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Paradise discography

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The Paradise label out of Houston, Texas is known for garage 45s by Thursday’s Children and the Warlocks, which came late in the label’s run. Most releases are r&b or blues, but there are even some country singles in the series.

any help with this would be appreciated

1000 – Joe Medwick – Second Time Around / Alabama Blues
1001 – Perk Williams – I’m Hanging My Teardrops Out / Release Me
1002 – Jimmy Nelson – Her Last Bye Bye / Tell Me Who
1003 – Frankie Anthony – Goin’ to the River (Frank Argento) / Brenda
1004 – Joe Medwick – You Little Heartbreaker You / I Cried
1005 – Willard Burton – The Last Buffalo / Cuban Cane Fields
1006 – Joe Hill – Just Not My World Anymore / Give Me a Reason
1007 – Link Davis – You Were Only Pulling My Leg / Whenever You Find Your Love My Love (1963)
1008 – Gashead – I’m Too Good / I Want to Get into Something
1009 – The Impellas – Five Plug / Sailing High
1010 – Gene Allison – Not Even Judgment Day / Fading Love
1011 – Gashead – You’re Gonna Miss Me When I’m Gone / Why Do You Treat Me Like a Tramp
1012 – Jimmy Nelson – Sweet Sugar Daddy / I’ll Be Ready
1013 – Johnny Copeland – I Need You Now / Heebie Jeebies
1014 – Link Davis – Orange Blossoms / Feu Follet (1963)
1015 – Larry Martinez – Borquinho / Melinda Café
1016 – Jim Post – Every Once in a While / Look a Long Way
1017 – The Rendevous – Ruby Baby / Ram-Bunk-Shus
1018 – Willard Burton – The Freeze / No Name
1019 – Interns – Sally Met Molly / Have Mercy
1020 – Chris Funston with the High Hopes – Summertime / There’s Nothing Left
1021 – Warlocks – Life’s a Misery / Splash Day
1022 – Thursday’s Children – You’ll Never Be My Girl (Jan Pederson) / Try Girl (Charles Helpinstill, Brown) (also released on Kidd 1334)
1023 – Interns – Don’t Make Me No Mind / Life With You
1024 – Leon Mitchison – The Sheek Part 1 / Part 2

5000 – Tommy Hammond – Ride This Train / Beging to You
5001 – Jim Jones and the Chaunteys – Sparkle and Shine / Three Squares
5002 – Johnny Copeland – Night Time Part 1 / Part 2
5003 – Oscar Perry – I’m on My Way / I Want to Get Old with You
5004 – Julius Jones and The Riverea’s – Eimmer Line / Soulin’ with the Riverea’s

With thanks to Texas Soul Recordings for filling in some missing gaps in my discography, and also to Myskatonic for confirming the Chris Funston disk, and to Bob for the listing of 5001.

Categories: Houston, Paradise, Texas

The Interns “Sally Met Molly” on Paradise

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The Interns playing a dance at Spring Branch High School

Updated December 2009

The Interns have two 45s on the Paradise label, both have A-sides of straight up rock n’ roll. “Sally Met Molly” is a cool medley of Long Tall Sally and Good Golly Miss Molly. The flip is a a good version of Don Covay’s “Have Mercy”. What’s that someone shouts during the fadeout at the end of the song? Anyway, it’s like they were doing a song the Beatles covered on one side, and one the Stones cut on the other.

Their second 45 has “Don’t Make Me No Mind”, which sounds much like “Out of Sight”, backed with an original by Jack Durrett and Graham Hill, “Life With You”. With its harmonies and lighter sound “Life With You” is much different than their other material.

I knew nothing about the group until bassist and vocalist Graham Hill wrote in with info about the group (see comment below):

Lead singer- Jack Durrett, lead guitar- Reid Farrell, drummer- Rusty Dobson and I were the group’s main players. Ernie Graham from Kinkaid H.S. and Albert Dashiels from Lee H.S. played guitar and Tony Pryor and Johnny “The Rabbit” Bundrich [John Bundrick] from North Shore H.S. played organ at various times. We attended Memorial High School and graduated in 1967.

We primarily played private high school parties and after football game dances but we were the opening act for the Animals, Hermann’s Hermits, Neal Diamond, The Byrds, Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs and other groups at concerts at the old Houston Colliseum. We also played the Houston Club scene. The other bands of our time were the Coastliners, Neal Ford and the Fanatics, Thursday’s Children, and Fever Tree. Roy Head and BJ Thomas were a few years older than us. Billy Gibbons was a little younger and he would hang out at our practices-Reid still stays in touch with him.

The recording you have was on a 4 track machine at Gold Star Studios. We double tracked the lead vocals on Have Mercy and added the hand clapping and back up singing on Sally Met Molly. We did hit the KILT radio top 10 list and were on the Larry Kane TV show several times.

Johnny has been playing with “The Who” since the mid-70s. Reid toured with Archie Bell and the Drells after graduating from high school. Jackie, Reid, Rusty and I still play once or twice a year in Houston.

Thanks to Graham Hill for info and photos of the band and for sending me their second 45 to transfer and scan.

Graham Hill and Reid Farrell of the Interns, opening for the Animals and Herman’s Hermits at the Houston Coliseum