The Corps on Redd Hedd

 

The Corps

 

26305 – New York City
26306 – Window Room

 

both J.Smail, Zap-Zap Music

 

produced by Midnite Sound

 

Redd Hedd 004

 

1970

 

"Grampus", from his review of "The Midnite Sound of the Milky Way", CD  [excerpt] :

Dean Carter and Arlie Miller bought a local townhouse in Danville, Illinois which they transformed into a makeshift recording studio with different instrumentalists confined to individual bedrooms and broken down cardboard refrigerator boxes battened to the walls to assist with the acoustics.   The studio was named The Midnite Sound to reflect the time of day when most recordings took place.   Also formed around the same time was Milky Way Records.   The record label only lasted for around eighteen months before folding under a cease and desist order issued by the company manufacturing Milky Way chocolate bars (you can't make this stuff up!). 

Freddie and the Freeloaders

FREDDIE AND THE FREELOADERS
28105 - Last Night
28106 - Freddie’s Blues
Redd Hedd RH-005 (1971)
Produced by Midnite Sound Studios (Danville, Illinois)

Hailing from Danville, Illinois, Freddy And The Freeloaders entertained audiences across the US and Canada from 1962 through 1992. The band was always fronted by singer/bassist Fred Halls. There were several member changes through the years. No matter who was in the band they were a consistent draw at any venue they performed. All of [their] music is at: www.soundclick.com/freddyandthefreeloaders

Their first record. They also recorded for I&I and 309 in 1972-73.

Other releases on the Redd Hedd label :

RH-001 - Danny Macklin - Home Of The Blues/Take A Stool (country pressed by RCA)
RH-002 ?
RH-003 - a country bopper by Gene Hooper titled "One Of A Kind" b/w "Forever" (pressed by RCA)
RH-004 - The Corps - Window Room/New York City (also pressed by Rite)

Midnite Sound Studio, a lo-tech facility, was the upstairs of an old house on Ross Lane road, South of Danville. Owned by Dean Carter (remember? Jailhouse Rock on Milky Way in 1967) and Arlie Miller.

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