RARE TX ROCKABILLY 45 - Bobby Crown & The Kapers - FELCO 102 - "One Way Ticket"
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Description
Bobby Crown & The Kapers
Felco label # F-102
"One Way Ticket" b/w "Your Conscience"
Considered by many to be the "Holy Grail" of Texas rockabilly -- this rare 45 from the "short-lived" Felco label was popular in the Dallas /Ft.Worth area.......although little known outside of Texas in 1959.
I never use the "mint" conditions to define a record not still sealed.......
however this 45 may be as close as it gets to it!
Safely ships in an extra-cushioned standard 45-rpm mailer.
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In the summer of 1958, both the VOLK & KICK labels were created by John Sheffield (Volk) & Jimmy Fields (Kick) sharing the same address on 5513 1/2 E.Grand Ave. in Dallas, Texas. Fields had The Saucers (aka The Velvetones) & Sheffield had a local young latino talent named Trini Lopez, as well as a few other lesser known local groups, i.e. The V-Notes, The Esquires, etc. Fields was a well known talent agent with alot of history & many ties to the local Dallas/Ft.Worth music scene, while very little is known about Sheffield and/or his "short-lived" Volk label. Fields went on to form the legendary FELCO label in 1959, with a bevy of local talent, namely Billy Taylor & The Tear Drops, Bobby Crown & The Kapers, Frank Johnson & The Saucers (a different Saucers?), Irvin Russ (of "Crazy Alligator" fame), and a rockin' intrumental group called The Twisters.
This 45 - (along with 5 others listed on ebay) were part of an estate sale in Ozona, Texas. They were all sleeved and nicely stored, and most look as if they barely got played, if at all. The were quite possibly part of a Dallas-area liquidation sale, or maybe even belonged to a former employee of Kick, Volk, or the Felco labels - although it would be nearly impossible to verify that after all these years.
