By Dick Grant & Phil Tricker With Acknowledgements To Marc Ryan
Story & Session Discography By Dick Grant & Phil Tricker Originally Appeared In Rockin’ Fifties #76 2000.
SESSIONS
3 February 1953 ACA Studio, 5520 Washington Ave., Houston, TX – “Lucky“Joe Almond (Joseph Curtis “Lucky Joe” Almond [vcl/ac gtr], R.B. Mitchell [ld gt], Charley Ward [steel], Hilton Giger [bass], Clayton Parker [fiddle], Anthony “Tony” Rogark [piano], Lillian McMurry [ac board]. Producer: Lillian McMurry)
001 DRC-154/ACA-2436 ROCK ME Trumpet No. 78/45-199/Wendi LP-000003 Esoldun RR-2009 Cactus Trumpet-1 Proper PROPERBOX 103, Jasmine JASMCD-469
002 DRC-155/ACA-2435 THE LAST WALTZ Trumpet No. 78/45-199/Esoldun RR-2009
WENDI LP-000003 LET’S GO ROCK-A-BILLY (AUS, 1980); ESOLDUN RR-2009 HILLBILLY BOGGIE & ROCK-A-BILLY (FRA, 1987); PROPER PROPERBOX 103 FROM BOPPIN’ HILLBILLY TO RED HOT ROCKABILLY (UK, 2006); JASMINE JASMCD-469 ROCK ME, MISSISSIPPI HILLBILLY BOOGIE, BOP & THE HONKY TONK BLUES (UK, 2008)
18 January 1954 Diamond Recording Studio, 309 N. Farish, Jackson, MS – “Lucky“Joe Almond (Joe Almond [vcl/ac gt], D. Tucker [bass vcl-1], Clyde Harris or Clyde Holmes [ld gt], Raymond “Ray” McCall [steel], John “Johnny” Morgan or Carl “Wimpy” Jones [bass], William “Billy” Tabb [piano]. Producer: Lillian McMurry)
003 DRC-197 Unknown Title -1 Trumpet 222 [Unissued]
004 DRC-198/ACA-2860 GONNA ROLL AND ROCK Trumpet No. 78-221 No. 45-221/Wendi LP-000003 Esoldun RR-2009 ev-Ola Bandstand CR REV-170 Jasmine JASMCD-469 Cactus Trumpet-1
005 DRC-199 Unknown Title -1 Trumpet 222 [Unissued]
006 DRC-200 HICKORY NUT BOOGIE Trumpet No. 78-221 No. 45-221/Zomboco CD-8 Jasmine JASMCD-469 Cactus Trumpet-1
The above recordings were mastered by ACA in Houston, Tx.
REV-OLA BANDSTAND CR REV-170 COUNTRY GOES ROCK ‘N’ ROLL, Vol.2. THE NEW BREED (2006); ZOMBOCO CD-8 is titled “REAL RARE ROCKABILLY, Vol.8
18 January 1954 Diamond Recording Studio, 309 N. Farish, Jackson, MS – “Lucky“Joe Almond (Joe Almond [vcl/ac gt], D. Tucker [bass vcl-1], Clyde Harris or Clyde Holmes [ld gt], Raymond “Ray” McCall [steel], John “Johnny” Morgan or Carl “Wimpy” Jones [bass], ? [fiddle-2] William “Billy” Tabb [piano]. Producer: Lillian McMurry)
007 DRC-221/ACA-3038 EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK [I’LL BE LOVING YOU]-2 Trumpet No. 78-233 No. 45-233/Cactus Trumpet-1
008 DRC-222/ACA-3039 TANGLEWOOD WALTZ -1-2 Trumpet No. 78-233 No. 45-233/Cactus Trumpet-1
009 DRC-223 LET THE ROUGH END DRAG Trumpet 234 [Unissued]
010 DRC-224 I’M BETTER OFF WITHOUT YOU 234 [Unissued]
The above recordings were mastered by ACA in Houston, Tx.
CACTUS TRUMPET-1 TRUMPET RECORDS HILLBILLY JACKSON-MISSISSIPPI (2010)
ca March 1955 Diamond Recording Studio, 309 N. Farish, Jackson, MS – Chick Soley and His Westernaires (John “Chick” Soley [vcl/gt], “Lucky” Joe Almond [gt], Harold Wilson [gt]: Harold Sanders [bass], Otis Butler [drums], Lillian McMurry [vcl effts-1], Grace Graham & The Graham Sisters [bck vcl]. Producer: Lillian McMurry)
000 GL-226/ACA-3352 DON’T LET YOUR LIPS SAY YES (AND YOUR HEART SAY NO) Globe 45-236
000 GL-227/ACA-3351 I JUST WANT TO BE YOURS -1 45-236
GLOBE 45-236 released 1956.
The above recordings were mastered by ACA in Houston, Tx. in ca March 1956
17 March 1956 Diamond Recording Studio, 309 N. Farish, Jackson, MS – “Lucky“Joe Almond (Joe Almond [vcl/ac gt], Clyde Holmes [ld gt], James “Jimmy” Scoggins [bass], “Fast Freddie” Frederick Waits [drums], David Campbell [piano], Duke Huddleston [sax], Lewis Jones [sax], Sherrill Holly [sax]. Producer: Lillian McMurry)
011 GL-234/ACA-3339 GO ON AND TALK YOUR HEAD OFF Globe 45-240
012 GL-235/ACA-3340 OO-O-O-O-! ANYTHING GOES 45-240
The above recordings were mastered by ACA in Houston, Tx.
SINGLES
Trumpet (1953-55)
78-199/45-199 The Last Waltz / Rock Me – 53 (rev Aug. 1)
78-221/45-221 Gonna Roll And Rock / Hickory Nut Boogie – 54 (rev. Aug. 7)
222 ? / ? – 54 (unissued)
78-233/45-233 Every Day Of The Week (I’ll Be Loving You) / Tanglewood Waltz - 55
234 Let The Rough End Drag / I’m Better Off Without You – 55 (unissued)
Globe (1956)
45-240 Go On And Talk Your Head Off / Oo-O-O-O-! Anything Goes – 05-56
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Chapmans
By Praguefrank
SESSIONS
1997 unknown – The Chapmans
001 TROUBLE IN THE FIELDS
002 I WILL NEVER TURN BACK
003 UNCLE BUD CAME HOME
004 THEN THE LIGHT TURNS GREEN
005 LET ME TAKE HER HOME
006 ONLY TREMBLING
007 WHILE I LAUGH
008 THE GIFT
009 THROUGH THE RADIO
010 THINGS ARE NOT ALWAYS AS THEY SEEM
Tracks above issued on album Never Turn Back
ca 1998 unknown – The Chapmans
011 YOU CAN RUN BUT YOU CAN'T HIDE Pinecastle PRC-1093
012 MOM AND DAD'S WALTZ Pinecastle PRC-1093
013 RAINING IN MY HEART Pinecastle PRC-1093
014 NOTES FROM HOME Pinecastle PRC-1093
015 PANHANDLE RAG Pinecastle PRC-1093
016 YOU'RE RUNNING WILD Pinecastle PRC-1093
017 LONESOME HEARTED BLUES Pinecastle PRC-1093
018 JENNY DREAMED OF TRAINS Pinecastle PRC-1093
019 BLUE DIXIE DREAMER Pinecastle PRC-1093
020 OUT AMONG THE STARS Pinecastle PRC-1093
021 OUT IN THE COLD WORLD Pinecastle PRC-1093
022 FOOL'S CASTLE Pinecastle PRC-1093
Ca 1999 Bren Truitt's Studio, Nashville, TN/Riverside Audio, My. Gilead, NC - The Chapmans (John Chapman [vcl/gt/bass], Jeremy Chapman [vcl/mandolin], Bill Chapman [banjo/bck vcl], Jason Chapman [bass/bck vcl] + Randy Kohrs [resophonic gt], Stuart Duncan [fiddle], John Catchings [cello], Russell Moore, Ray Deaton [bck vcl])
023 LOSING AGAIN Pinecastle PRC-1112
024 MY HEART'S BOUQUET Pinecastle PRC-1112
025 FOLLOW ME TO TENNESSEE Pinecastle PRC-1112
026 NO REASON TO STAY Pinecastle PRC-1112
027 CANDY KISSES Pinecastle PRC-1112
028 GRANDPA'S WALKING CANE Pinecastle PRC-1112
029 OLD MAN IN THE SHANTY Pinecastle PRC-1112
030 DON'T LET ME CROSS OVER (LOVE'S CHEATING LINE) Pinecastle PRC-1112
031 I'M GOING BACK TO OLD KENTUCKY Pinecastle PRC-1112
032 YOU SEND ME Pinecastle PRC-1112
033 CONSIDER THE LILIES Pinecastle PRC-1112
034 TRAINS MAKE ME WANT TO SAY GOODBYE Pinecastle PRC-1112
2004 Watershed Studios, Brentwood, TN - The Chapmans (John Chapman [vcl/gt/bass], Jeremy Chapman [vcl/mandolin], Bill Chapman [banjo/bck vcl], Jason Chapman [bass/bck vcl] + Darrin Vincent [vcl/gt], Rob Ickes [dobro], Andy Leftwich [fiddle/strings], Stuart Duncan [fiddle], Aubrey Haynie [fiddle])
035 FIRE IN THE CANYON Pinecastle PRC-1144
036 COLD AND LONELY Pinecastle PRC-1144
037 JEANIE AND TOMMY Pinecastle PRC-1144
038 ODE TO THE SIMPLE MAN Pinecastle PRC-1144
039 THE PHOTOGRAPH Pinecastle PRC-1144
040 HOW I LOVE YOU Pinecastle PRC-1144
041 A LOVE I'LL NEVER FORGET Pinecastle PRC-1144
042 (PFI) PICKLE FLAVORED ICE CREAM Pinecastle PRC-1144
043 RUNAWAY KIND Pinecastle PRC-1144
044 UPHILL CLIMB Pinecastle PRC-1144
045 SOMETIMES YOU JUST CAN'T WIN Pinecastle PRC-1144
046 YOU'LL BE A LOST BALL Pinecastle PRC-1144
2009 DigiGrass Studios, Ozark, MO – The Chapmans
047 WHY DID YOU LIFE Compass CD 4532
048 SHE'S THE ONE Compass CD 4532
049 LOVE'S GONNA LIVE HERE Compass CD 4532
050 JENNY DEAR Compass CD 4532
051 BUBBLE GUM BABY Compass CD 4532
052 SHE'S NEVER COMING BACK Compass CD 4532
053 EL CUMBANCHERO Compass CD 4532
054 SMALL EXCEPTION OF ME Compass CD 4532
055 ROLLING AWAY ON A BIG STERNWHEELER Compass CD 4532
056 MOMMY PLEASE STAY HOME WITH ME Compass CD 4532
057 RIVER OF SORROW Compass CD 4532
058 BRING IT ON HOME TO ME Compass CD 4532
059 I WANNA BE LOVED LIKE THAT Compass CD 4532
ALBUMS
A Family Inc. ? Never Turn Back: Trouble In The Fields; I Will Never Turn Back; Uncle Bud Came Home; Then The Light Turns Green; Let Me Take Her Home; Only Trembling; While I Laugh; The Gift; Through The Radio; Things Are Not Always As They Seem - 97
Pinecastle PRC-1093 Notes From Home: You Can Run But You Can't Hide; Mom And Dad's Waltz; Raining In My Heart; Notes From Home; Panhandle Rag; You're Running Wild; Lonesome Hearted Blues; Jenny Dreamed Of Trains; Blue Dixie Dreamer; Out Among The Stars; Out In The Cold World; Fool's Castle – 99
Pinecastle PRC-1112 Follow Me: Losing Again; My Heart's Bouquet; Follow Me to Tennessee; No Reason to Stay; Candy Kisses; Grandpa's Walking Cane; Old Man in the Shanty; Don't Let Me Cross Over (Love's Cheating Line); I'm Going Back to Old Kentucky; You Send Me; Consider the Lilies; Trains Make Me Want to Say Goodbye - 00
Pinecastle PRC-1144 Simple Man: Fire in the Canyon; Cold and Lonely; Jeanie and Tommy; Ode to the Simple Man; The Photograph; How I Love You; A Love I'll Never Forget; (PfI) Pickle Flavored Ice Cream; Runaway Kind; Uphill Climb; Sometimes You Just Can't Win; You'll Be a Lost Ball – 19-04-05
Compass CD 4532 Grown Up (A Revisionist History): Why Did You Life ; She's The One; Love's Gonna Live Here; Jenny Dear; Bubble Gum Baby; She's Never Coming Back; El Cumbanchero; Small Exception Of Me; Rolling Away On A Big Sternwheeler; Mommy Please Stay Home With Me; River Of Sorrow; Bring It On Home To Me; I Wanna Be Loved Like That – 09-02-10
SESSIONS
1997 unknown – The Chapmans
001 TROUBLE IN THE FIELDS
002 I WILL NEVER TURN BACK
003 UNCLE BUD CAME HOME
004 THEN THE LIGHT TURNS GREEN
005 LET ME TAKE HER HOME
006 ONLY TREMBLING
007 WHILE I LAUGH
008 THE GIFT
009 THROUGH THE RADIO
010 THINGS ARE NOT ALWAYS AS THEY SEEM
Tracks above issued on album Never Turn Back
ca 1998 unknown – The Chapmans
011 YOU CAN RUN BUT YOU CAN'T HIDE Pinecastle PRC-1093
012 MOM AND DAD'S WALTZ Pinecastle PRC-1093
013 RAINING IN MY HEART Pinecastle PRC-1093
014 NOTES FROM HOME Pinecastle PRC-1093
015 PANHANDLE RAG Pinecastle PRC-1093
016 YOU'RE RUNNING WILD Pinecastle PRC-1093
017 LONESOME HEARTED BLUES Pinecastle PRC-1093
018 JENNY DREAMED OF TRAINS Pinecastle PRC-1093
019 BLUE DIXIE DREAMER Pinecastle PRC-1093
020 OUT AMONG THE STARS Pinecastle PRC-1093
021 OUT IN THE COLD WORLD Pinecastle PRC-1093
022 FOOL'S CASTLE Pinecastle PRC-1093
Ca 1999 Bren Truitt's Studio, Nashville, TN/Riverside Audio, My. Gilead, NC - The Chapmans (John Chapman [vcl/gt/bass], Jeremy Chapman [vcl/mandolin], Bill Chapman [banjo/bck vcl], Jason Chapman [bass/bck vcl] + Randy Kohrs [resophonic gt], Stuart Duncan [fiddle], John Catchings [cello], Russell Moore, Ray Deaton [bck vcl])
023 LOSING AGAIN Pinecastle PRC-1112
024 MY HEART'S BOUQUET Pinecastle PRC-1112
025 FOLLOW ME TO TENNESSEE Pinecastle PRC-1112
026 NO REASON TO STAY Pinecastle PRC-1112
027 CANDY KISSES Pinecastle PRC-1112
028 GRANDPA'S WALKING CANE Pinecastle PRC-1112
029 OLD MAN IN THE SHANTY Pinecastle PRC-1112
030 DON'T LET ME CROSS OVER (LOVE'S CHEATING LINE) Pinecastle PRC-1112
031 I'M GOING BACK TO OLD KENTUCKY Pinecastle PRC-1112
032 YOU SEND ME Pinecastle PRC-1112
033 CONSIDER THE LILIES Pinecastle PRC-1112
034 TRAINS MAKE ME WANT TO SAY GOODBYE Pinecastle PRC-1112
2004 Watershed Studios, Brentwood, TN - The Chapmans (John Chapman [vcl/gt/bass], Jeremy Chapman [vcl/mandolin], Bill Chapman [banjo/bck vcl], Jason Chapman [bass/bck vcl] + Darrin Vincent [vcl/gt], Rob Ickes [dobro], Andy Leftwich [fiddle/strings], Stuart Duncan [fiddle], Aubrey Haynie [fiddle])
035 FIRE IN THE CANYON Pinecastle PRC-1144
036 COLD AND LONELY Pinecastle PRC-1144
037 JEANIE AND TOMMY Pinecastle PRC-1144
038 ODE TO THE SIMPLE MAN Pinecastle PRC-1144
039 THE PHOTOGRAPH Pinecastle PRC-1144
040 HOW I LOVE YOU Pinecastle PRC-1144
041 A LOVE I'LL NEVER FORGET Pinecastle PRC-1144
042 (PFI) PICKLE FLAVORED ICE CREAM Pinecastle PRC-1144
043 RUNAWAY KIND Pinecastle PRC-1144
044 UPHILL CLIMB Pinecastle PRC-1144
045 SOMETIMES YOU JUST CAN'T WIN Pinecastle PRC-1144
046 YOU'LL BE A LOST BALL Pinecastle PRC-1144
2009 DigiGrass Studios, Ozark, MO – The Chapmans
047 WHY DID YOU LIFE Compass CD 4532
048 SHE'S THE ONE Compass CD 4532
049 LOVE'S GONNA LIVE HERE Compass CD 4532
050 JENNY DEAR Compass CD 4532
051 BUBBLE GUM BABY Compass CD 4532
052 SHE'S NEVER COMING BACK Compass CD 4532
053 EL CUMBANCHERO Compass CD 4532
054 SMALL EXCEPTION OF ME Compass CD 4532
055 ROLLING AWAY ON A BIG STERNWHEELER Compass CD 4532
056 MOMMY PLEASE STAY HOME WITH ME Compass CD 4532
057 RIVER OF SORROW Compass CD 4532
058 BRING IT ON HOME TO ME Compass CD 4532
059 I WANNA BE LOVED LIKE THAT Compass CD 4532
ALBUMS
A Family Inc. ? Never Turn Back: Trouble In The Fields; I Will Never Turn Back; Uncle Bud Came Home; Then The Light Turns Green; Let Me Take Her Home; Only Trembling; While I Laugh; The Gift; Through The Radio; Things Are Not Always As They Seem - 97
Pinecastle PRC-1093 Notes From Home: You Can Run But You Can't Hide; Mom And Dad's Waltz; Raining In My Heart; Notes From Home; Panhandle Rag; You're Running Wild; Lonesome Hearted Blues; Jenny Dreamed Of Trains; Blue Dixie Dreamer; Out Among The Stars; Out In The Cold World; Fool's Castle – 99
Pinecastle PRC-1112 Follow Me: Losing Again; My Heart's Bouquet; Follow Me to Tennessee; No Reason to Stay; Candy Kisses; Grandpa's Walking Cane; Old Man in the Shanty; Don't Let Me Cross Over (Love's Cheating Line); I'm Going Back to Old Kentucky; You Send Me; Consider the Lilies; Trains Make Me Want to Say Goodbye - 00
Pinecastle PRC-1144 Simple Man: Fire in the Canyon; Cold and Lonely; Jeanie and Tommy; Ode to the Simple Man; The Photograph; How I Love You; A Love I'll Never Forget; (PfI) Pickle Flavored Ice Cream; Runaway Kind; Uphill Climb; Sometimes You Just Can't Win; You'll Be a Lost Ball – 19-04-05
Compass CD 4532 Grown Up (A Revisionist History): Why Did You Life ; She's The One; Love's Gonna Live Here; Jenny Dear; Bubble Gum Baby; She's Never Coming Back; El Cumbanchero; Small Exception Of Me; Rolling Away On A Big Sternwheeler; Mommy Please Stay Home With Me; River Of Sorrow; Bring It On Home To Me; I Wanna Be Loved Like That – 09-02-10
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