Jim & Artie & the 10-4

Jim & Artie & the 10-4

10-4 HRC-1200
Hillsville, VA

(1977)

38619 ~ The Ballad Of Fancy Gap
38620 ~ Gypsy Motor Freight

Jim & Artie
courtesy of the Digital Library of Appalachia

The Ballad Of Fancy Gap (part)

"They call that killer mountain, Old Fancy Gap." Jim [James Marshall, born 1930] was a trucker at the time he wrote about the perilous route down old US 52 that was especially dangerous for truckers. The road claimed many a life back in the days before I-77 opened. Even I-77 has multiple escape routes for truckers whose brakes can't withstand the trip down the mountain. You can see the gravel paths cut up the side of the steepest points ... escape roads going to nowhere ... but saving many a trucker's life. They had them on the old road, too, but the hairpin turns caused too many truckers to plunge over the side of the mountain like Toonces the cat on SNL." [from Where the Orange Blossoms Grow, Lissie's blog]

The Digital Library of Appalachia has about twenty audio files of Jim Marshall singing and talking about his songwriting while on the road. Files can be found HERE.

Guitar Tommy Moore & The 5 J's

Guitar Tommy Moore & Five J's

Ultrasonic 101
[1106 N. Sarah St. Louis, Mo.]

13277 ~ I Ain't Bothering Nobody
13278 ~ Your Car Machine

Realease date : Oct. 10, 1964 printed on label

Friendly Seven Gospel Singers

Friendly Seven Gospel Singers
Pianist : L. Johnston
Organist: Rev. J.T. Highbaugh

Label : Paxter's
Year : 1965

14889 - Clean Up Your House
14890 – Rock of… (?)

Audio samples

The Melody Bros feat. Allen Mann

The Melody Bros feat. Allen Mann

Label : Rend

27451 – More and more
27452 - Lonely Tonight

Recorded Live at Millas Steak House.

1971 soul.

Both sides (sample only)

The Sellers Brothers on Elvitrue

The Sellers Brothers

Elvitrue 561330

31907 - She's My Angel Down Here
31908 - Somebody Else

Country. Both songs written by Ruby Lee Ludlum, Elvitrue, BMI.

Hal & Charlie

Hal & Charlie

H and C 1

120 Mississippi Avenue
Warner Robins, Ga. 31093

36607 - My Woman's Love
36608 - Here to Stay

Georgia hillbilly produced by Ray Melton

Audio sample 1
Audio sample 2

The Fabulous Fremonts

The Fabulous Fremonts

Valerie 2003

12569 – Gee Whiz
12570 – Watermelon Man

Black vocal group on a Band Box Records subsidiary label. "Gee Whiz" is a cover of the Bob & Earl song (Class Records, 1958).

Previous release on the label was Dean Carr ("Too Many Tears", Valerie 2002, RCA custom pressing). The following release was Larry Johnson & the Dakota Territory ("I Never Loved a Prettier Girl Than You", Valerie 2004, pressed by Gasper Puccio's Houston Records plant.

Eddie Adams on V and V

Eddie Adams with the Mt. Rhythm Boys

V and V 404
Mecosta, Michigan

15955 – Break Away
15956 - From Now On

Country music singer, Eddie was born in 1930 in Mulliken, Michigan in Eaton County. His first break came with the help of a good friend, Jimmie Skinner in Cincinnati, Ohio. Jimmie introduced Eddie to Estel Lee, who owned the Excellent Record Company label at the time. More details about Eddie Adams here.

Clearence Howard and The Renegades

Clearence Howard and The Renegades

Sam Orahood Recording
637 S. Boston St, Galion, Ohio

15575 ~ Huckleberry Junction (V. Stephens
15576 ~ She's Not Here Anymore (N. Harris)

Rite account # 1175

Huckleberry Junction was previously recorded by Von Stephens and The String Dusters on the Karl label. A Little more than a reminiscence of Chuck Berry’s Sweet Little Sixteen…

Little Willie & Band

Little Willie & Band

Label : Little Willie Records

36047 - Bump-T-Bump
36048 - Hot Tamale

Late '75 or early '76

"Hot Tamale" has found its way to two CDs : "Wild Guitar Instrumental Rockers" and "Garage Guitar Inspired By Link Wray", "Bump-T-Bump" remain uncompiled.

Currently offered on e-bay by The Kid of Cincy

Evangelist R.A. West : Jesus Worked A Miracle For Me

Evangelist R.A. West
Jesus Worked A Miracle For Me
Label : Jay-Boy

Side one [ #33705 ]

Jesus Worked A Miracle For Me
I'm Proud to be a Christian
When I've Gone the Last Mile of the Way
He Is The Beginning and Ending of Time
King Jesus (Send an Angel By My Way)

Side two [ # 33706 ]

He Knows Exactly What I need
I Am to Blame
Because He Lives
He's the Good Shepherd
Time Is Winding Up

R.A. West
March 12, 1947 - July 6, 2002

R.A. West Revivals and Ministries began in 1969. Brother and Sister West and Jason (Jay-Boy), their son, worked with others in small local churches and prayer groups around the Varney, West Virginia area. Brother West worked at that time as a fireman/engineer for the Norfolk and Western Railway Company until the early 70’s when he resigned to follow his calling from the Lord...

Read more here

R.A. West preaching

Dorothy Rowen Sings Your Favorites

Dorothy Rowen Sings Your Favorites
Live at the Springs Motel
Lexington, Kentucky

1967
Rite account # 1943

Side One - #20499
(1) Make The World Go Away; (2) Bill Bailey; (3) I Left My Heart In San Francisco; (4) Rockabye Your Baby; (5) Your Cheatin' Heart and (6) Does Your Heart Beat For Me

Side Two -
(1) You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Loves You; (2) Bird Of Paradise; (3) Wipe Out; (4) Kansas City; (5) Good Ol' Mountain Dew; (6) King Of The Road and (7) Twilight Time

Acknowlegments : bookemdan00 (eBay)

Springs Motel
Lexington, Kentucky
(postcard)

Ben Tate (Ronnie 2164)

Ronnie 2164
15529 - If I Had My Way (Florence Williams)
15530 - I Am Packing Up To Move

Song-poem label
Label Discography

Carl Dean: " Up To Date Country Music "

" Up To Date Country Music "

1974

Side one [32719]

1-Bobbie Mcgee
2-Jenny,Jenny,Jenny
3-Bad,Bad Leroy Brown
4-Big Blue Diamond
5-Yum Yum
6-Little Queeny

Side two [32720]

1-Someday We'll Look Back
2-Knock 3 Times
3-Lovin' On Back Streets
4-Tossin' & Turnin'
5-Milwaukee Here I Come
6-Country Road

Carl Dean (real name Carl Dean Hoppe) learned to play guitar from his father at a very early age but preferred the piano. In the late fifties he performed several shows with Jerry Lee Lewis.

In the early sixties the Donna and Russell label (#508 in the Atlanta, Georgia NRC custom series) paired two Carl Dean self-penned songs : "Wait Till The Sun Comes Down" and "I'll Pack My Things And Go".

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The Country Masters : First

The Country Masters
LP "First"

Side One [31953]

Gotta Find A Place In The Sun
It's So Lonely To Be Lonely
She's Got To Be A Saint
Me And You And A Dog Named Boo
Shuckin' The Corn

Side Two [31954]

Auctioneer
Lonely Women Make Good Lovers
Sea Of Broken Memories
Johnny B. Goode
Teen Scene
Help Me Make It Through The Night

Perry, Ohio country band

North Peoria Church of Christ Adult Chorus

North Peoria Church of Christ Adult Chorus

LP In Times Like These

KVOO recordings. & production
Tulsa, Oklahoma

Side one [27939]

In Times Like These
How Great Thou Art
My God And I
Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah
All The Heavens Adore Thee
Just A Closer Walk With Thee
God Put A Rainbow In The Cloud
Go'long Noah.

Side two [27940]

Lonesome Valley
Ev'ry Time I Feel The Spirit
Ride The Chariot
Good News
Rockin' Jerusalem
Coming Up Lord
Climbin' Up The Mountain
Let's Work Together

Director: A.C. Christman
Sponsored By Tulsa Alumni Chapter Of Southwestern Christian College, Terrell, Texas

Loula L. Roberts at the piano

Loula L. Roberts at the piano
Memory 2181 (EP)

9343

What A Friend We Have In Jesus
Let the Lower Lights Be Burning

9344

When They Ring The Golden Bells
I Won't Have To Cross Jordan Alone

Mrs. Loula L. Roberts, a native of Noble, Louisiana, was a resident of Shreveport for 35 years when she died there, aged 78, in November 1977. She was a piano teacher.

Twilighters Quartet

Twilighters Quartet
Rick, John, Eddie, and Eddie
accompanied by
Jimmy Sullivan and Robert Cunningham

EP TR-1961

CP-5041 - In the Still of the Night / Billy, Billy, Went a Walking
CP-5042 - Moments to Remember / Down By the Riverside

Birmingham Alabama vocal group.

These were all students at Woodlawn High School in Birmingham in 1956 (many still sing as a group called the Warblers today)

Howard Fogg and the Lonesome Valley Boys

Spur 1118
20933 – Matamoros

Spur 1118

20934 – Highway Man



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The African Jazz Trio

The African Jazz Trio

Buzz 137-5

CP-2339 - I Should Care
CP-2340 - Up A Lazy River

Audio clip

Light jazz from Cleveland, Ohio.

Release number 137-5 likely indicates that is the 5th release of the Rite account # 137 (Vlad Maleckar's Audio Recording).