BOBBY FULLER - Not Fade Away - RARE Early45 on Eastwood
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Description
Not Fade Away / Nervous Breakdown.
Very rare early Fuller 45 on his own Eastwood label. Here's the catch (there's always a catch) - there is a heat warp on one edge for approximately 1 minute. It can be seen and felt, but I played it and it plays through in a strong VG+ condition and is hardly noticeable at all. I have a fairly high-end turntable but I cannot guarantee it will play on yours, but I believe it will. The labels are perfect, and if not for the flaw, the vinyl would easily grade M-.
One of my favorite ebay dealers ReelGeorge (George Gimarc) provided a great writeup on this rare single.
In April of `1962, Bobby Fuller had his first taste of local fame when his single of "You're In Love“ hit #2 on KELP Radio's music survey. It ended up selling over 8,000 copies in El Paso alone. At the time of this single at the end of 1962, the band was playing locally in El Paso t the Big Dipper Lounge (a bowling alley), as well as the Golden Key Club, The Teen A-Go-Go, and the Bolero Lanes. They were also appearing on Crosno's Hop, a local TC show hosted by Steve Crosno. The only constants in the group were Bobby and his brother Randy Fuller, and at the time of this record it's likely the others were Dalton Powell and Googie Dirmeyer.For the songs – Bobby had selected one each from two of his rock & roll heroes, both recently deceased. "Not Fade Away" was a Buddy Holly number, and "Nervous Breakdown" was by Eddie Cochran.
Over the last year, Fuller had turned his family's front room into a makeshift recording studio. He even cut a hole in the wall to the garage, to install a window to help made another isolated space to record and still see the 'control room.' The home was a maze of wires and tape decks but the results were good enough to press up.
This record was Bobby's third ever release and came after those two singles on Yucca. Two years after this 45 came the three on Exeter, then Todd, Dodd and all those fab Mustang sides. Somehow when this record was pressed up, the release number was left off, but it is commonly referred to as Eastwood 345, which comes from one of the mastering numbers. At this time his band was called The Fanatics, only later would they become the Bobby Fuller Four.
It's key to note that this was a label that Bobby himself ran, he recorded the songs, sent the tape to RCA Custom Pressings, paid for a few hundred records, then sold them at live shows, and thru local record stores. These were not distributed nationally and were strictly local records. Only a few hundred were ever pressed up at a cost of about 16¢ each to Bobby.
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