Carl Perkins 78 RPM Sun 243 Boppin' The Blues, All Mama's Children 1956 HiLo

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Carl Perkins

78 RPM

Sun

243

1956

Boppin' The Blues (Perkins-Griffin)

All Mama's Children (Perkins-Cash)

Hi-Lo Music

U-195 BMI

Memphis, Tennessee

Vintage Vinyl

Condition is Used Good+.

Plays. Shows signs of age/use.

G+(Good+) - Lots of wear, but still playable.

78 only, in plastic cover.

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Carl Perkins

"BOPPIN' THE BLUES" - B.M.I. - 2:49

Composer: - Carl Perkins-Howard Griffin

Publisher: - Hi-Lo Music Incorporated

Matrix number: - U 196

Recorded: - March 1956

Memphis Recording Service

706 Union Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee

Released: - May 1956

First appearance: - Sun Records (S) 78/45rpm standard single SUN 243-A mono

BOPPIN' THE BLUES / ALL MAMA'S CHILDREN

Carl Perkins - Vocal and Guitar

James Buck Perkins - Rhythm Guitar

Lloyd Clayton Perkins - Bass

W.S. "Fluke" Holland – Drums

What we casually refer to today as ''rockabilly'' or the ''Sun sound'' was new music back in early 1956. In fact, nobody knew what to call it. Elvis Presley and Carl Perkins were still being described as performing ''hillbilly pop'' when this record came out. Billboard rightly described it as ''loaded with flavor and with potential for all three markets''. The Memphis regional chart in May 1956 showed that Sam Phillips' vision had literally dominated the city's taste. ''Boppin' The Blues'' sat at number 3, bettered only by ''I Walk The Line'' and ''Blue Suede Shoes'' (at number 1 and 2, respectively). The number 4-6 chart positions were filled by ''Heartbreak Hotel'', ''Ooby Dooby'' and ''Rock And Roll Ruby''. These were magic times to cruise down Union Avenue in your Chevy convertible with the radio blaring. (HD)

The notion that Carl's music was an irresistible and life-changing force (''I still love you baby, but I'll never be the same'') was a clever and powerful image. In fact, Carl took that idea one step further in ''Boppin' The Blues''. Like Doctor Ross (''The Boogie Disease'') before him and Huey Piano Smith (''Rockin' Pneumonia'' and ''The Boogie Woogie Flu'') after him, Carl likened his music to an infectious disease. One exposure and you've had it, whether you like it or not. Ironically, this was just the kind of perverse thinking that fueled anti-rock and roll boycots by the White Citizen's Council! (HD)

Carl Perkins

"ALL MAMA'S CHILDREN" - B.M.I. - 2:06

Composer: - Carl Perkins-John R. Cash

Publisher: - Hi-Lo Music Incorporated

Matrix number: - U 195

Recorded: - March 1956

Memphis Recording Service

706 Union Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee

Released: - May 1956

First appearance: - Sun Records (S) 78/45rpm standard single SUN 243-B mono

ALL MAMA'S CHILDREN / BOPPIN' THE BLUES

Carl Perkins - Vocal and Guitar

James Buck Perkins - Rhythm Guitar

Lloyd Clayton Perkins - Bass

W.S. "Fluke" Holland – Drums

Sun 243 is a fine two-sided record, although a note on the instrumental work on ''All mama's Children'' is in order. W.S.'s drums and Clayton's slapped bass sound great, but Carl's guitar has never sounded cheesier. The problem seems to be that this side was cut in the Key of ''C'', thereby forcing Carl into some awkward chord inversions. This is odd because most pickers know that the Eleventh Commandment states, ''Thou shalt never play rockabilly in ''C''. The blurring of racial lines that is essential to Carl's deep south patois has never been clearer than on these sides. Although the disc did not achieve the commercial success of ''Blue Suede Shoes'', it did solidify Carl's reputation as a solid southern rocker - both as a vocalist and an inventive guitarist. (HD)

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