Sunday, July 12, 2009
Larry Hall on Evergreen,Marketts, Ebay
I think I have the mystery solved for the recording by Larry Hall of Sandy. At least it was to me. The big hit of his spent 15 weeks total on the charts, rising to a peak of #15 on the Billboard pop charts in 1959. Most copies were pressed on the Strand label. I also actually own a few copies on the Hot label. I have both promo and stock copies on Hot. I had read about an Ever Green release, and actually saw a really bad picture of one on Ebay. Now that I have it, and you can see it, there is a tag that says
"Notice Not For Sale. Discontinued on Ever Green. Only available on Hot."
The sticker is on both sides of my copy. The likely scenario is that it was released on Ever Green, and perhaps it was discovered that there was another label with the same name. I do show an Evergreen label in 1958 that was issuing International records, mainly LP's. They issued it on Hot which was a label that also had been taken in 1958, issuing Freddy Cannon and the Spindrifts as #1000. Oops. Strand picked it up and though they were already established, this was their first big hit.
If my memory serves me correctly, I recall seeing a picture sleeve of sorts for the Ever Green release. I don't recall too much about it, but I saw it once, and the seller wanted a grand for it. Clearly out of my price range, but I doubt many survive today. I will be updating my page this week. Anyone seen that Ever Green sleeve?
I continue to add radio shows to this page on my web site. I include about the first 75 minutes of the show. N ext week I am pre-empted by the live broadcast of the World Music Festival.
As I have watched bay and tracked trends, at least in my mind, I have seen a lot of interesting things. Too numerous to bore you with in a blog, but interesting enough to occasionally share my opinion. There are certain records that sold really well, or perhaps a dump load of records were pressed, sold originally, or placed in the bargain bins after the fact. One of those is by the Wheels on Premium, "Heart's Desire". I see that record all the time for sale, anywhere from 3-80 bucks. I think it's worth about 10 in VG+ shape, regardless of any book prices that show substantially higher pricing. Without doubt, Ebay has shown the availability of some discs are much more plentiful than originally imagined.
Another very cool aspect of Ebay is the increase of sellers providing audio clips. It's a good chance to hear what the record sounds like and compare it to the grade that they assigned. It gives you a good chance to decide if their grade is accurate, and you can also make decisions about buying records from the seller, based on how they grade. For me, it's not all about a visual grade. That is only part of it.
Though certainly not rare, I had to buy the Marketts "Outer Limits". This is the first title of their hit "Out Of Limits". They changed it, if I have the story correct, because of complaints from the then current Outer Limits TV show. It was issued on promo and stock copies. I suspect a good amount were released before they were forced to make the title change. Some records I just have to have, no matter how common they seem to be.
"Notice Not For Sale. Discontinued on Ever Green. Only available on Hot."
The sticker is on both sides of my copy. The likely scenario is that it was released on Ever Green, and perhaps it was discovered that there was another label with the same name. I do show an Evergreen label in 1958 that was issuing International records, mainly LP's. They issued it on Hot which was a label that also had been taken in 1958, issuing Freddy Cannon and the Spindrifts as #1000. Oops. Strand picked it up and though they were already established, this was their first big hit.
If my memory serves me correctly, I recall seeing a picture sleeve of sorts for the Ever Green release. I don't recall too much about it, but I saw it once, and the seller wanted a grand for it. Clearly out of my price range, but I doubt many survive today. I will be updating my page this week. Anyone seen that Ever Green sleeve?
I continue to add radio shows to this page on my web site. I include about the first 75 minutes of the show. N ext week I am pre-empted by the live broadcast of the World Music Festival.
As I have watched bay and tracked trends, at least in my mind, I have seen a lot of interesting things. Too numerous to bore you with in a blog, but interesting enough to occasionally share my opinion. There are certain records that sold really well, or perhaps a dump load of records were pressed, sold originally, or placed in the bargain bins after the fact. One of those is by the Wheels on Premium, "Heart's Desire". I see that record all the time for sale, anywhere from 3-80 bucks. I think it's worth about 10 in VG+ shape, regardless of any book prices that show substantially higher pricing. Without doubt, Ebay has shown the availability of some discs are much more plentiful than originally imagined.
Another very cool aspect of Ebay is the increase of sellers providing audio clips. It's a good chance to hear what the record sounds like and compare it to the grade that they assigned. It gives you a good chance to decide if their grade is accurate, and you can also make decisions about buying records from the seller, based on how they grade. For me, it's not all about a visual grade. That is only part of it.
Though certainly not rare, I had to buy the Marketts "Outer Limits". This is the first title of their hit "Out Of Limits". They changed it, if I have the story correct, because of complaints from the then current Outer Limits TV show. It was issued on promo and stock copies. I suspect a good amount were released before they were forced to make the title change. Some records I just have to have, no matter how common they seem to be.
