Rachel Sweet

*28-07-1962 Akron, OH

By Praguefrank, Jim Loessberg

SESSIONS  also actress

1974 unknown – Rachel Sweet (Producer: Charley Love)

001 FADED ROSE Premiere 2310 

002 COUNTRY STYLE Premiere 2310

1976 unknown – Rachel Sweet (Producer: Ray Baker)

003 PAPER AIRPLANE Derrick 45-DRC-1000 DRC 111

004 WE LIVE IN TWO DIFFERENT WORLDS Derrick 45-DRC-1000

005 THE BALLAD OF MABLE RUTH MILLER AND JOHN WESLEY PRITCHETT DRC 109

006 ALL THE LOVE WE HAVE DRC 109

007 I BELIEVE WHAT I BELIEVE DRC 111

Ca 1977 unknown – Rachel Sweet

008 OVERNIGHT SUCCESS 45-DRC-115

009 BLUER THAN THE DRESS 45-DRC-115

1978 unknown – Rachel Sweet

010 TRUCKSTOP QUEEN RPM D939 CDSEEZ 12  

011 TOURIST BOYS RPM D939 CDSEEZ 12

1978 unknown – Rachel Sweet (Rachel Sweet [vcl], Brinsley Schwarz [gt/keyboards/ bass],  Norman Watt-Roy [bass], Pietro Nardini [bass/ gt/ keyboards], Charley Charles [drums], Mark Sugden [drums/ percussion], Lia Sweet [percussion], Paul Gillieron [sax/whistle], Ray Beavis [tnr sax], Chris Gower [trombone], Dick Hanson [trumpet], John (Irish) Earle [baritone sax]. Producer: Barrie Guard,  Dave Mackay, Liam Sternberg)

012 JUST MY STYLE Stiff JC 36101 R2-70313 RPM D939 CDSEEZ 12

013 B-A-B-Y Stiff 1-11100/JC 36101 R2-70313 METRCD 048 RPM D939 CDSEEZ 12

014 WHO DOES LISA LIKE? Stiff JC 36101 R2-70313 METRCD 048 RPM D939 CDSEEZ 12

015 WILDWOOD SALOON Stiff 1-11100/JC 36101 R2-70313 METRCD 048 RPM D939 CDSEEZ 12

016 STAY AWHILE Stiff JC 36101 R2-70313 METRCD 048 RPM D939 CDSEEZ 12

017 SUSPENDED ANIMATION Stiff 1-11052/JC 36101 METRCD 048 RPM D939 CDSEEZ 12

018 SAD SONG JC 36101 R2-70313 METRCD 048 RPM D939 CDSEEZ 12

019 IT'S SO DIFFERENT HERE Stiff JC 36101  R2-70313 RPM D939 CDSEEZ 12

020 CUCKOO CLOCK Stiff JC 36101 R2-70313 METRCD 048 RPM D939 CDSEEZ 12

021 PIN A MEDAL ON MARY Stiff JC 36101 R2-70313 METRCD 048 RPM D939 CDSEEZ 12

022 GIRL WITH A SYNTHESIZER Stiff JC 36101 R2-70313 RPM D939 CDSEEZ 12

023 STRANGER IN THE HOUSE Stiff JC 36101 R2-70313 METRCD 048 RPM D939 CDSEEZ 12

Ca 1979 unknown – Rachel Sweet

024 I GO TO PIECES Stiff 1-11052 / R2-70313 METRCD 048 RPM D939 CDSEEZ 12

025 I’LL WATCH THE NEWS Rhino R2-70313 RPM D939

026 BE STIFF R2-70313 METRCD 048 RPM D939 CDSEEZ 12

Ca 1979 [live] El Mocambo, Toronto, Ontario, CAN – Rache Sweet

02601 WILDWOOD SALOON RPM D939

late 1979 Morgan, ?/T.W. Studios, ?/ Rushent's Mansion, ? – Rachel Sweet (Producer: Martin Rushent, Alan Winstanley)

027 LOVER'S LANE 1-11245 /JCT 36337 RPM D939

028 SPELLBOUND 1-11272 /JCT 36337 R2-70313 METRCD 048 RPM D939 [dsico remix:] RPM D939

029 TONIGHT 1-11272/JCT 36337

030 JEALOUS Stiff JCT 36337 RPM D939

031 I'VE GOT A REASON Stiff JCT 36337 RPM D939

032 NEW AGE Stiff JCT 36337 METRCD 048 RPM D939

033 BABY, LET'S PLAY HOUSE Stiff JCT 36337 METRCD 048 RPM D939

034 NEW ROSE Stiff JCT 36337 METRCD 048 RPM D939

035 FOOL‘S GOLD Stiff JCT 36337  R2-70313 METRCD 048 RPM D939

036 TAKE GOOD CARE OF ME Stiff 1-11245/JCT 36337 METRCD 048 RPM D939

037 FOUL PLAY Stiff JCT 36337 METRCD 048 RPM D939

038 TONIGHT RICKY Stiff JCT 36337 METRCD 048 RPM D939

8 May 1980 [live] The Bottom Line, 15W 4th St., New York City – Rechel Sweet And The Toys

03801 TRUCKSTOP QUEEN ECHOCD2059  

03802 FOUL PLAY ECHOCD2059  

03803 JEALOUS ECHOCD2059  

03804 WHO DOES LISA LIKE? ECHOCD2059  

03805 SPELLBOUND ECHOCD2059  

03806 TAKE GOOD CARE OF ME ECHOCD2059  

03807 B-A-B-Y ECHOCD2059  

03808 WILDWOOD SALOON ECHOCD2059  

03809 NEW AGE ECHOCD2059  

03810 TONIGHT ECHOCD2059  

03811 CUCKOO CLOCK ECHOCD2059  

03812 NEW ROSE ECHOCD2059  

03813 TONIGHT RICKY ECHOCD2059  

03814 INTRODUCTION OF THE TOYS ECHOCD2059  

03815 I’VE GOT A REASON ECHOCD2059  

03816 ENCORE: (MEDLEY) ALL SHOOK UP / JAILHOUSE ROCK / BABY LETS PLAY HOUSE ECHOCD2059  

03817 THE BOYS ON 7TH AVENUE ECHOCD2059  

Spring 1981 unknown – Rachel Sweet, *and Rex Smith (Producer: Pete Solley, Rick Chertoff)

039 EVERLASTING LOVE* 18-02169/ARC 37077 R2-70313

040 BILLY AND THE GUN 18-02169/ARC 37077

041 THEN HE KISSED ME - BE MY BABY 18-02537 /ARC 37077

042 STREETHEART 18-02537/ARC 37077

043 SHADOWS OF THE NIGHT Stiff ARC 37077 R2-70313

044 PARTY GIRL Stiff ARC 37077

045 TWO HEARTS FULL OF LOVE Stiff ARC 37077

046 LITTLE DARLIN’ Stiff ARC 37077

047 FOOL’S STORY Stiff ARC 37077

1982 unknown – Rachel Sweet  (Producer: Rachel Sweet, Marc Blatte, Larry Gottlieb)

048 VOO DOO 38-04311 /FC 38342

049 AMERICAN GIRL 38-04311/FC 38342

050 PARALYZED Columbia FC 38342

051 STICKS AND STONES Columbia FC 38342

052 THE HEART IS A LONELY HUNTER Columbia FC 38342

053 BLAME IT ON LOVE Columbia FC 38342

054 HEARTS ON THE LINE Columbia FC 38342

055 CRUISIN’ LOVE Columbia FC 38342

056 COOL HEART Columbia FC 38342

057 BABY BLUE  Columbia FC 38342

Ca early 1988 [soundtrack Hairspray]  Hit Factory, Hollywood, CA/Oasis Recording Studio, Los Angeles, CA – Rachel Sweet

058 MC 24756 HAIRSPRAY MCA 53303/ R2-70313

059 MC 25183 HAIRSPRAY –instr.- MCA 53303

1988 unknown – Rachel Sweet (Producer: Tom Snow)

060 LIFE AIN'T WORTH LIVING (WHEN YOU'RE DEAD) Columbia 38-68580

ALBUMS

Columbia/Stiff JC 36101 Fool Around: Just My Style; B-A-B-Y; Who Does Lisa Like?; Wildwood Saloon; Stay Awhile; Suspended Animation; Sad Song; It's So Different Here; Cuckoo Clock; Pin A Medal On Mary; Girl With A Synthesizer; Stranger In The House – 78 (reissued in 2007 on UK Stiff CDSEEZ 12 with Bonus tracks: I Go To Pieces; Truck Stop Queen; Tourist Boys; Be Stiff)

Columbia/Stiff JCT 36337 Protect The Innocent: Tonight; Jealous; I've Got A Reason; New Age; Baby, Let's Play House; New Rose; Fools Gold; Take Good Care Of Me; Spellbound; Lovers Lane; Foul Play; Tonight Ricky - 80

Columbia  ARC 37077 …And Then He Kissed Me: Shadows Of The Night; Then He Kissed Me/Be My Baby; Billy And The Gun; Party Girl; Two Hearts Full Of Love; Little Darlin’; Fool’s Story; Everlasting Love; Streetheart – 31-07-81

Columbia FC 38342 Blame It On Love: Voo Doo; Paralyzed; Sticks And Stones; American Girl; The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter; Blame It On Love; Hearts On The Line; Cruisin’ Love; Cool Heart; Baby Blue 01-10-82

Rhino R2-70313 Fool Around: The Best of Rachel Sweet: B-A-B-Y; I Go To Pieces; Who Does Lisa Like?; Wildwood Saloon; Stay Awhile; Suspended Animation; Sad Song; It's So Different Here; Cuckoo Clock; Pin A Medal On Mary; Girl With A Synthesizer; Stranger In The House; Just My Style; I'll Watch The News; Be Stiff; Fool's Gold; Spellbound; Everlasting Love; Shadows Of The Night; Hairspray - 90

Metro METRCD 048 B.A.B.Y. – The Best Of rachel Sweet: B-A-B-Y; New Rose; Who Does Lisa Like?; Baby Let's Play House; I Go To Pieces; Spellbound; Stranger In The House; Foul Play; Suspended Animation; Fool's Gold; Lover's Lane; Pin A Medal On Mary; Sad Song; Take Good Care Of Me; Wildwood Saloon; Stay Awhile; Cuckoo Clock; New Age; Tonight Ricky; Be Stiff- 78

RPM [UK] RETRO D939 B-A-B-Y: Complete Stiff Recordings 1978 – 1980: Truckstop Queen; Tourist Boys; B-A-B-Y; Just My Style; Who Does Lisa Like?; Wildwood Saloon; Stay Awhile; Suspended Animation; It's So Different Here; Cuckoo Clock; Pin A Medal On Mary; Girl With A Synthesizer; Stranger In The House; I'll Watch The News; Be Stiff; Wildwood Saloon (Live); I Go To Pieces; Sad Song; Tonight; Jealous;  I've Got A Reason; New Age; Baby, Let's Play House; New Rose; Fools Gold; Take Good Care Of Me; Spellbound; Lovers Lane; Foul Play; Tonight Ricky; Spellbound (Special Disco Remix ) - 14 (double)

Echoes [GER?] ECHOCD2059 Truck Stop Queen - Live In New York: Truckstop Queen;  Foul Play;  Jealous;  Who Does Lisa Like?;  Spellbound;  Take Good Care Of Me;  B-A-B-Y;  Wildwood Saloon;  New Age;  Tonight;  Cuckoo Clock;  New Rose;  Tonight Ricky;  Introduction Of The Toys;  I’ve Got A Reason;  Encore: (Medley) All Shook Up / Jailhouse Rock / Baby Lets Play House;  The Boys On 7th Avenue – 12-01-15

SINGLES

Premiere (NSD) (1974)

2310 Faded Rose / Country Style - 74

Derrick

45-DRC-1000 Paper Airplane / We Live In Two Different Worlds – 76

45-DRC-109 The Ballad Of Mable Ruth Miller And John Wesley Pritchett /  All The Love We Have – 76

45-DRC-111 I Believe What I Believe / Paper Airplane – 76

45-DRC-115 Overnight Success / Bluer Than The Dress - 77

Columbia/Stiff

1-11052 I Go To Pieces / Suspended Animation – 07-79

1-11100 B-A-B-Y / Wildwood Saloon – 09-79

1-11245 Lover's Lane / Take Good Care Of Me – 01-80

1-11272 Spellbound / Tonight – 05-80

18-02169 [Rex Smith and Rachel Sweet:] Everlasting Love / [Rex Smith:] Still Thinking Of You; [Rachel Sweet:] Billy And The Gun – 06-81

18-02537 Then He Kissed Me - Be My Baby / Streetheart – 09-81

38-04311 Voo Doo / American Girl – 11-82

MCA  

MCA 53303 Hairspray / Hairspray (Instrumental) – 21-03-88

Columbia

38-68580 [Paul Carrack And Terri Nunn:]  Romance (Love Theme From "Sing") / [Rachel Sweet:]  Life Ain't Worth Living (When You're Dead) – 02-89