[78-L] Bowmar Records

[Gene Baron]

Hi,

If it's of any interest or help with your listings, here are the Bowmar
records that I have:

All part of 'Latin American Folk Dances Album No. 6'
All performed by Maria Cruz & Orchestra
All Copyright 1954 with the Crenshaw Blvd address
All have 'Not Licensed for Public Performance for Profit':

BR 006-1A  Huyano Inca)
BR 006-1B  Marinera (Peru)

BR 006-2A  Los Viejitos (Mexico)
BR 006-2B  Si Senor (Brazil)

BR 006-3A  Palapala (Argentina)
BR 006-3B  El LLanero (Venezuela)

BR 006-4A  Tamborito (Panama)
BR 006-4B  Fado Blanquita (Brazil)

Regards,

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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