Jess Willard (guitar Eddie Cochran) | Don't Hold Her So Close | Ekko 78 rpm | 1955

Jess Willard with "Don't Hold Her So Close" recorded from the original US 78 rpm shellac single on Ekko 1018. "Don't Hold Her So Close" with A-side "Every Dog has His Day" was released in 1955 and recorded in 1955 in Hollywood, California with Jess Willard on lead vocals, Eddie Cochran on electric lead guitar, Hank Cochran on rhythm guitar, Cliffie Stone on stand-up bass and unknown musicians on fiddle, piano and drums. Words and Music by E. Brown and Jess Willard.

The A-side, "Every Dog has His Day" is available here: https://youtu.be/0Cpa-438xIw.

Musical style: Country & Western, Hillbilly.

Video recorded by Antoon van Olderen using an audio-technica player model AT-LP1240-USB with an Ortofon 2M 78 MM-stylus and audio captured off air via a Driade D 71 MK II speaker. This video is a recorded live demonstration of a playback of the 78 RPM shellac format on modern day equipment and is shared for archival and research purposes.

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