7" 45 THE REEKERS Don't Call Me Flyface/Grindin' RARE
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~7" 45 THE REEKERS Don't Call Me Flyface/Grindin'~
THE REEKERS- GRINDIN' / DON'T CALL ME FLYFACE- RU JAC 13- Original pressing.
Amazing 7" from this Washington DC area garage band.
Early 60's Surf instrumental, great " TITTYSHAKER " grooves on this fantastic 45.
VG- Visual grade, EX audio grade. Plays wonderfully, great Guitar Rocker.
Tom Guernsey formed the Reekers in late 1963 with his brother John and friends from Garrett Park, MD, a small town outside of Bethesda and a short distance from Washington D.C. Bass players and drummers would change over time, but the core of the band was always Tom Guernsey on guitar, Joe Triplett on vocals and Mike Henley on piano.
While playing the beach resorts at Ocean City in the summer of '64, rich friend Toby Mason became interested in the band and offered to pay for studio session time. The Reekers first session didn't go well, but then they went into Edgewood Recording Studio on K Street in downtown D.C. Engineer and owner Ed Green asked Tom whether they wanted to record in one track or two. When Tom asked what was the difference, Green said one track is $10 an hour, two would be $20 an hour! The Reekers went with one track, no overdubs, to record two original instrumentals that would make Link Wray proud.
Tom's lead guitar and Joe Triplett's screams combine with Jim Daniels' ferocious take on surf drumming for Don't Call Me Fly Face (named for the Dick Tracy villian). On Grindin', Richard Solo makes incredible bass runs behind a bluesy guitar workout from Tom, accompanied by Henley's keyboards and Triplett's interjections ('keep grindin', 'look good to me now', 'keep walkin' boy'!)
Tom brought an acetate of the session to Lillian Claiborne, a legendary D.C. record producer. Claiborne had been Patsy Cline's manager early on in her career, and was responsible for recording and supporting many local acts, especially soul and r&b artists. She released some records on her own DC label and leased other masters to labels around the country. Claiborne signed Tom to a production contract and sent the Reekers to Rufus Mitchell, owner of Baltimore's Ru-Jac Records, a label usually known for soul music. With Claiborne's assurance of airplay on WWDC, Mitchell released the Reekers 45. The small first pressing lists Tom as sole writer of both songs. When that sold out, Ru-Jac ran a second press, this time correcting the songwriting credits on Grindin' to give John Guernsey co-credit
~ Side One: Don't Call Me Flyface
Side Two: Grindin'~
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Vinyl Condition: Visual Grade: VG-
Audio Grade: EX, plays great!
MY CONSERVATIVE VISUAL GRADING SCALE (+/-): MINT, NM, EX, VG, G
All records ORIGINAL PRESSINGS unless "RE" noted in auction title
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