Cecil Campbell

*22-03-1911 Danbury, NC, +18-06-1989 

2nd version

by Dick Grant,  Praguefrank, Michel Ruppli, Wolf-Rüdiger Sommer, Mario Manciotti, Tony Middleton, Henk Scholts, Derik Olson, Thieu Van De Vorst

SESSIONS see also Tennessee Ramblers

ca. December 1945 RCA Victor Studio, 155 East 24th St., Manhattan, New York City – Cecil Campbell’s Tennessee Ramblers (Cecil Campbell [steel], Roy Lear [vcl/bass], poss. William “Horse Thief Harry” Blair [gt])
001 HAWAIIAN SKIES RCA Victor 20-1790 / BACM CD D 467
002 MIDNIGHT BOOGIE 20-1790 / JASMCD-3542
003 NORTH CAROLINA SKIES 20-1874/CD 9003 JASMCD-3542

004 BEATTY STEEL BLUES 20-1874/ Country Classics 701  JASMCD-3542
23 May 1946 RCA Victor Studio 1, 155 East 24th St., Manhattan, New York City – Cecil Campbell’s Tennessee Ramblers (Cecil Campbell [steel], poss. William Blair [vcl/gt], Mickey Newell [vcl-1/], Benner Shelton [vcl-1/], Roy Lear [bass])
005 D6-VB-1799 CAMPBELL'S STEEL GUITAR SPECIAL 20-2024 / JASMCD-3542
007 D6-VB-2200 LITTLE HULA SHACK IN HAWAII -1 20-2155 / CD 5097-2 ACD 25014 BACM CD D 467
008 D6-VB-2201 LAST NIGHT I CRIED 20-2155 / JASMCD-3542
006 D6-VB-2202 I TRUSTED YOU 20-2024 / BACM CD D 467

BEAR FAMILY CD 5097-2 ACD 25014 AA V.A. GREETINGS FROM HAWAII (GER, 2004)
January 1947 poss. RCA Victor Studio, 155 East  24th St., Manhattan, New York City – Cecil Campbell’s Tennessee Ramblers or Cecil Campbell Trio [-1]  (Cecil Campbell [steel], poss. William Blair [vcl/gt], + unknown musicians)

009 D7-VB-290 STEEL GUITAR HOP –instr.-  20-2303 / JASMCD-3542
010 SHE'S GOT THE CUTTEST EYES 20-2303 / JASMCD-3542
011 IT’S GONNA COME HOME TO YOU 20-2404/ JASMCD-3542
012 HAWAIIAN MOON -1 –instr.- 20-2404 / BACM CD D 467
ca. October 1947 poss. RCA Victor Studio, 155 East  24th St., Manhattan, New York City – Cecil Campbell’s Tennessee Ramblers  (Cecil Campbell [steel], William Blair [vcl/gt],  Banner Shelton [] + unknown musicians)
013 TALK, TALK, TALK 20-2531 / JASMCD-3542
014 HAWAIIAN DREAMS 20-2531
015 PUT SOME MEAT ON THEM BONES 20-2669 / CD-9003 JASMCD-3542
016 NEATH HAWAIIAN PALMS 20-2669/ BACM CD D 467
ca. December 1947 poss. RCA Victor Studio, 155 East 24th St., Manhattan, New York City  – Cecil Campbell’s Tennessee Ramblers (Cecil Campbell [steel], poss. William Blair [vcl/gt], + unknown musicians)
017 PLEASE DON’T CALL IN ANY HELP 20-2807/CC 701 JASMCD-3542

018 TRYON STREET BLUES –instr- 20-2807/ BACM CD D 467

019 WHO'S BLUES ARE YOU NOW 20-2918 / JASMCD-3542
020 SOUTHERN SPECIAL –instr.-  20-2918 / JASMCD-3542
021 CHANT OF HAWAII 20-3116
022 PLEASE DADDY, DON'T DRINK NO MORE  20-3116/ Country Classics 701 BACM CD D 467
023 TIME WILL TELL 20-3239 / JASMCD-3542
024 I'M A HENPECKED MAN 20-3239 / JASMCD-3542
ca January 1949 poss. RCA Victor Studio, 155 East 24th St., Manhattan, New York City – Cecil Campbell’s Tennessee Ramblers (Cecil Campbell [steel], poss. William Blair [vcl/gt], + unknown musicians)

025 STEEL GUITAR RAMBLE 21-0014 48-0219/Country Classics 701 CCD 337 BACM CD D 467
026 LEFT ALL ALONE WITH A BROKEN HEART 21-0014 48-0219/ Country Classics 701  JASMCD-3542
027 TENNESSEE BORDER 21-0022 48-0022/ Country Classics 701  JASMCD-3542
028 BARN DANCE BREAKDOWN –instr.-  21-0022 48-0022 / CD-9003 BACM CD D 467

CATTLE CCD 337 30 STEELGUITAR HONKY TONK FAVORITES  (GER, 2009)

ca May 1949 poss. RCA Victor Studio, 155 East 24th St., Manhattan, New York City – Cecil Campbell’s Tennessee Ramblers (Cecil Campbell [steel], poss. William Blair [vcl/gt], + unknown musicians)

029 TROPICAL ISLAND 20-2807 21-0079 48-0076 / CD-9003 BACM CD D 467
030 TAR HEEL RAG 20-2807 21-0079 48-0076 / CD-9003 JASMCD 3539

JASMINE JASMCD 3539 FLYING FINGERS COUNTRY GUITAR VOL.1 (UK)
ca September 1949 poss. RCA Victor Studio, 155 East 24th St., Manhattan, New York City – Cecil Campbell’s Tennessee Ramblers
031 TEAR DROPS 21-0123 48-0126/ Country Classics 701  BACM CD D 467
032 NO WHERE, NO TIME, NO PLACE 21-0123 48-0126/Bronco Buster CD 9003 JASMCD-3542
033 NO, NO BLUES BLUES FOR ME 21-0158 48-0169/ CD-9003 BACM CD D 467
034 ONE LITTLE FLOWER 21-0158 48-0169/ CD-9003
December 1949 RCA Victor Studio, 155 East 24th St., Manhattan, New York City – Cecil Campbell’s Tennessee Ramblers

035 D9-VB-2704 CATAWBA RIVER BLUES  48-0340/CD 9003 JASMCD-3542

ca April 1950 poss. RCA Victor Studio, 155 East 24th St., Manhattan, New York City – Cecil Campbell’s Tennessee Ramblers
036 STEEL GUITAR SWING –instr.- 48-0340 / Country Classics 701 JASMCD-3542 CD 9056 CLCD 2875
037 SERENADE OF THE WINDS 48-0376 / BACM CD D 467
038 PROUD PAPA POLKA 48-0376/CD 9003

BRONCO BUSTER CD 9056 30 NOSTALGIC STEELGUITAR INSTRUMENTALS (GER, 2001); COLLECTOR CLCD 2875 MORE BOPPING MORE ROCKIN'  (NED, 2005)
ca November 1950 poss. RCA Victor Studio, 155 East 24th St., Manhattan, New York City – Cecil Campbell’s Tennessee Ramblers
039 STEEL GUITAR DIG –instr.- 48-0409 / Country Classics 701 CCD 337 BACM CD D 467
040 SPOOKIE BOOGIE 48-0409 / CD-9003 JASM 3560/1
041 STEEL GUITAR WIGGLE –instr.- 48-0445/ Country Classics 701  CCD 337
042 THE COCONUT ISLAND 48-0445 / BACM CD D 467

JASMINE JASMCD 3560/3561 HILLBILLY BOP 1948/1950 VOL. 1/2 (UK, 2005)
May 1951 poss. Brown Radio Productions, Nashville, TN or Atlanta, GA – Cecil Campbell‘ Tennessee Ramblers or Cecil Campbell’s Orchestra [-1]
043 TENNESSEE STEEL GUITAR 48-0472/CD-9003
044 STEEL GUITAR JAMBOREE 48-0499 /WLP 8939 CLCD 2860
045 PAPER ROSES 48-0472/ CD-9003 BACM CD D 467
046 YOU KEPT MAKIN' EYES ON ME 48-0499
047 NO WEDDING BELLS FOR ME -1 47-4325/ Country Classics 701  BACM CD D 467
048 E1-VB-940 STEEL GUITAR JAMBOREE 48-0499
049 E1-VB-941 CAROLINA STEEL GUITAR -1 47-4325

COLLECTOR WLP 8939 BILLY ROCK AND ROLL (NED, 1988); COLLECTOR CLCD 2860 HIGH STEPPING DADDY WITH THE SHUFFLING SHOES (NED, 1998)
ca 1952 Radio Station WBT, Wilder Building, Charlotte, NC – Cecil Campbell  and His Tennessee Ramblers (Producer: Arthur Smith)
050 107-A BOOGIE WOOGIE ON STEEL –instr. Big Wheel 107 /KKCD 26
051 107-B I GET THE BLUES Big Wheel 107 /KKCD 26

052 111-B CAMPBELL'S STEEL MARCH Big Wheel 111

053 111-A MONEY CAN'T BRING HAPPINESS  111

KRAZY KAT KKCD 26 TITLE CD TARHEEL SWING  (UK, 2003)
1953 Radio Station WBT, Wilder Building, Charlotte, NC – Cecil Campbell  and His Tennessee Ramblers (Producer: Arthur Smith)
054 E3-KB-5907 JUST A DROP IN THE BUCKET Palmetto CC-101 /KKCD 26 BACM CD D 467
055 E3-KB-5908 STEEL GUITAR TANGO Palmetto CC-101/ Country Classics 701  BACM CD D 467
October 1955 RCA Victor Studio, Methodist Television, Radio and Film Commission, 1525 McGavock St., Nashville, TN - Cecil Campbell and His Tennessee Ramblers
056 55-S-784/55-XY-585 STEEL GUITAR WALTZ MGM K12118 / BACM CD D 467
057 55-S-785/55-XY-586 GOMANGO -instr.- K12118/Bronco Buster CD-9003 April 1956 poss. Music City Recording, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN - Cecil Campbell and His Tennessee Ramblers
058 56-S-314/56-XY-243 DIXIELAND ROCK K12245/BCD-15789 BTCD 5703 MGM 2315394  
059 56-S-315/56-XY-244 FOG RISING ON THE MOUNTAIN K12245/ CD-9003
BEAR FAMILY BCD 15789 THAT'LL FLAT GIT VOL.7 / ROCKABILLY FROM THE VAULTS OF M-G-M RECORDS (GER, 1996)
September 1956 RCA Victor Studio, Methodist Television, Radio and Film Commission, 1525 McGavock St., Nashville, TN - Cecil Campbell and His Tennessee Ramblers
060 56-S-694/56-XY-485 I‘M ON THE RIGHT TOAD NOW K12405 / BACM D 231
061 56-S-695/56-XY-486 CONTENTMENT (NO.1) K12405/Bronco Buster CD-9003
BACM D 231 COUNTRY MUSIC ON MGM (UK, 2008)
ca. April 1957 poss. Bradley Film and Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN - Cecil Campbell and His Tennessee Ramblers
062 57-XY-348 ROCK AND ROLL FEVER K12482 /MGM 2315 394 BTCD 5703 BTCD 5713 CCD 1156510 SCCD 2440
063 57-XY-349 THE ROCKING GUITAR K12482 /MGM 2315 394 BTCD 5713 BCD 15789
MGM 2315 394 MGM ROCKABILLY COLLECTION (UK, 1977); BIG TONE BTCD-5703 MGM ROCKABILLIES, Vol.1 (UK, 1993); BIG TONE BTCD-5713 MGM ROCKABILLIES, Vol.2 (UK, 1993); CHIEF CCD-1156510 ULTRA RARE ROCKABILLIES, Vol.10 (NED, 1993); SMITH and Co. SCCD-2440 GREAT ROCKABILLY: JUST AS GOOD AS IT GETS!, Vol.5 (NED)
October 1957 RCA Victor Studio, Methodist Television, Radio and Film Commission, 1525 McGavock St., Nashville, TN – Cecil Campbell
064 57-XY-656/57-S-656 ON THE PRADO K12605 / BACM CD D 467
065 57-XY-657/57-S-657 I GET THE BLUES K12605
ca June 1963 Arthur Smith Studio, 5407 Old Monroe Road, Charlotte, NC – Cecil Campbell and His Tennessee Ramblers (Producer: Arthur Smith)
066 ST-6376 SPANISH STYLE SEP-227/SLP-254 BACM CD D 467

067 ST-6377 TWISTING THE STEEL SLP-254
068 ST-6378 WALTZING WITH THE STEEL GUITAR SEP-227/SLP-254 BACM CD D 467

069 ST-6379 BLUES ON THE STEEL SLP-254 BACM CD D 467

070 ST-6380 GO MEN GO  unissued
071 ST-6381 STEEL GUITAR SWING SLP-254 SLP-277
072 ST-6382 STEEL GUITAR RAMBLE SLP-254

073 ST-6383 CAROLINA STEEL GUITAR SLP-254

074 ST-6384 STEEL GUITAR JAMBOREE  SLP-254

075 ST-6385 CECIL'S STEEL GUITAR SPECIAL SEP-227 /SLP-254
076 ST-6386 DIXIE STEEL BLUES SEP-227/SLP-254

077 ST-6387 LONESOME AT TWILIGHT  SLP-254

078 ST-6388 unknown title
079 ST-6389 BOOGIE ON THE STEEL SLP-254/SLP-293
STARDAY SLP 277 UNFORGETTABLE COUNTRY INSTRUMENTALS (1964); STARDAY SLP 293 STEEL GUITAR AND DOBRO SPECTAVULAR (1964)

Ca 1965s Arthur Smith Studio, 5407 Old Monroe Road, Charlotte, NC – Cecil Campbell and His Tennessee Ramblers (Producer: Arthur Smith)
080 A GAME OF GOLF PART 1 Winston WR-1001-45

081 A GAME OF GOLF PART 2 Winston WR-1001-45

1965 Arthur Smith Studio, 5407 Old Monroe Road, Charlotte, NC – Cecil Campbell  (Producer: Arthur Smith)
082 BLUE HAWAII  Winston LP 1001

083 3071122A HAWAIIAN SKIES Winston WR-1002-45 WR 1009/ LP 1001
084 SONG OF THE ISLANDS LP 1001

085 MY HAPPINESS LP 1001

086 HARBOR LIGHTS LP 1001

087 HAWAIIAN HONEYMOON LP 1001

088 307122B 50TH STATE HULA Winston WR-1002-45 WR 1009/ LP 1001
089 COCONUT GROVE LP 1001

090 LITTLE HULA SHACK LP 1001

091 DON’T SING ALOHA LP 1001

092 SERENADE OF THE WINDS LP 1001

093 NEATH HAWAIIAN PALMS LP 1001

1965 Arthur Smith Studio, 5407 Old Monroe Road, Charlotte, NC – Cecil Campbell and His Tennessee Ramblers (Producer: Arthur Smith)
094 5-5954A JORETTA WR-1003-45
095 5-5954B I LIKE THE COUNTRY WR-1003-45
1969 Arthur Smith Studio, 5407 Old Monroe Road, Charlotte, NC – Cecil Campbell and His Tennessee Ramblers (Producer: Arthur Smith)
096 69-85A FOG RISING ON THE MOUNTAIN WR-1004-45
097 69-85B I WENT BACK TO MY OLD HOME WR-1004-45
1969 Arthur Smith Studio, 5407 Old Monroe Road, Charlotte, NC – Cecil Campbell and His Tennessee Ramblers (Producer: Arthur Smith)
098 MY ONLY LOVE Winston WR 1005-45

099 unknown title WR 1005-45

1970 Arthur Smith Studio, 5407 Old Monroe Road, Charlotte, NC – Cecil Campbell and His Tennessee Ramblers (Producer: Arthur Smith)
100 PRP-17061 MOUNTAIN DEW BLUES WR-1006-45
101 PRP-17062 STEEL GUITAR SWING WR-1006-45
1973 Arthur Smith Studio, 5407 Old Monroe Road, Charlotte, NC – Cecil Campbell  (Producer: Arthur Smith)
102 PRP 42641 STEEL GUITAR JAMBOREE WR-1007-45
103 PRP 42642 LONESOME AT TWILIGHT WR-1007-45
1973 Arthur Smith Studio, 5407 Old Monroe Road, Charlotte, NC – Cecil Campbell  (Producer: Arthur Smith)
104 LET'S SPREAD A LITTLE HAPPINESS WR-1008-45
105 WALTZING WITH THE STEEL GUITAR WR-1008-45

1970s Arthur Smith Studio, 5407 Old Monroe Road, Charlotte, NC – Cecil Campbell  (Producer: Arthur Smith)
106 EVERYBODY’S EATIN‘  OUT NOBODY’S COOKING IN 1010-45

107 JORETTA 1010-45

1983 Arthur Smith Studio, 5407 Old Monroe Road, Charlotte, NC – Cecil Campbell  (Producer: Arthur Smith)
108 N.C. WALTZ Lamon LR 10088

109 ROSETTA Lamon LR 10088

ALBUMS
Starday SLP-254 Steel Guitar Jamboree: Steel Guitar Swing; Blues On The Steel; Spanish Style; Cecil's Steel Guitar Special; Steel Guitar Jamboree; Carolina Steel Guitar; Twisting The Steel; Waltzing With The Steel Guitar; Dixie Steel Blues; Lonesome At Twilight; Steel Guitar Ramble – 63
Winston vol. 1001 Greatest Hawaiian Instrumentals: Blue Hawaii; Hawaiian Skies; Song Of The Islands; My Happiness; Harbor Lights; Hawaiian Honeymoon; 50th State Hula; Coconut Grove; Little Hula Shack; Don't Sing Aloha; Serenade Of The Winds; Neath Hawaiian Palms -  65 (many various date listed in discrographies between 1958-1965, Sleeve notes state that he had previously recorded for Starday [D.Grant])
Country Classics 701 Cecil Campbell: Steel guitar Ramble; Left All Alone With A Broken heart; Steel Guitar Wiggle; Tear Drops; Steel Guitar Tango; Please Daddy, Don’t Drink; Steel Guitar Dig; Tennessee Border; Steel guitar Swing; Please, Don’t Call In Any Help; Beaty Steel Blues; No Wedding Blues For Me – 81 (RCA tracks)
Bronco Buster [GER] CD-9003 Cecil Campbell And His Tennessee Ramblers: No Where, No Time, No Place; Proud Papa Polka; Tennessee Steel Guitar; Paper Roses; Fog Rising On The Mountain [MGM track]; Spookie Boogie; Gomango; Catawba River Blues; Put Some Meat On Them Bones; Tropical Island; Tar Heel Rag; North Carolina Skies; Barn Dance Breakdown; No Blues No Blues For Me; One Little Flower; Contentment [MGM track] - 95
Jasmine [UK] JASMCD-3542 Steel Guitar Swing: Won't You Sometimes Dream Of Me?; Left All Alone With A Broken Heart; Put Some Meat On Them Bones; Steel Guitar Hop [instr.]; It's Gonna Come Home To You; Who's Blues Are You Now?; Please Don't Call In Any Help; Midnight Boogie [instr.]; North Carolina Skies; Talk, Talk, Talk; I Don't Know Why I Should Cry Over You; Steel Guitar Swing [instr.]; She's Got The Cutest Eyes; Time Will Tell; Catawba River Blues; Campbell's Steel Guitar Special [instr.]; I'll Keep On Loving You; I'm A Hen Pecked Man; Southern Special; Tennessee Border; No Where, No Time, No Place; All My Natural Life; Last Night I Cried; Beaty Steel Blues [instr.] – 01-04-04

BACM [UK] Cecil Campbell and The Tennessee Ramblers: Waltzing With A Steel Guitar; Please Daddy Don’t Drink No More; Barn Dance Breakdown; Steel Guitar Tango; Hawaiian Skies; Little Hula Shack In Hawaii; Neath Hawaiian Palms;  Serenade Of The Winds; Paper Roses; Steel Guitar Ramble; Tear Drops; Tryon Street Boogie;  Tropical Island; Blues On The Steel; Spanish Style; I Trusted You; No Wedding Bells For Me; Hawaiian Moon; Coconut Island; Steel Guitar Dig; Steel Guitar Waltz; On The Prado; Just A Drop In The Bucket; No Blues, No Blues For Me – 11-14

 

SINGLES
RCA Victor (1946-51)
20-1790 Hawaiian Skies / Midnight Boogie – 01-01-46  (Canadian issue on Bluebird 58-0002)
20-1874 North Carolina Skies / Beatty Steel Blues – 14-05-46  (Canadian issue on Bluebird 58-0018)
20-2024 Campbell's Steel Guitar Special / I Trusted You – 26-11-46  (rev. Nov. 23)
20-2155 Little Hula Shack In Hawaii / Last Night I Cried – 25-02-47
20-2303 Steel Guitar Hop / She's Got The Cuttest Eyes – 10-06-47 (Canadian issue on Bluebird 58-0044)
20-2404 It’s Gonna ome Home To You / Hawaiian Moon – 19-08-47
20-2531 Talk, Talk, Talk / Hawaiian Dreams – 04-11-47  (adv. Oct. 25; Canadian issue on Bluebord 58-0055)
20-2669 Put Some Meat On Them Bones / Neath Hawaiian Palms – 20-01-48
20-2807 Please Don’t Call In Any Help / Tryon Street Blues – 06-04-48 (adv. Apr. 3)

20-2918 Who's Blues Are You Now / Southern Special – 15-06-48 (adv. June 12, rev. June 26)
20-3116 Chant Of Hawaii / Please Daddy, Don't Drink No More – 14-09-48 (adv. Sept. 11)
20-3239 Time Will Tell / I'm A Henpecked Man – 30-11-48  (adv. Dec. 4)
21-0014 Steel Guitar Ramble / Left All Alone With A Broken Heart – 15-02-49  (adv. Feb. 12)
21-0022 Tennessee Border / Barn Dance Breakdown – 15-03-49

21-0079/48-0076 Tropical Island / Tar Heel Rag – 14-06-49
21-0123/48-0126 Tear Drops / No Where, No Time, No Place – 25-10-49
21-0158/48-0169 No Blues, No Blues For Me / One Little Flower – 17-01-50
48-0219 Steel Guitar Ramble / Left All Alone With A Broken Heart – 28-02-50 (45 RPM version of 21-0014)
48-0340 Steel Guitar Swing / Catawba River Blues – 30-05-50
48-0376 Serenade Of The Winds / Proud Papa Polka – 29-08-50 (Canadian issue on Bluebird 58-0161)
48-0409 Steel Guitar Dig / Spookie Boogie – 05-12-50 (adv., Dec. 2, rev. Dec. 23)
48-0445 Steel Guitar Wiggle / The Coconut Island – 13-03-51 (rev. March 10)
48-0472 Paper Roses / Tennessee Steel Guitar – 22-05-51 (adv. May 19)
48-0499 Steel Guitar Jamboree / You Kept Makin' Eyes On Me – 14-08-51  (adv. Aug. 11)
47-4325 Carolina Steel Guitar / No Wedding Bells For Me – 23-10-51
Big Wheel (1952)
107 Boogie Woogie On Steel / I Get The Blues – ca. 52
111 Campbell's Steel March / Money Can't Bring Happiness – ca 52
Palmetto (1953)
CC-101 Steel Guitar Tango / Just A Drop In The Bucket - 53
MGM (1955-57)
K 12118 Steel Guitar Waltz / Go, Man, Go – 22-11-55
K 12245 Dixieland Rock / Fog Rising On The Mountain – 08-05-56
K 12405 Contentment / I'm On The Right Road Now – 08-01-57
K 12482 Rock And Roll Fever / The Rocking Guitar – 30-05-57 (rev. May 27)
K 12605 On The Prado / I Get The Blues – 09-01-58
Starday (1963
(EPs)
SEP-227 Cecil's Steel Guitar Special / Spanish Style/ Dixie Steel Blues / Waltzing With The Steel Guitar – 63 (MX: /ZTSB-83492/83493)
Winston (1965-)
WR-1001-45 A Game Of Golf part 1 / A Game Of Golf part 2 – 65

WR-1002-45 50th State Hula / Hawaiian Skies – 65 (reissued on WR 1009-45)
WR-1003-45 Joretta / I Like The Country – 65
WR-1004-45 Fog Rising On The Mountain / I Went Back To My Old Home - 69
WR-1005-45 My Only Love / ? - 69

WR-1006-45 Steel Guitar Swing / Mountain Dew Blues - 70
WR-1007-45 Steel Guitar Jamboree / Lonesome At Twilight - 73
WR-1008-45 Let's Spread A Little Happiness / Waltzing With The Steel Guitar – 73

1010-45 Everybody’s Eatin‘  Out Nobody’s Cooking In / Joretta – 7-

Lamon (1983)
LR 10088 N.C. Waltz / Rosetta - 83

Del Barber

*14-10-1983 Winnipeg, Manitoba, CAN

2nd version

by Praguefrank

SESSIONS

2008 Empire Recordings, Winnipeg, MB, CAN – Del Barber

001 MORNING SONG DB 01

002 STORY THAT YOU TELL DB 01

003 WHERE THE CITY ENDS DB 01

004 LOVE IS JUST A WRECKING BALL DB 01

005 MUDDY PALMS DB 01

006 HURRY DB 01

007 LEATHER BOOT BLUES DB 01

008 HARVEST DB 01

009 LONG LONG WINTER DB 01

010 GOD DAMN DESIRE DB 01

011 PARTY SONG DB 01  

2010 Empire Recordings, Winnipeg, MB, CAN – Del Barber

012 AS FAR AS I CAN TELL DB 02

013 CHICAGO DB 02

014 LOVE SONG FOR THE LAST TWENTY DB 02

015 MILES AND YEARS DB 02

016 HOME TO MANITOBA DB 02

017 COMING HOME WITH THE SUMMER DB 02

018 STORY I CAN BELIEVE DB 02

019 IF I TOLD YOU THAT I LOVED YOU DB 02

020 SONGWRITER'S LAMENT DB 02

021 62 RICHMOND DB 02

022 THUNDER BAY DB 02

023 KATY SPARROW DB 02

October 2011 Empire Recordings, Winnipeg, MB, CAN – Del Barber

024 LOVE AND WINE Six Shooter SIX 069

025 EVERYTHING IS NOT ENOUGH Six Shooter SIX 069

026 QUEEN OF JULY Six Shooter SIX 069

027 BELIEVE ME Six Shooter SIX 069

028 CAN'T TURN AROUND Six Shooter SIX 069

029 RIGHT SIDE OF THE WRONG Six Shooter SIX 069

030 THE WAITRESS Six Shooter SIX 069

031 RUNNING ON A WIRE Six Shooter SIX 069

032 HEN HOUSE MANIFESTO Six Shooter SIX 069

033 SOUL OF THE LAND THAT'S MINE  SIX 069

June/October 2013 Broken Ground Productions, Winnipeg, MB, CAN/Empire Recording, Winnipeg, MB, CAN/The Bergman Family Farm Silo And Heifer Barn, Glenlea, CAN – Del Barber

034 LIVING WITH A LONG WAY TO GO True North 589

035 FAREWELL, GOD BLESS YOU, GOODBYE True North 589

036 WALKING IN A STRAIGHT LINE True North 589  

037 ARIANNA True North 589

038 COUNTRY GIRL True North 589

039 PETER AND JENNY LEE True North 589

040 IT'S HARDER THAN YOU THINK True North 589

041 BIG SMOKE True North 589  

042 YELLOWHEAD ROAD True North 589  

043 WIND AND THE WIRE True North 589

044 SPARROW AND THE CROW True North 589

045 ALL THAT IT TAKES True North 589

046 TELL ME WHERE TO START True North 589

047 WHITE LINES AND TAILLIGHTS True North 589

2015 Exchange District Studios, Winnipeg, MB, CAN - Del Barber and the No Regretzkys (Del "the Destroyer" Barber [vcl/gt], Grant "Drippy" Siemens [t/lap steel],  Bill "the Preacher" Western [steel], Bernie "Stone Hands" Thiessen [bass], Ryan "Good 'Nuff" Voth [drums], Marc "the Muscle" Arnouold [keyboards],Hayley "the Hurricane" Burke, Mike "Motorbike" Blair, Eric "the Brick" Burke [bck vcl]. Producer: Grant Siemens and Del Barber)

048 THE HOCKEY THEME TNCD 616  

049 BIG LEAGUE TNCD 616  

050 LIGHTS GO OUT TNCD 616  

051 SAWCHUK TNCD 616  

052 CLEAR THE TRACK, HERE COMES SHACK TNCD 616  

053 FLAME OF VICTORY (COACH’S CORNER THEME) TNCD 616  

054 THE HOCKEY SONG TNCD 616  

055 HUDSON BAY RULES TNCD 616  

056 A GAME GOIN’ ON TNCD 616  

057 MON CHANDAIL DE HOCKEY TNCD 616  

058 THE HEY SONG AKA ROCK AND ROLL (PART 2) TNCD 616  

059 GRETZKY ROCKS TNCD 616  

060 HOCKEY NIGHT TONIGHT TNCD 616  

061 THE HOCKEY THEME (OVERTIME) TNCD 616

2019 Edmonton, CAN – Del Barber (Producer: Grant Siemens, Del Barber)

062 DANCING IN THE LIVING ROOM

063 PATIENT MAN

064 EVERYDAY LIFE

065 LOUISE

066 LEADS YOU HOME

067 LUCKY PRAIRIE STARS

068 JUANITA

069 RONNIE AND ROSE

070 BLOOD ON THE SAND

071 NO EASY WAY OUT

072 EASY KEEPER

Tracks above issued on album Easy Keeper

2020 and sooner unknown – Del Barber
073 MEANTIME
074 NOTHING LEFT TO FIND
075 FRIENDS LIKE US
076 TRAVELIN'
077 I BELONG WITH YOU
078 EMPTY PLATE AND AN APPETITE
079 FISHIN' AND WISHIN'
080 JUST A LITTLE HEAT
tracks above issued on EP Stray Dogs (Collected B-Sides, vol. 1)
2022 unknown – Del Barber
081 SOMETHING TO SAY
082 STILL GOT YOU
083 I TOLD YOU SO
084 ONE GOOD YEAR
085 EVEN GOD ALMIGHTY
086 FLASH IN THE PAN
087 JARED
088 SPADE
089 BULLS
090 ME AND JIM
091 MARIA
092 ON MY WAY OUT THE DOOR
tracks above issued on album Almanac




           

 

 

ALBUMS

Corn Cob [CAN] DB 01 Where The City Ends: Morning Song; Story That You Tell; Where The City Ends; Love Is Just A Wrecking Ball; Muddy Palms; Hurry; Leather Boot Blues; Harvest; Long Long Winter; God Damn Desire; Party Song - 10-04-09

Corn Cob [CAN] DB 02 Love Songs For The Last Twenty: As Far As I Can Tell; Chicago; Love Song For the Last Twenty; Miles And Years; Home To Manitoba; Coming Home With The Summer; Story I Can Believe; If I Told You That I Loved You; Songwriter's Lament; 62 Richmond; Thunder Bay; Katy Sparrow- 15-06-10

Six Shooter [CAN] SIX 069 Headwaters: Love and Wine; Everything is Not Enough; Queen of July; Believe Me; Can't Turn Around; Right Side of the Wrong; The Waitress; Running on a Wire; Hen House Manifesto; Soul of the Land That's Mine  - 01-05-12 (also on vinyl)

True North [CAN] TNCD 589 Prairieography: Living With A Long Way To Go; Farewell, God Bless You, Goodbye; Walking in a Straight Line; Arianna; Country Girl; Peter And Jenny Lee; It's Harder Than You Think; Big Smoke; Yellowhead Road; Wind And The Wire; Sparrow and the Crow; All That It Takes; Tell Me Where To Start; White Lines and Taillights – 18-03-14

True North [CAN] TNCD 616  The Puck Drops Here: The Hockey Theme; Big League; Lights Go Out; Sawchuk; Clear The Track, Here Comes Shack; Flame of Victory (Coach’s Corner Theme); The Hockey Song; Hudson Bay Rules; A Game Goin’ On; Mon Chandail de Hockey; The Hey Song aka Rock And Roll (Part 2); Gretzky Rocks; Hockey Night Tonight; The Hockey Theme (Overtime) – 15-04-16 w. The No Regretzkys

Corn Cob Music /Acronym [CAN] ? Easy Keeper: Dancing in the Living Room; Patient Man; Everyday Life; Louise; Leads You Home; Lucky Prairie Stars; Juanita; Ronnie and Rose; Blood on the Sand; No Easy Way Out; Easy Keeper – 20-09-19

Acronym [CAN] ? Almanac: Something to Say; Still Got You; I Told You So; One Good Year; Even God Almighty; Flash in the Pan; Jared; Spade; Bulls; Me and Jim; Maria; On My Way Out the Door – 28-04-23
 

EPs
Acronym [CAN] ? Stray Dogs (Collected B-Sides, vol. 1):Meantime;  Nothing Left To Find;  Friends Like Us;  Travelin';  I Belong With You;  Empty Plate And An Appetite; Fishin' And Wishin'; Just A Little Heat – 20-08-21