JIM & EDITH YOUNG / MIKE SARLO

I had often wondered if Jim and Edith Young had any connection with Florida, given that they were backed by the Miami Valley Gang on their early JAY releases. Of course just because the name of the backing group suggests a connection with the Sunshine state, it doesn’t necessary mean the outfit were from Florida, after all how many bands used a more evocative name to give themselves an air of Western authenticity? It was a surprise therefore to discover that Jim and Edith Young did actually record for LORIDA, a Florida based label. As much as I like Jim and Edith Young, their Gospel material does tend to pall in comparison to their secular sides and their efforts at the genre on this EP are no exception. To me the stand out recording on this EP is Mike Sarlo's secular offering "I Know You Lied To Me".

 

THE WHIRLWIND EVANGELISTS

Please Note FORTUNE 204 is in very poor condition and the sound is pretty dire

The Whirlwind Evangelists were from Bessemer, Alabama.

FORTUNE 204 has KB numbers in the deadwax - KB 858.A and KB 858.B, there are no Fortune master numbers in the wax.  This tends to suggest that the metalwork / stampers had been prepared prior to the FORTUNE release, perhaps the recordings may have been released earlier on another label?

ROBERT & GLADYS LUTER

BILL PENTZ / BILL PENCE (No 2)

Back in 2013, Saturday the 5th October to be precise, I posted an acetate by Bill Pentz (aka Bill Pence), now here is the released commercial version, at least the commercial recording of "Too Late To Cry".

JOHNSON RECORDS (A STARDAY CUSTOM PRESSING)

BILL CASON & HIS ARKANSAS TROUPERS

This recording, an extract from one of Bill Cason's radio shows, was originally broadcast over Radio Station WWL sometime in 1956. It obviously caught the imagination of someone who thought it would make a nice memento for the staff and management at the aluminium plant in question. The song was issued on a single sided RCA custom pressed record. The label was actually silver print on a green background, but that just wouldn't scan, so what is displayed below is the only way that I could get a readable scan.

MAC McGUIRE "Mother In Law Blues"

The Library Of Congress (Copyright Office) catalog of copyright entries: Musical compositions, (Volume 41) notes that the composer of "Mother In Law Blues" was one James D Ammons, with words by James Gardener (although Gardner was not credited on the label). The song was registered (EU40388) by The Quaker Music Company of Philadelphia on 15th August 1946.