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

[David Lennick]

Looks as if I have everything except the one on Laff! The TAC disc was also on 
Keynote. I also have a couple of Thesaurus Transcriptions by her, all marked 
"not to be played on television" or words to that effect. This is the only 
evidence I've ever seen of the blacklist on a sound recording.

dl

On 3/17/2013 9:48 PM, Thomas Stern wrote:
>
> The BSNPUBS website has details of the TOPS/GOLDEN TONE/MAYFAIR albums:  http://www.bsnpubs.com/pri/goldentone.html  see 9655
>
> Beatrice Kay's first issued recording - one track issued by TAC c.1938, reissued by THEME.
> TAC Records 2
> THEME 101-A
>   GM  482 PICKET-LINE PRISCILLA (Saul Aarons, Mike Stratton)
>   Beatrice Kay, vocal
>   Albert Arkus, piano
>
> After her success on radio and many Columbia releases
>    (C-14, C-36, C-115, CL 6025, CL 868, HL 7253)
> Kay recorded for RCA in 1952
>   (P335, LPM 3000),
>
> followed by a string of small label releases:
>
> TOPS L1666 (1959)/9655
> MAYFAIR 9655S
> GOLDEN TONE 9655S
> GOLDEN TONE C4039
>
> CHARLIE PARKER Records PLP 812 Having Aa Party  (1962)
> LAFF A-108  (reissue -date??)
>
> PIP PLP 1904  Sings Happy Hits by Al Sherman (date??)
> Electric Lemon PLP 1910  (reissue 1973)
>
> Best wishes, Thomas.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com]On Behalf Of David Lennick
> Sent: Saturday, March 16, 2013 10:41 PM
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> Subject: Re: [78-L] PIP Records (LP) NOT Pickwick- info wanted
>
>
> 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.
>>The