Jon asks whether about the Hank Thompson disc called "Sounds of the Brazos
Valley: Unissued Radio Broadcasts c1952" has
>much overlap with Flyright Fly's CD 948, Radio
>Broadcasts 1952, which has 16 cuts,
Here's some additional information. From the "Sounds of the Brazos Valley"
liner notes:
"The selections on this compact disc were recorded about 1952 for the
Office of Price Stabilization, an organization set up during World War Two
to hold prices constant on consumer goods. It was recommended during the
Korean War and was finally vetoed by the Republicans when they returned to
power in 1952.
...
Sixteen other titles from these OPS shows can be heard on Flyright Fly CD
948."
That world "other" implies a no-overlap situation to me, but here's the
track listing:
1. Whoa Sailor
2. Home in San Antone
3. Boogie-oo Drag
4. Green Light
5. A Good Man is Hard to Find
6. Down Yonder
7. The Tramp on the Street
8. Crying in the Deep Blue Sea
9. Farther On Down the Road
10. Sagebrush Shuffle
11. That Beautiful Picture
12. I Ain't Cryin' Over You
13. The Devil's Dream
14. When God Dips His Love In My Heart
15. Always Late
16. The Grass Looks Greener Over There
17. Silver Bell
18. Heart Full of Love
19. Piano Boogie
20. Foggy River
21. Beaumont Rag
22. Easy to Please
23. Uvalde Polka
24. Panhandle Rag
25. This World is Not My Home
26. I'll Step Aside
27. Draggin' the Bow
28. I'll Take You to the Picture Show
29. Right or Wrong
30. I'll Be Your Sweetheart for a Day
31. Baca's Boogie
32. A Broken Heart and a Glass of Beer
People on here in addition to Hank are Johnnie Manson, Jimmy Belken and
Amos Hedrick, variously, on fiddle; Gil Baca on piano; Dusty Stewart and
Curley Chalker, variously, on steel, Billy Gray on guitar, Billy Stewart on
bass, and "unknown" on drums.
Dina
