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Thursday 15 April 2010

LASSO RECORDS

Austin. Texas

LASSO 100
MELODY MASTERS
Dessau Waltz (A) (Vocal – Horace Barnett)
(Carter - Barnett) (No Publisher Noted)
Twin Fiddle Waltz (B) (Instrumental)
(James Heap) (No Publisher Noted)

Note: “Dessau Waltz” was reissued on the New York REPUBLIC label (# 006) credited to James Heap And The Ranch Hands. The reverse of REPUBLIC 006 was “Happy Birthday Polka” by Gabe Drake And The Herdsmen. “Dessau Waltz” was also reissued on 4 STAR X-25 wrongly credited to Delores And The Bluebonnet Boys.

LASSO 101
DELORES AND THE BLUEBONNET BOYS
Think Of Me (A) (Vocal – Aubrey Cox)
(Scott Yeamans) (No Publisher Noted)
The Austin Waltz (B) (Vocal – Aubrey Cox)
(Delores Farriss) (No Publisher Noted)

Note: “The Austin Waltz” was reissued on 4 STAR X-25.

LASSO 102
HUB SUTTER AND THE GALVESTONIONS
You’ve Broken Every Vow (One By One) (A)
(Hubert Sutter) (No Publisher Noted)
New Frankie And Johnny (B)
(No Composer Credit) (No Publisher Noted)

LASSO 103
MELODY MASTERS
Lonely Waltz (A) (Vocal – Horace Barnett)
(Carter - Barnett)(No Publisher Noted)
Rugged But Right (B) (Vocal – Jimmy Heap)
(Heap - Carter) (No Publisher Noted)

LASSO 104
BUCK ROBERTS AND THE RHYTHMAIRS
Don’t You Darken My Door Anymore (A)
(Vocal – Johnny Gimble & Trio)
(O’Conner – Ernst Roberts) (No Publisher Noted)
Shiner Waltz (B) (Instrumental)
(Johnny Gimble) (No Publisher Noted)

LASSO 105
DELORES AND THE BLUEBONNET BOYS
Bonnie Blue Eyes (A) (Vocal – Aubrey Cox)
(Dolores Farris) (No Publisher Noted)
Devil’s Dream (B) (Instrumental)
(arr: Raley - Castle) (No Publisher Noted)

LASSO 106




LASSO 107
DELORES AND THE BLUEBONNET BOYS
Mean Mama Blues (A) (Vocal – Kenneth Threadgill)
(no composer credit) (No Publisher Noted)
German Waltzes (B) (A Medley Of Traditional Waltzes)
(no composer credit) (No Publisher Noted)

Note: LASSO 100 thru 105, and 107 are Research Craft Pressings. LASSO 103, 104, 105, 107 have notation “Produced By Fred M. Caldwell.
LASSO listing was originally published in The Hillbilly Researcher # 6 (Jan / Feb 1990)



Hear "Don’t You Darken My Door Anymore"



Hear "Mean Mama Blues"

1 comment:

  1. Just going through collection today and noticed that my copy of Lasso 101 has the plain text version not the rope version as pictured. Did all issues come out that way? Is one a later pressing?

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