ORANGE COUNTY BROTHERS

 
artist: ORANGE COUNTY BROTHERS
label: KENROAD MUSIC AOCD-1006
title: ORANGE COUNTY BROTHERS
release: February 20, 2005, Japan, CD (in jewelcase) [16/64:29]
tracks:
  1. Bayou Waltz #1
  2. ????
  3. Barrel House Girl
  4. Mexico ????
  5. San Antone
    (Davekirby - Glen Martin)
  6. Armadillo Rumba
  7. ????
  8. Funky Cowboy
  9. Bye-Bye Rodeo
  10. Bayou Waltz #2
  11. Hey Good Lookin'
    (Williams Hiriam Hank)
  12. Truck Drivin' Man
    (Fell Terry)
  13. Jambalaya
    (Williams Hiriam Hank)
  14. Honky Tonk Downtown
  15. ????
  16. ????
comment #1: promo release has a small foldopen LP-sleeve, CD-sized
comment #2: Track 1-10 is a CD re-release of an album which was probably released in Japan, 1976. Lyrics and liner notes are included on an extra insert.
comment #3: "????" in the songtitle means that (part of) the songtitle is printed in Japanese signs. The missing songcredits are also printed in Japanese signs.
comment #4: Track 1-10 were recorded at Sounds of Hawaii Studio, 1976 Herb Ono (owner).
Track 11-16 are unreleased demo tracks, recorded somewhere in Yokohama (December 25, 1974). (On this release Tokyo is mentioned as recording place, but on the CLINCK CD-release (see below) and on the website (http://www.clinck.co.jp/dtl.php?ky=CRCD5011) Yokohama is mentioned.
 
2006 CLINCK re-release:
 
artist: ORANGE COUNTY BROTHERS
label: CLINCK RECORDS CRCD5011
title: ORANGE COUNTY BROTHERS
release: 2006, Japan, CD (in small LP-sleeve, CD-sized) [16/64:29]
tracks: see KENROAD release above
comment #1: released with two inserts: CLINCK RECORDS Catalog & extended liner notes/lyrics. Both are in Japanese.
   
   
links: pictures: http://www.ysakurai.com/music/FMT/040530/LivePhotos_040530.html
   
   
   

 

 

original 1977 first release:
artist: ORANGE COUNTY BROTHERS
label: SHOW BOAT 3SB-1004
title: SOAP CREEK SALOON - AUSTIN TEXAS -
release: 1977, Japan, LP
A-side:
  1. Soap Creek Saloon (5:53)
  2. Linda Belle (5:51)
  3. Cantina Angel (5:32)
  4. She's About A Mover (4:41)
    (Lyrics & Music: Doug Sahm)
B-side:
  1. On The Beach Of Hawaii (4:53)
  2. Tex-Mex Polka (3:37)
  3. Boots Song (3:52)
  4. Madelina (6:20)
  5. El Paso Jack (4:51)
   
   
1990 re-release:
 
artist: ORANGE COUNTY BROTHERS
label: CHOP RECORDS D-012
title: SOAP CREEK SALOON - AUSTIN TEXAS -
release: 1990, Japan, CD (in jewelcase) [10/51:37]
tracks:
  1. She's About A Mover
    (Doug Sahm)
  2. Linda Belle
    (Yuichi Iida)
  3. Cantina Angel
    (Yuichi Iida)
  4. On The Beach Of Hawaii
    (Yuichi Iida)
  5. Madelina
    (Yoshihiko Kurata - Yuichi Iida)
  6. Boots Song
    (Yoshihiko Kurata - Yuichi Iida)
  7. Tex-Mex Polka (inst.)
    (Yuichi Iida)
  8. El Paso Jack
    (Yoshihiko Kurata - Yuichi Iida)
  9. Soap Creek Saloon - Austin Texas -
    (Yuichi Iida)
  10. Cantina Angel (inst.)
    (Yuichi Iida)
the band: Junichi Nakao - lead guitar
Yoshihiko Kurata - drums
Hajime Asaka - fiddle & background vocal
Yuichi Iida - lead vocal & guitar
Kunio Taniguchi - pedal steel guitar & background vocal
guest players: Takashi Onzo - bass & keyboards
Shigehisa Aoki - accordion, mandrin, banjo, dobro
Yuji Yamaguchi - guitar
Maryann Price - harmony vocal
John Girton - background vocal
Smith Weed Dobson III - piano
Brian Atkinson - trumpet
Charlie McCarthy - tenor & alto saxophone
Yuki Yamauchi - slack key guitar
Katsuhisa 'Kats' Nagao - ukulee
Makoto - guitar, keyboards & background vocals
comment: Produced & Mixed by Makoto at ALCHEMY STUDIO in 1989.
Recording Engineer Jack 'Funky' Leahy.
Recorded at Funky Features Studio, S, P, CA in 1976.
Art Direction & Illustration: Taro Manabe
Design: PICARO Co., Ltd
   
   
   
2007 re-release:
 
artist: ORANGE COUNTY BROTHERS
label: VIVID SOUND RATCD-4311
title: SOAP CREEK SALOON - AUSTIN TEXAS -
release: 2007, Japan, CD (in small LP-sleeve) [09/45:23]
tracks:
  1. Soap Creek Saloon - Austin Texas -
    (Yuichi Iida)
  2. Linda Belle
    (Yuichi Iida)
  3. Cantina Angel
    (Yuichi Iida)
  4. She's About A Mover
    (Doug Sahm)
  5. On The Beach Of Hawaii
    (Yuichi Iida)
  6. Tex-Mex Polka
    (Yuichi Iida)
  7. Boots Song
    (Yoshihiko Kurata - Yuichi Iida)
  8. Madelina
    (Yoshihiko Kurata - Yuichi Iida)
  9. El Paso Jack
    (Yoshihiko Kurata - Yuichi Iida)
comment #1: Released with two inserts: liner notes & lyrics. Both are in Japanese, with a few exceptions.
comment #2: See the picture of Doug Sahm on the poster (top-left on the front cover).
It says: WANTED - Doug "Tornado" Sahm
comment #3: Recorded at Funky Features Studio, December 1976
Doug Sahm & Orange County Bros. Fan Club: [address in Japanese]
   
   
   
   

 

 
artist: ORANGE COUNTY BROTHERS
label: VIVID SOUND RATCD-4312
title: FAR EAST SWAMPERS
release: 2007, Japan, CD (in small LP-sleeve, CD-sized) [15/65:10]
tracks:
  1. Lodi
    (John Fogerty)
    (from "Live  at ???" 1977 spring)
  2. Cajun Bee Twist - Instrumental
    (???)
    (from "???" 1975 summer)
  3. Linda Belle
    (???)
    (from "Lazy Crazy Nite" 1976. 6/12)
  4. Ooh La La Lou (Sheriff's Barbeque)
    (Hoyt M & Garrick Jr. ???)
    (from "Jump & Shout rehearsal" 1978 winter)
  5. Cantina Angel
    (???)
    (from "Lazy Crazy Nite" 1976. 6/12)
  6. Hey Good Lookin'
    (Hank Williams)
    (from "Live in Sapporo" 1978 fall)
  7. Funky Crazy Cowboy - Instrumental
    (???)
    (from "Lazy Crazy Nite" 1976. 6/12)
  8. Funky Cowboy
    (???)
    (from "Lazy Crazy Nite" 1976. 6/12)
  9. Boogie Woogie Saturday Night
    (???)
    (from "Lazy Crazy Nite" 1976. 6/12)
  10. Love's Made A Fool Of You
    (B. Holly - B. Montgomery)
    (from "FM rehearsal live" 1978 summer)
  11. Many Rivers To Cross
    (Jimmy Cliff)
    (from "Live in Sapporo" 1978 fall)
  12. El Paso Jack
    (???)
    (from "Live  at ???" 1977 spring)
  13. Hawaii Blues
    (M. Richards - B.C. Farlow - A. Stein)
    (from "Live at Mondo" circa 1976)
  14. Bye Bye Rodeo ~ Orange Blossom Special
    (??? - E.T. Rouse)
    (from "Lazy Crazy Nite" 1976. 6/12)
  15. Tennessee Blues
    (Bobby Charles)
    (from "Live  at ???" 1977 spring)
comment #1: Released with insert. Lyrics in Japanese
comment #1: A lot of the liner notes is in