Eddie Cochran Sessions

January 8, 1960

 

Eddie Cochran
Goldstar Studio - Hollywood  
Matrix nr Original release Title

Vocal

Time

 Available on
  Unreleased Three Steps To Heaven (version 2) take 1 - STEREO Eddie Cochran   Unreleased
  Unreleased Three Steps To Heaven (version 2) take 2 - STEREO Eddie Cochran   Unreleased
  Unreleased Three Steps To Heaven (version 2) take 3 - STEREO Eddie Cochran   Unreleased
  Unreleased Three Steps To Heaven (version 2) take 4 - STEREO Eddie Cochran   Unreleased
LB-1061 LIBERTY F-55242 Three Steps To Heaven (version 2) take 5 - MONO Eddie Cochran 2:21 EMI CD ECB 1
  U. ARTISTS ECSP 20 (UK) Three Steps To Heaven (version 2) take 5 - STEREO Eddie Cochran 2:21 ROCKSTAR RSRCD 026
           
  Unreleased / lost Cherished Memories - take 1 - STEREO Eddie Cochran   Unreleased / lost
  Unreleased / lost Cherished Memories - take 2 - STEREO Eddie Cochran   Unreleased / lost
  Unreleased / lost Cherished Memories - take 3 - STEREO Eddie Cochran   Unreleased / lost
  Unreleased / lost Cherished Memories - take 4 - STEREO Eddie Cochran   Unreleased / lost
  Unreleased / lost Cherished Memories - take 5 - STEREO Eddie Cochran   Unreleased / lost
MSX 5288 LONDON HL-G 9362 (UK) Cherished Memories - take 6 - MONO Eddie Cochran 1:52 EMI CD ECB 1
  ROCKSTAR RSR-LP 1008 (UK) Cherished Memories - take 6 - STEREO Eddie Cochran 1:55 ROCKSTAR RSRCD 026
  Unreleased / lost Cherished Memories - take 7 - STEREO Eddie Cochran   Unreleased / lost
  Unreleased / lost Cherished Memories - take 8 - STEREO Eddie Cochran   Unreleased / lost
  Unreleased / lost Cherished Memories - take 9 - STEREO Eddie Cochran   Unreleased / lost
  Unreleased / lost Cherished Memories - take 10 - STEREO Eddie Cochran   Unreleased / lost
  Unreleased / lost Cherished Memories - take 11 - STEREO Eddie Cochran   Unreleased / lost
  Unreleased / lost Cherished Memories - take 12 - STEREO Eddie Cochran   Unreleased / lost
  Unreleased / lost Cherished Memories - take 13 - STEREO Eddie Cochran   Unreleased / lost
  Unreleased / lost Cherished Memories - take 14 - STEREO Eddie Cochran   Unreleased / lost
  LIBERTY EN 26 0532 3 (UK) Cherished Memories - take 14 - STEREO  Eddie Cochran 1:56 ROCKSTAR RSRCD 026
           
  Unreleased Cut Across Shorty - take 1 - STEREO Eddie Cochran   Unreleased
  Unreleased Cut Across Shorty - take 2 - STEREO Eddie Cochran   Unreleased
  Unreleased Cut Across Shorty - take 3 - STEREO Eddie Cochran   Unreleased
  Unreleased Cut Across Shorty - take 4 - STEREO Eddie Cochran   Unreleased
  Unreleased Cut Across Shorty - take 5 - STEREO Eddie Cochran   Unreleased
  Unreleased Cut Across Shorty - take 6 - STEREO Eddie Cochran   Unreleased
  Unreleased Cut Across Shorty - take 7 - STEREO Eddie Cochran   Unreleased
  Unreleased Cut Across Shorty - take 8 - STEREO Eddie Cochran   Unreleased
  Unreleased Cut Across Shorty - take 9 - STEREO Eddie Cochran   Unreleased
  Unreleased Cut Across Shorty - take 10 - STEREO Eddie Cochran   Unreleased
  ROCKSTAR RSR-LP 1008 (UK) Cut Across Shorty  - take 11 (version 2) - STEREO Eddie Cochran 2:01 ROCKSTAR RSRCD 026
  Unreleased Cut Across Shorty - take 12 - STEREO Eddie Cochran   Unreleased
  Unreleased Cut Across Shorty - take 13 - STEREO Eddie Cochran   Unreleased
  Unreleased Cut Across Shorty - take 14 - STEREO Eddie Cochran   Unreleased
  Unreleased Cut Across Shorty - take 15 - STEREO Eddie Cochran   Unreleased
  Unreleased Cut Across Shorty - take 16 - STEREO Eddie Cochran   Unreleased
  Unreleased Cut Across Shorty - take 17 - STEREO Eddie Cochran   Unreleased
  Unreleased Cut Across Shorty - take 18 - STEREO Eddie Cochran   Unreleased
  Unreleased Cut Across Shorty - take 19 - STEREO Eddie Cochran   Unreleased
  Unreleased Cut Across Shorty - take 20 - STEREO Eddie Cochran   Unreleased
LB 1060 LIBERTY F-55242 Cut Across Shorty -  take 21 (version 1 - speeded up) - MONO 1:48 EMI CD ECB 1
  U. ARTISTS ECSP 20 (UK) Cut Across Shorty -  take 21 (version 1 - correct speed) - MONO 1:53 ROCKSTAR RSRCD 026
           
  Musicians - Eddie Cochran: vocal and rhythm guitar - Sonny Curtis: guitar - Guybo Smith: electric bass - Jerry Allison: drums; Unidentified: chorus on 'Three Steps To Heaven' and 'Cherished Memories'.
           
  Only take 6 and take 14 of 'Cherished Memories' were saved from the session. Mono master for 'Cut Across Shorty' (take 21) used for original single and all following releases is speeded up ½ tone.
           
 
Liberty F-55242 (side 2) Liberty F-55242 (side 1) London HL-G 9362 (UK) Rockstar RSRCD 026 (UK)

January 15, 1960 (transmission January 23, 1960) 

Eddie Cochran

'Boy Meets Girls' TV-show 

ABC-TV Granada Studios - Manchester - United Kingdom
Matrix nr Original release Title

Vocal

Time

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U. ARTISTS UAS 29380 (UK) Money Honey Eddie Cochran 2:12

ROCKSTAR RSRCD 018

U. ARTISTS UAS 29380 (UK) Have I Told You Lately That I Love You Eddie Cochran 1:35 ROCKSTAR RSRCD 018
U. ARTISTS UAS 29380 (UK) Hallelujah! I Love Her So Eddie Cochran 2:21 ROCKSTAR RSRCD 018
Musicians - Eddie Cochran: vocal and lead guitar - Joe Brown: guitar - Eric Ford: guitar - Brian Daley: guitar - Red Price: saxophone - Alan Weighall: electric bass - Bill Stark: stand-up bass - Andy White & Don Storer: drums - The Vernon Girls: screams - The Halle Orchestra on 'Have I Told You Lately That I Love You'.
United Artists UAS 29380 (UK) Eddie performing on 'Boy Meets Girls' TV-show Rockstar RSRCD 018 (UK)

January 16, 1960 (transmission January 16, 1960) 

Eddie Cochran

'Boy Meets Girls' TV-show 

ABC-TV Granada Studios - Manchester - United Kingdom
Matrix nr Original release Title

Vocal

Time

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U. ARTISTS UAS 29380 (UK) Hallelujah! I Love Her So Eddie Cochran 2:15 ROCKSTAR RSRCD 018
U. ARTISTS UAS 29380 (UK) C'mon Everybody Eddie Cochran 1:42 ROCKSTAR RSRCD 018
U. ARTISTS UAS 29380 (UK) Somethin' Else Eddie Cochran 1:47 ROCKSTAR RSRCD 018
U. ARTISTS UAS 29380 (UK) Twenty-Flight Rock Eddie Cochran 1:35 ROCKSTAR RSRCD 018
Musicians - Eddie Cochran: vocal and lead guitar - Joe Brown: guitar - Eric Ford: guitar - Brian Daley: guitar - Red Price: saxophone - Alan Weighall: electric bass - Bill Stark: stand-up bass - Andy White & Don Storer: drums - The Vernon Girls: screams - String section of The Halle Orchestra on 'Hallelujah! I Love Her So'.
United Artists UAS 29380 (UK) Eddie performing on 'Boy Meets Girls' TV-show with musicians, from left to right: Bill Stark, Eric Ford and Joe Brown. Rockstar RSRCD 018 (UK)

January 24, 1960

Eddie Cochran
Gaumont Theatre - Ipswich - United Kingdom
Matrix nr Original release Title

Vocal

Time

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U. ARTISTS UAS 29163 (UK) Interview with Eddie Cochran Eddie Cochran

3:05

 Not available on CD
Interview with Eddie after his appearance in The Gaumont theatre in Ipswich as part of A Fast Moving Beat Show. There were two shows that night, one at 5:30 and one at 8:00 pm. The interviewer is unknown. Also available on Rockstar RSR EP 2013.

United Artists UAS 29163 (UK) Gaumont Theatre in Ipswich (early 1960's)

Billboard for January 24

February 19, 1960 (transmission February 20, 1960)

Eddie Cochran - Gene Vincent

'Boy Meets Girls' TV-show 

ABC-TV Granada Studios - Manchester - United Kingdom
Matrix nr Original release Title

Vocal

Time

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ROCKSTAR RSRCD 030 (UK) Hallelujah! I Love Her So Eddie Cochran 0:30 ROCKSTAR RSRCD 030
ROCKSTAR RSRCD 030 (UK) Wild Cat  Gene Vincent 0:34 ROCKSTAR RSRCD 030
ROCKSTAR RSRCD 030 (UK) Twenty-Flight Rock Eddie Cochran 0:25 ROCKSTAR RSRCD 030
U. ARTISTS UAS 29380 (UK) Summertime Blues Eddie Cochran 1:53 ROCKSTAR RSRCD 018
U. ARTISTS UAS 29380 (UK) Milk Cow Blues Eddie Cochran 3:00 ROCKSTAR RSRCD 018
ROCKSTAR RSRCD 030 (UK) My Heart Gene Vincent 1:36 ROCKSTAR RSRCD 030
ROCKSTAR RSRCD 030 (UK) Dance In The Street Gene Vincent 2:06 ROCKSTAR RSRCD 030
Ozit Morpheus OZITCD 223 (UK) My Babe Billy Fury with Marty Wilde & Gene Vincent 3:13

Ozit Morpheus OZITCD 223

February 19, 1960 (transmission February 27, 1960)

 

Eddie Cochran - Gene Vincent

'Boy Meets Girls' TV-show 

ABC-TV Granada Studios - Manchester - United Kingdom  
Matrix nr Original release Title

Vocal

Time

 Available on
  U. ARTISTS UAS 29380 (UK) I Don't Like You No More Eddie Cochran 2:50 ROCKSTAR RSRCD 018
  U. ARTISTS UAS 29380 (UK) Sweet Little Sixteen Eddie Cochran 2:30 ROCKSTAR RSRCD 018
  U. ARTISTS UAS 29380 (UK) White Lightnin' (incomplete) Eddie Cochran & Gene Vincent 1:33 ROCKSTAR RSRCD 018
Musicians - Eddie Cochran: vocal and lead guitar - Gene Vincent: vocal - Joe Brown: guitar & lead guitar on 'My Babe' (first solo Eddie Cochran, second solo by Joe Brown) - Eric Ford: guitar - Brian Daley: guitar - Red Price: saxophone on 'My Heart' and 'Dance In The Street' - Alan Weighall: electric bass - Bill Stark: stand-up bass - Andy White & Don Storer: drums - The Vernon Girls: screams - Gene Vincent, Marty Wilde and Billy Fury: vocals on 'My Babe' - Cherry Wainer: organ on 'My Babe' - Unidentified: brass section on 'My Babe'. Unidentified: brass section on 'I Don't Like You No More'.
Eddie Cochran's blistering guitar solo on 'My Babe' lasts for 21 seconds and is probably one of the most outstanding among his recorded work. 'Hallelujah! I Love Her So', 'Twenty-Flight Rock', 'My Heart' and 'Dance In The Street' were released on the French bootleg CD 'The Boy Meets Girls TV Show'. The low audio recordings on this CD are apparently made directly with a tape recorder placed in front of the TV-speaker.
United Artists UAS 29380 (UK) Eddie Cochran and Gene Vincent on 'Boy Meets Girls' TV-show OZitMorpheus OZITCD 223 (UK) Rockstar RSRCD 030 (UK)

February 22, 1960

Eddie Cochran

'Parade Of The Pops' BBC Radio Show 

United Kingdom
Matrix nr Original release Title

Vocal

Time

 Available on
ROCKSTAR RSR EP 2013 (UK) C'mon Everybody Eddie Cochran 1:57 ROCKSTAR RSRCD 030
Musicians - Eddie Cochran: vocal and lead guitar - The Wild cats: Jim Sullivan: guitar - Tony Belcher: rhythm guitar - Brian Locking: electric bass. 
Only C'mon Everybody has survived from this show.
Rockstar RSR-EP 2013 (UK) RSR-EP 2013 (back cover) Eddie Cochran at the 'New Musical Express' Poll-Winners concert at Wembley 21st February 1960

Rockstar RSRCD 030 (UK)

(probably) Recorded February 23, 1960 (transmission March 5, 1960) 

Eddie Cochran - Gene Vincent

'Saturday Club' BBC Radio Show

BBC Piccadilly Studios - London - United Kingdom  
Matrix nr Original release Title

Vocal

Time

 Available on
  ROCKSTAR RSR LP 1004 (UK) Say Mama Gene Vincent 1:58 ROCKSTAR RSRCD 018
  ROCKSTAR RSR LP 1004 (UK) Summertime Gene Vincent 2:52 ROCKSTAR RSRCD 018
  ROCKSTAR RSR LP 1004 (UK) Somethin' Else Eddie Cochran 1:56 ROCKSTAR RSRCD 018
  ROCKSTAR RSR LP 1004 (UK) Hallelujah! I Love Her So Eddie Cochran 2:16 ROCKSTAR RSRCD 018
ROCKSTAR RSR LP 1004 (UK) Be-Bop-A-Lula Gene Vincent 3:46 ROCKSTAR RSRCD 018
  ROCKSTAR RSR LP 1004 (UK) Twenty-Flight Rock Eddie Cochran 1:37 ROCKSTAR RSRCD 018
  ROCKSTAR RSR LP 1004 (UK) Rocky Road Blues Gene Vincent 2:26 ROCKSTAR RSRCD 018
  ROCKSTAR RSRCD 018 (UK) C'mon Everybody Eddie Cochran 1:52 ROCKSTAR RSRCD 018
           
(probably) Recorded February 23, 1960 (transmission March 12, 1960)

Eddie Cochran - Gene Vincent

'Saturday Club' BBC Radio Show

BBC Piccadilly Studios - London - United Kingdom

 

Matrix nr Original release Title

Vocal

Time

 Available on
  ROCKSTAR RSR LP 1004 (UK) Wildcat Gene Vincent 2:04 ROCKSTAR RSRCD 018
  ROCKSTAR RSR LP 1004 (UK) My Heart Gene Vincent 1:40 ROCKSTAR RSRCD 018
3001-A-I ROCKSTAR RSR LP 1004 (UK) What'd I Say Eddie Cochran 3:06 ROCKSTAR RSRCD 018
3001-B-I ROCKSTAR RSR-SP 3001 (UK) Milk Cow Blues Eddie Cochran 3:04 ROCKSTAR RSRCD 018
           
  Musicians - Eddie Cochran: vocal and lead guitar - Gene Vincent: vocal -  The Wild Cats: Jim Sullivan: guitar - Tony Belcher: rhythm guitar - Brian Locking: electric bass - Brian Bennett: drums.
           
  Spencer Leigh in his excellent researched book 'Things Do Go Wrong' on the Saturday Club sessions: "The initial contracts for 'Saturday Club' show that the recordings would be at 7pm on 16 February 1960. However, the running order for the two shows gives a recording date of 23 February 1960. The likelyhood is that there was a last minute switch and the recordings were on the later date."
           
 
RSR-LP 1004 (UK) Eddie Cochran backstage with the Wild Cats Rockstar RSRCD 018 (UK)

March 12, 1960

Eddie Cochran - Gene Vincent

'Lunch Box' TV show

ATV  - Birmingham - United Kingdom
Details of this TV show are unknown. This show is listed in Spencer Leigh's 'Things Do Go Wrong.' Eddie Cochran and Gene Vincent performed in the Birmingham Hippodrome from 7 till 12 March.

March 1960 (between March 14th and March 19th)

Eddie Cochran - Gene Vincent
Back-stage at the 'Liverpool Empire' theatre  - Liverpool - United Kingdom
Matrix nr Original release Title

Vocal

Time

 Available on
Interview with Eddie Cochran & Gene Vincent

2:34

ROCKSTAR RSRCD 018
Interview with Eddie Cochran and Gene Vincent backstage at the 'Liverpool Empire' theatre in Liverpool sometime during their engagement from March 14th to March 19th. Interview conducted by Monty Lister.

Gene Vincent and Eddie Cochran making a guest appearance at Oldham's 'Carnivall Ball' in April 1960 The 'Liverpool Empire' theatre Rockstar RSRCD 018 (UK)     
 
Acknowledgements: Marc Alesina for the playing times for 'The Boy Meets Girls TV-show' numbers of 20 February 1960: 'Hallelujah! I Love Her So', 'Twenty-Flight Rock', 'My Heart' and 'Dance In The Street' and also scan of the French bootleg CD 'The Boy Meets Girls TV Show'. Uli Kisker for playing times on 'Cherished Memories' (take 14 - stereo) and 'Cut Across Shorty' (version 1 - take 21 - correct speed).
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