Duke Album Discography|
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The first Duke label (far left), used for 10-inch LPs, was yellow and purple. The bottom ⅔ of label was yellow, while the top ⅓ was purple with "DUKE" above the center hole in yellow on purple. Printing is purple. There was a large yellow "V: under the label name and a purple horshoe-like band around the bottom ¾ of the label. Early EP releases (EP-80 and EP-81) used a similar label (near left). |
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The first 12-inch LP label (far left) was like the 10-inch LP label above. This was used until 1961, when it changed to an orange label (near left). This second LP label was orange, blending to yellow around the center hole. Printing was in black, with DUKE in stylized block letters above the center hole in white. |
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When Duke was taken over by ABC Records, the label switched to green (far left), with DUKE in yellow above the center hole. A top hat was to the left of the Duke logo and white gloves to the right. "Distributed by ABC/Dunhill Records" appeared at the bottom of the label. ABC also used their generic yellow/orange/purple label (near left) that was a staple for all ABC-related labels. |
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LP-70 (10-inch LP & "Little LP") Series: | |
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DLP-70 - Memorial Album For Johnny Ace - Johnny Ace [3/55] Original label is yellow
and purple. Pledging My Love/Never Let Me Go/Saving My Love For You/Please Forgive Me//The
Clock/Cross My Heart/Angel/My Song
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DLP-71 - Memorial Album - Johnny Ace [1961] Original label is orange. This is a six
song 33⅓ rpm "Little LP" for jukeboxes, taken from the tracks of DLP-71, below. Photo inside
has the playing card album cover, but the record came in a plain cardboard sleeve as shown at left.
Pledging My Love/Never Let Me Go/Saving My Love For You//The Clock/Cross My Heart/So Lonely
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Duke DLP-71 (12-inch LP) Series: | |
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DLP-71 - Memorial Album For Johnny Ace - Johnny Ace [1956] First cover; reissue of
DLP-70 with additional tracks. Original label is yellow and purple. Reissued in 1974 as ABC/Duke
DLPX-71. Pledging My Love/Don't You Know/Never Let Me Go/So Lonely/I'm Crazy Baby/My
Song//Saving My Love For You/The Clock/How Can You Be So Mean/Still Love You So/Cross My
Heart/Anymore
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DLP-71/DLPS-71 - Johnny Ace Memorial Album - Johnny Ace [1961] Reissue of above.
Second cover is light red, with an Ace playing card. Picture of Johnny Ace in a heart on the playing card.
Original label was orange. "Stereo" issue is rechanneled. Reissued in 1974 as ABC/Duke DLPX-71.
Pledging My Love/Don't You Know/Never Let Me Go/So Lonely/I'm Crazy Baby/My Song//Saving My
Love For You/The Clock/How Can You Be So Mean/Still Love You So/Cross My Heart/Anymore
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DLP-72 - The Barefoot Rock And You Got Me - Bobby Bland and Junior Parker [5/58]
Original label was the purple and yellow with purple band. Reissued with the orange label. Reissued in
1974 as ABC/Duke DLPX-72 as Blues Consolidated. Next Time You See Me - Little Junior
Parker/Mother-In-Law Blues - Little Junior Parker/Barefoot Rock - Little Junior Parker/That's Alright -
Little Junior Parker/Wondering - Little Junior Parker/Sitting And Thinking - Little Junior Parker//It's My
Life, Baby - Bobby "Blue" Bland/I Smell Trouble - Bobby "Blue" Bland/Farther Up The Road - Bobby
"Blue" Bland/Sometime Tomorrow - Bobby "Blue" Bland/You Got Me (Where You Want Me) - Bobby
"Blue" Bland/Loan A Helping Hand - Bobby "Blue" Bland
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DLP-73 - Like 'Er Red Hot - Various Artists [1960] Original label was the purple and
yellow with purple band. Reissued with orange label. Reissued in 1974 with green label as ABC/Duke
DLPX-73. So Tough - Original Casuals/Just Before Dawn - Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown/Hound Dog -
Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton/Hold Me Tenderly - Bobby "Blue" Bland/Tell Me Why - Rob
Roys/Pledging My Love - Johnny Ace//Farther Up The Road - Bobby "Blue" Bland/Slop Time - Clarence
"Gatemouth" Brown/Next Time You See Me - Little Junior Parker/Just To Hold My Hand - Paul
Perryman/Dance With Me - El Toros/If I - Ernie Harris
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DLP-74/DLPS-74 - Two Steps From The Blues - Bobby "Blue" Bland [1961] Original
label was the purple and yellow with purple band. Reissued with orange label. There are red wax
copies with the orange label. Reissued in 1974 as ABC/Duke DLPX-74. Two Steps From The Blues
(E)/Cry Cry Cry (E)/I'm Not Ashamed (E)/Don't Cry No More (E)/Lead Me On (E)/I Pity The Fool (E)//I've
Got To Forget You (E)/Little Boy Blue (E)/St. James Infirmary (E)/I'll Take Care Of You (E)/I Don't Want
No Woman (E)/I've Been Wrong So Long (E)
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DLP-75/DLPS-75 - Here's The Man - Bobby "Blue" Bland [1962] Stereo content not
known. Original label was the purple and yellow with purple band. Reissued with the orange
label. Reissued in 1974 as ABC/Duke DLPX-75. 36-22-36/You're The One (That I Adore)/Turn On Your
Love Light/Who Will The Next Fool Be/You're Worth It All/Blues In The Night//Your Friends/Ain't That
Loving You/Jelly Jelly Jelly/Twistin' Up The Road/Stormy Monday Blues
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DLP-76 - Driving Wheel - Junior Parker [1962] Original label was orange. Reissued in
1974 as ABC/Duke DLPX-76. Driving Wheel/I Need Love So Bad/Foxy Devil/Someone Broke This Heart
Of Mine/How Long Can This Go On/Yonders Wall//Annie Get Your Yo-Yo/Tin Pan Alley/Someone
Somewhere/Seven Days/The Tables Have Turned/Sweet Talking Woman
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DLP-77/DLPS-77 - Call On Me - Bobby "Blue" Bland [1963] Stereo content not known.
Original label was orange. There are red wax copies with the orange label. Reissued in 1974 with green
label as ABC/Duke DLPX-77. Call on Me/The Feeling is Gone/Honky Tonk/Cry, Lover, Cry/Wishing
Well/Share Your Love With Me//That's The Way Love Is/Care For Me/No Sweeter Girl/Bobby's
Blues/Ain't It A Good Thing/Queen For A Day
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DLP-78/DLPS-78 - Ain't Nothing You Can Do - Bobby "Blue" Bland [1964] Stereo
content not known. Original label was orange. Reissued in 1974 as ABC/Duke DLPX-78. Ain't Nothing
You Can Do/If I Hadn't Called You Back/Today/Steal Away/After It's Too Late/I'm Gonna Cry//Loneliness
Hurts/When You Put Me Down/If You Could Read My Mind/Reconsider/Black Night/Blind Man
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DLP-79/DLPS-79 - Soul Of The Man - Bobby "Blue" Bland [1966] Stereo content not
known. Original label was orange. Reissued in 1974 as ABC/Duke DLPX-79. I Can't Stop/Back In The
Same Old Bag/Deep In My Soul/Reach Right Out/Ain't Nobody's Business//Fever/Too Late For
Tears/Let's Get Together/Soul Stretch/Dear Bobby (The Note)/Playgirl
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EP-80 - Memorial Album - Johnny Ace [1955] Pledging My Love/Saving My Love For
You//Angel/Please Forgive Me
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EP-81 - A Tribute Album To Johnny Ace - Johnny Ace [1955] The Clock/Never Let Me
Go//Cross My Heart/My Song
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DLP-82/DLPS-82 - Blues That Gave America Soul - Various Artists [1966] Reissued in
1974 as ABC/Duke DLPX-82. Stormy Monday - Bobby Bland/Saving My Love For You - Johnny
Ace/Driving Wheel - Junior Parker/Keep On Doggin' - Roscoe Gordon/Texas Flood - Larry Davis//Taxi
Blues - Little Frankie/There Goes The Mailman - Arthur Prysock/I'm Gonna Play The Honky Tonks -
Marie Adams/Worried Life Blues - Sonny Parker/Living Like A King - Memphis Slim/She's Gone - Jimmy
McCracklin
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DLP-83/DLPS-83 - Best Of Junior Parker - Junior Parker [1967] Reissued in 1974 as
ABC/Duke DLPX-83. Next Time You See Me/Mother-In-Law Blues/Peaches/Sweet Home
Chicago/That's Alright/Five Long Years//Driving Wheel/Stand By Me/Yonders Wall/Annie Get Your
Yo-Yo/Things I Use To Do/Goodbye Little Girl
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DLP-84/DLPS-84 - Best Of Bobby "Blue" Bland - Bobby "Blue" Bland [1967] Stereo
content not known for original pressing, but some tracks were stereo. 1974 reissue on ABC [DLPX-84] is
all mono. Original label was orange. Poverty/I Smell Trouble/Some-Day/I'll Take Care of You/I Pity The
Fool/Cry Cry Cry//Turn On Your Love Light/Call On Me/Ain't Nothing You Can Do/If You Could Read My
Mind/Farther Up The Road/Stormy Monday
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DLP-86/DLPS-86 - Best Of Bobby "Blue" Bland Volume II - Bobby "Blue" Bland [3/68]
Stereo content not known. Original label was orange. Reissued in 1974 as ABC/Duke DLPX-86.
36-22-36/I Can't Put You Down/I Lost Sight Of The World/It's My Life Baby/I Don't Believe//Two Steps
From the Blues/You've Got Bad Intentions/Queen For A Day/I Learned My Lesson/Blind Man
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DLP-87 - The Best Of Junior Parker - Junior Parker [1967] Reissue of DLP-83 by MCA
with "DLP-87" in upper right corner with MCA Records below. Next Time You See Me/Mother-In-Law
Blues/Peaches/Sweet Home Chicago/That's Alright/Five Long Years//Driving Wheel/Stand By
Me/Yonders Wall/Annie Get Your Yo-Yo/Things I Use To Do/Goodbye Little Girl
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DLPS-88 - Touch Of The Blues - Bobby "Blue" Bland [1967] Stereo content not known.
Original label was orange. Reissued in 1974 as ABC/Duke DLPX-88. Touch Of The Blues/Set Me
Free/That Did It/Road Of Broken Hearted Men/Sweet Loving//Driftin' Blues/Sweet Lips Of Joy/Sad
Feeling/Shoes/One Horse Town
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DLPS-89 - Spotlighting The Man - Bobby "Blue" Bland [1967] Reissued in 1974 as
ABC/Duke DLPX-89. There are red wax copies with the orange label. Chains Of Love/Georgia/Since I
Fell For You/Who Can I Turn To/Wouldn't You Rather Have Me//Rockin' In The Same Old Boat/I'm On
My Way/Ask Me Bout Nothing But The Blues/You Ought To Be Ashamed/Gotta Get To Know You
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DLPX-90 - If Loving You Is Wrong - Bobby "Blue" Bland [1970] Cassette cover shown at
left. City Woman/Ain't Nothing You Can Do/Five Long Years/Call On Me/If I Weren't A Gambler//(If
Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to.../This Time I'm Gone For Good/Up And Down World
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DLPX-91 - Duke-Peacock Remembers Joe Hinton - Joe Hinton [1970] Funny/A Kid
Named Joe/If It Ain't One Thing, It's Another/Be Ever Wonderful/The Whole Town's Talking/There
Oughta Be A Law/Don't Tell Her The Truth/I'm Waiting/Now I'm Satisfied/Got You On My Mind/Baby,
Please
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DLPX-92 - Introspective Of The Early Years - Bobby Bland [1970] (2-LP set) Disc
1: I Smell Trouble/I Just Got To Forget You/I've Been Wrong So Long/Two Steps From The
Blues/You're The One/Who Will The Next Fool Be//You're Worth It All/Blues In The Night/Sometime
Tomorrow/Share Your Love With Me/Road Of Broken Hearted Men/Someday; Disc 2: Touch Of
The Blues/That Did It/One Horse Town/Chains Of Love/Since I Fell For You/Who Can I Turn To//If I
Hadn't Called You Back/Loneliness Hurts/Black Night/Blind Man/Save Your Love For Me/Ask Me Bout
Nothing
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RELATED ALBUM DISCOGRAPHY | |
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ABC ABCX-784 - 14 Golden Recordings From the Historic Vaults of Duke/Peacock Records - Various Artists [1973] All tracks mono. Ain't Nothing You Can Do - Bobby Bland/So Tough - Casuals/Pledging My Love - Johnny Ace/Hound Dog - Willie Mae Thornton/Next Time You See Me - Junior Parker/Dance With Me - El Torros/Just Before Dawn - Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown//Ace Of Spades - O.V. Wright/Tell Me Why - Rob Roys/Annie Get Your Yo-Yo - Junior Parker/Further Up The Road - Bobby Bland/Treat Her Right - Roy Head/Never Let Me Go - Johnny Ace/Funny - Joe Hinton |
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ABCX-789 - 14 Golden Recordings From the Historic Vaults of Duke/Peacock Records Volume 2
- Various Artists [1973] All tracks mono. Jelly, Jelly, Jelly - Bobby Bland/Anymore - Johnny
Ace/Jivin' Woman - Junior Parker/Sockin' 1-2-3-4 - John Roberts/Today Will Be Yesterday, Tomorrow -
Lamp Sisters/Until The Real Thing Comes Along - Ernie K-Doe/Driving Wheel - Paulette Parker//St.
James Infirmary - Bobby Bland/You Gonna Make Me Cry - O.V. Wright/Stuff - Jeanette Williams/A Good
Man Is Hard To Find - Willie Mae Thornton/Love And Peace Of Mind - Insights
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AC-30010 - The ABC Collection - Junior Parker [1976] Sometimes/I'm Holding
On/Stranded/Dangerous Woman/You're On My Mind/I'll Forget About You/In The Dark/It's A Pity//Last
Night/Strange Things Happening/Jivin' Woman/Cryin' For My Baby/These Kind of Blues, Part 1 And
2/Man Or Mouse/Get Away Blues
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FAIRWAY BBB-1400 - Bobby (Blue) Bland's Greatest Hits - Bobby "Blue" Bland [1970s?] Farther Up The Road (M)/Little Boy Blue (M)/I'm Not Ashamed (M)/I'll Take Care Of You (M)/Lead Me On (M)/Cry Cry Cry (M)/I Pity The Fool (M)/Turn On Your Love Light (S)//Ain't That Lovin' You (S)/Yield Not To Temptation (S)/Stormy Monday Blues (S)/That's The Way Love Is (M)/Call On Me (M)/I'm Too Far Gone (E)/Chains Of Love (S)/Don't Cry No More (M) |
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ROUNDER 2031 - Angels In Houston: The Legendary Duke Blues Recordings - Various Artists [1982] Good Time Charlie, Part 1 - Bobby Bland/Yield Not To Temptation - Bobby Bland /Teach Me How To Love You - Bobby Bland/Ain't Doing Too Bad, Part 1 - Bobby Bland/Blue Monday - James Davis/Your Turn To Cry - James Davis/Bad Dream - James Davis//Texas Flood - Larry Davis/I Tried - Larry Davis /Angels In Houston - Larry Davis/Crazy, Crazy Loving - Fenton Robinson/As The Years Go Passing By - Fenton Robinson/Tennessee Woman - Fenton Robinson/You've Got To Pass This Way Again - Fenton Robinson |
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ACE (UK) CHD 161 - Gatemouth Brown: The Duke Peacock Story Volume 1 - Gatemouth Brown [1986] Boogie Rambler/Justice Blues/Atomic Energy/Two O'clock In The Morning/Mary Is Fine/Didn't Reach My Goal/I Live The Life/My Time Is Expensive//She Walks Right In/I've Been Mistreated/Win With Me Baby/Just Got Lucky/Mercy On Me/Too Late Baby/Taking My Chances/It Can Never Be That Way |
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