This one reminded me of lurking in thrift stores back in the day, well before people started scooping up any and all 45s to sell on eBay. Back then you could score Volt 45s or Stax 45s (both the light blue label and yellow finger snapping label) at probably one in three thrift stores. Downtown San Diego had the biggest concentration of thrift stores, about five or six, so if you can imagine that nearly every time you made the rounds, you'd have the opportunity to score something from Stax/Volt. I cherry picked. There were so many big names on the label(s) that if was an artist I didn't recognize, it would go through the deliberation process. (All this for a record that might cost twenty five cents.) First you look at the band name, in this case the Triumphs. Okay, from there you figure it's ether a vocal group or an instrumental band. Then you look at the title "Burnt Biscuits". That sounds more like an instrumental title than a vocal thing. Turn it over and see the flip, "Raw Dough". At this point you're convinced that it is an instrumental record. What you won't know for years is that it is a pre-MGs Booker T. Jones record and the only one by the Triumphs. Regardless of the picked over offerings these days, I need to get my ass downtown.
The Triumphs - Burnt Biscuits mp3 at The A Side
The Triumphs - Raw Dough mp3 at The B Side
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