Sunday, March 29, 2015

Jeff Austin



By Praguefrank

SESSIONS also member of Yonder Mountain String Band
2003 unknown – Jeff Austin and Chris Castino (Jeff Austin [vcl/mandolin], Chris Castino [vcl/gt], Adam Aijala [claw hammer banjo], Noam Pikelny/ David Johnston [banjo], Sally Van Meter [dobro], Ben Kaufmann [vcl/bass], Nick Forster [bass/lap steel/ mandolin/ strings/ vcl], Darol Anger [fiddle]. Producer; Nick Forster, Jeff Austin)
001 NO PLACE LIKE A ROAD Frog Pad FP 0104
002 DIFFERENT DAY Frog Pad FP 0104  
003 MY BABY'S GONE Frog Pad FP 0104  
004 BACK OF MY MIND Frog Pad FP 0104
005 LAST DAY WALTZ Frog Pad FP 0104  
006 STEEP GRADE, SHARP CURVES Frog Pad FP 0104  
007 LATENT LOVE Frog Pad FP 0104   
008 FLATIRON SUITE Frog Pad FP 0104  
009 SUNDAY AFTERNOON Frog Pad FP 0104
010 PAUL AND SILAS Frog Pad FP 0104  
011 LONELY YUKON STARS Frog Pad FP 0104
2014 Battle Tapes, Nashville, TN/ Big Room Studios, Chicago, IL/ eTown Studios, Boulder, CO/ Minner Bucket Studios, Irondale, WA/ Red Request Studios, Beech Grove, VA/ Royal Studios, Memphis, TN/ Wendell's Bassment, Boulder, CO – Jeff Austin (Jeff Austin [vcl/gt/mandolin], Danny Barnes [vcl/gt/banjo],  Eric Thorin [vcl],  Ross Martin [gt],  Cody Dickinson [drums/ washboard/ percussion]
012 WHAT THE NIGHT BRINGS Yep Roc YEP 2393   
013 SIMPLE TRUTH Yep Roc YEP 2393   
014 SCRAPBOOK PAGES Yep Roc YEP 2393  
015 FIDDLING AROUND Yep Roc YEP 2393   
016 15 STEPS Yep Roc YEP 2393  
017 OVER AND OVER Yep Roc YEP 2393  
018 GATLING GUN Yep Roc YEP 2393  
019 RUN DOWN Yep Roc YEP 2393
020 SHAKE ME UP Yep Roc YEP 2393
021 FALLING STARS Yep Roc YEP 2393
Fall 2015 unknown - Jeff Austin Band, *with Joe DiMaggio
022 CHAPTER ONE*
023 BODY GROWS COLD
024 CHAPTER TWO*
025 THE BOYS ON THE HILL
026 CHAPTER THREE*
027 RAG DOLL
028 CHAPTER FOUR*
029 UNDERGROUND -
Tracks above issued on EP Do Not Let the Body Grow Cold




ALBUMS

Frog Pad FP 0104 7365 Songs From The Tin Shed: No Place Like a Road; Different Day;  My Baby's Gone; Back of My Mind; Last Day Waltz; Steep Grade, Sharp Curves; Latent Love;  Flatiron Suite; Sunday Afternoon; Paul and Silas;  Lonely Yukon Stars – 13-03-04 w. Chris Castino (also on Sci Fidelity 7365)
Yep Roc! YEP 2393 Simple Truth: What the Night Brings;  Simple Truth;  Scrapbook Pages; Fiddling Around;  15 Steps; Over and Over; Gatling Gun; Run Down; Shake Me Up; Falling Stars – 10-02-15
 
EPs
Jeff Austin Band  ? Do Not Let the Body Grow Cold: Chapter One (feat. John Dimaggio);  Body Grows Cold; Chapter Two (feat. John Dimaggio); The Boys on the Hill;  Chapter Three (feat. John Dimaggio); Rag Doll; Chapter Four (feat. John Dimaggio); Underground - 16 (reissued in 2021)
 

Johnny Dollar



John Washington Dollar, Jr., *08-03-1933 Kilgore, TX, +13-04-1986
3rd version

By Praguefrank, Michel Ruppli, Kent Heineman, Mario Manciotti, Thieu Van De Vorst, Jim Loessberg, Lennart Gustavsson, Tore Brennodden
SESSIONS

1957/1958 [demo sessions] Dallas, TX – Johnny Dollar
00001 SLIM JIM BABY Dragon Street DCD-70258
00002 CAR COAT BEAT Dragon Street DCD-70258
00003 ACTION PACKED Dragon Street DCD-70258
00004 MY GAL FRIDAY Dragon Street DCD-70258
00005 GREEN EYED CAT Dragon Street DCD-70258
00006 ROCKIN' BONES Dragon Street DCD-70258
00007 DON'T BLAME IT ON ME Dragon Street DCD-70258
00008 IT'S MY DAY Dragon Street DCD-70258
00009 KEEP ME IN YOUR HEART Dragon Street DCD-70258
00010 HONEY BEE LOVE Dragon Street DCD-70258
00011 PLENTY LOVIN' Dragon Street DCD-70258
00012 MY FIRST LOVE Dragon Street DCD-70258
00013 DOLLY DOLLY Dragon Street DCD-70258
00014 R and R WAR DANCE Dragon Street DCD-70258
00015 GOOFIN' AROUND Dragon Street DCD-70258
25 January 1958 [live] Big D Jamboree – Johnny Dollar
00016 GREAT BALLS OF FIRE Dragon Street DCD-70258 BCD 16086
00017 JAILHOUSE ROCK Dragon Street DCD-70258 BCD 16086
1 March 1958 [live] Big D Jamboree – Johnny Dollar
00018 GREAT BALLS OF FIRE  BCD 16086
00019 JEANNIE, JEANNIE, JEANNIE BCD 16086
BEAR FAMILY BCD 16086 BIG D JAMBOREE (GER, 8 CD BOX)
ca. July 1958 unknown – Johnny Dollar
001 1022 NO MEMORIES D 1011/BCD 15832
002 1023 WALKING AWAY D 1011/BCD 15832
early 1961 unknown – Johnny Dollar
003 1456 CRAWLING BACK TO YOU 1185/BCD 15835
004 1457 WHAT A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE 1185/BCD 15835
1961 unknown – Johnny Dollar
005 1564 LONESOME TRAINS 1229/BCD 15836
006 1565 WEST TEXAS 1229/BCD 15836
Summer 1962 unknown, TX – Johnny Dollar
007 LUMBER JACK Winston 1064
008 THE MAN ON THE HILL Winston 1064
9 June 1965 Columbia Recording Studio B, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Johnny Dollar
009 NCO 82770 TEAR TALK Columbia 4-43343
010 NCO 82771 BIG RED (THE HOUND) 4-43343
011 NCO 82772 STOP THE START 4-43537
012 NCO 82773 YOU AIN'T WRONG 4-43537
1966 unknown – Johnny Dollar
013 HOLIDAY SAFETY  Band Box 373
Ca 1966 unknown – Johnny Dollar
014 KAWLIGA  7-7494  
015 A THING OF PLEASURE  7-7494  
016 OUR SIDE  7-7494  
017 HE'S LOSING HIS MIND  7-7494  
018 WHEN YOU'VE LOST YOUR BABY  7-7494  
019 YOUR EMPTY CHAIR AND ME  7-7494  
020 A FOOL CALLED ME  7-7494  
021 NEVER LOVE A DRIFTER  7-7494  
022 COLD, COLD HEART  7-7494
022a STOP THE START 7-7494 
022b LIMBER JACK 7-7494

022c BIG RED THE HOUND 7-7494
ca. September 1966 poss. Arthur Smith Studio, 5457 Monroe Road, Charlotte, NC – Johnny Dollar (Producer: Arthur Smith)
023 MB-21667 WINDBURN 45-16961
024 MB-21668 CRAZY EYES Dot 45-16961
ca. November 1966 Arthur Smith Studio, 5457 Monroe Road, Charlotte, NC – Johnny Dollar (Producer: Arthur Smith)
025 MB-21923 YOUR HANDS 45-16990
026 MB-21924 DON'T TAKE MY FUTURE FROM ME 45-16990
ca. June 1967 Columbia Recording Studio B, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Johnny Dollar (Producer: Stan Shulman, Dick Heard)
027 THE WHEELS FELL OFF THE WAGON AGAIN Date 2-1566/TES-4009
028 WATCHING ME LOSING YOU Date 2-1566/TES-4009
029 IT'S GOOD Date TES-4009
030 OUR HOUSE Date TES-4009
031 NUMBERS LIL Date TES-4009
032 FOREVER IS OVER Date 2-1600/TES-4009
033 EVERYBODY'S GOT TO BE SOMEWHERE Date 2-1585/TES-4009
034 DID YOU TALK TO HIM TODAY Date 2-1585/TES-4009
035 GONNA COME IN LIKE A LION Date TES-4009
036 DO-DIE Date 2-1600/TES-4009
ca. October 1968 RCA Victor Studio, 800 17th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Johnny Dollar (Producer: Slim Williamson)
037 WXB4-5148 I’VE GOTTA STAY HIGH Chart 59-1057/CHS-1023 BN 4465
038 WXB4-5149 BIG RIG ROLLIN‘ MAN 59-1057/CHS-1023 BN 4465
ca. November 1968 RCA Victor Studio, 800 17th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Johnny Dollar (Producer: Slim Williamson)
039 WXB4-5187 BIG WHEELS SING FOR ME 59-1070/CHS-1023 BN 4465
040 WXB4-5188 WILD CHERRY 59-1070/CHS-1023 BN 4465
ca. May 1969 RCA Victor Studio, 800 17th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Johnny Dollar (Producer: Slim Williamson)
041 CH-711 MEETING OF THE BORED 5019/CHS-1023 BN 4465 Brylen BN 4553
042 CH-712 IF I GET LOW ENOUGH 5019/CHS-1023 Brylen BN 4553
ca. July 1969 RCA Victor Studio, 800 17th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Johnny Dollar (Producer: Slim Williamson)
043 CH-765 THE RAIN FALLS IN DENVER CH-5035/CHS-1023 Brylen BN 4465 BN 4553
044 CH-766 OTHER SEEDS TO SOW CH-5035/CHS-1023 Brylen BN 4465 BN 4553
ca. July 1969 RCA Victor Studio, 800 17th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Johnny Dollar (Producer: Slim Williamson)
045 CH-770 CHANGING HER THINKING CH-5049/CHS-1023 Brylen BN 4465 BN 4553
046 CH-771 HIGHWAY IN THE SKY CH-5116/CHS-1023 Brylen BN 4465 BN 4553
047 YOU'VE GOT WHAT IT TAKES CHS-1023 Brylen BN 4553
048 CH-773 TRUCK DRIVER'S LAMENT CH-5049/CHS-1023 BN 4465 Brylen BN 4553
ca. July 1970 RCA Victor Studio, 800 17th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Johnny Dollar
049 CH-941 NO MORE TRUCK STOPS CH-5089
050 CH-942 JUST A SWALLOW AWAY CH-5089
ca. December 1970 RCA Victor Studio, 800 17th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Johnny Dollar
051 GOLD COLORED GLASSES CH-5116/Brylen BN 4553
ca. March 1971 Nashville, TN – Johnny Dollar (Producer: Cliff Williamson)
052 CH-1084 IF I MAKE THE FRONT DOOR WOMAN (I'M GONNA KISS YOU) CH-5135
Ca October 1972 Nashville, TN – Johnny Dollar (Producer: Johnny Dollar)
053 CALL OF THE WINE Gemini G 3002
054 LIKE A FOOL Gemini G 3002
055 REMEMBERING YESTERDAY G 3004
056 I'VE GOT TO CATCH THAT TRAIN G 3004
1973? Nashville, TN – Johnny Dollar and The Small Changes
057 DO THE REINDEER Gemini AIP 1200
058 RINGO  AIP 1200
1974 unknown – Johnny Dollar (Producer: Johnny Dollar)
059 DRILLING RIG BOOGIE Johnny Dollar 100JD
1977 unknown – Johnny Dollar (Producer: Johnny Dollar)
060 THEY'LL NEVER GET THE COUNTRY OUTTA ME JD-126
061 PRECIOUS MOTHER'S PRAYERS JD-126
1981 unknown – Johnny Dollar (Producer: Johnny Dollar)
062 I'LL BE HANDLING YOU JED-1-81 JD 144
063 HONKY TONK MUSIC BAND JED-1-81 JD 144
1981 unknown – Johnny Dollar (Producer: Johnny Dollar)
064 THERE GOES MY MONEY DOWN THE DRAIN JED-10-81
065 THE PRETTY ROSE ESTATE JED-10-81
Summer 1982 unknown – Johnny Dollar (Producer: Johnny Dollar)
066 THE UNEMPLOYMENT BLUES JED-2-82
067 ONE MORE ONE MORE TIME JED-2-82
Unknown info - Johnny Dollar
068 TWO MILES NORTH OF JACKSON CER 101





ALBUMS

no label [Snyder Album Co.] 7-7494 Mr. Personality: Kawliga; A Thing Of Pleasure; Our Side; He's Losing His Mind; When You've Lost Your Baby; Limber Jack; Your Empty Chair And Me; A Fool Called Me; Stop The Start; Never Love A Drifter; Big Red; Cold, Cold Heart - 66
Date TEM-3009/TES-4009 Johnny Dollar: The Wheels Fell Off The Wagon Again; Watching Me Losing You; It's Good; Our House; Numbers Lil; Forever Is Over; Everybody's Got To Be Somewhere; Did You Talk To Him Today; Gonna Come In Like A Lion; Do-Die – 11-67 (MX: XSM-119717/8)
Chart CHS-1023 Big Rig Rollin' Man: Big Rig Rollin' Man; Wild Cherry; Other Seeds To Sow; Truck Driver's Lament; Meeting Of The Bored; I've Got To Stay High; Big Wheels Sing For Me; Rain Falls In Denver; Changing Her Thinking; Highway In The Sky; You've Got What It Takes; If I Get Low Enough – 11-69 (see also Brylen BN-4465)
Brylen BN 4465 Down Life’s Highway: Wild Cherry; Truck Driver's Lament; Meeting Of The Board; I've Got To Stay High; Big Wheels Sing For Me; The Rain Falls In Denver Tonight; Changing Her Thinking; Big Rig Rolling Man; Other Seeds To Sow; Highway In The Sky – 82 (sampler)
Brylen BN-4553 Gold Colored Glasses: Gold Colored Glasses; Truck Drivers Lament; Other Seeds To Sow; Meeting On The Bored; Rain Falls In Denver; Changing Her Thinking; Highway In The Sky; You've Got What It Takes; If I Get Low Enough – 83
Brylen BN-4567 Volume 2: If I Kiss You (Will You Go Away); If I'm Gonna Have Your Lovin'; Ride Ride Ride; Fire And Rain; Sippin' Pickin' And Flippin'; Celito Lindo; Letter; Gee Aren't We Lucky; Guitar Happy – 83 w. Joe Maphis (Chart material, credit to Johnny Dollar is not plain, original tracks are credited to Joe and Jody Maphis, Johnny Dollar probably dubbed on in 1980s)
Dragon Street DCD-70258 Mr. Action Packed: Slim Jim Baby; Car Coat Beat; Action Packed; My Gal Friday; Green Eyed Cat; Rockin' Bones; Don't Blame It On Me; Great Balls Of Fire [Live]; Jailhouse Rock [Live]; It's My Day; Keep Me In Your Heart; Honey Bee Love; Plenty Lovin'; My First Love; Dolly Dolly; R and R War Dance; Goofin' Around; Action Packed [Alt]; Car Coast Baby [Alt]; Rockin' Bones – 93 (mostly demos. Recorded 1957-58 Dallas, Tx, reissued in UK on Rollercoaster RCCD 3033 in 1998)




EPs
Band Box (1966)
No 373 [Van Trevor:]  Christmas In The Country;  Xmas Greetings / [Penny Starr:]  Holiday Driving; [Johnny Dollar:]  Holiday Safety - 66


SINGLES
D (1958-61)
45-1011 No Memories / Walking Away - 08-58
1185 Crawling Back To You / What A World Of Difference – 01-03-61
1229 West Texas / Lonesome Trains – 02-01-62
Winston (1962)
1064 Lumberjack / The Man On The Hill – 09-62 (rev. Sept. 9)
Columbia (1965-66)
4-43343 Tear Talk / Big Red (The Hound) – 12-07-65
4-43537 Stop The Start / You Ain't Wrong – 14-02-66
Dot (1966)
45-16961 Crazy Eyes / Windburn - 10-66 (rev. Oct. 8)
45-16990 Your Hands / Don't Take My Future From Me - 01-67
Date (1967-68)
2-1566 The Wheels Fell Off The Wagon Again / Watching Me Losing You - 07-67
2-1585 Everybody's Gotta Be Somewhere / Did You Talk To Him Today? 12-67
2-1600 Forever Is Over / Do-Die – 05-68
Chart (1968-71)
59-1057 Big Rig Rollin' Man / I've Gotta Stay High - 10-68 (rev. Oct. 26)
59-1070 Big Wheels Sing For Me / Wild Cherry - 01-69
CH-5019 If I Get Low Enough / Meeting Of The Board - 06-69
CH-5035 The Rain Falls In Denver Tonight / Other Seeds To Sow - 09-69
CH-5049 Changing Her Thinking / Truck Driver's Lament - 12-69
CH-5089 Just A Swallow Away / No More Truck Stops - 08-70
CH-5116 Highway In The Sky / Gold Colored Glasses - 27-01-71
CH-5135 If I Make The Front Door Woman (I'm Gonna Kiss You) / The Rain Falls In Denver - 06-71
Gemini (1972-73)
G 3002 Call Of The Wine / Like A Fool – ca 11-72
G 3004 Remembering Yesterday / I've Got To Catch That Train – 02-73
AIP 1200 Christmas Jingles by Johnny Dollar and The Small Changes: Do The Reindeer / Ringo – 11-73?
Johnny Dollar (1974-)
100JD Drilling Rig Boogie / [Country J.T.:] My Fellow Streakers - 74
JD-124 Bush Tavern Inn / I'm The Only One Who'll Miss Me (When I'm Gone) – ca 76
JD-126 They'll Never Get The Country Outta Me / Precious Mother's Prayers - 77
JED (1981)
JED-1-81 I'll Be Handling You / Honky Tonk Music Band - 04-81 (also on Johnny Dollar JD 144)
JED-10-81 There Goes My Money Down The Drain / The Pretty Rose Estate - 81
JED-2-82 The Unemployment Blues / One More One More Time - 08-82
Cer (unknown)
CER 101 (Ray Jones:) Christmas Love / Two Miles North Of Jackson
 
RADIO TRANSCRIPTIONS DISCS
United States Air Forces - Country Music Time  # 113:  Big Wheels Sing For Me;  I’ve Gotta Stay High;  That’s All That Matters To Me [Linda Kay Lance]; Bigg Wheels Sing For Me (Reprise);  The World I Used To Know [Linda Kay Lance]; Watching Me Losing You – ca 12-69
United States Air Forces - Country Music Time  # 156:  Big Wheel Rolling Man;  The Rain Falls In Denver;  Big Wheel Rolling Man (Reprise);  It’s A Long Way From Heaven [Sharon Higgins]; Changing Her Thinking – ca 09-70 (MX: 37145)
U.S. Air Force - Country Music Time  # 823: Honky Tonk Music Band; Unemployment Blues; There Goes My Money Down The Drain – ca 02-83 (studio recordings)  

Saturday, March 28, 2015

Kenny Owens



By Praguefrank, Thieu Van De Vorst, with help of  Hillbillycountryblogspot.com
SESSIONS


Ca early 1958 unknown - Kenny Owen
001 P-119 HIGH SCHOOL SWEATER Poplar 45-106
002 P-120 I GOT THE BUG Poplar 45-106/Chief 1156512 PRLP 001 LP 8012 LP 2011 BB-CD-55187
CHIEF 1156512 ULTRA RARE ROCKABILLY’S VOL.12 (NED, 1995); CLUB PRLP-001 PURE ROCKABILLY VOL.1  (UK, 1994); OUT OF TIME 8012 ROCKIN’ THE BOP VOL.2 (BEL, 1980); ESOLDUN 2011 HOT BOPPIN’ CATS (FRA, 1987); BUFFALO BOP BB-CD 55187 CHICK CHICK (GER, 2007);
Ca 1958 unknown - Kenny Owens
003 441 COME BACK BABY Ruth 441/2/WLP 8818 CLCD 4483 BB-CD-55169
004 442 FROG MAN HOP Ruth 441/2/CLCD 4423 WLP 8818 BB-CD-55149
COLLECTOR CLCD 4483 ROCK ROCK ROCKING TONIGHT  (NED, 2004); BUFFALO BOP BB-CD 55169 STRUTTIN’ (GER, 2004); COLLECTOR WLP 8818 ROCK FROM ARKANSAS  (NED, 1980); COLLECTOR CLCD 4423 WILD ROCKIN’ (NED, 1994); BUFFALO BOP BB-CD 55149 RIMBLE ROCK (GER, 2011)
1964 poss.Variety Recording Studio, 213 East Monroe St., Jonesboro, AR - Kenny Owens
005 13317/RK 300 WRONG LINE Reka 401/BB-CD-55169 BB 2025
006 13318/RK 301 COME BACK BABY Reka 401
BUFFALO BOP 2025 THE BOP THAT NEVER STOPPED VOL.21 (GER, 1979)
ca. 1965 unknown – Kenny Owens (Kenny Owens [vcl], Lemand James [ld gt],, Ken Burge [hmny vcl-1] + unknown musicians)
007 CRAZY FOR YOUR LOVE  Cotton Town Jubilee LP 99 LP 103
008 I'M CHEATIN' AGAIN -1 Cotton Town Jubilee LP 99
COTTON TOWN JUBILEE LP 99 STARS OF THE GENE WILLIAMS COUNTRY JUNCTION SHOW; COWBOY CARL LP 103 MEMPHIS COUNTRY (1980)
ca 1965 unknown – Kenny Owens
009 CHRISTMAS POEM Cotton Town Jubilee No.#
1966 Variety Recording Studio, 213 East Monroe St., Jonesboro, AR - Kenny Owens
010 T4KM-5101 TRAVELING ON HER MIND Alley 1028
011 T4KM-5402 OH, HOW I MISS YOU Alley 1028
Late 1960s Nashville, TN – Kenny Owens
012 JOHN BUILT A CITY
Ca 1969 Variety Recording Studio, 213 East Monroe St., Jonesboro, AR - Kenny Owens  (Kenny Owens [vcl/gt], poss. Eddie Slusser [ld gt], Dub Phelps [bass], Ronnie Harris [drums]. Prodeucer: Wayne Raney)
013 none BALLAD OF THE TEENAGE QUEEN  Ork OS 35
014 none HEY PORTER Ork OS 35/BB-CD-55194
015 PRP 9241 HONKY TONK MAN  Ork OS 35
016 PRP 9241 MAMA LAYED THE LAW DOWN Ork OS 35
017 PRP 13081 LONG LOST JOHN Ork OS 35/CDCD 813 WLP 8859
018 PRP 13082 THAT BIG OLE' MOON Ork OS 35
BUFFALO BOP BB-CD 55194 ROCK CHOO CHOO ROLL (GER, 2009); LUCKY CDCD 813 ROCKABILLY GOLD VOL.13 (UK, 1996); COLLECTOR WLP 8859 MR.ROCK AND ROLL (NED, 1983)
Ca 1969 [demo session] Variety Recording Studio, 213 East Monroe St., Jonesboro, AR -  The Travelers
000 YOU‘VE GOT NO REASON Shork no #
000 FIRST DATE Shork no #
early 1970 Rimrock Recording Studio, Concord, AR – Kenny Owens and The Travelers (Kenny Owens [vcl-1/gt],  Eddie Slusser [ld gt], Dub Phelps [bass], Ronnie Harris [vcl-3/drums], Larry Donn [vcl-2/piano/organ])
019 A BOY NAMED SUE -1  Ork LP 1003
020 BIG BOSS MAN -1 Ork LP 1003
021 TOGETHER AGAIN -1 Ork LP 1003
022 OAKIE FROM MUSKOGEE  -1 Ork LP 1003
023 HOT ROD RACE -1 Ork LP 1003
000 BLACK IS BLACK -2  Ork LP 1003
000 GREAT BALLS OF FIRE -2  Ork LP 1003
000 GREEN-GREEN GRASS-2   Ork LP 1003
000 MIDNIGHT HOUR -2  Ork LP 1003
000 SETTIN' IN THE BATHROOM -2 Ork LP 1003
000 NA-NA NA-NA GOOD-BYE -3   Ork LP 1003



ALBUMS

Ork LP 1003 Kenny Owens and the Travelers with Mid-American Music: A Boy Named Sue; Big Boss Man; Together Again; Oakie from Muskogee; Hot Rod Race; Black is Black; Great Balls of Fire; Green-Green Grass; Midnight Hour; Settin' in the Bathroom; Na-Na Na-Na Good-Bye - 70


SINGLES
Poplar (1958)
45-106 High School Sweater / I Got the Bug – 02-58 (rev. Feb. 24)
Ruth (ca 1958)
441/442 Come Back Baby / Frog Man Hop – ca 58
Reka  (1964)
401 Wrong Line / Come Back Baby - 64
Cotton Town Jubilee
No.# [Kenny Owens:] Christmas Poem / [Gene Williams:] My Son in Service – 6-
Alley (1966)
1028 Traveling on Her Mind / Oh, How I Miss You - 66
Ork
OS 35(a) Ballad of the Teenage Queen / Hey Porter – ca 69
OS-35(b) Honky Tonk Man / Mama Layed the Law Down - 69
OS-35(c) Long Lost John / That Big Ole' Moon - 69

Friday, March 27, 2015

Blue Mafia



By Praguefrank, Milos Holecek, Thieu Van De Vorst

SESSIONS



2012 unknown – Blue Mafia (Tony Wray [vcl/gt], Dara Wray [vcl/mandolin], Cody Looper [banjo], Marc Gregory [bass], Ken Todd [vcl/fiddle])
001 DOUBLE TALKING WOMAN
002 ANOTHER DAY ANOTHER DOLLAR
003 I'M ABOUT TO LEAVE
004 LONELY TEARDROPS
005 AT'S RIGHT
006 NIGHT AND DAY
007 YOUR LAST BREATH
008 MY COLD HEART
009 HE'S WAITING TO HEAR
010 PRETTY POLLY
011 THIS MINING LIFE
012 MANY A MILE
013 THREE MEN ON A MOUNTAIN
Tracks above issued on album My Cold Heart
2014 WA Studios, Eaton, IN – Blue Mafia (Tony Wray [vcl/gt], Dara Wray [vcl/mandolin], Cody Looper [banjo], Marc Gregory [bass], Ken Todd [vcl/fiddle])
014 MOONSHINER Pinecastle PRC 1194  
015 ONE BAD DAY Pinecastle PRC 1194 
016 HAD TO BE CRIPPLED Pinecastle PRC 1194 
017 CONSIDER IT GOODBYE Pinecastle PRC 1194 
018 BORN TO BE WITH YOU Pinecastle PRC 1194 
019 HE'S IN CONTROL Pinecastle PRC 1194  
020 I DIDN'T SEE IT COMING Pinecastle PRC 1194 
021 EAST VIRGINIA BLUES Pinecastle PRC 1194  
022 BACKTRAIL Pinecastle PRC 1194  
023 I'M LONESOME WITHOUT YOU Pinecastle PRC 1194  
024 PRAY FOR RAIN Pinecastle PRC 1194  
025 I'D LIKE TO BE A TRAIN Pinecastle PRC 1194  
026 ALL I EVER LOVED WAS YOU Pinecastle PRC 1194

2016 Noty Wa Studios, Eaton, IN – Blue Mafia (Tony Wray [vcl/gt/ mandolin/ bajo-1/ percussion], Dara Wray [vcl/mandolin], Calib Smith [banjo], Michael Gregory [bass], Ken Todd [vcl/fiddle], Dave Fenmon [recitation-2], Tim Crouch [strings-3])
027 LIKE A MINING MAN -2 Pinecastle PRC 1202 
028 HANGING TREE -1 Pinecastle PRC 1202 
029 SWEET MARY OF THE MOUNTAINS Pinecastle PRC 1202
030 THE MAN YOU KNOW Pinecastle PRC 1202 
031 WITH BODY AND SOUL Pinecastle PRC 1202 
032 BABY YOU'RE GONE Pinecastle PRC 1202
033 MIDNIGHT RAIN Pinecastle PRC 1202
034 LONELINESS AND DESPERATION Pinecastle PRC 1202 
035 SAY WON'T YOU BE MINE Pinecastle PRC 1202
036 YOU BELONG WITH ME Pinecastle PRC 1202 
037 LIFE Pinecastle PRC 1202
038 WHO ARE YOU -1-3 Pinecastle PRC 1202

ALBUMS
Morgan Music Group no # My Cold Heart: Double Talking Woman;  Another Day Another Dollar;  I'm About To Leave;  Lonely Teardrops;  At's Right;  Night And Day; Your Last Breath;  My Cold Heart;  He's Waiting To Hear;  Pretty Polly; This Mining Life;  Many A Mile;  Three Men On A Mountain – 24-05-13
Pinecastle PRC 1194 Pray For Rain: Moonshiner;  One Bad Day;  Had To Be Crippled;  Consider It Goodbye; Born To Be With You;  He's In Control;  I Didn't See It Coming;  East Virginia Blues;  Backtrail;  I'm Lonesome Without You;  Pray For Rain;  I'd Like To Be A Train;  All I Ever Loved Was You – 10-02-15
Pinecastle PRC 1202 Hanging Tree:  Like A Mining Man;  Hanging Tree;  Sweet Mary of the Mountains; The Man You Know;  With Body and Soul;  Baby You're Gone;  Midnight Rain;  Loneliness and Desperation;  Say Won't You Be Mine; You Belong With Me;  Life;  Who Are You – 09-12-16

 

Bill Leatherwood



2nd version

by Praguefrank with help of www.45rpmrecords.com

SESSIONS
Mid 1959 unknown – Bill Leatherwood and Little Jimmy Dempsey Band
001 CP 2000 CALL ME LUCKY JCD 103
002 CP 2001 PRETTIEST BABY IN TOWN JCD 103
Summer 1959 unknown – Bill Leatherwood
003 CP 2059 I CAN'T SHAKE THOSE MEMORIES JCD 105
004 CP 2060 LIVING ON MEMORIES JCD 105
Spring 1960 unknown – Bill Leatherwood (Producer: Ralph Raper)
005 521-45-LK3-60A THE LONG WALK Country Jubilee 539
006 521-45-LK3-60B MY FOOLISH HEART Country Jubilee 539
1961 unknown – Bill Leatherwood (Producer: Ralph Raper)
007 521-45-K-61A YOU’LL FIND THE WAY  Country Jubilee 557
008 521-45-K-61B STRANGERS WHEN WE MEET  Country Jubilee 557
Late 1961 unknown – Bill Leatherwood (Producer: Jim Howell)
009 S 1628 HILLBILLY BLUES Peach 756
010 S 1629 THE PICTURE (ON THE BAR ROOM FLOOR) Peach 756


SINGLES
JCD (1959)
JCD-103 Prettiest Baby In Town / Call Me Lucky – 07-59 (rev. July 27, 1959)
JCD-105 I Can't Shake Those Memories / Living On Memories - 09-59 (rev. Sept. 28)
Country Jubilee (1960)
45-539 The Long Walk / My Foolish Heart – 06-60 (rev. June 6; UK issue on Top Rank JAR 506 in Sept. 1960)
45-557 You‘ll find A Way / Strangers When We Meet  - 61
Peach
756 Hillbilly Blues / The Picture On The Bar Room Floor – 01-62 (rev. Jan. 20)

Jack Rivers



Rivers ”Jack Rivers” Lewis , +1989
4th version
by Praguefrank, Michel Ruppli, Mario Manciotti, Dennis Flannigan, Steve Hathaway, Carl LaFong, Steve Hathaway, Thieu Can De Vorst, Murray Kirch
SESSIONS



23 August 1940 Decca Recording Studio, 5505 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA – Texas Jim Lewis and His Lone Star Cowboys (Texas Jim Lewis [bass], Jack Rivers [vcl/gt], Pete Wray [gt], Cactus Soldi [fiddle], Larry DePaul [accordion])
001 DLA 2084-A,B ROCK-A-RYE POLKA 5875 46021/Cattle LP-82 BACM CD D 063
002 DLA 2085 WINE, WOMEN AND SONG 5875 46021/Cattle LP-82 BACM CD D 063
11 September 1940 Decca Recording Studio, 5505 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA – Texas Jim Lewis and His Lone Star Cowboys (Texas Jim Lewis [vcl-1], Jack Rivers [vcl-2/gt], Cindy Walker [vcl-3], Buddy Hayes [bass], Carl La Magna [fiddle], Larry DePaul [vcl-4/accordion])
003 DLA 2149-A THE COVERED WAGON ROLLED RIGHT ALONG -1-2-4 5894 46063 Cattle LP-82 BACM CD D 063
004 DLA 2150-A HILL BILLY BILL -2-3-4 5912/Cattle LP-83
8 November 1940 Decca Recording Studio, 5505 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA – Texas Jim Lewis (Texas Jim Lewis [bass], Jack Rivers [vcl-2/gt], Pete Wray [vcl-3/gt], Spade Cooley [fiddle], Larry DePaul [vcl-1])
005 DLA 2237-A MARY, THE PRAIRIE AND I -1-2-3 5912/Cattle LP-83
15 August 1941 Decca Recording Studio, 5505 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA – Texas Jim Lewis and His Lone Star Cowboys (Texas Jim Lewis [vcl -1], Jack Rivers [vcl-2/gt], Eugene Walsh [vcl-3/gt], Buddy Hayes [bass], Carl LaMagna [fiddle], Larry DePaul [vcl-4/accordion])
006 DLA 2643-A BEAVER CREEK -1-2-4 6001 46063/BACM CD D 063
007 DLA 2644-A PRETTY QUADROON -1-2-3 5990/Cattle LP-81
25 August 1941 Decca Recording Studio, 5505 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA – Texas Jim Lewis and His Lone Star Cowboys (Texas Jim Lewis [vcl -1], Jack Rivers [vcl -2/gt], Eugene Walsh [vcl-3/gt], Buddy Hayes [bass], Vernon Greenlaw [fiddle], Larry DePaul [vcl –4/accordion])
008 DLA 2681-A OLD FASHIONED HOEDOWN –1-2-4 5990/Cattle LP-81
27 February 1942 Decca Recording Studio, 5505 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA – Texas Jim Lewis and His Lone Star Cowboys (Texas Jim Lewis [vcl-1/bass], Dan Walsh [vcl-4] Jack Rivers [vcl-3/gt], Ernest Hubbert [gt], Vernon Greenlaw [fiddle], Larry DePaul [vcl2/accordion], Ray Foster [vcl-5/trumpet])
009 DLA 2925-A ROSE OF THE BORDER -1? -3?-4? 6056/ BACM CD D 063
010 DLA 2927-A BIG BAD BILL (FROM THE BADLANDS) –1-2-3 6031
27 June 1942 Decca Recording Studio, 5505 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA – Texas Jim Lewis and His Lone Star Cowboys (Texas Jim Lewis [vcl-1/bass], Pete Wray [vcl-3] Jack Rivers [vcl-2/gt], Ernest Hubbert [gt/trumpet], William Hill [fiddle], Larry DePaul [vcl-4/accordion])
011 L 3073-A,-AA,-B I‘VE FOUND SOMEBODY NEW -2 unissued
012 L 3074-A HITCH OLD DOBBIN' TO THE SHAY AGAIN -1-2-4 6085 Melotone 45557/Cattle LP-82 BACM CD D 063
23 July 1942 Decca Recording Studio, 5505 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA – Texas Jim Lewis and His Lone Star Cowboys (Texas Jim Lewis [bass],Jack Rivers [vcl-2/gt], Dan Walsh [vcl-3/gt], Spade Cooley [fiddle], Larry DePaul [vcl–4/accordion])
013 L 3118-A YOU GOTTA GO -2 Decca 6085/Cattle LP-82 BACM CD D 063
014 L 3120-A DUSTY SKIES -2-3 4 Decca 6064
015 L 3122-A MY LITTLE PRAIRIE FLOWER -2 Decca 6078/ BACM CD D 063
ca March 1946 Hollywood, CA – Jack Rivers and His Muddy Creek Cowboys
016 T 1005 AT LEAST A MILLION TEARS Trilon 18575
017 T 1006 I'VE FOUND SOMEBODY NEW Trilon 18576
018 T 1007 DETOUR Trilon 18575
019 T 1008 SARGENT'S STOMP Trilon 18576
Mid 1946 Hollywood, CA – Tex Russell and His Hollywood Cowboys (Jack Lewis [vcl-1] , Dude Jackson [vcl-2]
020 A-4421 TEXAS TORNADO -1 Aladdin 508/BACM CD D 150
000 A-4422 WHAT IT MEANS TO BE BLUE -2 Aladdin 508
ca 1946 Hollywood, CA – Jack Rivers and His Texas Tornados
021 JL1-4 TEXAS TORNADO Trilon 124
022 JL2-3 PLAYING GAMES WITH ME Trilon 125
023 JL3-4 IF I KNEW WHAT IT MEANT TO BE LONESOME Trilon 124
024 JL4-3 BLUE BLUE EYES Trilon 125
25 November 1946 CBS Studio (Radio Station KNX), 6121 Gower and Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA – Johnny Bond and His Red River Valley Boys (Johnny Bond [vcl/gt], Jack Rivers [gt/duet vcl-1], Doc Whiting [bass], Paul Sells [accordion], Jerry Adler [harmonica], Hymie Gunkler [clarinet], Andy Secrest [trumpet])
025 HCO 2163 RAINBOW AT MIDNIGHT -1 Columbia 37217 20096/CCD-202 AJA 5360
1940s C.P.McGregor Studio, 729 S.Western Ave., Hollywood, CA – Jack Rivers Boys
026 10-398-3 VARSOVIENNA McGregor 398
027 10-399-2 RYE WALTZ MacGregor 399
028 10-400 SCOTTISCHE MacGregor 400 4005
029 10-401 HEEL AND TOE POLKA MacGregor 400 4005
1948 [no 1013] Hollywood, CA – Jack Rivers and His Wester Band
030 3363 DEAR OAKIE Capitol 15169/CD 7-96841-2
031 3364 A MILLION MEMORIES Capitol 15169/ LP 91
leased masters
27 September 1948 [no 1055] Hollywood, CA – Jack Rivers
032 3464 I'M JUST LIVING WITH MY SORROW Capitol unissued
033 3465 (I'M SENDING YOU) A LETTER FOR MY BROKEN HEART unissued
034 3466 DON'T GO BACK TO YOUR CLOUD unissued
035 3467 ARKANSAS 15283/ LP 91 BACM CD D 150
036 3468 MY DADDY'S ONLY A PICTURE 15283/ LP 91
037 3469 WATCH YOUR HEART unissued
1948 [no 1058] Hollywood, CA – Jack Rivers
038 3443 WITH THE ANGELS LET ME PLAY unissued
039 3444 GALWAY BAY unissued
29 December 1948 Hollywood, CA - Jack Rivers and The River Boys
040 L 4852 WATCH YOUR HEART Coral 64004
041 L 4853 A LETTER ASKING FOR MY BROKEN HEART 64005
042 L 4854 I'M JUST LIVING WITH MY SORROW 64005
043 L 4855 DRAGGIN' STEEL 64004


1949 unknown – Jack Rivers
SA 795 RIDERS IN THE SKY ABC Eagle 113
SA 796 WREATH OF ROSES  ABC Eagle 113
SA 797 NEBRASKA - MY HOME  ABC Eagle 123
SA 798 NEBRASKA SWEETHEART ABC Eagle 123
1949 unknown – Jack Rivers
SA 807 I DON‘T WRITE NO LETTERS ABC Eagle 150
1949 unknown – Jack Rivers
SA 833 COUNTRY BOY  ABC Eagle 150
GO TO CHURCH 161
THE FAMILY THAT PLAYS TOGETHER 161
Ca 1950 unknown – Jack Rivers with String Band
SA 865 A YEAR OF CITY LIVING  ABC Eagle 191
SA 866 LORELEI ABC Eagle 191
April 1950 unknown - Jack Rivers, *and. Texas Jim Lewis
76071 ME AND MY TEDDY BEAR Coral 9-64043
76072 THAT LUCKY OLD RED-NOSED MULE Coral 9-64043/ LP 91
76073 THE WILD GUITAR Coral 9-64049
76074 JELLY BEAN RAG* Coral 9-64049
ca October 1950 Decca Recording Studio, 5505 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA - Jack Rivers (Jack Rivers [vcl], Noel Boggs [steel] + unknown
L 5900 HAUNTED HOUSE BOOGIE Coral 9-64072/LP 91
L 5901 SHAME, SHAME ON JOLIE 9-64084/ LP 91
L 5902 BUGLE CALL BABY 9-64072/LP-84
L 5903 SUMMER OR WINTER 9-64084/ LP 91
1952 Electra-Voice Studio, 622 Union St., Seattle, WA – Jack Rivers,*and Jackie Tucker
IF YOU WOULD ONLY BE MINE* Lariat, JR, Ranch 1421 1425/Cattle LP 84
unknown title Lariat 1425
PENGUIN DRAG JR Ranch ME 1427
SWEET SUE JR Ranch ME 1427
Summer 1952 Electra-Voice Studio, 622 Union St., Seattle, WA – Jack Rivers
62227 ONE WOMAN MAN Listen 1441
62228 NAVY HOT ROD Listen 1441
1952 Electra-Voice Studio, 622 Union St., Seattle, WA – Jack Rivers
HOT ROD LINCOLN
unknown title
ca February 1953 Seattle WA – Jack Rivers
4 unknown titles - Vogue
there are more Seattle sessions, details unknown
Mid 1958 unknown – Jack Rivers
MY BABY DON’T LOVE NOBODY Naw 1003
SLOWLY I’M WALKING THE DOG Naw 1003
Mid 1958 unknown – Jack Rivers
TRUCKS CAN'T MAKE IT IN SIX DAYS ANYMORE Alsie AL 518
D.O.W. FROM WENATCHEE Alsie AL 518
Spring 1959 unknown – Jack Rivers
1144 IF YOU WERE MINE D 1071
1145 SHOULD HAVE KNOWN D 1071
ca May 1960 unknown – Jack Rivers
S 1133 THE SADDEST EYES Shasta SH-45-136
S 1134 THERE’S A STAR SPANGLED BANNER WAVING SOMEWHERE Shasta SH-45-136
1960s unknown – Jack Rivers
MRM 1013 RAMBLIN' ROSE M.R.M. 101
MRM 1014 UNDER THE DOUBLE EAGLE M.R.M. 101
late 1960s unknown, Hawaii – Jack Rivers
YOU PASSED (LIKE A SHIP IN THE NIGHT) Sandbox LP 500
WHO GAVE YOU THE RIGHT Sandbox LP 500
STEEL GUITAR RAG Sandbox LP 500
DETOUR Sandbox LP 500
HEARTACHES BY THE NUMBER Sandbox LP 500
IF YOU WOULD ONLY BE MINE Sandbox LP 500
IT ISN'T RIGHT Sandbox LP 500
WHISKEY RIVER Sandbox LP 500
HE TAUGHT ME TO YODEL Sandbox LP 500
SKID ROW Sandbox LP 500
LITTLE OL' WINE DRINKER ME Sandbox LP 500
SEND ME THE PILLOW THAT YOU DREAM ON Sandbox LP 500

RADIO TRANSCRIPTIONS
prob. Mid 1940s [Standard Transcriptions, no 30024, series 2] Holywood, CA – Jack Rivers and His Boys
OUT OF A CLEAR BLUE SKY Standard Transcription V-177/Cattle LP 84
IF I HADN'T STOPPED TO SAY HELLO Standard Transcription V-177/Cattle LP 84
BONAPARTE'S RETREAT Standard Transcription V-177//Cattle LP 84
SLEEPY-EYED JOHN Standard Transcription V-177/Cattle LP 84
RAZOR STRAP BOOGIE Standard Transcription V-177/Cattle LP 84
YOUR SWEETHEART ISN'T BROKENHEARTED NOW Standard Transcription V-177/Cattle LP 84
HANNAH FROM LOUISIANA Standard Transcription V-177/Cattle LP 84
M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I Standard Transcription V-177/Cattle LP 84
WHO KNOWS? Standard Transcription V-177/Cattle LP 84
LONESOME DARLIN' Standard Transcription V-177/Cattle LP 84
IF I HADN'T MET YOU Standard Transcription V-177/Cattle LP 84
JUST PLAIN OLD ORDINARY ME Standard Transcription V-177/Cattle LP 84
1947 [MacGregor Transcriptions] C.P.McGregor Studio, 729 S.Western Ave., Hollywood, CA – Jack Rivers
BABY I'M STILL IN LOVE WITH YOU MacGregor LB-478/Cattle LP 91 BACM CD D 150
A LIE CAN'T MEND A BROKEN HEART MacGregor LB-478/Cattle LP 91 BACM CD D 150
THERE'S A NEW STAR IN HEAVEN MacGregor LB-516/Cattle LP 84
CIMMARON MacGregor LB-517/Cattle LP 91
A YEAR AND A DAY MacGregor LB-517/Cattle LP 91
YOU'RE SORRY NOW MacGregor LB-517/Cattle LP 91
LIPSTICK MacGregor LB-517/Cattle LP 91
GOLDEN SLIPPERS –instr.- MacGregor LB-517/Cattle LP 91
TEXAS TORNADO MacGregor LB 545/Cattle LP-84
PLAYIN' GAMES WITH ME MacGregor LB-545/Cattle LP 91 BACM CD D 150
MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME –instr.- BACM CD D 150
APACHE TRAIL BACM CD D 150
AM I FOOLISH BACM CD D 150
HANG YOUR HEAD IN SHAME BACM CD D 150
SOMEDAY YOU'LL WANT ME TO WANT YOU BACM CD D 150
DARLING NELLIE GRAY –instr.- BACM CD D 150
RIDIN' DOWN TO SANTA FE BACM CD D 150
DON'T LAY THE BLAME ON ME BACM CD D 150
HI-E HI-O BACM CD D 150
THERE'S A NEW STAR IN HEAVEN BACM CD D 150
PIG ANKLE RAG –instr.- BACM CD D 150
LITTLE LIZA JANE BACM CD D 150
YOU WAITED A LITTLE TOO LONG BACM CD D 150
LAZY RIVER –instr.- BACM CD D 150
ARKANSAS TRAVELLER-SOLDIER'S JOY (INSTR.) BACM CD D 150
TIMBER TRAIL BACM CD D 150
I'VE A FEELIN' I'M LOSING YOU BACM CD D 150
LITTLE SWEETHEART I MISS YOU BACM CD D 150
LITTLE BROWN JUG –instr.- BACM CD D 150



ALBUMS
Sandbox LP-500 Jack Rivers:
You Passed (Like A Ship In The Night); Who Gave You The Right; Steel Guitar Rag; Detour; Heartaches By The Number; If You Would Only Be Mine; It Isn't Right; Whiskey River; He Taught Me To Yodel; Skid Row; Little Ol' Wine Drinker Me; Send Me The Pillow That You Dream On – 6
Alsie no # Alsie Records Presents Jack Rivers and Bill Young from Europe At Night: Nobody’s Darlin‘; Wind Gave You The Right; Buffalo Beauty; Without You; D.O.M.; You … Like A Deep In The Night; Silver Wings; Burning Bridges; Trophes; I Plan To Cry A Letter; Sittin‘  In A Honky Tonk; Temporary Love -7-
Cattle [GER] LP-84 Just Plain Old Ordinary Me: Razor Strap Boogie; Who Knows?; Lonesome Darlin'; If I Hadn't Met You; Just Plain Old Ordinary Me; There's A New Star In Heaven; Texas Tornado; If You Would Only Be Mine; Bonaparte's Retreat; Bugle Call Baby; Out Of A Clear Blue Sky; If I Hadn't Stopped To Say Hello; Sleepy-Eyed John; Your Sweetheart Isn't Brokenhearted Now; Hannah From Louisiana; M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I – 85 (1940s recordings)
Cattle [GER] LP-91 Haunted House Boogie: Haunted House Boogie; Dear Oakie; A Million Memories; Arkansas; My Daddy Is Only A Picture; Shame, Shame On Jolie; Summer Or Winter; That Lucky Old Red-Nosed Mule; Cimmaron; A Year And A Day; You're Sorry Now; Lipstick; Golden Slippers; Playin' Games With Me; Baby I'm Still In Love With You; A Lie Can't Mend A Broken Heart – 86
BACM [UK] CD D 150 There’s A New Star In Heaven: A Lie Can't Mend A Broken Heart; My Old Kentucky Home (instr.); Apache Trail; Am I Foolish; Hang Your Head In Shame; Someday You'll Want Me To Want You; Darling Nellie Gray (instr.); Ridin' Down To Santa Fe; Don't Lay The Blame On Me; Hi-e Hi-o; There's A New Star In Heaven; Pig Ankle Rag (instr.); Little Liza Jane; Playin' Games With Me; You Waited A Little Too Long; Texas Tornado; Lazy River (instr.); Arkansas Traveller-Soldier's Joy (instr.); Baby I'm Still In Love With You; Timber Trail; I've A Feelin' I'm Losing You; Little Sweetheart I Miss You; Arkansas; Little Brown Jug (instr.); AFRS Melody Roundup (Radio broadcast 1948) – ca 08


SINGLES
Decca (w. Texas Lewis)
5875 Rock And Rye Polka / Wine, Women And Song - 09-40 w. Lone Star Cowboys (reissued on Decca 46021)
5912 Mary, The Prairie And I / Hill Billy Bill - 01-41 w. Texas Jim Lewis
6085 You Gotta Go / Mitch Old Dobbin To The Shay Again - 43 w. Lone Star Cowboys (Canadian issue on Melotone 45557)
Mac Gregor
COM10-398/399 Rye Waltz / Varsovienna – 4-
400 Scottische / Heel And Toe Polka – 4- (reissued on 45 RPM 4005)
Trilon (1946)
18575 A Least A Million Today / Detour – 05-46 (rev. June 29)
18576 Sargent's Stomp / I've Found Somebody New - 05-46
124 Texas Tornado / If I Knew What It Meant To Be Lonesome – 09-46 (rev. Oct. 5)
125 Playing Games With Me / Blue Blue Eyes – 09-46 (rev. Oct. 5)
Aladdin (1946)
508 Texas Tornado / [Dude Jackson:] What It Means To Be Blue – 46
San Fernando
501
503
504
Capitol (1948, leased masters)
15169 Dear Oakie / A Million Memories – 48
15283 Arkansas / Daddy’s Only Picture – 09-48 (rev. Sept. 11)
Coral (1949-50)
64004 Draggin‘ The Steel / Watch Your Heart – 03-49 (rev. March 19)
64005 I’m Just Living With My Sorrow / Letter Asking For My Broken Heart – 49
9-64043 Me And My Teddy Bear/That Lucky Old Red-Nosed Mule - 50
9-64049 Wild Guitar / Jelly Bean Rag – 06-50 (rev. July 15)
9-64072 Haunted House Again / Bugle Call Baby – 01-51 (rev. Jan. 13)
9-64084 Shame, Shame On Jolie / Summer Or Winter – 51
ABC Eagle (ca 1949-50)
113 Riders In The Sky / Wreath Of Roses - 49
123 Nebraska Sweetheart / Nebraska - My Home – 49
141
148
149
150 I Don‘t Write No Letters / Country Boy – 49
153
161 Go To Church / The Family That Plays Together - 49
191 A Year Of City Living / Lorelei
various Jack Rivers labels (Rivers, JR, JR Ranch, Listen, Lariat) (singles issued on these labels had the same catalogue number)
ME 1421 If You Could Only Be Mine (w. Janie Tucker) / Penguin Drag – 52 
ME 1422 My Dreams Are Getting Better All The Time / Rosetta -  (JR Ranch)
ME 1425 If You Could Only Be Mine (w. Janie Tucker) / ? - 52
ME 1427 Penguin Drag / Sweet Sue – 52 (JR Ranch)
ME 1428 My Dreams Are Gettin Better All The Time (w. Janie Tucker) / Rosetta (w. Neil Levang) – 52 (rev. Sept. 13; JR Ranch)
ME 1441 Navy Hot Rod / One Woman Man – 09-52 (rev. Sept. 13)
Hot Rod Lincoln / ? – 52
ME 1445 ? / ? (Listen)
ME 1446 ? / ?
ME 1447 ? / ?
Horace Heidt
1050
Vogue (1953)
1027
Now (1958)
1003 My Baby Don’t Love Nobody / Slowly I’m Walking The Dog – 07-58 (rev. July 28)
Alsie (1958)
AL 518 Trucks Can't Make It In Six Days Anymore / D.O.W. From Wenatchee – 08-58
D (1959)
1071 If You Were Mine / Should Have Known – 27-05-59
Shasta
SH-45-136 The Saddest Eyes / There’s A Star Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere – 60
M.R.M.
101 Ramblin' Rose / Under The Double Eagle – 6-
Ambassador
1003 Dirty Ol‘  Woman / ?

Single on Ron-Mar is by differetn singer


 

Thursday, March 26, 2015

Joyce Smith



*22-10-1940 Lethbridge, Alberta, CAN

2nd version

by Michel Ruppli, Praguefrank
SESSIONS
28 September 1961 Bradley Film and Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Joyce Smith (unknown musicians. Producer: Owen Bradley)
001 111195/NA 11740 HIDING OUT Decca 31364
002 111196/NA 11741 I DON‘T WANT NO ONE BUT YOU 31499
003 111197/NA 11742 LITTLE WORLD GONE BAD unissued
004 111198/NA 11743 LEAVIN' ON YOUR MIND 31364
6 July 1962 Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Joyce Smith
005 112388/NA 12124 IT KEEPS RIGHT ON A-HURTIN' SINCE I LEFT 31418
006 112389/NA 12125 LITTLE WORLD GONE BAD 31499
007 112390/NA 12126 PRETTY LIES 31418
ca 1963 unknown – Joyce Smith
008 JAMBALAYA Banff RBS 1125
BANFF RBS 1125 16 GREAT COUNTRY SONGS (CAN, 1963)
ca 1963 unknown – Joyce Smith
009 LEAVIN' ON YOUR MIND Point P 228  
010 LITTLE WORLD GONE BAD Point P 228  
011 HIDING OUT Point P 228  
012 DOWN BY THE RIVERSIDE Point P 228  
013 HOME IN SAN ANTONE Point P 228  PS 360
014 PRETTY LIES Point P 228  
015 IT KEEPS RIGHT ON A-HURTIN' Point P 228 PS 360
016 SINCE I LEFT Point P 228  
017 I DON'T WANT NO ONE BUT YOU Point P 228  
018 COME ON IN Point P 228  
019 TIME CHANGES EVERYTHING Point P 228 PS 360
1965 unknown – Joyce Smith
020 RELEASE ME Point P 261 PS 360
021 ONCE A DAY Point P 261
022 I'LL TAKE A CHANCE ON LOVING YOU Point P 261
023 LONESOME USED TO BE Point P 261
024 BIG CITY Point P 261
025 MAKIN' BELIEVE Point P 261 PS 360
026 DON'T WANNA WALK Point P 261
027 LEGEND IN MY TIME Point P 261
028 TAKE THE HAND OFF THE CLOCK Point P 261
029 YOU'LL NEVER GET A BETTER CHANCE THAN THIS Point P 261
1967 unknown, CAN – Joyce Smith
030 14069 ONCE A WEEK  Apex 77047
031 14070 SWINGING DOORS Apex 77047
1975 unknown, CAN – Joyce Smith
032 WISH THE WORLD A LITTLE LOVE Broadland BR 2117/BR 1928  
033 IT'S SO EASY TO PLEASE ME Broadland BR 2117/BR 1928  
034 HEAD HIM OFF AT THE PASS Broadland BR 1928  
035 IF YOU LOVE ME Broadland BR 1928  
036 IF I HAVE TO BUILD A BRIDGE Broadland BR 2222X/BR 1928  
037 STATE OF HAPPINESS Broadland BR 2173/BR 1928  
038 SLIPPIN' AWAY Broadland BR 1928  
039 SHANTY GIRL Broadland BR 2173/BR 1928  
040 ROCKY TOP Broadland BR 2222X/BR 1928  
041 PLANT THE SEEDS AND WATCH THEM GROW Broadland BR 1928  
1980 Sundown, Edmonton, Ontario, CAN – Joyce Smith (Producer: R. Harlan Smith)
042 RODEO WIND Royalty R1000-116/R2000-42 RCD 0267
043 MY LITTLE WORLD GONE BAD Royalty R1000-116/R2000-42  RCD 0267
044 WASTED YEARS Royalty R2000-42  RCD 0267
045 PLEASE PLAY IT SOFTLY Royalty R1000-98/R2000-42  RCD 0267
046 I FALL TO PIECES Royalty R2000-42  RCD 0267
047 HE'S MY FRIEND Royalty R2000-42  RCD 0267
048 LOVE UP AND LET ME DOWN Royalty R2000-42  RCD 0267
049 LEAVIN' ON YOUR MIND Royalty R2000-42  RCD 0267
050 ONE DAY AT A TIME Royalty R1000-98/R2000-42 RCD 0267
051 CRAZY HEART Royalty R2000-42  RCD 0267
052 THE SAME OLD ME Royalty R2000-42   RCD 0267
Joyce Smith recorded after 1980, some info in albums list


ALBUMS

Point [CAN] P-228 Joyce Smith: Leavin' On Your Mind; Little World Gone Bad; Hiding Out; Down By The Riverside; Home In San Antone; Pretty Lies; It Keeps Right On A-Hurtin' Since I Left; I Don't Want No One But You; Come On In; Time Changes Everything – ca 64
Point [CAN] P-261 Canadian Queen Of Country Music: Release Me; Once A Day; I'll Take A Chance On Loving You; Lonesome Used To Be; Big City; Makin' Believe; Don't Wanna Walk; Legend In My Time; Take The Hand; Off The Clock; You'll Never Get A Better Chance Than This - 65
Point [CAN] PS-360 The King And Queen Of Country Music: [Joyce Smith:] It Keeps Right On Hurtin'; Home In San Antone; Release Me; Makin' Believe; Time Changes Everything; [Jimy Arthur Orge:] Child Of  Clay; Love Of The Common People; Irena Cheyenne; Mansion On The Hill; All The Time – 70
Broadland [CAN] BR 1928 Wish The World A Little Love: Wish The World A Little Love; It's So Easy To Please Me; Head Him Off At The Pass; If You Love Me; If I Have To Build A Bridge; State Of Happiness; Slippin' Away; Shanty Girl; Rocky Top; Plant The Seeds And Watch Them Grow- 76
Royalty [CAN] R2000-42 Please Play It Softly: Rodeo Wind; My Little World Gone Bad; Wasted Years; Please Play It Softly; I Fall To Pieces; He's My Friend; Love Up And Let Me Down; Leavin' On Your Mind; One Day At A Time; Crazy Heart; The Same Old Me  - 80 (reissued in 2002 on Royalty RCD-0267 The Same Old Me/Legends Series)
Joyce Smith [CAN] no # Exactly Where I Want To Be: Shanty Girl; Love Is Still Love; Just A Tear Away From A Real Good Cry; My Heart Gets All The Breaks; I Ain't Never; If You're Still There; Burning The Roadhouse Down; Exactly Where I Want To Be; The Baptism Of Jesus Taylor; Second Fiddle; Better Get To Getting; Catfish John; I'm Not That Good At Goodbye; Way Out Of The Past; He's Gone, Gone, Gone - 07

SINGLES
Decca (1961-62)
31364 Hiding Out / Leaving On Your Mind – 12-02-62 (rev. Feb. 24)
31418 It Keeps Right On A-Hurtin' Since I Left / Pretty Lies – 07-62
31499 I Don't Want No One But You / Little World Gone Bad – 05-63 (rev. May 25)
Apex [CAN] (1967)
77047 Once A Week / Swinging Doors – 67
Broadland [CAN] (1975-76)
BR 2117 It's so Easy to Please Me / Wish the World a Little Love - 75
BR 2173 Shanty Girl / State of Happiness - 76
BR 2222X If I Have to Build a Bridge / Rocky Top - 76
Royalty [CAN] (1980)
R-1000-98 Please Play It Softly / One Day At A Time – 80
R-1000-116 Rodeo Wind / My Little World Gone Bad - 82