Sunday, February 26, 2023

Chuck Howard

 Edward Charles Howard, *03-10-1937 Flat Fork, KY, *15-08-1983
3rd version
by Praguefrank, Thieu Van De Vorst, Lennart Gustavsson, Vackav Zpatecka, Michal Gololobov
SESSIONS

ca early 1958 unknown - Chuck Howard
001 JOZ-P-246 CAN'T YOU TELL Port 70002 Sand 45-266
002 JOZ-P-247 CRAZY CRAZY BABY Port 70002 Sand 45-266/WLP 8929
COLLECTOR WLP 8929 UNIVERSAL ROCK AND ROLL (NED, 1988)
ca early 1959 Nashville, TN - Chuck Howard (Producer: Murray Nash)
003 OUT OF GAS Do-Ra-Me 1403/STCD 13 CDHD 473 [alt.]
004 LET'S TALK THINGS OVER Do-Ra-Me 1403
ACE CDCHD 473 EL PRIMITIVE ROCK AND ROLL ROCKABILLY (UK, 1993); STOMPERTIME STCD 13 NASHVILLE ROCK AND ROLL (UK, 2001)
Fall 1959 unknown - Chuck Howard
005 CP-2523 HEARTBREAK STATION Flame 1020
006 CP-2524 GOSSIP Flame 1020/Bb-CD 55090 Lenox 104
BUFFALO BOP Bb-CD 55090 TATTLE TALL (GER, 2000); LENOX 104 ROCK IT, VOL. 4 (FRA, 1997)
ca early 1960 Cincinnati, OH - Chuck Howard
007 ESV-108 JOY GRAY ESV 1017/CLCD 4417 Bb-CD 55090 Eagle 317
008 ESV-109 DON'T LET IT BOTHER YOU ESV 1017
EAGLE 317 AT THE ROCK HOUSE, VOL. 17 (GER, 1982); COLLECTOR CLCD 4417 GREAT ROCKER FROM CINCINNATI (NED, 1993)
1960 unknown - Chuck Howard
009 757-45-1045-1 CHATTANOOGA SHOE SHINE BOY Kim 45-1045
010 L9OW-2158/757-45-1045-2 CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU Joy 238
011 L9OW-2157 LET ME WALK YOU HOME, JEANETTE Joy 238 Kim 45-1045
012 unknown title
013 757-45-1047-5 THE VERY LAST TIME 45-1047  
014 757-45-1047-6 YOUR CHEATING HEART 45-1047  
1962 unknown - Chuck Howard
015 NO8W-1680 EASY TO SAY, HARD TO DO Kim KR-1047 Fraternity F 901
016 NO8W-1681 IT ONLY HURTS WHEN I CRY Kim KR-1047 Fraternity F 901
1963 unknown - Chuck Howard
017 JOHNNY BE GOOD Garrett GA-4001
018 PK4M-2386* DON'T LET THEM MOVE Garrett GA-4001 New Star NS-120* Fraternity F-923 Columbia 4-43108/ Legacy no #
019 PK4M-2387* A THING CALLED SADNESS Fraternity F-923 New Star NS-120* Columbia 4-43108/Legacy no #
ca December 1964 unknown - Chuck Howard
020 AFTER MY LAUGHTER CAME TEARS 4-43194/ Legacy no #
021 I HOPE YOU HEAR SAD SONGS 4-43194/ Legacy no #
022 I WANT TO HEAR IT FROM YOU 4-43329/ Legacy no #
023 SEARCHIN' FOR MY BABY 4-43329/ Legacy no #
1964 or 1965 Possibly from sessions above and below
024 I FALL TO PIECES  unissued/ Legacy no #
025 I WANT TO GO WITH YOU unissued/ Legacy no #
026 FUNNY WAY OF LAUGHING unissued/ Legacy no #
December 1965 unknown - Chuck Howard
027 D12W-774 WHAT DOES HE DO Monument 45-916/ Legacy no #
028 D12W-775 SOMEONE PLEASE CRY Monument 45-916/ Legacy no #
ca September 1966 unknown - Chuck Howard
029 SO-3675 YOU DON'T HAVE TIME FOR ME Boone 1049
030 SO-3676 EASY TO SAY, HARD TO DO Boone 1049
ca Spring 1967 unknown - Chuck Howard
031 ZTSB-128142 ANYWHERE THE WIND BLOWS  Boone 1057
032 ZTSB-128143 PLEASE STAY WITH ME 1057
ca May 1968 unknown - Chuck Howard
033 4835 WHAT'S THE ROBIN GONNA DO ABC 45-11105
034 4836 GREAT DREAMS ABC 45-11105
ca 1968 Nashville, TN – Chuck Howard
035 11403 A WALK ON THE OUTSIDE Kim KM 2000/K 101  
036 11404 THE NIGHT BEFORE Kim KM 2000/K 101       
ca August 1969 Nashville, TN - Chuck Howard (Producer: Pete Drake)
037 ST-5844 THE PROMISED LAND ST-337
038 ST-5845 GENNY JAWL (AND THE BAD OUTLAWS) Stop ST-337
1969 Nashville, TN - Chuck Howard (Producer: Pete Drake)
039 A THING CALLED SADNESS Stop ST-10011
040 THE NIGHT BEFORE ST-10011
041 SHAME ON ME ST-10011

041a OLDIES BUT GOODIES ST-10011
Stop ST-10011 PETE DRAKE SHOW (1969)
1971 and sooner unknown – Chuck Howard
042 SOMEONE BETTER FIND ME Kim K 101
043 SUMMER COMES ON SUNDAY Kim K 101  
044 WHAT'S THE ROBIN GONNA DO Kim K 101  
045 I DID TODAY Kim K 101  
046 WAITING Kim K 101  
047 LOVE DON'T LAST LONG Kim K 101  
048 POCKETFUL OF SONGS Kim K 101  
1971 Nashville, TN - Chuck Howard
049 NORMAL MAN Ovation OV/1019
050 SOMEONE BETTER FIND ME Ovation OV/1019
051 A THING CALLED SADNESS OV/1024 OV/1029
052 IT DON'T TAKE LONG TO WRITE A SONG OV/1024 OV/1029
1976/1977 Nashville, TN - Chuck Howard (Chuck Howard [vcl], Jerry Cole [gt], Ben Hensy [gt], Rob Walsh [gt], Dave McDaniel [bass], Ken Park [drums], Mark Gibbons [keyboards], Jonathan Lew [harmonica],  Ray Pizzy [sax] + vocal chorus.  Producer: Hal Winn)
053 CR 4513 ONCE A DAY Hi Cream CR-7607/CR-1005
054 (IF LOVING YOU IS WRONG) I DON'T WANT TO BE RIGHT Hi Cream CR-1005
055 HAPPY BIRTHDAY, HONEY Hi Cream CR-1005 Brylen BN-4478
056 BEGINNINGS Hi Cream CR-1005
057 HAS ANYBODY GOT A PLACE FOR ME IN CALIFORNIA? Hi Cream CR-1005
058 WILLIE'S SHADES Hi Cream CR-7715/CR-1005
059 I'M ALWAYS ON A MOUNTAIN (WHEN I FALL) Hi Cream CR-1005 Brylen BN-4478
060 GIVE SOMEBODY LOVE Hi Cream CR-1005
061 I DID TODAY Hi Cream CR-7607/CR-1005
062 CR-4529 TURN ME ON (BUT DON'T TIE ME DOWN) Hi Cream CR-7715/CR-1005
ca 1978 Nashville, TN - Chuck Howard
063 THE FIRE BEHIND HIS EYES CR-7826/ Brylen BN-4478
ca. June 1980 Nashville, TN - Chuck Howard
064 YTN1328 I’VE COME BACK (TO SAY I LOVE YOU ONE MORE TIME) Warner-Curb WBS49509
065 YTN1329  EVERYONE BUT ME Warner-Curb WBS49509
ca. September 1980 Nashville, TN - Chuck Howard
066 YTN1386 LOVE WON’T WORK WBS49625/ Brylen BN-4478
067 EASY TO SAY HARD TO DO WBS49625
ca. February 1981 Nashville, TN - Chuck Howard (Producer: Chuck Howard)
068 ZTN1469 A THING CALLED SADNESS WBS49717
069 ZTN1470? BEGINNINGS WBS49717
1982 and sooner Nashville, TN - Chuck Howard
070 THANKS FOR TAKING ME ALONG Brylen BN-4478
071 THE ONLY THING BETTER Brylen BN-4478
071 LAY UP WITH MY MONEY Brylen BN-4478
072 YOU'LL NEVER SAY ENOUGH TO SAY GOODBYE Brylen BN-4478
073 TO WEAK TO FALL Brylen BN-4478
074 USE ME Brylen BN-4478


ALBUMS
Kim K-101 Sounds Of Sadness
: Someone Better Find Me; Summer Comes On Sunday; A Walk On The Outside; What's The Robin Gonna Do; I Did Today; A Thing Called Sadness; Waiting; Love Don't Last Long; Pocketful Of Songs; The Night Before - 71?
Hi-Cream CR-1005 Chuck Howard: Turn Me On (But Don't Tie Me Down); (If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want To Be Right; Happy Birthday, Honey; Beginnings; Has Anybody Got A Place For Me In California?; Willie's Shades; Always On A Mountain When I Fall; Give Somebody Love; I Did Today; Once A Day – 04-77
Brylen BN-4478 Fire Behind His Eyes: Happy Birthday Honey; Thanks For Taking Me Along; The Only Thing Better; Lay Up With My Money; You'll Never Say Enough To Say Goodbye; I'm Always On A Mountain (When I Fall); Too Weak To Fall; The Fire Behind Is Eyes; Love Don't Work; Use Me – 82
Legacy ? Columbia And Monument Singles: A Thing Called Sadness;  Don’t Let Them Move;  I Hope You Hear Sad Songs;  After My Laughter Came Tears;  Searching for Baby;  I Want to Hear It From You; What Does He Do;  Someone Please Cry;  I Fall to Pieces;  I Want to Go with You;  Funny Way of Laughing – 30-11-18


SINGLES

Port (1958)
70002 Crazy Crazy Baby / Can't You Tell - 04-58 (rev. May 5; reissued on Sand 45-266)
Do-Ra-Me (1959)
1403 Out Of Gas / Let's Talk Things Over - 04-59
Flame (1959)
1020 Gossip / Heartbreak Station - 12-59
ESV (1960)
1017 Joy Gray / Don't Let It Bother You – 01-04-60
Joy (1960)
45NS-238 Let Me Walk You Home Jeanette / Congratulations To You – 05-60 (rev. May 23)
Kim (1960)
45-1045 Chattanooga Shoe Shine Boy / Congratulations To You – 60
45-1047  The Very Last Time / Your Cheating Heart - 60
Kim (1962)
KR-1047 Easy To Say, Hard To Do / It Only Hurts When I Cry - 11-62
Garrett (1963)
GA-4001 Johnny Be Good / Don't Let Them Move – 10-63 (also on New Star NS-120)
Fraternity (1963-64)
F-901 Easy To Say, Hard To Do / It Only Hurts When I Cry - 10-63
F-923 Don't Let Them Move / A Thing Called Sadness – 02-64 (rev. March 3)
Columbia (1964-65)
4-43108 Don't Let Them Move / A Thing Called Sadnes – 04-08-64 (reissue of F-923)
4-43194 After My Laughter Came Tears / I Hope You Hear Sad Songs – 21-12-64 (rev. Jan. 23, 1965)
4-43329 I Want To Hear It From You / Searchin' For My Baby – 28-06-65 (rev. July 17)
Monument (1965)
45-916 Someone Please Cry / What Does He Do - 01-66 (rev. Jan. 29)
Boone (1966-67)
B-1049 You Don't Have Time For Me / Easy To Say, Hard To Do - 10-66 (rev. Jan. 14, 1967)
1057 Anywhere The Wind Blows / Please Stay With Me -  04-67 (rev. Apr. 29)
Kim (ca 1968)
KM 2000 A Walk On The Outside Kim / The Night Before – ca 68
ABC (1968)
45-11105 Great Dreams / What's The Robin Gonna Do - 07-68
Stop (1969-70)
ST-337 Promised Land / Genny Jowl - 09-69
Ovation (1971)
OV/1019 Normal Man / Someone Better Find Me - 71
OV/1024 A Thing Called Sadness / It Don't Take Long To Write A Song - 71 (reissued on OV/1029 in 1972)
Hi-Cream (1976-78)
CR-7607 Once A Day / I Did Today - 76
CR-7715 Turn Me On / Willie's Shades - 77
CR-7826 The Fire Behind His Eyes / The Fire Behind His Eyes – 78 (promo)
Warner-Curb (1980-81)
WBS 49509 I've Come Back (To Say I Love You One More Time) / Everyone But Me - 11-07-80
WBS 49625 Easy To Say Hard To Do / Love Won't Work - 12-80 (rev. Dec. 6)
WBS 49719 A Thing Called Sadness / Beginnings - 08-04-81


TRANSCRIPTIONS DISCS
United States Air Force - Country Music Time # 169:
A Thing Called Sadness; A Walk On The Outside; My Goal For Today; A Thing Called Sadness (Reprise); Memphis; Sweet Little Sixteen – ca 12-70 (MX:37318)

Kensington Prairie

 Rebecca Rowan
by Praguefrank
SESSIONS 
Rebecca Rowan also recorded with Maplewood Lane
2007 unknown, BC, CAN – Kensington Prairie (Rebecca Rowan [vcl/gt/ harmonica/organ/ bells / xylophone], Jonathan Anderson [gt/ bass/ drums/ percussion/ vibraphone/ xylophone/ banjo/ piano/ organ/ synthesizer.Glockenspiel/ lap steel/ mandolin/ bck vcl], Michelle Masters [mandolin/ bck vcl], Nathan Rowan [vcl/ bass], Joel Willoughby [percussion],  Brian Chan [cello]. Producer: Jonathan Anderson)
001 TIME ON OUR SIDE AR09CD  
002 SNOWFLAKES AND GREAT LAKES AR09CD  [remix:] The Healing Tree
003 A MILLION SKIES AR09CD  
004 GOLDEN DAYS AR09CD  
005 CATHEDRALS AND TOWERS AR09CD
006 CROOKED THINGS STRAIGHT AR09CD  [remix:] The Healing Tree
007 LETTERS THAT I SEND AR09CD  [remix:] The Healing Tree
008 PHOTOGRAPHS AR09CD  
009 DISAPPEAR FROM VIEW AR09CD  
010 BLUEBIRDS AR09CD  
2008 Buena Vista Audio, Langley, BC, CAN – Kensington Prairie (Rebecca Rowan, Nathan Rowan, Michelle Masters, Jonathan Anderson, Jeff Boulton, Steve Davis, Christina Adkins, Jamie Adkins, Andrew Masters)
011 THE HEALING TREE
012 A SONG FOR THE HOPING [remix:] The Healing Tree
Tracks above issued on EP The Healing Tree
2010 unknown, BC, CAN – Kensington Prairie
013 FAIREST LORD JESUS Uncollected Recordings 2010-2011
014 THE MEMORIES WE KEEP Uncollected Recordings 2010-2011
2011 unknown, BC, CAN – Kensington Prairie
015 DEEP CALLS TO DEEP Uncollected Recordings 2010-2011
016 SNOW DOWN Uncollected Recordings 2010-2011
2015 unknown, BC, CAN – Kensington Prairie (Rebecca Rowan [vcl/ gt/ banjitar/ harmonica], Derek Elliotson [gt/ drums/ percussion/ keyboards], Michelle Masters [mandolin], Richard Moore [bass], Nathan Rowan [el bass]. Producer:  Derek Elliotson)
017 APPEAR RR 10018  
018 LONELY STRANGER RR 10018   
019 OPEN COUNTRY RR 10018   
020 RAGS OF LIFE RR 10018   
021 PART THE SKY RR 10018   
022 REFUGEE RR 10018   
023 BEYOND HERE RR 10018   
024 HEALER RR 10018   
025 WATERFALL RR 10018   
026 WHERE PARDON FLOWS RR 10018  


ALBUMS
Anniedale [CAN] AR09CD Captured in Still Life:
  Time on Our Side;  Snowflakes and Great Lakes;  A Million Skies;  Bluebirds;  Golden Days;  Cathedrals and Towers;  Crooked Things Straight;  Letters That I Send;  Photographs;  Disappear from View – 22-04-08
Rarebird [CAN] RR 10018 Come to the Waters:  Appear;  Lonely Stranger;  Open Country;  Rags of Life;  Part the Sky;  Refugee;  Beyond Here;  Healer;  Waterfall;  Where Pardon Flows – 05-10-15


EPs
Kensington Prairie [CAN] no # The Healing Tree: The Healing Tree; A Song For The Hoping; Letters That I Send (Safety Remix); Crooked Things Straight (Storm Clouds Clearing, Sunlight Appearing Remix); Snowflakes And Great Lakes (Remix); A Song For The Hoping (Remix) – 11
Kensington Prairie [CAN] no # Uncollected Recordings 2010-2011: Deep Calls To Deep; Fairest Lord Jesus; Snow Down; The Memories We Keep - 12

Rock Ridge

 by Praguefrank

SESSIONS

 2011 Rick Grant home studio, CA – Rock Ridge (Josie Grant [vcl/gt], Rick  Grant [vcl/mandolin], Victor Skidanenko [banjo], Jon Schaffer [bass])
001 BLUE EYED BOSTON BOY
002 QUIET MY LOVE
003 TOM DOOLEY
004 FROM NOW ON
005 WON'T YOU COME AND SING FOR ME
006 HILLS A-CALLIN' ME
007 COLD BLUE HEART
008 HAPPY I'LL BE
009 WOULD YOU LOVE ME
010 CAROLYN THE TEENAGE QUEEN
011 DRIFTER'S PRAYER
Tracks above issued on album Drifter’s Prayer
2022 Big Owl Studios, Bend and Sisters, OR - Rock Ridge (Dále Adkins [vcl/ac gt], Josie Grant [vcl/gt], Rick Grant [vcl/mandolin], Suzanne Adkins [vcl/bass] Producer: Dale Adkins)
012 THE FLOOD
013 LONELY RIVER
014 SLEEPING COLD
015 FORGET THE HARD TIMES
016 CLIMB THAT HILL
017 BLUE NIGHT
018 SWEETEST WASTE OF TIME
019 FARMERS LAMENT
020 DON’T LET THE STOVE GO COLD
021  ENOUGH ON MY MIND
022 FOOLISH HEART
023 YOUR WORRIES AND TROUBLES ARE MINE
024 WHAT WILL BECOME OF ME
Tracks above issued on album The Flood


ALBUMS
Rock Ridge no # Drifter's Prayer:
  Blue Eyed Boston Boy;  Quiet My Love;  Tom Dooley;  From Now On;  Won't You Come And Sing For Me;  Hills A-Callin' Me; Cold Blue Heart;  Happy I'll Be; Would You Love Me;  Carolyn The Teenage Queen;  Drifter's Prayer – 24-06-11
Rock Ridge ? The Flood: The Flood;  Lonely River;  Sleeping Cold;  Forget the Hard Times;  Climb That Hill;  Blue Night;  Sweetest Waste of Time;  Farmers Lament;  Don’t Let the Stove Go Cold;  Enough on My Mind;  Foolish Heart;  Your Worries and Troubles Are Mine;  What Will Become of Me – 24-02-23




Melody Pool

 *Kurri Kurri, NSW, AUS
by Praguefrank
SESSIONS  

2008  unknown, NSW, AUS – Melody Pool (Producer: Brad Bergen, Alby Pool)
001 MAYBE
002 HEART TO HEART TALK
003 PAIN PAIN
004 I DON'T WANNA BE
005 PINS AND NEEDLES
006 WINDOWS UP ABOVE
Tracks above issued on EP Heart To Heart
2011 unknown, NSW, AUS – Melody Pool
007 BROKEN AND BOUND
008 TIPTOE
009 BENITA
010 FOR MY SAKE
011 WORN ME OUT
Tracks above issued on EP Awake, You’re All Around Me
September 2012 [6 days] Alex The Great, 708 Fessey Park Rd, Nashville, TN - Melody Pool (+ Daniel Cohen, Derek Nixon, Chairs Raspante, Brad Jones, Jace Everett, Chris Carmichael, Jacques Beeasley. Producer: Brad Jones, Jace Everett)
012 THE HURTING SCENE LMCD 0224  
013 OPEN BOOK LMCD 0224
014 SOMEBODY YOU'VE NEVER MET BEFORE LMCD 0224  
015 ALL OF THE LOVE LMCD 0224
016 XAVIER LMCD 0224
017 HENRY LMCD 0224  
018 ON THE MORROW LMCD 0224  
019 LION ON THE LOOSE LMCD 0224  
020 RECKLESS ROAD LMCD 0224  
021 SUBSTITUTE LMCD 0224
022 ROYAL QUEEN (MARY) LMCD 0224
023 PRETTY LITTLE END LMCD 0224
2014 [sessions for Songs That Made Me] unknown – Katie Noonan and Melody Pool
024 RIVER
2015 Alex The Great, 708 Fessey Park Rd, Nashville, TN – Melody Pool (Melody Pool [vcl/gt], Brad Forest [el gt/hmny vcl],  Brad Jones [bass], Derek Mixon [drums/percussio],
Hayley Jane Ayres [violin/ viola/ sounds],  Madeleine Becker [cello],  John Deaderick Tyson Rogers [keyboards]. Producer: Brad Jones)
025 DEEP DARK SAVAGE LMCD 0287
026 HEART LMCD 0287
027 OLD ENOUGH LMCD 0287  
028 SOUTHERN NIGHTSHADE LMCD 0287  
029 RICHARD LMCD 0287  
030 BLACK DOG LMCD 0287
031 ROMANTIC THINGS LMCD 0287
032 HOW LONG LMCD 0287  
033 LOVE, SHE LOVES ME LMCD 0287
034 MARIACHI WIND LMCD 0287  
035 CITY LIGHTS LMCD 0287
036 BETTER DAYS LMCD 0287
2021 unknown – Ben Leece with Melody Pool
037 COME ON DECEMBER digital single [rel. June 25]
2022 [2 days] farm in rural NSW, AUS – Melody Pool
038 STOP STARTING TOMORROW
039 YEAH ALRIGHT THANKS
040 TEETERING
041 BOAT
042 LOST IN TIME
043 WHISPER
Tracks above issued on EP Lost In Time

ALBUMS
Liberation Music [AUS] LMCD 0224 The Hurting Scene: 
The Hurting Scene;  Open Book;  Somebody You've Never Met Before;  All Of The Love;  Xavier;  Henry;  On The Morrow;  Lion On The Loose;  Reckless Road;  Substitute;  Royal Queen (Mary);  Pretty Little End – 05-07-13
Liberation Music [AUS] LMCD 0287 Deep Dark Savage Heart:  Deep Dark Savage; Heart;  Old Enough;  Southern Nightshade;  Richard;  Black Dog; Romantic Things; How Long;  Love, She Loves Me; Mariachi Wind;  City Lights; Better Days – 29-04-16

EPs

Melody Pool [AUS] no # Heart To Heart Talk: Maybe; Heart To Heart Talk; Pain Pain; I Don't Wanna Be; Pins And Needles; Windows Up Above - 09
Melody Pool [AUS] no # Awake, You’re All Around Me: Awake, You're All Around Me;  Broken and Bound; Tiptoe; Benita; For My Sake; Worn Me Out – 28-06-11
Melody Pool [AUS] no #  Lost In Time:  Stop Starting Tomorrow;  Yeah Alright Thanks;  Teetering;  Boat;  Lost In Time;  Whisper – 17-02-23