Tumbleweed Album Discography
By David Edwards and Mike Callahan
Last update: May 22, 2025





Tumbleweed was a subsidiary of Famous Music Corp (a Gulf + Western Company). The short-lived Tumbleweed Records label was founded by Bill Szymczyk and Larry Ray and based in Denver, Colorado. It started in late 1971 and ran until early 1973, just over a year.

The home producer, and probably manager, was Bill Szymczyk, who would later find fame and fortune as producer with the Eagles. The records were recorded in Denver or Los Angeles, with a lot of attention given to packaging, with gatefold or embossed covers, inner sleeves, different labels for A and B sides, and even thick song books furnished with some of the albums. With this type of packaging extravagance and lack of chart success, it didn't take long for the money to run out, which it did fairly quickly.

"We lacked for nothing," Szymczyk said. "The Gulf + Western corporate structure went along with it for the first year, anyway, until we ran through a million and a half dollars – a lot of bucks back then!" (Quote from Colorado Music Experience).

Tumbleweed only issued nine original albums and one sampler in its first incarnation. Along the way, they also distributed a few albums for other labels. In 1985, original owner Larry Ray resurrected the defunct company from his home base in Washington State to put out one album and two singles by Carla Collen.

The actual album labels were similar in design, but varied by color. Labels on sides a and b were different for each album, and sometimes reversed depending on the pressing plant. A gallery of the labels is included below.

				Far left (2): Sides a and b for TWS-101. Near left (2): Sides a and b for TWS-102.
				Far left (2): Sides a and b for TWS-103. Near left (2): Sides a and b for TWS-104.
				Far left (2): Sides a and b for TWS-105. Near left (2): Sides a and b for TWS-106.
				Far left (2): Side a and b for TWS-107. Near left (2): Sides a and b for TWS-108.
				Far left (2): Sides a and b of TWS-111. Middle right: Promotional labels had "PROMOTIONAL COPY NOT FOR SALE" at right of label just under album artist. Near left: Label for TWS-115.

We would appreciate any additions or corrections to this discography. Just send them to us via e-mail. Both Sides Now Publications is an information web page. We are not a catalog, nor can we provide the records listed below. We have no association with Tumbleweed Records. Should you be interested in acquiring albums listed in this discography (which are all out of print), we suggest you see our Frequently Asked Questions page and follow the instructions found there. This story and discography are copyright 2025 by Mike Callahan.

TUMBLEWEED ALBUM DISCOGRAPHY

Cover	Number - Title - Artist - [Release Date] Contents
	Tumbleweed TWS-100 Series:
	TWS-101 - Arthur Gee - Arthur Gee [1971] Gatefold cover with songbook on textured paper. Dimensions/Plain Talk/Cotton Suede/Love Song 451/A.L.F.A.L.F.A.//Country Fable/Waterweight/Love Song 450/Confessions/Dawn Of Time
	TWS-102 - Danny Holien - Danny Holien [1971] Embossed gatefold cover. Colorado/Wella Wella Isabella/Red Wing/Hick/The Strange One//Satsanga/Labor Man/A Song Of Thanksgiving/Home/Lino The Wino/Joshua Brown
	TWS-103 - There's Gotta Be A Change - Albert Collins [1971] (2/72, #196) There's Gotta Be A Change/In Love Wit'cha/Stickin'/Today Ain't Like Yesterday//Somethin' On My Mind/Frog Jumpin'/I Got A Mind To Travel/Get Your Business Straight/Fade Away
	TWS-104 - Chief - Dewey Terry [1972] Gatefold cover with four page booklet with hand written notes. She's Leavin Me/Big Boy Pete/Funky Old Town/Do On My Feet (What I Did In The Street)//Reef Ade/Well Known Man/Sweet As Spring/De Blooze (If You Wanna Get Groovy Now)/Let Them Ol' Stars And Stripes Shine
	TWS-105 - The Man Who Ate The Plant - Pete McCabe [1972] Gatefold cover. Magic Box/Suicide/I'll Be Your Sweetheart/Lullaby/Feelin' Lonely//Bijou/Late Letter/The Experiment/I Put The Smiles Back On Their Faces/The Man Who Ate The Plant/Music Box
	TWS-106 - Michael Stanley - Michael Stanley [1/73] (5/73, #206) Includes involvement by Joe Walsh, Rick Derringer, and Todd Rundgren. Rosewood Bitters/Denver Rain/Louisville A.D./A Friend And Nothing More/Rock And Roll Man//Moving Right Along/Resurrection/Good Time Charlie/Song For A Friend Soon Gone/Subterranean Homesick Blues
	TWS-107 - City Cowboy - Arthur Gee-Whizz Band [1972] City Cowboy/Re-Affirmation/Gettin' There Rocksoft/Sunday Cherry/Rolls Royce Silver Cloud Blues/High House//To Ward-Off Ambitions/I Wanna Fly/Last Night/Green Country Side/Name Of The Game/City Cowboy/Thank You Very Much
	TWS-108 - To The World - Rudy Romero [1973] Gatefold die-cut cover. If I Find The Time/Lovely Lady/Nothin' Gonna Get You Down/Love Comes (When It Wants To Anyway)/You Used To Be So Light//Doin' The Right Thing/Anyway We Can/Simple Things/Level Out/To The World
	TWS-109 - [not issued] Probably scheduled for Danny Holien's second album, planned for recording 2/1973.
	TWS-110 - [not issued] Probably scheduled for Albert Collins' second album, planned for recording 2/1973.
	TWS-111 - Abyss - Rob Kunkel [2/73] You Were The Morning/Whisper Muse/Country Blues/O Light/Abyss//Monterrey/Ten Summers/Air Hammer Eddie/Playa De Bagdad/Turn Of The Century
	T/SAM - Tumbleweed Records And Publishing Sampler - Various Artists [1972] Labels shown at right. If I Find The Time - Rudy Romero/Eight Days On The Road - Albert Collins/Movin' Right Along - Michael Stanley/City Cowboy - Arthur Gee-Whizz Band/Turn Of The Century - Robb Kunkel//To The World - Rudy Romero/Sweet As Spring - Dewey Terry/Monterey Parable - Robb Kunkel/Colorado - Danny Holien/Rock And Roll Man - Michael Stanley
	Note: At this point, the label closes down. The album below was issued by Larry Ray, one of the original owners, in 1985.
	TWS-115 - Shades Of Blue - Carla Collen [1985] Take Your Time/Don't Light My Fire (If You Can't Take My Flame!)/If You Could See Him (Through My Eyes)/Hang Your Head In Shame/In Old Chicago//Shades Of Blue/Merry-Go-Round/Gypsy & Joe/Blinded (By The Love Light In Your Eyes)/Without You

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