Carl Tipton

*Gate City, VA
by Praguefrank
SESSIONS
1950 Nashville, TN – Carl Tipton
001 GOING HOME Tennessee 727
002 YOU’D BETTER KNEEL AND PRAY  727
1951 Nashville, TN – Carl Tipton
003 WE WILL RISE AND SHINE 766
004 PRAY, PRAY, PRAY 766
1967 unknown The Carl Tipton Show and The Mid State Playboys (Carl Tipton [mandolin], Joe Stuart [gt], Gene Five [banjo], Jack Stoneman [bass], Richard Hoffman [fiddle])
005 BENEATH THE CLAY LP 143
006 PRAY, PRAY, PRAY LP 143  
007 MOTHER HOW WE MISS YOU LP 143  
008 KNEEL AND PRAY LP 143
009 MANSION FOR ME LP 143
010 I'M GOING HOME LP 143  
011 YEARS HAVE GONE BY LP 143
012 JOKING AROUND LP 143
013 LOVE OH LOVE LP 143  
014 WHY HAS YOUR LOVE GONE COLD LP 143
015 DARLIN CORA LP 143
016 SAND MOUNTAIN LP 143
1968 unknown – Carl Tipton
017 5688 HIGHWAY TO HAPPINESS H-806
018 5689 NOT TIL YOU COME BACK (TO ME) H-806
1970 unknown – Carl Tipton [1]/Sophie Tiptton [2]
019 S 9145 HIGH HEELS WITH NO SOLE [1] 45-894
S01 S 9146 TIGER LET ME HEAR YOUR ROAR [2] 45-894
1972 unknown – Carl Tipton
020 THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD VOC 201
021 WORKING ON A ROAD VOC 201
022 WHITE DOVE VOC 201
023 BENEATH THE CITY VOC 201
1970s unknown – Carl Tipton and The Midstate Playboys
024 WILL YOU MISS ME (WHEN I'M GONE) RGM NR 2957
025 ANGEL MOTHER RGM NR 2957
026 MOTHER'S NOT DEAD (SHE'S ON A SLEEPIN') RGM NR 2957
027 NEVER GROW OLD RGM NR 2957
1970s Nashville, TN – Carl Tipton and The Midstate Playboys (Producer: Johnny Dollar)
028 I FIRMLY PROMISE YOU BSP 2862
029 JESSE JAMES BSP 2862
1975 Monument  Recording Studio, 114 17th Ave. South, Nashville,  TN – The Carl Tipton Show (Producer: Joel Gendry)
030 STORMY WATERS SC 7304
031 ON THE WAY HOME SC 7304
032 MEMORIES OF MOTHER SC 7304
033 DREADFUL SNAKE SC 7304
034 OH MOM SC 7304
035 DON'T WAIT TOO LATE SC 7304
036 MY LORD KEEPS A RECORD SC 7304
037 GOING UP HOME TO LIVE IN GREEN PASTURES SC 7304
038  MEDALS FOR MOTHER SC 7304
039 WHEN I WAKE UP (TO SLEEP NO MORE) SC 7304
1977 Nashville, TN – The Carl Tipton Show (Carl Tipton [vcl/mandolin],  Sophie Tipton [vcl],  Al Holderfield [vcl/ac gt], Charlie Cushman [banjo], Red Murphy [bass],  Earl White [vcl/fiddle])
040 OH WHAT A HAPPY DAY SD 987  GT7-2135-2  
041 WHY HAS YOUR LOVE GROWN COLD? SD 987 GT7-2135-2   
042 DEATH IS ONLY A DREAM SD 987 GT7-2135-2
043 KNEEL AND PRAY SD 987 GT7-2135-2    
044 MEDICINE BOW SD 987 GT7-2135-2   
045 BANJO SPECIAL SD 987 GT7-2135-2  
046 BANKS OF THE OHIO SD 987 GT7-2135-2   
047 ICY COLD SD 987 GT7-2135-2
048 HILLS OF TENNESSEE SD 987   GT7-2135-2
049 IT WON'T BE VERY LONG SD 987 GT7-2135-2    
050 I'LL LIVE IN GLORY SD 987  GT7-2135-2
051 WHEN I'M GONE SD 987  GT7-2135-2
Poss. From sessions above:
052 WHITE DOVE GT7-2135-2
053 THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD GT7-2135-2


ALBUMS
Sims LP 143 The Carl Tipton Show: Beneath The Clay; Pray, Pray, Pray; Mother How We Miss You; Kneel And Pray; Mansion For Me; I'm Going Home; Years Have Gone By; Joking Around; Love Oh Love; Why Has Your Love Gone Cold; Darlin Cora; Sand Mountain – 67 and The Mid State Playboys
Skylite Country SC 7304 Sunday Singing: Stormy Waters; On The Way Home; Memories Of Mother; Dreadful Snake; Oh Mom; Don't Wait Too Late; My Lord Keeps A Record; Going Up Home To Live In Green Pastures; Medals For Mother; When I Wake Up (To Sleep No More) – 75 The Carl Tipton Show
Gusto SD-987 The Carl Tipton Show: Oh What A Happy Day;  Why Has Your Love Grown Cold?; Death Is Only A Dream; Kneel And Pray;  Medicine Bow; Banjo Special; Banks Of The Ohio;  Icy Cold;  Hills Of Tennessee;  It Won't Be Very Long;  I'll Live In Glory; When I'm Gone – 77
Gusto GT7-2135-2 Echoes Of The Carl Tipton Show: Hills Of Tennessee; Oh Happy Day; Why Has Your Love Gone Cold; White Dove; Kneel And Pray; Icy Cold; I'll Live In Glory; Banjo Special; Banks Of The Ohio; Death Is Only A Dream; It Won't Be Very Long; Medicine Bow; The Lord Is My Shepherd; When I'm Gone – 09

EPs
Voice Of Country VOC 201 The Lord Is My Shepherd; Working On A Road / White Dove; Beneath The City - 72
RGM NR 2957 Carl Tipton And The Midstate Bluegrass Boys: Will You Miss Me (When I'm Gone);  Angel Mother /  Mother's Not Dead (She's Only A Sleepin');  Never Grow Old – 7-


SINGLES
Tennessee (1950-51)
727 Going Home / You’d better Kneel And Pray  - 50
766 We Will Rise and Shine / Pray, Pray, Pray - 51
Harvester (1968)
H-806 Highway To Happiness / Not Til You Come Back (To Me) - 68
Starday (1970)
45-894 [Carl Tipton:] High Heels With No Sole / [Sophie Tipton:] Tiger Let Me Hear Your Roar – 05-70
Brite Star
BSP 2862 I Firmly Promise You / Jesse James – 7- And The Mid State Playboys – 7-