Sunday, January 24, 2016

Alberta Slim



Eric Charles Edwards, *02-02-1910 Wiltshire, UK, +26-11-2005 Surrey, BC CAN
By Steve Hathaway, Praguefrank, Mario Manciotti

SESSIONS


1940 unknown, AB, CAN – Alberta Smith
001 1102 THE SONG OF THE SMOKEY SMITH V.C.  Private P.R. 1102-1103
002 1103 I WANT TO RIDE, RIDE, RIDE P.R. 1102-1103
003 GIVE ME MY PONY ON THE RANGE P.R. 1105
004 SHE TAUGHT ME TO YODEL P.R. 1105
1949 unknown, CAN - Alberta Slim with Pat Gerow and His Steel Guitar (Alberta Slim [vcl], Pat Gerow [steel])
005 GVT 101A WHEN IT'S APPLE BLOSSOM TIME IN ANNAPOLIS VALLEY Gavotte GVT 101
006 GVT 101B I WANT TO RIDE, RIDE, RIDE Gavotte GVT 101
Ca 1949 unknown, CAN - Alberta Slim with The Bar X Ranch Boys
007 GVT 102A IN THE VALLEY OF THE POPPIES Gavotte GVT 102
008 GVT 102B THE BIG ROUND-UP GVT 102
1949 unknown, CAN - Alberta Slim with The Bar X Ranch Boys
009 WHEN I TAKE MY LAST RIDE Bluebird 55-3251
010 LITTLE TIN COWBOY Bluebird 55-3251/ CAL 699 GR 3001
011 NEW CANADIAN POLKA 55-3252
012 TEARS OF SHAME  55-3252/ CAL 699 GR 3001
Ca 1951 unknown, CAN - Alberta Slim with The Bar X Ranch Boys
013 RED RIVER WALTZ 55-3262 57-5034 / CAL 699 GR 3001
014 SITTING ON A HILLTOP 55-3262 57-5034/ CAL 699 GR 3001
015 I'M LONESOME FOR MOMMY TONIGHT 55-3263 57-5035/ CAL 699 GR 3001
016 WHEN THE GOOD LORD KNOCKS ON YOUR DOOR 55-3263 57-5035/ CAL 699 GR 3001
Ca 1952 unknown, CAN - Alberta Slim with The Bar X Ranch Boys
017 IT ALL SEEMS TO HAPPEN TO ME 55-3275 57-5063/ CAL 699 GR 3001
018 RED RIVER TWO STEP  55-3275 57-5063/ CAL 699 GR 3001
019 LET'S FACE THE MUSIC POP 55-3276 57-5064
020 NORTH OF THE BORDER  55-3276 57-5064
Ca 1953 unknown, CAN - Alberta Slim with The Bar X Ranch Boys
021 ROLLING HOME 55-3280 57-5072
022 WHEN YOU PLAY YOUR LAST CARD  55-3280 57-5072/ CAL 699 GR 3001
023 THE CHOO CHOO BLUES 55-3281 57-5073
024 TREASURES YOU CAN'T BUY 55-3281 57-5073/CAL 699 GR 3001
1953 Aragon Recording Studio, 615 W Hasting St., Vancouver, BC, CAN – Alberta Slim Slim and Clover Lane, Alberta Slim's Bar X Ranch Boys
025 AR262A MY NOVA SCOTIAN HOME Aragon AR-262 /AR 127
026 AR262B YOU SAY I'M A FOOL Aragon AR-262 /AR 127
1953 Aragon Recording Studio, 615 W Hasting St., Vancouver, BC, CAN – Alberta Slim with Evan Kemp and The Trail Riders
027 AR272A THE LAUGHING HORSE Aragon AR 272 Sparton  295
028 AR272B HOLD WHAT’CHA GOT BOYS Aragon AR 272 Sparton  295
029 AR273A BROTHER YOU'RE NOT DEAD Aragon AR 273 Sparton  296
030 AR273B LEAVE ME ALONE AND LET ME BE Aragon AR 273 Sparton  296/AR 127
1953 or later Aragon Recording Studio, 615 W Hasting St., Vancouver, BC, CAN – Alberta Slim
031 WHEN IT'S APPLE BLOSSOM TIME IN ANNAPOLIS VALLEY Aragon ALP 127
032 WALTZ, EVALINA, WALTZ Aragon ALP 127
033 THE YELLOW ROSE OF TEXAS Aragon ALP 127
034 THERE'S NO NEED FOR TEARS IN YOUR EYES Aragon ALP 127
035 QUEEN OF THE CALGARY STAMPEDE Aragon ALP 127
036 CALL OF THE CARIBOU Aragon ALP 127
037 I WONDER WHERE YOU ARE TONIGHT Aragon ALP 127
Alberta Slim recorded after 1953 – some info in albums and singles list


ALBUMS

Point [CAN] P 209 Alberta Slim with his Bar X Ranch Boys: Call Of The Cariboo;  In The Valley Of The Poppies;  The Big Round Up;  Tear Drops Falling;  I Want To Be A Cowboy;  Daisy-Mae;  Have Faith In The Lord;  I Want To Ride;  Ride;  Ride;  Two Little Eyes That Shine – 56
Aragon [CAN] ALP 127 Alberta Slim Sings When It's Apple Blossom Time in Annapolis Valley: When It's Apple Blossom Time in Annapolis Valley; Waltz, Evalina, Waltz; The Yellow Rose of Texas; You Say I'm a Fool; There's No Need For Tears in Your Eyes; Queen of the Calgary Stampede; Call of the Caribou; I Wonder Where You Are Tonight;Leave Me Alone and Let Me Be; My Nova Scotian Home - 61
RCA Camden [CAN] 699 Alberta Slim with the Bar X Ranch Boys: Treasure You Can't Buy;  It All Seems To Happen To Me;   I'm Lonesome For Mommy Tonight;  Sitting On A Hill Top;  Little Tin Cowboy;  When You Play Your Last Card;  Red River Two Step;  When The Good Lord Knocks On Your Door;  Red River Waltz;  Tears Of Shame – 62 (reissued in 1969 on Gold GR 3001 Golden Memories: The Best Of Alberta Slim and The Original CBC Happy Gang Orchestra, and  in 1991 on cassette as C3000-1)
RCA Camden [CAN] 2113 Canada, My Homeland: Canada, My Homeland;  The Calgary Stampede;  Canada Land Of The Free;  Call Of The Cariboo;  The Laura Secord Story;  Beautiful British Columbia;  Red River Valley Two Step;  Canadian Sunset;  When It’s Apple Blossom Time In Annapolis Valley;  My Home By The Fraser – 67
Gold [CAN] C 3000-2 Alberta Slim, vol. 2: Canada Song; Longing For Ontario; A True Story Of  My Pony And Me; Our Changing World; Vancouver By The Sea; Apple Blossom Time In Annapolis Valley; Waltz Evelyna Waltz; My Fraser Valley Home; Going Back To My Old Home Town; When It's Spring Time On The Prairie – 9- (cassette)
Gold [CAN] C 3000-3 Alberta Slim, vol. 3: My Nova Scotia Home; The Laura Secord Story; Call Of The Cariboo; New Canadian Polka; Peace Of Mind; Beautiful British Columbia; My Old Canadian Home; My Home By The Fraser; Canada My Home Land; The Calgary Stampede – 9- (Cassette)
Gold [CAN] C 3000-4 Alberta Slim, vol. 4: My Nova Scotia Home; Tear Drops Falling; Daisy-May; Have Faith In The Lord; When It's Blossom Time In Annapolis Valley; I Want To Ride, Ride, Ride; In The Valley Of The Poppies; The Big Roundup; Two Little Eyes That Shine; I Want To Be A Cowboy – 9? (Cassette)
Gold [CAN] C 3000-5 Alberta Slim, vol. 5: When It's Apple Blossom Time In Annapolis Valley;  Waltz, Evalina, Waltz; The Yellow Rose Of Texas; You Say I'm A Fool ;There's No Need For Tears In Your Eyes; Queen Of Calgary Stampede; Call Of The Cariboo; I Wonder Where You Are Tonight; The Big Roundup; My Nova Scotian Home – 9- (cassette)
Alberta Slim [CAN] ECE CD 001 Alberta Slim And His Bar Ranch Boys And His Horse Kitten:  Treasures You Can't Buy; It All Seems To Happen To Me; I'm Lonesome For Mummy Tonight; Sitting On A Hill Top; Little Tin Cowboy; When You Play Your Last Card; Red River Two-Step; When The Good Lord Knocks On Your Door; Red River Waltz; Tears Of  Shame; Yellow Rose Of Texas; Surrey's Centennial Song; There Is No Need For Tears In Your Eyes; Queen Of The Calgary Stampede; I Want To Be A Cowboy; I Wonder Where You Are Tonight; You Say I'm A Fool – ca 97
Alberta Slim [CAN] ECE CD 002 Golden Memories Of Alberta Slim And The Original CBC Happy Gang Orchestra: Canada Song; Longing For Ontario; A True Story Of My Pony And Me; Our Changing World; Vancouver By The Sea; Apple Blossom Time In Annapolis Valley; Evelina Waltz; My Fraser Valley Home; Going Back To My Old Home Town; When It's Spring Time On The Prairie; Daisy May; Have Faith In The Lord; I Want To Ride, Ride, Ride On The Prairie; In The Valley Of The Poppies; The Big Roundup; Two Little Eyes That Shine – ca 97
Alberta Slim [CAN] ECE CD 003 The Best Of Alberta Slim: My Nova Scotia Home; The Laura Secord Story; Call Of The Cariboo; New Canadian Polka; Peace Of Mind; Beautiful British Columbia; My Old Canadian Home; My Home By The Fraser;  Canada My Homeland; The Calgary Stampede; The Hanging Of Louie Riel; I'm Falling Deeper In Love; I Will Always Be Daddie's Princess; The Story Of Jackass Mountain; The Ten Commandments; Tear Drops Falling - 97
Alberta Slim [CAN] ECE C 006 Alberta Slim And his Bar X Ranch Boys. Vol. 6 / Yodeling: The Big Roundup; Queen Of The Calgary Stampede; I Want To Be A Cowboy; She Taught Me To Yodel; Sitting On A Hilltop; Surrey's Centennial Song; A True Story Of Pony And Me; Give Me My Pony On The Range; Vancouver By The Sea; The Ten Commandments; I'm Falling Deeper In Love; North Of The Border Up Canada Way; The Hanging Of Louis Rie[L]; I Want To Ride, Ride, Ride; Going Back To My Old Home Town; Faded Love; Village Carousel; Liberty; Andy's Waltz; Fiddle Stomp; Westphalia Waltz; Maiden's Prayer; Amazing Grace; Linda Lou; Lonestar Rag; Calgary Waltz – 97?   
Alberta Slim [CAN] ECE CD 004 Yodelin, vol. 4: The Big Roundup; Queen Of The Calgary Stampede; I  Want To Be A Cowboy; She Taught Me To Yodel; Sitting On A Hilltop; Surrey's Centennial Song; A True Story Of [My] Pony And Me; Give Me My Pony On The Range; Vancouver By The Sea; The Ten Commandments; I'm Falling Deeper In Love; North Of The Border Up Canada Way; The Hanging Of Louis Riel; I Want To Ride, Ride, Ride On The Prairie; Going Back To My Old Home Town; Faded Love; Village Carousel; Liberty; Andy's Waltz; Fiddle Stomp; Westphalia Waltz; Maiden's Prayer; Amazing Grace; Linda Lou; Lonestar Rag; Calgary Waltz - 97               
Alberta Slim [CAN] ECE C 007 The History Of Canada In Song: Yodeling, vol. 7: Phantom Of Whistler Mountain;  Surrey's Birthday Song;  Captain Cook Explorer;  She Taught Me To Yodel;  The Time We Met I Fellin In Love With You;  Sitting On A Hill Top;  The Wild Rose Of Alberta;  The Hanging Of Louis Riel;  What A Friend We Have In Mother;  My Nova Scotia Home;  It's Then I Would Like To Be Back Home Again;  The Big Roundup;  Watching Baby Billy Grow;  When It’s Apple Blossom Time In Annapolis Valley;  I Drive A 32-Wheeler;  I Want To Ride;  Ride;  Ride on The Prairie;  Here I Am Again - Down On My Knees Again;  Hello Canada - Good Morning How Are You;  British Columbia Welcomes You - To Beautiful BC;  Canada's Great Railway - 1885;  Red Skin Gal;  Blue Keans and Gingham;  The Way To Survive;  Westphalia Waltz;  Amazing Grace – 00 (cassette,  CD issue in 2000 as Alberta Slim ECE CD005 The History Of Canada In Song, vol. 5)
Alberta Slim [CAN] ECE CD 006 Alberta Slim and his Bar X Ranch Boys. Vol. 6:Sitting On A Hill Top; Blue Water Of The Yukon; My Nova Scotia Home; I Lost My Heart In Canso, Nova Scotia; Going Back To My Old Home Town; The Northwest Passage; The Phantom Of Whistler Mountain; Give My Guitar To Alberta Slim; Watching Baby Billy Grow; Back In The Saddle Again; The Big Roundup; The Bloom Is On The Sage; The Hanging Of Louis Riel; There Is A Love Knot In My Lariat; When It's Apple Blossom Time In Annapolis Valley; Beautiful British Columbia; Two Little Eyes That Shine; When The Good Lord  Knocks On Your Door; She Taught Me To Yodel; Surrey's Birthday Song; The Calgary Stampede; The True Story Of My Pony And Me; Calgary Waltz; Fiddler's Stomp; Westphalia Waltz; Amazing Grace – 03
Alberta Slim [CAN] ECE CD 007 A Canadian Legend: When It's Apple Blossom Time In Annapolis Valley; I Want To Ride Ride O'er The Prairie; Waltz Evelena Waltz; Wild Rose Of Alberta; You Say I'm A Fool; Queen Of The Calgary Stampede; I Wonder Where You Are Tonight; Call Of The Cariboo; There's No Need For Tears In Your Eyes; The Big Round-Up; My Nova Scotia Home; Lloydminster's Birthday Song; It All Seems To Happen To Me; I Lost My Heart In Canso, Nova Scotia; The Northwest Passage; Surrey's Birthday Song; Blue Waters Of The Yukon; Phantom Of Whistler Mountain; When The Bloom Is On The Sage; Back In The Saddle Again; She Taught Me To Yodel; Canada's Great Railroad; Beautiful British Columbia; Hanging Of Louis Riel; Sitting On A Hilltop;  True Story Of My Pony And Me; Have Faith In The Lord - 03
Alberta Slim [CAN] ECE C 008 Back In The Saddle / Alberta Slim Last round-up: Sitting On A Hill Top; Blue Water Of The Yukon; My Nova Scotia Home; I Lost My Heart In Canso, Nova Scotia; Going Back To My Old Home Town; The Northwest Passage; The Phantom Of Whistler Mountain; Give My Guitar To Alberta Slim; Watching Baby Billy Grow; Back In The Saddle Again; The Big Roundup; The Bloom Is On The  Sage; The Hanging Of Louis Riel; There Is A Love Knot In My Lariat; When It's Apple Blossom Time In Annapolis Valley; Beautiful British Columbia; Two Little Eyes That Shine; When The Good Lord  Knocks On Your Door; She Taught Me To Yodel; Surrey's Birthday Song; The Calgary Stampede; The True Story Of My Pony And Me; Calgary Waltz; Fiddler's Stomp; Westphalia Waltz; Amazing Grace – 03 (cassette)
BACM [UK] CD D 196 Alberta Slim aka Eric C. Edwards: Guitar Blues; Talking Blues;  While I Rock All Our Babies To Sleep;  Yodel Your Troubles Away;  Lane County Bachelor;  True Blue Bill;  Ridin' Old Paint And Leadin' Old Ball;  John Henry Camptown Races;  The Preacher And The Bear;  Wayout West In Texas;  Yodeling Hobo;  Strawberry Roan;  Louisiana Moon;  How Many Biscuits Can You Eat;  Lone Star Trail;  Puttin' On The Style;  Cowboy’s Meditation;  Little Rosewood Casket;  Hobo Blues;  Cowboy’s Dream;  Lone Cowpucher;  Mississippi Valley Blues;  Cowboy’s Dream;  When It's Apple Blossom Time In Annapolis Valley;  Red River Waltz;  When The Good Lord Knocks On Your Door;  The Choo Choo Blues;  Treasures You Can't Buy;  New Canadian Polka - 07 [Note: This probably does not contain all Alberta Slim recording as B.A.C.M has removed some tracks and now renamed #196 Happy Al featuring  Al and Hank – The Dakota Ramblers]

SINGLES  [all CAN]
Private Record (1940)
P.R. 1102-1103 The Song Of The Smokey Smith V.C. / I Want To Ride, Ride, Ride – 40
P.R. 1105 Give Me My Pony On The Range / She Taught Me To Yodel - 40
Gavotte  (1949)
GVT 101 When It's Apple Blossom Time In Annapolis Valley / I Want To Ride, Ride, Ride -49 Alberta Slim with Pat Gerow and His Steel Guitar
GVT 102 In The Valley Of The Poppies / The Big Round-Up – 49 Alberta Slim with The Bar X Ranch Boys
RCA Victor
Bluebird Alberta Slim with The Bar X Ranch Boys (57-5000 series are reissues on RCA from ca 1953)
55-3251/57-5009? When I Take My Last Ride / Little Tin Cowboy - 49
55-3252/57-5010 New Canadian Polka / Tears Of Shame - 49
55-3262/57-5034 Red River Waltz / Sitting On A Hilltop – ca 51
55-3263/57-5035 I'm Lonesome For Mommy Tonight / When The Good Lord Knocks On Your Door -  ca 51
55-3275/57-5063 It All Seems To Happen To Me / Red River Two Step - 53
55-3276/57-5064 Let's Face The Music Pop / North Of The Border - 53
55-3280/57-5072 Rolling Home / When You Play Your Last Card - 53
55-3281/57-5073 The Choo Choo Blues / Treasures You Can't Buy - 53
Aragon
AR-262 My Nova Scotian Home / You Say I'm A Fool – 53 Alberta Slim and Clover Lane, Alberta Slim's Bar X Ranch Boys
AR-272 The Laughing Horse / Hold Whatcha Got Boys (Don't Let Her Go) – 53 Alberta Slim with Evan Kemp and The Trail Riders (reissued on Sparton 295R in 1957)
AR-273 Brother You're Not Dead / Leave Me Alone And Let Me Be – 53 Alberta Slim with Evan Kemp and The Trail Riders (reissued on Sparton 296R in 1957)
Rada  Alberta Slim with The Bar X Ranch Boys
RR 178 Vancouver By The Sea / Beautiful British Columbia - 69

 

Cathy Whitten



By Praguefrank

SESSIONS
2003 unknown, TX – Cathy Whitten
001 COWBOY'S SWEETHEART
002 I WALK THE LINE
003 IN MY HEART
004 WHAT WERE YOU THINKIN'
005 I WISH IT HADN'T RAINED
006 TOO MUCH CANDY FOR A DIME
007 SO MUCH MORE (A MOTHER'S SONG)
008 WALKIN' SHOES
009 I'M SO LONESOME I COULD CRY
010 T-R-O-U-B-L-E
011 I SAW THE LIGHT
2015 or sooner  unknown, TX – Cathy Whitten
SOMEBODY’S ANGEL Okie Acres



ALBUMS

Cathy Whitten ? (UPC733792458123) Cathy Whitten: Cowboy's Sweetheart;  I Walk The Line;  In My Heart;  What Were You Thinkin';  I Wish It Hadn't Rained;  Too Much Candy For A Dime;  So Much More (A Mother's Song);  Walkin' Shoes;  I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry;  T-r-o-u-b-l-e;  I Saw The Light – 26-02-04