78 RPM - Bob Wills And His Texas Playboys - Fat Boy Rag / You Should Have Thought Of That Before - Columbia - USA

78 RPM Record

Artist:	Bob Wills And His Texas Playboys
Label:	Columbia
Country:	USA
Catalogue:	37824
Date:	1 Sep 1947
Format:	10"
Collection:	I Own It I Want It
Community:	7 Own, 1 Wants
Price Guide:	$25
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PRICE GUIDE

$25

Track	Artist	Title	Composer	Rating
A	Bob Wills And His Texas Playboys	Fat Boy Rag	Wills, Barnard	Rate
B	Bob Wills And His Texas Playboys	You Should Have Thought Of That Before	Browne	Rate

Notes

A: Instrumental. B: Vocal by Tommy Duncan with Instrumental Acc.
A: Recorded Sep 6, 1946, mx: HCO 2017; B: Recorded Jan 28, 1945, mx: H 1250; CBS Studio (Radio Station KNX), 6121 Gower & Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA.
Reissued on Columbia 20359 (spring 1948)

BB Sep 27, 1947, p. 32 (Advance Record Releases - Folk)
BB Oct 4, 1947, p. 151 (Review)

Images

Number: 697174 THUMBNAIL Uploaded By: 78-Ron Edited By: fixbutte Description: A side label	Number: 697175 Uploaded By: 78-Ron Edited By: fixbutte Description: B Side label	Number: 3069235 Uploaded By: historyofcountrymusic Description: A-side	Number: 3069236 Uploaded By: historyofcountrymusic Description: B-side
Number: 813185 HIDDEN Uploaded By: fixbutte Description: A w/ company sleeve	Number: 813186 HIDDEN Uploaded By: fixbutte Description: B w/ company sleeve

Comments and Reviews


historyofcountrymusic 28th Aug 2022		Added slight label variant - font difference on catalog numbers



Apes Ville 22nd Jul 2020		(1948) Columbia (NY) 78 - 20359)



fixbutte 10th Jun 2015		"Fat Boy Rag" was christened after its inventor, Texas Playboys' guitarist Lester Robert Barnard Jr. aka Junior, whom Bob Wills occasionally called "Fat Boy". The video added by BigBadBluesMan is not available in Germany but it apparently points to the Tiffany Transcriptions version, recorded more or less live on May 20, 1946, some months before the commercial recording for Columbia. It's not the time for a profound appreciation of Junior Barnard now, but briefly speaking he was one of the creators of rock 'n' roll (or even rock) guitar. Here's a very interesting web article about him, with some of his solos sampled (including the Tiffany version of "Fat Boy Rag"): Get It Low: The Dirty Guitar of Junior Barnard



BigBadBluesMan 4th Apr 2015