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Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Don Owens (by Dick Grant)



DON OWENS
SESSION DISCOGRAPHY

THE BLUE MOUNTAIN BOYS                                                                                                                                                                          1950
Perry Westland (vcl/gtr); Homer “Curly” Smith (fdle); Charlie Fetzer (dobro); Donald F. “Don” Owens (stg bs).
                                                                                                                              Producer: James Hobart “Jim” Stanton                                        

463-A                 IF I SHOULD WANDER BACK TONIGHT                                           Rich-R’-Tone 463
                         (Clark Van Ness)
463-B                 LITTLE BIRDIE                                                                                                      463
                                      (P.D.)

NB: RICH-R’-TONE 463 released Tuesday 28th February 1950.

DON OWENS and The Circle “O” Ranch Boys                                                           
                                                   Ben Adelman Studio, 323 Cedar St. N.W.                           Washington, D.C.:                                                            1956
with poss Don Pendelton (stl gtr); Joe Carroll (el ld gtr); Harry Wade (gtr);
                                                                                                                              Producer: Ben Adelman                                                                                        
                        
45-559A              SOMETHINGS YOU CANNOT CHANGE (Sic)                                     Starday 45-559
                         (Don Owens) (Starrite BMI)
45-559B              ADIOS NOVIA                                                                                               45-559
                         (Don Owens) (Starrite BMI)

NB(1): STARDAY 45-559 released May 1956.
NB(4): BMI clearance – Friday 18th May 1956.

DON OWENS and The Circle “O” Ranchboys                                                         
                                                  Rodel Studio, 1028 33rd Street, N.W.                    Washington, D.C.:                                                            1956
with Don Pendelton (stl gtr); Joe Carroll (el ld gtr); Harry Wade (gtr);
                                                                                                                              Produced by Ben Adelman                                                         

45-607A              LAST CHANCE                                                                               Starday 45-607, B.A.C.M CD D-390
                         (Don Owens) (Starrite BMI)               
45-607B              A THIEF (IN THE HEART OF A ROSE)                                                           45-607
                         (Don Owens) (Hank Snow Music BMI)

NB(1): STARDAY 45-607 released January 1957.
NB(2): STARDAY 45-607 reviewd Billboard – Saturday 9th February 1957.
NB(3): B.A.C.M CD D-390 “CUSTOM MADE HILLBILLY, Vol.2.” released United Kingdom 2012.
                        
DON OWENS                              
                                                  Rodel Studio, 1028 33rd Street, N.W.                    Washington.D.C.:                                                       ca: 1957
(Vcl/gtr);
                                                                                                                              Producer:

                         ARE YOU TEASING ME                                                                   (Uniss)
                         (C.Louvin-I.Louvin) (Acuff-Rose Pub. BMI)

LUKE GORDON
                                                  Rodel Studio, 1028 33rd Street, N.W.                    Washington,D.C.:                                                   April 1958
Gordon “Luke Gordon” Brown (vcl); Calvin Scott “Scotty” Stoneman (fdle & o/dub fdl); Donna Stoneman (mand); Peggy Brain Stoneman (dobro); Oscar James “Jimmy” Stoneman (stg bs).                                    Producer: Don Owens

                         DARK HOLLOW                                                                              L&C LP-0014
                         (Bill Browning) (Starday Music BMI)                                                   
45-5803              DARK HOLLOW  Blue Ridge 502, World Artists WACD-102                                                                                                                 
                         (Bill Browning) (Starday Music BMI)                                                    B.A.C.M CD D-393                                                                  
45-5804              YOU MAY BE SOMEONE (WHERE YOU COME FROM)                      Blue Ridge 502, Bark Log BL-6
                         (Don Owens) (Circle O Music BMI)                                                    World Artists WACD-102, B.A.C.M CD D-393

NB(1): BLUE RIDGE 502 released December 1958.                                                   
NB(2): BLUE RIDGE 502 entered Billboard C&W chart Monday 22nd December 1958 #13 for 7 weeks.
NB(3): The above record was never released on ISLAND 0640.
NB(4): “DARK HOLLOW” with no master tape available, a faulty 45rpm was used on WORLD ARTISTS WACD-102.
NB(5): “DARK HOLLOW” on L&C LP-0014-playing time is 2m:52.4secs.
NB(6): “DARK HOLLOW” on BLUE RIDGE 45-502/WORLD ARTISTS WACD-102/B.A.C.M CD D-393 is a slightly sped up version-playing time is 2m:52.0secs.
NB(7): L&C LP-0014 “LUKE GORDON” released 1961.
NB(8): BARK LOG BL-6 “COUNTRY HICKS, Vol.6.” released United Kingdom
NB(9): WORLD ARTISTS WACD-102 “LUKE GORDON COLLECTOR’S CLASSICS” released Tuesday 24th February 2004.
NB(10): B.A.C.M CD D-393 “LUKE GORDON Sings DARK HOLLOW & Other Classic Numbers” released United Kingdom 2012.

POP STONEMAN And The BLUEGRASS CHAMPS-1
             THE BLUEGRASS CHAMPS-2                  
                                      Rodel Studio, 1028 33rd Street, N.W.                                 Washington.D.C.:                                                      May 1959
             Ernest V. “Pop” Stoneman (vcl/a-harp); Perry Westland (gtr); Van Haden Stoneman (rhy gtr); Lew Childre (dobro/stl gtr-1); Jimmy Stoneman (stg bs).               Producer: Don Owens

             6005                  HAND ME DOWN MY WALKIN’ CANE                                  -1          Blue Ridge 504
                                      (Arr: Dixon Stewart)
             6006                  JUBILEE MARCH                                                               -2                             504                                                                                                
                                      (Lew Childre)

NB(1): BLUE RIDGE 504 released 1960.
NB(2): Steel Guitar solo on 6006  is by LEW CHILDRE.

LUKE GORDON WTTG-TV
                                                               DON OWENS’ JAMBOREE                                     Washington.D.C.:                                                             1959
             (vcl/ac gtr); Donna Stoneman (mand); Ric Nelson (dbro); Jack Cook (stg bs).

             CP-4572             I’M FREE AT LAST                                                                           World Artists WACD-101
                                      (Ernest Tubb)                                                                                   World Artists WACD-105
                                      I SAW THE LIGHT                                                                                                 WACD-105
                                      (Hank Williams) (Acuff-Rose BMI)
                                      MANSION ON THE HILL                                                                           WACD-105
                                      (Fred Rose-Hank Williams) (Acuff-Rose BMI)
                                      WHEN IT’S TIME FOR THE WHIPPOORWILLS
                                      TO SING                                                                                                              WACD-105
                                      (Alton Delmore) (Vidor Pub. Inc. BMI)
                                      JAMBALAYA                                                                                                       WACD-105
                                      (Hank Williams) (Acuff-Rose BMI)
                                      BE A BATCHELOR TILL I DIE                                                                                 WACD-105
                                      (Hank Williams (Acuff-Rose BMI)

NB(1): WORLD ARTISTS WACD-101 “WORLD ARTISTS PRESENTS: LUKE GORDON ORIGINALS: PICTURE SHOW and L & C” released 2001.
NB(2): WORLD ARTISTS WACD-105 “WORLD ARTISTS PRESENTS A LUKE GORDON SPECIAL CD WITH NEW AND OLD SONGS IN MEMORY OF THE LATE DON OWENS” released 2005.
            
LUKE GORDON
                                      Rodel Studio, 1028 33rd Street, N.W                                  Washington, D.C.:                               Sunday 19th  April 1959
(vcl/gtr); with The Drifters
                                                                                                                                           Producer: Don Owens

             45-6007              EIGHT YEARS IN ATLANTA                                                              Blue Ridge 506, World Artists WACD-102
                                      (Don F.Owens) (Lonesome Pine Music BMI)                                      
             45-6008              WHEN IT’S TIME (FOR THE WHIPPOORWILLS TO SING)                        506,                       WACD-102
                                      (Arr: Luke Gordon) (Lonesome Pine Music BMI)                                   B.A.C.M CD D-393

NB: BLUE RIDGE 506 released 1960.
                                                                                                                                          
ALEX CAMPBELL & OLA BELLE REED and New River Ranch Gang-1
DEACON THE STEEL DRIVIN’ MAN and New River Ranch Gang-2
                                      Rodel Studio, 1028 33rd Street,N.W.                                   Washington.D.C.:                                                             1960 
Alex Campbell (vcl/           ); Ola Belle Campbell Reed (vcl/           ); Deacon Brumfield (stl gtr);
                                                                                                                              Producer: Don Owens

45-6009              LITTLE MOSES                                                                   -1          Blue Ridge 507
                         (Arr: Stewart)
45-6010              DEACON’S STEEL GUITAR CHIMES                                    -2          Blue Ridge 507
                         (Deacon Brumfield)
                        
NB: BLUE RIDGE 507 released August 1960.

JIM EANES And His  Shenandoah Valley Boys
                                      Rodel Studio, 1028 33rd Street,N.W.                                  Washington.D.C.:                                                             1960 
Homer Robert “Jim” Eanes Jr. (vcl/gtr); poss Arnold Terry (rhy gtr); Frank Burroughs (el gtr); Alan Shelton (bjo); Roy Russell (fdle); Cliff Ragsdale (stg bs) or Curly Howard (stg bs).                           Producer: Don Owens

45-6011              LONG JOURNEY HOME                                                                  Blue Ridge 510
                         (Dixon Stewart) (Lonesome Pine Music BMI)
45-6012              LADY OF SPAIN                                                                                    510
                         () (Sam Fox Music ASCAP)

NB(1): BLUE RIDGE 510 released 1960.
NB(2): On 45-6012 the label states Banjo solo by Alan Shelton.

LUKE GORDON
                                                  Rodel Studio, 1028 33rd Street, N.W.                    Washington D.C.:                                                             1961
(vcl/ac gtr); Wade Holmes (el gtr); Bill Yates (hmny vcl-1/         ); Wayne Yates (hmny vcl-1/         ); Curley Smith (fdle).
                                                                                                                              Producer: Don F. Owens

S-1335               13 STEPS AWAY -1                                                            Empire 45-512, Spin-O-Rama M-108
                         (L.Gordon) (Cedar Music BMI)                                                           Spin-O-Rama S-108, Premier PM-9041
                                                                                                                              Premier PS-9041, Spin-O-Rama M-126                                                                                                           Premier PS-9041, World Artists WACD-104
                                                                                                                              Premier PS-9041, World Artists WACD-104
                                                                                                                              B.A.C.M CD D-393

NB(1): EMPIRE 45-512 issued with a PICTURE sleeve.
NB(2): EMPIRE 45-512 released March 1961.
NB(3): The above record is a ‘Sheldon’ press.
NB(4): Date sticker on label shows March 1961.
NB(5): SPIN-O-RAMA M/S-108 “JIMMY DEAN with LUKE GORDON Featuring The Country Singing of JIMMY DEAN and LUKE GORDON” released 1963.
NB(6): PREMIER PM/PS-9041 “JIMMY DEAN with LUKE GORDON Featuring The Country Singing of JIMMY DEAN and The Country Singing of LUKE GORDON” released 1963.
NB(7): SPIN-O-RAMA M/S-126 “HOOTENANNY COUNTRY STYLE” released 1964.
NB(8): WORLD ARTISTS WACD-104 “WORLD ARTISTS Presents All New Songs by LUKE GORDON” released 2005.

DON OWENS                             
                                                  Rodel Studio, 1028 33rd Street, N.W.                    Washington,D.C.:                                                ca. Late 1961
with (vcl/gtr);
                                                                                                                              Producer: Jack Henderson Clement

6113/                 “WHAT WOULD I DO” (WITHOUT YOU)                                             Blue Ridge 45-512
ZTSP-81104        (Don Owens) (Don Owens Music. Inc. BMI)                                          
6114/                 “COLD DARK WATERS BELOW”                          45-512
ZTSP-81105        (Don Owens) (Don Owens Music. Inc. BMI) 

NB: BLUE RIDGE 45-512 released 1961.

             THE STANLEY BROTHERS-RALPH & CARTER
                                                  Rodel Studio, 1028 33rd Street,N.W.                     Washington.D.C.:                                                             1962 
Ralph Edmond “Ralph” Stanley (vcl/bjo); Carter Glen “Carter” Stanley (vcl/gtr);
                                                                                                                              Producer: Don Owens

6215/                 MEET ME TONIGHT                                                                        Blue Ridge 45-514
ZTSP-81406        (Stanley Bros.)
6216/                 NOBODY’S BUSINESS                                                                                       45-514
ZTSP-81407        (Stanley Bros.)

NB: BLUE RIDGE 45-514 released 1962.



LARRY RICHARDSON & HAPPY SMITH and The Blue Ridge Boys
                                                  Rodel Studio, 1028 33rd Street,N.W.                     Washington.D.C.:                                                             1962 
Larry Richardson (vcl/bjo); Happy Smith ();
                                                                                                                              Producer: Don Owens

6217/                 THE NASHVILLE JAIL       Blue Ridge 45-516                                                                                                                                   
ZTSP-81408        (Larry Richardson)
6218/                 SILVER BELLE                                    45-516
ZTSP-81409        (P.D.)
            
NB: BLUE RIDGE 45-516 released 1962.
            
DON OWENS                                                         
                                                  Rodel Studio, 1028 33rd Street, N.W.                                 Washington,D.C.:                                                             1962 
             With (vcl/gtr);
                                                                                                                                           Producer: Jack Clement

                          /           YOUR FOOL                                                                                   Blue Ridge 45-518, Sound Stage 7 45-2503                                  
             S-404-1              (Arrington) (Jack Music Inc. BMI)                                                                                                                                                   
                          /           I HOPE YOU’RE SATISFIED                                                                              45-518,                        7 45-2503
             S-405-1              (Don Owens) (Don Owens Music Inc. BMI)                                        
                                     
NB(1): BLUE RIDGE 45-518 released October 1962.
NB(2): BLUE RIDGE 45-518 reviewed Billboard 10th November 1962.                       
             NB(3): Both of the above recordings were leased to SOUND STAGE 7 Records in 1963.
             NB(4): SOUND STAGE 7 45-2503 released May 1963.
             NB(5): SOUND STAGE 7 45-2503 reviewed in Billboard 18th May 1963
            
DISCOGRAPHY compiled by DICK GRANT; the late RIC NELSON; ALAN TURNER & SVEIN MARTIN PEDERSEN with acknowledgements  P.J. Tricker; Andrew Brown; Johan Lofstedt; Pasi Koskela; Dave Sax; Dick Spottswood; Kent Heineman & Pete Kuykendall.


2000-2013.
                             

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
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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
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