Tommy Spurlin

Thomas M. Spurlin, *12-01-1928 Elba, AL, +27-07-2005

By Praguefrank, Dik DeHeer, Thieu Van DeVorst

SESSIONS

1954 [mastered Oct. 22] poss. Shreveport, LA – Tommy Spurlin And His Southern Boys (Tommy Spurlin [vcl/rh gt], Jimmy Slade [ld gt], Bill Johnson [steel], George Dumas [bass], Virgil Powell [fiddle])

001 2976 BEEN LIVIN' WRONG Jiffy 205/HBR 005

002 2977 MY ADDRESS IS THE SAME Jiffy 205/HBR 005

HILLBILLY RESEARCHER HBR 005 LOUISIANA HILLBILLY THE JIFFY LABEL (UK, 1999)

Summer 1955 Miami, FL – Tommy Spurlin And His Southern Boys

003 DANGER! Perfect 107

004 AIN'T HAD NO LOVIN' 107

1956 Miami, FL – Tommy Spurlin And His Southern Boys (Tommy Spurlin [vcl/gt], Jimmy Slade [el gt], George Dumas [bass]) [overdub sessions: [1] 1956 – unknown [drums])

005 THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN A LOVE SONG 45-C-108

006 TOMORROW I'LL BE GONE 45-C-108

007 HANG LOOSE (I'VE GOTTA ROCK) Perfect 109/AFS 1001 LP 2068 CLCD 4411 CDCHD 639 BB-CD-55009 CHCHD 191 CDCHD 815 SCCD 1125 STCD 30 [1:] Art 109

008 ONE-EYED SAM  109/AFS 1001 CLCD 4411 CDCHD 639  [1:] Art 109

BUFFALO BOP LP 2068 THE BOP THAT NEVER STOPPED VOL.52  (GER, 1988); COLLECTOR CLCD 4411 NAU VUE ROCK AND ROLL (NED, 1993); ACE CDCHD 639 MIAMI REOCKABILLY (UK, 1998); BUFFALO BOP BB-CD 55009 HANG LOOSE (GER, 1994); ACE CDCHD 191 ROCKABILLY SHAKEOUT (UK, 1992); ACE CDCHD 815 THEM ROCKABILLY CATS (UK, 2001); SMITH SCCD 1125 GREAT ROCKBILLY JUST ABOUT AS GOOD AS IT GETS (NED, 2007, 2CD); STOMPERTIME STCD 30 LAST GREAT ROCKABILLY SATURDAY NIGHT VOL.3   (UK, 2012)

1956 Miami, FL – Tommy Spurlin

009 HEART THROB Art 131/AFS LP 1001 Ace CDCHD 639 LP 2068 CCD 1156508

010 NO TIME FOR HEARTACHES Art 131/ AFS LP 1001  Ace CDCHD 639 LP 2068 CAT 1033

AFS 1001 MIAMI ROCKABILLY (1979); CAT 1033 CALLING ALL ROCK AND ROLL COLLECTORS VOL.1 (NED, 1993); CHIEF CCD 1156508 ULTRA RARE ROCAKABILLY’S VOL.8 (NED , 1993)

1950s unknown – Tommy Spurlin

011 I'LL BE LEAVING YOU  unissued/CLCD 4411

 

SINGLES

Jiffy (1954)

205 Been Livin' Wrong / My Address Is The Same - 54

Perfect

45-C-107 Danger! / Ain't Had No Lovin' – 11-55 (rev. Dec. 10)

45-C-108 There Might Have Been A Love Song / Tomorrow I'll Be Gone - 56

45-109 Hang Loose (I've Gotta Rock) / One-Eyed Sam – 07-56 (rev. Aug. 4)

Art 45-C-109 Hang Loose (I've Gotta Rock) / One-Eyed Sam – 09-56 (overdubed drum)

Art  [bootleg?]

45-131 Heart Throb / No Time For Heartaches – 75?