SMOKEY JOE-SUN LABEL-228-THE SIGNIFYING MONKEY-
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"VINTAGEVINYLE"
"RECORDS"
"MUSIC FROM THE PAST,PRESENT AND FUTURE"
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45'S,78'S,LP'S
JAZZ,BLUES,SOUL,DE-WOP, ROCK
ARTIST: SMOKEY JOE
LABEL: SUN RECORDS 228
TITLE: LP'S ONLY
SIDE A: THE SIGNIFYING MONKEY
SIDE B: LISTEN TO ME BABY
GRADE: VG+ TO VG++
The Signifying Monkey : A Theory of African-American Literary Criticism", by Henry Louis Gates (New York : Oxford University Press, 1989). (For a review of the book see: http://www-english.tamu.edu/pers/fac/myers/signifying.html ). Hundreds of versions of the song have been recorded, among them a version by Chuck Berry, "Jo Jo Gunne" (Chess 1709, 1958). With Johnny Bernero on drums, Smokey Joe's "Signifying Monkey" was assured of a fine shuffle rhythm, and it enjoyed some local chart action after its release in mid-September 1955. Sales were strongest in black markets that had no idea Smokey Joe was very blond and very white. This confusion reached its zenith when Joe was invited to perform at New York's Apollo Theatre in Harlem. The flipside "Listen To Me Baby" is a solid outing in the jump blues mode (with a powerful piano solo) that did little to dispel the notion that Smokey Joe was black. Surprisingly, "The Signifying Monkey"/"Listen To Me Baby" was reissued on Sun 393 in May 1964. Two factors might have led Sun to dust it off. First Sam the Sham had recorded it (this was pre-Woolly Bully, but it was a local hit) and second, it had a prototypical ska beat, popularized at that time by Millie Small's "My Boy Lollipop".?
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MINTsealed or played,but without any evidence of any deterations,-MINT
MINUS- very clean,but not Mint, may have superifcal marks or scrathes, that do not take away from
the sound quailty-VERY GOOD-WELL CARED FOR, BUT LESS THAN PERFECT,HAS BEEN PLAYED, STILL HAS LOTS OF GLOSS AND SHINE
PRIMARILY CLEAN SHOULD PLAY WITH OUT SKIPS-GOOD-WELL LOVED, BUT STILL PLAYABLE, WITH LIKELY AUBIBLE
DISTRACTIONS-POOR- WILL NOT LIST UNLESS VERY RARE OR HARD TO FIND.
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