Christine here! Taking my dog for a long walk one very early morning, we found the doors of a business wide open. Inside were machines. Strange looking machines. Couldn't figure them out, unless maybe Dr. Suess had done some manufacturing here!
There were some people around and so my friendly dog went in nose first and I followed. We spoke to a man named Bruce. He explained that Impressions LA Printing Services and Dorado Music Publishing over at Burbank Boulevard in NoHo were in the business of printing album covers, the innards of the covers, and the center labels. We're talking for VINYL records here.
Those machines - one from the late 1950's, another from the mid 1970's - others a history of album cover and record label printing! I felt like a secret shopper when Bruce told me that they'd received recent orders from Bob Dylan and Neil Young. See people are buying Dylan and Young record albums in vinyl even when the same music is available in CD. (As you may know from Neil's memoir which I covered here a while back, Neil is involved in getting better quality sound recording onto those CD.s) The records that were recorded originally and pressed on vinyl are being ordered in and for that, an artist needs more album covers printed too. Bruce said Neil reminded them that he wanted his covers to look as old as the originals do today. A small run is about 1000.
I'm posting this because they were friendly people and because they give TOURS TO THE SCHOOL CHILDREN. So while we don't do advertising on this Google Blogger, we thought you might want to give them a call about the little tour. When I was there those strange machines weren't running. I hope to go back someday when they are!
Their number is 818-761-9295
Showing posts with label Record Labels. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Record Labels. Show all posts
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Tuesday, June 19, 2012
(422) JERRY COLE ON CAPITOL : SURF GUITARIST : STUDIO GENIUS
This Youtuber did a fine job of writing about Jerry if you go right to his link on that site. He was a great studio musician and had become known for surf music but in his case he got to be the vocalist for a couple songs.
"Come Over to My Place" was a Shindig TV show theme song. Capitol was the hot record label in Los Angeles summer of '65. Jerry became a life long friend of mine.
Linking to Jerry Cole on Rockabilly Hall of Fame!
Use the Search feature of this blog to locate other Jerry Cole posts, including the Interview with Wes Bryan.
"Come Over to My Place" was a Shindig TV show theme song. Capitol was the hot record label in Los Angeles summer of '65. Jerry became a life long friend of mine.
Linking to Jerry Cole on Rockabilly Hall of Fame!
Use the Search feature of this blog to locate other Jerry Cole posts, including the Interview with Wes Bryan.
Thursday, August 25, 2011
(381) RCA A GREAT BIG RECORD LABEL
Elvis Presley left the Sun record label because RCA bought his contract from Sam Phillips about a year later, in 1955. So when I met Elvis in 1957 the old hound dog was already on a great big label, RCA.
Elvis is still on RCA!
We're linking to the RCA site!
In the 1920's RCA (Radio Corporation of America), which manufactured radios - the way most Americans first heard a record, purchased Victor and the label became RCA Victor. In the early 1950's RCA Victor was one of the big five. The others were Capitol, Mercury, Columbia, and Decca. EMI, the biggest label in the United Kingdom bought Capitol in 1955.
The big labels had the money to market, and marketing was an important part of moving a record into stores quickly so that sales could move it up the chart.
The smaller labels didn't have much of a marketing budget so it was up to the entertainer to promote. Sometimes playing a song on radio or TV sent fans into the record stores where there were few to no records to buy. They bought something else, something available.
By the late 1950's, the smaller independent labels that had been pioneers in releasing Rock and Roll records began to loose sales to the great big labels.
Elvis is still on RCA!
We're linking to the RCA site!
In the 1920's RCA (Radio Corporation of America), which manufactured radios - the way most Americans first heard a record, purchased Victor and the label became RCA Victor. In the early 1950's RCA Victor was one of the big five. The others were Capitol, Mercury, Columbia, and Decca. EMI, the biggest label in the United Kingdom bought Capitol in 1955.
The big labels had the money to market, and marketing was an important part of moving a record into stores quickly so that sales could move it up the chart.
The smaller labels didn't have much of a marketing budget so it was up to the entertainer to promote. Sometimes playing a song on radio or TV sent fans into the record stores where there were few to no records to buy. They bought something else, something available.
By the late 1950's, the smaller independent labels that had been pioneers in releasing Rock and Roll records began to loose sales to the great big labels.
Monday, July 18, 2011
(371) CAPITOL RECORDS : A GREAT BIG RECORD LABEL
Throughout this blog we've posted on many of the smaller or regional record labels.
These labels were extrememly important to my generation of rockabilly and early rock and roll artists, as was the personality DJ who still was able to pick his or her favorites and give them a spin on the radio, often making stars out of artists. Many of these smaller labels had near no budget for promotion but the great big labels, such as Capitol Records did and so being signed by them usually meant that you'd have a publicity machine behind your efforts.
(YOU CAN USE THE SEARCH FEATURE OF THIS GOOGLE BLOGGER TO look up "personality DJ's" such as Cliff Gleaves, or Wolfman Jack!)
By 1964 Capitol had The Beatles of Great Britain and The Beach Boys of Los Angeles, California. They also had Glen Campbell, who was starting to move forward in his entertainment career after years of performing in small venues. (But let's hold a bit on the Glen Campbell story, which has been in the media lately.)
We're linking to the present day Capitol Records site where we noticed that BRIAN WILSON of the Beach Boys and RINGO STAR of the Beatles are still signed artists with this label!
These labels were extrememly important to my generation of rockabilly and early rock and roll artists, as was the personality DJ who still was able to pick his or her favorites and give them a spin on the radio, often making stars out of artists. Many of these smaller labels had near no budget for promotion but the great big labels, such as Capitol Records did and so being signed by them usually meant that you'd have a publicity machine behind your efforts.
(YOU CAN USE THE SEARCH FEATURE OF THIS GOOGLE BLOGGER TO look up "personality DJ's" such as Cliff Gleaves, or Wolfman Jack!)
By 1964 Capitol had The Beatles of Great Britain and The Beach Boys of Los Angeles, California. They also had Glen Campbell, who was starting to move forward in his entertainment career after years of performing in small venues. (But let's hold a bit on the Glen Campbell story, which has been in the media lately.)
We're linking to the present day Capitol Records site where we noticed that BRIAN WILSON of the Beach Boys and RINGO STAR of the Beatles are still signed artists with this label!
Saturday, May 29, 2010
RCA RECORD LABEL (WITH THE HOUND DOG) FROM TED STAUTON's AMAZING COLLECTION
Take a peek at this RCA record label from Ted's collection which we linked to in it's entirety recently. Thanks again Ted for posting your collection on the web...
Monday, March 29, 2010
WOW ! WHAT A FUN SITE ! TED STAUNTON's LABELS COLLECTION!
Just to take a pause here, you all just have to link to this fantastic site. A fellow named TED STAUNTON's got a RECORD LABEL COLLECTION (These are 78 RPM) that really illustrates the originality and beauty of functional art! (Now we know that Ted collected the records beneath these labels and we wonder what a record collection he has!)
Here's a little technology talk. These days there are still people who play music on hi-fi's, on 8 track cassettes, on reel to reel tape... Maybe nobody you know but we know them!
These people are using the equipment that plays the recordings the way they bought them or recorded them live because that sound quality is vintage - maybe the artists haven't given over to converting the recordings. These vintage music enthusiasts love the crackle and the pops - the vintage sound of the old recordings. They love being able to change the bass or the treble. They can remember being off stage when a band performed and like the screaming in the background.
Christine and I are often trying to figure out which Youtube or other video we want to post because we love original performances and think our readers should see what the artists looked like when they sang those songs - history! (OK, no more cracks about how I'm History!)
People were buying 78 RPM versions of records that were also released on 45 RPM's for some time. I bought my first GUY MITCHELL record on 78 RPM in the mid 1950's and I believe that my first United Artists release was also put on a 78 RPM version.
Wes
(I'll blog about my on label, BLUE STAR someday!)
Here's a little technology talk. These days there are still people who play music on hi-fi's, on 8 track cassettes, on reel to reel tape... Maybe nobody you know but we know them!
These people are using the equipment that plays the recordings the way they bought them or recorded them live because that sound quality is vintage - maybe the artists haven't given over to converting the recordings. These vintage music enthusiasts love the crackle and the pops - the vintage sound of the old recordings. They love being able to change the bass or the treble. They can remember being off stage when a band performed and like the screaming in the background.
Christine and I are often trying to figure out which Youtube or other video we want to post because we love original performances and think our readers should see what the artists looked like when they sang those songs - history! (OK, no more cracks about how I'm History!)
People were buying 78 RPM versions of records that were also released on 45 RPM's for some time. I bought my first GUY MITCHELL record on 78 RPM in the mid 1950's and I believe that my first United Artists release was also put on a 78 RPM version.
Wes
(I'll blog about my on label, BLUE STAR someday!)
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