Mystery Train

Jerry Garcia

Keystone Encores Volume 2, Merl Saunders / Jerry Garcia / John Kahn / Bill Vitt, 1988
Live At The Keystone Volume 2, Merl Saunders / Jerry Garcia / John Kahn / Bill Vitt, 1988
Keepers, Merl Saunders, 1997
All Good Things: Jerry Garcia Studio Sessions, Jerry Garcia / Jerry Garcia Band, 2004
Pure Jerry: Theatre 1839, July 29 & 30, 1977, Jerry Garcia Band, 2004
Pure Jerry: Keystone Berkeley, September 1, 1974, Jerry Garcia & Merl Saunders Band, 2004
The Jerry Garcia Collection, Vol. 1: Legion of Mary, Legion Of Mary, 2005
Pure Jerry: Warner Theatre, March 18, 1978, Jerry Garcia Band, 2005
Reflections, Jerry Garcia, 2005 (bonus on exp. CD)
Well Matched: The Best Of Merl Saunders & Jerry Garcia, Merl Saunders and Jerry Garcia, 2006

Bob Weir

Kingfish In Concert : King Biscuit Hour Presents Kingfish, Kingfish, 1996
Live, Kingfish, 2000
From the Front Row: Live, Kingfish, 2003 (DVD Audio)

Others

This list is not intended to be comprehensive.

Little Junior And The Blue Flames, 1953
Single: I Forgot To Remember To Forget/Mystery Train, Elvis Presley, 1955
For LP Fans Only, Elvis Presley, 1959
Panicsville, Panics, 1962
Guitar That Changed The World, Scotty Moore, 1964
Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Paul Butterfield Blues Band, 1965
Sweet Toronto Soundtrack, Various Artists (Jerry Lee Lewis), 1970
Me and Chet, Chet Atkins, 1972
Road To Freedom, Alvin Lee, 1973
Catalyst: The Roots of Rock - Volume 1, Various Artists (Junior Parker), 1977
The Legendary Sun Performers, Junior Parker and Billy Love, 1977
The Last Waltz, The Band / Various Artists, 1978
Elvis! Soundtrack, Elvis Presley, 1979
Too Close for Comfort, Terry & The Pirates, 1979
Memphis Blue Streak, Phil Sweet, 1981
Deal It Out, Tom Fogerty, 1981
Sun - The Blues Years, Various Artists (Little Junior And The Blue Flames), 1984
Live From Europe, Flying Burrito Brothers, 1986
Comin' At You, Junior Wells, 1988
Brother's Keeper, Neville Brothers, 1990
Mystery Train, Junior Parker, 1990
Best Of 1964-1975, Rick Nelson, 1990
Monterey International Pop Festival - 25th Anniversary, Various Artists (The Butterfield Blues Band), 1992
King Of Rock 'n' Roll - The Complete 50s Masters, Elvis Presley, 1992
1976-81, Soft Boys, 1993
Do They Come From You (EP), Chris Bailey, 1993
Across The Great Divide, The Band, 1994
Platinum - A Life In Music, Elvis Presley, 1997
Mystery Train: Classic Railroad Songs, Vol. 2, Various Artists (Sleepy LaBeef), 1997
Monterey International Pop Festival - 30th Anniversary, Various Artists (The Butterfield Blues Band), 1997
Keepers, Merl Saunders, 1997
Complete Sun Sessions, Elvis Presley, 19??
Cruisin' Deuces, Danny Gatton, 19??
The Country-Rockin' Trust Presents: Mystery Train, Various Artists (Johnny Darrell), 2000
Beyond Nashville: The Twisted Heart of Country Music, Various Artists (Little Junior Parker and the Blue Flames), 2001
Good Rockin' Tonight: The Legacy of Sun Records, Various Artists (Jeff Beck and Chrissie Hynde), 2001
The Last Waltz Box Set, The Band / Various Artists, 2002
Backstage and Dangerous: The Private Rehearsal, The Doors, 2002
In Others' Words, Dwight Yoakam, 2003
Light Out for the Territory, Nathaniel Street West, 2003

Notes

The version of Mystery Train on the Jerry Garcia box set All Good Things is a previously unreleased recording for the 1976 album Reflections.

Written by Junior Parker (Herman Parker) and originally recorded by him on Sam Philip's Sun label in 1953. It was Parker's 2nd single on Sun. Released on the 1st Nov 1953 as Sun 192 with Love My Baby on the B-side.

The original release credits just Parker as the writer. Philips acquired 50% of the song in 1954 after Parker moved to another record label. Subsequent recordings credit Parker and Philips.

Philip's suggested the song to Presley in 1955. The Presley version was recorded on 11th July 1955 and released on 1st August 1955 with I Forgot To Remember To Forget on the B-side. It was his 5th single on Sun (Sun 223).

Mystery Train is a rare occurrence in popular songs - a song in which the words of the title do not occur in the lyrics of the song.