Roy Payne

*1939 Trout River, Newfoundland, CAN

By Praguefrank, Vaclav Zpatecka, Jessica Norrick

SESSIONS

1969 prob. Spectra Sound Studios, Toronto, ON, CAN – Roy Payne (Roy Payne [vcl], Earl Jones [ld gt], Wally brown [rh gt/hmny vcl], Joe Morgan/ Sam McGee [bass], Don Jerrett [drums])

001 NO PRICE TAGS ON THE DOORS OF NEWFOUNDLAND Paragon ALS 247 HCD 4430

002 THE FUGITIVE Paragon ALS 247 HCD 4453

003 MAMA, I'M NOT THE BOY I USED TO BE Paragon ALS 247 HCD 4453

004 CORRINA (INSTRUMENTAL) Paragon ALS 247

005 I WOULDN'T TAKE A MILLION DOLLARS FOR A SINGLE MAPLE LEAF Paragon ALS 247 HCD 4430

006 LITTLE BOATS OF NEWFOUNDLAND Paragon PA 1035/ALS 247 HCD 4430

007 GOOFY NEWFIE Paragon PA 1035/ALS 247 HCD 4430

008 ME AND BOBBY MCGEE Paragon ALS 247 HCD 4453

009 SING ME BACK HOME Paragon ALS 247 HCD 4453

010 THE LAST DATE (INSTRUMENTAL) Paragon ALS 247

011 IS ANYBODY GOIN' TO SAN ANTONE? Paragon ALS 247 HCD 4453

012 ISLE OF NEWFOUNDLAND Paragon ALS 247  HCD 4430

1970 prob. Spectra Sound Studios, Toronto, ON, CAN– Roy Payne

013 OVER THAT WOMAN Paragon PA 1052/ALS 307

014 NOTHING ON MY MIND Paragon PA 1052/ALS 307

015 ALL I HAVE TO  OFFER YOU IS ME Paragon ALS 307

016 WASH MY HANDS IN MUDDY WATER Paragon ALS 307

017 PAL OF MINE Paragon ALS 307

018 CARIBOU BREAKDOWN Paragon ALS 307

019 THAT'S HOW I GOT TO MEMPHIS Paragon ALS 307

020 OKEE FROM MUSKOGEE Paragon ALS 307

021 HOMETOWN BOYS Paragon ALS 307  HCD 4430

022 GIVE MY LOVE TO ROSE Paragon ALS 307

024 FOGGY MOUNTAIN BREAKDOWN Paragon ALS 307

1970? unknown, CAN – Roy Payne

025 SELLING THEIR COUNTRY DOWN THE DRAIN Marathon ALS 338 HCD 4430

026 ANSWER CALLS FOR  ROSE Marathon ALS 338

027 MY MAMA'S RESTING PLACE Marathon ALS 338 HCD 4430

028 WHERE BLUE WATERS FOAM Marathon ALS 338

029 COUNTRY ROADS AND CITY STREETS Marathon ALS 338

030 YARDSTICK MINNIE BROWN Marathon ALS 338

031 BURY ME LAUGHING WHEN I DIE Marathon ALS 338

032 MY WIFE'S LIBERATION FRONT Marathon ALS 338

033 CITY I WANT TO GO HOME Marathon ALS 338

034 ROLLING IN CLOVER Marathon ALS 338

035 TWENTY-TWO DOLLARS FROM DALLAS Marathon ALS 338

1971 RCA Vitor Studio, Toronto, Ontario, CAN – Roy Payne (Produce: George Semkiw)

036 WAYLON BROWN CASX 2512

037 22 DOLLARS FROM DALLAS CASX 2512

038 TRAMPS MAKE GOOD WIVES CASX 2512

039 COUNTRY ROADS AND CITY STREETS CASX 2512

040 A-1 PRESCRIPTION FOR THE BLUES 75-1056/CASX 2512

041 SIMPLE, UNCOMPLICATED THING CASX 2512

042 VANCOUVER WOMAN CASX 2512

043 CANADIAN PRINCESS CASX 2512

044 TORONTO'S STREETS AT NIGHT CASX 2512

045 FUDDLE, DUDDLE CASX 2512

1972 RCA Vitor Studio, Toronto, Ontario, CAN – Roy Payne (Produce: George Semkiw)

046 NEWFIE BOY CASX 2568

047 LIVIN' AIN'T NO FUN CASX 2568

048 THE SINGER CASX 2568

049 MARCY 75-1103/CASX 2568

050 SOMETIMES YOU NEVER KNOW CASX 2568

051 ROLL IT AROUND IN YOUR MIND CASX 2568

052 MAMA'S WAITING CASX 2568

053 MURPHY'S ALL GIRL COUNTRY BAND CASX 2568

054 GOODBYE BETWEEN THE  LINES CASX 2568

055 STAY OUT OF BAR-ROOMS CASX 2568

056 D.J. 75-1103/KPL1-0047

057 10BPKS-1884 ONE STEP FORWARD AND TWO STEPS BACK 75-1123/KPL1-0047

058 10BKPS-1885 TWO YESTERDAY LOSERS 75-1123/KPL1-0047 

1973 RCA Vitor Studio, Toronto, Ontario, CAN – Roy Payne (Produce: George Semkiw)

059 THE DADDY IN ME KPL1-0047

060 DOES JOHNNY CASH DRIVE TAXIS? KPL1-0047

061 WHISPER TO ME TINA PB-50002/KPL1-0047

062 I COULD NEVER TAKE ANOTHER ONE LIKE YOUKPBO-0017/ KPL1-0047

063 ONE DAY AT A TIME PB-50002/KPL1-0047

064 NOTHING ON MY MIND KPL1-0047

065 SWEET JESUS KPBO-0017/KPL1-0047

1974 RCA Vitor Studio, Toronto, Ontario, CAN – Roy Payne (Produce: Jack Feeney)

066 WILLIE'S YELLAR PICK UP TRUCK  KXL1-0095 

067 THERE'S NO PRICE TAGS ON THE DOORS OF NEWFOUNDLAND  KXL1-0095 

068 THE LITTLE BOATS OF NEWFOUNDLAND  KXL1-0095

069 TROUT RIVER LIVIN' ON MY MIND  KXL1-0095

070 FISH AND BREWIS AND HOME MADE BOOZE AND SONGS THAT NEVER LIE  KXL1-0095 

071 THE BALLAD OF TOM CROCKER  KXL1-0095 

072 DOGBERRY WINE  KXL1-0095 

073 OLD MEN'S STORIES, SONGS AND BOOZE  KXL1-0095

074 FISHERMAN'S SON  KXL1-0095 

075 WHERE THE BLUE WATERS FOAM  KXL1-0095 

1975 RCA Vitor Studio, Toronto, Ontario, CAN – Roy Payne (Produce: Jack Feeney)

076 OUTLAW HEROES (AT THE SATURDAY MATINEE) PB 50200/KXL1-0163 

077 LYING EQUAL IN OUR GRAVES  KXL1-0163

078 SHE LOVED ME BACK TOGETHER  KXL1-0163

079 THANK GOD I'M A CHICKEN  PB 50032/KXL1-0163 

080 SEARCHING FOR SOMETHING I'LL NEVER FIND  KXL1-0163

081 SAME OLD STORY, SAME OLD  SONG  KXL1-0163

082 THEY CALL ME NIGGER CHARLIE  KXL1-0163

083 THAT'S WHY I'M IN LOVE WITH LIFE PB 50032/KXL1-0163 

084 OLD DOG WAS NOTHING BUT A HOUND  PB 50200/KXL1-0163 

085 BAD NIGHT TO BE PUSHING 35  KXL1-0163  

Ca early 1979 unknown – Roy Payne

086 LADY FROM BOSTON Vik SD 2001

087 GERRY'S GUITAR Vik SD 2001

1980 Grange Sound Studios, Toronto, Ontario, CAN – Roy Payne, *and Dick Nolan

088 THE FUNERAL TRAIN Starpak SK 132 HCD 4437

089 OLD FISHIN' HOLE* Starpak SK 132 HCD 4430 HCD 4437

090 JERRY'S GUITAR  Starpak SK 132 HCD 4437

091 JACKIE TAR  Starpak SK 132 HCD 4437

092 SIDE BY EACH* Starpak SK 132 HCD 4437

093 UNCLE HENRY PARSONS Starpak SK 132 HCD 4437

094 LAST TRAIN GOIN' HOME Starpak SK 132 HCD 4437

1980 Grange Sound Studios, Toronto, Ontario, CAN – Roy Payne (Roy Payne [vcl],  Dennis Con [gt], Al Kates [steel/rh gt], Gord Langeer [bass gt], Alaister Dennet [drums], Rolly Platt [harmonica], Danny O'Neil [piano], Connie Miller, Jamie Roy Payne [bck vcl]. Producer: Roy Absalom Payne)

095 I WOULDN'T TAKE A MILLION DOLLARS FOR A SINGLE MAPLE LEAF Starpak SK 133

096 OLD HANK ALWAYS MAKES ME CRY Starpak SK 133

097 I CAN LOSE MYSELF IN YOU Starpak SK 133

098 TRAINS DON'T STOP AT KINGSTON Starpak SK 133

099 JESUS DIDN'T LIKE IT DOWN ON YONGE STREET Starpak SK 133

100 SISTER MARY BARBARA-ANN Starpak SK 133

101 IT'S TIME I STARTED SMILIN' ONCE AGAIN Starpak SS 3/SK 133

102 MONTY THE MOUNTY Starpak SK 133

103 I'M NO DIFFERENT THAN YOU Starpak SK 133

104 CAPTURED BY A U.F.O. Starpak SS 3/SK 133

1991 unknown – Roy Payne

105 LAST OF THE REASONS Condor 1501 HCD 4453

106 RUNAWAY TRAIN Condor 1501 HCD 4453

107 THE OLD MAN Condor 1501 HCD 4453

108 BACK IN '56 Condor 1501 HCD 4453

109 HANK AND LEFTY Condor 1501 HCD 4453

110 FISHIN' TOWN Condor 1501 HCD 4430 HCD 4453

111 THE GARDEN Condor 1501 HCD 4453

112 DANCING ON A DIME Condor 1501 HCD 4453

113 SKID ROW CHARLIE Condor 1501 HCD 4453

114 FLYIN' HIGH Condor 1501 HCD 4453

Various later tracks or previously unissued recordings: [1] poss. Condor track

WHAT THIS COUNTRY MEANS TO ME [1]  HCD 4430

THE SMILE ON MAMA’S FACE [1] HCD 4430

WALKIN’THE STREETS OF MY HOME TOWN [1] HCD 4430

POETIC JUSTICE [1] HCD 4453

THE FOURTH OF JULY [1] HCD 4453 HCD 4494

BEST PART OF ME [1] HCD 4453

BALLAD OF THE BULLET PROOF KID [1] HCD 4453

I SAW THE LIGHT [1] HCD 4453
LIVING IN THE MARITIMES HCD 4494

NEWFOUNDLAND RAG HCD 4437

MY BEAUTIFUL ISLAND HCD 4437

THERE WAS A TIME HCD 4437

DALLAS WAS AN OUTLAW  HCD 4437

LIFETIME FISHING FOR COD

DOIN’THE NEWFIE STOMP

WHO THE FUCK IS ALICE

SPOT ON THE WALL HCD 4494

ANNIE HCD 4494

THINGS THAT WAYLON SAID HCD 4494

WHEN THE EAGLE SCREAMS HCD 4494

AM I WORRIED HCD 4494

ABSALOM HCD 4494

OLE HANK HCD 4494

LOOK WHAT PICKED ME UP HCD 4494

MEDALS OF GOLD HCD 4494

LYLE BOY HCD 4494

IT'S COLD TONIGHT HCD 4494

SILVER FOX ISLAND HCD 4494

LOVER'S COME HCD 4494

KISS MY TROUT RIVER ASS HCD 4494  

MIGHT BE OLD AND UGLY (BUT I'M GOOD) HCD 4508

HOLDING UP THE WALL HCD 4508

THE DAY THE CHILDREN DIED HCD 4508

B'TWEEN GRANDPAS AND KIDS HCD 4508

CUT WAY BACK ON THE BEER HCD 4508

A PICTURE OF MY NEWFOUNDLAND HCD 4508

NEVER THOUGHT I EVER WOULD GROW OLD HCD 4508

DIDN'T TAKE TOO LONG (TO GET OVER YOU) HCD 4508

FISHERMAN'S DREAM HCD 4508

THE LABRADOR SHORE HCD 4508

THAT'S WHY GOD MADE US NEWFIES HCD 4519

TAKING ME BACK HOME HCD 4519

WELCOME TO MY ISLAND MR. JONES HCD 4519

CONFEDERATION HCD 4519

NEWFOUNDLAND SMILE HCD 4519

ONE PACK OF CIGARETTES ONE CASE OF BEER HCD 4519

EVERYBODY LOVES DARLENE HCD 4519

SUPERSTAR AT LAST HCD 4519

SALTWATER COWBOY AND THE WOMAN HE LOVES HCD 4519

COMING DOWN EAST OF MONTREAL HCD 4519

WE'RE ON OUR WAY HOME HCD 4519

ALBUMS

Paragon ALS 247 No Price Tags On The Doors Of Newfoundland :  No Price Tags On The Doors Of Newfoundland; The Fugitive; Mama, I'm Not The Boy I Used To Be; Corrina (Instrumental); I Wouldn't Take A Million Dollars For A Single Maple Leaf; Little Boats Of Newfoundland; Goofy Newfie;  Me And Bobby Magee; Sing Me Back Home; The Last Date (Instrumental); Is Anybody Goin' To San Antone?; Isle Of Newfoundland – 69

Paragon [CAN] ALS 307 Roy Payne. No. 2: Over That Woman; Nothing On My Mind; All I Have To  Offer You Is Me; Wash My Hands In Muddy Water; Pal Of Mine; Caribou Breakdown; That's How I Got To Memphis; Okee From Muskogee; Hometown Boys; Give My Love To Rose; Foggy Mountain Breakdown – 70

Marathon [CAN] ALS 338 Love And  Hate And  Women's Lib:  Selling Their Country Down The Drain; Answer Calls For  Rose; My Mama's Resting Place; Where Blue Waters Foam; Country Roads And City Streets; Yardstick Minnie Brown; Bury Me Laughing When I Die; My Wife's Liberation Front; City I Want To Go Home; Rolling In Clover; Twenty-Two Dollars From Dallas - 71

RCA Camden [CAN] CASX 2512 Roy Payne's Country: Waylon Brown; 22 Dollars From Dallas; Tramps Make Good Wives; Country Roads And City Streets; A-1 Prescription For The Blues; Simple, Uncomplicated Thing; Vancouver Woman; Canadian Princess; Toronto's Streets At Night; Fuddle, Duddle – 71 (MX 10APRS-1426/7)

RCA Camden [CAN] CASX 2568 Newfie Boy:  Newfie Boy; Livin' Ain't No Fun; The Singer; Marcy; Sometimes You Never Know; Roll It Around In Your Mind; Mama's Waiting; Murphy's All Girl Country Band; Goodbye Between The  Lines; Stay Out Of Bar-Rooms – 72 (MX:10BPRS-1639/40)

RCA Victor [CAN] KPL1-0047 One Step Forward:  The Daddy In Me; Does Johnny Cash Drive Taxis?; Whisper To Me Tine; I Could Never Take Another One Like You; One Day At A Time; One Step Forward; D.J.; Nothing On My Mind; Sweet Jesus; Two Yesterday Losers - 74

RCA Victor [CAN] KXL1-0095 Willie's Yellar Pick Up Truck: Willie's Yellar Pick Up Truck; There's No Price Tags On The Doors Of Newfoundland; The Little Boats Of Newfoundland; Trout River Livin' On My Mind; Fish And Brewis And Home Made Booze                   And Songs That Never Lie; The Ballad Of Tom Crocker; Dogberry Wine; Old Men's Stories, Songs And Booze; Fisherman's Son; Where The Blue Waters Foam – 75

RCA Victor [CAN] KXL1-0163 Outlaw Heroes (At The Saturday Matinee): Outlaw Heroes (At The Saturday Matinee); Lying Equal In Our Graves; She Loved Me Back Together; Thank God I'm A Chicken; Searching For Something I'll Never Find; Same Old Story, Same Old  Song; They Call Me Nigger Charlie; That's Why I'm In Love With Life; Old Dog Was Nothing But A Hound; Bad Night To Be Pushing 35 - 76

Starpak [CAN]  SK-132 Side By Each: Down At The Ol' Fishin’Hole: The Funeral Train [1]; Newfoundland That's What You Mean To Me [2]; Old Fishin' Hole [1,2]; Jerry's Guitar [1]; Jackie Tar [1]; Dear Momma [2]; Side By Each [1,2]; Uncle Henry Parsons [1]; Last Train Goin' Home [1]; I'se The B'y [2] – 80  Roy Payne [1], Dick Nolan [2] (reissued in 1993 on Condor 1508 with different tracks order)

Starpak [CAN] SK-133 I Wouldn't Take A Million Dollars For A Single Maple Leaf: I Wouldn't Take A Million Dollars For A Single Maple Leaf; Old Hank Always Makes Me Cry; I Can Lose Myself In You; Trains Don't Stop At Kingston; Jesus Didn't Like It Down On Yonge Street; Sister Mary Barbara-Ann; It's Time I Started Smilin' Once Again; Monty The Mounty; I'm No Different Than You; Captured By A U.F.O. - 80

Condor [CAN] 1501 Last Of The Reasons I Keep Going Home:  Last Of The Reasons; Runaway Train; The Old Man; Back In '56; Hank And Lefty; Fishin' Town; The Garden; Dancing On A Dime; Skid Row Charlie; Flyin' High – 91 (cassette)

Roy Payne and Derek Pilgrim [CAN] RPDP-CS-197 This is My Island: This Is My Island; Momma's Song;  The Parcel;  Old And Ugly;  Catch A Plane To Fort McMurray; Yellow Pissholes In The Snow; Fisherman's Drea;  Doin' The Newfie Song;  Walkin' The Streets Of My Hometown;  Grandpas And Kids;  Come On Down;  Didn't Take Too Long (To Get Over You);  Throw Away Your Fishin' Pole;  Picture Of Newfoundland;  Dogberry Wine;  There Is A Man – 97 (cassette)

Condor [CAN] HCD 4430 Million $ Dollar Maple Leaf: I Wouldn't Take A Million Dollars For A Single Maple Leaf; Selling Their Country Down The Drain; My Mama's Resting Place; Hometown Boys; What This Country Means To Me; Little Boats Of Newfoundland; The Smile On Mama's Face; Fishin' Town; No Price Tags On The Doors Of Newfoundland; Walkin' The Streets Of My Home Town; Goofie Newfie; Isle Of Newfoundland; Old Fishin' Hole (with Dick Nolan) - 98

Condor [CAN] HCD 4437 Side By Each: Side By Each; Newfoundland, That's What You Mean To Me; Uncle Henry Parsons; Back In '56; My Beautiful Island; Last Train Goin' Home; I'se The B'y; The Funeral; Dear Mama; Jerry's Guitar; There Was A Time; Dallas Was An Outlaw; Jackie Tar; Old Fishin' Hole – 98 (poss. Sampler)

Condor [CAN] HCD 4453 Sing Me Back Home: Runaway Train; Fishin' Town; Flying High; Mama I'm Not The Boy I Used To Be; Me And Bobby McGee; The Garden; Back In '56; Dancing On A Dime; Skid Row Charlie; The Old Man; Hank And Lefty; Last Of The Reasons; Poetic Justice; Fourth Of July; The Fugitive; Sing Me Back Home; Is Anybody Going To San Antone; The Best Part Of Me; Ballad Of The Bullet Proof Kid; I Saw The Light – ca 01

Condor [CAN] HCD-4494 A Man Called Absolon: Living in The Maritimes; Spot On The Wall; Annie; Fourth Of July; Things That Waylon Said; When The Eagle Screams; Am I Worried; Absalom; Ole Hank; Look What Picked Me Up; Medals Of Gold; Lyle Boy; It's Cold Tonight; Silver Fox Island; Lover's Come; Kiss My Trout River Ass - 04

Heritage Music [CAN] HCD 4508 Holding up The Wall: I Might Be Old And Ugly (But I'm Good); Holding Up The Wall; The Day The Children Died; B'tween Grandpas And Kids;Cut Way Back On The Beer; A Picture Of My Newfoundland;Never Thought I Ever Would Grow Old;Didn't Take Too Long (To Get Over You); Fisherman's Dream; The Labrador Shore – 02-05-06

Heritage Music [CAN] HCD 4519 Newfoundland Smile: That's Why God Made Us Newfies; Taking Me Back Home; Welcome to My Island Mr. Jones; Confederation; Newfoundland Smile; One Pack of Cigarettes One Case of Beer; Everybody Loves Darlene;Superstar At Last; Saltwater Cowboy and the Woman He Loves; Coming Down East of Montreal; We're On Our Way Home - 07

SINGLES

Paragon [CAN]

PA-1035 Goofie Newfie / Little Boats Of Newfoundland – 69?

PA-1052 Nothing On My Mind / Over That Woman – 70?

RCA Victor [CAN]

75-1056 Toronto Streets At Night / A-1 Prescription For The Blues - 71

75-1103 D.J. / Marcy – 12-72

75-1123 One Step Forward And Two Steps Back / Two Yesterday Losers – 73

KPBO-0017 Sweet Jesus / I Could Never Take Another One Like You – 74

PB-50002 Whisper To Me Tina /  One Day At A Time – 08-74

PB-50032 That's Why I'm In Love With Life / Thank God I'm A Chicken - 75

PB-50200 Outlaw Heroes /  Old Dog Was Nothing But A Hound – 76

Vik [CAN]

SD 2001 Lady From Boston /Gerry's Guitar – 03-79

Starpak [CAN]

SS-3 It's Time I Started Smiling Once Again / Captured By A U.F.O. – 80?