Gurney Thomas & The Hillbilly Pals

*26-09-1913, +07-09-2005

By Michel Ruppli, Henk Scholts, Thieu Van DeVorst

SESSIONS

August or September 1946 poss. King Recording Studio, 1540 Brewster Ave., Cincinnati, OH – Gurney Thomas And His Hillbilly Pals

001 K2056/D789 (I VOW TO) NEVER LOVE AGAIN DeLuxe 5056/ BACM CD D 525

002 K2057/D790 YOU DIDN’T MEAN IT DeLuxe 5056/ BACM CD D 525

003 K2058/D791 I CAN’T RELEASE YOU FROM MY MIND unissued

004 K2059 WHO’S TAKING MY PLACE King  552

005 K2060 TO LOVE UNTIL I DIE    552

006 K2061/D792 YOU’RE THE ONE  unissued

007 K2062/D793 NEVER LOVE NO ONE BUT YOU unissued

008 K2063/D794 I PRAY YOU WON’T LET ME DOWN unissued

009 K2064 WHEN HE REACHED DOWN HIS HAND FOR ME King 554

010 K2065 JUST A CLOSER WALK WITH THEE    554

Deluxe master numbers added in  1948

BACM CD D 525 THE DELUXE LABEL (UK, 2016)

September 1946* poss. King Recording Studio, 1540 Brewster Ave., Cincinnati, OH – Gurney Thomas And His Hillbilly Pals

011 D735  NEVER TRUST A GYPSY WITH YOUR HEART  unissued

012 D736/K2066 JESUS AND MOTHER DeLuxe 5046/Audio Lab AL 1557 BACM CD D 525

013 D737/K2067 SAVIOUR OF THE OLD RUGGED CROSS   DeLuxe 5046/Audio Lab AL 1518 BACM CD D 525

014 D738  SLEEP MY CHILD  unissued

*Deluxe master numbers added in  1948.

AUDIO LAB AL 1518 TIME FOR PRAYER (1959); AUDIO LAB AL 1557 A VARIETY OF COUNTRY SACRED SONGS (1961)

SINGLES

King

552 To Love Until I Die / Who’s Taking My Place – 11-46 (rev. Nov. 9)

554 Just A Closer Walk With Thee / When He Reached Down His Hand For Me – 12-46 (rev. Dec. 21)

De Luxe

5045 Our Red Headed Son / Mosey On - 48

5046 Jesus And Mother / Saviour Of The Old Rugged Cross – 10-48

5056 (I Vow To) Never Love Again / You Didn’t Mean It – 01-49 (ad. Jan. 8)