ALLIGATOR WINE / Screaming Jay Hawkins 1958 original VG++ / HEAR IT
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SCREAMIN’ JAY HAWKINS>br> ALLIGATOR WINE
Screamin' Jay Hawkins was the most outrageous performer extant during rock's dawn. Prone to emerging out of coffins onstage, a flaming skull named Henry his constant companion, Screamin' Jay was an insanely theatrical figure long before it was even remotely acceptable.
Hawkins recording of "I Put A Spell On You" became Screamin' Jay's biggest seller ("Little Demon," its rocking flip, is a minor classic itself). Hawkins cut several amazing 1957-58 follow-ups in the same crazed vein -- "Hong Kong," a surreal "Yellow Coat," "Alligator Wine" -- but none of them clicked the way "Spell" had. Deejay Alan Freed convinced Screamin' Jay that popping out of a coffin might be a show-stopping gimmick by handing him a $300 bonus.
This single finds Hawkins in April of 1958 and is one of his killer dillers; “Alligator Wine.” This is such a bizarre record, with haunting instrumental backing, sound effects of the swamp, and Jay’s impassioned (insane?) vocals.
On the flip is “There’s Something Wrong With You.”
CONDITION: VG++
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