Coronado discography of El Paso, Texas
(possibly incomplete, any help would be appreciated):
The first release on the maroon Coronado label seems to be the Pawns / David Hayes 45 which was given the same release number, 127, as the original issue on Exeter 127. See my article for more on David Hayes and the Pawns.
Maroon label:
127 – The Pawns – “Lonely” (J. Watkins) / David Hayes – “Meet Me Here (in New Orleans)”
128
129
130
131 – The Beach Nuts – “The Last Ride” / “Surf Beat ’65” (with picture sleeve)
132 – David Hayes and the Pawns – “Lonely Weekends” / “What Do the Voices Say” (1965, produced by Calvin Bowls)
133 – Celtics – “Man That’s Gone Mad” (Chesshire, Gordon, Daniel) / “Wondering Why”
134
135 – The Starving Cats Combo – “I’m Hungry” (Jess Diamond) / “Mi Amor Se Fue”
136 – Danny & The Counts – “You Need Love” / “Ode To The Wind” (1966)
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138
139 – Gene Willis & the Aggregation – “We Got It” / “Shing-A-Ling’s The Thing” (produced by E. Benevidas and Barney Krupp)
140 – El Paso Drifters – “Could This Be Love” / “For Your Love”
Yellow label with conquistador heads:
141 – The Motivaters – “Ode to Loneliness” (Doyle Young) / “Heart of Blue” (1968, produced by Charlie Russell)
142 – Doug Adams with Early Morning Traffic – “I Can’t Wait to See You” / “Hontusharaya”
143 – The El Paso Drifters – “All In My Mind” / “In The Midnight Hour”
144
145 – Mitch ‘n Gary – “Do I Ever Cross Your Mind” (Mitch Mosley) / “My Juarez Rita” (R. Sims) 1969, prod. asst. Kurt Roehm, guitar arr. Aquiles Valdéz
146 – Donald Ray & the El Paso Chessmen – “Shake” / “I Love You” (both arranged by Donald Ray and Danny Padilla, engineer Kennety Smith)
147 – Donald Ray & the El Paso Chessmen – “Can’t You See That I Love You” / “Cry Like A Baby” (arranged by Donald Ray & Larry Serrano, 1968)
148 – Charlie Russell & the Jones Hatband – “Love Gone Bad” / “Sometimes I Wonder” (both by A.L. Baker, Chiyo Music BMI, producer Johnny Dollar)
149
150 – Larry & The Knightsmen – “Selva” / “A New Acquaintance”
Charlie Russell & the Jones Hatband labels list Ron Martin bass, Conrad Morales drums, Allan Harvey steel guitar.
The El Paso Drifters are listed as appearing at a show with the Nite Dreamers and the Preludes at the El Paso Coliseum in 1963. They also appear on the Steve Crosno Day LP recorded on July 9, 1967 doing an upbeat version of the Five Keys’ “Close Your Eyes”. From 1969 until the late ’70s, the El Paso Herald Post lists them many times for live appearances, but only one article mentions a member of the band, Leon Jones. Other members were Carlos Flores, Martha Sifuentes (vocalist on “All In My Mind” and Danny Padilla, who also arranged the first Donald Ray & the El Paso Chessmen single on Coronado.
The Motivators 45 is interesting psychedelia. The group had an earlier 45 on Lin Jo Records, “Hold It” / “Soft Wind” as D-Y and the Motivators. D.Y. stood for Doyle Young, who wrote both instrumentals on the Lin Jo single and “Ode to Loneliness” for the Motivators on Coronado. Another member of the Motivators was drummer Gene Bailey. Doyle Young would have a third single as Doyle Young and Friends on Suemi Records, “The Middle of Love” / “Sunshine Love”
There was another, unrelated Coronado label from Odessa, Texas with a couple releases on a blue Coronado label, and connected to the Coronodo label:
111 – Jan Lessard – “I Just Met You” (J. Lessard, J. Wilson) / “Faithful Fool” (McNew Prod, 1964)
112 – Eddie Williams & the Sheiks – “You Left Your Happiness (Here in My Room)” (Eddie Williams) / “I Just Can’t Help Myself” (C. Gibson, Monte Mead) (McNew Prod, 1964)
Coronodo 001 – Johnny Wilson – “Twi-light Zone” / “Little Miss Fortune” (Expoloring in Sound, Coronado Recording Studios … Heart of the Hills Publishing).
Thank you to Westex, Laurent Bigot, Ken Prichard, Sam Stephenson and Michael Robinson for help on this discography.
The RCA mastering number TK4M-6763/4 shows Midgard Records owner Chuck Regenberg sent this tape to RCA’s Indianapolis plant at the same time as fellow Midgard release the 
Primates
Any help with this discography would be appreciated. 
More info on Steve Crosno can be found at 
Pat Waddell – lead vocals, replaced by Dean Dietz
Needing a follow up to “Nina-Kocka-Nina” they predictably cut another song in that vein. “Kocka-Mow-Mow” lacks the magic of the first record. Instead of being a band original, it was knocked off by two of Ray Ruff’s associates: Jack Dunham again, and Royce Taylor, a singer who had his own 45 for Sully as part of Gaylen & Royce, “I Can’t Stay” / “Modern Day Fools”.
The band was started earlier by Steve Kadel, from Beloit, Kansas. He was one of my best friends growing up in the 60’s. We graduated together in ’62. We learned guitars together during high school, by ear. We learned with 5-strings on our guitars–THANK GOD–there was no little E-string.
One of the hardest songs that I remember doing was “Slaughter on Tenth Avenue” by the Ventures. Our lead guitar, Bill Hollingsworth was the greatest, and I don’t think I could have learned the rhythm without his help. You mention “Surfing Bird” by The Trashmen: Bill was first cousins with their lead guitar player.
The Intruders were from the small towns of Glenville and Scotia, outside Schenectady, New York. They were students at Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake and Scotia-Glenville High Schools and formed the band in 1964.
This LP is his second, from 1968. Of the songs I’ve chosen, I think “The Brazen Shout” (“Spizowy Krzyk”) may work best, though “Unwanted” definitely has a funky backing track and a familiar-sounding horn arrangement. “And If” uses the bass riff from Hendrix’s “Hey Joe”.
