Recommended Recordings – Record Labels

JSP Records

JSP Records is a re-issue label, based in the U.K., which has released some excellent compilations of classic blues, jazz, country and other early recordings.

It has also released some very worthwhile complete collections of the recordings of individual artists, which we have listed further down this page.

We have found these JSP Records CD box sets to be comprehensive collections with good re-mastering and typically offered at a reasonable retail price.

Here are some of the JSP Records sets in Our Recommendations, Recommended Recordings and Recommended Recordings-Compilations:

Compilations
CD cover, Legends of Country Blues, on JSP Records, features the complete early recordings of Son House, Skip James, Bukka White,
CD cover, Legends of Country Blues, on JSP Records, features the complete early recordings of Son House, Skip James, Bukka White, Tommy Johnson and Ishmon Bracey

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Masters of Memphis Blues, on JSP Records, CD box set cover
Masters of Memphis Blues, on JSP Records, CD box set cover
  • Masters of Memphis Blues, 4 CD box set featuring the complete early recordings of Furry Lewis, Robert Wilkins and Frank Stokes and selections from other Memphis blues players of the period.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mississippi Blues, Rare Cuts 1926-1941, When The Levee Breaks, on JSP Records. CD cover.
Mississippi Blues, Rare Cuts 1926-1941, When The Levee Breaks, on JSP Records. CD cover.

 

 

 

 

 

CD cover, Sonny Boy Williamson - Cool, Cool Blues, a 4CD compilation of Trumpet Records releases from JSP Records
CD cover, Sonny Boy Williamson – Cool, Cool Blues, a 4CD compilation of Trumpet Records releases from JSP Records

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Individual Artists

Louis Armstrong

Album cover, Louis Armstrong, Hot Fives and Hot Sevens, released on JSP Records
Album cover, Louis Armstrong, Hot Fives and Hot Sevens, released on JSP Records

 

 

 

 

 

 

Big Bill Broonzy

CD cover. Big Bill Broonzy, 1937-40, on JSP Records
CD cover. Big Bill Broonzy, 1937-40, on JSP Records

 

 

 

 

 

 

Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell

CD cover, Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell-Volume 1: 1928-1934, a 4 CD box set on JSP Records
CD cover, Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell-Volume 1: 1928-1934, a 4 CD box set on JSP Records

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bo Carter – Mississippi Sheiks

CD cover, Bo Carter & The Mississippi Sheiks, a 4 CD, 100 track collection released on JSP Records.
CD cover, Bo Carter & The Mississippi Sheiks, a 4 CD, 100 track collection released on JSP Records.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blind Lemon Jefferson

CD cover, Blind Lemon Jefferson - The Complete 94 Classic Sides, a 4 CD box set on JSP Records
CD cover, Blind Lemon Jefferson – The Complete 94 Classic Sides, a 4 CD box set on JSP Records

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Louis Jordan

CD cover, Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five, a 5 CD box set on JSP Records
CD cover, Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five, a 5 CD box set on JSP Records

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blind Willie McTell

CD cover, Blind Willie McTell-The Classic Years, 1927-1940, a 4 CD, 84 track collection on JSP Records
CD cover, Blind Willie McTell-The Classic Years, 1927-1940, a 4 CD, 84 track collection on JSP Records

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Memphis Jug Band

Memphis Jug Band & Gus Cannon's Jug Stompers, a 4CD, 98 track box set, released by JSP Records, CD cover

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Memphis Minnie

CD cover, Memphis Minnie - Queen of the Delta Blues 1929-1937, 5 CD set on JSP Records. Volume 1 of a 2 volume collection of memphis Minnie recordings.
CD cover, Memphis Minnie – Queen of the Delta Blues 1929-1937, 5 CD set on JSP Records. Volume 1 of a 2 volume collection of Memphis Minnie recordings.
  • Queen of the Country Blues 1929-1937
  • Queen of the Delta Blues 1937-1953

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mississippi Sheiks – Bo Carter

CD cover, Bo Carter & The Mississippi Sheiks, a 4 CD, 100 track collection released on JSP Records.
CD cover, Bo Carter & The Mississippi Sheiks, a 4 CD, 100 track collection released on JSP Records.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Charley Patton

CD cover, Charley Patton Complete Recordings 1929-1934, a 5 CD box set on JSP Records
CD cover, Charley Patton Complete Recordings 1929-1934, a 5 CD box set on JSP Records

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ma Rainey

CD cover, Ma Rainey, Mother of the Blues, a 5 CD box set released onJSP Records.
CD cover, Ma Rainey, Mother of the Blues, a 5 CD box set released on JSP Records.

Jimmie Rodgers

CD cover, Jimmie Rodgers Recordings 1927-1933, a 5 CD, 110 track, box set released on JSP Records
CD cover, Jimmie Rodgers Recordings 1927-1933, a 5 CD, 110 track, box set released on JSP Records

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bessie Smith

CD cover, Bessie Smith - Queen of the Blues, Volume 1, on JSP Records.
CD cover, Bessie Smith – Queen of the Blues, Volume 1, on JSP Records.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sonny Boy Williamson 1

CD cover,The Original Sonny Boy Williamson, Volume 1, a 4 CD set released on JSP Records
CD cover,The Original Sonny Boy Williamson, Volume 1, a 4 CD set released on JSP Records

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sonny Boy Williamson II (Aleck “Rice” Miller)

CD cover, Sonny Boy Williamson - Cool, Cool Blues, a 4CD compilation of Trumpet Records releases from JSP Records
CD cover, Sonny Boy Williamson – Cool, Cool Blues, a 4CD compilation of Trumpet Records releases from JSP Records

 

 

 

 

 

 

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