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April 2025 Record Roundup

Posted on by Frank The Drifter

This month I put a power play on the database. The goal was to see how many records I could submit with fresh pictures and audio, and I managed to put up 105 records, many of them with audio. Below are some of the ones I think stand out.

Bluegrass

Foggy Blues is basically a blues song but the flip is a great banjo driven instrumental. Klub was based out of the Carolinas and had plenty of good bluegrass and country on it. Shack Creek Bluegrass Boys and Olabelle & Alex are both great bluegrass singles. The Rimrock, out of Arkansas, is instrumental. The New River is their own label out of Pennsylvania.

Country

I was very happy with this Carson Brothers single, I want to find another copy! It’s crudely recorded country tunes about a truck accident. Maco Light is about a North Carolina legend of a light that’s explained in the song.

The Don West is one of the few records I have from New Hampshire, it’s just two really great honky tonk songs. The Hayseeds I bought many years ago in Kansas City and for some reason I suspect it’s an all female country band but I’m not sure if it’s a hunch or I read something. Either way the Mule Skinner Blues version on that one is one of my favorites.

Gospel

I entered a few LPs this year and this is one of them. Who doesn’t like a girl with big hair? Great accordion and solid gospel LP all the way through. The Harmony Twins were based in Ohio and this is the second of their singles I’ve found. Holmes Family Gospel Singers is on Loyal, a fairly well known gospel label from Alabama. Good stuff.

Here’s the full list of everything added this month to the database

New Editions to the Database 4/27/25

Posted on by Frank The Drifter

This past month I’ve been focusing on trying to input a few things every day to the database. It takes a while because my process keeps getting more complicated. At first it was just the record and pics, and then it was the record with *all* the information on it (runout etchings, pressing plants, publishers…), and now it’s the record with all the info with pictures *and* audio. It takes a while, but I think it’s worth it to be able to browse the database, find a cool record, and listen to it right there!

First up is a great double instrumental single out of Concord Arkansas on Rimrock Records. As far as I can tell the Shack Creek Bluegrass Boys didn’t release anything else. There’s another version of this 45 with a black label and picture sleeve, but the same music.

Listen to it here: https://dollarcountry.org/items/show/28075

Next I have three singles from sister and brother Olabelle Reed and Alex Campbell featuring Deacon Brumfield and the New River Boys. Olabelle and Alex released a ton of material together on their own label as well as two LPs on Starday and some other things on random labels. They were based in Oxford PA where they played regularly and released a ton of music together. I labelled it as bluegrass but I’d really call it either old time music or appalachian music.

Check those out here: Aloha / White Flower, Deacons Boogie / Uncloud Day, When My Time Comes / Just Over In The Glory Land

Last but not least is this odd instrumental from David Beeler. It’s not straight country, more like classical or flamenco inspired country instrumentals. I’m not sure if I could really describe it any better, I’d suggest you just give it a listen.

Do that here: https://dollarcountry.org/items/show/28076

Cheers
Franklin

Hoot Roberts – Stop The World And Let Me Off

Posted on by Frank The Drifter

Database Link: https://dollarcountry.org/items/show/8712

I have no recollection of where I got this one although it was pre-pandemic. I love that it’s Hoot Roberts on Owl records, it’s nice to have a theme. Stop The World is a great tune, Dearer Than Life is alright but I’d play the top side 9/10 times. According to slipcue.com, Hoot Roberts was originally from Alabama but moved to Wausau Wisconsin and had his country career there. “Big Sound From The North Woods”

One thing of note is that side A is partially credited to W.S. Stevenson, the owner of 4 Star Records. Like many other slippery record men from way back then, he put his name on many songs that he had no hand in writing, but since he owned the music and was the man in charge he got to do all that kind of stuff without anyone coming after him.

Cheers
Franklin