Joe Bennett and Sparkletones

2nd version

By Praguefrank, Michel Ruppli, Thieu Van De Vorst with help of RCS site

SESSIONS10 June 1957 Bell Sound Studios, 237 West 54th St., New York City – Joe Bennett and Sparkletones (Joe Bennett [vcl], Howard Childress [gt], Wayne Arthur [bass], Irving Denton [drums])
001 996 SUGAREE unissued
002 997 JUST ROCK unissued
003 998 BLACK SLACKS ABC 45-9837/ MCA-1553 CD 5427 LP 7281 CD 99012 BCD 15972
004 999 BOPPIN‘ ROCK BOOGIE 45-9837/ MCA-1553 CD 5427 LP 7281 CD 99012
BEAR FAMILY BCD 15972 THAT'LL FLAT GIT IT VOL.13 /  ROCKABILLY FROM THE VAULTS OF ABC RECORDS (GER, 2003)
1957 or later [live] unknown – Joe Bennett
00401 BLACK SLACKS  TVY  CD 9446
18 September 1957 Bell Sound Studios, 237 West 54th St., New York City – Joe Bennett and Sparkletones (Joe Bennett [vcl], Howard Childress [gt], Wayne Arthur [bass], Irving Denton [drums])
005 2999 PENNY LOAFERS AND BOBBY SOCKS 45-9867/ MCA-1553 CD 5427 LP 7281 CD 99012
006 3000 NUMBER ONE ON MY LOVE LIST Karusell KSEP 3104/MCA-1553
007 3001 ROCKET 45-9867/ MCA-1553 CD 5427 LP 7281 CD 99012
008 3002 LET'S GO ROCK AND ROLL unissued/MCA-1553 CD 99012 CD 5427
27 November 1957 [#265] Capitol Recording Studio, 151 W. 6th St.,  New York City – Joe Bennett and Sparkletones (Joe Bennett [vcl/gt], Howard Childress [vcl/gt], Wayne Arthur [bass], Irving Denton [drums])
009 3098 COTTON PICKIN‘ ROCKER 45-9885/ MCA-1553 LP 5427 CD 99012 CD 5427 BCD 15972
010 3099 BLUE BOP unissued
5 December 1957 poss. Bell Sound Studios, 237 West 54th St., New York City – Joe Bennett and Sparkletones (Howard Childress [gt], Wayne Arthur [bass], Irving Denton [drums])
011 3100 MAYBE BABY unissued/ MCA-1553 CD 5427 CD 99012
012 3101 I DIG YOU, BABY 45-9885/ MCA-1553 CD 5427 LP 7281 CD 99012
10 March 1958 poss. Bell Sound Studios, 237 West 54th St., New York City – Joe Bennett and Sparkletones (Howard Childress [gt], Wayne Arthur [bass], Irving Denton [drums])
013 3254 MISS BROWN unissued
014 3255 TEACHER MAY I GO unissued
Note:Curiously LITTLE TURTLE,listed below as 3259,was listed in files as 3253,from March 10 session, whereas 3252, 3253 were used for a Bobby lee Trammel session.
11 March 1958 poss. Bell Sound Studios, 237 West 54th St., New York City – Joe Bennett and Sparkletones (Howard Childress [gt], Wayne Arthur [bass], Irving Denton [drums])
015 3259 LITTLE TURTLE 45-9929/ CD 5427 LP 7281 CD 99012
016 3260 DO THE STOP 45-9959/ CD 5427 LP 7281 CD 99012
017 3261 WE‘VE HAD IT 45-9929/ CD 5427 LP 7281 CD 99012
018 3262 LATE AGAIN 45-9959/ CD 5427 LP 7281 CD 99012 [alt.] MCA-1553
ca. January 1959 unknown – Joe Bennett
019 K9OW-2454 BAYOU ROCK Paris 45-530/ CD 5427 LP 7281 CD 99012
020 K9OW-2455 BEAUTIFUL ONE Paris 45-530/ CD 5427 LP 7281 CD 99012
ca. July 1959 unknown – Joe Bennett
021 ZTSP-60565 BOYS DO CRY Paris 45-537/ CD 5427 LP 7281 CD 99012 [alt.:] CD 99012
022 ZTSP-60566/L9OW-2142 WHAT THE HECK Paris 45-537 Paris 45-546/ CD 5427 LP 7281 CD 99012
ca. November 1959 unknown – Joe Bennett
023 ZTSP-62554 ARE YOU FROM DIXIE? Paris 45-542/ CD 5427 LP 7281 CD 99012
024 ZTSP-62555 BEAUTIFUL ONE Paris 45-542
1960 unknown – Joe Bennett
025 L9OW-2141 SOFTLY Paris 45-546/CD 99012
ca. March 1965 unknown – Sparkletones
026 4599 RUN, RABBITT, RUN 45-10659/LP 7281 CD 99012
027 4600 WELL DRESSED MAN 45-10659/CD 99012

ALBUMS
MCA MCA-1553 Black Slacks: Cotton Pickin' Rocker; Penny Loafers And Bobby Socks; Number One On My Love List*; Rocket; Let's Go Rock And Roll**; Black Slacks; The Boppin' Rock Boogie; Maybe Baby**; I Dig You Baby; Late Again [alt]** – 83 Sparkletones (*previously unissued in USA, **previously unissued)

Globe [EU] CD 542/7 Joe Bennett and the Sparkletones: Black Slacks;Penny Loafers And Bobby Socks; Boppin' Rock Boogie; Cotton Pickin' Rocker; Rocket; I Dig You Baby; Bayou Rock; What The Heck; Are You From Dixie; Little Turtle; We've Had It; Do The Stop; Late Again; Boys Do Cry; Number One On My Love List; Let's Go Rock And Roll; Maybe Baby; Late Again [alt.]; Beautiful One - 83
Sparkletone [GER] SP-CD-99012 The Sparkletones : Complete Recordings 1957-1959: Black Slacks;  Boppin' Rock Boogie; Penny Loafers And Bobby Socks; Rocket; I Dig You, Baby; Cotton Pickin' Rocker; Late Again; Maybe Baby; Let's Go Rock And Roll; Number One On My Love List; Little Turtle; We've Had It; Do The Stop; Late Again; Run, Rabbit, Run; Well Dressed Man; Bayou Rock; What The Heck; Are You From Dixie?; Boys Do Cry; Beautiful One; Softly; Boys Do Cry [alt. vers.]; The King Is Coming Back - 95
Paris 33-7281 The Sparkletones: Bayou Rock; What The Heck; Are You From Dixie; Black Slacks; Boppin' Rock Boogie; Rocket; Penny Loafers And Bobby Socks; Cotton Pickin' Rocker; I Dig You Baby; Little Turtle; We've Had It; Do The Stop; Late Again; Run Rabbit Run - 98

EPs
Karussell [SWE]

KSEP3104 Black Slacks;  Boppin' Rock Boogie / Penny Loafers And Bobby Socks;  Rocket

SINGLES
ABC-Paramount (1957-58)
45-9837 Black Slacks / Boppin' Rock Boogie – 07-57 (rev. July 15)
45-9867 Penny Loafers And Bobby Socks / Rocket – 11-57 (rev. Nov. 11)
45-9885 Cotton Pickin' Rocker / I Dig You, Baby – 02-58 (rev. Feb. 10)
45-9929 We've Had It / Little Turtle – 05-58 (rev. May 26)
45-9959 Late Again / Do The Stop – 09-58 (rev. Sept. 29)
Paris (1959-60)
45-530 Bayou Rock / Beautiful One – 03-59
45-537 Boys Do Cry / What The Heck – 08-59 (rev, Aug. 24)
45-542 Are You From Dixie? / Beautiful One – 01-60 (rev. Jan. 4)
45-546 Softly / Bayou Rock – 04-60 (rev. Apr. 18)
ABC-Paramount (1965)
45-10659 Run Rabbit Run / Well Dressed Man – 05-65

Steel Audrey

By Praguefrank

SESSIONS

2012 Neighbourhood Productions, Vancouver, BC, CAN – Steel Audrey (Steel Audrey [vcl/gt], Matthew Rogers  [bass/drums/ percussion]. Producer: Matthew Rogers)

001 SILVER CITY

002 BEAT UP OLD HOBO (FREE)

003 FEARS OF MY FATHER

004 POCKETWATCH PATRICK

005 SUNSHINE HILL (WINTER) 

Tracks above issued on EP Steel Audrey

2014 Neighbourhood Productions, Vancouver, BC, CAN – Steel Audrey (Steel Audrey [vcl/ac gt], Matthew Rogers [gt/organ/ banjo], Scott Smith [steel/ el gt], Erik Nielsen [bass], John Raham [drums], Kathleen Nisbet [fiddle], Tom Heuckendorff [organ], Christie Rose, Sarah Orton, Savannah Leigh Wellman, Jody Peck [bckl vcl]. Producer: Matthew Rogers)

006 GOLD DIGGER

007 I'VE BEEN TOO BUSY TO LOVE YOU

008 'TIL THE WORLD CAVES IN

009 BACK TO THE EARTH (FROM WHICH I CAME)

010 MANITOBA JACKFROST BLUES

011 YOUR SMILE WAITS FOR MINE

012 THE BLUEBIRD'S SINGIN'

013 I KILLED A MAN

014 COLD MAN

015 THE TROUBADOUR

016 AIN'T NEVER HAD A WOMAN LIKE YOU

017 MEET MY MAKER

Tracks above issued on album From Which I Came

 

ALBUMS

Steel Audrey  [CAN] ? From Which I Came: Gold Digger;  I've Been Too Busy To Love You;  'Til The World Caves In;  Back To The Earth (From Which I Came);  Manitoba Jackfrost Blues;  Your Smile Waits For Mine;  The Bluebird's Singin';  I Killed A Man;  Cold Man;  The Troubadour;  Ain't Never Had A Woman Like You;  Meet My Maker – 14-10-14

EPs

Steel Audrey [CAN] no # Audrey Steel: Silver City; Beat Up Old Hobo (free); Fears of My Father; Pocketwatch Patrick; Sunshine Hill (Winter)  - 03-07-12

Richard Bennett

2nd version

By Praguefrank
SESSIONS also member of Lou Reid/Carolina
ca. 1996 Mountain Star Studios, ?  – Richard Bennett (Richard Bennett [vcl/gt],  Tony Rice [gt],Wanda Barnett Bennett [vcl], Phil Ledbetter [dobro], Jerome Webb [mandolin/ fiddle], Kenny Blanton [mandolin], Mark Brooks [bass]. Producer: Bill Blanton)
001 SOUNDS OF WINTER Rebel REB-CD-1738
002 GREENSLEEVES Rebel REB-CD-1738
003 BANKS OF THE OHIO Rebel REB-CD-1738
004 WALKING DOWN THE LINE Rebel REB-CD-1738
005 PALLET ON THE FLOOR Rebel REB-CD-1738
006 IF I COULD GO BACK HOME AGAIN Rebel REB-CD-1738
007 TRUE LOVE IS HARD TO FIND Rebel REB-CD-1738
008 ROAN MOUNTAIN RAG Rebel REB-CD-1738
009 JOHNSTOWN FLOOD Rebel REB-CD-1738
010 RAIN POURS DOWN Rebel REB-CD-1738
1998 Acoustic Image, Hendersonville, TN – Richard Bennett (Richard Bennett [vcl/gt],  Jimmy Gaudreau [vcl/mandolin], Ronnie McCoury [vcl/mandolin], Scott Vestal [banjo], Bobby Hicks [fiddle])
011 LONG LONESOME TIME Rebel REB-CD-1748
012 TODAY'S THE DAY I GET MY GOLD WATCH AND Rebel REB-CD-1748
013 FIELDS OF LOVE Rebel REB-CD-1748
014 MIGHTY DARK TO TRAVEL Rebel REB-CD-1748
015 OLD OLD HOUSE Rebel REB-CD-1748
016 WASHINGTON COUNTY BREAKDOWN Rebel REB-CD-1748
017 DOIN' MY TIME Rebel REB-CD-1748
018 MOTHER ABOVE Rebel REB-CD-1748
019 DIXIE HOEDOWN Rebel REB-CD-1748
020 PICTURE OF YOU Rebel REB-CD-1748
021 A THING CALLED LOVE Rebel REB-CD-1748
022 HOW GREAT THOU ART Rebel REB-CD-1748

2012 The Lonesome Day Studio, 143 Deaton Road, Booneville, KY – Richard Bennett (Richard Bennett [vcl/gt], Ron Stewart [banjo/ mandolin/ fiddle], J.D. Crowe [banjo], Danny Barnes/ Shayne Bartley [mandolin], Rickie Simpkins [fiddle])
023 WORKIN' MAN'S BLUES Lonesome Day LDR 036

024 LAST TRAIN FROM POOR VALLEY Lonesome Day LDR 036

025 GENTLE ON MY MIND Lonesome Day LDR 036

026 ROAN MOUNTAIN RAG Lonesome Day LDR 036

027 THE BALLAD OF JESSE JAMES Lonesome Day LDR 036

028 WRONG ROAD ALBUM Lonesome Day LDR 036  

029 I'M THINKING TONIGHT OF MY BLUE EYES Lonesome Day LDR 036

030 GEORGIA ON MY MIND Lonesome Day LDR 036

031 DON QUIXOTE Lonesome Day LDR 036  

032 FROM THE TOP Lonesome Day LDR 036  

033 HANDSOME MOLLY Lonesome Day LDR 036  

034 TENNESSEE WALTZ Lonesome Day LDR 036

2014 The Lonesome Day Studio, 143 Deaton Road, Booneville, KY – Richard Bennett (Richard Bennett [vcl/gt], Tony Rice [gt], Adam Steffey [mandolin], Ron Stewart [fiddle])
035 IN THE WIND SOMEWHERE Lonesome Day LDR 041

036 BONNIE Lonesome Day LDR 041

037 FIELDS OF GOLD Lonesome Day LDR 041

038 STRONGER EVERY DAY Lonesome Day LDR 041

039 THE LAST THING ON MY MIND Lonesome Day LDR 041

040 YESTERDAY Lonesome Day LDR 041

041 GEORGIE Lonesome Day LDR 041

042 FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN Lonesome Day LDR 041

043 ACROSS THE GREAT DIVIDE Lonesome Day LDR 041

044 WAYFARING STRANGER Lonesome Day LDR 041

2018 unknown – Shawn Lane and Ricgard Bennett (Richard Bennett [vcl/gt], Shawn Lane [vcl/gt], Gaven Largent [resonator gt])

045 SHADY GROVE Bonfire 5007   

046 NAUTICAL SONG Bonfire 5007  

047 HARMON'S DEN Bonfire 5007  

048 CHARLESTOWN Bonfire 5007  

049 MUSSEL SHELL Bonfire 5007  

 

ALBUMS
Rebel REB-CD-1738 Walking Down The Line: Sounds Of Winter; Greensleeves; Banks Of The Ohio; Walking Down The Line; Pallet On The Floor; If I Could Go Back Home Again; True Love Is Hard To Find; Roan Mountain Rag; Johnstown Flood; Rain Pours Down – 03-06-97
Rebel REB-CD-1748 A Long Lonesome Time: Long Lonesome Time; Today's The Day I Get My Gold Watch And; Fields Of Love; Mighty Dark To Travel; Old Old House; Washington County Breakdown; Doin' My Time; Mother Above; Dixie Hoedown; Picture Of You; Thing Called Love; How Great Thou Art – 29-09-98

Lonesome Day LDR 036 Last Train To Poor Valley: Workin' Man's Blues;  Last Train From Poor Valley;  Gentle On My Mind;  Roan Mountain Rag;  The Ballad Of Jesse James; Wrong Road Album;  I'm Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes;  Georgia On My Mind;  Don Quixote;  From The Top;  Handsome Molly;  Tennessee Waltz – 13-11-12

Lonesome Day LDR 041 In The Wind Somewhere: In The Wind Somewhere; Bonnie; Fields Of Gold; Stronger Every Day;  The Last Thing On My Mind;  Yesterday;   Georgie; Fire On The Mountain;  Across The Great Divide; Wayfaring Stranger – 27-05-14

EPs

Bonfire 5007 Land And Harbor: Shady Grove;  Nautical Song; Harmon's Den; Charlestown; Mussel Shell – 18-01-19 w. Shawn Lane

 

DVD

Rebel REB 9001 Richard Bennett And Blue Towne: A Long Lonesome Time; Walkin' Down The Line;  Doin' My Time;  Banks Of The Ohio;  Today's The Day I Get My Gold Watch and Chain;  Big Mon;  Sounds Of Winter;  Don't That Road Look Rough and Rocky;  Make Me A Pallet On The Floor; Water Our Fields With Love;  Salt Creek;  Roan Mountain Rag - 13-04-99 (Sipp Theatre + informal recordings, details unknown)