78 RPM - Tommy Ridgley - Jam Up / Wish I Had Never - Atlantic - USA

78 RPM Record

Artist:	Tommy Ridgley
Label:	Atlantic
Country:	USA
Catalogue:	1039
Date:	Sep 1954
Format:	10"
Collection:	I Own It I Want It
Community:	1 Owns
Price Guide:	$25
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PRICE GUIDE

$25

Track	Artist	Title	Composer	Rating
A	Tommy Ridgley	Jam Up	Ridgley	9.0 Rate
B	Tommy Ridgley	Wish I Had Never	DeVore	Rate

Notes

A side personnel: Lee Allen (tenor sax); Alvin "Red" Tyler (baritone sax); rest unknown.

A mx: A-1308 (label); A-1308 AT (runout); recorded August 8, 1954.
B mx: A-1200 (label); A-1200 AT (runout); recorded December 1, 1953.

Also issued on 45 RPM as 45-1039

Billboard, Oct. 2, 1954, page 46: Reviews of New R&B Records.
Billboard, Jan. 29, 1955, page 60: Atlantic ad.

Images

Number: 1568026

THUMBNAIL
Uploaded By: xiphophilos
Description: Atlantic 1039 A side label

Number: 1568024

Uploaded By: xiphophilos
Description: Atlantic 1039 B side label

Number: 1568792

Uploaded By: KeithS SUBS
Description: Atlantic ad in Billboard, January 29, 1955

Comments and Reviews


xiphophilos 17th Feb 2018		Don't you love the prose style of Billboard's reviewers?



laviolet SUBS 17th Feb 2018		Billboard review, October 2, 1954 "Jam Up": A spanking beat sparks the band in a toe-tapping instrumental. Could serve as good juke filler material. "Wish I Had Never": Chanter mourns an ill-fated romance in this routine blues.



laviolet SUBS 6th Feb 2018		Interesting ... two reviews of the same record, published the same day, with opposite sides listed first. If nothing else, this shows that reliance on the first listed side to identify the A side can be dicey. Thanks, all. "Jam Up" is Ridgley's most compiled track, remarkably because it's his only record where he doesn't sing. He never had any big national hits but made some fine records for Herald and Ric and remained a popular entertainer in New Orleans throughout his professional life.



KeithS SUBS 6th Feb 2018		Atlantic ad from Jan 1955



fixbutte 6th Feb 2018		Another strong sign that "Jam Up" was actually the A-side is that it was recorded just a few weeks before the release whereas "Wish I Had Never" was already nine months old, a remarkably long span for a potential hit side. "Jam Up", although not containing a vocal by Tommy Ridgley, was written by him anyway.



xiphophilos 6th Feb 2018		I had switched the sides because of the Cash Box review and because I found someone else refer to "Jam Up" as the B side. In addition, the Vocal side is often the featured one and the Instrumental the B side. Just as often, of course, it then turns out that the instrumental is the more popular song, and so it's no surprise that Atlantic in January 1955, 4 months after the record's release, had realized this and boasted about releasing "Jam Up".



laviolet SUBS 5th Feb 2018		I posted this with "Jam Up" as the A side and someone flipped the sides. The Cash Box issue of October 2, 1954 reviews the record with "Wish I Had Never" listed first, which doesn't necessarily mean it was the side Atlantic was promoting. An Atlantic ad in Billboard (January 29, 1955) mentions "Jam Up," although this was about three months after release. Does anyone have any evidence of which side was being pushed? By the way, the 45cat entry still shows "Jam Up" as the A side.



laviolet SUBS 5th Feb 2018		Here are both sides: