Friday, April 8, 2016

Alen Holloway (by Dick Grant)



ALDEN “SHORTY” HOLLOWAY
SESSION DISCOGRAPHY

SHORTY HOLLOWAY and His Prairie Riders                                                                                                              Richland, Wa.                                                                                                                    1951
Alden William “Shorty” Holloway (vcl/rhy gtr); plus Unk Musicians
                                                                                                                                                                                             Producer:

OP-153                       I’M A MARRIED MAN                                                                                                                 Northwest OP-118
                                      (Holloway) (4 Star Sales-BMI)
OP-154                       IF I CAN’T BE YOUR LOVER (LET ME BE YOUR PET)                                                                                 OP-118
                                      () (4 Star Sales-BMI)

NB(1): NORTHWEST OP-118 released 1951.
NB(2): NORTHWEST OP-118 is a 4 STAR custom pressing.

SHORTY HOLLOWAY and His Prairie Riders                                                                        Richland, Wa.             1951
(vcl/rhy gtr); plus Unk Musicians
                                                                                                                                                                                             Producer:

OP-159                       BUTTERFLIES IN MY HEART                                                                  Northwest OP-121
                                      (Holloway) (4 Star Sales-BMI)
OP-160                       TELEPHONE BLUES                                                                                                  OP-121
                                      (Holloway) (4 Star Sales-BMI)

NB(1): NORTHWEST OP-121 released 1951.
NB(2): NORTHWEST OP-121 is a 4 STAR custom pressing.

SHORTY HOLLOWAY and His Prairie Riders                                                                                                              Richland, Wa.                                                                                                                    1952
(vcl/rhy gtr); plus Unk Musicians
                                                                                                                                                                                             Producer:

OP-214                       COTTON PICKIN’ BOOGIE                                                                                                          Northwest OP-149, White Label WLP-2830
                                      (Holloway) (4 Star Sales-BMI)
OP-215                       WHY CAN’T I GO BACK                                                                                                                                OP-149
                                      () (4 Star Sales-BMI)

NB(1): NORTHWEST OP-149 released 1952.
NB(2): “COTTON PICKIN’ BOGGIE” has master # OP-124 on label.
NB(3): NORTHWEST OP-149 is a 4 STAR custom pressing.
NB(4): WHITE LABEL WLP-2830 “BOPPIN’ HILLBILLY, Vol.30.” released Holland 1994.

SHORTY HOLLOWAY                                                                                                                                                       Richland, Wa.                                                                                                           Early 1954
(vcl/rhy gtr); plus Unk Musicians
                                                                                                                                                                                             Producer:

OP-326                       I WANT TO SQUEEZE YOU                                                                                                          Northwest OP-201, Northwest OP-201X45
                                      () (4 Star Sales-BMI)
OP-327                       PRAY PRAY                                                                                                                                                     OP-201, Northwest OP-201X45
                                      (Holloway) (4 Star Sales-BMI)

NB(1): NORTHWEST OP-201/NORTHWEST OP-201X45 released 1954.
NB(2): NORTHWEST OP-201/NORTHWEST OP-201X45  is a 4 STAR custom pressing.

SHORTY HOLLOWAY & His Prairie Riders                                                                                                                  Richland, Wa.                                                                                                                    1955                                     
(vcl/rhy gtr); plus Unk Musicians
                                                                                                                                                                                             Producer:

OP-360                       BEAUMONT BLUES                                                                               Northwest OP-214X45
                                      (S. Holloway-C. Tucker) (4 Star Sales-BMI)
OP-361                       RABBIT EARS                                                                                                                                                  OP-214X45
                                      (Bert Wells) (4 Star Sales-BMI)

NB(1): NORTHWEST OP-214X45 released June 1955.
NB(2): NORTHWEST OP-214X45 is a 4 STAR custom pressing.

ALDEN HOLLOWAY & His Prairie Ramblers                                                                                                               Richland, Wa.                                                                                                                    1956
(vcl/rhy gtr); plus Unk Musicians
                                                                                                                                                                                             Producer:

OP-470                       WOODPECKER LOVE                                                                                                                  Northwest OP-263-45
                                      (Alden Holloway) (4 Star Sales-BMI)
OP-471                       RED ROSE OF ARKANSAS                                                                                                              Northwest OP-263-45
                                      (Alden Holloway) (4 Star Sales-BMI)

NB(1): NORTHWEST OP-263-45 released 1956.
NB(2): NORTHWEST OP-263-45 is a 4 STAR custom pressing.

ALDEN HOLLOWAY and His Tri City Boys                                                                             Richland, Wa.             1958
(vcl-1/12 stg gtr); plus Unk Musicians
                                                                                                                                                                                             Producer:

45-714B                     CHICQUITA                                                                                              (Inst)                            Starday 45-714-A
                                      (Floyd Hogien) (Starrite-BMI)
45-714A                     LOVING IS MY BUSINESS                                                                      -1                                               45-714-B, Buffalo Bop BB-2053, S-D LP-820
                                      (Alden Holloway) (Starrite-BMI)                                                                                             Texas Gold TG-933

NB(1): STARDAY 45-714 released ca. June 1958.
NB(2): STARDAY 45-714 is a STARDAY custom pressing.
NB(3): S-D LP-820 “ROCK IT” released Germany 1991.
NB(4): TEXAS GOLD TG-933 “THE STARDAY STORY, Vol.3.” released Holland 1993.

ALDEN HOLLOWAY                                                                                                                                                          ca. April 1959
(vcl-1/12 stg gtr); Unk (rhy gtr); Unk (t/sax); Unk (stg bs); Unk (dms); Unk (chrs-2).
                                                                                                                                                                                             Producer:

2953                            BLAST OFF                                                                                               -1-2                              Dixie 45-2020, Million LP-1, Cascade DROP-1006
                                      (A. Holloway-B.R. Thomas) (Starday-BMI)                                                                             Collector CLCD-4410, Buffalo Bop BB-2053
                                                                                                                                                                                             Dee Jay Jamboree 45-130, Vladimir Twist VTR-6910
                                                                                                                                                                                             JSP JSP-6201
2954                            SWINGING THE ROCK                                                                          (Inst)                            Dixie 45-2020, Million LP-1, Collector CLCD-4410
                                      (A. Holloway) (Starday-BMI)                                                               Buffalo Bop BB-2053, Dee Jay Jamboree 45-130

NB(1): DIXIE 45-2020 released July 1959.
NB(2): DEE JAY JAMBOREE 45-130 released Germany
NB(3): MILLION LP-1 “THE BEST OF DIXIE, Vol.1.” released Holland 1981.
NB(4: CASCADE DROP-1006 “20 GREAT GUITAR INSTRUMENTALS” released United Kingdom 1983.
NB(5): COLLECTOR CLCD-4410 “DIXIE ROCK AND ROLL” released Holland 1992.
NB(6): BUFFALO BOP BB-2053 “THE BOP THAT NEVER STOPPED, Vol.41.” released Germany 1985.
NB(7): DEE JAY JAMBOREE 45-130 released Germany 1986.
NB(8): VLADIMIR TWIST VTR-6910 “LIKE NOTHING YOUR EARS HAVE EVER HEARD, Vol.10.” released 1997.
NB(9): JSP JSP-6201 “VIRGINIA ROCKS: THE HISTORY OF ROCKABILLY IN THE COMMONWEALTH” released United Kingdom 2009. 

SHORTY HOLLOWAY                                                                                                                                                        Richland, Wa.                                                                                                                    1967
(vcl/rhy gtr); plus Unk Musicians
                                                                                                                                                                                             Producer:

20949/                       WALKING THE BLUES AWAY                                                               Big Sound No. #, Big Sound BS-102
Rite 1965                   (Polly Holloway) (Autumn Publishing-BMI)
20950/                       OKLAHOMA SWEETHEART                                                                                   No. #
Rite 1965                   (Polly Holloway) (Autumn Publishing-BMI)

NB(1): BIG SOUND No. # released 1967.
NB(2): BIG SOUND No. # is a CP RITE custom pressing.

SHORYY HOLLOWAY                                                                                                                                                       Richland, Wa.                                                                                                                    1968
(ld gtr/rhy gtr); plus Unk Musicians
                                                                                                                                                                                             Producer:

                                      BACK UP AND PUSH                                                                                                                  Big Sound BS-102
                                      ()
                                      BOIL THEM CABBAGE DOWN                                                                             BS-102
                                      ()
                                      KELLY WALTZ                                                                                                                                                BS-102
                                      ()
                                      FADED LOVE                                                                                                                                                 BS-102
                                      (Bob Wills-Johnnie Lee Wills)
                                      WAY DOWN YONDER                                                                                                                                 BS-102
                                      ()
                                      BOGGIE ON GUITAR (sic)                                                                                                                          BS-102
                                      ()               
                                      WEDNESDAY NIGHT WALTZ                                                                                BS-102
                                      ()
                                      RED WHITE AND BLUES                                                                                                             Big Sound BS-102
                                      ()
                                      RUBBER DOLLY                                                                                                                                            BS-102
                                      ()
                                      BULLY OF THE TOWN                                                                                                                                 BS-102
                                      ()

NB: BIG SOUND BS-102 “FIDDLES-BACK UP AND PUSH” released 1968.

SHORTY HOLLOWAY                                                                                                                                                       Richland, Wa.                                                                                                                    1968
(vcl/rhy gtr);
                                                                                                                                                                                             Producer:

23849/                       YOU GOTTA LOVE IT RIGHT                                                                 Big Sound No. #
Rite 1965                   ()
23850/                       I CRIED LIKE A BABY                                                                                               No. #
Rite 1965                   (Alden Holloway) (Kennewick Pub. Co. BMI)

NB(1): BIG SOUND No. # released 1969.
NB(2): BIG SOUND No. # is a CP RITE custom pressing.


DISCOGRAPHY compiled by DICK GRANT, AL TURNER, DAVE SAX, JOHN E. BURTON, KEVIN COFFEY, BILL DANIELS, MICHEL RUPPLI, STEVE HATHAWAY, PHIL TRICKER & IAN SADDLER with acknowledgements to Frantisek Frank.

1975-2016.