Fine Records 45 Gallery

[bosshoss]

Along with the Cavemen, The 2-sided killer Young Tyrants 45 represents the cream of the '60s garage crop released on Fine and its associated labels. Mastertapes were found, with alternate versions of both sides of the 45, and a couple of other interesting but less essential out-takes. Only 2 copies of the 45 were found, both vg condition. Earlier raids on the studio remains had removed a large quantity (at least 50 copies) of the 45, which were snapped up by a hungry collector community in the 1990s (I believe). Both titles show the trademark exclamation which was undoubtedly inserted by studio owner Vince Jan. Check out how many Fine 45s feature this exhortation to excitement which perfectly reflects Vince's style, and ambition.

Here's an interview with Lou Grillo of The Young Tyrants
http://www.finerecordingstudio.com/int_Tyrants.html

500 copies were ordered, Oct. 10th 1967

 

[bosshoss]

The Vistas two-sided surf instro killer has a huge rep in the surf collecting world. No wonder, as both sides are excellent, memorably melodic tunes. I found over 50 copies of the 45 in the studio remains, in various conditions from trashed and waterlogged, to mint. Also discovered were the session master tapes, including 3 or 4 alternate versions of each side of the 45. This is one of the 45s custom pressed at the Capitol plant, which eventually led to Vince Jan working a deal with Capitol Star Artists and Fine Recording artists such as The Cavemen.

(probably 500) copies were ordered Sep. 7th, 1964

 

[bosshoss]

Very cool psych-tinged garage. Only one or two water-damaged copies were found in the remains, so the mint copies currently held by collectors must have been removed in earlier raids on the studio stock. Judging by its relative availability, I guess there may have been 25-50 copies discovered in those raids. The copy pictured is from my collection, and was not found in the studio remains. I did discover all the master tapes, including alternate versions of both sides of the 45, and one unreleased song.

Here's an old interview I did with John O'Brien of The Crystal Revelation
http://www.finerecordingstudio.com/Int_Crystal.html

1,000 copies were ordered, Feb. 9th 1970.

 

[bosshoss]

Great garage 45. No copies were found in the studio remains, which means they were all cleaned out in the 80s or 90s, down to the last copy. Whoever it was who conducted these "raids" on the studio stock, they were only interested in '60s garage. The Young Tyrants, Darelycks, Crystal Revelation, Blades Of Grass were all cleaned out. But piles of ultra-rare soul (Darling Dears), surf (Vistas) and r&b (Vel-Tones on Coy) 45s were left to rot. Master tapes for both sides of the 45 were located.

Here's a link to an interview with Steve Lareau of The Darelycks. Unfortunately the question of the origin of the band's name is not discussed. I bet it was supposed to be The Daleks, but they had no idea how to spell it.

http://www.finerecordingstudio.com/int_Darelycks.html

1,000 copies were ordered, Nov. 15, 1966

 

[bosshoss]

If anyone wants to jump in, ask questions, make comments etc., go ahead! I'll keep going with this gallery until all known Fine 45s have been dealt with. There's over 100 of them, all styles of music covered. Then I'll get into the tapes, documents and memorabilia.

 

[greenfuzz]

Great stuff, Mark.

 

[bosshoss]

Little Peppy seems to have been a favourite protege, groomed by Vince in the studio with the intention of world domination. Vince linked the singer with a crude local garage band, the Bare Existence. The group had independently recorded at least one session at the studio, as always with Vince as producer / engineer.
Over 150 copies of the Little Peppy disc survived the fire and flood, many in mint condition. Needless to say, it's not a rare record by any stretch of the imagination. Still, it is very good. Mastertapes were found for both Little Peppy, and for the Bare Existence playing their own compositions.

(probably 500 copies) ordered Sep. 25, 1966

 

[EXPO67]

Mark you RULE! - I don't know if you can remember but about 7 or 8 years ago you sent me a mint copy of The Vistas 45. What a fab record it is too.
At least you know it's a loved item in my collection and gets regular plays...

 

[bosshoss]

I just did a little digging on the internet, to see what I could find to tell you about the Blades Of Grass. Nothing. So, I dug out the Blades Of Grass business card I found in the studio wreckage :

http://www.finerecordingstudio.com/buscards.html

Typed in "Bill Lawler" and "Al Guardino" into Google search, and lo and behold, I found this from The Geneva Times 1969 :

Anyhow, there weren't any copies of the 45 left in the studio wreckage by the time I got the stash. But I did retrieve the master tapes which contained the 2 sides of the 45 plus 4 other unreleased original tunes. Cool!
(ps - does this mean the Blades Of Grass came from Geneva or Seneca Falls, not Rochester? Or is that the same thing?)

Also, The Sound Mind is one of the unknown bands whose unreleased master tape I found in the Fine Studio remains. Only I had them down as the Sound Of Mind. See listing here :
http://www.finerecordingstudio.com/GarageList.html

Blades Of Grass pressed 1010 copies of their 45, on 27th May 1970.

 

[ohiogarage]

Hey Mark

Did the publishing paperwork come with the hall? If so you have probably already tried to match the publishing paperwork with the u
Known mystery tapes? Did he have a BMI company also....

 

[Westex]

Here's a link to an interview with Steve Lareau of The Darelycks. Unfortunately the question of the origin of the band's name is not discussed. I bet it was supposed to be The Daleks, but they had no idea how to spell it.

Darelycks = a hipster misspelling of Derelicts would be my guess.

 

[vinylfool]

I bet it was supposed to be The Daleks, but they had no idea how to spell it.

Derelict - broken down, neglected - stylized as Darelycks - not bad as a band name.........

Westex beat me to it.........

 

[Hicksville Hogwash]

Mark you RULE! - I don't know if you can remember but about 7 or 8 years ago you sent me a mint copy of The Vistas 45. What a fab record it is too.
At least you know it's a loved item in my collection and gets regular plays...

ditto that here ...too. more than I deserved for my badly recorded forum comp.

 

[HarvestmanMan]

I bet it was supposed to be The Daleks, but they had no idea how to spell it.

I was going to say - "Dalek" with a heavy Cockney accent?

Great scans so far (although they're showing up pink for me in Firefox).

 

[Westex]

ditto that here ...too. more than I deserved for my badly recorded forum comp.

Ditto as well...

 

[The Swyne]

(although they're showing up pink for me in Firefox).

That's how Mark is posting them. It's no glitch.

 

[Andreas]

No, I tested in both Safari and also in Explorer at work. They're only pink in Firefox. No idea why.

 

[bosshoss]

They are not supposed to be pink. They appear perfectly normal to me, using Internet Explorer on a Mac. I remember this problem happened before with the Pink Finks Louie Louie scans. It's strange.
Didn't someone say they upgraded Firefox, and the problem went away?

 

[greenfuzz]

No, I tested in both Safari and also in Explorer at work. They're only pink in Firefox. No idea why.

They are pink in Chrome, too.

 

[Michael W]

Same here - all over magenta cast in Firefox 20 on a Mac but fine in Safari. I have colour management turned on in Firefox. This has only been happening with the recent Bosshoss label scans - it doesn't occur with anyone elses. Are you applying a particular profile or colour space to the scans that might be different to in the past Mark? i.e. previous to the Pink Finks labels.