T.V. SLIM AND HIS HEARTBREAKERS: CHECKER (WEB)#270 (1957) GREAT ROCK BLUES: HEAR
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ARTIST: T.V. SLIM AND HIS HEARTBRAKERS
Label: Checker ?– 870 (Later reissued on Argo).... Check PopSike $71.00)
Format: Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM
Country: US
Released: Jul 1957
Genre: Rock, Blues
Style: Rhythm & Blues, Rock & Roll
Tracks:
A Flatfoot Sam 2:10
B Darling Remember 2:10
Companies, etc. Manufactured By – Checker Record Co.
VINYL: ALMOST VG+...HEAR, NO BIG CLICKS, NO SKIPS...BOTH SIDES GREAT!
LABELS: VG++...SEE SCAN
REMARKS: Oscar Wills was a skinny TV repair-man from Houston TX, who recorded his own song, ‘Flatfoot Sam’ in a local studio, and wound up with a national hit. He had already sold a song, ‘My Dolly Bee’, to Don Robey at Duke Records and that had been recorded by Junior Parker, so he figured he could do it too. When ‘Flatfoot Sam’ came out on the tiny ‘Cliff’ label in Shreveport LA. local record store owner, and future Jewel Records boss, Stan Lewis suggested Oscar call himself TV Slim, perhaps hoping to copy the success of Guitar Slim over in New Orleans. The record sold pretty well in the region, and must have been noticed by Leonard Chess, who arranged for Slim to record a tighter version of the song with Cosimo Matassa‘s house band featuring Robert ‘Barefootin’ Parker on sax. When the track came out on Chess’s Argo subsidiary, Slim had a national hit. This formed the bedrock of Slim’s career, as he spent the next decade recording a saga of spin-off records about Flatfoot Sam, including ‘FS No.2’, ‘FS Met Jim Dandy’, ‘FS Made a Bet’ and ‘FS is Back!’
Despite his lack of hits, the determined character that got Slim started kept him on the road and in the studio recording for labels like Checker, Speed, USA, Excell, Pzazz, Timbre,and Ideel. Slim had a tidy guitar technique and played some wailing country style harp. His songwriting style tended towards storytelling on domestic themes, delivered with that easy-rolling beat typical of Swamp Blues. Slim’s titles include ‘Tired of your Cheatin and Lyin’, ‘The Fight’, ‘Gravy Round Your Steak’ and ‘Don’t Reach Across My Plate’, which was later covered by Albert Collins. In 1969, Slim died in a car-wreck on Route 66 near Kingman AZ. Sadly, his music is almost impossible to obtain today and his vinyl discs are collectors’ items.
From The Web: Sorry you young peeps couldn't have been around when this was popular. White guys like me had to search the black stations at the top of the dial to find it. But it was all good. We'd dance all night. If you don't know that’s when you shake your boogie!!
SUGGESTION?..IF YOU WIN A BID AND LIVE IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY PLEASE ASK FIRST FOR INVOICE?YOU CAN SAVE (BASED ON WEIGHT)
USA & PUERTO RICO SHIPPING RATES:
1 TO 2 RECORDS: FIRST CLASS: $4.00 ADD $1.00 FOR EACH ADDITIONAL OVER 2
1 TO 6: RECORDS IN USPS PRIORITY FLAT RATE: $9.00
20 RECORDS VIA MEDIA MAIL: APROXIMATELY $5.00 ASK!
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WE USE THE FOLLOWING SCALE FOR OUR STRICT, PLAYED AND/OR VISUAL GRADING OF VINYL:
Vinyl Grading System For 45 RPMs:
Near Mint (NM): The record has been on a shelf between other records. The vinyl looks glossy and clearly has only been played a few times. There are no marks on the vinyl and the whole package is complete.
Excellent (VG++): Same but I?d tolerate very light marks where the vinyl has been in and out of the inner sleeve a few times, or tiny signs of use generally.
Very Good Plus (VG+): A few further faults are acceptable, but nothing that really compromises the record visually or audibly. A little rub, light inaudible marks, a little background crackle, No Skips.
Very Good (VG): It?s seen a bit of life, but is still usable. Light pops and clicks, , light visible scratches but no skips. You can still listen to it and enjoy looking at it, but it is visually and audibly USED. To Be Sold As Is!...See the detailed remarks!
For Labels or Picture Sleeve Condition: See Scan & Description!
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