Con Hunleys Earliest Recordings Re-released On IMMI Records' The First Time From Studio B

Con Hunley re-releases his Prairie Dust recordings for the first time on CD - the music that attracted interest from the major labels and launched his country music career.

(PRWEB) September 29, 2005 -- The songs that launched the career of soulful stylist Con Hunley have been released for the first time on CD by Hunleys new label, IMMI Records. The First Time From Studio B, a collection of the great country soul singers earliest recordings, will be shipping to stores the end of September and is available at http://www.conhunley.com

Originally released in the late 1970s as a series of vinyl singles, this 11-song treasury showcases all the raw emotional power of the man who would soon light up the charts with such incandescent hits as Weekend Friend," Youve Still Got A Place In My Heart," Whats New With You" and Oh Girl."

Larry Morton elected to produce Hunleys records at RCA Records historic Studio B in Nashville, the incubator of hits for Eddy Arnold, Dolly Parton, Charley Pride and dozens of other superstars. Just before the red recording light came on," Hunley recalls, they told me I was standing right where Elvis stood when he recorded. Talk about ‘all shook up'!"

On the strength of those Prairie Dust singles, Warner Bros. Records soon came calling to sign Hunley, and suddenly this local boy" was a national phenomenon.

Illustrated with never-before-released publicity photos for those original sessions, The First Time From Studio B features Hunleys first three chart singles—Pick Up The Pieces," Ill Always Remember That Song" and Breaking Up Is Hard ToDo" — plus Misery Loves Company," Loving You Is A Habit I Cant Break," Columbus Stockade Blues," It Looks Like A Good Night For Drinking," Deep In The Arms Of Texas," Never Felt More Like Im Dying," Look At Me, Loving You Again" and Woman To Man, Man To Woman." Producer Morton remixed all the recordings for this special package.

Next up from IMMI Records are five albums of re-releases from Hunleys Warner Bros. period and another album of his brand new material. Sweet Memories, Hunleys current CD, demonstrated soundly that he remains one of the most dynamic vocalists in country music. As Music Row magazine summarized it, Man, this guy can wail!"

A press page with downloadable photos and audio clips is available at http://conhunley.com/press.htm.

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