American Defense

~ Recording by Son House

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack ArtistRelease TitleRelease ArtistRelease Group TypeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.8American Defense2:56Son HouseThe Legendary 1941/42 Recordings in Chronological SequenceSon HouseAlbum + Compilation
Folklyric9002
1.13American Defense2:56Son HouseThe Complete Library of Congress Sessions: 1941-1942Son HouseAlbum + Compilation
Travelin' ManTM CD 02
1.9American Defense3:01Son HouseDelta BluesSon HouseAlbum + Compilation
Biograph RecordsBCD 118
1.16American Defense2:52Son HousePreachin' The BluesSon HouseAlbum + Compilation
Catfish Records (UK; blues, jazz, country, bluegrass)KATCD112
1.11American Defence2:59Son HouseDelta BluesSon HouseAlbum + Compilation
ArpeggioARB 004
1.4American Defense2:55Son HouseLowdown Dirty Dog BluesSon HouseAlbum + Compilation
ABM (imprint? of Audio Book & Music Company Limited)ABMMCD 1240
1.9American Defense3:01Son HouseDelta BluesSon HouseAlbum + Compilation
  • US2003-07-15
Biograph RecordsDK 30170
2.13American Defense2:56Son HouseLegends of Country BluesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2003-08-11
JSP RecordsJSP7715
1.11American Defense3:01Son HouseHeroes of the Blues: The Very Best of Son HouseSon HouseAlbum + Compilation
  • US2003-09-09
Shout! FactoryDK 30251
1.16American Defense2:55Son HouseComplete Blues: Delta BluesSon HouseAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2004-03-09
Snapper MusicSBLUECD002
1.16American Defense3:00Son HouseA Proper Introduction to Son House: Delta BluesSon HouseAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2004-04-13
Proper RecordsINTRO CD 2016
1.12American Defense2:55Son HouseKing of the Delta BluesSon HouseAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2006-08-17
Fuel 2000 Records
1.12American Defense2:55Son HouseKickin’ Hitler's Butt: Vintage Anti-Fascist Songs 1940-1944Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2007-04-23
Buzzola, Chrome Dreams (“Maximum” bootleg biography series)BZCD 013, RZCS 013
1.6American Defence2:57Son HouseThe Delta Blues of Son HouseSon HouseAlbum
  • US2009-05-27
Grammercy RecordsGRAM-263
1.5American Defense3:00Son HouseCountry Farm BluesSon HouseAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2010-07-05
Brownsville
41.20American Defense2:56Son HouseABC of the BluesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • DE2010-09-24
Documents (German, Membran Entertainment Group)233168
1.4American Defense2:54Son HouseRaw Delta Blues: Special 2LP Gatefold Edition featuring the Very Best of the Delta Master on 180g VinylSon HouseAlbum + Compilation
Not Now MusicNOT2LP138
1.4American Defense2:55Son HouseRaw Delta Blues: The Best of the Bottleneck Blues Master on 2 CDsSon HouseAlbum + Compilation
Not Now MusicNOT2CD415
23.20American Defense?:??Son HouseBlues MastersVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
4π, EMI (EMI Records, since 1972)cd 1
1.13American Defense?:??Son HouseClarksdale Moan [1930-1942]Son HouseAlbum + Compilation
The Devil’s TunesDevicd001
1.13American Defense2:55Son HouseRaw Delta Blues: The Very Best of the Delta Blues MasterSon HouseAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2014-08-11
Not Now MusicCATLP104
1.3American Defense2:52Son HouseDelta BluesSon HouseAlbum + Compilation
  • -2014
Vintage Music Association S.P.
1.10American Defense2:56Son HouseAll the BestSon HouseAlbum + Compilation
  • -2017
Vintage Jukebox
3.13American Defense2:55Son HouseDelta Blues: Milestones of LegendsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Documents (German, Membran Entertainment Group)600378
1.13American Defense2:56Son HouseThe Complete Library of Congress Sessions 1941-1942Son HouseAlbum
Jasmine Records (UK label)JASMCD 3199

Relationships

recorded in:Robinsonville, Mississippi, United States (on 1942-07-17)
guitar:Son House
vocals:Son House
field recordings:Lewis Jones (worked with Alan Lomax) (on 1942-07-17)
Alan Lomax (US ethnomusicologist) (on 1942-07-17)
stream for free:https://archive.culturalequity.org/field-work/mississippi-delta-survey-1941-1942/robinsonville-742/american-defense [info]