Kansas City Country Rockers

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Release Date: 1979

Label: Redita

Redita 2nd Series
"The recordings come from the Choice (6), R (2), Brass, and KCM (2) labels, and all were centered on and distributed by Bill and Leroy Davidson's wholesale record warehouse and studio. Apart from the Davidsons, country bass-player and song-writer Harold Hassler was important in organizing and recording many of the artists included here. At first, he and Davidsons operated the Choice label in the second half of the fifties, and made good records by Cliff Shepherd, Chuck Bowers and Tennessee Jim. Then, in 1960 they formed R (2) Records and continued the good work with Zig Dillon, Conny & The Bellhops and Larry Good (2). The sounds the made belong more to '55 than the early sixties, and though they are great for us to listen to today this could be why the label was out of business by 1963. Tennessee Jim and Cliff Shepherd left Choice in 1958 to form KCM (2) Records. Among their recordings are two all-time greats by Jim McDonald (3) and The Strangers (41). Brass Records was formed by singer Gene McKown in association with a local company in 1957 and put out some fine country music."

Tracks A1,A2,A5,B2,B5,B7 published by Shelter Music
Tracks A3, A6,A8,B1,B4,B6 published by Mildred
Track A4 published by Mantle
Track A7 published by Acuff Rose
Track B3 published by Westport
Track B8 published by Davidson

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