A substantial number of Bourbon's recordings were reissued on various labels. Some of these were legitimate pressings from the original masters; many more were probably pirated redubs. All but the Hollywood Hot Shots releases were anonymous. Sorting these out is a daunting task, and the input and effort of David Diehl, Warren Debenham and David McCain have proved invaluable in this endeavor.

While these "bootleg" discs were undoubtedly injurious to Bourbon's finances at the time, they are boon to his discographers today. Several of his recordings are known only from these anonymous discs and, for the collector familiar with that distinctive voice and unique laugh, doubtless many more await discovery.

Hollywood Hot Shots The successor to Hot Shots From Hollywood, who replaced their earlier single-sided juke box releases with added material for the flipside in order to avoid expected government censorship (similar to the Hayes office) of juke boxes in the late 1930's. It seems certain that all of Bourbon's releases on this label were stamped from original Western Record Co./Bourbana pressings as these discs carry that label's numbering in the runoff. "Striptease Queen" (Blank Label mx. X024) is the only recording here that has not been positively identified as having previously been released on Western Record Co./Bourbana; it was, however, almost certainly recorded with those sessions. It later appears on the Imperial label (q.v.) as well some blank label discs. (q.v.) Labels are yellow with black print.

 

Chiropractor's Wife (Hollywood Hot Shots 363 A)

-Redub of (Western Record Co./Bourbana WR-714 B). Flipside: "A Hole In One" by Pure & Simple; (Hollywood Hot Shots 363)

 

Forbidden Broadcast (Hollywood Hot Shots 376)

-Redub of (Western Record Co./Bourbana WR-716 B)

 

Cocktail Time (Hollywood Hot Shots 377)

-Redub of (Western Record Co./Bourbana WR-716 A). Flipside: "Is Doctor Ezet In?" by The Painless Doc; (Hollywood Hot Shots 359) [NB: "Painless Doc" is a pseudonym for Frankie "Half Pint" Jaxon, and this song was orginally released under that name as "Operation Blues."]

 

Her First Swimmin' Lesson (Hollywood Hot Shots 378)

- Redub of (Western Record Co./Bourbana WR-717 A). Flipside: "I'm Going to Give it To Mary, With Love" by Cliff Edwards (Hollywood Hot Shots 342).

 

Spanish Passion (Hollywood Hot Shots 380)

- Redub of (Western Record Co./Bourbana WR-715 B). Flipside: "Stick It, Shove It, Stuff It" by Ben Light & his Surf Club Boys; (Hollywood Hot Shots 380)

 

Her First Piece (Hollywood Hot Shots 381)

-Redub of (Western Record Co./Bourbana WR-712 A) . Flipside: "Don't Ever Marry A Lady Doctor" by Eddie Beat & his Harlem Swingsters; (Hollywood Hot Shots 420)

 

Gigolo (Hollywood Hot Shots 382 B)

- Redub of (Western Record Co./Bourbana WR-714 A). Flipside: "All the Horsemen Knew 'Er" by Pure & Simple; (Hollywood Hot Shots 382).

 

Love Child (Hollywood Hot Shots 383 A)

- Redub of (Western Record Co./Bourbana WR-717 B). Flipside: "Plumber's Tool" by Pure & Simple (Hollywood Hot Shots 383).

 

My Last Piece (Hollywood Hot Shots 391 A)

- Redub of (Western Record Co./Bourbana WR-713 A). Flipside: "Nose Dive" by Pure & Simple (Hollywood Hot Shots 391 B).

 

Low Brow (Hollywood Hot Shots 393 A)

-Redub of (Western Record Co./Bourbana WR-713 B ). Flipside: "My Peter" by Pure & Simple; (Hollywood Hot Shots 393)

 

Cocktail Ray (Hollywood Hot Shots unnumbered)

-Redub of "Cocktail Time" (Western Record Co./Bourbana WR-716 A).; possibly some releases bear the original title. Flipside unidentitifed

 

Strip Tease Queen (Hollywood Hot Shots 379)

-Redub of Blank Label X024. Flipside: "Christmas Balls" by Ben Light & his Surf Club Boys; (Hollywood Hot Shots 379)

 

 

Good Humor contains some repressings of earlier Western Record Co./Bourbana and Hollywood Hot Shots material. Matrices, stampers and the address indicate that it was the successor to Western Record Co./Bourbana and possibly Hollywood Hot Shots as well.

 

Cocktail Ray (Good Humor unnumbered [277])

-Redub of "Cocktail Time" (Western Record Co./Bourbana WR-716 A). Flipside unidentified.

 

Cocktail Ray (Good Humor 5 B)

-Redub of "Cocktail Time" (Western Record Co./Bourbana WR-716 A). Flipside: "Guy Who Put the Dix in Dixie" (uncredited, but Pure & Simple) (Good Humor 5 A).

 

Her First Piece (Good Humor 7 B)

-Redub of "My First Piece" (Western Record Co./Bourbana WR-712 A). Flipside: "Strip Poker" by Pure & Simple; (Good Humor 7 A).

 

Her First Swimming Lesson (Good Humor 10 B)

- Redub of Western Record Co./Bourbana WR-717 A). Flipside: "The Girl From Atlantic City" by Ben Light and his Surf Club Boys (Good Humor 10 A).

 

Strip Tease Queen (Good Humor 17 A)

- Redub of (Hollywood Hot Shots 379); Flipside unidentified

 

 

Miscellaneous Redubs on Various Labels At some point, it becomes impossible to track all of the various repressings, retitling and redubs of Bourbon's material. The following discs, dating from the 40's and 50's are sorted by the original title, as best as can be deduced. They are mostly taken from either Western Record Co./Bourbana or Imperial material, and are probably all unauthorized. Unnumbered discs which have numbers in brackets indicate a runoff or matrix number. It is to be noted that most of the original Bourbana releases appear on blank discs with the original runoff, indicating they were created by the original stampers. Note, too, that there are several Bourbana and Imperial releases which are on the Party Record label with numbers in the 500-516 range. While there are some Party Record discs known in this range which are not by Bourbon, it seems likely that there are some as-yet unidentified discs by him on this label in the 500 range.

 

Redubs of "Chiropractor's Wife" (Western Record Co./Bourbana WR-714 B):

The Masseur (Party Record 2538)

The Masseur (Blank Label unnumbered [2538])

The Masseur (Novelty 103)

The Masseur (Hi Society HS 502 B)

Chiropractor's Wife (Novelty 24 A)

The Masseur (Par-Tee unnumbered)

 

Redubs of "Cocktail Time" (Western Record Co./Bourbana WR-716 A):

Virgin For Short (Kicks 17 B)

Virgin-ia's Downfall (Risque 2 B)

Cocktail Ray (Party Novelty's [sic] 5 B)

 

Redub of "First Swimming Lesson" (Western Record Co./Bourbana WR-717 A):

Her First Lesson (Party Record 500 A)

First Swimming Lesson (Party Novelty's [sic] 10 B)

 

Redub of "Forbidden Broadcast" (Western Record Co./Bourbana WR-716 B):

The Broadcast (Party Record 512 B)

 

Redub of "Gigolo" (Western Record Co./Bourbana WR-714 A)

Gigolo (Party Novelty's 18 B)

Gigolo (Blank label unnumbered [WR-714 A])

 

Redub of "I'm In The Mood" (Western Record Co./Bourbana WR-712 B)

I'm In The Mood (Blank label unnumbered [WR-712 B])

 

Redub of "Love Child" (Western Record Co./Bourbana WR-717 B)

The Happy Offspring (Party Record 502 A)

 

Redub of "My First Piece" (Western Record Co./Bourbana WR-712 A)

My First Piece (Blank label unnumbered [WR-712 A])

 

Redub of "Navy Day For Tessie" (Western Record Co./Bourbana WR-715 A)

Navy Day For Tessie (Blank label unnumbered [WR-715 A])

??? I Think I'll Join The Navy (Party Novelty's [sic] 58 B)

 

Redub of "Since Ivan Started Divin'" (Imperial 109 B)

Since Ivan Started Divan [sic] (Party Record unnumbered [1109 B])

 

Redub of "Spanish Passion" (Western Record Co./Bourbana WR-715 B)

Spanish Passion (Blank label unnumbered [WR-715 B])

 

Redub of "Strip Tease Queen" (Hollywood Hot Shots 379):

Strip Tease Queen (Party Novelty's 17 A)

 

Redub of "Take a Lei" (Imperial 105 B):

Looking for Lei (Risque 5 A)

Looking for Lei (Laff Records L 7 B)

 

Redub of "When Knighthood Was in Flower" (Party Record 515 B)

Days of Yore (Hi-Lite Records 103)