Wand Records
Wand records was started in 1961 by Florence Greenburg and was a subsidiary of Scepter. Artists who recorded for Wand included: Maxine Brown, Isley Brothers, Chuck Jackson, Canned Heat.
Record Companies
Pama Records
The PAMA Records story Pama Records was a UK record company that specialised in soul and Jamaican music, formed by the Palmer Brothers in Harrow (London). Learn more from the weblinks below. Pama Records – Wikipedia Pama Records – jahsonic.comCRAB sub of PAMA Weblink
PYE INTERNATIONAL
PYE INTERNATIONAL RECORD LABEL: Distributed CHESS in the UK and many Other USA labels e.g. RED BIRD, Sceptre/Wand. 1957 The Pye label started as PYE NIXA 1959 Pye International on the classic red and yellow label. Pye released ranged from Blues to Soul – Howlin Wolf Bo Diddley, Chuck Berry Night Train – James Brown Soulful Dress – Sugar Pie … Read more
OKEH Records
Okeh Records were founded in the US in 1918. It was later owned by Columbia Records. It became moribund before being revived in the fifties. Carl Davis produced most of the OKEH hits with Curtis Mayfield writing quite a lot of them. Artists who recorded for Okey Records included: Major Lance Billy Butler The Artistics … Read more
Mojo Records
Mojo Records were a USA record label that released many of the favourite soul tracks of the sixties including: Jamo Thomas – I SpyChuck Wood – Seven DaysThe Fascinations (Curtom) – Girls Are Out To Get YouWillie Tee – Walking Up One Way StreetMoses and Joshua Dillard – My Elusive DreamThe Invitations – What’s Wrong … Read more
Mirwood Records
MIRWOOD RECORDS Mirwood Records was the USA originating name on some of the UK singles we obtained in the 1960’s on FONTANA. “The Duck” by Jackie Lee, “Baby Do The Philly Dog”, “Secret Agents” by The Olympics and so on. As a result we knew that anything Mirwood put out on an import could be … Read more
Lou Adler
Lou Adler – Impresario and Producer Lou Adler started out as the manager of Jan and Dean the surfing duo and The Mamas and The Papas. Eventually he entered the movie business where he introduced The Rocky Horror Picture Show to the US. Oh, and he also produced the Cheech and Chong films in the … Read more
Kent Records
Kent Records was started by the Bihari Brothers started Kent in the USA in 1958. The record label is a great source of Soul, R&B and Blues CD collections. Kent Records – Wikipedia Some of the artists who can be found on Kent include: Maxine Brown James Carr The Chi-Lites Tyrone Davis Larry Davis/Danny Monday … Read more
KEEN Records
KEEN RECORDS – DISCOGRAPHY 3-4001 – Jack Rogers : Hey Team / You’ll Never Know (1957) 3-4002 – Sam Cooke : (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons / Desire Me (1958) 3-4003 – The Debs : Doom A Roca / Johnnie Darling (1957) 3-4004 – The Valiants : This Is The Night / Good Golly, … Read more
Hi Records
THAT DRIVING BEAT 20/75 – SECRET HOME BAD EYE/SUGAR T SLIPPIN’ and SLIDDIN SOUL SERENADE PRAYER MEETING (1968) Mercy Willie Mitchel produced most of Hi records output. Bill Black was Elvis Presley’s bass player and in 1959 he recorded Smokie Part 2 for HI records. This and his ‘Little Queenie’ and ‘Raunchy’ were big tracks … Read more