Brian's Music Musings

A brand new Ace CD has been released, and It's another good one. It is a slight variation on the Golden Age Of American Rock And Roll. It's called "The Follow Up Hits", and it has 30 more great tracks which were, as the title suggests, artists follow up hits, though they are not necessarily the NEXT release by that artist. I had the privilege of contributing a small amount to the project, and I think it turned out quite well. The booklet is full of great artists and record information, and has some great pictures as well. Check out the track listing HERE, though you might want to find another site to purchase it at.

I seemed to have given the postman a break this week, as not much new vinyl has been transported to my record room. One oddball record that is probably not worth much more than the .99 cents I paid for it, is an alternate version of Johnny Standley's "It's In The Book". Originally on the Magnolia label, it was picked up by Capitol and became a huge hit in the early 1950's. It is on my first and second pressings page, but shown in the original 78 to the left. The record I bought was a 45 on the Glo label of Tennessee. I know nothing of the label, but am wondering if they issued alternate takes of records, similar to what the Lana label did with doo wop and rock and roll records in the early 60's.

Another interesting record I ran across is by Patty McCoy and the Renegades. It is her first of two on the Counsel label, and released in 1963, Stranger backed with Goodbye. According to an email correspondence I had with Bill Schallert, she was from Fox Senior High School in Arnold MO. She had a second release for the label called Double trouble, but from there, the trails gets cold. The label was apparently located in south Philly according to Schallert. The label had a small run of around 13 records or so, and that was it. Where is she now?