Acetate (no. C-456) - Jr. Thompson - Raw Deal

Junior Thompson released 'Raw Deal' on Memphis label Meteor and 'Who's That Knocking?' on Tune in 1956. I don't know anything, however, about the history of this acetate with typed labels, though it dates back to the sixties at the very least. The flip, like the Meteor issue, features 'Mama's Little Baby'.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• rock
• and
• roll
• rockabilly
• Junior
• Jr.
• Thompson
• Raw
• Deal

[rockabillydj]

This is actually a US bootleg. Came outta the Buffalo, NY area. I unfortunately was the victim of a scam, in the late 80's when I purchased about 25 "rare" acetates for a huge sum of money, and later found out that these clean, vinyl typewritten crappy bootlegs were all homemade rip-off's made on a commercial record lathe. I was out 15 grand, and I have mass produced shitty vinyl bootlegs. Real acetates are NEVER vinyl, but metal pressings. Classic song. Deserves to be bootlegged!

[EagerBoy59]

@rockabillydj Sorry you were scammed. Was this one title one of them? The original was, as you probably know, also booted on red Meteor in the 1970s, selling at $3 or £1.50 depending on where you were. As you rightly say, classic song. Probably the best rockabilly release on the label, along with 'Tongue Tied Jill' by Charlie Feathers.

[PJDooWop]

Generally speaking, I'm not a rockabilly fan. However, this is good. There are a few possibilities here... This could be a legit acetate made by the producer of the record. It could also be a back up copy someone made for a friend or for themselves so they didn't have to play the original. Regardless of it's origin, this acetate would probably command a nice sum if sold.

[EagerBoy59]

I suspect it's a back up copy made by a European collector in the mid sixties from the time when rockabilly began to become collectable (at least in Europe which is where I found it, though it was among mixed European and American releases).

[rockabillydj]

@EagerBoy59

Yeah...That was a long time ago, but I still hold a HUGE grudge. I had the FBI involved, but they could never pin the tail on the donkey, but I found out the person who was producing them. Interested in several bootlegs for 600.00 a piece? LOL!

I have had the Junior Thompson original twice- both times I found them in junk stores, mixed in with Carpenters & Bobby Sherman records! Great song- It is one of my favorite Rockabilly songs of all time.

[LynchburgSourMash]

this IS a european boot RE

cheers //L.S.M.

[quelch666]

acetate or not a most excellent tune..would one say.