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Eddie
Cochran Sessions
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Summer 1953 to 1954
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Chuck Foreman - Eddie Cochran |
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Original
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Vocal |
Time |
Available on |
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ROCKSTAR RSRCD 011
(UK) |
Rockin' It |
INSTRUMENTAL |
1:46 |
ROCKSTAR RSRCD 011 |
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ROCKSTAR RSRCD 011
(UK) |
Gambler's Guitar |
Eddie
Cochran |
2:21 |
ROCKSTAR RSRCD 011 |
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ROCKSTAR RSRCD 011
(UK) |
Jammin' With Jimmy |
INSTRUMENTAL |
1:42 |
ROCKSTAR RSRCD 011 |
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ROCKSTAR RSRCD 011
(UK) |
Tenderly |
INSTRUMENTAL |
2:48 |
ROCKSTAR RSRCD 011 |
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ROCKSTAR RSRCD 011
(UK) |
Steelin' The Blues |
Eddie
Cochran |
2:06 |
ROCKSTAR RSRCD 011 |
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ROCKSTAR RSRCD 011
(UK) |
Two Of A Kind |
INSTRUMENTAL |
1:51 |
ROCKSTAR RSRCD 011 |
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ROCKSTAR RSRCD 011
(UK) |
Two Of A Kind
(backing track) |
INSTRUMENTAL |
1:37 |
ROCKSTAR RSRCD 011 |
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ROCKSTAR RSRCD 011
(UK) |
Stardust |
INSTRUMENTAL |
2:24 |
ROCKSTAR RSRCD 011 |
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ROCKSTAR RSRCD 011
(UK) |
Stardust
(backing track) |
INSTRUMENTAL |
1:12 |
ROCKSTAR RSRCD 011 |
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ROCKSTAR RSRCD 011
(UK) |
Candy Kisses |
Eddie
Cochran |
1:43 |
ROCKSTAR RSRCD 011 |
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ROCKSTAR RSRCD 011
(UK) |
Chuck & Eddie's Boogie |
INSTRUMENTAL |
2:40 |
ROCKSTAR RSRCD 011 |
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ROCKSTAR RSRCD 011
(UK) |
In
The Mood |
INSTRUMENTAL |
1:16 |
ROCKSTAR RSRCD 011 |
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ROCKSTAR RSRCD 011
(UK) |
I'll See You In My Dreams |
INSTRUMENTAL |
1:09 |
ROCKSTAR RSRCD 011 |
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ROCKSTAR RSRCD 011
(UK) |
Hearts Of Stone |
Eddie
Cochran |
1:51 |
ROCKSTAR RSRCD 011 |
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ROCKSTAR RSRCD 011
(UK) |
Water Baby Blues
(short riff) |
INSTRUMENTAL |
0:41 |
ROCKSTAR RSRCD 011 |
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ROCKSTAR RSRCD 011
(UK) |
Humourous
conversation |
Eddie Cochran &
Chuck Foreman |
1:03 |
ROCKSTAR RSRCD 011 |
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Musicians
- Eddie Cochran: vocal and guitar - Chuck Foreman: vocal and steel guitar. Recorded
by Chuck Foreman on his two-track recorder at his home. The recordings
were never intended for commercial release. |
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Some
chatter between Chuck Foreman and Eddie Cochran, not included
on Rockstar RSRCD 011 can be heard on the Stampede release, SPRCD 5002, 'I'm
Ready' after the numbers 'Candy Kisses', 'Gambler's Guitar' and 'Steelin'
The Blues'. |
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Chuck
Foreman was born in Long beach, California in 1933 and grew up around
the Anaheim and Buena park are of Los Angeles. Eddie Cochran lived over in
Bell Gardens. Chuck and Eddie met when Chuck was nineteen and Eddie
fourteen. Throughout the summer of 1953 Chuck and Eddie began
experimenting on Chuck's two-track recorder. They recorded over a period
of eighteen months. Foreman later joined the Musician's Union and started
to work clubs. He had a long and and succesfull career into the early
1980's, including concerts, tours, television and more than a decade with
the Buddy Kendrick Trio. Chuck Foreman would get to see Eddie from time to
time but they rarely played together once eddie signed for Liberty Records
(information from booklet Rockstar RSRCD 011 (Derek Glenister and Roger
Nunn)). |
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| Chuck Foreman
sessions tape box |
Chuck Foreman |
Eddie
Cochran |
Rockstar RSRCD 011
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Around 1954 |
| Don Deal
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Goldstar Studio
- Hollywood |
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Matrix nr |
Original release |
Title |
Vocal
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Time
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STAMPEDE SPRCD 5002 (UK) |
The High Sign |
Don
Deal |
2:26
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STAMPEDE SPRCD 5002 |
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STAMPEDE SPRCD 5002 (UK) |
Down The Road
To Nowhere |
Don
Deal |
2:42
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STAMPEDE SPRCD 5002 |
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STAMPEDE SPRCD 5002 (UK) |
It Could Only
Be Wrong |
Don
Deal |
2:20
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STAMPEDE SPRCD 5002 |
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STAMPEDE SPRCD 5002 (UK) |
Love Me
Sweetheart |
Don
Deal |
2:05
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STAMPEDE SPRCD 5002 |
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STAMPEDE SPRCD 5002 (UK) |
Let's Get It
Over Right Now |
Don
Deal |
2:05
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STAMPEDE SPRCD 5002 |
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STAMPEDE SPRCD 5002 (UK) |
I Don't Want To
But I Do |
Don
Deal |
2:57
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STAMPEDE SPRCD 5002 |
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STAMPEDE SPRCD 5002 (UK) |
When You Hear A
Saviour Call |
Don
Deal |
2:35
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STAMPEDE SPRCD 5002 |
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STAMPEDE SPRCD 5002 (UK) |
Don't Ask Me
Why |
Don
Deal |
2:50
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STAMPEDE SPRCD 5002 |
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Musicians - Don Deal: vocal - Eddie Cochran: guitar - Chuck
Felling: bass guitar. |
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Don
Deal born in Council Bluffs, Iowa in 1938 was a close
friend of Eddie Cochran. The Deal family moved to Claifornia
during 1952, first living in Bell, before later relocating
to a house on Ajax Avenue, Bell gardens. Don soon found work
as an assistant at Bert keiffer's music store, where he
later met and became close friends with Eddie. As Eddie and
Don were living in the same area, they would often meet at
aeach others homes and play music, sing each other new songs
they had written. The eight songs from the above session
were recorded in 1954 at the Goldstar Studio with engineer
Stan Ross. Although he failed to match the success of
his debut single, "Unfaithful Diane," in July 1957, Don Deal
continued to play a role in the growth of country music
during the late '50s and early '60s. While he had a regional
hit with "A-11," his first single after signing with Capitol
in 1958, and continued to record after switching to MGM,
sales of his recordings fell short of commercial
expectations. Despite numerous performances at sock hops and
an appearance on American Bandstand, Deal is best remembered
for penning tunes covered by Eddie Arnold, Sonny James, Hank
Snow, Perry Como, Dean Martin, and Michael Parks. A native
of Iowa, Deal had his first break when he was heard singing
in the backroom of Bert Keefer's music school by talent
scout Smoky Rodgers. Impressed by what he heard, Rodgers
brought him to San Diego, where he performed at the
Bostonian Ballroom three nights a week. Shortly afterwards,
he became a regular performer on a five nights-per-week
variety show broadcast from Tiajuana, Mexico (Information
courtesy of SPRCD 5002 booklet (Bill Beard) and Craig Harris from All
Music Guide). |
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Don Deal
Goldstar acetate (side A)
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The young Eddie Cochran |
Don
Deal |
Stampede SPRCD 5002 (UK)
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Late 1954
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Hank Hammer
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USA
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Matrix nr |
Original release |
Title |
Vocal
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Time
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Available on |
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CHESTERFIELD
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Down Down Down |
Hank Cochran |
2:15
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STAMPEDE SPRCD 5002 |
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CHESTERFIELD
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Don't Cry Over
Spilled Milk |
Hank Cochran |
2:13
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STAMPEDE SPRCD 5002 |
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CHESTERFIELD |
Mountains And
Mountains Of Lies |
Hank Cochran |
2:24
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STAMPEDE SPRCD 5002 |
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CHESTERFIELD |
I Wouldn't Take
A Million For Your Love |
Hank
ochran |
2:15 |
STAMPEDE SPRCD 5002 |
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Musicians - Hank Cochran: vocal
and guitar - Eddie Cochran: lead guitar - Tony Sepolio:
fiddle - Connie Smith: steel guitar. |
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The recordings on Rockstar
RSRCD 008 are mastered from mint copies of Eddie Cochran's
record collection. |
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Born Garland Perry Cochran,
August 2, 1935 in Isola, Mississippi, Hank Cochran's
parents divorced when he was nine years old. Hank moved to
Memphis to live with his father for a while, but the
hardscrabble post-Depression-era existence proved too much
for them, and Hank was soon placed in an orphanage in Memphis. "I ran off two or
three times," Hank recalls. "The last time I run off, he
just took me back to Mississippi and took me to my
grandparents. What little raising I had was from them."
Hank's grandfather was a preacher who also filed saws for a
living. At 10 years old, Hank was playing guitar and singing
in church. He also had an uncle who played guitar, and like
many young hopefuls, tuned in regularly to the Grand Ole
Opry for musical inspiration. At 12 years old, Hank and his
uncle hitchhiked from Mississippi to Hobbs, New Mexico, to
work in the oilfields, working first as roustabouts,
cleaning up after the drillers on the oil rigs, then
roughnecking, drilling oil wells, for two years. Hank did
return to Mississippi for a while, but was soon headed out
to California, while still in his mid-teens. Once there he
went to work at a Sears & Roebuck store in
Los Angeles. With his additional education, a solid work
ethic, and success at numerous amateur contests throughout
the area under his belt, Hank began entertaining thoughts of
forming a group to play at various clubs and events. His
search for a guitar player led him to one Eddie Cochran, who,
though not related to him, certainly shared his passion for
music. The two teens formed a rock 'n' roll duo called The
Cochran Brothers. They appeared on KTTV's Town Hall Party
and toured with country legend Lefty Frizzell. When the duo
disbanded, Eddie found stardom in rock 'n' roll and Hank
soon decided to make the move to Music City. Hank arrived in
Nashville in January 1960, and immediately began working
with Pamper Music for a mere $50 a week. Along with his
duties as a songwriter, he was also helping the company sign
other writers and to acquire songs and get them recorded.
Among those he brought on to the company's payroll was
Willie Nelson. In
April 1961 Hank was able to become a full-time songwriter,
with the release of Patsy Cline's No. 1 smash, "I Fall to
Pieces," which he co-wrote with Harlan Howard. In fairly
short order Hank was playing guitar with Justin Tubb on the
Opry, touring some with Ray Price, had scored his first hit
as a recording artist, with the Top 20, "Sally Was a Good
Old Girl," and earned three BMI Awards for songs he'd
written on his own. He also became a co-owner (along with
Ray Price) of Pamper Music, which was eventually acquired by
the Sony/ATV Tree Organization in 1989. (based on
www.hankcochran.com). |
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