[Vintage-Audio] The Nashville Sound in Morse?

[Duane Fischer, W8DBF]

Bob,

I think that should be "Homer Louis ..."


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From: "Robert Nickels" <w9ran at oneradio.net>
To: "Vintage home and professional audio equipment from 1975 back" 
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Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2008 9:53 PM
Subject: [Vintage-Audio] The Nashville Sound in Morse?


> As Duane has mentioned in the past, these RCA Nashville LPs contain great 
> music but the RCA record-keeping system seems to be somewhat odd.   For 
> example, take the LP "Sweet Talk" by Boots Randolph, which I have two 
> copies of, one the Mono version and the other "Stereo Effect reprocessed 
> from Monophonic".  To my surprise, Boots sings as well as plays the sax, 
> and the album contains a rockabilly song "I'm Getting Your Message Baby" 
> that I hadn't heard before.   What struck me about it is the presence of 
> what is meant to be Morse Code, played (I think) as a single note on an 
> electric guitar.  My first thought was "Hey, Chet knows Morse being a ham 
> and all" but since there are no credits on the album jacket I did a web 
> search.    While I still couldn't find any info as to who was playing,  I 
> did find this site which shows a photo of the 45 and has a short audio 
> clip of the tune:  http://rcs.law.emory.edu/rcs/artists/r/rand8000.htm
>
> The 45  confirms that the producer was Chet Atkins, so at least he was 
> involved, even if we wasn't the guitarist.  The odd part?   Well for one 
> thing, the LP shows the composers as being  "James Rich and Charles B. 
> Dooley" while the 45 shows the names as "James Rich and Pete Dooley".  OK 
> that may be a nickname, but you'd think they'd make them the same. 
> Moreover,  both LPs show the artist as Boots Randolph, yet on the 45, he's 
> identified as "Randy Randolph".  That must have been a stage name for 
> Herman Louis Randoph III but it's a one I've never heard before.
>
> And oddest of all, if you listen to the sound clip (click on the little 
> speaker icon) the Morse sounds to me like the letters "REO" followed by 
> the letters "SM" or "SK".    Maybe Chet drove an Oldsmobile? Or did they 
> pick this combination just for its rhythmic sound.     As for "SK" that 
> could mean "Silent Key" in ham parlance...ala "Paul is Dead" way back in 
> 1958!
>
> The vocals are really pretty good as are the tunes.  But I much prefer the 
> name "Boots" over "Randy"!
>
> 73 Bob W9RAN
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