Saturday, July 13, 2024

Miller Sisters

Elsie Jo Miller , *Tupelo, MS
Mildred Wages Miller, *Tupelo, MS
Roy Estes Miller [The Miller Trio

By Praguefrank
SESSIONS

14 March 1955 Memphis Recording Service, 706 Union Ave., Memphis, TN – The Miller Sisters (Producer: Sam Phillips)
001 F-22 SOMEDAY YOU WILL PAY 504/AVI CD 5022
002 F-23 YOU DIDN’Y THINK I WOULD 504/AVI CD 5022
1 July 1955 Memphis Recording Service, 706 Union Ave., Memphis, TN - The Miller Sisters (Producer: Sam Phillips)
003 U 168 THERE IS NOR IGHT WAY TO DO ME WRONG 230//AVI CD 5022
004 U 169 YOU CAN TELL ME 230/AVI CD 5022
005 LOOK WHAT YOU’VE DONE TO MY HEART BFX 15211//AVI CD 5022 [alt,] AVI CD 5022
006 WOODY BFX 15211//AVI CD 5022 [alt.] AVI CD 5022
007 I KNOW I CAN'T FORGET YOU BUT I'LL TRY BFX 15211/AVI CD 5022 [alt.] AVI CD 5022
BEAR FAMILY BFX 15211 THE SUN COUNTRY YEARS 1950 – 1959 (GER, 1986)
1956 Memphis Recording Service, 706 Union Ave., Memphis, TN – The Miller Sisters /*The Miller Trio (Producer: Sam Phillips)
008 U 212 TEN CATS DOWN 255 /AVI CD 5022 [alt.] BFX 15211 AVI CD 5022
009 U 213 FINDERS KEEPER 255/AVI CD 5022 [alt.] BCD 16609 AVI CD 5022
010 DON’T LET ME DOWN* SUN BOX 106 AVI CD 5022
011 MY ISLE OF GOLDEN DREAMS BFX 15211 /AVI CD 5022
012 IT ONLY HURTS FOR A  LITTLE WHILE BFX 15211 AVI CD 5022
013GOT YOU ON MY MIND [short version:]  BFX 15211 /AVI CD 5022 [long version:] CR 30117 AVI CD 5022
CHARLY CR 30117 SUN - THE ROOTS OF ROCK - VOLUME 10 - SUN COUNTRY (UK, 1976);
CHARLY SUN BOX 106 SUN RECORDS – THE ROCKING YEARS (UK, 1987); BEAR FAMILY BCD 16609 MEMPHIS BELLES - THE WOMEN OF SUN RECORDS (GER, 2002)
June 1956 [or 1957] Memphis Recording Service, 706 Union Ave., Memphis, TN – Cast King and The Country Drifters  (Cast King [vcl], The Miller Sisters: Elsie Jo Miller, Mildred Wages [vcl], poss. Oliver Brown [tnr vcl], John Walker [gt], John Sartin [gt], James W. Martin [steel], Gay Roberts [bass], Robert joens [drums]. Producer: Jack Clement)
C01 -1 CAN’T FIND THE TIME TO PRAY  BFX 15211 BCD 17311 /AVI CD 5022 [take-2:] BCD 16387
 BEAR FAMILY BCD 16387 SUN GOSPEL (GER, 2000);  BEAR FAMILY BCD 17311 THE SUN COUNTRY BOX 1950-1959 (GER, 2013);
1956 Or 1957 Memphis Recording Service, 706 Union Ave., Memphis, TN – The Miller Sisters
014 CHAINS OF LOVE [take 1:] CR 30104 /AVI CD 5022 [take 2:] BFX 15211 AVI CD 5022
CHARLY CR 30104 THE ROOTS OF ROCK - VOLUME 4 - COTTON CITY COUNTRY (UK,1976)
28 December 1956 Sun Studio, 706 Union Ave., Memphis, TN - Glenn Honeycutt (Glenn Honeycutt [vcl/gt], Roland Janes [gt], Marvin Pepper [bass], James M. Van Eaton [drums], Jimmy Wilson [piano] + The Miller Sisters: Elsie Jo Miller, Mildred Wages [vcl chorus-1]. Producer: Jack Clement)
H01 U 240 I'LL BE AROUND -1 Sun 264 /BCD 15802 /AVI CD 5022
H02 U 241-2 I'LL WAIT FOREVER -1 Sun 264/BCD 15802 /AVI CD 5022 [take-1:] Sun LP 1036
H03 -take 1 ROCK ALL NIGHT unissued/.CFM 504 [take-2:] LP 1024 [take-3] SUNBOX 106  [unknown take:] MEMPHIS 04 CPCD 8161 CDLR 801 BCD 16210 DO 250542


ALBUMS
AVI CD 5022 Sun's Singing Sweethearts - Sun Country Vol. 3:
Someday You Will Pay; You Didn't Think I Would; There's No Right Way To Do Me Wrong; You Can Tell Me; It Only Hurts For A Little While; Woody; Look What You've Done To My Heart; Got You On My Mind; I Know I Can't Forget You (But I'll Try); Ten Cats Down; Finders Keepers; Chains Of Love; My Isle Of Golden Dreams; I'll Be Around [Glenn Honeycutt With The Miller Sisters]; I'll Wait Forever [Glenn Honeycutt With The Miller Sisters]; Can't Find Time To Pray [Cast King With The Miller Sisters]; [alternate takes:]  Ten Cats Down; Finders Keepers; Woody; Got You On My Mind; I Know I Can't Forget You; Chains Of Love; Look What You've Done To My Heart; Don't Let Me Down [The Miller Trio] – 96
There are more compilations with similar or same contents on various labels



SINGLES

Sun/Flip* (1955-1957)
*FLIP 504 Someday You Will Pay / You Didn’t Think I Would – 04-55 (reissued on Sun 504)
230 There's No Right Way To Do Me Wrong / You Can Tell Me – 15-01-56
255 Ten Cats Down / Finders Keepers – 03-08-56
264 I'll Be Around /  I'll Wait Forever - 24-01-57 w. Glenn Honeycutt


Larkspur Stand

 By Praguefrank
SESSIONS

2018 [live] Crater Lake Spirits Distillery Tasting Room,  19330 Pinehurst Rd, Bend, OR – Larkspur Stand
00001 FRONT PORCH digital single [rel. Apr. 10]
00002 AIN’T FROM NASHVILLE digital single [rel. Apr. 10]
20 October 2018 [live] Bend, OR – Larkspur Stand (Jake Soto [ld vcl/gt], Garrett Miller [banjo], Nat Berliner [bass], Bob Morris [spoons])
00003 BOOTLEG BEER digital single [rel. Oct. 28]
2020 poss. Bend, OR – Larkspur Stand
001 BIG MAN
002 CHASE A WILDFLOWER
003 NINE POUND HAMMER
004 STARING AT THE MOON
005 ALL THEM LONELY DAYS
006 BIG FOOT
007 NASHVILLE
008 FRONT PORCH
Tracks above issued on album Riad Trip Playlist
2021 poss. Bend, OR – Larkspur Stand
009 TOUGH WHEN YOU’RE DRUNK digital single [rel. Aug. 26]
2023 The Firing Room Recording Studio, 55787 Bivouac Rd, Bend, OR – Larkspur Stand
010 SITTING HERE WITH YOU
011 TWEAKER'S LAMENT
012 BOOTLEG BEER
013 GUITAR TO MY DAUGHTER
014 THAT KIND OF LOVE
015 SOPHISTICATION
016 STRAGGLIN
017 LONG JOURNEY HOME
018 WIDE TURNS
019 PICKLES AND HASH
020 MY OWN FROWN
021 RAPTOR BLUE
022 MOONLESS NIGHT
023 DAN'L BOONE
Tracks above issued on album Sitting Here with You


ALBUMS
Straggler ? Road Trip Playlist: 
Big Man;  Chase a Wildflower;  Nine Pound Hammer;  Staring at the Moon;  All Them Lonely Days;  Big Foot;  Nashville;  Front Porch – 11-09-20
Straggler ? Sitting Here With You: Sitting Here With You;  Tweaker's Lament;  Bootleg Beer;  Guitar To My Daughter;  That Kind of Love;  Sophistication;  Stragglin;  Long Journey Home;  Wide Turns;  Pickles and Hash;  My Own Frown;  Raptor Blue;  Moonless Night; . Dan'l Boone – 12-07-24



Roy Peaks

 By Praguefrank
SESSIONS

2011 Radical Recording , Jacksonville, FL – Roy Peaks
001 CHRISTMAS TIME digital single [rel. Nov. 21]
January-June 2016 Radical Recording , Jacksonville, FL – Roy Peaks (+ Robin Soergel, Sean Jones, Mike Pearson, Aron Mujumdar. Producer: Roy Peak)
002 SOMEWHERE IN THE DISTANCE MFM 1202EP MFM 1499
003 TEACH ME MFM 1202EP MFM 1499
004 VIOLET SOFT MFM 1202EP  
005 UNDERHILL ROSE MFM 1202EP MFM 1499
006 NEVER HAPPENED MFM 1202EP  
2007-2014 Radical Recording, Jacksonville, FL – Roy Peak (Roy Peak [vcl/gt/ bass/ drums/ keyboards] + Mark Williams [ac gt], Thommy Berlin/ Mike Pearson [ld gt], Craig Spirko [mandolin], Sean Jones / “That Damn Beau” Halton [drums], Robin Soergel [accordion], Lauren Fincham /Terry Whitehead/ Tamara Colonna [hmny vcl])
007 OHIO MFM 1499  
008 CLEAR LAKE, FEBRUARY 3RD, 1959 MFM 1499
009 IT'S BETTER TO BE THE BRIDE MFM 1499
010 BROKEN MFM 1499  
011 BLACK RIVER MFM 1499  
012 MEAN GIRL BLUES MFM 1499  
013 INSIDE OUT MFM 1499  
014 ALL IS WELL MFM 1499  
2015 Radical Recording, Jacksonville, FL – Roy Peak
015 THE BALLAD OF LUKE SKYWALKER digital single [rel. Dec. 8]
2016 Radical Recording, Jacksonville, FL – Roy Peak (Roy Peak [vcl/ac gt/ bass/  drums/ percussion] + Robert Lester Folsom [el gt],  Lauren Fincham, Robin Soergel, and Mark Williams [bck vcl])
016 LOOK AT MISS OHIO digital single MFM 1698S [rel. July 20]/MFM 1996
2016 [sessions for Eat the Government] unknown – Roy Peak
017 ALL THE BIRDS OF CARMELITA
Spring/Summer 2017 Radical Recording, Jacksonville, FL – Roy Peak (Roy Peak [vcl/various instruments], Joey Kerr [el gt], The Mighty Sean Jones [drums], Nehedar [bck vcl)
018 OLD CROW digital single MFM 1797S/MFM 1996
October 2017 Radical Recording, Jacksonville, FL – Roy Peak
019 YOUR HEART MFM 2095  
2015-2018 Radical Recording, Jacksonville, FL – Roy Peak (Roy Peak [vcl.various instruments], Lauren Fincham [el gt], Mark Williams [dobro/harmonica/ hmny vcl], Brian Homan [steel], Sean Jones [drums], Robin Soegel [hmny vcl]. Producer: Roy Peak)
020 SYLVIA SYLVIA MFM 1996   
021 THE RADIOACTIVE KID MFM 1996   
022 WALK AWAY MFM 1996  
023 LOOK UP AT THE MOON MFM 1996   
024 BROKEN, TOO MFM 1996  
025 BACK TO YOU MFM 1996   
026 AN EVER DARKENING SKY MFM 1996   
027 NOT ENOUGH MERMAIDS MFM 1996  
March, April 2020 Radical Recording, Jacksonville, FL – Roy Peak (Roy Peak [vcl/rh gt/ bass/ Glockenspiel/percussion], Mark Williams [ac gt/ dobro/ harmonica/ bck vcl], Lauren Fincham [dulcimer], Brian Homan [steel], Geej Williams [bck vcl]. Producer: Roy Peek)
028 WALK WITH ME NOW (THERE'S A WOLF ON THE PROWL) MFM 2095  
029 FAR FROM NOWHERE MFM 2095  
030 QUEEN OF THE KNOCK-OUT ROSE MFM 2095  
031 DAUGHTER OF THE SUN MFM 2095
032 EVEL KNIEVEL MFM 2095  
033 AND A WOLF SHALL DEVOUR THE SUN MFM 2095
December 2021/November 2023 Radical Recording, Jacksonville, FL – Roy Peak, with Lauren Fincham [-1], Robert Lester Folsom [-2], Mark Williams [-3], Nehedar [-4] (Producer: Roy Peak)
034 BITING OFF MORE THAN I CAN CHEW MFM 2493
035 BAD LUCK GIRL MFM 2493  
036 MERCUROCHROME MFM 2493  
037 THE FISHER KING -1-2 MFM 2493  
038 WAITING ON THE RAIN MFM 2493
039 THE BALLAD OF THE LEGENDARY ELVIS KABONG MFM 2493
040 YOUR STORM MFM2494S/ MFM 2493  
041 ANNUS HORRIBILIS (1992) -1 MFM 2493  
042 WITH SORROW -3 MFM 2493  
043 THREE-CHORD CRIMINAL MFM 2493
044 ME AND EDGAR ALLAN AND THE COSMONAUT'S GHOST MFM 2493
045 WATCH THE SKY MFM 2493  
046 GLIMMER MFM 2493  
047 ALL THE BIRDS OF CARMELITA -1 MFM 2493  
048 OUR LANGUAGE OF LOVE MFM 2493  
049 KINDA BLUE MFM 2493  
050 DRIVING SOUTH MFM 2493 .
051 SO ALONE MFM 2493  
052 NEVER SAID -4
Tracks above issued on album Exile In Americana



ALBUMS
Music For The Monsters MFM 1499 All Is Well
:  Okolona;  Ohio;  Clear Lake, February 3rd, 1959;  Underhill Rose;  It's Better to Be the Bride;  Broken;  Somewhere in the Distance;  Black River;  Teach Me;  Mean Girl Blues;  Inside Out;  All Is Well – 02-12-14
Music For The Monsters MFM 1996 An Ever Darkening Sky:  Sylvia Sylvia;  Look at Miss Ohio;  The Radioactive Kid;  Walk Away;  Look up at the Moon;  Old Crow;  Broken, Too;  Back to You;  An Ever Darkening Sky;  Not Enough Mermaids – 28-02-19
Music For The Monsters MFM 2495 Exile in Americana:  Biting Off More Than I Can Chew;  Bad Luck Girl;  Mercurochrome;  The Fisher King (w. Lauren Fincham, Robert Lester Folsom);  Waiting on the Rain; The Ballad of the Legendary Elvis Kabong;  Your Storm;  Annus Horribilis (1992) (w. Lauren Fincham);  With Sorrow (w. Mark Williams);  Three-Chord Criminal;  Me and Edgar Allan and the Cosmonaut's Ghost;  Watch the Sky;  Glimmer;  All the Birds of Carmelita (w. Lauren Fincham);  Our Language of Love;  Kinda Blue;  Driving South; . So Alone;  Never Said (w. Nehedar) – 12-07-24 (double)


EPs
Music for Monsters MFM1202EP Minus Equal Plus: Somewhere In the Distance; Teach Me; Violet Soft; Underhill Rose; Never Happened – 13-07-12
Music For The Monsters MFM 2095 A Wolf at the Door: Walk with Me Now (There's a Wolf on the Prowl);  Far from Nowhere;  Queen of the Knock-out Rose;  Daughter of the Sun; Evel Knievel;  Your Heart;  And a Wolf Shall Devour the Sun – 01-10-20