Discography
Many of his records were published posthumously.
Year | Title | Label | Number | Notes |
1954 | Blind Gary Davis - The Singing Reverend | Stinson | SLP 56 | first LP, recorded April 1954 with Sonny Terry, red vinyl |
1956 | American Street Songs | Riverside | RP 12-611 | Side A Pink Anderson: Carolina Street Ballads, side B Rev. Gary Davis: Harlem Street Spirituals, recorded January 29, 1956. Also released as Gospel, Blues and Street Songs on Riverside RLP 12-148 (1961), Original Blues Classics OBC 524 and OBCCD 524-2 |
1960 | Harlem Street Singer | Prestige | 1015 | recorded August 24, 1960, also Bluesville BVLP 1015, Original Blues Classics 547, Fontana 688-303-ZL (UK 1965). Renamed Pure Religion! and reissued as Prestige Folklore 14028 and Prestige 7805 (1972). Remastered and reissued as OBCCD-547-2 (1992). Reissued on Fantasy 24704. |
1961 | A Little More Faith | Prestige | 1032 | recorded August 10, 1961 in Memphis(?). Also Bluesville 1032, XTRA 5042 (UK 1967), OBCCD-588-2. Reissued on Fantasy 24704. |
1961 | Say No to the Devil | Bluesville | 1049 | also XTRA 5014 (UK 1966) and OBCCD 519-2. |
1962? | Pure Religion and Bad Company | 77 (UK) | LA 12/14 | recorded June 1957 in NYC, also Folklyric 125, reissued as Smithsonian Folkways SFW 40035 (1991) with 2 additional cuts. |
1964? | Pure Religion! | Prestige Folklore | 14028 | also Prestige 7805 (1972), reissue of Harlem Street Singer. |
1964 | The Guitar and Banjo of Reverend Gary Davis | Prestige Folklore | 14033 | recorded March 2, 1964, NYC, all instrumentals, also Fantasy OBCCD 592-2. Retitled as The Blues Guitar And Banjo Of Reverend Gary Davis on Prestige 7725. |
1964 | Rev. Gary Davis/Short Stuff Macon | Xtra (UK) | 1009 | |
196? | The Legendary Reverend Gary Davis, New Blues and Gospel | Biograph | 12030E | also Blue Moon BMLP 1.040 (c.1987) |
1968 | Rev. Gary Davis at Newport | Vanguard | 73008 | recorded 1965 |
1968 | Bring Your Money, Honey | Fontana (UK) | SFJL 914 | recorded Cambridge, MA |
1970 | Reverend Gary Davis 1935-1949 | Yazoo | L-1023 | Also Yazoo CD 2011 (1994) as The Complete Early Recordings of Rev. Gary Davis and Document DOCD 5060 (UK 2003) with 2 extra tracks. |
1971 | Ragtime Guitar | Transatlantic (UK) | TRA 244 | recorded 1960-1972, also Kicking Mule 106 (1974), Sonet SNKF 133 (1977) and Heritage HT 309 (UK 1985). |
1971 | Children of Zion | Transatlantic (UK) | TRA 249 | recorded 1962, Swarthmore College, PA, also Kicking Mule 101 (1974), Sonet SNKF 152 (1978), Heritage HT 308 (UK 1985) and on Shanachie 97024, Blues & Ragtime (1993) |
1971 | The Legendary Reverend Gary Davis, Blues and Gospel, Vol 2 | Biograph | 12034E | recorded March 17, 1971 |
1972 | When I Die I'll Live Again | Fantasy | 24704 | reissue of Prestige/Bluesville 1015 and 1032 |
1973 | Lo I Be with You Always | Sonet (Sweden) | SNKD 1 | also Kicking Mule cassette tape (no number, 1984), reissued on Shanachie 97024, Blues & Ragtime (1993) |
1973 | O, Glory - The Apostolic Studio Sessions | Adelphi | 1008 | final studio album recorded March 1969, reissued as Genes GCD 9908 (1996) with additional tracks. |
1973 | At The Sign of the Sun | Heritage (UK) | ?? | 1962, San Diego, CA. Also HT CD 03 (UK 1990). |
1974 | Let Us Get Together | Sonet (Sweden) | SNKF 103 | also Kicking Mule cassette tape (no number, 1984) |
1976 | Sun is Going Down | Folkways | FS 3542 | recorded 1966 |
1984 | I Am A True Vine | Kicking Mule | no number | cassette tape |
1984 | Babylon Is Falling | Kicking Mule | no number | cassette tape |
1985 | I Am A True Vine | Heritage (UK) | HT 307 | recorded 1962-63, NYC, also HT CD07 (UK 1991) |
? | Reverend Gary Davis | Heritage (UK) | CD 02 | reissue of Children of Zion and Ragtime Guitar |
1988 | Blind Gary Davis | Document (Austria) | DLP 521 | recorded live in spring 1976 at Al Matthes in Toronto |
1988 | Blind Gary Davis 1962-1964, Recorded Live | Wolf (Austria) | 120.915 | |
1988 | Blind Gary Davis At Allegheny College, Meadville, PA., 1964-Afternoon Workshop | Document (Austria) | DLP 527 | |
1993 | Rev. Gary Davis: Blues and Ragtime | Shanachie | 97042 | |
2002 | The Sun of Our Life: Solos, Songs, A Sermon 1955-1957 | World Arbiter | 2005 | previously unissued session tapes and sermon from mid 1950s |
2003 | If I Had My Way: Early Home Recordings | Folkways | SFW40123 | recorded in 1953 by John Cohen |
2007 | Lifting the Veil: The First Bluesmen (1926-1956), Rev. Gary Davis and Peers | World Arbiter | 2008 | unissued session tapes from 1956–57, recorded by Fred Gerlach & Tiny Robinson. Liner notes quote a 1951 interview with Davis. |
2007 | Reverend Gary Davis Live: Manchester Free Trade Hall 1964 | Document (Austria) | DOCD-32-20-14 | recorded May 8, 1964, Manchester, England |
2009 | Live at Gerde's Folk City, February 1962 | Stefan Grossman's Guitar Workshop | SGGW 114/5/6 | 3 CD set |
2010 | Reverend Gary Davis | Field Recorders Collective | FRC116 | recorded in 1952 in NYC by John Cohen |
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