TOMMY BLAKE -RHYTHM REBELS- NM RARE ROCKABILLY SUN 278

$

120

Thanks for looking.  You are bidding on what certainly is a rare bit of rockabilly history -  SUN record # 278 by Rockabilly artist Tommy Blake and the Rhythm Rebels.   The 78 rpm record is in NM condition – label is bright yellow – record has a few slight errant marks – no scratches – really close to being just like new.  It is in what appears to be its original brown sleeve marked with a price of $.25.  Recorded songs are Lordy Hoody and Flat Foot Sam.  The photo shows what appears to be a white line in the outer ring of the label - there is no white - the white is cause by the flash - label is perfect

About Tommy Blake:

Tommy Blake like so many before him, started his career as a straight-ahead country singer before making the switch to the big beat.. By 1957, Blake had put together his first great band, the Rhythm Rebels, featuring the red-hot guitar talents of one Carl Adams, who would later find fleeting fame with Dale Hawkins.

After a one-off session for RCA Victor, yielding a track called "All Night Long," Blake met Sam Phillips and re-recorded the same tune for Sun as "Lordy Hoody." By March of 1958, Blake was back at 706 Union recording more material, with another single seeing release and the rest finding its way into rockabilly history via reissues in the 1970s and '80s. Blake kept recording for smaller and smaller labels, pitching songs to anyone who had a ready advance, leaving "Story of a Broken Heart" for Johnny Cash to record after Blake had left Sun. He continued to write tunes, like "Cool Gator Shoes" with Carl Belew, and record a few stray 45s for Chancellor and Recco after his time with Sun, but Blake continued a downward spiral until he was killed by his wife in a domestic dispute over the Christmas holidays in 1985. ~ Cub Koda, All Music Guide

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Record will be first encased in cardboard then surrounded by bubble wrap and shipping peanuts.  I’m sure no one wants a mishap. So shipping package will be large than usual LP record shipping box.  Please email any question you have, I'll get back to you quickly.