Cat. No. 1439: JIMMY WORK ~ CRAZY MOON. BEAR FAMILY BFX 15267.

USED VINYL RECORD. PART OF A COLLECTION NOW UP FOR SALE.

JIMMY WORK WAS BORN IN AKRON, OHIO IN 1924 BUT HIS FAMILY MOVED TO DUKEDOM, TENNESSEE WHEN JIMMY WAS TWO YEARS OF AGE. JIMMY BEGAN PLAYING GUITAR AT AGE ELEVEN, INFLUENCED FIRST BY GENE AUTRY AND LATER ROY ACUFF. JIMMY BECAME SERIOUS ABOUT MUSIC AFTER MOVING TO PONTIAC, MICHIGAN AROUND 1945 WHERE HE FOUND A VAST POPULATION OF TRANSPLANTED SOUTHERNERS. HE MADE HIS FIRST RECORDS THERE THAT YEAR FOR THE TROPHY LABEL AND IN 1948 CUT A 78 FOR ALBEN RECORDS. THE SONG, BASED ON A TRUE STORY, WAS "TENNESSEE BORDER". HIS VERSION WASN'T  GREAT SUCCESS, BUT THE SONG ITSELF BECAME POPULAR AFTER IT WAS COVERED BY HANK WILLIAMS, ERNEST TUBB AND OTHER MAJOR ARTISTS.

IN 1949,  ON THE STRENGTH OF "TENNESSEE BORDER", JIMMY WAS SIGNED TO DECCA RECORDS AND TRAVELLED TO NASHVILLE FOR HIS FIRST SESSION ON APRIL 29TH. THE SESSION TOOK PLACE AT CASTLE STUDIOS, NASHVILLE'S ONLY MAJOR RECORDING STUDIO, LOCATED IN THE TURLANE HOTEL AND IT IS THE RECORDINGS FROM THIS SESSION WHICH MAKE UP SIDE 2 OF THIS ALBUM. THE RECORDS FAILED TO MAKE AN IMPRESSION AND DECCA RELEASED JIMMY FROM HIS CONTRACT. HE WAS THEN SIGNED TO CAPITOL RECORDS IN 1952 WHERE HE ENJOYED FAR GREATER SUCCESS AND SEVERAL OF HIS RECORDINGS FROM HIS CAPITOL TENURE MAKE UP SIDE 1 OF THIS ALBUM. THE SLEEVE IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION BORDERING ON NEAR MINT CONDITION AND THE RECORD IS GRADED AS NEAR MINT.

TRACK LISTING: Side 1 - Don't Play With My Heart / If I Should Lose You / Crazy Moon / I'm Lonesome For Someone / Little Popcorn Man / How Can I Love You (When You're Not Around) / Puttin' On The Dog (Tom Cattin' Around) / Out Of My Mind. Side 2 - Smokey Mountain Moon / Bluegrass Ticklin' My Feet / Please Don't Let Me Love You / Surrounded By Water And Bars / Who's Been Here Since I Been Gone / I Would Send Roses (But They Cost Too Much).

12" VINYL RECORD