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Red Labels on Alston Singles?

3rdshow3rdshow 168 Posts
edited October 2008 in Strut Central
b,121what's up with these? later pressings? bootlegs?b,121b,121please explainb,121b,121 img src="http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/5192/alstonlabelssn3.jpg"1

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  • salviasalvia 279 Posts
    2nd pressing.
  • pickwick33pickwick33 8,946 Posts
    I believe Alston used that red label for everything from late '71 through '75, when they stopped being distributed by Atlantic.
  • kalakala 3,362 Posts
    yeah i didn't think it was a second pressing
  • salviasalvia 279 Posts
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    Quote:/font1h,121b,121I believe Alston used that red label for everything from late '71 through '75, when they stopped being distributed by Atlantic. b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121b,121Betty Wright's Baby Sitter from 1972 is on both a green & red label though.
  • The_Hook_UpThe_Hook_Up 8,182 Posts
    its probably the multiple pressing plant reason...not something to worry about, that Betty Wright 45 is a $1 record whatever the color
  • DCarfagnaDCarfagna 983 Posts
    A great number of Alston 45s were first released in Miami (local issues, like the BW on the right) before they got national distribution via Atlantic. Most of the harder Alston titles are local issue only, and often share numbers with more common titles on the label. b,121b,121Example:b,1214574 J.P. Robinson "You Can Be A Lady/ Love Is Not A Stranger" localb,1214574 Clarence Reid "Send Me Back My Money/ Nobody But You Babe" national
  • holmesholmes 3,532 Posts
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    Quote:/font1h,121b,121/font1Quote:/font1h,121b,121I believe Alston used that red label for everything from late '71 through '75, when they stopped being distributed by Atlantic. b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121b,121Betty Wright's Baby Sitter from 1972 is on both a green & red label though. b,121b,121h,121font class="post"1b,121Just checking but white is promo right?b,121 img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/holmes/IMG_0751.jpg"1
  • pickwick33pickwick33 8,946 Posts
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    Quote:/font1h,121b,121/font1Quote:/font1h,121b,121/font1Quote:/font1h,121b,121I believe Alston used that red label for everything from late '71 through '75, when they stopped being distributed by Atlantic. b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121b,121Betty Wright's Baby Sitter from 1972 is on both a green & red label though. b,121b,121h,121font class="post"1b,121Just checking but white is promo right?b,121 img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/holmes/IMG_0751.jpg"1 b,121b,121h,121font class="post"1b,121b,121Usually./b1 b,121b,121Although, to be fair, there are quite a few Atlantic records that are "white" for no apparent reason, like that single seen above. (Nowhere does it say "DJ copy" or anything similar...)
  • holmesholmes 3,532 Posts
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    Quote:/font1h,121b,121b,121b,121Usually./b1 b,121b,121Although, to be fair, there are quite a few Atlantic records that are "white" for no apparent reason, like that single seen above. (Nowhere does it say "DJ copy" or anything similar...) b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121That was why it got me thinking, but.....b,121Now I'm wondering if I've seen an Atlantic 45 that actually says "promo" on it, the white with red writing usually says something like "plug side" I think, but the earlier stuff ("white with black") doesn't say it, I always just assumed it was the case. Like this one:b,121 img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/holmes/IMG_0771.jpg"1
  • pickwick33pickwick33 8,946 Posts
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    Quote:/font1h,121b,121/font1Quote:/font1h,121b,121b,121b,121Usually./b1 b,121b,121Although, to be fair, there are quite a few Atlantic records that are "white" for no apparent reason, like that single seen above. (Nowhere does it say "DJ copy" or anything similar...) b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121That was why it got me thinking, but.....b,121Now I'm wondering if I've seen an Atlantic 45 that actually says "promo" on it, the white with red writing usually says something like "plug side" I think, but the earlier stuff ("white with black") doesn't say it, I always just assumed it was the case. Like this one:b,121 img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/holmes/IMG_0771.jpg"1 b,121b,121h,121font class="post"1b,121b,121I have quite a few Atlantic sorta-promos from the same era (like the Vibrations'"My Girl Sloopy"), which led me to that conclusion...
  • buttonbutton 1,475 Posts
    My only question is whether this thread is more nerdy than pointless, or more pointless than nerdy.
  • holmesholmes 3,532 Posts
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    Quote:/font1h,121b,121My only question is whether this thread is more nerdy than pointless, or more pointless than nerdy. b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121Come on Spero, humour us, it's a slow day here at work.... img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" 21
  • SoulOnIceSoulOnIce 13,027 Posts
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    Quote:/font1h,121b,121My only question is whether this thread is more nerdy than pointless, or more pointless than nerdy. b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121b,121It was the most interesting thread I've read on here all week.
  • pickwick33pickwick33 8,946 Posts
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    Quote:/font1h,121b,121My only question is whether this thread is more nerdy than pointless, or more pointless than nerdy. b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121b,121This from a person who starts threads about socks?b,121b,121a href="http://www.soulstrut.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=0&Board=crates&Number=1193628&Searchpage=2&Main=1193628&Words=button&topic=&Search=true#Post1193628" target="_blank"1http://www.soulstrut.com/ubbthreads/show...rue#Post1193628
  • 3rdshow3rdshow 168 Posts
    thanks for all the info shared.b,121b,121on a distantly related note i just checked blowfly's b,121myspace page and read this kinda funny post from his blog:b,121b,121b,121b,121 b,121 /font1
    Quote:/font1h,121b,121 b,121NO WE DONT WANT TO BUY YOUR f*cking BEATSb,121b,121Hey, Would-be "Producers"b,121b,121We write music, ok? The same shit you sample - we wrote. So please don't come around asking us if we want to buy music you are sampling from us or our friends!b,121 b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1 b,121b,121 img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/oof.gif" alt="" 21
  • The_Hook_UpThe_Hook_Up 8,182 Posts
    b,121b,121b,121 b,121 /font1
    Quote:/font1h,121b,121 b,121NO WE DONT WANT TO BUY YOUR f*cking BEATSb,121b,121Hey, Would-be "Producers"b,121b,121We write music, ok? The same shit you sample - we wrote. So please don't come around asking us if we want to buy music you are sampling from us or our friends!b,121 b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1 b,121b,121 img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/oof.gif" alt="" 21 b,121b,121h,121font class="post"1b,121b,121b,121yeah but you should see the douchebag that (more than likely) wrote that...Clarence probably didnt write that...his "band" is a f*cking joke of a bad metal/punk group...the spokesman/manager/guitarist(maybe the bass player, cant remember) for that band is f*cking jerk-off, hardly a "musician"...pisses and moans when only 12 people come out to the shows and yells and bitches at the clubs "why werent there more BLACK people here!!??!"...as if it is the clubs fault that African Americans dont want to here some shitty white boys playing crappy 3 chord, crate amplified, metal/punk arrangements of Blowfly tunes....Clarence dont give a F*ck, he gets his guarantee...from my past experience with him he doesnt get involved with the booking or the website...its his shitty band that gets asshurt over damn near EVERYTHING....I dont know if that is the way things are now, but that is the way it was a couple years ago...the tone of that message however makes me think it is still the same asshole "managing" the "blowfly" band...
  • 3rdshow3rdshow 168 Posts
    i think i know who you're talking about. i went to one of their shows this summerb,121he did one half of the show as clarence reid, then changed and came back as blowfly. b,121i thought the band was kinda bleh but it was still cool to see dude perform live for the first (and most likely last) time in my life..b,121b,121i thought it was kinda weird for him to say shit like that but if you're right about it coming from this other dude it all makes sense to me..
  • funkyexamplefunkyexample 915 Posts
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    Quote:/font1h,121b,121/font1Quote:/font1h,121b,121My only question is whether this thread is more nerdy than pointless, or more pointless than nerdy. b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121b,121It was the most interesting thread I've read on here all week. b,121b,121h,121font class="post"1b,121b,121I was just thinking that this was one of my more memorable threads in recent times. haha. b,121b,121I was just listening to blowfly's 'weird world' on the drive to work and was thinking about all the miami funk stuff. truly a great area for music of that time.b,121b,121Aren't most of the green alston pressings polystyrene? Some of the red alston pressings seem like heavy duty vinyl.
  • pickwick33pickwick33 8,946 Posts
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    Quote:/font1h,121b,121i think i know who you're talking about. i went to one of their shows this summerb,121he did one half of the show as clarence reid, then changed and came back as blowfly. b,121i thought the band was kinda bleh but it was still cool to see dude perform live for the first (and most likely last) time in my life..b,121b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121b,121b,121why do you say "last time?" is he either sick or thinking of retiring?b,121b,121from what ive seen lately, hes showed no signs of either one
  • 3rdshow3rdshow 168 Posts
    no, none of that, man. it's just that i'm in europe and i figured he wasn't gonnab,121do another tour like this, that's all. just an assumption..
  • groove70sgroove70s 168 Posts
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    Quote:/font1h,121b,121/font1Quote:/font1h,121b,121My only question is whether this thread is more nerdy than pointless, or more pointless than nerdy. b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121b, 21It was the most interesting thread I've read on here all week. b,121b,121h,121font class="post"1 img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/know.gif" alt="" 21
  • buttonbutton 1,475 Posts
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    Quote:/font1h,121b,121b,121b,121This from a person who starts threads about socks?b, 21 b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121b, 21b, 21Ah, that reminds me! I needed ask you guys which of these would go best with the olive khaki pants I was planning on wearing out tonight. b,121b,121img src="http://tufftunesyeah.googlepages.com/masterpiece.JPG"1
  • holmesholmes 3,532 Posts
    bro, I'd go with the brown, get that whole "color co-ordinate with trees" idea down. img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" 21
  • buttonbutton 1,475 Posts
    img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/know.gif" alt="" /1b,121b,121If I recall you were the only other poaster on my side in the OG sock thread.
  • luckluck 4,077 Posts
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    Quote:/font1h,121b,121I believe Alston used that red label for everything from late '71 through '75, when they stopped being distributed by Atlantic. b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121b, 21Actually, the red-labeled Alstons are indeed distributed by Atlantic, and the thickness/process cannot be post-75. The mystery continues. Perhaps they were immediate second-pressings or West-coast issues for Atlantic-distributed hits.b,121b, 21The font on the local Alston labels is pretty easy to spot. That, plus Miss Hot Stuff/Mr. Hot Stuff never had Atlantic distribution (damn it).
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