Saturday, July 22, 2023

Wilson Pickers

 by Praguefrank
SESSIONS  

2008 Lunchbox Studios, Samford, QSL, AUS – The Wilson Pickers (Andrew Morris [vcl/ac gt], Ben Salter [vcl/banjo], Danny Widdicombe [vcl/dobro],   Adam Manning [drums],  John Bedggood [vcl/fiddle/ mandolin], Sime Nugent [vcl/ harmonica/ gt],  Dan Mansfield [piano].   Producer: The Wilson Pickers)
001 CAN'T STEAL MY LOVE ABC 1780337  
002 COLD RIVER ABC 1780337  
003 GRAVES OR GOLD ABC 1780337
004  LITTLE OLD MAN ABC 1780337  
005 HOW LONG? ABC 1780337  
006 COUNTRY FAIR ABC 1780337
007  APPLE GROVE ABC 1780337  
008 I WON'T TELL ABC 1780337  
009 WORLD IS GOING WRONG ABC 1780337
010  DRYER GROUND ABC 1780337  
011 BARMAN BLUES ABC 1780337
2009 Lunchbox Studios, Samford, QSL, AUS – The Wilson Pickers
012 JOLENE ABC 2713374  
013 OLD SALTY DOG BLUES ABC 2713374
014 TECUMSEH VALLEY ABC 2713374  
015 COONEMARA BREAKDOWN ABC 2713374
016 IF YOU LEAVE ME CAN I COME TOO? ABC 2713374  
017 I'LL BE YOUR BABY TONIGHT ABC 2713374  
018 THE MOUNTAIN ABC 2713374  
019 YOU AIN'T GOIN' NOWHERE ABC 2713374  
020 DUMB THINGS ABC 2713374
2010 unknown, AUS – The Wilson Pickers
021 RETURN TO THE LAND OF THE POWERFUL OWL ABC 2740479  
022 SHAKE IT DOWN ABC 2740479  
023 TAILEM BEND ABC 2740479  
024 HALF A MAN ABC 2740479  
025 BEN'S WOE ABC 2740479  
026 COME BACK TO MY LOVE ABC 2740479
027 BEDGE'S LAMENT ABC 2740479  
028 DIGGING UP THE PAST ABC 2740479
029 BEHOLDEN ABC 2740479  
030 LAY ME DOWN ABC 2740479  
031 MESSIN' ROUND ABC 2740479
032 IN THE SCRUB ABC 2740479  
033 WE WERE YOUNG ABC 2740479  
2016 Church Farm Studios, Billinudgel NSW, AUS – The Wilson Pickers (Andrew Morris [vcl/ac gt], John Bedggood [vcl/mandolin/ fiddle], Ben Salter [vcl/banjo], Danny Widdicombe [vcl/dobro], Sime Nugent [vcl/harmonica/ gt])
034 MAN OF MISERY Universal 4796620
035 RIDE ON Universal 4796620  
036 PULLED APART BY HORSES Universal 4796620
037 FLY ON THE WALL Universal 4796620  
038 TURN TO STONE Universal 4796620  
039 THROUGH IT ALL Universal 4796620  
040 FORTITUDE Universal 4796620  
041 VALE Universal 4796620  
042 WE CAN DANCE Universal 4796620
043 MOUNTAINSIDE Universal 4796620  
13-17 April 2017 [live-Blues and Roots Festival] Byron Bay, AUS – The Wilson Pickers
04301 MAN OF MISERY Universal 670640
04302 COLD RIVER Universal 670640
04303 GRAVES OR GOLD Universal 670640
04304 BEN'S WOE Universal 670640
04305 MOUNTAINSIDE Universal 670640  
04306 COME BACK TO MY LOVE Universal 670640  
04307 CAN'T STEAL MY LOVE Universal 670640
04308 JOLENE Universal 670640
04309 HALF A MAN Universal 670640
04310 SHAKE IT DOWN Universal 670640  
04311 PULLED APART BY HORSES Universal 670640  


ALBUMS
ABC Music [AUS] 1780337 Land of the Powerful Owl
:  Can't Steal My Love;  Cold River;  Graves or Gold;  Little Old Man;  How Long?;  Country Fair;  Apple Grove;  I Won't Tell;  World Is Going Wrong;  Dryer Ground;  Barman Blues – 12-09-08
ABC Music [AUS] 2713374 Jolene: Jolene;  Old Salty Dog Blues; Tecumseh Valley;  Coonemara Breakdown; If You Leave Me Can I Come Too?;  I'll Be Your Baby Tonight;  The Mountain;  You Ain't Goin' Nowhere;  Dumb Things – 28-08-09
ABC Music [AUS] 2740479 Shake It Down:  Return to the Land of the Powerful Owl;  Shake It Down;  Tailem Bend;  Half a Man;  Ben's Woe;  Come Back to My Love; Bedge's Lament;  Digging up the Past;  Beholden;  Lay Me Down;  Messin' Round;  In the Scrub;  We Were Young – 02-07-10
Universal Music [AUS] 4796620 You Can't Catch Fish from a Train:  Man of Misery;  Ride On;  Pulled Apart by Horses; Fly on the Wall;  Turn to Stone;  Through It All;  Fortitude;  Vale;  We Can Dance;  Mountainside – 28-08-16
Universal [AUS] 670640 Live!: Man of Misery;  Cold River; Graves or Gold;  Ben's Woe; Mountainside;  Come Back to My Love;  Can't Steal My Love; Jolene; Half a Man; Shake It Down;  Pulled Apart by Horses – 26-01-18

    

PBR Band

 by Praguefrank
SESSIONS  

2018 unknown, TX – The PBR Band
001 UNEMPLOYMENT BLUES
002 WILDFLOWER
003 SONG FOR BEN
004 TELEPHONE LINE
005 MIDNIGHT WRITER
tracks above issued on EP 28 Hours
2021 unknown, TX – The PBR Band
006 TEMPORARILY LONELY digital single [rel. Oct. 29]
2021 unknown, TX – The PBR Band
007 I KNOW I SHOULD CARE
008 THE OLD DANCEHALL WALTZ
009 A NEW CHANCE
tracks above issued on EP I Know I Should Care
2022 unknown, TX – The PBR Band
010 LAST NIGHT digital single [rel. Aug. 19]
011 GUEST ROOM digital single [rel. Aug. 19]
2023 unknown, TX – The PBR Band (Phillip Cryer [vcl/gt], Chris Trojacek [vcl/gt], Brett Patak [bass gt], Ryan Woods [drums])
012 UNHINGED
013 NO COWBOY
014 FRONT PORCH
015 SONG FOR BEN
016 CRYSTAL CHANDELIER
017 COULDN'T BE HAPPIER
018 COULDN'T QUIT DRINKIN'
019 HELLO WHISKEY
tracks above issued on album Positive Attitude


ALBUMS
PBR Band ? Positive Attitude
:  Unhinged;  No Cowboy; Front Porch;  Song For Ben;  Crystal Chandelier;  Couldn't Be Happier; Couldn't Quit Drinkin';  Hello Whiskey – 21-07-23



EPs
PBR Band ? 28 Hours:  Unemployment Blues; Wildflower; Song for Ben; Telephone Line; Midnight Writer – 24-01-19
PBR Band ? I Know I Should Care: I Know I Should Care;  The Old Dancehall Waltz;  A New Chance – 28-02-22




Jimmy Spellman

 Jimmy Eugene Spellman, *20-04-1935 Pataskala, OH
2nd version
By Richard Weize, Praguefrank, Thieu Van De Vorst
SESSIONS

September 1955 Ramsey’s Recording Studio,  3703 N. 7th Str., Phoneix, AZ – Jimmy Spellman with The Sunset Riders (Jimmy Spellman [vcl], Al Casey [gt], Jimmy Johnson [rh gt], J.P. Smith [steel], Forrest Skaggs [bass], Larry Vanlandingham [drums], Dave Lowe, Ray Odom [bck vcl])
001 6210 GIVE ME SOME OF YOURS (AND I'LL GIVE YOU SOME OF MINE) VIV 1000/ BCD 16528 BCD 15824 HBR 037
002 6211 NO NEED TO CRY ANYMORE VIM 1000/ BCD 16528 HBR 037
BEAR FAMILY BCD 15824 PHOENIX PANORAMA VIV RECORDINGS (GER, 1995, 3CD); HILLBILLY RESEARCHER HBR 037 ARIZONA HILLBILLY (UK, 2001)
March 1956 Ramsey’s Recording Studio,  3703 N. 7th Str., Phoneix, AZ – Jimmy Spellman with The Sunset Riders (Jimmy Spellman [vcl], Al Casey [gt], Jimmy Johnson [rh gt], J.P. Smith [steel], Forrest Skaggs [bass], Larry Vanlandingham [drums])
003 1002A IT'S YOU, YOU, YOU VIV 1002/BCD 16528 BCD 15824
004 1002B THAT'S ALL I NEED (THAT'S GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME) VIV 1002/BCD 16528
Summer 1956 Ramsey’s Recording Studio,  3703 N. 7th Str., Phoneix, AZ – Jimmy Spellman with The Sunset Riders (Jimmy Spellman [vcl], Al Casey [gt], Jimmy Johnson [rh gt], Buddy Wheeler   [steel], Forrest Skaggs [bass], Larry Vanlandingham [drums])
005 1004 NO ESCAPE VIV 45-1004/5 / BCD 16528
006 1005 (SHE WANTS A) LOVER MAN VIV 45-1004/5/ BCD 16528 BCD 15824 BCD 17022
BEAR FAMILY BCD 17022 PERFECT FOR PARTIES (GER, 2006)
26 March 1957 [9:00-12:00] Radio Recorders, 7000 Santa Monica B lvd., Hollywood, CA – Jimmy Spellman (Jimmy Spellman [vcl], Al Casey [gt], Jack Halloran Singers. Producer: Lee Hazlewood)
007 MB-9598 HERE AM I Dot  45-15564/ BCD 16528
008 MB-9600 MAKE UP YOUR MIND 45-15564/ BCD 16528
June 1957 [23:00-16:00]  Radio Recorders, 7000 Santa Monica B lvd., Hollywood, CA – Jimmy Spellman (Jimmy Spellman [vcl], Al Casey [gt]. Producer: Lee Hazlewood)
009 MB-9856 TROUBLE IN MIND unissued/BCD 16528
010 MB-9857 I’LL NEVER SMILE AGAIN  45-15607 BCD 16528
011 MB-9858 DOGGONIT  45-15607/BCD 16528 BCD-15711 BCD 16579
BEAR FAMILY BCD 15711 THAT'LL FLAT GIT IT VOL.5 / ROCKABILLY AND ROCK AND ROLL FROM THE VAULTS OF DOT RECORDS (GER, 1997) ; BEAR FAMILY BCD 16579 AL CASEY – A MAN FOR ALL SESSIONS (GER, 2001)
4 January 1958 Audio Recorders of Arizona, 3703 N 7th St., Phoenix, AZ – Jimmy Spellman (Jimmy Spellman [vcl with The Jimmy Wilcox Orchestra: A Casey [gt], Corky Casey [rh gt], Jimmy Wilcox [bass], Bob Taylor or Jimmy Troxe [drums], Howard Crook [drums] + vocal chorus. Producer: Connie Conway and Jimmy Wilcox)
012 J4PW-0717 DEEP LOVE 4X-0320 / BCD 16528
013 J4PW-0718 GUARDIAN ANGEL unissued/BCD 16528
014 J4PW-0719 TO WONDERLAND unissued/BCD 16528
015 J4PW-0720 WHY TRY TO BE ORIGINAL? 4X-0320/ BCD 16528
26 June 1958 Audio Recorders of Arizona, 3703 N 7th St., Phoenix, AZ – Jimmy Spellman (Jimmy Spellman [vcl with The Jimmy Wilcox Orchestra: A Casey [gt], Corky Casey [rh gt], Jimmy Wilcox [bass], Bob Taylor or Jimmy Troxe [drums], Howard Crook [drums] + vocal chorus. Producer: Connie Conway and Jimmy Wilcox)
016 SHE USED TO BE MY GIRL unissued/BCD 16528
017 I COULDN'T SAY unissued/BCD 16528
018 PRICE TAG unissued/BCD 16528
26 June 1958 Audio Recorders of Arizona, 3703 N 7th St., Phoenix, A Z – Jimmy Spellman (Jimmy Spellman [vcl with The Jimmy Wilcox Orchestra: A Casey [gt], Corky Casey [rh gt], Jimmy Wilcox [bass], Bob Taylor or Jimmy Troxe [drums], Howard Crook [drums] + vocal chorus. Producer: Connie Conway and Jimmy Wilcox)
019 JRV 26539 1111582 WHAT A WAY TO DIE Rev 3521/ BCD 16528
020 JRV 26540 1111581 LADDER OF LOVE Rev 3521/ BCD 16528
1958 or 1959 [demo sessions] Audio Recorders of Arizona, 3703 N 7th St., Phoenix, AZ – Jimmy Spellman (Jimmy Spellman [vcl], Al Casey [gt])
02001 THINK OF ME unissued/BCD 16528
02002 HARD TO BELIEVE unissued/BCD 16528
02003 I CRIED unissued/BCD 16528
02004 WHEN I TALK TO HER OF LOVE unissued/BCD 16528
02005 (CRY IF YOU WANT TO) I DON'TCARE unissued/BCD 16528
02006 MISTY EYES  unissued/BCD 16528
March 1960 Audio Recorders of Arizona, 3703 N 7th St., Phoenix, AZ – Jimmy Spellman (Jimmy Spellman [vcl], Al Casey [gt], Jimmy Wilcox [bass], Connie Conway [drums], Ronnie Luplow or Darrel Macey [sax] + strings + Vocal chorus. Producee: Connie Conway and Jimmy Wilcox)
021 LOVE DREAMS Redstard RS 7322
022 TRUE LOVE (IS OUR LOVE) Redstard RS 7322

    

    

ALBUMS
Bear Family [GER] BCD 16528 Doggonit/ Gonna Shake This Shack Tonight: 
Doggonit; What A Way To Die; Here Am I; I'll Never Smile Again; No Need To Cry Anymore; (She Wants) A Lover Man; Why Try To Be Original; Make Up Your Mind; Ladder Of Love; Deep Love; Give Me Some Of Yours (And I'll Give You Some Of Mine); She Used To Be My Girl; Love Dreams; It's You, You, You; That's All I Need (That's Good Enough For Me); True Love (Is Our Love); I Couldn't Say; No Escape; Price Tag; Trouble In Mind; Guardian Angel; To Wonderland; Think Of Me; Hard To Believe; I Cried; When I Talk To Her Of Love; (Cry If You Want To) I Don'tCare; Misty Eyes – 02-11


SINGLES

Viv (1955-56)
VIV 1000 Give Me Some Of Yours (And I'll Give You Some Of Mine) / No Need To Cry Anymore – 10-55 (rev. Oct. 15)
VIV 1002 It's You, You, You / That's All I Need (That's Good Enough For Me) – 04-56 (rev. Apr. 14)
45-1004/5 No Escape / (She Wants A) Lover Man -  08-56 (rev. Aug. 25)
Dot (1957)
45-15564 Make Up Your Mind / Here Am I – 04-57 (rev. Apr. 29)
45-15607 Doggonit / I'll Never Smile Again – 07-57
Vik (1958)
4X-0320 Deep Love / Why Try To Be Original? – 02-58 (rev. Feb. 17)
Rev (1958)
Ladder Of Love / What A Way To Die – 01-59
Redstart (1960)
RS-7322 True Love (Is Our Love) / Love Dreams – 60 (also issued with credit to Jimmy James)

Dakota Ritter

 *Jefferson, TX
by Praguefrank
SESSIONS  

2015 unknown, TX – Dakota Ritter
001 RED DIRT LOVE
002 MY HOMETOWN
003 DAMN GIRL
004 COWBOYS DON'T WEAR SPERRY'S
005 SMOKE AND MIRRORS
006 WHISKEY AND A LOVE SONG -
tracks above issued on EP Red Dirt Love
2017 unknown, TX – Dakota Ritter
007 OUTLAW
008 I LOVE COUNTRY MUSIC
009 I NEED A CIGARETTE
010 I NEED A BREAK
011 PASSING THROUGH TYLER
012 MY HOMETOWN
013 YOU WERE MINE
014 WHISKEY AND A LOVE SONG
tracks above issued on EP I love Country Music
2018 unknown, TX – Dakota Ritter
015 FREIGHT TRAIN
016 TAKE MY RING Volume 1
017 COWBOY RIDES AGAIN Volume 1
018 RUNNING FROM THE ROSES
019 PREMONITION
020 SPIN MY RECORD
021 TEXAS HONKY TONKS
022 I CAN'T LOVE YOU ANYMORE
023 NEON NIGHTS Volume 1
024 REARRANGED
tracks above issued on album No Stone Unturned
2019 unknown, TX – Dakota Ritter
025 SHOOT YOUR SHOT Volume 1
026 STARS OVER SAN ANTONE Volume 1
027 HEART BREAKS AND HONKY TONKS Volume 1
028 THE BOTTLE Volume 1
tracks above issued on EP Stars Over San Antone and reissued n EP Volume 1    
2023 unknown, TX – Dakota Ritter
029 BUERNING HOUSE
030 GOOD IN GOODBYE
031 BALLAD OF A BROKEN WOMAN
032 ROLL THE DICE
033 COULD’VE FOOLED ME
034 ALMOST WAS
035 RENO
036 HALFWAY THROUGH THE HEART
037 SLOW ME DOWN
tracks above issued on album Cocaine, Cabernet and Rose Tattoo


ALBUMS
Lone Star ? No Stone Unturned
:  Freight Train;  Take My Ring;  Cowboy Rides Again;  Running from the Roses;  Premonition;  Spin My Record;  Texas Honky Tonks;  I Can't Love You Anymore;  Neon Nights;  Rearranged – 29-05-19
Lone Star ? Cocaine, Cabernet and Rose Tattoo: Buerning House; Good In Goodbye; Ballad of A Broken Woman; Roll The Dice; Could’ve Fooled Me; Almost Was; Reno; Halfway Through The Heart; Slow Me Down – 01-09-23

EPs

Lone Star ?  Red Dirt Love: Red Dirt Love; My Hometown; Damn Girl;     Cowboys Don't Wear Sperry's; Smoke and Mirrors; Whiskey and a Love Song - 16  
Lone Star ? I Love Country Music: Outlaw; I Love Country Music; I Need A Cigarette; I Need A Break; Passing Through Tyler; My Hometown; You Were Mine; Whiskey And A Love Song – 18
Lone Star ? Stars Over San Antone: Shoot Your Shot;  Stars Over San Antone;  Heart Breaks and Honky Tonks;  The Bottle – 21-08-20
Lone Star ? Volume 1:  Take My Ring;  Shoot Your Shot;  The Bottle;  Cowboy Rides Again; Stars Over San Antone;  Neon Nights;  Heart Breaks and Honky Tonks – 26-01-21 (sampler)