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:

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