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THE RECORDS III - Pt. 1

Thanx once again to that Rockabilly Rebel from Finland, Tapio Vaisanen for his added information - hats off, my friend. Also, a big 'thank you'  must go to Sven Bergmann, who once again supplied me with info on releases that feature members of HIGH NOON. If any of you have info on more records featuring HIGH NOON or the band members, please e-mail me !!!!! 

Various Artists


Rock-A-Billy Record Company ( 1993 ) CD 

Label : GOOFIN' RECORDS, Vantaa, Finland ( GRCD 6036 ) 

ROCK-A-BILLY RECORD CO. ( Cover - GIF ) 

Trax by HIGH NOON : Train Of Misery / Glory Bound / Baby Let's Play House / All Night Long ( Alt. ) / Who Was That Cat / Crazy Fever / Be My Baby

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  + by 'Willie, Kevin & Todd'. Kevin plays string bass. Also on 7'' single R-112-B. 

Other featured artists 
Willie Lewis & The String Poppers / Billy & The Bopcats / Kidd Pharaoh / Roadhouse Rockers / Frantic Flattops / King Cat & The Pharaohs / Three Cats & The Kittens / Carl Sonny Leyland 

Recorded between 1979 and 1992, at Willie's house and at several studios across the U.S.A. 

Willie Lewis, sporting a HIGH NOON t-shirt ( GIF )  Info : Willie Lewis, founder, owner and producer of the ROCK-A-BILLY RECORD COMPANY, also sound-engineer and recording artist for the same label, can be regarded as the 'Sam Phillips' of the 90s. Although his first release dates back to May / June '82, he was about to let the label 'die' when he met Sean, Shaun and Kevin. Their sound literally blew him away, and he decided to record them for his label. HIGH NOON already had the 'Show & Dance' LP released and Willie's first issue was the pre-recorded 4-track-EP 'Train Of Misery' ( R-107 ). It was followed by the legendary 78rpm 'Baby Let's Play House' 10'' single ( R-110-X ) and 'Hold Me Baby' 7'', which was the first recording Willie made of them himself ( actually, in his living room ). All songs on their 'Rocks Me Right' LP ( R-1002-LP ) were also pre-recorded, except for 'Crazy Fever', which was taped in Willie's living room the same day 'Hold Me Baby' and 'All Night Long' were recorded. The rest is history .....

Rock-A-Billy Record Company Vol. 1 ( 1995 ) LP

Label : ROCK-A-BILLY RECORD COMPANY, Denver / CO, U.S.A. ( R-3001-LP ) 

Rock-A-Billy Record Co. Vol.1 ( Cover ) 

Track : When My Baby Left Me / Noise With The Boys ( as Billy B. Hepp & The Three Hep Cats, featuring Willie Lewis on vocals & rhythm guitar ).

Shaun and Kevin also back up MARTI' BROM on her track 'Stop, Look And Listen', along with Todd Wulfmeyer on guitar. 

Other featured artists
'Little' Roy & The Denver Ramblers / Kidd Pharaoh / Buck & The Black Cats / The Tennessee Boys / The Slap Sally Combo / Delmer Spudd & The Spuddnicks / Carl Sonny Leyland / Tony Casino / The Frantic Flattops / Tennessee Bill & His Tennessee Boys 

Recorded between at Willie's house and several studios across the U.S.A. 'Slap Sally Combo' trax recorded in Finland.

Info : 'Stop, Look And Listen' was recorded in Marti' Brom's living room on a normal cassette deck. Shaun sent the tape to Willie without Marti' knowing of it - finally, Willie released the song on this sampler ..... much to Marti's surprise ! This record was pressed 28x in red, 52x in green, 420x in clear to almost grey and 500x in normal black vinyl ( my copy is green !

Rock-A-Billy Record Company Vol. 2 ( 1996 ) LP 

Label : ROCK-A-BILLY RECORD COMPANY, Denver / CO, U.S.A. ( R-3002-LP ) 

Rock-A-Billy Record Co. Vol.2 ( Cover ) 

Track : Blues Stop Knockin'  Shaun and Kevin back up MARTI' BROM on her track 'All I Could Do Is Cry', with Todd Wulfmeyer on guitar.'

They also back up Todd on 'So Long'.

  Other featured artists
Delmer Spudd & The Spuddnicks / The Original Stablemen / The Tennessee Boys / The Roadhouse Rockers / The Rockin' Bs / Tony & Michelle / Slap Sally Combo 

Recorded at Jet-Tone Studios, Austin / TX, Willie's house and several studios across the U.S.A. 'Slap Sally Combo' trax recorded in Finland.

Info : 'The Original Stablemen' consist of Sven Bergmann ( vocals, acoustic guitar ), Edgar Nerz ( electric lead guitar ) and Daniel Fokke ( string bass ).  Sven is a good friend of Willie Lewis and has helped me a lot in improving my Homepage, I regard him as a friend also - he is currently working on a complete book about Willie's record label and has previously written a 76-page magazine ( A5 size ) on Willie's releases up to the year 1994. This record was pressed 1000x in red vinyl. 

American Rumble Vol.1 ( 1996 ) CD

Label : SKIZMATIC RECORDS, Venice / CA, U.S.A. ( 600411-0001-2 ) 

AMERICAN RUMBLE ( Cover - GIF ) 

Trax : When She's Good / Rock Too Slow 

Other featured artists
Hillbilly Frankenstein / Voodoo Swing / Ray Condo / Josie Kreuzer & Hot Rod Lincoln / The Barnshakers / Lena Marie & Hey You Playboys / Hillbilly Hellcats / Lucky Strikes / Rattled Roosters / Hooligans / Boilermakers / Phantom Rockers / Hot Rod Lincoln / Flattop Tom & His Jumpcats / Phantom 309 / The Quakes / T.I.D.E. / Hyperions / Roadhouse Rockers / The Sun Demons / Jitters / Crazy Rhythm Daddies 

Recorded at 'Sound Recorders Studio' by Ben Blank in '90 ( HIGH NOON trax only ! ). 

Info : Taken from "Show & Dance" LP / CD.

True Sounds Of The New West ( 1995 ) CD

Label : FREEDOM RECORDS, Austin / TX, U.S.A. ( FR 1007 ) 

NEW WEST ( Cover - GIF ) 

Trax : He Won, I Lost, She's Found / Comanche Moon ( Sean Mencher Solo ).

Shaun and Kevin back up MARTI' BROM on her track 'Mean', along with Todd Wulfmeyer on guitar.
The track was recorded at Jet-Tone Studios in Austin / TX, U.S.A. 

Other featured artists
Libbi Bosworth / Wayne Hancock / The Hollisters / Bruce Robison / The Derailers / Dickie Lee Erwin / Chris Miller / Tom Clifford / Charlie Burton And The Texas Twelve Steppers / The Wild Peyotes / Roy Heinrich / Brandon Wayne And The Widowmakers / Jamie Lee Bradford / Josh Arnison 

Recorded at several studios in Texas, Tennessee, Louisiana and Maine, U.S.A. 

Info : Taken from "Texas Style" 10'' EP & Sean Mencher solo single. 

Dynamite Nr.3 ( 1994 ) Magazine with 7'' 

Label : Dynamite - The World Of Rock'n'Roll, Sinsheim - Rohrbach, Germany 

Strange Kinda Feeling ( Cover ) 

Track : Strange Kinda Feeling ( other side Johnny Legend - 'Are You Hep To It', recorded live in 1974 at the 'Knust', Hamburg / Germany ) 

Recorded early 1993 in Austin / TX, U.S.A. 

Info : This track is one of eight that were recorded for EXILE Records, Berlin / Germany. Four of these trax were deemed unuseable soundwise, hence a second session was held in November 1993, producing six more trax, all of which make up the 'Texas Style' 10'' EP. This track is one of the 'good' ones from the first session, the other three are still 'in the can' and will hopefully be released someday .....

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