"You're Mine" b/w "Milk and Gin" by the Crickets on Jay-Dee#692 red wax repro M-

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March 22, 2015 - 06:47:59 PM GMT (about 9 years ago)
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Up for auction is this overall mint minus red wax 45rpm reproduction/fantasy record of "You're Mine" b/w "Milk and Gin" by the Crickets on black-on-yellow Jay-Dee Records #692. The songs were released on M-G-M records (see below) and the Jay-Dee catalog begins with # 777. No reserve. Low starting bid. Sold as is, all sales final, with no return, but please contact us with any questions or concerns. Shipping by media mail is $4. for any size media order, will hold records or other items at your request and we do ship to P.O. Boxes. Thanks for looking. Lorraine & John ~~ The Vermont Village Gallery ~~ North Bennington ~~ Rare and Unusual Records & Collectibles ~~ Coming soon: DJ, promo, imports, colored vinyl and obscure records. From Marv Goldberg's R&B Notebook: Possibly the smoothest, tightest R&B group New York ever produced was the Crickets. As usual, the disappointments were greater than the triumphs, but unlike many other singers, neither Dean Barlow nor Rodney Jackson was bitter, each looking back at his contribution with fondness. The group that was to become the Crickets were from the Morrisania section of the Bronx. Harold Johnson (tenor and guitar), Eugene Stapleton (tenor), Leon Carter (baritone) and Rodney Jackson (bass) began singing at the Forest House Community Center around 1951. Grover Barlow (the "Dean" would come later) was originally from Detroit, where he belonged to a group that entertained fellow classmates over the high school public address system before classes started. When he moved to the Bronx in 1951, new friends were made and stickball was the name of the game. Some of his new-found friends were already singing together and he was asked to join as lead. Grover was the youngest (at about 16) and Harold the oldest (at about 21). Before recording, their appearances were limited to community centers, with one important exception: When the group had been together for a short while, Rodney Jackson was hospitalized for about six months. Every Sunday the rest of the group would come to the hospital, wheel Rodney around in his bed, and sing for the other patients. In this way, the group managed to stay intact and practice without having to recruit a new member. After a further six-month convalescence, Rodney rejoined on a full-time basis and they began to actively pursue a career. To practice, the group sang both old standards and original songs written by Harold Johnson. Although they enjoyed the works of the Orioles, Swallows and 4 Buddies, their repertoire consisted mostly of standards such as those the Ravens made popular. They had an agent named Cliff Martinez, who would, over the course of his career, manage the Crows, the Sparks Of Rhythm, the Pretenders, and the Mello-Tones (Decca). He was the one who introduced the group to Joe Davis. Martinez told the group that if Davis liked them, there would be a recording contract with MGM. (By late 1952, Davis had become an independent producer for MGM, heading up their R&B department.) Before meeting Davis, the group had another name, now long forgotten. At the insistence of Davis, however, they thought up another one: the Crickets. Davis promptly had them sign the name over to his company, so even if they all walked out on him, he could still use it. (In fact, just before Buddy Holly died, Joe Davis supposedly won a large cash settlement from the Brunswick Crickets group for using the name that he owned.) Drawing on his recording experience, Davis cut the Crickets himself in an independently-produced session. On December 2, 1952 the Crickets recorded "You're Mine," "Milk And Gin," "For You I Have Eyes," and "I'll Cry No More." All were led by Grover Barlow. Davis promptly leased these masters to MGM. In February 1953, MGM released "You're Mine"/"Milk And Gin." The record was reviewed on February 28 (both sides rated "good"). While "You're Mine" only made the national R&B charts for a single week (at #10), it sold well in local areas (as far away as Virginia and Georgia), making it to #8 on Cashbox's New York R&B chart in March of 1953. On March 14, it was rated a Territorial Tip in New York. The next week found it a Pick of the Week, showing strong sales in Philadelphia, D.C., Baltimore, New York, and Chicago, with decent sales in Buffalo and Cincinnati. The song did well enough to inspire a cover version by Bob White and the Love Notes, on Family Library Of Recorded Music. Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE
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March 15, 2015 - 06:47:59 PM GMT (about 9 years ago)
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7"
45 RPM

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