Hail We Americans

Iowa Corn W. V. A. Coal

Robert Richie
Writer And Producer Presents
Hail We Americans
Featuring Roy Dee
Pyasaw Music Studio, Lincoln Orange, California

Held Over!!! The Quintet With The Sweetest Sound In Town

Me And Mrs. Jones

Held Over!!! The Quintet With The Sweetest Sound In Town
Brians Recording Studios - Tyler, TX
Century Records RHBP-310

1974

From the back cover: If you show up at one of the top night spots in East Texas and see The Quintet on the marquee, check out the people who come to see them. You'll see businessmen and their wives, teenagers with long hair, doctors, goat-roapers, lawyers, stag guys, little ole ladies, stag chicks, rich people, stag chicks, poor people, and, oh yeah, stag chicks.

John And Wynn Live At The Casa Nova

Ebb Tide

Wynn And John " Live" At The Casa Nova
Casa Nova Records, Ypsilanti, MI
CN-201

Vickie Britton ...Alive!

Dancing Machine

Vicki Britton ...Alive!
Vicki Britton Records
1976

That cover art is a keeper! And just in time for Halloween!

Cruising With Bill Bailey

My Way

Cruising With Bill Bailey
Art Records Manufacturing Company - Ft. Lauderdale, FL - CLP505

From the back cover: Carleton "Bill" Bailey was born to sing. Although he never received formal training. In 1960, he was employed by an advertising agency and stayed with them for the next nine years until the urge to travel, especially sea travel, became so strong that he left a promising career in advertising to take a job as a bar waiter on the M/S Starward, while working, Bill would sing and, one day, entertainer Johann Sandquist heard him singing "Yesterday" and called him over and asked him to sing it again while he backed him with his guitar. Bill complied and Sandquist spoke to the cruise director who put Bill in the next native show, where he became an instant success.

Sweet Dreams - Betty Long

Cry, Cry, Cry

Sweet Dreams
Betty Long
Justice Recording Co. - Winston-Salem, North Carolina - J-LP-113
Synder Album Co. - Winston-Salem, North Carolina

From the back cover: Betty Long, a young miss of only 15 years, is destined to be heard around this country for a long time. She has talent (witness this recording), initiative (she would rather sing than anything she can think of), and as sweet a personality as any one would ever want to encounter.

Note To The President - Randy Wallace

Note To The President

Note To The President

Randy Wallace
JRC (Jewel) - Cincinnati, Ohio - 83024
1983

Although the name of the president the song title refers to is not mentioned on the jacket, Reagan became president in 1981 following Jimmy Carter. Note To The President was written by Wallace.

Generally I don't need to worry much about blogging local private press. Most artists are long gone from the scene and there is rarely a mention of them online. However, surprise, the song Note To The President is available by digital/purchase download. But apparently Wallace re-recorded the song for a later album titled Bringer of Light which can purchased online/download.

From the back cover: I believe in a bright future for our country as "... one nation, under God...", and as long as our Constitution continues to guarantee freedom of speech, I will ever declare it!

Even though the album is a curious hybrid between lounge and gospel I decided to post the LP here rather than my gospel blog. Even the gospel numbers are a bit lounge-like.

The mailing address for Wallace, from the back cover, is an Independence, Kentucky address. An address located about 3 miles from my house. Finding local records like this is what makes the collecting hobby exciting.

I refrain from posting samples if I find that the artist is still working. Maybe Randy will find this post and give me permission to post the original version of Note To The President?