The Five Sharps - Stormy Weather and Sleepy Cowboy 1952

[carlbatson08]

I know someone with a copy of this 45..

[danversdon]

no 45 rpm copy known

[Bigbear19441]

This is the most valuable ever. It went in an auction for $180,0000. They made only four copies and only one copy still exists.

[PJDooWop]

I never heard about that. Do you know where it's documented? I'd be interested in reading more about that

[turtleman1146]

I REMEMBER SEEING A BROKEN COPY OFTHIS RECORD ON A 78 RPM ON THE WALL OF TIME SQ.RECORDS IN  N.Y.C .IN THE EARLY 1960'S..SLIM WAS LOOKING TO PAY $200 FOR A 45 COPY . AND $100 FOR A 78 RPM....THAT WAS A LOT OF MONEY BACK IN 1963...

[SuperCharlie41]

This is by far the best recording of Stormy Weather I've ever heard. I have a copy of Stormy Weather by Pookie Hudson and the Spaniels.

[SuperCharlie41]

This is by far the best recording of Stormy Weather I've ever heard.

[srcourtofficer]

THIS USE TO BE CONSIDERED ONE OF THE RAREIST R&B RECORDS.

[voodoowop45s]

i always loved this version in doowop...others are interesting for sure....but the five sharps sang it best !what great voices of early doowop! thank you :D

[rocknroll1955]

I like the "sleepy cowboy " better !!!!

ERIK VONDERLIETH

[djoutrage18]

oh my god, some 45s of this got run over? I would have actually cried!!! a lot...

and i really want to know why the collecter that owns this won't let us hear it!

[franijo1]

OK so it's worth a lot of money but, I personally like the Spaniels version much better. Are these the same 5 sharps that did Gig-A-Lene? Now, THAT"S a great song. wish I could here that.

[patoman881]

Seems like the kind of a record one would find at Salvation Army-with no one around to know just what the heck it actually is:-)

[CrisVangel]

So do you actually have a copy, and that's why we're hearing the flip (lucky us..)??

[106732]

Anyone know if there's any truth to the story that a copy of the 78 was broken by a pet racoon in Slim's Times Square Records? Didn't one member of the group later record with Shep & the Limelites?

[handinside]

I believe it was. If I was it's owner,I'd have that bastard racoon mounted.

[roge69charger]

Great! Thank you, But, Does anyone have The Clovers "Ckskr Ball? RatedX. ?

[rickbudd1]

I have it. It's a promo 45 I got at a record show. Definitely rated XXX.

Buddman

[Nmbrz]

where the hell did you find the b-side?

[jonathaniscool531]

so how many people came here to listen just from reading this in Uncle John's Bathroom Reader? lol.

[spore2007]

i just read about it tonight haha

[234567890qwertyuiopa]

Yep. That's where I heard about it.

[BrandNewBriefcase]

I learn half of what I know from that book...

[Sorasen]

Me for one.

[SVUrules54]

haha i just read it and looked it up from there

[vcostor]

@jonathaniscool531

haha me.

[Theredzx10rider]

@jonathaniscool531 hahaha yep.....guilty

[swargolet]

@jonathaniscool531 Extended bathromo sitting section FTW! Took me two bathroom trips but I finished the story.

[thePharoah90086]

the Only "Compensation" that the Group Members ever received was HotDogs and Sodas at the Recording Session ... the Record was played on Commercial Radio , only twice , at the Time ... Jubilee never pressed This Recording on a 7" 45 R.P.M. Disc ... had the 78 at-least "charted" , That might have been "considered" , around 1954-1955 (Common Practice regarding Early 1950s "Blues + Rhythm" Recordings , originally issued as 78s)

[thePharoah90086]

the Bim Bam Boom 45 was "mastered" from a Cracked Copy of the Original Jubilee 78 (since-then a "Better Condition" Copy HAS surfaced. Some Collector recently paid "a Small Fortune" for It , but will not allow for It to be "re-recorded" ... only 1,000 of the 78s were pressed by Jubilee , in-1952. the Song was played on Commercial Radio , twice , according to Original Group Members. the Record was a "Total Flop".

[eoj2495]

@thePharoah90086 The story I heard was Jubilee records plant burned down shortly after the song was recorded. The master tapes and most of the records were destroyed, with only a few getting out...

[johanhannovich]

Yeah, I remember the label being on the window of Times Square Records in the early 60's with a note saying they would give mega cash (forget how much) for anyone bringing it in

[vincenz55]

exteremly weird

[cachito66]

last time I checked it was valued at $45,000 dollars, the original 45 rpm

[vincenz55]

can someone tell me why in the blazes this 78 worth so much? i dont get it

[cachito66]

vincenz55 the reason is so expensive and is that this may be there is only one surviving acetate record in existence, story has it that whenever somebody tried to get ahold of a copy something will happen that will make it impossible to get it. even the master was destroyed by mistake or something, a DJ in New York wanted this record so bad that he put it on the air that he will pay 50 to 100 dollars for it that started this craze, even the five sharps themselves don't own a copy. So ther it is.

[vincenz55]

so there is something mysterious about this record..ghostly?

[cachito66]

Well it seems like it. But is just the luck of the people who saw it and then something happened that it was gone. Example, one guy saw a box containing the original records on the sidewalk about to be pickedup by the trash collectors tried to picked them up, trashmen got angry argue with collector and somehow somebody backed up the truck and the records got destroyed, by the way by accounts of people who have heard the original version the voices are like nothing they have ever heard. weird huh

[rocknroll1955]

it was re released some time in the early 1970's on Bim Bam Boom. it was also bootlegged with both these sides on 45 rpm .on jubilee

ERIK VON

[BZG07]

i read about this record

[timaloo75]

Thanks. So long I heard and thought and know I have seen the label and heard the cut. I have the 5 Sharks version on Times Square and thought that I had this one too, but know I never heard Sleepy Cowboy. This is from the 78 I take it.

[JohnnyElvis1935]

Considered to be one of the rarest and most valuable records ever! Also, its great music! Jubilee 5104, recorded 1952.