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Cat. No. VV 1382: AMOS MILBURN ~ LET'S ROCK AWHILE. ROUTE 66 KIX-28.
Cat. No. VV 1382: AMOS MILBURN ~ LET'S ROCK AWHILE. ROUTE 66 KIX-28.

Cat. No. VV 1382: AMOS MILBURN ~ LET'S ROCK AWHILE. ROUTE 66 KIX-28.

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

AMOS MILBURN WAS BORN IN HOUSTON, TEXAS AND WAS PLAYING TUNES ON THE PIANO BY THE AGE OF FIVE. HE ENLISTED IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY WHEN AGED 15. HE RETURNED TO HOUSTON AND ORGANIZED A 16-PIECE BAND PLAYING IN CLUBS IN THE CITY.

IN 1946, AMOS ATTRACTED THE ATTENTION OF A WOMAN WHO ARRANGED A RECORDING SESSION WITH ALADDIN RECORDS IN LOS ANGELES. IN HIS TENURE WITH ALADDIN, AMOS RECORDED 75 SIDES INCLUDING HIS VERSION OF "DOWN THE ROAD A PIECE", A BLUES SONG WITH A TEXAS BOOGIE. HOWEVER, NONE OF HIS RECORDINGS WERE POPULAR UNTIL 1949 WHEN SEVEN OF HIS SINGLES GOT THE ATTENTION OF THE R&B AUDIENCE. "HOLD ME BABY" AND "CHICKEN SHACK BOOGIE" REACHED NUMBERS EIGHT AND NINE ON BILLBOARD'S SURVEY OF 1949's BEST SELLERS.

AMOS BECAME ONE OF THE MAIN PERFORMERS ASSOCIATED WITH THE CENTRAL AVENUE MUSIC SCENE IN LOS ANGELES. AMOS WON AWARDS FROM DOWN BEAT MAGAZINE (BEST BLUES AND JAZZ STAR) AND BILLBOARD MAGAZINE (TOP R&B ARTIST). AMONG HIS BEST-KNOWN SONGS WAS "ONE SCOTCH, ONE BOURBON, ONE BEER". IN 1950, HIS RECORDING OF "BAD, BAD WHISKEY", REACHED THE TOP OF THE R&B RECORD CHART. IT WAS THE FIRST OF A SERIES OF DRINKING SONGS HE RECORDED. THE LIFE STYLE FINALLY CLAIMED ITS DUE. BY THE END OF '60s HE WAS A CHRONIC ALCOHOLIC WITH EPILEPTIC FITS AND UNCONTROLLED HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE. DESPITE THE WELL-INTENDED WARNINGS FROM FRIENDS AND DOCTORS HE COULD NOT QUIT DRINKING AND SUFFERED A SERIES OF STROKES THAT PARALYZED HIS LEFT SIDE. WHEN HIS WIFE DIED IN 1972, AMOS HAD TO MOVE FROM CLEVELAND TO HOUSTON. AMOS DIED IN A HOUSTON HOSPITAL ON JANUARY 3RD, 1980 AGED 52. THE SEVENTEEN SONGS INCLUDED ON THIS ALBUM WERE ALL RECORDED IN LOS ANGELES FROM 1946 TO 1954 DURING HIS STAY AT ALADDIN 

THE SLEEVE IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION WITH SOME MINOR WEAR INCLUDING MINOR CREASES ALONG THE SPINE OF THE SLEEVE AND THE TOP L/H CORNER AND MINOR RING WEAR ON THE FRONT OF THE SLEEVE. THERE ARE NO TEARS IN THE SLEEVE. THE REAR OF THE SLEEVE IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. THE RECORD IS ALSO IN EXCELLENT CONDITION BORDERING ON NEAR MINT CONDITION. COPIES OF THIS ALBUM IN VARIOUS CONDITION ARE AVAILABLE ON EBAY FROM INTERNATIONAL SELLERS WITH PRICES RANGING FROM $16.82AUD TO $42.10AUD, HOWEVER, POSTAGE RANGES FROM $13.75AUD TO $97.37AUD.

TRACK LISTING: Side 1 - After Midnite / Blues At Sundown / My Love Is Limited / Hold Me Baby / In The Middle Of The Night / Let's Rock A While / Walking Blues / Birmingham Bounce. Side 2 - Anybody's Blues / Everybody Clap Hands / Tears, Tears, Tears / Ain't Nothing Shaking / Thinking And Drinking / I Won't Be A Fool Anymore / Long, Long Day / Kiss Me Again / Vicious. Vicious, Vicious.

12" VINYL RECORD

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