Rare Windy City R&B Vocal Groups From The Street-Corners Of Chicago Volume One

Rare Doo-Wop from 1953 to 1957 which never made any national charts. All tracks were recorded for the Chicago-based 'United Records' belonging to Leonard Allen, and its subsidiary 'States Record Company' - see [l175189] & [l496817]. Track 1 = States 147 - 1955 / Track 2 = flip side of track 1 / Track 3 = States 150 - 1955 / Track 4 = flip side of track 3 / Track 5 = States 152 - 1955 / Track 6 = flip side of track 5 / Track 7 = States 160 - 1956 / Track 8 = flip side of track 7 / Track 9 = States 156 - 1956 / Track 10 = flip side of track 9 / Track 11 = States 163 - 1957 / Track 12 = flip side of track 11 / Track 13 = States 127 - 1953 / Track 14 = never released / Track 15 = never released / Track 16 = flip side of track 13 / Track 17 = unreleased / Track 18 = United 208 - 1958 / Track 19 = States 157 - 1956 / Track 20 = flip side of track 19 / Track 21 = States 123 - 1953 / Track 22 = flip side of track 21 / Track 23 = States 148 - 1955 / Track 24 = States 155 - 1956. Released in jewel case with illustrated booklet (12 pp.); including information about the featured artists like Bernhard Dixon from The Danderliers or Cliff Butler & Red Saunders (on States 123). Also released as "United U-163" - a bootleg CD issued in 1999 under the same title "Rare Windy City R&B Vocal Groups From the street-corners of Chicago Volume One".