Frank Simon

 by Praguefrank, Thieu Van De Vorst
SESSIONS  
ca. June 1952 unknown - Frank Simon – The West Virginia Mountain Boy
001 6136 NICKLES, DIMES AND COPPER PENNIES  X 54 45-1615
002 6137 TENNESSEE AIR MAIL  X 55
003 6138 MY TWO OPEN ARMS  X 55
004 6139 STILL CRYIN‘  X 54 45-1615
ca. September 1952  unknown -  Frank Simon
005 6182? LUCKY YOU LONESOME ME X 70
006 6183 HILLBILLY MUSIC  X 63
007 6184 OPEN DOOR TO HEAVEN  X 63
008 6185 I‘M A LOVER NOT A FIGHTER  X 70/CLCD 2871
COLLECTOR CLCD 2871 STEAMLINE BOPPIN' (NED, 2003)
ca. June or July 1953 Hollywood, CA - Frank Simon
009 6364 SUGAR PLUM BOOGIE  X 79 1647/LP 2025 WLP 2816 BCD 16876
010 6365 I LOVE THE LIPS (THAT LIE TO ME)  X 79
011 6366 LIGHTHEARTED GUY  X 76
012 6367 THE WANDERING BLUES  X 76
ESOLDUN LP 2025 BE BOP BOOGIE (FRA, 1987); COLLECTOR WLP 2816 BOPPIN' HILLBILLY VOL.16 (NED, 1990); BEAR FAMILY BCD 16876 THAT'LL FLAT GIT IT VOL.26 (GER, 2008)
Ca Mid 1950s poss. Hollywood, CA - Frank Simon and The Million-Aires
013 GUILTY ED 133
014 TIME ED 135
015 THERE'S STILL SOMEONE ELSE ED 135
016 HONKY TONK MERRY GO ROUND  ED 133
Ca 1957 poss. Hollywood, CA - Frank Simon
017 BUMMING AROUND EP 24/AL 1552
018 RELEASE ME EP 24/AL 1552
019 LET ME BE THE ONE EP 24/AL 1552
020 THERE SHE GOES EP 24/AL 1552
1958 or sooner poss. Hollywood, CA - Frank Simon and The Million-Aires
021 I CAN SEE AN ANGEL EP 30/AL 1552
022 WALKING AFTER MIDNIGHT EP 30/AL 1552
023 7072* JUST OUT OF REACH 1748X45* EP 30/AL 1552
024 7073* SEND ME THE PILLOW (YOU DREAM ON) 1748X45* EP 36/AL 1552
025 IF I COULD ONLY STAY ASLEEP  EP 36/AL 1552
026 TRUER LOVE EP 36/AL 1552
027 DON'T LET THE STARS (GET IN YOUR EYES) EP 36/AL 1552



ALBUMS
Audio Lab AL 1552 4 Star Hits Big Hits Of The 50s By The New Voice Of The 60s: Just Out Of Reach; Let Me Be The One; Bumming Around; I Can See An Angel; Honky Tonk Merry Go Round; Release Me; ; Send Me The Pillow You Dream On; If I Could Only Stay Asleep; Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes; Truer Love; Walking After Midnight; There She Goes - 60


EPs
4-Star EP-24 Bumming Around: Bumming Around; Release Me / Let Me Be The One; There She Goes – 57?
4-Star  EP-30 I Can See An Angel;  Honky Tonk Merry Go Round / Just Out Of Reach;  Walking After Midnight – 58 and The Million-Aires
4-Star EP-36 Send Me The Pillow (You Dream On):  Send Me The Pillow (You Dream On);  If I Could Only Stay Asleep / Truer Lover;  Don't Let The Stars (Get In Your Eyes)  - 58 and The Million-Aires


SINGLES
4-Star
X-54 Nickles, Dimes And Copper Pennies / Still Cryin' - 52
X-55 My Two Open Arms / Tennessee Air Mail – 52 (also as 45-1620)
X-63 Hillbilly Music / Open Door To Heaven - 52
X-70 I'm A Lover Not A Fighter / Lucky You Lonesome Me - 53
X-76 Lighthearted Guy / The Wandering Blues - 53
45-1647 Sugar Plum Boogie / I Love The Lips (That Lie To Me) – 53 (also as X-79)
1748x45 Just Out Of Reach / Send Me The Pillow (That You Dream On) – 01-61

D. Rangers

 by Praguefrank
SESSIONS  
2001 unknown, CAN - D. Rangers (Eldon Maine [gt], Dink Jebkins [vcl/banjo], Dixon Mason [mandolin], John T. Plumeray [bass])
001 D. RANGE SPECIAL
002 NOTHIN' TO SHOW
003 TAKE ME BACK TO TULSA
004 IF JUST MAYBE
005 VISCOSITY BREAKDOWN
006 RAMBLIN' MAN
007 SALTY DOG BLUES
008 D. RANGE STOMP
009 WEARY BLUES FROM WAITING
010 BLUE YODEL #4
Tracks above issued on album D. Rangers
2001 [live] unknown – D. Rangers
01001 PADDY BREAKDOWN D.Rangers
2004 poss. Winnipeg, MB, CAN – D. Rangers
011 STONY MOUNTAIN BREAKDOWN
012 RUNAWAY
013 WE STAY HIGH AND LONESOME
014 TRUCK STOP GIRL
015 BOOT HEEL DRAG
016 COUGHIN' UP BLOOD
017 CHEROKEE SURF
018 THREE BARRIERS
019 KNIVES
020 NOTHIN TO SHOW
021 KANDAHAR SASKATCHEWAN
022 KICKSVILLE
Tracks above issued on album We Stay High And Lonesome
2006  poss. Winnipeg, MB, CAN – D. Rangers (Chris Saywell [ac gt], Jaxon Haldane [ld vcl/ banjo/ saw], Aaron Goss [vcl/mandolin], Tom Fodey [bass],  Don Zueff [vcl/fiddle])
023 THE PAW-PAW PATCH
024 LOVE, LUST AND LONLINESS
025 TROIS RIVIERES
026 SETTIN' A BLAZE
027 DIRTY DODIE
028 WATCHING HER DANCE
029 SOCIAL SEASON
030 UNCLE BILLY'S BREAKDOWN
031 CRUSTY AND GREASY
032 BAD INSIDES
033 NEW YEARS BLUES
034 TIGHT KNIT SEAMS
035 JUNE OFF OF DRINKIN'
036 BLACK EDDIES QUARTER MILE
037 BOOTSTOMPS
038 THE PAW-PAW PATCH (BLACK LODGE REPRISE)
Tracks above issued on album The Paw-Paw Patch
2007 unknown, CAN - David Essig, Romi Mayes, the D. Rangers, Chris Carmichael, Dan Walsh, Scott Nolan
039 FALLIN'
040 DECLARATION DAY
041 BROKEN PROMISES
042 FAIR DAYS
043 HIGH GROUND
044 TAMPA
045 TREMBLE AND WEEP
046 STEWART CROSSING
047 MARY ... TEXAS MIX WALTZ
048 REDBIRD COUNTRY
049 BEVERLEY STREET
Tracks above issued on album Beverley Street




ALBUMS
Dollartone [CAN] 365527-8663-002 D.Rangers: D. Range Special; Nothin' to Show; Take Me Back to Tulsa; If Just Maybe; Viscosity Breakdown; Ramblin' Man; Salty Dog Blues; D. Range Stomp; Weary Blues from Waiting; Blue Yodel #4; Paddy Breakdown - 01
Dollartone [CAN] no # We Stay High And Lonesome: Stony Mountain Breakdown; Runaway;We Stay High and Lonesome; Truck Stop Girl; Boot Heel Drag; Coughin' Up Blood; Cherokee Surf; Three Barriers; Knives; Nothin To Show; Kandahar Saskatchewan; Kicksville – 04
Dollartone [CAN] DT 0015 The Paw-Paw Patch: The Paw-Paw Patch; Love, Lust And Lonliness; Trois Rivieres; Settin' A Blaze; Dirty Dodie; Watching Her Dance; Social Season; Uncle Billy's Breakdown; Crusty And Greasy; Bad Insides; New Years Blues; Tight Knit Seams; June Off Of Drinkin'; Black Eddies Quarter Mile; Bootstomps; The Paw-Paw Patch (Black Lodge Reprise) - 06
Dollartone [CAN] 0020 Beverley Street: Fallin'; Declaration Day; Broken Promises; Fair Days; High Ground; Tampa; Tremble And Weep; Stewart Crossing; Mary ... Texas Mix Waltz; Redbird Country; Beverley Street – 07 David Essig, Romi Mayes, D. Rangers, Chris Carmichael, Dan Walsh ,  Scott Nolan (collaboration album – tribute to the songs of David Essig)

Leslie Avril

 By Praguefrank
SESSIONS
1994 poss. Newmarket Studio, North Melbourne, VIC, AUS – Leslie Avril
001 DESERT SKY NEW 1051.2  
002 COWGIRLS HEART NEW 1051.2
003 I WANT YOU BACK NEW 1051.2  
004 W.O.M.A.N NEW 1051.2  
005 THE STATION NEW 1051.2  
006 PROWLING AROUND NEW 1051.2  
007 LOOKING EVERYWHERE NEW 1051.2  
008 DON'T COME THE COWBOY NEW 1051.2  
009 COWBOYS SWEETHEART NEW 1051.2  
010 LAY YOUR BURDENS DOWN NEW 1051.2
011 FIREWOMAN NEW 1051.2  
012 RAINING SO HARD NEW 1051.2  
013 SINGLE GIRL AGAIN NEW 1051.2
014 SUPERWOMAN NEW 1051.2  
015 CHAMPAGNE AND DESOLATION NEW 1051.2  
1996 [live] unknown – Leslie Avril (Leslie Avril [vcl], Stan Kemann [gt], Chris Slockey [gt], Garrett Costigan [steel], Kerryn Toilhurst [lap steel], Paul Gadsby [bass], Gary Young/ Bruce Coombs [drums], Andrew Clormont [fiddle/didjeridoo]. Matthew Arnold [fiddle],
01501 ROCKABILLY WOMAN
01502 JOHNNY CASH SONG
01503 COWGIRLS HEART
01504 DESERT SKY
01505 CARNIVAL OF SOULS
01506 SUPERWOMAN
01507 BILLY CAME BACK
01508 BREAK IT TO ME GENTLY
01509 SWEET NUTHINS'
01510 HE THINKS I STILL CARE
01511 ALL TANGLE UP IN LOVE
01512 FIREWOMAN
01513 LAY YOUR BURDENS DOWN
01514 WOMAN
01515 TRASHY WOMAN
01516 GUILTY
Tracks above issued on album Live
1998 Newmarket Studio, North Melbourne, VIC, AUS – Leslie Avril
016 COWBOY IN MY BED
017 WHAT I USED TO GET UP TO
018 TANGLED UP IN LOVE
019 FLESH AND BONE
020 THERE'S A GUY WORKS DOWN THE CHIPSHOP SWCARS HE’S ELVIS
021 TICKING OF THE CLOCK
022 FATTER THAN TEXAS
023 WHEN BILLY CAME BACK
Tracks above issued on album Cowboy In My Bed
1998 Wild Dog Studio, St. Andrews, VIC, AUS – Leslie Avril
024 THE FOOL
025 SOME OF THESE BLUES
026 FAR FROM THE STOR
027 LOVE WON'T COME
028 GOOD NEWS BAD
029 I'D RATHER STAY HOME
Tracks above issued on album Cowboy In My Bed
2010 unknown, AUS – Leslie Avril
030 HOW LONG
031 PERFECT WORLD
032 SONG FOR LES
033 LONELYAND LONGING
034 DARK END OF THE STREET
035 FOOLISH THINGS
036 TONIGHT THE HEARTACHE'S ON ME
037 LA MUSIQUE COUNTRY
038 DEVIL CALL YOUR NAME
039 HARD WORKIN' WOMAN
040 EASTERN STANDARD TIME
041 LOVE LETTERS
042 L.A. FREEWAY
Tracks above issued on album I’m Alright Jack

ALBUMS
Newmarket Music [AUS] NEW 1051.2 Champagne and Desolation: Desert Sky; Cowgirls Heart; I Want You Back; W.O.M.A.N; The Station; Prowling Around; Looking Everywhere; Don't Come the Cowboy; Cowboys Sweetheart; Lay Your Burdens Down; Firewoman; Raining so Hard; Single Girl Again; Superwoman; Champagne and Desolation - 94
Leslie Avril [AUS] ? Leslie Avril Live: Rockabilly Woman; Johnny Cash Song; Cowgirls Heart; Desert Sky; Carnival of Souls; Superwoman; Billy Came Back; Break It to Me Gently; Sweet Nuthins'; He Thinks I Still Care; All Tangle Up in Love; Firewoman; Lay Your Burdens Down; Woman; Trashy Woman; Guilty - 96
Leslie Avril [AUS] NIL Cowboy In My Bed : Cowboy in My Bed; What I Used to Get Up To; Tangled Up in Love; The Fool; Some of These Blues; Flesh and Bone; There's a Guy Works Down the Chipshop; Ticking of the Clock; Far from the Storm; Love Won't Come; Fatter Than Texas; Good News Bad; When Billy Came Back; I'd Rather Stay Home – 98
Leslie Avril [AUS] ?  I'm Alright Jack: How Long; Perfect World; Song for Les; Lonelyand Longing; Dark End of the Street; Foolish Things; Tonight the Heartache's on Me; La Musique Country; Devil Call Your Name; Hard Workin' Woman; Eastern Standard Time; Love Letters; L.A. Freeway - 23-10-10