Album
Sixteen Tons
1960 · Funk / Soul, Pop
Rare pressing on Gatefold
Sixteen Tons is a Folk album by "Tennessee" Ernie Ford, originally released in 1960. On Gatefold: 20 pressings tracked.
The Clerk says
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Tracklist
- 1Sixteen Tons2:35
- 2The Shot Gun Boogie2:35
- 3Bright Lights and Blonde-Haired Women (feat. The Starlighters)3:06
- 4The Cry of the Wild Goose3:14
- 5Milk 'Em In the Mornin' Blues2:23
- 6Catfish Boogie2:17
- 7Mule Train3:04
- 8Smoky Mountain Boogie2:39
- 9Philadelphia Lawyer3:25
- 10Country Junction2:22
- 11Anticipation Blues2:09
- 12Blackberry Boogie2:29
Sound DNA
- Folk
- Traditional Folk
- warm
- earnest
- storytelling
Originally released by Capitol on Oct., 17th 1955 with "You Don't Have To Be A Baby To Cry" as A side an "Sixteen Tons" as B side. Later pressings switched the sides cause of the big success of "Sixteen Tons".
See http://www.ernieford.com/SIXTEENTONS.html:"On October 17, Capitol shipped the new record nationwide, and to deejays around the country, confident that "Baby" would be a hit. But, inexplicably, radio stations coast to coast began 'flipping' the single and playing the B side (...) In eleven days following its release, 400,000 singles are sold. Demand for the song was so great, that Capitol geared all its pressing plants nationwide to meet the deluge of orders."
Please note: The 1965 version of "Sixteen Tons" Sixteen Tons / Hicktown is an uptempo new recording of this 1955 classic
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Jack FascinatoCONDUCTOR
Rare pressing on Gatefold · 20 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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