Screamin' Jay Hawkins/Discography/Albums
Selected discography
Since there are so many reissues and compilations it is not easy to find the truly indispensable stuff when being a newcomer to Screamin' Jay Hawkins. Start with these three albums:
- CD At home with Screamin' Jay Hawkins (The Epic, OKeh and RCA recordings) including the early stuff like "I put a spell on you", "Little demon" and "Frenzy"
- 2CD Spellbound! (1955-1974) including grown-up stuff like "Feast of the Mau Mau" or the gross "Constipation blues"
- CD At last being Sweet Daddy Hawk's last album full of moans, snorts and grunts
Full discography
If you really want to get into it, here is the full jazz:
Year | Artist | Format | Title | Record label | Notes |
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1958.04 | Screamin' Jay Hawkins | LP | At home with Screamin' Jay Hawkins | US: Epic LN 3448 | rec. 1956-1957 |
1958 | Screamin' Jay Hawkins | LP | I put a spell on you | US: Epic LN 3457 | rec. 1956-1957 |
1958 | Screamin' Jay Hawkins | 10" LP | Screamin' Jay Hawkins | FR: Fontana TR 662.114 FR | rec. 1956-1957 |
1964 | Screamin' Jay Hawkins and Lillian Briggs | LP | Screamin' Jay Hawkins and Lillian Briggs | US: Coronet CX-218 | rec. 1962 |
1965 | Screamin' Jay Hawkins | LP | The night and day of Screamin' Jay Hawkins | GB: Planet PLL-1001 | rec. 1965.05.03 London |
1969 | Screamin' Jay Hawkins | LP | What that is! | US: Philips PHS-600-319 | rec. 1969.06.23-24 Los Angeles |
1970 | Screamin' Jay Hawkins | LP | Because is in your mind (Armpitrubber) | US: Philips PHS-600-336 | rec. 1969.12 Houston |
1972 | Screamin' Jay Hawkins | LP | A portrait of a man and his woman | US: Hot Line HL-10024-25 | rec. 1972 Nashville |
1977 | Screamin' Jay Hawkins | LP | I put a spell on you | US: Versatile NED-1125 | rec. 1966-1977 |
1978 | various artists | 2LP | The original soundtrack album from the Paramount motion picture American hot wax | US: A&M SP 6500 / A&M AMLM 66500 | 1 song (rec. live) |
1979 | Jay Hawkins | LP | Itty bitty pretty one | US: Koala 14327 | probably reissued stuff |
1979 | Jay Hawkins | LP | Lawdy Miss Clawdy | US: Koala 14376 | rec. 1979 (?) ; probably reissued stuff |
1979 | Screamin' Jay Hawkins | LP | Screamin' the blues | GB: Red Lightnin' RL 0025 | compilation (rec. 1955-1973) |
1982 | Screamin' Jay Hawkins | LP | Frenzy | GB: Edsel ED 104 / Demon | compilation (rec. 1956-1957) |
1983 | Screamin' Jay Hawkins | LP | Real life | FR: Zeta 15755 | rec. 1983.04-05 Paris |
1984 | Screamin' Jay Hawkins | LP | The art of Screamin' Jay Hawkins | US: Spivey 1036 | rec. 1981 New York |
1985 | Screamin' Jay Hawkins and the Fuzztones | LP | Live! | US: Midnight MIRLP-134 | rec. 1985 New York, Irving Plaza |
1988 | Screamin' Jay Hawkins | 2LP | Feast of the Mau Mau | GB: Edsel DED 252 / Demon | compilation (rec. 1969) |
1988 | Screamin' Jay Hawkins | LP | At home with Screamin' Jay Hawkins in the wee wee hours | US: Midnight MIRLP-138 | rec. 1984 ... (USA) live |
1989 | Screamin' Jay Hawkins | CD | Live and crazy | US: Blue Phoenix 59-731 2 | rec. 1988.06.16-17 Paris, Hotel Méridien - live |
1989 | Screamin' Jay Hawkins | LP | I is | DK: Official 6062 | compilation (rec. 1950s) |
1990.02 | Screamin' Jay Hawkins | CD | Voodoo jive (The best of Screamin' Jay Hawkins) | US: Rhino 25668 / Rhino-CBS Special Products CD R2 70947 | compilation (rec. 1956-1969) |
1990.12 | Tiny Grimes | CD | Tiny Grimes and his Rocking Highlanders volume 1 (Featuring Screamin' Jay Hawkins) | US: Collectables VCL 5304 | compilation |
1990.12 | Tiny Grimes | CD | Tiny Grimes and his Rocking Highlanders volume 2 (Cats and the fiddle) | US: Collectables VCL 5317 | compilation |
1990.12 | Screamin' Jay Hawkins | 2CD | Spellbound! (1955-1974) | DE: Bear Family 15530 BH | compilation (rec. 1955-1974) |
1991 | Screamin' Jay Hawkins | CD | Black music for white people | US: Bizarre-Straight / Planet BP 40102 2 | rec. 1990 |
1991.08 | Screamin' Jay Hawkins | CD | Cow fingers and mosquito pie | US: Epic / Legacy CD EK 47933 | enhanced reissue |
1991.09 | Screamin' Jay Hawkins | CD | From Grand and Gotham | US: Grand / Interstate SJH CD 71829 | compilation (rec. 1952-1955) |
1991 | Screamin' Jay Hawkins | CD | I shake my stick at you | AU: AIM 1031 | rec. 1991 |
199? | Screamin' Jay Hawkins | CD | Dr. Macabre | bootleg: Trade Service RRC 026 | rec. 1991.10.10 Neuchâtel |
1992.10 | Dread Zeppelin | CD | It's not unusual | GB: IRS X2 0777 713161 28 | 2 songs with Screamin' Jay Hawkins |
1993.12 | Screamin' Jay Hawkins | CD | Stone crazy | US: Bizarre-Straight / Planet R2 71184 | rec. 1990 |
1994.02 | Screamin' Jay Hawkins | CD | Rated X | GB: Sting / Performance S 8237 | rec. 1970.07.06 New York - live |
1994.03 | Screamin' Jay Hawkins | CD | Somethin' funny goin' on | US: Bizarre-Straight / Planet 3 Records 40105 2 | rec. 1994.01 |
1995.01 | Screamin' Jay Hawkins | CD | Portrait of a man (A hostory of Screamin' Jay Hawkins) | GB: Edsel EDCD 414 | compilation (rec. 1953-1994) |
1995.07 | Swing Feeling and Screamin' Jay Hawkins | CD | Swing Feeling and Screamin' Jay Hawkins | FR: Night and Day / Body and Soul BS 402 | |
1996.07 | Tiny Grimes | CD | The complete 1950-1954 (Volume 4) | US: Blue Moon BMCD 6008 | compilation (rec. 1950-1953) |
1996.07 | Tiny Grimes | CD | The complete 1950-1954 (Volume 5) | US: Blue Moon BMCD 6009 | compilation (rec. 1949, 1953-1954) |
1996.12 | Dread Zeppelin | CD | Ruins | GB: Physical Jah-Fitti | fan club release |
1997.11 | Screamin' Jay Hawkins | CD | Alligator wine (The best of Screamin' Jay Hawkins) | GB: Music Club MCCD 322 / Deluxe | compilation (rec. 1972, 1983) |
1998.07 | Screamin' Jay Hawkins | CD | At last | FR: Last Call 302742-2 | rec. 1997.07 Memphis |
1998 | Screamin' Jay Hawkins | 2CD | At last | FR: Last Call 303562-2 / Arcade ARC 334 | rec. 1997.07 Memphis |
1998.12 | Screamin' Jay Hawkins | CD | Portrait of a maniac | AU: AIM 2023 CD | compilation (rec. 1966-1977) |
1999.11 | Screamin' Jay Hawkins | 2CD | Live (Olympia, Paris 1998) | FR: Last Call 305256-2 / Wagram WAG 343 | rec. 1998.04.15 Paris, Olympia |
199? | Screamin' Jay Hawkins | CD | Portrait of a man | DE: Edel | compilation |
2000.06 | Screamin' Jay Hawkins | 2CD | Spells and potions | GB: Recall SMDCD 294 | compilation |
2000.07 | Screamin' Jay Hawkins | CD | Best of the Bizarre sessions (1990-1994) | US: Manifesto 42201 | compilation (rec. 1990 and 1994) |
2006.01 | Screamin' Jay Hawkins | CD | Spellbound | US: Fuel 2000 Records | compilation |
2006 | Screamin' Jay Hawkins | CD | The Whamee 1953-55 | GB: Rev-Ola CR REV 169 | rec. 1953-1955 |
2006.07 | Screamin' Jay Hawkins | CD | At home with Screamin' Jay Hawkins (The Epic, OKeh and RCA recordings) | GB: Acadia | rec. 1956-1957 |