... 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...
Some new songs in the file area. Started with some very early novelty songs including a few you do not have even with a complete Hit singles collection. Four...
I wonder how many "POPEYE" songs there were, back in the day? "Popeye The Hitch Hiker" (Cubby Checker?) springs to mind. That "Check Mr. Popeye" was a...
... There was also the John Zacherle monster like take-off called, Popeye The Grave Digger" ... The original was by Eddie Bo there is a real audio clip of it...
... GIANT 1002 LEROY JONES & HIS BAND: (6004) CHECK MR. POPEYE B/W (6005) NOW LET'S POPEYE Phil, Hope you consider adding them to your Popeye list! Now Let's...
Hi there I've just finished reading Stephen McParland's 'Surfing USA' book detailing the various surf, hot rod, motorcycle and hot rod hits from the 1960-1965...
For those who are also members of Spectropop there has been a discussion there of the song Tell Him, a hit by The Exciters. So for the benefit of this group,...
Thanks, Paul. Your comment leads me to ask a few questions about Hit's operation: * How soon after the release of an original would Hit's session for the same ...
... titles listed on all three albums as they seem to be originals that were lumped in with covers of current surf & hot rod hits to fill out the sides. ... ...
... the same song take place? Depends on the artist. Hit wanted the Top 10 songs in their rack. A record in those days had about a 90 days chart run. 30 days...
... Wow Paul, you are indeed lightning fast! First of all, I was unsure as to whether or not any of you guys even knew these albums and if so, I figured you'd...
... think >about the shoestring-budget and tight deadlines for these productions. Yes a lot of folks forget brian Wilson spend weeks and months in the studios...
Since I mentioned in a previous post that Hit actually ran a "real" record company, though very unsuccessfully. I am posting two Draggin' and Surfin' type...
Thanks Paul for playing Hit Records greatest surfin 'Hit's' - and for Martin Jensen for telling me about 'em - a lot of fun and cool to get 'em all in the one...
John Briggs requested some instrumentals. I realize that the instrumentals fall in various catagories and a few have been posted before. However, I have always...
I have a Hit 45 that I can't seem to find in the discography: Don't Say Nothin' Bad (About My Baby)-The Gleams/Pipeline-The Dacrons. # on right hand side of...
... Bill, Thanks for letting me know about that release. It fills another hole in my Hit Records Canadian discography. Yes Canadian. For a brief time...
Hi from the UK. Embassy Records was owned by Oriole Records bosses,Jacques & Maurice Levy two brothers until 1964 when they sold out to CBS records. Embassy...
Paul and Bob, Thanks for all the great info in your replies. Much appreciated. Bill ... Dacrons. ... City ... variety ... TV ... 782. ... names ... name ... ...
... hits,in Woolworths(they did not own the label).Recorded on a Thursday and in the stores the following Monday. Talk about a fast turn around! ... including...
Bob Lusty provided us some good information on the operation of Embassy Records of England. I was told by someone else that Embassy recordings were the ones...
... Thanks for the informative background and info on Embassy. I'm curious what you mean by "David Ross and Hal Burton was never Ross McManus." Thanks, Phil M....
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