1971
1972
- Chuck Berry: The London Chuck Berry Sessions; St. Louis To Frisco To Memphis released
- Ruth Brown: The Real Ruth Brown; Softly released
- Cream: Live Cream Vol. 2 released
- John Lee Hooker: "Johnny Lee"; Boogie Chillun; Never Get Out Of These Blues Alive; Live At Soledad Prison; Detroit Special; Live At Sugar Hill Vol. 2; Black Snake released
- Son House: The Legendary 1941-1942 Recordings In Chronological Sequence released
- Luther Johnson: Born In Georgia released
- B.B. King: L.A. Midnight; Guess Who released
- Muddy Waters: Rare Live Recordings Volume 1,2,3; Live At Mr. Kelly's; The London Muddy Waters Sessions; Can't Get No Grindin' released
- Elvis Presley: Elvis Now; He Touched Me; Elvis As Recorded At Madison Square Garden; Rock'n'Roll released
- Taj Mahal: Recycling The Blues & Other Related Stuff released; soundtrack Sounder released
- T-Bone Walker: Fly Walker Airlines, Live In Montreux released
- Big Joe Williams: Big Joe Williams released
- Weather Report: I sing the body electric released
- Robert Pete Williams, Big Joe Williams: Robert Pete Williams with Big Joe Williams released
- ?: ?: ?: -- recordings for Cotillion - Jimmy "Preacher" Ellis
- ?: ?: ?: -- recordings for Trip - Joe Jonas...
- Canada: Alberta: Edmonton - recordings for London - Walter Horton, Nancy Nash, Bob Derkash, Steve Boddington, Brian Keohli, Lyndsey Umrysh
- Europe: France: Bordeaux - recordings for ? - Johnny Shines, Dusty Brown, Sonny Thompson, Emmett Sutton, Bill Warren / Johnny Shines, Luther "Georgia Boy" Johnson
- Europe: Italy: Milan - recordings for Carosello - Cooper Terry (Verl Terry), Lucio Terzano, Graziano Tede
- Europe: Switzerland: Bienne? - recordings for Black & Blue - Luther Johnson, Johnny Shines, Dusty Brown, Sonny Thompson, Emmett Sutton, Bill Warren
- Europe: Switzerland: Lausanne - recordings for Musidisc - Memphis Slim (John L. Chatman)
- Europe: UK: London - recordings for Excello - Jimmy Dawkins, The Olympic Runners (Pete Wingfield, Joe Jammer, Tony Stevens, REg Isadore), Cecil Moss, Bolly Graham, Chris Mercer, Dick Parry, A.G. "Bubbles" White, Bob Brunning, Mike Vernon, Rome Symphony Orchestra?, Novelle Williams, Rosa Dotson, Velma Smith
- US: Alabama: Birmingham - recordings for Romulus / Zeus - Jerry McCain...
- US: California: Berkeley - recordings for Sonet - Weldon "Juke Boy" Bonner
- US: California: Hollywood - recordings for A&M - Brownie McGhee (Walter Brown McGhee), Sonny Terry (Sanders Terrell), Sugarcane Harris (Don Harris), Arlo Guthrie, Michael Franks, Al McKay, Jerry McGhee, John Hammond Jr., Jerry Cole, John Mayall, Maurice Rogers, Harry Holt, Eddie Green, Jim Gilsttrap, Marti McCall, Maxine Willard, Clydie King, Vanetta Fields, Jackie Ward
- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Duke - Bobby Bland (Robert Bland)...
- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Enterprise - Freddy Robinson (Fred L. Robinson), Joe Sample, Monk Higgins, Al Cescovo, Wilton Felder, Harold Mason, Paul Humohrey, Bobbye Hall, Alex Brown, Venetta Fields, Clydie King
- US: California: Los Angeles? - recordings for Goodie Train / JSP - Cleo Page...
- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Kent - Johnny Copeland, Wayne Henderson, Joe Sample, Wilton Felder, Nesbert Hooper
- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Testament - Thomas Shaw
- US: California: Los Angeles - Summit Club - Little Milton (Milton James Campbell), Joe Campbell, Calep Emphrey Jr....
- US: California: Orinda - The Square Rigger - K.C. Douglas, Richard "Harmonica Slim" Riggins, Bob Smith, Jim Marshall
- US: California: Sacramento - concert - Mance Lipscomb (Bowdie Glenn Lipscomb)
- US: Florida: Hieleah - recordings for Cat - Little Beaver (Willie Hale), Benny Lattimore, Ron Bogdon, Edmond Collins, Freddy Scott, Robert Fergeson...
- US: Illinois: Chicago - University of Chicago, Folk Festival - Ted Bogan / Carl Martin
- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Alligator - Son Seals (Frank Seals), Johnny "Big Moose" Walker, John Riley, Charles Il. Caldwell
- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Big Beat - Luther "Guitar Jr." Johnson...
- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Black Beauty - McKinley Mitchell, Kermit Chandler...
- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Blues on Blues - Willie Mabon, Malcolm "Little Mack" Simmons, Mighty Joe Young, Eugene Pearson, Jimmy Richards, Bill Warren
- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Bluesway - Carey Bell, Pinetop Perkins, Eddie Taylor, Dave Myers, Willie Smith
- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Chess - Bob Diddley (Ellas McDaniels), Cookie Vee, Frank Gordon, Murray Watson, Arthur Hoyle, Steve Galloway, Gene Barge, Clifford Davis, Willie Henderson, Tennyson Stephens, Phil Upchurch, Gerald Sims, Richard Evans, Robert Crowder, Brian Grice, Sef Reklan Raheem, Mary Ann Stewart, Marilyn Haywood, Vivian Harrell
- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Coin - Hayes Ware, Walter Horton, Eugene Pearson
- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Dawn-S - Piano "C" Red (James Wheeler), Lefty Dizz, Eddie Taylor, Al Paige, Willie Burns...
- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Erica / Grapevine - Jimmy Burns...
- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Gamma - Artie White, Golden "Big" Wheeler...
- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Magic - Johnnie Mae Dunson, Jimmy Reed, Larry Nestor, King Edward, Nolan Struck, "Rico"
- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for PM - Little Mack Simmons (Malcolm Simmons)... / Lee "Shot" Williams (Henry Lee Williams), Stan Webb, Dave Baldwin, Litle Mack Simmons, Buddy Scott, Joe Spell, Nick Charles, Ira Gates
- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Rounder - Bob Riedy, Johnny Littlejohn, Chris Mason, Bob Falvey, Richard "Hubcap" Robinson / Bob Riedy, Johnny Young, Chris Mason, Grank Capek, Jim Wydra, Sam Lay / Bob Riedy, Carey Bell, Jimmy Rodgers, Chris Mason, Frank Capek, Jim Wydra, Richard "Hubcap" Robinson
- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Torrid - Lucille Spann (Mahalia Lucille Spann, née Jenkins), Detroit Jr., Mighty Joe Young...
- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Yambo - Margie Evans, Lafayette Leake, Buster Benton, Freddy Robinson, Phil Upchurch, Harold Mason
- US: Louisiana: Baton Rouge - The Speak Easy - Clarence Edwards...
- US: Louisiana: Chalmette - recordings for Seminar - Earl King (Earl Silas Johnson III), Johnson Crayton, Marcel Richardson, Earl Stanley, Thomas Moore
- US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings for Charly - Earl King (Earl Silas Johnson III)...
- US: Louisiana: Shreveport - recordings for Jewel - Jerry McCain...
- US: Massachusetts: Cambridge - Joe's Place - Brewer Phillips, Hound Dog Taylor, Ted Harvey
- US: Michigan: Detroit - recordings for Big Star - Bobo Jenkins (John Pickens Jenkins), James "Rabbit" Johnson...
- US: Michigan: Detroit - recordings for Enterprise - Little Sonny (Aaron Willis), The South Memphis Horns, Rudy Robinson, Eddie Willis, Sam Witcher, Aaron G. Willis Jr., Roderick "Peanut" Chandler, Curtis Sharp
- US: Michigan: Detroit - recordings for Tri-Phi - Robert Lockwood Jr.
- US: Michigan: Kalamazoo - recordings for La Val - Arthur Griswold, Roman Griswold... / Chick Willis (Robert L. Willis), Boss Players, Ron Wolfe, Arthur Harris, Julia DeWitt, Soul Brothers / Chick Willis (Robert L. Willis), Tommy Bullock, Charles Parramore, Jackie Winn, Ron Wolfe, Stanley Bell, Doffie Kelly, Larry Williams, Julia DeWitt, Soul Brothers
- US: Missouri: St. Louis? - recordings for Vanessa - David Dee (David Eckford), Oliver Sain, Phil Westmoreland, Roosevelt Marks, Sam? or Bellboy Carter
- US: New York City - recordings for Blue Goose - Bill Williams
- US: New York City - recordings for Brut - Brownie McGhee (Walter Brown McGhee), Sonny Terry (Sanders Terrell), Al Schckman, Warren Smith...
- US: New York City - recordings for Chess - Muddy Waters?, Ernie Royal, Joe Newman, Garnett Brown, Seldon Powell, Rosetta Hightower
- US: New York City - recordings for Mainstream - Arbee Stidham, Joe Newman, David Brooks, Florence "Bu" Pleasant, Ted Dunbar?, Bernard Purdie, Ernie Wilkins
- US: New York City - recordings for Today - James Peterson, Lucky Peterson, Clark Bailey, J.C. Goodman, Patrick Adams
- US: Ohio: Cincinnati - recordings for M In The Street - Albert Washington, The Astros, Johnny Dollar, Big Ed Thompson, Sonny Watt, James Darks
- US: Tennessee: ? - recordings for Flyright - Ashley Thompson
- US: Tennessee: Memphis - recordings for Blues City - Arbee Stidham, The Memphis Blues Band (Teddy Paige, Cliff Jackson)
- US: Tennessee: Memphis - recordings for Hi - Joe L. (Joe L. Carter)...
- US: Tennessee: Memphis - recordings for I Dischi Del Sole - Sleepy John Estes
- US: Tennessee: Memphis - recordings for Stax - Little Milton (Milton James Campbell), Wayne Jackson, Andrew Love, Bobby Manuel?, Raymond Jackson, Al Jackson Jr....
- US: Tennessee: Nashville - recordings for Hot Line - Screamin' Jay Hawkins (Jalacy Hawkins), Ginny Hawkins, Tony Migliario, Jimmy Kovards, Chip Young, Kenny Malone, Tommy Allsup, Joe Allen, 21st Century Singers
- US: Texas: Houston - Liberty Hall - Jimmy Reed, Johnny Winter...
- US: Texas: Houston - recordings for Edsel - Lowell Fulson...
- US: Texas: Houston - recordings for Krazy Kat - Pete Mayes, Conrad Johnson, Don Wilkerson, Calvin Owens, Paul Chevalier, Lala Wilson, Duke Barter
- US: Texas: Houston - recordings for S.B.I. - Joe Hughes, Henry Boatwright, Pee Wee Stevens, George Brown, Johnny Prejean
- US: Virginia: Waverly - recordings for Trix - Pernell Charity
- US: Washington DC - Hagar's Universal Spiritual Church - Flora Molton
- US: Washington DC - Smithsonian Festival of American Folklife - Richard "Hacksaw" Harney / Howard Armstrong / Carl Martin
- 1972.01.00 -- Europe: France: Hérouville - recordings for Barclay - Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Wayne Jackson, Andrew Lowe, Ed Logan, James Mitchell, André Hervé, Jo Wright, Michel Hervé, Christian Devaux
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Impulse - John Henry "Bubba" Brown, Carle Vickers, Jeff Osborne, Jake Riley, Lorenzo Carnegie, Onion Miller, Tobie Butter, Mel Brown, Jimmy Davis, Jimmie Calhoun, Leonard Tower / Mel Brown, John Henry "Bubba" Brown, Jimmy Davis, Jimmie Calhoun, Leonard Tower, Carle Vickers, Jeff Osborne, Jake Riley, Lorenzo Carnegie, Onion Miller, Marti McCall, Edna Wright, Bobbye Hall, Miss Angel (Angel Brown), Alec Fraser
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Ohio: Cincinnati - recordings for L&W - Albert Washington, Hal Byrd, "Scooter", Andy Johnson, Lonnie Bennett or Jimmy Thompson, Hubert Herb, Lonnie Mack, Walter Cash, Cornelius Roberts
- 1972.01.01 -- US: New York City - New York Academy Of Music - The Band, Bob Dylan
- 1972.01.08 -- US: California: San Francisco - recordings for Blues Connoisseur - K.C. Douglas, Bob Smith, Jim Marshall
- 1972.01.12 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Delmark - Carey Bell, Lovie Lee, Hubert Sumlin, Eddie Taylor, Joe Harper, Willie Williams
- 1972.01.13 -- Asia: Japan: Tokyo - Shibuya Philharmonic Hall - Weather Report (Joe Zawinul, Wayne Shorter, Miroslav Vitous, Eric Gravatt, Dom Um Romao)
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Tennessee: Nashville - recordings for Columbia - Johnny Cash, Carter Family (Maybelle, June, Anita, Helen Carter), Tommy Allsup, Larry Butler, Ray Edenton, Marshall Grant, W.S. Holland, Red Lane, Carl Perkins, Bill Pursell, Bob Wootton...
- 1972.01.14 -- US: Tennessee: Nashville - recordings for Columbia - Johnny Cash, June Carter Cash, Carter Family (Maybelle, June, Anita, Helen Carter), Larry Butler, Ray Edenton, Marshall Grant, W.S. Holland, Red Lane, Carl Perkins, Bill Pursell, Bob Wootton...
- 1972.01.23 -- US: Ohio: Cleveland - Mabel "Big Maybelle" Smith (†)
- 1972.01.26 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - Alice's Revisited - Howlin' Wolf (Chester Arthur Burnett), Eddie Shaw, Sunnyland Slim, Hubert Sumlin, L.V. Williams, Dave Myers, Fred Below
- 1972.01.27 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Delmark - Carey Bell, Lovie Lee, Hubert Sumlin, Eddie Taylor, Joe Harper, Willie Williams
- 1972.01.28 -- US: Oklahoma: Disney - recordings for Shelter - Jimmy Rogers (James Arthur Lane), Bill Lupkin, Bob Riedy, Freddie King, Jim Kahr...
- 1972.01.30 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Matchbox - Little Brother Montgomery (Eurreal Wilford Montgomery), Jan Montgomery
- 1972.02.00 -- Elvis Presley: Elvis Now released
- ---- --- -- -- -- Europe: UK: London - 100 Club - J.B. Hutto, The Brunning/Hall Band (Bob Hall, Pat Grover, Bob Brunning, John Hunt
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Rounder - The Mississippi Sheiks (Carl Martin, Sam Chatmon, Walter Vinson, Ted Bogan)
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Shelter - Jimmy Rogers (James Arthur Lane), Bob Riedy, Louis Myers, Dave Myers, Fred Below
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Maryland: Silver Spring - recordings for Genes - Richard "Hacksaw" Harney / Houston Stackhouse (Houston Goff), Richard Harney?
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for RCA - Nina Simone, Samuel Waymon, Lisa Stroud, Bethany Baptist Church Choir Of South Jamaica, NYC...
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - Rock 'n' Roll Spectacular, Madison Square Garden - Bob Diddley (Ellas McDaniels), Bobby Cornstock and his Band (Chip Smith, Paul Johnson, Steve Stewart, Al Hartland), Chuck Berry
- 1972.02.02 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Shelter - Freddie King, Leon Russell, Don Preston, Donald "Duck" Dunn, Al Jackson...
- 1972.02.03 -- Europe: UK: London - recordings for Chess - Chuck Berry, Derek Griffiths, Kenney Jones, Ian McLagan
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Shelter - Freddie King, Leon Russell, Don Preston, Donald "Duck" Dunn, Al Jackson...
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Connecticut: New Haven - recordings for Columbia - Weather Report (Joe Zawinul, Wayne Shorter, Andrew White, Miroslav Vitous, Eric Gravatt, Herschel Dwellingham, Muruga, Dom Um Romao, Muruga)
- 1972.02.04 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Shelter - Freddie King, Leon Russell, Don Preston, Donald "Duck" Dunn, Al Jackson...
- 1972.02.05 -- Europe: UK: London - recordings for Chess - Chuck Berry, Derek Griffiths, Kenney Jones, Ian McLagan
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Connecticut: New Haven - recordings for Columbia - Weather Report (Joe Zawinul, Wayne Shorter, Andrew White, Miroslav Vitous, Eric Gravatt, Herschel Dwellingham, Muruga, Dom Um Romao, Muruga)
- 1972.02.07 -- US: Connecticut: New Haven - recordings for Columbia - Weather Report (Joe Zawinul, Wayne Shorter, Andrew White, Herschel Dwellingham, Dom Um Romao
- 1972.02.08 -- Europe: Finland: Helsinki - recordings for Blue North - The Eddie Boyd Quartet (Eddie Boyd, Pekka "Albert" Järvinen, Tapio Seger, Ronnie Österberg)
- 1972.02.09 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Shelter - Freddie King, Jon Gallie?, Leon Russell, Don Preston...
- 1972.02.09? - US: New York City - recordings for Biograph - Johnny Shines
- 1972.02.11 -- US: Tennessee: Nashville - recordings for Columbia - Johnny Cash. Larry Butler, Marshall Grant, W.S. Holland, Carl Perkins, Bill Pursell, Billy Sanford, Bob Wootton
- 1972.02.16 -- US: Nevada: Las Vegas - Las Vegas Hilton - Elvis Presley, James Burton, John Wilkinson, Charlie Hodge, Jerry Scheff, Ronnie Tutt, Glen D. Hardin, J.D. Sumner & The Stamps, The Sweet Inspirations, Kathy Westmoreland, Joe Guerico
- 1972.02.17 -- Europe: UK: London - recordings for Action - Eddie Burns, Jimmy Jewell, Dave Gelly, Bob Hall, Erwin Helfer, Pat Grover, Bob Brunning, John Hunt
- 1972.02.18 -- Europe: UK: London - recordings for Action - Eddie Burns, Jimmy Jewell, Dave Gelly, Bob Hall, Erwin Helfer, Pat Grover, Bob Brunning, John Hunt
- 1972.02.26 -- US: Tennessee: Memphis - recordings for Shelter - Freddie King, Jon Gallie?, Leon Russell, Don Preston, Carl Radle, Charles Blackwell, Jim Gordon
- 1972.02.27 -- US: Tennessee: Memphis - recordings for Shelter - Freddie King, Jon Gallie?, Leon Russell, Don Preston, Carl Radle, Charles Blackwell, Jim Gordon
- 1972.02.28 -- US: Louisiana: New Orleans - recordings by John Bentley, Cosimo Matassa - Big Joe Williams
- 1972.03.00 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Chess - Muddy Waters, James Cotton, Joe "Pinetop" Perkins, James "Pee Wee" Madison, Sam Lawhorn, Calvin Jones, Willie Smith
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for C.J. - Johnny "Big Moose" Walker (Johnny Mayon Walker), Lefty Dizz, Leroy Steward, Bobby Dimples
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Rounder - Carl Martin, Howard Armstrong, Ted Bogan, L.C. Armstrong
- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Sonet - Mighty Joe Young, Charles Beecham, Walter Hambrick, Bob Riedy, Sylvester Boines, Alvino Bennett
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Mississippi: Jackson - recordings for Southern Culture - Napoleon Strickland, Othar Tuner, Bernice Turner
- 1972.03.02 -- US: New York City - recordings for Flying Dutchman - Gil Scott-Heron, Hubert Laws, David Spinozza, Brian Jackson, Garry Jemmott, Bernard "Pretty" Purdie, Horace Ott, Eddie Knowles, Charlie Saunders
- 1972.03.03 -- Europe: UK: London - Marquee Club - Lightnin' Slim (Otis Hicks), Laurie Garman, Pete Wingfield, Rick Hayward, Paul Butler, John Best, Kenny Lamb
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Flying Dutchman - Gil Scott-Heron, Hubert Laws, David Spinozza, Brian Jackson, Garry Jemmott, Bernard "Pretty" Purdie, Horace Ott, Eddie Knowles, Charlie Saunders
- 1972.03.05 -- Europe: UK: London - recordings for Excello - Lightnin' Slim (Otis Hicks), Cecil Moss, Roger Brooks, Dick Parry, Laurie Garman, Will Thake, Pete Wingfield, Paul Butler, Rick Hayward, John Best, Kenny Lamb, Mike Vernon
- 1972.03.06 -- Europe: UK: London - recordings for Excello - Lightnin' Slim (Otis Hicks), Cecil Moss, Roger Brooks, Dick Parry, Laurie Garman, Will Thake, Pete Wingfield, Paul Butler, Rick Hayward, John Best, Kenny Lamb, Mike Vernon
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Master Jazz - Jay McShann (James Columbus McShann), Buddy Tate, Julian Dash, Gene Ramey, Gus Johnson
- 1972.03.11 -- Europe: Germany: Munich - recordings for Blues Beacon - Robert Pete Williams
- 1972.03.12 -- Europe: Germany: Munich - recordings for Blues Beacon - Robert Pete Williams
- 1972.03.16 -- Europe: Germany: Lünen - Hilpert Theater (American Folk Blues Festival) - Big Joe Williams, Robert Pete Williams, Memphis Slim, Big Mama Thornton, T-Bone Walker, Michel Denis, Paul Lennart, Hartley Severns, Edward Taylor, Phillip Morrison / Memphis Slim (John L. Chatman), Michel Denis
- 1972.03.17 -- US: Texas: Houston or New York: Brooklyn - recordings for Trix - Tarheel Slim (Alden Bunn), Dan Del Santo
- 1972.03.18 -- US: Connecticut: Meriden - concert - Clyde Bernhardt, Adolphus "Doc" Cheatham, Herb Hall, Jimmy Evans, Hayes Alvis, Wilbert Kirk
- 1972.03.20 -- Europe: Denmark: Copenhagen - recordings for Storyville - Big Joe Williams, Robert Pete Williams
- 1972.03.25 -- US: New York City - Academy of Music - Bo Diddley (Ellas McDaniels), The Grateful Dead (Donny Jean Godchaux, Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Keith Godchaux, Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann)
- 1972.03.27 -- US: California: Hollywood - recordings for RCA - Elvis Presley, James Burton, John Wilkinson, Charlie Hodge, Emory Gordy, Ronnie Tutt, Glen D. Hardin, J.D. Sumner & The Stamps
- 1972.03.28 -- US: California: Hollywood - recordings for RCA - Elvis Presley, James Burton, John Wilkinson, Charlie Hodge, Emory Gordy, Ronnie Tutt, Glen D. Hardin, J.D. Sumner & The Stamps
- 1972.03.29 -- Europe: UK: London - BBC Television Theatre - Chuck Berry, Rocking Horse Mick Snow, Jimmy Campbell, Billy Kinsley, Dave Harrison
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: California: Hollywood - recordings for RCA - Elvis Presley, James Burton, John Wilkinson, Charlie Hodge, Emory Gordy, Ronnie Tutt, Glen D. Hardin, J.D. Sumner & The Stamps
- 1972.03.31 -- US: Massachusetts: Boston - recordings for Atco - Buddy Guy (George Guy), The J. Geils Band (Magic Dick, Seth Justman, Jay Geils, Danny Klein, Stephen Bladd, Juke Joint Jimmy)
- 1972.04.00 -- Elvis Presley: He Touched Me released
- ---- --- -- -- -- Europe: France: Herouville - recordings for Barclay - Julio Finn Blues Band (Julio Finn (Augustus Arnold), Chicago, IL Beau, Eddie Tuleja, Michael McEwan, Jimmy Conley, Andy Brown, Frank Focarino, Tony Stevens, Reginald Isadore
- ---- --- -- -- -- Latin America: Puerto Rico: Vega Bagh - Mar y Sol Festival - B.B. King, Edward Rowe, Joseph Burton, Earl Turlington, Bobby Forte, Louis Hubert, Ron Levy, Milton Hopkins, Wilbert Freeman, Sonny Freeman / The Allman Brothers Band / Emerson, Lake & Palmer / Mahavishnu Orchestra With John McLaughlin / Faces / Roberta Flack / Black Sabbath / Dave Brubeck, Gerry Mulligan
- 1972.04.01? - US: New York City - recordings for Blue Goose - Tom Shaw (Thomas Shaw)
- 1972.04.04 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Alligator - Walter Horton, Eddie Taylor, Carey Bell, Joe Harper, Frank Swan
- 1972.04.17 -- Europe: France: Paris - recordings for Pablo - Big Joe Turner (Joseph Vernon Turner), Count Basie, Pete Minger, Paul Cohen, Waymon Reed, Sonny Cohn, Mel Wanzo, Al Grey, Frank Hooks, Bill Hughes, Bobby Plater, Curtis Peagler, John Williams, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Eric Dixon, Jimmy Forrest, Freddie Green, Norman Keenan, Sonny Payne
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Tennessee: Hendersonville - recordings for Columbia - Johnny Cash, Larry Butler, Charlie Cochran, Ray Edenton, Larry Gatlin, Marshall Grant, W.S. Holland, Red Lane, Mark Morris, Carl Perkins, Carol Snow, Don Tweedy, Bob Wootton
- 1972.04.18 -- US: Tennessee: Hendersonville - recordings for Columbia - Johnny Cash, Byron Bach, Larry Butler, Charlie Cochran, Larry Gatlin, Marshall Grant, W.S. Holland, Red Lane, Mark Morris, Carl Perkins, Bob Phillips, Don Tweedy, Bob Wootton
- 1972.04.22 -- US: New York City - recordings for Saydisc - Viola Wells, Reuben Jay Cole, Eddie Wright, Ivan Rollé, Danny Gibson / Viola Wells, Grace Gregory
- 1972.04.24 -- Europe: Germany: Frankfurt - recordings for Pablo - Big Joe Turner (Joseph Vernon Turner), Count Basie, Pete Minger, Paul Cohen, Waymon Reed, Sonny Cohn, Mel Wanzo, Al Grey, Frank Hooks, Bill Hughes, Bobby Plater, Curtis Peagler, John Williams, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Eric Dixon, Jimmy Forrest, Freddie Green, Norman Keenan, Sonny Payne
- 1972.04.27 -- US: Mississippi: Olive Branch - recordings for Oblivion - Johnny Woods
- 1972.04.28 -- US: California: San Francisco - Winterland - Taj Mahal, Howard Johnson, The Pointer Sisters (Bonnie, June, Anita)
- 1972.04.29 -- US: California: San Francisco - Winterland - Taj Mahal, Howard Johnson, The Pointer Sisters (Bonnie, June, Anita)
- 1972.05.00 -- Europe: UK: London - recordings for Polydor - Boogie Woogie Red (Vernon Harrison), Baby Boy Warren, Johnny Mars, Bob Hall, Pat Grover, Bob Brunning, John Hunt
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York: Uniondale - Nassau Coliseum - Chuck Berry...
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Tennessee: Memphis - recordings for I Dischi Del Sole - John "Piano Red" Williams (Memphis Piano Red (John Williams))
- 1972.05.03 -- US: Tennessee: Hendersonville - recordings for Columbia - Johnny Cash, June Carter Cash, Marshall Grant, W.S. Holland, Carl Perkins, Bob Wootton
- 1972.05.05 -- US: New Jersey: Hammonton - Gary Davis (†)
- 1972.05.06 -- US: New York: New Paltz - concert - Larry Johnson, Baby Tate / Eddie Kirkland, Larry Audette, Dan Delsanto, Fred Robinson, Billy Troiani, Denis Minervini
- 1972.05.07 -- US: Georgia: Macon - recordings for Arhoolie - Piano Red (Willie Lee Perryman)
- 1972.05.09 -- US: New York: Lake Hill - recordings for Trix - Eddie Kirkland, Dan Delsanto, Billy Troiani, Denis Minervini
- 1972.05.11 -- US: New York City - Alec "Guitar Slim" Seward (†)
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York: Lake Hill - recordings for Trix - Eddie Kirkland, Harmonica Sammy Davis, Larry Kaye, Dan Delsanto, Billy Troiani, Denis Minervini, Fred Gumaer
- 1972.05.15 -- US: Tennessee: Hendersonville - recordings for Columbia - Johnny Cash, Carter Family (Maybelle, June, Anita, Helen Carter), Larry Butler, Charlie Cochran, Ray Edenton, Larry Gatlin, Marshall Grant, W.S. Holland, Red Lane, Mark Morris, Carl Perkins, Statler Brothers, Don Tweedy, Bob Wootton...
- 1972.05.16 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Verve - Lightnin' Hopkins, John Lee Hooker, Mel Brown...
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Tennessee: Hendersonville - recordings for Columbia - Johnny Cash, Larry Butler, Charlie Cochran, Ray Edenton, Larry Gatlin, Marshall Grant, W.S. Holland, Red Lane, Mark Morris, Carl Perkins, Don Tweedy, Bob Wootton
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Washington DC - recordings for the Voice of America Music Library Collection at the Library of Congress - Abner Jay
- 1972.05.17 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Verve - Lightnin' Hopkins, John Lee Hooker, Mel Brown...
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Tennessee: Hendersonville - recordings for Columbia - Johnny Cash, Carter Family (Maybelle, June, Anita, Helen Carter), Statler Brothers...
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Tennessee: Hendersonville - recordings for Columbia - Johnny Cash, June Carter Cash
- 1972.05.19 -- US: Mississippi: Jackson - State Historical Museum - James "Son" Thomas
- 1972.05.26 -- Weather Report: I sing the body electric released
- 1972.05.29 -- US: California: Glendale - recordings for Advent - Eddie Taylor (1), Phillip Walker
- 1972.06.00? - US: New York City - recordings for ABC - B.B. King, Edward Rowe, Steve Madaio, Garnett Brown, Joseph Burton, Bobby Forte, Gene Dinwiddie, Trevor Lawrence, Louis Hubert, Earl Turbington, David Sanborn, Howard Johnson, Ron Levy, Frank Owens, Milton Hopkins, Cornell Dupree, Wilbert Freeman, Jerry Jemmott, Sonny Freeman, Bernard Purdie...
- 1972.06.00 -- Elvis Presley: Elvis As Recorded At Madison Square Garden released
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: California: Hollywood - recordings for Advent - Eddie Taylor (1), David Li, George Smith, Jimmy Jones, Phillip Walker, Chuck Jones, Johnny Tucker, Little H. Williams
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: California: Hollywood - recordings for P-Vine - Eddie Taylor (1)...
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Tennessee: Memphis - recordings for Rounder - Professor Longhair (Henry Roland Byrd), Clyde Kerr, Willie Singleton, Alvin Batiste, Edward "Kid" Jordan, Ford "Snooks" Eaglin, George Davis, Joseph "Zigaboo" Modeliste
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Texas: Dallas - Explp '72 - Johnny Cash, Carter Family (Maybelle, June, Anita, Helen Carter), Marshall Grant, W.S. Holland, Statler Brothers, Bob Wootton
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Texas: Kerrville - Kerrville Municipal Auditorium - Robert Shaw
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Texas: Port Neches - recordings for Swoon - James Shelby
- 1972.06.01 -- US: Lousiana: Crowley - recordings for Flyright - Rockin' Dupsee (Rockin' Dopsie (Alton Jay Rubin))...
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Texas: Kerrville - Kerrville Municipal Auditorium - Mance Kipscomb (Browdie Glenn Lipscomb)
- 1972.06.02 -- US: California: Santa Monica - recordings for Pablo - Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie and his Orchestra (George Minger, Paul Cohen, Sonny Cohn, Waymon Reed, Al Grey, Bill Hughes, Bobby Plater, Curtis Peagler, Jimmy Forrest, Eric Dixon, J.C. Williams, Freddie Green, Norman Keenan, Harold Jones, Quincy Jones, Marty Paich, Gerald Wilson) / Ella Fitzgerald, JATP All Stars (Roy Eldridge, Harry Edison, Al Grey, Stan Getz, Eddie Davis, Count Basie, Freddie Green, Ray Brown, Ed Thigpan
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Texas: Kerrville - Kerrville Municipal Auditorium - Mance Kipscomb (Browdie Glenn Lipscomb)
- 1972.06.03 -- US: Texas: Kerrville - Kerrville Municipal Auditorium - Mance Kipscomb (Browdie Glenn Lipscomb)
- 1972.06.04 -- US: Connecticut: Byram - recordings for Spivey - Victoria Spivey, Bill Dicey, Bob Malenky, Tony Soll / Washboard Bill (Bill Cooke), Bill Dicey, Sugar Blue, Bob Malenky, Tony Soll
- 1972.06.04? - US: Connecticut: Byram? - recordings for Spivey - Washboard Bill (Bill Cooke), Bill Dicey, Sugar Blue, Bob Malenky, Tony Soll
- 1972.06.05 -- Europe: Paris - The Salle Pleyel? - Muddy Waters, Mojo Buford, Joe "Pinetop" Perkins, Louis Myers, Calvin Jones, Willis Smith
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Tennessee: Hendersonville - recordings for Columbia - Johnny Cash, Norman Blake, Charlie Cochran, Ray Edenton, Marshall Grant, W.S. Holland, Red Lane, Charlie McCoy, Mark Morris, Carl Perkins, Bob Wootton
- 1972.06.06 -- Europe: France: Paris - recordings for Vogue - Jimmy Dawkins, George Arvanitas, Mickey Baker, Jacky Samson, Michel Denis
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Tennessee: Hendersonville - recordings for Columbia - Johnny Cash, Carter Family (Maybelle, June, Anita, Helen Carter), Norman Blake, Larry Butler, Charlie Cochran, Marshall Grant, W.S. Holland, Jan Howard, Red Lane, Carl Perkins, Bob Wootton...
- 1972.06.07 -- Europe: Germany: Koblenz - Rhein-Mosel-Halle - Doctor Isaiah Ross (Charles Isaiah Ross)
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Tennessee: Hendersonville - recordings for Columbia - Johnny Cash, Norman Blake, Larry Butler, Charlie Cochran, Marshall Grant, W.S. Holland, Jan Howard, Red Lane, Charlie McCoy, Carl Perkins, Bob Wootton...
- 1972.06.08 -- US: New York City - Jimmy Rushing (†)
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Tennessee: Hendersonville - recordings for Columbia - Johnny Cash, Norman Blake, Larry Butler, Charlie Cochran, Marshall Grant, W.S. Holland, Jan Howard, Red Lane, Charlie McCoy, Carl Perkins, Bob Wootton
- 1972.06.09 -- US: California: Hollywood - recordings for Pablo - Ella Fitzgerald, Cole Porter, Charles Turner, Al Aarons, Carroll Lewis, Shorty Sherock, J.J. Johnson, Boll Watrous, Dick Noel, Christopher Riddle, Wilbur Schwartz, Harry Klee, Bill Green, Mahlon Clark, Gordon Schoneberg, Norman Benno, Bobby Tricarico, Don Christlieb, Paul Smith, Ralph Grasso, John Heard, Louie Bellson, Nelson Riddle
- 1972.06.10 -- US: New York City - Madison Square Garden - Elvis Presley, James Burton, John Wilkinson, Charlie Hodge, Jerry Scheff, Ronnie Tutt, Glen D. Hardin, J.D. Sumner & The Stamps, The Sweet Inspirations, Kathy Westmoreland, The Joe Malin Orchestra, Joe Guercio
- 1972.06.11 -- US: California: Soledad - Soledad Prison - John Lee Hooker, John Lee Hooker Jr., Luther Tucker, Charlie Grimes, Lex Silver, Ken Swank
- 1972.06.13 -- Europe: Switzerland: Lausanne - ? - Muddy Waters, Mojo Buford, Louis Myers
- 1972.06.16 -- Europe: Switzerland: Montreux - Montreux Jazz Festival - Chuck Berry, The Aces (Lafayette Leake, Louis Myers, Dave Myers, Fred Below) / Bob Diddley (Ellas McDaniels), The Aces (Lafayette Leake, Louis Myers, Dave Myers, Fred Below), Cookie Vee
- 1972.06.17 -- Europe: Switzerland: Montreux - Montreux Jazz Festival - T-Bone Walker Blues Band (T-Bone Walker, Hartley Sevens, Paul Pena, Johnny Summers, Vinnie Johnson) / T-Bone Walker, Muddy Waters, Mojo Buford, Louis Myers, Dave Meyers, Fred Below / Muddy Waters, Mojo Buford, Louis Myers, Lafayette Leake, Dave Myers, Fred Below / Koko Taylor, Muddy Waters, Mojo Buford, Louis Myers, Lafayette Leake, Dave Myers, Fred Below / Chuck Berry, The Aces (Lafayette Leake, Louis Myers, Dave Myers, Fred Below) / The Aces (Louis Myers, Dave Myers, Fred Below, Lafayette Leake) / Lafayette Leake, Willie Dixon, Fred Below
- 1972.06.18 -- Europe: Switzerland: Montreux - Montreux Jazz Festival - Jimmy Dawkins, The Aces (Louis Myers, Dave Myers, Fred Below) Whispering Smith?, Lafayette Leake / Lightnin' Slim (Otis Hicks), Whispering Smith / Doctor Isaiah Ross (Charles Isaiah Ross), The Aces (Louis Myers, Dave Myers, Fred Below) Lafayette Leake / Whispering Smith (Moses Smith), The Aces (Louis Myers, Dave Myers, Fred Below) Whispering Smith?, Lafayette Leake / Lightnin' Slim (Otis Hicks), Lafayette Leake, Lightnin' Slim
- 1972.06.24 -- Canada: Toronto - recordings for Sackville - Jay McShann (James Columbus McShann), Claude Williams, Don Thompson, Paul Gunther
- 1972.06.30 -- US: Washington DC - Smithsonian Festival of American Folklife - Carey Bell, Sunnyland Slim, Eugene Pearson?, Joe Harper?, Willie Williams? / The Mississippi Sheiks (Sam Chatmon, Carl Martin?, Walter Vinson, Ted Bogan) / Willie Morris / Eugene Powell (Sonny Boy Nelson)
- 1972.07.00 -- Cream: Live Cream Vol. 2 released
- ---- --- -- -- -- Europe: UK: London - Bob Diddley (Ellas McDaniels), Eddie Hardin, Ray Fenwick, Roy Wood, Keith Smart, Charles Grimar, Nigel Grainge, Cookie Vee, Gregory Taylor, Charise Taylor, Juanita Buckner, Crystal Brake, Angela Smith, Lynn Moore
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: North Carolina: Caldwell County - Recordings for Physical - Etta Baker (Etta Lucille Reid), Cora Phillips, Thomas Hoskins ("Delta X") / Cora Phillips / Theopolis Lacey Phillips / Fred Reid
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Washington DC - Smithsonian Festival of American Folklife - Carey Bell, Sunnyland Slim, Eugene Pearson?, Joe Harper?, Willie Williams? / Sam Chatmon / Jimmy Dawkins, Carey Bell / Frank Hovington / Bessie Jones (Mary Elizabeth Jones)... / The Mississippi Sheiks (Sam Chatmon, Carl Martin?, Walter Vinson, Ted Bogan) / Willie Morris / Willie Morris / Eugene Powell (Sonny Boy Nelson) / Houston Stackhouse (Houston Goff)... / Sunnyland Slim (Albert Luandrew), Carey Bell, Eugene Pearson?, Joe Harper, Willie Williams / Hound Dog Taylor (Theodore Roosevelt Taylor), Brewer Phillips, Ted Harvey / Walter Vinson
- 1972.07.01 -- US: Washington DC - Smithsonian Festival of American Folklife - Carl Martin, Howard Armstrong, Ted Bogan, Tommy Armstrong
- 1972.07.03 -- US: Tennessee: Memphis - Mississippi Fred McDowell (†)
- 1972.07.04 -- US: Washington DC - Smithsonian Festival of American Folklife - John Jackson
- 1972.07.07 -- US: New York City - Yankee Stadium - B.B. King, Edward Rowe, Joseph Burton, Bobby Forte, Louis Hubert, Earl Turbington, Ron Levy, Milton Hopkins, Wilbert Freeman, Sonny Freeman / B.B. King, Clark Terry, Joe Newman, Illinois Jacquet, Zoot Sims, Jimmy Smith, Kenny Burrell, Roy Haynes
- 1972.07.08 -- US: Tennessee: Nashville - recordings for Columbia - Kris Kristofferson, Rita Coolidge, Larry Gatlin, Kenneth Butterey, Tommy Cogbill, Jim Colvard, Chip Young, Michael Utley, Bobby Wood
- 1972.07.09 -- US: Michigan: Detroit - recordings by Peter B. Lowry for Trix - J.B. "Poor Boy" Bolden, Charlie Price, Boogie Woogie Red / Boogie Woogie Red (Vernon Harrison) / Carben Givens (Lamp) / Charlie Price / Little Dickie Rogers (Samuel Dacus Rogers) / Chuck Smith (Charles Smith), Boogie Woogie Red
- 1972.07.17 -- US: New York City - recordings for Saydisc - Clyde Bernhardt, Jack Butler, Charlie Holmes, Happy Caldwell, Earl Knight, Napoleon "Snags" Allen, Jimmy Shirley, James Harewood
- 1972.07.21 -- US: Tennessee: Hendersonville - recordings for Columbia - Johnny Cash, Larry Butler, William Don Favorite, Bob Wootton...
- 1972.07.25 -- US: Tennessee: Hendersonville - recordings for Columbia - Johnny Cash, Larry Butler, Ray Edenton, Evangel Temple Choir, Kenny Malone, Bob Moore, Ron Oates, Billy Sanford, Robert Warford
- 1972.07.27 -- US: Tennessee: Hendersonville - recordings for Columbia - Johnny Cash, June Carter Cash, Tommy Cash, Carter Family (Maybelle, June, Anita, Helen Carter), Norman Blake, Larry Butler, Charlie Cochran, Lew Dewitt, Ray Edenton, Marshall Grant, Wayne Gray, Gary L. Grossett, Jerry Hensley, W.S. Holland, Mark Morris, Carl Perkins, Statler Brothers, Jimmy Young, Bob Wootton
- 1972.07.28 -- US: Tennessee: Hendersonville - recordings for Columbia - Johnny Cash, Norman Blake, Larry Butler, Charlie Cochran, Ray Edenton, Marshall Grant, W.S. Holland, Mark Morris, Carl Perkins, Bob Wootton...
- 1972.07.31 -- US: California: Berkeley - recordings for Arhoolie - Dave Alexander, Larry Murdo, Mickey Durio
- 1972.08.00? - US: Alabama: Elba - recordings for Flyright - Perry Tillis
- 1972.08.00 -- US: Missouri: Kansas City - Cowtown Ballroom - B.B. King, Edward Rowe, Joseph Burton, Kenny Walker, Bobby Forte, Louis Hubert, Ron Levy, Milton Hopkins, Wilbert Freeman, Sonny Freeman
- 1972.08.01 -- US: California: Berkeley - recordings for Arhoolie - Dave Alexander, Larry Murdo, Mickey Durio
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Texas: Houston - recordings for Crazy Cajun - Lowell Fulson...
- 1972.08.02 -- US: California: Palo Alto recordings for Pablo - Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie Orchestra + The Tommy Flanagan Trio (George Minger, Paul Cohen, George Cohn, Waymon Reed, William Hughes, Melvin Wanzo, Frank Hooks, Al Grey, John Williams, Eric Dixon, Jimmy Forrest, Robert Plater, Curtis Peagler, Freddie Green, Norman Keenan, Harold Jones, Frank De La Rosa, Ed Thigpen) + The Philharmonic All Stars (Roy Eldridge, Harry Edison, Al Grey, Stan Getz, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Oscar Peterson, Freddie Green, Ray Brown, Ed Thigpen)
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Tennessee: Hendersonville - recordings for Columbia - Johnny Cash, June Carter Cash, Rosey Nix
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Virginia: Galax - recordings by Joe Wilson - Dorothy Rorick
- 1972.08.05 -- Europe: UK: London - Wembley Stadium - Chuck Berry... / Bo Diddley (Ellas McDaniels), Cookie Vee and the Houseshakers (John Earl, Terry Clempson, Jimmy Walls, Les Warren)
- 1972.08.10 -- US: California: Hollywood - recordings for Playboy - Phillip Walker, Beatrice "Bea Bopp" Walker, Sammy Coleman, Joel Peskin, David Ii, Arthur Woods, Dennis Brown, Dennis Walker, Johnny Tucker
- 1972.08.13 -- US: California: San Francisco - recordings for Blues Connoisseur - Schoolboy Cleve (Cleve White), Mitch Moughon, Ron THompson, Gary Kiaska, Jim Marshall
- 1972.08.17 -- US: South Carolina: Columbia - Baby Tate (†)
- 1972.08.19 -- US: Georgia: Atlanta - recordings for Trix - Frank Edwards
- 1972.08.20 -- US: California: Los Angeles - Memorial Coliseum - Albert King, Winston Stewart, Vernon Burch, James Alexander, Donnell Hagan or Bruce McCormick
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Georgia: Covington - recordings for Trix - Roy Dunn
- 1972.08.24 -- Europe: UK: London - recordings for Polydor - Gene "Mighty Flea" Conner, Mike Burney, Bob Hall, Mickey Baker, Roger Hill, Pete York
- 1972.08.25 -- Europe: UK: London - recordings for Polydor - Gene "Mighty Flea" Conner, Mike Burney, Bob Hall, Mickey Baker, Roger Hill, Pete York
- 1972.08.29 -- US: Tennessee: Memphis - recordings for Crosscut - Jimmy De Berry, Walter Horton, Coley Gray, Bryant Hawkins
- 1972.09.00 -- Elvis Presley: Rock'n'Roll released
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Buddha - Steve Goodman, David Bromberg, Ken Kosek, Steve Mosley, Steve Burgh, Marc Horowitz, Bob Dylan
- 1972.09.05 -- US: North Carolina: Durham - recordings by Peter B. Lowry for Trix - Willie Trice (William Augusta Trice)
- 1972.09.08 -- US: Michigan: Ann Arbor - Ann Arbor Blues And Jazz Festival - Howlin' Wolf (Chester Arthur Burnett), Eddie Shaw, Detroit Junior. Hubert Sumlin, Andrew McMahon, S.P. Leary
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: North Carolina: Scotland - recordings for Trix - Roosevelt May
- 1972.09.09 -- US: Michigan: Ann Arbor - Ann Arbor Blues And Jazz Festival - Muddy Waters, Marcus Johnson, George "Mojo" Buford, Joe "Pinetop" Perkins, James "Pee Wee" Madison, Louis Myers, Calvin Jones, Willie Smith / Lucille Spann (Mahalia Lucille Spann, née Jenkins), Charles Beachum, Walter Hambrick, Rick Wright, Mighty Joe Young, Sylvester Boines, Alvino Benson / Bobby Bland (Robert Bland), Melvin Jackson, Tommy Purkson, Joe Hardin, Al Thomas, Ernie Fields Jr., Dr. John, Reuben Wright, Charles Polk / Little Sonny (Aaron Willis), Aaron G. Willis Jr., Sam Witcher, Roderick "Peanut" Chandler, Curtis Sharp / Koko Taylor (Cora Taylor), Willie Dixon, Charles Beachum, Walter Hambrick, Rick Wright, Mighty Joe Young, Sylvester Boines, A. Benson
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - The Bitter End - John Prine, Bob Dylan
- 1972.09.10 -- US: Michigan: Ann Arbor - Blues & Jazz Festival - Luther Allison, Bobby King, Bobby Rush, Robert Plunkett / Freddie King, Deacon Jones, David Maxwell, Bennie Turner, Charles Robinson / Otis Rush, Chavis "Litle Bo" Sheriff, Jimmy "Fast Fingers" Dawkins, Ernest Gatewood, Charles Hicks / Johnny Shines / Sippie Wallace (Beulah Wallace née Thomas), Bonnie Raitt, John Payne, Lou Terricciano, "Freebo", Chris Parker
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Norh Carolina: Tarboro - recordings for Trix - Elester Anderson
- 1972.09.12 -- US: California: Hollywood - Hollywood Bowl (Tribute to Woody Guthrie) - Joan Baez, Jack Elliott, Arlo Guthrie, Odetta, Country Joe McDonald, Richie Havens, Earl Robinson, Pete Seeger, Peter Fonda, Will Geer
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: North Carolina: Durham - recordings by Peter B. Lowry for Trix - Willie Trice (William Augusta Trice)
- 1972.09.15 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Today - Snooky Pryor (James Edward Pryor), Homesick James, Louis Myers, Mighty Joe Young, Dave Myers, Fred Below
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: North Carolina: Pittsboro - recordings for Flyright - Peg Leg Sam (Arthur Jackson), Big Chief Thundercloud
- 1972.09.16 -- US: Monterey - Monterey Jazz Festival - Jimmy Witherspoon, Robben Ford, Paul Nagel, Stan Poplin, Jim Baum
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: North Carolina: Pittsboro - recordings for Flyright - Peg Leg Sam (Arthur Jackson), Big Chief Thundercloud
- 1972.09.19 -- Europe: Denmark: Copenhagen - recordings for Storyville - Little Brother Montgomery (Eurreal Wilford Montgomery)
- 1972.09.20 -- US: Georgia: Conyers - recordings for Trix - Roy Dunn
- 1972.09.22 -- US: Illinois: Harcey - recordings for Birch - Blind Arvella Gray, The Three Honkies
- 1972.09.23 -- US: Ohio: Columbus? - recordigns for W.G.S. - Edith Wilson, Roy Tate, Jim Snyder, Frank Powers, Terry Waldo, Rod MacDonald, Eddie Davis or Charlie Marshall, Mike Walbridge, Hal Smith
- 1972.09.27 -- US: Georgia: Conyers - recordings for Trix - Frank Edwards
- 1972.09.29 -- US: Georgia: Macon - recordings for Trix - Eddie Kirkland
- 1972.10.00? - US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Columbia - Roger McQuinn, Bob Dylan
- 1972.10.00 -- Chuck Berry: The London Chuck Berry Sessions released
- ---- --- -- -- -- Europe: UK: London - recordings for Barclay - Memphis Slim (John L. Chatman), Bobby Haughey, Martin Browver, Maurice Pratt, Bill Gerhard, Eddie Mordue, Keith Bird, John Mitchell, Chris Ray, Chris Spedding, Andy Bown, Dave Wintour, Barry De Souza, Peter Ahern, Tristan Fry, Leslie Duncan, Madeleine Bell, Margo Quantrell, Barry St. John, Kay Gardner, Vicky Brown
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Illinois: Chicago? - recordings for ? - Chuck Berry...
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Atlantic - Doug Sahm, Bob Dylan, Ken Kosek, George Rains, Jack Barber, Augie Meyer, Dr. John, David Bromberg, Atwood Allen, Flaco Jimenez...
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: North Carolina: Elm City - recordings for Trix - Guitar Shorty (John Henry Fortescue)
- 1972.10.03 -- Europe: Sweden: Stockholm (Osteraker Prison) - recordings for Columbia - Johnny Cash, Larry Butler, Marshall Grant, W.S. Holland, Carl Perkins, Tommy Williams, Bob Wootton...
- 1972.10.05 -- US: Georgia: Conyers - recordings for Trix - Roy Dunn
- 1972.10.07 -- Europe: Holland: Amstelveen - Bajes Club - Little Brother Montgomery (Eurreal Wilford Montgomery)
- 1972.10.08 -- US: Georgia: Conyers - recordings by Peter B. Lowry for Trix - Earnest Scott
- 1972.10.10 -- US: Georgia: Augusta - recordings for Trix - Charlie Rambo
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Virginia: Waverly - recordings for Trix - Pernell Charity
- 1972.10.11 -- US: Georgia: Sandersville - recordings for Trix - Popcorn
- 1972.10.12 -- US: Tennessee: Hendersonville - recordings for Columbia - Johnny Cash, June Carter Cash, Larry Butler, Charlie Cochran, Ray Edenton, Marshall Grant, W.S. Holland, Red Lane, Carl Perkins, Bob Wootton, Kenny Malone, Charlie McCoy, George Richey, Bobby Thompson
- 1972.10.14 -- US: South Carolina: Spartanburg - recordings for Trix - Pink Anderson, Peg Leg Sam
- 1972.10.15 -- US: South Carolina: Jonesville - recordings for Trix - Peg Leg Sam (Arthur Jackson), Henry "Rufe" Johnson
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: South Carolina: Spartanburg - recordings for Trix - Henry Johnson, Peg Leg Sam
- 1972.10.16 -- US: South Carolina: Jonesville - recordings for Trix - Peg Leg Sam (Arthur Jackson)
- 1972.10.20 -- US: North Carolina: Durham - recordings by Peter B. Lowry for Trix - Willie Trice (William Augusta Trice)
- 1972.10.22 -- US: Norh Carolina: Tarboro - recordings for Trix - Elester Anderson
- 1972.10.25 -- US: Virginia: Waverly - recordings for Trix - Pernell Charity
- 1972.10.26 -- Europe: Germany: Munich - Circus Krone, American Folk Blues Festival - Bukka White, Roosevelt Sykes, Johnny Young, Willie Kent, Billy Davenport, T-Bone Walker, Jimmy Rogers, Whispering Smith, Lightnin' Slim, Jimmy Dawkins Chicago Blues Band / Jimmy Dawkins, Big Voice Odom, Roosevelt Sykes, Jesse Williams, W.D. Kent, Billy Davenport / Lightnin' Slim (Otis Hicks), Whispering Smith / Jimmy Rogers (James Arthur Lane), Whispering Smith, W.D. (Willie) Kent, Billy Davenport / Roosevelt Sykes / Johnny Young Trio (Johnny Young, W.D. (Willie) Kent, Billy Davenport)
- 1972.10.29 -- US: North Carolina: Tarboro - recordings for Trix - Elester Anderson
- 1972.10.31 -- US: Virginia: Waverly - recordings for Trix - Pernell Charity
- 1972.11.00? - US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Columbia - Roger McQuinn, Bob Dylan
- 1972.11.00 -- Europe: UK: London - recordings for Big Bear - Eddie Burns, Bob Hall, Roger Hill, Bob Wilson, Pete York... / Doctor Isaiah Ross (Charles Isaiah Ross), Bob Hall
- 1972.11.01 -- US: Virginia: Waverly - recordings for Trix - Pernell Charity
- 1972.11.02 -- US: Virginia: Waverly - recordings for Trix - Pernell Charity
- 1972.11.04 -- Europe: France: Gan - recordings for Black & Blue - Johnny Shines, Luther "Georgia Boy" Johnson
- 1972.11.07 -- US: Mississippi: Jackson - recordings for Southern Culture - John Arnold
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Massachussets: Boston - recordings for ? - Luther Johnson, Tony Cagnita, "Frisco", "Carter", "Again Tuffy" or Jamie Newell
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Texas: Fort Worth - Black Ace (†)
- 1972.11.08 -- US: North Carolina: Durham - concert - Willie Trice (William Augusta Trice)
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: North Carolina: Chapel Hill - recordings for Trix - Henry Johnson / Peg Leg Sam (Arthur Jackson), Henry "Rufe" Johnson
- 1972.11.10 -- US: South Carolina: Union County - recordings for Trix - Henry Johnson
- 1972.11.11 -- US: South Carolina: Jonesville - recordings for Trix - Peg Leg Sam (Arthur Jackson)
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Virginia: Waverly - recordings for Trix - Pernell Charity
- 1972.11.12 -- US: North Carolina: Orange County - recordings for Flyright - Willie Trice (William Augusta Trice)
- 1972.11.14 -- Europe: France: Gan - Chicago Blues Festival - Johnny Shines, Luther Johnson
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Tennessee: Hendersonville - recordings for Columbia - Johnny Cash, Maybelle Carter, Carter Family (Maybelle, June, Anita, Helen Carter), Larry Butler, Charlie Cochran, Ray Edenton, Red Lane, Carl Perkins, Bob Wootton
- 1972.11.15 -- US: South Carolina: Jonesville - recordings for Trix - Charlie Rambo
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Tennessee: Hendersonville - recordings for Columbia - Johnny Cash, June Carter Cash, Carter Sisters (June, Anita, Helen Carter), Larry Butler, Charlie Cochran, Marshall Grant, W.S. Holland, Red Lane, Mark Morris, Carl Perkins, Bob Wootton
- 1972.11.17 -- Europe: France: Paris - recordings for ? - Johnny Shines
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: California: San Diego - recordings for Advent - Robert Shaw
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: California: San Diego - recordings for Testament - Bob Jefferey (Robert Ernest Lee Jefferey)
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Georgia: Conyers - recordings for Trix - Frank Edwards, Steve Carson
- 1972.11.21 -- US: ?: ? - recordings for Shelter - Freddie King...
- 1972.11.27 -- Europe: Switzerland: Bienne - Chicago Blues Festival - Luther Johnson, Johnny Shines
- ---- --- -- -- -- Europe: Switzerland: Bienne - recordings for Black & Blue - Johnny Shines, Dusty Brwon?, Sonny Thompson, Emmett Sutton, Bill Warren
- 1972.11.28 -- US: Massachusetts: Cambridge - Joe's Place - Hound Dog Taylor (Theodore Roosevelt Taylor), Brewer Phillips, Ted Harvey
- 1972.12.00 -- Europe: UK: London - recordings for Barclay - Memphis Slim (John L. Chatman), Bobby Haughey, Martin Browver, Maurice Pratt, Bill Gerhard, Eddie Mordue, Keith Bird, John Mitchell, Chris Ray, Chris Spedding, Andy Bown, Dave Wintour, Barry De Souza, Peter Ahern, Tristan Fry, Leslie Duncan, Madeleine Bell, Margo Quantrell, Barry St. John, Kay Gardner, Vicky Brown
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for C.J. - Johnny "Big Moose" Walker (Johnny Mayon Walker), Lefty Dizz, Leroy Steward, Bobby Dimples
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Michigan: Detroit - recordings for Gordy - Luther Allison, Garfield Angove, Paul White, Ray Goodman, Robert Kreiner (Bob Babbitt), Andrew Smith
- 1972.12.01 -- US: ?: ? - recordings for Shelter - Freddie King...
- 1972.12.02 -- Europe: France: Bordeaux - recordings for Black & Blue - Willie Mabon
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Georgia: Atlanta - recordings by Peter B. Lowry for Trix - Earnest Scott
- 1972.12.03 -- Europe: France: Bordeaux - recordings for Black & Blue - Willie Mabon
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Georgia: Atlanta - recordings for Trix - Charlie Rambo
- 1972.12.04 -- Europe: France: Bordeaux - Chicago Blues Festival - Johnny Shines, Luther Johnson / Luther Johnson
- ---- --- -- -- -- Europe: France: Bordeaux - recordings for Black & Blue - Willie Mabon, Emmett Sutton, Bill Warren
- 1972.12.05 -- Europe: France: Bordeaux - Chicago Blues Festival - Luther Johnson, Johnny Shines / Luther Johnson
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: California: San Francisco - recordings for Arhoolie - Dave Alexander, Larry Murdo, Mickey Durio
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Georgia: Atlanta - recordings by Peter B. Lowry for Trix - Earnest Scott
- 1972.12.06 -- US: Georgia: Atlanta - recordings by Peter B. Lowry for Trix - Charlie Russell / Ake Sampson / Tommy Lee Russell / Clifford Lee "Sam" Swanson, Frank Edwards
- 1972.12.08 -- Europe: France: Paris - recordings for Black & Blue - Sonny Thompson, Roland Lobligeois, Michael Silva
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Georgia: Conyers - recordings for Trix - Frank Edwards, "Popcorn" (Arthur Clover)
- 1972.12.09 -- Europe: France: Paris - recordings for Black & Blue - Sonny Thompson, Roland Lobligeois, Michael Silva
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: South Carolina: Union County - recordings for Trix - Henry Johnson
- 1972.12.11 -- US: South Carolina: Jonesville - recordings for Trix - Peg Leg Sam (Arthur Jackson), Henry "Rufe" Johnson
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: South Carolina: Union County - recordings for Trix - Henry Johnson, Peg Leg Sam
- 1972.12.12 -- US: North Carolina: Durham - recordings by Peter B. Lowry for Trix - Willie Trice (William Augusta Trice)
- 1972.12.15 -- US: North Carolina: Durham - recordings by Peter B. Lowry for Trix - Willie Trice (William Augusta Trice)
- 1972.12.17? - Europe: Holland: Amstelveen - Bajes Blues Club - Robert Shaw
- 1972.12.17 -- Europe: Holland: Baambrugge - recordings for Blues Beacon - Robert Shaw
- 1972.12.18 -- US: North Carolina: Durham - recordings by Peter B. Lowry for Trix - Willie Trice (William Augusta Trice)
- 1972.12.19 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Delmark - J.B. Hutto, Lee Jackson, William "Bom-Bay" Carter, J.D. "Elbert" Buckner
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Texas: Houston - recordings for Crazy Cajun - Lowell Fulson, Jimmy Jones...
- 1972.12.20 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Delmark - J.B. Hutto, Lee Jackson, William "Bom-Bay" Carter, J.D. "Elbert" Buckner
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Tennessee: Brownsville - recordings for Albatros - Sleepy John Estes, Hammie Nixon, Lucio Maniscalchi / Hammie Nixon, Gianni Marcucci, Sleepy John Estes
- 1972.12.22 -- US: Tennessee: Memphis - recordings for Albatros - Bukka White / Dewey Corley, Gianni Marcucci, Mose Vinson / "Little" Laura Dukes / John "Piano Red" Williams (Memphis Piano Red (John Williams)) / Hammie Nixon, John "Piano Red" Williams
- 1972.12.23 -- US: Tennessee: Brownsville - recordings for Albatros - Sleepy John Estes, Hammie Nixon, Lucio Maniscalchi / Hammie Nixon, Sleepy John Estes, John Estes' son, Gianni Marcucci
- 1972.12.27 -- US: Tennessee: Brownsville - recordings for Albatros - Hammie Nixon, Mose Vinson, Lucio Masniscalchi, Dewey Corley
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Tennessee: Memphis - recordings for Albatros - Mose Vinson, Dewey Corley
- 1972.12.30 -- US: California: San Diego - recordings by Lou Curtiss - Sam Chatmon
- 1972.12.31 -- US: Tennessee: Brownsville - recordings for Albatros - Sleepy John Estes, Hammie Nixon, Gianni Marcucci