MAC ODELL
SESSION DISCOGRAPHY
BONNIE LOU and the Dixie
Partners-1
MAC O’DELL and His Alabama
Jubileers-2
Knoxville, Tn: ca:
February 1949
Odell “Mac Odell” McLeod (vcl/gtr/hca/mand); George “Speedy” Krise
(dobro); Margaret Bell
“Bonnie Lou” Moore (vcl-3/gtr); Hubert R.
“Buster” Moore (bjo/fdl). Producer:
Robert Murray Nash
2354 TEARDROPS
FALLING IN THE SNOW -1-3 Mercury 6183
(Jack Theobald-Mike Theobald)
2355 LONESOME
DAY 6183
(A.P.Carter)
2356 WILD ROSE
OF THE MOUNTAINS -2 Mercury 6179, Folk Variety
FV-12017
(O’Dell) (Acuff-Rose BMI) BACM
CD D-187, BACM CD D-309
2357 THIRTY
PIECES OF SILVER -2 Mercury 6179, Folk Variety FV-12017
(O’Dell) (Acuff-Rose BMI) BACM
CD D-309
NB(1):
Mercury Records Advert Billboard Saturday 19th March 1953-MERCURY 6179.
NB(2): MERCURY 6179 released Tuesday 22nd March 1949.
NB(3): MERCURY
6179 reviewed Billboard Saturday 2nd April 1949.
NB(4):
MERCURY 6179 reviewed Billboard Saturday 23rd April 1949.
NB(5): MERCURY 6183 released Tuesday 29th March 1949.
NB(6): MERCURY
6183 reviewed Billboard Saturday 9th April 1949.
NB(7):
MERCURY 6183 reviewed Billboard Saturday 7th May 1949.
NB(8): BACM CD D-187
“COUNTRY MUSIC ON THE MERCURY LABEL” released United Kingdom.
MAC O’DELL and His Alabama Jubileers-1
BONNIE LOU and her
Partners-2
Knoxville, Tn: ca: October 1949
(vcl/gtr/hca/mand); Speedy Krise (dobro); Bonnie Lou Moore (vcl-3/gtr);
Buster Moore (bjo/fdl) or Don Wesley “Don” Reno (bjo). Producer:
Robert Murray Nash
2636 THAT
FINAL DAY -1 Mercury 6243, Mercury 6243X45, Folk Variety FV-12016
() Jasmine
JASMCD-3578, BACM CD D-309
2637 RED BALL
ROCKET TRAIN -1 Mercury 6243, Mercury 6243X45, FV-12016
(Odell McLeod) (Acuff-Rose BMI) Cactus
MERCD-1, BACM CD D-309
2638 MEET ME JESUS -2-3 Mercury 6227
()
2639 WOLVES IN
SHEEP’S CLOTHING -2-3 6227
(Odell McLeod) (Acuff-Rose BMI)
NB(1):
MERCURY 6227 released Tuesday 31st January 1950.
NB(2): MERCURY
6243/6243X45 reviewed Billboard Saturday 4th March 1950.
NB(3): MERCURY 6243 released Tuesday 7th March 1950.
NB(4):
MERCURY 6243 reviewed Billboard Jazz Saturday 25th March 1950.
NB(5): FOLK
VARIETY FV-12016 “BE ON TIME” released Germany December 1977.
NB(6): FOLK VARIETY FV-12016
reviewed Bluegrass Unlimited Vol.12, #11 - May
1978.
NB(7): JASMINE
JASMCD-3578 “THE OLD RUGGED CROSS” released United Kingdom 11th May 2007.
MAC O’DELL and his Alabama Jubileers-1
MAC O’DELL and his Alabama Jubileers with
Little Addie-2
Knoxville, Tn: ca:
June 1950
(vcl/gtr/hca/mand): Adeline “Little Addie” McLeod (hmny vcl-3);
Speedy Krise (dobro);
Producer:
Robert Murray Nash
7027 A PRAYER
FOR FREEDOM -1 Mercury 6272, Mercury 6272X45, Folk Variety FV-12017
(Ruby Moody) (Acuff-Rose BMI) BACM
CD D-309
7028 THE SIGN
ON THE HIGHWAY -1-3 Mercury 6298, Mercury 6298X45, FV-12017
(Mac Odell) (Acuff-Rose BMI) BACM
CD D-309
7029 THE
MASTERS’S TRAIN -2-3 Mercury 6272, Mercury 6272X45, FV-12017
(John Bassett-Odell McLeod) (Acuff-Rose
BMI) BACM CD D-309
7030 FROM THE
MANGER TO THE CROSS -2-3 Mercury 6298, Mercury 6298X45, FV-12017
(Odell McLeod) (Acuff-Rose BMI) BACM
CD D-309
NB(1): MERCURY
6272/6272X45 released Tuesday 29th August 1950.
NB(2): MERCURY
6298/6298X45 released Tuesday 9th December 1950.
NB(3):
MERCURY 6298 reviewed Billboard Saturday 13th January 1951.
NB(4): FOLK VARIETY FV-12017 “WILD ROSE OF THE MOUNTAINS” released
Germany 1978.
NB(5): FOLK VARIETY FV-12017
reviewed Bluegrass Unlimited Vol.14, #3-September 1979.
MAC ODELL King Recording Studio, 1540 Brewster Avenue Cincinnati,Oh: Wednesday
16th January 1952
(vcl/gtr); Adeline McLeod
(hmny vcl-1); Arthur Lee “Red” Smiley (gtr); Gopher Addis (fdl); Don Reno (tnr vcl-2/mand); Jay Haney (stg bs). Producer:
K-3351-1 LET’S PRAY -1-2 King (Uniss)
(Odell McLeod) (Lois BMI)
K-3351-2 LET’S PRAY -1-2 King 1075, King 45-1075, Audio Lab
AL-1544
(Odell McLeod) (Lois BMI) Folk
Variety FV-12016, King KG-0952-4-2-1
BACM
CD D-309
K-3352-1 BE ON TIME -2 King (Uniss)
(Odell McLeod) (Lois BMI)
K-3352-2 BE ON TIME -2 King (Uniss)
(Odell McLeod) (Lois BMI)
K-3352-3 BE ON TIME -2 King (Uniss)
(Odell McLeod) (Lois BMI)
K-3352-4 BE ON TIME -2 King 1055, King 45-1055, Audio
Lab AL-1518
(Odell McLeod) (Lois BMI) New
America EP-NA-102, Folk Variety FV-12016
King
KG-0952-4-2-1, BACM CD D-309
K-3353-1 WHEN THE
HAND OF GOD COMES DOWN -2 King 1075, King 45-1075, Audio
Lab AL-1504
(Odell McLeod) (Lois BMI) Folk
Variety FV-12016, King KG-0952-4-2-1
BACM
CD D-309
K-3354-1 WOLVES IN
SHEEP’S CLOTHING King
(Uniss)
(Odell McLeod) (Acuff-Rose BMI)
K-3354-2 WOLVES IN
SHEEP’S CLOTHING King
1055, King 45-1055, Audio Lab AL-1544
(Odell McLeod) (Acuff-Rose BMI) Folk
Variety FV-12017, King KG-0952-4-2-1
BACM
CD D-309
NB(1): KING
1055/45-1055 released Tuesday 15th April 1952.
NB(2): KING
1075/45-1075 released Tuesday 3rd June 1952.
NB(3): KING
1075/45-1075 reviewed Billboard Saturday 14th June 1952.
NB(4): AUDIO LAB LAB
AL-1504 “SONGS OF FAITH” released 1959.
NB(5): AUDIO LAB AL-1518
“A TIME FOR PRAYER” released 1959.
NB(6): NEW AMERICAN EP-NA-102
is a King ‘custom pressing’, the label was owned by Wayne Raney.
NB(7): KING KG-0952-4-2
“THE BEST OF KING BLUEGRASS” released 2004.
MAC ODELL King Recording Studio, 1540
Brewster Avenue Cincinnati, Oh: October 1952
(vcl/gtr/mand); Adeline McLeod (hmny vcl-1); Unk (male hmny vcl-2/gtr);
Unk (fdl); Unk (bjo); Unk (stg bs). Producer:
K-3491 I’D RATHER
HAVE GOD -1 King 1159, King 45-1159, Audio
Lab AL-1544
(Odell McLeod) (Lois BMI) Folk
Variety FV-12017, BACM CD D-309
K-3492 THE KISS
OF BETRAYAL -1 King 1140, King 45-1140, Audio
Lab AL-1544
(Odell McLeod) (Lois BMI) Folk
Variety FV-12016, BACM CD D-309
K-3493 SET YOUR
DIAL ON HEAVEN King
1159, King 45-1159, Audio Lab AL-1544
(Odell McLeod) (Lois BMI) Folk
Variety FV-12016, BACM CD D-309
K-3494 LIFE’S
ELEVATOR -2 King 1140, King 45-1140, Audio
Lab AL-1544
(Odell McLeod-Syd Nathan) (Lois BMI) Folk
Variety FV-12017, BACM CD D-309
NB(1): KING
1140/45-1140 released Tuesday 4th November 1952.
NB(2): KING
1140/45-1140 reviewed Billboard Sacred Saturday 15th November 1952.
NB(3): KING
1159/45-1159 released Tuesday 20th January 1953.
MAC ODELL Castle Studio, Tulane Hotel, 206 8th
Avenue, North Nashville, Tn: Saturday
27th June 1953
(vcl/mand-1): Adeline McLeod (hmny vcl-1); Unk (gtr); Unk (fdl); Unk
(stg bs).
Producer:
K-3636 ONE DAY
RELIGION King
1275, King 45-1275, King LP-556
(Odell McLeod) (Lois BMI) Folk
Variety FV-12016, Gusto GT7-2108-2
BACM
CD D-309
K-3637 WHAT THEN King
1275, King 45-1275, Audio Lab AL-1523
(Odell McLeod) (Lois BMI) Folk
Variety FV-12016, Audio Lab AUL-0593-2
BACM
CD D-309
K-3638 WILDWOOD
FLOWER King
1251, King 45-1251, Audio Lab AL-1519
(Odell McLeod) (Lois BMI) Folk
Variety FV-12016, BACM CD D-309
K-3639 PENICILLIN -1 King 1251, King 45-1251, Folk
Variety FV-12017
(Odell McLeod) (Lois BMI) BACM
CD D-309
NB(1): KING
1251/45-1251 released Tuesday 29th July 1953.
NB(2): KING
1275/45-1275 released Tuesday 27th October 1953.
NB(3): Billboard Advance Releases C&W KING-Saturday 14th
November 1953-1275/45-1275.
NB(4): KING LP-556 “FAVORITE
SACRED SONGS” released 1956 .
NB(5): AUDIO LAB AL-1519
“A DAY IN THE COUNTRY” released 1959.
NB(6): AUDIO LAB AL-1523
“SONGS OF FAITH, Vol.2” released 1959.
NB(7): GUSTO GT7-2108-2
“FAVORITE SACRED SONGS” released 2009.
MAC ODELL King Recording Studio, 1540
Brewster Avenue Cincinnati, Oh: Monday 15th February 1954
(vcl/mand/hca-1); Unk (male hmny vcl-2); Unk (gtr); Unk (stg bs);
Qrt vcl-3).
Producer:
K-3754 A CROWN HE
WORE -2 King 1361, King 45-1361, Audio
Lab AL-1544
(Odell McLeod-Syd Nathan) (Lois BMI) Folk
Variety FV-12017, BACM CD D-309
K-3755 HEAVEN-BOUND
GOSPEL TRAIN King
1335, King 45-1335, Parlophone CMSP-25
(Odell McLeod) (Lois BMI) Audio
Lab AL-1544, Folk Variety FV-12016
BACM
CD D-309
K-3756 THE STONE
WAS ROLLED AWAY King
1335, King 45-1335, Parlophone CMSP-25
(Odell McLeod) (Lois BMI) Audio
Lab AL-1544, Folk Variety FV-12016
BACM
CD D-309
K-3757 ARE YOU
PRACTISING HIS LOVE -1-3 King 1361, King 45-1361, Audio Lab
AL-1544
(Odell McLeod-Roy Pryor) (Lois BMI) Folk
Variety FV-12017, BACM CD D-309
NB(1): KING
1335/45-1335 released Tuesday 23rd March 1954.
NB(2): KING
1335/45-1335 reviewed Billboard C&W Saturday 24th April 1954.
NB(3): KING
1361/45-1361 released Tuesday 29th June 1954.
NB(4): PARLOPHONE CMSP-25
released United Kingdom November 1954.
NB(5): AUDIO LAB AL-1544
“HYMNS FOR THE COUNTRY FOLKS” released 1961 .
MAC ODELL Radio Station
WLAC Nashville,
Tn: 1955
(vcl/mand); Adeline “Little Addie” McLeod (hmny vcl-1);
SUNNYSIDE (Theme)/BE ON TIME Old
Homestead OHCS-131
() () (Odell McLeod) (Lois BMI)
Sales Pitch (Advertisement)/IF I COULD HEAR
MY
MOTHER PRAY AGAIN OHCS-131
()
I’D RATHER BE ON THE INSIDE LOOKING OUT OHCS-131
(W.Mainer) (Jaymore Music BMI)
ONCE I HAD A PRECIOUS MOTHER OHCS-131
(Odell McLeod) (Jaymore Music BMI)
I FOUND IT IN MOTHERS BIBLE OHCS-131
(Odell McLeod) (Jaymore Music BMI)
ONE DAY RELIGION OHCS-131
(Odell McLeod) (Lois BMI0
INSURED BEYOND THE GRAVE OHCS-131
(Ira Louvin- Charlie Louvin)
MEET ME JESUS OHCS-131
()
JUST OVER THE STARS/SUNNYSIDE (Theme) OHCS-131
(Odell McLeod) (Jaymore Music BMI)
MAC ODELL Radio Station
WLAC Nashville,
Tn: 1955
(vcl/mand); Adeline “Little Addie” McLeod (hmny vcl-1);
SUNNYSIDE (Theme)/JUST LIKE ME Old
Homestead OHCS-131
() () (Rose) (Acuff-Rose BMI)
JESUS HOLD MY HAND/Sales Pitch (Song Book) OHCS-131
(Albert E. Brumley)
WHEN I LAY MY BURDENS DOWN OHCS-131
()
I SAW MOM WITH GOD LAST NIGHT Old
Homestead OHCS-131
(Onie Wheeler)
WHEN HE REACHED DOWN HIS HAND OHCS-131
()
LIFES RAILWAY OHCS-131
()
WHAT WOULD YOU GIVE IN EXCHANGE OHCS-131
()
MANSION ON THE HILLTOP OHCS-131
(Albert E. Brumley)
MY BLESSED LORD/SUNNYSIDE (Theme) OHCS-131
(Odell McLeod) (Jaymore Music BMI)
NB: OLD HOMESTEAD
OHCS-131 “MAC O’DELL- EARLY RADIO- SACRED AND HEART SONGS FROM HIS 1955 RADIO PROGRAMS” released 1980.
MAC
ODELL 1957
(vcl/mand);
Producer:
45-632-A IT WAS
SPRINGTIME (WHEN I MET YOU) Kentucky
45-632-A, BACM CD D-309
(Walter Brock) (Starrite BMI)
45-632-B WHEN I WAS
YOUNG 45-632-B, CD
D-309
(Dewey Brock) (Starrite BMI)
NB(1): KENTUCKY 45-632 released May 1957.
NB(2): KENTUCKY 45-632 is a Starday
custom pressing.
NB(3): BMI Clearance -
21st June 1957.
NB(4): Address on
label - Garrard, Ky.
NB(5): BACM CD D-309 “THE
OLD COUNTRY BOY” released United Kingdom 2010.
MAC ODELL Oak Valley
Sound Studio Nashville,
Tn: Friday
2nd December 1977
(vcl/gtr-1/hca-2); Roy Bee (gtr); Ray Watkins (dobro); Charles
Collins (mand-3/fdl-4); Paul Boswell (stg bs).
Producer:
Robert Murray Nash
Engr:
Gene Lawson
THE BREAKING OF DAWN Folk
Variety FV-12020
(Odell McLeod) (Mac-Lee-Od Music BMI)
YOU MAY BE THE ONLY BIBLE FV-12020
(Odell McLeod) (Mac-Lee-Od Music BMI)
SANDY WAS THE LEAD DOG FV-12020
(Odell McLeod) (Mac-Lee-Od Music BMI)
BLIZZARD SEVEN SEVEN FV-12020
(Odell McLeod) (Mac-Lee-Od Music BMI)
BLUE MOUNTAIN SHACK FV-12020
(Odell McLeod) (Mac-Lee-Od Music BMI)
THE WORLD’S RICHEST POOR MAN FV-12020
(Odell McLeod) (Mac-Lee-Od Music BMI)
MY LORD AND I FV-12020
(Odell McLeod) (Mac-Lee-Od Music BMI)
WHEN THEY GAVE OLE BEN THE YELL FV-12020
(Odell McLeod) (Mac-Lee-Od Music BMI)
I GOT A STORY TO TELL FV-12020
(Odell McLeod) (Mac-Lee-Od Music BMI)
HOLY GHOST TRAIN FV-12020
(Odell McLeod) (Mac-Lee-Od Music BMI)
NB(1): FOLK VARIETY FV-12020
released Germany 1978.
NB(2): FOLK VARIETY FV-12020 “MAC
O’DELLS SEVEN SEVEN NASHVILLE SESSION” reviewed Bluegrass Unlimited
Vol.14, #3 - September
1979.
MAC ODELL Onion
Audio Austin,
Tx: 1981
(ld vcl/hca); Anthony
“Tony” Airoldi (three finger bjo); Hank Alrich (hmny
vcl/gtr-1/mand-2/frailing-3/2-finger bjo-4); Fletcher Clark
(hmny vcl-5/gtr-6/stg
bs-7); Herbert “Herb” Steiner (dobro-8); Riley Osbourn (pno-9/org-10); Frank
Delvy/Julie Mabry/Jim Schulman/Johnie Prinz
(chrs). Producer: Hank Alrich & Fletcher Clark
Engrs:
Hank Alrich/Fletcher Cark/Cliff Carter & Mark LeBaron
JOHN DOE OF OL’ SKIDROW STREET Folk
Variety FV-12022
()
YOU CAN’T BREAK A HABIT YOU’VE HAD FOR SO
LONG FV-12022
()
LEAD ME TO YOUR CROSS, SWEET JESUS FV-12022
()
I NEED YOUR SWEET LOVE FV-12022
()
I WISH MY MOMMY DIDN’T SMOKE FV-12022
()
AIN’T NO ANGELS HERE ON EARTH FV-12022
()
SPARKLING DIAMONDS FV-12022
()
OUR HEAVEN HAS JUST GONE TO HELL FV-12022
()
FROM THIS DAY ON FV-12022
()
WE PLANTED ROSES ON OUR DARLING’S GRAVE FV-12022
()
MONEY WON’T BUY THIS SOUL OF MINE FV-12022
NB(1): FOLK VARIETY FV-12022 “AUSTIN, TEXAS GIT TOGETHER” released 1981.
NB(2): The album
states Recorded at Onion Audio, “Deep In The Heart of Armadillo World
Headquarters,” Austin, Texas, 1981.
NB: DISCOGRAPHY
compiled by DICK GRANT & WALT SAUNDERS with acknowledgements to Frantisek
Frank & Dave Barnes.
2007-2013.
NB: NEED INFORMATION
OF THE MAC ODELL Track on GLORY SS-1002.
