MCA / (1977 - 2002)
Joe Ely   1 | 1
	MCA 2242	Jan / 1977
	I Had My Hopes On High|Mardi Gras Waltz|She Never Spoke Spanish To Me|Gambler's Bride|Suckin' A Big Bottle Of Gin|Tennessee's Not The State I'm In|If You Were A Bluebird|Treat Me Like A Saturday Night|All My Love (89/-)|Johnny Blues|(32:31)
Honky Tonk Masquerade   1 | 1
	MCA 2333	Feb / 1978
	Cornbread Moon|Because Of The Wind|Boxcars|Jericho (Your Walls Must Come Tumbling Down)|Tonight I Think I'm Gonna Go Downtown|Honky Tonk Masquerade|I'll Be Your Fool|Fingernails|West Texas Waltz|Honky Tonkin'|(34:05)
Down On The Drag 1 | 0
	MCA 3080	Mar / 1979
	Fools Fall In Love|B.B.Q. And Foam|Standin' At The Big Hotel|Crazy Lemon|Crawdad Train|In Another World|She Leaves You Where You Are|Down On The Drag|Time For Travelin'|Maria|(39:12)
Musta Notta Gotta Lotta (-/135) 1 | 0
	MCA 5183	Mar / 1981
	Musta Notta Gotta Lotta (40/-)|Dallas|Wishin' For Year|Hold On|Rock Me My Baby|I Keep Gettin' Paid The Same|Good Rockin' Tonight|Hard Livin'|Road Hawg|Dam Of My Heart|Bet Me|(33:03)
Live Shots (-/159) 1 | 0
	MCA 5262	Sep / 1981
	Fingernails|Boxcars|Honky Tonkin'|Fools Fall In Love|Johnny's Blues|I Head My Hopes Up High|She Never Spoke Spanish To Me|Midnight Shift|Honky Tonk Masquerade|Long Shake Moan|(54:43)
Hi-Res 1 | 0
	MCA 5480	Feb / 1984
	What's Shakin' Tonight|Cool Rockin' Loretta|Madame Woe|Dream Camera|Letter To Laredo|She Gotta Get The Gettin'|Lipstick In The Night|Imagine Houston|Dame Tu Mano|Locked In A Boxcar With The Queen Of Spain|(42:18)
Live At Liberty Lunch (57/-) 1 | 0
	MCA 10095	Oct / 1990
	Me And Billy The Kid|Are You Listening Lucky|Grandfather Blues|B.B.Q. And Foam|Row Of Dominoes|Dallas|Where Is My Love|She Gotta Get The Getting|Driving To The Poorhouse In A Limousine|Cool Rockin' Loretta|Musta Notta Gotta Lotta|Letter To L.A.|If You Were A Bluebird|(1:04:18)
Love And Danger 1 | 0
	MCA 10584	Sep / 1992
	Sleepless In Love|Pins And Needles (In My Heart)|Love Is The Beating Of Hearts|Slow You Down|Road Goes On Forever|Settle For Love|Highways And Heartaches|Whenever Kidness Falls|She Collected|Every Night About This Time|(42:21)
Letter To Laredo (68/-) 1 | 0
	MCA 11222	Aug / 1995
	All Just To Get To You|Gallo Del Cielo|Run Preciosa|Saint Valentine|Ranches And Rivers|Letter To Laredo|I Saw It In You|She Finally Spoke Spanish To Me|I Ain't Been Here Long|That Ain't Enough|I'm A Thousand Miles From Home|(51:50)
Twistin' In The Wind (55/-) 1 | 0
	MCA 70031	May / 1998
	Up On The Ridge|Roll Again|It's A Little Like Love|Twistin' In The Wind|Queen Of Heaven|Sister Soak The Beans|I Will Lose My Life|You're Workin' For The Man|Nacho Mama|Behind The Bamboo Shade|Gulf Coast Blues|If I Could Teach My Chihuahua To Sing|(58:07)
The Best Of Joe Ely 1 | 0
	MCA 171151	Nov / 2000
	She Never Spoke Spanish To Me|Suckin' A Big Bottle Of Gin|Tennessee's Not The State I'm In|Boxcars|Tonight I Think I'm Gonna Go Downtown|Honky Tonk Masquerade|West Texas Waltz|Fools Fall In Love|Standin' At The Big Hotel|Musta Notta Gotta Lotta|Dallas|Fingernails|Long Snake Moan|Cool Rockin' Loretta|Settle For Love|Me And Billy The Kid|If You Were A Bluebird|Letter To Laredo|Roll Again|All Just To Get To You|(1:16:09)
From Lubbock To Laredo 1 | 0
	MCA 170244	2002
	Treat Me Like A Saturday Night|She Never Spoke Spanish To Me|Johnny's Blues|Honky Tonk Masquerade|Fingernails|Boxcars|West Texas Waltz|Because Of The Wind|Down On The Drag|Musta Notta Gotta Lotta|Dallas|Cool Rockin' Loretta|Slow You Down|Road Goes On Forever|Settle For Love|Letter To Lorado|Run Preciosa|Sister Soak The Beans|Nacho Mama|If I Could Teach My Chihuahua To Sing|(1:17:41)
Hightone / (1987 - 2004)
Lord Of The Highway 1 | 0
	Hightone 8008	Sep / 1987
	Lord Of The Highway|Lock On My Heart|Me And Billy The Kid|Letter To L.A.|No Rope Daisy-o|My Baby Thinks She's French|Everybody Got Hammered|Are You Listenin' Lucky|Row Of Dominoes|Silver City|Screaming Blue Jillions|(44:05)
Dig All Night 1 | 0
	Hightone 8015	Oct / 1988
	Settle For Love|For Your Love|My Eyes Got Lucky|Maybe She'll Find Me|Drivin' Man|Dig All Night|Grandfather Blues|Jazz Street|Rich Man Poor Boy|Behind The Bamboo Shade|I Didn't Even Do It|(45:31)
Settle For Love 1 | 0
	Hightone 8172	2004
	Lord Of The Highway|Rich Man Poor Boy|Row Of Dominoes|Are You Listenin'|Me And Billy The Kid|Letter To L.A.|Dig All Night|Settle For Love|Maybe She'll Find Me|Silver City|White Line Fever|Love And Danger|My Baby Thinks She's French|(54:55)
Other recordings / (1988 - 2003)
Milkshakes And Malts 0 | 0
	Sunstorm 05	1988
	She Never Spoke Spanish To Me|Suckin' A Big Bottle Of Gin|Tennessee Is Not The State I'm In|If You Were A Bluebird|Boxcars|Jericho|West Texas Waltz|Fools Fall In Love|Standin' At The Big Hotel|In Another World|Down On The Drag|I Keep Wishing For You|Road Hawg
Live At Antone's 1 | 0
	Rounder 3171	Jun / 2000
	Road Goes On Forever|All Just To Get To You|Gallo Del Cielo|Ranches And Rivers|You're Workin' For The Man|Me And Billy The Kid|Up On The Ridge|Nacho Mama|Dallas|Thousand Miles From Home|Road Hawg|Everybody Got Hammered|My Eyes Got Lucky|Oh Boy|(1:13:29)
Streets Of Sin (51/-) 1 | 0
	Rounder 613181	2003
	Fightin' For My Life|I'm On The Run Again|Flood On Our Hands|All That You Need|Run Little Pony|Streets Of Sin|95 South|Carnival Bum|Twisty River Bridge|That's Why I Love You Like I Do|Wind's Gonna Blow You Away|I Gotta Find Ol' Joe|(48:18)

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