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Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Walter Smith


By Henk Scholts, Tony Russell, Thieu Van De Vorst

SESSIONS
20 March 1929  Gennett Recording Studio, Starr Piano Company Building, Whitewater Gorge Park, Richmond, In Smith & Woodlieff  (Walter Smith [vcl], Norman Woodlieff [gt/hmny vcl], Posey Rorer [fiddle])
001 G14933  BRACE UP AND BE A MAN, SHE SAID rejected trial recording
002 G14934  I'LL REMEMBER YOU, LOVE, IN MY PRAYERS  6840 15812 Supertone 9389 Conqueror 7277/DOCD-8062 BACM CD D 717
003 G14935-A  I AIN'T GONNA GRIEVE MY LORD ANY MORE 6840 15712 Supertone 9494/DOCD-8062
004 G14936  IT WON'T BE LONG TILL MY GRAVE IS MADE 6858 15730 45072 Supertone 9494/DOCD-8062 LP 518
005 G14937  THE OLD SCHOOL HOUSE PLAY GROUND  6809 15855 Challenge 431/DOCD-8062
006 G14938  I'D RATHER BE WITH ROSIE NELL  6858 Challenge 431/DOCD-8062
007 G14939  I LONG TO KISS YOU ALL THE TIME  unissued
008 G14940  THE BALD-HEADED END OF THE BROOM 6887 15772 Supertone 9454/DOCD-8062
009 G14941  IT'S SAD TO LEAVE YOU, SWEETHEART  6809 15730 45072 Supertone 9389 Conqueror 7277/DOCD-8062
010 G14942  OLD JOHNNY BUCKER WON'T DO  6825 Supertone 9407/DOCD-8062
011 G14943  CAT'S GOT THE MEASLES 6825 15772 Supertone 9407/DOCD-8062
012 G14944  WHY DID YOU PROVE UNTRUE rejected
013 G14945  WOTTA LIFE  rejected
COUNTY LP 518 MOUNTAIN SACRED SONGS (1967);  BACM CD D 717 OLDTIME
TUNES/SONGS VOL.7 (UK, 2024)
0 March 1929 Gennett Recording Studio, Starr Piano Company Building, Whitewater Gorge Park, Richmond, IN - Norman Woodlieff (Norman Woodlieff [gt/vcl], Posey Rorer [fiddle])
000 G14946 I FELL IN LOVE WITH A MARRIED MAN 6824 Challenge 428/DOCD-8062
000 G14947 BRACE UP AND BE A MAN, SHE SAID 6824 Challenge 428/DOCD-8062
000 G14948 WHAT WHISKEY WILL DO rejected
25 March 1930 Columbia Recording Studio, 1819 Broadway, New York City – Carolina Buddies/Walter Smith* (Walter Smith [vcl/hmny vcl], Lewis McDaniels [duet vcl/gt], Buster Carter [hmny vcl/banjo], Posey Rorer [fiddle])
014 W150114-1 THE MURDER OF THE LAWSON FAMILY 15537-D/BF-15521 DOCD-8062 [t.-2?] CS-9660
015 W150115-1 IN A COTTAGE BY THE SEA 15537-D/ BF-15521 DOCD-8062
016 W150116-1 THE STORY THE CROW TOLD ME* 15641-D / BF-15521 DOCD-8062
017 W150117-1 MY SWEETHEART IS A SLY LITTLE MISS 15641-D/ BF-15521 DOCD-8062
27 March 1930 New York City – Kid Williams (Walter Smith) (Lewis McDaniels [gt/vclduets as Kid Williams & Bill Morgan -3, as by Dixie Ramblers -4, as Roy Martin & his guitar -5], Buster Carter [banjo], Posey Rorer [fiddle])
018 9515-2 GREEN MOUNTAIN POLKA -4 Perfect 143/DOCD-8062
019 9516 LONG EARED MULE -4 Jewel 0003 Oriole 8003 Romeo 5003/DOCD-8062
020 9523-1 PLEASE DADDY COME HOME -3 JE20005 OR8005 RO5005 PE152/DOCD-8062
021 9524 MY HAPPY HOME I LEFT IN CAROLINE -3 JE20005 OR8005 RO5005 PE145//DOCD-8062
022 9525 MY FATHER DOESN¢T LOVE ME -5 JE20004 OR8004 RO5004 Homestead 16116/DOCD-8062
023 9526 THE HARD LUCK SOLDIER unissued
024 9527 I WANT TO BE CALLED PET AND SWEETHEART - 3 Perfect 152
025 9528 DON¢T BE ANGRY WITH ME SWEETHEART unissued
28 March 1930 New York City – Kid Williams (Walter Smith) (Lewis McDaniels [gt/vclduets as Kid Williams & Bill Morgan -3, as by Dixie Ramblers -4, as Roy Martin & his guitar -5], Buster Carter [banjo], Posey Rorer [fiddle])
026 9529 SANDY RIVER BELLS -4 JE20003 OR8003 RO5003 PE142/DOCD-8062
027 9530 OLD VIRGINIA BREAKDOWN -4 unissued
028 9531-2 I KNOW I¢LL MEET MY MOTHER AFTER ALL -3 BA32095 JE20017 OR8017 RO5017 PE145 CQ7740/DOCD-8062
029 9532-2 MOTHER KISS YOUR DARLING -3 Banner 32095 JE20017 OR8017 RO5017 PE145 CQ7740 Homestead 16106/DOCD-8062
030 9535-2 AGGRAVATING MOTHER-IN-LAW JE20006 OR8006 RO5006 PE146/DOCD-8062
031 9536 LOVE IS A FUNNY LITTLE THING PE146
032 9537 NORTH CAROLINA BLUES JE20006 OR8006 RO5006 PE144/DOCD-8063
033 9538-2 DOWN AMONG THE BUDDING ROSES JE20004 OR8004 RO5004 PE144/DOCD-8063
5 May 1930 New York City – Walter Smith aka Kid Williams acc Texas Mud Splashers (Walter Smith [vcl], Lois Dexter [banjo], Patt Patterson [steel], Lewis McDaniels [gt/vcl -3 duets with McDaniels as Kid Williams & Bill Morgan, -5 as Roy Martin, ?[harmonica 035])
034 9705-1 BIRMINGHAM JAIL -3 BA32096 JE20020 OR8020 RO5020 PE160 RE1030/DOCD-8063
035 9706-1 THE PRISONER AND THE ROSE BA32096 JE20020 OR8020 RO5020 PE160 RE10301/DOCD-8063
036 9707-3 WHEN HE DIED HE GOT A HOME IN HELL JE20028 OR8028 RO5028 Conqueror 7739/DOCD-8063
037 9708-2 I¢M GLAD I COUNTED THE COST JE20028 OR8028 RO5028 Conqueror 7739 Homestead 16094/DOCD-8063
038 9709 SWINGING IN THE LANE WITH NEL -3 unissued
039 9710 THE DRUNKARD¢S CHILD -3 unissued
6 May 1930 New York City – Walter Smith aka Kid Williams acc Texas Mud Splashers (Walter Smith [vcl], Lois Dexter [banjo], Patt Patterson [steel], Lewis McDaniels [gt/vcl -3 duets with McDaniels as Kid Williams & Bill Morgan, -5 as Roy Martin)
040 9711 NEHIND THE HEN HOUSE -5 unissued
041 9712 WHISPER YOUR MOTHER¢S NAME -5 unissued
042 9713 DESERT BLUES -5 unissued
043 9714-2 MAY I SLEEP IN YOUR BARN TONIGHT, MISTER? -3 Perfect 160/DOCD-8063
044 9719 BYE AND BYE YOU WILL FORGET ME -5 unissued
12 May 1930 Victor Studio, 44th St., New York City – Lewis McDaniel – Gid Smith (Walter Smith [vcl], Lewis McDaniels [gt/vcl/yodel#; duet -3, McDaniels with gtr -5], Patt Patterson [steel*], Lois Dexter [banjo*])
045 BVE-62220 I'VE LOVED YOU SO TRUE* -3 Victor 23505/ BF-15521 DOCD-8063
046 BVE-62221 IT'S HARD TO LEAVE YOU, SWEET LOVE* -3 40287 OTX 102/ BF-15521 DOCD-8063
047 BVE-62222 I WENT TO SEE MY SWEETHEART* 23505/ BF-15521 DOCD-8063
048 BVE-62223 ONE MORE KISS BEFORE I GO # -5 TT C-1560 Au 36-108/ BF-15521 DOCD-8063
049 BVE-62224 WE'LL TALK ABOUT ONE ANOTHER -3 40287 / BF-15521 DOCD-8063
050 BVE-62225 MY FATHER DOESN'T LOVE ME # -5 TT C-1560 Au 36-108/ BF-15521 DOCD-8063
24 February 1931 New York City – Carolina Buddies (Norman Woodlieff [vcl/gt/-2 duet vcl], Walter Smith [vcl, -1 solo vcl, 2-duet vcl], Odell Smith [fiddle])
051 W151340-2 WORK DON'T BOTHER ME Columbia 15663-D/ BF-15521 DOCD-8063
052 W151341-2 HE WENT IN LIKE A LION (BUT CAME OUT LIKE A LAMB) -1 15663-D / BF-15521 DOCD-8063
053 W151342 NO NO POSITIVELY NO unissued
054 W151343 HOW I LOVE PRETTY LIL LIZA unissued
055 W151344-2 MY EVOLUTION GIRL 15770-D / BF-15521 DOCD-8063
056 W151345-2 OTTO WOOD THE BANDIT 15652-D Cy 522/ BF-15521 DOCD-8063
057 W151346-2 BROKEN HEARTED LOVER -2 15652-D/ BF-15521 DOCD-8063
058 W151347 MISTREATED BLUES 15770-D/ BF-15521 DOCD-8063
late February / early March 1931 New York, NY - as by Virginia Dandies (Norman Woodlieff [vcl/gt], Walter Smith [vcl; 1- solo Woodlieff (issued as Jake Woodfield on Crown and Jake Woodcliff or Woodlief on Paramount); 2- duets by Smith and Woodlieff, Odell Smith [fiddle] + (063,064): Thelma Smith [gt/hmny vcl], Dorothy Smith [ukelele/hmny vcl], Walter Smith [ld vcl])
059 1215-2 THERE’S A MOTHER OLD AND GRAY WHO NEEDS ME NOW -1 Paramount 3280 Crown 3103 Homestead 23025/DOCD-8063
060 1218-2 I WONDER IF SHE CARES TO SEE ME NOW -1 Pm 3280/DOCD-8063
061 1220-1 THERE’S A BEAUTIFUL CITY CALLED HEAVEN -2 Crown 3145/DOCD-8063
062 1221-1 GOD’S GETTING WORRIED -2 Crown 3145/DOCD-8063
063 1222-2 ‘MID THE GREEN FIELDS OF VIRGINIA -2 Pm 3305 Crown 3103 Hs 23025/DOCD-8064
064 1224-1/2 THE CABIN WITH THE ROSES -2 Pm 3305/DOCD-8064
19 May 1931 Hotel Charlotte, 237 West Trade St., Charlotte, NC – Kid Smith & His Family (poss Norman Woodlieff [gt], Walter Smith [vcl], Thelma Smith [vcl/gt], Dorothy Smith [vcl/ukelele], Odell Smith [fiddle])
065 BVE-69313-1 WHISPER SOFTLY, MOTHER¢S DYIN¢ Victor 23576/DOCD 8064
066 BVE-69314-1 LITTLE BESSIE 23576/DOCD 8064
21 May 1931 Hotel Charlotte, 237 West Trade St., Charlotte, NC – Hawaiian Pals (Walter Smith [vcl], Ollie Humphries [steel/hmny vcl], Lewis McDaniels [gt/vcl])
067 BVE-69333-1 IF YOU¢LL BE MINE 23588
068 BVE-69334-1 IT¢S AWFUL WHAT WHISKEY WILL DO 23588
26 June 1931 Columbia Recording Studio, 55 5th Ave., New York City – Buster Carter & Preston Young (Preston Young [vcl/gt], Buster Carter [vcl/hmny vcl/banjo], Posey rover [fiddle])
069 W151643-2 IT'S HARD TO LOVE AND CAN'T BE LOVED Columbia 15690 D
070 W151644 WISH THAT GAL WERE MINE unissued
071 W151645-1/2 SWINGING DOWN THE LANE (I¢D RATHER BE ROSY NELL) unissued/DOCD-8064
072 W151646 WE¢LL BE MARRIED WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN unissued
073 W151647-1 IT WON'T HURT NO MORE 15702 D/ DOCD-8064
074 W151648-2 A LAZY FARMER BOY 15702 D/ DOCD-8064
075 W151649-1 WHAT SUGAR HEAD LICKER WILL DO 15758 D/ DOCD-8064
076 W151650-1 BILL MORGAN AND HIS GAL 15758 D/ DOCD-8064
077 W151651-1 I'LL ROLL IN MY SWEET BABY'S ARMS 15690 D/ DOCD-8064
078 W151652-1 SHE¢S A DARN GOOD GAL unissued/[va] C4K-47911 DOCD-8064
1 December 1936 New York City – Walter Smith aka Kid Smith & His Family (Walter Smith [ld vcl], Thelma Smith [gt/vcl], Dorothy Smith [ucelele/vcl])
079 20346-2 YOU GIVE ME YOUR LOVE (AND I¢LL GIVE YOU MINE) 03414 ARC 70351/DOCD 8064
080 20347 WHISPER SOFTLY MOTHER'S DYING unissued
081 20348 COME UP HERE MY LITTLE BESSIE unissued
082 20349-1 HOMESTEAD IN THE WILDWOOD unissued
2 December 1936 New York City – Walter Smith aka Kid Smith & His Family (Walter Smith [ld vcl], Thelma Smith [gt/vcl], Dorothy Smith [ucelele/vcl])
083 20352-2 LYING DADDY BLUES ARC 70476 03482/DOCD 8064
084 20353-2 MAMA CAT BLUES ARC 70476 03482 /DOCD 8064
085 20354-1 MISSISSIPPI FREIGHT TRAIN BLUES ARC 70352 03415 CQ8788 /DOCD 8064
086 20355-2 TEN I SERVED AND TEN TO SERVE ARC 70452 03443 CQ8787 /DOCD 8064
087 20356 IT WON¢T BE LONG ¢TIL MY GRAVE IS MADE unissued
5 December 1936 New York City – Walter Smith aka Kid Smith & His Family (Walter Smith [ld vcl], Thelma Smith [gt/vcl], Dorothy Smith [ucelele/vcl])
088 20369-2 I'M NOT ANGRY WITH YOU DARLING ARC 70351 03414 /DOCD 8064
089 20370 DO NOT WAIT TIL I'M LAID NEATH THE CLAY unissued
090 20371-2 MAMA, YOU'RE A MESS ARC 70352 03415 CQ8788/DOCD 8064
8 December 1936 New York City – Walter Smith aka Kid Smith & His Family (Walter Smith [ld vcl], Thelma Smith [gt/vcl], Dorothy Smith [ucelele/vcl])
091 20349-2 HOMESTEAD IN THE WILDWOOD ARC 70452 03443 CQ8787/DOCD-8064

ALBUMS
Bear Family [GER] BF-15521 Walter Smith Carolina Buddies And Others, vol.1: I Went To See My Sweetheart; One More Kiss Before I Go; It’s Hard To Leave You Sweet Love; I’ve Loved You So True; In A Cottage By The Sea; Broken Hearted Lover; We’ll Talk About One Another; My Father Doesn’t Love Me Anymore; Otto Wood The Bandit; The Murder Of The Lawson Family; The Story That The Crow Told Me; My Evolution Girl; My Sweetheart Is A Sly Miss; He Went In Like A Lion (But Came Out Like A Lamb); Work Don’t Bother Me; Mistreated Blues - 76
Document [EUR] DOCD-8062 Walter Smith & Friends Vol.1 (March 1929 - February 1930) - The Bald-Headed End Of A Broom: I’ll Remember You Love In My Prayers; I Ain’t Gonna Grieve My Lord Anymore; It Won’t Be Long Till My Grave Is Made; The Old Schoolhouse Playground; I’d Rather Be With Rosy Nell; The Bald-Headed End Of A Broom; It’s Sad To Leave You Sweetheart; Old Johnny Bucker Wouldn’t Do; The Cat’s Got The Measles And The Dog’s Got Whoopin’ Cough;I Fell In Love With A Married Man;Brace Up And Be A Man She Said; The Murder Of The Lawson Family; In A Cottage By The Sea; The Story That The Crow Told Me; My Sweetheart Is A Sly Miss; Green Mountain Polka; Long Eared Mule; Please Daddy Come Home; My Happy Home I Left In Caroline; My Father Doesn’t Love Me; Sandy River Bells; I Know I’ll Meet My Mother After All; Mother Kiss Your Darling; Aggravating Mother-In-Law - 02
Document [EUR] DOCD-8063 Walter Smith & Friends Vol.2 (March 1930 - February 1931) North Carolina Blues: North Carolina Blues; Down Among The Budding Roses; Birmingham Jail; The Prisoner And The Rose ; When He Died He Got A Home In Hell; I’m Glad I Counted The Cost; May I Sleep In Your Barn Tonight Mister?; I’ve Loved You Do So True; It’s Hard To Leave You Sweet Love; I Went To See My Sweetheart; One More Kiss Before I Go; We’ll Talk About One Another; My Father Doesn’t Love Me; Work Don’t Bother Me; He Went In Like A Lion (But Came Out Like A Lamb); My Evolution Girl; Otto Wood The Bandit; Broken Hearted Lover; Mistreated Blues; There’s A Mother Old And Gray Who Needs Me Now; I Wonder If She Cares To See Me Now; There’s A Beautiful City Called Heaven; God’s Getting Worried - 02
Document [EUR] DOCD-8064 Walter Smith & Friends Vol. 3 (February 1931 -December 1936) I’ll Roll In My Sweet Baby’s Arms: Mid The Green Fields Of Virginia; The Cabin With The Roses; Whisper Softly Mother’s Dying; Little Bessie; If You’ll Be Mine; It’s Awful What Whiskey Will Do; It’s Hard To Love And Can’t Be Loved; Swinging Down The Lane (I’d Rather Be Rosy Nell); It Won’t Hurt No More; A Lazy Farmer Boy; What Sugar Head Licker Will Do; Bill Morgan And His Gal; I’ll Roll In My Sweet Baby’s Arms; She’s A Darn Good Gal; You Give Me Your Love (And I’ll Give Mine); Homestead In The Wild Wood; Lying Daddy Blues; Mama Cat Blues; Mississippi Freight Train Blues; Ten I Served And Ten To Serve; I’m Not Angry With You Darling; Mama You’re A Mess - 02


SINGLES
Gennett (1928) aka Smith & Woodlieff
Gennett
6809 The Old Schoolhouse Play Ground / It’s Sad To Leave You, Sweetheart
6824 I Fell In Love With A Married Man / Brace Up And Be A Man, She Said
6825 Old Johnny Bucker Wouldn’t Do / The Cat’s Got The Measles And The Dog’s Got The Whoopin’ Cough
6858 It Won’t Be Long Till My Grave Is Made / I’d Rather Be With Rosy Nell
6887 The Bald-Headed End Of A Broom / [Carson Robison]
Champion (As Jim Taylor & Bill Shelby)
15730 It Won’t Be Long Till My Grave Is Made / It’s Sad To Leave You, Sweetheart (reissued on 45072)
15772 The Bald-Headed End Of A Broom / The Cat’s Got The Measles And The Dog’s Got The Whoopin’ Cough
15812 I’ll Remember You Love In My Prayers / I Ain’t Gonna Grieve My Lord Anymore
15855 The Old Schoolhouse Play Ground / [Patterson & Caplinger]
Supertone (As Jerry Jordan (Or Jordan & Rupert) or By Norris Brothers*)
9454 The Bald-Headed End Of A Broom / [Carson Robison]
9389* I’ll Remember You Love In My Prayers / It’s Sad To Leave You, Sweetheart
9494 I Ain’t Gonna Grieve My Lord Anymore / It Won’t Be Long Till My Grave Is Made
9407 Old Johnny Bucker Wouldn’t Do /The Cat’s Got The Measles And The Dog’s Got The Whoopin’ Cough
Conqueror
7277 I’ll Remember You Love In My Prayers / It’s Sad To Leave You, Sweetheart - 30
Challenge (As Conley & Logan)
431 The Old Schoolhouse Play Ground / I’d Rather Be With Rosy Nell
Columbia (1930, 1931) As By Carolina Buddies
15537-D The Murder Of The Lawson Family / In A Cottage By The Sea - 30
15641-D The Story That The Crow Told Me (Solo Walter Smith] / My Sweetheart Is A Sly Little Miss - 30
15652-D Otto Wood The Bandit / Broken Hearted Lover - 31
15663-D Work Don’t Bother Me / He Went In Like A Lion (But Came Out Like A Lamb) - 31
15690-D It’s Hard To Love And Can’t Be Loved / I’ll Roll In My Sweet Baby’s Arms - 31 As By Buster Carter & Preston Young
15702-D It Won’t Hurt No More / A Lazy Farmer Boy – 31 As By Buster Carter & Preston Young
15758-D What Sugar Head Licker Will Do / Bill Morgan And His Gal – 31 As By Buster Carter & Preston Young
15770-D My Evolution Girl / Mistreated Blues – 31
ARC labels (1930, 1936) As By Kid Williams
Perfect
143 Green Mountain Polka / Sandy River Bells
144 North Carolina Blues / Down Among The Budding Roses
145 My Happy Home I Left In Caroline / I Know I’ll Meet My Mother After All
146 Aggravating Mother-In-Law / Love Is A Funny Little Thing (Walter Smith solo)
152 Please Daddy Come Home / I Want To Be Called Pet And Sweetheart
160 Birmingham Jail / May I Sleep In Your Barn Tonight Mister?
Jewel
20003 Long Eared Mule / Sandy River Bells (also Oriole 8003, Romeo 5003)
20004 My Father Doesn’t Love Me / Down Among The Budding Roses (also Oriole 8004, Romeo 5005)
20005 Please Daddy Come Home / My Happy Home I Left In Caroline – (also Oriole 8005, Romeo 5005]
20006 Aggravating Mother-In-Law / North Carolina Blues (also Oriole 8006, Romeo)
20017 I Know I’ll Meet My Mother After All / Mother Kiss Your Darling – (also Oriole 8017, Romeo 5017, Conqueror 7740)
20020 Birmingham Jail / The Prisoner And The Rose (also Oriole 8020, Romeo 5020)
20028 When He Died He Got A Home In Hell / I’m Glad I Counted The Cost (also Oriole 8028, Rome 5028, Conqueror)
Homestead
I’m Glad I Counted The Cost / (not by WS)
16106 Mother Kiss Your Darling / (not by WS)
16116 My Father Doesn’t Love Me / Down Among The Budding Roses
Banner
32095 Mother Kiss Your Darling / (not by WS)
Victor (1930) As By Kid Smith & Family (1931)
Victor
V 40287 It’s Hard To Leave You, Sweet Love / We’ll Talk About One Another – 30 As By Lewis McDaniel - Gid Smith
23505 I’ve Loved You Do So True / I Went To See My Sweetheart – 30 As By Lewis McDaniel - Gid Smith
23576 Whisper Softly, Mother’s Dying / Little Bessie – 31 As By Kid Smith & Family
23588 If You’ll Be Mine / It’s Awful What Whiskey Will Do – 31 As By Hawaiian Pals
Timely Tunes
C-1560 One More Kiss Before I Go /My Father Doesn’t Love Me (also on Aurum 36-108)
Paramount (1931) As By Virginia Dandies
Paramount
3145 There’s A Beautiful City Called Heaven / God’s Getting Worried - 31
3280 There’s A Mother Old And Gray Who Needs / I Wonder If She Cares To See Me Now - 31
3305 ‘Mid The Green Fields Of Virginia / The Cabin With The Roses – 31 w. Thelma Smith
Crown
3103 ‘Mid The Green Fields Of Virginia / (not WS)
3280 I Wonder If She Cares To See Me Now / (not WS)
Melotone & other ARC labels (1936) As By Kid Smith & His Family
7-03-51 You Give Me Your Love (And I’ll Give You Mine) / I’m Not Angry With You Darling – 03-37
7-03-52 Mississippi Freight Train Blues / Mama You’re A Mess – 03-37 (also on Conqueror 8788)
7-04-52 Ten I Served And Ten To Serve / Homestead in the wildwood – 04-37 (also on Conqueror 8787)
7-04-76 Lying Daddy Blues / Mama Cat Blues – 04-37

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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
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