MONSTER RARE DOOWOP SPIN-IT 104 the RAIN DROPS VG orig
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This record has nice label nice sheen jus small light scratches and audible surface noise but plays thru both sides without a skip! Great Find and actually not seen another on ebay YET!
Around 1952, a group called the Rain Drops formed on the U.S.S. Noble, an Attack Transport (APA 218) that had landed the first Marines in Korea. They consisted of Henry Houston (lead tenor), Moses “Moe” Walker (first tenor), Jerry Speed (second tenor, baritone, and alto), and Elroy Coleman (bass). They patterned themselves after the Dominoes, the Clovers, the 5 Royales, and the Midnighters and performed in clubs in and around San Diego.
[Aside from singing with the Rain Drops, Henry Houston had a second musical career: he was a singer with Preston Love's Orchestra in 1955 and was teamed up with Peylia Balinton, with whom he recorded, for Federal, as Preston Love's “Love Bugs” and “Hank and Sugar Pie.” Later that year, the Love Bugs also had a release on Ultra.
When the Rain Drops started being discharged, they decided to stick around and continue singing together (they were from all over the country). In 1956, they held their first recording session, with John Dolphin. They recorded four songs (“Behold A Dream,” “Soft, Soft Lips,” “Never Happen,” and “House Party”) as the “Sunrisers” (for no reason that I can determine), but Dolphin never released any of them on either of his current labels (Cash and Money).
The Rain Drops then recorded “(I Found) Heaven In Love”/“I Prayed For Gold” for Nick Therry's Spin It label in December 1956.
M- Near new
VG++ Absolute slightest of visual or audial wear.
VG+ Minimum label or surface marks. Clear sounding.
VG Plays well with some audial background noise.
VG- Label and surface wear. Plays fine, but with wear noise
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