JSP Records

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JSP Records

JSP Records is a re-issue label, based in the U.K., which has released some excellent compilations of classic blues, jazz, country and other early recordings.

It has also released some very worthwhile complete collections of the recordings of individual artists, which we have listed further down this page.

We have found these JSP Records CD box sets to be comprehensive collections with good re-mastering and typically offered at a reasonable retail price.

Here are some of the JSP Records sets in Our Recommendations, Recommended Recordings and Recommended Recordings-Compilations:

Compilations

• Legends of Country Blues, 5 CD box set featuring the complete early recordings of Son House, Skip James, Booker “Bukka” White and the complete recordings of Tommy Johnson and Ishmon Bracey.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Masters of Memphis Blues, 4 CD box set featuring the complete early recordings of Furry Lewis, Robert Wilkins and Frank Stokes and selections from other Memphis blues players of the period.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Mississippi Blues Rare Cuts 1926-1941, a 4 CD box set featuring some excellent recordings from lesser known Mississippi blues musicians, 1926-1941. Among other great recordings it includes the four Mississippi Jook Band recordings listed on the  Mississippi Blues Trail marker for Roots of Rock And Roll in Hattiesburg, Mississippi

 

 

 

 

 

• Cool, Cool Blues – although this is marketed as a Sonny Boy Williamson set, it’s actually a compilation of Trumpet Records recordings, 1951-1954.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Individual Artists

Louis Armstrong

• Hot Fives and Hot Sevens – a 4 CD set containing the complete Louis Armstrong Hot Fives and Hot Sevens recordings made between 1926 and 1930. Very good re-mastering.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Big Bill Broonzy

• All The Classic Sides, 1928-1937 on JSP Records
• 1937-1940 on JSP Records
• The War & Postwar Years 1940-51 on JSP Records

 

 

 

 

 

 

Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell

• Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell Volume 1: 1928-1934 – a 4 CD box set with 95 sides
• When The Sun Goes Down 1934-1941 – a 4 CD box set

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bo Carter – Mississippi Sheiks

• Bo Carter & The Mississippi Sheiks – 4 CD, 100 track, box set

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blind Lemon Jefferson

• The Complete 94 Classic Sides Remastered.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Louis Jordan

• Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five – 5 CD set containing 131 tracks
• Louis Jordan – The Later Years 1953-1957

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blind Willie McTell

• Blind Willie McTell – The Classic Years, 1927-1940 – 4 CD, 84 track box set on JSP Records.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Memphis Jug Band

• Memphis Jug Band with Gus Cannon’s Jug Stompers – 4 CD, 98 track box set

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Memphis Minnie

• Queen of the Country Blues 1929-1937
• Queen of the Delta Blues 1937-1953

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mississippi Sheiks – Bo Carter

• Bo Carter & The Mississippi Sheiks – 4 CD, 100 track, box set

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Charley Patton

• Charley Patton – Complete Recordings 1929-1934 – a 5 CD box set on JSP records

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ma Rainey

Jimmie Rodgers

• Jimmie Rodgers Recordings 1927-1933, a 5 CD, 110 track, box set.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bessie Smith

• Bessie Smith – Queen of the Blues Volume 1
• Empress of the Blues, Volume 2: 1926-1933

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sonny Boy Williamson 1

• The Original Sonny Boy Williamson, Volume 1
• The Original Sonny Boy Williamson, The Later Years 1938-1947

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sonny Boy Williamson II (Aleck “Rice” Miller)

• Cool Cool Blues, The Classic Sides 1951-1954 – although this is marketed as a Sonny Boy Williamson set, it’s actually a compilation of Trumpet Records recordings, 1951-1954.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here are some links to other websites with information about JSP Records:

• Blues GR

 

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