Nice to hear these tracks. Is there a personnel listing on the sleeve? I'm going to stick my neck out and say it sounds like Jimmy Reed on harmonicaCrown Records was the budget label of Modern Records, owned by the Bihari Brothers and which was the Los Angeles equivalent of Chess Records in Chicago.There's a nice write up and discography of Modern and it's subsidiary labels here.http://www.bsnpubs.com/modern/modernstory.html
I'll try again with the link.www.bsnpubs.com/modern/modernstory.html
Thanks for the LINK spice. Much appreciated.No idea who is playing on these tracks. Little info on the sleeve.
Mr Bland was the "Twist champion of Llanbradach" I'll have to play these to him.
I used to be a bit of a twister too but gave it up to do the Funky Penguin.
Great blues, Thanks!
As I understand it these were single that Jimmy McCracklin did in the fifities, and the Bihari Bros. (Modern, RPM, other labels) rushed these into the market on their budget Crown label when the twist craze hit.
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Nice to hear these tracks. Is there a personnel listing on the sleeve? I'm going to stick my neck out and say it sounds like Jimmy Reed on harmonica
Crown Records was the budget label of Modern Records, owned by the Bihari Brothers and which was the Los Angeles equivalent of Chess Records in Chicago.
There's a nice write up and discography of Modern and it's subsidiary labels here.
http://www.bsnpubs.com/modern/modernstory.html
I'll try again with the link.
www.bsnpubs.com/modern/
modernstory.html
Thanks for the LINK spice. Much appreciated.
No idea who is playing on these tracks. Little info on the sleeve.
Mr Bland was the "Twist champion of Llanbradach" I'll have to play these to him.
I used to be a bit of a twister too but gave it up to do the Funky Penguin.
Great blues, Thanks!
As I understand it these were single that Jimmy McCracklin did in the fifities, and the Bihari Bros. (Modern, RPM, other labels) rushed these into the market on their budget Crown label when the twist craze hit.
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