SESSION DISCOGRAPHY * ALBUMS DISCOGRAPHY * SINGLES DISCOGRAPHY

Country and crossover since 1920s and my favorite artists of all genres too...
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Thursday, June 14, 2012

Land Norris

Stephen Land Norris, *04-11-1877 Ellijay, GA , +10-07-1951
by Tony Russell (Country Discography 1921-1942), Mario Manciotti, Ron Norris, Thieu Van De Vorst
SESSIONS

early April 1924 Atlanta, GA – Land Norris (Land Norris [vcl/banjo])
001 8619-A YELLOW GAL Okeh 40096
002 8620-A GROUNDHOG  40096
26 August 1924 Atlanta, GA – Land Norris (Land Norris [vcl/banjo])
003 8700-A CUMBERLAND GAP  40212
004 8701-A YOU OUGHT TO BE ARRESTED AND PUT IN JAIL  40374
005 8702-A KITTY PUSS  40212
006 8703-A FOX CHASE IN GEORGIA  40374
ca. 22 April 1925 Atlanta, GA – Land Norris (Land Norris [vcl/banjo])
007 9083-A GAMBLING MAN 40404
008 9084-A MUSKRAT  40404
009 9085 untraced
010 9086-A CHARMING BETSY  45033/County 515 CO-CD-3533
COUNTY 515 MOUNTAIN BANJO SONGS AND TUNES (ORIGINAL RECORDINGS MADE IN 1925-1933) (1968); COUNTY CO-CD-3533 OLDTIME MOUNTAIN BANJO (2005)
ca. 2 July 1925 Atlanta, GA – Land Norris (Land Norris [vcl/banjo])
011 9194-A DOGWOOD MOUNTAIN  40433
012 9195-A PAT THAT BUTTER DOWN  45017
013 9196-A LITTLE BIRDIE  45006
014 9197-A DINAH  45017
015 9198 untraced
016 9199-A I LOVE SOMEBODY  45033
017 9200-A IDA RED  45006
018 9201-A RED CREEK  40433
27 April 1926 OKeh Recording Studio, 25 West 45th St., Manhattan,  New York City –  Land Norris (Land Norris [vcl/banjo])
019 80009-A OLD GREY MARE  45047
020 80010-A JOHNNIE   45047
021 80011  THE OLD JIM CROW  unissued
022 80012-A BUM DADDY  45058
28 April 1926 OKeh Recording Studio, 25 West 45th St., Manhattan,  New York City –  Land Norris (Land Norris [vcl/banjo])
023 80013 A PILFRIM‘S SONG  unissued
024 80014 SOME SWEET DAY BYE AND BYE  unissued
025 80015 I‘VE WANDERED TO THE VILLAGE TOM  unissued
026 80016-A GETTING INTO TROUBLE   45058
027 80017 GOING TO HAVE A BIG TIME TO-NIGHT  unissued



SINGLES
OKeh (1924-1926)
40096 Yellow Gal / Groundhog - 24
40212 Cumberland Gap / Kitty Puss -24
40374 You Ought To Be Arrested And Put In Jail / Fox Chase In Georgia - 25
40404 Gambling Man / Muskrat - 25
40433 Dogwood Mountain / Red Creek - 25
45006 Little Birdie / Ida Red - 25
45017 Pat That Butter Down / Dinah - ca 26
45033 Charming Betsy / I Love Somebody - 26
45047 Old Grey Mare / Johnnie - 26
45058 Bum Daddy / Getting Into Trouble – 26


Drew Nelson

by Praguegrank
SESSIONS
2000 unknown, MI – Drew Nelson
001 HOPE SLIPS AWAY
002 STILL IN LOVE
003 ANCHORAGE
004 SAME
005 FALLING DOWN
006 RECOVERING ANGELS
tracks above issued on EP Recovering Angels
June/August 2001 [sessions for Winter In West Michigan] Aartvark Productions, Grand Rapids, MI – Drew Nelson
007 BABY FOR A KING SGN Publishing
008 HARK, THE HERALD ANGELS SING SGN Publishing
2005 unknown, MI – Drew Nelson
009 LOVELY DAY
010 BREATHE
011 TRACTOR
012 NEXT BEST WESTERN
013 WALL-MART V2.0
014 WEALTHY ST.
015 BRAND NEW WAY
016 SUMMER RAIN
017 TERRY'S TUNE
018 IMMIGRANT SON
019 HEAVEN'S PERFECT PLAN
020 ANCHORAGE
021 INDIANA
tracks above issued on album Immigrant Son
2008 unknown – Drew Nelson
022 YOU WERE THERE
023 LOVELY DAY
tracks above issued on compilation Rock Out Cystinosis
2008 Mackinaw Harvest Studios, Grand Rapids, MI – Drew Nelson (Drew Nelson [vcl/ac gt/mandolin], Michael Crittenden [el gt/banjo/piano/organ/ bass instrument], Captain Midnight [el gt/pedal steel/dobro], Jim Spalink [hurdy-gurdy], Fred Wilson [mandolin], Dominic Sctucha [el bass], Brian Morrill [drums], Lauran Bittenger [accordion], Claudia Schmidt, Rachael Davis, Natalia Zukerman [bck vcl])
024 HIGHWAY 2 Waterbug 87
025 WAITING FOR THE SUN Waterbug 87
026 STRANGER Waterbug 87
027 GRANDMOTHER MOON Waterbug 87
028 TRUE AND FINE Waterbug 87
029 FARMER'S LAMENT Waterbug 87
030 HALF A MILE DOWN Waterbug 87
031 RAINDANCE Waterbug 87
032 HELLO Waterbug 87
033 MOLLY'S HOME Waterbug 87
034 (Untitled) Waterbug 87
035 (Untitled) Waterbug 87
2010 [live- The Medicine Show Health and Happiness Hour] unknown, Scotland, UK – Drew Nelson
unknown tracks for Live In The Highlands
2011 unknown – Drew Nelson
036 HARD TIMES Blue Corn 1103
BLUE CORN 1103 DARK RIVER - SONGS OF THE CIVIL WAR ERA (2011)

2011 Mackinaw Harvest Studios, Grand Rapids, MI – Drew Nelson (Drew Nelson [vcl/ac gt/ el gt/ mandolin], Brett Lucas [ld gt], Drew Howard [steel], Marc R. Schroek [bass/ mandolin/ violin/ vcl],Brian Morrill [drums], Michael Crittenden [Hammond B3/ piano/ percussion/ tambourine/ el gt/ vcl], Jen Sygit [vcl-1]. Producer, Engineer: Michael Crittenden)
037 PROMISED LAND Red House RHR-CD-249
038 DANNY AND MARIA Red House RHR-CD-249
039 DUST Red House RHR-CD-249
040 ST. JUDE Red House RHR-CD-249
041 LESSONS Red House RHR-CD-249
042 5TH OF SEPTEMBER Red House RHR-CD-249
043 HERE TO THERE Red House RHR-CD-249
044 WHAT SHE DOES Red House RHR-CD-249
045 COPPER Red House RHR-CD-249
046 MY GIRL Red House RHR-CD-249
047 HALLELUJAH MORNING Red House RHR-CD-249

ALBUMS
Mackinaw Harvest Music Group ? Recovering Angels: Hope Slips Away; Still In Love; Anchorage; Same; Falling Down; Recovering Angels – 01 (EP)
Mackinaw Harvest Music Group ? (UPC713174002120) Immigrant Son: Lovely Day; Breathe; Tractor; Next Best Western; Wall-Mart V2.0; Wealthy St.; Brand New Way; Summer Rain; Terry's Tune; Immigrant Son; Heaven's Perfect Plan; Anchorage; Indiana- 05
Waterbug 87 Dusty Road To Beaulah Land?: Highway 2; Waiting for the Sun; Stranger; Grandmother Moon; True and Fine; Farmer's Lament; Half A Mile Down; Raindance; Hello; Molly's Home; (Untitled); (Untitled) – 21-04-09
? Live In The Highlands: (tracks unknown)- 28-11-10
Red House RHR-CD-249 Tilt A Whirl: Promised Land; Danny And Maria; Dust; St. Jude; Lessons; 5th Of September; Here To There; What She Does; Copper; My Girl; Hallelujah Morning - 14-02-12

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Michel Ruppli, not only for his books which I use daily, but also for a large amount of rare and unpublished data from his giant archive.
Thanks to all my friends - country music fans - in Czech Republic - Vladimir Pikora, Michal Gololobov, Milos Holecek, Tony Foglar, Rene Pavlik and Petr Vitous.
Thanks to Mario Manciotti for sending session details daily
Thanks to Kurt Rokitta for a lot of session info
Thanks to Bill Daniels for sharing a lot of labels info
Thanks to Lillies Ohlsson for many western swing contributions.
Thanks to Dick Grant for many artists files
Thanks to Thieu Van De Vorst for a lot of additions and corrections
Thanks to Goran Adolph for many rare albums info
Thanks to Hans Sandberg for many rare session data
Thanks to Chris Huskey for many sessions info.
Thanks to Kittra Moore for musicians and recording data
Thanks to Dik de Heer for many additions on rockabilly.
Thanks to Luiz Roberto Costa for helping me with the western genre.
Thanks to Wolf Ruediger Sommer, who not only sent me additional data, but is also watch-dog, correcting my typos and other errors.
Thanks to Robert Platt for priceless info on Canadian (but not only) artists.
Thanks to Phil Watson for hard work on Crown Prince of country music discography. Thanks to Walter Gabriel for filling the gaps in track listings of rare albums and various artists compilations.
Thanks to Kent Heineman for many independent recordings info
Thanks to Ken Nelson for bluegrass and more additions.
Thanks to Tony Middleton for RCA session info.
Thanks to Xavier Maire for interesting additions and for info on his website www.bopping.org.
Thanks to Henk Scholts for long time cooperation.
Thanks to Richard Price for miscellaneous session information
Thanks to Carl G. Cederblad for additions to sessionographies
Thanks to Paul Urbahns, Marc Alesina, Bill Millet, Bengt Wahlström, John Morris, Dominique Anglares, Pierre Monnery, Jeremy Roberts, Ben Collins, Alex Frazer-Harrison, K.F.Raizor, Ed Tabor, Mario Wildner, Ole Skjoldhøj, Eileen Sisk, Per Kammersgaard, David Bussey, Bill Marks for rare info on their favorite artists.
Thanks to Reginald Bartlette for info and additions of Columbia custom numbers.
Thanks to Katarina Fromm for various singles info.
Thanks to many others who sent some info - all are important.
Thanks to Richard Weize for his idea to produce projects, which have small commercial potential, but huge value for collectors - I spend a lot of money buying boxes and CDs, sometimes mainly because of the accompanying discographies.
Thanks also to Patrick Milligan, who created many discographies for Bear Family projects
Thanks to Marek Bozickovic for picture in head
And last but not least I would like to thank all who visit this blog - they come from more than 100 countries.