1. Marlon Grisham - Ain't that a dilly 2. B. B. Cunningham - Electrode 3. Kimball Coburn - What a day 4. B. B. Cunningham - Pagan rock (demo) 5. Ray Marable - Preacher man 6. Soda Bryant - I won't sleep again tonight 7. Tiny Fuller - Catwalk 8. Bobby McDowell - Lonely 9. Lynn Vernon - Moon rocket 10. B. B. Cunningham - High pockets twist 11. The Greene Twins - Orange lipstick 12. B. B. Cunningham - Humdinger 13. Kimball Coburn - What a pretty girl you must have been 14. Lynn Vernon - In the mood 15. Bobby McDowell - Lovely girl 16. B. B. Cunningham - Jigsaw (demo) 17. Marlon Grisham - Sugarfoot 18. B. B. Cunningham - Sea fever 19. Lynn Vernon - Beale Street twist 20. B. B. Cunningham - Trip to Bandstand 21. Lynn Vernon - At the woodchoppers ball 22. Marlon Grisham - Teenage love 23. The Greene Twins - I'm just a boy in this world 24. B. B. Cunningham - Ivory marbles 25. Joe E. May - Don't you fool with me 26. B. B. Cunningham - Scratchin' 27. B. B. Cunningham - King of hearts 28. Ray Marable - Where is your love 29. B. B. Cunningham - Tantrum 30. Lynn Vernon - Caravan 31. Marlon Grisham - Now it's your time 32. B. B. Cunningham - Pagan rock (master) 33. Soda Bryant - Lonely nights 34. Tiny Fuller - Shock 35. B. B. Cunningham - Jigsaw (master)
Hot Rockin' Music From Memphis - The Cover Records Story
Cover Records was founded in 1959 by Buddy Blake Cunningham, a long-time popular Memphis vocalist who worked and recorded under the name of Buddy Blake and who had the distinction of being on Sun records just prior to Elvis Presley and to having the first release on Phillips International. A quality vocalist who had a distinct preference for working with quality musicans, Buddy was to bring his high standards to his newly founded record company, which succeeded in releasing Rockabilly, Rock'n'Roll, jazz, R&B, Rock Instrumentals and straight Big Band/Vocal music through a series of excellent 45's and one LP during its seven year life span. Cover Records set out to record local artists and occasionally to reap the extra financial benefit of a 'Custom Pressing' job where an artist would pay for the session and perhaps a 500/1000 copy 45 rpm pressing run to sell on shows and offer to local Radio stations to play. Almost all established Independents were involved in 'Custom Pressing'. Buddy himself only warbled twice for Cover Records in 1960 but, quietly behind the scenes, Buddy's son - B.B. Cunningham Jnr. - had been mastering a blistering lead guitar technique, which soon earned him a session man's chair on Cover recordings. B.B. then quietly moved into the spotlight with a run of excellent 45's between 1959-62 which, apart from the very droll vocal rocker 'Trip To Bandstand', featured a clutch of original, high octane instrumentals such as 'Electrode', 'Tantrum', 'Humdinger' and 'Pagan Rock', whilst easing the mood very tastefully for 'Sea Fever' and 'King Of Hearts'. It is worthwhile noting that B.B.'s partner on 'Tantrum' is James van Eaton, the great Sun studio session drummer. B. B. would later take over the running of Cover Records until he joined the hit group, 'The Hombres'...... This is about as obscure a rockabilly compilation as can be! The CD's subtitled 'The Cover Recording Company Story'. There's an excellent booklet with lots of information about the artists and pictures of the original 45s. The guy pictured on the front is B. B. (Blake Baker) Cunningham Jr. the son of label founder Buddy Blake Cunningham. You can find out more about him at www.losys.net/bb.
1. Marlon Grisham - Ain't that a dilly