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2/15/23

The Three Suns Play - Royale Records 45 RPM EP 206




Here are four selections from The Three Suns' Majestic Records recording sessions before their signing onto RCA Records.

Royale Records was king of the junk budget record labels of the 1950s. Eli Oberstein flooded the market with a seemingly endless stream of records in virtually all standard speeds and sizes for records of the period, except for 16 2/3 rpm, sadly. I find most eBay sellers think these are worth money; they are not, at least not more than a couple of dollars. 

Eli Oberstein benefited greatly from acquiring several defunct record labels that happened to have sides recorded by big names. Majestic records was a star-studded record label that initially had everything going for it until it fell apart and closed shop in 1947. Majestic Records had artists like Percy Faith, The Three Suns, Louis Prima, Georgia Gibbs, and many more artists, many of which were still making new content in the 1950s and had perhaps grown in popularity since their Majestic Record days. 

Tracklist:

A1 Jalousie
A2 Romantic Mood
B1 By The Waters Of The Minnetonka
B2 Up Jumped Love

2/13/23

So... I Caved And Joined TikTok...


I am now on TikTok... in case any of you are into that sort of thing. My profile there is located at https://www.tiktok.com/@wbvr1000.

On a related note, one of my videos already has received over 1200+ views in just a few days, which is very impressive by my standards where most of my YouTube videos don't break the 1000-view milestone ever... I have some, but they represent a small minority of my 6600+ video library. My plan is to upload a few videos to the platform each day from my massive backlog of prior uploads and see what happens. If I am super lucky, I might reach 10000 followers... who knows... anything is possible on the internet these days. 

2/1/23

All Time Novelty Hits (Gilmar Records G-258)

 

Listen Here!

It's a Gilmar release, so does it really need much of an introduction around these parts... I think not.

Tracklist

A1The Mountain's High

A2 Who Put The Bomp

A3 You Don't Know What You've Got

A4 Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavor?

B1Tossin' & Turnin'

B2 Michael

B3 Wooden Heart

B4 Last Night