Turn Yo'self Around

Bobby Patterson
T.C.B. or T.Y.A.
Jetstar - 114


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Makes me want to stand up and say Yeah!!

An RV Kind of Christmas

Leonard & Sandra
The Santa Claus Song
RV - 101
1978


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Extremely odd Christmas sounds from Athens, Tx. Probably very few copies of this exist and with good reason.

Terror from Texas

Roky Erickson
Two-Twisted Tales
Tick 001
1988

Let's start things off with this tense tale of terror told by Texas music legend Roky Erickson.

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Let's Dance!

Danny Goode
Let's Dance
Gibson 210
1965

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Blistering Texas Rock and Roll from Danny Goode of the Excels. It doesn't get much better than this folks!

Update: see comments for more info!

Snow in Texas?

Yes folks, sometimes it really does happen...

Merry Christmas from Dallas Y'all...

Got too much going on right now to spend much time around here, but Jukeboxmafia will be back in 2010. Woo Hoo!

Ray Sharpe Needs Your Help!

Ray Sharpe
Help Me (pts 1&2)
Atco - 6402
1966

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I know Ray Sharpe primarily as a rockabilly artist. His hit "linda Lu" from 59 gives no indication of the sounds that would come along later in his career. Here he is in 1966 on Atco throwing down one very heavy soul groove...
*pts 1&2 have been blended into one track for this post.

Let's Hear It For Charline Arthur!

Charline Arthur
The Good and the Bad
RCA Victor - 5807
1954?

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Whenever I find a Charline Arthur disc, I always pick it up. She performed regularly on local Dallas radio program The Big D Jamboree and recorded a number of great sides for RCA, as well as a few smaller labels. It really is a shame that she isn't more well known, she has such a unique voice. Just listen to that growl...
*edit* (see comments)

The Exotics - Come With Me

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The Exotics
Come With Me
Tad - 2410
1966
Wow! This is one great record. The Exotics were a Dallas area garage band featuring some of the same personnel as the Floyd Dakil combo of "Dance Franny Dance" fame. This has got to be the greatest combination of fuzz guitar and organ I've ever heard anywhere. Devastating...

Royal Lancers ask: "Is This The Plaaace?!?"

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Royal Lancers
Is This The Place
Rize - 102
195?
Wow, lucked into finding this one! Great, obnoxious rockabilly tune. I'd guess early fifties. Couldn't find much info on it. What the hell is this song about anyway?? Who cares! Truly epic...

Soul Is Our Music - Bobby Patterson

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Bobby Patterson
Soul is Our Music
Jetstar - 109
1967
Bobby Patterson seems to pop up here quite a bit. Probably because I like him and his 45s are pretty easy to find here in Dallas. I like the lyrics on this one. Nice horns too...

Whispering Pigg?

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Whispering Pigg
Darlene
EastWest - 111
1958
Whoa. Here's a weird and creepy offering from someone calling themselves Whispering Pigg (actually Larry Randall). According to my minimal research, he released one forty five. What? You've never heard of him? Produced by Norman Petty.

Bobby Patterson - I Got to Get Over

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Bobby Patterson
I Got to Get Over
Proud - 100
Mid to Late 70s?
Here's another Dallas record from local soul hero Bobby Patterson. Written and produced by Bobby and put out on his own label...

The Saucers - Flossie Mae

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The Saucers
Flossie Mae
Kick - 516
1958
Okay, now that we've taken care of the old business of 2008, it's time for our first post of 2009. Here's a righteous slice of Doo Wop from 1958 on the tiny Dallas, Tx. Kick label...

My Gift To You

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Leonard & Sandra
The Santa Claus Song
RV 101
1978
Here is perhaps the greatest Christmas 45 I have ever found. I have never heard it anywhere but on my record player. I can find no information about it anywhere. Everything about it smacks of vanity pressing. Leonard croaks about Santa, his voice breaking all over the place. I can only guess that Sandra must be the one noodling on the casio keyboard. This definitely falls into the category of so bad it's good. In fact, I would go so far as to say that it's so bad it's GREAT. One of my all time faves. Consider this my contribution to the World's Christmas Canon. May it find its way onto mixed CDs everywhere...
p.s. If you have ever heard this song, or have any information about it, PLEASE let me know!

Theme for Psychotics?

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Positively Thirteen O'Clock
Thirteen O'Clock Theme For Psychotics
HBR - 500
1966
Here's a nice garage instrumental from Texas band Positively Thirteen O'clock. This is the flip side of their cover of The Count Five's Psychotic Reaction.

Jello-Jim?

Finney - Mo
Shake That Thing

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Here's a great one from '63 on the tiny Fort Worth, Texas label Jello-Jim. I heard this song on the Fool's Paradise radio show on WFMU and about a week later I found this copy. It's a got a little edge warp, but still plays fine. Check out that phone number on the label!