Andy Sommers And The Stringshifters

The Stringshifters
17001 ~ Honky Tonk Guitars (instrumental)

Andy Sommers And The Stringshifters
17002 ~ My Sugar And Me (Vocal)

Nu★Sound★Records

4280 Birchwood Ave. N.E.

Louisville, OH

Owner: Leonard Woodward

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Charlie Hicks on Renown

Charlie Hicks

Renown 112

CP-2364 - Tonight
CP-2365 - Impressed

Renown Records, small label out of Durham, North Carolina was owned by Howard Rambeau.



Impressed enough were Lou Caposi and Bill Lawrence, owners of Calico Records in Pittsburgh, as the Renown single was re-issued on their label.

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Curly Dan & Wilma Ann on Happy Hearts

Curly Dan & Wilma Ann
with the Danville Mt. Boys
Featuring
Ronnie Ewert Banjo
Charlie Tuttle Mandolin

Happy Hearts 134

10391 ~ South On No. 23 SAMPLE
10392 ~ Original Ballad of Jessie James

1963

★ ★ ★ ★

Curley Dan & Wilma Ann

* Originally from Clay, West Virginia. Moved to Detroit, Michigan and performed there for most of their career.
* Real names: Denslie "Curley Dan" Holcomb and Wilma Ann Holcomb.(husband and wife)
* Formed their band in 1955.
* One of the first bluegrass acts to perform and record in the Detroit area.
* Dan worked for the Chrysler Corporation.
* Carmen Flatt (second cousin of Lester Flatt) was a member of their band. (He died in 1993).
* Retired from performing in the early 1980's.

Curly Dan Holcomb played a significant role in the growth and popularity of bluegrass music in the southeast Michigan region. He was a song writer, second
to none, with many great songs such as I’d Better Drink Up and Go, Mixed up Life, My Little Rose, and South on 23.



Pictures and audio sample credit : eBay http://myworld.ebay.com/nubb123/




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Jay-Kay 111/112

Jay-Kay 111/112
607 W. Yandell
El Paso Texas

Johnny Behrens and The Jay-Bees

CP-4343 - All Because Of You


Sam Baker and The Jay-Bees

CP-4344 - Island Of Regret

1960


Second issue was on Donna 1332 (Del-Fi subsidiary)

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The Venetian Blinds on Grudge

The VENETIAN BLINDS

Grudge Records 1651
470 Springwood
San Antonio, Texas

19961 ~ Just Knowin' You Love Me

19962 ~ Quit Your Belly Achin' Baby

A Ric Jansen Production

A-side is garage/British Invasion, while the B-side is in a Roy Head & the Traits' vein (Treat Her Right-styled)
Mike Nolen is credited as the co-arranger on the side one.


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Bobby Smith on Fox

Bobby Smith

Fox 104

CP-2797 ~ Bevy Mae

CP-2798 ~ She's Gone From Me

One of the last record on this Detroit label, owned by George Braxton

★ ★ ★

Detroit, Michigan, 1957. Don Davenport, a member of the Romeos, a local vocal group, knew a guy named George Braxton, who owned a real estate agency and was also a director of a local magazine for kids, called Teen Life. Don convinced him to record them. As a result, George Braxton started the Fox label

Braxton was a guy, says Don, who "wanted to get into the business. He thought he could sing (and even attempted to cut a record on Brax called 'Hey Ellen'). George also liked getting into anything where he thought there was money."

Seeking more involvement, Don even drew the picture of the fox for the Fox label. The company was called "Fox" because, says Don, "George always made jokes about being sly as a fox. So he came up with the name, and I drew the label pic." The label was headquartered at 15836 Plymouth Road in Detroit, which just happened to be the address of the real estate agency.

More George Braxton labels followed, between 1957 and 1960 :

Teen-Life (Jimmy Kirkland, The Serenaders, Nick Forrest)

Brax (The Five Dapps, Woodie Davis, Mike Hanks and the Contours)

Chant (The Four Imperials, Lucky Lee, Tom Clay and the Rayber Voices)

and Dial (Danny Zella, The Four Imperials, The Sabres)

Credits : Rockin' Country Style (label pictures)
Marv Goldberg - The Romeos
Buffalo Bop CD 55028 (Date Bait) (audio files)




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Ron And The Runabouts

Ron And The Runabouts

Small Town 1002

23103 - Just One Little Dream (Mierzwa, Glassel)
23104 - -Just One Little Dream (Glassel) (Instrumental)

Produced By Bill a Dale

Acknowlegments :Http://Myworld.Ebay.Com/Rerun45/




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Slick Lawrence on Squire

Slick Lawrence

Squire 305

CP-4893 ~ Little Mama

CP-4894 ~ No One Can Tell

The Paramounts with Lloyd Maynard

The Paramounts
CP-4965 ~ Night Clubbin' [instr.]

The Paramounts with Lloyd Maynard
CP-4966 ~ I Want A True Love

Fern 810

The Paramounts' name was spelled Par-A-Mounts (backing band on Fern 812, Billy Adams) and Paramonts on another Fern release.

Fern Records discography




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Hallmark 15389-15390

Bob Storm
Musical Director Jerry Dee

Hallmark

15389 - Stop Growling At Me Babe
(Lon Streater - Ted Rosen)

15390 - My Love Is Yours
(Pedro Medalle - Ted Rosen)

★

One of the latest offerings of Bob Purse found at his blog, dedicated to song-poem records. I can't find a thing on Lon Streater, writer of the A-side, but Pedro C. Medalle's works were sung by Terry Allen & The Flappers (Zoot Suits, Preview Records), Rodd Keith (Yellow Bag , Preview Records), Billy Joy (It Was My song, MSR Records) and Patty Wheeler (Herbie Derby, Abbey Records)

"..this is one of the logos (the label used a few) in which Halmark (the most common spelling on their records) used the correct spelling of the word, with two "l's".

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Joe South (NRC 041)

Joe South

NRC 041

CP-2350 - Play It Cool

CP-2351 – Little Bluebird

Billboard review, February 8, 1960

Pressed in October ’59 by Rite Records in a batch of records done for the National Recording Corporation based in Atlanta, Georgia (incl. Lewis Pruitt on Peach 725 and Sweetie Jones on Scottie 1312).



Joe South discography (early sides) at Rockin' Country Style

Joe South biography



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Uncle Bud's Hospital Experience

Spoken words. Unknown Rite numbers.

"Uncle Bud's "hospital experience" was the result of a severe auto mishap in May, 1919. He was crossing a San Francisco street when he was struck by a car. Uncle Bud spent several months in a hospital, and several more convalescing in Los Angeles. His spiritual victories over his own physical condition and his stories about the persons he witnessed to spice the account of his remarkable recovery.

Dr D I Vanderpool, a general superintendent in the Church of the Nazarene and personal friend of Uncle Bud, gives the introduction. "


Reuben "Uncle Bud" Robinson 1860-1942

Uncle Bud Robinson was born in a log cabin in the primitive mountain region of Tennessee. When he was 16, his father died, and his mother sold what little they had and moved to Texas. After an unsuccessful endeavor as a sharecropper, Bud hired out as a ranch hand. In August of 1880, during a camp meeting, he felt deep conviction for his sin and received Christ as his Saviour and was gloriously saved. That same night, while lying under the wagon with his hat on a mesquite stump for a pillow, the Lord called him to preach.

Although he had no education and stuttered so badly that he could hardly tell his name, yet in the first year of his ministry he saw about 300 conversions in his meetings. On January 10, 1893, he married Miss Sallie Harper at Georgetown, Texas. For two years he served the Hubbard cir- cuit, but the remaining 60 years of his ministry were given to evangelism. While lacking formal education, Uncle Bud had a wisdom all of his own. It was an unusual insight into the purpose for the redeemed man here on earth, a holy walk, day by day. His philosophy is seen in the following prayer he prayed each morning: "O Lord, give me a backbone as big as a sawlog, and ribs like sleepers under the church floor. Put iron shoes on me and galvanized breeches, and hang a wagon- load of determination in the gable end of my soul. And help me to sign the contract to fight the devil as long as I have a vision, and bit him as long as I have a tooth, and then gum him till I die! Amen!"

During his long ministry, it is estimated that Uncle Bud traveled over 2,000,000 miles, preached over 33,000 ser- mons, witnessed more than 100,000 conversions, personally gave more than $85,000.00 in helping young people with their Christian education, secured over 53,000 subscriptions to his church paper, The Herald of Holiness, and wrote 14 books and sold more than 500,000 copies.

In spite of his handicaps and physical ailments, speech impediment and lack of education, he made the Who's Who of California. From Boston to Los Angeles, thousands thronged to hear him, charmed by his homespun wit and his unique presentation of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. His life was one of activity, and his will to his dying hour was to serve his Lord. He went to be with the Lord on November 2, 1942.

Source : http://www.believersweb.org/view.cfm?ID=136

Doug Whitley as Bud Robinson

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Jimmie Murphy on Midnite

Jimmie Murphy

Midnite
816 – 3RD ; N.W.
Grand Rapids, Mich.

12541 ~ There's No Use In Me Loving You
12542 ~ One Block From Home

Jimmy Murphy

Bruce Eder :

Jimmy Murphy is one of the more enigmatic figures to come out of the country/rockabilly scene of the early to mid-'50s. A virtuoso guitar player and a gifted and inspired songwriter, he had a knack for composing and performing quirky, clever songs that hooked into unusual thematic angles -- his first song, "Electricity," equated rural electrification with religious salvation, while the closest he ever got to a real hit, "Sixteen Tons Rock n' Roll," was a satire of the 1956 Tennessee Ernie Ford hit of the Merle Travis song. His music was also strangely archaic in both its form and content, elements that may have doomed his chance for a successful recording career.

.. read more HERE

Jimmy Murphy session discography

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Jim Wolfe and the T-Towners

Picture credit : John Tefteller

Jim Wolfe & The T-Towners

T-Town 1001

11689 - Innersanctum

11690 - Susie

Instros from Tulsa, Oklahoma (1964)




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Evelyn Harlene and Bud Titus on Sage

Evelyn Harlene With Casey Clark's Band

Sage 243

CP-1251 ~ I Wanna Be Free
CP-1252 ~ I've Got The Blues

Evelyn Harlene

Bud Titus

Sage 244

CP-1253 ~ Tomorrow
CP-1254 ~ Hocus Pocus

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The Sage label was a subsidiary of Sage & Sand Records, based in Hollywood founded around 1953 by W. O. Fleener. That was three labels in one since there were '45 releases on Sage and Sand, on Sage and on Sand as well.

Ohio artists on these labels had their records pressed by King Records or by Rite Records.

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Ray Anderson on Mountaineer 647

Ray Anderson with Trio
Mountaineer 647 - Washington Court House, Ohio
CP-1283 - Hold To God's Unchanging Hand
CP-1284 - No Drunkard Can Enter

This seems to be a tough label to find. This 1957 release features sacred singing by Ray Anderson that has a bit of bluegrass flavor. Not great but interesting. Please click on the titles (above) for sound samples.

Courtesy of the Rick Keaton collection.

The Appalachia Dulcimer on RCM 1000

Publish Post

Edna Ritchie Baker - Vocalist
Colista & Homer Ledford
RCM 1000 - Winchester, KY (Rite Acct #1795)
17629 - Pretty Saro and The Four Marys / Lord Lovel
17630 - How To Play The Appalachia Dulcimer

If you have an Appalachia Dulicimer in the closet and would like to learn how to play it you may enjoy this record, otherwise sample it at your own risk! Of all the interesting local releases of 1966, this may rank as one of the worst!

Courtesy of the Rick Keaton collection.


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Mona Taylor & The Blondells

The Blondells

CP-5501 - Rocking My Blues Away
sample
(Taylor, Starland Music BMI)



Mona Taylor & The Blondells

CP-5502 - No One Will Ever Know

Label : MBM 8020

1961

The label says "Miami/Los Angeles" (?). More likely from Alabama, I guess.

Audio sample : http://myworld.ebay.com/dadomax (Birmingham AL)

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Doffie Lawson & Grace Quartet - Harp Records

The Grace Quartet b/w Doffie Lawson
Harp No # (Rite Acct. # 1107)
11473 - Sweet To Know
11474 - One Day I Ask The Lord

The earliest Harp release found to date (1963) and the only one found so far that has a location for the label - Trenton which is just south of Middletown, Ohio. This release features a Southern Gospel (country) sound.

Images courtesy of the Rick Keaton collection.

ReeFlair Records - Detroit, MI

Dewey Black
ReeFlair T-0001 (Rite Acct. # 1089)
16745 - Takin' Love Where I Find It
16746 - Don't Leave Me Baby

Bobby O'Brown
ReeFlair 101 (No Rite Acct. # in deadwax)
19151 - Bye Bye Baby
19152 - Since I Lost You

Here's two very obscure soul collectibles pressed by RITE Records in 1966-67. Telldell Music BMI indicates Detroit, Michigan's Odell Bailey ownership.

Images courtesy of Wolfgang Weissbrodt from Marc Forrest's collection.

The Davis Brothers on Rebel

The Davis Brothers

Rebel 730

16395 - How I Can Tell Her

16395 - Ain't Gonna Work Tomorrow
(Ira & Charlie Louvin)

Bluegrass, 1966.

Label owned by Shelby Smith, out of Batesville, Arkanas.

The brothers came from the Memphis area and featured acoustic guitar and mandolin on their shows. Elder brother Bill would later record for Bill Glore, a stalwart producer of the Memphis scene. (source : Dave Travis, Stomper Time STCD 16)



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Andy Lauren (Kasper 106)

Andy Lauren

Kasper 106

20029 - Love Me Tender
20030 - High On A Mountain

Kasper 106 (picture sleeve)

Andy Lauren had two others releases on the same label, listed HERE and another on the Akron Alpine label owned by Bobby Lee.

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F. Eddy Pierce on Pier-Wats

F. Eddy Pierce Pier-Watts 1300 [December 1956] CP-1046 - Hold Back Tomorrow CP-1047 - Your Kisses Don't Thrill Me Anymore (Eddy Pierce-James Watson, Fairway Corp. BMI)

Label likely owned by Eddy Pierce (PIER) and James Watson (WATS) out of Louisville, Kentucky.

Eddy Pierce also recorded, with Charlie Davis, two years later for Farral Records a good rockabilly bopper, "It's You, Only You". The flipside, "A Thousand To One", can be heard at YouTube HERE

It's You, Only You .

Sammy Marshall & The Teen Notes on Crescendo

Sammy Marshall & The Teen Notes

Crescendo 102

CP-5871 - Tinsel And Tin
(Rosetta Gibbon-Byron Aucker, Hillsboro Music BMI)

CP-5872 - Outside Of That
(William F. Argo, Hillsboro Music BMI)

From 1961 on a New-York label likely owned by Guido Sgambellone.

Largely above average song-poem recording. That's perhaps why the name of Globe Records owner, Jim Maxwell, is printed on label, credited as the producer, and that's quite unusual, I believe.

Sample 1


Sample 2

Crescendo label discography (ASPMA)



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Joe Franklin (Renown 113)

Joe FRANKLIN with the HI-LITERS

Renown 113

CP-2368 - True Blue

CP-2369 - Who Put The Pep In The Punch

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Leo Ortega on Sun-Tex

Leo Ortega

Sun-Tex

23105 - Tico Tico
23106 - The Breeze And I

1968

Latin instrumentals. From Texas?

Picture credit : eBay breakaway-records
Currently offered at eBay (with sample of both sides)

Tico-Tico no Fubá is the title of a renowned Brazilian choro music piece composed by Zequinha de Abreu in 1917.

The first recording of the work was made by Orquestra Colbaz (Columbia 22029, 1931).

Tico-Tico no Fubá was recorded and made popular internationally by Carmen Miranda (who performed it onscreen in Copacabana (1947)) and Ray Conniff. [see Wikipedia article]


----> 61 versions of "Tico Tico" can be heard at WFMU here.

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