What are you listening to?

Went for a stroll today with my dog into the KBRD.ORG "music museum". A couple of cool tunes along the way...
A novelty tune from western comedy band Captain Stubby and the Buccaneers, 1946 (hey, these guys can play)


And some vocal quartet scat from the Hi-Lo's, 1958 (very Four Freshmen - like)
 
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Link played through a big old Gibson amp about the size of a Fender Super Reverb. He'd replaced the speakers with heavy-duty ones that weighed 60 lb. each, so the amp was almost impossible to move. He set it with all the knobs on ten, and just used the guitar controls while playing. It was loud, yes indeedy.

"Red Hot" was the last song we found, and it became the hit single. We had decided not to use a few of the ones we'd been working on in rehearsal, so we needed another. Robert played us the record by Billy Lee Riley, and we listened. We went out in the studio and played the song a few times, and it sounded good. We recorded it. When I heard the final version of the song, when the record came out, I was surprised to find my part covered up by a piano, overdubbed later by Rob, playing the same thing. What can you do?

It seemed like most of the time was spent in the control booth listening to what had happened. Richard was enthusiastic, and Robert was very focused. He really wanted to be a star. The rest of us did everything that was asked. Whenever Robert or Richard made the slightest gesture, it was our job to catch it. The other guys were experienced hands and I was not, so I tried to stay focused on the parts, and on staying in the background.

Link was basically the star of the album. We were all in awe. We had heard him when we were still kids. He was a talented showoff, and this was a good gig for him because it was a chance for an old star to shine. Robert was, hopefully, the new star.
 
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