Stevie Ray Vaughan discography

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Stevie Ray Vaughan discography
Studio albums6
Live albums7
Compilation albums9
Video albums5
Music videos8
EPs4
Singles33
With other artists21

Stevie Ray Vaughan was an American blues rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter, and the frontman for the band Double Trouble. He is often regarded as one of the greatest guitarists and blues musicians of all time. During his career, he released four studio albums, one live album, and several singles.

At the time of his death on August 27, 1990, Stevie Ray Vaughan left behind a large collection of recordings.[1] Over the years, his record companies have continued to issue his music in various formats. Since Jimmie Vaughan, his brother, took control of his intellectual property rights after his death,[2] over 12 Vaughan albums have appeared in the main U.S. albums chart.[3] Several of these have also placed in charts in more than six countries around the world.[4] After his death, Vaughan's record company Sony Music Entertainment continued to issue his albums.[2] These posthumous releases comprise studio outtakes/alternate takes, jams, and live recordings.[2]

Albums[edit]

Studio albums[edit]

Title Album details Peak chart
positions
Certifications
US
[5]
AUS
[6][7]
Texas Flood 38 46
Couldn't Stand the Weather
  • Released: 1984
  • Label: Epic
  • Format:
31 20
Soul to Soul
  • Released: 1985
  • Label: Epic / Legacy
  • Format:
34 27
In Step
  • Released: June 1989
  • Label: Epic / Legacy
  • Format:
33 36
  • CAN: Gold[9]
  • US: 2× Platinum[8]
Family Style
  • with Jimmie Vaughan as the Vaughan Brothers
  • Released: September 1990
  • Label: Epic
  • Format: CD, CS, LP
7 17
  • US: Platinum[8]
  • CAN: Platinum[9]
The Sky Is Crying
  • Released: November 5, 1991
  • Label: Epic
  • Format: CD, CS, LP, Mini CD
10 33
  • US: 2× Platinum[8]
  • CAN: Platinum[9]

Live albums[edit]

Title Album details Peak chart
positions
Certifications
US
[5]
AUS
[6]
Live Alive
  • Released: November 15, 1986
  • Recorded: 1985–1986
  • Label: Epic
  • Format:
52 49
  • US: Platinum
  • CAN: Platinum
In the Beginning
  • Released: October 6, 1992
  • Recorded: April 1, 1980
  • Label: Epic
  • Format:
58
  • US: Gold
Live at Carnegie Hall
  • Released: July 29, 1997
  • Recorded: October 4, 1984
  • Label: Epic
  • Format:
40
  • US: Gold
In Session
  • Albert King with Stevie Ray Vaughan
  • Released: August 17, 1999
  • Recorded: December 6, 1983
  • Label: Epic (7501)
  • Formats: CD, LP, SACD
52
Live at Montreux 1982 & 1985
  • Released: November 20, 2001
  • Recorded: July 17, 1982 and July 15, 1985
  • Label: Epic
  • Format: 2-disc CD
178
Live in Tokyo
  • Released: July 11, 2006
  • Recorded: January 24, 1985
  • Label: Masterplan
  • Format: CD
The Fire Meets the Fury[11]
  • with Jeff Beck
  • Released: March 19, 2012
  • Recorded: 1989
  • Label: Smokin' Records
  • Format: CD

Compilations and box sets[edit]

Title Album details Peak chart
positions
Certifications
US
[5]
AUS
[7]
Greatest Hits
  • Released: October 31, 1995
  • Label: Epic (66217)
  • Format: CD
39 62
  • US: 2× Platinum[8]
The Real Deal: Greatest Hits Volume 2
  • Released: March 23, 1999
  • Label: Epic/Legacy (65873)
  • Format: CD
53
Blues at Sunrise
  • Released: April 4, 2000
  • Label: Epic/Legacy (63842)
  • Format: CD
80
SRV[12]
  • Released: November 21, 2000
  • Label: Epic/Legacy (65714)
  • Format: Box set 3CD + 1DVD
148
The Essential Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble
  • Released: October 1, 2002
  • Label: Epic/Legacy (86423)
  • Format: 2CD
165
Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: Stevie Ray Vaughan[13]
  • Released: September 9, 2003
  • Label: Epic (512576-2)
  • Format: CD
99
The Real Deal: Greatest Hits Volume 1[14]
  • Released: December 26, 2006
  • Label: Legacy (82876-81511-2)
  • Format: CD
Solos, Sessions & Encores[15]
  • Released: November 6, 2007
  • Label: Epic/Legacy (82876-87231-2)
  • Format: CD
The Best of Stevie Ray Vaughan[16]
  • Released: November 19, 2007
  • Label: Sony BMG Music Entertainment
  • Format: CD

Extended plays[edit]

Title EP details Track listing
Tick Tock
  • Released: September 1990
  • Labels: Epic (6563523) (Austria)
  • Format: CD maxi single
  1. "Tick Tock"
  2. "Brothers"
  3. "Couldn't Stand the Weather"
The Sky Is Crying
  • Released: October 1991
  • Labels: Epic (6576752) (Austria)
  • Format: CD maxi single
  1. "The Sky Is Crying"
  2. "May I Have a Talk with You"
  3. "Hard to Be"
Little Wing
  • Released: October 1991
  • Labels: Epic (6579352) (Austria)
  • Format: CD maxi single
  1. "Little Wing"
  2. "Wham" (live)
  3. "Life by the Drop"
Little Wing
  1. "Little Wing"
  2. "Tick Tock"

Singles[edit]

Year Single Chart positions
[17]
Album
US Rock UK
1977 "Other Days"/"Texas Clover" (w/ Paul Ray & the Cobras) - - N/A
1979 "My Song"/"Rough Edges" (w/ W. C. Clark and Paul Ray & the Cobras) - - N/A
1983 "Let's Dance"/"Cat People" (w/ David Bowie) 8/9 1 Let's Dance
1983 "China Girl"/"Shake It" (w/ David Bowie and Iggy Pop) 3 2 Let's Dance
1983 "Modern Love"/"Modern Love (Live Version)" (w/ David Bowie) 6 2 Let's Dance
1983 "Without You"/"Criminal World" (w/ David Bowie) - - Let's Dance
1983 "Love Struck Baby"/"Rude Mood" - - Texas Flood
1983 "Love Struck Baby"/"Lenny (instrumental)" - - Texas Flood
1983 "Pride And Joy"/"Rude Mood" 20 - Texas Flood
1984 "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" 26 - Couldn't Stand The Weather
1984 "Cold Shot" 29 - Couldn't Stand The Weather
1984 "Couldn't Stand The Weather" - - Couldn't Stand The Weather
1985 "Look At Little Sister"/"Say What!" 17 - Soul To Soul
1985 "Change It"/"Lookin' Out The Window" 17 - Soul To Soul
1985 "Living In America" (w/ James Brown) - 5 Gravity
1985 "How Do You Stop" (w/ James Brown) - 90 Gravity
1986 "Willie The Wimp"/"Superstition" 19/11 - Live Alive
1986 "Heartache Away"/"Love Roulette" (w/ Don Johnson) - - Heartbeat
1986 "First We Take Manhattan"/"Famous Blue Raincoat" (w/ Jennifer Warnes) - - Famous Blue Raincoat
1987 "Pipeline" (w/ Dick Dale)/"Love Struck Baby" - - Back To The Beach Soundtrack
1989 "The House Is Rockin'"/"Tightrope" 18/14 - In Step
1989 "Crossfire" 1 - In Step
1989 "Wall Of Denial" 46 - In Step
1989 "Tightrope" 14 - In Step
1990 "Tick Tock/Brothers" (w/ Jimmie Vaughan as the Vaughan Brothers) 7 - Family Style
1990 "Telephone Song" (w/ Jimmie Vaughan as the Vaughan Brothers) 3 - Family Style
1990 "Good Texan"/"Baboom/Mama Said" (w/ Jimmie Vaughan as the Vaughan Brothers) 18 - Family Style
1991 "The Sky Is Crying"/"Chitlins Con Carne" 2 - The Sky Is Crying
1991 "Empty Arms"/"Wham" 3 - The Sky Is Crying
1991 "Little Wing" 26 - The Sky Is Crying
1992 "Shake For Me" 19 - In The Beginning
1995 "Taxman"/"The House Is Rockin'" 32 - Greatest Hits

Video albums[edit]

Album Year Chart positions Certifications
US 200 U.S. CAN
Pride and Joy 1991 - Platinum -
Live at the El Mocambo 1991 - 2× Platinum -
Live from Austin, Texas 1995 - 2× Platinum -
Live at Montreux 1982 & 1985 2004 - Platinum -
Live in Tokyo 2006 - - -

Music videos[edit]

Year Title Director[18] Producer(s)[18]
1983 "Love Struck Baby" Joe Butts Dale Ward
1984 "Cold Shot" D.J. Webster Julie Kaufman-Webster
"Couldn't Stand The Weather" Charlie Rice Julie Kaufman-Webster
1985 "Change It" Josh Aranson Bob Jason, Gail Kramer
1986 "Superstition" Fisher & Preachman Jon Douglas West
1989 "The House Is Rockin'" D.J. Webster Steven Brandman
"Crossfire" D.J. Webster Nina M. Dluhy
1992 "Little Wing" Phil Tucket

With other artists[edit]

Bootleg recordings[edit]

Stevie Ray Vaughan's bootleg recordings are performances by Vaughan that have attained some level of public circulation without being available as a legal release. The term most often refers to audio recordings, but also includes video performances. Bootleg recordings arise from a multitude of sources, including broadcast performances, recordings of live shows, test discs, privately distributed copies of demos, and copied studio session tapes. From the earliest bootlegs in the early 1970s, performances for television, concerts, and studio outtakes have been extensive sources for Stevie Ray Vaughan bootlegs.

Several websites have been devoted to comprehensively documenting Stevie Ray Vaughan bootlegs; the following is a list for some of the most common or notable bootlegged recordings by Stevie Ray Vaughan.

Early bootlegs[edit]

  • Cast of Thousands, 1971. A young Stephen Tobolowsky asked Vaughan to join his band named Cast of Thousands.[20] They recorded two songs, which were included on a compilation album of five Oak Cliff bands, called A New Hi for Tempo II Studios.[21] "Red, White, and Blue" was included on Rough Edges, which is a bootleg album consisting of studio and live material.[1]

Live concerts (1983-1990)[edit]

  • El Mocambo, July 11, 1983. Live at the El Mocambo, an official release by Sony in 1991, contained a performance at the El Mocambo in Toronto, professionally filmed and recorded for Canadian television. You'll Be Mine, Little Wing, and Rude Mood were not included on the DVD, though two of the three are available on bootlegged videos. On CD, "Texas Flood" was released on the album Blues at Sunrise, and "Hug You, Squeeze You" was released on the SRV box set, prior to the 2014 release of the complete show as part of "The Complete Epic Recordings Collection".
  • Dallas Moonlight, The Duke and the Hawk 1983 Recorded live at the Sound Stage, Las Colinas, Dallas, Texas, 27th April 1983, a double album, 28 tracks (Beech Marten Records – BM 045/2) with David Bowie release in 1991 [2]
  • Ripley Music Hall, 1983. Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble performed at Ripley Music Hall in Philadelphia on October 20, 1983. The show was broadcast over radio for the King Biscuit Flower Hour, resulting in bootleg recordings of high quality. The entire recording is available on Wolfgang's Vault.
  • Austin Opera House, 1984. A concert at the Austin Opera House on April 15, 1984, was recorded for the King Biscuit Flower Hour. The show featured Vaughan's brother, Jimmie Vaughan, on guitar for "Cold Shot," "The Things That I Used to Do," and "Couldn't Stand the Weather." The recording is available on Wolfgang's Vault. A decent quality audience video of the show is also available.
  • Spectrum, 1984. The band performed two shows on August 17, 1984, at the Spectrum in Montreal. Both were broadcast over radio for the King Biscuit Flower Hour, resulting in bootleg recordings of high quality. The recordings are available on Wolfgang's Vault.
  • Rockpalast, 1984. Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble's concert at the Loreley Freilichtbühne on August 25, 1984, was filmed for a German television show, Rockpalast. The program and its audio recording have been bootlegged in various formats. In 2008, the concert became available on ConcertTV, a video on-demand channel that broadcasts live music performances.
  • Alabamahalle, 1984. The band's concert at Alabama-Halle in Munich on August 27, 1984, was filmed for a German television show, Live aus dem Alabama. The video has been available to bootleggers, though the film only captures seven songs from the original broadcast.
  • Carnegie Hall, 1984. Live at Carnegie Hall, an official release by Epic in 1997, contained selections from Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble's Carnegie Hall show professionally recorded on October 4, 1984. Two additional songs from the show have been officially released on the SRV box set: "The Sky Is Crying" and "Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)." Both of these songs were not on the 1997 album. An audience recording, containing the eight other songs left off the original album, became available to bootleggers, dubbed "Carnegie Hall Leftovers."[3]
  • Sydney Opera House, 1984. The band performed for two nights at the Sydney Opera House in Australia beginning November 5, 1984, with the second night (November 9) being captured by a camcorder on a tripod from the balcony. The second night's concert video was filmed in its entirety, with the exception of a skip in one song.
  • Yubin Chokin Hall, 1985. The band performed for three consecutive nights at Yubin Chokin Hall in Tokyo beginning January 23, 1985, with the second night being filmed by Black Box, Inc. for video release. The video was officially released by Quantum Leap in Japan only as Live in Tokyo.
  • Alpine Valley, 1990. Notable as Stevie Ray Vaughan's final concert performances before his death, the August 25–26, 1990 shows at Alpine Valley Music Theatre in Wisconsin were taped both on soundboard and portable recorder. The first night's concert was captured by a camcorder, showing fleeting glimpses of the stage. It's a low-quality video with much chatter from fans.

Soul to Soul sessions (1985)[edit]

A large number of studio outtakes for the Soul to Soul album are available on bootlegs, ranging from complete session tapes to selected takes on various bootlegged compilations. Recorded in March through May 1985, the sessions took place at the Dallas Sound Lab in Texas. In total, 59 tracks were included on eight cassette tapes.

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Stevie Ray Vaughan: Artist Biography". AllMusic. Rovi Corp. Retrieved April 20, 2014.
  2. ^ a b c "The Artistic Afterlife: Stevie Ray Vaughan". austinchronicle.com. The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved April 20, 2014.
  3. ^ "Stevie Ray Vaughan — Awards". Allmusic. Rovi Corp. Retrieved April 20, 2014.
  4. ^ For additional chart sources, see the "Other charts" subsection below.
  5. ^ a b c Stevie Ray Vaughan Chart History | Billboard.com
  6. ^ a b Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 328. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  7. ^ a b Peaks in Australia from 1988 onwards:
    • All except noted: "Discography Stevie Ray Vaughan". australian-charts.com. Retrieved October 25, 2022.
    • Greatest Hits: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 293.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j RIAA Gold and Platinum Search for albums by Stevie Ray Vaughan
  9. ^ a b c d e f "Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA): Certification Results". Archived from the original on May 1, 2010. Retrieved May 24, 2009.
  10. ^ "Sydney Gold Street" (PDF). Cash Box. September 13, 1986. p. 31. Retrieved December 9, 2021 – via World Radio History.
  11. ^ Leggett, Steve. "The Fire Meets the Fury: The Radio Broadcasts 1989". AllMusic. Retrieved May 29, 2019.
  12. ^ Unterberger, Richie. "SRV". AllMusic. Retrieved May 29, 2019.
  13. ^ Collar, Matt. "Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: Stevie Ray Vaughan". AllMusic. Retrieved May 29, 2019.
  14. ^ Jurek, Thom. "The Real Deal: Greatest Hits Volume 1". AllMusic. Retrieved May 29, 2019.
  15. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Solos, Sessions & Encores". AllMusic. Retrieved May 29, 2019.
  16. ^ Leggett, Steve. "The Best of Stevie Ray Vaughan". AllMusic. Retrieved May 29, 2019.
  17. ^ allmusic ((( Stevie Ray Vaughan > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles)))
  18. ^ a b Pride And Joy (Booklet). Various. New York City: Sony. 2007 [1991].{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  19. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. The Unplugged Collection, Volume One - Various Artists at AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-11-25.
  20. ^ Gregory, p. 48
  21. ^ Kitts, p. 2

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