... Yes Mark, the releases come in printed covers with liner notes and most songs in stereo, these should not be confused with the typical Hit Records bootlegs...
I had lunch with Bergen White (the arranger on many Hit Records) in Nashville on Saturday. He said Bill Beasley wanted to do a sound-a-like of MacArthur Park...
Hi Paul, Question for the "Hitman": How many of the Current Hits LP's were made? I have several up to Volume 23 and record # 442 (which does not have a...
... On the Hit Records label the answer would be 49 based on the numbering system, however not all are called Current Hits Volume such and such. I know volume...
Thanks a bunch Paul!! Â I noticed on the Current Hits LP's I have that between vol 18 and vol 21 there are only 5 45's listed (I don't have 19 or 20), also...
I have to admit Ken Burroughs (rockinbee) post confused me and I have spent some time trying to figure it out. ... vol 21 there are only 5 45's listed....... ...
By the way, in my own confusing way I meant I could only account for five Hit 45's per LP and not six. But I see sometime they used the "Country Hits" sides...
... As far as I can tell the last two 1000 series releases were the following "Current Hits" type albums, one pop and one country. Both came out in October...
Hi everyone, I just joined the group. My name is Jim Masters and I am the Owner/Moderator of the Yahoo Group called Beautiful Instrumentals And Vocals. We...
Jim Masters, Owner/Moderator of the Yahoo Group called Beautiful Instrumentals And Vocals. ... Jim, Hit Records primarily dealt with sound-a-likes of the...
Paul, Thanks a million!!! I LOVE it. Your in depth and very interesting information and also thanks for such a quick and detailed response! It answers so many...
For the benefit of Jim Masters (easylover167) I have added the song Surfin' In Moscow as recorded by Hit Records by Boots Randolph on sax. Boots had no...
Hi Paul, another great little instro was "Berlin Melody", which shows up on many of the MS albums. Rockin' Bee/Ken--- In HitRecords@yahoogroups.com,...
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Paul, Thanks so much for that. I appreciate your great information and fast response! Jim Jim Masters Moderator BeautifulInstrumentalsandVocals Group at Yahoo...
I have had better luck than I expected locating ARC albums with Hit Records and Country & Western Hits masters. That is once I found out I was looking for. ARC...
Hi Paul,     Just a guess, but they were probably from the Embassy label in England. I know ARC had a lot of Embassy tracks on their LP's and even...
Hi Paul, Jeff L and I are working on a Hit Article for a magazine at the moment, I wondered if you'd be so kind as to comment and add to our efforts. I will...
I'd like a little information on this song. My wife has it and was wondering if it was an original or a copy. I saw in a posting that an instrumental version...
... It is an original composition credited to Norris and Richards which was actually William Beasley and his wife Dorothy Jean Beasley. The song was issued on...
Hi All.. How neat that this forum has arrived.I remember the "Hit Records" '45's being packaged in those "box'o'45's that the drug store by the tracks sold...
Hi Derek: Glad I'm not the only one that remembers these packets. I bought a lot of them. However, the ones I bought never had any of the Hit 45s in them. I...
... Paul answers, and the secret is which company was putting together the packs. There were several in the country doing it. Cut-outs as the industry called...
I remember a "Drug store"/train station place . I grew up in Long I.ny and my fatherused to commute from The Albertson Station. 'Twas there that place...
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