Floyd Cramer

7-28-08 Floyd Cramer

When someone at a swap meet says to me, “Got any Floyd?” – I happily say: “Yes, the Floyd Cramer LP’s are in the left-hand crate!”. Mr. Cramer has nearly as many initial works as Ryuichi Sakamoto! It’s very difficult to remember which ones I already have, when confronted with many (inexpensive) Floyd Cramer LP’s. Good thing I carry around my Palm M125!

LP ALMOST PERSUADED CAMDEN US CAS 2508 1971 9 TRKS

LP AMERICA'S BIGGEST SELLING PIANIST RCA US LSP 2466 1961 12 TRKS stereo, re-issue

LP BEST OF Vol. 2 RCA US LSP 4091 1968 12 TRK Collection

LP BIG ONES Vol. 2, THE RCA US LSP 4312 1970 11 TRKS

LP CLASS OF '65 RCA US LSP 3405 1965 12 TRKS stereo

LP CLASS OF '66 RCA US LSP 3650 1966 12 TRKS stereo

LP CLASS OF '67 RCA US LSP 3827 1967 12 TRKS stereo

LP CLASS OF '68 RCA US LSP 4025 1968 11 TRKS stereo

LP CLASS OF '69 RCA US LSP 4162 1969 12 TRKS

LP CLASS OF '70 RCA US LSP 4437 1970 10 TRKS

LP CLASS OF '71 RCA US LSP 4590 1971 10 TRKS

LP CLASS OF '72 RCA US LSP 4773 1972 11 TRKS

LP CLASS OF '73 RCA US APL1-0299 1973 10 TRKS

LP CLASS OF '74 & '75 RCA US APL1-1191 1975 10 TRKS

LP COMIN' ON RCA US LSP 2701 1963 12 TRKS stereo

LP COUNTRY RCA US APL1-1541 1976 12 TRKS

LP COUNTRY PIANO - CITY STRINGS RCA US LSP 2800 1964 12 TRKS stereo

LP CRAMER AT THE CONSOLE RCA US LSP 2883 1964 12 TRKS stereo

LP DALLAS RCA US AHL1-3613 1980 10 TRKS

LP DETOURS RCA US LSP 4676 1972 11 TRKS

LP FLOYD CRAMER PLAYS THE MONKEES RCA US LSP 3811 1967 11 TRKS

LP GETS ORGAN-IZED RCA US LSP 2488 1962 12 TRKS stereo

LP GOES HONKY TONKIN' mono MGM US E-4223 1959? 12 TRKS mono

LP HELLO BLUES RCA US LSP 2151 1960 12 TRKS stereo

LP HERE'S WHAT'S HAPPENING RCA US LSP 3746 1967 12 TRKS stereo

LP I REMEMBER HANK WILLIAMS RCA US LSP 2544 1962 12 TRKS stereo

LP IN CONCERT RCA US APL1-0661 1974 9 TRKS Live

LP KEYBOARD KICK BAND RCA US APL1-2278 1977 11 TRKS

LP LAST DATE RCA US LSP 2350 1961 12 TRKS stereo

LP MAGIC TOUCH OF CAMDEN US CAS 874 1965 10 TRKS

LP NIGHT TRAIN CAMDEN US CAS 2152 1967 10 TRKS

LP ON THE REBOUND RCA US LSP 2359 1961 12 TRKS stereo

LP ONLY THE BIG ONES RCA US LSP 3533 1966 12 TRKS stereo

LP PLAYS COUNTRY CLASSICS RCA US LSP 3935 1968 12 TRKS stereo

LP PLAYS MORE COUNTRY CLASSICS RCA US LSP 4220 1969 10 TRKS

LP SUPER COUNTRY HITS RCA US APD1-0155 1973 11 TRKS Quadradisc

LP SUPER HITS RCA US AHL1-3209 1979 10 TRKS

LP SWING ALONG WITH FLOYD CRAMER RCA US LSP 2642 1963 12 TRKS stereo

Mr. Cramer passed away in 1997, about the time I was really getting started collecting his RCA LP’s. His 70’s LP’s are very groovy indeed! The “Class Of” set is literally one of the very few easy listening LP sets to document the ‘hit single to easy hit’ phenomena over such a length of time.

I was recently given the “Floyd Cramer Plays The Monkees” LP – now I have at least 3 different dedicated Monkees easy listening LP’s!

And Floyd played on some good Elvis records!

- Ron