Ranch Boys

By Henk Scholts, Walter Gabriel, Thieu Van De Vorst, Mario Manciotti
SESSIONS

By Henk Scholts, Walter Gabriel

SESSIONS

7 September 1934 Chicago, IL – Ranch Boys (Jack Ross [vcl], Joe Curley Bradley (Raymond Courtney) [vcl/gt], Ken Carson [vcl/gt]) 

001 C 9416-A  THE LAST ROUND-UP  Decca 5017 Panachord 25955/CCD 208

002 C 9417-B  THE OLD SPINNING WHEEL  5017/CCD 208

003 C 9418-B  TUMBLING TUMBLEWEEDS  5040 Panachord 25999

004 C 9419-A  WHEN IT’S SPRINGTIME IN THE ROCKIES  5016 Panachord 25990

11 September 1934 Chicago, IL – Ranch Boys (Jack Ross [vcl], Joe Bradley [vcl], Ken Carson [vcl/gt]) 

005 C 9438-A  THE UTAH TRAIL  5016 Panachord 25990

006 C 9439-A  RAGTIME COWBOY JOE  5074 Panachord 25713/CCD 208

007 C 9440-A,B  THE DYING MOUNTAINEER  rejected

008 C 9441  WONDER VALLEY  rejected

28 September 1934 Chicago, IL – Ranch Boys (Jack Ross [vcl], Joe Bradley [vcl], Ken Carson [vcl/gt]) 

009 C 9534-A  WHERE THE MOUNTAINS MEET THE SEA  5040 Panachord 25955

19 October 1934 Chicago, IL – Ranch Boys (Jack Ross [vcl], Joe Bradley [vcl], Ken Carson [vcl/gt]) 

010 C 9580-A  COWBOY’S LAMENT  5061* Panachord 25907/CCD 208

011 C 9581-A  THE STRAWBERRY ROAN  5074  Panachord 25970/CCD 208

012 C 9582-A  A HOME ON THE RANGE  5045 Panachord 26038

013 C 9583-A  RED RIVER VALLEY  5045 Panachord 25999

* matrix C-9630 replaced matrix C-9580 on later pressings of De 5061

29 October 1934 Chicago, IL – Ranch Boys (Jack Ross [vcl], Joe Bradley [vcl], Ken Carson [vcl/gt]) 

014 C 9598-A  CARRY ME BACK TO THE LONE PRAIRIE  5046 Panachord 26038

015 C 9599-A  YOU’RE JUST A FLOWER FROM AN OLD BOUQUET  5046         Panachord 25713

31 December 1934 Chicago, IL – Ranch Boys (Jack Ross [vcl], Joe Bradley [vcl], Ken Carson [vcl/gt]) 

016 C 9625-A  OLD FAITHFUL  5061/CCD 208

8 January 1935 Chicago, IL – Ranch Boys (Jack Ross [vcl], Joe Bradley [vcl], Ken Carson [vcl/gt]) 

017 C 9630-A  COWBOY¢S LAMENT  5061*

018 C 9631-A,B,C  IN AN OLD LOG CABIN  rejected

* matrix C-9630 replaced matrix C-9580 on later pressings of De 5061
16 April 1935 Chicago, IL – Ranch Boys (Jack Ross [vcl], Joe Bradley [vcl], Ken Carson [vcl/gt]) 

019 C 9926-C  ROLL ALONG COVERED WAGON  5113

020 C 9927-C  RIDIN‘ THE RANGE  5113 Panachord 25907

24 April 1935 Chicago, IL – Ranch Boys (Jack Ross [vcl], Joe Bradley [vcl], Ken Carson [vcl/gt]) 

021 C 9948-A  MISSOURI WALTZ (HUSH-A-BYE MY BABY)  5167 Decca (UK) F5633

022 C 9949-A  JUST AN EVENING AT HOME  5167 Panachord 25946

023 C 9950-A  ME AND MY BURRO  5128 Panachord 25946

024 C 9951-A  BEAUTIFUL OHIO  5128 Decca (UK) F5633

4 March 1936 Furniture Mart Building, 666 Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL – Ranch Boys (Jack Ross [vcl], Joe Bradley [vcl], Ken Carson [vcl/gt]) 

025 C 90676  LONE STAR  Panachord 25940 Brunswick [RSA] SA1102

026 C 90677  THE OLD OAK TREE  Panachord 25940 Brunswick [RSA] SA1102

27 May 1936 Furniture Mart Building, 666 Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL  – Ranch Boys (Jack Ross [vcl], Joe Bradley [vcl], Ken Carson [vcl/gt]) 

027 C 90756-A,B  TWILIGHT ON THE TRAIL unissued

028 C 90757-A,B  PRAIRIE MOONLIGHT AND YOU  unissued

029 C 907580-A  MEXICAN MEDLEY  rejected

16 June 1936 Furniture Mart Building, 666 Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL – Ranch Boys (Jack Ross [vcl], Joe Bradley [vcl], Ken Carson [vcl/gt]) 

030 C 90756-D  TWILIGHT ON THE TRAIL 5234 Melotone (CAN)45237

031 C 90757-D  PRAIRIE MOONLIGHT AND YOU  5234 Melotone (CAN)45237 Minerva M-14074

31 July 1936 Furniture Mart Building, 666 Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL – Ranch Boys (Jack Ross [vcl], Joe Bradley [vcl], Ken Carson [vcl/gt]) 

032 C 90810-A  HIDEEN VALLEY  5258 Decca (AUS) X1268 Melotone (CAN)45240/CCD 208

033 C 90811-A,B  WE’LL REST AT THE END OF THE TRAIL  unissued

034 C 90812  THE OLD CORRAL  5258 Decca (AUS) X1268 Melotone (CAN)45240 Panachord 25970/CCD 208

12 December 1936 Furniture Mart Building, 666 Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL – Ranch Boys (Jack Ross [vcl], Joe Bradley [vcl], Ken Carson [vcl/gt]) 

035 C 91051-B  WANDERERS (MY FLOP EARED MULE, MY BROKEN DOWN HORSE AND ME) 5319 Decca (AUS) X1371 Melotone (CAN)45242 Panachord 25915

036 C 91052-A  LITTLE AH SID  5319 Decca (AUS) X1371 Melotone (CAN)45242 Panachord 25915 Minerva M-14070/CCD 208

037 C 91053-A,B  BURY ME OUT ON THE PRAIRIE (I GOT NO USE FOR THE WOMEN)  unissued

038 C 91054-A,B  LITTLE OLD SOD SHANTY  unissued

29 January 1937 Furniture Mart Building, 666 Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL – Ranch Boys (Jack Ross [vcl], Joe Bradley [vcl], Ken Carson [vcl/gt]) 

039 C 91108-A  BURY ME OUT ON THE LONE PRAIRIE  5341 Decca (AUS) X1364 Melotone (CAN)45243 Panachord 25936 Minerva M-14070

040 C 91109-A  LITTLE OLD SHANTY ON THE CLAIM  5341 Decca (AUS) X1364 Melotone (CAN)45243 Panachord 25936 Minerva M-14070

20 March 1937 Furniture Mart Building, 666 Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL – Ranch Boys (Jack Ross [vcl], Joe Bradley [vcl], Ken Carson [vcl/gt]) 

041 C 91140-A  MY LITTLE BUCKAROO*  5354 Decca (AUS) X1356 Melotone (CAN)45223

042 C 91141-A  OLE PARDNER  5354 Decca (AUS) X1356 Melotone (CAN)45223 Panachord 25921

* from the Warner Bros. picture "Cherokee Strip"
28 October 1938 Decca Recording Studio, Pythian Temple, 135 West 70th St., New York City – Ranch Boys (Jack Ross [vcl], Joe Bradley [vcl], Ken Carson [vcl/gt]) 

043 64713-A  COWBOY¢S DREAM/STRAWBERRY ROAN  unissued

044 64714-A  CHISHOLM TRAIL / YELLOW ROSE OF TEXAS Decca 2642

045 64715-A  CLEMENTINE / AH SID Decca (UK) F 7364      

046 64716-A,B  LITLE OLD SOD SHANTY ON THE CLAIM/GOODBYE OLD PAINT unissued

047 64717-A,B  BUFFALO GALS/COWBOY DANCE  unissued

048 64718-A,B  GIT ALONG LITTLE DOGGIES/LITTLE JOE THE WRANGLER   unissued

049 64719-A  BURY ME OUT ON THE LONE PRAIRIE/COWBOY¢S LAMENT  Decca (UK) F 7366     

050 64720-A  COWBOY JACK/RED RIVER VALLEY Decca 2645

051 64721-C  BIG CORRAL / SWEET BETSY FROM PIKE 2646 Decca (UK) F7367

052 64722-C  HOME ON THE RANGE 2646 Decca (UK) F7367 Vocalion 55027 Album VP-2

29 October 1938 Decca Recording Studio, Pythian Temple, 135 West 70th St., New York City – Ranch Boys (Jack Ross [vcl], Joe Bradley [vcl], Ken Carson [vcl/gt]) 

053 64723-A  THEY CUT DOWN THE OLD PINE TREE  Decca (UK) F7739

054 64724-A  THE WEST, A NEST AND YOU    unissued

055 64725-A  LET THE REST OF THE WORLD GO BY rejected

056 64726-A  THE PRISONER'S SONG  Decca (UK) F7739

5 April 1939 Decca Recording Studio, Pythian Temple, 135 West 70th St., New York City – Ranch Boys (Jack Ross [vcl], Joe Bradley [vcl], Ken Carson [vcl/gt]) 

057 64713-C  COWBOY¢S DREAM/ THE STRAWBERRY ROAN*  2642 Decca (UK) F7363* Vocalion 55028 Album 65 Album VP-2

058 64714-D  THE CHISHOLM TRAIL / THE YELLOW ROSE OF TEXAS* 2642 Decca (UK) F7363* Vocalion 55028 Album 65 Album VP-2

059 64715-C  CLEMENTINE / LITTLE AH SID 2643 Vocalion 55027 Album 65 Album VP-2

060 64716-C  THE LITLE OLD SOD SHANTY ON THE CLAIM*/GOODBYE OLD PAINT 2643 Decca (UK) F7364* Album 65

061 64718-D  GIT ALONG LITTLE DOGGIES/LITTLE JOE THE WRANGLER   2644 Decca (UK) F7365 Album 65

16 April 1939 Decca Recording Studio, Pythian Temple, 135 West 70th St., New York City – Ranch Boys (Jack Ross [vcl], Joe Bradley [vcl], Ken Carson [vcl/gt]) 

062 64717-D  BUFFALO GALS/COWBOY DANCE  2644 Decca (UK) F7365 Album 65

063 64719-C  BURY ME OUT ON THE LONE PRAIRIE/COWBOY¢S LAMENT  2645  Album 65? [take –D] Vocalion 55029  Album 65? Album VP-2

064 64720-C  COWBOY JACK/RED RIVER VALLEY  2645  Decca (UK) F7366 Vocalion 55029 Album 65 Album VP-2

7 March 1941 Chicago, IL – Ranch Boys (Jack Ross [vcl], Joe Bradley [vcl], Ken Carson [vcl/gt]) 

065 C 93558-A  IN THE CHAPEL IN THE MOONLIGHT  3852 24930 Album 237 754/DL 5194 CCD 208

066 C 93559-A  WAGON WHEELS      3849 24929 Album 237 754/DL 5194 CCD 208

067 C 93560-A  THE LAST ROUNDUP    24928 Album  754

068 C 93561-A  THERE'S A HOME IN WYOMIN'      3849 24929 Album 237 754/DL 5194 CCD 208

069 C 93562-A  THE OLD SPINNING WHEEL    3852  24930 Album 237 754

070 C 93563-A  THE CALL OF THE CANYON    3850 24931 Album 237 754/DL 5194 CCD 208

071 C 93564-A  LIGHTS OUT   3851 24931 Album 237 754/DL 5194 CCD 208

072 C 93565-A  ALL ASHORE     3851  Album 237/DL 5194 CCD 208

073 C 93566-A  EMPTY SADDLES 3848 24928 Album 237 754/DL 5194 CCD 208

074 C 93567-A  COLORADO MEMORIES       3850 Album 237/CCD 208

Ca 1940/41 [The World Transcriptions] unknown – Ranch Boys (Betty Lou [vcl])
07401 800-4644 NORA O'NEAL CCD 208
07402 800-4646 MICHAEL ROY CCD 208
07403 800-4647 BY THE SILV''RY RIO GRANDE CCD 208
07404 800-4648 WAIT FOR THE WAGON CCD 208
1940s [Thesaurus transcriptions] unknown – Ranch Boys (Jack Ross [vcl], Joe Bradley [vcl], Ken Carson [vcl/gt]) 
07501 OLD BLACK MOUNTAIN TRAIL  310

07502 GOLDEN RIVER 310

07503 COWBOY’S HEAVEN 310

07504 BY A WINDOW AT THE END OF THE LANE 310

07505 HAND ME DOWN MY WALKIN’CANE  310

07606 WHEN THE BLOOM IS ON THE SAGE 310

07607 PRETTY QUADROON 310

07608 ROCK ME TO SLEEP IN MY ROCKY MOUNTAIN HOME 310

07609 MY DESERT ROSE  310

07610 SWEET GENEUIEVE  310

07611 WONDER VALLEY 328

07612 RIDGE RUNNING ROAN  328

07613 ARIZONA HERE I COME 328

07614 ROLL ON LITTLE DOGGIE-THEME  328

07615 JUST AN EVENING AT HOME 333

07616 MY LITTLE COW PONY 333

07617 LITTLE OLD RAG DOLL 333

07618 HOME ON THE RANGE  333

07619 RED RIVER VALLEY  333

07620 ROUNDUP IN THE SKY 344

07621 AT THE RAINBOW’S END 344

07622 THERE’S AN AEMPTY COT IN THE BUNKHOUSE TONIGHT 344

07623 STEER’S LAMENT 344

07624 CAMPTOWN RACES 344

07625 LITTLE AH SID  356

07626 BURY ME OUT ON THE PRAIRIE 356

07627 MY DARLING NELLIE GRAY  356

07628 COEBOY’S LAMENT  356

07629 KINGDOM COMING  356

07630 BLUE MOUNTAIN SHACK  379

07631 WHEN IT’S SPRINGTIME IN THE ROCKIES  379

07632 OLE FAITHFUL 379

07633 IN THE VALLEY OF YESTERDAY  379

07634 WABASH NOON 390

07635 I KNOW THE LORD’S DONE LAID HIS HAND ON ME 390

07636 PRAIRIE MOONLIGHT AND YOU  390

07637 WELL I SWAN  390

07638 WHEN THE WHITE AZALEAS START BLOOMING 416

07639 CALL OF THE ROCKIES  416

07640 NEVADA MOON 416

07641 DOWN BY THE OLD RUSTIC WELL 416

07642 STRAWBERRY ROAN  425

07643 HILLBILLYW EDDING IN JUEN 425

07644 WHEN IT’S PRAYER ,EETIN’TIME IN THE HOLLOW 425

07645 GOLDEN SLIPPERS 425

07646 WHEN THE BEES ARE IN THE VALE  440

07647 WAIT FOR THE WAGON 440

07648 UNCLE NED  440

07649 LITTLE BROWN CHURCH IN THE VALLEY 440

07650 MY BONNIE LIES OVER THE OCEAN  440

07651 BLUE TAIL FLY 447

07652 OLD TIME RELIGION 447

07653 ROVING GAMBLER 447

07654 SPANISH CAVALIER 447

07655 IT’S HARVEST TIME  459

07656 CLOUDS WILL SOON ROLL BY 459

07657 TAKE ME BACK TO COLORADO 459

07658 IN AN OLD LOG CABIN 459

07659 IN THE CUMBERLAND MOUNTAINS 459

07660 ONLY A FADED BLUE BONNET 488

07661 THAT SILVER HAIRED DADDY OF MINE 488

07662 MLLOU WOUNTAIN MOON 488

07663 HALLELUJAH I’M A BUM  488

07664 LITTLE GIRL DRESSED IN BLUE 488

07665 LANE COUNTY BACHELOR  515

07666 KEEP A LIGHT IN THE WINDOW TONIGHT  515

07667 OLD CHISHOLM TRAIL  515

07668 WHEN THE WORK’S ALL DONE THIS FALL 515

07669 COWBOY JACK 515

07670 ROLL JORDAN ROLL 540

07671 NANCY TILL 540

07672 GOODBYE OLD PAINT  540

07673 DESE BONES FWINE TER RISE AGAIN 540

07674 ROAMIN’COWBOY  540

07675 NELLIE WAS A LADY 540

07676 CLEMENTINE 540

07677 ROL;L ALONF COVERED WAGON 728

07678 MY BLUE MOUNTAIN HOME IN THE WEST 728

07679 ALONE ON THE PRAIRIE 728

07680 PRARIIE SKIES 728

07681 WE’LL REST AT THE END OF THE TRAIL 741

07682 BIG CORRAL 741

07683 CARRY ME BACK TO THE MOUNTAINS 741

07684 MY LITTLE COW PONY AND I  741

07685 HIDDEN VALLEY 741

07686 ALONG A TEXAS TRAIL  747

07687 RAGTIME COWBOY JOE 747

07688 EMPTU SADDLES  747

07689 BOOTS AND SADDLE 747

07690 BLAZIN’THE TRAIL  747

ALBUMS
Decca DL-5194 The Last Round-Up: The Last Round-Up; Empty Saddles; Wagon Wheels; There's A Home In Wyomin'; The Old Spinning Wheel; In The Chapel In The Moonlight; The Call Of The Canyon; Lights Out – 50 (10“ album, MX MG 1520/1. Originally issued as 78 RPM album A-754 in 1941)

Cattle Compact [GER] CCD 208 Cowboy Harmony: Ragtime Cowboy Joe; The Old Corral; The Strawberry Roan; Hidden Valley; Little Ah Sid;  Ole Faithful; The Cowboy's Lament; The Old Spinning Wheel; In The Chapel In The Moonlight; Empty Saddles; Wagon Wheels;  There's A Home In Wyomin'; The Call Of The Canyon; Lights Out; All Ashore; Colorado Memories; The Last Round-Up; Nora O'neal;  Michael Roy; By The Silv''ry Rio Grande; Wait For The Wagon – 98

BACM [UK] CD D 012 Songs of the Plains: Beautiful Ohio; Big Corrall/Sweet Betsy From Pike; Home On The Range; Buffalo Gals/Cowboy’s High Tone Dance; Missouri Waltz; Whoopie Ti Yi Yo/Little Joe The Wrangler; Bury Me Out On The Prairie/Cowboy’s Lament; Cowboy Jack/Red River Valley; Carry Me Back To The Lone Prairie; You’re Just A Flower From An Old Bouquet; The Chisholm Trail/Yellow Rose Of Texas; Clementine/Little Ah Sid; Little OId Sod Shanty/Goodbye Old Paint; The Old Corrall; Ragtime Cowboy Joe; The Last Roundup; Ole Faithful; Wagon Wheels; Springtime In The Rockies; Lights Out - 02

BACM [UK] CD  D 536 The Ranch Boys vol. 2 – More Songs Of The Plains: Rock Me To Sleep In My Rocky Mountain Home; Desert Rose; Golden River; Cowboy’s Heaven; By A Window At The End Of The Lane; Genevieve; Hand Me Down My Walking Cane;  Wonder Valley; Ridge Running Roan; Arizona Here I Come; Roll On Little Dogies (Cowboy’s Dream); The Utah Trail; Little Buckaroo; Old Pardner; Me And My Burro; Wanderers Of The Wasteland; Ridin' The Range; Git Along Little Dogies; Left My Gal In The Mountains; When The Roses Bloom Again; When The Bees Are In The Hive; Nancy Till; Gooseberry Pie;  In The Cumberland Mountains;  Sleepy Valley;  There's A Blue Sky Away Out Yonder;  Sweet Betsy From Pike;  Open Up Them Pearly Gates – 10-16

SINGLES (only US issues listed, except tracks unissued in the USA;   for abroad issues see sessionography)

Decca

5016 The Utah Trail / When It’s Springtime In The Rockies – 09-34
5017 The Last Round-Up / The Old Spinning Wheel – 09-34
5040 Tumbling Tumbleweeds / Where The Mountains Meet The Sea – 10-34
5045 Home On The Range / Red River Valley – 11-34
5046 Carry Me Back To The Lone Prairie / You’re Just A Flower From An Old Bouquet – 11-34
5061 A Cowboy’s Lament / Old Faitful     (twi different matrix used on 1st/2nd issue) - 35
5074 Ragtime Cowboy Joe / The Strawberry Roan  - 03-35
5113 Roll Along Covered Wagon /  Ridin‘ The Range - 35
5128 Me And My Burro  /  Beautiful Ohio - 35
5167 Missouri Waltz (Hush-A-Bye My Baby)  /  Just An Evening At Home – 01-36
Panachord 25940 Lonestar / The Old Oak Tree  (also in RSA on Brunswick  SA1102)
5234 Twilight On The Trail  / Prairie Moonlight And You – 06-36
5258 Hideen Valley / The Old Corral - 36
5319 Wanderers (My Flop Eared Mule, My Broken Down Horse And Me) / Little Ah Sid  - 37
5341 Bury Me Out On The Lone Prairie / Little Old Shanty On The Claim   - 37
5354 My Little Buckaroo / Ole Pardner  - 04-37
2642 Chisholm Trail - Yellow Rose Of Texas / Cowboy’s  Dream - The Strawberry Roan
2643 Clementine - Little Ah Sid / The Litle Old Sod Shanty On The Claim - Goodbye Old Paint
2644 Git Along Little Doggies - Little Joe The Wrangler /  Buffalo Gals - Cowboy Dance 
2645 Cowboy Jack - Red River Valley / Bury Me Out On The Lone Prairie - Cowboy’s  Lament
2646 Big Corral - Sweet Betsy From Pike / Home On The Range 2646
F7363 Cowboy’s  Dream/ The Strawberry Roan / The Chisholm Trail - The Yellow Rose Of Texas (UK issue)
F7364 Clementine - Ah Sid / The Litle Old Sod Shanty On The Claim - Goodbye Old Paint (UK issue)
F7365 Git Along Little Doggies - Little Joe The Wrangler / Buffalo Gals - Cowboy Dance (UK issue)
F7366 Bury Me Out On The Lone Prairie – Cowboy‘s Lament / Cowboy Jack - Red River Valley (UK issue)
F7367 Big Corral - Sweet Betsy From Pike / Home On The Range (UK issue)
F7739 They Cut Down The Old Pine Tree / The Prisoner's Song – 39 (UK issue)
3848 The Last Roundup / Empty Saddles – 41 (reissued on 24928)
3849 Wagon Wheels / There's A Home In Wyomin' – 41 (reissued on 24929)
3850 The Call Of The Canyon / Colorado Memories – 41 (reissued on  24931)
3851 Lights Out / All Ashore – 41
3852 In The Chapel In The Moonlight  / The Old Spinning Wheel  -41 (reissued on 24930)
Vocalion 55027 Home On The Range / Clementine - Little Ah Sid
Vocalion 55028 Cowboy’s  Dream -The Strawberry Roan /  The Chisholm Trail - The Yellow Rose Of Texas
Vocalion 55029  Bury Me Out On The Lone Prairie -  Cowboy’s  Lament / Cowboy Jack - Red River Valley 
78 RPM albums:
Decca A-65: De 2642, 2643, 2644, 2645
Decca A-237: De 3848, 3849, 3850, 3851, 3852
Decca A-754: De 24928, 24929, 24930, 24931
Vocalion VP-2: Vo 55027, 55028, 55029