BOBBY FULLER super RARE 45 on EASTWOOD (1962) NM

$

570

BOBBY FULLER FOUR
RARE 1962 indie 45rpm

In April of `1962, Bobby Fuller had his first taste of local fame when his single of "You're In Love"hit #2 on KELP Radio's music survey. It ende dup sellingover 8,000 copies in El Paso alone. At the time of this single at the end of 1962, the band was playing locally in El Paso t the Big Dipper Lounge (a bowling alley), as well as the Golden Key Club, The Teen A-Go-Go, and the Bolero Lanes. They were also appearing on Crosmo's Hop, a local TC show hosted by Steve Crosno. The only constants in the group were Bobby and his brother Randy Fuller, and at the time of this record it's likely the others were Dalton Powell and Googie Dirmeyer.

For the songs – Bobby had selected one each from two of his rock & roll heroes, both recently deceased. "Not Fade Away" was a Buddy Holly number, and "Nervous Breakdown" was by Eddie Cochran.

Over the last year, Fuller had turned his family's front room into a makeshift recording studio. He even cut a hole in the wall to the garage, to install a window to help made another isolated space to record and still see the 'control room.' The home was a maze of wires and tape decks but the results were good enough to press up.

This record was Bobby's third ever release and came after those two sinles on Yucca. Two years after this 45 came the three on Exeter, then Todd, Dodd and all those fab Mustang sides. Somehow when this record was pressed up, the release number was left off, but it is commonly refered to as Eastwood 345, which comes from one of the mastering numbers. At this time his band was called The Fanatics, only later would they become the Bobby Fuller Four.

It's key to note that this was a label that Bobby himself ran, he recorded the songs, sent the tape to RCA Custom Pressings, paid for a few hundred records, then sold them at live shows, and thru local record stores. These were not distributed nationally and were strictly local records. Only a few hundred were ever pressed up at a cost of about 16¢ each to Bobby.

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