Going thru my records in the midst of spring cleaning, and forgot all about this one.

Willie Que - I Woke Up Smilin / Go Right Ahead - Dumas

Can't find any info on it. Nice li'l RnB thang.

I think I bought it assuming, for no good reason, it was from New Orleans. Sounds like it could be - second-line kind'a drums and whatnot.

Anybody know anything?

juddy

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Appears to be a Los Angeles lable.

One other track by Willie Que - "Don't wait until tomorrow/There's something wrong with you"

Appears to be a Los Angeles lable.

One other track by Willie Que - "Don't wait until tomorrow/There's something wrong with you"

I'm also interested in knowing more about Dumas Records but have always come up with a complete blank. Any further info would be gratefully received.

Just out of curiosity how did you trace it to Los Angeles Jaco?

Steve

Here are the Dumas releases I know of:

DUMAS 1204 - Jack Nelson - If I Had Really Known You / Playing With Love

DUMAS 1207 - Rayfield Brown - I'm So Glad Baby / Snatching Back

DUMAS 1214 - Willie Que - There's Something Wrong With You / Don't Wait Until Tomorrow

DUMAS ???? - Willie Que - I Woke Up Smilin / Go Right Ahead

What's the cat# on the second Willie Que disc?

I seem to remember that at least one of the sides on the Rayfield Brown 45 is written by Arthur Wright.

This one was posted up in wants by itsthebeat a few days ago - general theme seems to be RnB?

RUTHIE MAE ROSS/GENUINE LOVE-DUMAS

Here are the Dumas releases I know of:

DUMAS 1204 - Jack Nelson - If I Had Really Known You / Playing With Love

DUMAS 1207 - Rayfield Brown - I'm So Glad Baby / Snatching Back

DUMAS 1214 - Willie Que - There's Something Wrong With You / Don't Wait Until Tomorrow

DUMAS ???? - Willie Que - I Woke Up Smilin / Go Right Ahead

What's the cat# on the second Willie Que disc?

I seem to remember that at least one of the sides on the Rayfield Brown 45 is written by Arthur Wright.

Other listings are :

Dumas 1201 Curtis Payne - "Tell me/Unknown"

Dumas 1203 Lil Jim Stinney - "Stay with me/Pretty baby"

Dumas 1206 Little Arthur - "Are you the one/Come on"

Dumas 1208 Little Arthur - "Love hides all thoughts/I'm not your fool"

Dumas 1210 Ruthie Mae Ross - "You're trying to put me down/Genuine lover"

Dumas 1211 Rayfield Brown - "You're too good to me/Cracking up over you"

Dumas 1212 Little Arthur - "It ain't no real big thing/Am I loving on borrowed time"

Dumas 1213 Valentine Blue with Little Duke - "I walk alone everyday/Don't you wanna be my guy"

Dumas 1215 Bettye Jean - "Stick around baby/Sugar daddy"

The second Willie Que track is Dumas 1202.

Dumas 1205 and 1209 are unknown.

I'm also interested in knowing more about Dumas Records but have always come up with a complete blank. Any further info would be gratefully received.

Just out of curiosity how did you trace it to Los Angeles Jaco?

Steve

Los Angeles is per R & B Indies.

What's the cat# on the second Willie Que disc?

I seem to remember that at least one of the sides on the Rayfield Brown 45 is written by Arthur Wright.

This Willie Que one, as pointed out, is 1202

The sides are written by E. Johnson and W. Que.

The reason I like it so much (besides being a decent record), is that the Dumas label looks like it was hand-drawn about 15 minutes before the design was due at the press. It's all lopsided and looks like some kid carved it into a tree trunk...

juddy

Willie Que's "Don't Wait Till Tomorrow", (2:25) on Dumas, #1214, composer Lurl Whiteside, Brother East Music Co. (BMI), is about the most powerful deep soul song I've ever encountered. I LOVE it. Beautiful label design at this juncture, by the way. Silver on black. The flip, "There's Something Wrong With Me" , w/same composer, was probably cut at the same session, and is a high-speed lament. Dance territory, soulful femme bit chorusing. Short, 1:46.

Who were these guys? This is superb stuff.

The Dumas 1208 is titled Love Hides All Faults and Little Arthur is probably Arthur Wright (I'll find out for defo) as he wrote the flip.

For a label with about nine 1964 releases I'm surprised none seem to be in the price guides.

Ady