78 RPM - Paul Williams Sextette - Hastings St. Bounce / Way Late - Savoy - USA

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Artist:	Paul Williams Sextette
Label:	Savoy
Country:	USA
Catalogue:	659
Date:	Oct 1947
Format:	10"
Collection:	I Own It I Want It
Community:	2 Own
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Track	Artist	Title	Composer	Rating
A	Paul Williams Sextette	Hastings St. Bounce	Paul Williams	Rate
B	Paul Williams Sextette	Way Late	T. Reig, A. Thomas	Rate

Notes

Direction T. Reig, B: Vocal by "Muddy Water".

BB Oct 11, 1947, p. 37 (Advance Record Releases)

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make1968 ● 10th Nov 2019		B-side: Way Late



BigBadBluesMan 5th Apr 2015



slholzer 19th Jan 2015		Clearly he rolled with the punch as far as the name went. He was a competent blues man from the sound of it, and he took to the electric sound quickly and well. Nevertheless, it seems he settled for a short career as a recording artist, what you might call his "Fifteen minutes of fame", and faded from view. I hope he had a more satisfying career as a live performer.



fixbutte 19th Jan 2015		Here's another record by Alex Thomas of the time on YouTube with this comment: Alex Thomas made his first recordings as the vocalist for the Paul Williams Sextet in Detroit in 1947. At that time he was known as "Muddy Water". After a slight name change he recorded four songs as "Muddy Walters" but only two were ever issued. It is not believed that he is Alex "Playboy" Thomas who recorded for Swing Time in the early 50's.



slholzer 18th Jan 2015		Perhaps we are both right PhilMH. Per Wikipedia, the soon to be Muddy Waters did record three times for two different labels by the end of 1947. None of those recordings saw the light of day, however, until 1948. If this had been "the" Muddy Waters, it would have been his debut recording and it would be thoroughly remembered as such. On a major label like Imperial, it would certainly not have gone undiscovered until now. I wonde how Alex Thomas felt about having his pseudonym pre-empted.



PhilMH ● 14th Jan 2015		Not at all too soon, as Muddy Waters made his first recordings in 1946, but as it happens, this isn't him, but one Alex Thomas, according to BLUES RECORDS VOL. 2 (Record Information Services).



slholzer 14th Jan 2015		The vocal on Side B is credited to "Muddy Water". At least one discographer I know has jumped to the conclusion that this is Muddy Waters. I'm not the definitive expert on this, but I think this is too soon to be "the" Muddy Waters.

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