War Time Blues

~ Recording by Sonny Boy Williamson

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.2War Time Blues?:??Sonny Boy WilliamsonI've Been Dealin' With the Devil / War Time BluesSonny Boy WilliamsonSingle
Bluebird (US label, originally a budget subsidiary of RCA Victor)B-8580
1.13War Time Blues2:58Sonny Boy WilliamsonComplete Recorded Works in Chronological Order, Volume 3 (21 July 1939 to 4 April 1941)Sonny Boy WilliamsonAlbum + Compilation
Document Records (AT / UK)DOCD-5057
2.15War Time Blues2:59Sonny Boy WilliamsonLa grande epoque du blues 1926 - 1943Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Best of Blues RecordsBest Of Blues 20
1.5War Time Blues2:59Sonny Boy WilliamsonBroken Heart BluesSonny Boy WilliamsonAlbum + Compilation
Past Perfect (DE reissue label of questionable legitimacy, run by TIM The International Music Company AG)205748-203
14.18War Time Blues2:55Sonny Boy WilliamsonTriumphs of the Blues (limited edition, cardboard sleeves)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Haba’na113301-113320
10.18War Time Blues [1940]2:58Sonny Boy WilliamsonL’Histoire du jazz vocal – The Story of Vocal Jazz: 1911–1940Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2004-10-20
Le Chant du Monde574 1301.10
2.5War Time Blues2:57John Lee Williamson `Sonnyboy´Blues Archive: The Story of the Blues: Chapter 12John Lee Williamson `Sonnyboy´Album + Compilation
Membran Music Ltd.222068
3.5War Time Blues2:58Sonny Boy WilliamsonMillion Years BluesSonny Boy WilliamsonAlbum + Compilation
Quadromania222496-444
1.3War Time Blues2:58Sonny Boy WilliamsonThe Later Years 1939-1947Sonny Boy WilliamsonAlbum + Compilation
JSP Records (UK jazz/blues reissues)JSP77101
2.10War Time Blues2:59Sonny Boy WilliamsonMississippi Juke Joint Blues (9th September 1941)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2016-06-10
Rhythm and Blues (UK compilation label)RANDB036
1.3War Time Blues3:00Sonny Boy WilliamsonWin the War Blues: The Blues & World War IIVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2020-05-04
Jasmine Records (UK label)JASMCD3147
1.5War Time Blues2:57Sonny Boy WilliamsonBroken Heart BluesSonny Boy WilliamsonAlbum + Compilation
1.15War Time Blues2:59Sonny Boy WilliamsonThe Prewar Blues Story 1926-1943 (disc 2)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
(unknown)
1.18War Time Blues2:55Sonny Boy WilliamsonLes Triomphes du Blues, Volume 14: Harmonica BluesVarious Artists
2.10War Time Blues2:59John “Sonny Boy” WilliamsonMississippi Jook Joint BluesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Rhythm and Blues (UK compilation label)RANDB036

Relationships

recorded in:Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1940-05-17)
drums (drum set) [drums]:Fred Williams (Blues drummer) (on 1940-05-17)
harmonica and lead vocals:Sonny Boy Williamson (John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson, 1914–1948) (on 1940-05-17)
piano:Joshua Altheimer (on 1940-05-17)