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This was recorded directly from the original 1962 King 45 Lloyd Nolan’s “I Don’t Know About You”.

Nick Waterhouse blasted “I Don’t Know About You” through a huge p.a. at the Los Angeles Soul Clap and Dance-Off at Regent Theater last Sunday and I got a huge kick out of feeling this the heavy power of gem at full volume! I could’ve sworn the drummer was in the room with us. Along with a lot of other King/Federal Feverish minor key snappers, this supreme spin is finally getting the respect it deserves in the 2010s – half a century after the fact – appearing on a compilations (including WFMU’S Mr Fine’s fine “Hipshakers”), a reissue on 45 from the UK’s Outta Sight label, and elsewhere.

I haven’t yet had an opportunity to hear this Chicago rhythm and blues man’s first single “What’s Happenin’ In Here” or his final one on Daran Records, but his two 1962 King releases are strong enough to keep Lloyd Nolan immortal. The first 45 “Fun Fun,” which some say The Sonics took “The Witch” riff from (hmmmmmm?????), is a pounding howler while this one is pure class and restraint. What they both share in common is a bare-bones production and a structural simplicity, plus an immediacy that makes these records so timeless that, fifty years down the road, people relate to the sound from the moment the needle drops. Oh yeah and Lloyd Nolan’s warm pipes and cool phrasing! This makes me wish I’d’ve pulled out “Fun, Fun” and thrown it up here as well… Maybe next week kiddies….