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Sunday, February 21, 2010

Carl Dobkins Jr.

2nd version
by Richard Weize (BCD-15546), Praguefrank and Michel Ruppli

SESSIONS

November 1957 Bradley Film and Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Carl Dobkins Jr.
001 HO9W-1541 TAKE HOLD OF MY HAND Fraternity F-794/CHCHD 316
002 HO9W-1542 THAT‘S WHY I‘M WALKING F-794/CHCHD 316
ACE CHCHD 316 - ALL AMERICAN ROCK 'N' ROLL FROM FRATERNITY RECORDS
23 April 1958 King Recording Studio, 1540 Brewester Ave., Cincinnati, OH – Carl Dobkins, Jr.
003 104827 IF YOU DON’T WANT MY LOVIN‘ Decca 9-30656 ED-2664/DL-8938 BCD-15546
004 104828 LOVE IS EVERYTHING 9-30656 ED-2664/DL-8938 BCD-15546
7 November 1958 [19:00-22:30] Bradley Film and Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Carl Dobkins Jr. (Grady Martin, Hank Garland, Harold Bradley, Bob Moore, Buddy Harman, Owen Bradley, Anita kerr. Producer: Owen Bradley)
005 106076/NA 10471 MY HEART IS AN OPEN BOOK 9-30803 ED-2664/DL-8938 BCD-15546
006 106077/NA 10472 MY PLEDGE TO YOU 9-3080 ED-2664/DL-8938 BCD-15546
9 June 1959 [15:00-18:00] Bradley Film and Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Carl Dobkins, Jr. (Grady Martin, Hank Garland, Harold Bradley, Bob Moore, Buddy Harman, Owen Bradley, Floyd Cramer, Anita Kerr. Producer: Owen Bradley)
007 107523/NA 10758 IN MY HEART 9-31020/ BCD-15546
008 107524/NA 10759 OPEN UP YOUR ARMS DL-8938 BCD-15546
009 107525/NA 10760 THREE LITTLE PEGGIES DL-8938 BCD-15546
010 107526/NA 10761 CLASS RING unissued
10 August 1959 [19:30-01:30] Bradley Film and Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Carl Dobkins Jr. (Grady Martin, Hank Garland, Harold Bradley, Bob Moore, Buddy Harman, Owen Bradley, Floyd Cramer, Producer: Owen Bradley)
011 107948/NA 10811 LUCKY DEVIL 9-31020/ BCD-15546
012 107949/NA 10812 LOVELIGHT 31182/ BCD-15546
013 107950/NA 10813 EXCLUSIVELY YOURS 9-31088/ BCD-15546
014 107951/NA 10814 SUE unissued/ BCD-15546
11 August 1959 [19:00-01:30] Bradley Film and Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Carl Dobkins Jr. (Grady Martin, Hank Garland, Harold Bradley, Bob Moore, Buddy Harman, Owen Bradley, Floyd Cramer, Anita Kerr. Producer: Owen Bradley)
015 107952/NA 10818 CLASS RING DL-8938 BCD-15546 [alt.] BCD-15546
016 107953/NA 10819 ONE LITTLE GIRL 9-31088/ BCD-15546
017 107954/NA 10820 TRUE LOVE DL-8938 BCD-15546
018 107955/NA 10821 FOR YOUR LOVE DL-8938 BCD-15546
12 August 1959 [18:00-24:00] Bradley Film and Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Carl Dobkins Jr. (Grady Martin, Hank Garland, Harold Bradley, Bob Moore, Buddy Harman, Owen Bradley, Floyd Cramer, Anita Kerr. Producer: Owen Bradley)
019 107956/NA 10822 THAT’S ALL I NEED TO KNOW unissued/ BCD-15546
020 107957/NA 10823 I’M SORRY DL-8938 BCD-15546
021 107958/NA 10824 A FOOL SUCH AS I DL-8938 BCD-15546
022 107959/NA 10825 RAINING IN MY HEART DL-8938 BCD-15546
3 August 1960 [14:30-18:00] Bradley Film and Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Carl Dobkins Jr. (Grady Martin, Hank Garland, Harold Bradley, Bob Moore, Buddy Harman, Owen Bradley, Floyd Cramer, Anita Kerr. Producer: Owen Bradley)
023 109437/NA 11200 GENIE 9-31143/ BCD-15546
024 109438/NA 11201 A DIFFERENT KIND OF LOVE 9-31143 / BCD-15546
025 109439/NA 11202 TAKE TIME OUT 31182/ BCD-15546
20 April 1961 [14:15-18:15] Bradley Film and Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN –Carl Dobkins Jr. (Hank Garland, Harold Bradley, Bob Moore, Buddy Harman, Floyd Cramer. Producer: Owen Bradley)
026 110471/NA 11507 PROMISE ME 31353/ BCD-15546
027 110472/NA 11508 THAT’S WHAT I CALL TRUE LOVE 31260/ BCD-15546
028 110473/NA 11509 PRETTY LITTLE GIRL IN THE YELLOW DRESS 31260/ BCD-15546
029 110474/NA 11510 SAWDUST DOLLY unissued/ BCD-15546
20 June 1961 [14:15-17:15] Bradley Film and Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Carl Dobkins Jr. (Hank Garland, Harold Bradley, Bob Moore, Buddy Harman, Floyd Cramer. Producer: Owen Bradley)
030 110788/NA 11582 A CHANCE TO BELONG 31301/ BCD-15546
031 110789/NA 11583 ASK ME NO QUESTIONS 31353/ BCD-15546
032 110790/NA 11584 SAWDUST DOLLY 31301/ BCD-15546
1963 New York City - Carl Dobkins, Jr. [unknown production, leased to Atlantic, mastering date November 14, 1963]
033 63C-7385 IF TEARDROPS WERE DIAMONDS Atco 45-6283
034 63C-7386 I'M SORRY, LITTLE GIRL Atco 45-6283
1965 poss. Hollywood, CA - Carl Dobkins, Jr. (Producer: Paul Kaufman)
035 10232 A LITLE BIT LATER ON DOWN THE LINE Colpix CP-762
036 10233 HIS LOSS IS MY GAIN Colpix CP-762
1969 poss. Nashville, TN - Carl Dobkins, Jr. (Producer: Howard and Raneau)
037 CHM-106 THE DAYS OF SAND AND SHOVELS Chalet CHR-1053
038 CHM-107 LINDA THE MOTEL MAID Chalet CHR-1053
1969 poss. Nashville, TN - Carl Dobkins, Jr. (Producer: Bobby Bobo)
039 CHM-111 MY HEART IS AN OPEN BOOK Chalet CHR-1056
040 CHM-112 PICTURES Chalet CHR-1056
Carl Dobkins Jr. recorded after 1969, some info in albums list

ALBUMS
Decca DL-8938/DL-78938 Carl Dobkins, Jr.
: If You Don't Want My Lovin'; Love Is Everything;
My Heart Is An Open Book; My Pledge To You; Open Up Your Arms; Three Little Peggies; Class Ring; True Love; For Your Love; I'm Sorry; Fool Such As I; Raining In My Heart – 09-59 (MX: 7-7320/1)
Bear Family [GER] BCD-15546 My Heart Is An Open Book: If You Don't Want My Lovin'; Love Is Everything; My Heart Is An Open Book; My Pledge To You; Open Up Your Arms; Three Little Peggies; Class Ring; True Love; For Your Love; I'm Sorry; Fool Such As I; Raining In My Heart; Lucky Devil; Promise Me; Take Time Out; Chance To Belong; In My Heart; Ask Me No Question; Sawdust Dolly; Pretty Little Girl In The Yellow Dress; Exclusively Yours; Sue; That's What I Call True Love; One Little Girl; Genie; Different Kind Of Love; Lovelight; That's All I Need To Know; Sawdust Dolly; Class Ring – 91 (complete Decca)
dBW Sound 519D1 N1522P Now And Then: If You Don't Want My Lovin’; The Wonder Of You; My Heart Is An Open Book; The Phone Call; It May Be Love; I Won't Be Home For Christmas; Laughing Brown Eyes; That's Why I'm Asking; Come Go With Me; Annalise; The End - 07
dBW Sound ? Cruising With Carl: Rock and Roll Medley; Lost in the Fifties; My Heart Is An Open Book; Think It Over; Sea of Love; Little Bitty Tear; It Doesn't Matter Anymore; Lucky Devil; Raining in My Heart; Angel Baby; Rock and Roll Medley – 08-08 (also version with track: Memories are Made of This (as track.1, Rock and Roll Medley as track 11)

SINGLES
Fraternity (1957)
F-794 Take Hold Of My Hand / That's Why I'm Asking - 01-58
Decca (1958-61)
9-30656 If You Don't Want My Lovin' / Love Is Everything - 05-58
9-30803 My Heart Is An Open Book / My Pledge To You - 01-59
9-31020 Lucky Devil / (There's A Little Song A-Singing) In My Heart - 11-59
9-31088 Exclusively Yours / One Little Girl - 04-60
9-31143 Genie / A Different Kind Of Love - 09-60
9-31182 Love Light / Take Time Out - 12-60
31260 That's What I Call True Love / Pretty Little Girl In Yellow Dress - 05-61
31301 Chance To Belong / Sawdust Dolly - 09-61
31353 Promise Me / Ask Me No Question - ca. 10-01-62
MCA-60044 My Heart Is An Open Book / My Pledge To You – ca. 73 (reissue, released on MCA)
Atco (1963)
45-6283 If Teardrops Were Diamonds / I'm So Sorry, Little Girl - 63
Colpix (1965)
CP-762 A Little Bit Later On Down The Line / His Loss Is My Gain - 65
Chalet (1969)
CHR-1053 The Days Of Sand And Shovels / Linda The Motel Maid - 69
CHR-1056 My Heart Is An Open Book / Pictures - 69
Gusto (1979, possibly reissue)
GT4-2099 My Heart Is An Open Book / (Jimmy Gilmer:) Sugar Shack – 79

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.