Karen Collins

By Praguefrank

SESSIONS

1996 unknown -  Squeeze Bayou (Karen Collins [vcl/ fiddle], Kevin Bell [accordion] + Jumahl [vcl])

S01 MIDNIGHT PLAYBOY SPECIAL Azalea City ACCD 9604  

S02 CALCASIEU WALTZ Azalea City ACCD 9604  

S03 TES PARENT VEULENT PLUS ME VOIR Azalea City ACCD 9604  

S04 CHERE BEBE CREOLE Azalea City ACCD 9604  

S05 LES VEUVES DE LA COULEE Azalea City ACCD 9604  

S06 JAIMERAIS TE PARDONNER Azalea City ACCD 9604  

S07 LA POINTE AUX PINS Azalea City ACCD 9604  

S08 BON SOIR MOREAU Azalea City ACCD 9604  

S09 STEPPIN' FAST Azalea City ACCD 9604  

S10 GRANDMA'S WALTZ Azalea City ACCD 9604

S11 JOLIE BASSETTE Azalea City ACCD 9604

S12 VALSE DE TOUT LE MONDE Azalea City ACCD 9604  

S13 CAJUN HOT FOOT Azalea City ACCD 9604  

S14 LA MALHEUREUSE Azalea City ACCD 9604   

2003 unknown – Karen Collins (+ The Blue Moon Cowgirls, Squeeze Bayou, The Backroads Band + Dede Wyland, Ric Sweeny [vcl])
001 IF YOU'RE WAITING ON ME Azalea City ACCD 0401  

002 BLUE MOON Azalea City ACCD 0401  

003 TRADEMARK Azalea City ACCD 0401  

004 FIRST IN LINE Azalea City ACCD 0401  

005 L' ANNEE DE CINQUANTE-SEPT Azalea City ACCD 0401  

006 GRAND TEXAS Azalea City ACCD 0401  

007 UNDER A GREEN OAK TREE Azalea City ACCD 0401  

008 HIP ET TAIAUTS Azalea City ACCD 0401  

009 TROUBLE'S BACK IN TOWN Azalea City ACCD 0401  

010 IF HER LOVE ISN'T TRUE Azalea City ACCD 0401  

011 YOU AND YOU ALONE Azalea City ACCD 0401  

012 DON'T COME HOME A DRINKIN' Azalea City ACCD 0401

2006  Gizmo Recording Company, Silver Spring, MD - Karen Collins and The Backroads Band (Karen Collins [vcl/fiddle/rh gt], Ira Gitlin [ld gt/ baritone gt/banjo/vcl], Geff King [bass/vcl], Rob Howe [drums] + Buddy Charleton [steel-1], Matt Levine [dobro/lap steel-2], Brian Sims [accordion-3], Dede Wyland [hmny vcl-4], Angelita Porcella and Lynn Healey [hmny vcl-5], Ric Sweeney [hmny vcl-6])

013 HONKY TONK GUITAR -1 Azalea City ACCD 0702  

014 HIGHWAY OF LOVE Azalea City ACCD 0702

015 SONG GONE WRONG Azalea City ACCD 0702  

016 HURRICANE -2 Azalea City ACCD 0702  

017 FORGIVE MY HEART FOR BREAKING -3-4 Azalea City ACCD 0702  

018 HALF MOON SHUFFLE Azalea City ACCD 0702  

019 SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY -2-5 Azalea City ACCD 0702  

020 ONLY MAMA THAT'LL WALK THE LINE Azalea City ACCD 0702  

021 GUITAR QUEEN Azalea City ACCD 0702

022 HEART ATTACK Azalea City ACCD 0702  

023 RUMORS -6 Azalea City ACCD 0702  

024 FEUDIN' AND FIGHTIN' Azalea City ACCD 0702

025 TAIL LIGHT BLUES -1 Azalea City ACCD 0702

2009 Gizmo Recording Company, Silver Spring, MD – Blue Moon Cowgirls (Karen Collins, Ann Porcella, Lynn Healey, Ira Gitlin)

B01 I LOVE YOU HONEY Azalea City ACCD 0901   

B02 UNTIL THEN Azalea City ACCD 0901  

B03 THE LIKES OF YOU Azalea City ACCD 0901

B04 GOODBYE MARIA Azalea City ACCD 0901   

B05 WEARY BLUES FROM WAITING Azalea City ACCD 0901  

B06 BORN TO BE WITH YOU Azalea City ACCD 0901  

B07 HAPPY TRAILS TO YOU Azalea City ACCD 0901

2012 Gizmo Recording Company, Silver Spring, MD - Karen Collins and The Backroads Band (Karen Collins [vcl/ac rh gt/mandolin], Ira Gitlin [gt/banjo/hmny vcl-1/organ], Geff King [bass/vcl/hmny vcl], David Lopez [drums, exc-2], Rob Howe [drums-2] + Mike Auldridge [resophonic gt/pedal steel], Bill Starks [piano], Brian Simms [accordion], Ann Porcella and Lynn Healey [hmny vcl-3])

026 BLINDSIDED  -2 Azalea City ACCD 1201  

027 NO YODELING ON THE RADIO Azalea City ACCD 1201  

028 SHE DREAMS Azalea City ACCD 1201  

029 ON THE BELTWAY Azalea City ACCD 1201  

030 THAT THERE BOOGIE Azalea City ACCD 1201  

031 TOO MUCH ME, NOT ENOUGH YOU Azalea City ACCD 1201  

032 MAMA'S IN A HONKY TONK DOWNTOWN -2 Azalea City ACCD 1201

033 I'M A WALKING ADVERTISEMENT (FOR THE BLUES) Azalea City ACCD 1201

034 WHY'D YOU DO ME THIS WAY? Azalea City ACCD 1201  

035 PARALLEL LINES Azalea City ACCD 1201  

036 SALVATION SALOON -1-2-3 Azalea City ACCD 1201  

037 BARBERSHOP Azalea City ACCD 1201 

2016 Gizmo Recording Company, Silver Spring, MD - Karen Collins and The Backroads Band
038 HEADING SOUTH Azalea City Recordings Sampler 6, Holiday Snowflakes
2021-2023 Gizmo Recording Company, Silver Spring, MD - Karen Collins and The Backroads Band (Karen Collins  [vcl/rh gt], Ira Gitlin [ld gt/banjo/mandolin], Lynn Kasdorf [steel], James Key/Geff King [bass], Pat Puglisi [drums],  Kristen Jones [steel pans], Ann Porcella, Sally Love [hmny vcl].
039 DADDY CAN I USE THE CAR ACCD 2302   
040 MOCKINGBIRD SONG ACCD 2302   
041 GONNA BE MORE LOVIN'  ACCD 2302  
042 WEDDING DRESS ACCD 2302
043 HERE I GO AGAIN ACCD 2302   
044 BALTIMORE IMMIGRANTS ACCD 2302  
045 DANCING ALONE ACCD 2302  

ALBUMS

Azalea City Recordings ACCD 9604 Steppin’ Fast: Midnight Playboy Special; Calcasieu Waltz; Tes Parent Veulent Plus Me Voir; Chere Bebe Creole; Les Veuves de la Coulee; Jaimerais Te Pardonner; La Pointe aux Pins; Bon Soir Moreau; Steppin' Fast; Grandma's Waltz; Jolie Bassette; Valse de Tout le Monde; Cajun Hot Foot; La Malheureuse - 97 Squeeze Bayou

Azalea City Recordings ACCD 0401 Backroad And Bayous: If You're Waiting on Me; Blue Moon; Trademark; First In Line; L' Annee de Cinquante-Sept; Grand Texas; Under a Green Oak Tree; Hip et Taiauts; Trouble's Back In Town; If Her Love Isn't True; You and You Alone; Don't Come Home a Drinkin' – 16-03-04

Azalea City Recordings ACCD 0702 Tail Light Blues: Honky Tonk Guitar;  Highway of Love; Song Gone Wrong;  Hurricane;  Forgive My Heart For Breaking;  Half Moon Shuffle;  Sentimental Journey;  Only Mama That'll Walk the Line;  Guitar Queen; Heart Attack;  Rumors;  Feudin' and Fightin'; Tail Light Blues – 14-03-07

Azalea City Recordings ACCD 0901 I Love You Honey: I Love You Honey;  Until Then; . The Likes of You; Goodbye Maria;  Weary Blues From Waiting; Born To Be With You;  Happy Trails To You – 09 Blue Moon Cowgirls

Azalea City Recordings ACCD 1201 No Yodeling On The Radio: Blindsided;  No Yodeling On the Radio;  She Dreams;  On the Beltway;  That There Boogie;  Too Much Me, Not Enough You;  Mama's in a Honky Tonk Downtown;  I'm a Walking Advertisement (for the Blues);  Why'd You Do Me This Way?;  Parallel Lines;  Salvation Saloon;  Barbershop – 26-07-12

EPs

Azalea City Recordings ACCD 2302 Daddy Can I Use The Car: Daddy Can I Use the Car;  Mockingbird Song;  Gonna Be More Lovin' ;  Wedding Dress;  Here I Go Again;  Baltimore Immigrants; Dancing Alone - 24-06-23

Toy Hearts

2nd version

by Praguefrank, Thieu Van DeVorst

SESSIONS

2006 Gighouse Recording Studios, Leaming Spa, UK – The Toy Hearts (Sophia Johnson [vcl/gt], Hannah Johnson [vcl.mandolin], Lauren Rogers [vcl/bass], Stewart Johnson [banjo/dobro], Howard Gregory [fiddle]. Producer: Hannah Johnson, Sophia Johnson, Stewart Johnson, Andie Thompson)
001 IF THE BLUES COME CALLING  Woodville WVR 001  
002 TWO OF A KIND  Woodville WVR 001  
003 BELIEVE IN ME  Woodville WVR 001  
004 RIGHT OR WRONG  Woodville WVR 001  
005 PICCADILLY SPECIAL  Woodville WVR 001  
006 THE OCEAN WIDE  Woodville WVR 001  
007 LEAVE THIS HEART ALONE  Woodville WVR 001  
008 CITY GIRL  Woodville WVR 001  
009 ON MY WAY HOME  Woodville WVR 001  
010 JOHN HENRY  Woodville WVR 001  
011 RESTLESS  Woodville WVR 001  
April 2008 Gighouse Recording Studios, Leaming Spa, UK – The Toy Hearts (Sophia Johnson [vcl/gt], Hannah Johnson [vcl/mandolin], Lauren Rogers [vcl/bass], Stewart Johnson [banjo/dobro], Howard Gregory [fiddle].Producer: Andie Thomson, Hannah Johnson, Sophia Johnson, Stewart Johnson)
012 STRONGER  Woodville WVR 002  
013 GIRL IN EACH STATE  Woodville WVR 002  
014 THE ANGELS SING TO ME  Woodville WVR 002  
015 MONTPELLIER ST  Woodville WVR 002  
016 GET ALONG WITH THE BLUES  Woodville WVR 002   
017 GIVING YOU BACK YOUR TROUBLES  Woodville WVR 002   
018 SLY NORTH WIND  Woodville WVR 002   
019 GIRL THAT YOU CAN'T FOOL  Woodville WVR 002   
020 I'LL KEEP WAITING  Woodville WVR 002   
021 FAST RAGIN RIVER  Woodville WVR 002   
022 WHEN I CUT LOOSE  Woodville WVR 002   
January 2010 The Record Room, Nashville, TN  – The Toy Hearts (Sophia Johnson [vcl/gt], Hannah Johnson [vcl/mandolin], Stewart Johnson [banjo/dobro], + David Manfield [el gt/ Mellotron/ vcl],  Jesse Cobb [mandolin], Missy Rainolds [bass], Ross Holmes [fiddle], Bryan Simpson [vcl]. Producer: David Mansfield)
023 GOOD FOR ME  Woodville WVR 003  
024 FEMME FATALE  Woodville WVR 003  
025 CAROLINA  Woodville WVR 003  
026 THIS LITTLE KITTY  Woodville WVR 003  
027 BET GOOD MONEY  Woodville WVR 003  
028 TEQUILA AND HIGH HEELS  Woodville WVR 003  
029 BECK IS RISING  Woodville WVR 003  
030 DEVIL ON THE WALL  Woodville WVR 003  
031 TEAR STAINED LETTER  Woodville WVR 003  
032 THIS TOWN  Woodville WVR 003  
033 CAPTAIN  Woodville WVR 003  
034 CREEK BLUFF DRIVE  Woodville WVR 003  
035 SHE GOT THERE FIRST  Woodville WVR 003  
2012 Wood Ville Music Studio, Birmingham, UK – The Toy Hearts (Sophia Johnson [vcl/gt], Hannah Johnson [vcl/mandolin], Stewart Johnson [banjo/dobro], + John Potter [bass], Dean Beresford [drums], Danny McCormack [piano]. Producer: Ben Surratt, The Toy hearts) [overdub session: Studio 19, Nashville, TN: Eamon McLoughlin [fiddle/hmny vcl]]
036 BRING ON THE SWING!  Woodville WVR 004
037 WHISKEY  Woodville WVR 004  
038 I HEAR YOU TALKIN'  Woodville WVR 004  
039 MARY JANE  Woodville WVR 004  
040 THUNDERSTORMS AND NEON SIGNS  Woodville WVR 004  
041 STUTTER BLUES  Woodville WVR 004  
042 BIG FOOL  Woodville WVR 004  
043 PASS THE JACK  Woodville WVR 004  
044 LONESOME HEARTED BLUES  Woodville WVR 004  
045 ME AND MY GIN  Woodville WVR 004  
046 ANOTHER RIGHT NOTE  Woodville WVR 004  
047 RIDIN' ON DOWN  Woodville WVR 004  
September 2013 Birdhouse Studios, Austin TX – Toy Hearts (Sophia Johnson [gt], Hannah Johnson [vcl/mandolin], Stewart Johnson [steel], Jake Erwin [bass]. Producer:The Toy Hearts and Joe Beckham)
048 WHAT GOES UP MUST COME DOWN
049 TOO LATE TO DREAM
050 FIVE MINUTES OF THE LATEST BLUES
051 BABY, THAT SURE WOULD GO GOOD
Tracks above issued on EP Flyin’ Too High

ALBUMS

Woodville [UK] WVR 001 If The Blues Come Calling: If the Blues Come Calling; Two of a Kind; Believe in Me; Right or Wrong; Piccadilly Special; The Ocean Wide; Leave This Heart Alone; City Girl; On My Way Home; John Henry; Restless - 06

Woodville [UK] WVR 002 When I Cut Loose: Stronger; Girl In Each State; The Angels Sing To Me; Montpellier St; Get Along With the Blues;  Giving You Back Your Troubles;  Sly North Wind;  Girl That You Can't Fool;  I'll Keep Waiting;  Fast Ragin River;  When I Cut Loose - 08

Woodville [UK] WVR 003 Femme Fatale: Good for Me; Femme Fatale; Carolina; This Little Kitty; Bet Good Money; Tequila And High Heels; Beck Is Rising; Devil on the Wall; Tear Stained Letter; This Town; Captain; Creek Bluff Drive; She Got There First – 10-10

Woodville [UK] WVR 004 Whiskey: Bring On The Swing!; Whiskey; I Hear You Talkin'; Mary Jane; Thunderstorms And Neon Signs; Stutter Blues; Big Fool; Pass The Jack; Lonesome Hearted Blues; Me And My Gin; Another Right Note; Ridin' On Down – 25-06-12

EPs

Woodville [UK] ? Flyin‘ Too High: What Goes Up Must Come Down; Too Late to Dream; Five Minutes of the Latest Blues; Baby, That Sure Would Go Good - 14