, with no mention of Theard.