An good example is your Minit/Instant one. Joe Banashak started Minit in the late 50s moving to distribution through Imperial. As he became unhappy with that deal he started Instant in the early 60s & moved the distribution of that label to Atlantic.
Banashak had Minit, Instant, Seven B and Alon (and probably five or six others I can't recall right now) allof which are represented on those Bandy comps.
Yeah, he had a bunch alright. As far as NO books go for the person who asked, these are ok.
I like Skip Easterling's "Pennsylvania Coal Mine" too.
There's a decent anthology LP of his stuff, I think on Charly?
I haven't seen that one in a LONG time.
Out of that entire New Orleans series that Charly did...with a B&W picture of the artist in the sixties juxtaposed with a more recent color pic from the Jazz & Heritage festival...I see Easterling's album the LEAST. One record store in town had that for a week, maybe two, then it was gone before I could buy it. In the meantime, other albums in that series (Benny Spellman, Ernie K-Doe, etc.) kept turning up for years on end.
And the Bandy sets are common in the northeast as well, there are copies that seem to have been pressed well into the 70's if not the early 80's. My "Love You, New Orleans" however, seems like a late 60's/early 70's pressing.
Late sixties? I thought Bandy was a reissue label from the 70's/80's; I didn't think they went any farther back than that.
And the Bandy sets are common in the northeast as well, there are copies that seem to have been pressed well into the 70's if not the early 80's. My "Love You, New Orleans" however, seems like a late 60's/early 70's pressing.
Late sixties? I thought Bandy was a reissue label from the 70's/80's; I didn't think they went any farther back than that.
Well, it could certainly be early 70's, but the "Love You, New Orleans" is definitely a vintage pressing, with textured paper pasteback cover and heavy-ish vinyl. Assuming it was contemporaneous with the singles included, I could see that comp coming out circa 1969/70. It's already been pointed out that "All These Things" is just a reissue of a 60's Instant label sampler. My copy of "All These Things" is on Bandy and is clearly a later pressing than my "Love You," with a glossy cover and more modern labels. This was my point, trying to figure out how long they kept this stuff in print, and through how many pressings. I have seen a few different era pressings of their Irma Thomas collection, as well.
As for the Skip Easterling Charly comp LP, they have some stock of it at Cheapo Records in Cambridge. I think it's around $8 or so. In fact, you could probably order it from them by phone: http://www.cheaporecords.com/
I had a comp on Minit called Home Of The Blues I liked. But the one that got the most play was the Bandy VA one with all the great Irma Thomas sides.
I passed on most the others because I was stupid, and never cared for the low budget appearance, then they became scarce and now when I see them they are $15-20. But if I find the Skip Easterling I'll snag.
there are 2 volumes of those minit samplers...always in the DJ bag...great stuff, volume 2 has some great Irma tracks and Benny Spellman "Fortune Teller"...whats cool about them is that they are basically singles anthologies, with A and B sides...
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As far as NO books go for the person who asked, these are ok.
I haven't seen that one in a LONG time.
Out of that entire New Orleans series that Charly did...with a B&W picture of the artist in the sixties juxtaposed with a more recent color pic from the Jazz & Heritage festival...I see Easterling's album the LEAST. One record store in town had that for a week, maybe two, then it was gone before I could buy it. In the meantime, other albums in that series (Benny Spellman, Ernie K-Doe, etc.) kept turning up for years on end.
Late sixties? I thought Bandy was a reissue label from the 70's/80's; I didn't think they went any farther back than that.
Well, it could certainly be early 70's, but the "Love You, New Orleans"
is definitely a vintage pressing, with textured paper pasteback cover
and heavy-ish vinyl. Assuming it was contemporaneous with the singles
included, I could see that comp coming out circa 1969/70. It's already
been pointed out that "All These Things" is just a reissue of a 60's Instant
label sampler. My copy of "All These Things" is on Bandy and is clearly
a later pressing than my "Love You," with a glossy cover and more modern
labels. This was my point, trying to figure out how long they kept this
stuff in print, and through how many pressings. I have seen a few different
era pressings of their Irma Thomas collection, as well.
As for the Skip Easterling Charly comp LP, they have some stock of it at
Cheapo Records in Cambridge. I think it's around $8 or so. In fact, you
could probably order it from them by phone: http://www.cheaporecords.com/
But the one that got the most play was the Bandy VA one with all the great Irma Thomas sides.
I passed on most the others because I was stupid, and never cared for the low budget appearance, then they became scarce and now when I see them they are $15-20. But if I find the Skip Easterling I'll snag.
Going from memory, it seemed like all those Bandy releases had the same New Orleans portrait on the cover.
I think it originally appeared on that Minit anthology that Wolf mentions.
there are 2 volumes of those minit samplers...always in the DJ bag...great stuff, volume 2 has some great Irma tracks and Benny Spellman "Fortune Teller"...whats cool about them is that they are basically singles anthologies, with A and B sides...