Friday, June 20, 2014

Perfect Stranger



2nd version

by Praguefrank

SESSIONS
1994 Nashville, TN – Perfect Stranger (Steve Murray [vcl/gt], Richard Raines [gt/bck vcl], Shayne Morrison [bass /bck vcl], Andy Ginn [drums]. Producer: Clyde Brooks)
001 IT'S UP TO YOU PAC 9805 D7-76956/D2-77799
002 ONE MORE REPOSSESSION PAC 9805 D2-77799
003 YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENT PAC 9805 D7-76956/D2-77799 D2-78718
004 EVEN THE JUKEBOX CAN'T FORGET PAC 9805 D2-77799
005 RIDING THE RODEO PAC 9805 D2-77799
006 I AIN'T NEVER PAC 9805 D7-76969/D2-77799
007 I AM A STRANGER HERE MYSELF PAC  9805 D7-76969/D2-77799
008 CUT ME OFF PAC 9805 D7-76978/D2-77799
009 WE ROBBED TRAINS PAC 9805
010 DRINKIN’THING PAC 9805
ca early 1995 Nashville, TN – Perfect Stranger (Steve Murray [vcl/gt], Richard Raines [gt/bck vcl], Shayne Morrison [bass /bck vcl], Andy Ginn [drums]. Producer: Clyde Brooks)
011 REMEMBER THE RIDE D7-76978/D2-77799
012 WHO ARE YOU D2-77799
ca early 1997 Nashville, TN – Perfect Stranger (Steve Murray [vcl/gt], Richard Raines [gt/bck vcl], Shayne Morrison [bass /bck vcl], Andy Ginn [drums]. Producer: Clyde Brooks)
013 FIRE WHEN READY D7-73014/D2-78718 [remix] D7-73014
ca early 2001 Nashville, TN – Perfect Strangers (Steve Murray [vcl/gt], Richard Raines [gt/bck vcl], Shayne Morrison [bass /bck vcl], Andy Ginn [drums]. Producer: Clyde Brooks)
014 HITS D2-78718
015 RUNNIN' THRU MY MIND D2-78718
016 MIRACLE D2-78718
017 LITTLE BIT MORE OF YOUR LOVE D2-78718
018 ABSOLUTE CRAZY D2-78718
019 TAKE THE WEEKEND OFF D2-78718
020 MY HEART LOOKS THE OTHER WAY D2-78718
021 AIN'T IT STRANGE HOW THINGS TURN AROUND D2-78718
022 AIN'T THAT SOMETHIN' D2-78718
2009 Rosewood Studios, Tyler, TX – Pefrect Stranger (Marcus Eldridge [vcl/gt], Chad Ware [gt/banjo], Climt Williams [vcl/gt], Shayne Morrison [bass/bck vcl], Doug Martin [drums], Gary Leach [Hammond B 3/bck vcl]. Producer: Greg Hunt, Gary leach and Perfect Stranger)
023 HEY VIRGINIA Smith SED 7123  
024 CAN'T RUN AWAY Smith SED 7123  
025 DOWNTOWN NEON LIGHTS Smith SED 7123  
026 SHAKE THE WORLD Smith SED 7123  
027 TURNAROUND POINT Smith SED 7123  
028 UNWELCOME GUEST Smith SED 7123  
029 THE COMEBACK Smith SED 7123  
030 HIGHWAY GIRL Smith SED 7123  
031 BEAUTIFUL REGRET Smith SED 7123  
032 SLOW MOTION Smith SED 7123


ALBUMS

Pacific PAC 9805 It’s Up To You: It’s Up To You; One More Reposession; You have The Right To Remain Silent; Even The Jukebox Can't Forget; Riding The Rodeo; I Ain’t Never; I’m, Stranger Here Myself; Cut Me Off; We Robbed The Trains; Drinkin‘Thing  - 12-94
Curb D2-77799 You Have The Right To Remain Silent: Remember The Ride; It's Up To You; One More Repossession; You Have The Right To Remain Silent; Riding The Rodeo; I Ain't Never; Who Are You; Cut Me Off; I Am A Stranger Here Myself; Even The Jukebox Can't Forget – 06-95
Curb D2-78718 The Hits: Hits; Runnin' Thru My Mind; Miracle; Little Bit More Of Your Love; Absolute Crazy; Take The Weekend Off; My Heart Looks The Other Way; Fire When Ready; Ain't It Strange How Things Turn Around; Ain't That Somethin'; You Have The Right To Remain Silent – 26-06-01
Smith Entertainment SED 7123 Shake The World: Hey Virginia; Can't Run Away; Downtown Neon Lights; Shake the World; Turnaround Point; Unwelcome Guest; The Comeback; Highway Girl; Beautiful Regret; Slow Motion - 09-06-09

SINGLES
Curb (1995-01)
D7-76956 You Have The Right To Remain Silent / It's Up To You - 23-05-95
D7-76969 I'm A Stranger Here Myself / I Ain't Never -17-10-95
D7-76978 Remember The Ride / Cut Me Off - 27-02-96
D7-73014 Fire When Ready / Fire When Ready [remix] - 03-97

Layton Howerton




By Praguefrank

SESSION
1998 Vancouver, B.C., CAN – Layton Howerton (Layton Howerton [vcl/ac gt], Roy Salmond [el gt/dobro/ accordion/ piano/ pump organ/ Wurlitzer/ percussion/ programming/ bck vcl], Fergus Marsh [bass/Chapman stick], Phil Robertson [drums], +  Andrew Duncan [el gt-1], Rene Worst [bass-3], Randall Stall [percussion], Cam Wilson [violin-2], Spencer Capier [viola-4], Brian Mix [cello-5], Christian Stonehouse [bck vcl-6],  Grant Cunnihgham [bck-7], choir [bck vcl-8]. Producer: Roy Salmond ) [overdubs recorded at Whitewater Productions and at Studio 101]
001 PRAYIN', SOWIN', REAPIN' -6 Sparrow 51678
002 THE KIRBY MAN -1-7 Sparrow 51678
003 INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER Sparrow 51678
004 TIMOTHY -2 Sparrow 51678
005 LARGER THAN LIFE Sparrow 51678
006 BOXING GOD -3 Sparrow 51678
007 GRACE UNDER FIRE Sparrow 51678
008 IN OUR TOWN  -4-5 Sparrow 51678
009 TOUCH  -8 Sparrow 51678
010 SAMSON-ITE -3-4-5 Sparrow 51678
2004 unknown – Layton Howerton
011 PRAYIN' SOWIN' REAPIN'
012 MIDDLE CHILD
013 THE ROPE SWING
014 ONE
015 WIND IN THE WILLOWS
016 HANDS
017 THE KIRBY MAN
018 BEAUTY
019 TOLL ROADS
020 LOUISVILLE SLUGGER
021 WHO IS HOLY
022 BARNS
023 SAMSONITE
024 WHAT I'VE LEARNED
Tracks above issued on album The Storytellers Journal, vol. 1
2004 unknown – Layton Howerton
025 FLATS FIXED
026 LET EVERYTHING
027 POWER
028 YOU ARE ALL
029 NEBRASKA CITY
030 SPIDERS
031 THE WAY I AM (FOR KARA)
032 BEAUTY MARKS
033 GRACELAND
034 FRUITCAKE
035 KENTUCKY HOME
Tracks above issued on album The Storytellers Journal, vol. 2
2004 unknown – Layton Howerton
036 LOVE IN SKIN
037 DYED IN THE WOOL
038 IN JESUS NAME
039 TWISTED
040 RICH MAN
041 PARK IT UP
042 PEACE OF CHRIST
043 JESUS IS COMIN'
044 SOMEDAY
045 LONELY JANUARY
046 ROLL ME
2009 Ol' Fletchers Place, Lebanon, TN/ Ron Fairchild Music, Hendersonville, TN/ River Riders Ranch, Forestburg, TX/ Hilltop Recoring Studio, Nashville, TN – Layton Howerton (Layton Howerton [vcl/gt/ mandolin/ keyboards/ harmonica], Craig Fletcher [gt/ fiddle/  dobro/ mandolin/ bass/ lap steel/ banjo], Brad Albin [el/ac bass], Doug Frasure [drums/percussion], Lenny Franklin [keyboards])
047 SIDEWAYS
048 MAKER’S MARK
049 WHEN JESUS CAME TO TOWN
050 ARMAGEDDON MAN
051 SO YOU WOULDN’T FALL
052 THIS OF THIN THINKG
053 YES YOU DID
054 AIN’T UP TO ME
055 AN AMERICAN
056 KILL THE BEATS
057 ROUND PRAIRIE ROAD
058 BEFORE YOU LOVE ME
059 SAVE MY BABY (HEART-EST PART)
060 AUSTIN
061 ELEANOR
Tracks above issued on album Thick Of Thin Things
2009 unknown – Layton Howerton
062 GRAVITY
063 NOBODY LIKE YOU
064 EVANGELINE
064 MY HEART'S IN TENNESSEE
066 TO SOMEONE ELSE
Tracks above issued on EP Travelogue/Summer
2009 unknown – Layton Howerton
067 MUDDY RIVER
068 THICK OF THIN THINGS
069 WANDRIN'
070 ST ANTHONY
071 LOVE WINS
Tracks above issued on EP Travelogue/Fall
Ca 2011 unknown – Layton Howerton
072 RUSHING WIND
EMI CMG LISTEN TO OUR HEARTS (2011)
2012 Ol' Fletchers Place, Lebanon, TN/ Ron Fairchild Music, Hendersonville, TN/ Hilltop Recording Studio, Nashville, TN/Sunlite Music/Studios, Owensboro, KY – Layton Howerton (Layton Howerton [vcl/gt/ mandolin/ keyboards/ harmonica], Craig Fletcher [gt/ fiddle/  dobro/ mandolin/ bass/ lap steel/ banjo], Brad Albin [el/ac bass], Doug Frasure [drums/percussion], Callie and Phoebe Cryar [The Vespers] [bck vcl: background vocals
073 INTO THE BEAUTIFUL
074 ALL CREATED THINGS
075 TO SOMEONE ELSE
076 ALL THINGS... NEW
077 SMOOTH RUNNIN' ENGINE
078 ROSEMARY
079 SHELBYVILLE -1
080 WOODED GLENS
081 'TIL MY SOUL
082 MY DAD COUNTED
083 PICTURED IN
084 CHANGE YOU BACK
085 SOFT PLACE TO LAND
086 SECOND IN LINE
087 BROTHERHOOD OF FOOLS
088 TRY ANOTHER WAY
089 WOODED GLENS -1
Tracks above issued on album Layton Howerton
2023 unknown – Layton Howerton
090 I REMAIN
091 YOU FOUND ME
092 WE GOT THIS
093 TOP TEN THINGS
094 LOVE FROM HEAVEN
095 EVERY TIME I LOOK AT YOU
096 LOVE TO COME THROUGH
097 LET'S JUST GO
098 IF YOU WANT TO
099 A MYSTERY
Tracks above issued on album A Mystery






ALBUMS

Sparrow 7234-5-51678-2 Boxing God: Prayin', Sowin', Reapin'; Kirby Man; International Harvester; Timothy; Larger Than Life; Boxing God; Grace Under Fire; In Our Town; Touch; Samson-Ite -22-10-98
Daywind ? The Storytellers Journal, vol. 1: Prayin' Sowin' Reapin'; Middle Child; The Rope Swing; One; Wind In The Willows; Hands; The Kirby Man; Beauty; Toll Roads; Louisville Slugger; Who Is Holy; Barns; Samsonite; What I've Learned - 04
Daywind ? The Storytellers Journal, vol. 2: Flats Fixed; Let Everything; Power;You Are All; Nebraska City; Spiders; The way I am (for Kara);  Beauty Marks; Graceland; Fruitcake; Kentucky Home - 04
Daywind ? The Storytellers Journal, vol. 3: Love in Skin; Dyed In The Wool;  In Jesus Name; Twisted; Rich Man; Park it up; Peace of Christ; Jesus is comin';  Someday;  Lonely January; Roll Me - 04
Tin Cup ? Thick Of Thin Things: Sideways; Maker’s Mark; When Jesus Came To Town; Amrmageddon Man; So You Wouldn’t Fall; This Of Thin Thinkg; Yes You Did; Ain’t Up To Me; An American; Kill The Beats; Round Prairie Road; Before You Love Me; Save My Baby (Heart-est Part); Austin; Eleanor - 03-10-09
Sam Shelby Productions ?  (UPC885767059566) Layton Howerton: Into the Beautiful; All Created Things; To Someone Else; All Things... New; Smooth Runnin' Engine; Rosemary; Shelbyville; Wooded Glens; 'til My Soul; My Dad Counted; Pictured In; Change You Back; Soft Place to Land; Second in Line; Brotherhood of Fools; Try Another Way; Wooded Glens (feat. The Vespers) – 12
Layton Howerton ? A Mystery:  I Remain;  You Found Me;  We Got This;  Top Ten Things;  Love from Heaven; Every Time I Look at You;  Love to Come Through; Let's Just Go;  If You Want To;  A Mystery – 23-02-24

EPs
Travelogue/Summer: Gravity; Nobody Like You; Evangeline; My Heart's in Tennessee; To Someone Else – 09
Travelogue/Fall: Muddy River; Thick of Thin Things; Wandrin'; St Anthony; Love Wins – 03-10-09

Lloyd Ellis



Lloyd Hastings Ellis, *25-01-1920 Pensacola, FL
By Michel Ruppli, Praguefrank

SESSIONS only country and similar recordings listed
October 1953 Bradley Studio, 21st St., Hillboro Village, Nashville, TN – Joan Hager and Lloyd Ellis (unknown musicians. Producer: Dee Kilkpatrick)
001 YW-7504  THE SECRET IS OUT  unissued
002 YW-7505  THE LOVE I HOLD SO DEAR  Mercury 70273-x45
003 YW-7506  4-D RAG  70338-x45
004 YW-7507  STEEL GUITAR RAG  70273-x45
February 1954 Bradley Studio, 21st St., Hillboro Village, Nashville, TN – Joan Hager and Lloyd Ellis (unknown musicians. Producer: Dee Kilkpatrick)
YW-7558  BOOGIE  unissued
YW-7559  (I JUST WANT) SOMEBODY IN LOVE  unissued
YW-7560/PBE-983  ANNIE LAURIE  70641x45/SRW 16298 
YW-7561  YOU WON'T BE SATISFIED THAT WAY  unissued
YW-7562  DON'T LET ME START DREAMING AGAIN  unissued
YW-7563  ANOTHER'S WOMAN MAN  70338-x45
August 1954 Bradley Studio, 21st St., Hillsboro Village, Nashville, TN  - Lloyd Ellis
YW-7624  BLUE CHAMPAGNE  70520-x45
YW-7625  INDIAN LOVE CALL  70463-x45
YW-7626/PBE-985  YO YO BOOGIE  70520-x45/SRW-16298 
YW-7627  WALTZING GUITARS  70641x45
YW-7628/PBE-986  BOOGIE BLUES  70520-x45/SRW-16298
YW-7629/PBE-982  COTTONTAIL RAG  70590-x45/SRW-16298
ca. January 1955 poss. Bradley Studios, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Lloyd Ellis
YW-7679/PBE-984   OPEN UP THEM PEARLY GATES  SRW-16298
YW-7680  OH HOW YOU LIED  unissued
YW-7681  SWEET AND LOVELY  70590x45
YW-7682  EN LO NOCHE  unissued
1958 unknown – Lloyd Ellis (Lloyd Ellis [gt], Jerry Christy [bass], Bonnie Steele [drums], Tony Morrell [alto sax/flute])
CRAZY RHYTHM  Carlton LP 12104 
PATSY  Carlton LP 12104 
STUFFY  Carlton LP 12104 
SAVOY  Carlton LP 12104 
THE MAN I LOVE  Carlton LP 12104 
HOT ROD  Carlton LP 12104 
GULLY JUMPER  Carlton LP 12104 
NITECAP  Carlton LP 12104 
TOPSY  Carlton LP 12104 
SLEEPY TIME DOWN SOUTH  Carlton LP 12104   


ALBUMS
Carlton LP 12/104 The Fastest Guitar In The World: Crazy Rhythm; Patsy; Stuffy; Savoy; The Man I Love; Hot Rod; Gully Jumper; Nitecap; Topsy; Sleepy Time Down South - 58
Wing MGW-12298/SRW-16298 Guitar And Fiddle Country Style: [Tommy Jackson:] Turkey In The Straw; Back Up And Push; Devil's Dream; Fire On The Mountain; Sally Goodin'; [Lloyd Ellis:] Cottontail Rag; Annie Laurie;Open Up Them Pearly Gates; Yo-Yo Boogie; Boogie Blues - 65

SINGLES
Mercury (1953-55)
70273-X45 The Love I Hold So Dear / Steel Guitar Rag – 11-53
70338-X45 Another Woman's Man / Four "D" Rag - 04-54 w. Joan Hager
70463-X45 Indian Love Call / Yo-Yo Boogie – 10-54
70520-X45 Blue Champagne / Boogie Blues – 12-54
70590-X45 Cottontail Rag / Sweet And Lovely – 04-55
70641-X45 Waltzing Guitars / Annie Laurie (w. Joan Hager) – 06-55