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Eddie
Cochran Sessions
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February 16,
1956 |
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Jerry Capehart |
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Capitol Studios |
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| Matrix
nr |
Original
release |
Title |
Vocal |
Time |
Available on |
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Unreleased |
Rockin' &
Flyin' (version 2)
- take 1 |
Jerry
Capehart |
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Unreleased |
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Unreleased |
Rockin' &
Flyin' (version 2)
- take 2 |
Jerry
Capehart |
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Unreleased |
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Unreleased |
Rockin' &
Flyin' (version 2)
- take 3 |
Jerry
Capehart |
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Unreleased |
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STAMPEDE SPRCD 5002
(UK) |
Rockin' &
Flyin' (version 2)
- take 4 |
Jerry
Capehart |
2:07 |
STAMPEDE SPRCD 5002 |
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Unreleased |
Rockin' &
Flyin' (version 2)
- take 5 |
Jerry
Capehart |
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Unreleased |
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Unreleased |
Rockin' &
Flyin' (version 2)
- take 6 |
Jerry
Capehart |
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Unreleased |
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ROCKSTAR RSRCD 014
(UK) |
Rockin' &
Flyin' (version 2) - take 7 |
Jerry
Capehart |
2:05 |
ROCKSTAR RSRCD 014 |
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HOLLYWOOD 1068 |
Fast
Jivin' |
INSTRUMENTAL |
1:45 |
Not
available on CD |
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ROCKSTAR RSRCD 014 (UK) |
Fast
Jivin' (complete
take) |
INSTRUMENTAL |
2:40 |
ROCKSTAR RSRCD 014
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Unreleased |
Mary Jane |
Jerry Capehart |
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Unreleased |
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Musicians -
Jerry Capehart: vocal - Eddie Cochran: lead guitar - Joe Maphis: second lead
guitar - Ernie Freeman: piano. |
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Joe Maphis
joins Eddie Cochran as second lead guitar on 'Rockin' & Flyin' from take 5.
'Fast Jivin' is an instrumental backing track of 'Rockin' & 'Flyin' and
released under the name of Ernie Freeman. The song 'Mary Jane' will most
probably stay unreleased "as the band sounds disjointed and confused with
the changes in tempo from latino to uptempo country." (from: 'Don't
Forget Me' by Julie Mundy and Darrel Higham). |
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Ernie Freeman (born 16 August 1922, Cleveland, Ohio - died 16 May 1981,
Hawaii) was an American pianist and arranger. He played on numerous early
rock and R&B sessions in Los Angeles in the 1950s, particularly on the
Specialty, Modern, and Aladdin labels, as well as for white artists such as
Duane Eddy and Bobby Vee. He issued a number of instrumental records of his
own, including his cover of Bill Justis' "Raunchy" in 1957, which became his
biggest solo success. He also played lead on the B. Bumble and the Stingers
records, apart from "Nut Rocker". He continued a successful session career
in the 1960s, appearing on material by Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Connie
Francis, and becoming musical director with Reprise Records. He won a Grammy
in 1967 for Sinatra's "Strangers In The Night". In 1970 he contributed
string arrangements to Simon and Garfunkel's Bridge Over Troubled Water
album, before his retirement later in the decade (Wikipedia). |
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Joe Maphis,
born Otis W. Maphis (1921–1986), was an American country music guitarist. He
married singer Rose Lee Maphis in 1948. One of the flashiest country
guitarists of the 1950s and 1960s, Joe Maphis was known as The King of the
Strings. He was able to play any stringed instrument with great facility.
However, he specialized in dazzling guitar virtuosity. Working out of
Bakersfield, California, he rose to prominence with his own hits such as
"Dim Lights, Thick Smoke (and Loud, Loud Music)" as well as playing with
acts like Johnny Burnette, The Collins Kids, Wanda Jackson, Rose Maddox and
Ricky Nelson. His playing was an influence on such greats as Merle Travis,
Jimmy Bryant and Chet Atkins. He was known for his use of a double-neck
Mosrite guitar, specially built for him by Semie Moseley, which was a boon
to Moseley's fledgling career as a guitar builder. He was a regular guest on
the Jimmy Dean television show in the 1960's (Wikipedia). |
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February or March
1956 |
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Don Deal |
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Hollywood |
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| Matrix
nr |
Original
release |
Title |
Vocal |
Time |
Available on |
| 1028-AA |
CASH
1028 |
Cryin'
In One Eye |
Don
Deal |
2:32 |
ROCKSTAR RSRCD 028 |
| 1028-A |
CASH
1028 |
Broken-Hearted Feller |
Don
Deal |
1:57 |
ROCKSTAR RSRCD 028 |
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musicians - Don Deal: vocal/guitar; Eddie Cochran:
(lead) guitar; Hank Cochran: guitar/vocal
harmony; steel guitar/violin/piano/stand-up bass unknown. |
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There is
still some confusion if Eddie Cochran is on these Don Deal sides. This is what
Paul Vidal says about it: "Contrary to belief, though, it is not Eddie
Cochran
who plays lead guitar on
these sides but Joe Maphis,
probably with Ralph Mooney on steel. However, it is Hank Cochran who
supplies the harmony vocal to 'Cryin' In One Eye.'" However Don Deal
have stated many times that the Cochran Brothers are on these sides. The
biographies of Julie Mundy/Darrel Higham and Bob Cochran lists these songs
with Eddie Cochran on guitar so therefore they are included in these
sessions pages. These
tracks were made available on RSR-LP 1019 'Thinkin'
About You'.
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Don Deal
and The Cochran Brothers - El Monte Legion Stadium (10 March 1956) |
Don Deal |
Rockstar
RSRCD 028 (UK) |
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Early 1956 |
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Hank Cochran |
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Hollywood |
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| Matrix
nr |
Original
release |
Title |
Vocal |
Time |
Available on |
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U. ARTISTS UAS
29163 (UK) |
I'm Ready |
Hank
Cochran |
1:33 |
EMI CD ECB 1 |
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Musicians - Hank Cochran:
vocal and guitar - Eddie Cochran: lead guitar - probably
Conny 'Guybo' Smith: stand-up bass - Jerry Capehart: box slapping. |
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| United
Artists UAS 29163 (UK) |
United
Artists UAS 29163 (UK)
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The Cochran Brothers
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EMI
CDECB1 (UK) |
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Early 1956 |
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Ray Stanley |
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(probably) Goldstar Studio |
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| Matrix nr |
Original release |
Title |
Vocal |
Time |
Available on |
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Unreleased |
Let's Get Acquainted |
Ray Stanley |
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Unreleased |
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Unreleased |
Common Sense |
Ray Stanley |
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Unreleased |
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Musicians -
Ray Stanley: piano and vocal - Eddie Cochran: lead guitar - Unidentified:
bass and drums. |
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Ray Stanley re-recorded these
songs for the Capitol label in May 1956 and they were released in June 1956
on Capitol F-3451. |
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Ray
Stanley was born Stanley Nussbaum in Dermott, Arkansas in 1924.
Songwriter and vocalist Stanley teamed up with Jack Lewis at American Music.
The Lewis-Stanley partnership accounted for the Crest label's first four
releases. After 1956 Eddie Cochran occasionaly sat in for guitar. In May
1956, 'Glendora' a Ray Stanley song was covered by Perry Como whose version
made the top ten on RCA (booklet Rockstar RSRCD 009). |
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Ray Stanley and Eddie
Cochran |
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April 4, 1956 |
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The Cochran Brothers |
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| Goldstar Studio - Hollywood |
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April or May
1956 |
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The Cochran Brothers |
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| Sunset Recorders - Hollywood |
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1956 (exact
date unknown) |
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Tom Forse |
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Unknown recording location |
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| Matrix
nr |
Original
release |
Title |
Vocal |
Time |
Available on |
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RICH
VEIN 45X101 |
I'm
Gonna Tell Your Conscience On You |
Tom Forse |
1:51 |
STAMPEDE SPRCD 5002 |
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RICH
VEIN 45X101 |
They
Call You A Small Fry |
Tom Forse |
2:07 |
STAMPEDE SPRCD 5002 |
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Musicians -
Tom Forse: vocal and rhythm guitar - Eddie Cochran: guitar - Ralp Mooney:
steel guitar - possibly Connie 'Guybo' Smith: string bass |
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'They Call
You A Small Fry' is an early version of 'Cradle Baby' recorded by Eddie
Cochran in 1957 for his album 'Singin' To My Baby' (LRP 3061). |
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Tom
Forse was born in Augustine, Texas in 1934, dropping the name
Beamon in his early years, preferring to use his middle name. Along with his
brotherTed began his career playing a radio show every Saturday at noon, for
station KTXI based in Jasper, Texas. He also appeared on the Louisiana
Hayride and Grand Prize Jamboree in Houston between 1954/55. During this
same period, Tom, his brother ted and Charlie Craddock took off for New
Mexico, to work at the Sports Arena in Framington. Tom's job was to book
acts, mainly top country & western artists for the Saturday night; one
person that Tom booked was Terry Fell, who also well as owning a couple of
small record labels, had a few minor hit records at this time. Tom was a
talented songwriter; Terry Fell would give him $100 every time he sent him a
song. During 1956 Terry persuaded Tom to come to Los Angeles to so some
recordings for him (information from booklet SPRCD 5002 (Bill Beard)). |
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RICH
VEIN 45X01 (side 1) |
RICH VEIN 45X01 (side
2) |
Tom Forse in the 70's
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Stampede SPRCD 5002 (UK)
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May 1956
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Eddie
Cochran |
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| Hollywood |
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| Matrix
nr |
Original
release |
Title |
Vocal |
Time |
Available on |
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Unreleased |
I Should Have Known
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Eddie Cochran |
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Unreleased |
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Musicians
- Eddie Cochran: vocal and guitar - Unidentified: other musicians. |
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Acetate with
'I
Should Have Known' in possession of songwriter Mitchel Tableporter (also
known under his alias Teepee Mitchell). Tableporter wrote songs for a.o.
Dean Martin. |
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May or June 1956
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Eddie Cochran |
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| Goldstar Studio - Hollywood |
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Early Summer 1956
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Jack Lewis & The
Americans |
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Goldstar Studio -
Hollywood |
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| Matrix
nr |
Original
release |
Title |
Vocal |
Time |
Available on |
| Y |
CREST
1025 |
Butterscotch Candy & Strawberry Pie |
Jack
Lewis |
2:16 |
Not
available on CD |
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Musicians -
Jack Lewis: vocal - Eddie Cochran: vocal - Ray Stanley: vocal and
piano - Dale Fitzsimmons: stand-up bass - Unidentified: drums. |
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Jack Lewis was born in Dallas, Texas in 1926. He and his brother
Jim moved to Caliafornia in the late forties, where they are believed to
have led a band fronted by vocalist Jim. Both brothers are known to have
recorded demo's, individually for American Music, the publishing firm
founded by Sylvester Cross in 1946. Jack Lewis cut at least five singles
for Crest between 1954 and 1957. He made a one-off single for the Arwin
label in 1958. Lewis moved back to Dallas in the late fifties (booklet
Rocktar RSRCD 009). |
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| CREST 1025 (side
A) |
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Goldstar
Studio (1956) |
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Summer 1956 (probably late July)
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Eddie Cochran |
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| Goldstar Studio - Hollywood |
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| Matrix
nr |
Original
release |
Title |
Vocal |
Time |
Available on |
| MSX
1604/1 |
HL-U
8386 (UK) |
Twenty Flight Rock
(version 1) |
Eddie
Cochran |
1:43 |
EMI CD ECB 1 |
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| MSX
1733/1 |
HL-U
8433 (UK) |
Completely Sweet
(version 1) |
Eddie
Cochran |
2:31 |
EMI CD ECB 1 |
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ROCKSTAR RSR-LP 1009 (UK) |
Dark Lonely Street
- balance take |
Eddie
Cochran |
0:48 |
Not
available on CD |
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ROCKSTAR RSR-LP 1009
(UK) |
Dark Lonely Street
- take 1 |
Eddie
Cochran |
2:04 |
ACE
CDCH 237 |
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ROCKSTAR RSRCD 010 (UK) |
Dark Lonely Street
- take 2 |
Eddie
Cochran |
2:26 |
ROCKSTAR RSRCD 010 |
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ROCKSTAR RSR-LP 1019
(UK) |
Dark Lonely Street
- take 3 |
Eddie
Cochran |
2:43 |
ROCKSTAR RSRCD 014 |
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ROCKSTAR
RSR-EP 2010 (UK) |
Dark Lonely Street
- take 4 / false start |
Eddie
Cochran |
0:04 |
ROCKSTAR RSRCD 003 |
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ROCKSTAR
RSR-EP 2010 (UK) |
Dark Lonely Street
- take 5 |
Eddie
Cochran |
2:50 |
ROCKSTAR RSRCD 003 |
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ROCKSTAR RSR-LP
1005 (UK) |
Dark Lonely Street
- take 6 |
Eddie
Cochran |
2:50 |
ROCKSTAR RSRCD 001 |
| LB-682 |
LIBERTY
F -55056 |
Dark Lonely Street
(master - take unknown) |
Eddie
Cochran |
2:19 |
EMI CD ECB 1 |
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Unreleased |
My
Love To Remember (version 2) take
1/false
st. |
Eddie
Cochran |
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Unreleased |
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ROCKSTAR RSR-EP 2007
(UK) |
My
Love To Remember (version 2) take 2 |
Eddie
Cochran |
2:26 |
ACE
CDCH 237 |
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ROCKSTAR RSR-LP
1005 (UK |
My
Love To Remember (version 2) take 3 |
Eddie
Cochran |
2:25 |
Not
available on CD |
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Musicians -
Eddie Cochran: vocal and guitar - Conny 'Guybo' Smith: stand-up bass - Jerry Capehart:
box slapping. |
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Master of
'Dark Lonely Street' may come from a
different session as the song is taken at a slightly faster tempo and
Eddie gives a more confident vocal. 'Twenty-Flight Rock' is featured in the movie 'The Girl
Can't Help It'. The guitar solo was edited out for the movie. |
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The Liberty
Label started business in 1955 and was based in Hollywood, California.
Their first few releases were jazz or pop orchestral things, but their
sixth release was a winner with Julie London's 'Cry Me A River' (reprised
in the classic R&R movie 'The Girl Can't Help It' which also featured
Liberty artists Eddie Cochran, Abbey Lincoln and Johnny Olenn. They had
success with Patience & Prudence before the king of Liberty appeared
in the form of Eddie Cochran. Eddie was the rock & roll start of the
label as well as valued sessionman on a number of releases. The label
started their subsidiary Freedom and eventually bought Dolton of Seattle,
Washington as they were distributing their product. Liberty acted like any
major label in that they recorded the whole spectrum of styles in music.
Bobby Vee and Johnny Burnette had huge success with their pop rock styles
and the label even tried to break Australia's king of rock & roll
Johnny O'Keefe in the U.S. Later business dealings saw the label take over
Imperial (with their Aladdin masters) and merge with United Artists and
eventually be swallowed up by Capitol (E.M.I.) (booklet CD-55001). |
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London
HL-U 8386 (UK) |
Eddie
Cochran performing 'Twenty Flight Rock' in the
motion picture "The Girl Can't Help It"
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ACE
CDCH 237 (UK) |
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Summer 1956
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Eddie Cochran |
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| Goldstar Studio - Hollywood |
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| Matrix
nr |
Original
release |
Title |
Vocal |
Time |
Available on |
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LIBERTY LBY LN 10204 |
Pink-Peg Slacks
(version 2) |
Eddie
Cochran |
2:08 |
EMI CD ECB 1 |
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LIBERTY LBY
1109 (UK) |
Pink-Peg Slacks
(version 2 +
Snuffy Garrett overdubs) |
Eddie
Cochran |
2:08 |
SEECD
271 |
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Unreleased |
My
Love To Remember (version 3) take 1 |
Eddie
Cochran |
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Unreleased |
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Unreleased |
My
Love To Remember (version 3) take 2 |
Eddie
Cochran |
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Unreleased |
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Unreleased |
My
Love To Remember (version 3) take 3 |
Eddie
Cochran |
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Unreleased |
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Unreleased |
My
Love To Remember (version 3) take 4 |
Eddie
Cochran |
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Unreleased |
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ROCKSTAR RSRCD 014 (UK) |
My
Love To Remember (version 3) take 5 |
Eddie
Cochran |
2:10 |
ROCKSTAR RSRCD 014 |
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ROCKSTAR RSR-LP
1021 (UK) |
My
Love To Remember (version 3)
take 6/false st |
Eddie
Cochran |
0:09 |
ROCKSTAR RSRCD 003 |
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ROCKSTAR RSR-LP
1021 (UK) |
My
Love To Remember (version 3) take 7 |
Eddie
Cochran |
2:13 |
ROCKSTAR RSRCD 003 |
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Unreleased |
My
Love To Remember (version 3)
take 8/false st |
Eddie
Cochran |
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Unreleased |
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ROCKSTAR RSR-LP
1019 (UK) |
My
Love To Remember (version
3)
take 9 |
Eddie
Cochran |
2:21 |
Not
available on CD |
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Unreleased |
My
Love To Remember (version 3) take 10 |
Eddie
Cochran |
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Unreleased |
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ROCKSTAR RSR-LP
1005 (UK) |
Half Loved
(version 1) take 1 |
Eddie
Cochran |
2:43 |
ACE
CDCH 237 |
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Musicians - Eddie Cochran:
vocal and lead guitar; Conny 'Guybo' Smith: stand-up bass - Jerry Capehart: box
slapping (except on 'My Love To Remember' - probably Ray Stanley: piano -
Unidentified: rhythm guitar on 'Half Loved'. My Love To
Remember take 3 has a box slapping overdub by Jerry Capehart. Guitar and
drums
overdub on Pink-Peg Slacks coordinated by Snuff Garrett 1960/61. |
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'Half Loved'
(version 1) take 1 is also released on ACE CDCH 237. |
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1109 (UK) |
Rockstar
RSR-LP 1021 (UK) |
See For
Miles SEE CD 271 (UK)
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Rockstar
RSRCD 003 (UK)
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(probably)
Summer or late 1956
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Eddie
Cochran |
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| Details
unknown |
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| Matrix
nr |
Original
release |
Title |
Vocal |
Time |
Available on |
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ROCKSTAR RSRCD 009
(UK) |
My
Love To Remember
(version
4) unknown take |
Eddie Cochran |
0:30 |
ROCKSTAR RSRCD 009 |
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Musicians -
Eddie Cochran: vocal and guitar; Unidentified:
stand-up bass and percussion. |
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This version of
'My Love To Remember'
comes from an unknown and undated session. The booklet from RSRCD 009 dates this
version late 1957. |
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Eddie
Cochran in Baldwin Park, 16 June 1956 |
Rockstar
RSRCD 009 (UK) |
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Acknowledgements:
Uli Kisker for 'Half Loved' take 5 info and playing times 'My Love To
Remember (version 2) take 2 and (version3) take 9. Josep
Rulló for 'Dark Lonely Street' take 3
and take first vinyl issues info, info on 'Half Loved' version 1 and
take info 'Heart Of A Fool.' |
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