by Thieu Van De Vorst, Praguefrank, Mario Manciotti, Murray Kirch
SESSIONS
1953 Astor Recording Studio, Auckland, NZE – Luke Simmons and
His Blue Mountain Boys (Luke Simmons [vcl/gt], Ray
Gunter [ld gt], Bill Sevesi [steel], Vic Crane [bass], Lloyd Sly [accordian]. Producer: Noel Peach)
001 HOWLIN’ AT THE MOON Tanza Z 159
002 JUST WAITIN’
Tanza Z 159
003 LADY'S MAN Z 161/ Horseshoe LPC-00LS-1 BACM CD D 230
004 JAMBALAYA Z 161
005 LITTLE BUDDY Z 162 /BACM CD D 230
006 HUMMNGBIRD SPECIAL
Z 162/ BACM CD D 230
007 21441 NIGHT TRAIN TO MEMPHIS Tanza 168
008 21442 MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS Tanza 168
009 21474 YOUR CHEATIN' HEART Z 173/ BACM CD D 230
010 21475 THE GAL WHO INVENTED KISSIN‘ Z 173
010A THAT HEART BELONGS TO ME
011 I WISH I HAD A PLASTIC HEART Z 190
012 LET ME KNOW
Z 190
013 THREE WAYS OF KNOWING Z 191
014 NO HELP WANTED
Z 191
015 TAKE THESE CHAINS FROM MY HEART Z 195 /BACM CD D 230
016 CAROLS BY THE OLD CORRAL
Z 195
017 CHINA DOLL Z 214/ BACM CD D 230
018 I WON’T BE HOME NO MORE
Z 214
019 STREAMLINED CANNON BALL Z 215
020 WHY DON’T YOU HAUL OFF AND LOVE ME? Z 215
021 OLD SHEP Z 243/ BACM CD D 230
022 I MISS MY SWISS Z 243/
BACM CD D 230
023 I’VE BEEN DOWN THAT ROAD BEFORE Z 244
024 SICK, SOBER AND SORRY Z 244
025 LITTLE OLD LADY Z 245
026 DON’T JUST STAND THERE
Z 245/Cowgirlboy LP-5143
027 THE GOLD RUSH IS OVER Z 246/ BACM CD D 230
028 THE WRECK OF THE 97
Z 246
029 CAN'T WIN CAN'T PLACE CAN'T SHOW Z 247/ BACM CD D
230
030 unknown title Z 247
031 EVERYTHING'S OK Z 248/ BACM CD D 230
032 TENNESSEE CENTRAL NO. 9
Z 248
possibly from sessions above
033 JUST WAITIN‘ BACM CD D 230
1957 unknown, CAN – Luke Simmons and His Blue Mountain Boys (Luke
Simmons [vcl/gt], Roger Parent [ld gt], Joe Marvin [rh gt], Vic Crane [ac
bass], Clarence LeVesque [fiddle])
034 WABASH CANNONBALL Rodeo RLP 53 Cowgirlboy LP 5143
035 THROW A LITTLE MY WAY Rodeo RLP 53 Cowgirlboy LP 5143
036 NEVER NO MORE ANYTIME Rodeo RLP 53 Cowgirlboy LP 5143
037 HEARTBROKEN Rodeo RLP 53 Cowgirlboy LP 5143
038 HIGH BIRD ON THE TOTEM POLE Rodeo RLP 53 Cowgirlboy LP
5143 BACM CD D 230
039 UNEMPLOYMENT BLUES Rodeo RLP 53 Cowgirlboy LP 5143
040 FRAZER RIVER VALLEY BLUES Rodeo RLP 53 Cowgirlboy LP
5143
041 ANNIVERSARY OF MY BROKEN HEART Rodeo RLP 53 Cowgirlboy
LP 5143
042 DOWN IN QUEBEC Rodeo RLP 53 Cowgirlboy LP 5143
043 TOO BLIND TO SEE Rodeo RLP 53 Cowgirlboy LP 5143
044 STONEY MOUNTAIN BLUES Rodeo RLP 53 Cowgirlboy LP 5143
045 ORANGE BLOSSOM SPECIAL Rodeo RLP 53 Cowgirlboy LP
5143
046 I’M TIRED
Horseshoe LPC-00LS-1 Cowgirlboy LP-5143
047 MY SHOES KEEP WALKING BACK TO YOU
048 DAYS THAT USED TO BE Banff RBS-1048 Horseshoe LPC-00LS-1
Cowgirlboy LP-5143
049 HOBO JOE'S BOOGIE
Banff RBS-1048/Danny LS 7802
Cowgirlboy LP-5143 Collector CLCD 7757
possibly from sessions above, info on original issued
missing
050 DEEP SEA JAMBOREE Danny LS 7802
051 RAINY DAY BLUES Danny LS 7802
052 CUP OF JOY Danny LS 7802
053 IT'S A LONG WAY BACK INTO YOUR HEART Danny LS 7802
054 WAITIN' ON A SIDING
Danny LS 7802
055 DAYS THAT USED TO BE
Danny LS 7802
056 WAITING AT THE GATE FOR KATE Danny LS 7802
COLLECTOR CLCD 7757 EARLY ROCK AND ROLL FROM NEW ZEALAND
VOL. 9/10 (NED, 2004)
1959 poss. Auckland, NZE – Luke Simmons and His Blue
Mountain Boys
057 HEY BABY Viking VL 18
Danny LS 7802 Collector CLCD 7757
058 WHEN THE HARVEST MOON IS SHINING Viking VL 18 Danny LS 7802
059 OVER THE RANGE Viking VL 18 Danny LS 7802
060 DOWN WHERE THE MEADOWLARKS SING Viking VL 18 Danny LS 7802
061 DON’T PLAY THIS SONG Viking VL 18 Danny LS 7802
062 OPEN UP YOUR HEART Viking VL 18 Danny LS 7802
063 DRIFTING ON THE SEA OF LIFE Viking VL 18 Danny LS 7802
064 SUGAR PIE BABY Viking VL 18 Danny LS 7802
1960 poss. Auckland, NZE – Luke Simmons and His Blue
Mountain Boys
065 PARTY DOLL Columbia 45-DNZ-107 XCWN 112/33MS-6008 BACM
CD D 230 Collector CLCD 7758 EARLY ROCK AND ROLL FROM NEW ZEALAND, vol. 11/12
(NED, 2004)
066 ONE TIME TOO OFTEN Columbia XWN 101/33MS-6008 BACM CD D 230
067 BLUE MOON OF KENTUCKY Columbia 45-DNZ-107 XCWN 113/33MS-6008 BACM
CD D 230 Collector CLCD 4463
068 ORANGE BLOSSOM SPECIAL 45-DNZ-108
069 I’M TIRED Columbia 45-DNZ-108/33MS-6008
070 ANNIVERSARY OF OUR LAST GOODBYE Columbia XWN
101/33MS-6008 BACM CD D 230
071 GEISHA GIRL Columbia 45-DNZ-113 XWN 102/33MS-6008 BACM
CD D 230
072 I LIKE MY MUSIC- COUNTRY STYLE Columbia XWN 102/33MS-6008 BACM CD D 230
073 HONKY TONK MAN Columbia 45-DNZ-109 XWN 102/33MS-6008 BACM
CD D 230 Collector CLCD 4463
074 I’M
WALKIN’ 45-DNZ-109
075 WABASH CANNONBALL Columbia TCWN 101/33MS-6008 BACM CD D 230
076 OH LONESOME ME 45-DNZ-113 TCWN 101/SEGM 6001 BACM CD D
230 Collector CLCD 7758
077 TOO BLIND TO SEE XWN 102/ 33MS-6008 BACM CD D 230
078 MY SHOES KEEP WALKING BACK TO YOU TCWN 102/SEGM 6001
BACM CD D 230
079 NIGHT TRAIN TO MEMPHIS TCWN 102
Collector CLCD 4463 EARLY CANADIAN ROCKERS, vol. 5 (NED,
2000)
1 August 1981 [overdub session] EMI Studios, Wellington, NZE
– Luke Simmons [original tracks] (John Cooke [ac gt], Cathy Newhook [2nd
fiddle], Val Elliott [piano])
080 LITTLE BUDDY Horseshoe LPC-00LS-1
081 NIGHT TRAIN TO MEMPHIS Horseshoe LPC-00LS-1
082 TAKE THESE CHAINS FROM MY HEART Horseshoe LPC-00LS-1
083 YOUR CHEATING HEART Horseshoe LPC-00LS-1
084 THAT HEART BELONGS TO ME Horseshoe LPC-00LS-1
085 ORANGE BLOSSOM SPECIAL Horseshoe LPC-00LS-1
086 MY SHOES KEEP WALKING BACK TO YOU Horseshoe LPC-00LS-1
087 ANNNIVERSARY OF OUR LAST GOODBYE Horseshoe LPC-00LS-1
088 TOO BLIND TO SEE Horseshoe LPC-00LS-1
ALBUMS
Rodeo [CAN] RLP-53
Canadians Make Good Abroad: Wabash Cannonball; Throw A Little My Way; Never
No More Anytime; Heartbroken;High Bird On The Totem Pole; Umemployment Blues;
Frazer River Valley Blues; Ainnversary Of My Broken Heart; Down In Quebec; Too Blind To See; Stoney
Mountain Blues; Orange Blossom Special – 57
(all tracks reissued on Cowgirlboy LP-5143)
Viking [NZE] VL-18
Luke Simmons: Hey Baby; When The Harvest Moon Is Shining; Over The Range;
Down Where The Meadowlarks Sing; Don’t Play This Song;Open Up Your Heart; Drifting On The Sea Of Life; Sugar Pie Baby –
59 (10“ LP)
Columbia [NZE]
33MS-6008 Country Style: Party Doll; One Time Too Often; Blue Moon Of
Kentucky; Anniversary Of Our Last Goodbye; I’m Tired; Geisha Girl; I Like My
Music- Country Style; Honky Tonk Man; Wabash Cannonball; Too Blind To See – 61 (10“
LP)
Danny [GER] LS-7802 Luke
Simmons And His Blue Mountain Boys In 1960: Hey Baby; When That Harvest Moon Is Shining;
Over The Range; Down Where The Medowlarks Sing; Don't Play This Song; Open Up
Your Heart; Drifting On The Sea Of Life; Sugar Pie Baby; Deep Sea Jamboree; Raindy
Day Blues; Cup Of Joy; It's A Long Way Back Into Your Heart; Waitin' On A
Siding; Days That Used To Be; Hobo Joe's Boogie; Waiting At The Gate For Katie
– 78 (reissued as Cowgirlboy LP-5042
in 1991)
Horseshoe [NZE]
LPC-00LS-1 Three Decades South Of Nashville: Lady’s Man; little Buddy;
Night Train To Memphis; Take These Chains From My Heart; Your Cheating Heart;
That Heart Belongs To Me; I’m Tired; My Shoes Keep Walking Back To You;
Anniversary Of Our Last Goodbye; Days That Used To Be; Too Blind To See - 81
Cowgirlboy [GER]
LP-5143 Hobo Joe's Boogie: Don't
Just Stand There; Hobo Joe's Boogie; I'm
Tired; The Days That Used To Be; Wabash
Cannonball; Throw A Little My Way; Never No More Anytime; Heartbroken;High Bird
On The Totem Pole; Umemployment Blues; Frazer River Valley Blues; Ainnversary
Of My Broken Heart; Down In Quebec;
Too Blind To See; Stoney Mountain Blues; Orange Blossom Special – 95
BACM [UK] CD D 230 I
Like My Music Country Style: Take
These Chains From My Heart; China Doll; Your Cheatin' Heart Tanza; Old Shep; Can't Win Can't Place Can't Show; Everything's Ok; Geisha Girl; I Like My Music
Country Style; Honky Tonk Man; Oh Lonesome Me; My Shoes Keep Walking Back To You; Night Train To Memphis; Lady's Man; I Miss My Swiss; Little Budy; Hummngbird Special; The Gold Rush Is Over; Just Waitin'; Part Doll; One Time Too Often; Blue Moon Of Kentucky; Anniversary Of Our Last Goodbye; High Bird On A Totem Pole; Wabash Cannonball; Too Blind To See – 10
Jasmine [UK]
JASCD-715 Pure Down Home Raw 1950s Country Singin' and Pickin': Wabash
Cannonball; Mind Your Own Business; My Shoes Keep Walkin' Back To You; Deep Sea Jamboree; Your Cheating Heart; Night Train To Memphis; Old Shep;
Waitin' On A Siding; Geisha Girl; Hummingbird Special; Cup Of Joy;
Jambalaya; Down In Quebec; It's A Long Way Back To Your Heart; Fraser River Valley Blues; Take These Chains From My Heart; Lady's Man;
Days That Used To Be; Howlin' At
The Moon; Oh Lonesome Me; Just Waitin';
Hobo Joe's Boogie; I Miss My
Swiss; Honky Tonk Man; Waiting At The Gate For Katie; Rainy Day Blues; The Gal Who Invented Kissing; Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain; Christmas Carols By The Old Corral; I Like My Music Country Style – 10-08-12
SINGLES
Tanza [NZE] (1953-55?]
Z 159 Howlin’ At The Moon / Just Waitin’ - 53
Z 161 Lady's Man / Jambalaya - 53
Z 162 Little Budy / Hummngbird Special - 53
Z 168 Night Train To Memphis / Mind Your Own Business -
53
Z 173 Your Cheatin' Heart / The Gal Who Inventedf Kissin‘ -
53
Z 190 I Wish I Had A Plastic Heart / Let Me Know – 53
Z 191 Three Ways Of Knowing / No Help Wanted - 53
Z 195 Take These Chains From My Heart / Carols By The Old
Corral - 53
Z 214 China Doll / I Won’t Be Home No More - 54
Z 215 Streamlined Cannon Ball / Why Don’t You Haul Off
And Love Me? - 54
Z 243 Old Shep / I Miss My Swiss - 54
Z 244 I’ve Been Down That Road Before / Sick, Sober And
Sorry – 54
Z 245 Little Old Lady / Don’t Just Stand There - 54
Z 246 The Gold Rush Is Over / The Wreck Of The 97 – ca 55
Z 247 Can't Win Can't Place Can't Show / ? - 55
Z 248 Everything's Ok / Tennessee Central No. 9 - 55
Rodeo (1957)
MG 199 High Bird On A Totem Pole /
Columbia [NZE]
45-DNZ-107 Party Doll / Blue Moon Of Kentucky - 60
45-DNZ-108 Orange Blossom Special / I’m tired - 60
45-DNZ-109 Honky Tonk Man / I’m Walkin’ - 60
45-DNZ-113 Oh Lonesome Me / Geisha Girl - 61
EPS
XWN 101 One Time Too Often / Anniversary Of Our Last Goodbye
XWN 102 Geisha Girl Castle; I Like My Music Country Style;
Honky Tonk Man; Too Blind To See
TCWN 101 Oh Lonesome Me / Wabash Cannonball
TCWN 102 My Shoes
Keep Walking Back To You; Night Train To Memphis
XCWN 112 Party Doll
XCWN 113 Blue Moon Of Kentucky