Red Allen Bluegrass Kentucky 78 Preaching Paul & Silas

	C$		35
	$		25

Kentucky 591 miu. EX shape.  PAUL AND SILAS / PREACHING AND PRAYING  red allen.

Bio by Stacia Proefrock

With a high lonesome sound heavily influenced by Bill and Charlie Monroe, Red Allen quietly took his place as one of the most talented and underrated bluegrass artists of the post-World War II era. Born in Perry County, KY, he later made his mark not far from there, first landing in Dayton, OH, at the age of 19 in 1949 after a two-year stint in the Marines. In Ohio, he became acquainted with several other musicians whom he would later collaborate with, including Frank Wakefield, the Osborne Brothers and Noah Crase. In 1954, he made his recording debut on an independent Kentucky label. In March 1956, he began an incredibly fruitful partnership with the Osborne Brothers, shortly after they had signed on with the Wheeling Jamboree, a popular radio show broadcast from the Virginia Theater in Wheeling, WV. Four months after he joined the group, they made their first recording with MGM Records, and built their audience over the next year by a steady program of touring and recording. In the spring of 1958, their song, "Once More," hit number 13 on the country charts and helped earn the band a steady following. Allen left the Osborne Brothers at the end of 1958 and took a brief break from recording before moving to Washington, D.C., in 1959 and forming the Kentuckians with Wakefield. Their relationship was extremely fruitful creatively, but ultimately too tumultuous to sustain for long, and after producing a classic album in 1964 for Smithsonian Folkways simply titled Bluegrass, they parted ways.

In 1967, Allen moved to Nashville to relieve a temporarily ailing Lester Flatt in Flatt & Scruggs. The next year he and J.D. Crowe founded the Kentucky Mountain Boys. In 1969, Allen went back to Dayton and formed a band with his sons known as Red Allen & the Allen Brothers. With his boys, he found himself again on the Wheeling Jamboree, also recording for King Bluegrass and Lemco. The '70s brought international touring for Allen but little recording. In 1979, he issued another album for Smithsonian Folkways with the Kentuckians entitled Live and Let Live. In 1980, he issued a tribute to Lester Flatt titled In Memory of the Man, and followed that album with two more recordings for Folkways, 1981's Red Allen Family & Friends and 1983's The Red Allen Tradition. Throughout the rest of the '80s and early '90s, Allen typically stayed a little closer to home, playing clubs and festivals near Dayton until his death from cancer in 1993. In 2001, Folkways issued The Folkways Years: 1964-1983, which was essentially a reissue of the 1964 Bluegrass album, plus six previously unreleased songs and a number of tracks from Allen's four other Folkways albums. The collection helped highlight some of the high points in Allen's long career, and showcased his remarkable talent as a bluegrass vocalist and guitarist.

Picture of label  is usually of the worst side with nicks, writting, stickers etc.

ABBREVIATIONS that may be used .......HMVV his master voice victor,  MIC made in Canada , MIU made in USA, MIE made in England, W writing on label, ST1or 2 sticker on one side or 2 for both sides. SLF some label flaws such as scratching, sticker burn, minor wear or discolouration. nicks. DZ stickers in dead zone area of record 1 or 2 indicates one side or both sides. CH small surface chip on edge not in or up to play area.   SPI spider cracks not seperated usually just visible to the one side apprearance is like fine china crack.  Some records may need some cleaning done. Just to many to clean and keep clean and just  soon leave it up to the true record collectors. 

ROCKBIRD.......78 RECORD GRADING (records graded according to their physical appearance not sound quality)......MINT SHAPE (MT)looks like its never been played and label in in beautiful shape....NEAR MINT  SHAPE (NM) looks like its never been played may have a minor flaws but play area is beautiful.   EXCELLENT SHAPE (EX) great color with minor scratches or scuffing visible by turning album in light.........VERY GOOD SHAPE (VG) still has a good color and shine to the album with minor scuffing and minor scratches visible without turning the album in the light .....GOOD SHAPE (GS)........scuffing and scratching all over the record but doesn’t appear to have any deep enough to cause skipping......POOR SHAPE no shine left to the record, lots of scuffing and scratching, may skip.

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