Tuesday, February 11, 2020

The Morticians (Mortician)

The Morticians were from the state New Mexico. The band members were Keith Elliott , Zachary Head, Tom Dodge and John Huchmaia. The group released two records in the Mid-1960's. The 45 featured today was the Morticians first release in November 1965. In my opinion the group did one of the best covers of Bill Medley's "Little Latin Lupe Lu" in the 1960's. On the flipside the band followed this up with the exceptional teen lament ballad "Little Darlin".  As you can see from the label this was an original song written by the Morticians. If anyone can provide a photo of the group this would be great.

                                                                                    Little Latin Lupe Lu

                                                                                          Baby Darlin



Mortician 101 -  Little Latin Lupe Lu / Baby Darlin   November 1965

Mortician 102 -  Louie Louie / Twist and Shout   March 1966

Unknown Acetate (Sterophonic)

Hi to everyone. I purchased this Miami Florida acetate last year. I would appreciate any information about the group who might have recorded it. I did not find any numbers or markings in the dead wax. One side has the song "How Can I Tell Her", the flipside is blank.

                                                                                 How Can I Tell Her

Sunday, February 9, 2020

Orange Wedge (Lamp)

Indianapolis, Indiana Lamp records release mostly soul artist from the late 1960's into the early part of the 1970's. Some of these are very highly desired by collectors. With that said I would like to highlight a group called the Orange Wedge who were one of the few Rock artist who release a 45 on the Lamp label. I think it came out in 1971. Both songs have a nice jangle sound and were written by David Capps. The vocals are unique in that the lyrics are spoken making it very unusual.