SESSION DISCOGRAPHY * ALBUMS DISCOGRAPHY * SINGLES DISCOGRAPHY

Country and crossover since 1920s and my favorite artists of all genres too...
Any help welcome!

praguefrank@seznam.cz

Continuation of the blog on address

http://countrydiscoghraphy2.blogspot.cz/



Thursday, April 28, 2011

Bill Goodwin

*1930 Cumberland City, TN
2nd version
by Dick Grant with acknowledgents to Al Turner, Malcolm Chapman, Phil Tricker, Kent Heineman, Alexander Petrauskas, Praguefrank, Michal Gololobov

SESSIONS
1957 unknown, CO – Bill Goodwin (William “Bill” Goodwin [vcl/rh gt] + unknown musicians)
001 45-679-A SO WRONG Mystic 45-679
002 45-679-B I’LL STAND IN LINE 45-679
MYSTIC RECORDS was based in Cannon City, Co.
1957 unknown, CO – Bill Goodwin (William “Bill” Goodwin [vcl/rh gt] + unknown musicians)
003 CP-1405 ANGEL IN DISGUISE Mystic 45-689
004 CP-1406 IT DIDN’T COST A DIME TO DREAM 45-689
1958 unknown – Bill Goodwin (William “Bill” Goodwin [vcl/rh gt] + unknown musicians)
005 45-710-A SECOND IN YOUR HEART Starday 45-710-A
006 45-710-B TEENAGE BLUES 45-710-B/Bark Log LP-2 Starday SLP-218
BARK LOG LP-2 COUNTRY HICKS, Vol.2 (UK, 1991); STARDAY SLP-218 THE LOST STARDAY RECORDINGS (1997)
Fall 1958 unknown – Bill Goodwin & His Western Ramblers
007 ST-2861 WILL YOU STILL LOVE ME Dixie 45-2014
008 ST-2862 YOUR LYING WAYS 45-2014/Million LP-2
MILLION LP-2 THE BEST OF DIXIE, Vol.2 (NED, 1981)

1960 poss. Denver, CO – Bill Goodwin
008a CP 4271? THIS BROKEN HEART OF MINE Universal 41012
008b CP 4272 LOVE THY NEIGHBOR AS THYSELF Universal 41012

1961 Denver, CO – Bill Goodwin
009 SW-1023 TOO MANY HEARTACHES ALREADY Band Box 287
010 SW-1024 REVENUER MAN 287/Classics CD-711
CLASSICS CD-711 MY BOBBY SOX QUEEN (SWE, 2000)
1962 Denver, CO – Bill Goodwin
011 THESE SAME OLD HEARTACHES Band Box 293
012 PARDON MY TEARS 293
1962 Denver, CO – Bill Goodwin
013 HEARTACHES Band Box #309
014 DON’T TAKE MY WORLD AWAY #309
1962 Denver, CO – Bill Goodwin
015 YOU DID THIS TO ME Band Box #323
016 MAKE IT EASY ON MY HEART #323
1962 Denver, CO – Warren Robbe with Bill Goodwin (Warren Robbe [vcl/gt], Bill Goodwin [vcl/rh gt])
017 LIFE’S NOT WORTH LIVING Band Box #330
018 I’VE HAD MY CHANCE #330
early 1963 unknown – Bill Goodwin
019 63-3041 SHOES OF A FOOL Vee Jay VJ-501
020 IT KEEPS RIGHT ON A HURTING VJ-501
1963 unknown – Bill Goodwin
021 63-3151 BREAK MY HEART GENTLY Vee Jay unissued
022 63-3152 GLASS ON THE TABLE Vee Jay unissued
1963 unknown – Bill Goodwin
023 63-3587 I WON’T WAIT UP TONIGHT Vee Jay VJ-564
024 THE STAND IN VJ-564
1964 unknown – Bill Goodwin
025 THE HOUSE AT 103 Vee Jay VJ-602
026 THE SADDEST EYES VJ-602
ca December 1964 unknown – Bill Goodwin
027 SoN-16011 DEAD AMONG THE LIVING Chart 1175
028 SoN-16012 MY BABY DON’T LIVE HERE ANYMORE 1175
1965 unknown – Bill Goodwin
029 TROUBLE IN MY HEART Chart 1215
030 YOU DID THESE THINGS TO ME 1215
1967 unknown – Bill Goodwin
031 LOVE BUG Arc A-717
032 MOTHER OF MY SON Arc A-717
033 OPEN PIT MINE A-717
034 THINGS HAVE GONE TO PIECES A-717
035 LEFT OVER ME A-717
036 YOUR HEART TURNED LEFT A-717
037 YOU COMB HER HAIR A-717
038 BEGGAR TO A KING A-717
039 SORRY FOR ME A-717
040 BOTTLES, LIGHTS & MUSIC TOO REAL TO WRITE A-717
ca 1968-1970 unknown – Bill Goodwin
041 JOHNNY FAST MTA 124
042 THE MAIL SHE'S WAITING FOR MTA 124
043 I'M THE MOST SUCCESSFUL FAILURE MTA 133
044 DARLINGS #1-2-3 AND ME MTA 133
045 LONELY RIDER [W. SHARON ROBERTS] MTA 139
046 TOP DOG MTA 144
047 COUNTRY LOVE IN MTA 144
048 EMPTY SUNDAY SUNDOWN TRAIN MTA 163
049 SHOES OF A FOOL MTA 163 MTA 182
050 ARKANSAS SOUL MTA 182
ALBUMS
ARC [CAN] A-717 Walk Through This World With Me: Love Bug; Mother Of My Son; Open Pit Mine; Things Have Gone To Pieces; Left Over Me; Your Heart Turned Left; You Comb Her Hair; Beggar To A King; Sorry For Me; Bottles, Lights And Music Too Real To Write - 67
 
SINGLES
Mystic/*Starday/**Dixie (1957-58, Starday Custom)
45-679 So Wrong / I’ll Stand In Line – 11-57
45-689 Angel In Disguise / It Didn’t Cost A Dime To Dream – 01-58
*45-710 Second In Your Heart / Teenage Blues – 04-58
**45-2014 Will You Still Love Me / Your Lying Ways – 01-59

Universal (1960)
45-45012 Love Thy Neighbor As Thyself / This Broken Heart of Mine - ca 09-60Band Box (1962)
# 287 Too Many Heartaches Already / Revenuer Man – ca 01-62
# 293 These Same Old Heartaches / Pardon My Tears – 04-62
# 309 Heartaches / Don't Take My World Away – 62
# 323 You Did This To Me / Make It Easy On My Heart – 11-62
# 330 Life’s Not Worth Living / I’ve Had My Chance – 12-62 (rev. April 24, 1963)
Vee Jay (1963)
VJ 501 Shoes of a Foo l/ It Keeps Right On A Hurtin' – 03-63 (rev. March 16, 1963)
VJ 564 I Won't Wait Up Tonight / The Stand In – 10-63 (rev. Nov. 2, 1963)
VJ 602 House At 103 / The Saddest Eyes – 08-64 (rev. August 29,1964)
Chart (1964)
1175 Dead Among The Living / My Baby Don't Live Here Anymore - 65
1215 Trouble In Heaven / You Did These Things To Me – 05-65 (rev. May 29, 1965)
MTA (1967/70)
MTA 124 Johnny Fast / The Mail She's Waiting For - 67
MTA 133 I'm The Most Successful Failure / Darlings #1-2-3 And Me - 67
MTA 139 Lonely Rider [w. Sharon Roberts] / Theme From Will Penny [Lonely Riders] - 68
MTA 144 Top Dog / Country Love In - 69
MTA 163 Empty Sunday Sundown Train / Shoes Of A Fool - 69
MTA 182 Shoes Of A Fool / Arkansas Soul - 70

Gene Watson (Rockets)

by Dick Grant, Willard Watson
SESSIONS
1957 Holmes City, FL – The Rockets Featuring Gene Watson (Earl Eugene Watson [vcl/gt] + unknown musicians. Producer: Daz Dodd)
001 GB-681 MY ROCKIN’ BABY Tri-Dec 25725 G1/Collector CLCD-4423 Legend LP-1006
002 GB-682 THIS LOVE SONG Tri-Dec 25725 G2
COLLECTOR CLCD-4423 WILD ROCKIN’ (NED, 1994); LEGEND LP-1006 GRAND DADDY’S ROCKIN’, Vol.2 (FRA, 1995)
1957 Dazz Dodd Studio, Holmes City, FL – Gene Watson and The Rockets (Earl Eugene Watson [vcl/gt] + unknown musicians. Producer: Daz Dodd)
003 GB-876 MY ROCKIN’ BABY Tri-Dec 8357/Pontomac LP-37650 White Label WLP-8829 Club LP-010 Collector CLCD-4423 Lucky CDLR-801
004 GB-877 DRUMMER BOY ROCK Tri-Dec 8357/Pontomac LP-37650 Buffalo Bop BbLP-2051 White Label WLP-8829
Club LP-006 Collector CLCD-4423 Lucky CDLR-801 Pan American CD-56004
PONTOMAC LP-37650 ROCK TICK TOCK (1980); WHITE LABEL WLP-8829 WILD ROCKIN’ (NED, 1981); BUFFALO BOP BbLP-2051 THE BOP THAT NEVER STOPPED, Vol.39 (GER, 1985); CLUB LP-006 GRAB THIS AND DANCE, Vol.6 (UK, 1993); CLUB LP-010 GRAD THIS AND DANCE, Vol.10 (UK, 1993); LUCKY CDLR-801 ROCKABILLY GOLD, Vol.1 (UK, 1996); PAN AMERICAN CD-56004 TWO TIMIN’ WOMAN (SUI)
1957 Dazz Dodd Studio, Holmes City, FL – Gene Watson (Gary Gene Watson [vcl/gt] + unknown musicians. Producer: Daz Dodd)
005 DON’T BE CRUEL Tri-Dec unissued/White Label WLP-8829 Collector CLCD-4423
006 INTERPLANETARY ROCK Tri-Dec unissued/WLP-8829 Collector CLCD-4423
007 SCHOOL DAY Tri-Dec unissued/WLP-8829 Collector CLCD-4423
008 WHOLE LOTTA SHAKIN’ GOIN’ ON Tri-Dec unissued/WLP-8829
early 1958 Dazz Dodd Studio, Holmes City, FL – Gene Watson (Earl Eugene Watson [vcl/gt] + unknown musicians. Producer: Daz Dodd)
009 ST-2763 I’LL ALWAYS LOVE YOU Dixie 45-2003/Lesley CD4
010 ST-2764 LIFE’S VALLEY 45-2003/White Label WLP-8829 Lesley CD-001
Both of the above masters were leased from TRI-DEC Records.
LESLEY CD-001 THE LOST STORY OF THE ROCK-A-BALLAD, Vol.1; LESLEY CD4 THE LOST STORY OF THE ROCK-A-BALLAD, Vol.3

SINGLES

Tri-Dec
25725 My Rockin’ Baby / This Love Song – 57
8357 My Rockin’ Baby / Drummer Boy Rock – ca 11-57
Dixie 45-2003 I’ll Always Love You / Life’s Valley – 04-58 (rev. April 14)



From left to right: Dave Stanley (bass), Gene Watson (vcl/gtr), Jimmy Maddle (drums), and Oz Wiley (ld grt). (thanks to Willard Watson)

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Bill Blevins

*1932
by Praguefrank, Mario Manciotti
SESSIONS

4 February 1953 ACA Studio, 5522 Washington Ave., Houston, TX – Bill Blevins (Bill Blevins [vcl/gt], Bil Buckner [gt], Herb Remington [steel], “Walter Buck” Henson [bass], Douglas Myers [fiddle])
001 ACA-2437/DRC-159 HEART FOR SALE Trumpet 201
002 ACA-2438/DRC-156 AN HOUR LATE AND A DOLLAR SHORT Trumpet 200
003 ACA-2439/DRC-158 YOU CAN’T HAVE YOUR CAKE AND EAT IT TOO 201
004 ACA-2440/DRC-157 HONEYMOON WALTZ 200
ca April 1957 ACA Studio, 5522 Washington Ave., Houston, TX – Bill Blevins
005 ACA-3490 CRAZY BLUES National 101
006 ACA-3491 BABY I WON’T KEEP WAITING National 101

SINGLES
Trumpet (1953)
200 An Hour Late And A Dollar Short / Honeymoon Waltz - 53
201 Heart For Sale / You Can’t Have Your Cake And Eat It Too - 53
National (1957)
101 Crazy Blues / Baby I Won’t Keep Waiting – 05-57

Crockett Family Mountaineers

by Tony Russell, Praguefrank
SESSIONS
12 November 1928 Los Angeles, LA – Crockett Family Mountaineers (Albert Crockett [gt], Clarence Crockett [gt], Johnny Crockett [banjo], George Crockett [fiddle], John Crockett Sr. [fiddle], Alan Crockett [boones])
001 LAE-334 MEDLEY OF OLD TIME DANCE TUNES – PART I (intro. Chicken Reel, Buck Creek Girls, Wild Horse, Soldier’s Joy, Arkansas Traveller) –instr.- Brunswick 291 Supertone S2088/ BACM CD D 023
002 LAE-335 MEDLEY OF OLD TIME DANCE TUNES – PART II (intro. Sourwood Mountain, Sally In The Garden, Sally Gooden)–instr.- Brunswick 291 Supertone S2088/ BACM CD D 023
12 November 1928 Los Angeles, LA – Crockett Family Mountaineers (Albert Crockett [vcl-1/gt], Johnny Crockett [vcl-2/gt], George Crockett [fiddle-3])
003 LAE-336 HARD CIDER SONG -1-2 Brunswick 290
004 LAE-337 ROSALEE -2-3 Brunswick 290/ BACM CD D 023
9 August 1929 Furniture Mart Building, 666 Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL – Johnny  Albert Crockett [1]/Dad Crockett [2]/Crockett‘s Kentucky Mountaineers [3] (Albert Crockett [vcl-6/gt], Johnny Crockett [vcl-5/gt], Clarence Crockett [vcl-4/harmonica-2/jew’s harp-3], George Crockett [fiddle], John Crockett Sr. [fiddle-1])
005 C-4015 FRESNO BLUES [1] Brunswick 372/ BACM CD D 023
006 C-4016 SUGAR HILL [2] -1 Brunswick 372 80093/ BACM CD D 023
007 C-4017 KITTY KI [3] -2-4-5-6 Brunswick 353
008 C-4018 BONAPARTES RETREAT [3] -1-3 Brunswick 353
25 November 1929 New York City – Crockett Family Mountaineers (Alan Crockett [vcl-10/bomes-9], Clarence Crockett [gt-8], Albert Crockett [vcl-7/gt-6], Johnny Crockett [vcl-5/gt-4/banjo-3], George Crockett [fiddle-2], John Crockett Sr. [fiddle-1]
009 E31485 IN THE SHADE OF THE OLD APPLE TREE -1-2-4-5-7-10 Brunswick 394/ BACM CD D 023
010 E31486-A-B ON THE ROAD TO TENNESSEE -4-5 rejected
011 E31487-A-B UNCLE BOOKER‘S HOEDOWN (BUFFALO GAL) -1-2-3-6-8-9 rejected
012 E31488 AFTER THE BALL -1-2-4?-6? Brunswick 394/ BACM CD D 023
January or February 1931 New York City – Johnny Crockett  Kentucky Mountaineers (Albert Crockett [vcl-14/calls-15/gt-13], Johnny Crockett [vcl-12/gt-11/banjo-10], Clarence Crockett [vcl-9/gt-8/harmonica-6/jew’s harp-7], Alan Crockett [fiddle-4/bones-5], George Crockett [fiddle-3], John Crockett Sr. [fiddle-1])
013 C1145-3 BILE DEM CABBAGE DOWN -1-3-4-5-6-9-11-12-14 Crown 3101 Homestead 23040 Varsity 5046 Montgomery Ward M3021/ BACM CD D 023
014 C1146-1 I WAS BORN ABOUT 10,000 YEARS AGO -1-3-4-8-11-12-13 Crown 3101 Homestead 23040 Varsity 5088 Montgomery Ward M3024/ BACM CD D 023
015 C1147-1 LIGHTNING EXPRESS -1-3-8-11-12-13-14 Crown 3074 Varsity 5078 Montgomery Ward M3024/ BACM CD D 023
016 C1148-2 CRIPPLE CREEK -2-3-5-7-8-11-12-13-14 Crown 3172 Varsity 5046 Montgomery Ward M3021/BACM CD D 023
017 C1149 THE BLIND MAN'S LAMENT -3-4-11-12 Crown 3143 Paramount 3278 Broadway 8310
018 C1152-2 GRANNY'S OLD ARM-CHAIR -1-3-8-9-11-12-13-14 Crown 3188 Paramount 3277 Varsity 5078 Montgomery Ward M3026/ BACM CD D 023
019 C1153-2 MY BLUE-EYED GIRL AND I -1-3-4-8-11-12-14 Crown 3074 Paramount 3277 Varsity 5058 Montgomery Ward M3023/ BACM CD D 023
020 C1154 SWEET BETSY FROM PIKE-3-4-8-11-12-13 Crown 3121 Homestead 22991
021 C1155-1 SUGAR IN MY COFFEE -1-5-8-10-13-15 Crown 3075 Homestead 23039 Varsity 5058 Montgomery Ward M3023
022 C1156-3 THE CONVICT'S LAMENT -3-4-8-11-12 Crown 3143 Paramount 3278 Broadway 8310/ BACM CD D 023
023 C1157-2 BUFFALO GAL‘S MEDLEY -1-3-5-8-10-13 Crown 3075 Homestead 23039 Varsity 5088 / BACM CD D 023Montgomery Ward M3026
024 C1158 I KNOWED I'D SETTLE DOWN -3-8-9-11-12-14 Crown 3121 Homestead 22991 Paramount 3302
1150,51 not by CKM
May 1931 New York City – Johnny Crockett & Kentucky Mountaineers (Elnora Crockett [vcl-13], Albert Crockett [vcl-12/gt-11], Johnny Crockett [[vcl-10/gt-9/banjo-8], Clarence Crockett [gt-7/harmonica-5/jew’s harp-6], Alan Crockett [fiddle-3/jew’s harp-4], George Crockett [fiddle-2], John Crockett Sr. [fiddle-1])
025 C1343-2 SKIP TO MY LOU -1-3-6-7-8-12-13 Crown 3188 Varsity 5082 Montgomery Ward 3025 Continental C-3012/ BACM CD D 023
000 C1344 untraced
026 C1345-1 SHOO FLY -1-3-5-9-10-12 Crown 3159 Homestead 23041 Varsity 5049 Montgomery Ward M3022
027 C1346-2 ROVIN' GAMBLER [GAMBLING MAN] -1-9-10 Crown 3159 Paramount 3302 Homestead 23041 Varsity 5082 Continental C-3012 Montgomery Ward M3025/ BACM CD D 023
000 C1347 untraced
028 C1348-2 LITTLE RABBITT/RABBIT WHERE’S YOUR MAMMY -2-4-9-11 Crown 3172 Varsity 5049 Montgomery Ward M3022/ BACM CD D 023

ALBUMS
BACM [UK] CD D 023 Crockett’s Kentucky Mountaineers - Classic Old Time String Band Music: Cripple Creek; After The Ball; Bile Them Cabbage Down; Convict’s Lament; Little Rabbit (intro. Rabbit Where’s Your Mammy); Fresno Blues; Gambling Man; Granny’s Old Arm Chair; Medley Of Old Time Dance Tunes Pt. 1 (intro. Chicken Reel, Buck Creek Girls, Wild Horse, Soldier’s Joy, Arkansas Traveller); Hard Cider Songs; Medley Of Old Time Dance Tunes Pt. 2 (intro. Sourwood Mountain, Sally In The Garden, Sally Gooden); I Was Born 10,000 Years Ago; In The Shade Of The Old Apple Tree; Rosalee; My Blue Eyed Girl And I; Sugar Hill; Skip To My Lou; The Lightning Express; Buffalo Gals Medley (intro. Seneca Square Dance aka Waiting For The Federals) – ca 04


SINGLES
Brunswick (1928-29)
290 Hard Cider Song / Rosalee -28
291 Medley Of Old Time Dance Tunes – Part I / Medley Of Old Time Dance Tunes – Part Ii – 28 (also on Supertone S2088)
353 Kitty Ki / Bonapartes Retreat - 29
372 Fresno Blues / Sugar Hill - 29
394 In The Shade Of The Old Apple Tree / After The Ball - 30
Crown (1931)
3074 Lightning Express / My Blue-Eyed Girl And I – 31
3075 Sugar In My Coffee / Buffalo Gal‘s Medley – 31 (also on Homestead 23039)
3101 Bile Dem Cabbage Down / I Was Born About 10,000 Years Ago – 31 (also on Homestead 23040)
3121 Sweet Betsy From Pike / I Knowed I'd Settle Down -31 (also on Homestead 22991)
3143 The Blind Man's Lament / The Convict's Lament -31 (also on Paramount 3278 Broadway 8310)
3159 Shoo Fly / Rovin' Gambler – 31 (also on Homestead 23041)
3172 Cripple Creek / Little Rabbitt/Rabbit Where’s Your Mammy - 31
3188 Granny's Old Arm-Chair / Skip To My Lou – 31
Montgomery Ward
M3021 Bile Dem Cabbage Down / Cripple Creek
M3022 Skip To My Lou / Shoo Fly
M3023 My Blue-Eyed Girl And I / Sugar In My Coffee
M3024 I Was Born About 10,000 Years Ago / Lightning Express
M3025 Rovin' Gambler / Little Rabbitt/Rabbit Where’s Your Mammy
M3026 Granny's Old Arm-Chair / Buffalo Gal‘s Medley
Varsity
5046 Bile Dem Cabbage Down / Cripple Creek
5049 Shoo Fly / Little Rabbitt/Rabbit Where’s Your Mammy
5058 My Blue-Eyed Girl And I / Sugar In My Coffee
5078 Lightning Express / Granny's Old Arm-Chair
5082 Skip To My Lou / Rovin' Gambler
5088 I Was Born About 10,000 Years Ago / Buffalo Gal‘s Medley
Paramount
3278 The Blind Man's Lament / The Convict's Lament
3277 Granny's Old Arm-Chair / My Blue-Eyed Girl And I
3302 I Knowed I'd Settle Down / Rovin' Gambler

Sherri Williams

By Michel Ruppli
SESSIONS

12 January 1977 Nashville, TN – Sherri Williams
001 2-53110 TRIANGLE 73894
002 2-53111 COME ON IN 55023
003 2-53112 IF ONLY HE COULD READ BETWEEN THE LIES 73894
15 June 1977 Nashville, TN – Sherri Williams (Producer: Jerry Gilleson)
004 2-53202 IN AT EIGHT AND OUT OF TEN unissued
005 2-53203 ONE NIGHT OF LOVE 55006
006 2-53204 LOVE I S A HARD PLACE TO FALL 55006
007 2-53205 I’M NOT THROUGH unissued
February 1978 Nashville, TN – Sherri Williams
008 2-54318 CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE CHEATIN' KIND 55023
009 2-54319 I WANT A ROCK NOT A ROLLING STONE unissued

SINGLES
Mercury (1977-78)
73894 Triangle / If Only He Could Read Between The Lies - 02-77
55006 One Night Of Love / Love Is A Hard Place To Fall - 10-77
55023 Come On In / Close Encounters Of The Cheatin' Kind - 03-78

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Ernest Thompson


*20-02-1892 Forsyth County, Winston-Salem, NC, +07-12-1961
by Tony Russell, Praguefrank, Thieu Van De Vorst
SESSIONS

25 April 1924 New York City – Ernest Thompson (Ernest Thompson [vcl/gt/harmonica])
001 81724 WAR TOWN QUICK STEP –instr.- unissued
002 81725-2 MISSISSIPPI SAWYER –instr.- Columbia 189-D Harmony 5099-H Velvet Tone 7034-V Diva 6004-G/ BACM CD D 031
003 81726-2 DONT PUT A TAX ON THE BEAUTIFUL GIRLS 168-D
004 81727-2 ARE YOU FROM DIXIE? 130-D/ BACM CD D 031
005 81728-1 LITTLE BROWN JUG  147-D Harmony 5122-H/ BACM CD D 031
006 81729-2 HOW ARE YOU GOIN‘ TO WET YOUR WHISTLE?  147-D Harmony 5122-H/ BACM CD D 031
007 81730-2 RED WING  190-D  Harmony 5123-H
008 81731-2 SNOW DEER  190-D Harmony 5123-H
009 81732-2 SPARROW BIRD WALTZ –instr.-  169-D Harmony 5112-H
010 81733-2 KISS WALTZ –instr.- 169-D Harmony 5112-H/ BACM CD D 031
011 81734-1 YIELD NOT TO TEMPTATION  158-D Harmony 5096-H Velvet Tone 7032-V Diva 6003-G/ BACM CD D 031
012 81735-2 LIFE‘S RAILWAY TO HEAVEN 158-D Harmony 5096-H Velvet Tone 7032-V Diva 6003-G/ BACM CD D 031
013 81736  YELLOW ROSE IN TEXAS –instr.-  unissued
014 81737  SOLDIERS JOY –instr.- unissued
26 April 1924 New York City – Ernest Thompson (Ernest Thompson [vcl/gt-2/banjo-1/harmonica])
015 81742-1 THE WRECK OF THE SOUTHERN OLD 97 -2  130-D/ BACM CD D 031
016 81743-2 LIGHTNING EXPRESS -2  145-D Harmony 5121-H/ BACM CD D 031
017 81744-1 CHICKEN ROOST BEHIND THE MOON -1 206-D Harmony 5101-H/BACM CD D 031
018 81745-1 COON CRAP GAME -2 206-D Harmony 5101-H/ BACM CD D 031
019 81746-1 FRANKIE BAKER -2 168-D
020 81747-2 JESSIE JAMES  [JESSE JAMES] –instr.-  -1 145-D Harmony 5121-H/ BACM CD D 031
021 81748-1 CLIMBING UP THE GOLDEN STAIRS –instr.- -1  189-D Harmony 5099-H Velvet Tone 7034-V Diva 6004-G/ BACM CD D 031
9 September 1924 New York City – Ernest Thompson (Ernest Thompson [vcl/gt/harmonica])
022 81961-1 WEEPING WILLOW TREE  15001-D Harmony 5130-H/ BACM CD D 031
023 81983-2 THE LITTLE ROSEBUID CASKET  216-D Harmony 5124-H
024 81984-3 THE OLD TIME RELIGION 15007 D/ BACM CD D 031
025 81985-2 I'M GOING DOWN TO JORDAN 15007 D/ BACM CD D 031
026 81986 JOHN HENRY, STEEL DRIVER  unissued
027 81987-2 SYLVESTER JOHNSON LEE 15001 D Harmony 5130-H/ BACM CD D 031
10 September 1924 New York City –  Ernest Thompson & Connie Sides (Ernest Thompson [harmonica/prob.banjo], Connie Sides [prob. gt])
028 81992-1 AT A GEORGIA CAMP MEETING –instr.- 15002 D
029 81993-1 SILLY BILL –instr. 15002 D
11 September 1924 New York City - Ernest Thompson (Ernest Thompson [vcl/gt/banjo/kazoo/harmonica])
030 140000-1 WHISTLING RUFUS 15006-D  Harmony 5109-H/JSP 77100
031 140001-1 WHEN YOU'RE ALL IN, DOWN AND OUT 15006-D Harmony 5109-H/JSP 77100
032 140032  JIM THOMPSONS OLD GREY MULE –instr.-  unissued
033 140033-3 ALEXANDER'S RAGTIME BAND –instr.-15000-D Harmony 5129-H/ BACM CD D 031
034 140034-2 MISSISSIPPI DIPPY DIP  –instr.- 15000-D Harmony 5129-H/ BACM CD D 031
JSP JSP-77100 MOUNTAIN FROLIC RARE OLD TIMEY CLASSICS 1924/1937 (UK, 2007, 4CD)
12 September 1924 New York City -  Ernest Thompson (Ernest Thompson [vcl/gt])
035 140035-3 IN THE RAGGAE COACH AHEAD  216-D Harmony 5124-H
21 January 1930 Gennett Recording Studio, Starr Piano Company Building, Whitewater Gorge Park, Richmond, In –  Ernest E. Thompson  (Ernest Thompson [gt/harmonica])
036 G16120 SPARROW BIRD-GOOD OLD SUMM   –instr.- Gennett 7139/ BACM CD D 031
037 G16121-A MY LITTLE GIRL  –instr.-  rejected
038 G16122 ARE YOU FROM DIXIE/SWANEE RIVER   –instr.- Gennett 7139
22 January 1930 Gennett Recording Studio, Starr Piano Company Building, Whitewater Gorge Park, Richmond, In –  Ernest E. Thompson (Ernest Thompson [vcl/gt/harmonica])
039 G16124 BRING ME A LEAF FROM THE SEA  BACM CD D 340
040 G16127 SNOW DEAR/RAINBOW –instr.-  BACM CD D 340
16125,6 not by E.T.
BACM CD D 340 OLDTIME TUNES/SONGS 1926/1937 (UK, 2011)
29 March 1930 Gennett Recording Studio, Starr Piano Company Building, Whitewater Gorge Park, Richmond, In –  Earnest Thompson (Ernest Thompson [prob. vcl/gt/harmonica])
041 G16422 EVERY LITTLE BIT ADDED TO  rejected        
042 G16423 SWEETHEART DANCE WITH ME      rejected
043 G16425 I WILL BE DANCING WITH YOU BACM CD D 364
044 G16426 WHAT IS HOME WITHOUT BABIES    BACM CD D 701
045 G16427 untitled -  rejected
BACM CD D 364 OLDTIME TUNES/SONGS, VOL. 2 1924/1952 (UK, 2011); BACM CD D 701 HARMONICA IN COUNTRY MUSIC (UK, 2023)


ALBUMS
BACM [UK] CD D 031 Pioneer Artist From North Carolina: Chicken Roost Behind The Moon; Little Brown Jug; Climbing Up The Golden Stairs (instr.); Are You From Dixie; Mississippi Sawyer (Instr.); Wreck Of The Old Southern 97; Coon Crap Game; Mississippi Dippy Dip (Instr.); The Old Time Religion; Jesse James (Instr.); The Lightning Express; Yield Not To Temptation; Life’s Railroad To Heaven; Sparrow Bird Waltz (Instr.); Weeping Willow Tree; Alexander’s Ragtime Band (Instr.); How Are You Goin’ To Whet Your Whistle; Kiss Waltz (Instr.); Sylvester Johnson Lee; I’m Going Down To Jordan – 02

SINGLES
Columbia (1924)
130D Are You From Dixie? / The Wreck Of The Southern Old 97 - 24
145D Lightning Express / Jessie James – 24 (also on Harmony 5121-H)
147D Little Brown Jug / How Are You Goin To Wet Your Whistle? – 24 (also on Harmony 5122-H)
158D Yield Not To Temptation / Lifes Railway To Heaven – 24 (also on Harmony 5096-H, Velvet Tone 7032-V Diva 6003-G)
168D Frankie Baker / Dont Put A Tax On The Beautiful Girls - 24
169D Sparrow Bird Waltz / Kiss Waltz – 24 (also on Harmony 5112-H)
189D Mississippi Sawyer / Climbing Up The Golden Stairs – 24 (also on Harmony 5099-H, Velvet Tone 7034-V Diva 6004-G)
190D Red Wing / Snow Deer -24 (also on Harmony 5123-H)
206D Chicken Roost Behind The Moon / Coon Crap Game (also on Harmony 5101-H)
216D The Little Rosebuid Casket / In The Raggae Coach Ahead (also on Harmony 5124-H)
15000D Alexander's Ragtime Band / Mississippi Dippy Dip (also on Harmony 5129-H)
15001D Weeping Willow Tree / Sylvester Johnson Lee (also on Harmony 5130-H)
15002D At A Georgia Camp Meeting / Silly Bill
15006D Whistling Rufus / When You're All In, Down And Out (also on Harmony 5109-H)
15007D The Old Time Religion / I'm Going Down To Jordan
Gennett (1930)
7139 Sparrow Bird-Good Old Summ / Are You From Dixie/Swanee River - 30

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.