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Russell Bridges (Leon Russell) Chuck Blackwell |
David Gates Billy Strange |
label & no. | A & B sides | year rel. |
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Liberty 55509 | Swingin' Gates / Bach N' Roll | 1962 | 1 |
Liberty 55535 | Sunday Stranger / Sour Grapes | 1962 |
Al deLory (piano) Billy Strange (guitar) Tommy Tedesco (guitar) |
Wayne Burdick (guitar) David Gates (Fender bass) Hal Blaine (drums) |
label & no. | A & B sides | year rel. |
notes |
Warner Bros. 5407 | Avalanche / Baby, It's Cold Outside | 1964 |
label | LP no. | CD no. | title | year rel. |
notes |
Warner Bros. | 1525 | – | Ski Surfin' | 1963? |
Tommy Tedesco (lead guitar) David Gates (rhythm guitar) Russell Bridges (Leon Russell) (keyboards) |
Ray Pohlman (bass) Hal Blaine (drums) |
label & no. | A & B sides | year rel. |
notes |
Del-Fi 4226 | Little Deuce Coupe / (Hayburner – by the Deuce Coupes) | 1963 |
label | LP no. | CD no. | title | year rel. |
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Del-Fi | DFLP/DFST 1242 | DFCD 70242-2 | Drag Beat | 1963 | 1A |
Lolly Vegas (guitar) Glen Campbell (guitar) David Gates (guitar) Dale Hallcom (bass) Pat Vegas (bass) |
Earl Palmer (drums) Mike Rubini (keyboards) Russell Bridges (Leon Russell) (keyboards) Plas Johnson (sax) |
Personnel listed above for "The De-Fenders" possibly recorded some tracks. |
label | LP no. | CD no. | title | year rel. |
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Del-Fi | DFLP/DFST 1243 | DFCD 70243-2 | Hotrodder's Choice | 1963 | 1A |
Glen Campbell (guitar) Larry Bright (guitar) Probably also David Gates and others listed for the above two groups. |
label | LP no. | CD no. | title | year rel. |
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Del-Fi | DFLP/DFST 1244 | DFCD 70244-2 | Hollywood Drag | 1963 | 1A |
David Gates (info needed on other members) |
label & no. | A & B sides | year rel. |
notes |
Warner Bros. 5429 | Hootenanny 1984 / Bluebells And Bluegrass | 1964 | |
Warner Bros. 5498 | Dixie Blue / Country Squire | 1965? |
Pete Apo Charlie Oyama Dick Shirley – replaced in 1964 by Joe Lamanno Mike Botts (joined in 1964; not on Elektra LPs below) |
(A pre-Botts photo is shown here.) |
Pete Apo Charlie Oyama Mike Botts |
Joe Lamanno Rick Cunha |
label | LP no. | CD no. | title | year rel. |
notes |
Elektra | EKS 7216 | WWCCM0625x | The Travelers 3 | 1962 | 1B |
Elektra | EKS 7226 | – | Open House | 1962 | |
Elektra | EKS 7236 | – | Live, Live, Live | 1963 | |
Capitol | T2207/ST2207 | – | New Sounds | 1964 | |
Tradition | 2074 | – | Travelin' | 1968 | |
Mamo | – | MRCD-5 | Ki Ho'Alu Journey | 1995 | |
Na Kama Hele | – | NKH-2 | The One They Call Hawaii | 2003 |
Jules Alexander Mike Botts Larry Hansen |
Joe Lamanno Tom Menefee |
label & no. | A & B sides | year rel. |
notes |
Tetragrammaton 1527 | Moontime Bore / Goin' Down For Big Numbers | 1968 | |
Tetragrammaton 1532 | Don't Tell Me A Story / It's Just Meant To Be | 1968 |
label | LP no. | CD no. | title | year rel. |
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Tetragrammaton | T-125 | – | Joshua Fox | 1968 | 2* |
Group started out as "Robb and Tim" (i.e., Robb Royer and Timothy Hallinan). Then, with the addition of Michele Cochrane, they became "We Three." Adding Stephen Cohn, they became "The Rainy Day People" and then "The Pleasure Fair." (Other group names are possible along the way.) They tell the story in their own words starting here. |
label & no. | A & B sides | year rel. |
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HBR 512 | Junior Executive / I'm Telling It To You | 1966 | 2A |
Uni 55016 | Morning Glory Days / Fade In Fade Out | 1967 | |
Uni 55078 | (I'm Gonna Have To) Let You Go / Today | 1968 |
label | LP no. | CD no. | title | year rel. |
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Uni | 3009(mono) 73009(stereo) |
– | The Pleasure Fair | 1967 | 3* 4 |
James Griffin is recognizable as lead singer on "You're So Young." See footnote 4A near bottom of page. |
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Warner Bros. 7045 | Love-In / You're So Young | 1967 | 4A |
Many notable musicians contributed to the original album as well as its revision, including Robb Royer and Larry Knechtel. A promo photo circa 1990 shows the core members: Billy Swan, James Griffin and Randy Meisner. Charlie Rich, Jr. joined in 1992. |
label & no. | A & B sides | year rel. |
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Bench R 501 (promo item) |
If You Gotta Make A Fool Of Somebody / (same) | 1985 | |
Bench BR-3-7 | Chain Gang / Learning The Game | 1990 | |
Details of other Black Tie singles have not been forthcoming. "I'm Sure Of You" (featuring Charlie Rich, Jr.) appeared circa 1992. |
label | LP no. | CD no. | title | year rel. |
notes |
Bench | BR-001 | – | When The Night Falls | 1985 | 5* |
Bench | – | BRCD-101 | When The Night Falls (revised) | 1990 | |
none indicated |
– | none indicated |
Black Tie Two | 2006 |
James Griffin Richard Mainegra Rick Yancey – replaced in 1993 by Denny Henson |
label & no. | A & B sides | year rel. |
notes |
BNA 62063 | A Long Time Ago / Takin' The Easy Way Out | 1991 | |
BNA 62201 | I Could Love You (With My Eyes Closed) / Take A Little Love |
1992 | |
BNA 62276 | Two-Timin' Me / That's Easy For Me To Say | 1992 | |
BNA 62431 | Nobody Loves You When You're Free / She's All I've Got Going Now |
1993 | |
BNA 62527 | Wall Around Her Heart / Lucky Boy | 1993 |
label | LP no. | CD no. | title | year rel. |
notes |
BNA | – | 61045 | Blue Frontier | 1992 | |
BNA | – | 66152 | Aim For The Heart | 1993 |
label | CD no. | description | year rel. |
notes |
BNA | BDJ62183-2 (promo item) |
The Remingtons: "Eternally Blue," Interview and Open-Ended Interview. |
1991 | |
BNA | 66281 | Various Artists: Sounds Of The Season. (Remingtons perform "Blue Christmas.") |
1993 |
James Griffin Rick Yancey Ronnie Guilbeau |
label | LP no. | CD no. | title | year rel. |
notes |
none indicated |
– | none indicated |
GYG (Griffin, Yancey & Guilbeau) | 2003 | 6* 7 |
1 = This single became a big hit in Sweden. Check out the picture sleeve of the Swedish 45 here.
1A = Each of the three Del-Fi hot-rod-oriented LPs were not only reissued on CD (as shown above) but were also collected together in 2004 by Collectors Choice Music on a 2-CD set with some good liner notes about the sessions. |
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