ELVIS PRESLEY*JANIS MARTIN* Elvis/Janis (1985 12" Picture Disc NCH PD 1085 ) NEW
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ELVIS PRESLEY / JANIS MARTIN ~PICTURE DISC 12" LP~ NCH DENMARK 1985
1ELVIS PRESLEY & JANIS MARTIN
ELVIS - JANIS
12" PICTURE DISC ALBUM
THIS IS A RARE SPLIT RELEASE ON THE NCH LABEL .DENMARK. 1985.
ORIG RECORDINGS.
SIDE 1. ELVIS. LONG TALL SALLY READY TEDDY RIP IT UP TUTTI FRUTTI I GOT A WOMAN SHAKE RATTLE AND ROLL
SIDE 2. JANIS MARTIN MY BOY ELVIS DRUGSTORE ROCK'N ROLL WILL YOU, WILLYUM BILLY BOY. BILLY BOY ALL RIGHT BABY LOVE AND KISSES
THE PICTURE DISC IS IN A PLASTIC SLEEVE AND HOUSED IN A DIE-CUT COVER. IN MINT CONDITION.
Biography
by Bruce Eder
Janis Martin was a unique figure in the history of rockabilly -- there were other women working in that male-dominated field ( Lorrie Collins for one), but Martin was the one dubbed "the Female Elvis Presley " by RCA, reportedly with the approval of Colonel Tom Parker . This was probably the kiss of death, evoking images so contradictory that no one could really hold it properly in their mind. The fact that she was signed to RCA probably didn't hurt, but as a hot-rocking female in a field where men's libidinal gyrations weren't approved, she had too many strikes against her for a lasting career. She was good, though, and she left behind the records to prove it.Martin was born in Sutherlin, VA, in 1940 and had a stage mother on one side and a father and uncle who were amateur musicians on the other, a mix that practically made her predestined for a performing career. She was playing and singing before age five. By six, she'd mastered chords on her junior-sized guitar and was singing in a style influenced by Eddy Arnold and Hank Williams . She became a fixture in local talent contests and won all of them. Martin was playing and singing on the WDVA Barndance out of Virginia by age 11. By her mid-teens, she'd appeared alongside the likes of Ernest Tubb , the Carter Family , Sonny James , and Jean Shepard .
Her amazing amount of experience for one so young helped push her into rock & roll. It turned out that Martin had tired of country music by her mid-teens, especially the slow ballads, having been doing them for a decade. Her timing was perfect, for she discovered R&B in the mid-'50s and was soon bringing that material into her own song lists. RCA A&R chief Steve Sholes heard one of her demos and Martin was signed to the label at age 15, only two months after Elvis was signed up.
"Drugstore Rock 'n Roll," a Martin original, was her debut record and her biggest hit, selling some 750,000 copies. By the middle of 1956, she was making the rounds of the Today Show, The Tonight Show, and other variety programs, as well as appearing on the Grand Ole Opry, and was voted Most Promising Female Vocalist in Billboard, the record industry's bible.
Some of the "Female Elvis " publicity rebounded fairly early, as fans felt she was hooking herself and her style of singing to him as a means of exploitation. Ironically, for all of the publicity that seemed to link them, and her recording of the single "My Boy Elvis" at the insistence of her management, plus the fact that they used the same session musicians and shared the same country-cum-R&B interests, Martin never saw the Memphis Flash perform until he made it to national television. By that time her own performing style -- amazingly similar to his, but developed independently -- was established and locked down. Additionally, she only met Elvis twice, both times very briefly, with hardly a word exchanged. The two found themselves converging on a similar point.
For all of her early success, Martin was never able to sustain a rock & roll career, mostly because of her gender and the changing times. Her stage moves and lusty delivery appeared unseemly (or so people said, especially on the country circuit) in a girl, once the initial furor and enthusiasm for rock & roll quieted down. Additionally, the country shows on which she was booked usually put her on bills and in front of audiences that weren't overly enamored of rock & roll to begin with, and Martin found herself caught between conflicting currents. Her record company and manag...
12" LP Picture Disc in "NEW" Condition NEW AND UNPLAYED (NOT SEALED).
Cover Grade: NEAR MINT **EXCELLENT COPY THIS ALBUM DOES NOT HAVE ANY DRILL HOLES or CUT-OUTS
Vinyl Grade: MINT
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