Alright, I've got in my hands a Test Pressing of The Rockers - What Am I To Do/ I'll Die In Love With You. It's for the Federal Label #12267. The info I pulled up on Google says it's got Ike Turner on vocals. Also on the label it says 4/23/56. Mind you, this record has seen better days I would rate it at Good condition. So info any of y'all can provide me with, lemme know....

I've also got another test pressing by Danny Cobb - "What Could I Do"/"I'll Never Take My Love From You" from 3/11/57 for Deluxe Records #6120... any info on this would be great....

Both of these have white paper labels and typewriter text on them.

Thanks,

Dan

revituprecords@gmail.com

Both of these have white paper labels and typewriter text on them.

Sorry, don't have any further info... but looking a bit like these, I guess:

Alright, I've got in my hands a Test Pressing of The Rockers - What Am I To Do/ I'll Die In Love With You. It's for the Federal Label #12267. The info I pulled up on Google says it's got Ike Turner on vocals. Also on the label it says 4/23/56. Mind you, this record has seen better days I would rate it at Good condition. So info any of y'all can provide me with, lemme know....

I've also got another test pressing by Danny Cobb - "What Could I Do"/"I'll Never Take My Love From You" from 3/11/57 for Deluxe Records #6120... any info on this would be great....

Both of these have white paper labels and typewriter text on them.

Thanks,

Dan

revituprecords@gmail.com

Hi Dan,

The lead vocalist on the Rockers' two Federal 45s is Art Lassiter, not Ike - although the group is backed on both by the Kings Of Rhythm, with Ike on guitar. The Rockers never recorded again as a group after this session, but Art Lassiter did. His last record, to my knowledge, was made for the St. Louis-based Marbo label in 1962.

Danny Cobb's lone De Luxe session was actually cut in New York in December 1956. His four sogs/two singles were backed by an all star band including Mickey Baker (guitar), Paul 'Hucklebuck' Williams (baritone sax) and Panama Francis (drums). He'd previously recorded for Savoy /Acorn with the Lucky Thompson orchestra, and also for Jubilee. His De Luxe session marked the ed of his recording career as far as I know.

Does this help?

TONE

Edited October 17, 200618 yr by TONY ROUNCE

The labels do look like those. As for the band info, you helped me a great deal. So thank you!

I'm curious as to the obscurity and particular value? I haven't been able to track down anything about the actual releases of these nor any for sale. I've been informed of a particular collector to contact that deals with Test Pressings of Federal Records, but I don't know what's a good offer on stuff like these.

I'm currently considering selling a large lot of my obscure records in order to finance my move to California... Thinking about posting all of them on eBa, but I've never had much luck for sales on eBay.

The labels do look like those. As for the band info, you helped me a great deal. So thank you!

I'm curious as to the obscurity and particular value? I haven't been able to track down anything about the actual releases of these nor any for sale. I've been informed of a particular collector to contact that deals with Test Pressings of Federal Records, but I don't know what's a good offer on stuff like these.

I'm currently considering selling a large lot of my obscure records in order to finance my move to California... Thinking about posting all of them on eBa, but I've never had much luck for sales on eBay.

Jeff Kreiter's current vocal group guide values a mint (or mint-ish) Rockers 45 - stock or DJ - at $125.00. Their other single "Why Don't You Believe" is valued at $100.00 in mint to mint-minus. I don't have any reference book that gives any indication of value for the Cobb 45, I'm afraid...

...Nor do I know what you might get for TP's of these, I'm afraid. I think that Syd Nathan, the owner of King/Federal/De Luxe, pressed 50 to 100 maximum of these for his distributors mostly, DJ's tended to get copies with what's termed a 'bio' label as they contained a little bit of (often completely false) background on the artist and the record.

The DJ bio label I have that I really like is the one for Tiny Bradshaw's woeful cover of the Royal Teens' "Short Shorts", which says that 'owing to his recent stroke, Tiny does not sing or play on this record' . (Not laughing at the stroke, of course...)

TONE