Jerry Jaye CONNIE 101 Hello Josephine / Five Miles... PRIVATE ROCKABILLY 45 VG

$

75

Artist: Jerry Jaye & The Jaywalkers

Record: Hello Josephine / Five Miles From Home

Label:  Connie 101

Country: U.S.

Labels: VG+

Vinyl: VG

Special Notes: 

* Extremely rare private pressing of 500 copies that kick started a long career when it led to a record deal with Hi Records out of Memphis, Tennessee. Hi Records would re-release the same recording of "Hello Josephine" that became a regional success. The original "Five Miles From Home" is a solid mid-tempo solid groove. The following information can be found @ rockabillyhall dot com: 

 "Jaye recalls: 'We did the song in one take because we'd been doing it so much on the club dates we played. I said to Roland 'There's just three people on here and when I take the guitar ride in the middle of the song, it's gonna be empty'. He replied 'Let's get to it and we'll see'. So I did the thing and I had reverb on my amp to make it sound a little better and when we go to the guitar ride, Roland jumped up and jammed some reverb through the board in the studio and there was a squeal Ö a clash. We didn't pay no attention to it until the mix at the end and I said, 'Roland, what's that squeal in there?'. He said, 'I guess it came through the board when I turned the reverb up'. I said, 'We need to take that out, don't we?' He laughed and responded 'NahÖ just leave it in there, it sounds all right'. As events turned out, I guess he was right!' 

500 copies of the single were pressed on Jaye's own Connie label, still bearing the title ' Hello Josephine', and when these had very quickly nearly sold out, Jerry took 25 copies of the disc to Joe Cuoghi who, apart from running Hi Records, owned Popular Tunes (the leading record store in Memphis) and from where he operated a jukebox supply service and one stop. These were passed out to various radio stations including Hal Suit at WMC in Memphis who made the disc his pick of the week. The record was hot and still heating. 

Jerry: All of a sudden they got to ordering records from me through the club where I was working but it was the 'Josephine' song they were asking for. It wasn't long before I'd sold nearly all the 500 copies. None of this was lost on the enterprising Cuoghi who wrote to Jerry suggesting that as the record was starting break, he may care to visit Hi Records to discuss a deal. The same day that the letter dropped into Jerry's mailbox, Joe Cuoghi and fellow Hi Records luminary Ray Harris (the ex Sun label rocker) arrived on his doorstep and offered to purchase the record outright for $100.00. Jaye was a business-man and declined. 

'$100.00 was quite a bit of money to me in those days but I told him 'No. I'm still selling those things Ö I could do better than that by just pressing another 500 copies and selling them to jukebox operators. Of course at the time, I didn't know that I was talking to one of the biggest operators in the business!' 

After negotiations, the three agreed that ownership of the single would pass to Hi Records in return for a contract as a Hi recording artist together with standard royalties: 

'That was just Joe's alley and he said 'Fine, let's do it. Just come into my office to sign the papers. I did just that'. 

Hi Records had national distribution in the USA via London Records, a subsidiary of UK based Decca Records Company, and with effective promotion, the record (now re-titled under it's correct name of 'My Girl Josephine') started to climb the national charts when reissued on Hi in February 1967 and eventually peaked at position 26 on the hit parade. In early 1967, the music world was awash with psychedelia and other sorts of weirdness when like a breath of cleansing purification along came the back to basics rockin' southern sounds of Jerry Jaye and his paean to Josephine - a styling that was subsequently reworked to considerable success by John Fogerty and Creedence Clearwater Revival. At one point, southern regional sales were so strong that Cuoghi's outlets were selling more of this waxing than the then current Beatles release. The disc went onto sell, after adjustments for returns, around 800,000, not bad for a record that cost $13.00 to make.  (There was an ensuing album and four follow up singles through to 1969).  

As the record broke, Jaye was signed to Ray Brown's National Artists Agency - with whom he stayed until 1976 - and was quickly assigned to a package tour. The other acts were Booker T and The MGs, Spanky and Our Gang, Lou Rawls and Lou Christie along with local support. At Jaye's first date on the tour, he appeared before 15,550 souls at Charlotte, North Carolina - quite a change from the previous club dates where he'd play for an audience of between 50 to 100 people. The next night was in front of 10,000 fans in Detroit, with this pattern continuing for the remainder of the tour."      

* Labels are clear with subtle wear. Vinyl has scattered marks that do not effect play. 

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* For clarity when grading records, Radocity Records will use the following adapted system:

Still Sealed [SS]: New / Unopened. 

10) Mint [M]: 

Perfect in every way. I don't use this grade. 

9) Near Mint [NM]: 

A nearly perfect record. The record shows no obvious signs of wear. A 45 rpm sleeve has no more than the most minor defects, such as almost invisible ring wear or other signs of slight handling.

An LP jacket has no creases, folds, seam splits or any other noticeably similar defects. The same is true of any other inserts, such as posters, lyric sleeves, and the like. Basically, Near Mint looks as if you just got it home from a new record store and removed the shrink wrap.

8) Excellent [EX]

7) Very Good Plus [VG+]: 

Shows some signs that it was played and otherwise handled by a previous owner who took good care of it. Record surfaces may show some slight signs of wear and may have slight scuffs or very light scratches that don't affect one's listening experience. Slight warps that do not affect the sound are OK.

The label may have some ring wear or discoloration, but is should be barely noticeable. The center hole is not misshapen by repeated play. Picture sleeves and LP inner sleeves will have some slight wear, lightly turn-up corners, or a slight seam-split. An LP jacket my have slight signs of wear also and may be marred by a cut-out hole, indentation or corner indicating it was taken out of print and sold at a discount.

In general, if not for a couple of minor things wrong with it, this would be Near Mint. All but the most mint-crazy collectors will find a Very Good Plus record highly acceptable.

6) Very Good [VG]: 

Many of the defects found in a VG+ record are more pronounced in a VG disc. Surface noise is evident upon playing, especially in soft passages and during the song's intro and fade, but will not overpower the music otherwise. Groove wear will start to be noticeable, as will light scratches deep enough to feel with a fingernail) that will affect the sound.

Labels may be marred by writing, or have tape or stickers (or their residue) attached. The same will be true of picture sleeves or LP covers. However, it will not have all of these problems at the same time, only two or three of them.

5) Very Good Minus [VG-]

4) Good Plus [G+]: 

Good does not mean dead, but does mean getting rough! A record in Good or Good Plus condition can be put onto a turntable and will play through without skipping. But it will have significant surface noise and scratches and visible groove wear.

A jacket or sleeve has seam splits, especially at the bottom or on the spine. Tape, writing, ring wear or other defects will start to overwhelm the object.

3) Good [G]

2) Fair [F]

The record is cracked, badly warped, and won't play through without skipping or repeating. The picture sleeve is water damaged, split on all three seams and heavily marred by wear and/or writing. The LP jacket barely keeps the LP inside it. Inner sleeves are fully seam split, and written upon.

1) Poor [P]:

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