Dixieland Drifters [Dixielanders] - Houston Turner

 by Praguefrank, Thieu Van De Vorst
SESSIONS  
13 February 1957 Sun Studio, 706 Union Ave., Memphis, TN – The Dixieland Drifters (Hal Culpepper [vcl], Norman Blake [dobro], Robert Johnson [banjo], Cecil Powell[mandolin], James Van Eaton [drums], Harold Bradford [fiddle])
001 MAYBE TOMORROW unissued/BFX 15211
002 I‘M GONNA FIND HER unissued/BFX 15211
BEAR FAMILY BFX 15211 THE SUN COUNTRY YEARS 1950 – 1959 (GER, 1986)
1958 unknown, TN – The Dixieland Drifters (Norman Blake, Howard Culpepper, Charlie Evans, Peanut Faircloth, Rufus Blake, Houston "Buck" Turner, Cecil Powell)
003 F-786 THE TROT 45-222/LP 2028
004 F-787 WALK EASY 45-222
BUFFALO BOP LP 2028 THE BOP THAT NEVER STOPPED VOL.24 (GER, 1979)
1959 unknown, TN – The Dixieland Drifters
005 F-798 DON'T YOU BE STILL 45-223/WLP 8867 Bb-CD-55141
006 F-799 CHURCH STEEPLES AND WHITE FLOWERS 45-224
COLLECTOR WLP 8867 HOME MADE EARLY ROCK AND ROLL (NED, 1984); BUFFALO BOB Bb-CD-55141 ROCKABILLY AFFAIR (GER, 2021)
1959 Recording Of Nashville, Nashville, TN – The Dixieland Drifters Quartet (Houston Turner [vcl/gt], Hal Culpepper [vcl/gt], Norman Blake [dobro/gt], Cecil Powell [vcl/mandolin] + ? [bass]. Producer: Murray Nash)
007 F-802 GLORY GLORY 45-224 /STCD 18
008 F-803 WILL YOU MEET ME 45-224 /STCD 18
STOMPER TIME STCD 18 NASHVILLE BLURGRASS (UK, 2003)
1960 unknown, TN – The Dixieland Drifters
009 S-683 I CAN’T DO WITHOUT YOU Dub 1001 /JASMCD 3640-1
010 S-684 CHEATING LOVE Dub 1001
JASMINE JASMCD 3640/1 HILLBILLY BOP, VOL. 6, 1960-1961 (UK 2014, 2CDs)
1960 unknown, TN – The Dixieland Drifters
011 SO 919 YOU WON’T FALL IN LOVE HAP-1005
012 SO 920 WILL ANGELS HAVE SWEETHEARTS HAP-1005
1961 unknown – The Dixieland Drifters/ Houston Turner and The Dixielanders*/The Dixielanders**
013/H01 M8OW-3262/F-828  BONGOS AND UNCLE JOHN [UNCLE JOHN BONGOS*]  HAP-1009 1412** 1416* 20th Fox 281 /STCD 08 STCD 12 LP 2023 CDD 1156512
014/H02 M8OW-3263 HOW BIG A FOOL* HAP-1009
015 F-829 WALK EASY** 1412 20th Fox 281/STCD 12
STOMPER TIME STCD 08 LAST GREAT ROCKABILLY SATURDAY NIGHT, VOL. 2 (UK, 1987); ESOLDUN LP 2023 RARE ROCK-A-BILLY BOPPIN' (FRA, 1987); CHIEF CDD 1156512 ULTRA RARE ROCKIN' AND BOPPIN' VOL.4 (NED, 1993); STOMPER TIME STCD 12 NASHVILLE ROCKABILLY (UK, 2001)
1962 Sound Of Nashville , Nashville, TN – The Dixielanders
016 F-853 THE TROT  1420/STCD 12
1962 Sound Of Nashville , Nashville, TN – The Dixielanders / Houston Turner and The Dixielanders*
017 F-859 I’LL WATCH YOUR LIGHTS GROW DIMMER  1420
018/H03 F-860 THE BEST DRESSED BEGGAR (IN TOWN)* 1416/STCD 12 CDCHD 473
ACE CHCHD 473 EL PRIMITIVO ROCK AND ROLL AND ROCKABILLY (UK, 1993)
1963 Sound Of Nashville, Nashville, TN - Houston Turner
H04 BN 162 BUENOS NOCHES 1437
H05 BN 163 CANDY APPLE RED 1437
H06 N-215-3 I WAS LOVING YOU MORE 1440
H07 IF I'D DIED BEFORE I MET YOU 1440


SINGLES
BB (1958) Dixieland Drifters
45-222 The Trot / Walk Easy – 06-58 (rev. June 30)
45-223 Don't You Be Still / Church Steeples And White Flowers – 09-59
45-224 Will You Meet Me / Glory Glory – 59 The Dixieland Drifters Quartet
Dub
1001 I Can’t Do Without You / Cheating Love – 06-60 (rev. June 27)
Hap (1961)
HAP-1005 Will Angels Have Sweethearts / You Won’t Fall In Love - 10-60 Dixieland Drifters
HAP-1009 Bongos And Uncle John / How Big A Fool – 04-61 Houston Turner (rev. Apr. 10)
Do-Ra-Me (1962-63) Houston Turner
1412 Uncle John's Bongos / Walk Easy – 06-61 The Dixielanders (reissued on 20th Fox 281)
1416 Uncle John's Bongos / The Best Dressed Beggar (In Town) – 03-62 Houston Turner and The Dixielanders
1420 The Trot / I’ll Watch Your Lights Grow Dimmer – 63 (rev. Jan. 26)
1437 Buenos Noches / Candy Apple Red – 63 Houston Turner
1440 I Was Loving You More / If I'd Died Before I Met You – 63 Houston Turner