Cat. No. VV 1060: JULIA LEE ~ PARTY TIME. CAPITOL RECORDS 2 C 068-86524 M.
USED VINYL RECORD. PART OF A COLLECTION NOW UP FOR SALE.
JULIA LEE WAS AN AMERICAN BLUES AND DIRTY BLUES MUSICIAN. HER MOST COMMERCIALLY SUCCESSFUL NUMBER WAS THE US BILLBOARD R&B CHART TOPPING HIT "(OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS ONCE) SNATCH AND GRAB IT" IN 1947. SHE IS BEST KNOWN FOR HER TRADEMARK DOUBLE ENTENDRE SONGS (SONGS WITH DOUBLE MEANINGS).
WHILE STUDYING, STILL IN HER TEENS, LEE WAS A VOCALIST WITH A LOCAL BAND. SHE STARTED A 15 -YEAR PERIOD OF WORKING TOGETHER WITH HER BROTHER, GEORGE E. LEE, JR., IN 1918, WHEN THEY HAD FORMED A TRIO. IN THE 1920s, GEORGE FORMED HIS NOVELTY SINGING ORCHESTRA NAMED AFTER THE "NOVELTY CLUB" WHERE THE BAND WAS PLAYING AT THE TIME. JULIA'S FIRST KNOWN RCORDING IS WITH MERRITT RECORDS IN 1927, WHERE SHE PLAYED PIANO IN GEORGE'S ORCHESTRA. (IT IS POSSIBLE THAT TWO RECORDS OF JULIA WERE MADE IN 1923 IN CHICAGO BY OKEH BUT NEVER RELEASED.) THIS RECORDING DID NOTHING TO ADVANCE JULIA'S CAREER. HER FIRST SUCCESS CAME WITH A NOVEMBER 1929 RECORDING ON BRUNSWICK RECORDS WITH JESSE STONE AS PIANIST. JULIA SANG "HE'S TALL DARK AND HANDSOME" AND "WON'T YOU COME OVER TO MY HOUSE" IN HER SEXY, COQUETTISH VOICE. JULIA AND GEORGE PARTED WAYS IN 1933.
IN 1934, JULIA LEE STARTED PERFORMING AT MILTON'S TAP ROOM, A THEN NEW WHITE NIGHTCLUB, AND STAYED THERE UNTIL 1950. JULIA HAD BECOME ADVERSE TO TOURING AFTER A MAJOR CAR CRASH IN 1930. DAVE DEXTER JR., WHO BECAME FAMILIAR WITH JULIA'S TALENT WHILE LIVING IN KANSAS CITY, JOIND CAPITOL RECORDS SOON AFTER IT'S INCEPTION IN 1942 AND ON NOVEMBER 1, 1944 SUPERVISED HER FIRST RECORDINGS FOR CAPITOL WHICH INCLUDED REMAKES OF "COME ON OVER TO MY HOUSE" AND "TROUBLE IN MIND". THE RECORDINGS DID NOT CATCH ON INITIALLY. IN MID-1946, JULIA'S CAPITOL RECORDINGS OF 1944 BECAME POPULAR AMONG DJs, SO IN AUGUST DEXTER BROGUHT HER TO HOLLYWOOD FOR THE FIRST CAPITOL SESSION IN HOLLYWOOD (ON THE WAY SHE AND HER DRUMMER SAMUEL "BABY" LOVETT WROTE "GOTTA GIMME WHATCHA GOT") FOR THE CAPITOL SESSION. THE RECORDING WAS CREDITED TO 'JULIA LEE AND HER BOYFRIENDS'. JULIA DIED IN HER HOME IN KANSAS CITY DURING AN AFTERNOON NAP ON DECEMBER 8, 1958 AT THE AGE OF 56 FROM A HEART ATTACK.
THIS ALBUM RELEASED IN 1982 FEATURES THE BULK OF THE RECORDINGS JULIA MADE FOR CAPITOL RECORDS. THE SLEEVE, BOTH FRONT AND REAR, IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH ONLY VERY, VERY MINOR WEAR AROUND THE EDGES. THERE IS NO SIGN OF RING-WEAR. THE RECORD IS IN VIRTUALLY MINT CONDITION. THERE ARE NO COPIES OF THIS REISSUE AVAILABLE ON EBAY. THERE ARE SEVERAL COPIES AVAILABLE ON DISCOGS. THE PURCHASE PRICE BEING ASKED VARIES BUT FOR MOST COPIES IN THIS CONDITION THE COST IS BETWEEN $45.00AUD AND $67.00AUD (INCL. SHIPPING).
TRACK LISTING: Side 1 - King Size Papa / (Opportunity Knocks But Once) Snatch And Grab It / You Ain't Got It No More / Tell Me Daddy / Last Call (For Alcohol) / I Was Wrong. Side 2 - Gotta Gimme What You Got / Tonight's The Night / I Didn't Like It The First Time / Ain't It A Crime / Don't Save It Too Long / After Hours Waltz / My Man Stands Out.
12" VINYL RECORD
