DISCOGRAPHY (Part 1)
This page is a "Work in Progress." We plan to present a history of the musical efforts of the members of ORPHEUS REBORN that is as complete as possible. In most cases, copyright issues will prevent us from posting complete performances. We will, however, post sound clips from them if they are available. Some of these performances have been reclaimed from media that has suffered from age or use, and thus may not be of optimal quality. Writers, publishers and copyright acknowledgements have been presented when known. March, 2010, set a new record - almost 34,000 plays for the sound clips on these pages! Click on the blue song titles to hear YOUR favorites! Each play "casts a vote" for that song in our Monthly Top 75 Chart! All clips and songs are in .mp3 format.
Because of the volume of material and information, we've found it necessary to split this archive into several pages, and to provide navigation aids like the map below.
Discography Part 1 (This Page)    Pre-Orpheus       The Wanderers       The Minute Men       Blue Echo Productions          The Blue Echoes          The College Boys          Kenny and the Night Riders          The Chanelles          Ronnie Dowd       The Villagers       The Mods		Discography Part 2    Orpheus       Original Demo Recording       Commercial Recordings       Other       Live Recordings       Rehearsal Tracks       Cover Versions    Orpheus Contemporaries       Two Foot Lamb Door       Stephen Martin		Discography Part 3    Post-Orpheus       Robert Emmet Dunlap       Eric Gulliksen       Stephen Martin       Jack McKennes       Harry Sandler       Sandler & Dunlap       Stephen and The Snake       Kathi Taylor    Orpheus Reborn
Alphabetical Index of Sound Clips, by Title Monthly Top 75 Clip Play Charts Cumulative Clip Play Rankings ORPHEUS REBORN Home Page STEPHEN AND THE SNAKE Web Site
PRE-ORPHEUS: 1962-1967 The Wanderers Personnel: Dave Beaber - vocals, guitar; Jack McKennes - vocals, guitar; Eric Gulliksen - bass Recorded: Fall, 1962 Location: WKBR, Manchester, NH Engineer: Marty Sidman Release information: These were over-the-air performances, unreleased.    Digitally remastered tracks are now available on a Trak12 CD.
Track 1 2 3	Song Title The Gypsy Rover En El Agua I Do Adore Her		Writers Maguire A. Fernandez Lord Burgess
(1) - Box & Cox, Inc. (2) - APRS / Unichappell Music, Inc. (3) - Cherry Lane Music Publishing Co.
Personnel: Dave Beaber - vocals, 6- and 12-string guitars; Jack McKennes - vocals, guitar, banjo;    Eric Gulliksen - vocals, "upright" string bass Recorded: March 9, 1963 Location: WKBR, Manchester, NH Engineer: Marty Sidman Release information: These were over-the-air performances, unreleased.    Digitally remastered tracks are now available on a Trak12 CD.
Track 1 2 3 4 5	Song Title Hello Susan Brown Gilgarra Mountain Oh Sail Away Study War No More (complete song) Come Along Home		Writers Okun Yarrow Phillips, Weismann Henderson Paxton
(1, 5) - Cherry Lane Music Publishing Co. (2) - Pepamar Music (3) - Unichappell Music, Inc.
	Also see the College Boys, below
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The Minute Men Personnel: Dave Beaber - vocals, 6- and 12-string guitars; Jack McKennes - vocals, guitar, banjo, "upright" string bass;    Eric Gulliksen - vocals, guitar, "upright" string bass    Note that The Minute Men included the same personnel as the Wanderers (see above); the group's name was    changed for this album to avoid confusion with another group that existed at that time. Album Title: Hootenanny (a Folk Song Fest); Folk Festival (later reissue) Recorded: June, 1963 Location: WKBR, Manchester, NH Producers: Jimmy Parks, Dixon DeVore II Engineer: Marty Sidman Release information: This album was recorded for Strand Records. The company went out of business before it was    released, and these performances were lost. In 2000, we located Dixon DeVore, who had a battered test pressing (all    of us believed that this was the only copy of the album in existence). Mr. DeVore was kind enough to transfer it to CD for us,    and actually issued an "archival release" on his Cricket Power label. Several cuts received air play in Europe and Asia.    In 2006, thanks to Tom Zagryn, we discovered that the album had been issued in the mid-60s as a vinyl LP on the    Gladwynne label, no. 2011, titled Folk Festival, and were able to obtain an actual copy 43 years after we recorded it.    Incredibly, on Jan. 10, 2007, we discovered that this album actually was released on Strand Records as SLS-1090, shortly    before the company went belly-up, and prior to the Gladwynne release! It was titled Hootenanny (a Folk Song Fest), which    is consistent with our recollections from 1963. We have purchased a copy for the archive.    This album represents the first commercial recordings by future Orpheus / Orpheus Reborn members Jack and Eric.    Digitally remastered tracks are now available on a Trak12 CD.
Track 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12	Song Title Champagne Time You Don't Knock Can't Get To Heaven Pretty Saro Rock My Soul Darlin' Corey Old Man Of The Sea Acres Of Clams Take This Hammer MacPherson's Lament Study War No More Shenandoah		Writers DeVore Guard unknown Okun traditional unknown DeVore Arkin-Carey-Darling Ledbetter traditional Henderson traditional
(1, 7) - Band Tracks Music Publishing Co.   (2) - Sanga Music, Inc. (4) - Cherry Lane Music Publishing Co.   (9) - Folkways Music, Inc.
	Also see the College Boys, below
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Blue Echo Productions This was a partnership between Eric Gulliksen and Tom Zagryn. They produced several 45 RPM records and demos    between 1963 and 1965, some of which are presented here. The original reel-to-reel master tapes were located and digitized in October of 2007. We are currently in the process of    remastering these, with the ultimate objective of producing a CD release. Clips on this page will be upgraded or added    when they have been remastered.    The Blue Echoes    Personnel: Tom Zagryn - vocals, guitar; Eric Gulliksen - vocals, 12-string guitar, bass; Tom Collins - drums       Blue Bell Bounce b/w Tiger Talk       Writers: Zagryn-Gulliksen       Publishers: John Music / Palmina Music       Recorded: Fall, 1963       Location: Hartford, CT       Release information: Originally released on Bristol B-101 (local)          Released nationally on Lawn L-225, on November 22, 1963 (the day President Kennedy was assassinated)          Reissued on Itzy 11 (1966)          Blue Bell Bounce is included in the CD anthologies Oldies I Forgot To Buy, Forevermore Records,                   and Rockin' Guitars and Lightnin' Fingers, Remember Records          Tiger Talk is included in the vinyl anthology Scum Of The Earth and the CD anthology Scum Of The Earth, Part Two,                   both released by Sound Story Records       Rosanne b/w How Do I Tell Her       Writers: Zagryn-Gulliksen       Publishers: John Music       Recorded: Spring, 1964       Location: Hartford, CT       Release information: BEP B-103       Respectable (1) b/w Young Blood (novelty version) (2)       Writers:(1) Isley-Isley-Isley; (2) Leiber-Stoller-Pomus       Publishers: (1) Ronnie Runs Tunes; (2) Sony / ATV Songs LLC       Recorded: Spring, 1965       Location: Bristol, CT       Release information: BEP B-104
Previously Unreleased Demos
Recorded: 1964       Location: Hartford, CT
Track 1 2	Song Title Elena She's Coming Home		Writers Zagryn-Gulliksen Zagryn-Gulliksen
John Music
Recorded: 1965       Location: Bristol, CT
Track 1 2 3	Song Title The Old Woman That Lived In A Shoe Young Blood (straight version) Rockin' Pneumonia And The Boogie     Woogie Flu		Writers Zagryn-Gulliksen Leiber-Stoller-Pomus Smith
(1) - John Music   (2) - Sony / ATV Songs LLC    (3) - Cotillion Music
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The College Boys    Personnel: Dave Beaber - vocals, 12-string guitar; Jack McKennes - vocals, "upright" string bass, banjo;       Eric Gulliksen - vocals, 12-string guitar, "upright" string bass       The College Boys were yet another incarnation of the Wanderers a.k.a. the Minute Men (see above).       The Man b/w Song Of The Traveler       Writers: Zagryn-Gulliksen       Publishers: Palmina Music       Recorded: November, 1963       Location: Worcester, MA       Release information: The Man was written as a tribute to President John F. Kennedy on the evening of his assassination.          By this time Eric had left the Wanderers / Minute Men to pursue opportunities with the Blue Echoes. The folk trio          was reassembled the following morning, and recorded these tracks in the basement of a WPI fraternity house, using a          monaural Webcor portable tape recorder, two ElectroVoice microphones and a small Radio Shack mixer. The following          day, Tom and Eric drove to Philadelphia and placed the recording with Swan Records, which released it internationally          as No. S-4166. The group's name was changed in an attempt by Swan to mitigate the impression of a commercial entity          attempting to profit from a national tragedy.          Digitally remastered tracks are now available on a Trak12 CD.          These tracks were released for digital download by Rollercoaster Records in 2006.
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Kenny and the Night Riders    Personnel: Undocumented, except that Tom Zagryn and Eric Gulliksen provided background vocals.       Andromeda b/w Swamp Rat       Writers: Zagryn-Gulliksen       Publishers: John Music       Recorded: Winter, 1963-1964       Location: Hartford, CT       Release information: Bristol No. B-102          Andromeda is included in the anthology Surfers' Moods, Vol. 4, Romulan Records (vinyl only)          Swamp Rat is included in the anthology Strictly Instrumental, Vol. 4, Buffalo Bop Records
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The Chanelles    Personnel: The Chanelles (Diane Richard & Carmella Gosselin) - vocals       Tom Zagryn - guitar; Eric Gulliksen - 12-string guitar, bass; Tom Collins - drums       The Chanelles were a female duo from Gardner, MA. These recordings comprise previously unreleased demos.       Writers: Zagryn-Gulliksen       Publishers: John Music       Recorded: 1964       Location: Hartford, CT
Track 1 2 3 4	Song Title Bobby Is The Boy Be Good To Her Gotta Find My Man Travelin' Band
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Ronnie Dowd    Personnel: Ronnie Dowd - vocals       Tom Zagryn - background vocals, guitar; Eric Gulliksen - background vocals, 12-string guitar, bass; Tom Collins - drums       Ronnie was a singer from Worcester, MA. These recordings comprise previously unreleased demos.       Writers: Zagryn-Gulliksen       Publishers: John Music       Recorded: 1964       Location: Hartford, CT
Track 1 2	Song Title Linda Jean A Young Man's Journey
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The Villagers Note: One of the members of the Villagers has requested that his name be removed from this page. As a courtesy to this individual, we have complied with this request, despite the fact that his identity is a matter of public record. This individual has been designated (name deleted). Furthermore, this individual has asked that any audio clips of performances including his voice or his instrumental work be removed from this page. Again as a courtesy to this individual we have partially complied with this request, in that we have removed those clips that were from performances that have never seen commercial release. However, we have left one clip intact, where the copyrights to both the song and the performance embodied in the clip are owned by Iris Properties, Inc. and are used with permission of the copyright holder. Personnel: (name deleted) - vocals, guitar; Jack McKennes - vocals, guitar Recorded: Winter, 1964 Location: Worcester, MA Engineer: Scott Smith Release information: Unreleased.
Track 1 2 3 4	Song Title It Was A Very Good Year    (clip no longer available) All My Trials    (clip no longer available) Raindrops (Cloudy Summer Afternoon)    (clip no longer available) Little Boy    (clip no longer available)		Writers E. Drake traditional Soeur Sourire-Randy Sparks Mike Settle
(1) Lindabet Music (2) public domain (3) Unichappell Music (4) Essex Music
Recorded: unknown Location: Worcester, MA Engineer: Hill's Sound Service Release information: Unreleased.
1	Sunny Goodge Street
(C) Interval Music, Inc. / Iris Properties, Inc.; (P) Iris Properties, Inc. used with permission
Many unreleased demo and live recordings by the Villagers exist.
Donovan Leitch
Southern Music Publishing Co.
Recorded: unknown Location: unknown Engineer: Dr. Bill Wolk Release information: Included in the compilation The Best Of Orpheus, Ace Big Beat records. Not released before this date.
1	Just A Little Bit (live)		(name deleted)
(C) Interval Music, Inc. / Iris Properties, Inc.; (P) Iris Properties, Inc. used with permission
Recorded: unknown Location: unknown Engineer: unknown Release information: unreleased demo
1 2	I Can't Help But Wonder Where I'm Bound Mr. Tambourine Man		Tom Paxton Bob Dylan
(1) Reservoir Media Music (ASCAP; (2) Special Rider Music (SESAC)
Many other unreleased demo and live recordings by the Villagers exist.
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The Mods Personnel: Van Leister - vocals; Paul Narotski - vocals, bass; Chuck Norton - vocals, guitar; Jack Petersen - vocals, guitar;    Harry Sandler - drums Recorded: 1965 Location: Boston, MA Release information: unreleased demo
1 2	Stop Your Sobbin' Won't Shed A Tear		Ray Davies Chuck Norton
(1) Sony / ATV Songs, Inc.; (2) unpublished
Note: Van Leister and Jack Petersen later served as "Roadies" for Orpheus
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