Eric Charles Edwards, *02-02-1910 Wiltshire, UK, +26-11-2005
Surrey, BC CAN
By Steve Hathaway, Praguefrank, Mario Manciotti, David Epstein
SESSIONS
1940
unknown, AB, CAN – Alberta Smith
001 1102 THE
SONG OF THE SMOKEY SMITH V.C. Private
P.R. 1102-1103
002 1103 I
WANT TO RIDE, RIDE, RIDE P.R. 1102-1103
003 GIVE ME
MY PONY ON THE RANGE P.R. 1105
004 SHE
TAUGHT ME TO YODEL P.R. 1105
1949
unknown, CAN - Alberta Slim with Pat Gerow and His Steel Guitar (Alberta Slim
[vcl], Pat Gerow [steel])
005 GVT 101A
WHEN IT'S APPLE BLOSSOM TIME IN ANNAPOLIS VALLEY Gavotte GVT 101
006 GVT 101B
I WANT TO RIDE, RIDE, RIDE Gavotte GVT 101
Ca 1949 unknown, CAN - Alberta Slim with The Bar X Ranch Boys007 GVT 102A IN THE VALLEY OF THE POPPIES Gavotte GVT 102
008 GVT 102B THE BIG ROUND-UP GVT 102
008a I'M GOING TO BE A COWBOY GVT 103
008b TWO LITTLE EYES THAT SHINE GVT 103
1949
unknown, CAN - Alberta Slim with The Bar X Ranch Boys
009 WHEN I
TAKE MY LAST RIDE Bluebird 55-3251
010 LITTLE
TIN COWBOY Bluebird 55-3251/ CAL 699 GR 3001
011 NEW
CANADIAN POLKA 55-3252
012 TEARS OF
SHAME 55-3252/ CAL 699 GR 3001
Ca 1951
unknown, CAN - Alberta Slim with The Bar X Ranch Boys
013 RED
RIVER WALTZ 55-3262 57-5034 / CAL 699 GR 3001
014 SITTING
ON A HILLTOP 55-3262 57-5034/ CAL 699 GR 3001
015 I'M
LONESOME FOR MOMMY TONIGHT 55-3263 57-5035/ CAL 699 GR 3001
016 WHEN THE
GOOD LORD KNOCKS ON YOUR DOOR 55-3263 57-5035/ CAL 699 GR 3001
Ca 1952
unknown, CAN - Alberta Slim with The Bar X Ranch Boys
017 IT ALL
SEEMS TO HAPPEN TO ME 55-3275 57-5063/ CAL 699 GR 3001
018 RED
RIVER TWO STEP 55-3275 57-5063/ CAL 699
GR 3001
019 LET'S
FACE THE MUSIC POP 55-3276 57-5064
020 NORTH OF
THE BORDER 55-3276 57-5064
Ca 1953
unknown, CAN - Alberta Slim with The Bar X Ranch Boys
021 ROLLING
HOME 55-3280 57-5072
022 WHEN YOU
PLAY YOUR LAST CARD 55-3280 57-5072/ CAL
699 GR 3001
023 THE CHOO
CHOO BLUES 55-3281 57-5073
024
TREASURES YOU CAN'T BUY 55-3281 57-5073/CAL 699 GR 3001
1953 Aragon
Recording Studio, 615 W Hasting St., Vancouver, BC, CAN – Alberta Slim Slim and
Clover Lane, Alberta Slim's Bar X Ranch Boys
025 AR262A
MY NOVA SCOTIAN HOME Aragon AR-262 /AR 127
026 AR262B
YOU SAY I'M A FOOL Aragon AR-262 /AR 127
1953 Aragon
Recording Studio, 615 W Hasting St., Vancouver, BC, CAN – Alberta Slim with
Evan Kemp and The Trail Riders
027 AR272A
THE LAUGHING HORSE Aragon AR 272 Sparton
295
028 AR272B
HOLD WHAT’CHA GOT BOYS Aragon AR 272 Sparton
295
029 AR273A
BROTHER YOU'RE NOT DEAD Aragon AR 273 Sparton
296
030 AR273B
LEAVE ME ALONE AND LET ME BE Aragon AR 273 Sparton 296/AR 127
1953 or
later Aragon Recording Studio, 615 W Hasting St., Vancouver, BC, CAN – Alberta
Slim
031 WHEN
IT'S APPLE BLOSSOM TIME IN ANNAPOLIS VALLEY Aragon ALP 127
032 WALTZ,
EVALINA, WALTZ Aragon ALP 127
033 THE
YELLOW ROSE OF TEXAS Aragon ALP 127
034 THERE'S
NO NEED FOR TEARS IN YOUR EYES Aragon ALP 127
035 QUEEN OF
THE CALGARY STAMPEDE Aragon ALP 127
036 CALL OF
THE CARIBOU Aragon ALP 127
037 I WONDER
WHERE YOU ARE TONIGHT Aragon ALP 127
Alberta Slim
recorded after 1953 – some info in albums and singles list
ALBUMS
Point [CAN]
P 209 Alberta Slim with his Bar X Ranch Boys: Call Of The Cariboo;
In The Valley Of The Poppies; The
Big Round Up; Tear Drops Falling; I Want To Be A Cowboy; Daisy-Mae;
Have Faith In The Lord; I Want To
Ride; Ride; Ride;
Two Little Eyes That Shine – 56
Aragon [CAN]
ALP 127 Alberta Slim Sings When It's Apple Blossom Time in Annapolis Valley: When It's Apple Blossom Time in
Annapolis Valley; Waltz, Evalina, Waltz; The Yellow Rose of Texas; You Say I'm
a Fool; There's No Need For Tears in Your Eyes; Queen of the Calgary Stampede;
Call of the Caribou; I Wonder Where You Are Tonight;Leave Me Alone and Let Me
Be; My Nova Scotian Home - 61
RCA Camden
[CAN] 699 Alberta Slim with the Bar X Ranch Boys: Treasure You Can't Buy; It All Seems To Happen To Me; I'm
Lonesome For Mommy Tonight; Sitting On A
Hill Top; Little Tin Cowboy; When You Play Your Last Card; Red River Two Step; When The Good Lord Knocks On Your Door; Red River Waltz; Tears Of Shame – 62 (reissued in 1969 on Gold
GR 3001 Golden Memories: The Best Of Alberta Slim and The Original CBC Happy
Gang Orchestra, and in 1991 on
cassette as C3000-1)
RCA Camden
[CAN] 2113 Canada, My Homeland: Canada, My Homeland;
The Calgary Stampede; Canada Land
Of The Free; Call Of The Cariboo; The Laura Secord Story; Beautiful British Columbia; Red River Valley Two Step; Canadian Sunset; When It’s Apple Blossom Time In Annapolis
Valley; My Home By The Fraser – 67
Gold [CAN] C
3000-2 Alberta Slim, vol. 2: Canada Song; Longing For Ontario; A True Story Of My Pony And Me; Our Changing World; Vancouver
By The Sea; Apple Blossom Time In Annapolis Valley; Waltz Evelyna Waltz; My
Fraser Valley Home; Going Back To My Old Home Town; When It's Spring Time On
The Prairie – 9- (cassette)
Gold [CAN] C
3000-3 Alberta Slim, vol. 3: My Nova Scotia Home; The Laura Secord Story; Call Of
The Cariboo; New Canadian Polka; Peace Of Mind; Beautiful British Columbia; My
Old Canadian Home; My Home By The Fraser; Canada My Home Land; The Calgary
Stampede – 9- (Cassette)
Gold [CAN] C
3000-4 Alberta Slim, vol. 4: My Nova Scotia Home; Tear Drops Falling; Daisy-May;
Have Faith In The Lord; When It's Blossom Time In Annapolis Valley; I Want To
Ride, Ride, Ride; In The Valley Of The Poppies; The Big Roundup; Two Little
Eyes That Shine; I Want To Be A Cowboy – 9? (Cassette)
Gold [CAN] C
3000-5 Alberta Slim, vol. 5: When It's Apple Blossom Time In Annapolis Valley; Waltz, Evalina, Waltz; The Yellow Rose Of
Texas; You Say I'm A Fool ;There's No Need For Tears In Your Eyes; Queen Of
Calgary Stampede; Call Of The Cariboo; I Wonder Where You Are Tonight; The Big
Roundup; My Nova Scotian Home – 9- (cassette)
Alberta Slim
[CAN] ECE CD 001 Alberta Slim And His Bar Ranch Boys And His Horse Kitten: Treasures You Can't Buy; It All Seems To
Happen To Me; I'm Lonesome For Mummy Tonight; Sitting On A Hill Top; Little Tin
Cowboy; When You Play Your Last Card; Red River Two-Step; When The Good Lord
Knocks On Your Door; Red River Waltz; Tears Of
Shame; Yellow Rose Of Texas; Surrey's Centennial Song; There Is No Need
For Tears In Your Eyes; Queen Of The Calgary Stampede; I Want To Be A Cowboy; I
Wonder Where You Are Tonight; You Say I'm A Fool – ca 97
Alberta Slim
[CAN] ECE CD 002 Golden Memories Of Alberta Slim And The Original CBC Happy
Gang Orchestra: Canada
Song; Longing For Ontario; A True Story Of My Pony And Me; Our Changing World;
Vancouver By The Sea; Apple Blossom Time In Annapolis Valley; Evelina Waltz; My
Fraser Valley Home; Going Back To My Old Home Town; When It's Spring Time On
The Prairie; Daisy May; Have Faith In The Lord; I Want To Ride, Ride, Ride On
The Prairie; In The Valley Of The Poppies; The Big Roundup; Two Little Eyes
That Shine – ca 97
Alberta Slim
[CAN] ECE CD 003 The Best Of Alberta Slim: My Nova Scotia Home; The Laura Secord Story; Call Of
The Cariboo; New Canadian Polka; Peace Of Mind; Beautiful British Columbia; My
Old Canadian Home; My Home By The Fraser;
Canada My Homeland; The Calgary Stampede; The Hanging Of Louie Riel; I'm
Falling Deeper In Love; I Will Always Be Daddie's Princess; The Story Of
Jackass Mountain; The Ten Commandments; Tear Drops Falling - 97
Alberta Slim
[CAN] ECE C 006 Alberta Slim And his Bar X Ranch Boys. Vol. 6 / Yodeling: The Big Roundup; Queen Of The
Calgary Stampede; I Want To Be A Cowboy; She Taught Me To Yodel; Sitting On A
Hilltop; Surrey's Centennial Song; A True Story Of Pony And Me; Give Me My Pony
On The Range; Vancouver By The Sea; The Ten Commandments; I'm Falling Deeper In
Love; North Of The Border Up Canada Way; The Hanging Of Louis Rie[L]; I Want To
Ride, Ride, Ride; Going Back To My Old Home Town; Faded Love; Village Carousel;
Liberty; Andy's Waltz; Fiddle Stomp; Westphalia Waltz; Maiden's Prayer; Amazing
Grace; Linda Lou; Lonestar Rag; Calgary Waltz – 97?
Alberta Slim
[CAN] ECE CD 004 Yodelin, vol. 4: The Big Roundup; Queen Of The Calgary Stampede;
I Want To Be A Cowboy; She Taught Me To
Yodel; Sitting On A Hilltop; Surrey's Centennial Song; A True Story Of [My]
Pony And Me; Give Me My Pony On The Range; Vancouver By The Sea; The Ten
Commandments; I'm Falling Deeper In Love; North Of The Border Up Canada Way; The
Hanging Of Louis Riel; I Want To Ride, Ride, Ride On The Prairie; Going Back To
My Old Home Town; Faded Love; Village Carousel; Liberty; Andy's Waltz; Fiddle
Stomp; Westphalia Waltz; Maiden's Prayer; Amazing Grace; Linda Lou; Lonestar
Rag; Calgary Waltz - 97
Alberta Slim
[CAN] ECE C 007 The History Of Canada In Song: Yodeling, vol. 7: Phantom Of Whistler Mountain; Surrey's Birthday Song; Captain Cook Explorer; She Taught Me To Yodel; The Time We Met I Fellin In Love With
You; Sitting On A Hill Top; The Wild Rose Of Alberta; The Hanging Of Louis Riel; What A Friend We Have In Mother; My Nova Scotia Home; It's Then I Would Like To Be Back Home
Again; The Big Roundup; Watching Baby Billy Grow; When It’s Apple Blossom Time In Annapolis
Valley; I Drive A 32-Wheeler; I Want To Ride; Ride;
Ride on The Prairie; Here I Am
Again - Down On My Knees Again; Hello
Canada - Good Morning How Are You;
British Columbia Welcomes You - To Beautiful BC; Canada's Great Railway - 1885; Red Skin Gal;
Blue Keans and Gingham; The Way
To Survive; Westphalia Waltz; Amazing Grace – 00 (cassette, CD issue in 2000 as Alberta Slim ECE CD005
The History Of Canada In Song, vol. 5)
Alberta Slim
[CAN] ECE CD 006 Alberta Slim and his Bar X Ranch Boys. Vol. 6:Sitting On A Hill Top; Blue Water Of
The Yukon; My Nova Scotia Home; I Lost My Heart In Canso, Nova Scotia; Going
Back To My Old Home Town; The Northwest Passage; The Phantom Of Whistler
Mountain; Give My Guitar To Alberta Slim; Watching Baby Billy Grow; Back In The
Saddle Again; The Big Roundup; The Bloom Is On The Sage; The Hanging Of Louis
Riel; There Is A Love Knot In My Lariat; When It's Apple Blossom Time In
Annapolis Valley; Beautiful British Columbia; Two Little Eyes That Shine; When
The Good Lord Knocks On Your Door; She
Taught Me To Yodel; Surrey's Birthday Song; The Calgary Stampede; The True
Story Of My Pony And Me; Calgary Waltz; Fiddler's Stomp; Westphalia Waltz;
Amazing Grace – 03
Alberta Slim
[CAN] ECE CD 007 A Canadian Legend: When It's Apple Blossom Time In Annapolis Valley; I
Want To Ride Ride O'er The Prairie; Waltz Evelena Waltz; Wild Rose Of Alberta;
You Say I'm A Fool; Queen Of The Calgary Stampede; I Wonder Where You Are
Tonight; Call Of The Cariboo; There's No Need For Tears In Your Eyes; The Big
Round-Up; My Nova Scotia Home; Lloydminster's Birthday Song; It All Seems To
Happen To Me; I Lost My Heart In Canso, Nova Scotia; The Northwest Passage;
Surrey's Birthday Song; Blue Waters Of The Yukon; Phantom Of Whistler Mountain;
When The Bloom Is On The Sage; Back In The Saddle Again; She Taught Me To
Yodel; Canada's Great Railroad; Beautiful British Columbia; Hanging Of Louis
Riel; Sitting On A Hilltop; True Story
Of My Pony And Me; Have Faith In The Lord - 03
Alberta Slim
[CAN] ECE C 008 Back In The Saddle / Alberta Slim Last round-up: Sitting On A Hill Top; Blue Water Of
The Yukon; My Nova Scotia Home; I Lost My Heart In Canso, Nova Scotia; Going
Back To My Old Home Town; The Northwest Passage; The Phantom Of Whistler
Mountain; Give My Guitar To Alberta Slim; Watching Baby Billy Grow; Back In The
Saddle Again; The Big Roundup; The Bloom Is On The Sage; The Hanging Of Louis Riel; There Is A
Love Knot In My Lariat; When It's Apple Blossom Time In Annapolis Valley;
Beautiful British Columbia; Two Little Eyes That Shine; When The Good Lord Knocks On Your Door; She Taught Me To Yodel;
Surrey's Birthday Song; The Calgary Stampede; The True Story Of My Pony And Me;
Calgary Waltz; Fiddler's Stomp; Westphalia Waltz; Amazing Grace – 03 (cassette)
note: there is also album BACM [UK] CD
D 196 Alberta Slim aka Eric C. Edwards.
does not contain Alberta Slim recordins; B.A.C.M later retitled it and issued as Happy Al featuring Al and Hank – The Dakota
Ramblers
SINGLES
[all CAN]
Private
Record (1940)
P.R.
1102-1103 The Song Of The Smokey Smith V.C. / I Want To Ride, Ride, Ride – 40
P.R. 1105
Give Me My Pony On The Range / She Taught Me To Yodel - 40
Gavotte
(1949)
GVT 101 When
It's Apple Blossom Time In Annapolis Valley / I Want To Ride, Ride, Ride -49 Alberta
Slim with Pat Gerow and His Steel Guitar
GVT
102 In The Valley Of The Poppies / The Big Round-Up – 49 Alberta Slim with The Bar X Ranch
Boys
GVT 103 I'm Going To Be A Cowboy / Two Little Eyes That Shine – 49 Alberta Slim with The Bar X Ranch Boys
RCA Victor
Bluebird
Alberta Slim with The Bar X Ranch Boys (57-5000 series are reissues on RCA from
ca 1953)
55-3251/57-5009?
When I Take My Last Ride / Little Tin Cowboy - 49
55-3252/57-5010
New Canadian Polka / Tears Of Shame - 49
55-3262/57-5034
Red River Waltz / Sitting On A Hilltop – ca 51
55-3263/57-5035
I'm Lonesome For Mommy Tonight / When The Good Lord Knocks On Your Door - ca 51
55-3275/57-5063
It All Seems To Happen To Me / Red River Two Step - 53
55-3276/57-5064
Let's Face The Music Pop / North Of The Border - 53
55-3280/57-5072
Rolling Home / When You Play Your Last Card - 53
55-3281/57-5073
The Choo Choo Blues / Treasures You Can't Buy - 53
Aragon
AR-262 My
Nova Scotian Home / You Say I'm A Fool – 53 Alberta Slim and Clover Lane,
Alberta Slim's Bar X Ranch Boys
AR-272 The
Laughing Horse / Hold Whatcha Got Boys (Don't Let Her Go) – 53 Alberta Slim
with Evan Kemp and The Trail Riders (reissued on Sparton 295R in 1957)
AR-273
Brother You're Not Dead / Leave Me Alone And Let Me Be – 53 Alberta Slim with
Evan Kemp and The Trail Riders (reissued on Sparton 296R in 1957)
Rada Alberta Slim with The Bar X Ranch Boys
RR 178
Vancouver By The Sea / Beautiful British Columbia - 69