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Eddie
Cochran Sessions
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July 1956 |
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Eddie Cochran - Gene Davis (artist
name: Bo Davis) (split
session) |
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| Master Recorders - Hollywood |
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| Matrix
nr |
Original
release |
Title |
Vocal |
Time |
Available on |
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Unreleased |
Skinny Jim
(false start) |
Eddie
Cochran |
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Unreleased |
| CM-100 |
CREST
1026 |
Skinny Jim |
Eddie
Cochran |
2:09 |
EMI CD ECB 1 |
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LIBERTY LBY 1109 (UK) |
Skinny
Jim
(Snuffy Garrett
overdubs) |
Eddie Cochran |
2:09 |
ROCKSTAR RSRCD 026 |
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Half Loved (version 2) take 1 |
Eddie Cochran |
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Unreleased |
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LP HYDRA BLK 7706 (GER) |
Half Loved
(version 2) take 2 |
Eddie
Cochran |
2:22 |
Musidisc/DCA 108292 (FR) |
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ROCKSTAR RSR-LP 1021 (UK) |
Half Loved
(version 2) take 3 / false start |
Eddie
Cochran |
0:07 |
ROCKSTAR RSRCD 003 |
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ROCKSTAR RSR-LP 1021 (UK) |
Half Loved
(version 2) take 4 |
Eddie
Cochran |
2:24 |
ROCKSTAR RSRCD 003 |
| CM-101 |
CREST
1026 |
Half Loved
(version 2) take 5
(master) |
Eddie
Cochran |
2:24 |
EMI CD ECB 1 |
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LIBERTY LBY 1109
(UK) |
Half Loved
(version 2 +
Snuffy Garrett overdubs) |
Eddie
Cochran |
2:24 |
MAGIC
3930592 (FR) |
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Musicians -
Eddie Cochran: vocal and guitar - Ray Stanley: piano - Connie 'Guybo'
Smith: stand-up
bass - Jesse Sailes: drums - Hank Cochran: vocal. |
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Piano and drum overdubs coordinated by Snuffy Garrett 1960/61.
'Half Loved' (version 2 take 5 (master) is available with count-in on RSR-LP
1019. |
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| CM-102 |
CREST
1027 |
Let's Coast Awhile |
Gene
Davis |
1:59 |
EMI CD ECB 1 |
| CM-103 |
CREST
1027 |
Drowning All My Sorrows |
Gene
Davis |
2:09 |
ROCKSTAR RSRCD 001 |
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ROCKSTAR RSR-EP
2003 (UK) |
Latch On
(version 3)
Jerry Capehart and Hank & Eddie Cochran |
1:51 |
ROCKSTAR RSRCD 008 |
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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 - Hank Cochran:
vocal on 'Latch On' - Jerry Capehart: vocal on 'Latch On'. |
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CREST
1027
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Rockstar
RSR-EP 2003 (UK) |
Bo
Davis |
Rockstar RSRCD
008 (UK) |
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July 26, 1956 |
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Wynn Stewart - Skeets MacDonald
(split session) |
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Western Recorders - Hollywood |
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| Matrix
nr |
Original
release |
Title |
Vocal |
Time |
Available on |
| 15461 |
CAPITOL
F-3515 |
Slowly But Surely |
Wynn
Stewart |
2:09 |
EMI CD ECB 1 |
| 15462 |
CAPITOL
F-3515 |
Keeper of The Keys |
Wynn
Stewart |
2:45 |
EMI CD ECB 1 |
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Musicians -
Wynn Stewart: vocal and guitar - Eddie Cochran:
lead guitar - probably Skeets McDonald: stand-up bass - Roy Harte: drums -
Unidentified: steel guitar and violin. |
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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 1972 he left
for RCA, and then moved to Playboy Records in 1975, 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. |
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| Capitol
F-3515 (side A promo) |
Capitol
F-3515 (side B) |
Wynn
Stewart |
EMI
CD ECB 1 (UK) |
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| 15463 |
CAPITOL
F-3461 |
You Oughta See Grandma Rock |
Skeets McDonald |
2:01 |
EMI CD ECB 1 |
| 15464 |
CAPITOL
F-3461 |
Heartbreakin' Mama |
Skeets McDonald |
2:22 |
EMI CD ECB 1 |
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Musicians - Skeets McDonald:
vocal and guitar - Eddie Cochran:
lead guitar - Connie 'Guybo' Smith:
stand-up bass - Unidentified: drums.
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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).
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F-3461 (side A) |
Capitol
F-3461 (side B promo) |
Skeets
McDonald |
EMI
CD ECB 1 (UK) |
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Autumn 1956
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Jack Lewis & The Americans - Lynn
Marshall (split
session) |
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| Goldstar Studio - Hollywood |
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| 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 |
ROCKSTAR RSRCD 009 |
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ROCKSTAR
RSR-LP 1019 (UK) |
Tood-A-Lou |
Jack
Lewis |
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ACE
CDCHD 768 |
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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.'. |
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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'. |
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| 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 |
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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'. |
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'Borrowed
Love' is also available on RSR-LP 1019 'Thinkin' About
You'. |
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Lynn
Marshall was the daughter of Hollywood arranger Jack marshall,
best known for scoring the Peggy Lee classic 'Fever' (booklet Rockstar
RSRSCD 009). |
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Middle or Late 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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ROCKSTAR RSRCD 008
(UK) |
Nice
'n' Easy |
INSTRUMENTAL |
2:20 |
ROCKSTAR RSRCD 008 |
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ROCKSTAR RSRCD 014
(UK) |
String Fever |
INSTRUMENTAL |
2:29 |
ROCKSTAR RSRCD 014 |
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Musicians -
Eddie Cochran: guitar - Connie 'Guybo' Smith: stand-up bass - Unidentified:
all other instruments |
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Rockstar
RSRCD 008 (UK) |
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Connie 'Guybo' Smith |
Rockstar
RSRCD 014 (UK) |
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Probably September - December 1956
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Eddie Cochran |
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| Goldstar Studio - Hollywood |
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Late 1956 - early 1957
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Eddie Cochran
(songs probably recorded in
different sessions) |
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| Goldstar Studio - Hollywood |
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Late 1956
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| Ray Stanley |
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| Goldstar Studio - Hollywood |
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| Matrix
nr |
Original
release |
Title |
Vocal |
Time |
Available on |
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ROCKSTAR
RSRCD 010 (UK) |
Equator |
Ray Stanley |
2:01 |
ROCKSTAR
RSRCD 010 |
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Musicians -
Ray Stanley: vocal and piano - Eddie Cochran: guitar - Connie 'Guybo' Smith: stand-up
bass - possibly Jerry Capehart: box slapping. |
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Rockstar
RSRCD 010 (UK) |
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Late
1956 (different sessions)
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| Ray
Stanley |
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| Goldstar
Studio - Hollywood |
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Late
1956
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| Ray
Stanley |
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| Goldstar
Studio - Hollywood |
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ARGO
5280 |
Over A Coke |
Ray
Stanley |
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Not
available on CD
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Musicians
- Ray Stanley: vocal and piano; Eddie Cochran: lead guitar
- Connie 'Guybo' Smith: stand-up bass - possibly Jerry
Capehart: box slapping. |
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Argo
5280 (side A) |
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Rockstar
RSRCD 009 (UK
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Rockstar
RSRCD 010 (UK)
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September - December 1956
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| The Holly Twins |
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| Goldstar Studio - Hollywood |
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| 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 |
EMI CD ECB 1 |
| LB/666 / FB2149 |
LIBERTY F
55048 |
The Tender Age |
The Holly
Twins |
2:26 |
LBY120503
(bootleg CD) |
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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. |
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December 1956
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| Mamie van Doren
(soundtrack for the movie "Untamed
Youth") |
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| Capitol Studio - Hollywood |
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| Matrix
nr |
Original
release |
Title |
Vocal |
Time |
Available on |
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EP PREP
MI-1 |
Salamander |
Mamie van
Doren |
1:59 |
MAR 062 |
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EP PREP
MI-1 |
Go
Go Calypso |
Mamie van
Doren |
2:14 |
MAR 062 |
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EP PREP
MI-1 |
Oo
Ba La Baby |
Mamie van
Doren |
2:32 |
MAR 062 |
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EP PREP
MI-1 |
Rollin' Stone |
Mamie van
Doren |
2:24 |
MAR 062 |
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Musicians -
Mamie van Doren: vocal - Eddie Cochran: lead guitar - Unidentified: piano,
rhythm-guitar, stand-up bass, drums and chorus. |
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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. |
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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). |
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PREP MI-1 |
Eddie
Cochran,
Lori Nelson and Mamie van Doren in a scene from 'Untamed Youth' |
CD
Marginal Records (MAR 062) Belgium |
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December 1956
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| Eddie Cochran
(soundtrack for the movie "Untamed
Youth")
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| Goldstar Studio - Hollywood |
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| Matrix
nr |
Original
release |
Title |
Vocal |
Time |
Available on |
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U. ARTISTS UAS
9959 |
Cotton Picker |
Eddie
Cochran |
2:27 |
EMI CD ECB 1 |
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UNION
PACIFIC U.P.001 (UK) |
Cotton
Picker (movie
version) |
Eddie
Cochran |
2:00 |
Not
available on CD |
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Musicians -
Eddie Cochran: vocal and guitar - probably Connie 'Guybo' Smith: stand-up bass. |
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The Union
Pacific LP is an unofficial release from 1971. |
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Union
Pacific U.P.001 (UK) |
Eddie
Cochran singing 'Cotton Picker' in a scene from 'Untamed Youth' |
EMI
CD ECB 1 (UK)
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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. |
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