Bob Price - Bob Pressley

by Richard Weize, Mario Manciotti, Praguefrank, Thieu Van De Vorst, Al Turner

SESSIONS

11 August 1947 Castle Studio, The Tulane Hotel, 206 8th Ave. North, Nashville,  TN - Bob Pressley

P01 74042/NT-100 SILVER AND GOLD  Decca 46076

P02 74043/NT-101 DARLING, I‘M LOST WITHOUT YOU  46076

P03 74044/NT-102 SAGEBRUSH SERENADE  unissued

P04 74045/NT-103 DROP IN‘  BOOGIE  unissued/El Toro ETCDCH-105

EL TORO ETCDCH-105  COLLECTORS CHOICE, VOL. 5: BOOGIE WOOGIE FEVER (MAY 2010)

18 December 1947 Castle Studio, The Tulane Hotel, 206 8th Ave. North, Nashville,  TN - Bob Pressley

P05 74362/N-553 HAWAIIAN COWBOY  46117/Jasmine JASBOX 13-4

P06 74363/N-554 WHEN THE SNOW BIRDS CROSS THE ROCKIES  46117

P07 74364/N-555 I LOVE YOU BEST OF ALL  46140

P08 74365/N-556 YOU LEFT ME WITH A BROKEN HEART  46140

Jasmine JASBOX 13-4 A COWBOY’S LIFE IS GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME/100 SONGS OF PLAINS AND LIFE IN THE WEST (2005, UK, 4CD BOX)

23 August 1949 [00:00-03:00] Castle Studio, The Tulane Hotel, 206 8th Ave. North, Nashville,  TN -  Bob Price (Bob Price [vcl], Charlie Louvin [vcl/gt], Ira Louvin [vcl/mandolin], Paul Buskirk [mandolin], Lightnin Chance [bass], Dale Potter [fiddle], Eddie Hill [fiddle]. Producer: Paul Cohen)

001 75189/NA 2006  BEFORE YOU CALL Decca  9-46188

002 75190/NA 2007  JUST WHEN I NEEDED YOU 9 9-46188

split session with The Louvin Brothers

2 December  1951 Memphis Recording Service, 706 Union Ave., Memphis, TN – Bob Price (Bob Price [vcl], Quinton Claunch [gt], Roy Cooper [gt], Harold Buskirk [bass], Dexter Johnson [], Bob Smith [])

003 F-1002 HOW CAN IT BE Chess 1495/BFX 15211

004 F-1003 STICKS AND STONES Chess 1495/BFX 15211

BEAR FAMILY BFX 15211 THE SUN COUNTRY YEARS, 1950-1959 (1986, GER)

ca 1962 unknown – Bob Price and The Country Gentlemen

005 TOO LATE TO WORRY, TOO BLUE TO CRY Price 4917

006 SIX LITTLE TEARDROPS Price 4917

Bob Pressley is probably alias of Bob Price. This info is not confirmed yet, so I used individual item numbers for these recordings. Also reported that Bob Range and Bob Reardon are nother aliases but I did not found recordings (Bob Range on Apollo or Mercury is jazz musician)

SINGLES

Decca (1949)

46076 Silver And Gold / Darling, I‘m Lost Without You – 10-47 Bob Pressley

46117 When The Snow Birds Cross / Hawaiian Cowboy – 02-48 Bob Pressley

46140  You Left Me With A Broken Heart / I Love You Best Of All - 09-48 Bob Pressley

9-46188  Before You Call / Just When I Needed You – 10-49

Chess (1952)

1495 How Can It Be / Sticks And Stones – 03-52

Price (ca 1962)

4917 Six Little Teardrops / Too Late to Worry Too Blue to Cry – ca 62