- Joined
- Apr 20, 2011
- Location
- The shores of southern CT
A few comments:
The Brent label was based in New York City. Shane was a pseudonymn for a pair of songwriters and performers, refer to BTBM for full details.
Sam Montel owned and operated Montel, Montelle - Michelle, Michelle and the Mon-Art labels.
The US based Melbourne label operated in Manchester, New Hampshire. There were four guys who ran the office located on Elm Street, but perhaps three of them listed were the officials based in Australia. The main guy who ran the operation was JW Parks, this is the guy Bill N. tracked down. While the office had a couple of copies from the Australian pressed product, there was little to nothing of the 45s made locally. Bill did not find more than one of each of the Specters and the Vistas 45s. I recall Bill telling me he was bummed, he might not have even gotten one Specters. I spoke with John P. from the Specters in the early 1990s and bought 5 copies from him, all he had left.
The Specters 45 is an RCA custom pressing manufactured at the New Jersey plant, The second Vistas 45 was also pressed in the USA - neither one are Canadian pressings. The first vistas 45 is a Canadian pressing, done in Montreal. There are also U.S. pressings on a yellow Melbourne label for Johnny Chester & the Thunderbirds, and the Breakaways.
The Brent label was based in New York City. Shane was a pseudonymn for a pair of songwriters and performers, refer to BTBM for full details.
Sam Montel owned and operated Montel, Montelle - Michelle, Michelle and the Mon-Art labels.
The US based Melbourne label operated in Manchester, New Hampshire. There were four guys who ran the office located on Elm Street, but perhaps three of them listed were the officials based in Australia. The main guy who ran the operation was JW Parks, this is the guy Bill N. tracked down. While the office had a couple of copies from the Australian pressed product, there was little to nothing of the 45s made locally. Bill did not find more than one of each of the Specters and the Vistas 45s. I recall Bill telling me he was bummed, he might not have even gotten one Specters. I spoke with John P. from the Specters in the early 1990s and bought 5 copies from him, all he had left.
The Specters 45 is an RCA custom pressing manufactured at the New Jersey plant, The second Vistas 45 was also pressed in the USA - neither one are Canadian pressings. The first vistas 45 is a Canadian pressing, done in Montreal. There are also U.S. pressings on a yellow Melbourne label for Johnny Chester & the Thunderbirds, and the Breakaways.
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