Thursday, March 26, 2015

Joyce Smith



*22-10-1940 Lethbridge, Alberta, CAN

2nd version

by Michel Ruppli, Praguefrank
SESSIONS
28 September 1961 Bradley Film and Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Joyce Smith (unknown musicians. Producer: Owen Bradley)
001 111195/NA 11740 HIDING OUT Decca 31364
002 111196/NA 11741 I DON‘T WANT NO ONE BUT YOU 31499
003 111197/NA 11742 LITTLE WORLD GONE BAD unissued
004 111198/NA 11743 LEAVIN' ON YOUR MIND 31364
6 July 1962 Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Joyce Smith
005 112388/NA 12124 IT KEEPS RIGHT ON A-HURTIN' SINCE I LEFT 31418
006 112389/NA 12125 LITTLE WORLD GONE BAD 31499
007 112390/NA 12126 PRETTY LIES 31418
ca 1963 unknown – Joyce Smith
008 JAMBALAYA Banff RBS 1125
BANFF RBS 1125 16 GREAT COUNTRY SONGS (CAN, 1963)
ca 1963 unknown – Joyce Smith
009 LEAVIN' ON YOUR MIND Point P 228  
010 LITTLE WORLD GONE BAD Point P 228  
011 HIDING OUT Point P 228  
012 DOWN BY THE RIVERSIDE Point P 228  
013 HOME IN SAN ANTONE Point P 228  PS 360
014 PRETTY LIES Point P 228  
015 IT KEEPS RIGHT ON A-HURTIN' Point P 228 PS 360
016 SINCE I LEFT Point P 228  
017 I DON'T WANT NO ONE BUT YOU Point P 228  
018 COME ON IN Point P 228  
019 TIME CHANGES EVERYTHING Point P 228 PS 360
1965 unknown – Joyce Smith
020 RELEASE ME Point P 261 PS 360
021 ONCE A DAY Point P 261
022 I'LL TAKE A CHANCE ON LOVING YOU Point P 261
023 LONESOME USED TO BE Point P 261
024 BIG CITY Point P 261
025 MAKIN' BELIEVE Point P 261 PS 360
026 DON'T WANNA WALK Point P 261
027 LEGEND IN MY TIME Point P 261
028 TAKE THE HAND OFF THE CLOCK Point P 261
029 YOU'LL NEVER GET A BETTER CHANCE THAN THIS Point P 261
1967 unknown, CAN – Joyce Smith
030 14069 ONCE A WEEK  Apex 77047
031 14070 SWINGING DOORS Apex 77047
1975 unknown, CAN – Joyce Smith
032 WISH THE WORLD A LITTLE LOVE Broadland BR 2117/BR 1928  
033 IT'S SO EASY TO PLEASE ME Broadland BR 2117/BR 1928  
034 HEAD HIM OFF AT THE PASS Broadland BR 1928  
035 IF YOU LOVE ME Broadland BR 1928  
036 IF I HAVE TO BUILD A BRIDGE Broadland BR 2222X/BR 1928  
037 STATE OF HAPPINESS Broadland BR 2173/BR 1928  
038 SLIPPIN' AWAY Broadland BR 1928  
039 SHANTY GIRL Broadland BR 2173/BR 1928  
040 ROCKY TOP Broadland BR 2222X/BR 1928  
041 PLANT THE SEEDS AND WATCH THEM GROW Broadland BR 1928  
1980 Sundown, Edmonton, Ontario, CAN – Joyce Smith (Producer: R. Harlan Smith)
042 RODEO WIND Royalty R1000-116/R2000-42 RCD 0267
043 MY LITTLE WORLD GONE BAD Royalty R1000-116/R2000-42  RCD 0267
044 WASTED YEARS Royalty R2000-42  RCD 0267
045 PLEASE PLAY IT SOFTLY Royalty R1000-98/R2000-42  RCD 0267
046 I FALL TO PIECES Royalty R2000-42  RCD 0267
047 HE'S MY FRIEND Royalty R2000-42  RCD 0267
048 LOVE UP AND LET ME DOWN Royalty R2000-42  RCD 0267
049 LEAVIN' ON YOUR MIND Royalty R2000-42  RCD 0267
050 ONE DAY AT A TIME Royalty R1000-98/R2000-42 RCD 0267
051 CRAZY HEART Royalty R2000-42  RCD 0267
052 THE SAME OLD ME Royalty R2000-42   RCD 0267
Joyce Smith recorded after 1980, some info in albums list


ALBUMS

Point [CAN] P-228 Joyce Smith: Leavin' On Your Mind; Little World Gone Bad; Hiding Out; Down By The Riverside; Home In San Antone; Pretty Lies; It Keeps Right On A-Hurtin' Since I Left; I Don't Want No One But You; Come On In; Time Changes Everything – ca 64
Point [CAN] P-261 Canadian Queen Of Country Music: Release Me; Once A Day; I'll Take A Chance On Loving You; Lonesome Used To Be; Big City; Makin' Believe; Don't Wanna Walk; Legend In My Time; Take The Hand; Off The Clock; You'll Never Get A Better Chance Than This - 65
Point [CAN] PS-360 The King And Queen Of Country Music: [Joyce Smith:] It Keeps Right On Hurtin'; Home In San Antone; Release Me; Makin' Believe; Time Changes Everything; [Jimy Arthur Orge:] Child Of  Clay; Love Of The Common People; Irena Cheyenne; Mansion On The Hill; All The Time – 70
Broadland [CAN] BR 1928 Wish The World A Little Love: Wish The World A Little Love; It's So Easy To Please Me; Head Him Off At The Pass; If You Love Me; If I Have To Build A Bridge; State Of Happiness; Slippin' Away; Shanty Girl; Rocky Top; Plant The Seeds And Watch Them Grow- 76
Royalty [CAN] R2000-42 Please Play It Softly: Rodeo Wind; My Little World Gone Bad; Wasted Years; Please Play It Softly; I Fall To Pieces; He's My Friend; Love Up And Let Me Down; Leavin' On Your Mind; One Day At A Time; Crazy Heart; The Same Old Me  - 80 (reissued in 2002 on Royalty RCD-0267 The Same Old Me/Legends Series)
Joyce Smith [CAN] no # Exactly Where I Want To Be: Shanty Girl; Love Is Still Love; Just A Tear Away From A Real Good Cry; My Heart Gets All The Breaks; I Ain't Never; If You're Still There; Burning The Roadhouse Down; Exactly Where I Want To Be; The Baptism Of Jesus Taylor; Second Fiddle; Better Get To Getting; Catfish John; I'm Not That Good At Goodbye; Way Out Of The Past; He's Gone, Gone, Gone - 07

SINGLES
Decca (1961-62)
31364 Hiding Out / Leaving On Your Mind – 12-02-62 (rev. Feb. 24)
31418 It Keeps Right On A-Hurtin' Since I Left / Pretty Lies – 07-62
31499 I Don't Want No One But You / Little World Gone Bad – 05-63 (rev. May 25)
Apex [CAN] (1967)
77047 Once A Week / Swinging Doors – 67
Broadland [CAN] (1975-76)
BR 2117 It's so Easy to Please Me / Wish the World a Little Love - 75
BR 2173 Shanty Girl / State of Happiness - 76
BR 2222X If I Have to Build a Bridge / Rocky Top - 76
Royalty [CAN] (1980)
R-1000-98 Please Play It Softly / One Day At A Time – 80
R-1000-116 Rodeo Wind / My Little World Gone Bad - 82

Charley Smith



*Perth, Ottawa Valley, CAN
By Praguefrank

SESSIONS

2011 Summit Sound Inc. Westport, Ontario, CAN – Charley Smith (Charley Smith [vcl/ac gt/bck vcl], Steve Piticco [el gt/bass gt], Reg Weber [el gt-1], Doug Johnson [steel], John Voss [drums/bck vcl], Don Reed [fiddle], Val Smith [bck vcl]. Producer: Charley Smith, Dave Daw)
001 CITY LIGHTS  FHP CD 01 
002 FROM THE START  FHP CD 01 
003 ON MY MIND  FHP CD 01 
004 HIGH HEELED PAISLEY SHOES  FHP CD 01 
005 FAMILY NAME  FHP CD 01 
006 BREAK OF DAY  FHP CD 01
007 WHEN SHE WAS LEAVING TOWN  FHP CD 01
008 WORKING OVERTIME  FHP CD 01
009 THIS GMC -1  FHP CD 01
010 IF WE ONLY  FHP CD 01  

ALBUMS also member of Smith and Co.
Charley Smith [CAN] FHP CD01 Long Time Coming:  City Lights;  From the Start;  On My Mind;  High Heeled Paisley Shoes;  Family Name;  Break of Day; When She Was Leaving Town;  Working Overtime;  This GMC;  If We Only - 11

Elana James



Elena Jaime Fremerman, *21-10-1970 Kansas City, MO
2nd version

by Praguefrank

SESSIONS also member of Hot Club of Cowtown, High Flyers
2003 [sessions for Lullabies from the Axis of Evil] unknown, NOR - Fanzya Ali, Razya Khan Ali, Elana Fremerman
001 MAZAR (Some Day, My Boy) Kirkelig Kulturverksted  no # Valley Ent.  15187
2005 [sountrack North Country] unknown – Bob Dyland and Elana Fremerman
002 TELL OL’ BILL
2006 unknown – Elana James (Elana James [vcl/violin], Luke Hill [gt], Dave Biller [gt],  Johnny Gimble [el  mandolin], Beau Sample [bass gt], Joe Kerr [piano], Bruce Brackman [clarinet], Mark Hallman [?])
003 TWENTY-FOUR HOURS A DAY
004 ONE MORE NIGHT
005 OH, BABY
006 GOODBYE LIZA JANE
007 ALL THE WORLD AND I
008 RUN AWAY WITH ME
009 EVA'S WALTZ
010 DOWN THE LINE
011 I GOT IT BAD (AND THAT AIN'T GOOD)
012 SILVER BELLS
013 LITTLE GREEN VALLEY
014 MEMORIES OF YOU 
015 I DON'T MIND
tracks above issued on album Elana James
2014 unknown – Elana James
016 ONLY YOU
017 WHO LOVES YOU MORE
018 HIGH UPON THE MOUNTAIN
019 AYRILIQ (SEPARATION)
020 HOBO'S LULLABY
021 REUNION (LIVIN'YOU DREAM)
022 ALL I NEED IS YOU
023 EVA'S DANCE
024 RIPPLE
025 I'LL BE YOUR BABY TONIGHT
026 TELEPHONE MAN
027 HEY, BEAUTIFUL LAST LETTER FROM IRAQ (US ARMY STAFF SGT. JUAN CAMPOS)
028 WALTZ OF THE ANIMALS
Tracks above issued on album Black Beauty

ALBUMS

Praga Czech Rep. ? Elana James: Twenty-Four Hours a Day; One More Night; Oh, Baby; Goodbye Liza Jane; All the World and I; Run Away with Me; Eva's Waltz; Down the Line;  I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good); Silver Bells; Little Green Valley; Memories Of You ; I Don't Mind – 21-08-06
Snarf  ? Black Beauty: Only You; Who Loves You More; High Upon The Mountain; Ayriliq (Separation); Hobo's Lullaby; Reunion (Livin'you Dream); All I Need Is You; Eva's Dance; Ripple; I'll Be Your Baby Tonight; Telephone Man; Hey, Beautiful Last Letter From Iraq (Us Army Staff Sgt. Juan Campos); Waltz Of The Animals – 24-02-15

DVD
Elana James's Hot Fiddle: Introduction to Violin Improvisation:(instructional) - 11