78rpm pressing: Hand Clappin' - Red Prysock, 1955 - Mercury 70698

(A better transfer of this 78 can be heard here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4Kkf-NUDNU )

I kid you not:

First time I heard this beauty was in the fall of 1990. Back then, we had an "oldies" AM radio station that specialized in anything 1950's - pop, rock, R&B, soul, mainsteam jazz, you name it.

I as a then 19 year old had recently snagged a 67,019 mile original 1957 Lincoln Premiere 2 door hardtop from its original owner and, after I'd tuned her up, gave her a fresh oil change and hooked up the original tube radio (with original front AND rear speakers) one night not long after, I took her for a "shakedown" cruise.

Long story short, first thing I'd heard after I tuned the radio into 960 AM were the opening bars of this song - my hair was blowing and the damn windows weren't even open!!!!!!!!!!

First time I'd ever heard this cut, I swear! Sad thing was, I'd only caught part of the artist's name at the time as it was announced and, for years, tried looking in obvious futility for a song called "Hand Clappin'" by 'Red Price'! LOL!!!!!

Dig.....

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Tags:

• Red
• Prysock
• early
• rock
• jazz
• yt:stretch=16:9

[maynardcat]

Look Ma no spindle.!! You have been really busy, lot of great sounding new uploads. I've Been going down the line listening to them.

[SwingMan1937]

Yeah - one of the great features of this table (Garrard AT-60) is it's interchangeable spindles. This way, when I go to play 78's that have been pressed horribly off-center (like this one), I can just pull the spindle out and rely on the grip of the original mat to hold the record after I've centered it up. ;)

There's a couple others I've done this with in the videos here, like Dizzy's "Interlude" and Billy Eckstine's "Blowing The Blues Away" on my channel.

[renman16291]

A DJ on WMCA in New York used this in the 60's.

[DrSaxMusic]

Your 78 is in mint condition! Wow. What a great clean sound. Thanks for sharing this old rocker.

I remember seeing Red at Toronto's Ascot Hall

[G8GT364CI]

Many Many DJ's have used this tune as the outro to their show over the years, great tune!

[PatRampulla]

WOW IF THIS ISN'T THE BESTTTTTTTTTTTTTT....LOVE IT

[jonbecker03]

i guess red prysock was the exception among "major" honking tenor saxophone players of the fifties. he appears to have never spent even a DAY playing in lionel hampton's orchestra.

[Raymond18806]

If this classic can't get you to move, nothing will! I really didn't believe it was possible I would ever hear this tune again. Thanks!

[MrJohnpiano]

Thanks for posting - nice clean copy, too! I was first aware of this song from the Silvertones album - the very first album on Blind Pig Records (BP 001 - or somesuch). They're lineup was 2 guitars, string bass, drums. Fast forward to 1980 and the Steve Nardella Band (basically the Silvertones with a piano) - and this recording I made at the Blind Pig in Ann Arbor (see the video response). Many years later I found a CD containing the original. Wow! Love this stuff.

[secretadmirer8769]

you should youtube this famous 1990s house music tune that sampled "hand clappin". Just search Cajmere - "Horny"

[janwiedemeijer]

@SwingMan1937

Great stuff man, it makes me flip!!

Good quality for such an old 78 rpm by the way