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Monday, 31 January 2011

PHAMOUS 403


PHAMOUS 403
HELEN PHELPS – OLD POP WATTS
HIS OLD PLANTATION MELODY BOYS
You Can’t Bother Me No More (403.A)
(Leon Dixon) (No Publisher Noted)
Broken Heart (403.B)
(Leon Dixon) (No Publisher Noted)



Sunday, 30 January 2011

PHAMOUS 402


PHAMOUS 402
HELEN PHELPS – OLD POP WATTS
HIS OLD PLANTATION MELODY BOYS
Here’s Your Hat, There’s The Door (402.A)
(Slim Williams – Babe Fritsch) (No Publisher Noted)
Rainbow Of Love In My Life (402.B)
(Leonard Gilliam) (No Publisher Noted)

There are four known releases by Helen Phelps on PHAMOUS. This release is the hardest of the four to find, and I am indebted to Ronald Keppner for supplying the label details, label scan, and audio files.

Songwriter Leonard Gilliam reappears as composer of the B side of this disc (see PHAMOUS 101 for comments on Gilliam).



Saturday, 29 January 2011

PHAMOUS 401


PHAMOUS 401
HELEN PHELPS – OLD POP WATTS
HIS OLD PLANTATION MELODY BOYS
Have Mercy On Me (401.A)
(Slim Williams – Babe Fritsch) (No Publisher Noted)
Tennessee Avenue (401.B)
(Slim Williams) (No Publisher Noted)


Friday, 28 January 2011

PHAMOUS 400


PHAMOUS 400
HELEN PHELPS – OLD POP WATTS
HIS OLD PLANTATION MELODY BOYS
You Can’t Crush A Heart Of Stone (400.A)
(Slim Williams – Laura Lee) (No Publisher Noted)
Alone At A Table For Two (400.B)
(Slim Williams) (No Publisher Noted)



Thursday, 27 January 2011

PHAMOUS RECORDS


908½ TRAVIS ST. HOUSTON. TEXAS

PHAMOUS 101
OTIS GLOVER (BLIND BOY)
I Lost My Heart (101.A) (deadwax ACA 1394)
(Otis Glover) (No Publisher Noted)
When I Was A Small Boy (101.B) (deadwax ACA 1395)
(Otis Glover) (No Publisher Noted)


PHAMOUS 101
OTIS GLOVER – OLD POP WATTS
HIS OLD PLANTATION MELODY BOYS
I Lost My Heart (101.A) (deadwax ACA 1394)
(Leonard Gilliam) (No Publisher Noted)
When I Was A Small Boy (101.B) (deadwax ACA 1395)
(Otis Glover) (No Publisher Noted)

Note: ACA 1394 / 1395 were mastered circa January 1950.



Tuesday, 25 January 2011

RANCH HOUSE RECORDS


RANCH HOUSE 10419
CAL SHRUM AND ORCHESTRA
That Heaven Bound Train (10419.A)
(Rion – Bench – Hausfatter) (No Publisher Noted)
The Rhythm Rag (10419.B)
(Shrum – Farney) (No Publisher Noted)



Sunday, 23 January 2011

DELL RECORDS


Highland Park. N.J.


DELL D-1001 (No Information)

DELL D-1002
TENN.CHUCK WRIGHT AND HIS MORGAN COUNTY RAMBLERS
“Dims” For The Babies (1002.A / D.A. 700)
(Chuck Wright – Johnny Dell) (Dell. BMI)
Chicken Hearted Me (1002.B / D.A. 700)
(Chuck Wright – Johnny Dell) (Dell. BMI)