8 to the Bar

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ReleasedSeptember 1941
RecordedMay 7 and June 17, 1941
GenreBoogie-woogie
LabelVictor
8 to the Bar
Studio album by
Pete Johnson and Albert Ammons
ReleasedSeptember 1941
RecordedMay 7 and June 17, 1941
GenreBoogie-woogie
LabelVictor
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8 to the Bar is a studio album released by Pete Johnson and Albert Ammons in 1941 on Victor 78 rpm set P-69, record numbers 27504 through 27507.[3]

It was recorded in two sessions, May 7 and June 17, 1941.[4] It was reissued by RCA Victor in 1952 as a 10-inch LP record as LPT-9.[5] In the United Kingdom, this LP was released by the Gramophone Company as HMV DLP 1011.[6] It was also released as a set of four 45 rpm discs, WPT-14.[7]

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