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THE DRIVIN’ DYNAMICS
- Bass
- Lead Vocal – “So Fine”
- Backing/Harmony Vocals
THE DRIVIN’ DYNAMICS
2004 – CD Compilation
Cherry Red/Rev-Ola Records(UK)
1001 Nights
- Bass
- Backing/Harmony vocals
- Lead Vocal: “Kansas City,” “You’re So Fine”
THE POOR
THE POOR
1967 – Single
York Records
A: “She’s Got The Time (She’s Got The Changes)”
B: “Love Is Real”
- Bass
- Backing/Harmony vocals
- Lead Vocal – “She’s Got the Time (She’s Got The Changes)”
THE POOR
1967 – Single
York Records
A: “My Mind Goes High”
B: “Knowing You, Loving You”
- Bass
- Backing/Harmony vocals
THE POOR
1968 – Single
Decca Records
A: “Feelin’ Down”
B: “Come Back Baby”
- Bass
- Backing/Harmony vocals
- Writer – “Come Back Baby”
THE POOR
2003 – CD Compilation
Sonic Past Music
Help The Poor
- Bass
- Backing/Harmony vocals
- Writer – “Come Back Baby”
- Lead Vocal: “She’s Got The Time (She’s Got The Changes)”
THE POOR
2003 – CD Compilation
Rev-Ola Records (UK)
The Poor
- Bass
- Backing/Harmony vocals
- Writer – “Come Back Baby”
- Lead Vocal: “She’s Got The Time (She’s Got The Changes)”
POCO
RICK NELSON & THE STONE CANYON BAND
RICK NELSON & THE STONE CANYON BAND
RICK NELSON & THE STONE CANYON BAND
EAGLES
1972 – LP
Asylum Records
Eagles
Listen Here
- Bass
- Backing/Harmony vocals
- Writer – “Take The Devil,” “Tryin'”
- Co-writer – “Earlybird” (with Bernie Leadon)
- Lead Vocal – “Take The Devil,” “Most Of Us Are Sad,” “Tryin'”
EAGLES
1973 – LP
Asylum Records
Desperado
Listen Here
- Bass
- Backing/Harmony Vocals
- Co-Writer – “Certain Kind Of Fool” (with Don Henley & Glenn Frey).
- Co-writer – “Saturday Night” (with Don Henley, Glenn Frey, Bernie Leadon)
- Lead Vocal – “Certain Kind Of Fool”
Lead Vocal (bridge) – “Saturday Night”
EAGLES

1974 – LP
Asylum Records
On The Border
Listen Here
- Bass
- Backing/Harmony vocals
- Writer – “Is It True”
- Lead Vocal – “Is It True,” “Midnight Flyer”
EAGLES

1975 – LP
Asylum Records
One Of These Nights
- Bass
- Backing/Harmony vocals
- Co-writer – “Too Many Hands” (with Don Felder)
- Co-writer – “Take It To The Limit” (with Don Henley, Glenn Frey)
- Lead Vocal – “Too Many Hands,” “Take It To The Limit”
EAGLES
1976 – LP
Asylum Records
Their Greatest Hits (1971-1975)
- Bass
- Backing/Harmony vocals
- Lead Vocal/Co-writer – “Take It To The Limit”
EAGLES
1976 – LP
Asylum Records
Hotel California
Listen Here
- Bass
- Backing/Harmony vocals
- Writer – “Try And Love Again”
- Lead Vocal – “Try And Love Again”
EAGLES

1980 – LP
Asylum Records
Eagles Live
- Bass
- Backing/Harmony Vocals
- Lead Vocal: “Take It To The Limit”
- Randy appears on five tracks recorded live at The Forum in LA on October 20-22, 1976: “New Kid In Town,” Wasted Time,” “Doolin-Dalton (Reprise II), “Desperado,” and “Take It To The Limit.”
EAGLES

2021 – LP
Elektra/Asylum
Live At The Forum ’76
- Bass
- Backing/Harmony Vocals
- Lead Vocal: “Take It To The Limit”
- Ten tracks recorded live at The Forum in LA on October 20-22, 1976.
SOLO
SOLO

1980 – LP
Epic Records
One More Song
Listen Here
- Co-Writer on all tracks except “One More Song,” “White Shoes,” & “Anyway Bye Bye”
SOLO
1982 – LP
Epic Records
Randy Meisner
Listen Here
- Co-writer: “Jealousy,” “Playin’ In The Deep End,” “Nothing Is Said (‘Til The Artist Is Dead)”
SOLO
2003 – CD
Rev-Ola Records
Dallas
- Live recording
- Nick’s Uptown Theater, Dallas, TX, December 1st, 1982
- First issued in Japan on vinyl in 1983
SOLO
2003 – CD
Sonic Past Music
Love Me Or Leave Me Alone
- Compilation of unreleased tracks
- Writer/Co-writer on 12 of 17 tracks
SOLO
BLACK TIE
1985 – LP
Bench Records
When The Night Falls
1990 – CD Reissue
1985 Issue:
Bass – Backing/Harmony Vocals
Lead Vocal – “Learning The Game”
1990 Issue:
Bass – Backing/Harmony Vocals
Randy’s lead vocal on “Learning The Game” replaced with Jimmy Griffin’s.
BLACK TIE
POCO
1989 – LP
RCA
Legacy
- Bass
- Backing/Harmony vocals
- Lead Vocal: “Nature Of Love,” “Rough Edges,” “Nothin’ To Hide”
ELECTRIC RANGE
1996 – CD
Smokehouse Records
Electric Range
Listen Here
- Producer
- Bass: “Black Satin”
- Backing Vocals: “Ridin’ Down The Canyon,” “Sailing Home” and “Far Away.”
MEISNER, SWAN & RICH
2001 – CD
Varèse Sarabande/Sonic Past Music
Meisner, Swan & Rich
2008 reissue
The Eagle, The Dove & the Gold
- Bass – Backing/Harmony vocals
- Writer: “My How Things Have Changed”
- Co-writer: Where The Rubber Meets The Road”
- Lead Vocal: “My How Things Have Changed,” “(It’s Like I) Never Had A Broken Heart”
World Classic Rockers

2006 – CD
WCR
World Classic Rockers
- Bass
- Vocals
- Backing Vocals
SOUNDTRACKS
1967 – LP
Smash Records
Hell’s Angels On Wheels
(Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
“Study In Motion #1” – Vocals By The Poor
SESSIONS/GUEST APPEARANCES
- 1970 – James Taylor – Sweet Baby James
Bass: “Country Road” (LP version only) & “Blossom” - 1970 – Waylon Jennings – Singer Of Sad Songs
Bass: All songs except title track.
Backing Vocals: “Honky Tonk Woman” - 1970 – Compton & Batteau – In California
Bass: “Homesick Kid” - 1972 – Linda Ronstadt – Linda Ronstadt
Bass: “In My Reply”
Backing Vocals: “Birds” & “Rescue Me” - 1972 – Rick Roberts – Windmills
Bass: “Deliver Me,” “In My Own Small Way,” “In A Dream“
Chorus: “Deliver Me” - 1974 – Dan Fogelberg – Souvenirs
Choir: “There’s A Place In The World For A Gambler“ - 1974 – Tom Rush – Ladies Love Outlaws
Backing vocals: “Claim On Me” (Uncredited. Liner notes say “Tim Schmit & Friends.” The “friends” are Randy Meisner and Don Henley, who us also uncredited. This was evidently due to David Geffen not wanting other record labels to capitalize on the names of his artists.) - 1974 – Joe Walsh – So What
Backing Vocals: “Turn To Stone” and “Help Me Thru The Night” - 1975 – Danny O’Keefe – So Long Harry Truman
Bass: “Steel Guitar” - 1976 – Mac Gayden – Hymn To The Seeker
Backing vocals: “Someone Whispered” - 1979 – Richie Furay – I Still Have Dreams
Backing Vocals: “Oooh Child,” “Come On,” “I Still Have Dreams,” “What’s The Matter, Please?” - 1980 – Bob Welch – Man Overboard
Backing Vocals: “Reason” & “Fate Decides” - 1983 – Glenn Shorrock – Villain Of The Peace
Harmony vocals: “A Cry In A Jungle Bar,” “Angry Words,” “Martinique,” “Do It Anyway.” - 1987 – Richard Marx – Richard Marx
Backing Vocals – “Don’t Mean Nothing” - 1989 – King Of Hearts – 1989
Backing Vocals: “Working Man” and “In So Many Words” - 1989 – Michael DeGreve – Gypsy’s Lament
Backing Vocals - 1994 – Roger Varian – Shadows In Time
Backing Vocals - 1995 – Peter Lewis – Peter Lewis
Backing Vocals: “Changing” - 1996 – Bray Ghiglia – Soulsounding
Backing vocals: “Slow Down” - 2000 – The Millennium – The Second Millennium (Originally recorded 1967-1968)
Bass: “Love At Last” - 2000 – Sandy Salisbury – Falling To Pieces (Originally recorded 1967-1969)
Bass - 2000 – Sandy Salisbury – Sandy (Originally recorded 1967-1969)
Bass - 2002 – Lee Mallory – That’s The Way It’s Gonna Be (compilation of songs recorded c. 1967-1968)
Bass - 2003 – Augie Meyers – Blame It On Love
Backing Vocals: “Gypsy Rider“ - 2003 – Jamie Reno – All American Music
Backing Vocals – “My Heart Is Where My Home Is,” “Emerald City,” and “Boston Blues” - 2005 – Jimmy Stallings – Adios
Backing Vocals (Randy sings backup on several tracks, including the title track) - 2010 – Juice Newton – Duets: Friends & Memories
Randy duets on “Take It To The Limit” & “Heart Of Gold“ (recorded circa 1996) - 2010 – Rick Roberts – Same Mirror, Different Reflections
Bass/Backing Vocals – “Learning To Love” (recorded circa 1988-1989) - 2011 – Rick Roberts – Full Bloom
Bass – “I Still Love You” (recorded circa 1988- 1989) - 2018 – Alan Lee Brackett – Transitions Post Peanut Butter Conspiracy (recorded circa 1970s)
Bass – “If You Love Me”