THE FIVE ROYALES-THE ROCKIN' 5 ROYALES-APOLLO LP 488 MONO DG US PRESS

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 THE FIVE ROYALES-THE ROCKIN' 5 ROYALES-APOLLO LP 488 MONO DG US PRESS
This is an extremely rare original pressing of THE ROCKIN' ROYALES on Apollo
Deep Groove  High Fidelity Monaural.
AUCTION IS FOR THE PHYSICAL RECORD ONLY   NO JACKET
MATRIX NUMBERS: "APOLLO LP488A" / "APOLLO LP488B"
RECORD HAS BEEN PLAY-GRADED EXCELLENT
SIDE 1: Plays just fine. No skips. No deep scratches. No stressed grooves from blunt needles or over-weighted tone arms. Mild crackle in lead-in groove can be heard faintly in spots throughout the side. There are no loud pops; nor is there ever such an amount of noise that it distracts from the music recorded. I have approached this from an overly critical ear
SIDE 2: Plays even better and quieter. Barely a trace of crackle from beginning to end.
BOTH LABELS ARE PERFECT WITH NO MARKINGS OR STAINS. VERY SLIGHT SPINDLE WEAR ON SIDE 2
From 1951 until June of 1954 the 5 Royales sky rocket on the Chitlin Circuit. But a major mistake by the group short circuits the climb to national fame. They leave Apollo Records to go with King. Now at Apollo they were promoted and truly loved by the label. At King they were simply another group on the rooster. The friction between the group and the label was unbelievable. Lead singer, John Tanner said he was living the words of his Apollo Records hit "You Don't Miss Your Water Til Your Well Runs Dry." The 5 Royals would never regain the status they held at Apollo along with the type of bookings they got. This is when they felt the downward slide of their careers.
The Recordings for Apollo Records:
August, 1951
· Royal Son's Quintet Bedside of A Neighbor & Journey's End (William Samuels leaves for Korea and is replaced by Obadiah Cater)
October, 1951
· The Royals Too Much Of A Little Bit & Give Me One More Chance So God Can Use Me & I Wanna
Rest (line-up: Lowman Pauling, John Tanner, James E. Moore, Obadiah Cater and Otto Jefferies)
August 5, 1952
· Royal Son's Quintet Come Over Here & Let Nothing Separate Me (John Holmes replaced Otto
Jefferies on this gospel single)
August 5, 1952
The 5 Royales · R&B artist Lowman Pauling, John Tanner, James E. Moore, Obadiah Carter and Otto Jefferies) You know I Know & Courage To Love (featuring Jimmy Moore's falsetto is featured)
October 10, 1952
· The 5 Royales Laundromat Blues & Let Me Come Back Home Take All Of Me & Baby, Don't Do It
March 11, 1953
· The 5 Royales Too Much Lovin' & Help Me Somebody & Crazy, Crazy, Crazy
March 12, 1953
· Charlie "Little Jazz" Ferguson Band featuring The 5 Royales Hard Times & Bean Head
July 24, 1953
· The 5 Royales I Wanna Thank You & All Righty What's That & I Am Thinking
December 16, 1953
· (line up: Lowman Pauling, John Tanner, James E. Moore, Obidah Carter and Eugene Tanner) Good
Times & I Do Cry Some More & I Like It Like That
April 1, 1954
· The 5 Royales Six O'clock In The Morning & With All Your Heart Put Something In It & See, Hear And Know Nothing
April 4, 1954
· The 5 Royales (last Apollo recording) I Got It Bad (this track was bad, the group hummed & scatted)
THESE ARE THE RECORDINGS CONTAINED ON THIS ALBUM
After this point the 5 Royales leave Harlem for Cincinnati to record for King Records.
Song List:
Baby Don't Do It / Too Much Lovin' / Baby Take All Of Me / Courage To Love / You Know I Know / Help Me Somebody / What's That / Laundermat Blues / All Righty / I Wanna Thank You / Put Something In It / I Like It Like That
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