Friday, April 18, 2014

Speedy West



Wesley Webb West, *25-01-1924 Springfield, MO, +15-11-2003
2nd version

by Michel Ruppli, Praguefrank, Thieu Van De Vorst, Mario Manciotti
SESSIONS
10 January 1950 [no. 1592, 16:00-19:00] Capitol Recording Studio, 5515 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA – Cliffie Stone and His Orchestra (Eddie Kirk [gt], Speedy West [steel], Al Williams [bass], Harold Hensley [fiddle], Billy Liebert [accordion]. Producer: Ken Nelson)
001 5385-4 STEEL STRIKE –instr.- F966/T1341 BCD 15956
25 September 1950 [no. 1919, 15:00-18:00] Capitol Recording Studio, 5515 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA – Jimmy Bryant and Speedy West (Jimmy Bryant [gt], Speedy West [steel], Eddie Kirk [gt], Cliffie Stone [bass], Muddy Berry [drums], Harold Hensley [fiddle], Billy Liebert [accordion], Paul Sells [piano]. Producer: Ken Nelson)
002 6630-6 BRYANT’S BOOGIE F1275/T1314 BCD 15956 Sundazed 11134

003 6631-10 RED HEADED POLKA F1408/ BCD 15956 Sundazed 11134
18 January 1951 [no. 2029] Capitol Recording Studio, 5515 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA – Jimmy Bryant and Speedy West   (Jimmy Bryant [gt], Speedy West [steel], Eddie Kirk [gt], Cliffie Stone [bass], Muddy Berry [drums], Harold Hensley [fiddle], Billy Liebert [piano]. Producer: Ken Nelson)
004 7016 RAILROADIN‘ unissued-lost
8 February 1951 [no. 2052, 20:30-24:00] Capitol Recording Studio, 5515 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA – Jimmy Bryant and Speedy West  (Jimmy Bryant [gt], Speedy West [steel], Eddie Kirk [gt], Cliffie Stone [bass], Muddy Berry [drums], Harold Hensley [fiddle], Billy Liebert [organ/piano]. Producer: Ken Nelson)
005 7016-4 RAILROADIN‘ F1464/T1341 BCD 15956 Sundazed 11134
006 7120-7 STAINLESS STEEL F1464/T1341 BCD 15956 Sundazed 11134
18 June 1951 [no. 2195, 14:30-17:30] Capitol Recording Studio, 5515 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA – Jimmy Bryant and Speedy West  (Jimmy Bryant [gt], Speedy West [steel], Eddie Kirk [gt], Billy Strange [gt], Cliffie Stone [bass], Muddy Berry [drums], Billy Liebert [piano/organ]. Producer: Ken Nelson)
007 7664-20 HUB CAP ROLL F1805/BCD 15956
008 7665-9 T-BONE RAG F1765/BCD 15956 Sundazed 11134
009 7666-6 TRUCK DRIVER’S RIDE F1805/T1341 BCD 15956 Sundazed 11134
010 7667-6 LIBERTY BELL POLKA F1765/BCD 15956 Sundazed 11134
28 January 1952 [no. 2508, 14:15-17:45] Capitol Recording Studio, 5515 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA – Jimmy Bryant and Speedy West (Jimmy Bryant [gt], Speedy West [steel], Billy Strange [gt], Cliffie Stone [bass], Roy Harte [drums], Billy Liebert [piano]. Producer: Ken Nelson)
011 9657-11 CRACKERJACK F1991/BCD 15956
012 9658-10 BRYANT’S SHUFFLE F2057/BCD 15956 Sundazed 11134
013 9659-10 ROADSIDE RAG F1991/BCD 15956
014 9660-15 YODELING GUITAR F2057/T1314 BCD 15956 Sundazed 11134
6 May 1952 [no. 2621, 19:30-23:00] Capitol Recording Studio, 5515 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA – Jimmy Bryant and Speedy West (Jimmy Bryant [gt], Speedy West [steel], Billy Strange [gt], Cliffie Stone [bass], Roy Harte [drums], Billy Liebert [piano]. Producer: Ken Nelson)
015 10049-10 GEORGIA STEEL GUITAR F2160/T 520 BCD 15956 Sundazed 11134
016 10050-10 PICKIN‘  THE CHICKEN F2310/ BCD 15956 Sundazed 11134
017 10069-15 MIDNIGHT RAMBLE F2160/T520 BCD 15956
018 10070-3 COMIN‘ ON F2310/ BCD 15956 Sundazed 11134
25 November 1952 [no. 2830, 14:00-17:00] Capitol Recording Studio, 5515 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA – Jimmy Bryant and Speedy West  (Jimmy Bryant [gt], Speedy West [steel], Billy Strange [gt], Cliffie Stone [bass], Roy Harte [drums], Billy Liebert [piano]. Producer: Ken Nelson)
019 10851-5 LOVER unissued/BCD 15956 Sundazed 11134
020 10852-2 SKIDDLE-DEE-BOO F2519/BCD 15956
021 10853-12 SERENADE TO A FROG F2444/T 520 BCD 15956 Sundazed 11134
022 10854-2 BRYANT'S BOUNCE F2444/T 520 T 1314 BCD 15956 Sundazed 11134
27 May 1953 [no. 3054, 19:00-22:00] Capitol Recording Studio, 5515 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA – Jimmy Bryant and Speedy West  (Jimmy Bryant [gt], Speedy West [steel], Billy Strange [gt], Cliffie Stone [bass], Roy Harte [drums], Billy Liebert [piano]. Producer: Ken Nelson)
023 11560-15 OPUS I unissued/BCD 15956
024 11561-5 WHISTLE STOP T 1314 BCD 15956 Sundazed 11134
025 11562-9 SPEEDIN‘ WEST F2519/T 1341 BCD 15956
026 11563-8 HOMETOWN POLKA F 2762/T 1314 BCD 15956 Sundazed 11134
4 September 1953 [no. 3125, 15:00-18:00] Capitol Recording Studio, 5515 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA – Jimmy Bryant and Speedy West  (Jimmy Bryant [gt], Speedy West [steel], Billy Strange [gt], Cliffie Stone [bass], Roy Harte [drums], Billy Liebert [piano]. Producer: Ken Nelson)
027 11765-10 THIS AIN’T THE BLUES F2675/T 1341 BCD 15956
028 11766-11 JAMMIN‘ WITH JIMMY F 2762/T 1314 BCD 15956 Sundazed 11134
029 11767-9 TWO OF A KIND unissued/ BCD 15956 Sundazed 11134
030 11768-10 SUNSET F 2675/T 1341 BCD 15956
9 September 1953 [no. 3151, 14:30-18:00] Capitol Recording Studio, 5515 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA – Jimmy Bryant and Speedy West (Jimmy Bryant [gt], Speedy West [steel], Billy Strange [gt], Cliffie Stone [bass], Roy Harte [drums], Harold Hensley [fiddle], Billy Liebert [piano], Charles Tise [sax], George E. Burns [trombone], Ray Merrill [vcl], Bucky Tibbs [vcl]. Producer: Ken Nelson)
031 11860-4 STEEL GUITAR RAG F2620/BCD 15956
28 December 1953 [no. 3275, 20:00-23:00] Capitol Recording Studio, 5515 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA – Jimmy Bryant and Speedy West   (Jimmy Bryant [gt], Speedy West [steel], Billy Strange [gt], Cliffie Stone [bass], Roy Harte [drums], Billy Liebert [piano]. Producer: Ken Nelson)
032 12190 SWINGIN‘ ON A STRINGS EAP2-520/H 520 T 520 BCD 15956
033 12191 OLD JOE CLARK EAP1-520/H 520 T-520 BCD 15956 Sundazed 11134
034 12192 THIS IS SOUTHLAND EAP2-520/H 520 T 520 BCD 15956
035 12193-10 ARKANSAS TRAVELER EAP2-520/H 520 T 520 BCD 15956 Sundazed 11134
6 January 1954 [no. 3288, 20:00-23:00] Capitol Recording Studio, 5515 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA – Jimmy Bryant and Speedy West  (Jimmy Bryant [gt], Speedy West [steel], Billy Strange [gt],  Allen Williams [bass], Roy Harte [drums], Billy Liebert [piano]. Producer: Ken Nelson)
036 12225-8 BLUE BONNET RAG EAP1-520/H 520 T 520 BCD 15956
037 12226-8 HOP, SKIP AND JUMP EAP1-520/H 520 T 520 BCD 15956
038 12227-12 COUNTRY CAPERS EAP2-520/H 520 T 520 BCD 15956 Sundazed 11134
039 12228-6 LOW MAN ON A TOTEM POLE EAP1-520/H 520 T 520 BCD 15956 Sundazed 11134
11 May 1954 [no. 3424, 09:00-12:00] Capitol Recording Studio, 5515 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA – Jimmy Bryant and Speedy West (Jimmy Bryant [gt], Speedy West [steel], Bily Strange [gt],  George E. Burns [bass], Roy Harte [drums], Billy Liebert [piano]. Producer: Ken Nelson)
040 12634-9 SLEEP WALKER’S LULLABY F3150/RE2067 BCD 15956 Sundazed 11134
041 12635-14 OUR PARADISE F2892/T 1341 BCD 15956
042 12636-7 COTTON PICKIN‘ F3150 BCD 15956 Sundazed 11134
043 12637-5 BUSTIN‘ THRU F2892/ BCD 15956
2 September 1954 [no. 3524, 9:15-12:45] Capitol Recording Studio, 5515 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA – Jimmy Bryant and Speedy West   (Jimmy Bryant [gt], Speedy West [steel], Billy Strange [gt],  Allen Williams [bass], Pee Wee Adams [drums], Billy Liebert [piano]. Producer: Ken Nelson)
044 12999-12 FLIPPIN‘ THE LID F3026/T 1341 BCD 15956 Sundazed 11134
045 13000-8 DEEP WATER F2964 EAP1-1314/T 1314 BCD 15956 Sundazed 11134
046 13001-11 STRATOSPHERE BOOGIE F2694 EAP1-1314/T 1314 BCD 15956 Sundazed 11134
047 13002-12 WEST OF SAMOA F3026 /T 1341 BCD 15956
14 June 1955 [no.3725, 19:30-22:30] Capitol Recording Studio, 5515 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA – Jimmy Bryant and Speedy West   (Jimmy Bryant [gt], Speedy West [steel], Jimmie Widener [rh gt], George Bruns [bass], Roy Harte [drums], Billy Liebert [piano]. Producer: Ken Nelson)
048 13640-20 SHUFFLEBOARD RAG F3348/ BCD 15956 Sundazed 11134
049 13641-6 STEELIN‘ MOONLIGHT F3208/T 1341 BCD 15956
050 13642-11 CAFFEINE PATROL F3208/T 1341 BCD 15956 Sundazed 11134
051 13643-15 YANKEE CLOVER F3348/ BCD 15956
5 August 1955 [no. 3857, 13:30-17:30] Capitol Recording Studio, 5515 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA – Jimmy Bryant and Speedy West (Jimmy Bryant [gt], Speedy West [steel], Billy Strange [gt], Cliffie Stone [bass], Roy Harte [drums], Billy Liebert [piano]. Producer: Ken Nelson)
052 14086 PICKIN' PEPPERS F3454 EAP1-1314/T 1314 BCD 15956 Sundazed 11134
053 14087-13 CHATTERBOX F3276/ BCD 15956 Sundazed 11134
054 14088 FRETTIN' FINGERS F3276 EAP1-1314/T 1314 BCD 15956 Sundazed 11134
055 14089 PUSHIN' THE BLUES F3454/T 1314 BCD 15956 Sundazed 11134
1 August 1956 [no. 4486, 19:30-23:00] Capitol Recording Studio, 1710 North Vine St., Hollywood, CA – Jimmy Bryant and Speedy West (Jimmy Bryant [gt], Speedy West [steel], Jimmie Widener [gt], George Edward Burns [bass], Roy Harte [drums], Billy Liebert [piano], Rudolph Hermann [sax], Jules Jacobs [sax], Edward Rosa [sax], Charles Tise [sax]. Producer: Ken Nelson)
056 15570-11 SAND CANYON SWING F3537/ BCD 15956
057 15740-8 WATER BABY BLUES F3537/ BCD 15956
058 15741-5 SHAWNEE TROT F3669/ BCD 15956
059 15742-2 ON THE ALAMO F3669/ BCD 15956
9 October 1956 [no. 4610, 19:00-22:30] Capitol Recording Studio, 1710 North Vine St., Hollywood, CA – Jimmy Bryant and Speedy West (Jimmy Bryant [gt], Speedy West [steel], Jimmie Widener [gt], Deuce Spriggens [bass], Pee Wee Adams [drums], Merrill E. Moore [piano]. Producer: Ken Nelson)
060 16069 ROLLING SKY F3635/T 1314 BCD 15956 Sundazed 11134
061 16070 THE NIGHT RIDER F3635/T 1314 BCD 15956 Sundazed 11134
062 16071-6 HILLCREST (OPUS 3) unissued/ BCD 15956 Sundazed 11134
063 16072-3 CHINA BOY unissued /BCD 15956 Sundazed 11134 [take-1:] BCD 15956
30 September 1957 [no. 6287, 13:30-16:30] Capitol Recording Studio, 1750 North Vine St., Hollywood, CA – Speedy West (Speedy West [steel], Elmer Schmidt [piano]. Producer: Ken Nelson) [overdub session October 11 [1]: + Sam Koki and Seven Seas Serenaders]
064 17600 SONG OF THE ISLANDS [1]  T 956/BCD 15956
065 17601 HAWAIIAN WAR CHANT T 956 BCD 15956
066 17608 MY TANE T 956 BCD 15956
067 17609-11 ON THE BEACH AT WAIKIKI EAP1-956/T 956 BCD 15956
4 October 1957 [no 6327, 13:30-17:00] Capitol Recording Studio, 1750 North Vine St., Hollywood, CA – Speedy West (Speedy West [steel], Elmer Schmidt [piano]. Producer: Ken Nelson)
068 17655 DRIFTING AND DREAMING (SWEET PARADISE) T 956 BCD 15956
069 17656 MY LITTLE GRASS SHACK IN KEALAKEKUA, HAWAII T 956 BCD 15956
070 17657 SWEET HAWAIIAN CHIMES T 956 BCD 15956
071 17658 BLUE HAWAII T 956 BCD 15956
7 October 1957 [no. 6331, 14:00-17:00] Capitol Recording Studio, 1750 North Vine St., Hollywood, CA – Speedy West (Speedy West [steel], Producer: Ken Nelson) [overdub session October 11 [1]: + Sam Koki and Seven Seas Serenaders]
072 17692 THE MOON OF MANAKOORA [1] EAP1-956/T 956 BCD 15956
073 17693-12 YAAKA HULA HICKEY DULA [1] EAP1-956/T 956 BCD 15956
074 17694 LUNA [1] T 956 BCD 15956
075 17695 KA-LU-A EAP1-956/T 956 BCD 15956
Ca 1960 (or 1956) Hollywood, CA –  Jim Malloy and his Range Riders (Speedy West [steel] + Speedy West Orchestraa: Billy Strange [gt] + unknown musicians)
076 WHEN PAYDAY ROLLS AROUND Golden Tone C 4003  
077 RIDIN' DOWN THE CANYON Golden Tone C 4003  
078 PISTOL PACKIN' MAMA Golden Tone C 4003  
079 COOL WATER Golden Tone C 4003
080 TUMBLING TUMBLEWEEDS Golden Tone C 4003  
081 DEEP IN THE HEART OF TEXAS Golden Tone C 4003  
082 TAKE ME BACK TO MY BOOTS AND SADDLE Golden Tone C 4003
083 HOME ON THE RANGE Golden Tone C 4003
084 BESIDE THE RIO GRANDE Golden Tone C 4003
085 COWBOY HAS TO SING Golden Tone C 4003  
086 RED RIVER VALLEY Golden Tone C 4003
087 EL RANCHO GRANDE Golden Tone C 4003
3 April 1962 [no. 10566, 13:00-16:30] Capitol Recording Studio, 1750 North Vine St., Hollywood, CA – Speedy West (Speedy West [steel] Roy Lanham [gt], Billy Strange [gt], Red Wooten [bass], Earl Palmer [drums], Billy Liebert [paino]. Producer: Ken Nelson)
088 37462 REFLECTIONS FROM THE MOON ST 1835 BCD 15956
089 37463 LAZY SUMMER EVENING ST 1835 BCD 15956
090 37464 SPECE MAN IN ORBIT ST 1835 BCD 15956
091 37465 DOUBLE OR NOTHING ST 1835 BCD 15956
4 April 1962 [no. 10568, 13:00-16:30] Capitol Recording Studio, 1750 North Vine St., Hollywood, CA – Speedy West  (Speedy West [steel] Roy Lanham [gt], Billy Strange [gt], Red Wooten [bass], Earl Palmer [drums], Billy Liebert [paino]. Producer: Ken Nelson)
092 37432 AFTERNOON ON A SWAN ST 1835 BCD 15956
093 37433 RIPPLING WATERS ST 1835 BCD 15956
094 37436 WILD AND WOOLY WEST ST 1835 BCD 15956
095 37437 TOTEM POLE DANCE ST 1835 BCD 15956
096 37481 SLOW AND EASY ST 1835 BCD 15956
5 April 1962 [no. 10574, 13:00-16:30] Capitol Recording Studio, 1750 North Vine St., Hollywood, CA – Speedy West (Speedy West [steel] Roy Lanham [gt], Billy Strange [gt], Red Wooten [bass], Earl Palmer [drums], Billy Liebert [paino]. Producer: Ken Nelson)
097 37478 SPEEDY’S SPECIAL ST 1835 BCD 15956
098 37479 SUNSET AT WAIKIKI ST 1835 BCD 15956
099 37480 TULSA TWIST ST 1835 BCD 15956
September 1975 Nashville, TN – Jimmy Bryant and Speedy West (Producer: Pete Drake)
100 MOONLIGHT VALLEY Step One SOR-0060
101 BOOGIE MAN Step One SOR-0060
102 THE WEST IS CALLING Step One SOR-0060
103 ON THE MOVE Step One SOR-0060
104 SPEEDY RECOVERY Step One SOR-0060
105 CHASE Step One SOR-0060
106 WOUND TIGHT Step One SOR-0060
107 JUMPIN' JEEPERS Step One SOR-0060
108 ROLLING SKY Step One SOR-0060
109 LAZY GUITAR  Step One SOR-0060
 



ALBUMS
Capitol H-520 2 Guitars Country Style
: Hop, Skip And Jump; Old Joe Clark; Blue Bonnet Rag; Low Man On A Totem Pole; Country Capers; This Is Southland; Arkansas Traveler; Swingin' On The Strings – 54 w. Jimmy Bryant (10“ LP)
Capitol T-520 2 Guitars Country Style: Hop Skip And Jump; Old Joe Clark; Bluebonnet Rag; Low Man On A Totem Pole; Country Capers; This Is Southland; Arkansas Traveler; Swinging On The Strings; Georgia Steel Guitar; Bryant's Bounce; Serenade To A Frog; Midnight Ramble - 56 w. Jimmy Bryant
Capitol T-956 West Of Hawaii: On The Beach At Waikiki; Blue Hawaii; Ka-Lu-A; Moon Of Manakoora; Hawaiian War Chant; Sweet Hawaiian Chimes; Yaaka Hula Hickey Dula; My Tane; Drifting And Dreaming; Luna; My Little Grass Shack; Song Of The Islands – 58 (Reissued on Steel Guitar Vintage Classics No-9)
Capitol T-1314 Country Cabin Jazz: Frettin' Fingers; Night Rider; Deep Water; Jammin' With Jimmy; Whistle Stop; Stratosphere Boogie; Pickin' Peppers; Pushing The Blues; Rolling Sky; Yodeling Guitar; Bryant's Bounce; Hometown Polka - 60 w. Jimmy Bryant (credited to Jimmy Bryant only)
Capitol T-1341 Steel Guitar: Speedin' West; Railroadin'; West Of Samoa; Caffeine Patrol; Our Paradise; Flippin' The Lid; This Ain't The Blues; Stainless Steel; Steelin' Moonlight; Truck Drivers Ride; Sunset; Steel Strike – 60 (Reissued on Steel Guitar Vintage Classics No-10, Stetson HAT 3045 and Sundazed 9007)
Golden Tone C-4003/14003 Western Favorites: When Payday Rolls Around; Ridin' Down The Canyon; Pistol Packin' Mama; Cool Water; Tumbling Tumbleweeds; Deep In The Heart Of Texas; Take Me Back To My Boots And Saddle; Home On The Range; Beside The Rio Grande; Cowboy Has To Sing; Red River Valley; El Rancho Grande –  60s as by Jim Malloy and His Range Riders
Capitol T/ST-1835 Guitar Spectacular: Space Man In Orbit; Sunset At Waikiki; Lazy Summer Evening; Totem Pole Dance; Afternoon Of A Swan; Speedy's Special; Double Or Nothing; Slow And Easy; Reflections From The Moon; Tulsa Twist; Rippling Waters; Wild And Woolly West – 63 (Reissued on Steel Guitar Vintage Classics No-8, Stetson HAT 3093, and Sundazed 9008)
Steel Guitar No.11 Speedy: Bustin' Thru; Skiddle Dee Boo; Yankee Clover; This Is Southland; Sand Canyon Swing; Sleepwalker's Lullaby; Midnight Ramble; - Shawnee Trot; Swinging On The Strings; On The Alamo; Shuffleboard Rag; Cracker Jack; Water Baby Blues; Steel Guitar Rag - 77 (Capitol tracks)
Danny [GER] SW-7908 The 1950's Speedy West Transcriptions: Two Of A Kind; At Sundown; Blue Steel Blues; Sentimental Journey; Penhandle Rag; Tennessee Border; Missouri Waltz; Texas Playboy Rag; I Love You So Much It Hurts; Farewell Blues; Birth Of The Blues; Honeysuckle Rose; Draggin The Steel; How Come You Do Me Like You Do; Lover; Steelin' The Blues; Marie; Don't Sing Aloha When I Go; Indian Love Call; Bye Bye Blues; Moonlight And Roses; Kentucky Waltz – 79 (1950s Radio transcriptions, reissued on Bronco Buster [GER] CD-9054 Steel Guitar Transcriptions Of Speedy West)
Goldsmith [GER] GMLP-5304 Steel Guitar Artistry: Speedin’ West; Skiddle-Dee-Boo;
Comin’ On; Railroadin’; Stainless Steel; Steel Strike + 10 unknown tracks - ? w. Jimmy Bryant (Capitol tracks)
See For Miles [UK] SEE-249 Steel Guitar From Outer Space: Steel Guitar Rag; Hub Cap Roll; Roadside Rag; Cracker Jack; Skiddle Dee Boo; Bustin' Through; Yankee Clover; Shuffleboard Rag; Sand Canyon Swing; Shawnee Trot; On The Alamo; Water Baby Blues; Space Man In Orbit; Sunset At Waikiki; Lazy Summer Evening; Totem Pole Dance; Afternoon Of A Swan; Speedy's Special; Double Or Nothing; Slow And Easy; Reflections From The Moon; Tulsa Twist; Rippling Waters; Wild And Woolly West – 89 w. Jimmy Bryant
See For Miles [UK] SEE-267 Guitar Take-Off: Bryant's Boogie; Leetle Juan Pedro; T-Bone Rag; Liberty Bell Polka; Okie Boogie; Pickin' The Chicken; Comin' On; Jammin' With Jimmy; Deep Water; Stratosphere Boogie; Arkansas Traveller; Low Man On A Totem Pole; Catfish Boogie; Country Capers; Old Joe Clark; Gotta Give Me Whatcha Got; Whistle Stop; Chatterbox; Cotton Pickin'; Sleepwalker's Lullaby – ca 90 w. Jimmy Bryant
Step One SOR-0062 For The Last Time: Moonlight Valley; Boogie Man; The West Is Calling; On The Move; Speedy Recovery; Chase; Wound Tight; Jumpin' Jeepers; Rolling Sky; Lazy Guitar – 90 w. Jimmy Bryant
Cowgirlboy [GER] LP-5115 The King Of The Steelguitar: Two Of A King #217; At Sundown #28; Blue Steel Blues #94; Sentimental Journey #100; Panhandle Rag #64; Tennessee Border #87; Missouri Waltz #227; Texas Playboy Rag #203; I Love You So Much It Hurts #173; Farewell Blues #244; Birth Of The Blues #182; Honeysuckle Rose #75; Dragging The Steel #73; How Come You Do Me Like You Do #13; Lover #18; Steeling The Blues #27; Marie #132; Don't Sing Aloha When I Go #49/168; Indian Love Call #172; Bye Bye Blues #187; Moonlight And Roses #117; Kentucky Waltz #249 – 10-93 (all tracks from transcribed Tennessee Ernie Ford Shows. Recorded In 1954 for Radiozark In Springfield Missouri. Musicians: Speedy West, Jimmy Bryant, Billy Liebert, Harold Hensley, George Bruns)
Razor and Tie RE-8-2067-2 Stratosphere Boogie: Flaming Guitars Of Jimmy Bryant and Speedy West: Stratosphere Boogie; Blue Bonnet Rag; Cotton Pickin'; Old Joe Clark; Sleepwalker's Lullaby; Arkansas Traveler; Night Rider; Low Man On A Totem Pole; Speedin' West; Comin' On; Bryant's Bounce; Midnight Ramble; Pickin' Peppers; Shuffleboard Rag; Bustin' Thru; Flippin' The Lid – 23-05-95
Bear Family [GER] BCD-15956 Flamin' Guitars: Jelly Beans Daddy; Just Remember; Boogie Barn Dance; Gamblin' Money; Steel Strike; Bryant's Boogie; Red Headed Polka; Railroadin'; Stainless Steel; Hub Cap Roll; T-Bone Rag; Truck Driver's Ride; Liberty Bell Polka; Crackerjack; Bryant's Shuffle; Roadside Rag; Yodeling Guitar; Georgia Steel Guitar; Pickin' The Chicken; Midnight Ramble; Comin' On; Lover; Skiddle-Dee-Boo; Serenade To A Frog; Bryant's Bounce; Opus I; Whistle Stop; Speedin' West; Hometown Polka; This Ain't The Blues;  Jammin' With Jimmy; Two Of A Kind; Sunset; Steel Guitar Rag; Swingin' On The Strings; Old Joe Clark; This Is Southland; Arkansas Traveler; Blue Bonnet Rag; Hop, Skip And Jump; Country Capers; Low Man On A Totem Pole; Sleep Walker's Lullaby; Our Paradise; Cotton Pickin'; Bustin' Thru; Flippin' The Lid; Deep Water; Stratosphere Boogie; West Of Samoa; Shuffleboard Rag; Steelin' Moonlight; Caffeine Patrol; Yankee Clover; Pickin' Peppers; Chatter Box; Frettin' Fingers; Pushin' The Blues; Sand Canyon Swing; Water Baby Blues; Shawnee Trot;  On The Alamo; Rolling Sky; The Night Rider; Hillcrest (Opus 3); China Boy; China Boy; Hawaiian War Chant; Song Of The Islands; On The Beach Of Waikiki; My Tane; Drifting And Dreaming (Sweet Paradise); My Little Grass Shack In Kealakekua, Hawaii; Sweet Hawaiian Chimes; Blue Hawaii; Yaaka Hula Hickey Dula; The Moon Of Manakoora; Ka-Lu-A; Luna; Reflections From The Moon; Space Man In Orbit; Lazy Summer Evening; Double Or Nothing; Afternoon Of A Swan; Wild And Woolly West; Rippling Waters; Totem Pole Dance; Slow And Easy; Speedy's Special; Sunset At Waikiki; Tulsa Twist; [CD 4 as session musician:] Candy Kisses (Eddie KIRK); Ain't Nobody's Business But My Own (Kay STARR and Tennessee Ernie FORD); I'll Never Be Free (Kay STARR and Tennessee Ernie FORD); Wild Card (Tex WILLIAMS); Okie Boogie (Ella Mae MORSE); Down South (John SPIKE); I've Turned A Gadabout (John SPIKE); Stop Your Gamblin' (John SPIKE); There's A Blue Sky Way Out Yonder (John SPIKE); Okie Boogie (Ella Mae MORSE); Twice The Lovin' (In Half The Time) (Jean SHEPARD); Crying Steel Guitar Waltz (Jean SHEPARD); Nobody Else Can Love You Like I Do (Jean SHEPARD); Keep It A Secret (Jean SHEPARD); Y'All Come (Bing CROSBY); Under The Double Eagle (John SPIKE); Hot Lips (John SPIKE); Hotter Than A Pistol (John SPIKE); Keystone Kapers (Bag Of Rags) (John SPIKE); Whistle Stop (Billy MAY); This Must Be The Place (Betty HUTTON and Tennessee Ernie FORD); The Boys In The Backroom (John SPIKE) (Capitol complete) – 07-04-97 w. Jimmy Bryant (4 CD box)
Razor and Tie RE-8-2192-2 Swingin' On The Strings: Collection, Vol. 2: Frettin' Fingers; Lover; Two Of A Kind; Yodeling Guitar; West Of Samoa; Opus 1; Truck Driver's Ride; T-Bone Rag; Skiddle-Dee-Boo; China Boy; Railroadin'; Jammin' With Jimmy; Deep Water; This Ain't The Blues; Rolling Sky; Whistle Stop; Hillcrest (Opus 3); Pushing The Blues; Swingin' On The Strings; Caffeine Patrol – 29-03-99
Jasmine [UK] JASMCD-3515 There's Gonna Be A Party...: Lover; Blue Bonnet Rag; There's Gonna Be A Party For The Old Folks; Tag Along; The Birth Of The Blues; The Missouri Waltz; Speedin' West; Indian Love Call; Cracker Jack; Limehouse Blues; Arkansas Traveller (w. Harold Hensley); Whistle Stop; T-Bone Rag; Sleepwalker's Lullaby; Two Of A Kind; Country Capers; Honolulu; I Love You So Much It Hurts; This Ain't The Blues; Texas Playboy Rag; Kentucky Waltz; Flippin' The Lid; Let The Rest Of The World Go By; Railroadin'; I'm Confessin'; Skiddle Dee Boo; Hop, Skip And Jump; Snow Deer; Dragging The Steel; Comedy: with Tennessee Ernie Ford – 14-11-00 (radio transcriptions)
Sundazed 11134  Frettin' Fingers: The Lightning Guitar Of  Jimmy Bryant:  Bryant’s Boogie; Red Headed Polka; Railroadin’; Stainless Steel; T-Bone Rag; Truck Driver’s Ride; Liberty Bell Polka; Bryant’s Shuffle; Yodeling Guitar; Georgia Steel Guitar; Pickin’ The Chicken; Comin’ On; Lover; Serenade To A Frog; Bryant’s Bounce; Whistle Stop; Hometown Polka; Jammin’ With Jimmy; Two Of A Kind; Old Joe Clark; Arkansas Traveler; Country Capers; Low Man On A Totem Pole;  Cotton Pickin’; Sleepwalker’s Lullaby;  Stratosphere Boogie; Flippin’ The Lid; Deep Water; Shuffleboard Rag; Caffeine Patrol; Pickin’ Peppers; Chatter Box; Frettin’ Fingers; Pushin’ The Blues; Rolling Sky; The Night Rider; Hillcrest (Opus 3); China Boy; Ha-So; Tobacco Worm; Strings (take 6 - early version of Joy Ride) (previously unissued); Long Walk Home (take 1) (previously unissued); Frettin’ Fingers (take 1 - early version of Rapid Transit) (previously unissued); Whistle Stop (take 1) (previously unissued); Peach Grove Express; Rattle Dance; Scottish Eagle; Julie’s Gone; Buggy Ride; Blow Your Hat In The Creek;  Fender Bender; Model 400 Buckboard; Laughing Guitar; Joy Ride; Corn Ball; In The Heart Of A Clown; Tabasco Road; Come Alive Polka; Lazy Guitar; Shinbone; Trevor’s Theme; Liverpool (previously unissued); Boogie For Guitar; Steel Guitar Rag; 12th Street Rag; Little Rock Getaway; Caravan; Down Yonder; Georgia Boogie; Tico Tico; Indiana; Ten Wheels; Stumbling; Voxwagon; Sugar Foot Rag – 03 w. Speedy West (3CD set)
Jasmine [UK] JASMCD-3537 Travellin' from Georgia to West of Samoa: Georgia Steel Guitar;  Steel Strike; Bryant's Bounce; Red Headed Polka; Railroadin'; Stainless Steel; Hub Cap Roll; Truck Driver's Ride; Bryant's Shuffle; Roadside Rag; Yodelling Guitar; Midnight Ramble; Serenade To A Frog; Hometown Polka; Speedin' West; Sunset; This Ain't The Blues; Old Joe Clark; Swingin' On The Strings; This Is Southland; Our Paradise; Stratosphere Boogie; West Of Samoa – 02-05 w. Jimmy Bryant
Cattle Compact [GER] CCD 339 Speedy West Meets Jimmy Bryant In Hollywood: [Jimmy Bryant:] Bryant's Boogie; Limehouse Blues; Midnight Ramble; Old Joe Clarke; Red Head Polka; [Jimmy Bryant and Speedy West:] Country Capers; T-Bone Rag; Whistle Stop; Speedy West: Blue Bonnet Rag; Bustin' Thru; Hop, Skip And Jump; I'm Confessin' (That I Love You); Let The Rest Of The World Go By; Moon Of Manakoora; My Little Grass Shack In Kealakeku, Hawaii; My Tane; On The Alamo; Paradise Island; Railroadin'; Roadside Rag; Skiddle-Dee-Boo; Speedin' West; Steel Guitar Jubilee; Steel Guitar Rag; Sunset; Our Paradise; Swingin' On The Strings; Tag Along; This Ain't The Blues; Yours – 07 (Transcriptions ca. 1954)

16” TRANSCRIPTION DISCS
AFRTS W-1361 Country Cabin Jazz


SINGLES
Capitol (1950-62)
F1464 Railroadin' / Stainless Steel - 04-51 (German issue on Telefunken 80191)
F1765 Liberty Bell Polka / T-Bone Rag - 06-51 w. Jimmy Bryant
F1805 Hub Cap Roll / Truck Driver's Ride - 09-51 (German issue on Telefunken 80210)
F1991 Roadside Rag / Cracker Jack - 03-52 (German issue on Telefunken 80358)
F2057 Bryant's Shuffle / Yodelin' Guitar - 04-52 w. Jimmy Bryant
F2160 Georgia Steel Guitar / Midnight Ramble - 07-52 w. Jimmy Bryant
F2310 Pickin' A Chicken / Comin' On - 11-52 w. Jimmy Bryant
F2444 Bryant's Bounce / Serenade To A Frog - 04-53 w. Jimmy Bryant
F2519 Speedin' West / Skiddle Dee Boo - 07-53 w. Jimmy Bryant
F2675 Sunset / This Ain't The Blues - 12-53 w. Jimmy Bryant
F2762 Jammin' With Jimmy / Hometown Polka - 03-54 w. Jimmy Bryant
F2892 Bustin' Thru / Our Paradise - 08-54 w. Jimmy Bryant
F2964 The Stratosphere Boogie / Deep Water - 11-54 w. Jimmy Bryant
F3026 West Of Samoa / Flippin' The Lid - 01-55 w. Jimmy Bryant
F3150 Cotton Pickin' / Sleep Walker's Lullaby - 06-55 w. Jimmy Bryant
F3208 Steelin' Moonlight / Caffeine Patrol - 09-55
F3276 Frettin' Fingers / Chatterbox - 11-55 w. Jimmy Bryant
F3348 Shuffleboard Rag / Yankee Clover - 02-56 w. Jimmy Bryant
F3454 Pickin' Peppers / Pushin' The Blues - 06-56 w. Jimmy Bryant
F3537 Water Baby Blues / Sand Canyon Swing - 09-56 w. Jimmy Bryant
F3635 The Night Rider / Rolling Sky - 02-57 w. Jimmy Bryant
F3669 Shawnee Trot / On The Alamo - 03-57
(EP's)
EAP 1-520 Two Guitars Country Style, part 1: Hop, Skip And Jump; Old Joe Clark / Blue Bonnet Rag; Low Man On A Totem Pole - 54 w. Jimmy Bryant
EAP 2-520 Two Guitars Country Style, part 2: Country Capers; This Is Southland / Arkansas Traveler; Swingin' On The Strings  - 54 w. Jimmy Bryant
EAP1-956 West Of Hawaii: Yaaka Hula Hickey Dula;  Ka-lu-a / On the Beach at Waikiki; Moon of Manakoora - 58


EAP1-1314 Country Cabin Jazz: Frettin' Fingers; Pickin' Peppers / Deep Water ; Stratosphere Boogie - 60 credited to Jimmy Bryant only




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