Friday, August 16, 2013

Mac Odell (by Dick Grant)



MAC ODELL
SESSION DISCOGRAPHY

BONNIE LOU and the Dixie Partners-1
MAC O’DELL and His Alabama Jubileers-2                                                              
                                                                                                                               Knoxville, Tn:                                                     ca: February 1949
Odell “Mac Odell” McLeod (vcl/gtr/hca/mand); George “Speedy” Krise (dobro); Margaret Bell “Bonnie Lou” Moore (vcl-3/gtr); Hubert R. “Buster” Moore (bjo/fdl).                          Producer: Robert Murray Nash

2354                  TEARDROPS FALLING IN THE SNOW                           -1-3              Mercury 6183
                          (Jack Theobald-Mike Theobald)                                      
2355                  LONESOME DAY                                                                       6183
                          (A.P.Carter)
2356                  WILD ROSE OF THE MOUNTAINS                                -2                Mercury 6179, Folk Variety FV-12017
                          (O’Dell) (Acuff-Rose BMI)                                                                 BACM CD D-187, BACM CD D-309
2357                  THIRTY PIECES OF SILVER                                         -2                Mercury 6179, Folk Variety FV-12017
                          (O’Dell) (Acuff-Rose BMI)                                                                 BACM CD D-309

NB(1): Mercury Records Advert Billboard Saturday 19th March 1953-MERCURY 6179.
NB(2): MERCURY 6179 released Tuesday 22nd March 1949.
NB(3): MERCURY 6179 reviewed Billboard Saturday 2nd April 1949.
NB(4): MERCURY 6179 reviewed Billboard Saturday 23rd April 1949.
NB(5): MERCURY 6183 released Tuesday 29th March 1949.                  
NB(6): MERCURY 6183 reviewed Billboard Saturday 9th April 1949.
NB(7): MERCURY 6183 reviewed Billboard Saturday 7th May 1949.
NB(8): BACM CD D-187 “COUNTRY MUSIC ON THE MERCURY LABEL” released United Kingdom.

MAC O’DELL and His Alabama Jubileers-1                                                             
BONNIE LOU and her Partners-2
                                                                                                                                           Knoxville, Tn: ca: October 1949            
(vcl/gtr/hca/mand); Speedy Krise (dobro); Bonnie Lou Moore (vcl-3/gtr); Buster Moore (bjo/fdl) or Don Wesley “Don” Reno (bjo).                                                                                                                                                                                Producer: Robert Murray Nash

2636                  THAT FINAL DAY                                                         -1                Mercury 6243, Mercury 6243X45, Folk Variety FV-12016
                          ()                                                                                                   Jasmine JASMCD-3578, BACM CD D-309
2637                  RED BALL ROCKET TRAIN                                           -1                Mercury 6243, Mercury 6243X45,                     FV-12016
                          (Odell McLeod) (Acuff-Rose BMI)                                                       Cactus MERCD-1, BACM CD D-309
2638                   MEET ME JESUS                                                         -2-3              Mercury 6227
                          ()
2639                  WOLVES IN SHEEP’S CLOTHING                                  -2-3                            6227
                          (Odell McLeod) (Acuff-Rose BMI)

NB(1): MERCURY 6227 released Tuesday 31st January 1950.
NB(2): MERCURY 6243/6243X45 reviewed Billboard Saturday 4th March 1950.
NB(3): MERCURY 6243 released Tuesday 7th March 1950.
NB(4): MERCURY 6243 reviewed Billboard Jazz Saturday 25th March 1950.
NB(5): FOLK VARIETY FV-12016 “BE ON TIME” released Germany December 1977.
NB(6): FOLK VARIETY FV-12016 reviewed Bluegrass Unlimited Vol.12, #11 - May 1978.
NB(7): JASMINE JASMCD-3578 “THE OLD RUGGED CROSS” released United Kingdom 11th May 2007.

MAC O’DELL and his Alabama Jubileers-1                                                              
MAC O’DELL and his Alabama Jubileers with Little Addie-2
                                                                                                                               Knoxville, Tn:                                                           ca: June 1950
(vcl/gtr/hca/mand): Adeline “Little Addie” McLeod (hmny vcl-3); Speedy Krise (dobro);
                                                                                                                               Producer: Robert Murray Nash

7027                  A PRAYER FOR FREEDOM                                          -1                Mercury 6272, Mercury 6272X45, Folk Variety FV-12017
                          (Ruby Moody) (Acuff-Rose BMI)                                                        BACM CD D-309
7028                  THE SIGN ON THE HIGHWAY                                       -1-3              Mercury 6298, Mercury 6298X45,                     FV-12017
                          (Mac Odell) (Acuff-Rose BMI)                                                            BACM CD D-309
7029                  THE MASTERS’S TRAIN                                               -2-3              Mercury 6272, Mercury 6272X45,                     FV-12017
                          (John Bassett-Odell McLeod) (Acuff-Rose BMI)                BACM CD D-309
7030                  FROM THE MANGER TO THE CROSS                           -2-3              Mercury 6298, Mercury 6298X45,                     FV-12017
                          (Odell McLeod) (Acuff-Rose BMI)                                                       BACM CD D-309

NB(1): MERCURY 6272/6272X45 released Tuesday 29th August 1950.
NB(2): MERCURY 6298/6298X45 released Tuesday 9th December 1950.
NB(3): MERCURY 6298 reviewed Billboard Saturday 13th January 1951.
NB(4): FOLK VARIETY FV-12017 “WILD ROSE OF THE MOUNTAINS” released  Germany 1978.
NB(5): FOLK VARIETY FV-12017 reviewed Bluegrass Unlimited Vol.14, #3-September 1979.                                                                                          

MAC ODELL       King Recording Studio, 1540 Brewster Avenue            Cincinnati,Oh:                                                    Wednesday 16th January 1952
(vcl/gtr); Adeline McLeod (hmny vcl-1); Arthur Lee “Red” Smiley (gtr); Gopher Addis (fdl); Don Reno (tnr vcl-2/mand); Jay Haney (stg bs).                                                                                                            Producer:

K-3351-1             LET’S PRAY                                                                 -1-2              King (Uniss)
                          (Odell McLeod) (Lois BMI)
K-3351-2             LET’S PRAY                                                                 -1-2              King 1075, King 45-1075, Audio Lab AL-1544
                          (Odell McLeod) (Lois BMI)                                                                 Folk Variety FV-12016, King KG-0952-4-2-1
                                                                                                                               BACM CD D-309
K-3352-1             BE ON TIME                                                                -2                King (Uniss)                                                                                   
                          (Odell McLeod) (Lois BMI)
K-3352-2             BE ON TIME                                                                -2                King (Uniss)
                          (Odell McLeod) (Lois BMI)
K-3352-3             BE ON TIME                                                                -2                King (Uniss)
                          (Odell McLeod) (Lois BMI)
K-3352-4             BE ON TIME                                                                -2                King 1055, King 45-1055, Audio Lab AL-1518
                          (Odell McLeod) (Lois BMI)                                                                 New America EP-NA-102, Folk Variety FV-12016
                                                                                                                               King KG-0952-4-2-1, BACM CD D-309
K-3353-1             WHEN THE HAND OF GOD COMES DOWN                   -2                King 1075, King 45-1075, Audio Lab AL-1504
                          (Odell McLeod) (Lois BMI)                                                                 Folk Variety FV-12016, King KG-0952-4-2-1
                                                                                                                               BACM CD D-309
K-3354-1             WOLVES IN SHEEP’S CLOTHING                                                     King (Uniss)
                          (Odell McLeod) (Acuff-Rose BMI)
K-3354-2             WOLVES IN SHEEP’S CLOTHING                                                     King 1055, King 45-1055, Audio Lab AL-1544
                          (Odell McLeod) (Acuff-Rose BMI)                                                       Folk Variety FV-12017, King KG-0952-4-2-1
                                                                                                                               BACM CD D-309
NB(1): KING 1055/45-1055 released Tuesday 15th April 1952.
NB(2): KING 1075/45-1075 released Tuesday 3rd June 1952.
NB(3): KING 1075/45-1075 reviewed Billboard Saturday 14th June 1952.
NB(4): AUDIO LAB LAB AL-1504 “SONGS OF FAITH” released 1959.
NB(5): AUDIO LAB AL-1518 “A TIME FOR PRAYER” released 1959.
NB(6): NEW AMERICAN EP-NA-102 is a King ‘custom pressing’, the label was owned by Wayne Raney.
NB(7): KING KG-0952-4-2 “THE BEST OF KING BLUEGRASS” released 2004.
MAC ODELL             King Recording Studio, 1540 Brewster Avenue     Cincinnati, Oh:                                          October                                    1952
(vcl/gtr/mand); Adeline McLeod (hmny vcl-1); Unk (male hmny vcl-2/gtr); Unk (fdl); Unk (bjo); Unk (stg bs).                                                                                                                    Producer:

K-3491               I’D RATHER HAVE GOD                                               -1                King 1159, King 45-1159, Audio Lab AL-1544
                          (Odell McLeod) (Lois BMI)                                                                 Folk Variety FV-12017, BACM CD D-309
K-3492               THE KISS OF BETRAYAL                                              -1                King 1140, King 45-1140, Audio Lab AL-1544
                          (Odell McLeod) (Lois BMI)                                                                 Folk Variety FV-12016, BACM CD D-309
K-3493               SET YOUR DIAL ON HEAVEN                                                          King 1159, King 45-1159, Audio Lab AL-1544
                          (Odell McLeod) (Lois BMI)                                                                 Folk Variety FV-12016, BACM CD D-309
K-3494               LIFE’S ELEVATOR                                                        -2                King 1140, King 45-1140, Audio Lab AL-1544
                          (Odell McLeod-Syd Nathan) (Lois BMI)                                               Folk Variety FV-12017, BACM CD D-309                                           
NB(1): KING 1140/45-1140 released Tuesday 4th November 1952.
NB(2): KING 1140/45-1140 reviewed Billboard Sacred Saturday 15th November 1952.
NB(3): KING 1159/45-1159 released Tuesday 20th January 1953.

MAC ODELL      Castle Studio, Tulane Hotel, 206 8th Avenue, North     Nashville, Tn:                                                              Saturday 27th June 1953
(vcl/mand-1): Adeline McLeod (hmny vcl-1); Unk (gtr); Unk (fdl); Unk (stg bs).
                                                                                                                               Producer:

K-3636               ONE DAY RELIGION                                                                       King 1275, King 45-1275, King LP-556
                          (Odell McLeod) (Lois BMI)                                                                 Folk Variety FV-12016, Gusto GT7-2108-2
                                                                                                                               BACM CD D-309
K-3637               WHAT THEN                                                                                   King 1275, King 45-1275, Audio Lab AL-1523
                          (Odell McLeod) (Lois BMI)                                                                 Folk Variety FV-12016, Audio Lab AUL-0593-2
                                                                                                                               BACM CD D-309
K-3638               WILDWOOD FLOWER                                                                     King 1251, King 45-1251, Audio Lab AL-1519
                          (Odell McLeod) (Lois BMI)                                                                 Folk Variety FV-12016, BACM CD D-309
K-3639               PENICILLIN                                                                 -1                King 1251, King 45-1251, Folk Variety FV-12017
                          (Odell McLeod) (Lois BMI)                                                                 BACM CD D-309
                         
NB(1): KING 1251/45-1251 released Tuesday 29th July 1953.
NB(2): KING 1275/45-1275 released Tuesday 27th October 1953.
NB(3): Billboard Advance Releases C&W KING-Saturday 14th November 1953-1275/45-1275.
NB(4): KING LP-556 “FAVORITE SACRED SONGS” released 1956 .
NB(5): AUDIO LAB AL-1519 “A DAY IN THE COUNTRY” released 1959.
NB(6): AUDIO LAB AL-1523 “SONGS OF FAITH, Vol.2” released 1959.
NB(7): GUSTO GT7-2108-2 “FAVORITE SACRED SONGS” released 2009.

MAC ODELL             King Recording Studio, 1540 Brewster Avenue     Cincinnati, Oh:                 Monday 15th February                                       1954
(vcl/mand/hca-1); Unk (male hmny vcl-2); Unk (gtr); Unk (stg bs); Qrt vcl-3).
                                                                                                                               Producer:

K-3754               A CROWN HE WORE                                                   -2                King 1361, King 45-1361, Audio Lab AL-1544
                          (Odell McLeod-Syd Nathan) (Lois BMI)                                               Folk Variety FV-12017, BACM CD D-309
K-3755               HEAVEN-BOUND GOSPEL TRAIN                                                    King 1335, King 45-1335, Parlophone CMSP-25
                          (Odell McLeod) (Lois BMI)                                                                 Audio Lab AL-1544, Folk Variety FV-12016
                                                                                                                               BACM CD D-309
K-3756               THE STONE WAS ROLLED AWAY                                                    King 1335, King 45-1335, Parlophone CMSP-25
                          (Odell McLeod) (Lois BMI)                                                                 Audio Lab AL-1544, Folk Variety FV-12016
                                                                                                                               BACM CD D-309
K-3757               ARE YOU PRACTISING HIS LOVE                                 -1-3              King 1361, King 45-1361, Audio Lab AL-1544
                          (Odell McLeod-Roy Pryor) (Lois BMI)                                                  Folk Variety FV-12017, BACM CD D-309
                         
NB(1): KING 1335/45-1335 released Tuesday 23rd March 1954.
NB(2): KING 1335/45-1335 reviewed Billboard C&W Saturday 24th April 1954.
NB(3): KING 1361/45-1361 released Tuesday 29th June 1954.
NB(4): PARLOPHONE CMSP-25 released United Kingdom November 1954.
NB(5): AUDIO LAB AL-1544 “HYMNS FOR THE COUNTRY FOLKS” released 1961 .  

MAC ODELL                                Radio Station WLAC                                             Nashville, Tn:                                                                         1955
(vcl/mand); Adeline “Little Addie” McLeod (hmny vcl-1);


                          SUNNYSIDE (Theme)/BE ON TIME                                                   Old Homestead OHCS-131
                          () () (Odell McLeod) (Lois BMI)
                          Sales Pitch (Advertisement)/IF I COULD HEAR MY
                          MOTHER PRAY AGAIN                                                                                              OHCS-131
                          ()
                          I’D RATHER BE ON THE INSIDE LOOKING OUT                                       OHCS-131
                          (W.Mainer) (Jaymore Music BMI)                                   
                          ONCE I HAD A PRECIOUS MOTHER                                                                          OHCS-131
                          (Odell McLeod) (Jaymore Music BMI)
                          I FOUND IT IN MOTHERS BIBLE                                                                                OHCS-131
                          (Odell McLeod) (Jaymore Music BMI)
                          ONE DAY RELIGION                                                                                                 OHCS-131
                          (Odell McLeod) (Lois BMI0
                          INSURED BEYOND THE GRAVE                                                                                OHCS-131
                          (Ira Louvin- Charlie Louvin)
                          MEET ME JESUS                                                                                                      OHCS-131
                          ()
                          JUST OVER THE STARS/SUNNYSIDE (Theme)                                         OHCS-131
                          (Odell McLeod) (Jaymore Music BMI)

MAC ODELL                                Radio Station WLAC                                             Nashville, Tn:                                                                         1955
(vcl/mand); Adeline “Little Addie” McLeod (hmny vcl-1);

                          SUNNYSIDE (Theme)/JUST LIKE ME                                                Old Homestead OHCS-131
                          () () (Rose) (Acuff-Rose BMI)
                          JESUS HOLD MY HAND/Sales Pitch (Song Book)                                       OHCS-131
                          (Albert E. Brumley)
                          WHEN I LAY MY BURDENS DOWN                                                                             OHCS-131
                         ()
                          I SAW MOM WITH GOD LAST NIGHT                                               Old Homestead OHCS-131
                          (Onie Wheeler)
                          WHEN HE REACHED DOWN HIS HAND                                                                    OHCS-131
                          ()
                          LIFES RAILWAY                                                                                    OHCS-131
                          ()
                          WHAT WOULD YOU GIVE IN EXCHANGE                                                                   OHCS-131
                          ()
                          MANSION ON THE HILLTOP                                                                                      OHCS-131
                          (Albert E. Brumley)
                          MY BLESSED LORD/SUNNYSIDE (Theme)                                                                  OHCS-131
                          (Odell McLeod) (Jaymore Music BMI)
             NB: OLD HOMESTEAD OHCS-131 “MAC O’DELL- EARLY RADIO- SACRED AND HEART SONGS FROM HIS 1955 RADIO PROGRAMS” released 1980.
                         
 MAC ODELL                                                                                                                                                                                                         1957
(vcl/mand);
                                                                                                                               Producer:

45-632-A             IT WAS SPRINGTIME (WHEN I MET YOU)                                        Kentucky 45-632-A, BACM CD D-309
                          (Walter Brock) (Starrite BMI)
45-632-B             WHEN I WAS YOUNG                                                                                     45-632-B,             CD D-309
                          (Dewey Brock) (Starrite BMI)

NB(1): KENTUCKY 45-632 released May 1957.
NB(2): KENTUCKY 45-632 is a Starday custom pressing.
NB(3): BMI Clearance - 21st June 1957.
NB(4): Address on label - Garrard, Ky.
NB(5): BACM CD D-309 “THE OLD COUNTRY BOY” released United Kingdom 2010.

MAC ODELL                                Oak Valley Sound Studio                                      Nashville, Tn:                                        Friday 2nd December 1977
(vcl/gtr-1/hca-2); Roy Bee (gtr); Ray Watkins (dobro); Charles Collins (mand-3/fdl-4); Paul Boswell (stg bs).
                                                                                                                               Producer: Robert Murray Nash
                                                                                                                               Engr: Gene Lawson

                          THE BREAKING OF DAWN                                                              Folk Variety FV-12020
                          (Odell McLeod) (Mac-Lee-Od Music BMI)
                          YOU MAY BE THE ONLY BIBLE                                                                            FV-12020
                          (Odell McLeod) (Mac-Lee-Od Music BMI)
                          SANDY WAS THE LEAD DOG                                                                              FV-12020
                          (Odell McLeod) (Mac-Lee-Od Music BMI)
                          BLIZZARD SEVEN SEVEN                                                                                   FV-12020
                          (Odell McLeod) (Mac-Lee-Od Music BMI)
                          BLUE MOUNTAIN SHACK                                                                                    FV-12020
                          (Odell McLeod) (Mac-Lee-Od Music BMI)
                          THE WORLD’S RICHEST POOR MAN                                                                   FV-12020
                          (Odell McLeod) (Mac-Lee-Od Music BMI)
                          MY LORD AND I                                                                              FV-12020
                          (Odell McLeod) (Mac-Lee-Od Music BMI)
                          WHEN THEY GAVE OLE BEN THE YELL                                                               FV-12020
                          (Odell McLeod) (Mac-Lee-Od Music BMI)
                          I GOT A STORY TO TELL                                                                                     FV-12020
                          (Odell McLeod) (Mac-Lee-Od Music BMI)
                          HOLY GHOST TRAIN                                                                                           FV-12020
                          (Odell McLeod) (Mac-Lee-Od Music BMI)

NB(1): FOLK VARIETY FV-12020 released Germany 1978.
NB(2): FOLK VARIETY FV-12020 “MAC O’DELLS SEVEN SEVEN NASHVILLE SESSION” reviewed Bluegrass                                                    Unlimited
Vol.14, #3 - September 1979.





MAC ODELL                                             Onion Audio                                            Austin, Tx:                                                                              1981
(ld vcl/hca); Anthony “Tony” Airoldi (three finger bjo); Hank Alrich (hmny vcl/gtr-1/mand-2/frailing-3/2-finger bjo-4); Fletcher Clark
(hmny vcl-5/gtr-6/stg bs-7); Herbert “Herb” Steiner (dobro-8); Riley Osbourn (pno-9/org-10); Frank Delvy/Julie Mabry/Jim Schulman/Johnie Prinz  (chrs).                 Producer: Hank Alrich & Fletcher Clark
                                                                                                                               Engrs: Hank Alrich/Fletcher Cark/Cliff Carter & Mark LeBaron

                          JOHN DOE OF OL’ SKIDROW STREET                                             Folk Variety FV-12022
                          ()
                          YOU CAN’T BREAK A HABIT YOU’VE HAD FOR SO LONG                                     FV-12022
                          ()
                          LEAD ME TO YOUR CROSS, SWEET JESUS                                      FV-12022
                          ()
                          I NEED YOUR SWEET LOVE                                                                                FV-12022
                          ()
                          I WISH MY MOMMY DIDN’T SMOKE                                                                    FV-12022
                          ()
                          AIN’T NO ANGELS HERE ON EARTH                                                                     FV-12022
                          ()
                          SPARKLING DIAMONDS                                                                                     FV-12022
                          ()
                          OUR HEAVEN HAS JUST GONE TO HELL                                                             FV-12022
                          ()
                          FROM THIS DAY ON                                                                                           FV-12022
                          ()
                          WE PLANTED ROSES ON OUR DARLING’S GRAVE                          FV-12022
                          ()
                          MONEY WON’T BUY THIS SOUL OF MINE                                                            FV-12022

NB(1): FOLK VARIETY FV-12022   “AUSTIN, TEXAS GIT TOGETHER” released 1981.
NB(2): The album states Recorded at Onion Audio, “Deep In The Heart of Armadillo World Headquarters,” Austin, Texas, 1981. 
NB: DISCOGRAPHY compiled by DICK GRANT & WALT SAUNDERS with acknowledgements to Frantisek Frank & Dave                                    Barnes.
2007-2013.
NB: NEED INFORMATION OF THE MAC ODELL Track on GLORY SS-1002.