FOR THE WATCHERS WHO FORGOT TO BID OR ANYONE ELSE, THIS RECORD WILL GO BACK UP TO $399.99 OR HIGHER IN 7 DAYS SO BUY NOW WHILE THE PRICE IS LOW.

P.S. FINDING ANOTHER COPY MAY TAKE A MIRACLE OR AN ETERNATY.

ROYCE PORTER (By Shaun Mather)

Born 1 April 1939, Sweetwater, Texas

Royce Porter was born in Sweetwater, Texas and as with many in the area, music was his first love. By an early age he was singing on the Saturday Night Jamboree at a Sweetwater theater.

Whilst still in his teens, he went to Houston and cut his first songs for Bennie Hess' Spade label. Cut at the AGA Studios, A Woman Can Make You Blue and I End Up Crying featured a strong rockabilly sound. Despite Porter's best efforts to push the disc at radio stations, the record failed to generate other than local sales. One of the visits brought him in touch with Starday's Pappy Daily who asked Porter to record for him.

In the summer of 1957 "Yes I Do", a song with strong Presley influences, was recorded in Fort Worth with Dean Beard on piano and The Kounts on backing vocals. It was released on the Mercury sub-label Look, and again sold well locally. His next release "Good Time"/"Beach of Love" was put out on Mercury Records proper (71314), but before he could make the most of this opportunity he was drafted. Whilst in the Navy a single came out on Daily's D label, Lookin' and I Still Belong To You.

Upon his discharge he changed directions and became a minister' at the Baptist Church in Sweetwater. He returned to recording in 1965 with the Nat King Cole hit "Looking Back" released on FED Records out of Houston. Further singles with his brother-in-law Bill Funderbunk came out on Huey P. Meaux's 'Tear Drop' label. In 1969, with Funderbunk in the Army, Porter relocated to Nashville. He spent several years working small clubs before finding more success as a songwriting, and becoming founder, with Bucky Jones, of Porter & Jones Music, a music publishing company now connected with Reeves Enterprises. The company has made him a rich man, who enjoys a home with a backyard landing on Old Hickory Lake, just like Johnny Cash, uh um. (Dale Watson moment!) Among his regular artists, none has cut more Porter songs than George Strait who has cut four Porter-Dean Dillon co-writes including the great chart-topper, Ocean Front Property.

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WELCOME TO MY STORE, I HAVE OVER 25.000 45'S AND THOUSANDS OF LP'S YET TO BE LISTED. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF RECORDS OF SIGNIFICANT COLLECTORS VALUE THAT ARE NOT ELEGIBLE FOR A REFUND ( THESE ARE NOTED IN LISTINGS AND ARE PLAY GRADED ) ALL MY RECORDS ARE GRADED VISUALY. IF YOU ARE DISAPPOINTED WITH A PURCHASE AND FEEL THAT MY TIRED EYES MAY HAVE OVER RATED A RECORD PLEASE CONTACT ME BEFORE GETTING MAD AND GIVING NEGATIVE FEEDBACK AND I WILL GLADLY WORK THINGS OUT WITH YOU, THERE IS ALWAYS A PEACEFUL SOLUTION.

PLEASE SEE MY GRATING SCALE BELOW MY PRODUCT DESCRIPTION.

PLEASE IGNORE WHITE SPOTS  APPEARING IN SOME SCANS ON VINYL, I FORGET TO DUST MY SCANNER SCREEN SOMETIMES. IF IT IS NOT SIMPLY DUST I WILL NOTE IT IN MY DESCRIPTION.

SHOULD LABELS NOT SEEM AS NICE ON SCANS AS THEY ARE SAID TO BE IN MY PRODUCT DESCRIPTION IT IS SIMPLY THAT THE ALCOHOL I USED TO CLEAN THE RECORD MAY NOT HAVE HAD THE TIME TO EVAPORATE BEFORE THE SCANNING PROCESS AND MAY LOOK DISCOLORED OR SPOTTED AS I NOTICED SOME DO MYSELF. SOME LABELS DRY FASTER THAN OTHERS AND I MAY FROM TIME TO TIME LET ONE GET BY ME HOWEVER MY PRODUCT DESCRIPTION ARE HONEST AND WORTHY OF YOUR TRUST.

ITEM: RECORD

ARTIST: ROYCE PORTER 

TITLES: SIDE A = GOOD TIME

                SIDE B = BEACH OF LOVE

SPEED: 45 RPM

SIZE: 7"

LENTH: SINGLE

RECORD COMPANY: MERCURY

RECORD ID NUMBER: # 71314

STEREO OR MONO: MONO

YEAR: 1958 

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: U.S.A.

ISSUED FOR RELEASE IN: U.S.A.

SPECIAL INFORMATION: RARE ROCK 'N' ROLL FROM 1958.

U.S. COPY DATED MAY 29 1958.

VERY VERY RARE CLASSIC AND RARE ARTIST.

HIGHLY VALUED RECORD! NO REFUNDS ACCEPTED!

VINYL: PLAY GRADE = VG TO "VG+" THOUGH THERE IS SURFACE NOISE AND LIGHT POPS AT TIMES THEY ARE NEARLY COMPLETELY DROWNED BY THE LOUD ROCK 'N' ROLL AND SOUND QUALITY OF MERCURY RECORDS AND YOU ALMOST NEED TO STAND BESIDE THE SPEAKER TO HEAR IT.

GREAT SOUND FOR A RECORD THAT IS SO RARE. 

VISUAL GRADE = VG

LABELS: GOOD TO VG PLEASE SEE SCANS FOR VISUAL DETALS OF LABELS.

SLEEVE: "NEW" WHITE SLEEVE ( NOT ORIGINAL )

NOTE: RARE HIGH VALUED COLLECTORS RECORD

REFUND: NOT ACCEPTED       

PLEASE VIEW MY PICTURES FOR LP PLAYLISTS AND VISUAL LABEL DETAILS. 

 PLEASE TAKE NOTE THAT ALL MY RECORDS ARE CANADIAN ISSUES UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED.

MINT. NEW, STILL SEALED AND AS PERFECT AS THE DAY IT WAS FIRST PUT ON THE MARKET. PLEASE NOTE THAT SEALED RECORDS THAT HAVE COVER FLAWS OF ANY KIND WILL HAVE A LOWER GRADE.

NM+. OPEN YET FLAWLESS. NEW AND UNPLAYED.

NM. MAY HAVE BEEN PLAYED AND MAY HAVE ONE OR TWO INSIGNIFICANT FLAWS BUT NOTHING MORE AND THESE WILL BE NOTED IN MY PRODUCT DESCRIPTION.

NM-. IT HAS BEEN PLAYED ONCE OR TWICE AND MAY HAVE MINOR SLEEVE RUBS BUT NO SCRATCHES, IT SHOULD PLAY PERFECTLY AND HAVE PERFECT LABELS. INNER SLEEVE MAY OR MAY NOT BE ORIGINAL.

EXCELENT OR VG++. ABOVE AVERAGE, VERY FEW LIGHT SCRATCHES AND-OR SLEEVE RUBS AND CLEAN LABELS. SONG INTROS MAY EMIT SOME NOISE OR A FEW "MINOR" POPS FOR A FEW SECONDS FROM REPEATED PLAYING AND NEEDLE DEPOSITING BUT THE SONG SHOULD THEN PLAY NEAR PERFECTLY. INNER SLEEVE MAY OR MAY NOT BE ORIGINAL.

VG+. PLAYED COPY, MORE TO MANY LIGHT SCATCHES AND APPARENT SIGNS OF USE BUT STILL LOOKS LIKE IT WILL PLAY WELL EVEN THOUGH IT MAY ( IF YOU WANT TO KNOW FORE SURE FEEL FREE TO ASK AND I WILL LET YOU KNOW ) PRODUCE SOME LIGHT SURFACE NOISE AND-OR VERY FEW POPS BUT NOTHING TOO SIGNIFICANT AND UNPLEASANT FOR THE LISTENER. OLDER RECORDS IN THIS CATAGORY MAY HAVE SLIGHTLY FADED LABELS AND ANYTHING WORTH MENTIONNING WILL BE NOTED IN MY PRODUCT DESCRIPTION.

VG. VERY PLAYED COPY WITH MORE SIGNIFICANT WEAR, A LOT OF LIGHT SCRATCHES AND OCCASIONALY DEEPER ONES THAT CAN BE FELT WITH A FINGERNAIL BUT WICH DO NOT CAUSE ANY SKIPPING ( THIS WOULD BE NOTED IN MY PRODUCT DESCRIPTION AND FEEL FREE TO ASK ME ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE RECORD BEFORE BUYING IT AND I WILL BE HAPPY TO GIVE YOU A MORE DETAILED DESCRIPTION ) , NOISE AND-OR POPS CAN BE HEARD, STICKERS ON LABELS, NAMES AND OTHER WRITINGS ON LABELS AND MAY HAVE HAD AN "ALMOST SUCCESSFUL STICKER REMOVAL" THAT DID NOT CAUSE TO MUCH DAMAGE. LABELS ON OLDER RECORDS MAY BE FADED, SOMETIMES HARD TO READ AND MAY HAVE STICKER RESIDUE AND WORN CENTER HOLES.

GOOD. PLAYED TO DEATH RECORD. THESE I PLAY BEFORE I LIST THEM AND ONLY LIST THEM IF THEY IF THEY HAVE A SIGNIFICANT COLLECTORS VALUE OR IF THEY ARE VERY RARE. ANYTHING BELOW THIS I DON'T LIST AT ALL.

LP COVERS, EP PICTURE SLEEVES ANS 45 PICTURE SLEEVES ARE GRADED USING GOLDMINE STANDARD GRADING. PLEASE TAKE NOTE OF MY PICTURE GALLERY AND PRODUCT DESCRIPTION FOR DETAILS. 

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PLEASE TAKE NOTE THAT MOST OF THE RECORD I HAVE ARE 25 TO 60+ YEARS OLD AND  DUE TO VARIOUS STORAGE AREAS AND ROOM CLIMATES EVEN THE HIGHLY GRADED RECORDS INCLUDING ( NM ) MAY HAVE GATHERED STATIC AND PRODUCE SOME MINOR SURFACE NOISE MOST NOTABLY BETWEEN SONGS OR BEFORE THE RECORD STARTS PLAYING. ALWAYS CLEAN YOUR RECORDS BEFORE PLAYING THEM.