NEWSLETTER #128
Country, Bluegrass & Old Timey
The Carter Family -> Clarence White
| VARIOUS ARTISTS |
Collector 2864 |
Detroit In The 40s & 50s, Vol. 4 |
● CD $16.98 |
30 more fine sides of Detroit country recordings - this time
concentrating on sides from the early and mid 50s. Most of the tracks are
from the Fortune label along with tracks from tiny labels like Clix, Renown
and others. Among the artists featured are Hugh Friar, Roy Rector, Rufus
Shoffner & Joyce Songer, Bill Hicks, Jimmy Lee, Big Chief Redbird (the odd
Big Chief Yodel), Don Rader, Ray Taylor, Cherokee Chief, Bobby
Bernell, The Candy Mountain Boys, Loyd Howell, Victor Norwin, Herb & Joe and
others. Sound quality from these rare 78s is pretty rough at times but most
of it is listenable. Includes 16 page booklet with extensive notes and rare
photos.
|
Back To New Release Index
|

Roots & Rhythm
P.O. Box 837
El Cerrito, CA 94530 USA
Toll Free Order Line : 888-ROOTS-66, Fax : 510-526-9001
2011 Roots & Rhythm. No part of this site
may be reproduced without written permission
|
| |