Uploaded July 2018 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
Good EP From ET
It's interesting that the ONLY song on the actual Thanks A Lot album on the EP is Thanks A Lot.
Thanks A Lot came out as a single, Decca 31526 with the B side The Way You're Living, the ep posted here Decca ED 2774, another ep Pass The Booze, Decca ED 2797, and finally the Thanks A Lot album, Decca DL 74514.
Thanks A Lot was ET's biggest record in years hitting #3 in late 63' and his last top ten ever.
Tracklist :
A-1 Thanks A Lot ~ Written By – Miller - Sessions ~ 0:01
A-2 The Last Letter ~ Written By – Rex Griffin ~ 2:34
B-1 Mr. Juke Box ~ Written By – Ralph Davis, W.E. Davis ~ 6:00
B-2 Just Call Me Lonesome ~ Written By – Rex Griffin ~ 8:24
Session Info:
April 19 1962 ~ Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville 3, TN - Ernest Tubb &Texas Troubadours (Johnny Johnson, Leon Rhodes, Grady Martin, Buddy Charleton, Jack Drake, Jan Kurtis. Producer: Owen Bradley)
THE LAST LETTER ~ ED 2774 ~ DL 74385
June 13 1962 ~ Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville 3, TN - Ernest Tubb &Texas Troubadours (Johnny Johnson, Leon Rhodes, Buddy Charleton, Jack Drake, Bob Steele, Tommy Jackson, Floyd Cramer. Producer: Owen Bradley)
JUST CALL ME LONESOME ~ ED 2774 ~ DL 74385
January 29 1963 ~ Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville 3, TN - Ernest Tubb &Texas Troubadours (Grady Martin, Cal Smith, Leon Rhodes, Buddy Charleton, Jack Drake, Jack Greene, Hargus Robbins. Producer: Owen Bradley)
MR. JUKE BOX ~ 31476 ~ ED 2774 ~ DL 75006
July 10 1963 ~ Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville 3, TN - Ernest Tubb &Texas Troubadours (Harold Bradley, Cal Smith, Leon Rhodes, Buddy Charleton, Jack Drake, Jack Greene, Hargus Robbins. Producer: Owen Bradley)
THANKS A LOT ~ 31526 ~ ED 2774 ~ ED 2797 ~ DL 74514 ~ Coral CDLM 8078
Good EP From ET
It's interesting that the ONLY song on the actual Thanks A Lot album on the EP is Thanks A Lot.
Thanks A Lot came out as a single, Decca 31526 with the B side The Way You're Living, the ep posted here Decca ED 2774, another ep Pass The Booze, Decca ED 2797, and finally the Thanks A Lot album, Decca DL 74514.
Thanks A Lot was ET's biggest record in years hitting #3 in late 63' and his last top ten ever.
Tracklist :
A-1 Thanks A Lot ~ Written By – Miller - Sessions ~ 0:01
A-2 The Last Letter ~ Written By – Rex Griffin ~ 2:34
B-1 Mr. Juke Box ~ Written By – Ralph Davis, W.E. Davis ~ 6:00
B-2 Just Call Me Lonesome ~ Written By – Rex Griffin ~ 8:24
Session Info:
April 19 1962 ~ Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville 3, TN - Ernest Tubb &Texas Troubadours (Johnny Johnson, Leon Rhodes, Grady Martin, Buddy Charleton, Jack Drake, Jan Kurtis. Producer: Owen Bradley)
THE LAST LETTER ~ ED 2774 ~ DL 74385
June 13 1962 ~ Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville 3, TN - Ernest Tubb &Texas Troubadours (Johnny Johnson, Leon Rhodes, Buddy Charleton, Jack Drake, Bob Steele, Tommy Jackson, Floyd Cramer. Producer: Owen Bradley)
JUST CALL ME LONESOME ~ ED 2774 ~ DL 74385
January 29 1963 ~ Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville 3, TN - Ernest Tubb &Texas Troubadours (Grady Martin, Cal Smith, Leon Rhodes, Buddy Charleton, Jack Drake, Jack Greene, Hargus Robbins. Producer: Owen Bradley)
MR. JUKE BOX ~ 31476 ~ ED 2774 ~ DL 75006
July 10 1963 ~ Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville 3, TN - Ernest Tubb &Texas Troubadours (Harold Bradley, Cal Smith, Leon Rhodes, Buddy Charleton, Jack Drake, Jack Greene, Hargus Robbins. Producer: Owen Bradley)
THANKS A LOT ~ 31526 ~ ED 2774 ~ ED 2797 ~ DL 74514 ~ Coral CDLM 8078
![Carl Butler ~ Honky Tonkitis
Cleaned up and fattened to my liking.
Recorded January 16 1961 Bradley Film & Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN - Carl Butler, * & Pearl (Carl Butler [vcl], Pearl Butler [vcl], Grady Martin [gt], Pete Wade [gt], Harold Bradley [gt], Jimmy Day [steel], Joe Zinkan [bass], Steve Bess [drums], Tommy Jackson [fiddle], Floyd Cramer [piano]. Producer: Don Law & Frank Jones) Carl Butler ~ Honky Tonkitis](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jzyot2xB7Ts/mqdefault.jpg)
![Ernest Tubb ~ A Guy Named Joe ~ White Silver Sands ~ Decca 9-31161
A Guy Named Joe ~ 0:03 ~ Written-By – Charles G. Matthews
White Silver Sands ~ 02:50 ~ Written-By – Harlan Howard
Session Info:
April 6 1960 ~ Bradley Film & Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville 3, TN ~ Ernest Tubb (Buddy Emmons [lead gt], Grady Martin, Howard Johnson, Bobby Garrett [steel], Jack Drake, Buddy Harman, Floyd Cramer. Producer: Owen Bradley)
A GUY NAMED JOE 9-31161 ~ ED 2680 ~ DL 74042
April 7 1960 ~ Bradley Film & Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville 3, TN ~ Ernest Tubb (Buddy Emmons [lead gt], Grady Martin, Howard Johnson, Bobby Garrett [steel], Jack Drake, Buddy Harman, Floyd Cramer. Producer: Owen Bradley)
WHITE SILVER SANDS ~ 9-31161 ~ ED 2680 ~ DL 74042
A GUY NAMED JOE Lyrics as sung by Ernest Tubb
(Harlan Howard)
I stepped ashore in Tokyo feeling kind a blue
For I was trying to forget a love that was untrue
When by my side I found a lad, his dark eyes all aglow
He looked at me so hopefully and said is you’re name, Joe?
For Joe’s my Daddy’s name and he will soon come sailing cross the sea
He said hed come back bye and bye and Joe would never lie
The warship took my dad away and mommy needs him so
And every night I hear her pray “Dear God, where is my Joe?”
Instrumentals
Somewhere back home a guy named Joe is probably sipping beer
Does he know how important he could be if he was here?
Has he forgot this little lad who needs his daddy so?
A promise made, a debt unpaid, theyre waiting for you Joe
Yes, Joe’s his daddy’s name and he will never sail across that sea
A stranger in a foreign land he let his heart get out of hand
The warship took his dad away and he’s too young to know
That off across the ocean there’s a million guys named Joe Ernest Tubb ~ A Guy Named Joe ~ White Silver Sands ~ Decca 9-31161](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/kXLDXuBhbvk/mqdefault.jpg)
![Webb Pierce ~ I Cant Stop Loving You
Its Webbs 95th birthday today.
Here is Webb covering Don Gibson as only Webb can do it.
Recorded April 2 1962 Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN - Webb Pierce (Webb Pierce [vcl], Bob Moore [bass], Pete Drake [steel]. (Producer: Owen Bradley) Webb Pierce ~ I Cant Stop Loving You](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ka8Py-_NqtU/mqdefault.jpg)

![Webb Pierce ~ First To Have A Second Chance
You can tell this is the last track on the vinyl because its the noisiest in the high frequencies then add to that all the digital artifact,,,,, but,,, its the best I got.
Recorded ~ September 6 1961 Bradley Film & Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN - Webb Pierce (Webb Pierce [vcl], Bob Moore [bass], Pete Drake [steel], + unknown musicians. Producer: Owen Bradley) Webb Pierce ~ First To Have A Second Chance](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/lJC-orfP-kE/mqdefault.jpg)




![Norma Jean ~ Promises Promises
Anybody have any thoughts as to whos singing backup? I do.
Recorded January 12 1968 RCA Victor Studio, 800 17th Ave. South, Nashville, TN - Norma Jean (Norma Jean [vcl], Wayne Moss [gt], Pete Wade [gt], Pete Drake [steel], Roy M. Junior Huskey, Jr. [bass], Jerry Carrigan [drums], Hargus Pig Robbins [piano], Grover Shorty Lavender [fiddle] + vocal chorus Anita Carter & Delores Edgin . Producer: Bob Ferguson) Norma Jean ~ Promises Promises](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/n4zLwm7U5Wg/mqdefault.jpg)
