Friday, April 5, 2013

Western Flyer



By Praguefrank

SESSIONS
Spring 1994 Oak Valley Studios, 105 Oak Valley Drive, Nashville, TN – Western Flyer (Danny Myrick [ld vcl/bass gt], Steve Charles [vcl/ld gt], Roger Helton [vcl/ac gt/banjo], T. J. Klay [vcl/mandolin/harmonica], Bruce Gust [vcl/drums], Chris Marion [vcl/keyboards] + Cory Hutchinson [vcl], Kris Wilkinson [strings]. Producer: Western Flyer and Ray Pennington)
001 U 36096 WESTERN FLYER Step One SOR-479/SOR-0085  
002 SHE SHOULD'VE BEEN MINE Step One SOR-485/SOR-0085  
003 HIS MEMORY Step One SOR-0085  
004 CHEROKEE HIGHWAY Step One SOR-0085   
005 U 36096 I WOULD GIVE ANYTHING Step One SOR-479 SOR-485/SOR-0085  
006 FRIDAY NIGHT STAMPEDE Step One SOR-0085  
007 LIAR'S MOON Step One SOR-0085  
008 HUNDRED OTHERS LIKE IT Step One SOR-0085  
009 ONE WHO UNDERSTANDS Step One SOR-0085  
010 PATHWAY TO THE MOON Step One SOR-0085
Spring 1994 Oak Valley Studios, 105 Oak Valley Drive, Nashville, TN – Western Flyer (Danny Myrick [ld vcl/bass gt], Steve Charles [vcl/ld gt], Roger Helton [vcl/ac gt/banjo], T. J. Klay [vcl/mandolin/harmonica], Bruce Gust [vcl/drums], Chris Marion [vcl/keyboards]. Producer: Western Flyer and Ray Pennington)
011 BACK IN AMERICA Step One SOR-0098
012 LOST IN YOU Step One SOR-0098
013 WISH YOU WERE HERE Step One SOR-0098
014 SURRENDER Step One SOR-0098
015 I KNOW WHERE YOU'RE COMIN' FROM Step One SOR-0098
016 WHAT WILL YOU DO WITH ME Step One SOR-507/SOR-0098  [ed.] SOR-507
017 NEW TIN ROSE Step One SOR-0098
018 SHE WANTS TO BE WANTED AGAIN Step One SOR-0098
019 LESS THAN A MINUTE Step One SOR-0098
020 BLACK AND BLUE Step One SOR-0098
021 RHYTHM OF THE HIGHWAY Step One SOR-0098
022 SIXTEEN TONS Step One SOR-0098

ALBUMS

Step One SOR-0085 Western Flyer:  Western Flyer; She Should've Been Mine; His Memory; Cherokee Highway;  I Would Give Anything; Friday Night Stampede; Liar's Moon; Hundred Others Like It; One Who Understands; Pathway To The Moon – 26-07-94                                                 
Step One SOR-0098 Back In America:  Back In America; Lost In You; Wish You Were Here; Surrender; I Know Where You're Comin' From; What Will You Do With Me; New Tin Rose; She Wants To Be Wanted Again; Less Than A Minute; Black And Blue; Rhythm Of The Highway; Sixteen Tons – 20-08-96                                                       

SINGLES
Step One   (1994-96)            
SOR-479 Western Flyer / I Would Give Anything - 06-94
SOR-485 She Shouldn't Been Mine / I Would Give Anything - 10-94
SOR-507 What Will You Do With Me [single version] / What Will You Do With Me [album version] - 26-07-96

Rocky Starr



John Edward Ratkowski, *Butte, MT, +22-03-2013
By Praguefrank

SESSIONS
ca. June 1953  unknown -  Rocky Starr (Crown recordings)
001 A-3587/YW-7473 ROCK-A-BYE BOOGIE  Crown 3587/8 Mercury70192-x45
002 A-3588/YW-7474 LONESOME CHILDHOOD Crown 3587/8 70192-x45
1961 unknown – Rocky Starr
003 LB 2471 THE WANDERER Band Box 277
004 LB 2472 BABY DOLL Band Box 277 – 61 }LB 2471/2
Summer 1961 unknown – Rocky Starr Trio featuring Stanley Rutka
005 LB 2531 STANLEY POLKA Band Box 278
006 LB 2532 CANNONBALL BOOGIE Band Box 278/White Label WLP 2805

SINGLES
Crown (1953)
A-3587/8 Rock-A-Bye Boogie / Lonesome Childhood – 06-53 (reissued on Mercury 70192-X45 in August 1953)
Band Box (1961)
277 The Wanderer / Baby Doll – 61
278 Cannonball Boogie /  Stanley Polka – 09-61