8 to the Bar
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{{Infobox album
| name = 8 to the Bar
| type = studio
| artist = Pete Johnson and Albert Ammons
| cover = 8totheBar.jpg
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| released = September 1941
| recorded = May 7 and June 17, 1941
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| genre = Boogie-woogie
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| label = Victor
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{{Music ratings
| rev1 = The Virgin Encyclopedia of The Blues (Colin Larkin)
|rev2 = Allmusic
|rev2score ={{rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web|title=8 to the Bar|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/8-to-the-bar-mw0000879062|website=Allmusic|publisher=allmusic.com|access-date=3 February 2017}}
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8 to the Bar is a studio album released by Pete Johnson and Albert Ammons in 1941 on Victor 78rpm set P-69, record numbers 27504 through 27507.{{cite book |last=Bruyninckx |first=Walter |title=60 years of recorded jazz 1917-1977, Volume 6 }}
Background
It was recorded in two sessions, May 7 and June 17, 1941.{{cite web |url=http://www.78discography.com/vic27500.html |title=VICTOR numerical listing discography: 27500 - 28000 |last1=Abrams |first1=Steve |last2=Settlemier |first2=Tyrone |date=May 18, 2012 |work=Online Discographical Project |access-date=July 9, 2013}} It was reissued by RCA Victor in 1952 as a 10-inch LP record as LPT-9.{{cite book |last=Neely |first=Tim |title=Goldmine Jazz Album Price Guide: 50 Years of Jazz on Vinyl |year=2011 |publisher=Krause Publications |isbn=9781440227721 |page=43}} In the United Kingdom, this LP was released by the Gramophone Company as HMV DLP 1011.{{cite book |last=Harris |first=Rex|title=Jazz|edition=4|year=1956 |publisher=Penguin Books |page=167}} It was also released as a set of four 45rpm discs, WPT-14.{{cite news |title=Album and LP Reviews |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c0UEAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22Albert+Ammons%22+%228+to+the+Bar%22&pg=PA49 |newspaper=Billboard |date=December 8, 1951 |page=49 |access-date=July 9, 2013}}
Chart performance
The album peaked at number 2, in 1945, on Billboard's album chart.{{cite book |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |title=Joel Whitburn's Billboard pop hits, singles & albums, 1940-1954|year=2002 |publisher=Record Research |isbn=9780898201529 |page=519}}
Track listing
All titles credited to Johnson and Ammons
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| title1 = Cuttin' the Boogie
| note1 = 27504A
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| title2 = Barrel House Boogie
| note2 = 27504B
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| title3 = Boogie Woogie Man
| note3 = 27505A
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| title4 = Walkin' the Boogie
| note4 = 27505B
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| title5 = Sixth Avenue Express
| note5 = 27506A
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| title6 = Pine Creek
| note6 = 27506B
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| title7 = Foot Pedal Boogie
| note7 = 27507A
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| title8 = Movin' the Boogie
| note8 = 27507B
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References
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