Mercury Records Catalog: 20900/60900 series
Mercury 20900/60900 series B (12 inch LP)
MG 20900 Buddy DeFranco/Tommy Gumina - The Girl From Ipanema
no details
** also issued on Mercury SR 60900.
MG 20901 Lesley Gore - Boys, Boys, Boys
no details
** also issued on Mercury SR 60901.
MG 20902 Clyde McPhatter - Songs Of The Big City
no details
** also issued on Mercury SR 60902.
MG 20903 Diane Ray - Exciting Years
no details
** also issued on Mercury SR 60903.
MG 20904 The Smothers Brothers - It Must Have Been Something I Said!
Dick Smothers, Tom Smothers (vo, g)probably "The Ice House", Pasadena, CA, maybe 1963-1964
| Slithery Dee | |
| Hiawatha | |
| The Shrimp | |
| Crabs Walk Sideways | |
| Michael, Row The Boat Ashore | |
| Civil War Song | |
| Jenny Brown | |
| Black Is The Color Of My True Love's Hair | |
| Population Explosion | |
| Anne Marie And Jean Pierre | |
| Carnival |
MG 20905 Big Bill Broonzy - Remembering Big Bill
Ransom Knowling (b) Big Bill Broonzy (vo, g)Chicago, IL, November 8, 1951
| 4521-2 | Hey Hey |
| 4525-1 | Walkin' Down A Lonesome Road |
| 4527 | I Know She Will |
Chicago, IL, December 10, 1951
| 4650 | Crawdad |
| 4652 | Make Me Get Away |
MG 20906 George Jones - Blue And Lonesome
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** also issued on Mercury SR 60906.
MG 20907 Moms Mabley - Mom's The Word
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** also issued on Mercury SR 60907.
MG 20908 Just Dave Van Ronk
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** also issued on Mercury SR 60908.
MG 20909 Patti Page - Blue Dream Street
Patti Page (vo) Jack Rael (cond) unidentified brass, rhythm and stringsFine Sound Studios, NYC, 1955
| 17154 | On The Sunny Side Of The Street |
| 17194 | Birth Of The Blues |
| 17239 | Basin Street Blues |
| 17242 | Dream A Little Dream Of Me |
| 17247 | Route 66 |
| 17251 | Boulevard Of Broken Dreams |
MG 20910 Eddy Howard - Intimately Yours
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** also issued on Mercury SR 60910.
MG 20911 Max Roach - The Many Sides Of Max
Booker Little (tp) Julian Priester (tb) George Coleman (ts) Art Davis (b) Max Roach (d)Fine Recording, NYC, January 22, 1959
| 18128-9 | Lepa |
| 18129-7 | Connie's Bounce |
| 18137-5 | Prelude |
| 18138-11 | Bemsha Swing |
| 18139-5 | Timpanalli |
| 18140-4 | There's No You |
| 18141-7 | A Little Sweet |
** also issued on Mercury SR 60911; Universal (J) UCCM 9125.
MG 20914 The Searchers - Hear! Hear!
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** also issued on Mercury SR 60914.
MG 20916 Billy Eckstine - The Modern Sound Of Mr. B
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** also issued on Mercury SR 60916.
MG 20917 Alone With Ronnie Gilbert
Eric Weissberg (bj) Ernie Calabria, Lou Misciagna (g) Sam Brown (g, arr, dir) Bill Lee (b) Maurice Monk (d) Ronnie Gilbert (vo)April, 1964?
| 31902 | Power And Glory |
| 31903 | My Favorite Things |
| 31905 | What's That I Hear |
| 31906 | The Honey Wind Blows |
| 31907 | Masters Of War |
| 31908 | Holler |
| 31909 | Every Night When The Sun Goes Down |
| 31910 | Long About Now |
| 31911 | Boring Day |
| 31912 | Turn! Turn! Turn! |
MG 20918 Brook Benton - On The Country Side
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** also issued on Mercury SR 60918.
MG 20921 The Three Sounds Live At The Living Room
Gene Harris (p) Audy Simpkins (b) Bill Dowdy (d)sometime 1964?
| Mississippi Mud | |
| Once In A Lifetime | |
| Hymn To Freedom | |
| Glory Of Love | |
| Blues For My Baby | |
| Green's | |
| Blues | |
| Willow Weep For Me | |
| Blues For Big Scotia |
MG 20925 Sil Austin Plays Pretty Melodies Of The World
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** also issued on Mercury SR 60925.
MG 20926 David Carroll - Music Makes Me Want To Dance!
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** also issued on Mercury SR 60926.
MG 20928 Dinah Washington/Quincy Jones - Queen And Quincy
Ernie Royal, Charlie Shavers, Clark Terry, Joe Wilder (tp) Don Elliott (tp, mel, vib, bgo) Jimmy Cleveland, Urbie Green, Quentin Jackson (tb) Tom Mitchell (btb) Hal McKusick, Anthony Ortega (as) Jerome Richardson, Lucky Thompson (ts) Danny Bank (bars) Sleepy Anderson (p) Barry Galbraith (g) Milt Hinton (b) Jimmy Crawford (d) Dinah Washington (vo) Quincy Jones (arr, cond)NYC, November 21, 1956
| 14385 | You Let My Love Get Cold |
MG 20931 Faron Young - Country Dance Favorites
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** also issued on Mercury SR 60931.
MG 20934 Brook Benton - This Bitter Earth
Brook Benton (vo) Belford Hendricks (arr, cond) unidentified orchestraFine Recording, NYC, December, 1959
| 19549 | This Bitter Earth |
maybe 1961
| 20781 | It's Too Late To Turn Back Now |
August, 1964
| 33825 | Learning To Love Again |
| 33826 | Lumberjack |
| 33827 | What Is A Woman Without A Man |
| 33828 | Fire Brown Frame |
| 33829 | I Had It |
| 33830 | Don't Do What I Did (Do What I Say) |
1964
| 33806 | Do It Right |
| 33807 | Please, Please Make It Easy |
| 33808 | What Else Do You Want From Me |
| 33809 | There's No Fool Like An Old Fool |
MG 20935 David Carroll And His Kookettes - Golden Oldies For Today's Teens
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** also issued on Mercury SR 60935.
MG 20937 George Jones - Country & Western, #1 Male Singer
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** also issued on Mercury SR 60937.
MG 20938 Quincy Jones - Golden Boy
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** also issued on Mercury SR 60938; Universal (J) UCCM 9153.
MG 20939 Roland Kirk - Gifts And Messages
Roland Kirk (ts, mzo, str, fl, siren, ob) Horace Parlan (p) Michael Fleming (b) Steve Ellington (d)Los Angeles, CA, July 22, 1964
| 31638 | The Things I Love |
| 31639 | Petite Fleur |
| 31640 | March On, Swan Lake |
| 31641 | Tears Sent By You |
| 31642 | My Heart At Thy Sweet Voice |
| 31643 | Gifts And Messages |
| 31644 | Hip Chops |
| 31645 | Blues For C&T |
| 31646 | Where Does The Blame Lie? |
| 31647 | Vertigo Ro |
MG 20940 The Hondells - Go Little Honda
Gary Usher (arr) The Hondells: Featuring Richie Burns and three others1964
| Little Honda | |
| Mean Streak | |
| A Guy Without Wheels | |
| The Wild One | |
| Haulin' Honda | |
| Hot Rod High | |
| Death Valley Run | |
| Two Wheel Show Stopper | |
| Black Boots And Bikes | |
| Ridin' Trails | |
| Hon-Da Beach Party | |
| Rip's Bike |
MG 20941 Sarah Vaughan - Viva! Vaughan
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** also issued on Mercury SR 60941.
MG 20943 Lesley Gore - Girl Talk
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** also issued on Mercury SR 60943; Wing SRW 16350.
MG 20944 The Slightly Irreverent Mitchell Trio
Paul Prestopino (bj) Jacob Ander (g) John Frigo (b) Joe Frazier, Mike Kobluk, Chad Mitchell (vo) Milt Okun (arr)probably maybe 1964
| A Dying Business | |
| Stewball And Griselda | |
| Mandy Lane | |
| The Alabama Song | |
| When I Was A Young Man | |
| An African Song (On That Great Civilized Morning) | |
| I Can't Help But Wonder | |
| The Draft Dodger Rag | |
| If I Gave You | |
| The Pride Of Petrovar | |
| Rhymes For The Irreverent: 1. Yevtushenko? / 2. Less Majeste / 3. For The Man Of Extinction / 4. Achtung! / 5. Red, White And Blue Cross / 6. Shall I Write A Letter To My Congressman? / 7. Back To The Drawing Board |
MG 20952 Patti Page - The Nearness Of You
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** also issued on Mercury SR 60952.
MG 20953 Richard Hayman - Harmonica Holiday
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** also issued on Mercury SR 60953.
MG 20961 not used
MG 20964 Various Artists - Dancing Discotheque
Clark Terry (tp, flh) Jerome Richardson (afl, fl, woodwinds) Lalo Schifrin (p) Jim Hall (g) Chris White (b) Rudy Collins (d) Carlos Gomez, Jose Paula, Jack Del Rio (per) Quincy Jones (arr, cond) unidentified horn and brassA&R Studios, NYC, September 8, 1962
| 22143 | Desafinado |
MG 20965 Billy Lee Riley - Big Harmonica Special
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** also issued on Mercury SR 60965.
MG 20966 not used
MG 20967 not used
MG 20969 not used
MG 20972 Eddy Howard Sings The Great Ones
unknown (p) unknown (org) Eddy Howard (vo)Los Angeles, CA, May, 1964?
| 32705 | Stardust |
| 32706 | Moonglow |
| 32707 | For Me And My Gal |
| 32708 | Hands Across The Table |
| 32709 | Sweet Lorraine |
| 32710 | I Don't Stand A Ghost Of A Chance With You |
| 32711 | Who's Sorry Now |
| 32712 | Stars Fell On Alabama |
| 32713 | Don't Worry 'Bout Me |
| 32714 | When You're Smiling (The Whole World Smiles With You) |
| 32715 | It Must Be True |
| 32716 | I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me |
| 32717 | One Morning In May |
| 32728 | Does Your Heart Beat For Me |
MG 20974 Billy Lee Riley - Harmonica Beatlemania
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** also issued on Mercury SR 60974.
MG 20975 Oscar Peterson Trio + One, Clark Terry
Clark Terry (flh, tp -1/4,6/9, vo -5,10) Oscar Peterson (p) Ray Brown (b) Ed Thigpen (d)NYC, August 17, 1964
| 1. 33052 | Brotherhood Of Man |
| 2. 33053 | Jim |
| 3. 33054 | Blues For Smedley |
| 4. 33055 | Roundalay |
| 5. 33056 | Mumbles |
| 6. 33057 | Mack The Knife |
| 7. 33058 | They Didn't Believe Me |
| 8. 33059 | Squeaky's Blues |
| 9. 33060 | I Want A Little Girl |
| 10. 33061 | Incoherent Blues |
MG 20977 Various Artists - The Sounds Of The Silly Surfers
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** also issued on Mercury SR 60977.
MG 20979 Allen & Rossi - In Person - A Laughing Live Recording At The Sands Hotel, Las Vegas
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** also issued on Mercury SR 60979.
MG 20981 Julie Rogers
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** also issued on Mercury SR 60981.
MG 20982 The Hondells
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** also issued on Mercury SR 60982.
MG 20984 The Red Ryders - Lookin' Good, Soundin' Good
Leroy "Lee" Abel (ts) Tony Bell (org) Denny Doman (g) Von Adams (d) unknown (vo) Quincy Jones (prod)August, 1964?
| 32546 | Soul Food |
| 32547 | The Freeze |
| 32548 | Brother John |
| 32549 | Papa San |
| 32550 | Do The Dog |
| 32551 | Mustang |
| 32552 | Mood Waltz |
| 32553 | Late Scene |
| 32554 | Lookin' Good |
| 32555 | Jim Jam |
| 32556 | Sour Sugar |
| 32557 | Screamer |
MG 20985 Billy Lee Riley - Whiskey' A Go Go Presents
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** also issued on Mercury SR 60985.
MG 20986 Discover The Bitter End Singers
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** also issued on Mercury SR 60986.
MG 20987 Bonnie Dobson - For The Love Of Him
no details
** also issued on Mercury SR 60987.
MG 20989 Aesop's Fables - The Smothers Brothers Way
John McCarthy (dialogue, music, lyrics) Dick Smothers, Tom Smothers (vo, g) David Carroll (arr, cond)probably maybe 1964-1965?
| Overture - Aesop's Fables Our Way | |
| The Greedy Dog | |
| A Fox (Maybe I'd Better Stay Me) | |
| The Boy Who Cried Wolf | |
| A Fly (Maybe I'd Better Stay Me) | |
| The Dog And The Thief | |
| A Worm (Maybe I'd Better Stay Me) | |
| The Farmer And His Sons | |
| The Fox And The Grapes | |
| A Jellyfish (Maybe I'd Better Stay Me) | |
| The Bird And The Jar | |
| A Mosquito (Maybe I'd Better Stay Me) | |
| The Two Frogs | |
| A Car (Maybe I'd Better Stay Me) | |
| Aesop Knew (Reprise) |
MG 20993 Horst Jankowski - The Genius Of Jankowski
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** also issued on Mercury SR 60993.
MG 20994 The Searchers Meet The Rattles
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** also issued on Mercury SR 60994.
MG 20995 Bobby Scott - I Had A Ball
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** also issued on Mercury SR 60995.
MG 20999 Dave Dudley - Rural Route, #1
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** also issued on Mercury SR 60999.