company sleeves

[bosshoss]

And no idea about this one either

 

[bosshoss]

And with these last 8 Greek scans, my company sleeve well has run dry. So now the thread either dies, or someone such as Soundog steps up to the plate...?

 

[Andreas]

It's certainly been a blast looking at all those purty sleeves. Now, how on earth does one search out these Greek discs with their puzzling letters, I wonder...

 

[pfft]

Fantastic, Mark. Thanks for sharing!

Here's the correct sleeve for this one (from 45cat.com):

 

[pfft]

How is that one, by the way? It hasn't been comped as far as I can tell.

 

[vinyl01]

 

[Hicksville Hogwash]

The number after each song is the label number for the 45.

Love these crappy covers and will buy them if I see them real cheap because one listen is usually enough for me, the singers sometimes sound like they are in their 40's. I notice some of the songs are written by a "Bobby Russell" and are actually originals to Hit Records bands. "2+2" is one good surf rocker by The Chords.

I used to covert the UK Embassy label that was a similar deal to Hit. Budget cover 45's sold in Woolworths. But if I remember right a bit more tuff and younger sounding bands. The Typhoons for one I think were great.

http://www.globaldogproductions.info/ has info on nearly all Hit - USA and Embassy - UK releases. Seems Embassy quit in 65 but have some really good crude beat versions that I left in the UK when I came to the US.

 

[vinyl01]

Seeburg juke discs in stereo - are those w-i-d-e stereo mixes?

You tell me after you listen to the ep below:

https://soundcloud.com/vinyl01/a-seeburg-303

 

[howlin' hoosier]

Even on the cruddy laptop speakers that sounds good - the stereo is apparent, and it sounds punchy/well recorded. Thanks for putting that up!

 

[vinyl01]

I was not sure what you meant by the ''w i d e'' stereo mix, but I'm glad you liked it.

 

[howlin' hoosier]

I was not sure what you meant by the ''w i d e'' stereo mix, but I'm glad you liked it.

Period stereo mixes are usually wide/spreadout, modern remixes are generally mixed more to center. I assumed the stereo would be really apparent since Seeburg was pushing stereophonic sound.

 

[vinyl01]

Ok, thanks for the explanation. Too bad that it was not like the Phil Spector stereo sound as with the Ronettes LP.

 

[howlin' hoosier]

Ok, thanks for the explanation. Too bad that it was not like the Phil Spector stereo sound as with the Ronettes LP.

That one's an interesting listen - the Wall o' Sound dissected into individual bricks.

 

[bosshoss]

How is that one, by the way? It hasn't been comped as far as I can tell.

It's quite good. Farfisa based mid-tempo moody melodic pop with lean, clangy guitar fills, and the occasional sinewy sax riff. Has male vocals, sung in Greek, but I have no idea about the band or song names.

 

[pfft]

Thanks, I found it on Youtube:

Very cool! Hope it turns up on a comp someday :)

 

[Ryan L.]

Nice stuff. I'd never really considered an original company sleeve important before, but they really do complete the package. After reading this thread, I went back and looked at my 45s that I've had for years. I was surprised to find that some of them have company sleeves, just the way I bought them! Funny how we can be oblivious to something until it's pointed out to us.

 

[Heitkotter77]

A search this morning brought up this thread.
Here's a recent arrival:

The song is one of the most wretched things I've ever heard.
In other words, it went straight into the collection.

 

[CollectorScum]

This one is too late -- 1968.

http://45-sleeves.com/USA/dot/dot-us.htm

I have mine in one from circa 1960, styles 22-24 on that page, which at least in terms of layout is pretty close to the correct one.

 

[MopTopMike]

The Dot company sleeve with the logo "Dot's Got It" was not printed until mid 1968.

The correct sleeve for most mid '60s Dot releases is the white sleeve with black print.

 

[HarvestmanMan]

Most of these have probably been posted already, and these aren't really garage, but what the hell...