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Monday 27 September 2010

TOPS RECORDS


Hollywood. California (?)

This is presumably the forerunner of the more common maroon, black or red TOPS label, which issued an large quantity of cover versions on 45’s / Ep’s / 78’s in the fifties. I would imagine that there are many other releases with this blue label design, but few ever turn up.

TOPS 103
JACK (TEX) WILLIAMS AND THE HIRED HANDS
Life Get’s Tee-Jus (103.A) (deadwax Top 111)
(Carson Robinson) (No Publisher Noted)
JOHNNY HENDERSONAND THE HIRED-HANDS
I Love You So Much It Hurts (103.B) (deadwax Top 110)
(Floyd Tillman) (No Publisher Noted)




TOPS 209
JOE BEAN AND HIS WESTERN SERENADERS
I Turned And Slowly Walked Away (Vocal – Curt Dunn) (209.A)
(Red Sortner) (No Publisher Noted)
There’s Not A Thing (Vocal – Curt Dunn) (209.B)
(Dilly Hughes) [sic] (No Publisher Noted)

TOPS 209 is a Research Craft Pressing.


2 comments:

  1. If this is the case, this label belongs to Tops Music Enterprises, which was the parent company of the budget Tops label.

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  2. JOE BEAN had a record on Modern in 1947, which helps to confirm Hollywood location.

    The Eddy Arnold & Carson Robison songs here date this records. I've seen this label in maroon but most seem to have vanished long ago,

    Dave Sax.

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