Bonnie Dobson

*13-11-1940 Toronto, Ontario, CAN

By Praguefrank, Vaclav Zpatecka, Michel Ruppli

SESSIONS

1960 New York City – Bonnie Dobson (Bonnie Dobson [vcl/gt], Hennie Kubick [vcl], Peter Gardner [gt], Isabel Garder [flute]

001 THE CRUEL WAR IS RAGING Prestige 13021

002 SHE'S LIKE A SWALLOW Prestige 13021

003 THE SILKIE OF SULE SKERRY (CHILD #113) Prestige 13021

004 ACROSS THE BLUE MOUNTAIN Prestige 13021

005 THE PRICKLE HOLLY BUSH (CHILD #95) Prestige 13021

006 MISTRESS BOND Prestige 13021

007 ENVOYONS DE L'AVANT Prestige 13021

008 WILL YE GO LADDIE GO Prestige 13021

009 FRANKIE SLIDE Prestige 13021

010 MONSIEUR LE CURÉ Prestige 13021

011 THE JAM AT GERRY'S ROCK Prestige 13021

012 THE FIRST TIME Prestige 13021

013 THE ROAD TO GRANDMÈRE Prestige 13021

014 THE OLD MAID'S LAMENT Prestige 13021

1960 New York City – Bonnie Dobson (Bonnie Dobson [vcl/gt])

015 DEAR COMPANION Prestige 13031

016 MY MOTHER CHOSE MY HUSBAND Prestige 13031

017 GIRL OF CONSTANT SORROW Prestige 13031

018 VRANYANKA Prestige 13031

019 BEN'S LULLABY Prestige 13031

020 THE BONNIE LASS OF KENMORE TOWN Prestige 13031

021 WHEN I WAS IN MY PRIME Prestige 13031

022 AH! SI MON MOINE Prestige 13031

023 BLUES JUMPED A RABBIT Prestige 13031

024 DINK'S SONG Prestige 13031

025 VERTSA DIEVCHA Prestige 13031

026 THE CRUEL MOTHER Prestige 13031

February 1962 [live] Folk City, New York City – Bonnie Dobson (Bonnie Dobson [vcl/gt], Art Rosenbaum [gt])

02601 ONCE MY TRUE LOVE Prestige 13057

02602 LOVE HENRY Prestige 13057

02603 IRISH EXILE SONG Prestige 13057

02604 SHULE AROON Prestige 13057

02605 BONNIE'S BLUES Prestige 13057

02606 PETER AMBERLEY Prestige 13057

02607 C'EST L'AVIRON Prestige 13057

02608 THE HOLLY BEARS A BERRY Prestige 13057

02609 TWO CAROLS FOR A NUCLEAR AGE Prestige 13057

02610 MORNING DEW Prestige 13057

1963 [live] unknown – Bonnie Dobson

02611 THE FIRST TIME  FL 14020

02612 PETER AMBERLEY  FL 14020

PRESTIGE FOLKLORE FL 14020 V/A HOOTENANNY (1963)

Ca early 1963 unknown – Bonnie Dobeon (Bonnie Dobson [vcl], Walter Raim [gt/banjo/ mandolin]

027 THE BAYBERRY TREE Prestige 13064

028 BABIES Prestige 13064

029 JIAGALONG HOME Prestige 13064

030 MISTRESS BOND Prestige 13064

031 HAVE YOU SEEN THE GHOST OF JOHN? Prestige 13064

032 RIDING IN THE BUGGY, MISS MARY JANE Prestige 13064

033 DON'T YOU PUSH ME DOWN Prestige 13064

034 IF I WERE A DUCK Prestige 13064

035 MAIL MYSELF TO YOU Prestige 13064

036 THE MERRY-GO-ROUND Prestige 13064

037 THREE LITTLE PIGGIES Prestige 13064

038 LITTLE SACKA SUGAR Prestige 13064

039 THIS OLD MAN Prestige 13064

040 ROSE, ROSE ROSE RED Prestige 13064

041 THE CUCKOO Prestige 13064

042 DONKEY RIDING Prestige 13064

043 THE RICH MAN AND THE POOR MAN Prestige 13064

044 HUSH, LITTLE BABY Prestige 13064

Ca November 1964 unknown – Bonnie Dobson (Producer: Bobby Scott)

045 2-34114 AFTER THE SNOW Mercury SR 60987 BCD 16720

046 2-34115 LORD GREGORY SR 60987 BCD 16720

047 2-34116 DONEY GAL unissued

048 2-34117 UN CANADIAN ERRANT SR 60987 BCD 16720

049 2-34118 PEGGY GORDON SR 60987 BCD 16720

050 2-34119 COUNTRY GIRL BLUES  SR 60987 BCD 16720

051 2-34120 SO EARLY IN THE SPRING  SR 60987 BCD 16720

052 2-34121 FARE THEE WELL unissued

Ca November 1964 unknown – Bonnie Dobson  (Producer: Bobby Scott)

053 2-34156 DON’T YOU KNOW I NEED YOU unissued

054 2-34157 FAR FROM MY ARMS unissued

055 2-34158 LOVIN’ JOHNNY SR 60987 BCD 16720

056 2-34159 GUANTANAMERA  SR 60987 BCD 16720

Ca November 1964 unknown – Bonnie Dobson  (Producer: Bobby Scott)

057 2-34195 FOR THE LOVE OF HIM  SR 60987 BCD 16720

058 2-34196 LE ROI SR 60987 BCD 16720

1969 poss. Toronoto, Ontario, CA – Bonnie Dobson

059 OH WHAT A BEAUTIFUL CITY Nimbus T 56385

10-12 March 1969  Eastern Sound Company, Toronto, CAN/ RCA Victor Studios, Toronto,  CAN – Bonnie Dobson

060 XPKS-5676 I GOT STUNG RCA 74-0208/LSP 4219

061 XPKS-5677 MORNING DEW RCA LSP 4219

062 XPKS-5678 LET'S GET TOGETHER RCA LSP 4219

063 XPKS-5679 I'M YOUR WOMAN RCA 74-208/LSP 4219

064 TIME RCA LSP 4219

065 RAINY WINDOWS RCA LSP 4219

066 EVERYBODY'S TALKIN' RCA LSP 4219

067 BIRD OF SPACE RCA LSP 4219

068 YOU NEVER WANTED ME RCA LSP 4219

069 PENDANT QUE RCA LSP 4219

070 ELEVATOR MAN RCA LSP 4219

071 WINTER'S GOING RCA LSP 4219

1969 Nashville, TN – Bonnie Dobson

072 LIGHT OF LOVE RCA LSP 4277

073 SWEET MAN RCA LSP 4277

074 YOU DON'T KNOW RCA LSP 4277

075 CLOWN RCA LSP 4277

076 GOOD MORNING RAIN RCA LSP 4277

077 MILK AND HONEY RCA LSP 4277

078 WHITE SONG RCA LSP 4277

079 DO WHAT YOU GOTTA DO RCA LSP 4277

080 FACTORY GIRL RCA LSP 4277

081 STREETS OF LONDON RCA LSP 4277

082 A TASTE OF HONEY RCA LSP 4277

1972 unknown, UK – Bonnie Dobson

083 THYME Argo ZFB 79 BCD 16720

084 LONG RIVER Argo ZFB 79 BCD 16720

085 FAREWELL TO NOVA SCOTIA Argo ZFB 79 BCD 16720

086 UN CANADIEN ERRANT Argo ZFB 79 BCD 16720

087 POOR LITTLE GIRLS OF ONTARIO Argo ZFB 79 BCD 16720

088 FOUR STRONG WINDS Argo ZFB 79 BCD 16720

089 VIVE LA CANADIENNE Argo ZFB 79 BCD 16720

090 LAND OF THE SILVER BIRCH Argo ZFB 79 BCD 16720

091 ISE THE BYE Argo ZFB 79 BCD 16720

092 SIXTEEN MILES TO SEVEN LAKES Argo ZFB 79 BCD 16720

093 A LA CLAIRE FONTAINE Argo ZFB 79 BCD 16720

094 SOMEDAY SOON Argo ZFB 79 BCD 16720

1975 unknown, UK – Bonnie Dobson

095 SANGRIA WINE Polydor 2058 631

096 COME ON Polydor 2058 631

1976 unknown, UK – Bonnie Dobson (Producer: Richard Bellevue deSylva)

097 MORNING DEW Polydor 2383 400

098 YOU DON'T KNOW Polydor 2058 823/2383 400

099 MY SONGS ARE SLEEPING Polydor 2383 400

100 LOVE'S ALL YOU NEED Polydor 2383 400

101 SENSE OF KIND Polydor 2383 400

102 WILL YOU STILL LOVE ME TOMORROW Polydor 2383 400

103 TOO LATE NOW Polydor 2383 400

104 OLD MAN SONG Polydor 2383 400

105 BYE B'BYE Polydor 2058 823/2383 400

106 I'LL WALK ALONE Polydor 2383 400

107 SWEET SOMERSET Polydor 2383 400 / BCD 16720

108 A TASTE OF HONEY Polydor 2383 400

1983 London, UK – Bonnie Dobson

109 ABSENCE OF ROMANCE Ritz RITZ 036

110 COME ON DANCING Ritz RITZ 036

1984 London, UK – Bonnie Dobson

111 THE WATER IS WIDE CARA 7

112 SQUADRON LEADER CARA 7

1983, 1996, 2009 London, UK/ Studio F, ?, GER – Bonnie Dobson (Bonnie Dobson [vcl/gt],  Annie Graham [vcl], Friedemann Witeka [gt],  Uli Moritz/ Butz Daehn [percussion], Gerry Hale [vcl/ violin], Henning Schmiedt [piano], David Moses [keyboards], Philippe Geiss [alto sax])
113 MORNING DEW Biber 76831

114 LAND OF THE SILVER BIRCH Biber 76831

115 DAYS OF RECKONING Biber 76831

116 UN CANADIEN ERRANT Biber 76831

117 TIMES TO GET BETTER Biber 76831

118 STAY WITH ME TONIGHT Biber 76831

119 WOMAN YOU CALL YOUR WIFE Biber 76831

120 DOOR IS OPEN Biber 76831

121 GOING SOLO Biber 76831

122 COME ANY CLOSER Biber 76831

123 THYME Biber 76831

124 SOMEDAY SOON Biber 76831

125 AGAIN AND AGAIN Biber 76831

2009 or sooner – Bonnie Dobson

126 A SPECIAL SENSE OF KIND BCD 16720

2013 unknown – Bonnie Dobson and Her Boys (Bonnie Dobson [vcl/gt],  Ben Phillipson [gt/ dulcimer], B J Cole [steel/ dobro], Jonny Bridgwood [bass], Dave Morgan [drums], Ben Paley [fiddle], Felix Holt [harmonica/vcl], Sean Read [trumpet/ percussion], Ruth Tidmarsh [bck vcl])

127 I GOT STUNG Hornbeam HBR 0003

128 MORNING DEW Hornbeam HBR 0003

129 SOUTHERN BOUND Hornbeam HBR 0003

130 COME ON DANCING Hornbeam 45-001/HBR 0003

131 LIVING ON PLASTIC Hornbeam HBR 0003

132 PETER AMBERLEY Hornbeam HBR 0003

133 DINK'S SONG Hornbeam HBR 0003

134 WINTER'S GOING Hornbeam HBR 0003

135 MEAN AND EVIL Hornbeam HBR 0003

136 RAINY WINDOWS Hornbeam HBR 0003

137 V'LA L'BON VENT Hornbeam HBR 0003

138 SANDY BOYS Hornbeam HBR 0003

139 BORN IN THE COUNTRY Hornbeam HBR 0003

140 WHO ARE THESE MEN? Hornbeam HBR 0003

141 JB'S SONG Hornbeam HBR 0003

ALBUMS

Prestige Intl. 13021 She’s Like A Swallow: The Cruel War Is Raging; She's Like A Swallow; The Silkie Of Sule Skerry (Child #113); Across The Blue Mountain; The Prickle Holly Bush (Child #95); Mistress Bond; Envoyons De L'avant; Will Ye Go Laddie Go; Frankie Slide; Monsieur Le Curé; The Jam At Gerry's Rock; The First Time; The Road To Grandmère; The Old Maid's Lament.- 60 (reissued on Prestige Folklore FL 14015)

Prestige Intl. INT 13031 Dear Companion: Dear Companion; My Mother Chose My Husband; Girl Of Constant Sorrow; Vranyanka; Ben's Lullaby; The Bonnie Lass Of Kenmore Town; When I Was In My Prime; Ah! Si Mon Moine; Blues Jumped A Rabbit; Dink's Song; Vertsa Dievcha; The Cruel Mother - 60 (reissued of Prestige/Folklore FL 14007 in 1963)

Prestige Intl. INT 13057  At Folk City: Once My True Love; Love Henry; Irish Exile Song; Shule Aroon; Bonnie's Blues; Peter Amberley; C'est L'Aviron; The Holly Bears A Berry; Two Carols For A Nuclear Age; Morning Dew -  62 (reissued of Prestige/Folklore FL 14018 in 1963)

Prestige Int. 13064  Bonnie Dobson Sings A Merry-Go-Round Of Children's Songs: The Bayberry Tree; Babies; Jiagalong Home; Mistress Bond; Have You Seen The Ghost Of John?; Riding In The Buggy, Miss Mary Jane; Don't You Push Me Down; If I Were A Duck; Mail Myself To You; The Merry-Go-Round; Three Little Piggies; Little Sacka Sugar; This Old Man; Rose, Rose Rose Red; The Cuckoo; Donkey Riding; The Rich Man And The Poor Man; Hush, Little Baby – 05-63

Mercury MG 20987/SR 60987 For The Love Of Him: After The Snow; Quantanamerra; Un Canadien Errant; Lord Gregory; Peggy Gordon; For The Love Of Him; Lovin' Johnny; Le Roi; Country Girl Blues; So Early In The Spring – 02-65

Nimbus [CAN] LM 64 RCA Victor LSP 4219 Bonnie Dobson: I Got Strung; Morning Dew; Let's Get Together; I'm Your Woman; Time; Rainy Windows; Everybody's Talkin'; Bird Of Space; You Never Wanted Me; Pendant Que; Elevator Man; Winter's Going – 69 (Reissued in 2006 on Rev-Ola (UK) CRREV 179)

RCA Victor LSP 4277  Good Morning Rain: Light Of Love; Sweet Man; You Don't Know; Clown; Good Morning Rain; Milk And Honey; White Song; Do What You Gotta Do; Factory Girl; Streets Of London; A Taste Of Honey - 70 (MX: XPRS 7230/1; reissued in 2007 in UK on Rev-Ola CDREV 194)

Argo [UK] ZFB 79  Bonnie Dobson: Thyme; Long River; Farewell To Nova Scotia; Un Canadien Errant; Poor Little Girls Of Ontario; Four Strong Winds; Vive La Canadienne; Land Of The Silver Birch; Ise The Bye; Sixteen Miles To Seven Lakes; A La Claire Fontaine; Someday Soon  - 72

Polydor [UK] 2383 400 Morning Dew: Morning Dew; You Don't Know; My Songs Are Sleeping; Love's All You Need; Sense Of Kind; Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow; Too Late Now; Old Man Song; Bye B'Bye; I'll Walk Alone; Sweet Somerset; A Taste Of Honey – 76

Biber [GER] 76831 Looking Back: Morning Dew; Land Of The Silver Birch; Days Of Reckoning; Un Canadien Errant; Times To Get Better; Stay With Me Tonight; Woman You Call Your Wife; Door Is Open; Going Solo; Come Any Closer; Thyme; Someday Soon; Again And Again – 08-06-10

Bear Family [GER] BCD 16720 Vive La Canadienne: After The Show; Guantanamera; Un Canadian  Errant; Lord Gregory; Peggy Gordon; For The Love Of Him; Lovin' Johnny; Le Roi; Country Girl Blues; So Early In The Spring; Thyme; Long River; Farewell To Nova Scotia; Un Canadian Errant; Poor Little Girls Of Ontario; Four Strong Winds; Vive La Canadienne; Land Of The Silver Birch; Ise The Bye; Sixteen Miles To Seven Lakes; A La Claire Fontaine; Someday Soon; Sweet Somerset; Special Sense Of Kind. - 10

Hornbeam [UK] HBR 0003 Take Me for a Walk in the Morning Dew: I Got Stung; Morning Dew; Southern Bound; Come On Dancing; Living On Plastic; Peter Amberley; Dink's Song; Winter's Going; Mean And Evil; Rainy Windows; V'la L'bon Vent; Sandy Boys; Born In The Country; Who Are These Men?; JB's Song.-  08-07-14

SINGLES

Nimbus [CAN]

T 56385 Oh What A Beautiful City – 69 (one-sided promo single)

RCA Victor

74-0208  I Got Stung / I'm Your Woman – 07-69  (UK issue RCA 1901 in January 1970)

Polydor [UK]

2058 631 Sangria Wine / Come On – 03-10-75

2058 823 Bye B'Bye / You Don't Know – 14-01-77

Ritz [UK]

RITZ 036 Absence Of Romance / Come On Dancing – 02-83

Cara [UK]

CARA 7 The Water Is Wide / Squadron Leader – 12-84

Hornbeam [UK]

HBR 45-001 [Bonnie Dobson And Her Boys:]  Come On Dancing / [The New Scientist:]  Dancing Version – 19-04-14