[78-L] an interesting Bullet record

[Bill McClung]

I just got home from being on the road for a couple of weeks so now I'm back
among my reference books.

Jim Bulliet was only a partial owner of Bullet but was responsible for
choosing the artists that would record.  The first Bullet releases were
in January 1946 and were from the 600 series (country).  In April 1946  the
100 series (country and gospel) and the 250 series (blues, r&b, and gospel)
were started.

In January 1947 the 1000 series (popular) began and 1001 was Francis Craig's
Near You which, as we all know, became the biggest record of 1947.  Bulliet
had always favored pop over country, blues, and gospel and with this pop
success started looking for more pop artists to record.  1005 and 1006 were
by Russ Carlyle.  1007 and 1008 was by the Ray Pearl Orchestra. Segar
Ellis did 1011 and 1014.  Francis Craig was 1012 and 1013.  Bob Crosby was
1020 and 1045 and 1066.  Adrian Rollini was 1023.  Les Elgart was 1025.  Bob
Troup Trio was 1035 and 1055. Al Trace was 1041.  The Smoothies did 1070 and
1071.

Bulliet was bought out by his partners in early 1949 and Bullet ceased
operations in 1952.

The success of Near You and the attempt to capitalize on the pop market hurt
Bullet.  They had recorded many successul blues, country, and r&b records
and if they had stayed true to those markets the label may have had a longer
life.

My favorite Bullet records are by B.B. King, Wynonie Harris, the Big Three
Trio, the Fairfield Four, Cecil Gant, Chester Atkins, Johnnie Lee Wills, and
Ray Price.

On Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 2:00 PM, Julian Vein <julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk>wrote:

> Malcolm Rockwell wrote:
> > Waidaminnit...
> > I just spotted a Seger Ellis on Bullet 1011 on ePay.
> >
> http://cgi.ebay.com/Bullet-Records78-Seger-Ellis-LittleJackFrost-GetLost_W0QQitemZ260564904756QQcmdZViewItemQQptZMusic_on_Vinyl?hash=item3caae0eb34
> > Seger Ellis?
> > I didn't know he recorded this late, or could it be booted from an
> > earlier recording?
> > Mal
> > _______________________________________________
> "Jazz Directory" (1956) lists it. Don't know if it has any jazz content.
>
>      Julian Vein
>
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