Red Rector

SESSIONS (see also Carl Story, J. E. Mainer, Wade Mainer, Johnny and Jack, Reno and Smiley and Hylo Brown)
by Praguefrank, Mario Manciotti with acknowledgements to Wolf Ruediger Sommer
1969 unknown - Red Rector & Fred Smith (Bill Chambers [banjo], Kenny Baker [fiddle])
001 ONE LITTLE WORD County 721
002 FOGGY VALLEY County 721
003 GATHERING FLOWERS FROM THE HILLSIDE County 721
004 THIS IS THE END County 721
005 COTTON EYED JOE County 721
006 ARE THERE TEARS BEHIND YOUR SMILE County 721
007 MORE PRETTY GIRLS THAN ONE County 721
008 BLUE TOMORROW County 721
009 STONEY FORK County 721
010 BEFORE I MET YOU County 721
011 INDIAN WARRIOR County 721
012 I'LL NEVER LET YOU WORRY MY MIND ANYMORE County 721
1970 unknown - Red Rector
013 DR. ZHIVAGO Syntar S-152
014 FADED LOVE Syntar S-152
Summer 1973 unknown - Red Rector & Doug Green, Vic Jordan and the Buck White Family
015 PUT ME IN YOUR PACKET Old Homestead OHS-90023
016 TRAGIC ROMANCE Old Homestead OHS-90023
017 HOW ABOUT YOU Old Homestead OHS-90023
018 SHOUT AND SHINE Old Homestead OHS-90023
019 DON'T SAY GOODBYE IF YOU LOVE ME Old Homestead OHS-90023 020 SWEET ALLALEE Old Homestead OHS-90023
021 JUST OVER IN THE GLORYLAND Old Homestead OHS-90023
022 CRAZY MARY Old Homestead OHS-90023
023 WHISTLING RUFUS Old Homestead OHS-90023
024 RUBBER DOLL (RAG) Old Homestead OHS-90023
025 PADDY ON THE TURNPIKE Old Homestead OHS-90023
026 FLOP EARED MULE Old Homestead OHS-90023
027 REDWING Old Homestead OHS-90023
028 DOMINIQUE Old Homestead OHS-90023
4 June & 18 June 1974 [10:00-15:00 & 12:15-14:45] Roy D. Homer Studio, Camp Springs, MD - Bill Clifton (Red Rector [vcl/mandolin], John Duffey [vcl/mandolin/gt], Walter Hensley [banjo], Tom Gray [vcl/bass], Kenny Baker [fiddle/gt], Mike Seeger [vcl/autoharp/fiddle/gt]. Producer: David Freeman)
000 COME BY THE HILLS County 751 BCD 16425
000 FAST EXPRESS County 751 BCD 16425
000 GOING DOWN THE VALLEY County 751 BCD 16425
000 GOING TO SCOTLAND County 751 BCD 16425
000 HONEY I'M RAMBLIN' AWAY County 751 BCD 16425
000 I LOVE YOU BEST County 751 BCD 16425
000 LITTLE POPLAR LOG HOUSE ON THE HILL County 751 BCD 16425
000 MARK'S TUNE County 751 BCD 16425
000 THERE'S A LITTLE PINE LOG CABIN County 751 BCD 16425
000 THIS WORLD CAN'T STAND LONG County 751 BCD 16425
000 PRETTY FLOWERS unissued/ BCD 16425
000 BLUE EYED ELAINE County 751 BCD 16425
000 I'VE GOT MY ONE WAY TICKET County 751 BCD 16425
1975 unknown - Red Rector
029 APPALOOSA Old Homestead OHS-90044
030 GREAT MIAMI STORM Old Homestead OHS-90044
031 ST. ANN'S REEL Old Homestead OHS-90044
032 BLACKBERRY BLOSSOM Old Homestead OHS-90044
033 SNOW SHOES Old Homestead OHS-90044
034 HOMINY CREEK Old Homestead OHS-90044
035 RED HAIRED BOY Old Homestead OHS-90044
036 SOMEWHERE MY LOVE Old Homestead OHS-90044
037 TENNESSEE WAGGONER Old Homestead OHS-90044
038 MAPLE SUGAR Old Homestead OHS-90044
039 EAST TENNESSEE BLUES Old Homestead OHS-90044
040 WHEN THEY RING THE GOLDEN BELLS Old Homestead OHS-90044
15 & 16 June 1975 KA Studio, Roanoke, VA - Bill Clifton (Red Rector [vcl/mandolin], Billy Edwards [banjo], John Palmer [bass], Tater Tate [fiddle]. Producer: Dave Freeman)
000 HAPPY DAYS Breakdown [UK] 001 County 758 BCD 16425
000 I'LL BE TRUE WHILE YOU'RE GONE Breakdown [UK] 001 County 758 BCD 16425
000 I WONDER IF YOU FEEL THE WAY I DO Breakdown [UK] 001 County 758 BCD 16425
000 LOVE AND WEALTH Breakdown [UK] 001 County 758 BCD 16425
000 PLANT SOME FLOWERS BY MY GRAVESIDE Breakdown [UK] 001 County 758 BCD 16425
000 REMEMBER ME Breakdown [UK] 001 County 758 BCD 16425
000 SHAME ON YOU Breakdown [UK] 001 County 758 BCD 16425
000 SILENCE AND TEARS Breakdown [UK] 001 County 758 BCD 16425
000 WILL THERE BE ANY STARS IN MY CROWN Breakdown [UK] 001 County 758 BCD 16425
000 WHEN THE SPRINGTIME COMES AGAIN Breakdown [UK] 001 County 758 BCD 16425
000 WE PARTED BY THE RIVERSIDE Breakdown [UK] 001 County 758 BCD 16425
000 WON'T IT BE WONDERFUL THERE Breakdown [UK] 001 County 758 BCD 16425
1975 poss. Nashville, TN - Norman Blake & Red Rector (Junior Huskey, Charlie Collins)
041 WIDOW'S CREEK Flying Fish FF-010
042 BRISTOL IN THE BOTTLE Flying Fish FF-010
043 BILLY GRAY Flying Fish FF-010
044 FORKED DEER Flying Fish FF-010
045 RUBAGFRE Flying Fish FF-010
046 CUCKOO'S NEST Flying Fish FF-010
047 WITCH OF THE WAVE Flying Fish FF-010
048 MY OLD HOME IN THE GREEN MOUNTAIN SIDE Flying Fish FF-010
049 MILLER'S REEL Flying Fish FF-010
050 DRY GRASS ON THE HIGH FIELDS Flying Fish FF-010
051 HARVEY'S REEL Flying Fish FF-010
052 RAILROAD DAYS Flying Fish FF-010
053 VALLEY HEAD Flying Fish FF-010
054 SWEET HEAVEN Flying Fish FF-010
055 SALLY IN THE GARDEN Flying Fish FF-010
056 AJIMINA Flying Fish FF-010
057 FLAT ROCK Flying Fish FF-010
7 & 8 March 1976 Peter Wehrspann Tonstudio, Schellerten, GER - Bill Clifton & Red Rector (Jean-Blaise Rochat [banjo/gt/vcl])
058 ARE YOU FROM DIXIE WAM 69024 Bear Family BF-15013 BCD 16425
059 ASHDOWN WALTZ WAM 69024 BF-15013 BCD 16425
060 DIXIE CANNONBALL WAM 69024 BF-15013 BCD 16425
061 DOWN IN MY OLD CABIN HOME WAM 69024 BF-15013 BCD 16425
062 FOURTEEN DAYS IN GEORGIA WAM 69024 BF-15013 BCD 16425
063 IT TAKES A LONG TALL BROWN SKIN GAL TO MAKE A PREACHER LAY HIS BIBLE DOWN WAM 69024 BF-15013 BCD 16425
064 KEEP THAT WHEEL A-TURNING WAM 69024 BF-15013 BCD 16425
065 ON THE SEA OF GALILEE WAM 69024 BF-15013 BCD 16425
066 SHE HAS FORGOTTEN BF-15013 BCD 16425
067 SUGARTREE STOMP 69024 BF-15013 BCD 16425
068 TALL PINES WAM 69024 BF-15013 BCD 16425
069 OLD MAN'S STORY WAM 69024 BF-15013 BCD 16425
070 THERE'S NO OTHER LOVE FOR ME WAM 69024 BF-15013 BCD 16425
071 SPIRIT OF LOVE WATCHES ME WAM 69024 BF-15013 BCD 16425
072 VALLEY OF PEACE WAM 69024 BF-15013 BCD 16425
073 YOU'RE MY BEST FRIEND WAM 69024 BF-15013 BCD 16425
March 1976 [live] Coventry, UK - Bill Clifton & Red Rector
07301 SWEET ALLALEE Elf CD-104
07302 ONE LITTLE WORD Elf CD-104
07303 MCKINLEY'S MARCH Elf CD-104
07304 PLANT SOME FLOWERS BY MY GRAVESIDE Elf CD-104
07305 DON'T SAY 'GOOD-BYE' IF YOU LOVE ME Elf CD-104
07306 I'LL NEVER LET YOU WORRY MY MIND ANYMORE Elf CD-104
07307 FOURTEEN DAYS IN GEORGIA Elf CD-104
07308 REMEMBER ME Elf CD-104
07309 SHE'S MY CURLEY-HEADED BABY Elf CD-104
07310 WHEN I STOP DREAMING Elf CD-104
07311 I'LL BE TRUE WHILE YOU'RE GONE Elf CD-104
07312 YOU'RE MY BEST FRIEND Elf CD-104
07313 SILENCE OR TEARS Elf CD-104
07314 DOMINIQUE Elf CD-104
07315 WILL THERE BE ANY STARS IN MY CROWN Elf CD-104
07316 WHEN THE SPRINGTIME COMES AGAIN, LITTLE ANNIE Elf CD-104
07317 WON'T IT BE WONDERFUL THERE Elf CD-104
07318 LOVE AND WEALTH Elf CD-104
07319 BILE THEM CABBAGE DOWN Elf CD-104
07320 GATHERING UP THE SHELLS FROM THE SEASHORE Elf CD-104
07321 LITTLE WHITE-WASHED CHIMNEY Elf CD-104
07322 SOMEWHERE MY LOVE Elf CD-104
Summer 1976 unknown - Red Rector & Norman Blake
074 THE GIRL I LEFT BEHIND ME County 755
075 DENVER BELLE County 755
076 LORENA County 755
077 OLD SPINNING WHEEL County 755
078 MISSISSIPPI SAWYER County 755
079 RED WING County 755
080 CRICKET ON THE HEARTH County 755
081 LIMEHOUSE BLUES County 755
082 GREEN LEAVES OF SUMMER County 755
083 FREIGHT TRAIN County 755
084 DARLING NELLIE ACROSS THE SEA County 755
085 DARLIN' HONEY County 755
1977 unknown - Bill Clifton (Red Rector [mandolin/vcl], Charlie Collins [gt], Mike Auldridge [dobro], Bill Keith [banjo], Tom Gray [bass], Jim Brock [fiddle])
000 BLUE DREAMS County 765 BCD 16425
000 COUNTRY IS A FEELING IN YOUR SOUL County 765 BCD 16425
000 FROM JERUSALEM TO JERICHO County 765 BCD 16425
000 I NEED THE PRAYERS OF THOSE I LOVE County 765 BCD 16425
000 LET ME MAKE YOU SMILE AGAIN County 765 BCD 16425
000 MAYBE YOU WILL MISS ME WHEN I'M GONE County 765 BCD 16425
000 NIGHT IN JUNE County 765 BCD 16425
000 OVER THE HILL County 765 BCD 16425
000 RAININ' ON THE MOUNTAIN County 765 BCD 16425
000 SIX BELLS County 765 BCD 16425
000 WHEN AUTUMN LEAVES BEGIN TO FALL County 765 BCD 16425
000 WILL THE ANGELS HAVE A SWEETHEART County 765 BCD 16425
000 JUMPIN' OLD RATTLER unknown/ BCD 16425
ca 1977 Thunderhead Sound Studios, ? - Steve Kaufman & Red Rector
086 ALABAMA JUBILEE Thunderhead TH 1003
087 GREY EAGLE Thunderhead TH 1003
088 I KNOW WHAT IT MEANS Thunderhead TH 1003
089 BEAUMONT RAG Thunderhead TH 1003
090 BYE BYE BLUES Thunderhead TH 1003
091 SCOTLAND THE BRAVE Thunderhead TH 1003
092 FADED SAN ANTONE Thunderhead TH 1003
093 RAGTIME ANNIE Thunderhead TH 1003
094 CLARINET POLKA Thunderhead TH 1003
095 RESIGN YOURSELF Thunderhead TH 1003
ca 1977 [live] Down Yonder Saloon, Maryville, TN - Steve Kaufman & Red Rector
09501 DOWN YONDER Thunderhead TH 1003
27 February 1978 Oak Valley Sound Studio, Nashville, TN - Red Rector
096 CROSSING THE MOORS Revonah RS-931
097 BLUE EYES CRYING IN THE RAIN Revonah RS-931
098 ROSES OF PICCARDY Revonah RS-931
099 ARE THERE TEARS BEHIND YOUR SMILE Revonah RS-931
100 TWINKLE TWINKLE LITTLE STAR Revonah RS-931
101 GOSPEL SHIP Revonah RS-931
102 SALZBURG STOMP Revonah RS-931
103 I'LL NEVER LET YOU WORRY MY MIND ANYMORE Revonah RS-931
104 SOMEBODY LOVES YOU DARLING Revonah RS-931
105 WHISTLING RUFUS Revonah RS-931
106 OUR HOME WILL BE LONESOME TONIGHT Revonah RS-931
107 DOWN WHERE THE WATERMELONS GROW Revonah RS-931
29 February & 1 March 1980 Wes Sound Recording Studio, Asheville, NC - Red Rector
108 BIRDIE BIRDIE Revonah RS-935
109 STUCK UP BLUES Revonah RS-935
110 FADED LOVE Revonah RS-935
111 WINDOW UP ABOVE Revonah RS-935
112 OLD COUNTRY CHURCH Revonah RS-935
113 BLUE TOMORROW Revonah RS-935
114 HOPIN JOHN Revonah RS-935
115 LITTLE CABIN HOME Revonah RS-935
116 MADISON COUNTY Revonah RS-935
117 PUT ME IN YOUR POCKET Revonah RS-935
118 DON'T SAY GOODBYE IF YOU LOVE ME Revonah RS-935
119 LORD LEAD ME ON Revonah RS-935
18 July 1983 Butterside Studio, Asheville, NC – Red Rector & Jethro Burns (Jethro Burns [mandolin/gt-1], Red Rector [mandolin/gt-2], Buck peacock [gt], Bob White [bass])
120 RAINBOW Rebel REB-1626
121 CIELITO LINDO Rebel REB-1626
122 BACK HOME IN INDIANA Rebel REB-1626
123 WHEN I GROW TOO OLD TO DREAM Rebel REB-1626
124 FISHER'S HORNPIPE Rebel REB-1626
125 DOWN YONDER Rebel REB-1626
126 CEPT OLD BILL Rebel REB-1626
127 I DON'T LOVE NOBODY Rebel REB-1626
128 LIMEHOUSE BLUES Rebel REB-1626
129 ARKANSAS TRAVELER Rebel REB-1626
130 WHEN YOU AND I WERE YOUNG MAGGIE Rebel REB-1626
131 LARA'S THEME Rebel REB-1626
132 FLOP EARED MULE Rebel REB-1626

ALBUMS
County 721 Songs From The Heart Of The Country: One Little Word; Foggy Valley; Gathering Flowers From The Hillside; This Is The End; Cotton Eyed Joe; Are There Tears Behind Your Smile; More Pretty Girls Than One; Blue Tomorrow; Stoney Fork; Before I Met You; Indian Warrior; I'll Never Let You Worry My Mind Anymore - 69 w. Fred Smith
Old Homestead OHS-90023 Red Rector/Ballads And Instrumentals: Put Me In Your Packet; Tragic Romance; How About You; Shout And Shine; Don't Say Goodbye If You Love Me; Sweet Allalee; Just Over In The Gloryland; Crazy Mary; Whistling Rufus; Rubber Doll (Rag); Paddy On The Turnpike; Flop Eared Mule; Redwing; Dominique - 73 w.Doug Green, Vic Jordan and the Buck White Family
Old Homestead OHS-90044 Appaloosa: Appaloosa; Great Miami Storm; St. Ann's Reel; Blackberry Blossom; Snow Shoes; Hominy Creek; Red Haired Boy; Somewhere My Love; Tennessee Waggoner; Maple Sugar; East Tennessee Blues; When They Ring The Golden Bells - ca 10-75
Wam 69 024 Bill Clifton And Red Rector In Europe: Are You From Dixie; Down In My Old Cabin Home; Spirit Of Love Watches Over Me; Fourteen Days In Georgia; You Are My Best Friend; Dixie Cannonball; Keep That Wheel A-Turning; Valley Of Piece; It Takes A Long Tall Brown Skin Gal To Make/A Preacher Lay His Bible Down; Old Man's Story; Ashdown Waltz; On The Sea Of Galilee; There's No Other Love For Me; Tall Pines - 76 w. Red Rector (released in Germany. Reissued in 1977 on Bear family BF-15013 Are You From Dixie with bonus songs: She Has Forgotten; Sugartree Stomp)
County 755 Norman Blake & Red Rector (Guitar And Mandololin): Girl I Left Behind Me; Denver Belle; Lorena; Old Spinning Wheel; Mississippi Sawyer; Red Wing; Cricket On The Hearth; Limehouse Blues; Green Leaves Of Summer; Freight Train; Darling Nellie Across The Sea; Darlin' Honey - ca 10-76 w. Norman Blake
Thunderhead TH-1003 Nat'l. Flat-Pickin' Championship: Alabama Jubilee:Grey Eagle; I Know What It Means; Beaumont Rag; Bye Bye Blues; Scotland The Brave; Faded San Antone; Ragtime Annie; Clarinet Polka; Resign Yourself; Down Yonder - ca 78
Revonah RS-931 Red Rector And Friends: Crossing The Moors; Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain; Roses Of Piccardy; Are There Tears Behind Your Smile; Twinkle Twinkle Little Star; Gospel Ship; Salzburg Stomp; I'll Never Let You Worry My Mind Anymore; Somebody Loves You Darling; Whistling Rufus; Our Home Will Be Lonesome Tonight; Down Where The Watermelons Grow - 78
Strictly Country SCR 2 Good Friends. Vol. 1: (tracks unknown) - 80 A.G. & Kate, with Don Stover & Red Rector (possibly live, Netherlands)
Revonah RS-935 Back Home In Madison County: Birdie Birdie; Stuck Up Blues; Faded Love; Window Up Above; Old Country Church; Blue Tomorrow; Hopin John; Little Cabin Home; Madison County; Put Me In Your Pocket; Don't Say Goodbye If You Love Me; Lord Lead Me On - 80
Strictly Country SCR 6 From This Day On: (tracks unknown) - 82 A.G. & Kate, with Don Stover & Red Rector (possibly live, Netherlands)
Rebel REB-1626 Old Friends: Rainbow; Cielito Lindo; Back Home In Indiana; When I Grow Too Old To Dream; Fisher's Hornpipe; Down Yonder; Cept Old Bill; I Don't Love Nobody; Limehouse Blues; Arkansas Traveler; When You And I Were Young Maggie; Lara's Theme; Flop Eared Mule - 83
Old Homestead OHCS 4022 Rual, Red & Joe - Classic Bluegrass: (tracks unknown) - 01 Rual Yarbrough, Red Rector & Joe Stuart
Elf ELF CD-104 Alive!: Sweet Allalee; One Little Word; Mckinley's March; Plant Some Flowers By My Graveside; Don't Say 'Good-Bye' If You Love Me; I'll Never Let You Worry My Mind Anymore; Fourteen Days In Georgia; Remember Me; She's My Curley-Headed Baby; When I Stop Dreaming; I'll Be True While You're Gone; You're My Best Friend; Silence Or Tears; Dominique; Will There Be Any Stars In My Crown; When The Springtime Comes Again, Little Annie; Won't It Be Wonderful There; Love And Wealth; Bile Them Cabbage Down; Gathering Up The Shells From The Seashore; Little White-Washed Chimney; Somewhere My Love - 01 w. Bill Clifton

SINGLES
Syntar (1970)
152 Dr. Zhivago / Faded Love - 70