To my knowledge, that is a complete Popside discography, minus the Lou Courtney LP. Popside was the Riverside spin-off for Popular music. The blue 'n' pink label was first used for Riverside's Courtney singles, and the catalogue numbers carry over uninterrupted (4591 to 4592).
The Leo McCorkle is pretty good, but you might not need it in your collection.
EDIT: the Courtney Lp is actually Riverside 92000.
Riverside 4588 Lou Courtney - Skate Now / I Can Always Tell - 1966 Riverside 4589 Lou Courtney - Do The Thing / Man Is Lonely - 1967 Riverside 4590 The Gems - I'll Be There / I Miss Him Riverside 4591 Lou Courtney - You Ain't Ready / I've Got Just The Thing Popside 4592 Leo McCorkle - Please Send Me Somebody Else / On Top of The World Popside 4593 The Webs - This Thing Called Love / Tomorrow Popside 4594 Lou Courtney - Hey Joyce / I'm Mad About You Popside 4595 The Webs - Give In / It's So Hard To Break A Habit Popside 4596 Lou Courtney - If The Shoe Fits / It's Love Now - 1968
What I want to know is...where does this fit in the history of Riverside Records?
Because, if you notice, most histories of Riverside plainly state that the label went out of business around '64. And yet here are these latter-day soul records from 1966-68, which judging by trademarks, label fonts, etc. obviously have some connection with the earlier company.
Riverside 4588 Lou Courtney - Skate Now / I Can Always Tell - 1966 Riverside 4589 Lou Courtney - Do The Thing / Man Is Lonely - 1967 Riverside 4590 The Gems - I'll Be There / I Miss Him Riverside 4591 Lou Courtney - You Ain't Ready / I've Got Just The Thing Popside 4592 Leo McCorkle - Please Send Me Somebody Else / On Top of The World Popside 4593 The Webs - This Thing Called Love / Tomorrow Popside 4594 Lou Courtney - I'm Mad About You / Hey Joyce Popside 4595 The Webs - Give In / It's So Hard To Break A Habit Popside 4596 Lou Courtney - It's Love Now / If The Shoe Fits Popside 4594 Lou Courtney - Hey Joyce / I'm Mad About You Popside 4596 Lou Courtney - If The Shoe Fits / It's Love Now - 1968
What I want to know is...where does this fit in the history of Riverside Records?
Because, if you notice, most histories of Riverside plainly state that the label went out of business around '64. And yet here are these latter-day soul records from 1966-68, which judging by trademarks, label fonts, etc. obviously have some connection with the earlier company.
I'm guessing that Popside was either a splinter faction bourne of the remains of Riverside (same address on the label, right?) or the Jazz label decided to change focus for a year to keep the checks coming in. Battle, another Riverside sub, was in existence and died out before Popside came around, and there are some tracks (like Mongo Santamaria's "Fatback") that were on both Riverside and Battle labels. I have not done any research on this, so don't quote me.
What I want to know is...where does this fit in the history of Riverside Records?
Because, if you notice, most histories of Riverside plainly state that the label went out of business around '64. And yet here are these latter-day soul records from 1966-68, which judging by trademarks, label fonts, etc. obviously have some connection with the earlier company.
My guess is that whoever was left to pick up the pieces after the '64 bankruptcy was still issuing stuff intermittently through to the late 60s. Orpheum Productions has the same address that Riverside did (235 West 46th St.) & there were still issues of Gospel stuff on Battle & Jazz LPs on Riverside (mainly reissues) that have the Orpheum Productions name & that address on the label. So definitely related somehow, but possibly not through Keepnews who I guess had moved onto Milestone by '66 (unless he kept issues coming after the bankruptcy following Grauer's death). Lou Courtney & Robert Bateman were a good team on Riverside for that run of singles & LP though.
That's funny I never really paid attention to the fact that those other Courtney releases are on Riverside. SHit looks exactly the same. My bad. Are there a lot of soul releases on Riverside?
Riverside 4588 Lou Courtney - Skate Now / I Can Always Tell - 1966 Riverside 4589 Lou Courtney - Do The Thing / Man Is Lonely - 1967 Riverside 4590 The Gems - I'll Be There / I Miss Him Riverside 4591 Lou Courtney - You Ain't Ready / I've Got Just The Thing Popside 4592 Leo McCorkle - Please Send Me Somebody Else / On Top of The World Popside 4593 The Webs - This Thing Called Love / Tomorrow Popside 4594 Lou Courtney - Hey Joyce / I'm Mad About You Popside 4595 The Webs - Give In / It's So Hard To Break A Habit Popside 4596 Lou Courtney - If The Shoe Fits / It's Love Now - 1968
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BTW Here's the Lou Courtney mix I did for Funky16Corners covering all the labels he recorded for...
Funky16Corners Radio v.61 ??? Focus On Lou Courtney
Playlist Professional Lover (Imperial 45) I Watched You Slowly Slip Away (Philips 45)+ Skate Now (Riverside 45) Do The Thing (Riverside LP version) You Ain???t Ready (Riverside 45) I???ve Got Just the Thing (Riverside 45) If the Shoe Fits (Popside 45) It???s Love Now (Popside 45) I Need You Now (Riverside LP Track) Me & You Doing the Boogaloo (Riverside LP track) Hey Joyce (Popside 45) I???m Mad About You (Popside 45) Do the Horse (Verve 45) Rubber Neckin??? Chick Check???n (Verve 45) You Can Give Your Love To Me (Verve 45) Tryin??? To Find My Woman (Buddah 45)+ Lou Courtney & Funk Junction ??? Hot Butter???n???All (Hurdy Gurdy 45) Beware (Rags 45) The Best Thing That a Man Can Do For His Woman (Epic 45) Lou Courtney & Buffalo Smoke ??? Don???t Stop the Box (RCA LP track)
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That's very interesting. The only stuff I've ever seen is Lou Courtney and the Webs. I wonder what that stuff is like.
minus the Lou Courtney LP. Popside was the Riverside spin-off for Popular music. The blue 'n' pink label was first used for Riverside's Courtney singles, and the catalogue numbers carry over uninterrupted (4591 to 4592).The Leo McCorkle is pretty good, but you might not need it in your collection.
EDIT: the Courtney Lp is actually Riverside 92000.
Riverside 4589 Lou Courtney - Do The Thing / Man Is Lonely - 1967
Riverside 4590 The Gems - I'll Be There / I Miss Him
Riverside 4591 Lou Courtney - You Ain't Ready / I've Got Just The Thing
Popside 4592 Leo McCorkle - Please Send Me Somebody Else / On Top of The World
Popside 4593 The Webs - This Thing Called Love / Tomorrow
Popside 4594 Lou Courtney - Hey Joyce / I'm Mad About You
Popside 4595 The Webs - Give In / It's So Hard To Break A Habit
Popside 4596 Lou Courtney - If The Shoe Fits / It's Love Now - 1968
(edited)
Because, if you notice, most histories of Riverside plainly state that the label went out of business around '64. And yet here are these latter-day soul records from 1966-68, which judging by trademarks, label fonts, etc. obviously have some connection with the earlier company.
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I'm guessing that Popside was either a splinter faction bourne of the remains of Riverside (same address on the label, right?) or the Jazz label decided to change focus for a year to keep the checks coming in. Battle, another Riverside sub, was in existence and died out before Popside came around, and there are some tracks (like Mongo Santamaria's "Fatback") that were on both Riverside and Battle labels. I have not done any research on this, so don't quote me.
Right, but what's with the repeated releases/numbers - does that mean they
were re-released or is it just a typo or something?
Roscoe Shelton had two singles on Battle, back in 1962-63.
BTW Here's the Lou Courtney mix I did for Funky16Corners covering all the labels he recorded for...
http://funky16corners.wordpress.com/2008/11/23/funky16corners-radio-v61-focus-on-lou-courtney/
Funky16Corners Radio v.61 ??? Focus On Lou Courtney
Playlist
Professional Lover (Imperial 45)
I Watched You Slowly Slip Away (Philips 45)+
Skate Now (Riverside 45)
Do The Thing (Riverside LP version)
You Ain???t Ready (Riverside 45)
I???ve Got Just the Thing (Riverside 45)
If the Shoe Fits (Popside 45)
It???s Love Now (Popside 45)
I Need You Now (Riverside LP Track)
Me & You Doing the Boogaloo (Riverside LP track)
Hey Joyce (Popside 45)
I???m Mad About You (Popside 45)
Do the Horse (Verve 45)
Rubber Neckin??? Chick Check???n (Verve 45)
You Can Give Your Love To Me (Verve 45)
Tryin??? To Find My Woman (Buddah 45)+
Lou Courtney & Funk Junction ??? Hot Butter???n???All (Hurdy Gurdy 45)
Beware (Rags 45)
The Best Thing That a Man Can Do For His Woman (Epic 45)
Lou Courtney & Buffalo Smoke ??? Don???t Stop the Box (RCA LP track)
Such an awesome - and slept on - 45!
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Both of those Verve 45s are heat.