8 to the Bar credited to (Johnson - Ammons) 8 to the Bar 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. It was recorded in two sessions, May 7 and June 17, 1941. It was reissued by RCA Victor in 1952 as a 10-inch LP record as LPT-9. In the United Kingdom, this LP was released by the Gramophone Company as HMV DLP 1011. It was also released as a set of four 45rpm discs, WPT-14. The album peaked at number 2, in 1945, on
Book-and-record set its offshoot Power Records) and others, from the dawn of long-playing records and the 45rpm single until the digital age. In the late 1940s and early 1950s, Capitol Records produced many book-and-record sets for children, ranging from everything from Bozo the Clown to the classical music fantasy "Sparky's Magic Piano". A "picture storybook" of the 1982 movie "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" narrated by Michael Jackson became a highly prized collectible, after it went out of print. Newer sets may still be found among recordings for children. Book-and-record set Book-and-record sets are a form of entertainment for children, consisting of a picture