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| Con Hunley’s Earliest Recordings Re-released On IMMI Records The songs that launched the career of soulful stylist Con Hunley have been released for the first time on CD by Hunley’s new label, IMMI Records. The First Time From Studio B, a collection of the great country soul singer’s earliest recordings, will be shipping to stores the end of September. Originally released in the late 1970s as a series of vinyl singles, this 11-song treasury showcases all the raw emotional power of the man who would soon light up the charts with such incandescent hits as “Weekend Friend, ” “You’ve Still Got A Place In My Heart, ” “What’s New With You” and “Oh Girl.” Larry Morton elected to produce Hunley’s records at RCA Records’ historic Studio B in Nashville, the incubator of hits for Eddy Arnold, Dolly Parton, Charley Pride and dozens of other superstars. “Just before the red recording light came on, ” Hunley recalls, “they told me I was standing right where Elvis stood when he recorded. Talk about ‘all shook up'!” On the strength of those Prairie Dust singles, Warner Bros. Records soon came calling to sign Hunley, and suddenly this “local boy” was a national phenomenon. Illustrated with never-before-released publicity photos for those original sessions, The First Time From Studio B features Hunley’s first three chart singles—“Pick Up The Pieces, ” “I’ll Always Remember That Song” and “Breaking Up Is Hard ToDo” — plus “Misery Loves Company, ” “Loving You Is A Habit I Can’t Break, ” “Columbus Stockade Blues, ” “It Looks Like A Good Night For Drinking, ” “Deep In The Arms Of Texas, ” “Never Felt More Like I’m Dying, ” “Look At Me, Loving You Again” and “Woman To Man, Man To Woman.” Producer Morton remixed all the recordings for this special package. Next up from IMMI Records are five albums of re-releases from Hunley’s Warner Bros. period and another album of his brand new material. Sweet Memories, Hunley’s current CD, demonstrated soundly that he remains one of the most dynamic vocalists in country music. As Music Row magazine summarized it, “Man, this guy can wail!” write your comments about the article :: © 2005 Jazz News :: home page |