1967
Wednesday, October 12, 2016
Wednesday, October 5, 2016
Zehn Archar
Baltimore band led by Richard Taylor. Had 4 releases pressed by Rite Records between 1978 and 1980
39181 - Rock & Roll Punks //
39182 - The Last Time.
39182 - The Last Time.
EP "Public Comfort Station"
39669 - Situation Suffocation / Fame's Debris //
39670 - She Tried Again / San Quentin Quail
39669 - Situation Suffocation / Fame's Debris //
39670 - She Tried Again / San Quentin Quail
Omegalpha Records (1979)
40591 - Charm City Blues //
40592 - Suburbia Hard
Omegalpha Records (1980)
41535/41536
Omegalpha Records (1980)
41535/41536
EP "Beat Street"
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| 2nd record (picture sleeve) |
Labels:
39181,
39669,
40591,
41535,
Maryland,
Omegalpha Records,
RMT Recordings
John Brown Trio (Northway Records)
John Brown Trio
12785 ~ It's My Lovin' Baby
Salyers-Harris Northway Music BM
12786 ~ Love Is A Wonderful Thing
J. Brown Northway Music BMI
Northway 1001
Produced By Sandy Salyers
PO Box 18
Ionia, Michigan
Friday, September 30, 2016
Mary Lou Wahl on Delta
D-1919
"Mam'selle Marie" was one of the five "Imaginary early Louisiana songs of slavery" composed in 1929 by David W. Guion, with words by Marie Lussi.
Labels:
03627,
Delta Records (Indiana),
Indiana,
Indianapolis (Ind.)
Thursday, September 29, 2016
Country Girl Kay
Country Girl Kay
CP-5363 - .Montana Stomp / No One Loves You Like I Do
CP-5364 - Canadian Waltz / My Heart Say Forget
Whitkay Record Co., Inc. 501
1961
CP-5363 - .Montana Stomp / No One Loves You Like I Do
CP-5364 - Canadian Waltz / My Heart Say Forget
Whitkay Record Co., Inc. 501
1961
Born Helen Evelyn Smith in Buffalo, Missouri in 1923. Country Girl Kay was a country musician at heart, and could play the following instruments by ear: guitar, banjo, fiddle, accordion, mandolin and the piano. Along with playing instruments she could read and write music. She learned this from her favorite teacher, Lois Farmer.
She and her sister Wanda, who also was musician, performed with traveling country bands in the 1940s. Some of the performances were on radio broadcasts. They played music in their duet [The Smith Sisters], until they made a trio by joining Boots Faye, another music entertainer.
When her sister Wanda get married, she formed a duet with Carson Jack Whittaker and performed at fairs and rodeos. After their marriage in the mid 40's, they continued to perform music. During that period of her life her husband decided to be her manager. Then she began to perform solo. For a while she had a recording contract with Capitol Records. One of the songs they wrote together ("Texas Boogie") was recorded by Gene O'Quin for Capitol Records. After that she and her husband formed Whitkay Records. About ten singles were released between 1961 and 1964.
Carson Jack Whittaker was murdered July 1964, while hitchhiking near Afton, Wyoming. According to media coverage of the crime, when the accused shooter was discovered, he had in his possession a suitcase containing "unpublished songs" written by Kay.
Kay did not record after her husband's death.
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| Helen Evelyn (Kay) Smith Whittaker Gardner March 7, 1923 - March 12, 2002 |
Sunday, September 25, 2016
George Mack presents Kingsmen Combo
George Mack presents
Kingsmen Combo
vocal James Thompson
CP-4661 - Betty
CP-4662 - Please Be Mine
James-Calvin-Albert, Charm Music BMI
Carter 3025/6
1960
CP-4661 - Betty
CP-4662 - Please Be Mine
James-Calvin-Albert, Charm Music BMI
Carter 3025/6
1960
Friday, September 23, 2016
Loyal Pritchard
#1017
McClendon Enterprises
LaGrande, Georgia
1963
Loyal Pritchard, Alabama songwriter and singer
Discography
Loyal and Ronnie
Loyal Pritchard
57 - Trepur 1002 : Darling How I Miss You / You Can't Hand Me That Line
Loyal Pritchard
61 - Moonbow 939 : The Bounce / Driftwood
63 - Trepur 1017 : Heartbreak Party / Second Chance
68 - Moonbow 1002 [Rite 18941/2] : It Must Be Love / Too Much Of Not Enough
69 - Loral 19069 [Rite 23757/8] : Love By The Golden Rule / Relax And Rare Back
?? - Nervous Breakdown, unissued (White Label LP 8943)
Jo & Loyal Pritchard
72 - Loral [Rite 29561/2] : Who Will I Will / You Cry Not Alone
Labels:
10765,
18941,
23757,
29561,
Georgia,
LaGrange (Georgia),
Loral Records,
Moonbow Records,
Trepur Records
Thursday, September 8, 2016
ADS Audio-Visual Productions
One of the earliest Audio-Visual Productions
from 1965
from 1965
One of the most prolific producer of public service spots (video cassettes and records) was Audio-Visual Productions located in the Washington D.C. area (in Fairfax, Virginia) and presided by Art Stamler from 1962 to 1985.
Dr. Arthur (Art) Donald Stamler
Dr. Stamler began his career in broadcasting in 1952 when he joined the staff of WBUR, Boston University's FM station, as a student. He then joined WXKS in Boston as News Director.
In 1955, Dr. Stamler first entered management as General Manager of WGUY in Bangor, ME. He served two years with the United States Army and several years in the Army Reserve as a Radio Broadcast Officer. He went back to management briefly with WFAX, a Washington, DC-area station, and then took ownership of another DC-area station, WOHN. From 1962 to 1985, he was President and Executive Producer of Ads Audiovisual Productions, the nation's largest producer of public service spots for radio and television, located in Fairfax, Virginia.
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The following discography is not exhaustive. Only the records pressed by Rite Records are listed and surely many are still missing.
14287/8
An Epilepsy Information Program
The Epilepsy Foundation
12 cuts
17925/6
These stars speak for Equal Employment Opportunity. Produced for the EEOC
— Stars included are: Vice President Of The U.S. Hubert H. Humphrey, Frederick O’Neal, Robert Culp, Bill Cosby, Andy Griffith, Porter Wagoner, Shirley Jones, Vince Edwards, Herb Alpert, Tammy Grimes, Count Basie, Dennis Weaver, Jack Warden, Ivan Dixon, Greg Morris, Marlo Thomas, Karl Malden, Diahann Carroll, And Florence Henderson.
18499/18500
Flightlines - Federal Aviation Administration
Documentary Radio Programs About Aviation In America
19999/20000
What Music Means To Me
The Music Educators National Conference
16 cuts— For details and track listing see Discogs
20351/2
Grange Centennial 1867 - 1967
— For details and track listing see Discogs
20457/8
Small Business Administration: Radio Announcements & Programs; SBA
— spoken w/music; features cast of the Mission Impossible TV show
21049/50/1/2
Accent on Performance
Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass with Dick Clark (2 LPs);
Government Handicap Employment
21953/4
Drive Like a Pro
American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators Public Service Radio Spots.
—Promoting safe driving and responsibility. Spots are by such great TV and Movie stars of the 1960s as: Steve McQueen, Kathy Garver(Family Affair), Don Adams(Get Smart), Peter Graves(Mission Impossible), Greg Morris(Mission Impossible) and Jack Webb(Dragnet). There are a total of 20 spots in all; some as short as 10 seconds some as long as a minute. Some of the spots seem very concerned about drinking, drugs and driving.
22971/2
Down By The Riverside
Office Of Public Info, Federal Water Pollution Control Admin, US Dept Of The Interior
23107/8
A Place To Live" -The National Wildlife Federation.
public service announcements radio spots
Featured on these radio spots are: Thomas L. Kimball, Fred MacMurray, Robert Morse, Deborah Kerr, Carlos Saenz, Tiny Tim, Barbara Bain, Burt Lancaster, Glen Campbell, Ricardo Montalban, Hume Cronyn, Carol Lynley, Brian Keith, Deborah Kerr, George Kennedy, Sherry North, Tom Smothers, Dan Blocker & James Garner. The spots are all 30 to 60 seconds except the one by Deborah Kerr which is 20 seconds.
These spots have to do with air and water pollution, soil erosion, wildlife protection, forest management and more
23593/4
Legacy For Tomorrow
Conservation Education Announcements from The National Rifle Association of America
Sharon Tate, Walter Brennan, Nancy Kwan
25117/8
Epilepsy Information Announcements
Epilepsy Foundation Of America
https://www.discogs.com/fr/Various-Epilepsy-Information-Announcements/release/7756054
25463/4
Time For Hope - Project Hope
26253/4
The Race For Safety (National Safety Bureau)
radio spots commercials with short interviews of Indy 500 drivers about wearing their safety belts! 8 short spots ranging from 60 second (Dan Gurney) and 30 second spots by Bruce Walkup , LeeRoy Yarborough, Roger McCluskey, John Rutherford and 20 second spots with Wally Dallenbach Lloyd Ruby (10 seconds)... .33 rpm 7" EP with Picture sleeve
27183/4
Who Are the Prisoners?
A vital series of Public Service Spots from the Disabled American Veterans
20 cuts incl. Greg Morris, Lloyd Nolan, Irene Ryan, Irene Tuttle, George Kennedy, Robert Young, Dana Andrews, Tige Andrews, Peggy Lipton, Sebastian Cabot, Dead Or Alive
27185/6
Reach Out, The Future is in Your Hands; radio spots from the American Legion Reaching Out the 70's For Youth-Unity-Veterans
Cuts by Commander Chamie, John Wayne, James Stewart, Robert Stack ,JohnnyUnitas, Martin Miler, Lawrence Welk, James Drury, Johnny Grant, Mel Allen, Bing Crosby, MacDonald Carey, Peter Graves and Leif Erickson.
27475/6
Time for Hope - At Home and Abroad - Project Hope
People-to-People Health Foundation
27775/6
Modern Maturity Messages
The American Association Of Retired Persons
See https://www.discogs.com/fr/Various-Modern-Maturity-Messages/release/4452671
27849/20
Public Service Spots To Your Health!
National Ice Association
See https://www.discogs.com/fr/Unknown-Artist-Public-Service-Spots-To-Your-Health/release/6434280
22971/2
Tuesday, July 26, 2016
Plant Talk / Sound Advice
Plant Talk
Sound Advice
Plant Talk Productions
1976
Side 1 - 36415
A1 English Ivy
A2 Fern
A3 Spider Plant
A4 Schefflera
A5 Philodendron
A6 Palm
A7 Baby Tears
A8 Sun Loving Plants
A9 Brain Cactus
A10 Jade
A11 Croton
A12 Peperomia
A13 Iron Cross Begonia
A14 Dracaena Godseffiana
A15 Nepthytis
A16 Rubber Plant
A17 False Aralia
A18 Ficus
A19 Benjamina
A20 Norfolk Island Pine
A21 Wandering Jew
A22 Gardenia
A23 Sansevieria
A24 Piggy Back
A25 African Violet
A26 Coleus
A27 Keep It Green
Side 2 - 36416
B Sound Advice on the care & feeding of houseplants
A2 Fern
A3 Spider Plant
A4 Schefflera
A5 Philodendron
A6 Palm
A7 Baby Tears
A8 Sun Loving Plants
A9 Brain Cactus
A10 Jade
A11 Croton
A12 Peperomia
A13 Iron Cross Begonia
A14 Dracaena Godseffiana
A15 Nepthytis
A16 Rubber Plant
A17 False Aralia
A18 Ficus
A19 Benjamina
A20 Norfolk Island Pine
A21 Wandering Jew
A22 Gardenia
A23 Sansevieria
A24 Piggy Back
A25 African Violet
A26 Coleus
A27 Keep It Green
Side 2 - 36416
B Sound Advice on the care & feeding of houseplants
Production : Jim Bricker - Voice Molly Roth
Front photograph W. Remphrey Burchell / Burchell Studios
Back photograph Fred Butz
Back photograph Fred Butz
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Listen to both sides at WFMU.org here
Learn about the Plant consciouness Communication here
Track listing courtesy of rateyourmusic (I'm too lazy today for typing all these names)
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The Des Moines Register from Des Moines, Iowa · Page 133
July 25, 1976
July 25, 1976
Molly Roth sweet-talks a plant as she is interviewed for a TV show. 'Grow, or I'll .break your stem' By DOC HOLLOBAUGH
Molly Roth says she was the hit of the Transworld Home Horticulture Exhibit For the uninitiated, the exhibit was held this past spring at the International Amphitheater in Chicago, 111., and everybody who was anybody in the lucrative world of xxxg green houseplants, and the paraphenalia that goes with them, was then. Molly Roth's contribution to the exhibit was a record called "Plant Talk, Sound Advice for the Care and Feeding of House Plants." The tongue-in-cheek subtitle is "Do you speak English, Ivy?" and includes appropriate conversations with wandering Jew, African violets, palms, ferns, spider plants and others. "We knocked them out" said Roth from her Green Earth plant shop in Lafayette, Ind., where she deals in facts and superlatives. Roth's theory to that most people talk to the things they love. "You talk to your cat, right? Well, there are people who sincerely believe that by talking to plants they set up good vibes." "I've talked to plants all my life. Sometimes I say, 'Grow, or I'll break your stem.'" As for horticulturists who scoff at the talk-to-plants theory, Roth thinks many of them may have brown thumbs. "Raising house plants to like raising kids. I've seen parents who are not In control. Plants scare some people like "A plant has to know who is boss." Roth has a 92,000 stereo system in her shop, "A twenty-first century looking number with purple lights." A sign says, "Play the free juke box, the plants love it" "My plants are gorgeous. They hear everything — golden oldies, add rock, country western, classical" 'Roth said. "Let me tell you about the album cover, babe. You'll love it
By the way, I got a letter from Marion, la., wanting a record. Where is that? "Well, hell get it as soon as we get the shipment Anyway, the girl on the record Jacket looks like Lady Godiva. This girl with long blonde hair falling all over her shoulders. She's standing In back of my Juke box with a watering can in one hand and... it really looks like Eve in her bunch of plants. Terrific. "I think I'm so darn clever, so I wrote the script for the record. I said to myself, 'Molly, this is just pure dynamite.' "There is a plant music record out but it's just pure classical. You know, Bach, Beethoven. I don't have it My plants have to be versatile. "If an add rock freak comes in and buys one of my plants, what happens when he takes it home if that plant has grown upon Bach? Disaster, right?" Beside*, her theory goes, if you get close enough to talk to your plants you're close enough to see if they need water or they have bugs
The girl standing In back of the Juke box with a watering can in one hand
(cover detail)
Labels:
36415,
Chicago (Illinois),
Illinois,
Indiana,
Lafayette (Ind.),
Plant Talk
Monday, July 25, 2016
The Masonic Allstars on Soy
Produced by James E. Smith
Rec. at Alpha Audio Richmond, Va
Soy Records
Gospel Music Inc. 836 Cameron,
St. Petersburg Va. 23803
1979
Wednesday, July 13, 2016
Zotz 101
side 1
Nancy Broom
19113 - Forever And A Day
side 2
Tony Vaughan (Vocalist)
19114 - You Just Lost Me
(Written by The Vaughans)
Zotz 101
A "White Church Custom"
Lee Roy Abernathy
Canton, Georgia 404-479-3423
Tony Vaughn, now a member of The Local Legends, has played in several popular Atlanta Bands through the years and throughout the southeast. F******K
Nancy Broom
19113 - Forever And A Day
side 2
Tony Vaughan (Vocalist)
19114 - You Just Lost Me
(Written by The Vaughans)
Zotz 101
A "White Church Custom"
Lee Roy Abernathy
Canton, Georgia 404-479-3423
Tony Vaughn, now a member of The Local Legends, has played in several popular Atlanta Bands through the years and throughout the southeast. F******K
Labels:
19113,
Canton (GA),
Georgia,
Lee Roy Abernathy,
Zotz Records
Norman Burns (Sterling 524)
Norman Burns And Singers
27287 - Friendship
Virginia Wiech And Lew Tobin
27288 - Is It Wrong
Isaac Mandel And Lew Tobin
Arranger Art Kempel
Sterling 524
From http://bobpurse.blogspot.fr/2016/07/he-dont-wanna-be-right.html
Herbie Barnes on Elvitrue
Herbie Barnes
Norwood Vann - accompanist
CP-2335 – Couldn't It Be That I'm In Love
CP-2336 - The Lady With The Jet Black Hair
Elvitrue Recordings E-59918
The Lady With The Jet Black Hair words and music © Herbie Barnes, Kenneth Spencer & James Hadley, October 7, 1959CP-2335 – Couldn't It Be That I'm In Love
CP-2336 - The Lady With The Jet Black Hair
Elvitrue Recordings E-59918
Labels:
02335,
Elvitrue Recordings,
North Carolina,
Wilmington (NC)
Monday, July 11, 2016
King Rubyduby & his Buggadillies
King Rubyduby & his Buggadillies
20709 – Mmmm-yes!
20710 – Rubyduby rag
Charoy 001
Charoy Music Publishing and Recording
Oakland, Maryland
1967
Blues instrumental obscurity. Both sides penned by G. Smith and J. Scherb. 20709 – Mmmm-yes!
20710 – Rubyduby rag
Charoy 001
Charoy Music Publishing and Recording
Oakland, Maryland
1967
According to wikipedia, Oakland is a town in the west-central part of Garrett County, Maryland. The town has a population of 1,925 according to the 2010 United States Census. Surely someone from a so little town must known something about this so remarkably named band !
Friday, May 20, 2016
Tino and the Revlons on Mark
Tino & the Revlons
CP-4421- Black Burma-mudas and Knee Socks
CP-4422 - Story Of Our Love
Both wr. R. Demart & B. Rezey
Tino was murdered in Jamaica in January 1983. Some local thugs were mugging his wife, Tino stepped in to defend her but was then stabbed to death.
Note : Rite numbers are in dead wax only and not on label
Thursday, May 19, 2016
The Roger Sisters on Excellent
The Roger Sisters
Recitation : Steve Taylor
CP-1152 - Jealous Hate
S. Taylor
Mooney & Lee Music, BMI
The Roger Sisters
CP-1153 - My Misery
Taylor, Colvin, Roger Sisters
Mooney & Lee Music, BMI
Excellent 310
Wednesday, May 18, 2016
Hit Parade Clandestino
HIT PARADE CLANDESTINO
record no. 502
CP-4645 - Lamento A La Cuba Herida
CP-4646 - Conga Del Miliciano
Two anti-Castro songs in spanish, presumably recorded in Florida. Pressing is from December 1960
record no. 502
CP-4645 - Lamento A La Cuba Herida
CP-4646 - Conga Del Miliciano
Two anti-Castro songs in spanish, presumably recorded in Florida. Pressing is from December 1960
Air 5027 (song-poem EP)
CP-4549
Cara Stewart with Orchestra
Sugar
(Walter Greenlaw-Gladys Meaux) /
I'm So Blue
I'm So Blue
(Walter Greenlaw-Winnefred Anderson)
CP-4550
CP-4550
Sonny Marshall with Orchestra
I'll Always Love You
I'll Always Love You
(Tom Marabella)
You Want To Cry
(Charles J. Suttle)
You Want To Cry
(Charles J. Suttle)
From The Wonderful and the Obscure blog
Gary Powell - Wings Of A Dove
Gary Powell
"Wings Of A Dove"
Side one (15969)
God Is Standing By / I Had A Talk With God / I Shady Green Pastures / In The Sweet By And By / Down By The River / We Shall Be Changed
Side two (15970)
Wings Of A Dove / Sweet Jesus / Jesus Be A Fence / I'll Go On With Jesus / Heartaches / I Can't Stop Loving You
Tabernacle Records #21
P.O. Box 1961
Daytona Beach, Fla.
Daytona Beach, Fla.
1965
Younger brother of Don Powell, pentocostal evangelist
Labels:
15969,
Daytona Beach (FL),
Florida,
Tabernacle Records
Friday, May 13, 2016
Marti Williamson on RCM
41233 - Rosie - The Paper Doll
(M. Williamson, Bill Martin Music)
41234 - The Eagle's Flight
(M. Williamson, Bill Martin Music)
Arr. Paul Martin
RCM Inc.
41234 - The Eagle's Flight
(M. Williamson, Bill Martin Music)
Arr. Paul Martin
RCM Inc.
1980
Marti Willliamson (1927-2009)
Born Martine Gaynor in Tell City, Indiana. Marti was an accomplished musician, singer, song writer and storyteller. She also was the owner of “The Gathering Place, in Harrodsburg, Kentucky.
Above - The Gathering Place : Musician and storyteller Marti Williamson performs on the hammered and Kentucky mountain dulcimers, autoharps, guitar and other instruments. Dulcimer is Kentucky's typical instrument.
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The Gathering Place sports a rough wood exterior. Far left, candles illuminate a checkering harp and old-fashioned doll on a mantlepiece. The woman at the wood stove wears lacey black stockings and high button shoes. She clangs the burner tops expertly, stoking the fire with a combination of wood and coal. "There's an art to keeping a fire going in a stove like this. My mother worked at it," she says. A plume of steam rises from a tin coffee pot and the smell of fresh rolls fills the air as she takes a pan from the warming oven. Marti Williamson could be next door where things are a bit more up to date, but there are times when she likes to go back to the old ways.
. "I grew up pretty primitive, much more than this," she says, the sweep of her arm taking in the wind-up Victrola. the collection of old-fashioned cloth dolls, the turn-of-the-century clothing and the down-home musical instruments arranged artfully in the room. "We carried in water and wood, carried out ashes We didn't have electricity." Even now. when she is entertaining folks in this room. Williamson prefers candles in wrought-iron holders to more modern forms of light. She likes to keep things as simple as possible in her "play house." She likes hanging on to the way things used to be, and she likes sharing those old ways with other people. "I think it's so important for us to keep in touch with our roots," she says, opening a 50-year-old refrigerator, a small device with legs.
Williamson has definitely kept in touch with hers. From the folk songs she sings while plucking the strings of a harp to the 19th-century dresses she wears, she reflects the era of her beginnings. It was her interest in collecting antique items and her love for performing that prompted Williamson to open The Gathering Place beside her home on U.S. 127 in Har-rodsburg two years ago. A rustic building paneled in barn wood, The Gathering Place is filled with photographs, clothing, books, kitchen implements, dishes, dolls, quilts, baskets and instruments from the past.
"Sometimes I come here in the evening and just sit," says Williamson. More often, though, she comes to the little one-room building to entertain visitors who come, usually in groups, to see and learn about the building's contents and hear Williamson play and sing. Stepping inside the heavy poplar door with its huge wooden hinges is like stepping back in time. Williamson and her husband, Forrest, who is superintendent of Harrodsburg schools, have given the place a rustic, old-fashioned look. He built the door, laid the poplar floors and paneled the room with barn wood she collected. "When I'd see barn wood, I'd just stop the car. Sometimes they'd say, 'Just take it,'" says Williamson, laughing. Her husband also constructed some benches with the wood, and those come in handy when a large group crowds into The Gathering Place.
Williamson caters mainly to groups who make arrangements ahead of time. She doesn't keep the place open all the time since she is kept busy running a motel and performing for various organizations in the area. Though she performs free of charge in Harrodsburg, she does charge a fee for groups. Those who visit her place are treated to a concert of folk music, hymns and original compositions by Williamson, who plays a variety of instruments: Irish harp, Dauphine harp, hammered dulcimer, Kentucky mountain dulcimer, autoharp and guitar. Williamson attributes her musical abilities to her father, 86-year-old Virgil Gaynor, who lives near Owensboro, where Williamson grew up on a farm. "Daddy always sang the sad old country songs," she says. Williamson learned to play the harmonica at age 5. She remembers performing while standing on top of a table in the one-room school she attended. Her repertoire and abilities grew with the years, not as a result of any training, but simply as an outgrowth of her love for music. "I always say I play by feeling." When she isn't playing her own music at The Gathering Place, Williamson might wind up one of her two Victrolas and listen to a foxtrot or perhaps a more recent record such as "The Wabash Cannonball" by Roy Acuff. At such times, her mind drifts back to those childhood days and she relives them again and again. Story and photos by Sallie Bright (From November 14, 1986 THE ADVOCATE MESSENGER WEEKEND SECTION)
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Label picture and audio : this current e-bay sale
RCM, Winchester, Kentucky label discography
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