The Hallmarks – "I Sit And Cry"

[ShyC]

I got this record on the Camelot label, but I didn't find any info on it. It's not in TBM nor in any other book I have, seems either quite unknown or unimportant. It starts off pretty cool but then only repeats itself. You can listen to it here:
http://shyc.posthaven.com/the-hallmarks-i-sit-and-cry

Anybody heard of them? I don't think they are the same group that did "Soul Shakin' Psychedelic Sally"...

 

[MopTopMike]

They are not. This is one 45 I had listed but did not find anyone to send me song clips so that I could include it in the book.

 

[greenfuzz]

I got this record on the Camelot label, but I didn't find any info on it. It's not in TBM nor in any other book I have, seems either quite unknown or unimportant. It starts off pretty cool but then only repeats itself. You can listen to it here:
http://shyc.posthaven.com/the-hallmarks-i-sit-and-cry

Anybody heard of them? I don't think they are the same group that did "Soul Shakin' Psychedelic Sally"...

What's the name of the flip?

 

[ShyC]

A rather annoying song about Tony the Tiger called "Big Tony".

 

[Mr.Segment]

That's decent enough. Never seen nor heard this until now. Thanks for posting. "Skugstad", by the way, is a Norwegian surname.

 

[mikael]

That's decent enough. Never seen nor heard this until now. Thanks for posting. "Skugstad", by the way, is a Norwegian surname.

Most likely this guy:

 

[mikael]

Stavanger lad apparently.

 

[mikael]

Quite a hero actually:

Word quickly spread and a parade of young combos came clamoring to work with Skugstad and have their discs issued by Camelot Records. Included among them were the Notations, the Hallmarks, the Page Boys, the Young Men, the Deacons, the Agents 00, the Wellington Five, and the King's Men (not the "Louie Louie" boys from Portland). No matter what strains of rock 'n' roll Skugstad was cutting – classic Northwest teen-R&B, Go-Go dance music, funky Soul, post-Beatles pop, surfer/ hot-rod rock – he always applied his high production standards. However, many of Camelot's discs initially fell through the cracks commercially. Far from being due to song choice or sound quality, that fate was in part a result of Skugstad's freely admitted personal focus on production rather than promotion.

http://etcetera-archive.blogspot.se/2010/02/camelot-records-seattles-lost-label.html