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Title: Definitive list of Pre-66 recordings with no Wrecking Crew involvement?
Post by: VanDykeParksAndRec on April 18, 2016, 12:09:18 PM
I've been searching all morning for a list of songs without WC involvement.  Can anyone point me to a past thread or perhaps a list?

Thanks


Title: Re: Definitive list of Pre-66 recordings with no Wrecking Crew involvement?
Post by: branaa09 on April 18, 2016, 01:35:26 PM
Surfin'                                            Not sure list, Craig might be able to help me:
Don't Worry Baby                              The Baker Man
Luau                                                 We'll Run Away
Surfin' Safari                                       Lonely Sea
Pom Pom Play Girl  
Lavender
Ten Little Indians        
Denny's Drums      
409
Surf Jam                      
Shut Down          
 Little Girl You're My Miss America
Stoked                      
Shut Down Part II  
Heads I Win Tails I Lose
Surfer Girl                    
Lana                    
Summertime Blues
Boogie Woodie        
 Farmer's Daughter
Cuckoo Clock
The Rocking Surfer    
In The Parkin' Lot
Catch A Wave            
Santa's Beard
County Fair                
Man With All The Toys
Little Saint Nick        
Christmas Day
In My Room              
Auld Lang Syne
Be True To Your School (LP Version)
The Shift
Cindy Oh Cindy
Land Ahoy
Misirlou
Honky Tonk
Noble Surfer
Let's Go Trippin'
Finder's Keepers
South Bay Surfer
Little Deuce Coupe
Surfer's Rule
Your Summer Dream
Ballad of Ole Betsy
Cherry,Cherry Coupe
Custom Machine
Spirit of America
A Young Man Is Gone
Hushabye
Wendy
I'm So Young
She Knows Me Too Well
Girl Don't Tell Me
You're So Good To Me
I'm Bugged At My Ol' Man
And Your Dreams Come True
Then I Kissed Her
Graduation Day
Dance, Dance,Dance (Early Nashville Version)




Title: Re: Definitive list of Pre-66 recordings with no Wrecking Crew involvement?
Post by: VanDykeParksAndRec on April 18, 2016, 08:13:52 PM
Thank you!  Many of those I had not had on my list yet.  Greatly appreciated!

Are there many songs with say just 1 or 2 crew members? I imagine a few where maybe only Hal participates possibly?


Title: Re: Definitive list of Pre-66 recordings with no Wrecking Crew involvement?
Post by: c-man on April 18, 2016, 08:32:07 PM
Hmmm...some of those LDC album cuts have horns...(plural, meaning more likely Steve and Jay than Mike)...and I think Ray Pohlman is on some of the Christmas album cuts...


Title: Re: Definitive list of Pre-66 recordings with no Wrecking Crew involvement?
Post by: branaa09 on April 19, 2016, 08:15:45 AM
Yes that is true C-Man! I know you'd come to the rescue!


Title: Re: Definitive list of Pre-66 recordings with no Wrecking Crew involvement?
Post by: Jonathan Blum on April 19, 2016, 11:42:45 PM
Yes that is true C-Man! I know you'd come to the rescue!

We really need two categories -- "the actual band plus extra musicians" vs. "extra musicians *in place of* the boys themselves"...

Cheers,
Jon Blum


Title: Re: Definitive list of Pre-66 recordings with no Wrecking Crew involvement?
Post by: Jukka on April 20, 2016, 12:11:41 AM
Right. If it's really the boys playing the basic track, a couple of horns don't really make it a Wrecking Crew track.

I would say that if the track has Denny on drums it counts as a boys themselves number, if someone else (aside from eg. Carl), it falls into WC category. After all, it's the drums that give the tracks their basic identity and groove.


Title: Re: Definitive list of Pre-66 recordings with no Wrecking Crew involvement?
Post by: bringahorseinhere? on April 20, 2016, 02:46:52 AM
not forgetting Maureen Love on Harp for IMR and CAW