Rare Blues 78 Hy-Tone 18 Memphis Slim
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Memphis Slim
from The Red Saunders Research Foundation
http://hubcap.clemson.edu/~campber/parrot.html
Hy-Tone was operated by former banjoist, guitarist, and bandleader Freddie Williams (1898 - 1955) in a partnership with Nathan Rothner (1910 - 2003), whose primary business was jukebox distribution. In business from 1946 through 1948, Hy-Tone was one of the first postwar independents in Chicago. (Only Session, S D, and Rhumboogie seem to have entered the scene earlier.) At first the company was run out of Williams' Melody Lane Record Shop; once Williams and Rothner formed a partnership, the company was located in various buildings that Rothner owned. Though Hy-Tone never scored any commercial successes, Memphis Slim made a number of recordings for Freddie Williams (which were commercially interesting enough to be picked up by King later on
Rare Hy-Tone label (Chicago)
Hy-Tone #18
Memphis Slim (voc, p); prob. Cyril J. "Cozy" Eggleston (ts); Ernest "Big" Crawford (b).Chicago Recording Studios, Chicago, before March 1946
"GOT THE BLUES"
b/w
"DON'T RATION LOVE"
V
V (78) Moderate, even wear throughout, but still very playable. Surface noise and scratches audible but not intrusive.
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Clean labels (see photos)
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