Reece (Reese) Shipley

 Reece Dodson Shipley, *19-04-1921 Whitesburg, TN, +08-05-1998
by Praguefrank, Thieu Van De Vorst
SESSIONS  
1952 unknown – Reece Shipley and The Rainbow Valley Boys, with The Burlison Sisters [-1]
001 104A MILK BUCKET BOOGIE Kingsport 104/CD-077/CLCD 2859 REVIVAL 4002
002 104B WILL GOOD TIMES LAST FOREVER Kingsport 104
003 HILLBILLY JIVE WITH A BOOGIE BEAT -1 106 /CD-077  CLCD 2859 IGOTCD 2556 PROPERBOX 103
004 MEMORY PRISON 106
REVIVAL REVIVAL 4002 ROCKABILLY BOOGIE RARE ITEMS VOL. 2 (FRA, 1987); COLLECTOR CLCD 2859 HILLBILLY JIVE WITH A BOOGIE BEAT (NED, 1998); INDIGO IGOTCD 2556 THE ROOTS OF ROCKABILLY 1940-1953 (UK, 2004, 3CD); PROPER PROPERBOX 103 FROM BOPPIN' HILLBILLY TO RED HOT ROCKABILLY (UK, 2006, 4CD)
1953 Nashville, TN - Reese Shipley
005 CATFISH BOOGIE 45-106 /CD-077 WLP 2801
006 MIDDLE-AGE SPREAD 45-106/CLCD 2880 JASMCD 3579
COLLECTOR WLP 2801 BOPPIN‘ HILLBILLY VOL. 1 (NED, 1988); COLLECTOR CLCD 2880 BOOGIE WOOGIE TENNESSEE NASHVILLE VOL. 2 (NED, 2008); JASMINE JASMCD 3579 HENPACKED DADDIES FUSSING AND FIGHTING (UK, 2008)
1963 poss. Nashville, TN – Reece Shipley
007 ZTSB 83091 I COUNTED THE RAINDROPS SP 1108
008 ZTSB 83092 TOO BIG TO CRY SP 1108
Ca July 1964 Starday Sound Studio, 3557 Dickerson Road, Nashville, TN – Reese Shipley (Producer: Tommy Hill)  
009 7178 MAN IN THE BRIGHT RED SUIT Nashville 5194
010 7179 CAN SANTA MISS THOSE MISSES Nashville 5194
1966 unknown, TN – Reece Shipley
011 SO 4352 I HEAR ME TALKING TO MYSELF B-102
012 SO 4353 WORLD OF BROKEN HEARTS B-102
1995 The House of Reece Shipley, Johnson City, TN – Reece Shipley (Reece Shipley [vcl/gt], Mal Cooper [banjo]) [overdub sessions [CD-077]: Patuxent Records: Rockville, TN: Dabiel Knicely [bass], Nate Leath [drums], Betty Vornbrock/  Jeff Reynolds [fiddle], Helen White [fiddle/tnr vcl], Mal Cooper [vcl])
013 GOLDMINE IN THE SKY CD-077
014 IN MY ADOBE HACIENDA CD-077
015 HOME CD-077
016 SOMEDAY SWEETHEART CD-077
017 MEXICALI ROSE CD-077
018 IF NO NEWS IS GOOD NEWS CD-077
019 I LOVE YOU SO MUCH IT HURTS CD-077
020 YESTERDAY'S ROSES CD-077
021 WHEN I GROW TOO OLD TO DREAM CD-077
022 I COUNTED THE RAINDROPS CD-077
023 SANTA MISS THOSE MISSLES CD-077
Tracks above issued on album Tennessee Swing (1995) and overdubbed on Patuxent CD-077


ALBUMS
Reece Shipley ? Tennessee Swing: Goldmine In The Sky; In My Adobe Hacienda; Home; Someday Sweetheart; Mexicali Rose; If No News Is Good News; I Love You So Much It Hurts; Yesterday's Roses; When I Grow Too Old To Dream; I Counted The Raindrops; Santa Miss Those Missles – 95 (reissued in 2003 on Patuxent CD-077 with *bonus tracks)
Patuxent Music CD-077 Tennessee Swing: Goldmine In The Sky; In My Adobe Hacienda; Home; Someday Sweetheart; Mexicali Rose; If No News Is Good News; I Love You So Much It Hurts; Yesterday's Roses; When I Grow Too Old To Dream; Catfish Boogie*; Milk Bucket Boogie*; Hillbilly Jive With A Boogie Beat*; I Counted The Raindrops; Santa Miss Those Missles – 03 (overdubbed 1995 tracks with bonus tracks)


SINGLES
Kingsport (1952)
104 Milk Bucket Boogie / Will Good Times Last Forever – 52 w. The Rainbow Valley Boys
106 Hillbilly Jive With A Boogie Beat (w. The Rainbow Valley Boys and Burlison Sisters) / Memory Prison – 04-52
Valley (1953)
45-106 Catfish Boogie / Middle-Age Spread – 08-53
Spot (1963)
SP 1108 I Counted The Raindrops / Too Big To Cry – 63
Nashville (1964)
5194 Man In The Bright Red Suit / Can Santa Miss Those Misses - 64
Bonus (1966)
B-102 I Hear Me Talking To Myself / World Of Broken Hearts - 67