Discography

A Selected Discography
This discography includes all of Buddy Merrill's known solo releases in the United States since 1956. Many of his singles and albums were also released in foreign countries on a variety of labels. No attempt has been made to catalog all of these foreign releases. Omitted are the dozens of recordings (including reissues, compilations, and repackages) by the Lawrence Welk Orchestra released since 1956 on which Merrill performed, as well as the many solo recordings by members of the Lawrence Welk Orchestra that also involved him. Although a few recordings are listed on which Merrill played as a sideman, there are others that could not be documented. Note that in many cases, different recordings were used for singles than for albums (e.g., "Poinciana" on Accent AC-1161 is a very different recording than on the Accent album, "The Guitar Sounds of Buddy Merrill"), and in other instances, a different mix was used for a later release. All of the compact disks represent digital remasters direct from tape (2, 3, 4, 8, or 24 tracks).
Singles:
5/56 Rock N' Roll Ruby/It May Be Silly Coral 9-61649
11/59 Goin' Away/San Antonio Rose (with Speedy West on steel guitar) Dot 16011
4/62 Memories of Maria/Stranger On The Shore Dot 16346
11/64 Brontosaurus Walk/Poinciana Accent AC-1161
3/65 The Worm/Milano Accent AC-1171
3/65 The Sherk/Buddy's Boogie Accent AC-1174
65 La Paloma/Fascinating Rhythm Accent AC-1180
8/65 Sweet September/The Sherk Accent AC-1184
9/65 Holiday For Guitars/Take Five Accent AC-1200
8/66 Green Hornet Theme/Funky Accent AC-1210
3/67 Sentimental Guitar/Ask The Wind Accent AC-1214
(Accent AC-1224 ??)
2/68 Armen's Theme/Love For Sale Accent ACS-7242
68 Do You Know The Way To San Jose/Hushabye Mountain Accent AC-7255
(ACS?)
68 Hava Nagila/Windmills of Your Mind Accent AC-7258
(ACS?)
68 Without My Lover/Escondido Accent AC-7260
11/69 Oh Calcutta/Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head Accent ACS-7272
3/70 Windows/Alcatraz Peacepipe Accent ACS-7276
2/71 Smokey Mountain Breakdown/Love Of The Common People Accent AC-1282
2/72 Busy Bee/Blues in The Shadow/Los Guitarras/Nature Boy Accent ACS-2-5042
3/76 Space Boogie/Ain't No Way To Treat A Lady/Song of Sirocco/
Blue Rain Accent AC-1340
08/76 Music/Mister Tee's Sixth Accent ACS-134511/76 Goofus/Music Accent AC-1346
6/78 Costa Del Sol/Funky Accent ACS-1365
1/81 Four String Swing (stereo)/Four String Swing (mono) Accent ACS-1371
Albums:
?/59 ???? (Steel guitar Hawaiian album) Dot?
4/65 The Guitar Sounds of Buddy Merrill Accent AC/ACS-5010
/02 The Guitar Sounds of Buddy Merrill Accent ACD-5010
9/65 Sounds A La Guitar Accent AC/ACS-5012
11/65 Holiday For Guitars Accent AC/ACS-5016 (LP)
/02 Holiday For Guitars Accent ACD-5016 (CD)
2/66 Latin Festival Accent AC/ACS-5018
11/66 The Exciting World of Buddy Merrill Accent AC/ACS-5020
/02 The Exciting World of Buddy Merrill Accent ACD-5020
2/67 Many Splendored Guitars of Buddy Merrill Accent AC/ACS-5022/02 Many Splendored Guitars of Buddy Merrill Accent ACD-5022
1/68 Sounds of Love Accent ACS-5024
11/68 Land of a Thousand Guitars Accent ACS-5026
/02 Land of A Thousand Guitars Accent ACD-5026
10/69 Electrosonic Guitars Accent ACS-5028
/02 Electrosonic Guitars Accent ACD-5028
1/70 Best of Buddy Merrill Accent ACS-5030
4/70 Guitar Sounds of the 70's Accent ACS-5032
/02 Guitar Sounds of the 70's Accent ACD-5032
12/70 Beyond The Reef Accent ACS-5034 (LP)
/89 Beyond The Reef Accent ACD-5034 (CD)
5/71 Steel Guitar Country Accent ACS-5036 (LP)
/02 Steel Guitar Country Accent ACD-5036 (CD)
10/72 25 Great All-Time Hit, The Guitar Sounds of Accent ACS-5038 (LP)
Buddy Merrill (double LP)
/98 25 All Time Hits, The Exciting Guitars of Buddy Merrill Accent ACD-5038 (CD)
2/72 Country Capers Ranwood R-8099
7/73 World of Guitars Ranwood R-8099 (LP)
/94 World of Guitars Accent ACD-6030 (CD)
/75 Upbeat M.O.R. Accent ACS-5048
4/77 Buddy Merrill Today Accent ACS-5052
1/76 Guitar Sounds of Buddy Merrill (remixed reissue) Accent ACS-50100 (LP)
1/83 Classics In Rhythm Accent ACS-5054
/01 Classics In Rhythm Accent ACD-5054
/97 Guitars on Fire (double LP, exclusively released Accent SQBO-91997
by the Capitol Record Club)
9/98 Guitars Express Accent ACD-6041 (CD)
/01 Classic Guitars Accent ACD-6042 (CD)
Appearances on Other Recordings:
Albums/CDs:
1957 Pete Fountain "Lawrence Welk Presents Pete Fountain" Coral CRL-57200
1994 The Duke (*) "Hey Baby" Accent ACD-6027 (CD)
(Merrill plays steel guitar on all tracks. The Duke's real name was Earl Dyches)

1994 Various Artists "Incredibly Strange Music, Vol. 1" Caroline CAROL 1746-2 (CD)
(includes "Busy Bee")
1995 Eden Ahbez "Echoes From Nature Boy" Accent ACD-6035 (CD)
(Merrill arranged the guitar parts and played on several tracks)
Additionally, Buddy played guitar or bass on every Lawrence Welk album recorded between late 1955 and 1974, with the
exception of those recorded between October, 1960 and February, 1962. He played on various solo recordings by
Welk artists (also arranging and writing music for these artists at times) He has guested on a number of
miscellaneous recordings by primarily country-western artists (including Danney Ball & The Bouncers,
Randy Roberts, Joel Reese, and Mary Sue). He played steel guitar and rhythm guitar on "The Buddy Holly Story" soundtrack and Fender Bass VI on the "Paint Your Wagon" soundtrack