Darrell Adams

By Rene Pavlik, Praguefrank
SESSIONS
1955-1961 Lansdowne Studios, London, UK – Ramblin‘ Jack Elliott [-1], Darrell Adams [-2]
001 WRECK ON THE HIGHWAY -1-2 Signal S-144/Joker SM 3024
002 PORTLAND TOWN -2 Joker SM 3024
003 THE TRAMP ON THE STREET -1-2 Signal S-149/Joker SM 3024
004 WORRIED MAN BLUES -1-2 Signal S139/Joker SM 3024
005 900 MILES -2 Joker SM 3024
000 HARD TRAVELING -1 Joker SM 3024
006 MORE PRETTY GIRLS THAN ONE -1-2 Joker SM 3024
000 FREIGHT TRAIN -1 Joker SM 3024
007 TALKING BLUES Joker SM 3024
008 I'M SAD AND I'M LONELY -2 Joker SM 3024
009 THE DEATH OF MR. GARFIELD -2 Joker SM 3023 Vivid VSCD-261
010 IT’S HARD, AIN’T IT HARD -1-2 Topic 12T105
011 ALL AROUND THE WATERTANK -1-2 Topic 12T105
012 MULE SKINNER´S BLUES -1–2 Signal S137/Joker SM 3023 Gramusic GM-289
000 HOW LONG BLUES -1 Signal S137/Joker SM 3023 Gramusic GM-289
013 PRECIOUS JEWEL -1-2 Joker SM 3023
000 THE DEATH OF JOHN HENRY -1 Joker SM 3023 Gramusic GM-289
014 CIGARETTES AND WHISKEY -1-2 Joker SM 3023 Gramusic GM-289
015 THE CUCKOO -2 Joker SM 3023 Gramusic GM-289
016 GOING DOWN THE ROAD -1-2 Signal S 142/Joker SM 3023 Gramusic GM-289
017 I‘M GONNA WALK THE STREET IN GLORY -1-2 Joker SM 3023 Gramusic GM-289
1956 Lansdowne Studios, London, UK – Ramblin‘ Jack Elliott [-1], Darrell Adams [-2]
018 RICH AND RAMBLIN BOY -1-2 Topic 10T14 12T105 Joker SM 3023 Gramusic GM-289 Vivid VSCD-261
000 BUFFALO SKINNERS -1 Topic 10T14 12T105 Vivid VSCD-261
019 I WISH I WAS A ROCK -2 Topic 10T14 12T105 Vivid VSCD-261
000 THE STATE OF ARKANSAS -1 Topic 10T14 Vivid VSCD-261
020 MOTHER´ S NOT DEAD -1-2 Topic 10T14 12T105 Vivid VSCD-261
021 EAST VIRGINIA BLUES -1-2 Topic 10T14 12T105 Joker SM 3023 Gramusic GM-289 Vivid VSCD-261
022 STERN OLD BACHELOR -2 Signal S 142/Topic 10T14 12T105 Joker SM 3023 Gramusic GM-289 Vivid VSCD-261
023 DANVILLE GIRL -1-2 Signal S-144/Topic 10T14 12T105 Joker SM 3024
024 ROLL ON BUDDY -1-2 Signal S-149/Topic 10T14 12T105 Joker SM 3024
025 LET‘S ALL GO FOLKY Liberty LRP 3036
1959 Lansdowne Studios, London, UK – Ramblin‘ Jack Elliott [-1], Darrell Adams [-2]
026 ROLL IN MY SWEET BABY'S ARMS -1-2 EPM 10147/Joker SM 3024
000 SAN FRANCISCO BAY BLUES -1 EPM 10147 Joker SM 3024
027 AIN’T THAT A SHAME -1-2 EPM 10147/ Joker SM 3023 Gramusic GM-289
000 SALTY DOG BLUES -1 EPM 10147 Signal S139/ Joker SM 3023 Gramusic GM-289
Early 1960s Milan, ITA - Ramblin‘ Jack Elliott [-1], Darrell Adams [-2]
028 ROLL ON BUDDY -1-2 Bounty BY 6036
029 MORE PRETTY GIRLS THAN ONE -1-2 Bounty BY 6036
000 FREIGHT TRAIN -1 Bounty BY 6036
030 TALKING NEW YORK -1-2 Bounty BY 6036
000 HARD TRAVELLIN' -1 Bounty BY 6036
031 SAD AND LONELY -2 Bounty BY 6036
032 ROLL IN MY SWEET BABY'S ARMS -1-2 Bounty BY 6036
033 CRASH ON THE HIGHWAY -1-2 Bounty BY 6036
034 PORTLAND TOWN -2 Bounty BY 6036
000 DANVILLE GIRL -1 Bounty BY 6036
035 TRAMP ON THE STREET -1-2 Bounty BY 6036
036 WORRIED MAN BLUES -1-2 Bounty BY 6036
000 SAN FRANCISCO BAY BLUES‘ -1 Bounty BY 6036
037 NINE HUNDRED MILES -2 Bounty BY 6036
Second volume also recorded and possibly issued on Bounty BY-6046, tracks unknown
Ca 1966 Unknown – Derroll Adams
051 ROLL ON BABE Ace Of Clubs SCL 1227
052 PRETTY LITTLE MISS Ace Of Clubs SCL 1227
053 900 MILES FROM HOME Ace Of Clubs SCL 1227
054 I WISH I WAS A ROCK Ace Of Clubs SCL 1227
055 SHIP ON THE OCEAN Ace Of Clubs SCL 1227
056 LITTLE BIRDIE Ace Of Clubs SCL 1227
057 PORTLAND TOWN Ace Of Clubs SCL 1227
058 CURTAINS OF NIGHT Ace Of Clubs SCL 1227
059 PLAIN COMMON BILL Ace Of Clubs SCL 1227
060 MULE SKINNER BLUES Ace Of Clubs SCL 1227
1969 unknown - Derroll Adams
061 THE ASSASSINATION OF OLD GARFIELD Autogramm ALLP149
062 THE VALLEY Autogramm ALLP149
063 COLUMBIA‘S GEORGIA Autogramm ALLP149
1972 unknown, UK - Derroll Adams (Producer: Ian Anderson)
064 DARLING COREY Village Thing VTS-17 Bestseller 4C062-97081
065 APPRENTICED IN LONDON Village Thing VTS-17 Bestseller 4C062-97081
066 FREIGHT TRAIN BLUES Village Thing VTS-17 Bestseller 4C062-97081
067 WILDWOOD FLOWER Village Thing VTS-17 Bestseller 4C062-97081
068 THE SKY Village Thing VTS-17 Bestseller 4C062-97081 Folk Freak FF404016
069 MULESKINNER BLUES Village Thing VTS-17 Bestseller 4C062-97081
070 LOVE SONG Village Thing VTS-17 Bestseller 4C062-97081 Folk Freak FF404016
071 MR. RABBIT Village Thing VTS-17 Bestseller 4C062-97081
072 DEEP ELLUM BLUES Village Thing VTS-17 Bestseller 4C062-97081
073 BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS Village Thing VTS-17 Bestseller 4C062-97081
074 CHATTERING JAW Village Thing VTS-17 Bestseller 4C062-97081
075 THE VALLEY Village Thing VTS-17 Bestseller 4C062-97081 Folk Freak FF404016
1973 [live] Ludwigshafen, GER – Derroll Adams
07501 AIN´ T IT A SHAME Pläne S 13 F 300 ]
07502 PORTLAND TOWN* Folk Freak FF404016
07503 THE ROCK* Folk Freak FF404016
*Possibly from this concert
January 1974 Windrose Studio, Hamburg, GER - Derroll Adams
076 I AIN´ T GOT NO HOME Intercord 161.014 Bestseller 4C062-97081
077 COAL MINER´ S BLUES Intercord 161.014 Bestseller 4C062-97081
078 ALBERTA Intercord 161.014 Bestseller 4C062-97081
079 FIVE LONG YEARS IN THE ARMY Intercord 161.014 Bestseller 4C062-97081
080 10 000 YEARS AGO Intercord 161.014 Bestseller 4C062-97081
081 WAGONER‘S LAD Intercord 161.014 Bestseller 4C062-97081
082 AGED WOMAN Intercord 161.014 Bestseller 4C062-97081
083 PARADISE Intercord 161.014 Bestseller 4C062-97081
084 GRAND COULEE DAM Intercord 161.014 Bestseller 4C062-97081
085 TROUBLE IN MIND Intercord 161.014 Bestseller 4C062-97081
1975 unknown – Derroll Adams
086 FIVE LONG YEARS IN THE ARMY Intercord INT 26501-7H
087 ALBERTA Intercord INT 26500-9H
INTERCORD INT 26501-7H CHANSON UND FOLK SUPERSESSION VOLUME 1; INTERCORD INT 26500-9H CHANSON UND FOLK SUPERSESSION VOLUME 2
1975 [live] Lenzburg, SUI – Derroll Adams & Hannes Wader
08701 TROUBLE IN MIND Claves Dpf700/2
1976 unknown, BEL - Derroll Adams (Producer: Christopher Lahr)
088 CLUCK OLD HEN Best Seller 4C062-23567
089 DIXIE DARLING Best Seller 4C062-23567
090 COLUMBUS GEORGIA Best Seller 4C062-23567
091 24 HOURS A DAY Best Seller 4C062-23567 Folk Freak FF404016
092 FROZEN LOGGER Best Seller 4C062-23567
093 MEMORIES Best Seller 4C062-23567 Folk Freak FF404016
094 HUCKLEBERRY Best Seller 4C062-23567
095 ANNA FEHER Best Seller 4C062-23567
096 THE MOUNTAIN Best Seller 4C062-23567 Folk Freak FF404016
097 OREGON Best Seller 4C062-23567 Folk Freak FF404016
098 THE SKUNK Best Seller 4C062-23567 Folk Freak FF404016
099 SIOUX INDIANS Best Seller 4C062-23567
1976 [live-Folkfestival] Dranouter, BEL - Derroll Adams
09901 AIN´ T GOT NO HOME Parsifal FOL 2000/181
09902 TROUBLE IN MIND Parsifal FOL 2000/181
1976 [live] unknown, BEL - Derroll Adams
09903 MULESKINNER BLUES Sounds Superb 4M048-23599
09904 DARLIN´CORA Sounds Superb 4M048-23599
09905 FREIGHT TRAIN BLUES Sounds Superb 4M048-23599
09906 DIXIE DARLIN´ Sounds Superb 4M048-23599
09907 TROUBLE MIND Sounds Superb 4M048-23599
09908 RICH AND RAMBLIN´BOY Sounds Superb 4M048-23599
09909 PORTLAND TOWN Sounds Superb 4M048-23599
09910 GRAND COULEE DAM Sounds Superb 4M048-23599
09911 THE ROCK Sounds Superb 4M048-23599
09912 THE VALLEY Sounds Superb 4M048-23599
1978 unknown – Derroll Adams
100 DIXIE DARLING Le Chant Du Monde LDX74-684/85
101 GRAND COULLEE DAM Le Chant Du Monde LDX74-684/85
102 WHEN THE CURFEW BLOWS Le Chant Du Monde LDX74-684/85
CHANT DU MONDE LDX74-684/85 IN HOMAGE A WOODY GUTHRIE
1978 unknown - Derroll Adams, * & Wizz Jones, **&H. Wader, D. Arthur
103 I‘M SAD I‘M LONELY* Folk Freak FF3001
104 DERROLL IN THE RAIN Folk Freak FF3001
105 WHO WILL SING FOR ME Folk Freak FF3001
106 BLACK JACK DAVY* Folk Freak FF3001
107 ARAGON MILL Folk Freak FF3001
108 PAY DAY AT COAL CREEK Folk Freak FF3001
109 WHEN THE FIDDLER HAS PLAYED HIS LAST TUNE FOR THE NIGHT Folk Freak FF3001
FOLK FREAK FF3001 FOLK FRIENDS (1978)
1980 unknown – Derroll Adams with W. Jones, D. Thompson, D. Arthur
110 COLUMBUS GEORGIA Folk Freak FF3003/4
FOLK FREAK FF 3003/4 FOLK FRIENDS 2 (GER, 1980)
Unknown info, GER – Derroll Adams
111 I‘M SAD AND I‘M LONELY Folk Freak FF 404016 Wundertüte TÜT-CD 72.175
1990 [live] unknown – Derroll Adams, * & Ramblin‘ Jack Elliott
11101 OREGON WP 9101
11102 THE SKY WP 9101
11103 PRETTY SARO WP 9101
11104 WILLIE MORE* WP 9101
11105 PORTLAND TOWN WP 9101
1991 [live-Tanz und Folkfest] Rudolstadt, GER - Derroll Adams & Ramblin‘ Jack Elliott
11106 WILLIE MOORE HE-DECK 67-22
1994 [live- Dranouter Folkfestival] unknown, GER - Derroll Adams
11107 DIXIE DARLIN KLX0148

ALBUMS
Topic [UK] 10T14 Rambling Boys: Rich And Rambling Boy; Buffalo Skinners; Wish I Was A Rock; State Of Arkansas; Mother´ s Not Dead; East Virginia Blues; The Old Bachelor; Danville Girl; Roll On Buddy – 57 w. Ramblin’Jack Elliott
Topic [UK] 12T105 Roll On Buddy: Rich And Rambling Boy; Buffalo Skinners; Wish I Was A Rock; It’s Hard Ain’t It Hard; All Around The Water Tank; Mother´ s Not Dead; East Virginia Blues; The Old Bachelor; Danville Girl; The State Of Arkansas; Death Of Mr. Garfield; Roll On Buddy – 63 w. Ramblin’Jack Elliott (reissue of 10T14 with bonus tracks)
Joker [ITA] SM-3023 Folkland Songs: Mule Skinner´s Blues; How Long Blues; Precious Jewel; Death Of John Henry; Ain´ t It A Shame; East Virginia Blues; Stern Old Bachelor; Cigarettes And Whiskey; The Cuckoo; Salty Dog Blues; I´ m Going Down The Road; Rich And Rambling Boy; Death Of Mr. Garfield; I´ m Gonna Walk The Street in Glory – 66 w. Ramblin’Jack Elliott (reissued in 1975 as part of Joker SM 3767/2, also in 1974 on Gramusic GM-289 with one song omitted, in 1997 on Gold Sound DCD-768-1)
Joker [ITA] SM-3024 Riding In Folkland: Wreck On The Highway; Portland Town; Danville Girl; The Tramp On The Street; Worried Man Blues; San Francisco Bay Blues; 900 Miles; Hard Traveling; More Pretty Girls Than One; Freight Train; Talking Blues; I´ m Sad I´ m Lonely; Roll On Buddy; Roll On My Sweet Baby´ s Arms – 66 w. Ramblin’Jack Elliott (reissued in 1975 as part of Joker SM 3767/2, in 1997 on Gold Sound DCD-768-1)
Bounty BY 6036 Roll On, Buddy: The Jack Elliot and Derroll Adams Story Volume 1: Roll on Buddy: More Pretty Girls than One; Freight Train; Talking New York; Hard Travellin'; Sad & Lonely; Roll in my Sweet Baby's Arms; Crash on the Highway; Portland Town; Danville Girl; Tramp on the Street; Worried Man Blues; San Francisco Bay Blues‘; Nine Hundred Miles – 67
Bounty BY-6046 The Jack Elliot and Derroll Adams Story Volume 2: (tracks unknown) – 6? It’s not sure if this album really exist
Ace Of Clubs [UK] ACL/SCL-1227 Portland Town: Roll On Babe; Pretty Little Miss; 900 Miles From Home; I Wish I Was A Rock; Ship On The Ocean; Little Birdie; Portland Town; Curtains Of Night; Plain Common Bill; Mule Skinner Blues - 67
Village Thing [UK] VTS-17 Derrol Adams Feelin' Fine: Darling Corey; Apprenticied In London; Freight Train Blues; Wildwood Flower; The Sky; Muleskinner Blues; Love Song; Mr Rabbit; Deep Ellum Blues; Blue Ridge Mountains; Chattering Jaw; The Valley – 72 (reissued as part of Bestseller 4C062-97081)
Archive Of Folk Music FS 210 Jack Elliott (with Derroll Adams): More Pretty Girls Than One; Roll On Buddy; Death Of John Henry; Salty Dog Blues; I'm Gonna Walk The Street In Glory; Cigarettes And Whiskey; Danville Girl; Worried Man Blues; San Francisco Bay Blues; Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms; I'm Going Down The Road – 74 w. Ramblin' Jack Elliott (reissued in 1999 on Tradition 1083 Early Sessions)
Intercord/Xenophen Int. [GER] 161.014 - C-P Movin' On: I Ain't Got No Home; Coal Miner's Blues; Alberta; Five Long Years In The Army; 10.000 Years Age; Wagoner's Lad; Aged Woman - Peasant Girl; Paradise; Grand Coulee Dam; Trouble In Mind; 1814; Movin' On – 74 (reissued as part of Bestseller 4C062-97081)
EMI/Best Seller International [BEL] 4C062-23567 Along The Way: Cluck Old Hen; Dixie Darling; Columbus Georgia; 24 Hours A Day; Frozen Logger; Memories; Huclkeberry; Anna Feher; Mountain; Oregon; Skunk; Sioux Indians - 76
Sounds Superb [UK] 4M048-23599 Live !: Muleskinner Blues; Darlin' Cora; Freight Train Blues; Dixie Darlin'; Trouble In Mind; Rich And Ramblin' Boy; Portland Town; Grand Coulee Dam; The Rock; The Valley - (reissued in 1994 on Ariola Express 74321-231052 [BEL])
Folk Freak [GER] FF 404016 Songs Of The Banjo Man: The Sky; Oregon; Memories; The Skunk; 24 Hours A Day; The Valley; The Mountain; Love Song; Portland Town; The Rock; I'm Sad And Lonely – 10-97 (reissued on Wündertüte Musik Tüt [GER] 72.175 in 1997)
Cedar 3589 Cowboy Songs: Death Of Mr. Garfield; Hard Traveling; Wreck On The Highway; Mule Skinner´s Blues; Dead Of John Henry; Portland Town; How Long Blues; Precious Jewel; 900 Miles; Salty Dog Blues; I´ m Gonna Walk The Street in Glory; Freight Train; I´ m Sad I´ m Lonely; Ain´ t It A Shame; The Cuckoo; Stern Old Bachelor – 96 w. Ramblin‘ Jack Elliott (sampler)
World Of Music 12543 America: The Tramp On The Street; Mule Skinner's Blues; Precious Jewel; Ain't It A Shame; East Virginia Blues; Cigarettes & Whiskey; I'm Going Down The Road; Rich And Rambling Boy; I'm Gonna Walk The Street In Glory; Worried Man Blues; Wreck On The Highway; Danville Girl; More Pretty Girls Than One; 900 Miles; Talking Blues; Roll On Buddy; Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms; San Francisco Bay Blues – 11-97 w. Ramblin' Jack Elliott (sampler)
Bear Family [GER] BCD 16630 At Lansdowne Studios, London: Talking Guitar Blues; San Francisco Bay Blues; Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms; East Virginia Blues; Ain't It A Shame; Muleskinner Blues; Ain't It A Shame (comic version); Howdido; My Daddy; Why Oh Why; The Fox; Riding In My Car; Old Rattler; Rusty Jiggs And Sandy Sam (The Sierry Petes); Git Along Little Dogies; My Little Lady (Sadie Brown); Night Herding Song; The Old Chisholm Trail; Fifteen Cents And A Dollar; Rocky Mountain Belle; Talking Blues; Diamond Joe; Down In The Willow Garden; I Ride An Old Paint; Jack O'Diamonds; Pretty Boy Floyd; Do-Re-Me; Dead Or Alive; Grand Coulee Dam; Dust Storm Disaster; I Ain't Got No Home; So Long, It's Been Good To Know You; . Whippin' That Old T. B. – 02 Ramblin’Jack Elliott, incl. Duets w. Derroll Adams
Vivid [JAP] VSCD-261 The Rambling Boys: Rich And Rambling Boy; Buffalo Skinners; I Wish I Was A Rock; It´s Hard Ain´t It Hard; All Around The Water Tank; Mother´ s Not Dead; East Virginia Blues; The Old Bachelor; Danville Girl; The State Of Arkansas; The Death Of Mr. Garfield; Roll On Buddy – 02 w. Ramblin‘ Jack Elliott


SINGLES
Hifi Records Music (1959)
EPM 10147 Roll In My Sweet Baby´ s Arms; San Francisco Blues / Ain´ t It A Shame; Salty Dog - 59 w. Ramblin‘ Jack Elliott
Jack Elliot(t) & Derrol(l) Adams - Le Canzoni Del Sud - Montagne E Foreste Del Sud
Signal (ITA)
S137 Mule Skinner's Blues / How long Blues
S139 Salty Dog Blues / Worried Man Blues – w. Ramblin’Jack Elliott
S142 I´m Going Down The Road / Stern Old Bachelor – w. Ramblin’Jack Elliott
S144 Wreck On The Highway / Danville Girl – w. Ramblin’Jack Elliott
S149 Roll On Buddy / The Tramp On The Street – w. Ramblin’Jack Elliott