78 RPM - Jimmy Reed - I'm Gonna Ruin You / Pretty Thing - Vee-Jay - USA

78 RPM Record

Artist:	Jimmy Reed
Label:	Vee-Jay
Country:	USA
Catalogue:	VJ 132
Date:	Apr 1955
Format:	10"
Collection:	I Own It I Want It
Community:	3 Own
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Track	Artist	Title	Composer	Rating
A	Jimmy Reed	I'm Gonna Ruin You	Carter, Reed	Rate
B	Jimmy Reed	Pretty Thing	J. Reed	Rate

Notes

Side A: Matrix # 55-230
Side B: Matrix # 55-231

Both sides recorded on January 18, 1955 in Chicago, IL.

Jimmy Reed, vocal, harmonica, guitar
Eddie Taylor, guitar
Ray Scott, drums

This issue was pressed and then suddenly cancelled for distribution for unknown reasons. It is unclear as to whether any copies of this disc made it to retail outlets.before the cancellation was ordered (however, since both 78 and 45 retail copies of the release are existant, one may assume that a limited number of the issues were shipped to retailers). Both titles would be re-recorded during a session in March (which is listed below this entry).

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make1968 17th Nov 2016		I have the record with these labels, with matrix #s = 55-230 and 55-231. Still, the dead wax matrix #s are these = 55248 , 292 and 55249 , 292. Were the leftover labels (partly) used for the re-release that had new matrix numbers? And are these recordings different versions?



BigBadBluesMan 5th Jan 2016



BigBadBluesMan 5th Jan 2016



fixbutte 15th Dec 2014		Actually Vee-Jay VJ-119 came out around Oct 1954 (I've corrected the previous release date of that one), but it was still in the R&B charts in March/April 1955, so there was no need for a new Jimmy Reed single in Jan 1955 anyway.



fixbutte 15th Dec 2014		Hi Twitster, I've noticed your accurate notes about the different recordings of VJ 132, but I've also corrected your suggested release date for this first version from Jan 1955 to a more realistic Mar 1955 date. A Jan 18, 1955 recording usually would not have been released in the same month, and Vee-Jay had only just released Jimmy Reed material on VJ 119 in Jan 1955.



Twitster 15th Dec 2014		Produced by Calvin Carter