Gus Hardin

Carolyn Ann Blankenship, *09-04-1945 Tulsa, OK, +17-02-1996

2nd version

by Praguefrank, Hans Sandberg, Columbusguy, Günter Diebel, Lennart Gustavsson
SESSIONS
13 October 1978 [live] VTV’S Harvard Tower Club, Tulsa, OK – Gus Hardin (Gus Hardin [vcl], Tom Trifflehorn [gt], Estel Bogart [bass], Larry Schabel [drums], Les Gallier [percussion], Jackson Columbo [congas], Spencer Sutton [keyboards], Rob Harper [sax], Joe Davis [horns], Stephanie Boosahda, Wayne Boosahda, Gwen Alley, Gary Tidder [bck vcl] + strings. Producer: Tom Russell) [overdub sessions: Binghams Ranch Studio, Tulsa, OK]

00001 LOOKING FOR LOVE Rayann RYN 0001

00002 RING IN THE NIGHT Rayann RYN 0001

00003 GLAD YOU CAME ALONG Rayann RYN 0001

00004 YOU NEEDED ME Rayann RYN 0001

00005 SUNSET WOMAN Rayann RYN 0001

00006 LIVING FOR THE CITY Rayann RYN 0001

00007 LOVING YOU LIKE I DO Rayann RYN 0001

00008 JEALOUS KIND Rayann RYN 0001

00009 SUCH A NIGHT Rayann RYN 0001

ca November 1982 Fame Recording Studio, Muscle Shoals, AL - Gus Hardin (Gus Hardin [vcl], Fred Newell [gt], Walt Aldridge [gt/bck vcl], Reggie Young [gt], Ken Bell [gt], Will McFarlane [gt], Sonny Garrish [steel], Ralph Ezell [bass gt], Owen Hall [drums], Mickey Buckins/Rick Hall [percussion], David Briggs/Steve Nathan/Chalmers Davis [keyboards], Terry McMillan/Bill Darnell [harmonica]. Ava Aldridge, Cindy Richardson, Rick Hall [bck vcl]. Producer: Rick Hall) 001 AFTER THE LAST GOODBYE RCA PB-13445/MHL-8603 Rainy Day 1234-2 002 I'VE BEEN LOVING YOU TOO LONG PB-13445/MHL-8603

ca February 1983 Fame Recording Studio, Muscle Shoals, AL - Gus Hardin (Gus Hardin [vcl], Fred Newell [gt], Walt Aldridge [gt/bck vcl], Reggie Young [gt], Ken Bell [gt], Will McFarlane [gt], Sonny Garrish [steel], Ralph Ezell [bass gt], Owen Hall [drums], Mickey Buckins/Rick Hall [percussion],  David Briggs/Steve Nathan/Chalmers Davis [keyboards], Terry McMillan/Bill Darnell [harmonica]. Ava Aldridge, Cindy Richardson, Rick Hall [bck vcl]. Producer: Rick Hall) 003 LOVING YOU HURTS PB 15593/MHL-8603

004 IF I DIDN'T LOVE YOU PB 13532/MHL-8603

005 SINCE I DON'T HAVE YOU PB 13593/MHL-8603

006 YOU CAN CALL ME BLUE PB 13532/MHL-8603

ca November 1983 Fame Recording Studio, Muscle Shoals, AL - Gus Hardin (Gus Hardin [vcl], Fred Newell, Walt Aldridge [gt/synthesizer/bck vcl], Ken Bell [gt], Sonny Garrish [dobro/steel], BobWray/ Ralph Ezell [bass gt], Owen Hall [drums], Mickey Buckins/ Rick Hall [percussion/el mandolin],  Terry McMillan/ Bill Darnell [harmonica]. John Marrett [sax], Ava Aldridge, Cindy Richardson [vck vcl]. Producer: Rick Hall)
007 FALLEN ANGEL (FALLIN' HIGH TONIGHT) PB 13704/AHL1-4937
008 NOT TONIGHT I'VE GOT A HEARTACHE PB 13704/AHL1-4937
009 ONE NIGHT A WEEK LOVERS AHL1-4937
010 STILL HOLD ON AHL1-4937
011 WHERE'S THE FIRE AHL1-4937
012 I PASS PB 13751/AHL1-4937 Rainy Day 1234-2  
013 ARE WE STILL IN LOVE OR JUST LONELY AHL1-4937
014 WOMAN IN ME AHL1-4937
015 HOW ARE YOU SPENDING MY NIGHTS PB 13814/AHL1-4937
016 NIGHT LIGHTS PB 13751 PB 13814/AHL1-4937
Summer-Fall 1984 The Music Mill, 1710 Roy Acuff Place, Nashville, TN - Gus Hardin, *with Earl Thomas Conley (Gus Hardin [vcl], Brent Rowan [gt], Joe Dee Maness [steel], Emery Gordy Jr. [bass], Eddie Bayers [drums], Barry Beckett [piano], Shane Keister [synthesizer], Kathy Burdick, Kim Fleming, Dave Loggins. Wandy Waldman, Mark Wright, Joe Scaife [bck vcl])
017 ALL TANGLED UP IN LOVE* PB-13938/CPL1-5358 CPL1-7033 Rainy Day 1234-2  
018 WHAT WE GONNA DO PB-14255/CPL1-5358 CPL1-7033
019 WHAT ABOUT WHEN IT RAINS PB-14040 PB-14255/CPL1-5358 CPL1-7033
020 MY MIND IS ON YOU PB-14040/CPL1-5358 CPL1-7033
021 DROWNING IN MEMORIES CPL1-5358 CPL1-7033
022 WALL OF TEARS CPL1-5358 CPL1-7033 Rainy Day 1234-2  
023 I'M DANCING AS FAST AS I CAN CPL1-5358 CPL1-7033 Rainy Day 1234-2  
024 MORE OR LESS PB-13938 PB-14159/CPL1-5358
ca June 1985 poss. Nashville, TN - Gus Hardin and Dave Loggins
025 JUST AS LONG AS I HAVE YOU PB-14159/CPL1-7033
18 June 1985 [live] unknown – Gus Hardin, * and Earl Thomas Conley

02501 FALLEN ANGEL

02502 DROWING IN MEMORIES

02503 THIS MASQUERADE

02504 AFTER THE LAST GOODBYE

02505 I’VE BEEN LOVING YOU TOO LONG

02506 MORE OR LESS

02507 ALL TANGLED UP IN LOVE

02508 WHAT WE GONNA DO ABOUT IT

02509 SILVER WING

02510 I PASS

02511 NEVER ENDING SONG OF LOVE

02512 MY MIND IS ON YOU

02513 WALL OF TEARS

02514 BIG BOSS MAN

02515 TWO MORE BOTTLES OF WINE

02516 IF I DIDN’T LOVE YOU

02517 ALL TANGLED UP IN LOVE*
tracks above issued on King Biscuit album In Concert

1993 Sound City Studio, Los Angeles, CA – Gus Hardin

018 RIVER OF DREAMS  KMOD

+ more unknown tracks for album Sounds of Tulsa

1990s Sound City Studio, Los Angeles, CA – Gus Hardin

031 TORNADO  Rainy Day 1234-2  

032 ONE OF THE BOYS  Rainy Day 1234-2  

033 IF I HAD MY WAY  Rainy Day 1234-2  

034 LOVIN' ARMS  Rainy Day 1234-2  

035 FOOLPROOF  Rainy Day 1234-2  

ALBUMS
Rayann RYN-0001 Almost Live: Looking For Love; Ring In The Night; Glad You Came Along; You Needed Me; Sunset Woman; Living For The City; Loving You Like I Do; Jealous Kind; Such A Night – 81?
RCA Victor MHL1-8603 Gus Hardin: Loving You Hurts; If I Didn't Love You; Since I Don't Have You; After The Last Goodbye; You Can Call Me Blue; I've Been Loving You Too Long – 10-05-83
RCA Victor CPL1-4937 Fallen Angel: Fallen Angel; Not Tonight, I've Got A Heartache; One Night A Week Lovers; Still Hold On; Where's The Fire; I Pass; Are We Still In Love Or Just Lonely; The Woman In Me; How Are You Spending My Nights; Night Lights – 20-02-84
RCA Victor CPL1-5358 Wall Of Tears: All Tangled Up In Love (with Earl Thomas Conley); What We Gonna Do; What About When It Rains; My Mind Is On You; Drowning In Memories; Wall Of Tears; I'm Dancing As Fast As I Can; More Or Less* - 28-01-85 (see also CPL1-7033)
RCA Victor CPL1-7033 Wall Of Tears: All Tangled Up In Love (w. Earl Thomas Conley); What We Gonna Do; What About When It Rains; Just As Long As I Have You (w. Dave Loggins)*; My Mind Is On You; Drowning In Memories; Wall Of Tears; I'm Dancing As Fast As I Can - 02-85 (all tracks except * from CPL1-5338)
KMOD ? Sounds Of Tulsa: (tracks unknown) - 93
Rainy Day 1234-2 I'm Dancing As Fast As I Can: Tornado*; One Of The Boys*; If I Had My Way*; Lovin' Arms*; Foolproof*; After The Last Goodbye; All Tangled Up In Love; Wall Of Tears; I Pass; I'm Dancing As Fast As I Can – 03-05-01 (*previously unissued)

King Biscuit ? In Concert: Fallen Angel; Drowing In Memories; This Masquerade; After The Last goodbye; I’ve Been Loving You Too Long; More Or Less; All Tangled Up In Love; What We Gonna Do About It; Silver Wing; I Pass; Never Ending Song Of Love; My Mind Is On You; Wall Of Tears; Big Boss Man; Two More Bottles Of Wine; If I Didn’t Love You; All Tangled Up In Love (w. Earl Thomas Conley) – 06

EPs

Empire of Sound ? Gus Hardin Live At Church Street Station: All Tangled Up In Love; How Are You Spending My Nights;  I Pass;  Night Lights;  Wall Of Tears;  What We Gonna Do (About What We Did Last Night) – 07-03-19 (1988 TV show, recorded in Orlando, FL)

SINGLES
RCA Victor (1982-85)
PB-13445 After The Last Goodbye / I've Been Loving You Too Long - ca. 24-01-83
PB-13532 If I Didn't Love You / You Can Call Me Blue - 05-83
PB-13597 Loving You Hurts / Since I Don't Have You - 08-83
PB-13704 Fallen Angel / Not Tonight I've Got A Heartache - 12-83
PB-13751 I Pass / Night Lights - 03-84
PB-13814 How Are You Spending My Nights? / Night Lights - 06-84
PB-13938 All Tangled Up In Love (w. Earl Thomas Conley) / More Or Less - 11-84
PB-14040 My Mind Is On You / What About When It Rains - 03-85
PB-14159 Just As Long As I Have You (w. Dave Loggins) / More Or Less - 08-85
PB-14255 What We Gonna Do / What About When It Rains - 11-85

 

RADIO TRANSCRIPTIONS DISCS

DIR Broadcasting – The Silver Eagle (Cross Country Music Show) Leon Everette/Gus Hardin: [Gus Hardin – Live from Duke’s Place, Tulsa, OK:] Fallen Angel (Flying High Tonight); Drowing In Memories; After The Last Goodbye; I’ve Been Lovin‘ You Too Long; More Or Less; All Tangled Up In Love; What We Gonna Do (‘Bout What We Did Last Night); I Pass [Leon Everette – live from Music Village, USA, Hendersonville, TN:] Hurricane; If I Keep Goin‘ Crazy; Soul Searching; Givin‘ Up Easy; The Race Is On; Just Give Me What You Think Is Fair; Jambalaya; Orange Blossom Special - 05-85 (airdate May 18, 3 discs)