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Obscure 1950s Era Recordings - August - Preliminary Round - Group 2
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SavoyBG
2020-08-03 13:02:16 UTC
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Group 2 is now open. Please rank these from best to worst.


I'm Gonna Catch You (Cuttin' Out On Me) - Curtis Carrington


Hear My Plea Baby - Arthur Gunter


Great Jumpin' Catfish - Wanderers


Gas Happy Mama - The Royals


Don't Give No More Than You Can Take - Five Royales

SavoyBG
2020-08-03 13:02:56 UTC
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MY RANKINGS


1. Don't Give No More Than You Can Take - Five Royales
2. Hear My Plea Baby - Arthur Gunter
3. Gas Happy Mama - The Royals
4. I'm Gonna Catch You (Cuttin' Out On Me) - Curtis Carrington
5. Great Jumpin' Catfish - Wanderers
Steve Mc
2020-08-03 13:51:22 UTC
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1. Hear My Plea Baby - Arthur Gunter

2. I'm Gonna Catch You (Cuttin' Out On Me) - Curtis Carrington

3. Gas Happy Mama - The Royals

4. Don't Give No More Than You Can Take - Five Royales

5. Great Jumpin' Catfish - Wanderers
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Roger Ford
2020-08-03 13:18:42 UTC
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Post by SavoyBG
Group 2 is now open. Please rank these from best to worst.
Gas Happy Mama - The Royals - 8
I'm Gonna Catch You (Cuttin' Out On Me) - Curtis Carrington - 8
Don't Give No More Than You Can Take - Five Royales - 7
Hear My Plea Baby - Arthur Gunter - 7
Great Jumpin' Catfish - Wanderers - 7


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Roger Ford
2020-08-03 13:32:27 UTC
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Group 2 is now open. Please rank these from best to worst.
I'm Gonna Catch You (Cuttin' Out On Me) - Curtis Carrington
http://youtu.be/hV-dpu5OZ5g
Driving raver that has been heavily repro'd in recent years.Originally
released on Bobby Robinson's Fury label in 1958 the very,VERY
religious pianist/singer Mr Carrington was apparently never at ease
with the Devil's music---and after one more release for Gee (which I
never heard) he then recorded only gospel and other sacred music
mostly for his own Ken-Yatta label (the label was named after his son
apparently? WTF????). Anyway he never ventured near rock 'n' roll
again
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Hear My Plea Baby - Arthur Gunter
http://youtu.be/G_d6ank87IY
"Arthur Gunter sings an authentic down home middle beat blues that
will appeal mostly to the southern markets.It is a strong job of blues
wailing and deserves your close attention"
(Cash Box review of Excello 2084 21 July 1956)
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Great Jumpin' Catfish - Wanderers
http://youtu.be/uslSf7mUjfY
With Ray Pollard lead this was actually released as the "B" side of
their 1957 "Thinking Of You" on Onyx which was a revival of the old
Kalman-Ruby standard that I never liked much by anybody.No surprise
then that "Catfish" is much the better side IMO
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Gas Happy Mama - The Royals
http://youtu.be/Ldhsu5H44Gg
Not to be confused with the Midnighters nee Royals these were an even
earlier group that are famous for backing Chuck Willis on a few of his
Okeh releases. These guys were pacted to that label too and the
storming "Gas Happy Mama" was recorded by them in June 1952 but sadly
sat in the vaults unissued. Most online sources vary in their dates
that it finally surfaced with some even citing the recent "Jazzman"
release in their "Juke Box Jam" series here in the UK. It actually
first saw light of day in 1993 on the excellenrt "The Okeh Rhythm &
Blues Story" set in 1993.
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Don't Give No More Than You Can Take - Five Royales
http://youtu.be/HH83IAelbGg
Switching from The Royals to the Royales here they are with their
pretty good flip of a 1960 King release "I'm With You"-- a number that
did feature in that years Battle.

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Mark Dintenfass
2020-08-03 14:07:56 UTC
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Post by SavoyBG
I'm Gonna Catch You (Cuttin' Out On Me) - Curtis Carrington
http://youtu.be/hV-dpu5OZ5g
Driving raver that has been heavily repro'd in recent years.Originally
released on Bobby Robinson's Fury label in 1958 the very,VERY
religious pianist/singer Mr Carrington was apparently never at ease
with the Devil's music---and after one more release for Gee (which I
never heard) he then recorded only gospel and other sacred music
mostly for his own Ken-Yatta label (the label was named after his son
apparently? WTF????). Anyway he never ventured near rock 'n' roll
again
So I guess that's why I never heard of him before. Kind of sad.
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Jim Colegrove
2020-08-03 13:58:34 UTC
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1. Gas Happy Mama - The Royals

2. Don't Give No More Than You Can Take - Five Royales

3. Hear My Plea Baby - Arthur Gunter

4. I'm Gonna Catch You (Cuttin' Out On Me) - Curtis Carrington

5. Great Jumpin' Catfish - Wanderers
Mark Dintenfass
2020-08-03 14:04:37 UTC
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Post by SavoyBG
Group 2 is now open. Please rank these from best to worst.
I'm Gonna Catch You (Cuttin' Out On Me) - Curtis Carrington
Hear My Plea Baby - Arthur Gunter
Don't Give No More Than You Can Take - Five Royales
Great Jumpin' Catfish - Wanderers
Gas Happy Mama - The Royals

Much, much better group than yesterday's. The Carrington really grabbed
me. Now that's what I call rock'n'roll.
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SavoyBG
2020-08-03 14:14:48 UTC
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Post by SavoyBG
Group 2 is now open. Please rank these from best to worst.
I'm Gonna Catch You (Cuttin' Out On Me) - Curtis Carrington
Hear My Plea Baby - Arthur Gunter
Don't Give No More Than You Can Take - Five Royales
Great Jumpin' Catfish - Wanderers
Gas Happy Mama - The Royals
Much, much better group than yesterday's.
Yes, yesterday was pitiful.
Bill B
2020-08-03 14:13:30 UTC
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1 Great Jumpin' Catfish - Wanderers
Post by SavoyBG
http://youtu.be/uslSf7mUjfY
2 I'm Gonna Catch You (Cuttin' Out On Me) - Curtis Carrington
Post by SavoyBG
http://youtu.be/hV-dpu5OZ5g
3 Gas Happy Mama - The Royals
Post by SavoyBG
http://youtu.be/Ldhsu5H44Gg
4 Don't Give No More Than You Can Take - Five Royales
Post by SavoyBG
http://youtu.be/HH83IAelbGg
5 Hear My Plea Baby - Arthur Gunter
Post by SavoyBG
http://youtu.be/G_d6ank87IY
DianeE
2020-08-03 15:17:46 UTC
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1-Hear My Plea Baby - Arthur Gunter
2-Great Jumpin' Catfish - Wanderers
3-Don't Give No More Than You Can Take - Five Royales
4-Gas Happy Mama - The Royals
5-I'm Gonna Catch You (Cuttin' Out On Me) - Curtis Carrington
Rick Schubert
2020-08-03 15:29:18 UTC
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Post by SavoyBG
Group 2 is now open. Please rank these from best to worst.
1. Don't Give No More Than You Can Take - Five Royales
2. Gas Happy Mama - The Royals
3. Great Jumpin' Catfish - Wanderers
4. Hear My Plea Baby - Arthur Gunter
5. I'm Gonna Catch You (Cuttin' Out On Me) - Curtis Carrington
Carl
2020-08-03 16:44:03 UTC
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1-Great Jumpin' Catfish - Wanderers
2-Hear My Plea Baby - Arthur Gunter

3-Gas Happy Mama - The Royals
4-I'm Gonna Catch You (Cuttin' Out On Me) - Curtis Carrington
5-Don’t Give No More - 5 Royales
SavoyBG
2020-08-03 17:07:11 UTC
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FINAL RANKINGS


1. Hear My Plea Baby - Arthur Gunter - 30
2. Gas Happy Mama - The Royals - 29
3. Don't Give No More Than You Can Take - Five Royales - 28
4. I'm Gonna Catch You (Cuttin' Out On Me) - Curtis Carrington - 25

5. Great Jumpin' Catfish - Wanderers - 23

Steve's AG wins the group with Jim's Royals and my 5 Royales close behind. Roger's CC takes 4th and will likely advance with 25 points. And bringing up the rear and eliminated is the Wanderers record. Welcome back, Billy!
Bill B
2020-08-03 18:07:09 UTC
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Post by SavoyBG
FINAL RANKINGS
1. Hear My Plea Baby - Arthur Gunter - 30
2. Gas Happy Mama - The Royals - 29
3. Don't Give No More Than You Can Take - Five Royales - 28
4. I'm Gonna Catch You (Cuttin' Out On Me) - Curtis Carrington - 25
5. Great Jumpin' Catfish - Wanderers - 23
Steve's AG wins the group with Jim's Royals and my 5 Royales close behind. Roger's CC takes 4th and will likely advance with 25 points. And bringing up the rear and eliminated is the Wanderers record. Welcome back, Billy!
It's deja vu all over again. :-)
DianeE
2020-08-03 18:50:29 UTC
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Post by Bill B
Post by SavoyBG
FINAL RANKINGS
1. Hear My Plea Baby - Arthur Gunter - 30
2. Gas Happy Mama - The Royals - 29
3. Don't Give No More Than You Can Take - Five Royales - 28
4. I'm Gonna Catch You (Cuttin' Out On Me) - Curtis Carrington - 25
5. Great Jumpin' Catfish - Wanderers - 23
Steve's AG wins the group with Jim's Royals and my 5 Royales close behind. Roger's CC takes 4th and will likely advance with 25 points. And bringing up the rear and eliminated is the Wanderers record. Welcome back, Billy!
It's deja vu all over again. :-)
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I don't care what they think, I still like that record, and apparently
so did Carl who put it first.
Bill B
2020-08-03 19:19:32 UTC
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Post by Roger Ford
Post by Bill B
Post by SavoyBG
FINAL RANKINGS
1. Hear My Plea Baby - Arthur Gunter - 30
2. Gas Happy Mama - The Royals - 29
3. Don't Give No More Than You Can Take - Five Royales - 28
4. I'm Gonna Catch You (Cuttin' Out On Me) - Curtis Carrington - 25
5. Great Jumpin' Catfish - Wanderers - 23
Steve's AG wins the group with Jim's Royals and my 5 Royales close behind. Roger's CC takes 4th and will likely advance with 25 points. And bringing up the rear and eliminated is the Wanderers record. Welcome back, Billy!
It's deja vu all over again. :-)
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I don't care what they think, I still like that record, and apparently
so did Carl who put it first.
Ray Pollard was in the Hall Of Fame UGHA show we attended as a group. I think he sang "Thinking Of You." An interesting tidbit, he went on to sing with the Joe Cuba Sextet. Don't know if he was on "Bang Bang." Apparently, he was also in The Jimmy Castor Bunch, which had the original "I Promise To Remember."
SavoyBG
2020-08-03 19:38:33 UTC
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Post by Bill B
Ray Pollard was in the Hall Of Fame UGHA show we attended as a group. I think he sang "Thinking Of You." An interesting tidbit, he went on to sing with the Joe Cuba Sextet. Don't know if he was on "Bang Bang." Apparently, he was also in The Jimmy Castor Bunch, which had the original "I Promise To Remember."
The Jimmy Castor bunch did do a version of "I Promise To Remember," but that was in 1972. It certainly was not the original. That was by Jimmy Castor and the Juniors in 1956.
RWC
2020-08-03 19:30:51 UTC
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Post by Bill B
It's deja vu all over again. :-)
{Ray Pollard and} The Wanderers' - Great Jumpin' Catfish

is clearly a more appealing record for most whites than the upbeat but
nevertheless droning vocal in

Arthur Gunter - Hear My Plea
SavoyBG
2020-08-03 19:37:11 UTC
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Post by Bill B
It's deja vu all over again. :-)
{Ray Pollard and} The Wanderers' - Great Jumpin' Catfish
is clearly a more appealing record for most whites than the upbeat but
nevertheless droning vocal in
Arthur Gunter - Hear My Plea
The people here are not "most whites." Yes, "Catfish" has a white structure and sounds like a white record to me. Very cornball.
DianeE
2020-08-03 20:02:25 UTC
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Post by SavoyBG
Post by RWC
Post by Bill B
It's deja vu all over again. :-)
{Ray Pollard and} The Wanderers' - Great Jumpin' Catfish
is clearly a more appealing record for most whites than the upbeat but
nevertheless droning vocal in
Arthur Gunter - Hear My Plea
The people here are not "most whites." Yes, "Catfish" has a white structure and sounds like a white record to me. Very cornball.
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The section from 1:10 to 1:42 doesn't sound white at all.
RWC
2020-08-04 06:14:37 UTC
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Post by SavoyBG
the ... droning vocal in
Arthur Gunter - Hear My Plea
The people here are not "most whites."
Especially you, Bruce.
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Yes, "Catfish" has a white structure and sounds like a white record to me.
Catfish is pleasant enough, but my perjorative focus was on the Gunter
record. "Most whites", I reckon (admittedly I have not taken a
clipboard and asked a thousand randomly chosen whites in, say, Florida
:-), would not like the Gunter record "Hear My Plea" - Arthur does
have some better sounding records for "most whites", such as: "My
Heart Is Always Lonesome", "Baby Can't You See", "Honey Babe"...

I've mentioned recently that this electorate (of mostly whites) leans
towards records with an earthy r&b sound/atmosphere. And I've
mentioned a possible (I'm not sure) 'halo effect' on voting -
gee gosh its archetypal earthy r&b mega star Arthur Gunter, I must
stay loyal to the program, and vote accordingly.
Very impressive, if simple, percussion, but Arthur's vocal exudes a
'depressingly flat' atmosphere on this particular record. Shades of
this 'depression' can even be sensed in "Baby Let's Play House" on
Excello.


Geoff
SavoyBG
2020-08-04 13:28:22 UTC
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Post by SavoyBG
the ... droning vocal in
Arthur Gunter - Hear My Plea
The people here are not "most whites."
Especially you, Bruce.
Post by SavoyBG
Yes, "Catfish" has a white structure and sounds like a white record to me.
Catfish is pleasant enough, but my perjorative focus was on the Gunter
record. "Most whites", I reckon (admittedly I have not taken a
clipboard and asked a thousand randomly chosen whites in, say, Florida
:-), would not like the Gunter record "Hear My Plea" - Arthur does
have some better sounding records for "most whites", such as: "My
Heart Is Always Lonesome", "Baby Can't You See", "Honey Babe"...
I've mentioned recently that this electorate (of mostly whites) leans
towards records with an earthy r&b sound/atmosphere. And I've
mentioned a possible (I'm not sure) 'halo effect' on voting -
gee gosh its archetypal earthy r&b mega star Arthur Gunter, I must
stay loyal to the program, and vote accordingly.
Very impressive, if simple, percussion, but Arthur's vocal exudes a
'depressingly flat' atmosphere on this particular record. Shades of
this 'depression' can even be sensed in "Baby Let's Play House" on
Excello.
Geoff
You should go hang out here:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/616460765074490/

The group's members are the kind of "whites" that you prefer.
RWC
2020-08-04 17:21:34 UTC
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Post by SavoyBG
https://www.facebook.com/groups/616460765074490/
The group's members are the kind of "whites" that you prefer.
You debase yourself, Bruce, with crap like this.
Dennis C
2020-08-04 14:14:39 UTC
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I totally agree with Geoff on the halo effect of the voters here and their blind devotion to those things that conform to their prejudices!!

I do believe Bruce would have called the opening pitches of Barack Obama and Anthony Fouci strikes, baby!!
DianeE
2020-08-04 18:22:06 UTC
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Post by Dennis C
I totally agree with Geoff on the halo effect of the voters here and their blind devotion to those things that conform to their prejudices!!
I do believe Bruce would have called the opening pitches of Barack Obama and Anthony Fouci strikes, baby!!
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Fauci says he was a shortstop growing up, so he instinctively threw to
first base.
Dennis C
2020-08-04 21:19:21 UTC
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He stopped short from growing up that's for sure, baby!!

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