STUCK IN THE VINYL AGAIN - JOHNNY PAYCHECK - THE EARLY YEARS

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Good morning record enthusiasts and welcome back to the Sunday edition of Stuck In The Vinyl Again. Today we remember outlaw country music artist, Johnny Paycheck, on what would have been his 82nd Birthday. He died in his sleep in 2003, age 64, from respiratory failure. To commemorate the date we spotlight this 1980 Little Darlin' Records compilation, The Early Years. It was produced by Johnny's then manager and record company owner Aubrey Mayhew, who wrote or co-wrote many of the songs and  gave Johnny his stage name. I guess Donald Eugene Lytle, didn't quite have the same ring to it as Johnny Paycheck did. I can't find any individual musician credits for this album, which is a shame because it sounds really great. I did read that Lloyd Green's pedal-steel guitar graced many of these early recordings.

A1 Jukebox Charlie
Written-By – Aubrey Mayhew, Johnny Paycheck

A2 Touch My Heart
Written-By – Aubrey Mayhew, Johnny Paycheck

A3 Motel Time Again
Written-By – Bobby Bare

A4 I Never Had The One I Wanted
Written-By – C. Gray, J. Louis, S. Wooley

A5 Everything You Touch Turns To Hurt
Written-By – Aubrey Mayhew, Johnny Paycheck

A6 Wildfire
Written-By – Aubrey Mayhew

A7 The Pint Of No Return
Written-By – Aubrey Mayhew

A8 Talk To My Children's Mama
Written-By – Frank Myers

A9 If I'm Gonna Sink (I Might As Well Go To The Botton)
Written-By – Johnny Paycheck

A10 Help Me Hank, I'm Fallin'
Written-By – Aubrey Mayhew

B1 California Dreams
Written-By – Aubrey Mayhew

B2 We're The Kind Of People (That Make The Jukebox Play)
Written-By – Aubrey Mayhew, Johnny Paycheck

B3 Wherever You Are
Written-By – Aubrey Mayhew, Johnny Paycheck

B4 Billy Jack Washburn
Written-By – Aubrey Mayhew

B5 The Lovin' Machine
Written-By – Larry Kingston

B6 Don't Monkey With Another Monkey's Monkey
Written-By – Dale Morris 

B7 There's No Easy Way To Die
Written-By – Aubrey Mayhew

B8 It's For Sure I Can't Go On
Written-By – Aubrey Mayhew

B9 My Worst Is The Best I Can Give
Written-By – Aubrey Mayhew, Johnny Paycheck

B10 These Things I'm Not
Written-By – Aubrey Mayhew, Johnny Paycheck

Cover [Cover Concept] – Cecil B. & Otto
Cover [Cover Illustration] – Carl Glassford
Producer – Aubrey Mayhew

Guitar, vocals - Johnny Paycheck