Unissued MGM/Verve Tracks

The source of the majority of the following information are the Michel Ruppli book 'The Verve/Clef Discography' and the Michel Ruppli/Ed Novitsky book 'The MGM Labels - A Discography'.

The added notations are by myself and are not quoted from the books.

Last updated 28 Mar 2004 - Updated items in red

Righteous Brothers

LA - Feb 1966 Don't Let Go
LA - 19 Aug 1966 Don't Fight It
(Earlier version of the Sayin' Somethin' track)
LA - 30 Nov 1966 When Or Where
LA - 03 Feb 1967 Whatever Happened To Happy
(Bonner/Gordon song recorded at the "Melancholy Music Man" session)
LA - 26 May 1967 Slippin
LA - 13 Jul 1967 You're Free
aka Don't Get Surrounded By Everyday Things
Bobby Hatfield solo produced by Jack Nitzsche
Written by Bonner/Gordon
LA - 20 Jul 1967 She Loves Me
LA - 09 Dec 1967 medley 1
LA - 09 Dec 1967 medley 2
(Above 2 'medleys' contained 14 unknown selections)

Note: Around Aug 1967, MGM Records purchased the lease for the entire Righteous Brothers Philles and Moonglow catalog. Among the tracks listed is a song "For Every Boy There's A Girl", Bill Medley has said that he definitely has no knowledge of this track and therefore it has been omited from this listing.

Bobby Hatfield

LA - 09 Nov 1967 Beautiful People
LA - 15 Mar 1968 See That Girl
LA - 15 Mar 1968 I Can't Make It Alone
LA - 15 Mar 1968 So Much Love To Give You
LA - 15 Mar 1968 She
LA - 03 Apr 1968 Hippies Blues
LA - 17 Jul 1968 Since You've Gone
LA - 17 Jul 1968 Paradise
LA - 17 Jul 1968 What You Want
LA - 21 Aug 1968 In My Mind
LA - 23 Dec 1968 I've Got My Eyes On You
LA - 03 Mar 1969 Crying In The Chapel
** - 03 Aug 1970 Woman You Got No Soul
(Recorded at Fame Studios, Muscle Shoals at the "Messin In Muscle Shoals" album session and is also listed as being on the B side of the unreleased MGM 14171 single "The Promised Land")

Bobby Hatfield album


Title Unknown

 

1969 VERVE V6 5067



Brothers
Only You
My Prayer
I Only Have Eyes For You
I Wish I Didn't Love You So
Answer Me
See That Girl
So Much Love To Give You
I've Got My Eyes On You
Crying In The Chapel

Bill Medley

LA - 23 Mar 1968 My Elusive Dreams
LA - 23 Mar 1968 (Since You've) Gone
(Earlier version of the song later recorded at Fame Studios, Muscle Shoals)
LA - 23 Mar 1968 Gonna Miss Me
LA - 23 Mar 1968 She Loved The Wrong Man
LA - 06 May 1968 By The Time I Get To Phoenix
(Recorded at one of the "Bill Medley 100%" album sessions)
LA - 07 Mar 1969 Ain't No Brag
LA - 07 Mar 1969 Loves Gonna Come Along
LA - 07 Mar 1969 Kansas City
LA - 07 Mar 1969 Soul Man
LA - 07 Mar 1969 Hey Jude
(Earlier version)
LA - 07 Mar 1969 You Can Have Her
LA - 25 Jul 1969 When She's Lovin
(Recorded at the "Someone Is Standing Outside" album session)
LA - 21 Oct 1969 See You Then
LA - 21 Oct 1969 Red Clay Country Line
(Both of the above tracks recorded at same session as "Evie")
NY - 29 Jan 1970 It Could Be Tomorrow
NY - 29 Jan 1970 Old Black Jim
(Both of the above tracks recorded in New York, same session as "Makin My Way" with overdubbed vocals added in LA 13 Feb 1970)
LA - 06 Feb 1970 Johnny B Goode
LA - 03 Jun 1970 Abraham Martin & John
** - 22 Jul 1970 Smiling In My Sleep
** - 22 Jul 1970 Dark End Of The Street
(Both above tracks recorded in Memphis, session produced by Chips Moman)
LA - 04 Jan 1971 If You're Lyin You'll Be Cryin
LA - 04 Jan 1971 Love's Gonna Come Along
LA - 04 Jan 1971 Ain't No Brag
LA - 05 Jan 1971 There's A Spirit
LA - 05 Jan 1971 Reaching Back
LA - 05 Jan 1971 I'm Gonna Die Me
LA - 06 Jan 1971 Hello Rock And Roll
LA - 06 Jan 1971 Fever

Bill Medley albums

Bill Medley At The Troubadour


1970 MGM SE 4689
Track listing unknown

Title Unknown




1971 MGM SE 4764
(Test Pressings Only)

Hello Rock N Roll
Love's Gonna Come Along
There's A Spirit
Ain't No Brag
Reaching Back
If You're Lyin, You'll Be Cryin
Wasn't It Easy
I'm Gonna Die Me
Fever

All the songs except "Fever" (11 minute version) were written by Bill Medley and were new versions with the exception of "Wasn't It Easy", which is the same version as on Bill Medley's final MGM single.
The musicians on all tracks except "Fever" were Art Munson, David Garland, Virgil Beckham, Ernie Earnshaw and Joe Lamanno.

This album only exists in Test Pressing format.

Bill Medley outside productions

LA - 29 Dec 1966 Gaylord & Holiday Only You
LA - 29 Dec 1966 Jerry Ganey The Impossible Dream
LA - 29 Dec 1966 Gaylord & Holiday Just Say I Love Her
LA - 14 May 1968 Blossoms So Much Love


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