[78-L] PIP Records (LP) NOT Pickwick- info wanted

[Thomas Stern]

Thanks David!

Did a little more digging and now have this list (below) of PIP/LEMON/ELECTRIC LEMON LP's.
The company also had a line of CD's, some combining their old albums,
an alternate version of the BORIS KARLOFF & Friends album (originally Decca DL/DL7 4833).
I think they may be inactive since the principal died in 2011...Anyone know ?

As ever, updates, additions, corrections greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Accurate dates needed for most albums
Data needed for 1908, 1912, 1921 and above

Best wishes, Thomas.

PLP 1900	SMASH FLOPS	                               The Characters	      1959	PIP
PLP 1901	SING A SONG OF SICKNESS	                   Crown City Four	      1960	PIP
PLP 1902	12 DELIGHTFUL WAYS TO ROAST A SACRED COW   Crown City Four		      PIP
PLP 1903	MIGHTY BANJO	Spencer Quinn		                              PIP
PLP 1904    HAPPY HITS by Al Sherman                   Beatrice Kay                 PIP
PLP 1905 	SMASH FLOPS	                               Sherman & Larsen		      LEMON
PLP 1906	SHOVES IT IN YOUR EAR	                   New Society Band	      1971
PLP 1907	MY PICK IS QUICK 	                         Spencer Quinn	      1966

PLP 1909	THE PHANTOM OF THE ORGAN	             Verne Langdon	      1973	Electric Lemon
PLP 1910	LIVIN' IN THE SUNLIGHT Songs of Al Sherman Beatrice Kay           1973	Electric Lemon
PLP 1911	DR. DRUID'S HAUNTED SEANCE			                              Electric Lemon

PLP 1913	MUSIC FOR MAGICIANS		 	                                    Electric Lemon
PLP 1914	CIRCUS CLOWN CALLIOPE!  Vol.2			                              Electric Lemon
PLP 1915	HONKEYCHORD	                               Johann Sebastian Bork	1974	Electric Lemon
PLP 1916	THE VAMPYRE AT THE HARPSICHORD		                        1974	Electric Lemon
PLP 1917	LIVE!	                                     Johann Sebastian Bork	1974	Electric Lemon
PLP 1918	POE WITH PIPES                             John Carradine	      1975  Electric Lemon
PLP 1919	YANKEE DOODLE FLOPS	                   Sherman & Larsen	      1975	Electric Lemon
PLP 1920	MUSICAL MENOPAUSE	                         J.S.Bork	            1978	Electric Lemon



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Well remembered, Smash Flops and Sing A Song of Sickness, both featuring "The
Characters". I have Electric Lemon PLP 1910 but no earlier version of it.
(Credits the Johnny Guarnieri Quartet, has 1973 copyright date etc.) Note that
all the songs are composed by Al Sherman, father of the feuding Disney songwriters.

On an unrelated matter, I have another Beatrice Kay album, with two different
titles and two different covers, on the same label.
GOLDEN TONE C4039: GAY 90S WITH BEATRICE KAY (mono, has liner notes, lists
titles on front and back)
GOLDEN TONE 9655S: BEATRICE KAY SINGS GAY 90S (stereo, lists only other albums
on the reverse, doesn't list titles anywhere)

dl

On 3/16/2013 9:26 PM, Thomas Stern wrote:
> This is what I know on the subject:
>    While listing BEATRICE KAY recordings, I find an album issued by "PIP RECORDS", a division
> of the BROOKLEDGE CORP., 1350 North Highland Ave., Hollywood, Calif.
>    Based on information in BILLBOARD, it appears PIP was founded circa 1960.  There are adverts
> for the company (130 Highland Avenue, Hollywood) in Billboard Sept 26 through Dec 12 1960.
> They advertise PLP 1900 SMASH FLOPS, and PLP 1901 SING A SONG OF SICKNESS.
>    In NOV 5, 1966 Billboard lists PIP 1906 SHERMAN&  LARSEN'S Smash Flops and
> PIP 1907 SPENCER QUINN My Pick is Quick.
>    The next mention which I believe is related to these recordings is May 8, 1971, listing the
> ELECTRIC LEMON label.  PLP 1906 New Society Band Shove It in Your Ear!.
>    Billboard Mar 24, 1973 has short article about  Los Angeles based Electric Lemon Records "the year old label"....  President
> Milt Larsen.  Vice President Verne Langdon.  Distributed by Rare Records, Glendale.  The New Society Band album is noted, as
well
> as "The Phantom of the Organ".
> Larson and Langdon produced "An Evening with Boris Karloff&  His Friends" for Decca in 1968.
>    On VERNE LANGDON's website, Electric Lemon Record Co. is listed as "a Brookledge Music Investment", which connects back to
the
> Beatrice Kay album issued by PIP.  Verne is a nephew
> of Red Nichols.  Vernon Loring Langdon (1941-2011).
>    Electric Lemon issued a Beatrice Kay album PLP 1910, track list nearly the same as the PIP
> album, and listing the same musicians, studio etc.  Address 7001 Franklin Ave., Hollywood.
>    Can anyone fill in details about PIP records, and any catalog numbers for PIP and/or
> ELECTRIC LEMON ?  Am I correct that these are the same company - or successor.  Anyone know
> how and/or why the change ??
>    NOTE: This is ** NOT ** the PIP records which was a subsidiary of PICKWICK INTERNATIONAL.  That label was started as a full
> price subsidiary of Pickwick early 1968 with release of
> "CAB CALLOWAY '68."
>    Thanks!
> Best wishes, Thomas.
>
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