Starday Custom Series

Wednesday, 4 May 2016

H.G RECORDS 771

HENRY McPEAK
Apr 59
45-771-A - Too Much Pride (Starday Music)
(H McPeak / V McPeak)
45-771-B - I Feel Like Yelling (Starday Music)
(H McPeak / V McPeak)
H.G RECORDS 771
Box 307, Dublin, VA
(This is a King Pressing)

Source: Pascal Perrault

Sunday, 1 May 2016

DE-ADA RECORDS 770

RAY WILLIAMS and The Westerners
Apr 59 (Billboard review on 29th June 1959)
45-770-A - Four Walls, A Table And A Bottle Of Wine (Starday Music)
(Ray Williams)
45-770-B - If I Knew All The Answers (Starday Music)
(Ray Williams) DE-ADA RECORDS 770

322 4th Ave, Chula Vista, CA

Source: Lars Lundgren

Thursday, 28 April 2016

ROME RECORDS 769

ALLEN SEGURA with Shorty Fitch and The Rhythm Rockers
Apr 59
45-769-A - My Suzie Q (Bayou State BMI)
(Segura, Romero)45-769-B - You Played Me For A Fool (Bayou State BMI)
(Segura, Romero)
ROME RECORDS 769
New Iberia, LA

Source: Malcolm Chapman

Sunday, 24 April 2016

GE-MO RECORDS 768

MICKEY NIX
Apr 59
768-A - Do You Have To Go (Ge-Mo Music)
(Nix) 768-B - Steady Love (Ge-Mo Music)
(Nix) GE-MO RECORDS 768
2701 37th Street, Lubbock, TX

Source: Phillip J Tricker

Thursday, 24 March 2016

VANGUARD RECORDS 767

JUANITA SMITH and The Vanguards
Mar 59
45-767-A - Sometimes I Wonder (Golden State Songs)
(Smith)45-767-B - Conversational Walk (???)
(???) VANGUARD 767
Route #2, Vian, OK

Source: Popsike

Friday, 18 March 2016

OZARK RECORDS 766

CECIL BRANDENBURG and his Little Dixie Boys
Mar 59
45-766A - Teardrops In My Eyes (Golden State Songs)
(C Brandenburg)
45-766B - The Kind Of Loneliness I'm In (Golden State Songs)
(C Brandenburg)
OZARK RECORDS 766
717 South Union St, Mexico, MO

Both sides are quite nice country. B side is slightly better.

Source: Jay Stern

Thursday, 17 March 2016

Unknown Label 765

NO KNOWN ARTIST
Mar 59
765-A - (No Info)
765-B - (No Info)
UNKNOWN LABEL 765
No Known Location

Although Brite-Star 765 fits in this gap, the Rite pressing number suggests this is a continuation of the label starting from #763. 764 was probably pressed by Starday but as a continuation of the label and besides, Alvic 764 has already taken its place in the listing. So we're left with a blank for 765 so far (March 2016)

Wednesday, 9 March 2016

ALVIC RECORDS 764

GARY LINK and The Rock-A-Fellas
Mar 59
764-A - Don't You Know (Golden State)
(Link)
764-B - Rhythm Rock (Golden State)
(Link)
ALVIC RECORDS 764
Harrodsburg, KY (Lefty Combs)

Two sided chaotic rocker. Great stuff!

Source: Terry Gordon

Sunday, 21 February 2016

BRITESTAR RECORDS 763

LITTLE BRENDA HOLLY with Ray Guyce and his Lonesome Valley Boys

Mar 59 (BB = 11 May 59)

763-A - Lonesome Music (Starday Music)
(Herbie Duncan)

763-B - I Don't Know (Starday Music)
(Herbie Duncan)

BRITESTAR 763

Mt Vernon, IN (Floyd Whiteman)

Brite star, owned by Floyd Whitehurst, is a particularly difficult label to get to grips with as the label seems to continue from this number, and some were sent to Starday for pressing in which they farmed out the pressing duties to Rite. The general though here is that this is a genuine Starday Custom, although one or two collectors seem to disagree.

I imagine the auther of both these songs is the ledgendary Rock-A-Billy cat Herbie Duncan of Mar-Vel Records fame.