Ral Donner Great Britain Discography
Singles
G1 1961 Parlophone R4820 ..You Dont Know What Youve Got / So Close To Heaven
G2 1961 Parlophone R4859.. Please Dont Go / I Didnt Figure On Him
G3 1962 Parlophone R4889.. Shes Everything / I Dont Need You
G4 1962 Stateside SS-109..... Loveless Life**** / Bells Of Love
G5 1963 Reprise R20141...... I Got Burned / A Tear In My Eye
G6 1978 Thunder 7801 ..........The Day The Beat Stopped / Run Little Linda# /I Got Burned# ...#Reprise recordings.. ..........................................bbb.33rpm issued with special sleeve (no picture)
G7 1978 Inferno HEAT3 ....... Dont Let It Slip Away / Wait A Minute Now - special sleeve (no picture)
**** single
version (different to all later legal re-issues on LP + CD). Ral's vocal is
more aggresive on the single version.
LPs
GL1 1978 Pye NSPL28269***....You Dont Know What Youve Got ...(Gone recordings)
1. You Dont Know What Youve Got 2. Please Dont Go 3. Girl Of My Best Friend 4. School Of Heartbreakers (version 1) 5. Shes Everything 6. To Love Someone 7. Loveless Life 8. Bells Of Love 9. To Love 10. Shes My Baby 11. Your Skies Of Blue 12. For Love Nor Money 13. Pray For Me 14. Will You Love Me In Heaven 15. Nite Owl* (version 1) 16. Standing Here* 17. Puddle Of Tears* 18. Nine Times Out Of Ten 19. I Didnt Figure On Him 20. So Close To Heaven * previously unissued ***also issued on cassette ZCP 28269 note: there are two pressings of this album: the original on PYE and a second on PRT (only the label is different, both have the same jacket)
GL2 1980 Piccadilly ND 135.....1935-1977: Ive Been Away For Awhile Now - 2 LPs in single jacket..Ral narrates "The Elvis Presley Story" and sings snippets of 50 Elvis songs (only 11 songs are sung in their entirety and without narration interruption i.e. American Triology, Blue Christmas, CC Rider, Got A Lotta Livin' To Do, If I Can Dream, Jailhouse Rock, King Creole, Lord You Gave Me A Mountain, Mama Liked The Roses, Separate Ways & Suspicious Minds). See bottom of this page for complete track details.
CDs
GC1 1991 Sequel NED CD 190..The Complete Ral Donner 1959-1962 2 CDs ..(Gone, Scottie & Tau recordings) .........
1. Girl Of My Best Friend 2. Its Been A Long Long Time 3. I Didnt Figure On Him 4. Standing Here 5. To Love 6. Nine Times Out Of Ten 7. Please Dont Tease 8. School Of Heartbreakers (version 1) 9. You Dont Know What Youve Got 10. Lonely Star (version 1) 11. Nite Owl (version 1) 12. You Havent Lived Until Youve Loved** 13. So Close To Heaven 14. Little Miss Heartbreak** 15. Tears Of Misery** 16. Creampuff 17. Shes My Baby 18. Turn Back The Clock (version 2) 19. With You Now 20. Please Dont Go 21. Pray For me 22. I Dont Need You 23. Bells Of Love 24. Puddle Of Tears 25. For Love Nor Money 26. Your Skies Of Blue 27. Because Were Young 28. Juarez (Quarez)** 29. Sweetheart 30. Silver And Gold** 31. Half Heaven, Half Heartache 32. To Love Someone 33. Loveless Life 34. Shes Everything 35. Will You Love Me In Heaven 36. Tell MeWhy 37. Thats All Right With Me 38. And Then 39. Loneliness Of A Star ...** previously unissued
GC2 2001 Castle Music CMEDD043..You Don't Know What You've Got - The Ral Donner Anthology (Gone, Scottie, Tau & Red Bird recordings) 1. Tell Me Why (m) 2. That's Alright With Me (m) 3. Girl Of My Best Friend (m) 4. It's Been A Long, Long Time (m) 5. You Don't Know What You've Got (m) 6. So Close To Heaven (m) 7. Please Don't Go (m) 8. I Didn't Figure On Him (m) 9. Turn Back The Clock (m) 10. Lonely Star (m) 11. With You Now (m) 12. Nine Times Out Of Ten (m) 13. I Don't Need You (m) 14. School Of Heartbreakers (m) 15. She's My Baby (m) 16. Your Skies Of Blue (m) 17. For Love Nor Money (m) 18. Pray For Me (m) 19. Because We're Young (m) 20. She's Everything (m) 21. Will You Love Me In Heaven (m) 22. To Love Someone (m) 23. Loveless Life (m) 24. Bells Of Love (m) 25. To Love (m) 26. Sweetheart (m) 27. And Then (m) 28. Loneliness Of A Star (m) 29. You Don't Know What You've Got (s) 30. So Close To Heaven (s) 31. Please Don't Go (s) 32. I Didn't Figure On Him (s) 33. Turn Back The Clock (s) 34. Lonely Star (s) 35. Nine Times Out Of Ten (s) 36. School Of Heartbreakers (s) 37. She's My Baby (s) 38. Pray For Me (s) 39. She's Everything (s) 40. Will You Love Me In Heaven (s) 41. To Love Someone (s) 42. Loveless Life (s) 43. To Love (s) 44. Nite Owl (s) 45. Standing Here (s) 46. Puddle Of Tears (m) 47. Creampuff (s) 48. Please Don't Tease (s) 49. Half Heaven, Half Heartache (s) 50. You Haven't Lived Until You've Loved (s) 51. Little Miss Heartbreak (s) 52. Tears Of Misery (s) 53. Juarez (Quarez) (m) 54. Silver And Gold (s) 55. Love Isn't Like That (m) 56. It Will Only Make Me Love You More (m) .........l(m) = mono, (s) = stereo
I've Been Away For Awhile Now - complete track details
1) Memories 2) So High 3) Old Shep 4) Trouble 5) I Need Somebody To Lean On
6) Blue Moon Of Kentucky 7) My Happiness 8) That's When Your Heartaches Begin
9) That's All Right Mama 10) I Forgot To Remember To Forget 11) All Shook Up
12) When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again 13) I'm Left, You're Right, She's
Gone 14) Heartbreak Hotel 15) I Want You, I Need You, I Love You 16) Hound Dog
17) Don't Be Cruel 18) Mystery Train 19) Love Me Tender 20) Loving You 21) Got
a Lotta Livin' To Do 22) Jailhouse Rock 23) King Creole 24) Don't 25) Precious
Memories 26) Wooden Heart 27) A Fool Such As I 28) One Night 29) Stuck On You
30) It's Now Or Never 31) White Christmas 32) Blue Christmas 33) Girls, Girls,
Girls 34) Return To Sender 35) Follow That Dream 36) Lawdy Miss Clawdy 37) Are
You Lonesome Tonight 38) If I Can Dream 39) In The Ghetto 40) Don't Cry Daddy
41) Kentucky Rain 42) Separate Ways 43) Mama Liked The Roses 44) Viva Las Vegas
45) Theme From 2,001 - Opening Riff 46) CC Rider 47) Suspicious Minds 48) Lord
You Gave Me A Mountain 49) American Trilogy 50) Can't Help Falling In Love 51)
Memories (reprise) - total running time: 61 minutes