“Shall We Dance” – Peter Chelsom’s 2004 Movie. A Review of the 2008 BLU RAY Reissue.

“…. It’s Quite Possible We Could Find Your Husband Knee Deep In Potpourri…It’s Quiet Possible…But Unlikely…”

Whenever I'm asked by friends for a movie to lift up a dreary Monday evening after a tough day at the job, I reach for "Shall We Dance".
They then look at the outer sleeve with sneering suspicion, shake their heads and check my pulse.
Richard Gere and J-Lo! Ballroom Dancing!! Are you mad!!!
But they always come back a few days later saying how much they genuinely loved it...

Susan Sarandon and Richard Gere play Beverly and John Clark who are happily married and living in their affluent suburban mansion. They've a well-balanced life with an equally well-balanced daughter and all seems to be in order. But his job as a Chicago Estate Lawyer dealing with other people's wills has become tedious and their same-old existence at home quietly stagnant. One evening heading home after work on the overhead L train, John looks up into "Miss Mitzi's Dancing School" and sees a beautiful woman standing at the window (Jennifer Lopez). Several evenings and sightings later, he finally gets off the train, goes in and unwittingly enrols in Ballroom Dancing classes - and of course everything changes...

Peter Chelsom's 2004 remake of the 1996 Japanese film "Shall We Dansu?" is as lovely as film gets (pictured in English above) - and its transition to BLU RAY is a real triumph.

The picture is GLORIOUS throughout - far better than the DVD - beautifully framed by cinematographer John De Borman. There are so many scenes now where the detail hits you - the texture of his coat on the train home - the look of the wet streets outside the studio - his tie as he stands by the fridge in his perfect kitchen, the scuffed and scratched wooden floorboards of the Mitzi's studio - Stanley Tucci's character Link wiping false tan off his face (his Latin lothario look) as he discusses his secret passion for the Rumba and Tango with work colleague John - it 'all' looks so clear.

As with all great films, there's a combination of things that make it work. First up is the fabulous support cast who very nearly steal the film from the leads - Stanley Tucci and Lisa Ann Walter in particular are like Bette Midler and husband - ball-breakingly funny, ratty with each other, but ultimately human and touching. There's the huge but lovable Omar trying to lose a few pounds to propose to his girlfriend (Omar Miller from 8 Mile), the macho and deceptively deep Chic played brilliantly by Bobby Cannavale (from The Station Agent) who wants to score with women (or so he thinks) - Susan Sarandon admirably downplaying the acting hysterics as John's suspicious wife who then hires Richard Jenkins (the dead father in Six Feet Under) and Nick Cannon to investigate...and on it goes to revelations none of them were expecting...

John O'Connell did the choreography (Strictly Ballroom and Moulin Rouge) with Richard Gere admirably putting in 4 months of intensive training to get it right. Then there's the score by John Altman during the dance numbers which is such great fun - itself sided by Gabriel Yared's beautiful piano refrain infusing so many of the quieter scenes with an old-school romance and class. And of course the movie's trump-card - the elegant, sexy and sleek Jennifer Lopez who's in her element as Paulina the spurned Ballroom champion. She wins praise from her co-cast and director - and rightly so.

The Special Features on the BLU RAY are:
1. Audio commentary by the Director Peter Chelsom
2. Deleted Scenes (About 17 Minutes) With Commentary by Peter Chelsom
3. Behind The Scenes Of "Shall We Dance" - interviews with all the cast, director, producers etc
4. Beginners Ballroom
5. The Music Of (John Altman and Gabriel Yared who did the principal score; Mya's version of David Bowie's "Let's Dance" and The Pussycat Dolls update of Dean Martin's "Sway" including behind the scenes at the video shoot and interviews with Mya and Nicole Kea

Like "The Full Monty", "Sleepless In Seattle" or "When Harry Met Sally" - "Shall We Dance" is a bit of a modern day gem. Ok it won't make the top 50 best films every made - but it will talcum powder its way into your heart and stay there. And on BLU RAY it's a winner.

Recommended.

PS: Peter Chelsom has made other really great films worth checking out - "Hear My Song", "The Mighty", "Serendipity" and the wonderfully quirky "Funny Bones" which is set in his hometown of Blackpool in coastal England

LOUIS JORDAN Discography (USA Decca Records 1939 to 1954) Referencing The "Let The Good Times Roll" Bear Family 9CD Box Set of 1992.

LOUIS JORDAN USA Discography on Decca Records (1939 to 1954) with reference to their track placing on the 1992 Bear Family 9CD Box Set “Let The Good Times Roll – The Complete US Decca Recordings 1938-1954” (99 Entries)

Numbers 1 to 66 were originally released on 10” Decca 78’s in the USA – thereafter 7”
[1/5] after a title equates to Disc 1, Track 5 – [2/2] is Disc 2, Track 2 etc

- LOUIS JORDAN and his TYMPANY FIVE – USA 78”s/45's DISCOGRAPHY -

RODNEY STURGIS featuring Lovie Jordan’s Elks Rendez-Vous Band
(Sturgis on Vocals, Louis Jordan on Clarinet, Alto & Baritone Sax)

1. Decca 7550
(Both A&B recorded in December 1938 - released January 1939)
A: Toodle-Loo On Down [1/1]
B: The Girl That Wrecked My Life [not on the box because Jordon isn’t on this]

LOUIS JORDAN and HIS TYMPANY FIVE

2. Decca 7556
(Both A&B recorded December 1938 - released February 1939)
A: Honey In The Bee Ball [1/4]
B: Barnacle Bill The Sailor [1/5]

RODNEY STURGIS featuring Lovie Jordan’s Elks Rendez-Vous Band
(Sturgis on Vocals, Louis Jordan on Clarinet, Alto & Baritone Sax)

3. Decca 7579
(Both A&B recorded December 1938 - released March 1939)
A: So Good [1/2]
B: Away From You [1/3]

LOUIS JORDAN and HIS TYMPANY FIVE

4. Decca 7590
(Recorded March 1939 - released 1939)
A: Flat Face (Instrumental) [1/6]
B: Doug The Jitterbug [1/10]

5. Decca 7609
(Recorded March 1939 – released 1939))
A: Keep A-Knockin’ [1/7]
B: At The Swing Cat’s Ball [1/11]

6. Decca 7623
(Both A&B recorded March 1939 – released 1939)
A: Sam Jones Done Snagged His Britches [1/8]
B: Swinging In A Cocoanut Tree (Instrumental) [1/9]

7. Decca 7675
(Both A&B recorded October 1939 – released 1939
See also No. 65 – it was reissued in 1950 on Decca 25473)
A: Honeysuckle Rose [1/13]
B: But I’ll Be Back [1/15]

8. Decca 7693
(Both A&B recorded October 1939 – released 1939)
A: ‘Fore Day Blues [1/14]
B: You Ain’t Nowhere [1/16]

9. Decca 7705
(Recorded January 1940 - released in 1940
A side has vocals by YACK TAYLOR
See also No. 57 – B was reissued on Decca 24643 in 1949)
A: Hard Lovin’ Blues [1/21]
B: You Run Your Mouth And I’ll Run My Business [1/19]

10. Decca 7719
(Recorded September 1939 - released 1939)
A: You’re My Meat [1/17]
B: Jake, What A Snake (Instrumental) [1/12]

11. Decca 7723
(Recorded January 1940)
A: I’m Alabama Bound [1/20]
B: June Tenth Jamboree [1/18]

12. Decca 7729
(Recorded March 1940; A-side Vocals by DAISY WINCHESTER)
A: You Got To Go When The Wagon Comes [1/22]
B: After School Swing Session (Swinging with Symphony Sid) [1/27]

13. Decca 7745
(Recorded March 1940; A-side has Vocals by MABEL ROBINSON)
A: Lovie Joe [1/23]
B: Somebody Done Hoodooed The Hoodoo Man [1/24]

14. Decca 3253
(Recorded March 1940 – released 1940 [break in number run]
A-side features KENNETH HOLLON on Clarinet. Sax & Possible Vocals)
A: Bounce The Ball (Do Da Little Um Day) [1/25]
B: Don’t Come Crying On My Shoulder [2/3]

15. Decca 7777
(Recorded March 1940 – released 1940)
A: Never Let Your Left Hand Know What Your Right Hand’s Doin’ [2/2]
B: Penthouse In The Basement [1/26]

16. Decca 3360
(Recorded April 1940 – released 1940)
A: Oh Boy, I’m In The Groove [2/1]
B: Waitin’ For The Robert E. Lee [2/4]

17. Decca 8500
(Recorded September 1940 – released 1940)
A: Do You Call That A Buddy (Dirty Cat) [2/7]
B: Pompton Turnpike [2/6]

18. Decca 8501
(Recorded September 1940 – released 1940)
A: I Know You, I Know What You Wanna Do [2/8]
B: A Chicken Ain’t Nothin’ But A Bird [2/5]

19. Decca 8525
(Both A&B recorded January 1941 – released 1941
A was reissued in 1950 on Decca 25473 (see 65)
B was reissued in 1950 on Decca 25394 (see 64))
A: T-Bone Blues [2/11]
B: Pinetop’s Boogie Woogie (Instrumental) [2/9]

20. Decca 8537
(Recorded January 1941 – recorded 1941]
A: The Two Little Squirrels (Nuts To You) [2/10]
B: Pan Pan [2/12]

21. Decca 8560
(Both A&B recorded April 1941 – released 1941
A was reissued in 1950 on Decca 25394)
A: Saxa-Woogie [2/14]
B: Brotherly Love [2/15]

22. Decca 8581
(Recorded April 1941 – released 1941)
A: Boogie Woogie Came To Town [2/17]
B: Saint Vitus Dance [2/13]

23. Decca 8593
(Recorded November 1941 - released 1942
Both tracks later appeared on his first 78’s album set called “Louis Jordan”
a 4 x 78” box set on Decca A-459 issued in 1946
“Kiss” and “Outskirts” (in that order) are the 1st 78” (Decca 23628)
There was a follow-up “I’m Gonna Leave You On The Outskirts…” see 8638)
A: I’m Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town [2/26]
B: Knock Me A Kiss [2/22]

24. Decca 8605
(Recorded November 1941 - released 1942]
A: How ‘Bout That [2/19]
B: The Green Grass Grows All Around [2/23]

25. Decca 8627
(Recorded November 1941 - released 1942)
A: Mama Mama Blues (Rusty Dusty Blues) [2/21]
B: Small Town Boy [2/25]

26. Decca 8638
(Both A&B recorded July 1942 - released October 1942
Both the A&B formed a 78” in the 4x78” album box set “Louis Jordan” issued on Decca A-459 in 1946 (Decca 23628, 23629, 23630 and 26631)
A: I’m Gonna Leave You On The Outskirts Of Town [3/3]
B: It’s A Low-Down Dirty Shame [3/7]

27. Decca 8645
(Recorded July 1942 - released November 1942
B was also issued as Decca 23629 – see notes for 26)
A: What’s The Use Of Getting Sober (When You’re Gonna Get Drunk Again) [3/1]
B: The Chicks I Pick Are Slender, Tender And Tall [3/2]

28. Decca 8653
(Recorded July 1942 - released August 1943
A was also issued as Decca 23630 – see notes for 26)
A: Five Guys Named Moe [3/6]
B: That’ll Just ‘Bout Knock Me Out [3/4]

29. Decca 8654
(Recorded October 1943 – released December 1943)
A: Ration Blues [3/9]
B: Deacon Jones [3/11]

30. Decca 8659
(A Recorded October 1943, B March 1944 – released April 1944
B was also released on Decca 23630 – see notes for 26)
A: G.I. Jive [3/18]
B: Is You Is Or Is You Ain’t My Baby [3/10]

31. Decca 8668
(Recorded March 1944 - released February 1945)
A: Mop! Mop! [3/17]
B: You Can’t Get That No More [3/19]

32. Decca 8670
(Recorded January 1945 - released April 1945
Both A&B were reissued in 1947 on Decca 23932)
A: Caldonia [4/3]
B: Somebody Done Changed The Lock On My Door [4/4]

33. Decca 18734
(Recorded January 1945 - released January 1946)
A: Buzz Me [4/1]
B: Don’t Worry ‘Bout That Mule [4/9]

34. Decca 18762
(Recorded October 1945- released March 1946)
A: Salt Port, West Virginia [4/7]
B: Reconversion Blues [4/10]

35. Decca 18818
(Recorded January 1946 - released April 1946
Both A&B were reissued in 1947 on Decca 23931 – see 44)
A: Beware [4/12]
B: Don’t Let The Sun Catch You Cryin’ [4/13]

BING CROSBY with LOUIS JORDAN and his TYMPANY FIVE

36. Decca 23417
(Recorded July 1944 - released 1945.
There is a previously unreleased version of the A on the box set – it’s 3/23]
A: (Yip, Yip De Hootie) My Baby Said Yes [3/22]
B: Your Socks Don’t Match [3/24]

ELLA FITZGERALD and LOUIS JORDAN and his TYMPANY FIVE

37. Decca 23546
(Recorded October 1945 - released June 1946
There is also an unreleased version of “Petootie Pie” on the Box set – it’s 9/3)
A: Stone Cold Dead In The Market (He Had It Comin’) [9/1]
B: Petootie Pie [9/2]

LOUIS JORDAN and HIS TYMPANY FIVE

38. Decca 23610
(Recorded January 1946 - released August 1946)
A: Choo Choo Ch’Boogie [4/14]
B: That Chick’s Too Young To Fry [4/16]

Decca 23628, 23629, 23630 and 23631
(Each is one of 4 x 78”s in an album box set called “Louis Jordan”
It was issued on Decca A-459 in 1946)
23628 is “Knock Me A Kiss” and “I’m Gonna Move To…”
23629 is “The Chicks I Pick…” and “What’s The Use Of Getting Sober…”
23630 is “Is You Is…” and “Five Guys Named Moe”
23631 is “It’s A Low-Down Dirty Shame” and “Mama Mama Blues”

39. Decca 23669
(Recorded June 1946 - released October 1946)
A: Ain’t That Just Like A Woman (They’ll Do It Every Time) [4/15]
B: If It’s Love That You Want, That’s Me [4/18]

40. Decca 23741
(Recorded June 1946 - released December 1946)
A: Ain’t Nobody Here But Us Chickens [4/19]
B: Let The Good Times Roll [4/20]

41. Decca 23810
(A Recorded October 1946, B March 1944 - released Feb 1947)
A: Texas And Pacific [4/22]
B: I Like ‘Em Fat Like That [3/14]

42. Decca 23841
(Recorded January 1947 - released March 1947)
(There is a previously unreleased version of the A in the box set – it’s 4/27)
A: Open the Door, Richard! [5/2]
B: It’s So Easy [4/11]

43. Decca 23901
(Recorded October 1946 - released May 1947)
A: Jack, You’re Dead [4/23]
B: I Know What You’re Puttin’ Down [4/26]

44. Decca 23931
(Reissue of 35 – Decca 18818 – released 1947)
A: Beware [4/12]
B: Don’t Let The Sun Catch You Cryin’ [4/13]

45. Decca 23932
(Reissue of 32 – Decca 8670 – released 1947)
A: Caldonia [4/3]
B: Someone Done Changed The Lock On My Door [4/4]

46. Decca 24104
(A Recorded April 1947, B October 1946 - Released August 1947)
A: Boogie Woogie Blue Plate [5/3]
B: Sure Had A Wonderful Time [4/25]

47. Decca 24155
(A Recorded in June 1947, B in April 1947 – Released Oct 1947)
A: Look Out [5/8]
B: Early In The Morning [5/6]

48. Decca 24300
(A Recorded April 1947, B July 1945 – Released February 1948)
A: Barnyard Boogie [5/4]
B: How Long Must I Wait For You [4/5]

49. Decca 24381
(A Recorded Oct 1946, B in December 1947 – Released April 1948)
A: Reet, Petite And Gone [4/24]
B: Inflation Blues [5/14]

50. Decca 24448
(A in April 1947, B Recorded in Oct 1946 – Released July 1948)
A: Run Joe [5/7]
B: All For The Love Of Lil [4/21]

51. Decca 24483
(A Recorded in Dec 1947, B in Nov 1947 – Released Sept 1948)
A: Don’t Burn That Candle At Both Ends [5/20]
B: We Can’t Agree [5/11]

LOUIS JORDAN and his TYMPANY FIVE and MARTHA DAVIS

52. Decca 24502
(Both A&B recorded December 1947 – released October 1948
(Martha Davis is duet vocals on both A & B
The A-side is featured in the Danny Kaye movie “A Song Is Born”)
A: Daddy-O [5/22]
B: You’re On The Right Track, Baby [5/19]

LOUIS JORDAN and his TYMPANY FIVE

53. Decca 24527
(Both A&B recorded in December 1947 (different dates) – released Dec 1948)
A: Pettin’ And Pokin’ [5/18]
B: Why’d You Do It, Baby [5/21]

54. Decca 24571
(Both A&B recorded in November 1947 – released in March 1949)
A: Roamin’ Blues [5/13]
B: Have You Got The Gumption [5/10]

55. Decca 24587
(Both A&B recorded February 1949 – Released April 1949)
A: You Broke Your Promise [5/25]
B: Safe, Sane And Single [5/23]

56. Decca 24633
(A recorded April 1949 – B recorded April 1947 - released May 1949
The A only features BILL DOGGETT on Piano)
A: Cole Slaw (Sorghum Switch) [6/1]
B: Every Man To His Own Profession [5/5]

57. Decca 24643
(A is a reissue of Decca 7705 (Number 9)
B is a reissue of Decca 8501 (Number 18) – released 1949)
A: You Run Your Mouth And I’ll Run My Business [1/19]
B: A Chicken Ain’t Nothing But A Bird [2/5]

ELLA FITZGERALD and LOUIS JORDAN and his TYMPANY FIVE

58. Decca 24644
(A&B recorded April 1949 – released June 1949)
A: Baby It’s Cold Outside [9/4]
B: Don’t Cry, Cry Baby [9/5]

LOUIS JORDAN and his TYMPANY FIVE

59. Decca 24673
(A recorded April 1949 – B recorded November 1947 – released August 1949
Both feature BILL DOGGETT on Piano)
A: Beans And Corn Bread [6/2]
B: Chicky-Mo, Caney-Crow [5/12]

60. Decca 24725
(A&B recorded in August 1949 – released October 1949
Both feature BILL DOGGETT on Piano)
A: Saturday Night Fish Fry (Part 1) [6/10 for both]
B: Saturday Night Fish Fry (Part 2)

61. Decca 24815
(A recorded April 1949 – B in February 1949 – released January 1950
The A only features BILL DOGGETT on Piano)
A: School Days [6/7]
B: I Know What I’ve Got, Don’t Know What I’m Getting [5/24]

62. Decca 24877
(A recorded April 1949 – B in August 1949 – released March 1950
Both feature BILL DOGGETT on Piano)
A: Push-Ka-Pee She Pie (The Saga Of Saga Boy) [5/26]
B: Hungry Man [6/8]

63. Decca 24981
(Both A&B recorded April 1949 – released 1950
Both feature BILL DOGGETT on Piano)
A: Baby’s Gonna Go Bye Bye [6/4]
B: Heed My Warning [6/5]

64. Decca 25394
(A is a reissue of 19B – B is a reissue of 21A – released 1950)
A: Pinetop’s Boogie Woogie [2/9]
B: Saxa-Woogie [2/14]

65. Decca 25473
(A is a reissue of Decca 7675 (Number 7)
B is a reissue of Decca 8525 (Number 19) – released 1950)
A: Honeysuckle Rose [1/13]
B: T-Bone Blues [2/11]

66. Decca 27058
(A&B recorded April 1949 – released 1950
Both feature BILL DOGGETT on Piano)
A: Onion (Instrumental) [6/3]
B: Psycho-Loco (Instrumental) [6/6]

67. Decca 9-27114 [9 prefix indicates 7” 45RPM single]
(A&B recorded June 1950 – released August 1950)
A: Blue Light Boogie, Part 1 [6/13 for both]
B: Blue Light Boogie, Part 2

68. Decca 9-27129
(A&B recorded June 1950 – released 1950)
A: I Want A Roof Over My Head [6/11]
B: Show Me How (You Milk A Cow) [6/12]

ELLA FITZGERALD and LOUIS JORDAN and his TYMPANY FIVE

69. Decca 9-27200
(Both A&B recorded August 1950 – released November 1950)
A: I’ll Never Be Free [9/7]
B: Ain’t Nobody’s Business But My Own [9/6]

LOUIS JORDAN and his TYMPANY FIVE

70. Decca 9-27203
(Both A&B recorded August 1950 at different sessions – released October 1950
Both feature BILL DOGGETT on Piano)
A: Tamburitza Boogie [6/14]
B: Trouble Then Satisfaction [6/20]

LOUIS ARMSTRONG with LOUIS JORDAN and his TYMPANY FIVE

71. Decca 9-27212
A: (I’ll Be Glad When You’re Dead) You, Rascal You [6/23]
B: Life Is So Peculiar [6/22]

LOUIS JORDAN and his TYMPANY FIVE

72. Decca 9-27324
(Both A&B recorded in August 1950 – released January 1951)
A: Lemonade [6/16]
B: (You Dyed Your Hair) Chartreuse [6/15]

73. Decca 9-27424
(A recorded in December 1950 – B in August 1950 – released March 1951)
A: Tear Drops From My Eyes [6/24]
B: It’s A Great, Great Pleasure [6/17]

74. Decca 9-27547
(Both A&B recorded in March 1951 – released May 1951)
A: Weak Minded Blues [7/2]
B: Is My Pop In There? [7/3]

75. Decca 9-27620
(A recorded in March 1951 – B in August 1950 – released 1951)
A: I Can’t Give You Anything But Love, Baby [7/4]
B: You Will Always Have A Friend [6/18]

76. Decca 27648
(Both A&B recorded in June 1951 – released in 1951)
A: If You're So Smart, How Come You Ain't Rich? [7/5]
B: How Blue Can You Get [7/8]

77. Decca 27694
(Both A&B recorded in June 1951 – released 1951)
A: Please Don’t Leave Me [7/11]
B: Three-Handed Woman [7/14]

78. Decca 27784
(A recorded in June 1951 – B in July 1951 – released 1951)
A: Trust In Me [7/6]
B: Cook-A-Doodle Doo [7/16]

79. Decca 27806
(Both A&B recorded in June 1951 – released December 1951)
A: May Every Day Be Christmas [7/10]
B: Bone Dry [7/12]

80. Decca 27898
(A recorded November 1951 – B recorded June 1946 – released 1952)
A: Lay Something On The Bar (Besides Your Elbow) [7/26]
B: No Sale [4/17]

81. Decca 27969
(A recorded in June 1951 – B in November 1951 – released in 1952)
A: Louisville Lodge Meeting [7/7]
B: Work Baby Work [7/22]


82. Decca 28088
(Both A&B recorded in November 1951 – released in 1952)
A: Slow Down [7/21]
B: Never Trust A Woman [7/23]

83. Decca 28211
(Both A&B recorded in April 1952 – released in 1952)
A: Junco Partner [8/1]
B: Azure-Te (Paris Blues) [8/3]

84. Decca 28225
(A recorded in April 1952 – B in May 1952 – released 1952)
A: Oil Well Texas [8/3]
B: Jordan For President [8/6]

85. Decca 9-28355
(Both A&B recorded in November 1951 – released in 1952
A-side features VALLI FORD on Vocals)
A: All Of Me [7/24]
B: There Goes My Heart [7/25]

86. Decca 9-28444
(A recorded in January 1947 – B in December 1947 – released in 1952)
A: Friendship [5/1]
B: You’re Much Too Fat (And That’s That) [5/15]

87. Decca 9-28543
(Both A&B recorded in December 1952 – released in 1953)
A: You Didn’t Want Me Baby [8/10]
B: A Man’s Best Friend Is A Bed [8/11]

88. Decca 9-28664
(Both A&B recorded in February 1952 – released in 1953)
A: It’s Better To Wait For Love [8/13]
B: Just Like A Butterfly (That’s Caught In The Rain) [8/15]

89. Decca 9-28756
(Both A&B recorded in May 1953 – released in 1953)
A: Hog Wash [8/16]
B: House Party [8/17]

90. Decca 9-28820
(A recorded in April 1952 - B in July 1951 - released in 1953)
A: Time Marches On [8/2]
B: There Must Be A Way [7/18]

91. Decca 9-28883
(Both A&B recorded in May 1953 – released in 1953)
A: I Want You To Be My Baby [8/19]
B: You Know It Too [8/20]

92. Decca 9-28983
(A recorded in May 1952, B in June 1951 - released in 1953)
A: The Soon-A Baby [8/9]
B: Fat Sam From Birmingham [7/15]

93. Decca 9-29018
(Both A&B recorded in January 1954 – released in 1954)
A: Nobody Knows You When You’re Down And Out [8/23]
B: Lollypop [8/26]

94. Decca 9-29166
((Both A&B recorded February 1953 – released in 1953)
A: Only Yesterday [8/14]
B: I Didn’t Know What Time It Was [8/12]

95. Decca 9-29263
(Both A&B recorded in January 1954 – released in 1954)
A: If It’s True [8/24]
B: Wake Up Jacob [8/25]

96. Decca 9-29424
(Both A&B recorded in January 1954 – released in 1954)
A: Locked Up [8/21]
B: Perdido (Instrumental) [8/27]

97. Decca 9-29655
(A recorded in May 1953, B recorded November 1951 – released in 1954
A is a reissue of Decca 28883 (Number 91))
A: I Want You To Be My Baby [8/19]
B: Come And Get It (Instrumental) [7/19]

98. Decca 9-29860
(A recorded in January 1954 – B in May 1953 – released in 1954)
A: I Gotta Move [8/22]
B: Everything That's Made of Wood [8/18]

99. Decca 30223
(A recorded in May 1953. B in April 1947 – released in 1954
A is a reissue of 91 and 97; B is a reissue of 50)
A: I Want You To Be My Baby [8/19]
B: Run Joe [5/7]

Compiled 11 to 14 July 2009 - Posted 14 July 2009

LOUIS JORDAN Discography (USA Decca Records 1939 to 1954) Referencing The "Let The Good Times Roll" Bear Family 9CD Box Set of 1992.

LOUIS JORDAN USA Discography on Decca Records (1939 to 1954) with reference to their track placing on the 1992 Bear Family 9CD Box Set “Let The Good Times Roll – The Complete US Decca Recordings 1938-1954” (99 Entries)

Numbers 1 to 66 were originally released on 10” Decca 78’s in the USA – thereafter 7”
[1/5] after a title equates to Disc 1, Track 5 – [2/2] is Disc 2, Track 2 etc

- LOUIS JORDAN and his TYMPANY FIVE – USA 78”s/45's DISCOGRAPHY -

RODNEY STURGIS featuring Lovie Jordan’s Elks Rendez-Vous Band
(Sturgis on Vocals, Louis Jordan on Clarinet, Alto & Baritone Sax)

1. Decca 7550
(Both A&B recorded in December 1938 - released January 1939)
A: Toodle-Loo On Down [1/1]
B: The Girl That Wrecked My Life [not on the box because Jordon isn’t on this]

LOUIS JORDAN and HIS TYMPANY FIVE

2. Decca 7556
(Both A&B recorded December 1938 - released February 1939)
A: Honey In The Bee Ball [1/4]
B: Barnacle Bill The Sailor [1/5]

RODNEY STURGIS featuring Lovie Jordan’s Elks Rendez-Vous Band
(Sturgis on Vocals, Louis Jordan on Clarinet, Alto & Baritone Sax)

3. Decca 7579
(Both A&B recorded December 1938 - released March 1939)
A: So Good [1/2]
B: Away From You [1/3]

LOUIS JORDAN and HIS TYMPANY FIVE

4. Decca 7590
(Recorded March 1939 - released 1939)
A: Flat Face (Instrumental) [1/6]
B: Doug The Jitterbug [1/10]

5. Decca 7609
(Recorded March 1939 – released 1939))
A: Keep A-Knockin’ [1/7]
B: At The Swing Cat’s Ball [1/11]

6. Decca 7623
(Both A&B recorded March 1939 – released 1939)
A: Sam Jones Done Snagged His Britches [1/8]
B: Swinging In A Cocoanut Tree (Instrumental) [1/9]

7. Decca 7675
(Both A&B recorded October 1939 – released 1939
See also No. 65 – it was reissued in 1950 on Decca 25473)
A: Honeysuckle Rose [1/13]
B: But I’ll Be Back [1/15]

8. Decca 7693
(Both A&B recorded October 1939 – released 1939)
A: ‘Fore Day Blues [1/14]
B: You Ain’t Nowhere [1/16]

9. Decca 7705
(Recorded January 1940 - released in 1940
A side has vocals by YACK TAYLOR
See also No. 57 – B was reissued on Decca 24643 in 1949)
A: Hard Lovin’ Blues [1/21]
B: You Run Your Mouth And I’ll Run My Business [1/19]

10. Decca 7719
(Recorded September 1939 - released 1939)
A: You’re My Meat [1/17]
B: Jake, What A Snake (Instrumental) [1/12]

11. Decca 7723
(Recorded January 1940)
A: I’m Alabama Bound [1/20]
B: June Tenth Jamboree [1/18]

12. Decca 7729
(Recorded March 1940; A-side Vocals by DAISY WINCHESTER)
A: You Got To Go When The Wagon Comes [1/22]
B: After School Swing Session (Swinging with Symphony Sid) [1/27]

13. Decca 7745
(Recorded March 1940; A-side has Vocals by MABEL ROBINSON)
A: Lovie Joe [1/23]
B: Somebody Done Hoodooed The Hoodoo Man [1/24]

14. Decca 3253
(Recorded March 1940 – released 1940 [break in number run]
A-side features KENNETH HOLLON on Clarinet. Sax & Possible Vocals)
A: Bounce The Ball (Do Da Little Um Day) [1/25]
B: Don’t Come Crying On My Shoulder [2/3]

15. Decca 7777
(Recorded March 1940 – released 1940)
A: Never Let Your Left Hand Know What Your Right Hand’s Doin’ [2/2]
B: Penthouse In The Basement [1/26]

16. Decca 3360
(Recorded April 1940 – released 1940)
A: Oh Boy, I’m In The Groove [2/1]
B: Waitin’ For The Robert E. Lee [2/4]

17. Decca 8500
(Recorded September 1940 – released 1940)
A: Do You Call That A Buddy (Dirty Cat) [2/7]
B: Pompton Turnpike [2/6]

18. Decca 8501
(Recorded September 1940 – released 1940)
A: I Know You, I Know What You Wanna Do [2/8]
B: A Chicken Ain’t Nothin’ But A Bird [2/5]

19. Decca 8525
(Both A&B recorded January 1941 – released 1941
A was reissued in 1950 on Decca 25473 (see 65)
B was reissued in 1950 on Decca 25394 (see 64))
A: T-Bone Blues [2/11]
B: Pinetop’s Boogie Woogie (Instrumental) [2/9]

20. Decca 8537
(Recorded January 1941 – recorded 1941]
A: The Two Little Squirrels (Nuts To You) [2/10]
B: Pan Pan [2/12]

21. Decca 8560
(Both A&B recorded April 1941 – released 1941
A was reissued in 1950 on Decca 25394)
A: Saxa-Woogie [2/14]
B: Brotherly Love [2/15]

22. Decca 8581
(Recorded April 1941 – released 1941)
A: Boogie Woogie Came To Town [2/17]
B: Saint Vitus Dance [2/13]

23. Decca 8593
(Recorded November 1941 - released 1942
Both tracks later appeared on his first 78’s album set called “Louis Jordan” a 4 x 78” box set on Decca A-459 issued in 1946
“Kiss” and “Outskirts” (in that order) are the 1st 78” (Decca 23628)
There was also a follow-up to this release
“I’m Gonna Leave You On The Outskirts…” see 8638)
A: I’m Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town [2/26]
B: Knock Me A Kiss [2/22]

24. Decca 8605
(Recorded November 1941 - released 1942]
A: How ‘Bout That [2/19]
B: The Green Grass Grows All Around [2/23]

25. Decca 8627
(Recorded November 1941 - released 1942)
A: Mama Mama Blues (Rusty Dusty Blues) [2/21]
B: Small Town Boy [2/25]

26. Decca 8638
(Both A&B recorded July 1942 - released October 1942
Both the A&B formed a 78” in the 4x78” album box set “Louis Jordan” issued on Decca A-459 in 1946 (Decca 23628, 23629, 23630 and 26631)
A: I’m Gonna Leave You On The Outskirts Of Town [3/3]
B: It’s A Low-Down Dirty Shame [3/7]

27. Decca 8645
(Recorded July 1942 - released November 1942
B was also issued as Decca 23629 – see notes for 26)
A: What’s The Use Of Getting Sober (When You’re Gonna Get Drunk Again) [3/1]
B: The Chicks I Pick Are Slender, Tender And Tall [3/2]

28. Decca 8653
(Recorded July 1942 - released August 1943
A was also issued as Decca 23630 – see notes for 26)
A: Five Guys Named Moe [3/6]
B: That’ll Just ‘Bout Knock Me Out [3/4]

29. Decca 8654
(Recorded October 1943 – released December 1943)
A: Ration Blues [3/9]
B: Deacon Jones [3/11]

30. Decca 8659
(A Recorded October 1943, B March 1944 – released April 1944
B was also released on Decca 23630 – see notes for 26)
A: G.I. Jive [3/18]
B: Is You Is Or Is You Ain’t My Baby [3/10]

31. Decca 8668
(Recorded March 1944 - released February 1945)
A: Mop! Mop! [3/17]
B: You Can’t Get That No More [3/19]

32. Decca 8670
(Recorded January 1945 - released April 1945
Both A&B were reissued in 1947 on Decca 23932)
A: Caldonia [4/3]
B: Somebody Done Changed The Lock On My Door [4/4]

33. Decca 18734
(Recorded January 1945 - released January 1946)
A: Buzz Me [4/1]
B: Don’t Worry ‘Bout That Mule [4/9]

34. Decca 18762
(Recorded October 1945- released March 1946)
A: Salt Port, West Virginia [4/7]
B: Reconversion Blues [4/10]

35. Decca 18818
(Recorded January 1946 - released April 1946
Both A&B were reissued in 1947 on Decca 23931 – see 44)
A: Beware [4/12]
B: Don’t Let The Sun Catch You Cryin’ [4/13]

BING CROSBY with LOUIS JORDAN and his TYMPANY FIVE

36. Decca 23417
(Recorded July 1944 - released 1945.
There is a previously unreleased version of the A on the box set – it’s 3/23]
A: (Yip, Yip De Hootie) My Baby Said Yes [3/22]
B: Your Socks Don’t Match [3/24]

ELLA FITZGERALD and LOUIS JORDAN and his TYMPANY FIVE

37. Decca 23546
(Recorded October 1945 - released June 1946
There is also an unreleased version of “Petootie Pie” on the Box set – it’s 9/3)
A: Stone Cold Dead In The Market (He Had It Comin’) [9/1]
B: Petootie Pie [9/2]

LOUIS JORDAN and HIS TYMPANY FIVE

38. Decca 23610
(Recorded January 1946 - released August 1946)
A: Choo Choo Ch’Boogie [4/14]
B: That Chick’s Too Young To Fry [4/16]

Decca 23628, 23629, 23630 and 23631
(Each is one of 4 x 78”s in an album box set called “Louis Jordan”
It was issued on Decca A-459 in 1946)
23628 is “Knock Me A Kiss” and “I’m Gonna Move To…”
23629 is “The Chicks I Pick…” and “What’s The Use Of Getting Sober…”
23630 is “Is You Is…” and “Five Guys Named Moe”
23631 is “It’s A Low-Down Dirty Shame” and “Mama Mama Blues”

39. Decca 23669
(Recorded June 1946 - released October 1946)
A: Ain’t That Just Like A Woman (They’ll Do It Every Time) [4/15]
B: If It’s Love That You Want, That’s Me [4/18]

40. Decca 23741
(Recorded June 1946 - released December 1946)
A: Ain’t Nobody Here But Us Chickens [4/19]
B: Let The Good Times Roll [4/20]

41. Decca 23810
(A Recorded October 1946, B March 1944 - released Feb 1947)
A: Texas And Pacific [4/22]
B: I Like ‘Em Fat Like That [3/14]

42. Decca 23841
(Recorded January 1947 - released March 1947)
(There is a previously unreleased version of the A in the box set – it’s 4/27)
A: Open the Door, Richard! [5/2]
B: It’s So Easy [4/11]

43. Decca 23901
(Recorded October 1946 - released May 1947)
A: Jack, You’re Dead [4/23]
B: I Know What You’re Puttin’ Down [4/26]

44. Decca 23931
(Reissue of 35 – Decca 18818 – released 1947)
A: Beware [4/12]
B: Don’t Let The Sun Catch You Cryin’ [4/13]

45. Decca 23932
(Reissue of 32 – Decca 8670 – released 1947)
A: Caldonia [4/3]
B: Someone Done Changed The Lock On My Door [4/4]

46. Decca 24104
(A Recorded April 1947, B October 1946 - Released August 1947)
A: Boogie Woogie Blu Plate [5/3]
B: Sure Had A Wonderful Time [4/25]

47. Decca 24155
(A Recorded in June 1947, B in April 1947 – Released Oct 1947)
A: Look Out [5/8]
B: Early In The Morning [5/6]

48. Decca 24300
(A Recorded April 1947, B July 1945 – Released February 1948)
A: Barnyard Boogie [5/4]
B: How Long Must I Wait For You [4/5]

49. Decca 24381
(A Recorded Oct 1946, B in December 1947 – Released April 1948)
A: Reet, Petite And Gone [4/24]
B: Inflation Blues [5/14]

50. Decca 24448
(A in April 1947, B Recorded in Oct 1946 – Released July 1948)
A: Run Joe [5/7]
B: All For The Love Of Lil [4/21]

51. Decca 24483
(A Recorded in Dec 1947, B in Nov 1947 – Released Sept 1948)
A: Don’t Burn That Candle At Both Ends [5/20]
B: We Can’t Agree [5/11]

LOUIS JORDAN and his TYMPANY FIVE and MARTHA DAVIS

52. Decca 24502
(Both A&B recorded December 1947 – released October 1948
(Martha Davis is duet vocals on both A & B
The A-side is featured in the Danny Kaye movie “A Song Is Born”)
A: Daddy-O [5/22]
B: You’re On The Right Track, Baby [5/19]

LOUIS JORDAN and his TYMPANY FIVE

53. Decca 24527
(Both A&B recorded in December 1947 (different dates) – released Dec 1948)
A: Pettin’ And Pokin’ [5/18]
B: Why’d You Do It, Baby [5/21]

54. Decca 24571
(Both A&B recorded in November 1947 – released in March 1949)
A: Roamin’ Blues [5/13]
B: Have You Got The Gumption [5/10]

55. Decca 24587
(Both A&B recorded February 1949 – Released April 1949)
A: You Broke Your Promise [5/25]
B: Safe, Sane And Single [5/23]

56. Decca 24633
(A recorded April 1949 – B recorded April 1947 - released May 1949
The A only features BILL DOGGETT on Piano)
A: Cole Slaw (Sorghum Switch) [6/1]
B: Every Man To His Own Profession [5/5]

57. Decca 24643
(A is a reissue of Decca 7705 (Number 9)
B is a reissue of Decca 8501 (Number 18) – released 1949)
A: You Run Your Mouth And I’ll Run My Business [1/19]
B: A Chicken Ain’t Nothing But A Bird [2/5]

ELLA FITZGERALD and LOUIS JORDAN and his TYMPANY FIVE

58. Decca 24644
(A&B recorded April 1949 – released June 1949)
A: Baby It’s Cold Outside [9/4]
B: Don’t Cry, Cry Baby [9/5]

LOUIS JORDAN and his TYMPANY FIVE

59. Decca 24673
(A recorded April 1949 – B recorded November 1947 – released August 1949
Both feature BILL DOGGETT on Piano)
A: Beans And Corn Bread [6/2]
B: Chicky-Mo, Caney-Crow [5/12]

60. Decca 24725
(A&B recorded in August 1949 – released October 1949
Both feature BILL DOGGETT on Piano)
A: Saturday Night Fish Fry (Part 1) [6/10 for both]
B: Saturday Night Fish Fry (Part 2)

61. Decca 24815
(A recorded April 1949 – B in February 1949 – released January 1950
The A only features BILL DOGGETT on Piano)
A: School Days [6/7]
B: I Know What I’ve Got, Don’t Know What I’m Getting [5/24]

62. Decca 24877
(A recorded April 1949 – B in August 1949 – released March 1950
Both feature BILL DOGGETT on Piano)
A: Push-Ka-Pee She Pie (The Saga Of Saga Boy) [5/26]
B: Hungry Man [6/8]

63. Decca 24981
(Both A&B recorded April 1949 – released 1950
Both feature BILL DOGGETT on Piano)
A: Baby’s Gonna Go Bye Bye [6/4]
B: Heed My Warning [6/5]

64. Decca 25394
(A is a reissue of 19B – B is a reissue of 21A – released 1950)
A: Pinetop’s Boogie Woogie [2/9]
B: Saxa-Woogie [2/14]

65. Decca 25473
(A is a reissue of Decca 7675 (Number 7)
B is a reissue of Decca 8525 (Number 19) – released 1950)
A: Honeysuckle Rose [1/13]
B: T-Bone Blues [2/11]

66. Decca 27058
(A&B recorded April 1949 – released 1950
Both feature BILL DOGGETT on Piano)
A: Onion (Instrumental) [6/3]
B: Psycho-Loco (Instrumental) [6/6]

67. Decca 9-27114 [9 prefix indicates 7” 45RPM single]
(A&B recorded June 1950 – released August 1950)
A: Blue Light Boogie, Part 1 [6/13 for both]
B: Blue Light Boogie, Part 2

68. Decca 9-27129
(A&B recorded June 1950 – released 1950)
A: I Want A Roof Over My Head [6/11]
B: Show Me How (You Milk A Cow) [6/12]

ELLA FITZGERALD and LOUIS JORDAN and his TYMPANY FIVE

69. Decca 9-27200
(Both A&B recorded August 1950 – released November 1950)
A: I’ll Never Be Free [9/7]
B: Ain’t Nobody’s Business But My Own [9/6]

LOUIS JORDAN and his TYMPANY FIVE

70. Decca 9-27203
(Both A&B recorded August 1950 at different sessions – released October 1950
Both feature BILL DOGGETT on Piano)
A: Tamburitza Boogie [6/14]
B: Trouble Then Satisfaction [6/20]

LOUIS ARMSTRONG with LOUIS JORDAN and his TYMPANY FIVE

71. Decca 9-27212
A: (I’ll Be Glad When You’re Dead) You, Rascal You [6/23]
B: Life Is So Peculiar [6/22]

LOUIS JORDAN and his TYMPANY FIVE

72. Decca 9-27324
(Both A&B recorded in August 1950 – released January 1951)
A: Lemonade [6/16]
B: (You Dyed Your Hair) Chartreuse [6/15]

73. Decca 9-27424
(A recorded in December 1950 – B in August 1950 – released March 1951)
A: Tear Drops From My Eyes [6/24]
B: It’s A Great, Great Pleasure [6/17]

74. Decca 9-27547
(Both A&B recorded in March 1951 – released May 1951)
A: Weak Minded Blues [7/2]
B: Is My Pop In There? [7/3]

75. Decca 9-27620
(A recorded in March 1951 – B in August 1950 – released 1951)
A: I Can’t Give You Anything But Love, Baby [7/4]
B: You Will Always Have A Friend [6/18]

76. Decca 27648
(Both A&B recorded in June 1951 – released in 1951)
A: If You're So Smart, How Come You Ain't Rich? [7/5]
B: How Blue Can You Get [7/8]

77. Decca 27694
(Both A&B recorded in June 1951 – released 1951)
A: Please Don’t Leave Me [7/11]
B: Three-Handed Woman [7/14]

78. Decca 27784
(A recorded in June 1951 – B in July 1951 – released 1951)
A: Trust In Me [7/6]
B: Cook-A-Doodle Doo [7/16]

79. Decca 27806
(Both A&B recorded in June 1951 – released December 1951)
A: May Every Day Be Christmas [7/10]
B: Bone Dry [7/12]

80. Decca 27898
(A recorded November 1951 – B recorded June 1946 – released 1952)
A: Lay Something On The Bar (Besides Your Elbow) [7/26]
B: No Sale [4/17]

81. Decca 27969
(A recorded in June 1951 – B in November 1951 – released in 1952)
A: Louisville Lodge Meeting [7/7]
B: Work Baby Work [7/22]


82. Decca 28088
(Both A&B recorded in November 1951 – released in 1952)
A: Slow Down [7/21]
B: Never Trust A Woman [7/23]

83. Decca 28211
(Both A&B recorded in April 1952 – released in 1952)
A: Junco Partner [8/1]
B: Azure-Te (Paris Blues) [8/3]

84. Decca 28225
(A recorded in April 1952 – B in May 1952 – released 1952)
A: Oil Well Texas [8/3]
B: Jordan For President [8/6]

85. Decca 9-28355
(Both A&B recorded in November 1951 – released in 1952
A-side features VALLI FORD on Vocals)
A: All Of Me [7/24]
B: There Goes My Heart [7/25]

86. Decca 9-28444
(A recorded in January 1947 – B in December 1947 – released in 1952)
A: Friendship [5/1]
B: You’re Much Too Fat (And That’s That) [5/15]

87. Decca 9-28543
(Both A&B recorded in December 1952 – released in 1953)
A: You Didn’t Want Me Baby [8/10]
B: A Man’s Best Friend Is A Bed [8/11]

88. Decca 9-28664
(Both A&B recorded in February 1952 – released in 1953)
A: It’s Better To Wait For Love [8/13]
B: Just Like A Butterfly (That’s Caught In The Rain) [8/15]

89. Decca 9-28756
(Both A&B recorded in May 1953 – released in 1953)
A: Hog Wash [8/16]
B: House Party [8/17]

90. Decca 9-28820
(A recorded in April 1952 - B in July 1951 - released in 1953)
A: Time Marches On [8/2]
B: There Must Be A Way [7/18]

91. Decca 9-28883
(Both A&B recorded in May 1953 – released in 1953)
A: I Want You To Be My Baby [8/19]
B: You Know It Too [8/20]

92. Decca 9-28983
(A recorded in May 1952, B in June 1951 - released in 1953)
A: The Soon-A Baby [8/9]
B: Fat Sam From Birmingham [7/15]

93. Decca 9-29018
(Both A&B recorded in January 1954 – released in 1954)
A: Nobody Knows You When You’re Down And Out [8/23]
B: Lollypop [8/26]

94. Decca 9-29166
((Both A&B recorded February 1953 – released in 1953)
A: Only Yesterday [8/14]
B: I Didn’t Know What Time It Was [8/12]

95. Decca 9-29263
(Both A&B recorded in January 1954 – released in 1954)
A: If It’s True [8/24]
B: Wake Up Jacob [8/25]

96. Decca 9-29424
(Both A&B recorded in January 1954 – released in 1954)
A: Locked Up [8/21]
B: Perdido (Instrumental) [8/27]

97. Decca 9-29655
(A recorded in May 1953, B recorded November 1951 – released in 1954
A is a reissue of Decca 28883 (Number 91))
A: I Want You To Be My Baby [8/19]
B: Come And Get It (Instrumental) [7/19]

98. Decca 9-29860
(A recorded in January 1954 – B in May 1953 – released in 1954)
A: I Gotta Move [8/22]
B: Everything That's Made of Wood [8/18]

99. Decca 30223
(A recorded in May 1953. B in April 1947 – released in 1954
A is a reissue of 91 and 97; B is a reissue of 50
A: I Want You To Be My Baby [8/19]
B: Run Joe [5/7]

Compiled 11 to 14 July 2009 - Posted 14 July 2009

EDDIE COCHRAN UK 7” singles Discography - referencing the Bear Family “Somethin’ Else” 2009 8CD Box Set.

EDDIE COCHRAN - UK 7” SINGLES Discography
With reference to where the tracks can be located on the Bear Family
2009 8CD Box Set “Somethin’ Else – The Ultimate Collection”

Note:
(a) London 78’s and 45’s (1 to 13)
Most UK 78’s credited their catalogue numbers without a prefix (HLU 8386), but the 7”s prefixed the catalogue numbers with 45-.
Most listings have since dropped the 45- prefix, but for accuracy purposes I’ve reinstated the prefix in this discography (it’s what's on the actual records themselves).

(b) Catalogue number spacing
Also some catalogue numbers on the UK 7” singles separated the lettering before the number – some didn’t. For accuracy, I’ve reflected what was on the actual singles themselves – e.g. 45-HLU 8386 and 45-HL-U 8880.

EDDIE COCHRAN - UK 7" Singles Discography (referencing Bear Family)

1. 20 Flight Rock b/w Dark Lonely Street
London 45-HLU 8386 (April 1957)
[A is 1/28 - B is 1/31]
(Note: the original UK 78” and 7” both credit the A as “20 Flight Rock” – it’s spelt "Twenty Flight Rock” on the US issue and subsequent British reissues)

2. Sittin’ In The Balcony b/w Completely Sweet
London 45-HL-U 8433 (June 1957)
[A is on 2/7 – B is on 1/29]
(Note: the B-side is an exclusive mix - Version 1; Version 2 is on the US debut LP "Singin' To My Baby" on Liberty LRP 3061 - it's 2/17)

3. Summertime Blues b/w Love Again
London 45-HL-U 8702 (September 1958)
[A is on 4/1 - B is on 2/33]
(Note: the A “Summertime Blues” is a different mix to the US version and exclusive to the UK single – the US version (2/30) has reverb and fading at the end, the UK version is without reverb and has an ending. The B is the same for both UK and US singles, but there is a different overdubbed vocal version on the 1962 USA LP “Never To Be Forgotten” on Liberty LRP 3220 - it's 4/21)

4. C’mon Everybody b/w Don’t Ever Let Me Go
London 45-HL-U 8792 (January 1959)
[A is on 3/6 – B is on 3/5]

5. Teenage Heaven b/w I Remember
London 45-HLU 8880 (June 1959)
[A is 3/8 – B is on 3/9]

6. Somethin’ Else b/w Boll Weevil Song
London 45-HL-U 8944 (September 1959)
[A is on 3/17 – B is on 3/18]

7. Hallelujah, I Love Her So b/w Little Angel
London 45-HLW 9022 (January 1960)
[A is on 3/26 – B is on 3/25]

8. Three Steps To Heaven b/w Cut Across Shorty
London 45-HLG 9115 (May 1960)
[A is on 3/32 – B is on 3/33]

9. Sweetie Pie b/w Lonely
London 45-HL-G 9196 (September 1960)
[A is on 2/23 – B is on 2/32]
(Same Takes, but the A & B are reversed to the USA issue on Liberty F-55278)

10. Weekend b/w Cherished Memories
London 45-HLG 9362 (June 1961)
[A is on 3/14 – B is on 3/34]
(Note: both A & B-side takes were exclusive to this UK release; the US versions for Liberty F-55389 are 3/14 and 2/32)

11. Jeannie, Jeannie, Jeannie b/w Pocketful Of Hearts
London 45-HL-G 9460 (November 1961)
[A is on 2/26 – B is on 2/24]
(Note: the A is in MONO, but there is another take without the guitar overdub on the box in STEREO – it’s 5/7)

12. Pretty Girl b/w Teresa
London 45-HLG 9464 (November 1961)
[A is 4/6 - B is 2/28]
(Note: the A is an exclusive mix to the UK release; there is a different version on the USA 7” single on Liberty F-55138 – it’s 2/25)

13. Undying Love b/w Stockin’s ‘N’ Shoes
London 45-HLG 9467 (November 1961)
[A is on 2/14 – B is on 2/19]

14. Never b/w Think Of Me
Liberty LIB 10049 (October 1962)
[A is on 2/22 – B is on 3/15]

15. My Way b/w Rock ‘N’ Roll Blues
Liberty LIB 10088 (April 1963)
[A is on 3/10 – B is on 3/11]

16. Drive In Show b/w I Almost Lost My Mind
Liberty LIB 10108 (August 1963)
[A is on 2/12 – B is on 4/20]

17. Skinny Jim b/w Nervous Breakdown
Liberty LIB 10151 (April 1964)
[A is on 2/1 – B is on 3/3]

18. C’mon Everybody b/w Summertime Blues
Liberty LIB 10233 (April 1966)
[A is on 3/6 – B is on 4/1]
(Note: see 3 for Notes on “Summertime Blues”)

19. Three Stars b/w Somethin’ Else
Liberty LIB 10249 (December 1966)
[A is on 3/13 – B is on 3/17]
(A is exclusive to the UK single)

20. Three Steps To Heaven b/w Eddie’s Blues
Liberty LIB 10276 (May 1967)
[A is on 3/32 – B is on 3/20]

21. Summertime Blues b/w Let’s Get Together
Liberty LBF 15071 (June 1968)
[A is on 4/1 – B is on 3/4]
(Note: see 3 for Notes on “Summertime Blues”)

22. Somethin Else b/w Milk Cow Blues
Liberty LBF 15109 (1968)
[A is on 3/17 – B is on 3/21]

23. C’mon Everybody b/w Mean When I’m Mad
Liberty LBF 15366 (June 1970)
[A is on 3/6 – B is on 2/8]

24. Somethin’ Else b/w Three Steps To Heaven
United Artists UP 35361 (April 1972)
[A is on 3/17 – B is on 3/32]

25. Summertime Blues b/w Cotton Picker
United Artists UP 35408 (July 1972)
[A is on 4/1 – B is on 2/6]
(B is on the United Artists 2LP set UAS 9959 “Legendary Masters No.4”)

26. Summertime Blues b/w C’mon Everybody
United Artists UP 35796 (March 1975)
[A is on 4/1 – B is on 3/6]
(Note: see 3 for Notes on “Summertime Blues”)

27. C’mon Everybody b/w Milk Cow Blues
United Artists UP 36121 (June 1976)
[A is 3/6 – B is on 3/21]

28. C’mon Everybody b/w Don’t Ever Let Me Go
United Artists Silver Spotlight Series UP 603 (June 1979)
[A is 3/6 – B is 3/5]

29. Think Of Me b/w Pretty Girl
United Artists FREE 12 (1979)
[This single wasn’t released as a stand-alone issue – it came in a picture sleeve free with the LP “The Eddie Cochran Singles Album” from 1979 on UAK 30244. It’s included here for completeness]
[A is on 3/15 – B is on 4/6]

30. What I’d Say b/w Milk Cow Blues
Rockstar RSR-SP 3001 (1979)
[A is not on the box set – the Take used for B is unknown]

31. Skinny Jim b/w Half Loved
Rockstar RSR-SP 3002 (1979)
[Neither is referenced in the box set]

32. Twenty Flight Rock b/w Teenage Cutie
United Artists UP 618 (March 1980)
[A is on 1/28 – B is on 2/29]

33. I Want Elvis For Christmas b/w The Tender Age
Rockstar RSR-SP 3004 (1980)
(Both sides are by HOLLY TWINS featuring EDDIE COCHRAN)
[A is on 7/12 – B is on not on the Box]

34. Three Steps To Heaven b/w Cut Across Shorty
United Artists Silver Spotlight Series UP 36520 (October 1980)
[Reissue of 8]

35. Somethin’ Else b/w Boll Weevil Song
United Artists Silver Spotlight Series UP 36521 (October 1980)
[Reissue of 6]

36. Summertime Blues b/w Twenty Flight Rock
Liberty Golden 45’s G45 19 (May 1984)
[A is on 4/1 – B is on 1/28]

37. C’mon Everybody b/w Don’t Ever Let Me Go
Liberty UP 603 (1984 Reissue of 28 – Box set track places are the same)

38. C’mon Everybody b/w Don’t Ever Let Me Go
Liberty EDDIE 501 (Feb 1988)
[As per 28 and 37]

39. Somethin’ Else b/w Boll Weevil Song
Liberty EDDIE 502 (April 1988)
[As per 35]

40. Three Steps To Heaven b/w Cut Across Shorty
Liberty UP 36520 (1988)
[Another reissue of 8 and 34]

EDDIE COCHRAN USA 7” singles Discography - referencing the Bear Family “Somethin’ Else” 2009 8CD Box Set.

EDDIE COCHRAN - UK 7” SINGLES Discography
With reference to where the tracks can be located on the Bear Family 2009 8CD Box Set
“Somethin’ Else – The Ultimate Collection”

Note:
(a) London 78’s and 45’s (1 to 13)
Most UK 78’s credited their catalogue numbers without a prefix (HLU 8386), but the 7”s prefixed the catalogue numbers with 45-. Most discographies have since dropped the 45- prefix, but for accuracy purposes I’ve reinstated the prefix for this discography (it’s what’s on the actual records themselves).

(b) Catalogue number spacing
Also some catalogue numbers on the UK 7” singles separated the lettering before the number – some didn’t – for accuracy, I’ve reflected what was on the actual singles themselves – e.g. 45-HLU 8386 and 45-HL-U 8880.

1. 20 Flight Rock b/w Dark Lonely Street
London 45-HLU 8386 (April 1957)
[A is 1/28 - B is 1/31]
(Note: the original UK 78” and 7” both credit the A as “20 Flight Rock” – it’s spelt “Twenty Flight Rock” on the US issue and subsequent British reissues)

2. Sittin’ In The Balcony b/w Completely Sweet
London 45-HL-U 8433 (June 1957)
[A is on 2/7 – B is on 1/29]
(Note: B is Version 1, Version 2 is on the British LP “Singin’ To My Baby”)

3. Summertime Blues b/w Love Again
London 45-HL-U 8702 (September 1958)
[A is on 4/1 - B is on 2/33]
(Note: the A “Summertime Blues” is a different mix to the US version and exclusive to the UK single – the US version has reverb and fading at the end, the UK version is without reverb and has an ending. The B is the same for both UK and US singles, but there is a different overdubbed vocal version on the 1962 USA LP “Never To Be Forgotten” on Liberty LRP 3220)

4. C’mon Everybody b/w Don’t Ever Let Me Go
London 45-HL-U 8792 (January 1959)
[A is on 3/6 – B is on 3/5]

5. Teenage Heaven b/w I Remember
London 45-HLU 8880 (June 1959)
[A is 3/8 – B is on 3/9]

6. Somethin’ Else b/w Boll Weevil Song
London 45-HL-U 8944 (September 1959)
[A is on 3/17 – B is on 3/18]

7. Hallelujah, I Love Her So b/w Little Angel
London 45-HLW 9022 (January 1960)
[A is on 3/26 – B is on 3/25]

8. Three Steps To Heaven b/w Cut Across Shorty
London 45-HLG 9115 (May 1960)
[A is on 3/32 – B is on 3/33]

9. Sweetie Pie b/w Lonely
London 45-HL-G 9196 (September 1960)
[A is on 2/23 – B is on 2/32]
(Same Takes, but the A & B are reversed to the USA issue on Liberty F-55278)

10. Weekend b/w Cherished Memories
London 45-HLG 9362 (June 1961)
[A is on 3/14 – B is on 3/34]
(Note: both A & B-side takes were exclusive to this UK release; the US versions for Liberty F-55389 are 3/14 and 2/32)

11. Jeannie, Jeannie, Jeannie b/w Pocketful Of Hearts
London 45-HL-G 9460 (November 1961)
[A is on 2/26 – B is on 2/24]
(Note: the A is in MONO, but there is another take without the guitar overdub on the box in STEREO – it’s 5/7)

12. Pretty Girl b/w Teresa
London 45-HLG 9464 (November 1961)
[A is 4/6 - B is 2/28]
(Note: the A is an exclusive mix to the UK release; there is a different version on the USA 7” single on Liberty F-55138 – it’s 2/25)

13. Undying Love b/w Stockin’s ‘N’ Shoes
London 45-HLG 9467 (November 1961)
[A is on 2/14 – B is on 2/19]

14. Never b/w Think Of Me
Liberty LIB 10049 (October 1962)
[A is on 2/22 – B is on 3/15]

15. My Way b/w Rock ‘N’ Roll Blues
Liberty LIB 10088 (April 1963)
[A is on 3/10 – B is on 3/11]

16. Drive In Show b/w I Almost Lost My Mind
Liberty LIB 10108 (August 1963)
[A is on 2/12 – B is on 4/20]

17. Skinny Jim b/w Nervous Breakdown
Liberty LIB 10151 (April 1964)
[A is on 2/1 – B is on 3/3]

18. C’mon Everybody b/w Summertime Blues
Liberty LIB 10233 (April 1966)
[A is on 3/6 – B is on 4/1]
(Note: see 3 for Notes on “Summertime Blues”)

19. Three Stars b/w Somethin’ Else
Liberty LIB 10249 (December 1966)
[A is on 3/13 – B is on 3/17]
(A is exclusive to the UK single)

20. Three Steps To Heaven b/w Eddie’s Blues
Liberty LIB 10276 (May 1967)
[A is on 3/32 – B is on 3/20]

21. Summertime Blues b/w Let’s Get Together
Liberty LBF 15071 (June 1968)
[A is on 4/1 – B is on 3/4]
(Note: see 3 for Notes on “Summertime Blues”)

22. Somethin Else b/w Milk Cow Blues
Liberty LBF 15109 (1968)
[A is on 3/17 – B is on 3/21]

23. C’mon Everybody b/w Mean When I’m Mad
Liberty LBF 15366 (June 1970)
[A is on 3/6 – B is on 2/8]

24. Somethin’ Else b/w Three Steps To Heaven
United Artists UP 35361 (April 1972)
[A is on 3/17 – B is on 3/32]

25. Summertime Blues b/w Cotton Picker
United Artists UP 35408 (July 1972)
[A is on 4/1 – B is on 2/6]
(B is on the United Artists 2LP set UAS 9959 “Legendary Masters No.4”)

26. Summertime Blues b/w C’mon Everybody
United Artists UP 35796 (March 1975)
[A is on 4/1 – B is on 3/6]
(Note: see 3 for Notes on “Summertime Blues”)

27. C’mon Everybody b/w Milk Cow Blues
United Artists UP 36121 (June 1976)
[A is 3/6 – B is on 3/21]

28. C’mon Everybody b/w Don’t Ever Let Me Go
United Artists Silver Spotlight Series UP 603 (June 1979)
[A is 3/6 – B is 3/5]

29. Think Of Me b/w Pretty Girl
United Artists FREE 12 (1979)
[This single wasn’t released as a stand-alone issue – it came in a picture sleeve free with the LP “The Eddie Cochran Singles Album” from 1979 on UAK 30244. It’s included here for completeness]
[A is on 3/15 – B is on 4/6]

30. What I’d Say b/w Milk Cow Blues
Rockstar RSR-SP 3001 (1979)
[A is not on the box set – the Take used for B is unknown]

31. Skinny Jim b/w Half Loved
Rockstar RSR-SP 3002 (1979)
[Neither is referenced in the box set]

32. Twenty Flight Rock b/w Teenage Cutie
United Artists UP 618 (March 1980)
[A is on 1/28 – B is on 2/29]

33. I Want Elvis For Christmas b/w The Tender Age
Rockstar RSR-SP 3004 (1980)
(Both sides are by HOLLY TWINS featuring EDDIE COCHRAN)
[A is on 7/12 – B is on not on the Box]

34. Three Steps To Heaven b/w Cut Across Shorty
United Artists Silver Spotlight Series UP 36520 (October 1980)
[Reissue of 8]

35. Somethin’ Else b/w Boll Weevil Song
United Artists Silver Spotlight Series UP 36521 (October 1980)
[Reissue of 6]

36. Summertime Blues b/w Twenty Flight Rock
Liberty Golden 45’s G45 19 (May 1984)
[A is on 4/1 – B is on 1/28]

37. C’mon Everybody b/w Don’t Ever Let Me Go
Liberty UP 603 (1984 Reissue of 28 – Box set track places are the same)

38. C’mon Everybody b/w Don’t Ever Let Me Go
Liberty EDDIE 501 (Feb 1988)
[As per 28 and 37]

39. Somethin’ Else b/w Boll Weevil Song
Liberty EDDIE 502 (April 1988)
[As per 35]

40. Three Steps To Heaven b/w Cut Across Shorty
Liberty UP 36520 (1988)
[Another reissue of 8 and 34]

EDDIE COCHRAN USA 7” singles Discography -

EDDIE COCHRAN - USA 7” singles Discography
with Bear Family “Somethin’ Else” 2009 8CD Box Set track references
(e.g. 1/10 is Disc 1 Track 10 and so on)

COCHRAN BROTHERS
[Eddie and Hank Cochran – not related nor brothers]
1. Mr. Fiddle b/w Two Blue Sing Stars
(Ekko 1003, June 1955)
[A is 1/8 – B is 1/9]

2. Guilty Conscience b/w Your Tomorrow Never Comes
(Ekko 1005, July 1955)
[A is 1/10 – B is 1/11]

3. Tired And Sleepy b/w Fool’s Paradise
(Ekko 3001, May 1956)
[A is 1/18 – B is 1/19]

EDDIE COCHRAN
4. Skinny Jim b/w Half Loved
(Crest 1026, July 1956)
[A is 2/1 – B is 2/2]
(Note: there is another overdubbed version of the A “Skinny Jim” on the 1962 UK LP “Cherished Memories” on Liberty LBY 1109 and there are 4 takes of the B-side “Half Loved” too – all are on this Bear Family Box)

5. Sittin’ In The Balcony b/w Dark Lonely Street
(Liberty F-55056, February 1957)
[A is 2/7 - B is 1/31]

6. Mean When I’m Mad b/w One Kiss [with the Johnnie Mann Singers]
(Liberty F-55070, May 1957)
[A is 2/8 – B is 2/9]
(Note: this is the only Cochran US single issued in a picture sleeve during his lifetime; it’s extremely rare and commands $1000+)

7. Drive In Show b/w Am I Blue [with the Johnny Mann Orchestra & Chorus]
(Liberty F-55087, July 1957)
[A is 2/12 – B is 2/10]

8. Twenty Flight Rock b/w Cradle Baby [with Johnny Mann Orchestra & Chorus]
(Liberty F-55112, November 1957)
[A is 2/18 – B is 2/11]
(A-side is Version 2; Version 1 is on his July 1958 debut British LP “Singin’ To My Baby”, London HA-U 2093 and also UK 7” single HL-U 8386 – it’s 1/28)

9. Jeannie, Jeannie, Jeannie b/w Pocketful Of Hearts
(Liberty F-55123, January 1958)
[A is 2/26 – B is 2/24]
(Note: the A is in MONO, but there is another take without the guitar overdub on the box in STEREO – it’s 5/7)

10. Pretty Girl b/w Teresa
(Liberty F-55138, May 1958)
[A is 2/25 – B is 2/28]
(Note: A is an exclusive mix to the USA; there is a different version on the UK 7” single London HL-G 9464 – it’s 4/6. The box set also contains a 2-track Stereo version of the song on 5/5 with a further 3-track Stereo version with overdubs on 5/13)

11. Summertime Blues b/w Love Again
(Liberty F-55144, July 1958)
[A is 2/30 – B is 2/33]
(Note: the British ‘A’ on London HL-U 8702 is a different mix to the US version – it’s 4/1)

12. C’mon Everybody b/w Don’t Ever Let Me Go
(Liberty F-55166, October 1958)
[A is 3/6 – B is 3/5]
(Note: the A is known as the “Speeded Up” version, but there’s also a STEREO version with guitar overdub and running at the correct speed on the UK-only 1984 LP “Portrait Of A Legend” on Rockstar RSR LP 1008 – it’s 4/2)

13. Teenage Heaven b/w I Remember
(Liberty F-55177, February 1959)
[A is 3/8 – B is 3/9]

14. Somethin’ Else b/w Boll Weevil Song
(Liberty F-55203, July 1959)
[A is 3/17 – B is 3/18]

15. Hallelujah, I Love Her So b/w Little Angel
(Liberty F-55217, November 1959)
[A is on 3/26 – B is on 3/25]
(Note: A is a Ray Charles cover and the spelling of it doesn’t use an exclamation mark as his original did at the end of the word Hallelujah, but a comma. There’s two further versions of “Hallelujah…” – an echoed version with strings which first appeared on the UK’s 1980 4LP box set “20th Anniversary Album” on United Artists ECSP 20 (4/10) and a STEREO version on the UK-only 1984 LP “Portrait Of A Legend” on Rockstar RSR LP 1008 (5/10).
There are 10 versions of the B-side “Little Angel” – the master (3/25) is an overdubbed version of Take 10. The other versions are Take 1, 3, 5, 6 9 and 2 further version of 10 – all are on this box. Also worthy of note is that another version of Take 10 of “Little Angel” (5/11) is exclusive to the Bear Family set – it’s a different STEREO cut to the one that appeared on the Rockstar LP of 1984 (5/9))

16. Three Steps To Heaven b/w Cut Across Shorty
(Liberty F-55242, March 1960)
[A is on 3/32 – B is on 3/33]
(Note: the A-side is Version 2 in Mono - a Version 1 in MONO and Version 2 in STEREO both appeared on the UK’s 1980 4LP box set “20th Anniversary Album” on United Artists ECSP 20 – they’re on this box as 3/16 and 5/2 respectively.

The B-side master for “Cut Across Shorty” is a ‘speeded-up’ version of Take 21 – however, the ‘correct speed’ version of Take 21 also appeared on the UK’s 1980 2LP set “20th Anniversary Album”, while a STEREO version of the take appeared on the UK-only 1984 LP “Portrait Of A Legend” on Rockstar RSR LP 1008 - they’re also on this box as 4/9 and 5/3)

17. Lonely b/w Sweetie Pie
(Liberty F-55278, August 1960)
[A is on 2/32 – B is on 2/23]
(Note: there is a second version of the A-side with overdubs available on the 1962 USA LP “Never To Be Forgotten” on Liberty LRP 3220 – it’s 4/22)

18. Weekend b/w Lonely
(Liberty F-55389, December 1961)
[A is 3/14 – B is on 2/32]
(Note: there is a STEREO version of “Weekend” on the UK-only 1984 LP “Portrait Of A Legend” on Rockstar RSR LP 1008 – it’s 5/12. “Lonely” is as per the A entry for number 17)

There were many re-issues throughout the rest of the Sixties and onwards in the USA, but they were more of what went before. It should be noted though that this was NOT the case in the UK, where new and previously unreleased Cochran material was issued by both EMI and the ROCKSTAR label (specializing in both Cochran and Gene Vincent). The Rockstar label put out 7” EP’s also – many are referenced in the BF box. See my separate UK 7” singles discography post…









For info purposes…

EDDIE COCHRAN - UK 7” SINGLES Discography
With reference to where the tracks can be located on the Bear Family 2009 8CD Box Set
“Somethin’ Else – The Ultimate Collection”

Note:
(a) London 78’s and 45’s (1 to 13)
Most UK 78’s credited their catalogue numbers without a prefix (HLU 8386), but the 7”s prefixed the catalogue numbers with 45-. Most discographies have since dropped the 45- prefix, but for accuracy purposes I’ve reinstated the prefix for this discography (it’s what’s on the actual records themselves).

(b) Catalogue number spacing
Also some catalogue numbers on the UK 7” singles separated the lettering before the number – some didn’t – for accuracy, I’ve reflected what was on the actual singles themselves – e.g. 45-HLU 8386 and 45-HL-U 8880.

1. 20 Flight Rock b/w Dark Lonely Street
London 45-HLU 8386 (April 1957)
[A is 1/28 - B is 1/31]
(Note: the original UK 78” and 7” both credit the A as “20 Flight Rock” – it’s spelt “Twenty Flight Rock” on the US issue and subsequent British reissues)

2. Sittin’ In The Balcony b/w Completely Sweet
London 45-HL-U 8433 (June 1957)
[A is on 2/7 – B is on 1/29]
(Note: B is Version 1, Version 2 is on the British LP “Singin’ To My Baby”)

3. Summertime Blues b/w Love Again
London 45-HL-U 8702 (September 1958)
[A is on 4/1 - B is on 2/33]
(Note: the A “Summertime Blues” is a different mix to the US version and exclusive to the UK single – the US version has reverb and fading at the end, the UK version is without reverb and has an ending. The B is the same for both UK and US singles, but there is a different overdubbed vocal version on the 1962 USA LP “Never To Be Forgotten” on Liberty LRP 3220)

4. C’mon Everybody b/w Don’t Ever Let Me Go
London 45-HL-U 8792 (January 1959)
[A is on 3/6 – B is on 3/5]

5. Teenage Heaven b/w I Remember
London 45-HLU 8880 (June 1959)
[A is 3/8 – B is on 3/9]

6. Somethin’ Else b/w Boll Weevil Song
London 45-HL-U 8944 (September 1959)
[A is on 3/17 – B is on 3/18]

7. Hallelujah, I Love Her So b/w Little Angel
London 45-HLW 9022 (January 1960)
[A is on 3/26 – B is on 3/25]

8. Three Steps To Heaven b/w Cut Across Shorty
London 45-HLG 9115 (May 1960)
[A is on 3/32 – B is on 3/33]

9. Sweetie Pie b/w Lonely
London 45-HL-G 9196 (September 1960)
[A is on 2/23 – B is on 2/32]
(Same Takes, but the A & B are reversed to the USA issue on Liberty F-55278)

10. Weekend b/w Cherished Memories
London 45-HLG 9362 (June 1961)
[A is on 3/14 – B is on 3/34]
(Note: both A & B-side takes were exclusive to this UK release; the US versions for Liberty F-55389 are 3/14 and 2/32)

11. Jeannie, Jeannie, Jeannie b/w Pocketful Of Hearts
London 45-HL-G 9460 (November 1961)
[A is on 2/26 – B is on 2/24]
(Note: the A is in MONO, but there is another take without the guitar overdub on the box in STEREO – it’s 5/7)

12. Pretty Girl b/w Teresa
London 45-HLG 9464 (November 1961)
[A is 4/6 - B is 2/28]
(Note: the A is an exclusive mix to the UK release; there is a different version on the USA 7” single on Liberty F-55138 – it’s 2/25)

13. Undying Love b/w Stockin’s ‘N’ Shoes
London 45-HLG 9467 (November 1961)
[A is on 2/14 – B is on 2/19]

14. Never b/w Think Of Me
Liberty LIB 10049 (October 1962)
[A is on 2/22 – B is on 3/15]

15. My Way b/w Rock ‘N’ Roll Blues
Liberty LIB 10088 (April 1963)
[A is on 3/10 – B is on 3/11]

16. Drive In Show b/w I Almost Lost My Mind
Liberty LIB 10108 (August 1963)
[A is on 2/12 – B is on 4/20]

17. Skinny Jim b/w Nervous Breakdown
Liberty LIB 10151 (April 1964)
[A is on 2/1 – B is on 3/3]

18. C’mon Everybody b/w Summertime Blues
Liberty LIB 10233 (April 1966)
[A is on 3/6 – B is on 4/1]
(Note: see 3 for Notes on “Summertime Blues”)

19. Three Stars b/w Somethin’ Else
Liberty LIB 10249 (December 1966)
[A is on 3/13 – B is on 3/17]
(A is exclusive to the UK single)

20. Three Steps To Heaven b/w Eddie’s Blues
Liberty LIB 10276 (May 1967)
[A is on 3/32 – B is on 3/20]

21. Summertime Blues b/w Let’s Get Together
Liberty LBF 15071 (June 1968)
[A is on 4/1 – B is on 3/4]
(Note: see 3 for Notes on “Summertime Blues”)

22. Somethin Else b/w Milk Cow Blues
Liberty LBF 15109 (1968)
[A is on 3/17 – B is on 3/21]

23. C’mon Everybody b/w Mean When I’m Mad
Liberty LBF 15366 (June 1970)
[A is on 3/6 – B is on 2/8]

24. Somethin’ Else b/w Three Steps To Heaven
United Artists UP 35361 (April 1972)
[A is on 3/17 – B is on 3/32]

25. Summertime Blues b/w Cotton Picker
United Artists UP 35408 (July 1972)
[A is on 4/1 – B is on 2/6]
(B is on the United Artists 2LP set UAS 9959 “Legendary Masters No.4”)

26. Summertime Blues b/w C’mon Everybody
United Artists UP 35796 (March 1975)
[A is on 4/1 – B is on 3/6]
(Note: see 3 for Notes on “Summertime Blues”)

27. C’mon Everybody b/w Milk Cow Blues
United Artists UP 36121 (June 1976)
[A is 3/6 – B is on 3/21]

28. C’mon Everybody b/w Don’t Ever Let Me Go
United Artists Silver Spotlight Series UP 603 (June 1979)
[A is 3/6 – B is 3/5]

29. Think Of Me b/w Pretty Girl
United Artists FREE 12 (1979)
[This single wasn’t released as a stand-alone issue – it came in a picture sleeve free with the LP “The Eddie Cochran Singles Album” from 1979 on UAK 30244. It’s included here for completeness]
[A is on 3/15 – B is on 4/6]

30. What I’d Say b/w Milk Cow Blues
Rockstar RSR-SP 3001 (1979)
[A is not on the box set – the Take used for B is unknown]

31. Skinny Jim b/w Half Loved
Rockstar RSR-SP 3002 (1979)
[Neither is referenced in the box set]

32. Twenty Flight Rock b/w Teenage Cutie
United Artists UP 618 (March 1980)
[A is on 1/28 – B is on 2/29]

33. I Want Elvis For Christmas b/w The Tender Age
Rockstar RSR-SP 3004 (1980)
(Both sides are by HOLLY TWINS featuring EDDIE COCHRAN)
[A is on 7/12 – B is on not on the Box]

34. Three Steps To Heaven b/w Cut Across Shorty
United Artists Silver Spotlight Series UP 36520 (October 1980)
[Reissue of 8]

35. Somethin’ Else b/w Boll Weevil Song
United Artists Silver Spotlight Series UP 36521 (October 1980)
[Reissue of 6]

36. Summertime Blues b/w Twenty Flight Rock
Liberty Golden 45’s G45 19 (May 1984)
[A is on 4/1 – B is on 1/28]

37. C’mon Everybody b/w Don’t Ever Let Me Go
Liberty UP 603 (1984 Reissue of 28 – Box set track places are the same)

38. C’mon Everybody b/w Don’t Ever Let Me Go
Liberty EDDIE 501 (Feb 1988)
[As per 28 and 37]

39. Somethin’ Else b/w Boll Weevil Song
Liberty EDDIE 502 (April 1988)
[As per 35]

40. Three Steps To Heaven b/w Cut Across Shorty
Liberty UP 36520 (1988)
[Another reissue of 8 and 34]

EDDIE COCHRAN USA 7” singles Discography - referencing the Bear Family “Somethin’ Else” 2009 8CD Box Set.

EDDIE COCHRAN USA 7” singles Discography
with Bear Family “Somethin’ Else” 2009 8CD Box Set track references
(e.g. 1/10 is Disc 1 Track 10 and so on)

COCHRAN BROTHERS
[Eddie and Hank Cochran – not related nor brothers]
1. Mr. Fiddle b/w Two Blue Sing Stars
(Ekko 1003, June 1955)
[A is 1/8 – B is 1/9]

2. Guilty Conscience b/w Your Tomorrow Never Comes
(Ekko 1005, July 1955)
[A is 1/10 – B is 1/11]

3. Tired And Sleepy b/w Fool’s Paradise
(Ekko 3001, May 1956)
[A is 1/18 – B is 1/19]

EDDIE COCHRAN
4. Skinny Jim b/w Half Loved
(Crest 1026, July 1956)
[A is 2/1 – B is 2/2]
(Note: there is another overdubbed version of the A “Skinny Jim” on the 1962 UK LP “Cherished Memories” on Liberty LBY 1109 and there are 4 takes of the B-side “Half Loved” too – all are on this Bear Family Box)

5. Sittin’ In The Balcony b/w Dark Lonely Street
(Liberty F-55056, February 1957)
[A is 2/7 - B is 1/31]

6. Mean When I’m Mad b/w One Kiss
[with the Johnnie Mann Singers]
(Liberty F-55070, May 1957)
[A is 2/8 – B is 2/9]
(Note: this is the only Cochran US single issued in a picture sleeve during his lifetime; it’s extremely rare and commands $1000+)

7. Drive In Show b/w Am I Blue
[with the Johnny Mann Orchestra & Chorus]
(Liberty F-55087, July 1957)
[A is 2/12 – B is 2/10]

8. Twenty Flight Rock b/w Cradle Baby
[with Johnny Mann Orchestra & Chorus]
(Liberty F-55112, November 1957)
[A is 2/18 – B is 2/11]
(A-side is Version 2; Version 1 is on his July 1958 debut British LP “Singin’ To My Baby”, London HA-U 2093 and also UK 7” single HL-U 8386 – it’s 1/28)

9. Jeannie, Jeannie, Jeannie b/w Pocketful Of Hearts
(Liberty F-55123, January 1958)
[A is 2/26 – B is 2/24]
(Note: the A is in MONO, but there is another take without the guitar overdub on the box in STEREO – it’s 5/7)

10. Pretty Girl b/w Teresa
(Liberty F-55138, May 1958)
[A is 2/25 – B is 2/28]
(Note: A is an exclusive mix to the USA; there is a different version on the UK 7” single London HL-G 9464 – it’s 4/6. The box set also contains a 2-track Stereo version of the song on 5/5 with a further 3-track Stereo version with overdubs on 5/13)

11. Summertime Blues b/w Love Again
(Liberty F-55144, July 1958)
[A is 2/30 – B is 2/33]
(Note: the British ‘A’ on London HL-U 8702 is a different mix to the US version – it’s 4/1)

12. C’mon Everybody b/w Don’t Ever Let Me Go
(Liberty F-55166, October 1958)
[A is 3/6 – B is 3/5]
(Note: the A is known as the “Speeded Up” version, but there’s also a STEREO version with guitar overdub and running at the correct speed on the UK-only 1984 LP “Portrait Of A Legend” on Rockstar RSR LP 1008 – it’s 4/2)

13. Teenage Heaven b/w I Remember
(Liberty F-55177, February 1959)
[A is 3/8 – B is 3/9]

14. Somethin’ Else b/w Boll Weevil Song
(Liberty F-55203, July 1959)
[A is 3/17 – B is 3/18]

15. Hallelujah, I Love Her So b/w Little Angel
(Liberty F-55217, November 1959)
[A is on 3/26 – B is on 3/25]
(Note: A is a Ray Charles cover and the spelling of it doesn’t use an exclamation mark as his original did at the end of the word Hallelujah, but a comma. There’s two further versions of “Hallelujah…” – an echoed version with strings which first appeared on the UK’s 1980 4LP box set “20th Anniversary Album” on United Artists ECSP 20 (4/10) and a STEREO version on the UK-only 1984 LP “Portrait Of A Legend” on Rockstar RSR LP 1008 (5/10).
There are 10 versions of the B-side “Little Angel” – the master (3/25) is an overdubbed version of Take 10. The other versions are Take 1, 3, 5, 6 9 and 2 further version of 10 – all are on this box. Also worthy of note is that another version of Take 10 of “Little Angel” (5/11) is exclusive to the Bear Family set – it’s a different STEREO cut to the one that appeared on the Rockstar LP of 1984 (5/9))

16. Three Steps To Heaven b/w Cut Across Shorty
(Liberty F-55242, March 1960)
[A is on 3/32 – B is on 3/33]
(Note: the A-side is Version 2 in Mono - a Version 1 in MONO and Version 2 in STEREO both appeared on the UK’s 1980 4LP box set “20th Anniversary Album” on United Artists ECSP 20 – they’re on this box as 3/16 and 5/2 respectively.

The B-side master for “Cut Across Shorty” is a ‘speeded-up’ version of Take 21 – however, the ‘correct speed’ version of Take 21 also appeared on the UK’s 1980 2LP set “20th Anniversary Album”, while a STEREO version of the take appeared on the UK-only 1984 LP “Portrait Of A Legend” on Rockstar RSR LP 1008 - they’re also on this box as 4/9 and 5/3)

17. Lonely b/w Sweetie Pie
(Liberty F-55278, August 1960)
[A is on 2/32 – B is on 2/23]
(Note: there is a second version of the A-side with overdubs available on the 1962 USA LP “Never To Be Forgotten” on Liberty LRP 3220 – it’s 4/22)

18. Weekend b/w Lonely
(Liberty F-55389, December 1961)
[A is 3/14 – B is on 2/32]
(Note: there is a STEREO version of “Weekend” on the UK-only 1984 LP “Portrait Of A Legend” on Rockstar RSR LP 1008 – it’s 5/12. “Lonely” is as per the A entry for number 17)

NOTES: There were many re-issues throughout the rest of the Sixties and onwards in the USA, but they were more of what went before. It should be noted though that this was NOT the case in the UK where new and unreleased Cochran material was issued by both EMI and the ROCKSTAR label (specializing in both Cochran and Gene Vincent). These are covered in a separate posting following this - see UK 7” singles discography…

“Classic – The Universal Masters Collection” by THIN LIZZY. A Review of the 1999 Decca/Deram CD compilation now reissued in 2009 as "Classic".

The budget-to-mid price Series "Universal Masters Collection" spans a huge range of artists on the Universal roster of Labels - from ABC through to DONNA SUMMER - and all points in between, but this little gem given over to THIN LIZZY and their early Decca material seems to have gone largely unnoticed.

The booklet is a 4-page foldout inlay with a decent essay on the band at that time by DARYL EASLEA and a basic track listing.

But, the really good news is that all 18 of its tracks have been DIGITALLY REMASTERED and many of them are hard-to-find rarities. The compilation covers the period 1971 to 1974, their first 3 albums and the non-album 7" singles around them. As you can see from the photo they've used for the front cover of the booklet, the rocking Dublin band was still a POWER TRIO at that time - PHIL LYNOTT on Bass and Vocals (principal songwriter), ERIC BELL on Guitar and Vocals with BRIAN DOWNEY on Drums and Percussion (the famous dual-guitars of BRIAN ROBERTSON and SCOTT GORHAM began with "Nightlife" in 1974).

The albums featured here are "Thin Lizzy", their debut from April 1971, "Shades Of A Blue Orphanage", their second album from March 1972 (un-issued in the US) and their fantastic third album from September 1973, "Vagabonds Of The Western World" (on the Decca label in the UK and the London label in the USA). As the first three albums were put out onto CD in 1990, 1993 and 1993 respectively with 'ok' sound quality, these 1999 sonic upgrades are both long overdue and SUPERB into the bargain.

Here's the track-by-track breakdown (most of this info ISN'T on the outer sleeve - UK release dates used):

Track 1. Whisky In The Jar
(Their 1st UK 7" single from November 1972 and originally a non-album track. (It's actually an updated cover of a 1729 Traditional Irish air). This version is the rare ‘Promotional Edited Version' used on UK Demos and the US issue of the single; it cuts down the standard 7" release from its full running time of 5:44 minutes to a shorter 3:40 minutes)
Track 2: The Rocker
(Their 3rd UK 7" single, this is the rare ‘Edited Single Version'. It chops down the full "Vagabonds..." album cut of 5:12 minutes to 2:41 minutes, essentially editing out Eric Bell's guitar solo)
Track 3: Look What The Wind Blew In
(on "Thin Lizzy", their 1st album)
Track 4: Randolph's Tango
(Their 2nd UK 7" single from May 1973 and again a non-album track. This is credited as the ‘US Edited Single Version', but as the original UK version runs to 3:53 minutes and this cut is 3:49 minutes, it's hard to see 4 seconds as an edit!)
Track 5: Sarah (Version 1)
(on "Shades Of A Blue Orphanage")
Track 6: Things Ain't Workin' Out Down At The Farm (Version 1)
(4th of 4 tracks on the ultra-rare "New Day" EP, a UK-only 7" single-only release from 21 August 1971. The 1st track on the EP is also on this compilation - Track 12. For CD versions of the other two songs on the EP, "Remembering Part II (New Day)" and "Old Moon Madness", they can be found as bonus tracks on the 1990 issue of "Thin Lizzy")
Track 7: Vagabond Of The Western World
(Edited Single Version, it cuts down the "Vagabonds..." album track of 4:49 minutes to a running time of 4:06 minutes)
Track 8: Here I Go Again
(non-album B-side to "The Rocker")
Track 9: Buffalo Gal
(on "Shades Of A Blue Orphanage")
Track 10: Honesty Is No Excuse
(on "Thin Lizzy")
Track 11: Black Boys On The Corner
(non-album B-side to both the UK/USA 7" single "Whisky In The Jar" (spelt without an ‘e' in the UK and EUROPE, with an ‘e' in the USA)
Track 12: Dublin
(1st of 4 tracks on the ultra-rare "New Day" EP, a UK-only 7" single-only release from 21 August 1971)
Track 13: Little Darling
(a 7" single-only release from April 1974 on Decca featuring GARY MOORE (ex Ireland's SKID ROW) on Guitar)
Track 14: Brought Down
(on "Shades Of A Blue Orphanage")
Track 15: Remembering Part One
(on "Thin Lizzy". This is credited as the ‘US Edited Version', but at 6:00 minutes, it appears to me to be the same as the UK album version?)
Track 16: Chatting Today
(on "Shades Of A Blue Orphanage")
Track 17: Broken Dreams
(non-album B-side to "Randolph's Tango")
Track 18: Little Girl In Bloom
(US Edited Version, it cuts down the "Vagabonds..." album cut from 5:14 minutes to 5:06 minutes and was apparently released like this on the 1973 AMERICAN versions of the "Vagabonds..." album)

Apart from the obvious rarity nature of many of these tracks, what is thrilling is the stunning UPGRADED REMASTERING that each has been given. A comparison of "Black Boys On The Corner" is one good example. Originally only available on the 1991 CD issue of "Vagabonds..." as a bonus track in 'OK' remastered sound; the upgrade here is just breathtaking. A truly great B-side (and far more indicative of their rockin' nature than the A), it's been a fan-favourite for years and to hear it sound this good is an absolute blast...

Both "Thin Lizzy" and "Shades Of A Blue Orphanage" were penciled in for 23 February 2008 remastered re-issues with a juicy 9 bonus tracks on each, but they seem to have been pulled from the schedules indefinitely - which is infuriating...

Worse, "Vagabonds Of The Western World" has been slated for a 2CD DELUXE EDITION for ages now (promos even circulated in Sept of 2007 apparently), but as it's been delayed no less than 6 times by my count since February 2007 - and its 7 April 2008 UK release date has come and gone - I won't believe it’s being released until I have the damn thing in my sweaty palms!

In the meantime, for fans and newcomers alike, "Classic/Universal Masters Collection" is an excellent and cheap way of accessing their earlier and wildly underrated material until the new issues eventually come along.

As a primer to buying all three albums from that period, this collection is a top intro to a much-loved band and its much-missed leader, PHILIP PARIS LYNOTT.

Highly recommended.

“The Road Is Rocky – The Complete Studio Masters 1956-1971” by GENE VINCENT. A Review of the 2005 BEAR FAMILY 8CD BOX SET.

“Be-Bop-A-Lula…Let’s Rock Again!”
Fans of “The Screaming End” have waited all their lives for a tribute to their hero like this and the much-anticipated BCD 16257 HL doesn’t disappoint.

"The Road Is Rocky - The Complete Studio Masters 1956-1971” is typical of Bear Family's legendary excellence - released March 2005, 8 CDs are housed in label-themed 2CD jewel cases inside a 12"x12" Box Set offering up a huge 223 tracks. There's a beautifully illustrated album-sized 134-Page Hardback Book (yes hardback) and resplendent in its full-colour cover, the whole package has an air of real class about it. Genuinely - just holding it - is a thrill…

The set was compiled and produced by DEREK HENDERSON and the stunning essay on Vincent’s tortuous life is by noted expert IAN WALLIS (it’s both ruthlessly honest yet quietly affectionate). Label boss RICHARD WEIZE and TONY BARRETT (of Rockstar Records in the UK) handled the tape research with the remastering carried out by JAY RANELLUCCI, BOB IRWIN and KIP SMITH. And being Bear Family, the sound quality is GORGEOUS - first generation tapes used, meticulous transfers - a typically superlative job done.

CONTENTS:
Disc 1: label is Capitol USA 7” of “Be-Bop-A-Lula”, 27 Tracks, 64:44 minutes
Disc 2: label is Capitol USA 7” of “Lotta Lovin’”, 29 Tracks, 68:51 minutes
Disc 3: label is Capitol USA 7” Promo Sleeve of “Git It”, 28 Tracks, 61:20 minutes
Disc 4: label is Capitol USA 7” Promo of “Be Bop Boogie Boy”, 34 Tracks, 79:53 minutes
Disc 5: label is Capitol USA 7” Promo of “Wild Cat”, 28 Tracks, 63:59 minutes
Disc 6: label is Columbia UK 7” of “Private Detective”, 26 Tracks, 62:15 minutes
Disc 7: label is Challenge USA 7” Promo of “Bird-Doggin’”, 28 Tracks, 76:31 minutes
Disc 8: label is Kama Sutra USA 7” of “How I Love Them Old Songs”, 23 Tracks, 73:32 minutes

The discography by Richard Weize, RUSSELL WAPENSKY and Derek Henderson contains 210 entries from his first recordings in May 1956 in Nashville to his last two in January 1971 in London. All 7 of his Capitol albums are here - “Bluejean Bop!” from 1956 through to “The Crazy Beat Of…” from 1963 - “Shakin’ Up A Storm” from 1964 on Columbia, “Gene Vincent” on London from 1967 (Challenge in the USA) and his 3 Dandelion and Kama Sutra albums of the early Seventies. You can also sequence in both A&B of all 40 of his 7” singles (a large number of them were non-album tracks). The bluesy “Baby Blue” (his 10th UK single from 1958) is fantastic…

The book is wonderful, black and white stage shots, an adoring John Lennon looking over his shoulder, backing group the BLUE CAPS posing in the studio, the one with Eddie Cochran, Joe Brown and Billy Fury all looking so young and full of promise. I particularly dig the snap of Gene and Jet Harris with a winking Little Richard and a smiling Sam Cooke – now’s there’s a conversation you wanna hear!

Musical rarities include “Beautiful Brown Eyes” which was only available on an ultra rare French single from 1959, both the Playground and Forever US-only 7” singles from 1968 and 1969 of “Story Of The Rockers” and “Pickin’ Poppies” because all 4 sides have different mixes and finally the two exclusive tracks Vincent cut for the B&C Records compilation “Battle Of The Bands” in 1971 – his last proper studio recordings. There’s also several previously unreleased STEREO tracks.

If I was to point out a downside, it would be that he did a further 5-track live session for The Johnny Walker Show at Radio 1 in London on the 1st of October 1971 – just 11 days before he died in the USA – but it’s not included on here. It was released as “The Last Session” in 1987 by John Peel on one of his Strange Fruit/Nighttracks 12” singles – and you can’t help but feel that it should have been included.

Vincent Eugene Craddock died from liver failure on 12 October 1971 in the Emergency Room of a California hospital, aged only 36 - years of chronic alcoholism having finally done for him. It was a sad and painful finish.

But for fans the world over, he will always be the real deal – silver microphone in hand, leg thrust forward, the thrill of rock ’n’ roll literally shaking his limbs and quivering his voice. And this beautiful and loving box set only brings that home in spades.

Bear Family’s “Rocky…” is a very real reason as to why this reissue label is held in such awe. It costs for sure – but quality always does. A real winner – and well done boys - you keepers of the flame.

PS:
For fans, I’ve posted full LP and 7” UK discographies in two separate comments attached to this review – each references where the tracks can be found on this box set (info the book doesn’t provide you with in one place)

I’d also recommend as essential “The Outtakes”, a 2007 follow-up set by Bear Family which contains a staggering 226 tracks from 1956 to 1968 – it’s a mini 6CD box with a beautifully detailed 76-page booklet - with the vast majority of these priceless ‘in session’ gems having never been released before anywhere

And last - with regard to price, some online retailers are trying to get over £300 for this box set – don’t! It is available shrink-wrapped and as new for £129 + P&P from their distributors in the UK, Rollercoaster Records of Chalford Gloucestershire (www.rollercoasterrecords.com) or for 174 Euros + P&P from Bear Family direct at www.bearfamily.de in Germany