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US Albums and EPs

• Bo Diddley (Chess 1431) 1958
• Bo Diddley EP (Chess 5125) 1958
• Go Bo Diddley (Checker 1436) 1959
• Have Guitar, Will Travel (Checker 2974) 1960
• Bo Diddley In The Spotlight (Checker 2976) 1960
• Bo Diddley Is A Gunslinger (Checker 2977) 1960
• Bo Diddley Is A Lover (Checker 2980) 1961
• Bo Diddley's A Twister (Checker 2982) 1962
• Bo Diddley (Checker 2984) 1962
• Bo Diddley & Company (Checker 2985) 1962
• Surfin' With Bo Diddley (Checker 2987) 1963 (Although credited to BO DIDDLEY, he only appears on 4 of the 12 tracks, the remainder are by Billy Lee Riley & The Megatons)
• Bo Diddley's Beach Party (Checker 2988) 1963 (Live at Beach Club, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, July 1963)
• Bo Diddley's 16 All-Time Greatest Hits (Checker 2989) 1964 (Compilation LP)
• Two Great Guitars (Checker 2991) 1964 (With Chuck Berry)
• Hey! Good Lookin' (Checker 2992) 1965
• 500% More Man (Checker 2996) 1965
• The Originator (Checker 3001) 1966
• Road Runner (Checker 2982) 1967 (Repackage of Bo Diddley's A Twister LP)
• Go Bo Diddley (Checker 3006) 1967 (Reissue of 1959 LP)
• Boss Man (Checker 3007) 1967 (Repackage of Bo Diddley 1958 debut LP)
• Super Blues (Checker 3008) 1967 (With Muddy Waters and Little Walter)
• Super Super Blues Band (Checker 3010) 1967 (With Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf)
• The Black Gladiator (Checker 3013) 1970
• Another Dimension (Chess 50001) 1971
• Where It All Began (Chess 50016) 1972
• Got My Own Bag Of Tricks (Chess 60005) 1972 (2-LP Compilation Set)
• The London Bo Diddley Sessions (Chess 50029) 1973
• Big Bad Bo (Chess 50047) 1974
• 20th Anniversary of Rock 'n' Roll (RCA APL1-1229) 1976
• I'm A Man (MF Productions 2002) 1977 (2 LP set, live at Joyous Lake Nightclub, Woodstock, NY, October 21 and 22, 1977)
• Toronto Rock 'n' Roll Festival-Vol. 5 (Accord 7182) 1982 (overdubbed Chess studio cuts)
• Ain't It Good To Be Free (BoKay 069) 1983 (limited edition cassette tape, distributed in Europe on New Rose 34 LP, 1984)
• Bo Diddley & Co.-Live (Fan Club/New Rose FC-009) 1985
• Hey! Bo Diddley in Concert (HF Productions) 1986 (Live in Europe 1984)
• Give Me a Break (Check Mate 1960) 1988
• Living Legend (New Rose) 1989
• Live at the Ritz (JVC) 1989 (With Ron Wood)
• The Chess Box (Chess/MCA) 1990 (2-CD Compilation Set)
• Breakin' Through the B.S. (Triple X) 1990
• This Should Not Be (Triple X) 1993
• Promises EP (Triple X) 1994
• The Mighty Bo Diddley (Triple X) 1995 (Reissue of Ain't it Good to be Free LP)
• A Man Amongst Men (Code Blue/Atlantic) 1996
• I'm A Man/The Chess Masters, 1955-1958 (Hip-O Select CD 923102) 2007 (limited edition, includes previously unreleased tracks, alternate takes etc)
• Road Runner/The Chess Masters, 1959-1960 (Hip-O Select) 2008 (limited edition, includes previously unreleased tracks, alternate takes etc)
• Turn Up The House Lights: Live In France, 1989 (Last Call LC 3135522) 2008 (Live at the TransMusicales music festival in Rennes, France 1989 with Barrence Whitfield & The Savages)
• Rock 'n' Roll All-Star Jam 1985 (Angel Air SJPCD 295) 2009 (live at the Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre, Los Angeles, CA 1985, also includes tracks by Chuck Berry)
• Bo Diddley Collector's Pack download EP (Geffen Records/iTunes) 2009 (featuring exclusive unreleased track from Bo's vault)
• Ride On/The Chess Masters, 1960-1961 (Hip-O Select CD 001294602) 2009 (limited edition, includes previously unreleased tracks, alternate takes etc)
• Let Me Pass one-track download album (Geffen Records/iTunes) 2009
• Bo Diddley & Coupe De Ville: Live In Sydney download album (Bandcamp) 2012 (Live in Sydney, Australia 1983 with Coupe De Ville)

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