The Electras - Dirty Ol' Man b/w Courage To Cry (1966 US) | Minnesota Garage | Full 45 Rip

A high school math teacher wrote this song, produced it, and put it out on his own label. It went number one where the band lived and held there for 17 weeks. The Electras were teenagers from Ely, Minnesota, an iron mining town up near the Canadian border. Warren Kendrick signed them to Scotty in 1965 and wrote both sides of this record. Columbia picked it up for national distribution in the fall of 1966, then found the name already copyrighted by a prep school band from St. Paul's in New Hampshire, whose bass player was a teenage John Kerry. That band pressed 500 copies in 1961 to sell at school dances. Originals now go for over $2,000, more than this record is worth. Every copy of this one got recalled. Kendrick renamed the band 'Twas Brillig, out of Lewis Carroll, without asking them. Tim Elfving was drafted in 1967, and the mines around Ely closed the same year. The woman singing the B-side is Barbara Hess, Kendrick's regular singer, with the band backing her. Kendrick's biggest song was Action Woman, and he gave that one to The Litter. Scotty 803G-6351. Matrix SR6621 and SR6619. 0:00 Needle drop 0:07 Dirty Ol' Man 2:42 Flipping it over 3:04 Courage To Cry 🎧 Rare 45rpm Vinyl Rips - promo singles and obscure 7-inches: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLj0yF7-9YQ9pZAodT9-v-Lehtz7BPAlxi 🎧 Full Vinyl Rips - rare psych and rock LPs: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLj0yF7-9YQ9pEOi1yCUyAZikNmWVdz8Hn 🔴 Live Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 6:30am PT, one record from my collection: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLj0yF7-9YQ9qEwJJg-w9RXM0MsbSk5H3F 📷 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vinyl_piper/ I sell my doubles and extras here: https://vinylpipershop.com/ #TheElectras #MinnesotaGarage #GarageRock #RareVinyl #45RPM