[78-L] record pressing plants

[David Lennick]

Has anything other than "Near You" and "Beg Your Pardon" ever been reissued? 
(They were combined on the Dot release.) I wonder if Bullet qualifies as an 
orphan label?

dl

Bill McClung wrote:
> You are correct.  Bullet lasted until 1952.  The paragraph I was reading
> from said that John Dunn, who was VP of Bullet Plastics, changed the name
> of the company to Southern Plastics when Bullet Records folded. Thomas says
> the info he has lists Southern as early as 1949.  So I'm not sure which
> date is correct.
> 
> Hitchcock was an owner of both the record company and the pressing plant. 
> Jim Bulleit sold out to Hitchcock in 1949.  In 1950-51 Bullet recorded
> fewer sides while releasing what was already in the pipeline.  In 1952 they
> released their last record and according to the book closed their offices
> and tossed into the trash most of their files and many of their masters.
> 
> I'm not sure of the relation to Dot.  The flow of the book is not by label
> so I'll have to sit down with the book and see what it says.
> 
> And as a general FYI, Bullet Records was not named by or for Jim Bulleit. 
> The name was already chosen by Wally Fowler but when the time came to start
> the company Fowler didn't invest so it was Hitchcock, who had a pinball and
> jukebox company, and salesman Bulleit and Bulleit's wife who were the three
> founders.
> 
> The first 50 or so Bullet 78s I ever saw were all "Near Me" and at first I
> was thinking Bullet was a private label for Francis Craig.  Since then I've
> found quite a few good performances on Bullet although I must admit good
> Bullet performances seem to be pretty few and far between.
> 
> 
>> [Original Message]
>> From: David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
>> To: 78-L Mail List <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
>> Date: 6/2/2009 10:20:51 AM
>> Subject: Re: [78-L] record pressing plants
>>
>> According to ARLD, the Bullet label was still active into late 1952
> (started in 
>> 1946). One C. V. Hitchcock acquired Jim Bulleit's interest in early 1949.
> What 
>> became of the label itself? Did DOT take it over or did Wood get only a
> few 
>> sides? I have the ever-popular "Near You" on a Dot DJ vinyl, pressed from 
>> original parts. (Yes..a quiet copy!)
>>
>> dl
>>
>> Thomas Stern wrote:
>>> Thanks Bill!
>>>
>>> Tom Fine's post on 4/9/2008 includes this Texas company:
>>>> A&R RECORD MANUFACTURING - Dallas, TX USA
>>>> http://www.arrecords.com/
>>> The list included only CURRENTLY operating vinyl pressing plants.
>>> Best wishes, Thomas
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: 78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com
>>> [mailto:78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com]On Behalf Of Bill McClung
>>> Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 10:07 AM
>>> To: 78-L Mail List
>>> Subject: Re: [78-L] record pressing plants
>>>
>>>
>>> I'm guessing that you know Southern Plastics actually started in
> Nashville
>>> in 1947 as Bullet Plastics.  When Bullet Records folded in 1949 the
> company
>>> changed its name to Southern Plastics.
>>>
>>> This is from A Shot in the Dark: Making Records in Nashville 1945-1955.
>>>
>>> And on the list you mentioned are there any Texas pressing plants from
> the
>>> 40s and 50s?
>>>
>>>
>>>> [Original Message]
>>>> From: Thomas Stern <sternth at attglobal.net>
>>>> To: 78-L at 78online. Com <78-l at 78online.com>
>>>> Date: 6/1/2009 11:59:51 PM
>>>> Subject: [78-L] record pressing plants
>>>>
>>>> anyone know of a 78rpm pressing plant late 40's early 50's in
> Tennessee?
>>>> On the List Tom compiled of currently active companies only United
> Record
>>>> Pressing, successor to Southern Plastics which started in 1949 is in
> TN.
>>>> Thanks, Thomas.
>>>>