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Saturday, November 17, 2012

Pal Rakes





Palmer Crawford "Pal" Rakes, *Tampa, FL
2nd version
By Praguefrank, Michel Ruppli, Lennart Gustavsson
SESSIONS
1964 poss. New York City -Pal and the Prophets
001 SHAME, SHAME, SHAME Scepter 1287
002 SHE'S DOING FINE Scepter 1287
11 December 1967 unknown – Pal Rakes and The Prophets
003 104119 CAN'T DENY THE HURT Verve VK 10576 Uptown UT 1001*
004 104120 OLD SHEP Verve VK 10576 Uptown UT 1001*
*issued as Paul Rames
1968 unknown - Pal And The Prophets (Producer: P.Rakes, L. Pakula, F.Dina)
005 J-PPR-1 LOTTA GOOD LOVIN‘Phil L.A. And Soul 328
006 J-PPR-2 I KEEP FOOLIN‘ MYSELF  Phil L.A. And Soul 328
007 PH-SEV-2X THE WHIP –instr.-  332
008 PH-PPR-4 I KEEP FOOLIN‘ MYSELF 332
1969 unknown - Pal Crawford (Producer: P.Rakes, L. Pakula, F.Dina)
009 J-PCR-1 THE BED Jamie 1376
010 J-PCR-2 SHOW A LITTLE APPRECIATION Jamie 1376
1969 unknown - Pal And The Prophets (Producer: P.Rakes, L. Pakula, F.Dina)
011 PEACE PIPE Jamie 1382
012 TEA –PEE  Jamie 1382
ca March 1970 Capitol Recording Studio, 151 W, 46th St., New York City – Palmer C. Rakes
013 CO 107205 VERONICA Columbia 4-45168
014 CO 107206 THAT WAS THEN 4-45168
4-5 January 1971 New York City – Palmer C. Rakes
015 CO 107412 SOME HEARTS NEVER LEARN 4-45345
016 CO 107413 TURN THE CORNER 4-45345
1974 unknown – Palmer C. Rakes III
017 323 MR. COOK Bryan B 1009
018 unknown title  Bryan B 1009
1975 Nashville, TN – Pal Rakes (unknown musicians + strings arr. by Bergen White. Producer: Norro Wilson)
019 361 LIVE IT UP Bryan B-1023
020 362? EVERY DAY GIRL Bryan B-1023
1976 unknown – Palmer C. Rakes
021 NOT AT THIS STAGE OF THE GAME Musicor MUS 2507
022 THE FUGITIVE Musicor MUS 2507
023 ONE STEP AHEAD OF THE DEVIL Musicor MUS 2507
024 WIND ME UP Musicor MUS 2507 
025 IF THE GOOD LORD ONLY LETS YOU LOVE ME Musicor MUS 2507
026 THE SNAKE Musicor MUS 2507 
027 GLEN AND JANE Musicor MUS 2507 
028 ANGELITA Musicor MUS 2507
029 THINK OF IT.GIRL Musicor MUS 2507  - 77
ca. February 1977 Nashville, TN – Pal Rakes (Producer: Norro Wilson)
030 VTN0799 THAT'S WHEN THE LYIN' STOPS (AND THE LOVIN' STARTS) Warner WBS8340
031 VTN0800 DIRTY OLD WOMEN WBS8340
032 VTN0801 IF I EVER COME BACK WBS8506
ca. June 1977 Nashville, TN – Pal Rakes (Producer: Norro Wilson)
033 VTN0850 'TIL I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE WBS8416
034 VTN0852 BLUE SUMMER WBS8416
035 VTN0853 LAY IT ON THE LINE WBS8506
ca. June 1978 Nashville, TN – Pal Rakes (Producer: Norro Wilson)
036 WTN1020 TILL THEN WBS 8656
037 WTN1021 IT'S SWEET BUSINESS DOING PLEASURE WITH YOU WBS 8656
ca. December 1978 Nashville, TN – Pal Rakes (Producer: Norro Wilson)
038 WTN1099 YOU AND ME AND THE GREEN GRASS [ed. 3:23] WBS8765 [long version:] WBS 8765 (promo)
039 BAD DEAL WBS 8765
ca Summer 1988 Scruggs Sound Studio, 2828 Azalea Place, Nashville, TN/Soundtrack Recording Studio, Nashville, TN. – Pal Rakes (unknown musicians. Producer: Nelson Larkin)
040 45738 I'M ONLY LONELY FOR YOU Atlantic America 9-99276/7-90964-2
041 WHEN LONELY GOES CRAZY Atlantic America 7-90964-2
042 WE DID IT ONCE (WE CAN DO IT AGAIN) Atlantic America 88800-7/7-90964-2
043 MIDNIGHT RAIN Atlantic America 7-90964-2
044 I FEEL A CHANGE COMIN' ON Atlantic America 99214-7/7-90964-2
045 POOR BOY Atlantic America 88800-7/7-90964-2
046 FOOLISH LIPS Atlantic America 7-90964-2
047 ALL YOU'RE TAKIN' IS MY LOVE Atlantic America 99214-7/7-90964-2
048 GREEN KENTUCKY EYES Atlantic America 7-90964-2
048 ONE MORE TIME Atlantic America 9-99276/7-90964-2
Pal Rakes recorded after 1988, some info in albums list

ALBUMS
Musicor MUS-2507 Palmer C. Rakes III:
Not At This Stage Of The Game; The Fugitive; One Step Ahead Of The Devil; Wind Me Up;  If The Good Lord Only Lets You Love Me; The Snake;  Glen And Jane;  Angelita;  Think Of It.Girl - 77
Atlantic America 7 90964-1/7-90964-2 Midnight Rain : I'm Only Lonely For You; When Lonely Goes Crazy; We Did It Once (We Can Do It Again); Midnight Rain; I Feel A Change Comin' On; Poor Boy; Foolish Lips; All You're Takin' Is My Love; Green Kentucky Eyes; One More Time – 88
 
EPs
RSPS ? Best of Pal's, Vol. 1:  Looking for a Way to Live;  You Don't Know the Shape I'm In; What's Wrong with Right Now?;  Country Girl;  I've Had Too Much of Too Litle;  Life Is Just a Poker Game;  Hot Lanta;  I Love Women – 29-09-17

 
 

 
SINGLES
Scepter (1964) Pal and the Prophets
1287 Shame, Shame, Shame /  She's Doing Fine -  64
Verve (1967)
VK 10576 Can't Deny The Hurt /  Old Shep – 01-68 (also on Uptown UT 1001 as Paul Rames)
Phil-L.A. Of Soul (1969)
328 Lotta Good Lovin' /  I Keep Foolin' Myself – 02-69
332 The Whip / I Keep Foolin' Myself – 06-69
Jamie (1969)
1376 The Bed / Show A Little Appreciation – 05-69 Pal Crawford
1382 Peace Pipe / Tea –Pee – 69 Pal and the Prophets
Columbia (1970-71) as by Palmer C.Rakes
4-45168 Veronica / That Was Then - 05-70
4-45345 Turn The Corner / Some Hearts Never Learn - 03-71
Bryan (1975)
B 1009 Mr. Cook / ? - 74
B-1023 Live It Up / Every Day Girl – 75
Warner Brothers (1977-79)
WBS 8340 That's When The Lyin' Stops / Dirty Old Women - 03-77
WBS 8416 'Til I Can Take It Anymore / Blue Summer - 07-77
WBS 8506 If I Ever Come Back / Lay It On The Line - 12-77
WBS 8656 Till Then / It's Sweet Business Doing Pleasure With You - 08-78
WBS 8765 You And Me And Green Grass / Bad Deal - 02-79
Atlantic America (1988-89)
7-99276 I'm Only Lonely For You / One More Time - 10-88
7-99214 All You're Takin' Is My Love / I Feel A Change Comin' On - 06-89
7-88800 We Did It Once / Poor Boy - 10-89

 

Harlan County Four



by Michel Ruppli, Alain Nicholas, Praguefrank
SESSIONS
29 October 1951 King Recording Studio, 1540 Brewster Ave., Cincinnati, OH – Harlan County Four (Alton Delmore [vcl/gt], Rabon Delmore [vcl/gt], Zeke Turner [vcl/gt or bass], Ulysses "Red" Turner [vcl/gt or mandolin]. Producer: Sydney Nathan)
001 K3284  SHOW ME THE WAY 45-1121/Audio Lab AL 1557 JSP 7784
002 K3285  GOD WILL GUIDE YOU 45-1121/JSP 7784
003 K3286  THE ATOMIC TELEPHONE 45-1016/JSP 7784
004 K3287  THE TEN COMMANDMENTS  45-1016/AL 1523 JSP 7784
005 K3288  MY FATHER’S MANSION 45-1050/JSP 7784
006 K3289  JOHN THREE-SIXTEEN 45-1050 /AL 1518 JSP 7784
007 K3290  START TO PRAYING  45-1068/JSP 7784
008 K3291  I CRIED HOLY  45-1068/AL 1504 JSP 7784
JSP [UK] JSP-7784 THE DELMORE BROTHERS, VOL. 3 – MORE FROM 1930S PLUS
 
SINGLES
King (1951)
45-1016 The Ten Commandments / The Atomic Telephone – 11-51
45-1050  John 3:16 / My Father's Mansion – 05-52
45-1068  I Cried Holy / Start To Praying – 07-52
45-1121  Show Me The Way / God Will Guide You – 12-52





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.