20,000 vinyl LPs 203: Jack Scott in Velvet Stereo

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Jack Scott was born Giovanni Domenico Scafone, Jr., on January 24, 1936, in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. He is a Canadian/American singer and songwriter and was inducted into Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2011. He has been called "undeniably the greatest Canadian rock and roll singer of all time."            
     

The was the very first stereo album I bought in the late 50's. It was a big deal back then; up to that point all recordings were monophonic. It was such a big deal that Carlton took the mono cover and applied STEREO in black felt letters vertically on the left front of the cover.       

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Jack Scott vinyl LP front cover w/flock letters
cover photo photographer unknown
photo of album cover by Styrous®

Jack Scott was an incredible singer and musician. The album cover liner notes describe the twenty-two year old as the “Melting-Pot” miracle; A Canadian born, Italian hillbilly who worshiped Hank Williams and will take his place in the recorded Hall of Fame along with the Presleys, Boones and Comos. But it never happened; I never understood why he never became a popular icon of music. Some of the links below shine some light on that.     

Jack Scott vinyl LP front cover detail w/black flock letters
cover photo photographer unknown
detail photo of album cover by Styrous® 

All the songs on the album were terrific but, of course, I had my favorites; Goodbye Baby, The Way I walk, the VERY swooney My True Love, his Indiana Waltz and I'm Dreaming Of You are beautiful love songs; then there is Midge, a great song to dance to. He had a rich voice that promised a world of exciting adventures.         

  

Jack Scott vinyl LP front cover w/flock letters
back cover photo photographer unknown
photo of album cover by Styrous®

Jack Scott was voted into Michigan Rock and Roll Legends in 2007. The Way I Walk was voted a Legendary Michigan Song in 2010. The Legends site has some really great information about Scott that I found fascinating (link below).            

Jack Scott vinyl LP back cover detail w/flock letters
back cover photo photographer unknown
detail photo of album back cover by Styrous®

 

The Way I Walk was covered by Robert Gordon and The Cramps in 1977, Swamp Zombies in 1993, Danny Gatton in 1996 and 68, Comback and The Vees (formally the Jale) in 1998. My True Love was covered by Mina (link below) in 1999.       

     

Jack Scott vinyl LP labels
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Tracklist:

Side 1:

A1 - Save My Soul    
A2 - With Your Love    
A3 - Leroy    
A4 - No One Will Ever Know    
A5 - Geraldine    
A6 - I Can't Help It    

Side 2:

B1 - Indiana Waltz    
B2 - Midgie    
B3 - My True Love    
B4 - The Way I Walk    
B5 - I'm Dreaming Of You    
B6 - Goodby Baby    

Credits:

    Backing Vocals – The Chantones (tracks: The Chantones)

Notes:

This is the first Stereo issue of this release from 1958. The label has the white circle with the black small C around the center hole. Also has the bold STEREO print on the left side of the label. Carlton took the mono covers and applied STEREO in black felt letters vertically on the left front of the cover. STLP 12/107 is also stamped in black ink on the bottom edge.
http://www.cvinyl.com/labelguides/carlton.php

Barcode and Other Identifiers

    Matrix / Runout: (A-Side Runout Stamped) STLP 12/107
    Matrix / Runout: (B-Side Runout Stamped) STLP 12/107

Jack Scott ‎– Jack Scott
Label: Carlton ‎– STLP 12/107
Format: Vinyl, LP, Stereo
Country: US
Released: 1958
Genre: Rock
Style: Rockabilly
       
     

       

        

Viewfinder links:      

      

'desert island' vinyl LP       
Mina           

Jack Scott articles/mentions       

       

Net links:      

      

The Audiophile Man ~ Jack Scott: A struggle with stardom  

Jack Scott Discography   
Michigan Rock and Roll Legends ~ Jack Scott    
Rockabilly Hall of Fame ~ Jack Scott       

Rockabilly Hall of Fame ~ Jack Scott mentions       
   

YouTube links:      

   
Indiana Waltz        

Goodbye Baby        Goodbye baby (live)     
I'm Dreaming Of You       
Midge        
My True Love       
The Way I Walk   
The Way I Walk (live)                 

The Cramps ~ The Way I Walk (video)           
Robert Gordon ~ The Way I walk     
Mina ~ My True Love        

     
     
      

        

Happy birthday, Jack.
61 years later, still lovin' the way you walk!

            

   
          
           

Styrous® ~ January 24, 2020      

     

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Jack Scott articles/mentions

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Jack Scott and the birth of Stereo    
Jack Scott and the birth of Stereo Pt. 2   
Jack Scott and the birth of Stereo Pt. 3
Jack Scott in Velvet Stereo       

mentions:    
'desert island' vinyl LP   
Tom @ 80 ~ the play list     
       
         

      Jack Scott 

date & photographer unknown

      

 

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20,000 Vinyl LPs 9: Jack Scott and the birth of Stereo Pt. 1

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I don't recall where, when or with whom I first heard a stereo recording but I recall I was blown away and hooked. It was recorded music as I'd never heard it before. I was astounded!

I remember the first stereo album I bought. It was by Jack Scott who was born Giovanni Domenico Scafone Jr., on January 24, 1936, in Canada. I like the name, G. D. Scafone, Jr., however, in those days an ethnic name didn't work if you wanted to be an established entertainment profile and names had to be "Americanized" to make a person palatable to American "taste", whatever that was or even now is.

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Scott sang rock-a-billy in a lightly twangy, tenor (slightly on on the baritone side at times) type of voice that made teen-aged girls swoon. Of course, teen-aged girls did that a lot in the fifties (well, they did it in the forties, and the sixties, so I guess not much was different). Every guy felt super cool when he sang, The Way I Walk (YouTube).

I remember dancing with a lovely girl named Ann to his slow, sexy ballad, "My True Love" (YouTube), and getting all hot 'n horny (me, not her, or so I though at the time). I remember desperately wanting, but her not giving in; proper girls didn't do that in the 50's so I never forced it (it would be another 10 years before the sexual revolution would relieve me of my restrictions). To this day I can still remember hearing Jack's smooth, sexy voice crooning the lyrics while we bumped and rubbed against each other as we danced and my barometer rose (I got that expression from Mark Thompson, a local weatherman in SF decades ago; he was signing photos of himself somewhere and on everyone's photo he wrote, "May your barometer always rise.", I thought it was a great euphemism). 

I ran into Ann a decade or so later and she had become a beautiful, loving mother to a delightful girl. I met her husband and got to know them over a period of time. During that time, when we were alone once, Ann told me that all those years ago she'd almost given in several times, "If you'd only pushed a little harder" (oh, my, isn't life grand?!?). Somehow, I lost touch with her again. I hope she's well.

You can hear Scott's music on YouTube, of course:

My True Love on YouTube
Leroy on YouTube 

No One Will Ever Know on YouTube 
The Way I Walk on YouTube

Goodbye Baby (my favorite song on the album) on YouTube
Goodbye Baby a later version of the song on YouTube.

  photo by Styrous®

A great big thanks to Jack Scott for starting me off to a new world of Stereophonic listening pleasure. 

Ann vanished a long time ago but she and the song we danced to linger on in my memory. So, to my sweet, lovely, Ann, wherever she may be, thank you as well.


Jack Scott website

Styrous® ~ September 16, 2012

The skinny on stereo continues in
20,000 Vinyl LPs 11:
Jack Scott and the birth of Stereo Pt 2

And there is an update in
20,000 Vinyl LPs 19:
Jack Scott and the birth of Stereo Pt. 3

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