CHARLIE RICH Lonely Weekends 45rpm London American Recordings 45-HLU-9107 1960
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CHARLIE RICH Lonely Weekends 45rpm London 45-HLU-9107 First Press 1960.
Charlie Rich was simultaneously one of the most critically acclaimed and most erratic country singers of post-World War II era. Rich had all the elements of being one of the great country stars of the '60s and '70s, but his popularity never matched his critical notices. What made him a critical favorite also kept him from mass success. Throughout his career, Rich wilfully bended genres, fusing country, jazz, blues, gospel, rockabilly, and soul. Though he had 45 country hits in a career that spanned nearly four decades, he became best known for his lush, Billy Sherill-produced countrypolitan records of the early '70s. Instead of embracing the stardom those records brought him, Rich shunned it, retreating into semi-retirement by the '80s. Rich began his professional musical career while he was enlisted in the U.S. Air Force in the early '50s. While he was stationed in Oklahoma, he formed a group called the Velvetones, which played jazz and blues and featured his fiancée, Margaret Ann, on lead vocals. Rich left the military in 1956, and he began performing clubs around the Memphis area, playing both jazz and R&B; he also began writing his own material. Rich managed to land a job as a session musician for Judd Records, which was owned by Judd Phillips, the brother of Sun Records founder Sam Phillips. Around this time, saxophonist and Sun recording artist Bill Justis heard Rich play at the Sharecropper Club and asked the pianist to write arrangements for him. Sam saw Rich perform with Justis at a club gig and asked him to record some demos at Sun Studios. Phillips rejected the resulting demos, claiming they were too jazzy. After absorbing some Jerry Lee Lewis records Justis gave him, Rich returned to Sun quickly and became a regular session musician for the label in 1958, playing and/or singing on records by Lewis, Johnny Cash, Justis, Warren Smith, Billy Lee Riley, Carl Mann and Ray Smith. He was also writing songs, including "Break Up" for Lewis, "The Ways of a Woman in Love" for Cash, and "I'm Comin' Home" for Mann, which was later cut by Elvis Presley. (Stephen Thomas Erlewine, AllMusic)
I have graded the vinyl Very Good Plus. There are many light surface marks when viewed under a bring spotlight but nothing that is other than that which sits on the surface. Also, this is what happens when a record is brought in and out of its sleeve over time and paper sleeves back in the day had no protective lining and could be harsh. It test played really and I believe its a great little record.
There is a new inner sleeve with a soft protective lining, as well as a thicker plastic outer sleeve. I've also created a photographic frontispiece for easy identification when housed in a collection but I must make it clear that this is not an original cover.
A Lonely Weekends 2:03 B Everything I Do Is Wrong 2:15
- Published by Knox Music, Mastered at Decca Studios
- Mastered by C(17) / Written by Rich
Other text:
• MADE IN ENGLAND
• RECORDING FIRST PUBLISHED 1960
• Recorded by PHILLIPS, Memphis
- Matrix / Runout (A-side label): MSY.4163
- Matrix / Runout (B-side label): MSY.4164
- Matrix / Runout (A-side runout, stamped): 45-MSY-4163-1C
- Matrix / Runout (B-side runout, stamped): 45-MSY-4164-1C
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