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You are
out record hunting and stumble across a record by a group you
have never heard of, on a record label you have never seen before.
You come home, slap it on the turntable, and listen. Sometimes it's
great, sometimes it is just so-so. Worse yet, sometimes
it's Country Western! You go to your most
trusted reference book. Then another, and and another.Then
you search the Internet. No luck.Then you place it on your mystery artists page, and hope someone else knows about it. Please email
me if you have any information on the artist and
or label.
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I
don't have a clue who this is or anything
about the label. Looks like it is the first issue on
007 records, and is a doo wopish ballad.
The flip, "Lonely Fool" is an up tempo, pleasing
song by the group. Listen to "Beggar
Of Love"! |
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Female
vocal group, the Humdingers, are showcased with a fine rock and roll song and I do know about the label. It was originally started in 1958 by three of the members of
the Los Angeles based group the Cadets. Lloyd McCraw, Will "Dub"
Jones and Aaron Collins named the label
after the initials of their last names. The label
style is different then the yellow and black
issue from 1958. And this was pressed on red vinyl.
There was a release in 1960, M.J.C. 104 by Hal Davis, that was issued
on black and red wax. I'm not sure if this came both ways,
and I have no certainty of who the group is. I
do have a guess. Could it be the Teen Queens? Richard Moritz who
emailed me seems to think so, and I have been looking
for verification. Let me know what you think! Listen
to the Humdingers singing "Hum Dinger" ! |
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So
it's not even close to doo wop! But darn interesting to me.The rarest
45 RPM on the National label is the Ravens, "Count Every Star",
issue 9111. I have several of the National label 45's including Barton's
9109 release. I always thought they were rare, just not valuable like
the Ravens record. Then I ran across this. An orange
Vinyl National 45 from 1951. Not a boot, but I have never seen
National 45's on colored vinyl. I wonder if it was also released on black
vinyl, and just how many others were pressed on orange
or other colored vinyl? |
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Another
non-doo wop record, although it tries pretty hard. It
is poppish, and has a catchy almost doo wop
type of sound. "Linda
Sue" is a fun record on the Jones label. I believe it was based in Houston Texas, but
I know very little about other releases (the Doodlers
had 2 on Jones), or anything about the group. Was William Jones the label owner? The record appears to have been issued
in 1958. Listen to "Linda
Sue" |
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It's
not doo wop, and it's not rockabilly. It's somewhere in between.
Fitzgerald tries to lean towards rock and roll, and includes a vocal chorus in the background. I do know that the label is
out of Hollywood and was owned by Harry Bluestone. I don't know who W.C. Fitzgerald is, or if it was ever pressed
on black wax. The only two I have seen were as shown on blue wax. This
appears to be from 1956. Listen to W.C. Fitzgerald "Take
A Hold Of My Hand"! Click on the picture for a full view. |
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