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MG-20353: The Swinging, Singing Record Session / Del Vikings

[Front Cover] Label Type : black Mercury type A
Matrix Number : SIDE-A MG-20353A-1    MS1    B    M
SIDE-B MG-20353B-1    MS1    B    M



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Inside The Groove

The famous Doo-Wop group's second album on Mercury.

Personal Impression (and brief notes)

The Del Vikings, formed in 1955 and one of the oldest hit makers with a “Doo-Wop” style, has a true classic hitter “Come Go With Me”, released in 1956 from Dot label. Shortly after, they split into two groups, the Dell-Vikings and the (Mercury) Del Vikings, due to several complicated matters. The Mercury Del Vikings left two albums: MG-20314 and MG-20353. Unfortunately both groups, including (Mercury) Del Vikings, didn't come to reach the top of the chart again.

Anyway this album holds even a portion of the finest examples of a good-old Doo-Wop style.

Strictly Personal Rating (to what extent I could enjoy this album)

8 out of 10



Track Listing

SIDE-A
A-1 15572 The Bit Beat (Fats Domino) 1:55
A-2 16300 Oh Tonight (C. E. Quick) 2:40
A-3 16301 That's Why (I Love You So) (Gordy - Carlo - King) 1:55
A-4 15579 What You Have Do To Me (C. Sagle) 2:53
A-5 15543 The Voodoo Man (C. Quick) 1:45
A-6 16299 Oh I Love You (C. E. Quick) 2:22
SIDE-B
B-1 15571 Oh Baby (C. Carter - J. Hudson) 1:51
B-2 16297 Friendly Moon (C. E. Quick) 2:18
B-3 15929 A Meeting Of The Eyes (Mac Wolfson - Eddie White) 2:03
B-4 15575 There I Go (Falling In Love Again) (C. Quick) 2:28
B-5 15927 Nobody's Kisses But Yours (Burton - Randolph - Pincus) 2:09
B-6 15577 String Along (C. Quick) 2:26

Personnel


Personnel/recorded date/master numbers confirmed with the Ruppli's discography.
(“The Mercury Labels - A Discography” by Ruppli and Novitsky, Greenwood Press, 1993)

The Del Vikings, maybe consisting of:
Clarence Quick (vo), Norman Wright (vo), David Lerchey (vo), Gus Backus (vo), William Blakely (vo), Kripp Johnson (vo).

Orchestra conducted by Carl Stevens.

A-5: Recorded at Universal Recording Studios, Chicago, IL in May 1957.
A-1, A-4, B-1, B-4, B-6: Recorded at Universal Recording Studios, Chicago, IL in June 1957.
B-3, B-5: Recorded in New York City on September 18, 1957.
A-2, A-3, A-6, B-2: Recorded at Universal Recording Studios, Chicago, IL maybe in 1958.

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Jackets

Front Back
[MG-20353 FRONT] [MG-20353 BACK]


Labels

Side A Side B
[MG-20353 A] [MG-20353 B]
MATSUBAYASHI 'Shaolin' Kohji <shaolin@rhythmaning.org>
Initially Published: October 09, 2002.
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