Cat. No. VV 1161: THE NEWBEATS ~ BIG BEAT SOUNDS. HICKORY HKL 9004.

USED VINYL RECORD. PART OF A COLLECTION NOW UP FOR SALE.

"THE NEWBEATS" EMERGED ON THE AMERICAN POP SCENE IN THE EARLY 1960s. THE TRIO CONSISTED OF BROTHERS DEAN AND MARK MATHIS AND LARRY HENLEY AND ARE BEST REMEMBERED FOR THEIR HITS "BREAD AND BUTTER" AND "RUN, BABY RUN". THE MATHIS BROTHERS HAD ORIGINALLY RECORDED FOR THE CHESS LABEL IN 1959 AND SCORED WITH A MODERATE HIT WITH "TELL HIM NO" WHICH PEAKED AT #42 ON THE BILLBOARD HOT 100 THAT YEAR. LATER THE BROTHERS STARTED THEIR OWN BAND AND PLAYED IN THEIR HOMETOWN OF SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA AND IT WAS THERE THAT THEY MET UP WITH LARRY HENLEY. AFTER ABOUT 18 MONTHS PERFORMING THE BAND MADE A DEMO OF A SONG CALLED "BREAD AND BUTTER" SENT IT TO HICKORY RECORDS AND WERE ASKED TO RECORD THE TRACK. THE SONG REACHED No. 2 ON THE U.S. BILLBOARD HOT 100 CHART AND SOLD OVER ONE MILLION COPIES IN THE U.S. ALONE. THREE MORE SINGLES FOLLOWED IN 1964 AND IN 1965, "RUN, BABY RUN (BACK INTO MY ARMS) WHICH REACHED No. 12 THAT FALL BUT IT WAS THE TRIO'S PENULTIMATE CHART ENTRY, ALTHOUGH THEY REMAINED WITH HICKORY RECORDS UNTIL 1972. LARRY HENLEY TRIED HIS HAND AT SOLO RECORDING AND SONGWRITING AND IS PROBABLY BEST KNOWN AS THE CO-WRITER ON "WIND BENEATH MY WINGS" WHICH WAS A MASSIVE HIT IN 1989 FOR BETTE MIDLER.

THIS ALBUM IS AN ORIGINAL COPY OF THE TRIO'S SECOND ALBUM RELEASED IN 1965 ON HICKORY RECORDS. THE SLEEVE IS GRADED VERY GOOD CONDITION WITH SOME MINOR WEAR ON THE BOTTOM CORNERS AND ALONG THE OPEN SIDE OF THE SLEEVE. THERE IS SOME VERY, VERY MINOR RING SOILING ON BOTH FRONT AND REAR OF THE SLEEVE. THERE IS ALSO SOME MINOR YELLOWING ON THE REAR WHICH HAS BEEN ENHANCED BY THE SCAN.

TRACK LISTING: Side 1 - I Can't Hear You No More / (The Bees Are For The Birds) The Birds Are For The Bees / Mother-In-Law / Break Away (From That Boy) / Baby Let's Play House / Great Balls Of Fire.

Side 2 - Poison Pen / Hey-O-Daddy-O / Find Ya Some Where Else (To Eat Your Crackers) / Better Watch Your Step / The Natural / Human Kindness.

12" VINYL RECORD