Saturday, August 10, 2013

Les Hall



Lester Delano Hall, *Prestonburg, KY


By Praguefrank, Thieu Van De Vorstwith help of http://www.ibiblio.org/hillwilliam/BGdiscography

SESSIONS
ca 1968/1970 unknown – Les Hall and The Bluegrass Mastertone Boys
001 I'M LONGING FOR YOU  REM 438
002 WILDWOOD FLOWER  438  450
003 SAND GAP 447 450
004 MEMORIES TONIGHT  447
005 DARK HOLLOW  REM 462
006 STEAMBOAT WHISTLE BLUES  REM 462
007 KENTUCKY PARKWAY 464
008 YOU'D BETTER GET RIGHT LITTLE DARLING  464
009 IT'S TOO BAD THAT YOU'RE NO GOOD FOR ME 470
010 WAYFARING STRANGER 470
According to some sources 9 singles were issued
1974 poss. Mastertones Recording Studio, Medway, OH – Les Hall and The Mastertones (Lester Delano Hall and unknown musicians)
021 KENTUCKY PARKWAY   Round Robin 103
022 KICKING MULE   Round Robin 103
023 HIGHWAY OF SORROW   Round Robin 103
024 LOVE OH PLEASE COME HOME   Round Robin 103
025 BLUE MOON OF KENTUCKY   Round Robin 103
026 SOME OLE DAY   Round Robin 103
027 LET THOSE BROWN EYES SMILE AT ME   Round Robin 103
028 THE COLD HARD FACTS OF LIFE   Round Robin 103
029 OUT IN THE COLD WORLD   Round Robin 103
030 LONESOME DAY  Round Robin 103
1977 Mastertones Recording Studio, Medway, OH – Les Hall and The Mastertones (Lester Delano Hall [ld vcl-exc-1/mandolin], Wilbur Carpenter [ld vcl-1/gt], Don Smedley [banjo], Charlie Shelton [bass], Bill Moats [fiddle-exc-2], Roy Vezza [fiddle-2])
031 KENTUCKY MOUNTAIN HOME   Jalyn JLP-180             
032 SITTING ON AN OLD BARSTOOL -1   Jalyn JLP-180         
033 BETTER TIMES A COMING -1   Jalyn JLP-180              
034 THIS HEART OF MINE   Jalyn JLP-180                 
035 IF I SHOULD WANDER BACK TONIGHT -1   Jalyn JLP-180    
036 MASTERTONES   Jalyn JLP-180                        
037 BLACK MOUNTAIN RAG -2  Jalyn JLP-180                 
038 TRAIN 45   Jalyn JLP-180                           
039 SARA JANE   Jalyn JLP-180                           
040 FOUR WALLS -1  Jalyn JLP-180                         
041 MAKE ME A PALLET ON THE FLOOR   Jalyn JLP-180      
042 ROLL ON BUDDY   Jalyn JLP-180                      
043 RED HEN BOOGIE   Jalyn JLP-180                     
044 NOBODY'S LOVE IS LIKE MINE  Jalyn JLP-180                             
1979 poss. Mastertones Recording Studio, Medway, OH – Les Hall and The Mastertones (Lester Delano Hall and unknown musicians)
045 SITTING ON TOP OF THE WORLD Gateway 1178  
046 TRAIL OF SORROW Gateway 1178
047 I THOUGHT I HEARD YOU CALLING MY NAME Gateway 1178
048 MARY ANN Gateway 1178
049 THE OLD, OLD HOUSE Gateway 1178 
050 WILL YOU BE LOVIN'ANOTHER MAN Gateway 1178 
051 I WISH I LOVED SOMEBODY ELSE Gateway 1178
052 YOU'RE NO LONGER A SWEETHEART OF MINE Gateway 1178
053 LONG BLACK VEIL Gateway 1178
054 DON'T FALL IN LOVE WITH ME I'M A RAMBLER Gateway 1178 
055 MILWAUKEE HERE I COME Gateway 1178 
056 IT'S TOO BAD THAT YOU'RE NO GOOD FOR ME Gateway 1178   
ALBUMS

Round Robin 103 Kentucky Parkway:  Kentucky Parkway; Kicking Mule; Highway Of Sorrow; Love Oh Please Come Home; Blue Moon Of Kentucky; Some Ole Day; Let Those Brown Eyes Smile At Me; Cold Hard Facts Of Life; Out In The Cold World; Lonesome Day - 74  (MX 18714/)
Jalyn JLP-180 Kentucky Mountain Home: Kentucky Mountain Home; Sitting On An Old Barstool; Better Times A Coming; This Heart Of Mine; If I Should Wander Back Tonight; Mastertones; Black Mountain Rag; Train 45; Sara Jane;  Four Walls; Make Me A Pallet On The Floor;  Roll On Buddy;  Red Hen Boogie;  Nobody's Love Is Like Mine - 77                             
Gateway 1178 Sitting On Top Of The World:  Sitting On Top Of The World;  Trail Of Sorrow; I Thought I Heard You Calling My Name; Mary Ann; The Old, Old House; Will You Be Lovin'Another Man; I Wish I Loved Somebody Else; You're No Longer A Sweetheart Of Mine; Long Black Veil; Don't Fall In Love With Me I'm A Rambler; Milwaukee Here I Come; It's Too Bad That You're No Good For Me  – 79
One more album exists – details unknown (possibly REM Records)

REM (1968-)
438 I'm Longing For You / Wildwood Flower - 68
447 Sand Gap / Memories Tonight – 68
450 Sand Gap / Wildwood Flower - 69
462 Dark Hollow / Steamboat Whistle Blues – 69
464 Kentucky Parkway / You'd Better Get Right Little Darling – 69
470 It's Too Bad That You're No Good For Me / [The Powell Brothers:] Wayfaring Stranger - ca 70

Roo Arcus



By Praguefrank, Thieu Van De Vorst

SESSIONS
1999 unknown, AUS – Roo Arcus
001 BIG OLD THINGS
002 THE MECHANICAL BULL
003 DROVER'S NIGHTMARE
004 STATION BOYS
005 RODEO UNDER THE STARS
006 TAKE TIME
007 MAKE TIME
008 ROSALINA
009 JUST ANOTHER DAY
010 DRIVE THAT TRUCK
011 STOCKCAMP
012 I'LL CALL IT MY HOME
013 SOUTH FREIGHT SPECIAL
Tracks above issued on album Station Boy
2012 Music Cellar, Sydney, AUS – Roo Arcus (Roo Arcus [vcl], Rod McCormack [gt/papoose/Hammond/ percussion/ banjo/bck vcl], Stuie French [el gt],  Tim Crouche [mandolin/ fiddle], Michael Rose [steel], Jeff McCormack [bass], Glenn Wilson [drums], Bill Risby [piano, Brendan Radford [bck vcl]. Producer: Rod McCormack)
014 THIS HERE COWBOY Core Music ROOA 06
015 AM I CRAZY Core Music ROOA 06 
016 BLUECOLLARVILLE Core Music ROOA 06 
017 SIMPLE AS THAT Core Music ROOA 06
018 SHE'S ONE OF THOSE Core Music ROOA 06
019 LITTLE BY LITTLE Core Music ROOA 06
020 IF WE DIDN'T KNOW SO MUCH Core Music ROOA 06
021 A BETTER ME Core Music ROOA 06 
022 ALL UPHILL FROM HERE Core Music ROOA 06 
023 STRETCHING WIRE Core Music ROOA 06
024 OUT ON THE FARM Core Music ROOA 06
025 CHURCH ON THE HILL Core Music ROOA 06  


2014 unknown, AUS – Roo Arcus

026 COWBOYS AND SUNSETS
027 THIS AIN'T NO SUIT
028 IF THAT'S WHATLOVE WAS
029 IT'S NOT THE FALL
030 HALF HEARTED LOVE AFFAIR
031 LAST DIRT ROAD
032 I'VE GOT A LONG WAY TO GO
033 BURY ME IN MY BOOTS
034 LET'S GET OUT OF HERE
035 COWBOYS ARE LITTLE BOYS FIRST
036 THE SHOT YOU NEVER TAKE
037 TURN MY HAND
Tracks above issued on album Cowboys and Sunsets


2019 unknown – Roo Arcus
038 TUMBLEWEED
039 OH MY GOODNESS
040 LOVIN' RIGHT
041 THE BOY INSIDE ME
042 I FEEL LIKE DRINKING TONIGHT
043 DO IT ALL WITH YOU
044 MOCKINGBIRD
045 GET 'ER DONE KINDA MAN
046 BAD NEIGHBOURHOOD
047 CALICO RAIL
048 WHO ELSE IS THERE
049 WON'T GIVE UP ON MY DREAMS
Tracks above issued on album Tumbleweed

 


ALBUMS

Roo Arcus no #  Station Boy: Big Old Things; The Mechanical Bull; Drover's Nightmare; Station Boys; Rodeo Under The Stars; Take Time, Make Time; Rosalina; Just Another Day; Drive That Truck; Stockcamp; I'll Call It My Home; South Freight Special. - 99
Core Music ROOA 06  This Here Cowboy: This Here Cowboy; Am I Crazy; Bluecollarville; Simple As That; She's One Of Those; Little By Little; If We Didn't Know So Much; A Better Me; All Uphill From Here; Stretching Wire; Out On The Farm; Church On The Hill - 12


WJO [AUS] ? Cowboys and Sunsets: Cowboys and Sunsets; This Ain't No Suit; If That's Whatlove Was; It's Not The Fall; Half Hearted Love Affair; Last Dirt Road; I've Got A Long Way To Go; Bury Me In My Boots; Let's Get Out Of Here; Cowboys Are Little Boys First; The Shot You Never Take; Turn My Hand - 15


Social Family [AUS] ? Tumbleweed:   Tumbleweed;  Oh My Goodness;  Lovin' Right; The Boy Inside Me;  I Feel Like Drinking Tonight; Do It All with You;  Mockingbird; Get 'Er Done Kinda Man; Bad Neighbourhood; Calico Rail;  Who Else is There;  Won't Give up on My Dreams - 19
 
 

Paul and Roy (by Dick Grant)






PAUL AND ROY
THE TENNESSEE RIVER BOYS
SESSION DISCOGRAPHY

PAUL AND ROY The Tennessee River Boys
                                                                                                                             Nashville, Tn:                                                        ca. August 1951
Paul Boswell (vcl/gtr); Roy Pryor (vcl/mand);
                                                                                                                             Producer:

7288                  EVERY DOG MUST HAVE HIS DAY                                                  Mercury 6360, Mercury 6360 X45, B.A.C.M CD D-187
                        (Pryor) (Babb Pub. Co. BMI)                                                              B.A.C.M CD D-417                                                                         
7289                  YOU’RE ALL ALONE, TONITE                                                           Mercury 6360,              6360 X45, B.A.C.M CD D-417
                        (Pryor) (Babb Pub. Co. BMI)

NB(1): MERCURY Records advert Billboard Saturday 6th October 1951.
NB(2): MERCURY 6360/6360 X 45 released Tuesday 9th October 1951.
NB(3): B.A.C.M CD D-187 “THE MERCURY LABEL” released United Kingdom

PAUL & ROY THE TENNESSEE RIVER BOYS
                                                                                                                             Nashville, Tn:                                                   ca. November 1951
Paul (vcl/gtr); Roy (vcl/mand);
                                                                                                                             Producer:

7311                  SPRING OF LOVE                                                                          Mercury 6374, Mercury 6374 X45, B.A.C.M CD D-417
                        (Paul-Roy) (Babb Pub. Co. BMI)
7312                                                                                                                       Mercury (Uniss)
                        ()
7313                                                                                                                       Mercury (Uniss)
                        ()
7314                  YOU’VE BEEN CHEATIN’ ON ME, DARLIN’              Mercury 6374,               6374 X45,               CD D-417
                        (Paul-Roy) (Babb Pub. Co. BMI)

NB(1): Billboard Folk Record Releases-Saturday 2nd February 1952-MERCURY 6374/6374X45.
NB(2): MERCURY 6374/6374 X45 released Tuesday 5th February 1952.
NB(3): MERCURY 6374/6374 X45 reviewed Billboard C&W Saturday 9th February 1952.
NB(4): MERCURY Records Advert Billboard Saturday 5th April 1952-MERCURY 6374/6374X45.

NOTE: PAUL & ROY - MERCURY 6374

SPRING OF LOVE    80-82-76-82
Country weeper, played tongue-in-cheek, fast-tempo hoedown style, receives a strong and straight vocal from the boys. A strong disk.

YOU’VE BEEN CHEATING ON ME, DARLING      75-75-75-75
The boys sing another weeper in hoedown style, tho the material here is not as strong as the other side.  

PAUL & ROY THE TENNESSEE RIVER BOYS-1
PAUL & ROY (The Tennessee River Boys)-2                                                                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                             Nashville, Tn:                                                             ca. May 1952
Paul (vcl/gtr); Roy (vcl/mand);
                                                                                                                             Producer:

7388                  ONLY PRETENDING                                              -1                       Mercury 6406, Mercury 6406 X45
                        (Pryor) (Babb Pub. Co. BMI)
7389                  YOU MADE THE BREAK                                         -2                       Mercury 70027, Mercury 70027 X45, B.A.C.M CD D-417
                        (Pryor) (Babb Pub. Co. BMI)
7390                  THE WAY YOU LIED TO ME                                   -2                                      70027,               70027 X45,               CD D-417
                        (Pryor) (Babb Pub. Co. BMI)                                                              Jasmine JASMCD-3608/3609
7391                  THE SHAPE MY HEART’S IN                                  -1                       Mercury 6406, Mercury 6406 X45,                    CD D-417
                        (Burgess-Butler) (Babb Pub. Co. BMI)

NB(1): MERCURY Records advert Billboard Saturday 12th July 1952-MERCURY 6406/6406 X45.
NB(2): Billboard Advance Folk Releases Saturday 19th July 1952-MERCURY6406/6406X45.
NB(3): MERCURY 6406/6406X45 reviewed Billboard Folk Releases Saturday 19th July 1952.
NB(4): MERCURY 6406/6406 X45 released Tuesday 22nd July 1952.
NB(5): MERCURY 70027/70027 X45 released Tuesday 11th November 1952.
NB(6): MERCURY 70027/70027X45 reviewed Billboard C&W Record Reviews Saturday 29th November 1952.
NB(7): JASMINE JASMCD-3608/3609 “BLUEGRASS THE HIGH LONESOME SOUND” released United Kingdom 12th April 2012.

NOTE: PAUL & ROY THE TENNESSEE RIVER BOYS - MERCURY 6406

ONLY PRETENDING                   75-76-74-75
This is a good team which should do okay in the rural area. Their harmony is nice and close. The Tennessee River Boys back nicely.

THE SHAPE MY HEART’S IN      76-77-75-76
Tempo is up on this side and the duo reacts well to it. Paul leads and Roy chimes in for some fine harmony. The string band does some fancy picking in the background.    

PAUL & ROY THE TENNESSEE RIVER BOYS
                                                                                                                             Nashville, Tn:                                                                         1953
Paul (vcl/gtr); Roy (vcl/mand);
                                                                                                                             Producer:

7436                  I’M LOST WITHOUT YOU                                                                 Mercury 70197, Mercury 70197X45, B.A.C.M CD D-417
                        (Jimmy Rule) (Acuff-Rose BMI)
7437                  WICKED LOVE                                                      Mercury 70121, Mercury 70121 X45,               CD D-417
                        (King-Dulaney) (Tannen Music BMI)
7438                  FLOWER OF OLD TENNESSEE                                                        Mercury 70197, Mercury 70197X45,                CD D-417                    
                        (Paul-Roy) (Babb Music BMI)
7439                  DON’T EVER TELL ME                                                                     Mercury 70121, Mercury 70121 X45                CD D-417
                        () (BMI)

NB(1): MERCURY 70121/70121X45 released Tuesday 17th March 1953.
NB(2): MERCURY Records Advert Billboard Saturday 4th April 1953-MERCURY 70121/70121X45.
NB(3): MERCURY 70121/70121X45 reviewed Billboard C&W Record Reviews Saturday 25th April 1953.
NB(3): MERCURY 70197/70197X45 released Tuesday 14th July 1953.
NB(4): MERCURY 70197/70197X45 reviewed Billboard C&W Saturday 15th August 1953.

NOTE: PAUL & ROY THE TENNESSEE RIVER BOYS - MERCURY 70121

WICKED LOVE  68
Backwoods type of reading on a good country ballad.

DON’T EVER TELL ME                68
Routine ditty gets a good performance.

NOTE: PAUL & ROY THE TENNESSEE RIVER BOYS - MERCURY 70197

I’M LOST WITHOUT YOU    67
The Boys develop a good sound here on a waltz item with a beat. Good backwoods stuff.

FLOWER OF OLD TENNESSEE 65
The team comes thru with a listenable reading of a routine type of country ballad.

NOTE: BILLBOARD Saturday 5th December 1953-COUNTRY & WESTERN ARTISTS’ DIRECTORY-Guitar/Mandolin, Booking Office-Roy Pryor-4303 Delaware Street, Nashville, Tn. Personal Appearances per month = 4.          

PAUL & ROY WITH THE TENNESSEE RIVER BOYS
                                                                                                                             Nashville, Tn:                                                                    ca. 1959
Paul (vcl/gtr); Roy (vcl/mand);
                                                                                                                             Producer: Samuel “Sammy” Pace

PRCM-900         MEET ME LORD, HALF WAY                                                           Pace 45-1003, B.A.C.M CD D417
                        (R.Pryor) (Acuff-Rose Pub. Co. BMI)
PRCM-901         THERE WILL BE NO DISAPPOINTMENTS IN HEAVEN                                 45-1003,               CD D-417
                        () (Acuff-Rose Pub. Co. BMI)
PRCM-902         I WISH YOU’D BE A COUNTRY GIRL                                               Pace 45-1004
                        (R.Pryor) (Acuff-Rose Pub. Co. BMI)
PRCM-903         TWENTY-ONE AND AMBITIOUS                                                                 45-1004
                        (R.Pryor) (Acuff-Rose Pub. Co. BMI)
NB(1): PACE 45-1003 released Tuesday 8th December 1959.
NB(2): PACE 45-1003 reviewed Billboard Sacred Monday 14th December 1959-PACE 45-1003-MEET THE LORD HALF-WAY-**-Pickin’ and singing in the traditional country style. For sacred and c.&w. programming. THERE WILL BE DISAPPOINTMENTS IN HEAVEN-**-Similar to flip in style and performance and material.
NB(3): PACE 45-1004 released Tuesday 8th December 1959.
NB(4): PACE Records was based in Nashville and owned by SAMUEL “SAMMY” PACE. 
NB(5): B.A.C.M CD D-417 “PAUL & ROY THE TENNESSEE RIVER BOYS” released United Kingdom May 2013. 

DISCOGRAPHY compiled by DICK GRANT & WALT SAUNDERS with acknowledgements to Al Turner, Dave Sax & Frantisek Frank.

2012-2013.