Al Dean

By Mario Manciotti, Praguefrank
SESSIONS
Fall 1958 unknown – Al Dean & His All Stars
001 FRAGILE HEART Warrior WA 506/Bison Bop LP-2046
002 BLUE SKY WALTZ Warrior WA 506
Possibly from session above
003 QUEEN OF ROCK Bison Bop LP-2046
BISON BOP LP-2046 THE BOP THAT NEVER STOPPED, VOL. 36 (GER, 1985)
1959 unknown – Al Dean & His All Stars
004 VERGE OF THE BLUES Warrior WA 508
005 I SHOT BILLY JOE WA 508
1960/1961 unknown – Al Dean & His All Stars
006 HORSES CARRY TALES D 1166
007 HANDFUL OF ASHES D 1166
008 GIRL AT THE BAR D 1192
009 I NEED NO CHAINS D 1192
010 I'LL WIN AGAIN D 1218
011 ONE HEARTACHE FROM THE BLUES D 1218
1963 unknown – Al Dean & His All Stars
012 LOOKING FOR A NEW MAMA Manco 1043
013 BLUE SKY WALTZ Manco 1043
1966 Nashville, TN – Al Dean (Producer: Pete Drake)
014 SoN 29531 JUST ONE OF THE BOYS Stop ST 109/Kik R 10004
015 IT LOOKS UP Kik-R 10004
016 CHANGE YOUR WAYS OF LIVING Kik-R 10004
017 COTTON EYED JOE Paid PAD 135 Kik-R K-202/10004
018 SoN 29532 RUFF NECK PAY CHECK [aka ROUGHNECK PAYCHECK*] Stop ST 109*/ Kik-R 10004
019 A JOLE BLON Kik-R 10004
020 THEY'LL COME BACK Kik-R 10004
021 THE GIRL OF MY DREAMS Kik-R 10004
022 JALISCO Paid PAD 135 Kik-R K-202/10004
023 CIGAREETS & WHUSKEY Kik-R 10004
024 ONE HEART BEAT FROM THE BLUES Kik-R 10004
025 LONG LONELY NIGHTS Kik-R 10004
Al Dean recorded after 1966, incomplete info in albums and singles list

ALBUMS
Kik-R 10004 From Texas To Nashville: It Looks Up; Change Your Ways Of Living; Cotton Eyed Joe; Ruff Neck Pay Check; A Jole Blon; They'll Come Back; The Girl Of My Dreams; Jalisco; Cigareets & Whuskey; One Heart Beat From The Blues; Long Lonely Nights; Just One Of The Boys - 67
Kik-R 10009 Al Dean & His All-Stars: (tracks unknown)
Kik-R 10011 On The Bandstand: (tracks unknown)
Kik-R 10012 Kick’N’: Cotton Eyed Joe; A Jole Blon; Rose Valley Polka; Foggy Mountain Breakdown; Blue Sky Waltz; Jalisco; South Texas Waltz; Sweetheart Schottische; Put Your Little Foot; Model "A" Polka – 67
Kik-R 10013 Mr. Cotton Eyed Joe (Plays Urban Cowboys): Cotton Eyed Joe; Ten Pretty Girls; Home Town Waltz; Rancho Grande; Don't You Ever Get Tired (Of Hurting Me); Silver Threads And Golden Needles; Fraulein; Last Date; Release Me; Together Again; San Antonio Rose – 80 (recorded in Houston, TX, reissued on Glad 2004 in 1999)
Kik-R 10014 "T" For Texas: There Ain’t No Lukenbach Texas; Slowly; Making Believe; When A Rocky Mountain High Hits A Mexico Low; Dim Lights, Thick Smoke; If You See Kay; T For Texas; I’m In Love; Pick Me Up On Your Way Down; Don’t Be Angry – 81
Kik-R 10015 Texico: (tracks unknown) – 82
Kik-R 10016 Texas Our Texas: Texas Our Texas; El Paso; Cowtown; Texico; Cotton Eyed Joe (The National Anthem of Texas; Texas Schottische; Streets of Laredo; San Antonio Rose; Yellow Rose of Texas – 8-
Kik-R 20001 Down our Way: (tracks unknown)
Glad 7023Al Dean Sings: Verge Of The Blues; Anybody Going To San Antone; Bubble In My Beer; Cattle Call; Walk A Little Slower Warden; That Silver Hired Daddy Of Mine; Girl At The Bar; Ruff Neck Paycheck; It Looks Up; Casting My Lasso; Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes – 11-96
Heart Of Texas ? Still Kikn' King Of The Cotton Eyed Joe: Cotton Eyed Joe; On of These Days; I Can't Put the Bottle Down; Shackles and Chains; Hobo's Meditation; Slowly; Dim Lights; Cattle Call; Bubbles In My Beer (feat. Galen Dean); Steel Toed Shoes; Long Black Limousine; Flowers; One Heartbeat From the Blues; Resting On My Laurels; Casting My Lasso; Jalisco – 10-11-09 (sampler)
Note: release data of Kik-R albums needs to be veryfied, many confusing info exist ( 10004 & 10012 was confirmed from the label)


SINGLES
Warrior (1958-59)
WA 506 Fragile Heart / Blue Sky Waltz – 12-58
WA 508 Verge Of The Blues / I Shot Billy Joe - 59
D (1960-61)
1166 Horses Carry Tales / Handful Of Ashes – 11-60
1192 Girl At The Bar / I Need No Chains – 06-61
1218 I'll Win Again / One Heartache From The Blues – 11-61
Manco (1963)
1043 Looking For A New Mama / Blue Sky Waltz - 63
1057 I'll Win Again / One Heartache From The Blues – (possibly reissue of D 1218)
Stop
ST 109 Just One Of The Boys / Roughneck Paycheck – 67
ST 318 Don’t Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes / Mary Was Good To Me – 69
Nashville
5331 It Looks Up / It’s Me, I’m Home Again - 68
Kik-R
K 202 Cotton Eyed Joe / Jalisco - 67 (also on Paid PAD-135)
K 203 Model "A" Polka / Verge Of The Blues
K 204 Casting My Lasso / Nearer To You
K 206 Sweetheart Schottische / Sign Of The Times
K 208 One Hearbreak From The Blues / ?
K 209 Put Your Little Foot / Can't Put The Bottle Down
K 212 Jole Blon / Cigarettes And Whuskey
K 214 Let’s Go Dancing / Hands Across The Border
K 217 Casting My Lasso / One Of These Days
K 218 El Rancho Grande / Don‘t You Ever Get Tired Of Hurting Me
K 219 Cotton Eyed Joe [vocal] / Ten Pretty Girls
K 222 Put Your Little Foot / Sweetheart Scottische
Sonic/TGL (unknown)
174 Thanks For The Little Things / The Hangman