GREAT ROCKIN' LLOYD PRICE 78 STAGGER LEE / YOU NEED LOVE UK HMV POP 580 V+/V
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A CLASSIC LLOYD PRICE ROCKING 78
STAGGER LEE
b/w YOU NEED LOVE
Price recorded more hits during his early-Fifties tenure at Specialty, but his career was interrupted by the Korean War. Upon returning from three years of service, he launched KRC (Kent Record Company) with Harold Logan, a longtime friend and collaborator. A shrewd businessman, Price leased his recordings to ABC-Paramount, thereby retaining control of his music while receiving national distribution. His most renowned recording came with “Stagger Lee,” an R&B remake of the folk-blues standard “Stack-o-Lee” that topped the pop and R&B charts. Recorded versions of the song date back to the Twenties, but Price’s “takes the prize,” according to Greil Marcus in a detailed analysis of the song’s roots and evolution. “Price’s record was hard rock, driven by a wailing sax, and in retrospect his manic enthusiasm seems to be what many earlier versions lacked,” wrote Marcus.
Price’s biggest year was 1959, during which he released four hits: “Personality,” “Where Were You (On Our Wedding Day),” “I’m Gonna Get Married” and “Come Into My Heart.” His entrepreneurial skill led to the helming of more labels (Double-L and Turntable), as well as a New York City nightclub (Lloyd Price’s Turntable). Double-L launched the recording career of Wilson Pickett in 1963. Price continued to place his own recordings on the R&B charts into the Seventies. Meanwhile, he performed around the country with a nine-piece band while keeping a resourceful hand in various other entrepreneurial pursuits and ventures.
DISC DETAILS:-
UK HMV POP 580 10" 78rpm SHELLAC
CONDITION - v+/v needle run on B side label but both sides play well
HERE'S YOUR CHANCE TO PICK UP THIS GREAT 1958 ROCKING 78
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10" 78 RPM RECORDS NEED CAREFULLY PACKING, AND I CLAIM TO HAVE THE BEST PACKAGING IN THE WORLD FOR DISPATCHING THEM!
THE GREG'S GREAT'S SYSTEM CONSISTS OF A SPECIALLY DESIGNED INNER BOX MADE OUT OF 1" THICK POLYSTYRENE, WHICH THEN GOES INSIDE A DOUBLE CORRUGATED STIFF OUTER CARDBOARD CARTON. THE BOXES CAN TAKE UP TO 21 RECORDS,
I SEND OUT ON AVERAGE ABOUT 30 PARCELS A WEEK AND DISPATCH IS NORMALLY DONE ONCE A WEEK
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