One of those records you'd think someone must know something about and yet there's nothing, nada, no info at all. Funny, 'cause I was under the impression it was hit. But then, what do I know?
Odd thing about this record is that it sometimes sells for big bucks when it's really not that scarce. I see them fairly regularly. Popsike lists a copy sold at auction for close to $80. I can't imagine I paid more than $10 for mine [I tend to remember the records I've paid more than $10 for].
The run-out code makes me think Winner was a [one off?] label started by Joe Ruffino, owner of Ric/Ron. Probably pre-Ric/Ron. I could easily be wrong, but that's what it looks like to me. If I'm right, that dates the record to the late fifties, which is a totally obvious conclusion 'cause if that isn't some version of Cos Matassa's late 50's house band playing on the 45 then I'm a purple polka dot giraffe.
My guess is 1957, but possibly as late as 1959. Hope ya'll enjoy....
Great stuff. I know this is wierd, but was that you digging in the 78 boxes at Antones in Austin Tex last week? Beautiful girl+shellac= totally awesome. You were a friend of Fleas?
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Great, More 1950's R'N'R PLEASE
ReplyDeleteKyle...too weird. Are you by any chance psychic or have we just met before? Yeah I knew Flea. My email is singbones@yahoo.com.
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ReplyDeleteAna-b will play whatever she wants to. You will enjoy it. That's the deal around here.
Jer & DrunkenHobo...you boys play nice.
ReplyDeleteBtw, I consider it all R&B.
Excellent song. I've never heard this one before. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteIs this the same Al Reed that also recorded a song called "Hoodoo"?
ReplyDeletephilo...yes it is. Great song. "I'm sure gonna hoodoo you"
ReplyDeleteWhat code is in the run-out please? I've been in ongoing research and this record may be fit in the scope of this research. Your help will be greatly appreciated.
ReplyDeleteAnon....sorry it took me so long to follow up on this. We're in the midst of a move and I had to hunt up the record.
ReplyDeleteThe run-out code is: 45-R-1278 A&B, it's hand etched. While very possibly unrelated, the codes on early Ric and Rons are essentially the same. This may well be a coincidence having more to do with where they all were pressed, but it seems possible that the "R" could stand for either Ruffino or Ric/Ron.
More or less a guess, I just happened to notice the similarity.
Thanks ana-b. I was hoping that the dead wax info would help me. But I guess I have to search again. I have now a list of obscure records belonging to a numerical series (Winner is one of the series)but I can't find exactly what they have in common. They all came probably from the same pressing plant, probably out of Los Angeles. Your Winner record is from late '57 (Nov. or Dec.?). The only other Louisiana label from my list is Arcadia from the mid-fifties, one of the earliest label in this list.
ReplyDeleteBob...how interesting. Sorry I'm never much help when it comes to finding info based on pressing codes. I presume it's because I don't always understand what they refer to. As I said, some of the early Ric/Rons do have the same kind of code, even looks like the same hand etched the numbers.
ReplyDeleteI've only ever seen one record on Arcadia, and it's great one. Been trying to land a copy for ages. For the life of me I can't remember the bands name, but it's RnB as opposed to Cajun [which is what you might imagine].