Six 1927-36 country music 78 rpm records

$

33

     Well, here's my last lot for a while, probably.  Please be sure to see my other 1920's/30's jazz, dance, blues, hillbilly, etc. 78's up for sale !

   (1.) SHE'S MY CURLY HEADED BABY / ONCE I HAD A DARLING MOTHER: CALLAHAN BROTHERS, on VV+ Romeo 5300.  These are from Homer and Walter Callahan's first time in the studio (one of many from here on out !), for ARC, on Tuesday, 2 Jan. 1934 in New York.  Pleasant, bucolic stuff patterned after Jimmie Rodgers' style, playing fairly strongly and clearly over light surface noise.  Labels are in very good condition.

   (2.) THE CATS' WHISKERS (Hot Shot Instrumental) / SAGEBRUSH DANCE ( Kick & Sweat Instrumental): PATT PATTERSON & HIS CHAMPION REP RIDERS, on 'V' Jewel 20024.  Both sides recorded Wednesday, 14 May 1930 in New York.  Patt Patterson (full name James Arthur Patterson) on steel guitar, Lois Dexter on tenor banjo, and an additional unknown guitarist.  Gallivantin' romps showcasing Patterson's virtuosic Hawaiian steel guitar runs that might have made Sol Hoopii or Benny Nawahi a little jealous.  Music plays fairly clearly but somewhat weakly over light-to-moderate, intermittently 'swishy' sizzle.  The labels are a little faded.  The bunch of labels inherited by ARC from Regal/Plaza still had it's quality control problems, apparently, but this record will still set your toes a tappin' !

   (3.) SHANGHAI ROOSTER YODEL / GOING BACK TO ALABAMA: CARLISLE AND BALL, on 'V' Melotone 12385.  Cliff Carlisle and Wilbur Ball, singing, yodeling, and playing guitars.  Early on, Kentuckian Carlisle was a Jimmie Rodgers disciple (as is quite evident here) with an often double-entendre bent that he picked up from listening to the likes of Buddy Moss and The Famous Hokum Boys.  Music plays fairly strongly but is mildly distorted, over light surface noise.  Labels are slightly rubbed but presentable.

   (4.) GONNA QUIT DRINKING SHINE WHEN I DIE / SWEET VIOLETS: CALLAHAN BROTHERS, on V+ Melotone 6-07-51, recorded Saturday, 4 & Monday, 6 April 1936, respectively, in New York.  Yodeling, rhythmic admonitions against the dangers of drinking on the first side, coupled with some mild double-entendre on the reverse (Besides a hot dance treatment of this tune on Gennett by Bernie Schultz's Crescent Orch., this is only the second recording I've heard of it).  Music plays strongly and clearly over light surface noise.  Labels are in very good condition.

   (5.) WHEN THE MOON COMES OVER THE MOUNTAIN / WHEN IT'S NIGHT-TIME IN NEVADA: CARSON ROBISON TRIO, on VV+ (plays very well !) Homestead 23060.  Frank Luther and guitarist Carson Robison duetically sing and whistle on both sides.  They are joined by Phil Luther Crow singing with them on the second side, as well as an unknown fiddler.  Frank Novak plays clarinet and xylophone on both sides, and Luther plays a celeste.  There may be an unknown guitarist mixed in.  Both sides recorded c. May/June 1931 in New York.  This record made it as far as Australia, issued there on Lyric and Summit.  Homestead was a Regal-then-ARC product for the "Chicago Mail Order Company", primarily aimed at the hillbilly and race markets (I'll bet it was probably delivered in the saddlebags of mules in some places !).   Music plays fairly strongly and clearly over relatively light surface noise.  The labels are a bit blurry and have some print fade, which seems to be the average circumstance.

   (6.) THE CROSS EYED BUTCHER / THE OLD TOBACCO MILL: GEORGIA MELODY BOYS, on VV- (plays well) Broadway 8089.  Here are the "Golden Melody Boys" (Phil Featherstone on mandolin and Dempsey Jones on tiple), from the same coupling on Paramount 3068, recorded in Chicago, c. Oct. 1927.  Broadway 8000's were in a short-lived series devoted to hillbilly releases.  The vocals sound hilarious but are a little garbled; on the first side, a 'cross-eyed butcher' asks for assistance in slaughtering a cow; we learn not to trust 'im, 'cause if he swings that axe where he's lookin', there ain't no tellin' who might git it !  And on the second side, if you're not careful, it sounds like you might get some tobacco juice spit on ye', or catch the tobacco mill on fire, or something !  Good rhythmic accompaniment on mandolin and tiple (what's the difference between them ?) on both sides.  Music plays fairly strongly and clearly (although the vocals are a little too far off-mike - you have to strain to catch the words much of the time), over relatively light-to-moderate, even sizzle.  Labels are decent.                         

                  PLEASE SEE MY OTHER 1920'S JAZZ, DANCE, BLUES, HILLBILLY, ETC. 78'S FOR SALE THIS MONTH.