The Tremolo's on Thunderbolt

The Tremolo's

9913 ~ Weird Pickin'  

R. Chabane, I. Horvath, J. Horvath

9914 ~ Side-Stepin'
E. Horvath, R. Cerato, R. Chabane

Thunderbolt TR 45-100

A pair of instrumentals from Michigan
1963

Mel Rearick / Pat And Anna Mae on ARM

Side A
22515
Mel Rearick (narrator)

Homer Gross And The Country Squires Band



A Letter To The President
(wr. James  Liprando)

Side B
22516
Pat And Anna Mae
Homer Gross And The Country Squires Band



Cincinnati, Ohio

ARM 1001

RD # 3;  Leechburg Pa.

1968

Roosevelt Hughley / Sunlight Gospel Singers

Roosevelt Hughley / Sunlight Gospel Singers

[CP-5075] - Follow Jesus
[CP-5076] - Till I Reach My Home

Helene Records 45-02
(WCP 2/WCP 3)
1961

Rite numbers in dead wax .

The tiny Wende Recording Studios were located in Orlando, first at 219 E. South St.and then, in 1958, at 2313 Conway Rd. WE SPECIALIZE IN WEDDINGS - CHILDREN'S VOICES - PARTIES "Capture today what you'll cherish tomorrow" Prices Most Reasonable read the ads published by the Orlando Sentinel in late fifties.
Several records were published on various labels such as Helene (The Rebel Rousers from Missouri), Valiant (Tommy Harbin), Sherr (Big Lee) and on the Wende imprint (Betty L. Brannon, The Hoppers, The Zephyrs, The Frady Sisters)

Miss Cloteal Lewis on SAS

Beyond The Bridge

23595 
Miss Cloteal Lewis & The Gospel Impressions

Beyond The Bridge

23596

Richard Evans & The Gospel Impressions
I've Got A Learning From The Lord

SAS Records

Dayton, Ohio

1969

Miss Cloteal Lewis
Born in Arcadia, Clairborne Parish, Louisiana to Ora and Nathan Lewis. She was the owner and operator of Cloteals Beauty Shop.  She studied piano and organ at the Miami Conservatory of Music. She was a composer, and wrote and published her own lyrics and music for piano.  Sister Lewis was a member of Mt. Enon Missionary Baptist Church, where she held numerous positions. She received numerous awards for her service in the community.

Miss Cloteal Lewis, age 88, a resident of Dayton since 1944, passed away peacefully Sunday, July 6, 2008 at Carriage Inn Nursing Center.

Hisel and Gerldean Carpenter

Hisel and Gerldean Carpenter
Most Requested Hymns
Jewel LPM 121
1968

Side 1 [21323]

1. It's Me Again Lord
2. Way Upon The Mountain
3. After All
4. He Loves Me More And More
5. Wil You Meet Me Over Yonder
6. Richest Poor Man On This Earth

Side 2 [21324)

1. God Our Maker
2. On The Sunny Banks Of Sweet Deliverance
3. Saved Thru Jesus Blood
4. House But Not A Home
5. I Never Shall Forget The Day
6. Wasted Years

Engineered and produced by Rusty York


Musicians :
Denny Rice- piano
Bill Wolfinberger - bass
Dennis Hensley - guitar
Jr. Boyer - steel
Gordon Larkin - drums

Gerldeanand Hisel Carpenter

Hisel Carpenter
2225 Test Rd.
Richmond, Indiana

The Best Of The Unknown Songwriters (Grand Recording Co.)

(no artist named) -- Sounds Of Music:  "The Best Of The Unknown Songwriters"

Side one - 28349
I'll Follow Along Behind You (Dallas Green)
You Got To Be A Habit With Me (Herschel E. Guy)
Yours With All My Love (Eleanor McKissick)
Break Bread With Your Brothers (Herschell E. Guy)
Our Flag (Victor D. Harris)
A Lonely Man (Robert E. Whitehead)

Side Two - 28350
The Jolly Jolly Life (Ellsworth J. Leach)
Heal My Soul (Martin Blackwell)
Denied The Claim (Loretta Keseric)
All Wrong (Julia P. Pruett)
Someone I Used To Know (R. A. Harrison)
Wake Up The Daisies (Frances E. Lowe)

Grand Recording Co., 1354 Hancock St., Quincy, Mass.  One of the several song poem companies owned by Ted Rosen. 

In running his Halmark label as a perverse parody of a legitimate record company, Ted Rosen went beyond the constrained thinking of other song-poem entrepreneurs. Lesser minds in similar positions sought to foster the illusion of legitimacy via the inclusion of, at minimum, the recording artist's name amid the printed information on their labels. But Rosen ignored such trifling conventions, reserving the space instead for the listing of the song-poet's home address, an appeal to vanity one step beyond that of his competitors. You might equally think that a company that operated entirely through the mails might prefer to publish its own postal address on the labels. Bah! There again, Ted Rosen scoffed.

...more American Song-Poem Archives

Popular Electronics ad, July 1973

A reader of the Asbury Park Press (New Jersey) asked for some advice in 1974 regarding songs he had written:

I have written some songs which I hope to sell. Can you give me any advice on having them recorded for sale? What about companies which offer to help songwriters? J.D., Brick Township 

 And here was the answer:

The odds against the nonprofessional who hopes to successfully sell songs are immense. It's like having the insurance salesman who Hives next door fill your tooth it can be a painful and unhappy experience. Talent Inc., North Quincy, Mass., is one company which has advertised that it can help songwriters. It has conducted an extensive business with hopeful songwriters by mail. The company has admitted to a long list of misrepresentations cited in a Federal Trade Commission complaint.   Understanding those misrepresentations, may guide you in any future dealings.   First. Talent Inc. failed to tell those with whom it contracted that the company has never produced or recorded a song for a customer that earned any royalties.   The company misrepresented its size and earned employes used pseudonyms so that it appeared there were more employes than there actually were.   In misrepresenting its size and ability to help the company also used the names Grand Recording Co., Cathedral Recording Co., Chapel Recording Co., Country and Western Recording Co., Music Hall Recording Co., and Meloday Lane.   The company and its principals misrepresented that songs were "evaluated" and that some were not accepted; that songs recorded would be released by record companies and that songwriters could expect to earn royalties. Talent Inc. misrepresented that it maintained a copyright service and that writers should copyright their work. The company misrepresented that it charged only minimum or special prices, and falsely claimed it had songwriters to write music for customers' lyrics and that its employes consulted with vocalists, vocalists groups, and background orchestras. Customers were not told, according to the FTC complaint, that when their songs were recorded the background music was "pre-recorded" and was not provided by a live orchestra. Customers were falsely encouraged to believe that radio stations might be interested in playing records made by Talent Inc.   The FTC complaint says the records made were hand cut and were unsuitable for use in commercial promotion. Customers were also encouraged to buy various "services" sold by Talent Inc. in the mistaken belief that these services could help promote their records. To sum up, since no one earned royalties, it's clear that the only ones helped by Talent Inc. were its owners. Be cautious in dealing with any company offering to help sell your songs. The misrepresentations mentioned above are common to other companies.

Asbury Park Press from Asbury Park, New Jersey · May 22, 1974 .Page 40

Yal Henry's White House Ten on Roxie

Yal Henry's White House Ten

CP-4659 - Sullivan's Dream
CP-4660 - Gypsy Wedding Day

Harry McGinty - Netta Morris; McGinty Music

Roxie 249
1960

Harry McGinty, who composed the music of "Gypsy Wedding Day" owned the Roxie label. Lyrics are from the pen of Netta Symes Morris, a one-time singer with the Royal Opera House in London, and Dean of the Institute of Fine Arts in Miami.

"Sullivan's Dream" is an instrumental.  The uncredited female singer on "Gypsy" is possibly Cara Stewart.

A discography of Roxie Records can be found here

Rowland Clarke on Rowark

Rowland Clarke

36115 - Bottle On The Table
36116 - Amtrack 302

Rowark Records
1976

Recorded at RPM Recording Studios, Madison, Ill.

Sophia Austin, Jr. (A-B Record Co.)

Sophia Austin, Jr.

32095 - Love, Love Your Man
Sophia Austin
32096 - Save Your Love
Clark C. Bennings

A-B Record, Co.
1973

A for Austin, B for Bennings I guess.  "earthy ethereal inept Soul" according to this ebay listing


 

Wanted : Sue Noble on Su-No

Sue Noble

Black Is Black (40" clip only alas)

Su-No Records

b/w Daddy Frank

Early-1970s private pressing by Su-No Records-- --Unusual take on the Los Bravos hit

Sound clip & label from ebay saved some six years ago. Comment above was from the seller. How right he is.  Certainly unusual. Su-No obviously was Sue Noble's own label, that's all I can say.  Never see this record again.   I certainly would like to hear the complete song.  

Please leave a comment if you have any info on this record and/or on Sue Noble.

Mike Tate (Bill Lamb Productions)

Mike Tate
TNT & Friends

37277 - B-U-I-C-K
37278 - Cadillac Cowboy

Recorded at Bill Lamb Productions
Flint, Michigan
1976

Mike Tate was a Fisher Body #1 employee who had a country western band that played weekends at the Old Silver Rail Saloon in Flint.  He was also heard on the early morning Buick Factory Whistle Radio Show. Song tells about his job building Buicks.  Mike died in 1976.

Bill Lamb who hosted the "Buick Factory Whistle" radio show on Country WKM/FLINT, MI, which dubbed itself "the Country music capital of the north," for 26 years, and owned the BILL LAMB RECORDS store on Harrison Street in downtown Flint, passed away in 2015.

One copy is for sale here

Charlie Rash Strides Again

Charlie Rash Strides Again

(Piano Solos)

C. K. Records

(1979)

Side 1 - 39987

1. Casa Loma Stomp    
2. Dina    
3. Satin Doll    
4. Doin' The Racoon    
5. 12th Street Rag    

Side 2 - 39988

1. Prince Of Wails    
2. Toot Toot Tootsie    
3. Ida    
4. Back To The Jungle    
5. Ain't Misbehavin'    

Recording: John Teachout
Idiom Recording Co.
March 28, 1978

C.K. Records
1000 S. 7th Street
Ann Arbour, Michigan

Charlie Andrew Rasch (1937-2011) was a well-known Jazz/Ragtime pianist in the Detroit area of Michigan. He was featured in about a dozen albums. He was born in Detroit and began formal piano schooling at age six. Margaret Anderson was his teacher. Under her guidance he was one of the winners of an all City of Detroit classical contest, age fourteen group.

Charlie's initial interest in jazz came from listening to his father's record collection. In the early sixties he joined up with Kate Ross, under the management of Warren Ross, to recreate ragtime and traditional jazz music.

Charlie was a graduate from the University of Michigan with an M.A. in fine arts. Upon completion of his college degrees he enlisted in the U.S. Army, served three years, returned home, and began playing piano professionally around the Ann Arbour, Detroit, Toledo area.

On December 16, 2003, a minor planet was discovered by the Catalina Sky Survey and named for him: 90397 Rasch (2003 YW4).

Acknowledgements : Charlie Rasch page at Discogs

Note : one of of his albums can be heard in full at YT here

Lois Kaye on Log Cabin

Lois Kaye

16787 - Let's Say Goodbye Like We Said Hello
16788 - He's The Only Boy

Log Cabin 911
1966

 Bom Lois Kaye Edmiston in 1950 in Knox, Indiana; raised in Beecher.  Lois sang in the choir at Beecher high school.  “Mom and I sang with the radio when I was five years old,”  “My parents took me to a country lounge in Chicago Heights Lake-N-Park Inn with the Windy City band and convinced the band leader I should sing with them.”

The place was Joe’s lounge on East End avenue and the band leader was Bill Madewell. She sang every Friday and Saturday and earned $25 a night, learning.  Jimmy Skinner, one of the many special guest artists, helped her to cut her first record on the Log Cabin label, a subsidiary of Jewel Records,  when she was 16. 

Other records followed, on Jewel Records (main Rusty York's label), on Wesco Records (a label owned by ex-rockabilly singer Bobby Sisco) and on Ovation Records with which she charted one time on the Billboard Country chart, and this is it, reaching #96 in 1979.

Cover of her Ovation album (1979)

Debby Britten (Bejay Records)

Debby Britten
34755 - The Way We Were   
34756 - The Darktown Strutters Ball
both Shelton Brooks ASCAP

Bejay
1975

for additional copies write :
Britten Music
Drawer H
Claude, Texas 79019

The Unpredictable "Nu-Sett"

An Inn-Timate Evening With The Unpredictable Nu-Sett
Label: Inn-Timate ‎– #IT-1001

Inn-Timate Lounge
13740 East Colfax Avenue
Aurora, CO 80011

1968

Side 1 —  22959

1.     Devil With The Blue Dress - Good Golly Miss Molly
2 .    I'll Never Fall In Love Again
3 .   Comedy Routine, Along Came Jones
4 .   Mack The Knife
5 .   Comedy Routine    
6.   I Wonder If I Care As Much 

Side 2 —  22960

1.    Satin Doll
2.    What Kind Of Fool Am I
3.     Comedy Routine, Act Naturally
4.    Gimme A Little Sign
5.    Comedy Routine: Green Green Grass Of Home
6.    Comedy Routine: Love Me
7.    Hava Nagila

★

The Nu-Sett was a late sixties combo who performed the full gamut of nightclub music including lounge, pop, rock ‘n roll, jazz mixed with some comedy routines. The group included Chuck Mills from The Mastertones/Monarchs on Band Box. Chuck is yet another artist who grew up in Wheat Ridge, Colorado. Buddy Brown grew up in Denver attending Mitchell Elementary School in Denver and then Denver Manual High. He was an Adams State College student. Scotty Roberts came from Illinois, played Denver nightclubs and then joined up with Scotty. Rod Jenkins was a University of Colorado graduate and he played with the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra for a short time.

Group Members:

Buddy Brown – multiple instruments (Steppin’ Brothers – Capricios)
Scotty Roberts – bass (Sierras – Capricios)
Chuck Mills – guitar (Mastertones – Monarchs – Milt Watson’s Wildest Clan)
Rod Jenkins – percussion (Contrasts – Sunshineward – Astronauts)

Buddy Brown

Chuck Mills

Rod Jenkins

Scott Roberts

Sources:
https://kimsloans.wordpress.com/colorado-local/colorado-1960s/colo-musicians-b-nel-a-rus/

https://www.discogs.com/fr/Nu-Sett-An-Inn-Timate-Evening-With-The-Unpredictable-Nu-Sett/release/6054164

The Rare Bach Boys

 

The Rare Bach Boys
KVOO Recording Service

1961

Rarebach and Let 'Em Have It boys

Side one — CP-6819

1. That's A Plenty
2. Yes Sir, That's My Baby
3. Batttle Hymn Of The Republic
4. Darktown Strutters' Ball
5. Bye Bye Blues
6. Bill Bailey
7. Hot Damn Daddy


Side two —CP-6820

1.  Wolverine Blues
2.  Coney Island Baby
3.  Wasbash Blues
4.  Lies
5.  Oh, You Beautfiul Doll
6.  Ida, Sweet As Apple Cidar
7.  Indiana

G. H. Westby - Johnson Hill, Jr. - Carl Broman - Garth Caylor - Jack Freese
Joe Kremer - Ross Cockrell - Phil Dial - Charles March - Benton Ferguson

The "Boys" are all top executives in Tulsa companies playing Dixieland jazz.

Spotted at ebay here

Naomi Carpenter (Log Cabin LP)

Naomi Carpenter
Naomi Sings

Log Cabin Records
no number

1966

Side 1 — 17247

1. The Hope Of All The World
2. I See A Bridge
3. He'll Lead You Out
4. Sinner, Where Will You Stand
5. Look Out On The Fields
6. There's Peace Of Mind

Side 2 — 17248

1. Naomi
2. We Better Pray
3. This Sinful World
4/ That Lost Sheep
5. What Heaven Will Do For You
6. The Only Answer

Produced by Rusty York, recorded at Jewel Recording Studios, Mt. Healthy, Ohio

All songs written by Naomi with the exception of the words to the song "Naomi" written by Pat Dossenbach.

Born in the southern hills of Ohio, near a small town called Waterloo, Naomi Carpenter began to play an organ and sing at the age of eight.  At the age of 14, she started traveling across different states singing on radio, churches and auditoriums, trying to be a blessing to all she came in contact with.

sample

The Joybells (All Gospel Records)

The Joybells

27397 -   I'm Gonna Walk Talk And Sing (Whitey Gleason)

The Joybells
Featuring Little Miss Joey

27398 -  Led Out Of Bondage (Prather)

All Gospel Records
5738 Rosebury Dr.
Dayton, OH

Late 1970 or early 1971

Sunshine Five on Tucker

Sunshine Five

30981 - Since He Came Into My Heart
30982 - Lonesome Road Blues

Tucker Records
Recorded by Rite Records Productions
1973

Both songs written by Moss Tucker, pseudo. of Richard B. Tucker

Clip 1

Clip 2

Sweetie Jones (Scottie)

Sweetie Jones

CP-2354 - I've Been Wrong

CP -2355 -Baby Please Don't Leave

Scottie 1312

James Randall Jones
1941-2004

Discography Rockin' Country Style

Bio here at the Rockabilly Hall of Fame website (with thanks for the Sweetie Jones picture)

The uncomped side (I've Been Wrong)