SESSION DISCOGRAPHY * ALBUMS DISCOGRAPHY * SINGLES DISCOGRAPHY

Country and crossover since 1920s and my favorite artists of all genres too...
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Friday, January 21, 2011

Les "Carrot Top" Anderson

3rd version
By Praguefrank, Michel Ruppli, Lillies Ohlsson, Hillbilly Researcher, Henk Netten, Allan Turner, Mario Manciotti, Steve Hathaway

SESSIONS
1945 Hollywood, CA – Les "Carrot Top" Anderson
001 EBS10A/774 SONG OF THE LONESOME PRAIRIE La Marr’s Star 1003/HBR 40 TRG
002 EBS10B SUN SETS GOLD Lamarr’s Star 1004/HBR 40 TRG
003 EBS11A SAD BUT TRUE 1004/HBR 40 TRG
prob.1940s unknown – Les Anderson
005 SUCH A BEATIFUL EVENING Sierralen 1003/HBR 40 TRG
006 MOPE ALONG Sierralen 1004/HBR 40 TRG
1948 Hollywood, CA – Les Anderson
007 EXC-1308 AND I SHOOK Exclusive 57x/HBR 40 TRG
008 EXC-1309 THIS IS SOUTHLAND 57x/HBR 40 TRG
ca early 1950 poss. Hollywood, CA – Les Anderson/*Johnny Reeves and His Homesteaders
009 M-88 QUEEN OF THE SADDLE Cormac CRS-1107/HBR 40 TRG
010 M-89 STOREROOM ON MY MIND CRS-1107/HBR 40
000 M-90 MY BABY BUCKAROO* CRS-1108
000 M-91 HE‘S JUST A HOBO* CRS-1108
25 May 1950 Decca Recording Studio, 5505 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA - Les "Carrot Top" Anderson
011 L 5612 NEW PANHANDLE RAG Decca unissued
012 L 5613 TEARDROPS ON THE ROSES unissued
2 June 1950 Decca Recording Studio, 5505 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA - Les "Carrot Top" Anderson (Orchestra dir. By Perry Botkin)
013 L 5626 NEW PANHANDLE RAG Decca 9-46250/HBR 40 TRG
014 L 5627 TEARDROPS ON THE ROSES 9-46250
015 L 5628 TROUBLE THEN SATISFACTION 9-46259/HBR 40
016 L 5629 BLUE LIGHT BOOGIE 9-46259/HBR 40 TRG
14 February 1951 Decca Recording Studio, 5505 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA – Les "Carrot Top" Anderson with Noel Boggs  The Dudes
017 L 6074 JUST LIKE TWO DROPS OF WATER 9-46303/HBR 40 TRG
018 L 6075 I WAS SORTA WONDERIN‘ Decca 9-46303/HBR 40
019 L 6076 T-T-TUCKY TY 9-46326/HBR 40 TRG
020 L 6077 LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 9-46326/HBR 40 TRG
021 L 6078 HOEIN‘ COTTON unissued
24 July 1951 Decca Recording Studio, 5505 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA - Les "Carrot Top" Anderson
022 L 6365 DIMPLES OR DUMPLIN‘ [DIMPLES OR DUMPLINGS] 9-46352/HBR 40 TRG
023 L 6366 MY BABY BUCKAROO 9-46352/HBR 40 TRG
024 L 6367 TENNESSEE MOON 9-46370/HBR 40 TRG
025 L 6368 SHE’S DYNAMITE IN BLUE DUNGAREES 9-46370/HBR-40 TRG
ca 1952-1953 [more sessions] poss. Hollywood, CA - Les "Carrot Top" Anderson [-1], Rose Lee [-2], Chuck Maddux [-3], Jimmy Widener [-4], Kitty Holmes [-5], Slim Dossey [-6] & The Ranch Boys
000 INDIAN LOVE CALL -3 Ace-Hi Hits 5001
000 IT WASN’T GOD WHO MADE HONKY TONK ANGELS -2 Ace-Hi Hits 5001
000 FOREVER (AND ALWAYS) -4 Ace-Hi Hits 5004
000 I’M HOG-TIED OVER YOU - 5 Ace-Hi Hits 5004
025 OUR HONEYMOON -1 Ace-Hi-Hits 5005 CS 7002/TRG
026 DON'T LET THE STARS GET IN YOUR EYES -1 Ace-Hi-Hits 5005 CS 7002/TRG
027 OLDER AND BOLDER -1 Ace-Hi Hits 5006 CS 7002/HBR 40 TRG
028 MIDNIGHT -1 Ace-Hi Hits 5006 CS 7002
029 I’M AN OLD, OLD MAN -1 Ace-Hi Hits 5007
030 THIS WORLD ALIVE I’LL NEVER GET OUT OF [sic] Ace-Hi Hits 5007
000 I LET THE STARS GET IN MY EYES -2 Ace-Hi Hits 5008
031 THE GAL WHO INVENTED KISSIN’ -1 Ace-Hi Hits 5008
032 I’LL GO ON ALONE -1 Ace-Hi Hits 5009/HBR 40 TRG
033 ALL THAT I’M ASKING IS SYMPATHY -1 Ace-Hi Hits 5009/ HBR-40 TRG
034 NO HELP WANTED -1 Ace-Hi Hits 5010
035 KAW LIGA -1 Ace-Hi Hits 5010
000 RAMBLIN’ MAN -6 Ace-Hi Hits 5011
000 MEXICAN JOE -6 Ace-Hi Hits 5011
Around 1953/1954 Hollywood, CA - Les "Carrot Top" Anderson with Tex Atchison & His Orchestra
036 L-100-3/A-15360 BEAUTIFUL ARKANSAS Vicca No 100/101/HBR 40
037 L-101-1/A-15363 NOW I KNOW Vicca No 100/101/HBR 40 TRG
038 L-102 I LOVE SUSIE Vicca No 102/103/HBR 40
039 L-103-4 THIRTY TWO RIVERSIDE DRIVE Vicca No 102/103/ HBR-40 TRG
1957 or early 1958 [live KTTV show – Town Hall Party] Compton, CA – Les "Carrot Top" Anderson
03901 MY LITTLE RED WAGON Columbia CL-1072
03902 NEW PANHANDLE RAG TRG
Columbia CL-1072 TOWN HALL PARTY (1958)
ca July 1958 unknown – Les Anderson
040 JOHNNY SORROW Spry 119-45 Crosby 1-45/TRG
041 BRENDA LEE Spry 119-45 Crosby 1-45
ca 1958 unknown – Les Anderson with Bakers’Dozen
042 WHIPPORWILL Crosby 2-45
043 TO LIVE THIS NIGHT AGAIN Crosby 2-45



ALBUMS
Hillbilly Researcher HBR#40 Les ”Carrot” Anderson:
Las Vegas Nevada; My Baby Bucakaroo; Such A Beautiful Evening; 32, Riverside Drive; All I Am Asking Is Sympathy; Sun Sets Gold; Now I Know; She‘s Dynamite In Lue Dunagrees; I‘ll Go On Alone; Sad But True; Mope Alone; Dimples Or Dumplings; This Is Southland; Storeroom In My Mind; T-U-Tucky-Ty; Blue Light Boogie; Tennessee Moon; Song Of The Lonesome Prairie; Queen Of The Saddle; I Love Susie; I Was Sorta Wonderin´; Older And Bolder; And I Shook; Beautiful Arkansas; New Panhandle Rag; Just Like Two Drops Of Water; Trouble Then Satisfaction
TRG Production no # Thirty Two Riverside Drive: Thirty Two Riverside Drive; She’s Dynamite In Dungarees; Dimples Or Dumplings; This Is Southland; I love Susie; Las Vegas Nevada; My Baby Buckaroo; Older And Bolder; New Panhandle Rag; Just Like Two Drops Of Water; Such A Beautiful Evening; Sun Sets Gold; Now I Know; T-U-Tuck-Ty; Blue Light Boogie; Tennessee Moon; I’ll Go On Alone; Mope Along; Song Of The Lonesome Prairie; Queen Of the Saddle; And I Shook; Beautiful Arkansas; All I’m Asking Is Sympathy; Trouble Than Satisfaction; Don’t Let The Stars; Our Honeymoon; Sad But True; New Panhandle Rag [Town Hall Party]; Blue Steel Blues [radio transcription]; Johnny Sorrow




EPs

Country Style
CS-7002 Our Honeymoon; Don’t Let The Stars (Get In your Eyes) / Older And Bolder; Midnight – ca 52 (78 RPM)
 







SINGLES
La Marr’s Star (1945)
1003 [Ole Rasmussen:] I Ain’t Got A Nickle To My Name / [Les Anderson:] Song Of The Lonesome Prairie - 45
1004 Sun Sets Gold / Sad But True Lamarr's Star - 45
Sierralen
1003/4 Such A Beatiful Evening / Mope Along
Exclusive (1948)
57x This Is Southland / And I Shook – 48 (rev. Oct. 2, 1948)
Cormac (1950)
CRS-1107 Queen Of the Saddle / Storeroom On My Mind – ca 03-50
Decca (1950-51)
9-46250 New Panhandle Rag / Teardrops On The Roses - 50
9-46259 Blue Light Boogie / Troublen Satisfaction - 50
9-46303 I Was Sorta Wondering / Just Like Two Drops Of Water - 51
9-46326 Las Vegas, Nevada / T-T-Tucky Ty - 51
9-46352 Dimples Or Dumplin's / My Baby Buckaroo – 09-51 (rev. Sept. 29)
9-46370 She's Dynamite In Blue Dungarees / Tennessee Moon – 10-51
Ace-Hi Hit (ca 1952)
5005 Our Honeymoon / Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes - 52
5006 Older And Bolder / Midnight - 52
5007 I´m An Old Old Man / This World Alive I´ll Never Get Out Of
5008 [Rose Lee:] I Let The Stars Get In My Eyes / The Girl Who Invented Kissing
5009 I´ll Go On Alone / All That I´m Asking Is Sympathy
5010 No Help Wanted / Kaw Liga
Vicca
No L-101/102 Beautiful Arkansas / Now I Know
No L-102/103 I Love Susie / Thirty Two Riverside Drive
Spry (1958)
119-45 Johnny Sorrow / Brenda Lee – 08-58 (reissued in 1960 on Crosby 1-45)
Crosby (ca 1958)
2-45 Whipporwill / To Live This Night Again – ca 58

Ledford String Band

By Praguefrank
SESSIONS
1971 Steve Ledford's Home, Bakersfield, CA – The Ledford String Band (Wayne Ledford [gt], James Gardner [gt], Steve Ledford [fiddle])
001 BROWN'S DREAM Rounder 0008
002 LITTLE MAGGIE Rounder 0008
003 GEORGIA RAILROAD Rounder 0008
004 IN A LONELY GRAVEYARD Rounder 0008
005 DON'T CAUSE MY MOTHER'S HAIR TO TURN GRAY Rounder 0008
006 SWAP A LITTLE SUGAR Rounder 0008
007 TUCKER'S OLD BARN Rounder 0008
008 DRUNKEN DRIVER Rounder 0008
009 LOOK FOR ME Rounder 0008
010 BIG-EYED RABBIT Rounder 0008
011 MITCHELL BLUES Rounder 0008
012 HE'S COMIN' FROM VIETNAM Rounder 0008
013 IF THERE WASN'T ANY WOMEN IN THE WORLD Rounder 0008
014 MAKIN' HAY Rounder 0008
015 SHANGHAI ROOSTER Rounder 0008
016 BLUES TAKE OFF YOUR SHOES Rounder 0008
017 ROAN MOUNTAIN BREAKDOWN Rounder 0008
018 FADED PICTURE ON THE WALL Rounder 0008


ALBUMS
Rounder 0008 The Ledford String Band: Brown's Dream; Little Maggie; Georgia Railroad; In A Lonely Graveyard; Don't Cause My Mother's Hair To Turn Gray; Swap A Little Sugar; Tucker's Old Barn; Drunken Driver; Look For Me; Big-Eyed Rabbit; Mitchell Blues; He's Comin' From Vietnam; If There Wasn't Any Women In The World; Makin' Hay; Shanghai Rooster; Blues Take Off Your Shoes; Roan Mountain Breakdown; Faded Picture On The Wall - 72

J. A. Woolery

by Katarina Frömel, Praguefrank
SESSIONS
1965 unknown – J.A. Woolery (Producer: J.P. Newbury)
001 LH-4040 PICTURES FROM THE PAST Deva 101
002 HERE COMES THE RAIN Deva 101

SINGLES
Deva
101 Pictures From The Past / Here Comes The Rain

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Michel Ruppli, not only for his books which I use daily, but also for a large amount of rare and unpublished data from his giant archive.
Thanks to all my friends - country music fans - in Czech Republic - Vladimir Pikora, Michal Gololobov, Milos Holecek, Tony Foglar, Rene Pavlik and Petr Vitous.
Thanks to Mario Manciotti for sending session details daily
Thanks to Kurt Rokitta for a lot of session info
Thanks to Bill Daniels for sharing a lot of labels info
Thanks to Lillies Ohlsson for many western swing contributions.
Thanks to Dick Grant for many artists files
Thanks to Thieu Van De Vorst for a lot of additions and corrections
Thanks to Goran Adolph for many rare albums info
Thanks to Hans Sandberg for many rare session data
Thanks to Chris Huskey for many sessions info.
Thanks to Kittra Moore for musicians and recording data
Thanks to Dik de Heer for many additions on rockabilly.
Thanks to Luiz Roberto Costa for helping me with the western genre.
Thanks to Wolf Ruediger Sommer, who not only sent me additional data, but is also watch-dog, correcting my typos and other errors.
Thanks to Robert Platt for priceless info on Canadian (but not only) artists.
Thanks to Phil Watson for hard work on Crown Prince of country music discography. Thanks to Walter Gabriel for filling the gaps in track listings of rare albums and various artists compilations.
Thanks to Kent Heineman for many independent recordings info
Thanks to Ken Nelson for bluegrass and more additions.
Thanks to Tony Middleton for RCA session info.
Thanks to Xavier Maire for interesting additions and for info on his website www.bopping.org.
Thanks to Henk Scholts for long time cooperation.
Thanks to Richard Price for miscellaneous session information
Thanks to Carl G. Cederblad for additions to sessionographies
Thanks to Paul Urbahns, Marc Alesina, Bill Millet, Bengt Wahlström, John Morris, Dominique Anglares, Pierre Monnery, Jeremy Roberts, Ben Collins, Alex Frazer-Harrison, K.F.Raizor, Ed Tabor, Mario Wildner, Ole Skjoldhøj, Eileen Sisk, Per Kammersgaard, David Bussey, Bill Marks for rare info on their favorite artists.
Thanks to Reginald Bartlette for info and additions of Columbia custom numbers.
Thanks to Katarina Fromm for various singles info.
Thanks to many others who sent some info - all are important.
Thanks to Richard Weize for his idea to produce projects, which have small commercial potential, but huge value for collectors - I spend a lot of money buying boxes and CDs, sometimes mainly because of the accompanying discographies.
Thanks also to Patrick Milligan, who created many discographies for Bear Family projects
Thanks to Marek Bozickovic for picture in head
And last but not least I would like to thank all who visit this blog - they come from more than 100 countries.