[78-L] Bowmar Records

Thu Mar 8 09:16:51 PST 2012

I have been accumulating a list of Bowmar releases.  If anyone wants to put in in shape
and make it available freely on this list or internet site, I will send it.

The California album by SAM HINTON was also issued on LP.

Best wishes, Thomas.

1953 Los Angeles, CA
[BOWMAR RECORDS, 5415 Crenshaw Boulevard, Los Angeles 43, California]
Recording Supervision ROBERTA McLAUGHLIN
[Music Consultant, Los Angeles County Schools, California]

BOWMAR RECORDS 1610-1613                    4-10" 78rpm  1953
[box with 4 78's, 4pp notes and texts
(c)1953 Stanley B. Bowmar]

BOWMAR B-105 LP                                   LP     1965 gf
[Bowmar Records, Inc  622 Rodier Drive, Glendale, California 94201]
NOTE: LP contains spoken narrative NOT on 78's (rephrasing of notes),
         one song cut
         NO performer credits
         gatefold contains same notes/texts as inserted in 78rpm box
         back cover lists other Bowmar productions

FOLK SONGS OF CALIFORNIA AND THE OLD WEST
Edited and supervised by Roberta McLaughlin.
texts in album 
  Ben Cruz; Sam Hinton

BOWMAR 1610-A 1. INDIAN DANCE SONG  Vocal: Sam Hinton           B-105 A1
              2. MIWOK AIR          Vocal: Sam Hinton           B-105 A2
              3. LA INDITA          Vocal: Ben Cruz             not on LP

BOWMAR 1610-B 1. CANTICO DEL ALBA   vocal: Ben Cruz             B-105 A3
              2. ALABADO            vocal: Ben Cruz             B-105 A4
              3. EL ZAPTERO         vocal: Ben Cruz             B-105 A5

BOWMAR 1611-A RE  1. LA NOCHE 'STA SERENA  vocal: Ben Cruz      B-105 A6
                  2. EL CAPOTIN            vocal: Ben Cruz      B-105 A7

BOWMAR 1611-B 1. PAPA QUELELE       vocal: Ben Cruz             B-105 A8
              2. LA PRIMAVERA       vocal: Ben Cruz             B-105 A9
              3. LA MAMACA          vocal: Ben Cruz             B-105 B1

BOWMAR 1612-A 1. CIELITO LINDO      vocal: Ben Cruz             B-105 B2
              2. LAS MANANITAS      vocal: Ben Cruz             B-105 B3

BOWMAR 1612-B 1. SWEET BETSY FROM PIKE  Vocal: Sam Hinton       B-105 B4
              2. LINEN CLOTHES          Vocal: Sam Hinton       B-105 B5

BOWMAR 1613-A 1. SACRAMENTO         Vocal: Sam Hinton           B-105 B6
              2. A RIPPING TRIP     Vocal: Sam Hinton           B-105 B8

BOWMAR 1613-B 1.CLEMENTINE          Vocal: Sam Hinton           B-105 B9
              2.OH! CALIFORNIA [O California] Vocal: Sam Hinton B-105 B7

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Hi,

I am glad you brough this up as it may spur me to get back to something I
started a while ago.  I am very slowly going through maybe 400-500 or so
78's of folk/ethnic/folk dance music passed on to me from a good friend and
fellow long-time folk dance teacher when he went to a retirement living
place.  It is a very interesting collection of mostly post-WWII records,
from major labels (Columbia, Decca, etc.) to the most prolific folk dance
specialty companies (Folkraft, Michael Herman's The Folk Dancer) down to
very specialized ones ('American Relief for Czechoslovakia', for example).
I am cataloging them as time allows, and I do have at least a few Bowmar
records (I have made it through the 'B's) of mainly South American folk
dance music, I think.  I will check these at home this evening and let you
know what is there.  I also don't know much about the label or its
background.  Thanks.

Gene
gene.baron at gmail.com

On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 12:22 AM, Cary Ginell <soundthink at live.com> wrote:

> Just acquired 2 10-inch 78s on the Los Angeles-based Bowmar label - this
> is a 1950s label from California that normally issued spoken word, foreign
> language, and other non-musical kinds of records, but I have found several
> interesting folk music artifacts. One was apparently an album consisting of
> 2 discs titled "Folk Songs of California and the Old West" - although I
> only have the two loose discs, #1610 & 1611, with the copyright date of
> 1953. Here's what the album looks like (you'll have to scroll down the page
> to see it)
>
> http://www.beardshampoo.com/Loscalifornios/Resources.html
>
> The two 78s I have include 11 songs while the website only lists 6 without
> listing the performers. The 78s have 2 or 3 songs per side, which explains
> how 11 got onto 2 discs. Artists are Ben Cruz and Sam Hinton. Hinton, of
> course, is a familiar name to folk music collectors, being the originator
> of one of the most famous anti-atom bomb songs, "Old Man Atom," first
> issued on ABC-Eagle and then on Columbia. The songs Cruz & Hinton sing (all
> solo with guitar, no duets) are in Spanish and English.
>
> The folk music record I have on Bowmar is by 2/3 of the Easy Riders
> (#1626), the group that had a big hit on Columbia of "Marianne" and who
> also backed Dean Martin on the million selling "Memories Are Made of This"
> for Capitol in 1956. Terry Gilkyson was probably still a solo act with
> Decca when the Bowmar 78 was made, which features songs by the other
> members of the group, Rich Dehr and Frank Miller, probably their first
> records as well, three years before the first Easy Riders records were
> released. The songs they sing are The Alabama, Haul Away Joe, Cowboy's
> Hymn, and Railroad Corral. I interviewed Miller about 20 years ago but
> don't recall him mentioning Bowmar at all. He was 76 then and I believe he
> passed some years ago.
>
> Has anyone done any research on this label? I'm wondering if there are
> other nascent recordings by early folk revival artists.
>
> Cary Ginell
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