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COOTIE WILLIAMS 33s
by Music Librarian Christopher Popa

10” LPs
10" Allegro Elite 4046, Cootie Williams
10” Allegro Elite 4109, Rock’ n’ Roll: CW And His O / Jimmy Preston And His O
10” Ara (Aus) 4109, Rock To The Swinging Sixties: Feat The Orchs Of CW / JP
10” Philips (Fr) P 07.875 R, R Stewart Trompette / CW Trompette jazz pour tous
10” Royale LP 18128, Cootie Williams: Echoes Of Harlem

12” LPs
20th Century Fox Records TFM 3170 – see under “Various Artists”
Affinity (E) AFS 1031, Big Band Bounce & Boogie: CW: Echoes of Harlem, 1988
Alamac QSR 2440, Cootie Williams & His Orchestra
Big Band Archives LP-1208, CW and His Orch: Echoes Of Harlem, 1974
Big Band Era (G) 20182, Cootie Williams: Roll ‘Em
Bluebird 6753-1-RB – see under “Various Artists”
Bluebird (Eur) NL 86753 – see under “Various Artists”
Bovema (E) 5C-052-80850 – see under “Various Artists”
Cap M 11057 – see under “Various Artists”
Cap (J) ECS 70055 – see under “Various Artists”
Cap (Neth) 5C-052-80850 – see under “Various Artists”
CBS (Fr) 65392 – see under “Various Artists”
Col CJ 40886 – see under “Various Artists”
Col 40972 – see under “Various Artists”
Concert Hall (E) J-1253, The Big Challenge: C Williams / Stewart / C Hawkins
Concert Hall (Fr) SMS 7130~39 – see under “Various Artists”
Curcio (It) HJ-27 – see under “Various Artists”
Dec (Fr) 99019, cootie williams and his orchestra, 1970
Dec (Fr) 153.894, Cootie [ sextet ]
Dec (Fr) 153.931, . . . en France: CW et son orchestre du Savoy de Harlem
Dec (Fr) 180.029, Cootie Williams and His Orchestra
DRG/Disques Swing (Can) SW-8414, P & B Revisited . . . , Oct 1986
Epic EE 22005 – see under “Various Artists”
Epic EE 22006e – see under “Various Artists”
Explosive (Fr) 528.017, The Big Challenge: C Williams / Stewart / C Hawkins
First Time Records FTR-2501 – see under “Various Artists”
Fresh Sound Records (Fr) 720, Cootie & Rex: The Big Challenge
Guilde Int’l du Disc (Fr) SJS 1253, The Big Challenge: C Williams / C Hawkins 
Halcyon (E) HDL 107 – see under “Various Artists”
Hall of Fame JG 602e, Cootie & Rex :The Big Challenge: J Greats” red cover
Hall of Fame JG 602e, Cootie & Rex :The Big Challenge: J Greats” green cover
Jaro Int’l JAM-5001, CW / Wini Brown: Around Midnight, 1959
Jaro Int’l JAS-8001, CW / Wini Brown: Around Midnight, 1959
J Anthology JA 5144, N York 1944: Sextet and Big Band, 1977
J Anthology JA 5201 – see under “Various Artists” 
Jazztone J 1268, Cootie & Rex in The Big Challenge with Rex Stewart
Jazztone (G) J 1253, The Big Challenge C Hawkins
Jukebox Lil (Sw) JB 623, CW and his orch: “Things Ain’t What They Used To Be”
Meritt 8 – see under “Various Artists”
Moodsville MVLP-27, The Solid Trumpet of Cootie Williams, 1962 green label
Moodsville MVLP-27, The Solid Trumpet of Cootie Williams, 1965 blue label
Musidisc (Fr) CCV 2520 – see under “Various Artists”
Official (Den) 3014, Cootie Williams: Rhythm And Jazz In The Mid Forties, 1988
Onward to Yesterday OTY-2501 – see under “Various Artists”
Philips (E) BBL 7163 – see under “Various Artists”
Philips (Holland) B 07421 L – see under “Various Artists”
Phoenix Records LP-1, CW Sextet And Orchestra: Orig Hit Recordings (1944)
Rare Records RR-1, Cootie And His Savoy Orchestra
RCA (Fr) 730.675, Cootie Williams / Hot Lips Page
RCA Vic LPM-1591 – see under “Various Artists”
RCA Vic LPM-1718, Cootie Williams in Hi-Fi, 1958
RCA Vic LSP-1591 – see under “Various Artists”
RCA Vic LSP-1718, Cootie Williams in Stereo, 1958
RCA (Aus) L-10692, Cootie Williams in Hi-Fi, Jul 1959
RCA Vic (Fr) 730.675, “Big Sound Trumpets”: CW / Oran “Hot Lips” Page, 1971
RCA (G) LPM-1718, Cootie Williams in Hi-Fi
RCA J Line (G) NL-89811, Cootie Williams “in hi-fi,” 1986
RCA (Sp) NL-45990, Cootie Williams in Stereo, 1972 spine: “in Hi-Fi”
RCA (Sp) NL-46032, CW and his Savoy Ballroom Orchestra: feat Wini Brown
Riff Records (Neth) 659.026 – see under “Various Artists”
Status ST 27, The Solid Trumpet of Cootie Williams
Storyville SLP 803, Cootie Williams and His Orchestra, 1976
Storyville ULS 1558 R, CW Sextet And Orchestra: Original Hit Recordings (1944) 
Storyville (G) 6.28474 – see under “Various Artists”
Storyville (Sp) J 4436, Cootie Williams And His Orchestra, 1979
Swaggie (Aus) 1333, the Jazz makers: CW: The Boys From Harlem, 1980
Swaggie (Aus) 1359, the Jazz makers: CW: The Boys From Harlem Vol Two  
Swingfan (G) 1022, Cootie Williams 1941-1947 / Hot Lips Page 1940-1946
Swingtime ST 1003, Cootie Williams: Typhoon: 1945 – 1950, 1985
Tax (Sw) m-8005, Cootie And The Boys From Harlem, 1974
Tax (Sw) m-8011, Cootie And His Rug Cutters 1937/40, 1974
Tax (Sw) m-8034 – see under “Various Artists”
V-Disc (It) VDL-1007 – see under “Various Artists”
Warner Bros W 1260, Porgy & Bess Revisited: Stewart-Williams & Co, 1958
Warner Bros (Fr) LPW.1510, Porgy & Bess Revisited: Stewart-Williams & Co
Warwick W-2027, Do nothing till you hear from… Cootie: C Williams, 1960
Warwick W-2027ST, Do nothing till you hear from… Cootie: C Williams, 1960
Xtra Records (E) 5045, The Solid Trumpet of Cootie Williams, 1967

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