Stevie Ray Vaughan discography

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Stevie Ray Vaughan discography
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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.

Contents

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

Studio albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart
positions
Certifications
US
[5]
AUS
[6] [7]
Texas Flood 3846
Couldn't Stand the Weather
  • Released: 1984
  • Label: Epic
  • Format:
3120
Soul to Soul
  • Released: 1985
  • Label: Epic / Legacy
  • Format:
3427
  • CAN: Gold [9]
  • US: Platinum [8]
In Step
  • Released: June 1989
  • Label: Epic / Legacy
  • Format:
3336
  • 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
717
  • US: Platinum [8]
  • CAN: Platinum [9]
The Sky Is Crying
  • Released: November 5, 1991
  • Label: Epic
  • Format: CD, CS, LP, Mini CD
1033
  • US: 2× Platinum [8]
  • CAN: Platinum [9]

Live albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart
positions
Certifications
US
[5]
AUS
[6]
Live Alive
  • Released: November 15, 1986
  • Recorded: 1985–1986
  • Label: Epic
  • Format:
5249
  • 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

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart
positions
Certifications
US
[5]
AUS
[7]
Greatest Hits
  • Released: October 31, 1995
  • Label: Epic (66217)
  • Format: CD
3962
  • 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

TitleEP detailsTrack 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

YearSingleChart positions
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)8/91 Let's Dance
1983"China Girl"/"Shake It" (w/ David Bowie and Iggy Pop)32 Let's Dance
1983"Modern Love"/"Modern Love (Live Version)" (w/ David Bowie)62 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

AlbumYearChart positionsCertifications
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

YearTitleDirector [17] Producer(s) [17]
1983"Love Struck Baby"Joe ButtsDale Ward
1984"Cold Shot"D.J. WebsterJulie Kaufman-Webster
"Couldn't Stand The Weather"Charlie RiceJulie Kaufman-Webster
1985"Change It"Josh AransonBob Jason, Gail Kramer
1986"Superstition"Fisher & PreachmanJon Douglas West
1989"The House Is Rockin'"D.J. WebsterSteven Brandman
"Crossfire"D.J. WebsterNina M. Dluhy
1992"Little Wing"Phil Tucket

With other artists

Bootleg recordings

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

Live concerts (1983-1990)

Soul to Soul sessions (1985)

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

  1. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Stevie Ray Vaughan: Artist Biography". AllMusic . Rovi Corp. Retrieved April 20, 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 "The Artistic Afterlife: Stevie Ray Vaughan". Austinchronicle.com. The Austin Chronicle . Retrieved April 20, 2014.
  3. "Stevie Ray Vaughan — Awards". AllMusic . Retrieved April 20, 2014.
  4. For additional chart sources, see the "Other charts" subsection below.
  5. 1 2 3 Stevie Ray Vaughan Chart History | Billboard.com
  6. 1 2 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. 1 2 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. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "RIAA Gold and Platinum Search for albums by Stevie Ray Vaughan" . Retrieved September 9, 2024.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "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. 1 2 Pride And Joy (Booklet). Various. New York City: Sony. 2007 [1991].{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  18. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. The Unplugged Collection, Volume One - Various Artists at AllMusic . Retrieved 2011-11-25.
  19. Gregory, p. 48
  20. Kitts, p. 2
  21. [ dead link ]
  22. "David Bowie with Stevie Ray Vaughan : The Duke and the Hawk". Discogs.com. Retrieved September 9, 2024.
  23. "Carnegie Hall Leftovers". Srvrocks.com. Retrieved September 9, 2024.

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<i>Live Alive</i> 1986 live album by Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble

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<i>Family Style</i> (Vaughan Brothers album) 1990 studio album by the Vaughan Brothers

Family Style is the only studio album featuring guitarists and vocalists Jimmie and Stevie Ray Vaughan. It was released on September 25, 1990. In his early years, Stevie often remarked that he would like to do an album with his elder brother. That wish turned out to be his last studio performance, released nearly a month after his death. The liner notes end with "Thanks Mama V. for letting us play."

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