Eric Strickland

By Praguefrank

SESSIONS

2011 unknown – Eric Strickland and The B Sides (Eric Strickland [vcl/gt], Gary Braddy [ac gt/harmonica/bck vcl], David Evans [ld gt], BJ Barbour [steel], Bill Lamm [bass/bck vcl], Jimmy Matthews [drums/bck vcl])

001 HONKY TONK TILL I DIE

002 HER

003 FREEDOM

004 WOMANKIND

005 SHINE DOWN ON ME

006 STANDING IN THE HEADLIGHTS

007 18 WHEELS OF HELL ON THE HIGHWAY

008 THE DAY THE TRUCKERS SHUT THIS COUNTRY DOWN

009 HAGGARD AND HELL

010 MY FIRST LOVE

Tracks above issued on album Honky Tonk Till I Die

2012 unknown – Eric Strickland  and The B Sides

011 WHISKEY SEEMS TO ALWAYS CHANGE MY MIND

012 ANGEL LIKE YOU

013 CRUDE OIL BLUES

014 HEARTACHE HALL OF SHAME

015 SO EASY

016 METHAMPHETAMINES

017 BRANDY ON MY MIND

018 UNWANTED

019 NOT ENOUGH

020 I'M BAD FOR YOU

Tracks above issued on album I’m Bad For You

2012 [live]  unknown – Eric Strickland and The B Sides

02001 LUCILLE

02002 18 WHEELS IF HELL ON THE HIGHWAY

Tracks above issued on album I’m Bad For You

Ca late 2014 unknown – Eric Strickland and The B Sides (Eric Strickland [vcl/gt]. Gary Braddy [ac gt/vcl], BJK Barbour [steel], Bill Lamm [bass/vcl],  Jimmy Matthews [drums/vcl])

021 ACES AND EIGHTS

022 SAME OLE ME

023 HAVE A HEART

024 HERE COMES THE RAIN

025 SKELETON

026 ALREADY GONE

027 UNDER THE BOTTLE

028 STRANGERS

029 JOHN THE REVELATOR

Tracks above issued on album Revelate

2017 unknown – Eric Strickland (Producer; Clyde Mattock)

030 BLACK AND WHITE

031 HUMMINGBIRD

032 GIVE ME ONE GOOD REASON

033 WIDOW MAKER

034 THAT OL' RIVER

035 ONE MEMORY AT A TIME

036 I'LL WEAR THE BANNER

037 I AIN'T MUCH OF AN OUTLAW

038 ANGEL LIKE YOU

039 TALK OF THE TOWN

040 HERE TONIGHT

041 THE STALKER

Tracks above issued on album Black And White And Blue

2021 unknown – Eric Strickland
042 GYPSY RAILROAD EP Prelude
043 DRINKIN WHISKEY EP Prelude
044 DIXIE EP Prelude
045 THE SWEETEST THING EP Prelude
046 SWEET MANDY BROWN EP Prelude
047 TIME EP Prelude
+ more unknown tracks
2021 unknown – Eric Strickland
048 CHRISTMAS TIME AGAIN
049 PLEASE COME HOME FOR CHRISTMAS
050 THE CHRISTMAS SONG
051 PRETTY PAPER
052 RUN RUN RUDOLPH
053 SILENT NIGHT
054 OH BEAUTIFUL STAR OF BETHLEHEM
055 THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS
056 I’LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS
057 TOO BAD FOR ME
Tracks above issued on album Christmas Time Again
2022 unknown – Eric Strickland
058 GYPSY RAILROAD
059 CAROLINA
060 HERE TONIGHT
061 CAROLINA BY THE SEA
062 THERE'S A WOMAN
063 WRONG SIDE OF TOWN
064 IN THE END
065 SHINE DOWN ON ME
066 TIME
067 PRESENCE OF THE LORD
068 SALT AND SUGAR
069 ROCK BOTTOM
070 IF YOU COULD SEE YOU
071 STILL STANDING
072 FOUNTAIN OF LOVE
073 BLUES NEGATIVE
074 SHE'S THE ONE
075 SWEET MANDY BROWN
076 A SONG FOR YOU
077 TESTIMONY
Tracks above issued on album Testimony

ALBUMS

Eric Strickland ? (UPC884501675581) Honky Tonk Till I Die: Honky Tonk Till I Die; Her; Freedom; Womankind; Shine Down On Me; Standing in the Headlights; 18 Wheels of Hell On the Highway; The Day the Truckers Shut This Country Down; Haggard and Hell; My First Love – 11-02-12

Eric Strickland ? (UPC884501911238) I’m Bad For You: Whiskey Seems to Always Change My Mind; Angel Like You; Crude Oil Blues; Heartache Hall of Shame; So Easy; Methamphetamines; Brandy On My Mind; Unwanted;Not Enough; I'm Bad For You; Lucille (Live); 18 Wheels If Hell On the Highway (Live) – 13-05-13

Eric Strickland ? Revelate: Aces And Eights; Same Ole Me; Have a Heart; Here Comes The Rain; Skeleton; Already Gone;Under the Bottle; Strangers; John the Revelator – 19-09-15

Ol’River ? (UPC888295634847) Black And White And Blue: Black and White; Hummingbird; Give Me One Good Reason; Widow Maker; That Ol' River; One Memory at a Time; I'll Wear the Banner; I Ain't Much of an Outlaw; Angel Like You; Talk of the Town; Here Tonight; The Stalker – 23-09-17

Eric Strickland ? Christmas Time Again: Christmas Time Again; Please Come Home For Christmas; The Christmas Song; Pretty Paper; Run Run Rudolph; Silent Night; Oh Beautiful Star of Bethlehem; The Spirit of Christmas; I’ll Be Home For Christmas; Too Bad For Me – 25-11-21
Eric Strickland ? Testimony: Gypsy Railroad;  Carolina;  Here Tonight;  Carolina by the Sea;  There's a Woman;  Wrong Side of Town;  In the End; Shine Down on Me;  Time;  Presence of the Lord;  Salt and Sugar;  Rock Bottom;  If You Could See You; . Still Standing;  Fountain of Love;  Blues Negative;  She's the One;  Sweet Mandy Brown;  A Song for You;  Testimony – 03-09-22 (double)

 

EPs

Eric Strickland ? Prelude: Gypsy Railroad; Drinkin Whiskey; Dixie; The Sweetest Thing; Sweet Mandy Brown; Time - 23-08-21
 

 

Jerry Foster

Jerry Galen Foster, *19-11-1935 Tallapoosa, MO

3rd version

By Praguefrank, Michel Ruppli, Thieu Van De Vorst, Lennarrt Gustavsson
SESSIONS
Fall 1958 Memphis, TN – Jerry Foster

001 FR-5044 WHAT WOULD YOU DO Back Beat 520
002 FR-5045 YOUR LOVE Back Beat 520
Fall 1959 Memphis, TN - Jerry Foster
003 FR-5062 (SHE WAS) MY FIRST LOVE Back Beat 529
004 FR-5063 I'M HERE TO TELL YOU Back Beat 529
Spring 1961 Memphis, TN – Jerry Foster
005 UV-5072 LONELY ONE Back Beat 534
006 UV-5073 ROMEO Back Beat 534
Mid 1962 Memphis, TN – Jerry Foster (Producer: Slim Wallace)
007 LET'S NEVER MENTION OLD TIMES AGAIN Fernwood 133/LP 119 STCD 9
008 I'LL BE ALRIGHT Fernwood 133

REDITA LP 119 FERNWOOD ROCK AND ROLL (NED, 1981); STOMPERTIME STCD 9 FERNWOOD ROCK AND ROLL (UK, 1999)

1964 unknown – Jerry Foster

009 501 WORK, WORK, WORK Kari 103

010 502 ABLE AND BETTY JANE  Kari 103

ca September 1965 poss. Nashville, TN – Jerry Foster
011 ZTSP-105643 HERE COME THE LOSER Tcf Hall TCF-115
012 ZTSP-105644 THE FIGHT Tcf Hall TCF-115
1968 poss. Nashville, TN – Jerry Foster (Producer: John Elgin)
013 I AIN’T NO BEATLE Spar 30014

014 THAT’S ALRIGHT MAMA  Spar 30014

ca November 1969 Nashville, TN – Jerry Foster (Producer: Tommy Allsup)
015 ZTS 221793 MISSISSIPPI BOUND Metromedia MM-160
016 ONE-THIRTY LONESOME Metromedia MM-160
1970 Nashville, TN – Jerry Foster (Producer: Tommy Allsup)
017 ZTS 220714 I FORGOT TO REMEMBER TO FORGET Metromedia MM-184
018 ZTS 220715 WHEN MY BLUE MOON TURNS TO GOLD AGAIN Metromedia MM-184
1970 Nashville, TN – Jerry Foster (Producer: Scotty Moore)
019 ZTS 220993 DON'T BE CRUEL Metromedia MM-201
020 ZTS 220995 YOU'RE RIGHT I'M LEFT SHE'S GONE Metromedia MM-201

more tracks for unissued albu\m recorded
14 September 1971 Mercury Custom Recording Studio, 1512 Hawkins St., Nashville, TN – Jerry Foster (Producer: Jerry Kennedy)
030 2-48548 I JUST LOVE HER unissued
031 2-48549 BEIN' CLOSE TO YOU (IS GETTING NEXT TO ME) Mercury 73246
032 2-48550 LONELY SHADES OF BLUE 73246
2 February 1972 Mercury Custom Recording Studio, 1512 Hawkins St., Nashville, TN – Jerry Foster (Producer: Jerry Kennedy)
033 2-49767 HERE IS TOAST FOR MARY ANN unissued
034 2-49768 A CHANGE IN ME 73283
035 2-49769 LOVE IS FOR EVYRYONE 73283
7 September 1972 Mercury Custom Recording Studio, 1512 Hawkins St., Nashville, TN – Jerry Foster (Producer: Jerry Kennedy)
036 2-49851 THE RIGHT STRING BUT WRONG YO YO 73333
037 2-49852 DON‘T TAKE IT SO HARD 73333
ca January 1973 Nashville, TN – Jerry Foster (Producer: Bill Rice)
038 TURN IT OVER IN YOUR MIND Cinnamon C-757 / CIN-5003
039 I WON'T EVER LOVE AGAIN Cinnamon C-757/ CIN-5003
040 AIN'T IT SAD Cinnamon C-764/ CIN-5003
041 COPPERHEAD Cinnamon C-764/ CIN-5003
ca October 1973 Nashville, TN – Jerry Foster (Producer: Bill Rice)
042 LOOKING BACK C-774/CIN-5003
043 HARD TO HANDLE C-774/ CIN-5003
044 THE EASY PART'S OVER C-789 / CIN-5003
045 NEW ORLEANS BLUE C-789/ CIN-5003
046 TAKE GOOD CARE OF HER CIN-5003
047 IT’S JUST A MATTER OF TIME CIN-5003
ca. October 1976 Nashville, TN – Jerry Foster (Producer: Jimmy Bowen)
048 64505 FAMILY MAN Hitsville H-6052F
049 I KNEW YOU WHEN H 6043F
050 ONE H 6043F
051 JUST ANOTHER SONG AWAY H-6052F
December 1977 Nashville, TN - Jerry Foster and Tennessee Tornado (Producer: Jerry Foster and Bill Rice)
052 Q12S-4751 THE FIFTIES 45-242 SUN 1176

053 Q12S-4752 I WANT TO LOVE YOU 45-256
054 DON'T TAKE YOUR SUNSHINE FROM MY LIFE Monument 45-242
055 Q12S-4756 MY BABY LEFT ME 45-256
1981 Nashville, TN – Jerry Foster
056 GIVING UP EASY Kari KA 106
057 I WONDER IF YOU'LL EVER LEARN TO CRY Kari KA 106
1980 Nashville, TN – Jerry Foster and Jordanaires (Scotty Moore [gt], D.J. Fontana [drums] + more unknown musicians. Producer: Jerry Foster)
058 MATCHBOX Kari KA 109 A-Side SON 2237 KDA 4/ Ahed AS-8220 Phonorama PR-5629
059 DON'T LET GO Kari KA 109 A-Side SON 2237
060 MY BABY LEFT ME Ahed AS-8220 Phonorama PR-5629
061 WHEN MY BLUE MOON TURNS TO GOLD Ahed AS-8220 Phonorama PR-5629
062 BLUE MOON OF KENTUCKY Ahed AS-8220 Phonorama PR-5629
063 DON'T BE CRUEL Ahed AS-8220 Phonorama PR-5629
064 I FORGOT TO REMEMBER TO FORGET Ahed AS-8220 Phonorama PR-5629
065 PERSONALITY Ahed AS-8220 Phonorama PR-5629
066 HARD TO HANDLE Kari KA 112/Ahed AS-8220 Phonorama PR-5629
067 YOUR RIGHT, I'M LEFT, SHE'S GONE Ahed AS-8220 Phonorama PR-5629
068 TAKIN' IT EASY Ahed AS-8220 Phonorama PR-5629
069 MEMORIES TO CLING TO A Side KDA 4/Ahed AS-8220 Phonorama PR-5629
070 THAT'S ALL RIGHT MAMA Kari KA 112/Ahed AS-8220 Phonorama PR-5629
071 PUT IT ON ME STRONG Ahed AS-8220 Phonorama PR-5629
072 WILD HORSE RIDER Ahed AS-8220 Phonorama PR-5629
1984 Nashville, TN – Jerry Foster and Jordanaires (Producer: Snake Reynolds)
073 FOOL FOR YOUR MAMA Range RANS.72
074 PUT IT ON ME STRONG RANS.72

Jerry Foster recorded after 1984. Some info in albums list

ALBUMS

Cinnamon CIN-5003 Looking Back: Looking Back; Ain't It Sad; I Won't Ever Love Again; Turn It Over In Your Mind; Take Good Care Of Her; New Orleans Blue; It's Just A Matter Of Time; Hard To Handle; The Easy Part's Over; Copperhead – 01-74
Ahed [CAN] AS-8220 Rockabilly Jive With Jerry Foster: My Baby Left Me; When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold; Blue Moon Of Kentucky; Don't Be Cruel; I Forgot To Remember; Personality; Hard To Handle; Matchbox; Your Right, I'm Left, She's Gone; Takin' It Easy; Memories To Cling To; That's All Right Mama; Put It On Me Strong; Wild Horse Rider - 82 (US issue on Phonorama PR-5629)

Becca ? Jerry Foster American Patriot: If I Had the Power; Patriotic Man; We're Americans; Sure Do Miss You; Heros; Mighty Fine Men; Who Are They; Something Good's Coming Down; Blowing Away; Jacqueline – 15-02-09

Becca ? Sunrise From Memphis: Sunrise From Memphis; There Goes My Heart; Crazy Fool; Prodigal Son; Neon Cell; I Wish You Could Love Me Again; Giving Up Easy; I'm Ok That's Ok; As Sure As I'm Standing Here; I Can See Me Loving You Again; I'm Alright; I Want To Love You – 02-06-15 w. Tennessee Tornado

Becca ? An Ol‘ Rebel Still Rockin‘: Strong Enough to Live; Just You; I'm Gonna Quit; Just an Ol' Rebel; What Are You Doing Here; It's a Wild Fire; Can't Stop Missing You; Someday When I'm Over You; When You Let Me Down; Sure Do Miss You; Blowing Away – 02-06-15

Becca ? Hurt Like Hell: Endings; Even the Good Can Go Bad; Fool's Part; Giving Up Easy; I Wonder If You'll Ever Learn To Cry; I'll Think of Something; I'm Just Getting By (I'm Just Getting By); Now and Then; Someday You Will; You'd Think By Now (I'd Be Over You) - 02-06-15

Becca ? Jerry Foster: Another Song Away; One; Family Man; I Want To Love You; Mississippi Bound; This Time; Being Close to You (Is Getting Next To Me); When It Happens To You; I Knew You When; The Easy Part's Over; I Won't Ever Love Again; New Orleans Blues – 02-06-15

Becca ? Looking Back: Building Our Love On a Rock; Looking Back; Too Early In the Morning; I Did It All For You; Take Good Care of Her; Fool For You Mama; It's Just a Matter of Time; Du Bis Shoen Jacquilene; The Bad Me; Thanks Old Friend – 02-06-15 (Producer: Johnny Morris, Lewis Willis)

Becca ? Featuring The World Most Famous Jordanaires: My Baby Left Me; I Forgot To Remember; Don't Let Go; Don't Be Cruel;You're Right I'm Left; Milkcow Blues; Matchbox; When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold; Blue Moon of Kentucky; That's Alright Mama - 02-06-15

SINGLES
Back Beat (1958-61)
520 What Would You Do / Your Love – 10-58
529 I'm Here To Tell You / (She Was) My First Love - 11-59
534 Romeo / Lonely One - 07-61
Fernwood (1962)
133 Let's Never Mention Old Times Again / I'll Be Alright – 07-62

Kari (1964)

103 Work, Work, Work / Able And Betty Jane - 64

Tcf Hall (1965)
TCF-115 Here Come The Loser / The Fight - 09-65
Spar (1968)

30014 I Ain’t No Beatle / That’s Alright Mama - 68

Metromedia (1970)
MM-160 Mississippi Bound / One-Thirty Lonesome – 12-69 (rev. Dec. 13)
MM-184 When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again / I Forgot To Remember To Forget - 70
MM-201 Don't Be Cruel / You're Right I'm Left She's Gone - 70
Mercury (1971-72)
73246 Bein' Close To You / Lonely Shades Of Blue - 09-71
73283 A Change In Me / Love Is For Everyone – 16-03-72 (rev. May 6)
73333 Don't Take It So Hard / Right String But The Wrong Yo Yo – 21-09-72
Cinnamon (1973-74)
C-757 Turn It Over In Your Mind / I Won't Ever Love Again - 04-73 (rev. May 5)
C-764 Ain't It Sad / Copperhead - 07-73
C-774 Looking Back / Hard To Handle - 11-73
C-789 Easy Part's Over / New Orleans Blue - 03-74
Hitsville (1976, Motown subsidiary)
H 6043F I Knew You When / One – 07-10-76 (rev. Dec. 25)
H 6052F Family Man / Just Another Song Away – 25-01-77 (rev. Feb. 12)
Monument (1978)
45-242 Don't Take Your Sunshine From My Life / The Fifties – 08-02-78
45-256 I Want To Love You / My Baby Left Me – 31-05-78
Kari (1980)
KA 106 Giving Up Easy / I Wonder If You'll Ever Learn To Cry – 07-80
KA 109 Matchbox / Don't Let Go – 80

KA 112 That's Alright Mama / Hard To Handle - 81
A Side [UK]

SON 2237 Don’t Let Go / Memories To Kling - 81

KDA4 Matchbox / Memories To Kling - 83
Sun (1982)
1176 The Fifties / ? – 82

Range (1984) [UK]
RANS.72 Fool For Your Mama / Put It On Me Strong - 84

 

RADIO TRANSCRIPTIONS DISCS
U.S. Air Force - Country Music Time # 208:  Milk Cow Boogie;  It’s The Water [Lee Harmon];  Matchbox;  As Long As I Live [Lee Harmon] – ca 09-71 (MX: 70251)
U.S. Air Force - Country Music Time #  265:  My Baby Left Me;  The Easy Part’s Over;  Big Boss Man;  I Forgot To Remember To Forget – ca 11-72 (MX:73274)
U.S. Air Force - Country Music Time # 557:  The Fifties;  I Want To Love You;  Bbay What You Want Me To Do [Mike Graham];  For A Minute There – ca 05-78 (MX: 75542)

 

Randy Montana

Randy Schlappi, *23-09-1985 Albany, NY

by Praguefrank

SESSIONS

early 2010 Nashville, TN – Randy Montana

001 1,000 FACES EP/B0014496-02

002 IT'S GONE  B0014496-02

003 AIN'T MUCH LEFT OF LOVIN' YOU B0014496-02

004 LAST HORSE EP/ B0014496-02

005 BURN THESE MATCHES B0014496-02

006 GOODBYE RAIN B0014496-02

007 IT AIN'T HIT ME YET B0014496-02

008 RECKLESS B0014496-02

009 LIKE A COWBOY B0014496-02

010 BACK OF MY HEART B0014496-02

011 ASSEMBLY LINE   EP/ B0014496-02

tracks above issued on album Randy Montana

2010 [sessions for Sweet Home Alabama: The Country Music Tribute To Lynyrd Skynyrd] unknown – Randy Montana

012 TUSDAY’S GONE Hip-O B0014525-02

2014 unknown – Randy Montana

013 PUT ME IN A BOX 12 Points EP

014 YOUNG IN THIS TOWN 12 Points EP

015 PRACTICE SWING 12 Points EP

016 TRAIN WRECK 12 Points EP

017 CREEPIN‘ UP ON ME 12 Points EP

ALBUMS

Mercury Nashville  B0014496-02 Randy Montana: 1,000 Faces; It's Gone; Ain't Much Left Of Lovin' You; Last Horse; Burn These Matches; Goodbye Rain; It Ain't Hit Me Yet; Reckless; Like A Cowboy; Back Of My Heart; Assembly Line – 26-07-11

EPs

Mercury Nashville ? 1,000 Faces: 1,000 Faces; Last Horse; Assembly Line - 04-01-11

12 Points ? Put Me In The Box: Put Me In A Box; Young In This Town; Practice Swing; Train Wreck; Creepin‘ Up On Me – 18-11-14