Vinyl Albums - Comments by Bill Fick

Vinyl Albums - Comments by Bill Fick

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Member	Item		Review/Comment
Bill Fick 10th Jun 2015		Vinyl Album The Million Dollar Quartet - The Complete Million Dollar Session (1987)	This wasn't the first time a jam session like this occurred at Sun. It's just that this was the first time it was fairly well-documented, mainly because 3 of the 4 guys had major hit records at the time. When Elvis was still with Sun, Johnny Cash was in the studio when he cut "Baby, Let's Play House" & Carl Perkins was in the control room when he cut "When It Rains, It Really Pours" (as evidenced by the original session tapes). You'll have to remember that Sun was a rather informal place back then, people drifted in & out of the studio all the time. That's why you'll find people like Roy Orbison & Charlie Feathers (just to name 2) guesting on other peoples' records (uncredited)... And Billy Lee Riley's Little Green Men basically became Sun's in-house band from 1957-59 for those artists that didn't have their own band...
Bill Fick 10th Jun 2015		Vinyl Album Johnny Cash And The Tennessee Two - Showtime (1969)	Original Sun recordings overdubbed with fake "live" applause in order to "cash in" (bad, bad, un-intended pun) on the then-current success of Cash's prime-time TV show.
Bill Fick 10th Jun 2015		Vinyl Album Johnny Cash And The Tennessee Two - Original Golden Hits Volume I (1969)	Inadvertently contains an alternate take of "Cry! Cry! Cry!".
Bill Fick 10th Jun 2015		Vinyl Album Bill Justis - Raunchy & Other Great Instrumentals (1969)	As you've probably gathered, I'm a huge Sun fan/collector. At last count, my original US Sun collection is as follows: Sun 45s: 137 Flip 45s: 1 Phillips Int'l 45s: 49 Sun EPs: 6 Sun PS: all 3 Sun 45 FS: 2 Unused Sun 45 labels: 3 Unused Phillips Int'l 45 labels: 4 Sun 78s: 18 Flip 78s: 1 Phillips Int'l 78s: 1 Sun LPs: 7
Bill Fick 10th Jun 2015		Vinyl Album Mom's Apple Pie - Mom's Apple Pie (1972)	I have a sealed copy of this, 1st cover. Let's see how many sharp-eyed observers can figure out why this cover had to be re-worked...?
Bill Fick 10th Jun 2015		Vinyl Album Bill Justis - Raunchy & Other Great Instrumentals (1969)	Well, it should be listed as something to differentiate it from the Sam Phillips-owned Sun era, so as not to confuse novice collectors, if for no other reason... The US pressing of this states "Sun International Corporation - A Division of the Shelby Singleton Corp. - Nashville, Tenn. U.S.A." on both the back cover & label perimeter print. Since that's how & where this LP originated, that's how it should be listed. A collector not "in the know" might think that this LP is obstensively a re-issue of Justis' "Cloud 9" LP on Phillips Int'l, when it really isn't, due to the fact that many of the original master tapes were not used... Funny, while pouring over the fine print on this LP cover, I just noticed that there's a small image of Bill Justis poking out of the top of the girls' hair. In the 30+ years I've had this LP, I've never noticed that before (of course, I was never looking at her HAIR before...Ha!!). When Singleton bought Sun, not only did he release LPs, he also leased material to budget labels in the US (Pickwick, Share, etc...), just to confuse matters even more... SIDE NOTE: There is a version of "College Man" with lyrics that exists, same backing track as the master recording, but with a lead vocal provided by Billy Lee Riley, originally left unissued until the CD re-issue era. Killer! I'm sure it's still available on a Charly or Bear Family CD...
Bill Fick 10th Jun 2015		Vinyl Album Bill Justis - Raunchy & Other Great Instrumentals (1969)	Quite a common occurrence for Sun International LPs (which is what this should be listed under, not Sun proper). In 1969, when Shelby Singleton bought the label from Sam Phillips, he immediately started releasing LPs of classic Sun material. In fact, that first year alone Shelby issued more LPs than the original Sun Records had ever issued through it's entire existence. Sam Phillips himself only issued 12 LPs (on both Sun & Phillips Int'l) between 1957 & 1965, & 7 of them were by Johnny Cash. In his hurry to get LPs out, many mistakes were made. Wrong tapes, alternate takes and the like were inadvertently used (which actually was a boon for the rabid Sun fan).
Bill Fick 6th Jun 2015		Vinyl Album Johnny Cash - Ring Of Fire (1963)	Except for the fact that those two are Sun-era tracks, & the original Sun Records was still in operation when this LP was originally issued...
Bill Fick 5th Jun 2015		Vinyl Album Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin [IV] (1971)	Back in those days when we had music on both AM & FM, here in the US the AM band was singles/Top 40-oriented, & the FM was more album-oriented.
Bill Fick 5th Jun 2015		Vinyl Album Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin [IV] (1971)	Most over-played LP on the radio (in the US, anyway) throughout the '70s. Probably haven't played my copy in 20 years...
Bill Fick 5th Jun 2015		Vinyl Album Johnny Cash - Ring Of Fire (1963)	They could've replaced the gospel tracks with some of the other non-LP tracks I mentioned & still kept it a 12-track LP.
Bill Fick 3rd Jun 2015		Vinyl Album Johnny Cash - Ring Of Fire (1963)	This is Cash's 1st "best of" compilation released by Columbia. With the exception of track A4 (which was on his 1st Columbia LP), none of these songs had seen LP release yet. For me, A4 should've been substituted with another non-LP track from 1958-63 ("All Over Again", "I Got Stripes", "Locomotive Man", "Girl In Saskatoon", "Smiling Bill McCall", etc...). As compilation LPs go, it's one of the better ones.
Bill Fick 17th May 2015		Vinyl Album Roger Miller - Roger And Out (1964)	This is actually a later cover. The earlier cover (with a similar layout) was green & white, with a different photo, & no blurb about "Chug-A-Lug". Also, across the photo, printed in white, it says "Roger And Out!". I've read that there's an even earlier cover that's completely different, but I have yet to see it.
Bill Fick 14th Apr 2015		Vinyl Album Elvis Presley - Elvis' Gold Records Volume 4 (1968)	The mono version of this (LPM-3921) is as rare as hen's teeth. One of his last LP's to be issued in the US in both mono/stereo...
Bill Fick 14th Apr 2015		Vinyl Album Elvis Presley - Elvis' Christmas Album (1959)	Re-issue of LOC-1035 w/different cover art & catalog number.
Bill Fick 14th Apr 2015		Vinyl Album Elvis Presley - King Creole (1958)	1st pressing cover has no song titles on front.
Bill Fick 14th Apr 2015		Vinyl Album The Searchers - Meet The Searchers / Needles And Pins (1964)	Killer version of "Some Other Guy". In fact, it may be the best British group studio recording of it, period. Actually, all of Side 2 is great. For all of those who ever wanted to know what early-mid '60s Beat Music was all about, look no further.
Bill Fick 6th Apr 2015		Vinyl Album Gordon Lightfoot - If You Could Read My Mind (1970)	I'm not sure, Magic. The only "title-less" copy I've come across was a US pressing. Maybe some of our overseas catters can shed some light...
Bill Fick 6th Apr 2015		Vinyl Album Jimmie Rodgers - Jimmie Rodgers (1957)	Yes, the later issue was re-channeled stereo. Track B3 is a different, earlier version. The hit single version is a later re-recording. Track B5 was a much later ('70s) hit single for Don Williams, among others.
Bill Fick 4th Apr 2015		Vinyl Album Gordon Lightfoot - If You Could Read My Mind (1970)	The earliest US pressings of this have no title on the front cover at all. Don't think there's too many of them floating around, I've only ever seen one...
Bill Fick 23rd Mar 2015		Vinyl Album The Beatles - "Yesterday"...And Today (1966)	If I remember correctly, when the "Livingston Butchers" 25-count box was first made public knowledge, there were 19 mono & 6 stereo copies in it.
Bill Fick 22nd Mar 2015		Vinyl Album Patsy Cline - Sentimentally Yours (1962)	3rd & final LP released in her lifetime. Cover shown is 2nd version. 1st version does not spotlight "Heartaches".
Bill Fick 10th Mar 2015		Vinyl Album Martha Reeves And The Vandellas - Black Magic (1972)	They would've had to keep Hitsville open if Martha was to cut any new records. According to the lady herself, when Motown packed up & left for the West Coast, they never even bothered to tell her...
Bill Fick 10th Mar 2015		Vinyl Album Traveling Wilburys - Vol. 3 (1990)	For those who are unaware, there never was a "Traveling Wilburys Vol. 2"...
Bill Fick 9th Mar 2015		Vinyl Album Elvis Presley - Spinout (1966)	Also came with a bonus photo, as did the majority of his '60s-era soundtrack LPs. In many cases, the bonus photos are worth as much (sometimes more) than the albums themselves on the collector's market.
Bill Fick 6th Mar 2015		Vinyl Album The Green River Boys Featuring Glen Campbell - Big Bluegrass Special (1962)	Track B3 is a longer edit on the mono pressing than on the stereo one...
Bill Fick 28th Feb 2015		Vinyl Album The Crickets - The "Chirping" Crickets (1957)	1st pressing of this is one of the Holy Grails of original rock & roll LPs... A gem from start to finish. The Crickets were the 1st true self-contained rock & roll group.
Bill Fick 28th Feb 2015		Vinyl Album Various Artists - Jamboree! (1957)	Lewis Lymon & The Teenchords' most well-known record would probably be "I'm So Happy" on Fury 1000 from 1957.
Bill Fick 27th Feb 2015		Vinyl Album The Beatles - On Air (2013)	Anyone know if this was released on vinyl in the US?
Bill Fick 26th Feb 2015		Vinyl Album Simon And Garfunkel - Simon And Garfunkel's Greatest Hits (1972)	That's one thing that always really fried me about this album, cross-fades & live versions mixed in with studio ones. Frustrating.

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