Sonobeat
released 24 singles, two commercial albums, and seven
non-commercial promotional/demo albums from 1967 to
1976. Two additional Sonobeat-produced albums were released
nationally by Liberty Records. Dozens of Sonobeat recordings
remain unissued or available only in unauthorized or
bootleg versions. Here's the complete official Sonobeat
discography.
Released
in |
Artist |
Title (composer) |
Catalog
# |
Producer |
1967 |
Sweetarts |
A
Picture of Me (Ernie Gammage) b/w Without
You (Ernie Gammage) |
R-s101 |
Rim
Kelley |
|
Picture
sleeve; basic instrumental tracks recorded at
the Swingers Club in
North Austin; vocal and percussion tracks
overdubbed at the KAZZ-FM studios in downtown
Austin |
|
1967 |
The
Lee Arlano Trio |
There
Will Never Be Another You (H. Warren-M. Gordon)
b/w Meditation (Mendonco-Jobim) |
PJ-s501 |
Bill
Josey (Sr.) |
|
Recorded
at the Club Seville at the Sheraton Crest Motor
Inn (now
the Radisson Hotel) in Austin |
|
1967 |
Don
Dean |
Where
or When (Rogers/Hart) b/w Night Life (W. Nelson) |
PV-s401 |
Bill
Josey (Sr.) |
|
Picture
sleeve; backed
by The Michael Stevens IV; basic instrumental tracks
recorded at the Club Seville in Austin; vocals overdubbed
at the KAZZ-FM studios |
|
1967 |
Lavender
Hill Express |
Visions (Layton DePenning) b/w Trying to Live a Life (Johnny Schwertner) |
R-s102 |
Rim
Kelley |
|
Picture
sleeve; recorded at a north Austin dance club;
string quartet and harpsicord, arranged by Richard
Green, and vocals overdubbed at the KAZZ-FM
studios |
|
1968 |
The
Conqueroo |
I've
Got Time (Edward Guinn) b/w 1 To 3 (Bob Brown) |
R-s103 |
Rim
Kelley |
|
Two-sided
picture sleeve designed by Gilbert Shelton with
photo by Belmer Wright; recorded at the Vulcan Gas
Company on Congress Avenue in Austin |
|
1968 |
The
Thingies |
Mass
Confusion (G. Marcellus-L. Miller) b/w Rainy
Sunday Morning (P. Weaver-B. Cole) |
R-s104 |
Rim
Kelley |
Notes: |
Recorded
at the KAZZ-FM studios |
|
1968 |
Lavender
Hill Express |
Watch Out (Rusty Wier) b/w Country Music's
Here to Stay (Leonard Arnold) |
R-s105 |
Bill
Josey (Sr.) |
|
Two-sided,
two-color picture sleeve; recorded at the Vulcan
Gas Company |
|
1968 |
The
Afro-Caravan |
Comin'
Home Baby (Ben Tucker-Bob Dorough) b/w Afro-Twist (Wali King-J. Murray) |
R-s106 |
Rim
Kelley |
|
Recorded
live, onstage at HemisFair '68 in San Antonio,
Texas |
|
1968 |
Winter |
Rollin'
and Tumblin' (McKinley Morgenfield) b/w Mean
Town Blues (Johnny Winter) |
R-s107 |
Rim
Kelley |
|
Picture
sleeve with photo by Burton Wilson; first
appearance of Sonobeat's stylized "S" logo;
recorded at the Vulcan Gas Company; the
master recordings were purchased by Liberty Records
as part of The Progressive Blues Experiment album, released on Liberty's Imperial label |
|
1968 |
Ronnie
and the West Winds |
Can't
Win for Losing (Ronnie Prellop) b/w Windy
Blues (Larry Prellop) |
C-s108 |
Rim
Kelley |
|
Recorded
at the Vulcan Gas Company; Windy Blues is an instrumental; first of only two country/western
singles released by Sonobeat (not counting the B
side of the Lavender Hill Express' Watch Out) |
|
1968 |
Bach
Yen |
This
Is My Song (Chas. Chaplin) b/w Magali (Robert Nyel) |
PV-s109 |
Bill
Josey (Sr.) |
|
Recorded
at the Club Seville; backed by The Michael Stevens
IV; strings and horns arranged and conducted by Richard Green |
|
1968 |
Lavender
Hill Express |
Outside
My Window (L. DePenning) b/w Silly Rhymes (Rusty Wier) |
R-s110 |
Rim
Kelley |
|
Outside
My Window recorded at the Vulcan Gas Company; Silly
Rhymes recorded at Sonobeat's Western Hills
Drive studio; also issued in special radio station
version with Outside My Window in stereo
on one side and monaural (R-m110) on the other |
|
1968 |
The
Ray Campi Establishment |
Civil
Disobedience (R. Campi) b/w He's a Devil (Irving Berlin) |
PV-s111 |
Bill
Josey (Sr.) & Earl Podolnick |
|
Recorded
at Sonobeat's Western Hills Drive studio |
|
1968 |
Jim
Chesnut |
About
to Be Woman (Herman M. Nelson) b/w Leaves (Herman M. Nelson) |
PV-s112 |
Bill
Josey (Sr.) |
|
Final
picture sleeve issued by Sonobeat; recorded at
Sonobeat's Western Hills Drive
studio |
|
1968 |
Fran
Nelson |
Yesterday (Lennon-McCartney) b/w No Regrets (Fran
Nelson) |
PV-s113 |
Bill
Josey (Sr.) |
|
Recorded
at the Club Seville; backed by The Michael Stevens
IV |
|
1969 |
Plymouth
Rock |
Memorandum (John Inmon) b/w Just a Start (F. Harrison-J.
Schwertner) |
R-s114 |
Rim
Kelley |
|
Recorded
in the auditorium at the First Cumberland Presbyterian
Church in northwest Austin; vocals overdubbed at
Sonobeat's Western Hills Drive studio; the only Sonobeat
single commercially released in monaural |
|
1969 |
James
Polk and the Brothers w/Yvonne |
Stick-To-It-Tive-Ness (Yvonne Joseph) b/w The Robot (J. Polk) |
R-s115 |
Bill
Josey (Sr.) |
|
Recorded
at Sonobeat's Western Hills Drive studio; The Robot is
an instrumental; the only soul single released by Sonobeat |
|
1969 |
Vince
Mariani |
Pulsar (V. Mariani) b/w Boots (V. Mariani) |
R-s
116 |
Bill
Josey (Sr.) & Rim Kelley |
|
Drum
solos; recorded at Sonobeat's Western Hills Drive studio |
|
1969 |
The
Lee Arlano Trio |
School
Daze (Arlano-Poni-Nelson) b/w Meditation (Mendonco-Jobim) |
PJs-117 |
Bill
Josey (Sr.) |
|
The
"A" side was an original Arlano Trio tune left
over from the Club Seville sessions
for the album Jazz to the Third Power, with
lyrics added later by Herman M. Nelson; the
"B" side was a re-release of the "B" side of PJs-501 |
|
1970 |
Mariani |
Re-Birth
Day (Mariani-Johnson-Nelson) b/w Memories
Lost and Found (Mariani-Johnson-Podolnick) |
R-s118 |
Bill
Josey (Sr.) & Rim Kelley |
|
Recorded
at Sonobeat's Western Hills Drive studio |
|
1971 |
The
Royal Lights Singers |
Will
You Be Ready (Willie C. Franklin, Jr.) b/w My Rock (PD) |
G-s119 |
Bill
Josey (Sr.) |
|
Recorded
at the Sonobeat Studios in the KVET building
on
North Lamar in Austin; only gospel
single released by Sonobeat |
|
1971 |
The
Royal Lights Singers |
Creation (unknown) b/w I Know My Jesus Is Watching (unknown) |
G-s120 |
Bill
Josey (Sr.) |
|
Recorded
at the Sonobeat Studios in the KVET building
on
North Lamar; apparently commercially unreleased
or pressed as a custom for self-promotion by
The Royal Lights Singers |
|
1975 |
Arma |
Just
One Too Many Times (A. Harper) b/w Plea
For Freedom (A. Harper) |
PF-121 |
Bill
Josey (Sr.) |
|
Recorded
at Bill Josey's "Blue Hole Sounds" studio
outside Liberty Hill, Texas; the only folk single
released
by Sonobeat |
|
1976 |
Jeannine |
Let's
Get to Houston Today (J. Hoke) b/w Your
Touch Is Like a Whisper (J. Hoke) |
PS-122 |
Bill
Josey (Sr.) |
|
Recorded
at Bill Josey's "Blue Hole Sounds" studio;
the "A" side was mislabelled as PS-122 B; the second country/western
single released by Sonobeat |
