Cat. No. VV 1392: THE GREAT GATES ~ WEST COAST R'N'R 1949-1955. KRAZY KAT KK 7435.

USED VINYL RECORD. PART OF A COLLECTION NOW UP FOR SALE. THIS ALBUM ON KRAZY KAT RECORDS SHOWCASES THE TALENTS OF THE GREAT GATES, A FINE BLUES SINGER WHOSE BLUES RECORDINGS SPAN THE ERA 1949-1955. THE TRACKS REPRESENTED HERE MOSTLY COME FROM THAT PERIOD. GATES RARELY RECORDED MORE THAN ONE SESSION FOR ANY LABEL, SO HIS DISCS WERE APPARENTLY NOT BIG SELLERS, BUT HE WAS IN STRONG DEMAND TO RECORD DURING THE 1950s. MOST OF THE RECORDINGS FROM THIS EARLY PERIOD ARE 12-BAR BLUES. LYRICALLY, GATES SHOWS LITTLE INFLUENCE BY OTHERS, ALTHOUGH "COME BACK HOME" IS PROBABLY LOOSELY BASED ON WALTER DAVE'S 'COME BACK BABY". THE SLEEVE IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION WITH ONLY MINOR SIGNS OF WEAR AND VERY MINOR SOILING. THERE IS A SMALL CREASE IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT HAND CORNER BUT NO MAJOR DAMAGE. THE RECORD IS GRADED AS IN NEAR MINT CONDITION. TRACK LISTING: Side 1 - Rocking Time / Farewell Baby / Ain't Got No Money / Race Track Blues / Change You Way / Rock Me / Blues After Hours / Central Rocks. Side 2 - Rock Me Baby / Checkin' Up Blues / Home Town Boy / Teardrops Are Falling / Come Back Home / Sad And Lonesome / Evening Blues / Later After Hours. 12" VINYL RECORD