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Cat. No. VV 1233: JIMMY BOWEN ~ JIMMY BOWEN. MURRAY HILL RECORDS M-61315.
Cat. No. VV 1233: JIMMY BOWEN ~ JIMMY BOWEN. MURRAY HILL RECORDS M-61315.

Cat. No. VV 1233: JIMMY BOWEN ~ JIMMY BOWEN. MURRAY HILL RECORDS M-61315.

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

JIMMY BOWEN WAS BORN IN SANTA RITE, NEW MEXICO. HIS FAMILY MOVED TO DUMAS, TEXAS WHEN HE WAS EIGHT YEARS OLD. IN HIS TEENS, HE AND SOME HIGH SCHOOL FRIENDS FORMED A BAND CALLED THE "RYHTHM ORCHIDS" WHICH ALSO INCLUDED BUDDY KNOX OF "PARTY DOLL' FAME. AFTER THEY PERFORMED ON THE SAME 1956 RADIO SHOW AS FELLOW TEXAN ROY ORBISON AND HIS "TEEN KINGS" BAND, ROY SUGGESTED THE RHYTHM ORCHIDS GO TO RECORD PRODUCER NORMAN PETTY WHO HAD A RECORDING STUDIO, "NOR-VA-JAK", IN CLOVIS, NEW MEXICO. THE SAME STUDIO WHERE BUDDY HOLLY RECORDED SEVERAL OF HIS EARLY HITS, INCLUDING "THAT'LL BE THE DAY".

IT HAS BEEN SAID THAT WHEN THE GROUP ARRIVED AT THE STUDIO LATE AT NIGHT THE NOR-VA-JAK STUDIOS DOOR WAS UNLOCKED AND THE GROUP JUST SET THEMSELVES UP WITHOUT ANY ASSISTANCE AND PUT DOWN TWO TRACKS, "PARTY DOLL" AND "I'M STICKING WITH YOU" BOTH WRITTEN BY JIMMY AND BUDDY KNOX. THE TRACKS WERE ORIGINALLY RELEASED ON THE LOCAL TRIPLE-D LABEL BACK TO BACK, HOWEVER, WHEN THE RECORD STARTED TO SELL NORMAN PETTY SAW THE POTENTIAL OF "PARTY DOLL" AND SOLD THE MASTER TO ROULETTE RECORDS WHO SUBSEQUENTLY SIGNED BUDDY KNOX AND JIMMY BOWEN TO INDIVIDUAL RECORD CONTRACTS. BUDDY KNOX'S "PARTY DOLL" WAS REISSUED B/W "MY BABY'S GONE" AND WENT ON TO SELL A MILLION COPIES ON THE ROULETTE LABEL. JIMMY'S "I'M STICKING WITH YOU" B/W "WARM UP TO ME BABY" WAS RELEASED IN IT'S OWN RIGHT AND WENT ON TO REACH #14 ON THE U.S. POP CHARTS. HOWEVER, JIMMY'S FOLLOW-UP RELEASES FAILED TO CREATE MUCH INTEREST DESPITE SOME SERVICEABLE RECORDINGS AND HE FAILED TO ACHIEVE THE HEIGHTS OF HIS ONE-TIME GROUP MEMBER. SUBSEQUENTLY, JIMMY ABANDONED A SINGING CAREER AND CONCENTRATED HIS EFFORTS INTO RECORD PRODUCING AND ULTIMATELY BECAME ONE OF THE TOP RECORD PRODCERS IN LOS ANGELES.

THIS ALBUM IS A REISSUE FROM 1983, OF JIMMY'S SOLE ALBUM RELEASE ON THE ROULETTE LABEL. THE SLEEVE IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH BARELY ANY SIGNS OF WEAR. THE RECORD IS GRADED AS NEAR MINT.

TRACK LISTING: Side 1 - I'm Sticking With You / It's Shameful / Stop Wasting My Time / Aching Hearts / Money Honey / Warm Up To Me Baby. Side 2 - Raggedy Anne / Ever Since That Night / Way Back Home / Ever Lovin' Fingers / Last Night / I Trusted You.

12" VINYL RECORD  

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