Tom Jans

*09-02-1948 Yakima, WA, +25-03-1984

By Praguefrank with help of tomjans.com

SESSIONS

1971 unknown, CA – Tom Jans and Mimi Farina (Tom Jans, Mimi Farina, Craig Doerge. Jim Keltner. Leland Skaler, Emil Richards, Edgar Lustgarten, Russ Kunkel, Sneaky Pete. Producer: Mihael Jackson)

001 CAROLINA AM SP 4310  RVCD 361

002 CHARLOTTE AM SP 4310 

003 KINGS AND QUEENSAM SP 4310  

004 THE GREAT WHITE HORSE AM SP 4310 

005 REACH OUT (FOR CHRIS ROSS) AM 1339-S/SP 4310 

006 MADMAN AM 1302-S/SP 4310 

007 IN THE QUIET MORNING (FOR JANIS JOPLIN) AM SP 4310 

008 LETTER TO JESUS AM 1302-S/SP 4310  RVCD 361

009 AFTER THE SUGAR HARVEST AM SP 4310 

010 NO NEED TO BE LONELY AM SP 4310

011 GOOD, GOOF, I’M FEELING FINE AM 1339-S

Ca 1973 [demo sessions] unknown, CA – Tom Jans

01101 LOVING ARMS

01102 OLD TIME FEELING

01103 HART’S ISLAND

1973  Quadrophonic Studio, Nashville, TN - Tom Jans

012 LOVING ARMS AM 1496-S/SP 3644 RVCD 361

013 SHINE IT ON AM 1496-S

1974  Quadrophonic Studio, Nashville, TN - Tom Jans (Tom Jans [vcl], Lonnie Mack [gt], David Briggs [keyboards] + more unknown musicians. Producer: Mentor Williams)

014 MARGARITA AM SP 3644  RVCD 361

015 OLD TIME FEELING AM SP 3644  RVCD 361

016 TENDER MEMORY AM SP 3644 

017 SLIPPIN' AWAY AM SP 3644 

018 GREEN RIVER AM SP 3644 

019 BLUE SKY RIDER AM SP 3644   

020 FREE AND EASY AM SP 3644  RVCD 361

021 MEET ME AT THE BORDER? AM SP 3644  

022 HART'S ISLAND AM SP 3644 

1975 Sound Factory West, Hollywood, CA unknown, CA – Tom Jans (musicians similar as below)

023 GOTTA MOVE Columbia PC 33699 RVCD 361

1975 Sunset Sound Studio, Hollywood, CA – Tom Jans (Tom Jans [vcl/gt/piano], Fred Tackett [gt], Jesse Ed Davis [gt], Lowell George [gt], David Lindley [el gt/slide gt], Jerry McGee [el gt], Chuck Rainey/ Colin Cameron [bass gt], Harvey Mason/ Jeff Porcaro/ Jim Keltner [drums],  Sam Clayton [congas], Mike Utley [organ], Bill Payne [piano], Herb Pedersen, Lovely Hardy, Valerie Carter [bck vcl]. Producer: John Haeny, Tom Jans)

024 ONCE BEFORE I DIE Columbia 3-10295/PC 33699 RVCD 361 

025 WHERE DID ALL MY GOOD FRIENDS GO? Columbia PC 33699 

026 INSIDE OF YOU Columbia 3-10257 3-10295/PC 33699  RVCD 361

027 STRUGGLE IN DARKNESS Columbia 3-10257/PC 33699   RVCD 361

028 OUT OF HAND Columbia PC 33699  RVCD 361

029 THE LONESOME WAY BACK WHEN Columbia PC 33699 

030 LONELY BROTHER Columbia PC 33699 

031 DIRECTIONS AND CONNECTIONS Columbia PC 33699 

032 THE EYES OF AN ONLY CHILD Columbia PC 33699  RVCD 361

1976 unknown – Tom Jans (Producer; Joe Wissert)

033 READY TO ROLL Columbia PC 34292

034 WHY DON'T YOU LOVE ME Columbia 3-10470/PC 34292 RVCD 361

035 BLUER THAN YOU Columbia PC 34292

036 FINELINE Columbia 3-10470/PC 34292

037 DISTANT CANNON FIRE Columbia PC 34292 RVCD 361

038 YOUNG MAN IN TROUBLE Columbia PC 34292

039 ROSARITA Columbia PC 34292

040 BACK ON MY FEET AGAIN Columbia PC 34292 RVCD 361

041 STARLIGHT Columbia PC 34292

1982 Music Grinder Studio, Los Angeles, CA – Tom Jans (Tom Jans [vcl/ac gt/bck vcl], Fred Tackett [ac gt/slide gt], Lee Ritenour [gt], Paul Barrere [el gt], Steve Lukather [el gt], Lee Sklar / Ken Wild / Bob Glaub / David Hungate [bass gt], Carlos Vega [drums], Jeff Porcaro [drums/percussion], Steve Forman /Victor Feldman [percussion], Don Grusin [keybords/ synthesizer], Richard Kerr [piano/bck vcl], Bill Payne [keyboards], Steve Porcaro [synthesizer], Ernie Watts [sax], Jeff Osborne, Kate Markowitz, Valerie Carter [bck vcl]. Produced by Don Grusin) [overdub sessions: Sound Lab, Hollywood, CA; Group IV, Hollywood, CA; Yamaha Studio, Glendale, CA]

042 WHEN THE REBEL COMES HOME Canyon C25Y0025 RVCD 361

043 THERE'S A CHAMPION ON MY SIDE Canyon C25Y0025 

044 MISS YOUR HARMONY Canyon C25Y0025  

045 CHAMBERS OF THE HEART Canyon C25Y0025  

046 WORKING HOT Canyon C25Y0025 RVCD 361

047 COOL Canyon C25Y0025 

048 SOUTHERN BELLE Canyon C25Y0025 

049 LOST IN YOUR EYES Canyon C25Y0025 RVCD 361

050 VISIONS Canyon C25Y0025 

051 MOTHER'S EYES Canyon C25Y0025  RVCD 361

ALBUMS

A+M SP 4310 Take Heart: Carolina; Charlotte; Kings And Queens;  The Great White Horse; Reach Out (For Chris Ross); Madman; In The Quiet Morning (For Janis Joplin); Letter To Jesus; After The Sugar Harvest; No Need To Be Lonely – 09-71 w. Mimi Farina (reissued on Real Gone RG0013 in 2013)

A+M SP 3644 Tom Jans: Margarita; Old Time Feeling; Tender Memory; Slippin' Away; Green River; Blue Sky Rider; Loving Arms; Free And Easy; Meet Me At The Border?; Hart's Island – 13-09-74  (reissued on Real Gone RG0013 in 2013)

Columbia PC 33699 The Eyes Of An Only Child: Gotta Move; Once Before I Die; Where Did All My Good Friends Go?; Inside Of You; Struggle In Darkness; Out Of Hand; The Lonesome Way Back When; Lonely Brother; Directions And Connections; The Eyes Of An Only Child - 75

Columbia PC 34292 Dark Blonde: Ready To Roll; Why Don't You Love Me; Bluer Than You; Fineline; Distant Cannon Fire; Young Man In Trouble; Rosarita; Back On My Feet Again; Starlight – 10-09-76 (CD reissue on Sony Music Japan SICP 1504 in 2007)

Canyon [JAP] C25Y0025 Champion: When The Rebel Comes Home; There's A Champion On My Side; Miss Your Harmony; Chambers Of The Heart; Working Hot; Cool; Southern Belle; Lost In Your Eyes; Visions; Mother's Eyes – 82

Raven [AUS] RVCD 361 Tom Jans - Loving Arms (Best of 1971-1982): Carolina;  Letter to Jesus;  Loving Arms; Old Time Feeling; Margarita; Free and Easy; Gotta Move; Once Before I Die; Struggle in Darkness; Out of Hand; The Eyes of an Only Child; Inside of You; Why Don't You Love Me; Distant Cannon Fire; Back on My Feet Again; Mothers Eyes; When the Rebel Comes Home; Working Hot; Lost in Your Eyes – 13 (sampler)

Klondike KLCD 5015 Case Western Reserve 08-04-72: In The Quiet Morning; .Mama Tried; .Reach Out; You’r Sixteen; Children Of Darknesse; Loving Arms;  Letter To Jesus; .Madman; The Great White Horse; .Carolina;  Good God, I’m Feeling Fine; Carry It On  - 15  w. Mimi Farina (WNCR/FM radio broadcast, rec. 04-08-1972 at Case Western Reserve University Campus)

SINGLES

A+M

1302-S Madman / Letter To Jesus - 71 Mimi and Tom

1339-S Good God, I’m Feeling Fine / Reach Out – 71 w. Mimi Farina

1496-S Loving Arms / Shine It On – 19-01-74

Columbia

3-10257 Struggle In Darkness / Inside Of You – 11-75

3-10295 Once Before I Die / Inside Of You – 02-76

3-10470 Why Don’t You Love Me / Fineline - 77