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
** also issued on Mercury SR 60904.

MG 20905  Big Bill Broonzy - Remembering Big Bill

Ransom Knowling (b) Big Bill Broonzy (vo, g)
Chicago, IL, November 8, 1951
4521-2Hey Hey
4525-1Walkin' Down A Lonesome Road
4527I Know She Will
Ernest "Big" Crawford (b) Big Bill Broonzy (vo, g)
Chicago, IL, December 10, 1951
4650Crawdad
4652Make Me Get Away
** also issued on Mercury SR 60905.

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 strings
Fine Sound Studios, NYC, 1955
17154On The Sunny Side Of The Street
17194Birth Of The Blues
17239Basin Street Blues
17242Dream A Little Dream Of Me
17247Route 66
17251Boulevard Of Broken Dreams
** also issued on Mercury SR 60909.

MG 20910  Eddy Howard - Intimately Yours

no details
** 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
18128-9Lepa
18129-7Connie's Bounce
18137-5Prelude
18138-11Bemsha Swing
18139-5Timpanalli
18140-4There's No You
18141-7A Little Sweet
** originally intended as Mercury MG 20457, SR 60140.
** 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?
31902Power And Glory
31903My Favorite Things
31905What's That I Hear
31906The Honey Wind Blows
31907Masters Of War
31908Holler
31909Every Night When The Sun Goes Down
31910Long About Now
31911Boring Day
31912Turn! Turn! Turn!
** also issued on Mercury SR 60917.

MG 20918  Brook Benton - On The Country Side

no details
** 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
** also issued on Mercury SR 60921.

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
14385You Let My Love Get Cold
** also issued on Mercury SR 60928.

MG 20931  Faron Young - Country Dance Favorites

no details
** also issued on Mercury SR 60931.

MG 20934  Brook Benton - This Bitter Earth

Brook Benton (vo) Belford Hendricks (arr, cond) unidentified orchestra
Fine Recording, NYC, December, 1959
19549This Bitter Earth
same personnel
maybe 1961
20781It's Too Late To Turn Back Now
Luchi De Jesus (arr, cond) replaces Hendricks
August, 1964
33825Learning To Love Again
33826Lumberjack
33827What Is A Woman Without A Man
33828Fire Brown Frame
33829I Had It
33830Don't Do What I Did (Do What I Say)
same personnel
1964
33806Do It Right
33807Please, Please Make It Easy
33808What Else Do You Want From Me
33809There's No Fool Like An Old Fool
** also issued on Mercury SR 60934.

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
31638The Things I Love
31639Petite Fleur
31640March On, Swan Lake
31641Tears Sent By You
31642My Heart At Thy Sweet Voice
31643Gifts And Messages
31644Hip Chops
31645Blues For C&T
31646Where Does The Blame Lie?
31647Vertigo Ro
** also issued on Mercury SR 60939.

MG 20940  The Hondells - Go Little Honda

Gary Usher (arr) The Hondells: Featuring Richie Burns and three others
1964
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
** also issued on Mercury SR 60940.

MG 20941  Sarah Vaughan - Viva! Vaughan

no details
** also issued on Mercury SR 60941.

MG 20943  Lesley Gore - Girl Talk

no details
** 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
** also issued on Mercury SR 60944.

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 brass
A&R Studios, NYC, September 8, 1962
22143Desafinado
** also issued on Mercury SR 60964.

MG 20965  Billy Lee Riley - Big Harmonica Special

no details
** 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?
32705Stardust
32706Moonglow
32707For Me And My Gal
32708Hands Across The Table
32709Sweet Lorraine
32710I Don't Stand A Ghost Of A Chance With You
32711Who's Sorry Now
32712Stars Fell On Alabama
32713Don't Worry 'Bout Me
32714When You're Smiling (The Whole World Smiles With You)
32715It Must Be True
32716I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me
32717One Morning In May
32728Does Your Heart Beat For Me
** also issued on Mercury SR 60972.

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. 33052Brotherhood Of Man
2. 33053Jim
3. 33054Blues For Smedley
4. 33055Roundalay
5. 33056Mumbles
6. 33057Mack The Knife
7. 33058They Didn't Believe Me
8. 33059Squeaky's Blues
9. 33060I Want A Little Girl
10. 33061Incoherent Blues
** also issued on Mercury SR 60975, (J) 195J 14.

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?
32546Soul Food
32547The Freeze
32548Brother John
32549Papa San
32550Do The Dog
32551Mustang
32552Mood Waltz
32553Late Scene
32554Lookin' Good
32555Jim Jam
32556Sour Sugar
32557Screamer
** also issued on Mercury SR 60984.

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)
** also issued on Mercury SR 60989.

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.