Waylon Jennings
ListenJole Blon · 1959
1959 · Waylon Jennings
Jole Blon / When Sin Stops
With Buddy Holly’s encouragement and production, Waylon Jennings made his first commercial single in Clovis, New Mexico. Recorded in 1958 and released in 1959, “Jole Blon” and “When Sin Stops” preserve a young singer working across country, Cajun song and rock and roll, long before his emergence as a central figure in outlaw country.
| Accession | OMMA-0154 |
|---|---|
| Artist | Waylon Jennings |
| Release | 1959 · United States |
| Recording | 1958 · Clovis, New Mexico · produced by Buddy Holly |
| Label | Brunswick · 9-55130 |
| Format | 7-inch vinyl single · 45 rpm |
| Issue | Original U.S. stock issue · burgundy label |
| Runouts | Not yet documented for this copy |
| Recorded grade | Media: NM, seller-reported · sleeve ungraded · not play-graded |
Release history and significance
Jennings’s first record grew out of his friendship with Buddy Holly. Eddie Reeves’s account places the session at Norman Petty’s studio in Clovis in September 1958, with King Curtis on saxophone, and dates the Brunswick release to April 1959. The distinction matters: 1958 identifies the recording, while 1959 is the release year used here.
“Jole Blon” draws on a Cajun standard; “When Sin Stops” places Jennings alongside the early rock-and-roll sound of his mentor. Together, the sides reveal an artist finding his voice before the recordings that made him widely known. This is catalogued as Jennings’s first commercial single, rather than as the beginning of his later outlaw-country style.
In the 1970s, Jennings became closely associated with musicians’ demands for greater control over their records. The Country Music Hall of Fame describes his insistence on choosing material, musicians and recording arrangements. This earlier Brunswick single captures a different stage: a young performer benefiting from Holly’s support, with the boundaries between country and rock and roll still open.
Manufacture and scarcity
No original manufacturing quantity has been established. The original Brunswick configuration is documented, but a numerical pressing estimate would require evidence beyond present-day availability.
Physical description
Original U.S. Brunswick 9-55130 stock single with burgundy labels. Reference label identifiers are 107121 for “Jole Blon” and 107120 for “When Sin Stops.” These are printed identifiers, not verified transcriptions of this copy’s deadwax. Complete runouts and pressing-plant identification remain to be recorded. No original-sleeve claim is made.
Condition
The seller graded the record Near Mint. That grade is retained as seller-reported; the photograph alone does not establish an independent media or playback grade. Sleeve condition is ungraded.
Provenance
Acquired through eBay from seller mryipyap53. The accession documentation does not yet establish a final acquisition date or an earlier ownership chain.
Sources
- Eddie Reeves, memoir account. Describes the Clovis session and April 1959 Brunswick release.
- Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, Waylon Jennings. Holly’s mentorship and Jennings’s later career; its 1958 first-record date is distinguished here from the single’s 1959 release.
- Discogs, release 6060689, supplied release snapshot. Original U.S. Brunswick configuration and reference label identifiers.
- OMMA accession record OMMA-0154, seller’s listing and grade, and the Archive’s label photograph.
Catalogue text reviewed 3 October 2026.