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Zero to 180's final history piece for #KingRecords' 75th Anniversary attempts to track down the last recordings intended for release on the DeLuxe & Bethlehem subsidiary labels. Piece concludes with 4 QUESTIONS for King history detectives! LINK: https://t.co/G4DZ9J9iJK

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Zero to 180 concludes its tribute to #KingRecords' short-lived subsidiary label AGAPE with a spotlight on the debut LP by hard rockers Boot ("Blues Of Our Time") - an album originally targeted for James Brown's own imprint PEOPLE! Link: https://t.co/G4DZ9J9iJK

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#KingRecordsJazzLegacy Tweet #32
One of the earliest recordings by jazz trombonist Al Grey took place at Cincinnati’s #KingRecords studios on Oct. 1, 1954 – “Speak To Me (In My Dreams Tonight)” b/w “Goof a Nut” – both co-written by Henry Glover. RARE 78. https://t.co/pdm9aD8rhg

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#KingRecordsJazzLegacy Tweet #31
Noble “Thin Man” Watts, one of the great honking tenor players, recorded a session at Cincinnati’s #KingRecords with Tiny Bradshaw's Orchestra on Sept 1, 1954 with Philip Paul on drums = "Cat Fruit" & 3 other songs LISTEN https://t.co/KLVvqnI7tq

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Last year's #KingRecords-themed #Halloween history piece from @Zeroto180 = LINK to "Frankenstein's Party" Turns 60:
https://t.co/0jGcStnFNz

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Have you seen Smithsonian Magazine's April, 2018 piece entitled "The Electric Organ That Gave James Brown His Unstoppable Energy"?
LINK https://t.co/aA3HyjTirp
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Zero to 180 is winding down its #KingRecordsMonth "history assault" with 2nd in a trilogy of pieces that pays tribute to #KingRecords subsidiary label, Agape - with bonus bit that spotlights a 45 by founding member of @DannyGatton's Redneck Jazz Explosion:
https://t.co/W9OC7kKfN6

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#KingRecordsJazzLegacy Tweet #31
Noble Watts - one of the greatest honking tenor players – recorded a Tiny Bradshaw session in Cincinnati for #KingRecords on Sept 1, 1954 joined by Philip Paul on drums = 4 instrumentals incl. "Stack of Dollars" - LISTEN https://t.co/2SsY0yjuXA

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Zero to 180's latest spotlights the legacy of short-lived #KingRecords subsidiary label, Agape. Hal Neely would tell Billboard in 1971: ""The significance of the label name we've chosen derives from the Latin and means 'love, feast and fellowship.' LINK https://t.co/w2lP6lif8n

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#KingRecords once leased two songs of @PattiLabelleL and the Blue Belles – Patti Edwards, Sarah Dash, Cindy Birdsong & Nona Hendryx – that were originally recorded and released in 1963 for Philadelphia-based Newtown label = LISTEN "Down the Aisle" https://t.co/fbBr4Bbnwg

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Zero to 180's latest research appears to be the first comprehensive gathering of BOBBY SMITH productions issued from 1968-1973 and beyond on #KingRecords = top tier #SouthernSoul recorded in Macon, Georgia ... with one notable exception! https://t.co/S7iV0QdM68

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Cincinnati TV/radio personality Bob Braun was a #KingRecords artist! Bob's first 45 for King was a duet with another local TV star, Dottie Mack that was recorded in Cincinnati on Sept. 28, 1954 = AUDIO for different early Bob Braun 45 (possibly from 1954)
https://t.co/ydBFuMqCPp

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#KingRecordsJazzLegacy Tweet #30
Bill Doggett’s “mod jazz” take on “25 Miles” was recorded in a special 1969 session at Detroit - presumably Motown - with backing from a “studio band” and Berry Gordy as producer! Released on #KingRecords = LISTEN
https://t.co/zrCzeiv0rQ

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Zero to 180's latest piece "Merle Kilgore on Starday-King" documents the legendary songwriter's rise to "management" as record producer and country division director of the newly consolidated #KingRecords -- in addition to being "talent" = LINK to https://t.co/FNvhcFzvw5

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#KingRecords History Moment
Keyboardist/arranger/studio musician Richard Tee arranged one NYC session on April Fool’s Day 1969 for soul vocal group, The Manhattans, who released two albums on King subsidiary DeLuxe before the big move to Columbia = LISTEN https://t.co/JGhM5Ix8Ce

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Zero to 180's latest piece examines Lonnie Mack's recording history at King Records, both as a session guitarist and recording artist in his own right -- includes a testimonial video from none other than @Bootsy_Collins! https://t.co/d8uNpVYkxv

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#KingRecords PRACTICAL JOKE!
Does 1973 instrumental “Victory Strut” by J Hines & the Fellows feature some of the earliest TURNTABLE SCRATCHING on record?! But alas, the scratches on THIS mix are a puckish prank! Special "REMIX" of "Victory Strut": https://t.co/4WTuxe0kBd

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#KingRecordsJazzLegacy Tweet #29
Hank Marr’s classic jazz organ instrumental “Greasy Spoon” – recorded at #KingRecords’ Cincinnati studios on June 26, 1963 – was later used as title track for a 1969 compilation LP issued on King with a groovy cover:
AUDIO
https://t.co/QXyLqxJY2x

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History Messing with My Mind Dept.
Cuban bandleader SACASAS recorded exactly 1 session for #KingRecords in Miami on April 8, 1955, with one trumpet-heavy instrumental entitled (hold onto your hats) “Trumpcrazy" - very obscure 45.
AUDIO link for "Trumpcrazy https://t.co/RAqOYuH2Jf

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