Al Casey

Alvin W. Casey, *26-10-1936 Long Beach, CA, +17-09-2006

by Praguefrank, Mario Manciotti, Thieu Van De Vorst, with help of http://koti.mbnet.fi/wdd/alcasey.htm

SESSIONS also member of Exotic Guitars

1956 Phoenix, AZ – Al Casey as by Art Jones

001 NOLA  -instr.-  Old Timer 8151/BCD 16579

002 SHINE ON HARVEST MOON –instr.- 8151

ca September  1956 Phoenix, AZ – Al Casey

003 IF I TOLD YOU (WOULDN'T KNOW IT ALL BY MYSELF) MCI 45-1004/BCD 16230 BCD 16579 Buffalo Bop 55197 El Toro ETCD-1039 White Label WLP 8934

004 THE PINK PANTHER  MCI 45-1004/ETCD-1036

ca November 1956 Ramsey Recorders, 3703 North 7th St., Phoenix, AZ – Al Casey 

005 MB-9415 JUICE –instr.- 45-15524/BCD 16579 CR 30254 ETCD 1036

006 MB-9416 A FOOL'S BLUES –instr.- Dot 45-15524/Charly CR 30254 ETCD-1036

March 1957 Ramsey Recorders, 3703 North 7th St., Phoenix, AZ – Al Casey
007 MB-9596/Δ14872 COME WHAT MAY  45-15563/ETCD 1036 BCD 17660
008 MB-9597/Δ14873 GUITAR MAN  45-15563/ BCD 16579 ETCD 1036
BEAR FAMILY BCD 17660 THAT'LL FLAT GIT VOL.41 /  ROCKABILLY AND ROCK AND ROLL FROM THE VAULTS OF DOT AND HAMILTON RECORDS (GER, 2023)

1957 poss. Phoenix, AZ – Al Casey and The Four Notes as Art Jones

009 WALTZ MIGNON  -instr.- Western Jubilee 727/BCD 16579

010 THREE RIVERS STRUT Western Jubilee 727/BCD 16579

Fall 1957 unknown – Al Casey
011 LB 804 WILLA MAE  Liberty F-55117/BCD 16579 ETCD-1036 BCD 17613
012 LB 805 SHE GOTTA SHAKE F-55117/ETCD-1036 BCD 17613
BEAR FAMILY BCD 17613 THAT'LL FLAT GIT IT, VOL.38 / ROCKABILLY AND ROCK AND ROLL FROM THE VAULTS OF LIBERTY AND FREEDOM RECORDS (GER, 2021)

late 1957 Hollywood, CA – Al Casey and The Bats, * and The Corkey

013 M 2032/Δ21642 GIVE'N UP* Highland 1002/BCD 16579 ETCD-1036

014 M 2033/Δ21643 (GOT THE) TEEN-AGE BLUES Highland 1001 1002/BCD 16579 ETCD-1036

015 THE ADVENTURES OF FRANK N. STEIN 1001/ETCD-1036

Spring 1958 Hollywood, CA – Al Casey and The Bats
016 45-AC-3 THE STINGER (WITH JOHN BUCK IN AFRICA) – instr- Highland 1004/BCD 17639 
017 NIGHT BEAT –instr- 1004
BEAR FAMILY BCD 17639 THAT'LL FLAT GIT IT! VOL.39 ROCKABILLY AND ROCK AND ROLL FROM THE VAULTS OF UNITED ARTISTS (GER, 2022)

late 1958  Hollywood, CA – Al Casey

018 ZTSP-28973 THE STINGER –instr.- UA 158X/BCD 16579 ETCD-1036

019 ZTSP-28974 EL SHOT KEEP TALKING –instr.- UA 158X/ETCD-1036

1959 unknown – Al Casey

020 BORDERLINE BLUES #1 –instr.- BCD 16579

021 FORTY MILES OF BAD ROAD –instr.- BCD 16579

022 untitled no.1 –instr.- BCD 16579

023 TUFF –instr.- BCD 16579

6 June 1960 Hollywood, CA – Al Casey with The Champs

024 614 ALLEY CAT Challenge 59086/ London LP-141 CDCHD-525

1960 unknown – Al Casey

025 LAURA –instr.- BCD 16579

026 TENDERLY –instr.- BCD 16579

1961 unknown – Al Casey

027 GREEN DOLPHIN STREET –instr.- BCD 16579

Spring 1961 unknown – Al Casey

028 M8OW-0867/ZTSC-84647  HOT FOOT –instr.- Blue Horizon 925X Ramco 3705 Stacy 925X /CHCHD 612

029 M8OW-0868/ZTSC-84648 COOKIN' –instr.-   Blue Horizon 925X Ramco 3705 Stacy 925X/CDCHCD 612 BCD 16579

Mid 1962 unknown – Al Casey Combo

030 ZTSC-82875/N8OW-7242 JIVIN' AROUND –instr.- Stacy 936 UA 494/CDCHD-612 BCD 16579

031 ZTSC-82876/N8OW-7243 DOIN' THE SHOTISH –instr.- 936 UA 494/CDCHD-612

Fall 1962 unknown – Al Casey Combo

032 N8OW-4155 LAUGHIN' –instr.- 950/CDCHD-612

033 N8OW-4156 CHICKEN FEATHERS –instr.- 950/CDCHD-612

early 1963 unknown – Al Casey

034 ZTSC-88184 DOIN' IT –instr.- 956/CDCHD-612 BCD-16579

035 ZTSC-88185 MONTE CARLO –instr.- 956/CDCHD-612

Spring 1963 unknown – Al Casey Combo

036 FULL HOUSE –instr.- 961/CDCHD-612

037 INDIAN LOVE CALL –instr.- 961/CDCHD-612

Spring 1963 unknown – Johnny Lance

038 THE BIG TRAGEDY Brent 7043/BCD 16579

039 ALL ABOUT JULIE  Brent 7043

ca May 1963 unknown – Al Casey and K-C-Ettes

040 51863 SHOT SURFIN' Stacy 962/BCD 16579

041 51865 EASY PICKIN' –instr.- 962/CDCHD-612

Spring/Summer 1963 unknown – Al Casey

042 SURFIN' HOOTENANNY STM-100

043 EL AGUILA –instr.- STM-100 CDCHD-612 [alt.] Sundazed SC 6114

044 THUNDER BEACH  –instr.- STM-100 CDCHD-612

045 BAJA  –instr.- STM-100 CDCHD-612

046 LONELY SURFER  –instr.- STM-100 CDCHD-612

047 THE HEARSE  –instr.- STM-100 CDCHD-612 [alt.] Sundazed SC 6114

048 RAMROD   –instr.- STM-100 CDCHD-612

049 CARAVAN  –instr.- STM-100 CDCHD-612

050 SURFIN' BLUES (PART 2) –instr.- STM-100 CDCHD-612

051 SURFS YOU RIGHT   –instr.- STM-100 CDCHD-612 [alt.] Sundazed SC 6114

052 SJW 5397A SURFIN' BLUES - PART 1 – -instr.- 964/STM-100 NPRS LP 7303 CDCHD-612

053 SJW 5397B GUITARS, GUITARS, GUITARS –instr.- 964/STM-100 CDCHD-612 BCD 16579

1963 Phoenix, AZ - The Raintree County Singers (Al Casey, Corki Ray,Carol Roberts)
R01  COLUMBUS STOCKADE BLUES S 2085    
R02 BOLL WEEVIL S 2085
R03 SHENANDOAH S 2085
R04 THE FOX S 2085
R05 DUM DILLY HI S 2085
R06 BOIL THEM CABBAGE DOWN S 2085
R07 DAISY MAE S 2085
R08 CHEYENNE S 2085
R09 WALKING CANE S 2085
R10 LONG BLACK TRAINS S 2085
R11 OLD FOOL S 2085
R12 LITTLE COREY S 2085  

late 1963 unknown – Al Casey and K-C-Ettes

054 WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO IN '64 971/CDCHD-612

055 COOKIN' –instr.- 971

1961-1963 unknown – Al Casey

056 THE HUCKLEBUCK –instr.- CDCHD-612

057 THEME FROM "HUCKEBERRY HOUND" –instr.- CDCHD-612

1964 unknown – Al Casey with Corki Ray as Corky and and Audio Face

058 WHIRLWIND Brent 7044

059 ONCE IT WAS MINE Brent 7044

Al Casey later recored as member of Exotic Guitar

ALBUMS

Stacy STM/STMS-100 Surfin' Hootenanny: Surfin' Hootenanny; El Aguila; Thunder Beach; Baja; Surfin' Blues Pt.1; Lonely Surfer; Guitars Guitars; The Hearse; Ramrod; Caravan; Surfin' Blues Pt.2; Surfs You Right – 63 (reissued on Sundazed LP5026/SC 6111 with bonus tracks: The Hearse (alt.); El Aguila (alt.); Surfs You Right (alt.))

Time 52085/S 2085 The Raintree County Singers: Columbus Stockade Blues;     Boll Weevil; Shenandoah; The Fox; Dum Dilly Hi; Boil Them Cabbage Down; Daisy Mae; Cheyenne; Walking Cane; Long Black Trains; Old Fool; Little Corey – 63 The Raintree County Singers

Bear Family [GER] BCD 15889 Sidewinder: Undecided (With David Grisman); You Came A Long Way From St. Louis (With Lee Hazlewood) /Sidewinder; Ashokan Farewell; Endless Sleep (With Jody Reynolds); Limehouse Blues (With David Grisman); Saguara Sunrise; Route #1 (With Glen Campbell); Plectrum Banjo Medley; The Fool (With Lee Hazlewood) – 08-95

Ace [UK] CDCHD-612 Jivin' Around - Original Stacy Recordings: Surfin' Hootenanny; El Aguila; Thunder Beach; Baja; Surfin' Blues Part 1; Lonely Surfer; Guitars, Guitars, Guitars; The Hearse; Ramrod; Caravan; Surfin' Bluespart 2; Surfs You Right; Cookin'; Hotfoot; Indian Love Call; Jivin' Around; Doin' The Shotish; Doin' It; The Hucklebuck; Full House; Laughin'; Monte Carlo; Theme From Huckleberry Hound; Chicken Feathers; Easy Pickin'; What Are We Gonna Do In '64 ? – 11-95

Bear Family [GER] BCD 16579 A Man For All Sessions: Ramrod; Caravan; If I Told You; Juice; Guitar Man; Willa Mae; Tuff; No Title #1; Blues #1 /Al Casey and Corkey and The Bats : Give'n Up; Al Casey and The Bats : Teen-Age Blues; Forty Miles Of Bad Road; The Stinger; Tenderly; Laura; Green Dolphin Street; Al Casey Combo : Cookin'; Jivin' Around; Doin' It; Al Casey With The K-C-Ettes : Surfin' Hootenanny; Guitars, Guitars, Guitars; Art Jones (Al Casey) : Nola; Waltz Mignon; Al Casey and Jimmy Johnson : Cat Daddy; Sanford Clark With Al Casey : The Fool; Loy Clingman With Al Casey : It's Nothing To Me; Jimmy Spellman With Al Casey : Doggonit; Don Cole With Al Casey : Snake Eyed Mama; Jody Reynolds With Al Casey : Endless Sleep; Lonesome Long John Roller With Al Casey : Long John's Flagpole Rock; Johnny Lance With Al Casey : The Big Tragedy; Swinging Shepherd Blues – 04-01

Sundazed SC-6115 Cookin' - The Smooth Guitar And Organ Sounds Of Al Casey: Guitar Man; Juice; A Fool’s Blues; Cookin’; Hot Foot; Indian Love Call; Jivin’ Around; Doin’ The Shotish; Doin’ It; The Hucklebuck; Full House; Laughin’; Monte Carlo; Theme From Huckleberry Hound; Chicken Feathers; What Are We Gonna Do In ’64 – 05-04

All Creations J/G 290 Hitlist: These Boots Are Made For Walkin'; Everybody's Talkin'; Strangers In The Night; The Fool; Sloop John B; That's Life; The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy); By The Time I Get To Phoenix; Endless Sleep; Somethin' Stupid; Never My Love; Ramrod - 04

Ramco CD 713 The Return Of The Green Gretsch: Temptation / Catmez Hotel; Fair And Cloudy; A Mellow Riff; Remember The Minuet; Hokus Pokus; Melancholy Serenade; September Song; T.O.M. (The Old Man); Stigeree; Nauges; Uptown Blues; Ziggie's Blues; In The Garden; Amazing Grace; Thundercloud *; Swamp Water * (= alt. take of "Round And Round"); Allen Case *; Drivin' *; Jezebel *; The Caterpillar Crawl * - 05-07 (10 tracks recorded in February 2006, 3 tracks in 1999, 2 tracks in 1993, and the rest [*] in the 1960's)

El Toro [ESP] ETCD 1036 I'm A Guitar Man: The Fool; Lonesome For A Letter; A Fool's Blues; Juice; If I Told You (Wouldn't Knowit All By Myself); The Pink Panther; A Cheat; Usta Be My Baby; Guitar Man; Come What May; Willa Mae; She Gotta Shake; Ooo Baby; 9 Lb. Hammer; Caravan; The Adventures Of Frank N Stein; Ramrod; (Got The) Teen-Age Blues; Sassy; Give'n Up; The Stinger; Keep Talking; Tight Capris; Thunder; Tarantula; Endless Sleep; New Kind Of Fool;  Cat Daddy; It's You, You, You; A Cross-Eyed Alley Cat; Plumb Crazy; Snake Eyed Mama; A Tramp; The Boppin' Martian (Gibo Miban Gibo); The Bug; How About Me? Pretty Baby; I'm Gone, Mama; Planetary Run; Hay Mama; Rocky-Rolly-Lover Boy; Every Minute Of The Day; Beulah Lee; Modern Romance; Hey Little Mama; (She Wantsa) Lover Man; I've Got A Dollar; Saturday Nite Party Time; Rattlesnake Daddy; Daisy Mae; Doggonit; Don't Care; Sweet Lovin' Honey; Long John's Flagpole Rock; Time Wounds All Heels; Lovemakin'; Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens; Fire Of Love; The Pink Panther; Plaything – 03-11 (double)

SINGLES

Old Timer (1956) as by Art Jones

8151 Nola / Shine On Harvest Moon – 56

MCI (1956)

MCI 45-1004  The Pink Panther / If I Told You – 10-56

Dot (1956-57)

45-15524 A Fool's Blues / Juice  – 12-56

45-15563 Guitar Man / Come What May – 04-57

Western Jubilee (1957)

727 Waltz Mignon / Three Rivers Strut – 57 as Art Jones

Liberty (1957)

F-55117 Willa Mae / She Gotta Shake – 12-57

Highland (1959) and The Bats

1001 Teen-Age Blues / Adventures Of Frankentein – 10-59

1002 (Got The) Teen-Age Blues / Give'n (Al Casey and Corkey and The Bats) – 11-59

1004 The Stinger / Night Beat  – 11-59

United Artists

UA 158X The Stinger / Keep Talking  – 59

Challenge (1960)

59086 Cocoanut Grove / Alley Cat* - 60 The Champs, *vcl Al Casey

Blue Horizon

925X Hotfoot / Cookin'  – 61 (reissued in February 1962 on Stacy 925 and on Ramco 3705)

Stacy

936 Jivin' Around / Doin' The Shotish – 07-62 (reissued on UA 494)

950 Laughin' / Chicken Feathers – 11-62

956 Doin' It / Monte Carlo – 03-63

961 Full House / Indian Love Call – 05-63

962 Surfin' Hootenanny / Easy Pickin' – 06-63 w. K-C-Ettes

964 Surfin' Blues / Guitars, Guitars, Guitars – 09-63 w. K-C-Ettes

971 What Are We Gonna Do In '64 / Cookin'  – 06-64

Brent (1963-64)

7043 The Big Tragedy / All About Julie – 05-63 Johnny Lance                   

7044 Whirlwind / Once It Was Mine – 64 w. Corki Ray as Corky and and Audio Face