NOTE: This started out as a page regarding records I have collected, and still is. However I have ended up adding other trivia before the start of the records listings, so the records are a scroll or so down. Perhaps someday I'll have the incentive to re-organize this page.
Here are some records I proudly own. (Again, you need to scroll down a little). They are 45's
unless otherwise noted. They are in no particular
order. They are in all different conditions. If anyone
has any info on the
collectability or worth, or has any interesting
comments, praises, criticism, or info about any of
these records, feel free to EMAIL me at bwana1NOSPAM@lycos.ZZZcom Remove the "NOSPAM" and "ZZZ" first (spam protection). As far as selling any, that's
still up in the air at this time.
I am gradually adding 30 second .wav files here, this is
the maximum length WebTV will allow at this point. The
available .wavs will be bold blue and clickable. You need
to scroll to get them all. The audio
quality may not be the best, but I'm working in it. It may
be limited to whatever the WebTV software is set to on
WebTV's end, which I can't control. I can't do every song
because I'm only allowed so much space on these
servers.
Before I get to the records below, here's a treat,
courtesy of local Cleveland DJ, the "new" Johnny Holliday.
I realize this isn't the original Johnny Holliday (I got several e-mails on this, so I made it more clear), but this Johnny Holliday is a expert impersonator and does a great tribute. And yes, his real name is Johnny Holliday! Here are some snippets of local radio
personalities and commercials, late 50's to early
60's that I got on tape from him.
Johnny Holliday/
Bill Randall/
58 Chevy
Champion Sparkplugs/
Southwest Ford/
Old Spice Shampoo
Robert Hall 1/
Robert Hall 2
Speaking of local Cleveland radio, here are some AUTHENTIC AIRCHECKS of Alan
Freed, "The Moondog", WJW, 1954; Jackson "Your Lee-dah!"
Armstrong, WIXY, 1966; CKLW Ed Mitchell on The Big 8, the
Motor City", 1970; WGAR, Bob James, 1977; and
Chickenman!
Was anyone a fan of KOME 98.5, San Jose, CA, USA, "the kome
spot on your radio dial" in the late 70's? How about KFAT
in Gilroy, CA? For this I now have a SEPERATE PAGE, CLICK HERE.
NEW! I just made a new cyberfriend,
DAVID AND HIS 70's ASSORTMENT of commercials, and other clips from that era, and David also has links to his buddies' pages with more 70's media nostalgia!
Here are a few wavs not listed in the main section
below:
"missing" second "Hang on Sloopy" (McCoys)
verse
The ? and the Mysterians 1967 version of
Can't Get Enough of You Baby. I have a taped copy
of my friend's 45.
The Lemon Piper's first single Turn
Around Take a Look. I have this on their first
LP "The Lemon Pipers". Made #7 on WIXY 1260,
Cleveland.
Here's a clip frm the Hendrix/Morrison boot
_Sky
High_
. Warning: Sexual language. I believe a Beatle also
participated in this session, probably John, but not sure.
I'm sure it's not Ringo.
Like Sugar Ray's "Every Morning", and perhaps hear the "Ohhhh-Oh-Oh-Ohhh" riff, and it perhaps sounds hauntingly familiar, like deja vu, but you just can't place it? Maybe you're thinking of some half-obscure 70's tune? HEAR where Sugar Ray "borrowed" that riff from. The song is "Suavecito" by Malo. 1972.
Check often as I will add little by little as
time permits.
Records will be listed as: (?*)A side/B side-Artist,
year, label and label number, label color. (Any
comments).
* The ?, if used, will denote that I'm not sure which
is the A or hit side.
Popsicles and Icicles/Huntington Flats-The Murmaids/The
Murmaids Band, 64, Chattahoochee CH-628-A/-B, deep
pink.
?Dizzy, Miss Lizzy/Slow Down-Larry Williams, 5?,
Specialty 626, yellow and white.
Give Ireland Back to the Irish/" (version)-Wings, 72,
Apple 1847, white with green shamrocks.
Gilligan's Island (Stairway)/The Wet Look-Little Roger
& the Goosebumps, 78, Splash Records SPL 901 A/B, cyan
blue label with silver letters. (Very rare, I got my copy
at Aquarius Records in SF in 1978, and was told there was a
cease and desist order, or something to that effect, on
making or selling any more copies, as no permission given
by Led Zeppelin to use this material, but they proceeded to
sell me one of their supposedly last remaining copies.)
Do Ya/California Man-The Move, 72, United Artists
50928, tan.
I Remember You/I Listen to My Heart-Frank Ifield, 62,
Vee Jay #457, black w/ rainbow edge.
Everyone's Gone to the Moon/Summer's Coming-Jonathan
King, 65, Parrot 45-PAR 9774, orange/yellow
spokes.
Open My Eyes/Hello It's Me-Nazz, 68, S.G.C. 45-001,
pale yellow w/ red lettering. (unfortuately the record
has a crack, but playable).
My Bonnie (My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean)/The Saints
(The Saints Go Marching In)-The Beatles With Tony
Sheridan, 64, MGM K13213, black w/ rainbow
letters.
Walk Tall Like A Man/So Blue
Is Fall-2 of Clubs, 67,
Fraternity F975, red w/ silver letters. ("Walk Tall"
featured in MGM Movie "Doctor, You've Got To Be
Kidding" according to label. "Walk Tall" was a big hit
on WLS/WCFL Chicago, but made only #56 on WIXY,
Cleveland).
Respect/Feelin' Lost-The
Rationals, 67, Cameo
C-437-A/-B, red and black.(Detroit band, did well in
Cleveland, cover of Otis
Redding's "Respect". Label bottom states "© 1963
CAMEO-PARKWAY Records, Inc.").
?
Sticky, Sticky/Mr. Success-Bobby Harris, 6?, Shout
S-203, white, blue and orange.("Division of Bang
Records". "Sticky, Sticky" is a "Hang On Sloopy" clone,
Sloopy mentioned in the song, both sides written by
Bert Berns).
Open
Up Your Door/Once Upon Your Smile-RICHARD and THE
YOUNG LIONS, 66, Philips 40381, black. Big regional hit in
Cleveland. RYL are going to be doing gigs again, and now have a website at
www.richardandtheyounglions.com
You've Got To Hide Your Love Away/City Winds-The
Silkie, 65, Fontana F-1525, light cyan.
Rhapsody In The Rain/Trapeze-Lou Christie, 66, MGM
13473, black w/ rainbow letters. (I have heard two
different versions of "Rhapsody". This one has the line
"And in this car, our love went much too far". I
believe the other version has a different line there. I
don't know which was the "censored" version).
Elevator/Yes-Grapefruit, 68, Equinox E-70005, white
label w/ black letters and yellow sun.
Blue Moon/Little Boy Lost-Herb Lance & The Classics,
6?, Promo P-1010, plum red w/ silver letters. ("A
Product of Addit Recording Corp. ~ N.Y.").
These Boots Are Made For Walkin'!/How Does That Grab
You Darlin', 88,Rhino RNOR 4509, grey. (Pix slv w/
Nancy on front w/ red bground).
Out In
The Sun (Hey-O)/Someday Soon-The Beach-Nuts, 65,
Bang B-504, yellow. (Not the "Someday Soon" you're
thinking of.) Both sides written be Feldman, Goldstein,
Gottehrer. Lou Reed was in this group (confirmed at http://www.classic45s.com/).
Happy XMas (War Is Over)/Listen, The Snow Is
Falling-John & Yoko/The Plastic Ono Band & the Harlem
Community Choir, 71, Apple 1842, black with 5 faces,
John's morphing into Yoko's. (Green vinyl, pix
slv).
daddy iS my PusHer/we're SO glaD elvis IS DeaD-TITS,
78, Plurex 6845 005, white w/ black letters. (pix slv
says "Plurex 101", Dutch)(Also rare. I bought this along
with the "Gilligans Island (Stairway)" record noted above
at Aquarius Records, SF, 1978.)
Spooky/Break Through-Mike
Sharpe, 66, Liberty 55922,
black w/ rainbow side. (This is a jazz instrumental,
and as far as I know, the original, before the Classics
IV covered it, in much the same way the Buckinghams
covered Cannonball Adderley's instrumental "Mercy,
Mercy, Mercy". The Mike Sharpe version peaked at about
#41 on WIXY, and at least #20 on WHK, Cleveland).
Dream
With Me/I Knew You Back When Babe-Jacobson &
Tansley, 66, Filmways Records FW-106, silver and blue.
(Regional hit in Cleveland. Dist. by Valiant
Records).
Boobs A Lot/Black Bottom-The Holy Modal
Rounders-Metromedia 71, DJB0-0201 (BMB0-0201), blue
label, "Not For Sale" on label, in same black print as
rest of label.
Next Plane To London/Flower Town-The Rose Garden, 67,
Atco 45-6510, yellow and white.
Mongoose/I Couldn't Dream-Elephant's Memory, 70,
Metromedia MMS-182, blue.
Israelites/My Precious World-Desmond Dekker & The Aces,
69, Uni 55129, yellow.
?Bongo Gully/It Was Like Heaven-Little Joey And The
Flips, ?, Joy 45K 268, black, color "JOY" and spikes
around label.
?Let It Be Me/Ain't That Loving You Baby-Betty Everett
& Jerry Butler, 64, Vee Jay VJ-613, black, [VJ] on top
w/ VEE JAY in smaller letters in the brackets under the
VJ. Rainbow edge.
Hey Joe (version)/Piss Factory-Patti Smith, 77,Sire
1009, yellow. (pix slv says "special collector's
edition0>
Lou Reed Bootleg EP "White Heat", 1976, 7 inch 45 rpm.
Side one has "Foggy Notion". Side 2 has "Inside Your
Heart","I'm
Sticking With You", and "Ferry Boat Bill".
"all composed by L.H. Read (sic)" White label no
company name, label number AEB 100. Pix slv B&W
doctored-up skyscraper front, B&W pic of Lou (?) on
back w/ car and U-Haul. Under song titles it says
"BABBLE ON & MEGAN".
Hot Love/One Inch Rock-Seagull Woman-T. Rex, 71,
Reprise 1006, orange.
Our
Dream/Girls, Girls, Girls-The Munx, 68, Clevetown CTXP
400 A & B, cyan with black silhouette of Cleveland's
Terminal Tower. Great group from the Cleveland area, who started out in Sandusky, Ohio, and evolved into Sheffield Rush.
All The
Better To Love You/Ever Since The World Began-Steve and
Donna, 60?, Liberty F-55192, dk. cyan.
The Dawn
of Correction/For You Babe-The Spokesmen, 65, Decca
31844. (Answer record to "Eve of Destruction" by Barry
McGuire, 1965).
Call Me
Lightning/Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde-The Who, 68, Decca
32288. (Supposedly one of their rarer records, charted at
#10 on WIXY on 4/5/68)
Gloria/My Generation-Patti Smith Group, 75, Arista AS
0171, pale blue. (pix slv).
Mongoloid/Jocko Homo-Devo, 77, Booji Boy Records
7033-14A/B, black w/ silver letters and face graphic.
(Fold open cover, front shows posterized pic of band,
world map with "DE-EVOLUTION" written across it, on
bottom "Q: ARE WE NOT MEN?". Inside, left panel,
musical notes w/ "it's d-e-v-o.. from o-h-i-o!, and the
words to both songs, next two panels hidden inside
covering record- graphic "Devo - three piece swim set".
Visible right inside panel, two posterized band
members, and "A: WE ARE DEVO !!!" on bottom. Back panel
has one member posterized with cube glasses, and "we're
all devo! booji boy x o " in script in upper right
corner).
I
Remember/Whiplash-101 Strings Orchestra (and the
Sounds of Bebe Bardon on side A)-a/s Records
AS-4522-A/B, red w/ black letters. (Side A says "For
Adults Only" so WARNING: the words are very
X-rated).
Love At First
Sight (Je T'aime ... Moi Non
Plus)/Nancy's Song-101 Strings Orchestra (with Special
Sound Effects by Bebe Bardon on Side A), ?, A/S Records
AS-4508-A/B, yellow with black letters (All "moans" on
this one, but doesn't carry the adult warning).
Batman Theme/Richie's Theme-The Marketts, 66, Warner
Bros. WB 5696, orange w/ black letters and
arrowheads.
Niki Hoeky/Good Things Are Coming My Way-P.J. Proby,
67, Liberty 55936, black w/ rainbow side.
Master Jack/I Looked Back-Four Jacks and a Jill, 68,
RCA Victor 47-9473, black.
Lucifer/Big River-The Bob Seger System, 70, Capitol
2748, red and orange.
No Good To
Cry/Never Mind-Wildweeds, 68, Cadet 5561,
blue.
Naturally Stoned/Honey and Gall-The Avant-Garde, 68,
Columbia 4-44590, red.
Out Of Limits/Bella Dalena-The Marketts, 63, Warner
Bros. 5391, red w/ black lettering and colored arrows
coming from hole. WB logo.
I Wonder What She's Doing Tonight/Don't Go-Barry and
the Tamerlanes, 64, Valiant 6034, purple w/ silver
letters. (This hit song was first offered to the Cascades,
to follow "Rhythm of the Rain", who turned it
down.)
Make Believe/Groovin With
Mr. Bloe-Wind, 69, Life
Records L-200, black label, "LIFE" and cross are
magenta with white outlines. That's Tony Orlando singing. This came out only a few months prior to his first release with
Dawn ("Candida"). This song is a definate 4 Seasons
takeoff, and the ENDING (click to hear) _is_ the ending of the 4 Season's
"Save It For Me" but sung in a different key(?).
Happy/Blue May-The Sunshine Company, 67, Imperial
66247, peach w/ lt. green side, says "AUDITION
RECORD".
Give Me One More
Chance/Get It (Instrumental)-Wilmer
and the Dukes-Aphrodisiac SME 260, lt. orange w/ black
letters. (Cleveland regional hit)
?Why/Cry For A Shadow-The Beatles With Tony Sheridan,
?, MGM K 13227, black w/ rainbow MGM.
Outside The Gates Of
Heaven/All That Glitters Isn't
Gold-Lou Christie, 66, CO & CE C-235, yellow w/ black
letters.(The Tammys, who had a 1963 minor hit "Egyptian
Shumba" did backup vocals on this.)
?(Rockin' Crickets)/Five Points-Rudy Vincent Jr. and
his Rockin' Crickets, ?, End E-1042, white, black
letters, red "end", front of dog -- "end" -- chasing
rear of dog.
How Do You Catch A Girl/The Love You Left Behind-Sam
the Sham and the Pharaohs, 66, MGM, yellow w/ black
letters, "Special Disc Jockey Record","Not For
Sale".
Avenging Annie/So Fine (It's Frightening)-Andy Pratt,
73, Columbia 4-45804, red and orange.
What A Woman In Love Won't
Do/Shattered-Sandy Posey,
67, MGM K13702, black w/ silver letters and rainbow
MGM. ("Shattered" not the one done by the
Stones). I always loved her voice, unique, but a hint of
Dolly Parton in it before Dolly was really big, er, I mean
a big _name_!.
There's No Surf In Cleveland/Laugh In The Dark-The
Euclid Beach Band, 78, Scene SR 45001, lt. blue label
w/ black letters.
She's
Gone/The Road Of Life-Jerry G. & Co., 66,
Clevetown Records CTXP-240-A/B, blue and black w/
silhouette of Terminal Tower (Cleveland Landmark)
(Jerry G. was a DJ on KYW/WKYC radio 1100, in the mid
60's).
Go Back/Try-Crabby Appleton, 70, Elektra, white, black,
and red.
Did You See Her Eyes/Falling In Love-The Illusion, 69,
Steed 45-712, grey "Promotional Copy, Not For
Sale".
Yellow River/Down The Mississippi Line-Christie, 70,
Epic 5-10626, yellow.
Love Me Do/P.S. I Love You-The Beatles, 64, Tollie
T-9008,yellow w/ black letters.
Nothing But A Heartache/How Can You Tell Me!-The
Flirtations, 69, Deram 45-DEM-85038, white and
tan.
Dusty/Hey, Hoagy-The Rag Dolls,
64, Mala 493, blue w/
silver letters. Female 4 Seasons.
Gloria/Baby, Please Don't Go-Them, ?, Parrot 45-PAR
9727, black w/ silver letters, green and yellow parrot
and yellow "parrot".
Ice In The Sun/When My Mind Is Not Live-Status Quo, 68,
Cadet Concept 7006, DJ Copy.
Today's Lament/Love & Her-Lee Rand, 66, Destiny @ sets of numbers: U4KM-3216 and
813S-3215, red w/ silver letters.
Respectable/Lost In My World-The Outsiders, 66, Capitol
5701, orange and yellow swirl.
Younger Girl/Gone For Awhile-The Critters, 66, Kapp
K-752, black w/ silver letters.
Hold Me Tight/Cupid-Johnny Nash, 68, JAD J-207-A/B,
white, green, and purple.
San Francisco Girls/Come With Me-Fever Tree, 68, Uni
55060, yellow with colored swirls.
Be
Faithful/Thumper-The Twilighters, 65, Bell 624, dk.
blue. (Cleveland band, played a lot on WHK back then.
Anyone know anything about this band?).
East Side Story
Pts. I/ & II-Bob Seger, Abkco 4015, 66, lt. grey-blue.
(re-issue?)(Seger's first 45 AFAIK, mild hit in
Cleveland)
Hold Me
/Here I Come Miami-The
Baskerville Hounds, 68, Avco Embassy AVE-4504, purple w/
red border. (Cleveland band who had a few local hits, but
this one flopped here in Cleveland, but I heard it made #1
in Erie, PA).
-------Here's more, but I'm going to be real basic until I
have time to put in all the details. Some may be duplicate
listings-------
Painter-Lou Christie (mgm)
If I Were A Carpenter-Bob Seger (Palladium)
Sing A Song For Freedom-Frijid Pink (Parrot)
Playboy-Gene and Debbe (TRX)[I just realized it's "Debbe",
not "Debbie"]
New Orleans/Hanky Panky-Neil Diamond (Bang)
Let's Go-Ray Charles (Impulse)
Wild Thing-Fancy (Big Tree)
Painted Ladies-Ian Thomas (Janus)
What Kind of Love Is This-Joey Dee (Roulette)
Moonflight-Vik Venus (Buddah)
Hey Joe-The Leaves (Mira)
The Chipmunk Song-The Chipmunks (Liberty)
Clementine/Tall Story-Bobby Darin (Atco)
Yesterday Man-Chris Andrews (Atco)
I Wonder, I Wonder, I Wonder-The Little Dippers
(University)
I'm in the Mood for Love-The Chimes (TAG)
The Very Thought of You-Little Willie John (King), also
"Talk to Me, Talk to Me"
Kili - Watch/I Told You So-The Cousins (Palette)
Kong-Dickie Goodman (Shock)
Energy Crisis '74-Dickie Goodman (Rainy Wednesday)
Will You Be Staying After Sunday-The Peppermint Rainbow
(Decca)(Some of the Lemon Pipers are in this group)
We're All Playing In the Same Band-Bert Sommer
(Eleuthera)
And You Do-Charade (Epic)(Cleveland or Akron band?)
Blue's Theme- The Arrows (Tower)
I've Got Love For My Baby-Younghearts (Minit)
Hey, Hey, Bunny-John Fred & Playboy Band (Paula)
Mrs. Bluebird-Eternity's Children (Tower)
Candy's Going Bad-Golden Earring (Track)
Sometimes You Just Can't Win'What Is Happiness-John Fred &
Playboy Band (Paula)
Little Arrows-Leapy Lee (Decca)
Let's Call it a Day Girl-The Razor's Edge
(POW!)
Condition Red-The
Goodies (HIP) Good take-off on "Leader of the Pack"
Quentin's Theme-The Charles Randolph Greane Sounds
(Ranwood)[from _Dark Shadows_ tv show]
Hot Smoke & Sassafrass-The Bubble Puppy (International
Artists)
Are You A Boy or Are You a Girl-The Barbarians (Laurie)
Outside Chance-The
Turtles (White Whale)
Hang on Sloopy-The Ramsey Lewis Trio (Cadet)
Fever/
Sorrow (yes, the one David Bowie covered)-McCoys
(Bang)
Popsicle/
Norwegian Wood (yes, the Beatles song)-Jan &
Dean
(Liberty)
Love Me, Love Me Love-Frank Mills (Sunflower)
Too Many Fish In The Sea-The Marvelettes (Tamla)
Like A Baby-Len Barry (Decca)
(You Make Me Feel) So Good-The McCoys (Bang)
I'm Doing Fine Now-New York City (Chelsea)
She Ain't Lovin' You-The Distant Cousins (Date)
Alice Long-Boyce & Hart (A&M)
The Land of Milk and Honey-The Vogues (CO & CE)
Be My Baby-Andy Kim (Steed)
Have I The Right?-The Honeycombs (Interphon)
Breakin' Down the Walls of
Heartache-The Bandwagon
(Epic)
Baby Let Me Take You Home/Gonna Send You Back to Walker-The
Animals (MGM
Rings-Cymarron (Entrance)
You, I-The Rugbys (Amazon)
The River is Wide-The Grassroots (Dunhill)
Tongue In Cheek-Sugarloaf (Liberty)
Baby Take Me in Your Arms-Jefferson (Janus)
I Love You Madly-The Fantastic Four
Sidewalk Surfin'Jan & Dean (Liberty)
Summertime Blues-Blue Cheer (Philips)
Barefoot in Baltimore-Strawberry Alarm Clock (UNI)
Baby, Scratck My Back-Slim Harpo (Excello)
Let's Work Together Pts. 1 & 2-Wilbert Harrison One Man
Band (Sue)
Alone/Long Lonely Nights-The Four Seasons (VJ)
As The Years Go By-Mashmakhan (Epic)
Run, Run, Run-The Gestures (soma)
The Beginning of My End-The Unifics
(Kapp)
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