The Passions..I Want You / Mercy, Little Baby..Autograph Garage Rock 45 rpm '64
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This is...The Passions...Mercy, Little Baby...1964
Side Two: I Want You
Labels: NM-
Vinyl: VG+ to better
Autographed by the Band...Bill Galyon, Bill Shearin and Gordon Eatherly...See pics.
Label: Shayon Record Co – 45-101 Format: Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, Single Country: US Released: 1964 Genre: Rock Style: Rock & Roll
The Passions' first single, "Mercy, Little Baby" (Shayon 101) from 1964. Lead vocals by Bill Galyon, who also wrote the song. (This copy autographed by Galyon, Bill Shearin and lead guitarist Gordon Eatherly, Jr.)
The next surprising thing about the Passions is that they had another record besides "Lively One." Their first single, "Mercy, Little Baby" on the band's own Shayon label, is rare. It can be accessed on You Tube. Recorded at Sellers Studio in Dallas, probably in early 1964, "Mercy, Little Baby" is a fine Chuck Berry-ish rocker with strong vocals by Bill and a guitar solo from Gordon. The only flaw is its brevity -- 1:31. It has been called "rockabilly," and if we were to agree with this designation, the Passions would perhaps be the only Texas group to record both a rockabilly and garage record (the appellation that replaced "punk"). The band themselves would have tagged their first record as rock and roll, and their second as rhythm and blues.
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