Sold Date: May 8, 2016
Start Date: March 25, 2012
Final Price: £15.00 (GBP)
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AN EXCELLENT COPY OF THIS 1958 UK RARITY FROM THE MUDLARKS

The Mudlarks were an unusual musical phenomenon in several ways. Unusually, the group were composed, at least for most of its lifetime, by real siblings- the children of the Mudd family from Luton in Bedforshire. Jeff, Fred and Mary are all alleged to have had jobs at the large Vauxhall motor plant which dominated the town. However, they spent their spare time singing together whenever the opportunity arose. They enjoyed singing the kind of pop tunes that were to become popular during the second half of the 1950s- not quite rock and roll, and not conventional ballads either. Their's was an up-beat novelty style and it attracted the attention of David Jacobs who had only recently established himself as a top disc jockey at the BBC. After an appearance on the the seminal "6-5 Special" TV show, a recording contract with Columbia quickly followed.

The Mudlarks' first release didn't sell well, but their second, the novelty "Lollipop" (a cover of a record by Americans, Ronald and Ruby), went almost to the top despite having another cover version from U.S. four-piece girl group, "The Chordettes" close behind. The Mudlarks were voted in a New Musical Express poll as Britain's top vocal group of 1958.

Their follow-up,a cover of the Monotones "Book of Love", made it to number 8 in the charts.

This release in late 1958 failed to make it into the charts but I well remember both sides being played on "Junior Choice" on the BBC on a Sunday Morning ...

DISC DETAILS

UK COLUMBIA DB 4210  10" 78 RPM Shellac

THE MUDLARKS

A SIDE:- WHICH WITCH DOCTOR

B SIDE:-  MY GRANDFATHER'S CLOCK 

CONDITION -  RECORD SURFACE IS EX/EX+ 

A GREAT BRITISH 1958 NOVELTY-POP 78 IN EXCELLENT CONDITION

DON'T MISS IT

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