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Thursday, March 31, 2011

Edward L. Crain

by Tony Russell, Praguefrank
SESSIONS
16 July 1931 New York City – Edward L. Crain aka Cowboy Ed Crane (Edward L. Crain [vcl/gt])
001 10737 THE OLD GREY HAIRED MAN ARC unissued
23 July 1931 New York City – Edward L. Crain aka Cowboy Ed Crane (Edward L. Crain [vcl/gt])
002 10737 THE OLD GREY HAIRED MAN unissued
003 10740-2 BANDIT COLE YOUNGER Conqueror 8010 Broadway 4055
004 10741 LITTLE BLOSSOM - PART 1 unissued
005 10742 LITTLE BLOSSOM - PART 2 unissued
006 10743-1 STARVING TO DEATH ON A GOVERNMENT CLAIM Conqueror 8013 Broadway 4056
007 10744-2 COWBOY'S HOME SWEET HOME Conqueror 8010
24 July 1931 New York City – Edward L. Crain aka Cowboy Ed Crane (Edward L. Crain [vcl/gt])
008 10745-3 ARKANSAS WANDERER Conqueror 8013
009 10746 BOYS IN BLUE unissued
17 August 1931 Columbia Recording Studio, 55 5th Ave., New York City – Edward L. Crain (The Texas Cowboy) (Edward L. Crain [vcl/gt])
010 W151729 LITTLE BLOSSOM – PART 1 unissued
011 W151730 LITTLE BLOSSOM - PART 2 unissued
012 W151731-2 BANDIT COLE YOUNGER Columbia 15710-D
013 W151732 STARVING TO DEATH ON GOVT unissued
014 W151733-2 COWBOYS HOME SWEET HOME 15710-D
015 W151734 OLD GRAY HAIRED MAN unissued
ca. October 1931 New York City – Edward L. Crain (The Texas Cowboy) (Edward L. Crain [vcl/gt/prob. harmonica-1])
016 C1529-2 COWBOYS HOME SWEET HOME -1 Crown 3250 Varsity 5034 Montgomery Ward 3017
017 C1530-1 GOD PITY THE LIFE OF A COWBOY -1 Crown 3250 Varsity 5034 Montgomery Ward 3016
018 C1531-2 BURY ME OUT ON THE PRAIRIE Crown 3239 Varsity 5043 Montgomery Ward 3019 Homestead 22991
019 C1532-2 LITTLE JOE THE WRANGLER Crown 3239 Varsity 5043 Montgomery Ward 3019 Homestead 22991
020 C1533-2 WHOOPEE TI-YI-YO, GIT ALONG LITTLE DOGGIES Crown 3275 Homestead 23003
021 C1542-1 TWENTY ONE YEARS -1 Crown 3238 Homestead 22990
022 C1543-2 POOR BOY Crown 3238 Varsity 5037 Homestead 22990
023 C1551-3 THE OLD CHISHOLM TRAIL Crown 3275 Varsity 5044 Montgomery Ward 3020 Homestead 23003

SINGLES
ARC (1931)
Conqueror
8010 Bandit Cole Younger / Cowboy's Home Sweet Home - 31
8013 Starving To Death On A Government Claim / Arkansas Wanderer
Broadway
4055 Bandit Cole Younger / [Frank Luther] - 31
4056 Starving To Death On A Government Claim / [Carson Robison] - 31
Columbia (1931)
Bandit Cole Younger / Cowboy‘s Home Sweet Home - 31
Crown (1931)
3238 Twenty One Years / Poor Boy Crown – 31 (also on Homestead 22990)
3239 Bury Me Out On The Prairie / Little Joe The Wrangler – 31 (also on Varsity 5043, Montgomery Ward 3019, Homestead 22991)
3250 Cowboy‘s Home Sweet Home / God Pity The Life Of A Cowboy - 31 (also on Varsity 5034)
3275 Whoopee Ti-Yi-Yo, Git Along Little Doggies / The Old Chisholm Trail – 31 (also on Homestead 23003)
Montgomery Ward
M3016 God Pity The Life Of A Cowboy / [John Marvin]
M3017 Cowboy‘s Home Sweet Home / [Frank Marvin]
3020 The Old Chisholm Trail / [Clayton McMichen]
Varsity
5037 Poor Boy / [Bob Miller]
5044 The Old Chisholm Trail / [Clayton McMichen]

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.