tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28513463522232774162024-03-15T11:11:32.343-06:00The World of Budget Vinyl RecordsListen to the cheap sounds of yesteryear as I transfer and post selected recordings onto this blog.Gilmarvinylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12440526134980020867noreply@blogger.comBlogger215125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2851346352223277416.post-19283517067352079422024-03-15T11:11:00.000-06:002024-03-15T11:11:00.140-06:00Lush String Sounds Of Dean Franconi & His Orchestra- Featuring Movie Themes: Strangers In The Night/Day In The Life Of A Fool/Born FreeListen HereDesign Records, Pickwick's inaugural LP record line, holds a distinct place in the history of music. The initial releases under this label featured liner notes, jackets that bore the album title on the spine, and inner sleeves. During 1957-1958, budget record labels, such as Design Records, enjoyed a golden age marked by exceptional product quality.In the later-end of the 1950s, an eraGilmarvinylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12440526134980020867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2851346352223277416.post-36755351688443961192024-03-04T15:52:00.000-07:002024-03-04T15:52:43.625-07:00The Collecting of Budget Records: Why Do I Collect Them?If you are reading this blog right now, you will likely know that I collect budget record albums. I imagine you would ask, "What is so appealing about budget records to the point you would fork over real money to buy these junk records"? The answer lies in the stories behind the various budget labels and the purposes for which the records were made. I find them to be endlessly fascinating. I am Gilmarvinylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12440526134980020867noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2851346352223277416.post-8930680708801445542024-03-01T11:00:00.000-07:002024-03-01T11:00:00.254-07:00Ray Charles "Meets" Jimmy Witherspoon On Crown Records Album CST-418 (1964)Listen HereThe album "Ray Charles Meets Jimmy Witherspoon," released in 1964 on Crown Records, holds an interesting place in the annals of music history. At first glance, the title may suggest a momentous meeting between two legendary artists. However, a closer look reveals that this album is, in fact, a compilation of tracks by Ray Charles and Jimmy Witherspoon, neither of whom shared a Gilmarvinylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12440526134980020867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2851346352223277416.post-48172418739424360602024-02-15T10:30:00.000-07:002024-02-15T10:30:00.142-07:00Echoes of the Originals: The Sensational Ink Spots on Crown RecordsListen Here!Crown Records, a name that conjures up images of cheap vinyl and the notorious Bihari brothers, presents us with an album that is as much an echo of a legendary past as it is a symbol of the era's recording industry paradoxes. "More Ink Spots" features the vocal stylings of Charlie Owen's ensemble, dubbed an "Imposter" group for their lack of original Ink Spots members. Yet, their Gilmarvinylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12440526134980020867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2851346352223277416.post-2123704891128559372024-02-14T10:19:00.003-07:002024-02-14T10:38:02.677-07:00A Basic Guide To Shopping For Vinyl Records At Thrift Stores (With Post-COVID Edits/Additions)This is a revised and somewhat expanded edition of an article I first wrote for this blog in 2011. A lot has happened since then, so it was time to edit the article, given my grown-up understanding, and acknowledge significant changes in the vinyl collection world in recent years. Besides updating some statements of fact, grammar has also been corrected, which is now updated to reflect my currentGilmarvinylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12440526134980020867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2851346352223277416.post-30113269296893080802024-02-01T06:00:00.002-07:002024-02-13T14:11:20.175-07:00Forgotten Sounds: Andy Wiswell & His "Hits A Poppin" Orchestra with Vocal Stars of Radio & TelevisionListen Here!In the American music industry's vibrant landscape, hidden gems are waiting to be unearthed, waiting to tell their stories. One such treasure trove was Parade Records, a budget label born in the heart of New Jersey in 1950 under the visionary guidance of Wally Wolsky. While its name might not immediately conjure up memories of chart-topping hits, Parade Records holds a significant Gilmarvinylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12440526134980020867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2851346352223277416.post-35344066012304039682024-01-31T10:42:00.001-07:002024-01-31T10:42:00.141-07:00Seeburg 1000 Industrial Background Music Library 16 2/3 RPM Record- N 15- Place In Use 4-1-1964Listen Here!Seeburg put out their famous Seeburg 1000 background music system starting in 1959 and lasting until 1986. This system utilized special background recordings pressed onto nine-inch, 16 2/3 rpm vinyl records, each with a two-inch center spindle hole. These were designed to be played on a special record player that could hold twenty-five records and play both sides before moving on to Gilmarvinylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12440526134980020867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2851346352223277416.post-74117428357690371442024-01-15T10:36:00.022-07:002024-02-14T12:03:44.966-07:00All Time Hits By Irving Berlin on Royale Records- VLP-6016 This album is a compilation of various sides from the back catalogs of various defunct record labels, Majestic especially, which Eli purchased in the late 1940s and reissued in every way he could up through his death in 1960. Many of his Showtune albums are little more than repackaged Majestic and/or Sonora sides, with some miscellaneous filler tracks of unknown origin to pad Gilmarvinylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12440526134980020867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2851346352223277416.post-81630728785940236512024-01-01T09:36:00.001-07:002024-01-01T09:36:00.137-07:00The Ray Charles Chorus Takes Me To Far Away Places- Essex Records Listen Here!Essex Records was an early budget label effort run by Dave Leonard Miller, who is best known for his Somerset label and the 101 Strings Orchestra which proved to be a major contributor and at times a trend-setter to the background music scene of the 1960s and 1970s.A1 Far Away PlacesA2 Moon Of ManakooraA3 Foggy Day In LondonA4 Moon Over MiamiB1 April In ParisB2 It Happened In Gilmarvinylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12440526134980020867noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2851346352223277416.post-72878296078567634282023-12-15T16:10:00.002-07:002023-12-19T15:35:47.140-07:00Pied Pipers- Tribute to Tommy Dorsey- I'm Getting Sentimental Over YouListen Here!Tops Records was a giant of the budget record label world in the 1950s. Tops/Mayfield Records set the bar of budget record label releases to an all-time high, blowing the Eli Oberstien and Don Garner record lines out of the water regarding quality and price. Every new budget record label company that joined the market in the late 1950s typically had at least, full-color photo jackets Gilmarvinylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12440526134980020867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2851346352223277416.post-50791301721860849692023-12-01T07:00:00.004-07:002024-02-14T15:42:47.779-07:00Charlie Owens & The Sensational Ink Spots- Sensational Ink Spots- Full LP Crown Records – CST 217Listen Here!This album is by Charlie Owen's Sensational Ink Spots... an "Imposter" Ink Spots group that contained no original members of The Ink Spots.Baritone Vocals – George Bledsoe Bass Vocals – John Dix Lead Vocals – Charlie Owens Tenor Vocals [2nd Tenor] – Stanley Morgan A1 Diane A2 Always A3 If I Painted Your Picture A4 To Me A5 Crazy Heart B1 Among My Gilmarvinylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12440526134980020867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2851346352223277416.post-68969262075429166692023-11-15T13:11:00.001-07:002023-11-15T13:11:00.140-07:00Phil Martin Orchestra- For Swingin' Dancers- Crown Records (CLP 5027) Listen Here!For Swingin' Dancers by Phil Martin Orchestra Crown Records (CLP 5027) Tracklist: 1. Swingin' Dancers2. Sweet Georgia Brown3. Hawaiian War Chant4. Tiger Rag5. Bouncin'6. True Blue Lou7. One O'Clock Jump8. King Porter Stomp9. Temptation10. Goodbye11. Stompin' At The Savoy Crown Records was the doing of the infamous (depending on who you talk to) Bihari brothers. These men made a Gilmarvinylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12440526134980020867noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2851346352223277416.post-54825440744774224212023-11-01T13:05:00.001-06:002023-11-01T13:05:00.140-06:00Crown Records- String Of Pearls - Music Made Famous By Glenn Miller- Full LP Listen Here!Listen HereCrown Records was the doing of the infamous (depending on who you talk to) Bihari brothers. These men made a living exploiting musicians for their cheap vinyl record empire- which started out as a semi-reputable R&B label through Modern Records. However, even then, their practices of listing themselves as song co-writers when they copyrighted their artist's music Gilmarvinylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12440526134980020867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2851346352223277416.post-17197195242001531382023-10-15T11:20:00.001-06:002023-10-15T11:20:00.145-06:00Promenade Records A55-14 2A/B 45 RPM EP Listen HerePromenade Records was a budget record label run by the infamous Synthetic Plastics Co. of Newark, New Jersey, a major manufacturer of a series of budget record labels that had a considerably large hold of the budget record marketplace up through the early 1970s. In 1972 copyright laws changed, allowing songwriters to prohibit budget record labels from using their music. Being Gilmarvinylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12440526134980020867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2851346352223277416.post-77873628186581889142023-10-01T12:30:00.018-06:002023-10-25T06:46:15.014-06:00Tops Records 78 RPM EPs R292/294Listen HereTops Records was a giant of the budget record label world in the 1950s. Tops/Mayfield Records set the bar of budget record label releases to an all-time high, blowing the Eli Oberstien and Don Garner record lines out of the water in terms of quality and price. Every new budget record label company that joined the market in the late 1950s typically had at least full-color photo jackets Gilmarvinylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12440526134980020867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2851346352223277416.post-39901180405038551892023-09-15T09:52:00.002-06:002023-10-23T13:51:17.211-06:00A Little Wonder Records CollectionListen here!From my personal collection- enjoy!13 Let By Gones Be Bygones Duet170 Those Charlie Chaplin Feet Duet246 The Wedding Of The Sunshine And The Rose Tenor Solo287 What A Wonderful Mother You'd Be Tenor Solo256 Piney Ridge Tenor Solo456 Farewell My Love (Aloha Oe) Tenor Solo487 Come On To Nashville, Tennessee Baritone Solo531 Naughty, Naughty, Naughty Tenor Solo606 In The Old Red School Gilmarvinylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12440526134980020867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2851346352223277416.post-87677795019127795412023-09-01T09:49:00.003-06:002023-09-05T10:47:26.167-06:00Utah Symphony, Maurice Abravenal conducting.- 1976 Sampler- Full 33 1/3 RPM Flexi Eva-Tone Record Listen here!Flexi records are about as budget as records come, regardless of who commissioned them- they were often giveaways, freebies, or novelty items sold at a relatively low cost to the consumer.Gilmarvinylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12440526134980020867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2851346352223277416.post-68367709684492466462023-08-31T16:17:00.001-06:002023-08-31T16:17:00.139-06:00Seeburg 1000- Basic BA-120A/B Place In Use 7-1-1969Listen Here!Seeburg put out their famous Seeburg 1000 background music system starting in 1959, and lasting until 1986. This system utilized special background recordings pressed onto nine-inch, 16 2/3 rpm vinyl records, each with a two-inch center spindle hole. These were designed to be played on a special record player that could hold twenty-five records and play both sides before moving on to Gilmarvinylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12440526134980020867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2851346352223277416.post-45600152228477636352023-08-15T09:44:00.002-06:002023-09-05T10:47:10.205-06:00Lew Raymond Orchestra- Tops Records 45-R411-49- Full 45 RPM EP Listen here!Tops Records was a giant in the budget record label world in the 1950s. Tops/Mayfield Records set the bar of budget record label releases to an all-time high, blowing the Eli Oberstien and Don Garner record lines out of the water regarding quality and price. Every new budget record label company that joined the market in the late 1950s typically had at least, full-color photo jacketsGilmarvinylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12440526134980020867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2851346352223277416.post-71776202821927121032023-08-01T09:43:00.002-06:002023-09-05T10:46:35.188-06:00Al Williams Orchestra- Tops Records 45-R267 Listen here!Tops Records was a giant in the budget record label world in the 1950s. Tops/Mayfield Records set the bar of budget record label releases to an all-time high, blowing the Eli Oberstien and Don Garner record lines out of the water in terms of quality and price. Every new budget record label company that joined the market in the late 1950s typically had at least full-color photo Gilmarvinylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12440526134980020867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2851346352223277416.post-74660236509138370972023-07-31T09:03:00.003-06:002023-09-05T10:49:15.672-06:00Seeburg 1000 Basic Background Matching Christmas CH-21 1967 - A Christmas In July SpecialListen Here!Seeburg 1000's various background music libraries aimed to fill all background music needs- especially during the Christmas shopping season during the 1960s and 1970s. Christmas music was played differently than it is today, not constantly, but between every so many non-seasonal tunes... just enough to remind you of the season, but not enough to overly saturate and get everyone fed upGilmarvinylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12440526134980020867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2851346352223277416.post-42712598064335432272023-07-15T09:40:00.002-06:002023-07-28T13:49:11.677-06:00William Steinberg Conducts The Publisher Services Symphony Orchestra- Tristan and Isolde, Vol. 1- FullListen here!William Steinberg Conducts The Publisher Services Symphony Orchestra- Tristan and Isolde, Vol. 1- FullAfter recording a set of 11 album sets of instrumental classical music for Music Appreciation Products, Inc. for their initial "World's Greatest Music" series between 1938-1940, RCA Victor recording engineers also facilitated the initial "World's Famous Operas" series recorded in 1940Gilmarvinylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12440526134980020867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2851346352223277416.post-37300318969820885722023-07-01T09:35:00.012-06:002023-07-01T09:35:00.139-06:00Freddy Laine Orchestra- Tops 45-R269-49 Full 45 RPM Tops Sound-A-Like Covers Record Listen here!Tops Records was a giant in the budget record label world in the 1950s. Tops/Mayfield Records set the bar of budget record label releases to an all-time high, blowing the Eli Oberstien and Don Garner record lines out of the water in terms of quality and price. Every new budget record label company that joined the market in the late 1950s typically had, at least, full-color photoGilmarvinylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12440526134980020867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2851346352223277416.post-28772318261035801152023-06-15T09:33:00.015-06:002023-07-28T13:50:17.639-06:00Publishers Service Symphony Orchestra- Madame Butterfly (Puccini)- 78 RPM Full Album SetListen here!After recording a set of 11 album sets of instrumental symphonic classical music for Music Appreciation Products, Inc. for their initial "World's Greatest Music" series between 1938-1940, RCA Victor recording engineers also facilitated the initial "World's Famous Operas" series recorded in 1940 (12 album sets in total). The artists were not explicitly credited on the original releasesGilmarvinylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12440526134980020867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2851346352223277416.post-48404657508161539212023-06-01T08:00:00.001-06:002023-06-01T08:00:00.137-06:00Mildred Bailey- Sings- Full Royale Records 45 RPM EP Record Listen Here!From the Majestic Records catalog, Eli Oberstein presents, Mildred Bailey!Royale Records was king of the junk budget record labels of the 1950s. Eli Oberstien 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. An unfortunately large percentage of eBay sellers think Gilmarvinylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12440526134980020867noreply@blogger.com0