CANADIAN ROCKABILLY 45 DICKIE DAMRON ON LAUREL "ROCKIN' BABY"

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1,613

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Artist: Dickie Damron

Label: Laurel 792

Side One: Gonna Have A Party

Side Two: Rockin' Baby

Condition:  VG++ TO VG+ only a few light scuffs (plays perfect) NOTE: writing in pencil on label on both sides

THIS IS AN ORIGINAL NOT A BOOT!!!

Pressed by the KING record company of Cincinnati Ohio

One of the Holy Grails of Rockabilly. ULTRA RARE.

Check out my other rare rockabillys being listed this week.

 AS FEATURED ON BEAR FAMILY'S "SHAKIN' UP NORTH". 

I have been a Canadian rock-a-billy artist collector for 25 or more years and this guaranteed original Laurel 45 is on the top 3 for rarity in the field of Canadian Rock-a-billy. Almost impossible to find in this condition.

Here is what Dick Damon had to say:

Our first sessions were recorded in 1958 at the C.K.R.D. studio in Red Deer. "Rockin' Baby" b/w "Gonna Have A Party" on our own Laurel label. We had the tape sent to King Plastics in Cincinnati, Ohio. Which was the only pressing plant that I was aware of at the time. The name idea originally came from my younger brother whose girlfriend was named Laurel. When the Elvis movie "Jailhouse Rock" came out there was Laurel Records in it so I thought we were going to get sued. To think that somebody in Hollywood would even know of us (but it was a coincidence). Man! We were greenhorns concerning these kinds of things. At the time I believe that the sessions were recorded on a Crown two-track recorder.

I also want to mention that the Laurel single received very good promotion due to being distributed to jukeboxes throughout central Alberta. There was an outfit in Red Deer that programmed all the jukeboxes. That was a big thing for us to get our record on all those jukeboxes. Because other than a little of that type of music being played on the radio, that was about the only exposure for the record. People would hear the record on the jukeboxes and they would come to our dances and sometimes buy the record. So that was how our music first got out to the public.

The first sessions we did for Quality were recorded in the same studio, using the same line-up that we used on the Laurel record. There's an interesting story about the first record on Quality. I realized after the Laurel record how hard it is to distribute the records and get them around, so I thought that if we could get on a bigger record label and get them distributed Canada wide, we may get more exposure. We just did a session after our radio show one night and sent a tape (like a demo session) to Quality. We never heard back from them. Then one day I heard it on the radio, they just took this demo session and released it without our knowledge. It was weeks after that I finally got a contact from Quality.

All records are strictly graded and come with a 100% money back guarantee. All records are original, first pressings unless otherwise noted. If the record is an LP, EP or has a picture sleeve, the record is graded first, followed by the cover or sleeve.

Grading is based on the following criteria

Mint = store stock new

Mint- = near new with only one or two small insignificant defects

VG++ = extremely nice. Would be Mint-, except for a couple of light scratches or scuffs, which do not affect play

VG+ = a nice, but used record that may have a series of light scuffs or scratches. It probably plays with a few pops, but has no serious problems.

VG = a well-used record that still sounds OK when played, but may have moderate surface noise, pops, etc.

VG- = a very well-worn record that plays through without skipping, but will do until a better copy comes along.

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NOTE: SHIPPING TO CANADA $19, TO USA $35 AND OVERSEAS $59.00. I will only ship this rare record with insurance and a tracking number. I do not charge extra for handling and will refund any excess charge if cost of shipping is lower!

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