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Mid 1956

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

Vocal

Time

 Available on
  Unreleased Half Loved (version 2) take 1 Eddie Cochran   Unreleased
  LP HYDRA BLK 7706 (GER) Half Loved (version 2) take 2 Eddie Cochran 2:22 BCD 15989 HK
  ROCKSTAR RSR-LP 1021 (UK) Half Loved (version 2) take 3 / false start Eddie Cochran 0:07 BCD 15989 HK
  ROCKSTAR RSR-LP 1021 (UK) Half Loved (version 2) take 4 Eddie Cochran 2:24 BCD 15989 HK
CM-101 CREST 1026 Half Loved (version 2) take 5 (master) Eddie Cochran 2:24 BCD 15989 HK
Musicians - Eddie Cochran: vocal and guitar - Ray Stanley: piano - Connie 'Guybo' Smith: stand-up bass - Unidentified: drums. 
  'Half Loved' (version 2 take 5 (master) is available with count-in on RSR-LP 1019. Take 2 is also available on CD Musidisc/DCA 108292 (France CD), take 3 and 4 also available on CD ROCKSTAR RSRCD 003.
           
LIBERTY LBY 1109 (UK) Half Loved (version 2) Snuff Garrett overdubs Eddie Cochran 2:24 BCD 15989 HK
           
  Piano and drum overdubs produced by Snuff Garrett possibly July 20, 1962 at Liberty Custom Recorders, Hollywood California. Leader: Tommy Allsup. Piano overdub possibly by Ray Stanley.
   
  'Half Loved' (version 2) Snuff Garrett overdubs is also available on CD MAGIC 3930592 (France CD).
   
 
CREST 1026 (side 2) Hydra BLK 7706 (Germany)

Rockstar RSR-LP 1021 (UK)

 Bear Family BCD 15989 HK (Germany)

July 1956

Eddie Cochran - Gene Davis (artist name: Bo Davis) (possibly split session)
Master Recorders - Hollywood, California
Matrix nr Original release Title

Vocal

Time

 Available on
Unreleased Skinny Jim (false start) Eddie Cochran

Unreleased
CM-100   CREST 1026 Skinny Jim Eddie Cochran

2:09

 BCD 15989 HK
Musicians - Eddie Cochran: vocal and guitar - Ray Stanley: piano - Connie 'Guybo' Smith: stand-up bass - Jesse Sailes: drums.
  'Half Loved' (version 2 take 5 (master) is available with count-in on RSR-LP 1019.
   
LIBERTY LBY 1109 (UK) Skinny Jim (Snuff Garrett overdubs) Eddie Cochran 2:09 BCD 15989 HK
   
Piano and drum overdubs produced by Snuff Garrett possibly July 20, 1962 at Liberty Custom Recorders, Hollywood California. Leader: Tommy Allsup. Piano overdub Ray Stanley.
   
  'Skinny Jim' (Snuff Garrett overdubs) is also available on CD ROCKSTAR RSRCD 026.
 

CREST 1026 (side 1) Liberty LBY 1109 (UK)   Bear Family BCD 15989 HK (Germany)
CM-102 CREST 1027 Let's Coast Awhile Gene Davis 1:59 BCD 15989 HK
CM-103 CREST 1027 Drowning All My Sorrows Gene Davis 2:09 BCD 15989 HK
ROCKSTAR RSR-EP 2003 (UK) Latch On (version 3) Jerry Capehart, Eddie Cochran and possibly Gene Davis 1:51 BCD 15989 HK
Musicians - Gene (Bo) Davis: vocal and guitar on 'Let's Coast Awhile' and 'Drowning All My Sorrows' - Eddie Cochran: lead guitar and vocal on 'Latch On' - Jesse Sailes: drums - Possibly Bo Davis: vocal on 'Latch On' - Jerry Capehart: vocal on 'Latch On'.
   
  'Drowning All My Sorrows' also available on CD ROCKSTAR RSRCD 001 and 'Latch On' (version 3) also available on CD ROCKSTAR RSRCD 008.

CREST 1027

 Rockstar RSR-EP 2003 (UK) Bo Davis Bear Family BCD 15989 HK (Germany)

(probably) Summer or late 1956

Eddie Cochran
Unknown recording location
Matrix nr Original release Title

Vocal

Time

 Available on
ROCKSTAR RSRCD 009 (UK) My Love To Remember (version 4) unknown take Eddie Cochran 0:30  
Musicians - Eddie Cochran: vocal and guitar; Unidentified: stand-up bass and percussion. 
This version of 'My Love To Remember' comes from an unknown and undated session. The booklet from RSRCD 009 dates this version late 1957.
   
  'My Love To Remember' (version 4) also available on CD ROCKSTAR RSRCD 009.
 

Rockstar RSRCD 009 (UK) Eddie Cochran in Baldwin Park, 16 June 1956

 

Bear Family BCD 15989 HK (Germany)

Autumn 1956

Jack Lewis & The Americans - Lynn Marshall (split session)
Goldstar Studio - Hollywood, California
Matrix nr Original release Title

Vocal

Time

 Available on
CM-118 CREST 1033 Someone To Love Me Jack Lewis

2:13

 ROCKSTAR RSRCD 009
CM-119 CREST 1033 I.O.U. Jack Lewis 2:07 BCD 15989 HK
ROCKSTAR RSR-LP 1019 (UK) Tood-A-Lou Jack Lewis 2:03 BCD 15989 HK
Musicians - Jack Lewis: vocal - Eddie Cochran: guitar - Connie 'Guybo' Smith: stand-up bass - probably Jerry Capehart: box slapping - Unidentified: hand clapping on 'I.O.U.'.
It is not sure that Tood-A-Lou was recorded during this session. 'Tood-A-Lou' was first made available on RSR-LP 1019 'Thinkin' About You'.
   
  'I.O.U.' also available on CD ROCKSTAR RSRCD 009, 'Tood-A-Lou' also available on CD ACE CDCHD 768.

CREST 1033 (side 1) CREST 1033 (side 2)

ACE CDCHD 768 (UK)

Bear Family BCD 15989 HK (Germany)
CM 120 CREST 1034 Borrowed Love Lynn Marshall 2:07 ROCKSTAR RSRCD 009
CM 121 CREST 1034 You'll Find Out Lynn Marshall 1:51 ROCKSTAR RSRCD 009
Musicians -  Lynn Marshall: vocal - Eddie Cochran: guitar - Connie 'Guybo' Smith: stand-up bass Unidentified: drums, sax on 'Borrowed Love' and chorus on  You'll Find Out'. 
'Borrowed Love' is also available on RSR-LP 1019 'Thinkin' About You'.
Lynn Marshall  was the daughter of Hollywood arranger Jack marshall, best known for scoring the Peggy Lee classic 'Fever' (booklet Rockstar RSRSCD 009). 
CREST 1034 (side 1) CREST 1034 (side 2)

Rockstar RSRCD 009 (UK)

Mid or Late 1956

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

Vocal

Time

 Available on
ROCKSTAR RSRCD 008 (UK) Nice 'n' Easy INSTRUMENTAL 2:20 ROCKSTAR RSRCD 008
ROCKSTAR RSRCD 014 (UK) String Fever INSTRUMENTAL 2:29 ROCKSTAR RSRCD 014
Musicians - Eddie Cochran: guitar - Connie 'Guybo' Smith: stand-up bass - Unidentified: all other instruments

Rockstar RSRCD 008 (UK)

Connie 'Guybo' Smith

Rockstar RSRCD 014 (UK)

(probably) September - December 1956

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

Vocal

Time

 Available on
ROCKSTAR RSRCD 010     Jungle Jingle INSTRUMENTAL 2:33 BCD 15989 HK
ROCKSTAR RSRCD 009     Guitar Blues INSTRUMENTAL 2:55 BCD 15989 HK
   
Musicians - Eddie Cochran: guitar - Unidentified: other instruments
 
 
Rockstar RSRCD 009 (UK)

Rockstar RSRCD 010 (UK)

  

Bear Family BCD 15989 HK (Germany)
Late 1956
Eddie Cochran
Goldstar Studio - Hollywood, California
Matrix nr Original release Title

Vocal

Time

 Available on
ROCKSTAR RSRCD 008 (UK) Mighty Mean (demo) Eddie Cochran 1:58 BCD 15989 HK
Musicians - Eddie Cochran: vocal and guitar - Connie 'Guybo' Smith: stand-up bass - probably Jerry Capehart: box slapping
'Mighty Mean' is an early arrangement of 'Mean When I'm Mad' and comes from an acetate found in Eddie's private record collection.

 

Goldstar acetate 'Mighty Mean'

Rockstar RSRCD 008 (UK)

  

Bear Family BCD 15989 HK (Germany)

Late 1956
Ray Stanley
Goldstar Studio - Hollywood, California
Matrix nr Original release Title

Vocal

Time

 Available on
ROCKSTAR RSRCD 010 (UK) Equator Ray Stanley 2:01 ROCKSTAR RSRCD 010
   
Musicians - Ray Stanley: vocal and piano - Eddie Cochran: guitar - Connie 'Guybo' Smith: stand-up bass - possibly Jerry Capehart: box slapping.
   

 

  

Rockstar RSRCD 010 (UK)

Late 1956 (different sessions)
Ray Stanley
Goldstar Studio - Hollywood, California
Matrix nr Original release Title

Vocal

Time

 Available on
Z-139-280 ZEPHYR ZR 70-011 Market Place Ray Stanley 2:05 ROCKSTAR RSRCD 009
Z-139-281 ZEPHYR ZR 70-011 Pushin' INSTRUMENTAL 2:10 ROCKSTAR RSRCD 009
Z-142-299 ZEPHYR ZR 70-022 Love Charms Ray Stanley 2:30 ROCKSTAR RSRCD 009
Z-142-300 ZEPHYR ZR 70-022 My Lovin' Baby Ray Stanley 2:18 BCD 15989 HK
ROCKSTAR RSR-LP 1009 (UK) Kiss & Make Up Ray Stanley 1:49 ROCKSTAR RSRCD 009
Musicians - Ray Stanley: vocal and piano; Eddie Cochran: lead guitar - Connie 'Guybo' Smith: stand-up bass - possibly Jerry Capehart: box slapping.
  'My Lovin' Baby' also available on ROCKSTAR RSRCD 009.
   

Zephyr ZR 70-022 (promo side B)

Zephyr ZR 70-022 (side B)

Rockstar RSRCD 009 (UK)

 Bear Family BCD 15989 HK (Germany)

Late 1956
Ray Stanley
Goldstar Studio - Hollywood, California
8522 ARGO 5280 Over A Coke Ray Stanley BCD 15989 HK
Musicians - Ray Stanley: vocal and piano; Eddie Cochran: lead guitar - Connie 'Guybo' Smith: stand-up bass - possibly Jerry Capehart: box slapping.
   

Argo 5280 (side A)     Bear Family BCD 15989 HK (Germany)

September - December 1956

The Holly Twins
Goldstar Studio - Hollywood, California
Matrix nr Original release Title

Vocal

Time

 Available on
LB/665 / FB2148 LIBERTY F 55048 I Want Elvis For Christmas The Holly Twins 1:57 BCD 15989 HK
LB/666 / FB2149 LIBERTY F 55048 The Tender Age The Holly Twins 2:26

LBY120503 (bootleg CD)

Musicians - Glenell & Jonell (The Holly Twins): vocals - Eddie Cochran: vocal & guitar - Connie 'Guybo' Smith: stand-up bass - Unidentified: piano and drums. The Holly Twins are Jonell McQuaig and  Glenell McQuaig.
 
Liberty F-55048 (side A) 

The Holly Twins

LBY120503 (bootleg CD)

 Bear Family BCD 15989 HK (Germany)

December 1956

Mamie van Doren (soundtrack for the movie "Untamed Youth")
Capitol Studio - Hollywood, California
Matrix nr Original release Title

Vocal

Time

 Available on
EP PREP MI-1 Salamander Mamie van Doren 1:59 MAR 062
EP PREP MI-1 Go Go Calypso Mamie van Doren 2:14 MAR 062
EP PREP MI-1 Oo Ba La Baby Mamie van Doren 2:32 MAR 062
EP PREP MI-1 Rollin' Stone Mamie van Doren 2:24 MAR 062
Musicians - Mamie van Doren: vocal - Eddie Cochran: lead guitar - Unidentified: piano, rhythm-guitar, stand-up bass, drums and chorus.
Eddie Cochran co-wrote the song 'Oo Ba la baby' with Jerry capehart, Lennie Adelson and Les Baxter. It is not sure if Eddie Cochran is present on 'Go Go Calypso'. The PREP recordings (a division of Capitol Records) were made available on a now out of print limited edition CD (500 copies pressed) on the Belgian Marginal Records label (MAR 062): 'The Girl Who Invented Rock 'n' Roll'. Special note: for the movie soundtrack a different set of recordings of the four songs was made which doesn't feature Eddie Cochran.
1950s "sex bomb" Mamie Van Doren, born February 6, 1931 could act, but reviewers seldom got any farther than commenting on her torpedo bras and skin-tight capri pants. She made her professional bow as a band singer, acting in stock companies before signing a contract with Universal Pictures in 1953. There would be a few A pictures in her future, notably the Clark Gable-Doris Day comedy 'Teacher's Pet (1958), but Van Doren's career was mainly devoted to tawdry exploitation programmers and drive-in quickies. She became the resident Marilyn Monroe-type for fast-buck producer Albert Zugsmith in the late 1950s and early 1960s, starring in such films as 'The Beat Generation' (1958), The Big Operator (1959), The Private Lives of Adam and Eve (1960), and her signature film, 'Sex Kittens Go To College' (1960). She also showed up in the "musical j.d." epic 'Born Reckless' (singing five songs) and as a neurotic striptease artist in director Tommy Noonan's tickle-and-tease farce Three Nuts in Search of a Bolt (1964). Disappearing from films in the 1970s, Van Doren continued popping up at important Hollywood social functions and awards presentations, as zaftig and exhibitionist as ever, much to the delight of her ever-growing fan club. In 1987 Mamie Van Doren wrote her memoirs, Playing the Field, in which she claims she slept with practically every male star in the entertainment industry (Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide).
EP PREP MI-1 Eddie Cochran, Lori Nelson and Mamie van Doren in a scene from 'Untamed Youth' CD Marginal Records (MAR 062) Belgium

December 1956

Eddie Cochran (soundtrack for the movie "Untamed Youth")
Goldstar Studio - Hollywood, California
Matrix nr Original release Title

Vocal

Time

 Available on
U. ARTISTS UAS 9959 Cotton Picker Eddie Cochran 2:27 BCD 15989 HK
UNION PACIFIC U.P.001 (UK) Cotton Picker (movie version) Eddie Cochran 2:00 Not available on CD
Musicians - Eddie Cochran: vocal and guitar - probably Connie 'Guybo' Smith: stand-up bass.
The Union Pacific LP is an unofficial release from 1971.

Union Pacific U.P.001 (UK)

 Eddie Cochran singing 'Cotton Picker' in a scene from 'Untamed Youth' Bear Family BCD 15989 HK (Germany)

Acknowledgements: Thanks to Terry Gordon (Rockin' Country Style) for the scans of CREST 1033, Argo 5280, Capitol F-3461, Zephyr 70-022. Thanks to Uli Kisker for the scan of the Belgian Mamie van Doren CD MAR 062, playing time for the Mamie van Doren songs and info on 'Half Loved' (version 2 take 5 (master) which is available with count-in on RSR-LP 1019. Josep Rulló for complete session info on 'Half Loved' version 2. Thanks Tony Barrett for 'Mighty Mean' and 'Latch On' (version 3) information. Stuart Colman information on the Snuff Garrett overdub sessions.