Jimmy Self

James Coin Self, *25-06-1923 Childress, TX, +16-06-2000

 by Praguefrank, Thieu Van De Vorst,with help of www. norvajakmusic
SESSIONS  
July 1952 Nor Va Jak Studio, Clovis, NM – Jimmy Dean Self
001 0592 RECIPE FOR HAPPINESS Sunshine 0592-3/ NVJCD 23
002 0593 YESTERDAY 0592-3/ NVJCD 23
21 February 1953 Nor Va Jak Studio, Clovis, NM – Jimmy Dean Self
00201 WHAT A FRIEND WE HAVE IN MOTHER acetate/ NVJCD 23
00202 SHAKE HANDS WITH MOTHER AGAIN acetate/ NVJCD 23
00203 IF I COULD HEAR MY MOTHER PRAY AGAIN acetate/ NVJCD 23
note: recorded for radio play
May 1953 Nor Va Jak Studio, Clovis, NM – Jimmy Dean Self
003 IF I COULD HEAR MY MOTHER PRAY Sunshine 21292
004 SHAKE HANDS WITH MOTHER Sunshine 21292
1954 Nor Va Jak Studio, Clovis, NM – Jimmy Dean Self (Jimmy Self [vcl], Jack Vaughan [gt], Norman Petty [celeste]
00401 HOME BEAUTIFUL CHRISTMAS acetate/ NVJCD 23
radio spot
12 October 1954 Nor Va Jak Studio, 1313 7th St., Clovis, NM – Jimmy Dean Self (+Norman Petty Trio + Shorty Messer/Roger Black [steel])
005 E4KB-9101 AN OLD CHRISTMAS CARD 11073/ NVJCD 23
006 E4KB-9102 BLUE CHRISTMAS 11073/ NVJCD 23
22 October 1954 Nor Va Jak Studio, 1313 7th St., Clovis, NM – Jimmy Dean Self
007 DON'T MAKE ME LIVE MY LIFE ALONE unissued/ NVJCD 23
008 YOU DON'T MEAN IT unissued/ NVJCD 23
1 August 1956 Nor Va Jak Studio, 1313 7th St., Clovis, NM – Jimmy Dean Self
009 OH, BABE! unissued  [take-1] NVJCD 23 [take-6] NVJCD 23
010 YOU'RE THERE unissued/ NVJCD 23
23 October 1957 Nor Va Jak Studio, 1313 7th St., Clovis, NM – Jimmy Self (+ The Big Beats and Roses)
011 104160 YOU'RE THERE 9-62009/ NVJCD 23
012 104161 OH, BABE! 9-62009/ NVJCD 23 CD 5716
BIG TONE CD 5716 MCA ROCKABILLIES VOL.4 (UK, 1993)
1974  Nor Va Jak Studio, 1313 7th St., Clovis, NM – Jimmy Self  
013 JUST LIKE OLD TIMES AGAIN unissued/ NVJCD 23
014 WE ONCE HAD IT ALL unissued/ NVJCD 23
1986 Nor Va Jak Studio, 1313 7th St., Clovis, NM – Jimmy Self
015 YOU’RE THERE  NVJCD 23

ALBUMS
Nor-Va-Jak Music NVJCD 23 The Southern Gentleman - Norman Petty Masters: Recipe For Happiness; Yesterday; If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again; What A Friend We Have In Mother; Shake Hands With Mother Again; Home Beautiful Christmas (radio spot); Blue Christmas; An Old Christmas Card; Don't Make Me Live My Life Alone; You Don't Mean It; Oh Babe! (take 1); Oh Babe! (take 6); You're There; Oh Babe! (Coral  version); You're There (Coral  version); We Once Had It All; Just Like Old Times Again; You're There (1986); Hilltop Holiday radio spots; 1987 Interview– 24-11-20

SINGLES
Sunshine
0592/3 Recipe For Happiness / Yesterday – 52
RR 21292 If I Could Hear My Mother Pray / Shake Hands With Mother – 53
11073 An Old Christmas Card / Blue Christmas – 54 (reissued in 12-86 on Nir-Va-Jak 1333)
Coral
9-62009 Oh, Babe! / You're There – 07-58

Magic Birds

 Scott Bruce
Ben Ezell
by Praguefrank
SESSIONS  
2014 poss. Chattanooga, TN – Magic Birds
001 CAROLINA BREEZE
002 BITTER END
003 PRETTIEST THING
004 THE SHINE
005 FEELING LOW
006 FALLING
007 THE CHASE
008 MAMA DON'T CRY
009 FOOLISH MAN
tracks above issued on album The Music of Benjamin Bruce
2017 poss. Chattanooga, TN – Magic Birds
010 NEW YEAR NEW LIGHT digital single [rel. Jan. 12, 2018]/Twenty Three
2018 poss. Chattanooga, TN – Magic Birds
011 RELIANCE digital single [rel. June 1]/Twenty Three
012 SHIVER digital single [rel. Nov. 30]/Twenty Three
2019 poss. Chattanooga, TN – Magic Birds
013 CAROLINE’S CALLING digital single [rel. Nov. 30]/Twenty Three
2020 poss. Chattanooga, TN – Magic Birds
014 STAY WITH ME digital single [rel. June 12]/Twenty Three
2023 Chattanooga, TN – Magic Birds (Producer: Nick Lutzko)
015 FAMILY TREE
016 FIDDLE AND DRUM
017 RAIN COMIN' DOWN
018 SOMETHING OUT OF NOTHING
019 FEAR NOT
020 DID IT RAIN?
tracks above issued on album Twenty Three

ALBUMS
Magic Birds ? The Music of Benjamin Bruce:  Carolina Breeze;  Bitter End;  Prettiest Thing;  The Shine;  Feeling Low;  Falling;  The Chase;  Mama Don't Cry;  Foolish Man – 12-05-15
Magic Birds ? Twenty-Three:  Caroline's Calling;  Reliance;  New Year, New Light;  Family Tree;  Shiver;  Fiddle and Drum;  Rain Comin' Down;  Something out of Nothing;  Fear Not;  Did it Rain?;  Stay with Me – 11-08-23

Ric-O-Chet

by Praguefrank, Thieu Van De Vorst
SESSIONS  
1994 Classic Recording Studio, 13 Moore St., Bristol, VA – Ric-O-Chet (Randy Greer [vcl/ld gt/rh gt], Steve Lewis [vcl/ banjo/ gt],  David Pendley [vcl/ mandolin], Jimmy Trivette [vcl/bass], +  Rob Ickes [dobro],  Stuart Duncan [fiddle]. Producer: Tim Stafford)
001 SPELL OF A FREIGHT TRAIN REB-CD-1716 REB-CD-7504   
002 MY LAST RUN REB-CD-1716   
003 THE ARM OF GOD REB-CD-1716   
004 ALONE WITH A BROKEN HEART REB-CD-1716  
005 IF SHE'S THERE THIS TIME REB-CD-1716  
006 BABY, YOU'D BETTER BE GOOD TO YOUR MAN REB-CD-1716  
007 I'LL NEVER BELIEVE (IN YOUR LOVE) REB-CD-1716   
008 ANOTHER 86,400 SECONDS REB-CD-1716  
009 STONE WALL (AROUND YOUR HEART) REB-CD-1716   
010 DON'T LEAVE HER LONELY TOO LONG REB-CD-1716   
011 LONELY PEOPLE REB-CD-1716  
012 HAPPINESS IS (WHEN I SEE MY SAVIOR'S FACE) REB-CD-1716  
REBEL REB-CD-7504 RAISED BY THE RAILROAD LINE / CLASSIC/AMERICAN TRAIN SONGS (2001)
1995 Horizon Studios, Asheville, NC – Ric-O-Chet (Randy Greer [vcl/rh gt], Steve Lewis [vcl/ banjo],  David Pendley [vcl/ mandolin], Jimmy Trivette [vcl/bass], +  Rob Ickes [dobro], David Johnson [fiddle]. Producer: Tony Rice)
013 ANGER AND TEARS REB-CD-1722  
014 ORPHAN TRAIN REB-CD-1722  
015 WARNING SIGN REB-CD-1722
016 CAROLINA MEMORIES REB-CD-1722
017 ROBIN D REB-CD-1722  
018 GATHERING IN THE SKY REB-CD-1722
019 I'LL NEVER TAKE HIS PLACE REB-CD-1722
020 OVER THE EDGE REB-CD-1722
021 GREENVILLE TRESTLE HIGH REB-CD-1722 REB-CD-7504  
022 I'LL TAKE THE BLAME REB-CD-1722  
023 LET THE MERMAIDS FLIRT WITH ME REB-CD-1722  
024 SHE THINKS THAT I STILL CARE REB-CD-1722
025 BETTER FARTHER ON  REB-CD-1722

ALBUMS
Rebel REB-CD-1716 Ric-O-Chet: Spell Of A Freight Train;  My Last Run;  The Arm Of God;  Alone With A Broken Heart;  If She's There This Time; Baby, You'd Better Be Good To Your Man;  I'll Never Believe (In Your Love);  Another 86,400 Seconds;  Stone Wall (Around Your Heart);  Don't Leave Her Lonely Too Long;  Lonely People;  Happiness Is (When I See My Savior's Face) - 94
Rebel REB-CD-1722 Carolina Memories:  Anger And Tears;  Orphan Train;  Warning Sign; Carolina Memories; Robin D;  Gathering In The Sky; I'll Never Take His Place; Over The Edge; Greenville Trestle High;  I'll Take The Blame;  Let The Mermaids Flirt With Me;  She Thinks That I Still Care; Better Farther On – 24-10-95

Kelly Lang

 2nd version
By Praguefrank
SESSIONS
1982 unknown – Kelly Lang
001 LADY, LADY NSD/SW-4681
002  DOCTOR’S ORDERS NSD/SW-4681
2004 Buck's Place, Creative Recording Incorporated, Nashville, TN – Kelly Lang (Kelly Lang [vcl], Mike Baker [el gt], John Hughley [steel], Duncan Miller/ Matt McGhee [bass], Mark Beckett [drums/percussion],Tom Roady [percussion], Tim Atwood [piano/ keyboards], Tony Harrell [Hammond B-3 organ], Larry Byrom [synthesizer], Kathy Jarrell [bck vcl]. Producer: Gene Higgins, Stuart Harris, Kelly Lang)
003 GOODBYE DARLIN' CR 20029-2  Jagged  Edges
004 SOMETHING 'BOUT YA CR 20029-2  
005 YOU COMPLETE ME CR 20029-2  
006 DOWN IN DESTIN CR 20029-2  
007 PARTY TIME CR 20029-2  
008 HE'S TOO GOOD TO BE BLUE CR 20029-2  
009 SINGLE MOTHER CR 20029-2  
010 FEELS LIKE HOME CR 20029-2  
011 THESE ARE THEM CR 20029-2  
012 LOOKING DOWN CR 20029-2  
013 WHEN WE LOVED HERE CR 20029-2  
014 DOWN ON MY KNEES CR 20029-2   
2007 [soundtrack: Deal] unknown – Kelly Lang
015 I’M NOT GOING ANYWHERE Seven Arts 54772/Jagged Edges/11:11
2009 unknown, TN – Kelly Land
016 WHEN I'M GONE  11:11
017 IF I'D ONLY KNOWN  11:11
018 UNDER A TENNESSEE MOON
019 WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU DON'T
020 I REACH FOR RED
Tracks above issued on EP Jagged Edges
2011 unknown, TN – Kelly Lang
021 I THOUGHT HE'D BE HERE BY NOW
022 ON AND ON
023 WHAT I WOULDN'T GIVE
024 I WAS WRONG
025 IF YOU KNEW
026 I'M DONE
027 DEAD GIRL WALKING
028 YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE
Tracks above issued on album 11:11
2012 unknown, TN – Kelly Lang
029 IF YOU'RE GONNA DO ME WRONG (DO IT RIGHT)
030 BLUER THAN BLUE
031 RUN TO ME
032 I DON'T NEED YOU
033 THE NEXT ONE
034 YOU'RE THE BEST THING THAT EVER HAPPENED TO ME
035 I CAN'T MAKE YOU LOVE ME
036 YOU ARE SO BEAUTIFUL TO ME
037 MY LOVE
038 YOU DON'T KNOW ME
Tracks above issued on album Shades of K
2013 unknown – T.G. Sheppard and Kelly Lang
039 EVERY TIME TWO FOOLS COLLIDE
040 ISLANDS IN THE STREAM
041 LONELY ON LAKE SHASTA
042 I GOT YOU BABE
043 YOU'RE THE REASON GOD MADE OKLAHOMA
044 AFTER THE FIRE IS GONE
045 GOLDEN RING
046 JUST YOU AND I
047 YOU’VE LOST THAT LOVIN’ FEELING
048 JACKSON
Tracks above issued on album Iconic Duets
2015  Music City Trax, Nashville, TN/ Stage Write Studios, Nashville, TN/  Sound Emporium, Nashville, TN/ C.T.M. Recording, Nashville, TN/  Studio At The Palms, Las Vegas, NV – Kelly Lang, with Lee Greenwood [-1], Olivie Newton-John [-2], Paul Shaffer [-3] (Kelly Lang [vcl], Bobby Terry [gt],  James Mitchell [gt], Brent Mason [el gt], Mike Johnson/ Scotty Sanders [steel], Jimmy Carter/ Mark Fain [bass],  Eddie Bayers/ Garth Justice/ Ric Wright/ Scott Williamson [drums], Nelson Hyatt Orchestra [strings], Buddy Hyatt [piano/ strings/ percussion/ bass], Chip Davis [bck vcl].  Producer: Kelly Lang)
049 IT TURNS ME INSIDE OUT -1
050 BABY DON'T GET HOOKED ON ME
051 TILL I CAN MAKE IT ON MY OWN
052 CRYING
053 HOW CAN YOU MEND A BROKEN HEART -2
054 NEITHER ONE OF US WANTS TO BE THE FIRST TO SAY GOODBYE
055 MORNING DESIRE
056 SOMETHING
057 LAST DATE -3
058 I CAN'T HELP FALLING IN LOVE WITH YOU
059 KISS YOU ALL OVER
060 BY THE TIME I GET TO PHOENIX
Tracks above issued on album Throwback
2016 unknown, TN – Kelly Lang
061 UNDER A TENNESSEE MOON digital single/Obsession
2016-2017 unknown, TN – Kelly Lang
062 LAST ONE STANDING IN THE RAIN
063 WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU DON'T
064 MR. RIGHT
065 ONE DAY TOO LATE
066 HIS GUITAR
067 DON'T PLAY GAMES WITH ME (BARBIE AND KEN)
068 HELL HATH NO FURY
069 LAY ME DOWN EASY
070 WONDER WOMAN
071 I'LL JUST HOLD MY BREATH
072 MY NEW OBSESSION
Tracks above issued on album Obsession
2018 Nashville, TN – Kelly Lang
073 SWEET SPIRIT
074 LULLABY FARM
075 YOU'RE A MIRACLE
076 PERFECT CHILD
077 COUNTING SHEEP
078 NO ONE COULD TELL ME
079 SWINGING
080 YOU'VE GOT ME WRAPPED ROUND YOUR LITTLE FINGER
081 GOD DID
Tracks above issued on album Lullaby Country; album contains also instrumental versions of all tracks
2020 Nashville, TN – Kelly Lang
082 DRIVE LEO 5055
083 LET'S STAY TOGETHER LEO 5055
084 I'VE GOT TO USE MY IMAGINATION LEO 5055
085 ME AND MR. JONES LEO 5055
086 YOUR LOVE IS LIFTING ME HIGHER LEO 5055
087 GET HERE LEO 5055
088 EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE LEO 5055
089 CAN'T TAKE MY EYES OFF OF YOU LEO 5055
090 YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELIN' LEO 5055
091 QUANDO, QUANDO, QUANDO LEO 5055
092 LET'S GIVE 'EM SOMETHING TO TALK ABOUT LEO 5055
093 AT THIS MOMENT LEO 5055
094 EASY LEO 5055
095 ALL BY MYSELF LEO 5055
2020 unknown – Kelly Lang
096 I’M NOT GOING ANYWHERE [orchestral version]  digital single [rel. Jan. 21] [also piano version]
2022 Nashville, TN – Kelly Lang (Kelly Lang [vcl],  Brent Mason [gt], Austin Crum [gt],  - Joe Spivey [gt],  Joel Key [gt],  Steve Hinson/  Scotty Sanders [steel],  Duncan Mullins [bass],  Lonnie Wilson [drums],  Buddy Hyatt [piano/strings],  Leif Shires [horns],  Sam Levine [horns],  Jaimee Paul,  Chip Davis [bck vcl]. Producer: Kelly Lang)
097 WAITING FOR A BOY LIKE YOU LEO 5062
098 DREAMS LEO 5062  
099 EVERY TIME YOU GO AWAY LEO 5062  
100 MISSING YOU LEO 5062  [extended dance mix:] LEO 5062
101 IF YOU DON'T KNOW ME BY NOW LEO 5062  
102 DO YA THINK I'M SEXY LEO 5062  
103 WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT LEO 5062
104 MIDNIGHT TRAIN TO GEORGIA LEO 5062  
105 YOU'RE SO VAIN LEO 5062  
106 AGAINST ALL ODDS LEO 5062  
107 CARELESS WHISPER LEO 5062  
108 TAKE MY BREATH AWAY LEO 5062  
Tracks above issued on album Old Soul II
2023 poss. Nashville, TN – Kelly Lang
109 DRAGONFLY
110 DOWN IN DESTIN
111 LIFE
112 SENTENCE
113 YOU'RE A MIRACLE
114 IF YOU KNEW
115 I THINK IT'S JESUS
116 GO REST HIGH ON THAT MOUNTAIN
117 DOWN ON MY KNEES
118 I'M NOT GOING ANYWHERE
119 LOOKING DOWN
120 AMAZING GRACE
121 JESUS LOVES ME/I SURRENDER ALL
Tracks above issued on album Dragonfly

ALBUMS
Country Roads CR 20029-2 It’s About Time: Goodbye Darlin'; Something 'Bout Ya; You Complete Me; Down In Destin; Party Time; He's Too Good To Be Blue; Single Mother; Feels Like Home; These Are Them; Looking Down; When We Loved Here; Down On My Knees – 04
Kelly Lang ? 11:11: I Thought He'd Be Here By Now; On and On; What I Wouldn't Give; I'm Not Going Anywhere; I Was Wrong; If You Knew; If I'd Only Known; I'm Done; When I'm Gone; Dead Girl Walking; You Are My Sunshine – 04-11-11
Leopard Ent. ? Shades of "K": You Don't Know Me; If You're Gonna Do Me Wrong (Do It Right); Bluer Than Blue; Run to Me; I Don't Need You; The Next One; You're the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me; I Can't Make You Love Me; You Are so Beautiful to Me; My Love – 02-04-13
Leopard Ent. ? Iconic Duets: Jackson;  Every Time Two Fools Collide;  Islands in the Stream; Lonely on Lake Shasta; I Got You Babe; You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma; After the Fire Is Gone; Golden Ring; Just You and I; You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling - 03-14 w. TG Sheppard
Leopard Ent. No # Throwback: By the Time I Get to Phoenix; It Turns Me Inside Out (feat. Lee Greenwood); Baby Don't Get Hooked on Me; Till I Can Make It on My Own; Crying; How Can You Mend a Broken Heart (feat. Olivia Newton-John); Neither One of Us Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye; Morning Desire; Something; Last Date (feat. Paul Shaffer); I Can't Help Falling in Love with You; Kiss You All Over – 01-03-16
Leopard Ent. No # Obsession:  My New Obsession; Last One Standing in the Rain; What Do You Do When You Don't; Under a Tennessee Moon; Mr. Right; One Day Too Late; His Guitar; Don't Play Games with Me (Barbie and Ken); Hell Hath No Fury; Lay Me Down Easy; Wonder Woman; I'll Just Hold My Breath – 20-10-17
Cracker Barrel ? Lullaby Country: God Did; Sweet Spirit; Lullaby Farm; You're a Miracle; Perfect Child; Counting Sheep; No One Could Tell Me; Swinging; You've Got Me Wrapped Round Your Little Finger; [instrumental versions:] God Did; Sweet Spirit; Lullaby Farm; You're a Miracle; Perfect Child; Counting Sheep; No One Could Tell Me; Swinging; You've Got Me Wrapped Round Your Little Finger – 10-18
Leopard Ent. LEO 5055 Old Soul: Drive; Let's Stay Together; I've Got to Use My Imagination; Me and Mr. Jones; Your Love is Lifting Me Higher; Get Here; Every Breath You Take; Can't Take My Eyes off of You; You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'; Quando, Quando, Quando; Let's Give 'Em Something to Talk About; At This Moment; Easy; All by Myself - 18-09-20
Leopard Ent. LEO 5062 Old Soul II:  Waiting for a Boy Like You;  Dreams;  Every Time You Go Away;  Missing You;  If You Don't Know Me by Now;  Do Ya Think I'm Sexy;  What's Love Got to Do with It;  Midnight Train to Georgia;  You're so Vain;  Against All Odds;  Careless Whisper;  Take My Breath Away;  Missing You (Extended Dance Mix) – 11-11-22
Leopard Ent. ?  Dragonfly: Dragonfly;  Down In Destin;  Life Sentence; You're A Miracle; If You Knew; I Think It's Jesus; Go Rest High On That Mountain;  Down On My Knees; I'm Not Going Anywhere; Looking Down;  Amazing Grace;  Jesus Loves Me/I Surrender All – 11-08-23

EPs
Kelly Lang ? Jagged Edges: When I'm Gone;  I'm Not Going Anywhere;  If I'd Only Known;  Under A Tennessee Moon;  What Do You Do When You Don't; . I Reach For Red;  GoodBye Darlin' – 26-04-10

SINGLES
Soundwaves
NSD/SW-4681 Lady, Lady / Doctor’s Orders – 06-82