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Pertinent records listed & rated: See the Odd Pop section for the Truck Driver page for a list of all pertinent trucker records, plus pages on related idioms. Unprecedented free resource -- use it or lose it! Only Hip Wax items are for sale!
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The Word: Old truck-driver albums are among the least-known and least-appreciated but most rewarding types of record. Comedy, sentiment, pathos, swinging tunes, hard living, law breaking, you name it! You'll find the very best of the lot plus a few steel-guitar and even odd rockabilly, country-western, etc. records of note (ones that are too good to resist).
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Kay Adams: Wheels & Tears; Capitol/Tower ST-5033; cutout E+/N- S $50 -- trucker/country; rare!; "Little Pink Mack," "That'll Be the Day," "Six Days A'Waiting" (answer to "Six Days on the Road"), & "Big Mac" are the 4 holy grails for trucker fans (& the rest is top-notch country); yes, on Capitol but nearly impossible to find
Kay Adams: Make Mine Country; Capitol/Tower T-5069; cutout N/N $40 -- trucker/country; has the terrific "Six Days A'Waiting" (answer to "Six Days on the Road" from the lady left at home's perspective)--one of the biggest holy grails of the idiom & a real prize for the collector
Jerry Byrd: The Polynesian Suite -- see exotica-foreign
Dave Dudley: Truck Drivin' Son of Gun; Mercury MG-21028; 1st press, deep groove E-/E S $20 -- trucker; a killer, w/many top truck songs, best of which is [My Baby's Just] Two Six Packs Away (which we rank even higher than Six Days on the Road, in fact it's our all-time favorite)
Dave Dudley's Greatest Hits; Mercury SR-61046; N/N shrink S $15 -- trucker/country; perfect, uncut, stereo original!!!; [My Baby's Just] Two Six Packs Away (best-ever trucker tune, about drinking & driving), Six Days on the Road, I Got Lost, Mad, If I Had One, Cowboy Boots, Big Ole House, Last Day in the Mines..
Dora Hall: Country Western; Cozy/Premore 1005; N-/N- S $15 -- personality/golden throat does King of the Road, How's My Baby Tonight, Party Line, We'll Sing in the Sunshine, Hotel Happiness..
Rod Hart: Breakeroo!; Plantation PLP-500; 1976; sealed S $20 -- truck; one of the best truck LPs, esp. late ones; "CB Savage" is a smash put-on ostensibly by a gay trucker (until surprise twist at the end); other highlights include even some hip, funky(!) stuff: It's My Dog, Asphalt Cowboy, Big Fanny, Truck Driving Son-of-a-Gun, Hooked on Honky Tonks..
Wanda Jackson; Capitol T-1041; [Capitol logo at top] N-/N- $100 -- rockabilly; not 1st press but spectacular condition (jacket & disc)--plays flawlessly; Long Tall Sally, Let's Have a Party, Money Honey..
Wanda Jackson: Wonderful Wanda; Capitol T-1776; 3rd press N-/E+ $20 (or later cutout E/E+ $15, specify) -- one of her earliest country LPs is one of the toughest to find; has hit "In the Middle of a Heartache"
Wanda Jackson: The Best of; Capitol Starline ST-2883; Singapore issue N/E+ S $20 -- the one to have if you're not going to get all her great country LPs; Santo Domingo (in German!), Let's Have a Party, Right or Wrong, Reckless Love Affair, Tears Will be the Chaser for Your Wine..; and, as a bonus, nice EMI-Singapore inner sleeve shows Malay LPs
C.W. McCall: Black Bear Road; MGM M3G-5008; 1975; Unipak gatefold; sealed cutout $15 -- trucker/CB; essential/classic LP w/"Convoy" & other great ones including "Lewis & Clark" (about hippies & herbicide, etc.)
C.W. McCall: Wilderness; Polydor PD-1-6069; 1976; gatefold; N-/N S $15 -- trucker/CB; his other great one; several standouts include "Roy" w/mouth harp & "Crispy Critters," another "Convoy"-like number about hippies!!!
Leon McAuliffe & his Swingin' Western Band: The Dancin'est Band Around; Capitol T-2016; N/N $15 -- steel guitar; ex-Bob Wills steel-guitar/Western swing hero; I Fall to Pieces, Walk on By, Under Your Spell Again, Still, From a Jack to a King, Cozy Inn, Ramblin' Rose..
Jim Nesbitt: Truck Drivin' Cat with Nine Wives; RCA/Chart CHS-1005; 1968; E+/E- S $20 -- trucker/country; one of the very best trucker jackets!; quite scarce & unusual, as it's from Nashville on an oddball label (RCA-made); A Tiger in My Tank, Intoxicated Frustrated Me, I Ain't Never Been Passed..
Old & in the Way; Round BX-103 (w/UA distribution sticker but original); 1975/1973; E/N- S $20 -- classic "high lonesome"-sounding bluegrass; unique; David Grisman, Vassar Clements, Jerry Garcia, Peter Rowan, John Kahn; live SF recording by Owsley
Del Reeves Sings Girl on the Bilboard; United Artists UAL-3441; 1968; N/N shrink $15 -- trucker/country; a great original w/King of the Road, Tiger by the Tail, The Race is On..
Reno & Smiley: Another Day With; King 816; black label N/E+ $15 -- bluegrass
Alvino Rey (slide guitar) -- see pop
Jeannie C. Riley: The Generation Gap; Plantation PLP-11; N/N S $15 (or E+/V shrink S $10, specify) -- countrypolitan queen in one of her best mod/sitar/miniskirt wonders; love that psychedelic jacket!; even some funky drums; He Made a Woman Out of Me (GREAT), To the Other Woman, Games People Play, My Man..
Santo & Johnny: Encore; Canadian American SCALP-1002; deep groove N-/N- S $20 -- steel; top copy, original, stereo, great loud stuff!
Santo & Johnny: The Best that Could Happen; Imperial LP-12435; V+/N S $15 -- steel/mod; 4th LP for the label; prod. Mort Garson(!); mod like the 1st 3 but better, w/psyche & even some funky-drum elements; You Showed Me, Where Do I Go?, Try a Little Tenderness, Cycles, Traces, Street of Dark Flowers..
Red Simpson: Truck Drivin' Fool; Capitol T-2691; promo N/N shrink $20 -- trucker; great LP, top copy, hard-to-find; nab it!
Red Simpson: I'm a Truck; Capitol ST-881 (or SM-881); N/N shrink S $15 -- trucker; great new title track plus his very best trucker hits; whole package one of the best from Capitol & you can't beat the price/shape/value; Nitro Express, Old Sam, Runaway Truck, Black Smoke Blowin' over 18 Wheels, Big Mack, Roll Truck Roll..
Red Sovine: Teddy Bear; Starday/Gusto SD-968X; 1976/1975; N/N shrink S $15 -- trucker; great one (won Gold Recording Award); light on the trucking (just 2 or 3 cuts) but VERY heavy on the hanky-wetting stories (particularly Teddy Bear & Daddy), whew!
The Willis Brothers: Road Stop--Juke Box Hits; Capitol/Starday SLP-353 (T-90585); N-/N- $25 -- trucker/country; Capitol repress gives you all the superior mono sound & groovy '60s jacket you'd get with the pricier original in top shape
Various: Overloaded Diesel; Starday/Gusto/Power Pak PO-222; 1973 (Gusto pressing); N-/N- S $15 -- truck; later Starday artists, prod. Tommy Hill, seems not to overlap other records!; Benny Martin (Don't Let Your Deal Go Down), Pam Gilbert (I'm Movin' On), Calhoun Twins (Midnight Cowboy), Jimmy Griggs, Bobby Hodge, Tiny Harris, Earl Scott..; Endless Black Ribbon, Truck Driver's Blues, Double Clutchin' Truck LIne, Truck Stop Cafe, Bus Drivin' Son of a One..
Various: Put the Hammer Down!; Capitol Special Products/Realistic SL-8017; 1976; N/N S $15 -- trucker; great jacket (5 rigs shown); 10 solid tracks, including Cledus Maggard: "White Knight," McCall: "Convoy," Red Simpson: "Nitro Express" as well as lesser-knowns (such as Merle Haggard's Movin' On, White Line Fever)
Various: Radar Blues; Starday/King KSD-1050; cutout N-/N- shrink ES $50 -- trucker; rarer & better-pressed than the classic (King 866) but similar, & if you have that one, you know you need this too; more bluegrass/less rockabilly than the earlier LP, but it's all the real thing (GREAT!) & the top songs & truck-driver narrations are absolutely priceless
Various: The Steel Guitar Hall of Fame; Starday/Nashville NLP-2055; E-/E S $15 -- steel; "memorable instrumentals by master performers"--the real deal; Pete Drake, Leon McAuliffe, Herbie Remington, Jimmy Day, Shot Jackson, Little Roy Wiggins, Buddy Emmons, Jerry Byrd, Don Helms, Bashful Brother Oswald
Various: Truck Driver Songs; King 866; heavy vinyl, blue-label stereo N/V+ shrink [E?]S $50 (or black/mono E/E- $50, specify) -- trucker/rockabilly; THE LP to have--on pre-Starday King!: the first, the best, the classic, definitive truck comp (very little redundancy w/later comps & reissues); uniquely, several tunes really are trucker-themed rockabilly & they rock!; the final great thing is even the few standards (e.g., Six Days on the Road) are rare, early versions by other artists; King stereo so expect a little noise; Wild Catter, Gear Jammer, Haulin' Freight, A Green Truck Driver's First Experience w/Radar, Truck Drivin' Daddy, Truck Driver's Queen, Truck Driving Man, Passing Zone Blues..
Various: Truck Drivers Queen; Starday/Nashville NLP-2075; cutout (just 2 tiny staple holes) N-/N- S $20 (or white-label promo E/N- S $20, specify) -- trucker; great comp in top shape, nice jacket; rare, early, fanastic classics by Jimmy Logsdon ("Gear Jammer" & "Truck Drivin' Daddy"); rest by Moore & Napier and Reno & Smiley; Truck Drivers Queen, Long White Line, Hot Rod Kids & Women Drivers, Truck Drivers Woman, Open Road, Cross Roads..
Various: Truck Stop; Starday/Nashville NLP-2052; white-label promo N-/E+ S $25 -- trucker; superior collection of relative rarities & top lesser-known material, including a couple of 1st-rate narrated weepers, full of the pathos that make this idiom so special (while other cuts rock!); mainly lesser-known artists not found much on other Starday/King LPs; Sleeper Cab Blues, Truck Driving Buddy, Big Rig Guitar, Big Footed Dan, Pinball Machine, Wheels a Turning, Gears, Hitch Hiking Girl, Long Haul Weekend, Man Behind the Wheel
Various: Truckin' On; Starday/Gusto GT-0054; 1979; N/N shrink S $15 -- trucker; Del Reeves-Girl on the Billboard, Sovine/Bond-Gear Jammer & the Hobo, Moore & Napier-Truck Driver's Queen, George Jones-One is a Lonely Number, Del Reeves-Looking at the World through a Windshield, Red Sovine-Giddyup Go, Grandpa Jones-8 More Miles to Louisville, Jimmy Martin-Truck Drivin' Man, Claude Gray-I'll Have Another Cup of Coffee, Red Sovine-Woman Behind the Man Behind the Wheel
The Word: Some of the most interesting (and commercially non-viable) records reflect the excesses of marketing faith. Christian rock, songs by former drug addicts, and [usually evangelistic] puppet records all rank among the most "incredibly strange" records, when dug ironically. (We lack the ability to appreciate them without irony.)
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The Addicts Sing; Word WST-8379; N/N shrink S $50 -- religion/vocal/jacket; 9 former addicts from the Bronx find religion & a calling to sing & put on an ad-libbed play about their experiences; hall-of-fame jacket (see the "Incredibly Strange Music" books) has on the back a photo of the group & their tour van & a drawing of the old needle-in-arm bit; 11 songs incl. the rousing "I'm a Soldier in the Army of the Lord" (w/a preachin' break)
The Armageddon Experience; MM MMS-300; N/E+ S $25 -- Xian rock/strange; one of our own best discoveries in the kooky hip-religion idiom, it has a fairly funky cover of "Oh Happy Day" & several intriguing originals; the style is mainly rock or folk but there is a spoken track or two; priced to reward the bold
Gertrude Behanna: God Isn't Dead!; Word W-3179-LP; E-/E+ $15 -- spoken; author of "The Late Liz" winsomely tells her story of pulling herself up from the bottom (drugs, booze, despair) with a little help from her faith
Gail & Ezra: It's a Happy Day; Paragon PR-33068; E/E+ AUTOGRAPHED! S $25 -- puppet/religion; signed, some Moog, but the best thing is it's just terrific--one of the all-time greatest treasures in the bizarro world of puppet records!; as if it weren't already a great value, we'll throw in this BONUS: jacketless, as-is copy of Gail & Ezra Jesus Loves All Little Children LP (Paragon 33017; 1976)
Rickie Layne's Velvel: Fairy Tales (for Adults) You Wouldn't Believe!; Venise 7028 sealed $35 -- puppet--not only that but the rarer variety, the Puppet of Color; Snow White, Jake & the Beanstalk, Cinderella, King Midas; jacket photo (great!) caption reads "posed by a professional dummy"
Little Marcy: Happy Day Express--Sing with Marcy; Corner Stone MT-111-LP; E/V+ $20 (or V/V $15, specify) -- puppet/religion/kids; her 1st LP!; original label!; "Big" Marcy speaks to Little Marcy!
Little Marcy: Marcy Sings Hymns; Corner Stone MT-114-LP; E-/E+ $25 -- last of the 4 original Corner Stone LPs; 16 songs; water-stained jacket edge but otherwise top copy (scarce!)
Little Marcy: Sings to Children; Zondervan ZLP-664; deep groove E+/V+ $20 (or Singcord sealed $25, specify) (or Singcord E+/E+ $20, specify) -- our favorite LM jacket (for the kid w/the buck teeth & bow tie); also features ad for the Marcy doll & song "When Mr. Satan Knocks at My Heart's Door"
Little Marcy: Favorite Songs & Choruses by Marcy; Singcord/Zondervan ZLP-710; E/E+ $20 (or E-/V $15, specify) (or Sunshine Mountain sealed $25, specify) -- notable for "Count Your Blessings" which features multi-tracking (overdubs)
Little Marcy: Sing with Marcy; Zondervan/Singcord ZLP-657; 1st press, deep groove E/as is $15
Little Marcy: Songs for You by Marcy; Zondervan ZLP-723; deep groove E/E- $20 (or Singcord N/E- $20, specify)
Little Marcy Sings Sunday School Songs; Word K-701; N/V $15
Little Marcy: Marcy Sings [Jesus Loves Me & 14 Other Children's Songs; Word K-704; E-/E $20 (or V+/V+ $15, specify)
Little Marcy: Happy Am I; Word K-721; E-/E+ $20
Little Marcy: Sing and Be Happy with Little Marcy; Word K-722; E-/E+ $20
Little Marcy & the Bible Story Book Volume One; Word K-733; E-/E+ S $20
[Little] Marcy Tigner: Trombone; Christian Faith MT-1351; V+/V $15 (or free w/3 or more Little Marcy LPs) -- for Marcy completists, this pre-Little Marcy effort has her playing gospel tunes on trombone w/harp, violin, & pipe organ; no singing & not much to hear, but the jacket (Marcy w/trombone), liners, & rarity make it a mighty totem/historic artifact
Fred Lowery: Walking Along Kicking the Leaves...; Decca DL-8476; 1957; deep groove E/N- $40 (or 1st/deep groove E-/E- $25, specify) -- whistling; classic, mono-only, 1st 12" LP by the greatest, most virtuosic whistler ever; piercing, haunting, mind-boggling whistling talent backed by Owen Bradley's orchestra; Indian Love Call (remake of his greatest hit for Columbia), Moon Love, Moon of Manakoora, Far Away Places, Indian Summer, Sunrise Serenade, Happy Hobo, Pagan Love Song, Sentimental Journey..
Fred Lowery Whistles Your Gospel Favorites; Word WST-8326; E-/V+ S $35 -- whistling; his later gospel whistling LPs are even rarer than the Decca & Columbia LPs; some marks & noise but not bad, certainly much better than these usually are (if you can find them)
Fred Lowery w/Anita Kerr Singers: Whistle a Happy Tune; Decca DL-8995; pink-label promo 1st/deep groove DL-8995 E/E+ $40 (or black-label 1st/deep groove E/N- $35, specify) -- whistling; the greatest whistler ever's highly desirable, all-fantastic 2nd of 2 LPs for the label (also his only secular LPs); w/organ & steel guitar in the backing group as well as chorus; excellent hi-fi production!; Over the Rainbow, William Tell Overture, Estrellita, Marie, Tammy, Mockin' Bird Hill, Whispering..
Fred Lowery w/Anita Kerr Singers: Whistle a Happy Tune; Decca DL-78995; 1959; E/N S $75 -- whistling; the all-time greatest whistler ever's only album of secular tunes in stereo!; rare!
Lowery special: free w/any copy of "Whistle a Happy Tune"--the 10" 78 of the original Columbia hit "Indian Love Call"
Victor Lundberg: An Open Letter; Liberty LST-7547; sealed $30 (or N/N shrink S $25, specify) (or E/E S $20, specify) -- political/commentary/humor/strange; spoken w/music; wow! hilarious & "smart," like a right-wing answer to John Rydgren's Silhouette Segments, as if Charlton Heston were channelling Art Linkletter; "To the Flower Power" is the favorite piece; frightening as it sounds, we love it for being hysterically funny or insightful (or both) & always entertaining; plus the man's voice is compelling (as w/Ken Nordine & Rydgren); WAY TOO HIP FOR TODAY'S "CONSERVATIVES"; you need this!
Victor Lundberg: An Open Letter to My Teenage Son/My Buddy Carl --45 rpm--; Liberty 55996 -- 7" single available w/any order as a sampler for the above LP (just ask)
Larry Norman: Only Visiting this Planet; Verve V6-5092; 1972; N-/N- S $30 -- probably the best LP by famed godfather of "Jesus Rock" (and leader-founder of legendary psyche/Jesus-rock group People; does his own take on Bob Dylan at least twice; hard to find in top shape!; PLUS bonus: Capitol reissue 45 w/People: I Love You b/w Human Beinz: Nobody But Me
Jimmie Ruth & "Rusty": Stories & Songs for Children Featuring; Melody Mark 810624 (reissues Diadem DLP-282) E+/N- $30 -- puppet/religion/kids; difficult to find, harder still to get in top shape; jacket stickered "stereo" but it's a mono recording
John Rydgren: Silhouette Segments; new/reissue S $75 -- EXTREMELY STRANGE, HIP, RARE, & HOW!!!; all the necessary best cuts from amazing, ultra-rare, legendary, unique, radio-station promo-only LP of "Silhouettes" by famous HIP-yet-evangelical, lutheran radio DJ; see the scan & learn more; astounding, sexy, funny Ken Nordine-esque raps about LSD, girl-watching, hippies, etc. over killer '60s music ("Dark Side of the Flower's" sitar & everything from "Music to Watch Girls By" to Electric Prunes to "Rinky Dink"); original psychedelic jacket reprinted w/gatefold's liners on a special insert; just 3 left of 1000 pressed!; we recommend also the Victor Lundberg LP above
Merrill Womach: Happy Again; New Life NL-74-1-10; gatefold sealed S $25 -- religion/vocal/jacket; famous for "incredibly strange" film-still photos of his burned face before & after reconstructive surgery (a movie was made), but also has some fervent music that in places is funky rock (waka guitar!); the singing & narrative also is pretty out there, somewhat like Heino on an upbeat religious kick
Uncredited: The Gift of Tongues [Glossolalia]; Scepter/Mace MCM-10040; N/E shrink $50 -- occult/vocal/spoken/religion; famous weird one, jacket & all!
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