CECIL CAMPBELL
SESSION DISCOGRAPHY
1945 ONWARDS
ARTHUR SMITH’S HOT QUINTET-1
THE RAMBLER TRIO Featuring Arthur Smith-Guitar-2
THE TENNESSEE
RAMBLERS Featuring Cecil Campbell-3
ARTHUR (Guitar Boogie) SMITH And His Cracker-Jacks-4
ARTHUR (Guitar Boogie) SMITH y su Agrupación-5
ARTHUR (Guitar Boogie) SMITH, Guitar and His Cracker-Jacks
Washington. D.C.: Late Summer 1945
Arthur Smith (flat top
guitar-7); Don Wesley “Don” Reno (rhy gtr-8); Cecil Robert Campbell (perc-9); Walden “Don
White” Whytsell (); Jack Gillette(fdl); William Leroy “Roy” Lear (stg bs). Producer: Irvin Feld
MF 10-7B/ BEATY STREET BLUES (Inst)-1-8-9 Super
Disc 1004B
48-S-289/ (Cecil Campbell)
MF 11-1/ EACH NIGHT AT NINE -3-8-9-10 Super Disc 1005
48-S-290 (Floyd Tillman)
MF 12-1/ PLEASE COME BACK TO ME
DADDY-3-8-9-10 1005
48-S-291 ()
MF 13/ GUITAR BOOGIE (Inst)-2-4-5-7-8-9 Super Disc 1004A, MGM 10293A,MGM MGM 8887B
48-S-39/ (Arthur Smith) (Shapiro-Bernstein
ASCAP) MGM 30296A, MGM
K30296AMGM E533, MGM K66
50-XY-15/ MGM
MGM SP-1008, MGM MGM.329, MGM MGM-4037
50-XY-320 MGM
M-G-M 5085, M-G-M MGM 73024
7-XSM-13 M-G-M
SPF MGM-1003, M-G-M EPF-4
M-G-M
F1 MGM-103, MGM D-111, MGM 45-MGM-3078
MGM
MGM 70.34, MGM MGM EPM-695, MGM 61.163
MGM
E3825, MGM 63-605, MGM K-GC-123
Metro
M-530, Metro MS-530, MGM SE-241-2
MGM
2006 001, MGM MVG 534
Polydor MVG 534 (2006 632), MGM LP-103
MGM
2354 009, Metro 2356 117
Music
For Pleasure MFP-1335, Polydor 2121-201
Rhino
R2-70718, Bronco Buster CD-9039
Jasmine
JASMCD-3502, Jasmine JASMCD-3521
International
Music Co. CD-204872, Cattle CCD-236
Proper
Properbox 50, Collectables 04672
Sony
Special Products CD-22638, Remember CD-75102
Ace
CDCHD-766, Membran-Intense CD-223618
Magic
3930626, Viper CD-051, Chrome Dreams
Kay
JON-001, Fantastic Voyage FVDD170
NB(1): SUPER DISC 1004 released Monday 10th
September 1945.
NB(2): SUPER DISC 1005 released Monday 10th
September 1945.
NB(3): SUPER DISC 1004 reviewed Billboard
Saturday 15th September 1945.
NB(4): SUPER DISC 1005 reviewed Billboard
Saturday 15th September 1945.
NB(5): SUPER DISC advert Billboard Saturday 22nd
December 1945-SUPER DISC 1004.
NB(6): SUPER DISC 1004 reviewed Billboard
Saturday 5th January 1946.
NB(7): SUPER DISC advert Billboard Saturday 12th
January 1946-SUPER DISC 1004.
NB(8): SUPER DISC advert Billboard Saturday 18th
May 1946-SUPER DISC 1004.
NB(9): MGM Records purchased SUPER DISC Saturday
26th June 1948.
NB(10): Billboard Saturday 3rd July 1948-MGM BUYS
SUPER DISC.
NB(11): MGM 10293 released Monday 18th October 1948.
NB(12): MGM 30296/K30296 released Saturday 6th November
1948.
NB(13): MGM 10293 reviewed Billboard C&W Saturday 13th
November 1948.
NB(14): MGM Records advert Billboard Saturday 20th November
1948-MGM 10293.
NB(15): “GUITAR BOOGIE” entered Billboard C&W chart-Juke
Box #8-Saturday 25th December 1948-7 wks.
NB(16): MGM MGM 8887B released Argentina 1950.
NB(17): “GUITAR BOOGIE” released Argentina as “EL BOOGIE DE
LA GUITARRA”.
NB(18): MGM E533 “FINGERS ON FIRE” released 1951.
NB(19): MGM E533 “FINGERS ON FIRE, Vol.2” released
Phillipines 1951.
NB(20): MGM E533 released in Phillipnes with DIFFERENT
sleeve.
NB(21): MGM K66 (45rpm) “FINGERS ON FIRE” released 1951.
NB(22): MGM M-G-M 5085 released Australia 1951.
NB(23): M-G-M SPF MGM-1003 “FINGERS ON FIRE” released Franc
1951.
NB(24): MGM D-111 “FINGERS ON FIRE” released TWICED in
United Kingdom 1951 with DIFFERENT sleeves.
NB(25): MGM MGM SP-1008 (45rpm) released United Kingdom
January 1953.
NB(26): MGM MGM.329 (78rpm) released United Kingdom January
1953.
NB(27): M-G-M MGM-4037 (78rpm) released France 1953.
NB(28): MGM Records advert Billboard Saturday 22nd May
1954-MGM E533 “FINGERS ON FIRE”.
NB(29): M-G-M EPF-4 “ARTHUR (GUITAR BOOGIE) SMITH” released
France 1957.
NB(30): M-G-M F1 MGM-103 “FINGERS ON FIRE” released France
1957.
NB(31): MGM 45-MGM-3078 released Norway 1959.
NB(32): MGM MGM 70.034 released Italy
NB(33): MGM MGM EPM-695 “ARTHUR “GUITAR BOOGIE” SMITH and
his Crackerjacks” released United Kingdom 1959.
NB(34): MGM MGM EPM-695 “ARTHUR “GUITAR BOOGIE” SMITH and
his Crackerjacks” released New Zealand 1959.
NB(35): MGM 61.163 release France 1959.
NB(36): MGM E3825 “MGM MILLION SELLERS:COUNTRY &
WESTERN, Vol.1.” released 1960.
NB(37): MGM 63-605 “ARTHUR SMITH: GUITAR BOOGIE” released
France 1963.
NB(38): MGM K-GC-123 released
NB(39): METRO M/MS-530 “COUNTRY and WESTERN FAVORITES”
released 1965.
NB(40): MUSIC FOR PLEASURE MFP-1335 “COUNTRY & WESTERN
FAVOURITES” release United Kingdom 1965.
NB(41): POLYDOR 2121-201 released France 1967.
NB(42): MGM SE-241-2 224 KARAT GOLD FROM THE COUNTRY”
released United Kingdom 1968.
NB(43): MGM 2006 001 released Germany 1970.
NB(44): MGM 2354 009 “ARTHUR SMITH and his
CRACKER-JACKS:GUITAR BOOGIE” released United Kingdom 1970.
NB(45): MGM MVG 534 (2006 632) released 1971.
NB(46): POLYDOR MVG 534 (2006 632) released Holland 1971.
NB(47): RHINO R2-70718 “GUITAR PLAYER PRESENTS:LEGENDS OF
GUITAR-COUNTRY, Vol.1.” released 1990.
NB(48): COLLECTABLES 04672 released
NB(49): SONY SPECIAL PRODUCTS CD-22638 “MOVIN’ COUNTRY
INSTRUMENTALS” released 1995.
NB(50): BRONCO BUSTER CD-9039 “ARTHUR SMITH’S ORIGINAL
GUITAR BOOGIE” released Germany 1997.
NB(51): REMEMBER CD-75102 “ROCKIN’ GUITARS & LIGHTNIN’
FINGERS” released 1999.
NB(52): JASMINE JASMCD-3502 “HERE COMES THE BOOGIE MAN”
released United Kingdom April 2000.
NB(53): ACE CDCHD-766 “TEEN BEAT, Vol.5.” released United
Kingdom 2000.
NB(54): JASMINE JASMCD-3521 “ONE GOOD BOOGIE DESERVES
ANOTHER” released United Kingdom October 2000.
NB(55): CATTLE CCD-236 “THE GOLDEN AGE OF ARTHUR “GUITAR
BOOGIE” SMITH” released Germany 2001.
NB(56): INTERNATIONAL MUSIC Co. CD-204872 “THE HISTORY OF
COUNTRY & WESTERN MUSIC” released Germany 2001.
NB(57): PROPER PROPERBOX 50 “HILLBILLY BOOGIE” released
United Kingdom 2002.
NB(58): MEMBRAN-INTENSE CD-223618 “ARTHUR SMITH:GUITAR
BOOGIE” released 2006.
NB(59): VIPER CD-051 “HOT GUITARS: GUITAR TRACKS FROM THE 1920s-1950s”
released United Kingdom 2008.
NB(60): CHROME DREAMS “MAVERICK COUNTRY: THE
DEFINITIVE REAL COUNTRY COLLECTION” released Monday 11th August 2008.
NB(61): AKAY JON-001 “ARTHUR “GUITAR BOOGIE” SMITH-MGM 78
SINGLES” released United Kingdom 2010.
NB(62): FANTASTIC VOYAGE FVDD170 “THE ROAD TO ROCK &
ROLL, Vol.1. JITTERBUG JIVE” released United Kingdom 2013.
CECIL CAMPBELL’S TENNESSEE RAMBLERS
RCA Victor Studio, 155 East 24th Street, Manhattan New York City,
NY.: ca.
December 1945
Cecil Campbell
(stl gtr); Roy Lear (vcl/stg bs); poss. William “Horse Thief Harry” Blair
(gtr);
Producer:
HAWAIIAN SKIES RCA
Victor 20-1790-A, Bluebird 58-0002-A
(Cecil Campbell)
MIDNIGHT BOOGIE (Inst) 20-1790-B,
58-0002-B
(Cecil Campbell)
NORTH CAROLINA SKIES RCA Victor
20-1874-A, Bluebird 58-0018-A
(Roy Lear) Bronco
Buster CD-9003
BEATY STREET BLUES (Inst) RCA Victor 20-1874-B, 58-0018-B
(Cecil Campbell) Country Classics 701
NB(1): RCA VICTOR 20-1790 released Tuesday 1st January
1946.
NB(2): BLUEBIRD 58-0002 released Canada Tuesday
1st January 1946.
NB(3): RCA VICTOR 20-1874 released Tuesday 14th May
1946.
NB(4): BLUEBIRD 58-0018 released Canada Tuesday
14th May 1946.
NB(5): COUNTRY CLASSICS 701 “CECIL CAMPBELL” released 1981.
NB(6): BRONCO BUSTER CD-9003 “CECIL CAMPBELL And His
Tennessee Ramblers” released Germany 1995.
CECIL CAMPBELL’S TENNESSEE RAMBLERS
RCA
Victor Studio, 155 East 24th Street, Manhattan New
York City, NY.: Thursday 23rd May 1946
(vcl/stl
gtr); poss. William Blair (vcl/gtr); Unk (accdn); Unk (tpt); poss. Roy Lear
(stg bs); Mickey Newell (vcl-1/ );
Banner Shelton (vcl-1/ ). Producer:
D6-VB-1799 CAMPBELL’S STEEL GUITAR SPECIAL (Inst) RCA
Victor 20-2024-A
(Cecil Campbell)
D6-VB-2200 LITTLE HULA SHACK IN HAWAII -1 RCA Victor
20-2155-B
(Cecil Campbell)
D6-VB-2201 LAST NIGHT I CRIED
20-2155-A
(Cecil Campbell)
D6-VB-2202 I TRUSTED YOU RCA Victor
20-2024-B
()
NB(1): RCA VICTOR 20-2024 reviewed Billboard
Saturday 23rd November 1946.
NB(2): RCA VICTOR 20-2024 released Tuesday 26th
November 1946.
NB(3): Billboard Advance Folk Releases Saturday
22nd February 1947-RCA VICTOR 20-2155.
NB(4): RCA VICTOR 20-2155 released Tuesday 25th February
1947.
CECIL CAMPBELL’S TENNESSEE RAMBLERS (Cecil Campbell Trio)-1
poss. RCA Victor Studio, 155 East 24th Street, Manhattan New York City,
NY.: ca.
May 1947
(vcl/stl gtr);
poss. William Blair (vcl/gtr).
Producer:
D7-VB- SHE’S GOT THE CUTEST EYES RCA Victor 20-2303-A, Bluebird 58-0044-A
()
D7-VB- STEEL
GUITAR HOP (Inst) RCA Victor 20-2303-B, 58-0044-B
(Cecil Campbell)
D7-VB- IT’S GONNA COME HOME TO YOU RCA Victor 20-2404-A
(Tommy
Dilbeck)
D7-VB- HAWAIIAN MOON -1(Inst) 20-2404-B
(Cecil
Campbell)
NB(1): RCA VICTOR 20-2303 released Tuesday 10th June
1947.
NB(2): BLUEBIRD 58-0044 released Canada Tuesday
1th June 1947.
NB(3): RCA VICTOR 20-2404 released Tuesday 19th August
1947.
CECIL CAMPBELL’S TENNESSEE RAMBLERS
poss. RCA Victor Studio, 155 East 24th Street, Manhattan New York City,
NY.: ca.
October 1947
(vcl/stl gtr); William
Blair (vcl/gtr). Banner Shelton ();
Producer:
D7-VB- TALK,
TALK, TALK RCA Victor 20-2531-A, Bluebird 58-0055-A
(Banner Shelton-Cecil
Campbell)
D7-VB- HAWAIIAN DREAMS 20-2531-B, 58-0055-B
(Cecil Campbell)
D7-VB- PUT SOME MEAT ON THEM BONES RCA Victor 20-2669-A, Bronco Buster CD-9003
(Cy Coben-Charles
Grean)
D7-VB- ’NEATH HAWAIIAN PALMS 20-2669-B
(Cecil Campbell)
NB(1): RCA VICTOR 20-2531 released Tuesday 4th November
1947.
NB(2): BLUEBIRD 58-0055 released Canada Tuesday
4th November 1947.
NB(3): Billboard Advance Folk Releases Saturday
17th January 1948-RCA VICTOR 20-2669.
NB(4): RCA VICTOR 20-2669 released Tuesday 20th
January 1948.
CECIL CAMPBELL’S TENNESSEE RAMBLERS-1
TENNESSEE RAMBLERS-2
poss.
RCA Victor Studio, 155 East 24th Street, Manhattan New York City, NY.: ca.
December 1947
(vcl/stl gtr); William
Harry Blair (vcl/gtr).
Producer:
D7-VB- PLEASE
DON’T CALL IN ANY HELP RCA
Victor 20-2807-A, Country Classics 701
(Tommy Dilbeck)
D7-VB- TRYON
STREET BLUES (Inst) 20-2807-B
(Cecil Campbell)
D7-VB- WHOSE
BLUES ARE YOU NOW? RCA
Victor 20-2918-A
(Steve and Ed
Nelson)
D7-VB- SOUTHERN
SPECIAL (Inst) RCA Victor 20-2918-B
(Cecil Campbell)
D7-VB- PLEASE DADDY, DON’T DRINK NO MORE-1 RCA Victor 20-3116-A, Country Classics 701
(Cecil Campbell-Shelton Banner)
D7-VB- CHANT OF HAWAII -2 20-3116-B
(Cecil
Campbell)
D7-VB- TIME WILL TELL RCA Victor 20-3239-A
(Cecil
Campbell)
D7-VB- I’M A HENPECKED MAN 20-3239-B
(Rocky Bill Ford) (4 Star
BMI)
NB(1): Billboard Advance Folk Releases Saturday
3rd April 1948-RCA VICTOR 20-2807.
NB(2): RCA VICTOR 20-2807 released Tuesday 6th April
1948.
NB(3): Billboard Advance Folk Releases Saturday
12th June 1948-RCA VICTOR 20-2918.
NB(4): RCA VICTOR 20-2918 released Tuesday 15th June
1948.
NB(5): Billboard Advance Folk Releases Saturday
11th September 1948-RCA VICTOR 20-3116.
NB(6): RCA VICTOR 20-3116 released Tuesday 14th September
1948.
NB(7): RCA VICTOR 203239 released Tuesday 30th
November 1948.
NB(8): RCA VICTOR Advert Billboard Saturday 4th
December 1948-RCA VICTOR 20-3239.
CECIL CAMPBELL’S TENNESSEE RAMBLERS
ca.
January 1949
(vcl/stl gtr); poss. William Blair (gtr):
Producer:
D9-VB- STEEL
GUITAR RAMBLE RCA Victor 21-0014-A, RCA
Victor 48-0014-A
(Cecil Campbell) RCA
Victor 21-0219-A, RCA Victor 48-0219-A
Country
Classics 701
D9-VB- LEFT
ALL ALONE WITH A BROKEN HEART RCA Victor 21-0014-B, RCA Victor 48-0014-B
(Mickey Newell-Cecil
Campbell) RCA Victor 21-0219-B, RCA Victor
48-0219-B
Country
Classics 701
D9-VB- TENNESSEE
BORDER RCA Victor 21-0022-A, RCA Victor 58-0110-A
(JimmyWork) Country
Classics 701
D9-VB- BARNDANCE BREAKDOWN (Inst) RCA Victor 21-0022-B, 58-0110-B
(Cecil Campbell) Bronco
Buster CD-9003
NB(1): Billboard Advance Folk Releases Saturday
12th February 1949-RCA VICTOR 21-0014.
NB(2): RCA VICTOR 21-0014 released Tuesday 15th February
1949.
NB(3): RCA VICTOR Advert Billboard Saturday 26th
February 1949-RCA VICTOR 21-0014.
NB(4): Billboard Advance Folk Releases Saturday
12th March 1949-RCA VICTOR 21-0022.
NB(5): RCA VICTOR 21-0022 released Tuesday 15th
March 1949.
NB(6): RCA VICTOR 48-0014 released Tuesday 15th
March 1949.
NB(7): RCA VICTOR 58-0110 (Bluebird Series)
released Canada Tuesday 15th March 1949.
NB(8): “STEEL GUITAR RAMBLE” entered Billboard
C&W chart Saturday 21st May 1949-Juke Box #9, 1 week.
NB(9): RCA VICTOR 21-0219 released Tuesday 28th
February 1950.
NB(10): RCA VICTOR 48-0219 released Tuesday 28th
February 1950.
NB(11): RCA VICTOR 21-0219 re-released Tuesday
29th August 1950.
NB(12): RCA VICTOR 48-0219 re-released Tuesday
29th August 1950.
CECIL CAMPBELL’S TENNESSEE RAMBLERS
ca.
May 1949
(stl gtr); Posie Hendrix (vcl); Willadene Hendrix-The Hendrix Sisters
(vcl-1);
Producer:
D9-VB- TROPICAL
ISLAND -1 RCA Victor 21-0079, RCA
Victor 48-0076
(Cecil Campbell)
D9-VB- TAR
HEEL RAG (Inst) 21-0079, 48-0076
(Cecil Campbell)
NB(1): Billboard Advance Folk Releases Saturday
11th June 1949-RCA VICTOR 21-0079/48—0076..
NB(2): RCA VICTOR 21-0079 released Tuesday 14th June
1949.
NB(3): RCA VICTOR 48-0076 released Tuesday 14th June
1949.
CECIL CAMPBELL’S TENNESSEE RAMBLERS
ca.September
1949
(vcl/stl gtr);
Producer:
D9-VB- TEAR
DROPS RCA Victor 21-0123-B, RCA
Victor 48-0126-B
(Cecil Campbell) Country
Classics 701
D9-VB- NO WHERE, NO TIME, NO PLACE RCA Victor
21-0123-A, RCA Victor 48-0126-A
(Cecil Campbell) Bronco
Buster CD-9003
D9-VB- NO BLUES, NO BLUES FOR ME RCA
Victor 21-0158, RCA Victor 48-0169
(Cecil Campbell) Bronco Buster CD-9003
D9-VB- ONE LITTLE FLOWER RCA
Victor 21-0158,
48-0169
(Sonny Smith-Arthur
Smith)
NB(1): Billboard Advance Folk (Country &
Western) Record Releases Saturday 22nd October 1949-RCA VICTOR 21-0123/48-0126.
NB(2): RCA
VICTOR 21-0123 released Tuesday 25th October 1949.
NB(3): RCA VICTOR 48-0126 released Tuesday 25th October
1949.
NB(4): RCA VICTOR 48-0126 released on green
vinyl.
NB(5): Billboard Advance Folk (Country &
Western) Record Releases Saturday 14th January 1950-RCA VICTOR 21-0158/48-0169.
NB(6): RCA VICTOR 21-0158 released Tuesday 17th January
1950.
NB(7): RCA VICTOR 48-0169 released Tuesday 17th January
1950.
CECIL CAMPBELL’S TENNESSEE RAMBLERS
ca.
December 1949
(vcl/stl gtr);
Producer:
D9-VB-2704 CATAWBA RIVER BLUES RCA Victor 21-0340-B RCA Victor 48-0340-B
(Cecil Campbell) Bronco
Buster CD-9003
NB(1): RCA VICTOR Records Advert Billboard Saturday
27th May 1950-RCA VICTOR 21-340/48-0340.
NB(2): RCA VICTOR 21-0340 released Tuesday 30th May
1950.
NB(3): RCA VICTOR 48-0340 released Tuesday 30th May
1950.
CECIL CAMPBELL’S TENNESSEE RAMBLERS
ca. April 1950
(vcl/stl gtr);
Producer:
E0-VB- STEEL GUITAR SWING (Inst) RCA Victor 21-0340-A, RCA Victor 48-0340-A
(Cecil Campbell) (Tannen Music BMI) Country
Classics 701
E0-VB- SERENADE OF THE WINDS RCA Victor 21-0376-B, RCA Victor 48-0376-B
(Cecil Campbell) Bluebird
58-0161-B
E0-VB- PROUD PAPA POLKA RCA Victor 21-0376-A, 48-0376-A
(Billy Hayes-Jack
Rollins) Bluebird
58-0161-A, Country Classics 701
NB(1): RCA VICTOR Records Advert Billboard Saturday
26th Augustt 1950-RCA VICTOR 21-0376/48-0376.
NB(2): RCA VICTOR 21-0376 released Tuesday 29th
August 1950.
NB(3): RCA VICTOR 48-0376 released Tuesday 29th August 1950.
NB(4): BLUEBIRD 58-0161 released Canada Tuesday
29th August 1950.
CECIL CAMPBELL’S TENNESSEE RAMBLERS
ca.
November 1950
(vcl/stl gtr); Unk (fdl);
Producer:
E0-VB- STEEL GUITAR DIG (Inst) RCA Victor 21-0409-A, RCA Victor 48-0409-A
(Cecil Campbell) Country
Classics 701
E0-VB- SPOOKIE BOOGIE RCA Victor 21-0409-B, 48-0409-B
(L.Eppright-D.Parker) Bronco
Buster CD-9003
E0-VB- STEEL GUITAR WIGGLE (Inst) RCA Victor 21-0445, RCA Victor 48-0445
(Cecil Campbell)
(Tannen Music BMI) Country Classics 701
E0-VB- THE COCONUT ISLAND RCA Victor 21-0445, 48-0445
(Cecil Campbell)
(Tannen Music BMI)
NB(1): RCA VICTOR Records Advert Billboard Saturday
2nd December 1950-RCA VICTOR 21-0409/48-0409.
NB(2): RCA VICTOR 21-0409 released Tuesday 5th December
1950.
NB(3): RCA VICTOR 21-0409 reviewed Billboard
C&W Saturday 23rd December 1950.
NB(4): RCA VICTOR 48-0409 released Tuesday 5th December
1950.
NB(5): RCA VICTOR Records Advert Billboard Saturday
23rd December 1950-RCA VICTOR 21-0409/48-0409.
NB(6): RCA VICTOR Records Advert Billboard Saturday
10th March 1951-RCA VICTOR 21-0445/48-0445.
NB(7): RCA VICTOR 21-0445 released Tuesday 13th
March 1951.
NB(8): RCA VICTOR 48-0445 released Tuesday 13th March
1951.
CECIL CAMPBELL’S TENNESSEE RAMBLERS-1
CECIL CAMPBELL’S ORCHESTRA-2 ca. April 1951
(vcl/stl gtr);
Producer:
E1-VB- TENNESSEE STEEL GUITAR -1 RCA
Victor 21-0472-A, RCA Victor 48-0472-A
(Cecil Campbell) Bronco
Buster CD-9003
E1-VB- PAPER ROSES -1 RCA Victor 21-0472-B, 48-0472-B
(Jimmy Work) Bronco
Buster CD-9003
E1VB-940 STEEL GUITAR JAMBOREE -1 RCA Victor 21-0499-B, RCA Victor 48-0499-B
(Cecil Campbell)
(Acuff-Rose BMI)
E1-VB-941 CAROLINA STEEL GUITAR -2 RCA Victor 20-4325-A, RCA Victor 47-4325-A
(Cecil Campbell)
(Tannen Music BMI)
E1-VB- YOU KEPT MAKIN’ EYES ON ME -1 RCA Victor
21-0499-A, RCA Victor 48-0499-A
(Cecil Campbell)
(Tannen Music BMI) E1-VB- NO
WEDDING BELLS FOR ME -2 RCA Victor
20-4325-B, RCA Victor 47-4325-B
(Cecil
Campbell-Pansy Ferguson-Troy Ferguson) (Acuff-Rose)Country Classics 701
NB(1): RCA VICTOR Records Advert Billboard Saturday
19th May 1951-RCA VICTOR 21-0472/48-0472.
NB(2): RCA VICTOR 21-0472 released Tuesday 22nd
May 1951.
NB(3): RCA VICTOR 48-0472 released Tuesday 22nd
May 1951.
NB(4): RCA VICTOR Records Advert Billboard Saturday
11th August 1951-RCA VICTOR 21-0499/48-0499.
NB(5): RCA VICTOR 21-0499 released Tuesday 14th August
1951.
NB(6): RCA VICTOR 48-0499 released Tuesday 14th August
1951.
NB(7): RCA VICTOR Records Advert Billboard
Saturday 20th October 1951-RCA VICTOR 20-4325/47-4325.
NB(7): RCA VICTOR 20-4325 released Tuesday 23rd October
1951.
NB(8): RCA VICTOR 47-4325 released Tuesday 23rd October
1951.
CECIL CAMPBELL and his Tennessee Ramblers
Radio
Station WBT, Wilder Bldg Charlotte,
N.C.: ca. 1952
(vcl/stl gtr);
Producer: Arthur Smith
107-A BOOGIE WOOGIE ON STEEL (Inst) Big Wheel 107-A
(Cecil Campbell)
107-B I GET THE BLUES 107-B
(Cecil Campbell) (Lynn
Music BMI)
111-A MONEY CAN’T BRING HAPPINESS Big Wheel
111-A
(Cecil Campbell)
(Arcady Music Co. Inc. BMI)
111-B CAMPBELL STEEL MARCH 111-B
(Cecil Campbell)
(Arcady Music Co. Inc. BMI)
NB(1): BIG WHEEL 107 released ca. 1952.
NB(2): BIG WHEEL 111 released ca. 1952.
NB(3): THE BIG WHEEL Record Co. based in
Charlotte, N. C.
CECIL CAMPBELL and his Tennessee Ramblers
Radio
Station WBT, Wilder Bldg Charlotte,
N.C.: 1953
(vcl/stl gtr);
Millard Pressley (vcl/gtr);
Producer:
Arthur Smith
E3-KB-5907 JUST A DROP IN THE BUCKET Palmetto CC-101
(Cecil Campbell) (Lynn
Music BMI)
E3-KB-5908 STEEL GUITAR TANGO CC-101, Country Classics 701
(Cecil Campbell) (Lynn
Music BMI)
NB(1): PALMETTO CC-101 released 1953.
NB(2): PALMETTO Records based in Charlotte, N. C.
CECIL CAMPBELL and his Tennessee Ramblers
RCA Victor Studio, Methodist Television, Radio & Film
Commission
1525
McGavock Street Nashville, Tn.: October 1955
(vcl/stl gtr);
Producer:
55-S-784/ STEEL GUITAR WALTZ MGM 12118, MGM K12118
55-XY-585 (Campbell)
(Acuff-Rose BMI)
55-S-785/ GOMANGO (Inst) 12118, K12118, Bronco Buster CD-9003
55-XY-586 (Campbell)
(Acuff-Rose BMI)
NB(1): Billboard Saturday 19th November 1955
C&W Record Releases-MGM 12118/K12118.
NB(2): MGM 12118 released Tuesday 22nd November
1955.
NB(3): MGM K12118 released Tuesday 22nd November
1955.
CECIL CAMPBELL
poss. Music
City Recording, 804 16th Avenue South Nashville, Tn.: April 1956
(vcl/stl gtr);
Producer:
56-S-314/ DIXIELAND ROCK MGM 12245, MGM K12245, MGM
2315 394
56-XY-243 (Campbell) (Lynn
Music BMI) Big
Tone BTCD-5703, Bear Family BCD-15789
56-S-315/ FOG RISING ON THE MOUNTAIN MGM 12245, MGM K12245, Brown Buster CD-9003
56-XY-244 (Campbell) (Lynn Music BMI)
NB(1): MGM 12245 released Tuesday 8th May 1956.
NB(2): MGM K12245 released Tuesday 8th May 1956.
NB(3): MGM
2315 394 “MGM ROCKABILLY COLLECTION” released United Kingdom 1977.
NB(4): BIG TONE BTCD-5703 “MGM ROCKABILLIES,
Vol.1.” released United Kingdom 1993.
NB(5): BEAR FAMILY BCD-15789 “THAT’LL FLAT GIT
IT!, Vol.7. ROCKABILLY FROM THE VAULTS OF M-G-M RECORDS” released Germany 1996.
CECIL CAMPBELL RCA Victor Studio, Methodist
Television,
Radio
& Film Commission, 1525 McGavock Street Nashville, Tn.: September 1956
(vcl/stl gtr);
Producer:
56-S-694/ I’M ON THE
RIGHT ROAD NOW MGM
12405, MGM K12405
56-XY-485 (Lear) (Lynn
Music BMI)
56-S-695/ CONTENTMENT 12405, K12405, Bronco Buster CD-9003
56-XY-486 (Campbell)
(Lynn Music BMI)
NB(1): MGM 12405 released Tuesday 8th January
1957.
NB(2): MGM K12405 released Tuesday 8th January
1957.
CECIL CAMPBELL And His Tennessee Ramblers
poss. Bradley Film & Recording Studio, 804 16th Avenue
South Nashville,
Tn.: ca. April 1957
(vcl/gtr);
Producer:
57-XY-348 ROCK AND ROLL FEVER MGM 12482, MGM K12482, MGM
2315 394
((Lear-Campbell) (Lynn Music BMI) Big Tone BTCD-5703, Big Tone BTCD-5713
Chief CCD-1156510, Bear Family BCD-15789
Smith
& Co. SCCD-2440
57-XY-349 THE ROCKING GUITAR (Inst) MGM 12482, MGM
K12482, MGM 2354 147 (Dills-Campbell)
(Lynn Music BMI) Big Tone BTCD-5713, Bear
Family BCD-15789
NB(1): MGM K12482 reviewed Billboard C&W Monday 27th May
1957.
NB(2): MGM 12482 released Tuesday 30th May 1957.
NB(3): MGM K12482 released Tuesday 30th May 1957.
NB(4): BIG TONE BTCD-5713 “MGM ROCKABILLIES,
Vol.2.” released United Kingdom 1993.
NB(5): CHIEF CCD-1156510 “ULTRA RARE
ROCKABILLIES, Vol.10.” released Holland 1993.
NB(6): SMITH & Co. SCCD-2440 “GREAT
ROCKABILLY: JUST AS GOOD AS IT GETS!, Vol.5.” released Holland
CECIL CAMPBELL And His Tennessee Ramblers
RCA Victor Studio, Methodist Television, Radio & Film
Commission
1525
McGavrock Street Nashville, Tn.: October 1957
(vcl/stl gtr);
Producer:
57-S-656/ ON THE PRADO MGM 12605, MGM K12605
57-XY-656 (Campbell)
(Lynn Music BMI)
57-S-657/ I GET THE BLUES 12605, K12605
57-XY-657 (Campbell)
(Lynn Music BMI)
NB(1): MGM 12605 released Tuesday 9th January
1958.
NB(2): MGM K12605 released Tuesday 9th January
1958.
CECIL CAMPBELL and His Tennessee Ramblers
Arthur Smith Studio, 5457 Old Monroe Road Charlotte,
N.C.: ca. June 1963
(stl gtr);
Producer: Arthur Smith
ST-6376/ SPANISH STYLE Starday
SEP-227, Starday SLP-254
ZTSB-83492 ()
ST-6377 TWISTING THE STEEL Starday SLP-254
()
ST-6378/ WALTZING WITH THE STEEL GUITAR Starday SEP-227, SLP-254
ZTSB-83493 ()
ST-6379 BLUES ON THE STEEL Starday SLP-254
()
ST-6380 GO MEN GO Starday
(Uniss)
()
ST-6381 STEEL GUITAR SWING Starday SLP-254, Starday
SLP-277
()
ST-6382 STEEL GUITAR RAMBLE SLP-254
()
ST-6383 CAROLINA STEEL GUITAR SLP-254
()
ST-6384 STEEL GUITAR JAMBOREE SLP-254
()
ST-6385/ CECIL’S STEEL GUITAR SPECIAL Starday
SEP-227, Starday SLP-254
ZTSB-83492 ()
ST-6386/ DIXIE STEEL BLUES SEP-227, SLP-254
ZTSB-83493 ()
ST-6387 LONESOME ST TWILIGHT Starday SLP-254
()
ST-6388 Unknown Title Starday
(Uniss)
()
ST-6389 BOOGIE ON THE STEEL Starday SLP-254, Starday
SLP-293
()
NB(1): STARDAY SEP-227 “CECIL CAMPBELL and His Tennessee
Ramblers (Steel Guitar Instrumentals)” released 1963.
NB(2): STARDAY SLP-254 “STEEL GUITAR JAMBOREE” released
1963.
NB(3): STARDAY SLP-277 “UNFORGETTABLE COUNTRY
INSTRUMENTALS” released 1964.
NB(4): STARDAY SLP-293 “STEEL GUITAR & DOBRO
SPECTACULAR” released 1964.
CECIL CAMPBELL Arthur Smith Studio, 5457 Old
Monroe Road Charlotte,
N.C.: 1965
(stl gtr);
Producer:
Arthur Smith
BLUE HAWAII Winston LP Vol.1001
()
HAWAIIAN
SKIES LP Vol.1001, Winston WR-1002-45
3071-22A (C.Campbell) (Southern Music Inc. BMI) Winston
WR-1009-45
SONG OF THE ISLANDS Winston
LP Vol.1001
(L.W.Jones)
MY HAPPINESS LP Vol.1001
()
HARBOR LIGHTS LP Vol.1001
()
HAWAIIAN HONEYMOON Winston LP Vol.1001
(Harold Jackson)
(Starday BMI)
50th STATE HULA LP Vol.1001, Winston WR-1002-45
3071-22B (C.Campbell) (Jolin Music BMI) Winston
WR-1009-45
COCONUT GROVE Winston
LP Vol.1001
()
LITTLE HULA SHACK LP Vol.1001
(C.Campbell)
DON’T SING ALOHA LP Vol.1001
()
SERENADE OF THE WINDS LP Vol.1001
(C.Campbell)
(Tannen Music Inc. BMI)
‘NEATH HAWAIIAN PALMS LP Vol.1001
(C.Campbell)
NB(1): WINSTON LP Vol.1001 “GREATEST HAWAIIAN
INSTRUMENTALS by CECIL CAMPBELL” released
NB(2): Sleeve notes state that he had
previously recorded for STARDAY Records.
NB(3): WINSTON WR-1002-45 released
NB(4): WINSTON WR-1009-45 released 1973.
NB(5): WINSTON WR-1009-45 pressed by QUEEN CITY
ALBUMS, Cincinnati, Oh.
CECIL CAMPBELL and his Tennessee Ramblers
Arthur Smith Studio, 5457 Old Monroe Road Charlotte, N.C.:
(stl gtr);
Producer: Arthur Smith
A GAME OF GOLF (Part One) Winston
WR-1001-45
(C.Campbell)
(Jolin Music BMI)
A GAME OF GOLF (Part Two) WR-1001-45
(C.Campbell)
(Jolin Music BMI)
NB: WINSTON WR-1001-45 released
CECIL CAMPBELL and his Tennessee Ramblers
Arthur
Smith Studio, 5457 Old Monroe Road Charlotte, N.C.:
(vcl/stl gtr);
Producer:
Arthur Smith
JUST BEFORE THE BATTLE MOTHER Winston WR-1003-45
(C.Campbell) (Jolin Music BMI)
CONTENTMENT WR-1003-45
(C.Campbell) (Lynn Music BMI)
NB: WINSTON WR-1003-45 released
CECIL CAMPBELL and his Tennessee Ramblers
Arthur Smith Studio, 5457 Old Monroe Road Charlotte, N.C.:
(vcl/stl gtr);
Producer:
Arthur Smith
JORETTA Winston
WR-1003-45
(C.Campbell)
(Jolin Music BMI)
I LIKE THE COUNTRY WR-1003-45
(C.Campbell)
(Jolin Music BMI)
NB: WINSTON WR-1003-45 released
CECIL CAMPBELL and his Tennessee Ramblers
Arthur Smith Studio, 5457 Old Monroe Road Charlotte,
N.C.: 1969
(vcl-1/stl
gtr);
Producer:
Arthur Smith
69-85A FOG RISING ON THE MOUNTAIN Winston WR-1004-45
(C.Campbell) (Lynn
Music BMI)
69-85B I WENT BACK TO MY OLD HOME -1
WR-1004-45
(C.Campbell)
(Jolin Music BMI)
NB: WINSTON WR-1004-45 released 1969.
LINDA LAWING Arthur Smith Studio, 5457 Old Monroe Road Charlotte,
N.C.: 1969
(vcl); Cecil
Campbell (stl gtr);
Producer:
Arthur Smith
MY ONLY LOVE Winston
WR-1005-45
(C.Campbell) (Jolin
Music BMI)
Unknown Title WR-1005-45
()
NB: WINSTON WR-1005-45 released 1969.
CECIL CAMPBELL and his Tennessee Ramblers
Arthur Smith Studio, 5457 Old Monroe Road Charlotte,
N.C.: 1970
(stl gtr);
Producer:
Arthur Smith
PRP-17061 MOUNTAIN DEW BLUES Winston WR-1006-45
()
PRP-17062 STEEL GUITAR SWING WR-1006-45
(C.Campbell) (Tannen
Music BMI)
NB(1): WINSTON WR-1006-45 released 1970.
NB(2): WINSTON WR-1006-45 pressed by PRECISION
RECORD PRESSING, Nashville, Tn.
CECIL CAMPBELL Arthur Smith Studio, 5457 Old
Monroe Road Charlotte, N.C.: 1973
(vcl-1/stl
gtr);
Producer:
Arthur Smith
PRP-42641 STEEL GUITAR JAMBOREE Winston
WR-1007-45
(C.Campbell)
(Acuff-Rose BMI)
PRP-42642 LONESOME AT TWILIGHT -1 WR-1007-45
(C.Campbell) (Lynn
Music BMI)
NB(1): WINSTON WR-1007-45 released 1973.
NB(2): WINSTON WR-1007-45 pressed by PRECISION
RECORD PRESSING, Nashville, Tn.
CECIL CAMPBELL Arthur Smith Studio, 5457 Old
Monroe Road Charlotte,
N.C.: 1973
(vcl-1/stl
gtr);
Producer:
Arthur Smith
LET’S SPREAD A LITTLE
HAPPINESS -1 Winston WR-1008-45
(C.Campbell)
(Jolin Music BMI)
WALTZING WITH THE STEEL
GUITAR WR-1008-45
(C.Campbell)
(Starday BMI)
NB: WINSTON WR-1008-45 released 1973.
CECIL CAMPBELL Arthur Smith Studio, 5457 Old
Monroe Road Charlotte,
N.C.:
(vcl/stl gtr);
Producer:
Arthur Smith
474-7A EVERYBODY’S EATIN’ OUT NOBODY’S
COOKING IN Winston
1010 45
(C.Campbell) (Jolin
Music BMI)
474-7B JORETTA 1010 45
(C.Campbell) (Jolin
Music BMI)
NB: WINSTON 1010 45 released
CECIL CAMPBELL Arthur Smith Studio, 5457 Old
Monroe Road Charlotte,
N.C.: 1983
(vcl/stl gtr);
Producer:
Arthur Smith
N.C. WALTZ Lamon
LR 10088
(Campbell) (Jolin
Music/Laymond Pub. Co. BMI)
ROSETTA LR 10088
(Campbell) (Laymond
Pub. Co. BMI)
NB(1): LAMON LR 10088 released 1983.
NB(2): “N.C. WALTZ” legal title is “NORTH
CAROLINA WALTZ”.
DISCOGRAPHY compiled by DICK with acknowledgements to Barry
John, Al Turner, Michel Ruppli, Mario Manciotti, Tony Middleton, Wolf-Rüdiger
Sommer & Henk Scholts.
2004-2014.