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.