... Craig paid a dollar for the Winchester Cathedral album which is what it sold for new. So that is pretty good shopping for 40 years later. Winchester...
After Brad came up with some albums for sale, I thought maybe someone in the group has one or two of the albums, I am missing. Here are the numbers. What I...
... Check out the file area, they are there, plus I added Hang On Sloopy which is similiar to I Want Candy. And the Sun Will Still Shine a Hit Records original...
I guess everybody has their own defination of Novelty songs. One of the dictionary meanings is "Something novel; a new or strange thing." I guess most people...
Hey, thanks for the uploads, Paul! Yeah, I suppose it's hard to pin down what a novelty record is. Roger Miller is a good example! I don't think "King Of The...
... I'm presently reading the autobiography of Dick Peterson, the drummer for The Kingsmen, which by the way is a great book. One of the many absorbing stories...
... drummer for ... absorbing ... that their label, Scepter/Wand, ... On the HIT version, whoever does the answering "vegetables" breaks up when he tries to...
... really a novelty song, but what about "Doo Wacka Doo?" (Not sure of the spelling.) Craig D. Actually King Of The Road was the title track to an Modern...
... Dick Peterson's book concludes with a transcript of the lyrics to, of all songs, "Jolly Green Giant." He also mentions that the idea of having the bass...
... I can be convinced of the novelty-ness of "King Of The Road." The fact that there was an "answer" song ("Queen Of The House") is usually a good barometer...
Hi Paul, According to my information, Hit released two different versions of "Wild Thing," by The Chellows on #262 and Bobby Sims on #276. I'm curious if you...
Phil X wrote: According to my information, Hit released two different versions of "Wild Thing," by The Chellows on #262 and Bobby Sims on #276. I'm curious if...
Because of the discussion on the Jolly Green Giant I have posted the other Kingsmen song Louie Louie. There are several things of interest in this particular...
... Thanks for that info, Paul. Chip Taylor not only wrote "Wild Thing," he was involved in the production of the Senator Bobby version, as well. I find it...
... If you have all of these tracks digitized already, perhaps at some point you could put them on the site as a set, so that we can try duplicating the album...
... Dick Peterson's book includes a great anecdote about the Kingsmen's first visit to the Scepter offices. Even though the group had been with the label ...
... I spent the day today dubbing the album, from the two available copies I had. Both are badly worn. But I wanted the volume levels to remain constant to the...
Thanks for taking such great care of us, Paul! I feel bad you went to so much trouble, however. In my defense, I did say "if you have them digit. already"! ...
thnk you so much for up loading it .I know how much work it is to do thnks again and love hering theses wonderfull tracks you choose thnks Brad ... ...
Here's a posting from the "Subversive Sounds" blog with a link to a zip file containing both sides of HIT #107 (Please Please Me ? My Bonnie). Nice label scan,...
... Fell ... point you ... the ... Appreciate the work and the results of this. A quick question. Are these the same songs that were on the Hit single...
... Appreciate the work and the results of this. A quick question. Are these the same songs that were on the Hit single releases and just complied on the LP or...
... Bonnie). I really did like Hit using the name Boll Weevils as a group name, with tongue planned firmly in cheek. The Boll Weevil is "A small, greyish...
... LOL - pretty cool (and appropriate) name! Makes me wonder why they didn't stick with that group name for ALL their "Mersey Beat" covers. Maybe it was too...
After being requested to hear Current Hits Volume 11, another album which I purchased very early on, and appears to be fairly rare since I have not found a...
... AGREED! In a fluke example of synchronicity, my wife just happened to pull the CD-R I burned of this album off the shelf this past weekend so it has been...
As a new member of this group, I want to echo these thanks! I've missed a lot of terrific postings, as I see from reading the archived posts, but I do have...
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