Cat. No. VV 1424: TOM T. HALL ~ THE RHYMER AND OTHER FIVE AND DIMERS. MERCURY 6338 231.

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

TOM T. HALL (BORN THOMAS HALL, MAY 25, 1936. HE LATER ADDED "T" TO HIS NAME AT THE SUGGESTON OF HIS BUSINESS PARTNER) WAS NICKNAMED INFORMALLY AS "THE STORYTELLER". TOM WROTE 12 NUMBER-ONE HIT SONGS WITH 26 MORE THAT REACHED THE TOP 10, INCLUDING THE NUMBER-ONE INTERNATIONAL POP CROSSOVER HIT "HARPER VALLEY PTA" AND "I LOVE" WHICH REACHED NUMBER 12 ON THE BILLBOARD HOT 100.

AS A TEENAGER, TOM ORGANIZED A BAND CALLED "THE KENTUCKY TRAVELERS" WHICH PERFORMED BEFORE MOVIES FOR A TRAVELLING THEATRE. TOM ENLISTED IN THE U.S ARMY IN 1957. WHILE IN SERVICE HE PERFORMED OVER THE ARMED FORCES RADIO NETWORK AND WROTE COMIC SONGS ABOUT ARMY EXPERIENCES. FOLLOWING HIS DISCHARGE IN 1961 HE WORKED AS A DISC JOCKEY WHILST CONTINUING TO WRITE SONGS. TOM'S BIG BREAK CAME IN 1963 WHEN COUNTRY SINGER JIMMY C. NEWMAN RECORDED HIS SONG "DJ FOR A DAY". IN 1964, HE MOVED TO NASHVILLE AND HE COMPOSED SONGS FOR DOZENS OF COUNTRY MUSIC STARS INCLUDING JOHNNY CASH, GEORGE JONES, LORETTA LYNN, WAYLON JENNINGS, ALAN JACKSON AND BOBBY BARE. AT AGE 85, TOM DIED AT HIS HOME IN FRANKLIN, TENNESSEE, ON AUGUST 20, 2021 OF A SELF-INFLICTED GUNSHOT WOUND TO THE HEAD LEAVING BEHIND AN INCREDIBLE LEGACY OF FINE COUNTRY MUSIC.

THIS SELECTION WAS TOMS' EIGHTH STUDIO ALBUM RELEASED IN 1973 WHICH WENT TO NUMBER 1 ON THE U.S. COUNTRY CHARTS. THE SLEEVE IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION BORDERING ON NEAR MINT WITH BARELY A SIGN OF WEAR. THE RECORD IS GRADED AS NEAR MINT.

TRACK LISTING: Side 1 - Ravishing Ruby / Don't Forget The Coffee Billy Joe / Spokane Mountain Blues / Looking Forward To Seeing You Again / I Flew Over Our House Last Night / Another Town. Side 2 - Too Many Do-Goods / A Song For Uncle Curt / The Man Who Hated Freckles / Candy In The Window / Old Five And Dimers Like Me.   

12" VINYL RECORD