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Cat. No. VV 1239: OSBORNE BROTHERS ~ THE BEST OF THE OSBORNE BROTHERS. MCA COPS-8343
Cat. No. VV 1239: OSBORNE BROTHERS ~ THE BEST OF THE OSBORNE BROTHERS. MCA COPS-8343

Cat. No. VV 1239: OSBORNE BROTHERS ~ THE BEST OF THE OSBORNE BROTHERS. MCA COPS-8343

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

THE OSBORNE BROTHERS, SONNY AND BOBBY WERE ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL AND POPULAR BLUEGRASS ACTS DURING THE 1960s AND 1970s. THEY ARE PROBABLY BEST KNOWN FOR THEIR No. 33, 1967 COUNTRY HIT "ROCKY TOP".

THE OSBORNES WERE BORN IN ROARK, COUNTY, KENTUCKY, ON JACK'S CREEK BUT THEY MOVED TO HYDEN AFTER THEIR HOUSE BURNED DOWN. THEY THEN MOVED NEAR DAYTON, OHIO WHERE THEY GREW UP AND PERFORMED AS ENTERTAINERS IN SOUTHWESTERN OHIO. THEIR NEXT FEW YEARS PERFORMING SAW STINTS WITH BILL MONROE AND JIMMY MARTIN WHERE THEY RECORDED SIX SONGS FOR RCA VICTOR IN 1954 WITH MARTIN. THEY ALSO FORMED A GROUP WHICH SAW SEVERAL LINEUP CHANGES OVER THE YEARS. 

IN THE SPRING OF 1956, THE BROTHERS SIGNED WITH MGM RECORDS. THEIR FIRST RELEASED 45 RPM FOR MGM, "RUBY ARE YOU MAD", BECAME A HUGE SUCCESS. "RUBY ARE YOU MAD" MARKS THE FIRST TIME TWIN BANJOS WERE USED ON A BLUEGRASS RECORDING. AT THEIR THIRD SESSION FOR MGM, THE OSBORNES, ALWAYS EXPERIMENTING WITH THEIR SOUND, ADDED A DOBRO AND DRUMS ALSO FOR THE FIRST TIME ON A BLUEGRASS RECORDING.

DURING THE 1960s, THE BROTHERS CAUSED MINOR CONTROVERSY AMONG BLUEGRASS PURISTS BY INCORPORATING ELECTRONIC AND PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS IN THEIR LIVE ACTS AND STUDIO WORK. IN 1963, THEY SIGNED WITH DECCA RECORDS.

THE SLEEVE IS IN GOOD CONDITION WITH MINOR SIGNS OF WEAR AND RUBBING ON THE FRONT AND BACK OF THE SLEEVE AS CAN BE SEEN IN THE SCAN AND SOME SMALL CREASES ALONG THE SPINE BUT NOTHING TOO MAJOR. THERE ARE NO TEARS IN THE SLEEVE BUT THERE IS A SPOT IN THE TOP RIGHT HAND CORNER OF THE SLEEVE WHERE PRESUMABLY A PRICE STICKER HAD BEEN PLACED AND AN EFFORT TO REMOVE IT HAS CAUSED VERY SLIGHT DAMAGE BUT NOTHING SERIOUS. THE RECORD IS IN GOOD CONDITION WITH SOME LIGHT SURFACE SCRATCHES WHICH DO NO AFFECT PLAY.

TRACK LISTING: Side 1 - Rocky Top / My Favorite Memory / Siempre / Tennessee Hound Dog / Son Of A Sawmill Man / Ruby, Are You Mad. Side 2 - Listening To The Rain / Kentucky / Georgie Pineywoods / Hey, Hey Bartender / You Win Again / The Cuckoo Bird.

12" VINYL RECORD

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