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djgger
13th Jul 2020		78 RPM
Frankie Vaughan - The Green Door / Pity The Poor, Poor Man		"The Green Door" was very, very popular in late 1956. The popularity of this cover version, must have caused Philips to switch the A and B sides. I remember my mother taking me and my two sisters to John Burdon and Sons Ltd, the local music shop and record retailer situated in Yarm Lane, Stockton-on-Tees, to buy the record. My mother, a big Frankie Vaughan fan, could not get us back home fast enough to play the record on our wind-uip gramophone.

djgger
23rd Aug 2019		CD Album
Petula Clark - The Sixties EP Collection		10 or so years ago when Brian Matthews presented "Sounds of the Sixties" on BBC Radio 2 on Saturday mornings he used to do a quiz. Three questions I think, as I remember. You could respond by sending in a postcard or respond with your answers online by email. I won it several times and this is one of the prizes that won from "Sounds of the Sixties".

djgger
29th Oct 2016		Vinyl Album
Gene Vincent And His Blue Caps - Bluejean Bop!		My copy is turquoise label, owned it since purchased second-hand in 1962

djgger
26th May 2016		Vinyl Album
Ray Charles - The Incomparable Ray Charles		I bought some of these Summit Albums by Little Richard, Ray Charles etc. Once I heard them I realised the label was cashing-in on these artists and by putting their names on the album cover and I passed them on. They were not expensive in 1965, probably about 11/- if I remember correctly, that is eleven shillings or 60p. A 45rpm single in 1965 was about 6/8d (work it out) and a 45rpm EP about 11/- or just under. A full price LP, say the Beatles, Help, would be something like 32/6d.

djgger
26th May 2016		Vinyl Album
Little Richard - Little Richard Sings		The cover photo of Little Richard was taken in London in early 1964 when Little Richard was in London to record the ATV (I think) television special. This was his first 'major' comeback after retiring from rock'n'roll in 1957. The photo was published in Record Mirror at around the time it was taken inside a major London music intrument retailer shop.

After around 1957 Little Richard ceased recording rock'n'roll music. Richard did not record anything until 1960. He recorded two gospel albums which were to be released on Top Rank label in UK but were withdrawn, I believe. Richard next recorded two gospel-tinged singles in 1962, He Got What He Wanted (But He Lost What He Had) and Joy, Joy, Joy, for the Mercury label. The release of these two singles coincided with a gospel tour Richard undertook with Sam Cooke and a very young Billy Preston in the UK. During this tour of one-nighters in autumn 1962 Richard was persuaded by his 'teddy-boy' fans to perform some rock'n'roll numbers. This was in the north of England. The audience went mad and from then on Richard was back to performing as he called it the 'devil's music'.

During 1963 Richard recorded two more gospel singles for Atlantic, Crying In The Chapel and Travellin' Shoes. Richard was booked to headline a UK tour in autumn 1963 but most of the one-nighters were cancelled or re-arranged leaving many of his fans very unhappy (I was one). One person who did catch Little Richard live on stage was Mick Jagger and it is reported that Richard blew him away and made a huge impact on him.

The Merseysound and the Beatles were sweeping the country and the Beatles and other beat groups were talking about Little Richard and playing and recording his songs. This led to Richard recording a one-off single for his old label in the USA, Specialty. The single was Bama Lama Bama Loo and made a small dent in the UK charts reaching around about number 20 in the top twenty best sellers in early 1964. This single coincided with a visit by Little Richard to record the ATV special where he was backed by UK band Sounds Incorporated. The Shirelles also appeared in this TV special.

With all the renewed interest in Little Richard there was a lot of jumping on the bandwagon hence this Summit label release with only four tracks by Richard presumably taken from the Top Rank albums and padded out by Brock Peters. Less copyright fees to pay, no doubt. From this point on in spring 1964 Little Richard was back and back singing, recording and perfoming rock'n'roll although nothing like the 1950s Specialty recordings.

By the way, I am one of Little Richard's oldest fans by virtue of the fact that after first hearing Rip It Up after it was released in the UK in late 1956 Richard has been my number one favourite singer and performer since that date which will be 60 years this year.



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78 RPM: Vic Damone - An Affair To Remember (Our Love Affair) / The Legend Of The Bells - Philips - UK - P.B.745 (1957)

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78 RPM: The Everly Brothers - Cathy's Clown / Always It's You - Warner Bros. - UK - WB.1 (1960)

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78 RPM: Marty Wilde - Sea Of Love / Teenage Tears - Philips - UK - PB. 959 (1959)

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