[78-L] The Blues Woman

[David Lennick]

Okay, this explains why this pressing is definitely west coast and has a dark 
brown label instead of the black & silver I'm used to.

dl

On 2/12/2012 10:59 PM, Han Enderman wrote:
> Juke Box was an Art Rupe label before he started Specialty. See Gart.
> The first 5 issues (100-101, 502-504) also appeared on the first Specialty issues (500-504)
> (Specialty 500 by Sepia Tones needs confirmation from an actual record; 501-502 are very rare).
> After 504 Juke Box continued as a separate Oberstein label (my highest image is 520).
> For a list see Ty's ODP.
> It is surprising how common those first 5 JBs are.
>
> Well, THE BLUES WOMAN is very logical, since JB 101 is by THE BLUES MAN
> (= George Vann), also vocalist on JB 519 ("Vocal by George Vann, the Blues Man").
> Another Blues Man is Specialty 508.
>
> han enderman
> ===
>>>> What do we know about Marion Abernathy, aka The Blues woman? I just picked this
> up today..Juke Box 502, first Juke Box pressing I've ever seen that didn't have
> a million cracks or other defects. Looks as if it was cut and pressed by
> Capitol (or Radio Recorders and Allied) instead of the usual cheapo Joe Davis
> cronies.
> Allen Durham (tb) Buddy Banks (ts) Eddie Beal (p) Frosty Pyles (g) Ernie
> Shepard (b) Monk McFay (d) Marion Abernathy (vcl)
> 1945
>       Voo-it voo-t    Juke Box 502
>       Cryin' blues            -
>
> Many of her other sessions with Buddy Banks, Bob Mosely and Karl George are in
> Los Angeles so is the above one likely recorded there as well? Lord 7.0 doesn't
> say (my subscription to Lord Online has expired so I'm back with the old CD-ROM
> version). She's identified only as The Blues Woman on the Juke Box labels..how
> come?
>
> dl
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