[78-L] Capitol's Prep Subsidiary

David Lennick dlennick at sympatico.ca
Wed Oct 7 15:38:23 PDT 2009


Was that the one that was reissued by Rhino?

dl

Mike Murray wrote:
> Don't know about any 78s there, but I do know that the top Prep 
> $$collectible is Mamie Van Doren's 1957 EP record titled "Untamed 
> Youth" featuring songs from soundtrack of same name. Collectible 
> mainly for her cover (or lack thereof) :-).
> PREP M 1-1 (UNTAMED YOUTH
> Rollin' Stone / Salamander / Oo Ba La Baby / Go Go Calypso
> 
> 
> At 09:43 PM 10/7/2009 +0000, you wrote:
>> An interesting item just come across my bytes, 78 on the Prep label
>> by Ray Stevens from 1957. From what I can tell, Prep was a subsidiary
>> of Capitol. One of its first signings was Mamie Van Doren, who is
>> better known as Mrs Ray Anthony in some circles.
>>
>> Anyway, I can't tell how long they lasted. It seems that the label
>> lasted until sometime in 1958. As to 78s on the label -- well, at
>> least this one (F 122-Five More Steps b/w Tingle) via Capitol of Canada.
>>
>> Anyone know anymore?
>>
>> T
>>



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