Von Records!

 

Shorty Sullivan - Von Records # 1004 - Booneville, Mississippi - Nov 1955.

Side A - Tell Me, Tell Me.

Side B - Gotta Have Your Love Tonight.

This is a diamond of a record! it literally sparkles from start to stop! the A side hits all the right notes with a competent country tune but it's when you flip flop the monster over! well you better hold on to your hat! it's a real mover! its a damn fine tune where all musicians taking part in the recording really know what they're doing! It's really is Von-Tastic!!!

TNT Records!

 

Jacoby Bros. - TNT Records # 1004 - 1954

Side A - Warmed Over Love

Side B - Cannonball.

This TNT record is not so much a rare one but is definitely one needed for all hillbilly/Country 78 record collectors! It has avoided me over the years! after being outbid! forgetting to bid! but finally one appeared for sale in the UK and here it is!

A true twin spin if ever there was one! Warmed Over Love is just magic with those sweet Jacoby Bros at full voice & harmonising so well ! Fiddle led with some tasty mandolin! but it's the vocal delivery that steals the show!

Cannonball! again moves at a pace and is just magical as it switches gear with little effort! Train whistle intro and down the tracks the song shoots along! Again the fiddle drives the thing! as the brothers hit each sweet note with perfection!

Bally Records!

 Frank Deaton and The Mad Lads - Bally Records # 1042 - 1957

Side A - My Love For You

Side B - Just A Little Bit More.

The A side is a pretty cool tune! Frank shows us some laid back hiccup vocal on a really nice rock-a-ballad, some snazzy lead guitar from one of The Mad Lads! overall not a bad little tune! BUT! flip it over and you get some Red HOT bass slappin' rockabilly! pure excellence! Frank again shows off even more 'over the top' hiccupy vocal style and really lays it on before you'll hear even more blistering lead guitar that really moves through the grooves! 

A late 78 pressing of this classic and is pretty hard to find rockabilly scorcher!

Amijo Records

 

Skeeter Bonn - Amijo Records # 933 - Chicago, 1954

Side 1 - Honey Baby

Side 2 - I've Been Down That Road Before.

This promo 78 record + press pack was sent out to Radio stations and DJ's to promote Skeeter Bonn and his music! The A side 'Honey Baby' has a yodel style and is a pretty decent slow/mid paced track! Piano and Fiddle are prominent throughout! I prefer the flip 'I've Been Down That Road Before' which really moves along nicely! Nice chugging lead guitar, sweet fiddle and of course Skeeter and his high octave vocal! 

Promo poster 

Skeeter Bonn - Info sheet

Info sheet (Back)

Promo 'Honey Baby' postcard

Postcard back

Colonial Records!

 Colonial Records - Hollywood, CA.

Tommy Little and his Sunrise Rangers.

Colonial # 116 - 1949

A Side - High Geared Daddy

B Side - We Can Never Love Again

After the minor local success of 'High Geared Daddy' on Tommy's own TRC (North Carolina) label earlier in the year! Colonial stepped up to release the same two tracks on their Hollywood label towards the end of 1949! 

High Geared Daddy has all the ingredients to be considered borderline Rockabilly! not quite! but you can hear the subtle movement in that direction! A true hillbilly record that really moves! The acoustic guitar sweeps around and really rocks! a top top rare 78 record!

The flip side has some great duet vocals Tiny & Cliff with some terrific steel and superb acoustic guitar and mandolin! which makes this tune! way above the standard weepie majority of B sides around this time! this track bops along real fine!

Sterling Records!

 Sterling Records Inc, New York

Hank Williams and his Drifting Cowboys.

Sterling Records # 210 

Side 1 - Honky Tonkin' (Williams)

Side 2 - Pan American (Williams)

Recorded February 13, 1947 at WSM studios in Nashville, TN.

Classic Hank! on a classic label! this is as pure a country record that you will ever ever hear! Honky Tonkin' even as early as 1947! Hank started to push the country envelope with a chugging beat! sweet fiddle & lush steel heavily layered on top! you get the very early beginnings of Rockabilly (still a way off! but it's starting to raise it's head) . It was very soon after this release that M.G.M came knocking and whisked him away to make his fame and fortune! and he never looked back! until it all came to a sudden end! 

Bass [Uncredited] – Louis Innis

Electric Guitar [Uncredited] – Zeke Turner

Fiddle [Uncredited] – Tommy Jackson 

Steel Guitar [Uncredited] – Dale Lohman

Vocals, Guitar – Hank Williams.

Rural Rhythm!

Rural Rhythm # 501 - 1955

Earney Vandagriff and The Big "D" Boys 

Side A - Guest Star In Heaven (A Tribute To Hank Williams)

Side B - I Know I'm Falling In Love. 

Earney & The Big 'D' Boys strike up a hearty rhythm and top notch record with the really good 'Guest Star In Heaven & 'I Know I'm Falling In Love' both are just lovely country sides and basically do what they are supposed to do! they get your toes tappin' and your ears caressed!