Until I scanned this cover just now, I didn't realize quite how awful it is. That's Julie Newmar, probably wishing afterwards they'd ditch the negatives--they didn't. I found this at Goodwill back in 2009, and memory told me that I'd posted the entire thing--I didn't. So, now I am. You'll get to hear all fourteen tracks, an entire five of which (all from the Abbey label) have been identified by collectors. My thanks to this fine page, and another which I forgot to bookmark. No, wait--here it is: Link.
Now you know as little as I do about this hyper-cheap Hollywood label LP of 1957. My copy has some groove-wear issues, but MAGIX and I eliminated most of them by choosing the best portion of the two channels. The result is a near-pristine rip of a two-bit pressing, and would we want any less?
Excellent stuff here--it hops, it jumps, it rocks. (The music, not the needle.) Steady Roll, by the way, is the male version of My Daddy Rocks Me (with a Steady Roll), and a masterpiece of subtlety next to track #6, Featherweight Baby. I'm Going To Rock Till I Drop is another really refined use of metaphor. To the sounds:
Rhythm and Blues in the Night
CALL ME DARLIN'--Bobby Marshall (Abbey 3014), 1950.
I'M GONNA LIVE FOR TODAY--Male singer, 1949.
DON'T CRY DARLIN'--Master Keys (Abbey 3017), 1950.
STEADY ROLL--Bill Gooden (Abbey A66), 1949.
TELL ME PRETTY BABY--Ralph Willis and Spider Sam (Abbey 3005), 1949.
FEATHERWEIGHT BABY--Jack Dupree and the Back Room Boys, 1950.
RAIN, RAIN, RAIN--Unknown group.
MISTER BLUES--Unknown male vocal group.
I WANT TO ROCK TILL I DROP--Unknown female vocal, 1949.
I DON'T HURT ANYMORE--Unknown female vocal.
IF YOU BELIEVE--Unknown vocal group.
HONEY LOVE--Unknown female vocal.
COME TO ME DARLIN'--Unknown male vocal.
WHEN MY HEART BEATS LIKE A HAMMER--Unknown male vocal.
Lee
8 comments:
Wow, she looks...well...stoned.
Hmmm. That *would* explain the photo.
Catwoman had too much catnip trying to get into character.
Says right there on the cover who it is... Connie Bennet, Bill Smyth & The Harlem-Aires. Glad I could clear that up for you. If you can't believe what you read on an LP cover, then what's the point?
Three tries it took me to get the word verification correct. I must be turning into a robot.
Maybe we're all robots already but don't know it....
Thanks, everyone, for the highly witty comments!
Thanks!!
Thanks for the great download!
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