Excellent Records (Ohio)

Hank Drew and his Blue Valley Boys.
Excellent Records # 302 - circa 1956
Side A - You Don't Love Me (Oscar Drew)
Side B - Don't Torture Me (Oscar Drew)

Pretty rare and mighty fine record out of Cincinnati, Ohio circa 1956 by Hank Drew. The A side is the uptempo side and really does bounce along and is just a delightful slice of hillbilly bop. The B side is the more typical country weepie and ticks all the boxes in that department. Hank and his Blue Valley boys are just great and I would go onto say they match their label name!

Jamboree Records! (West Virginia)

Roy Scott with The Country Harmony Boys 
Jamboree Records # 1154 - 1953
Side A - The Rest Of My Life (Hardrock Gunter)
Side B - Wilted Roses (Brill, Deloy)

Label based in Wheeling, West Virginia.

Superb country styling by WWVA Radio star Roy Scott and the Country Harmony Boys. Both these songs were re-released on the Pennant label a short time after on 78 and 45 rpm.
Two classy numbers from Roy with great country vocals and top backing.

Gulf Coast Records !

Dan Seal and String Band Acc.
Gulf Coast Records # 1012 - 1954
Side A - Don't Break My Heart
Side B - You Gotta Walk That Line

Dan Seal and his string band really cook up a storm on the B side of this rare little platter out of Biloxi, Mississippi in 1954.
This was the first label set up and owned by Marion Carpenter and Pee Wee Maddux before they set up the 'Fine' label in the same area a short time after with Dan seeing releases on both.
The A side is a real nice slowish country chugger with some real nice vocals by Dan.
'You Gotta Walk That Line' is pretty damn cool little tune and packs a real punch, starts with that typical Hank Williams intro but added with some superb vocals and chugging rhythm guitar, fiddle and Steel and then we get some fine picking on the ol' lead lead guitar ......wow! just a doozy of a record!

Radio Artist Records !

Turner Bros (Red & Lige) - Radio Artist Records # 204 - May 1947

Side A - All Night Long

Side B - Could you Take Me Back.

Red & Lige hit the ground running with the brilliant 'All Night Long', fantastic bluegrass and hillbilly bop with the expected great fiddle, steel and humorous dual vocals. The flip is the usual slower number but both are a look into the changing styles in country and Bluegrass around this time and this disc shows that Hank Williams had started to gather interest around this time.

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Turner Bros. (Red & Lige) 
Radio Artist Records # 234 - 1948
Side A - The Fallen Tree Waltz 
Side B - Boog-Boog- Boogie

Mid 1948 E. T. Herzog Recording Studio, 811 Race St., Cincinnati, OH - Turner Brothers (Red & Lige) (Ulysses Red Turner [vcl], Monroe Lige Turner [vcl] + Roy Lanham - Lead Guitar + Unknown Steel & Bass!

If you want Hillbilly Boogie in your life then your search is over folks! what we have here is Hillbilly Boogie perfection with the Turner Bros on dual vocals and rhythm guitar and Roy Lanham on Lead guitar for what can only be described as a "Scorcher"
This could have been recorded in 1952 and you wouldn't argue with it but the fact is it was recorded in mid 1948!!! ....damn fine!!!!.......Roy is hot hot hot on that 6 string for 1948 !!!!!
Radio Artist records always bought your radio friends to records and thank god they did !!!

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Khoury's Records !

Rick Johnson - Khoury's Recordings - KH-644 - 1954
Side A - It Isn't Right.
Side B - Gotta Get Back.

Rick Johnson AKA Gordon Ritter wrote and sung both sides of this top little record on the Khoury label from Lake Charles, Louisiana. Bayou hits was a bold statement but here we have a cool slice of country.
Both sides just ooze quality and Ricks voice is strong and pleasant but it also has an edge which at times sounds really cool. Plenty of steel, Piano and fiddle makes this a lovely B side and "Gotta Get Back" is the tune that swings for sure!

Quality Records !

Quality Records (Canada) 

Ernie Chaffin - Quality Records # 1659 - 1957
Side A - I'm Lonesome
Side B - Laughin' and Jokin' 


Originally released on the legendary Sun records from Memphis in the same year and picked up for a release on the Canadian label Quality.
This is a rare find on a 78 by Quality (only listed as a release on Quality as a 45 rpm on Discogs) and in my opinion one of the greatest recordings made at Sun studios .......better than any Jerry Lee Lewis recording .......so is a mystery why Sam released 4 singles by Ernie but he never pushed him like he did with all the others.
Anyway, this is a quality record released on a Quality label. Pure country bop, original sound, original production and just brilliant IMO.

Harris Records !

Harris Records!

Danny Brown and the Circle "O" Ranchboys
Side A - Party Girl.
Side B - You're Gonna Be Fooled.
Mt. Pleasant, Texas.

A mighty fine record by Danny Brown and his Circle "O" Ranchboys out of Mount Pleasant, Texas (date unknown) but sounds around 52/53.
Both songs bounce along at a fine mid tempo pace, classic country Hillbilly, piano, guitar, steel guitar and fiddle provide all the usual and mostly expected sounds and all played to a very high level.