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(probably) early 1956

Jerry Capehart
Unknown recording location
Matrix nr Original release Title

Vocal

Time

 Available on
ROCKSTAR RSR-LP 1009 (UK) That's What It Takes To Make A Man Jerry Capehart

1:57

 ROCKSTAR RSRCD 010
ROCKSTAR RSRCD 010 (UK) This Must Be The Place Jerry Capehart 1:44 ROCKSTAR RSRCD 010
musicians - Jerry Capehart: vocal - Eddie Cochran: guitar - Unidentified: other instruments
It is possible that these two songs are recorded at different sessions.

Rockstar RSR-LP 1009 (UK)

 Eddie Cochran and Jerry Capehart in Goldstar Studio

Rockstar RSRCD 010 (UK)

February 16, 1956

Jerry Capehart

Capitol Studios - Hollywood, California
Matrix nr Original release Title

Vocal

Time

 Available on
Unreleased  Rockin' & Flyin' (version 2) - take 1 Jerry Capehart   Unreleased 
Unreleased  Rockin' & Flyin' (version 2) - take 2 Jerry Capehart   Unreleased 
Unreleased  Rockin' & Flyin' (version 2) - take 3 Jerry Capehart   Unreleased 
STAMPEDE SPRCD 5002 (UK) Rockin' & Flyin' (version 2) - take 4 Jerry Capehart 2:07 STAMPEDE SPRCD 5002
Unreleased  Rockin' & Flyin' (version 2) - take 5 Jerry Capehart   Unreleased 
Unreleased  Rockin' & Flyin' (version 2) - take 6 Jerry Capehart   Unreleased 
ROCKSTAR RSRCD 014 (UK) Rockin' & Flyin' (version 2) - take 7 Jerry Capehart 2:05 ROCKSTAR RSRCD 014
           
HOLLYWOOD 1068 Fast Jivin' INSTRUMENTAL

1:45

Not available on CD
ROCKSTAR RSRCD 014 (UK) Fast Jivin' (complete take) INSTRUMENTAL

2:40

ROCKSTAR RSRCD 014
           
Unreleased Mary Jane Jerry Capehart Unreleased 
Musicians - Jerry Capehart: vocal - Eddie Cochran: lead guitar - Joe Maphis: second lead guitar - Ernie Freeman: piano.
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).
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).
   
  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).
   
 

  

Hollywood Records 1068 (side A) Ernie Freeman Joe Maphis

Rockstar RSRCD 014 (UK)

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
           
musicians - Don Deal: vocal/guitar; Eddie Cochran: (lead) guitar; Hank Cochran: guitar/vocal harmony; steel guitar/violin/piano/stand-up bass unknown.
           
  It is still uncertain if Eddie Cochran is present 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.'" On the contrary Don Deal has 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'.
           
 
 
  Don Deal and The Cochran Brothers -  El Monte Legion Stadium (10 March 1956)

Don Deal

Rockstar RSRCD 028 (UK)

Early 1956

Ray Stanley
(probably) Goldstar Studio, California  
Matrix nr Original release Title

Vocal

Time

 Available on
  Unreleased  Let's Get Acquainted Ray Stanley   Unreleased/lost 
  Unreleased  Common Sense Ray Stanley   Unreleased/lost 
Musicians - Ray Stanley: piano and vocal - Eddie Cochran: lead guitar - Unidentified: bass and drums.
   
  Ray Stanley re-recorded these songs for the Capitol label in May 1956 and they were released in June 1956 on Capitol F-3451. The originals are lost.
   
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).
   
     

 
    Ray Stanley and Eddie Cochran  

Early 1956 (not later than April 4, 1956)

The Cochran Brothers
(possibly) Goldstar Studio - Hollywood, California
Matrix nr Original release Title

Vocal

Time

 Available on

U. ARTISTS ECSP 20 (UK)

 Pink-Peg Slacks (version 1) Eddie Cochran

1:53

 BCD 15989 HK
Unreleased Latch On (version 1) take 1 Hank Cochran Unreleased 
U. ARTISTS ECSP 20 (UK) Latch On (version 1) take 2 Hank Cochran

1:45

 BCD 15989 HK
ROCKSTAR RSR EP 2010 (UK) Heart Of A Fool - take 1 Jerry Capehart 1:47 BCD 15989 HK
U. ARTISTS UAS 29163 (UK) Yesterday's Heartbreak Eddie Cochran 2:02 BCD 15989 HK
U. ARTISTS UAS 29163 (UK) Latch On (version 2) The Cochran Brothers 1:37 BCD 15989 HK
Unreleased My Love To Remember (version 1) take 1 Eddie Cochran Unreleased 
ROCKSTAR RSR-LP 1006 (UK) My Love To Remember (version 1) take 2 Eddie Cochran 2:02 BCD 15989 HK
           
  ROCKSTAR RSRCD 008 (UK) He's Graduating - take 1 (possibly) Carol Palmer 2:21 ROCKSTAR RSRCD 008
Musicians - Eddie Cochran: vocal and lead guitar - Hank Cochran: vocal and rhythm guitar - Jerry Capehart: vocal - Conny 'Guybo' Smith: stand-up bass.
  This was an American Demo session. The seven outtakes were compiled onto one tape on April 4, 1956.  'Heart Of A Fool' engineer heard on Rockstar RSR-EP 2010. The female artist formerly unidentified but Paul Vidal's website states that she is Carol Palmer. No other information available.
   
  'Latch On', Heart Of A Fool', Yesterday's Heartbreak'', 'Latch On' (version 2) and My Love To Remember' (version 1, take 1) also available on ROCKSTAR RSRCD 008.
   
 

   
United Artists ECSP20 (UK) Rockstar RSR-LP 1006 (UK)

Rockstar RSRCD 008 (UK)

 Bear Family BCD 15989 HK (Ger)

Early 1956

Hank Cochran

USA
Matrix nr Original release Title

Vocal

Time

 Available on
U. ARTISTS UAS 29163 (UK) I'm Ready Hank Cochran 1:33 BCD 15989 HK
Musicians - Hank Cochran: vocal and guitar - Eddie Cochran: lead guitar - probably Connie 'Guybo' Smith: stand-up bass - Jerry Capehart: box slapping.
  

 
United Artists UAS 29163 (UK) United Artists UAS 29163 (UK)

The Cochran Brothers

 Bear Family BCD 15989 HK (Germany)

April or May 1956

The Cochran Brothers
Western Recorders - Hollywood, California
Matrix nr Original release Title

Vocal

Time

 Available on
3001-A EKKO 3001 Tired & Sleepy Hank & Eddie Cochran

1:59

 BCD 15989 HK
3001-AA EKKO 3001 Fool's Paradise Hank & Eddie Cochran

2:03

 BCD 15989 HK
ROCKSTAR RSR-LP 1006 (UK) Slow Down Hank & Eddie Cochran 1:58 BCD 15989 HK
ROCKSTAR RSR-LP 1006 (UK) Open The Door Hank & Eddie Cochran

2:02

 BCD 15989 HK
Musicians - Eddie Cochran: vocal and lead guitar - Hank Cochran: vocal and guitar - Conny 'Guybo' Smith: stand-up bass - Les Taylor: piano ('Tired & Sleepy' and 'Fool's Paradise') - Roy Harte: drums ('Tired & Sleepy' and 'Fool's Paradise').
  Ekko 3001 and 'Slow Down' and 'Open The Door' also available on ROCKSTAR RSRCD 008. 
   

 
EKKO 3001 (side 1) EKKO 3001 (promo) Jerry Capehart and the Cochran Brothers at the El Monte Legion Stadium (10th March 1956) Bear Family BCD 15989 HK (Ger)

1956 (exact date unknown)

Tom Forse

Unknown recording location
Matrix nr Original release Title

Vocal

Time

 Available on
RICH VEIN 45X101 I'm Gonna Tell Your Conscience On You Tom Forse 1:51 STAMPEDE SPRCD 5002
RICH VEIN 45X101 They Call You A Small Fry Tom Forse 2:07 BCD 15989 HK
Musicians - Tom Forse: vocal and rhythm guitar - Eddie Cochran: guitar - Ralp Mooney: steel guitar - possibly Connie 'Guybo' Smith: string bass
'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).
  'They Call You A Small Fry' also available on CD STAMPEDE SPRCD 5002.
   
  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)).
   

RICH VEIN 45X01 (side 2)

Tom Forse in the 70's

Stampede SPRCD 5002 (UK)

 Bear Family BCD 15989 HK (Ger)

May 9, 1956

Wynn Stewart - Skeets MacDonald (split session)

Capitol Records Studio (Capitol Tower) - Hollywood, California
Producer: Ken Nelson  
Matrix nr Original release Title

Vocal

Time

 Available on
15461 CAPITOL F-3515 Slowly But Surely Wynn Stewart 2:09 BCD 15989 HK
15462 CAPITOL F-3515 Keeper of The Keys Wynn Stewart 2:45 BCD 15989 HK
Winford Lindsey Stewart (born June 7, 1934 in Morrisville, Missouri, was an American country music performer. He was one of the progenitors of the Bakersfield sound. Although not a huge chart success, he was an inspiration to such greats as Buck Owens and Merle Haggard. The Stewart family moved west from Missouri during World War II and finally settled in Huntington Park, California in 1948. While still in school, Stewart formed a band and started touring clubs, with his father chaperoning. It was at this time that he also made his first recording -- a cover of Eddy Arnold's Anytime. After graduating high school in 1951, he began entering talent contests sponsored by a local radio station. It was there that he met long-time collaborator, pedal steel guitarist Ralph Mooney. In 1954 he signed his first recording contract with the independent label Intro Records, where he recorded the single I've Waited a Lifetime b/w Strolling. This gained the attention of Skeets McDonald, who set him up with an audition with Capitol Records. His first hit with Capitol was Waltz of the Angels, in 1956. Unhappy with the direction Capitol was taking with the Nashville sound, Stewart left the label after only a few years. After a string of moderate hits with Challenge, Stewart re-signed with Capitol in 1965, and in 1969 had a #1 hit with It's Such a Pretty World Today. In 1975 he moved to Playboy Records, where he had a Top Ten hit with After the Storm. He started his own WIN Records an 1978, but changing tastes in music and problems with alcohol brought his career to a standstill. While preparing to launch a comeback in 1985, Stewart suffered a heart attack and died at his home in Hendersonville, Tennessee on July 17, 1985.
 
Capitol F-3515 (side A promo) Capitol F-3515 (side B) Wynn Stewart Bear Family BCD 15989 HK (Germany)
15463 CAPITOL F-3461 You Oughta See Grandma Rock Skeets McDonald 2:01 BCD 15989 HK
15464 CAPITOL F-3461 Heartbreakin' Mama Skeets McDonald 2:22 BCD 15989 HK
Musicians - Wynn Stewart: vocal and guitar - Skeets McDonald: vocal and guitar - Eddie Cochran: lead guitar - Joe Maphis: guitar - Bud Dooley: bass - Roy Harte: drums - Ralph Mooney: steel guitar - Pee Wee Adams: drums -Jelly Sanders: fiddle.
Best known for his self-penned chart-topper "Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes," Skeets McDonald was a honky tonk singer and songwriter whose work helped serve to bridge the gap between country and rock & roll. The youngest of seven children, Enos William McDonald was born on October 1, 1915, in Greenway, AR, and earned his nickname after an incident involving a swarm of mosquitoes. He became interested in music at a young age and when his older brother moved to Michigan several years later, McDonald followed and joined his first band, the Lonesome Cowboys, in Detroit in 1935. He continued to perform on local radio stations until he was drafted to serve in World War II in 1943. After returning from battle, McDonald began performing on a Detroit-area television program and in 1950 cut his first records with fiddler Johnnie White & His Rough Riders. In 1951, McDonald and his family moved to Los Angeles, where he was signed to perform on Cliffie Stone's TV program Hometown Jamboree. Soon after, he joined Capitol Records and in 1952 released "Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes," by far his biggest hit. His music's evolution from honky tonk to straightforward rockabilly proved to be influential with other musicians. In 1959, McDonald signed with Columbia, which mandated that he return to country music. In the early '60s, he notched a handful of hits, including "Call Me Mr. Brown," which reached the Top Ten in 1963. As the decade wore on, he began branching out from the West Coast music scene, recording in Nashville and appearing on the Grand Ole Opry. Despite the country industry's shift towards slicker, more pop-oriented productions, McDonald remained a purist throughout his career; he died on March 31, 1968, after suffering a massive heart attack (based on Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide).
 
Capitol F-3461 (side A) Capitol F-3461 (side B promo) Skeets McDonald Bear Family BCD 15989 HK (Germany)

May 1956

Eddie Cochran
Hollywood, California
Matrix nr Original release Title

Vocal

Time

 Available on
Unreleased I Should Have Known Eddie Cochran

Unreleased

Musicians - Eddie Cochran: vocal and guitar - Unidentified: other musicians. 
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.

May or June 1956

Eddie Cochran
(possibly) Goldstar Studio - Hollywood, California
Matrix nr Original release Title

Vocal

Time

 Available on
U. ARTISTS ECSP 20 (UK) Long Tall Sally Eddie Cochran 1:44 BCD 15989 HK
LIBERTY LBY LN 10204 Blue Suede Shoes Eddie Cochran 1:48 BCD 15989 HK
LIB 10108 B LIBERTY L.22.592 (GER) I Almost Lost My Mind Eddie Cochran 2:28 BCD 15989 HK
LIBERTY LBY 1109 (UK) That's My Desire Eddie Cochran 2:04 BCD 15989 HK
Musicians - Eddie Cochran: vocal and guitar - Conny 'Guybo' Smith: stand-up bass - Jerry Capehart: box slapping. 
   
LIBERTY LRP 3220 Long Tall Sally (Snuff Garrett overdubs) Eddie Cochran 1:44 BCD 15989 HK
LIBERTY LRP 3220 Blue Suede Shoes (Snuff Garrett overdubs) Eddie Cochran 1:48 BCD 15989 HK
LIB 10108 B LIBERTY LIB 10108 (UK) I Almost Lost My Mind (Snuff Garrett overdubs) Eddie Cochran 2:28 BCD 15989 HK
LIBERTY LBY 1319F (FR) That's My Desire (Snuff Garrett overdubs) Eddie Cochran 2:04 BCD 15989 HK
The guitar overdub on 'Long Tall Sally' and 'Blue Suede Shoes', and the cymbal overdub on 'I Almost Lost My Mind' and 'That's My Desire' produced by Snuff Garrett possibly July 20, 1962 at Liberty Custom Recorders, Hollywood California. Leader: Tommy Allsup. Piano overdub on 'I Almost Lost My Mind' and 'That's My Desire' by Ernie Freeman. Blue Suede Shoes (Snuff Garret overdubs) is also available on SEECD 271.
  Snuffy Garrett overdubs 'Long Tall Sally' and 'Blue Suede Shoes' also released on CD EMI 7-80240-2 6 and 'I Almost Lost My Mind' and 'That's My Desire' also released on CD ROCKSTAR RSRCD 026.
   

 
Liberty LRP 3220 Liberty LBY 1319F (France)

EMI 7-80240-2 6 (USA CD release)

 Bear Fam. BCD 15989 HK (Germany)

Early Summer 1956

Jack Lewis & The Americans

Goldstar Studio - Hollywood, California
Matrix nr Original release Title

Vocal

Time

 Available on
Y CREST 1025 Butterscotch Candy & Strawberry Pie Jack Lewis 2:16 Not available on CD
Musicians - Jack Lewis: vocal -  Eddie Cochran: vocal - Ray Stanley: vocal and piano - Dale Fitzsimmons: stand-up bass - Unidentified: drums.
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).
   
CREST 1025 (side A)  

Goldstar Studio (1956)

(possibly) Mid 1956

Eddie Cochran
Goldstar Studio - Hollywood, California
Matrix nr Original release Title

Vocal

Time

 Available on
ROCKSTAR RSR-LP 1009 (UK) Dark Lonely Street (version 1) balance take Eddie Cochran 0:48 Not available on CD
ROCKSTAR RSR-LP 1009 (UK) Dark Lonely Street (version 1) take 1 Eddie Cochran 2:04 BCD 15989 HK
ROCKSTAR RSRCD 010 (UK) Dark Lonely Street (version 1) take 2 Eddie Cochran 2:26 BCD 15989 HK
ROCKSTAR RSR-LP 1019 (UK) Dark Lonely Street (version 1) take 3 Eddie Cochran 2:43 BCD 15989 HK
ROCKSTAR RSR-EP 2010 (UK) Dark Lonely Street (version 1) take 4 / false start Eddie Cochran 0:04 BCD 15989 HK
ROCKSTAR RSR-EP 2010 (UK) Dark Lonely Street (version 1) take 5 Eddie Cochran 2:50 BCD 15989 HK
ROCKSTAR RSR-LP 1005 (UK) Dark Lonely Street (version 1) take 6 Eddie Cochran 2:50 BCD 15989 HK
           
  Musicians - Eddie Cochran: vocal and guitar - Conny 'Guybo' Smith: stand-up bass.
   
  'Dark Lonely Street (version 1) take 1 also released on CD on ACE CDCH 237, take 2 also released on ROCKSTAR RSRCD 010, take 3 also released on ROCKSTAR RSRCD 014, take 4 and 5 also released on ROCKSTAR RSRCD 003, take 6 also released ROCKSTAR RSRCD 001.
   
 
Rockstar RSR-LP 1009 (UK) Rockstar RSR-EP 2010 (UK) Rockstar RSR-LP 1019 (UK)  Bear Family BCD 15989 HK (Germany)

Summer 1956 (probably late July)

Eddie Cochran
Goldstar Studio - Hollywood, California
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 BCD 15989 HK
MSX 1733/1 HL-U 8433 (UK) Completely Sweet (version 1) Eddie Cochran 2:31 BCD 15989 HK
LB-682 LIBERTY F -55056 Dark Lonely Street (version 2) take unknown Eddie Cochran 2:19 BCD 15989 HK
Unreleased My Love To Remember (version 2) take 1/false st. Eddie Cochran Unreleased
ROCKSTAR RSR-EP 2007 (UK) My Love To Remember (version 2) take 2 Eddie Cochran 2:26 BCD 15989 HK
ROCKSTAR RSR-LP 1005 (UK My Love To Remember (version 2) take 3 Eddie Cochran 2:25 BCD 15989 HK
Musicians - Eddie Cochran: vocal and guitar - Conny 'Guybo' Smith: stand-up bass - probably Jerry Capehart: box slapping. 
'Twenty-Flight Rock' is featured in the movie 'The Girl Can't Help It'. The guitar solo was edited out for the movie soundtrack.
   
  'My Love To Remember' (version 2, take 2) is also available on ACE CDCH 237 (UK CD).
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).
     
Liberty F-55056 

London HL-U 8386 (UK)

Eddie Cochran performing 'Twenty Flight Rock' in the motion picture "The Girl Can't Help It"  

 Bear Fam. BCD 15989 HK (Germany)

Summer 1956 (possibly different sessions)

Eddie Cochran
Goldstar Studio - Hollywood, California
Matrix nr Original release Title

Vocal

Time

 Available on
LIBERTY LBY LN 10204 Pink-Peg Slacks (version 2) Eddie Cochran 2:08 BCD 15989 HK
Unreleased My Love To Remember (version 3) take 1  Eddie Cochran Unreleased
Unreleased My Love To Remember (version 3) take 2  Eddie Cochran Unreleased
Unreleased My Love To Remember (version 3) take 3  Eddie Cochran Unreleased
Unreleased My Love To Remember (version 3) take 4 Eddie Cochran Unreleased
ROCKSTAR RSRCD 014 (UK) My Love To Remember (version 3) take 5 Eddie Cochran 2:10 BCD 15989 HK
ROCKSTAR RSR-LP 1021 (UK) My Love To Remember (version 3) take 6/false st Eddie Cochran 0:09 BCD 15989 HK
ROCKSTAR RSR-LP 1021 (UK) My Love To Remember (version 3) take 7 Eddie Cochran 2:13 BCD 15989 HK
Unreleased My Love To Remember (version 3) take 8/false st Eddie Cochran Unreleased
ROCKSTAR RSR-LP 1019 (UK) My Love To Remember (version 3) take 9 Eddie Cochran 2:21 BCD 15989 HK
Unreleased My Love To Remember (version 3) take 10 Eddie Cochran Unreleased
ROCKSTAR RSR-LP 1005 (UK) Half Loved (version 1) take 1 Eddie Cochran 2:43 BCD 15989 HK
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.
  'My Love To Remember' (version 3) take 5 also available on CD ROCKSTAR RSRCD 014, take 6 and 7 also available on CD ROCKSTAR RSRCD 003. 'Half Loved' (version 1) take 1 also available on CD ACE CDCH 237 (UK CD).
   
LIBERTY LBY 1109 (UK) Pink-Peg Slacks (version 2) Snuff Garrett overdubs Eddie Cochran 2:08 BCD 15989 HK
           
Guitar and drums overdub on Pink-Peg Slacks coordinated by Snuff Garrett possibly July 20, 1962 at Liberty Custom Recorders, Hollywood California. Leader: Tommy Allsup. Other details unkown.
   
  'My Love To Remember' (version 3) take 5 also available on CD SEECD 271 (UK CD).
   

Liberty LBY 1109 (UK)

Rockstar RSR-LP 1021 (UK)

See For Miles SEE CD 271 (UK)

 Bear Fam. BCD 15989 HK (Germany)
 

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.' Stuart Colman for April/May Cochran Brothers session information. Thanks Tony Barrett for detailed information on American Demo session of April 4, 1956 and pointing out that 'He's Graduating' was not recorded in 1957 but during this session and that the master of 'Dark Lonely Street' is from another (later) different session than the alternate takes. Kimmo Nieminen for the more probable recording date of early 1956 for the Jerry Capehart session. Stuart Colman information on the Snuff Garrett overdub sessions.