BIRMINGHAM RECORD COLLECTORS DEDICATED TO THE COLLECTING OF MUSIC, ITS PRESERVATION AND LASTING FRIENDSHIP MONTHLY MEETING THIS SUNDAY, DECEMBER 8th, 2019 – 2:00 PM HOMEWOOD LIBRARY – 1721 OXMOOR ROAD 35209 NEXT MEETING SUNDAY, JANUARY 12th, 2020 THE SECOND SUNDAY SAD ANNOUNCEMENT Long time BRC member Ray Edwards passed away early Tuesday morning, December 3. […]
This track recorded 5-21-1955 at Universal Recording Studio in Chicago. Chuck Berry, Vocal, Electric Guitar, Songwriter. Johnnie Johnson, Piano. Charles Edward Anderson Berry, born 10-18-1926, St. Louis, MO; died at age 90 on 3-18-2017, Wentzville, MO. Berry was among the first musicians inducted into the R&R Hall of Fame in 1986. He received the American […]
Bo Diddley, Checker 814. This track was recorded at Universal Recording Studio, 46 E. Walton Street, Chicago, Ill., on March 2, 1955. Big, unique, original Guitar sound, lots of tremolo and reverb, amplifier overdriven, helped by the echo chamber at Universal Studio. Influenced every Rock & Roll guitarist to this day. Ellas Otha Bates, born […]
Date: September 2, 1954 Place: Capitol Recording Studio, 5515 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, CA This 1954 Capitol 45 rpm record is a guitar instrumental featuring two ace session guitarists who worked for Capitol Records throughout the 1940s and 1950s and who appeared on hundreds of hit records released by other artists. They also made many records […]
Date: July 5, 1954. Time: Approximately 11 P.M. Recording Engineer and Producer of “That’s All Right”: Sam Phillips, age 31. Musical Performers: Elvis Presley, age 18, vocal and acoustic rhythm guitar; Scotty Moore, age 23, electric guitar; Bill Black, age 27, acoustic stand-up bass fiddle. Date: July 6, 1954. Time: Approximately 9 P.M. Recording Engineer […]