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1957: The Rambling Boys

TOPIC London/UK – CD 2002 – JP – Notes by John Hasted

1959: Jack Elliot (sic) and Derrol (sic) Adams Sing The Western

Hi-Fi Records EPM 10147 (I)

1964: Roll On Buddy - Jack Elliott & Derroll Adams

TOPIC London/UK - Notes by Alexis Korner

1967: Jack Elliot

Everest - Archive Of Folk Music. USA – Notes by Lee Palmer
Derroll Adams: vocal, five-string banjo, harmonica (uncredited)

1967: Roll On Buddy

The Jack Elliott and Derroll Adams Story Vol.1 – Bounty. UK - Notes by Joe Boyd

1969: Montagne e foreste del sud

Signal S 137 (I)

1969: La conquista della California

Signal S 145 (I)

1971: America La Storia del Folklore Americano

Joker – Italy

1971: America Folk Songs - West - Ballads

Joker – Italy

1974: Canciones folklóricas de USA

Gramusic – Spain

1975: America Folk Songs - West - Blues - Ballads - Minstrels – Pioneers

Joker – Italy

1995: Ramblin’ Jack

(CD) – Topic - UK. Mother’s Not Dead, East Virginia Blues, Rich And Rambling Boys, Roll On Buddy.
Notes by Wizz Jones

1996: Jack Elliot (sic) and Derrol (sic) – Selection of America

double CD (CD1 = Folkland Songs – Joker) - (CD2 = Riding in Folkland – Joker).

1996: Jack Elliot (sic) and Derrol (sic) – Cowboy Songs

(CD) – Selection of songs compiled from America (Joker).

1996: Jack Elliot (sic) and Derrol (sic) – America

(CD) – US. Selection of songs compiled from America (Joker).

1999: Ramblin’ Jack Elliott with Derroll Adams – Early Sessions

(CD) – Selection of songs compiled from America (Joker). Notes by Elijah Wald.

2000: The Ballad of Ramblin’ Jack

Soundrack of the movie by Aiyana Elliott (USA 2000) – Rake & Ramblin’ Boy (from “The Rambling Boys” Topic).

2002: The Rambling Boys

(CD) - Vivid VSCD-261 (JP) – Reissue of The Rambling Boys LP (along with additional songs)
Notes by John Hasted

2003: The Corner Of Bleecker And The blues

More Pretty Girls Than One (from “Riding in Folkland”).

2008: Roots Of American Folk

More Pretty Girls Than One (from “Riding in Folkland”).

2010: Jack Elliott At Lansdowne Studios, London

(CD) – Roll In My Sweet Baby’s Arms, East Virginia Blues, Ain’t it a Shame, Muleskinner Blues, Ain’t it a Shame (a comic version!). Five unissued songs possibly recorded in 1960 - Booklet (42 pages) and photos (three with Derroll Adams and Jack Elliott). Notes by Hank Reineke (author of Ramblin’ Jack Elliott – The Never Ending Highway – Scarecrow Press – 2010).

2011: Roll On Buddy: From The Archives

Essential Media Group (USA)
Derroll Adams: vocal, five-string banjo, harmonica (uncredited).

Derroll On His Own

1967: Portland Town

DECCA London/UK – Notes by Bill Yaryan

1972: Feelin’ Fine

THE VILLAGE THING – Bristol/ UK Notes by Andrew Means

1974: Movin' On

INTERCORD – Germany – Notes by Carsten Linde/Jerken Diederich

1976: Along the way

EMI – Belgium – Notes by Derroll Adams
The recent re-issue of Feelin’ Fine on CD (dec 2016 - GFTB-7051- UK) includes 6 songs from Along The Way:
Cluck Old Hen, Mountain, Dixie Darling, Anna Feher, Oregon, Memories

1976: Live!

EMI-IBC – Antwerp/Belgium – reissued CD 1994

1984: Songs of the Banjoman

FOLK FREAKS – Germany + reissues on CD

2015: Banjo Troubadour

STARMAN RECORDS – Belgium – Notes by Danny & Rebecca Adams

[Banjo Troubadour Reviews]
[Where to buy Derroll Records]

2015: Live in Haarlem 1977

Strictly Country Records

[Live in Haarlem 1977 Reviews]
[Where to buy Derroll Records]

2016: Feelin’ Fine

Ghosts From The Basement
New notes by Ian Anderson + original text written by Derroll for the LP issue in 1972.
The recent re-issue of Feelin’ Fine on CD (dec 2016 - GFTB-7051- UK) includes 6 songs from Along The Way:
Cluck Old Hen, Mountain, Dixie Darling, Anna Feher, Oregon, Memories

Tribute albums

1991: 65^th Birthday Concert

WASTE PRODUCTIONS – Kortrijk/Belgium – Notes by Derroll Adams

2002: Banjoman [a tribute to Derroll Adams]

BLUE GROOVE – Austria
For the USA: released on CD in 2002, Rising Son Records RSR-2102-2
[Banjoman Reviews]

Derroll also played on

1969: Let’s All Go Folky

Autogramm – Germany
The Assassination Of Old Garfield, The Valley, Columbia's Georgia

1970: 1^er Festival de Folk Song - C’est la fête à Lambesc

Columbus Georgia
Notes by Jacques Vassal

1971: Karel Bogard and Co - Blues from over the border

Derroll plays the banjo on four songs
Notes by Philippe Rault

1971: C'est la fête à Malataverne

I am Rich and Rambling Boy

1971: Sacco e Vanzetti

Death Of John Henry (with Jack Elliott) and Death of Mr Garfield

1972: Kornhaus Baden

Mule Skinner Blues
Rich And Rambling Boy

1972: Ferre Grignard

Derroll plays the banjo on “Lazy John” and “Be My Guest”

1973: Acoustic Garden

Darling Cory
Notes by Hervé Muller

1973: Song Festival 73

Ain't It A Shame
Notes by Hervé Muller

1974: Commode 2000 Live!

Pretty Polly, Poor Ellen Smith, My Dixie Darling, Way Down the Old Plank Road, Pay Day at Coal Creek, Darling Corey, Freight Train Blues (this is a bootleg record!) – reissued on CD 2001

1975: 4. Folk Festival auf der Lenzburg

Trouble in Mind
Notes by Daniel Perret and Richard Watts

1975: De Muziekdoos

Portland Town

1975: Chanson & Folk Supersession Volume 1

Five Long Years In The Army

1975: Chanson & Folk Supersession Volume 2

Alberta

1976: Folkfestival '76 Dranouter

Ain’t Got No Home, Trouble In Mind

1976: Tønder Musik Festival 1976

Muleskinner Blues, East Virginia Blues
Notes by Carsten Panduro

1978: Folk Friends

I’m Sad And Lonely, Black Jack Davey, Pay Day At Coal Creek (on harmonica too) Derroll plays the banjo on various songs and sings in the chorus. – reissued on CD 1992, 2009

1978: Folk 78

1814, I Ain't Got No Home

1978: Hommage à Woody Guthrie

Dixie Darling, Grand Coulee Dam, When The Curfew Blows
Notes by Jacques Vassal

1980: Folk Friends 2

Columbus Georgia – reissued on CD 1992, 2009
Notes by Carsten Linde

1981: Alex Campbell Live in Belgium

Derroll on 4 songs
Notes by Alex Campbell

1983: Songs For Peace

Portland Town

1991: Tanz und Folkfest Rudolstadt '91

Willie Moore with Jack Elliott

1994: 20 jaar Folkfestival Dranouter

Dixie Darling

1999: Tønder Festival 25: 1975-1999

25 years of the Tønder Festival (Danmark): story in words and pictures + 2 CD
On CD 1: Derroll Adams citerer Woody Guthrie (spoken word: Derroll reads a text by Woody Guthrie, recorded 26 Aug. 1984 – Woody Guthrie Tribute); My Dixie Darling with Tom Luke (31 Aug. 1977)