Robert NighthawkBricks In My Pillow

Label:

Pearl Records (5) – PL-11

Format:

Vinyl , LP, Compilation

Country:

US

Released:

Genre:

Blues

Style:

Chicago Blues

Tracklist

A1 Crying Won't Help You 2:41
A2 Take It Easy, Baby 2:39
A3 Seventy-Four 2:41
A4 Maggie Campbell 2:52
A5 The Moon Is Rising 2:40
A6 Nighthawk Boogie 2:32
B1 Kansas City 2:33
B2 You Missed A Good Man 2:29
B3 Bricks In My Pillow 2:52
B4 U/S Boogie 2:51
B5 Feel So Bad 2:43
B6 Maggie Campbell 2:45

Companies, etc.

  • Phonographic Copyright ℗Delmark Records
  • Recorded AtUniversal Recording Studio
  • Pressed ByWakefield Manufacturing – 31368
  • Published ByBrandom Music
  • Published ByFrederick

Credits

  • BassRansom Knowling
  • Compiled ByJim O'Neal
  • Composed ByRobert Nighthawk
  • DesignBob McCamant
  • DrumsUnknown Artist (tracks: A3 to A5, B2 to B4, B6)
  • Drums [Probably]Jump Jackson* (tracks: A1, A2, A6, B1, B5)
  • Guitar [Second Guitar]Unknown Artist (tracks: A4, B4)
  • Lacquer Cut ByJB*
  • Liner NotesJim O'Neal
  • Photography ByFrank Scott (3)
  • PianoBob Call (tracks: A3 to A5, B2 to B4, B6)
  • Piano [Or]Roosevelt Sykes (tracks: A1, A2, A6, B1, B5)
  • ProducerRobert G. Koester
  • Recorded ByBill Putnam (tracks: A3 to A5, B2 to B4, B6)
  • Recording Supervisor [Original Supervision And Production]Lew Simpkins*
  • Vocals, GuitarRobert Nighthawk

Notes

Runouts are etched. "JB" are combined.

Recorded Universal Recording Studios, Chicago, July 12, 1951 (A1, A2, A6, B1, B5) and October 25, 1952 (A3 to A5, B2 to B4, B6).

Back cover:
Previously unissued tunes: [A] 1-3, 6; B-2, 3, 4. Previously unissued take: A-4. (back cover)
A1, A2, A6, B1, B5: Roosevelt Sykes or Bob Call piano

℗ 1978, Delmark Records (label, side A)
℗ 1977, Delmark Records (label, side B)

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side A): JB PL-11-A #3 (ᵛᵛ)31368
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side B): #3 JB PL-11-B (ᵛᵛ)31368

Other Versions (5 of 8)

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Title (Format) Label Cat# Country Year
New Submission
Bricks In My Pillow (LP, Compilation, Promo) Pearl Records (5) PL - 11 US 1978
New Submission
Bricks In My Pillow (LP, Compilation, Promo) Pearl Records (5) PL - 11 US 1978
New Submission
Bricks In My Pillow (LP, Compilation) Pearl Records (5) PL-11 US 1978
New Submission
Bricks In My Pillow (LP, Compilation, Reissue, Mono) P-Vine Records PLP-515 Japan 1989
New Submission
Bricks In My Pillow (CD, Compilation, Reissue) Delmark Records DD-711 US 1998

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  • McHomie's avatar
    McHomie
    Raucous collection of tracks Robert Nighthawk recorded in 1951-52 for the United record label. Excellent sound quality too, crisp, crunchy and clear, with a robust soundstage. My copy plays nice and clean with occasional faint surface noise.

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