STARDAY RECORDS 700

TEX TURNER
58
700-A - Why Not Honey
700-B - (Unknown)
STARDAY 700

One of the many mysteries regarding Starday Customs is this one. In 30 years I have never seen this record, heard it or even know anybody who has a copy. BUT ...... a Spanish collector, who's opinion I tend to value, says he has heard this record back in the 70s or 80's and it does indeed (obviously) exist. He described it as a "little like Truitt Forse" which is high praise indeed!

I have also seen this listed as having Lou Walker on the flip side - both sides of the Starday 701 release. No idea where this comes from either. 

Perhaps anybody else can fill in any blanks on this record? 

14 Jul 2013 - Update.

To correct my last statement, the collector I mentioned had NOT heard or seen this record. Apparently, a french collector heard this track at Don Pierces' office and that it was on a (possible) acetate and probably unissued. To confound matters, when asked about the record years later, he denied he'd ever heard it, despite actually sending a letter to another collector to announce what he'd just heard at Dons. Time can play tricks on us all I guess. (I can't remember who I am most mornings). A collector even hired a private detective in the 70's to try and find a Tex Turner but drew a blank. (I have omitted the names of the collectors as they have not given me permission to use their names in this.)

Another note I found which I had written back in the 80's was that Tex Turner was a pseudonym for another artist and may have appeared on a Dixie ep. Where I got that snippet from is anybody's guess as I never wrote down my sources until the 90's (and by then it was too late to remember some of them).

 I love a mystery - as long as I can have the answers at the end!

COWTOWN RECORDS 700

HARRY PEPPEL and his Shenandoah Valley Rangers
(Side A by Tommy Donohue)  (Side B by Dick Dorn)
Mar 58
CP-1444 - One Night's Love  (Starrite BMI)
              Oh My Aching Head   (Stephenson Music)
CP-1445 - Thermostat baby   (Starrite BMI)
              Old Fashioned Waltz   (Starrite BMI)
COWTOWN 700
Po Box 1694, Ft Worth, TX  (JW Stephenson)

Another Rite pressed Starday Custom. JW Stephenson owned Cowtown Records which dabbled in Song/Poems and self-financed record releases on the label, as well as taking a punt on a few with his own money. Cowtown issued some fine music here and there. Label based around Avery, TX, although here Fort Worth is mentioned as the address. The Dick Dorn sides are especially nice on this EP.
Harry Peppel is a mystery to me - although I am informed his name appears on a few more records dotted around the US, but I have no details at present. (He does appear on an earlier Cowtown release in this series.)

I have to mention that there is another contender for the #700 spot - see next post - but with the Rite information, the dating of this record seems to fit in the listing quite nicely.

Source: Terry Gordon

STARDAY RECORDS 699

BILL JOHNSON and the Dabblers

Mar 58   (BMI Clearance on 31st May 1958. )

45-699-A - Lonesome Daddy Blues

(Johnson)   (Starrite BMI)

45-699-B - Umm Boy, You’re My Baby

(Johnson)   (Starrite BMI)

STARDAY RECORDS 699
(Unknown Location - possibly KY)

Source: Terry Gordon

PLAYBOY RECORDS 698

PLEZ GARY MANN

Mar 58  (Billboard review on 5th May 1958.)
BMI Clearance on  30th April 1958.

CP-1442 - Cheer me Up

(Mann)   (Starrite BMI)

CP-1443 - I Want To be True

(Mann)   (Starrite BMI)

PLAYBOY RECORDS 698
Yolyn, WV

Source: Neil Scott

BLUE SKY RECORDS 697

JEANIE CHRISTIE with Earl Durrance and the Blue Sky Boys

Feb 58   (Reviewed on Country Music Round-Up on 22 Sept 58.)

CP-1438 - Flying High

(J Christie / E Durrance)   (Starrite BMI)

CP-1439 - Sunshine

(J Christie / E Durrance)   (Starrite BMI)

BLUE SKY RECORDS 697
Box 381, St Cloud, FL
Label owned by Earl Durrance. 

Source: Al Turner

STARDAY RECORDS 696

JOHNNY TOOLEY

Feb 58   (BMI Clearance on 31st March 1958.)

45-696-A - King Of Dreams

(Bobby Anderson)   (Starrite BMI)

45-696-B - Looking Glass Heart

(Bobby Anderson)   (Starrite BMI)

STARDAY RECORDS 696
(Artist based in KY)
(Pressed for Bill Anderson, owner of Summit Records, Central City, KY.)

Source: Lars Lundgren

STAR RECORDS 695

DAYTON HARP and his Dixieland Drifters  with Dot Anderson (pno)

Feb 58   (BMI Clearance on 30th April 1958.)

CP-1434 - Man Crazy Woman

(Harp)   (Golden State BMI)

CP-1435 - You’re One In A Million

(Harp)   (Golden State BMI)

STAR RECORDS 695
1148 Oak Hill St, Lakeland, FL.
(Vcls on CP-1434 is by Dayton Harp and Dot Anderson.)

Source: Phillip J Tricker

STARDAY RECORDS 694

TAYLOR PORTER

Feb 58   (BMI Clearance on 31st March 1958.)

45-694-A - It’s Over Now

(Porter)   (Starrite BMI)

45-694-B - No More Lovin’ You

(Porter)   (Starrite BMI)

STARDAY RECORDS 694
(Unknown Location)

Source: Lars Lundgren

VALLEY RECORDS 693

DALE ANDERSON

Jan 58   (BMI Clearance on 31st March 1958)

CP-1411 - You’ll Never Know

(D Anderson / D Thomason)   (Starrite BMI)

CP-1412 - Long way To Go

(D Thomason / S Harrington)   (Starrite BMI)

VALLEY RECORDS 693
Radio WCYB, Bristol, VA.

Source: Lars Lundgren

DIXIE RECORDS 692

J C SAWYER / HOWARD BINGHAM and the Rockets

Dec 57   (BMI Clearance on 31st March 1958.)

CP-1391 - Goin’ Steppin’

(Kenneth Ellis)   (Starrite BMI)

CP-1392 - Baby Love

(Howard Bingham)   (Starrite BMI)

DIXIE RECORDS 692
(Unknown Location)

(The date above reflects the possibility that, despite the issue no. of 692, this was pressed  before Mystic 689 and Listen 690 and 691.)

Source: Steve Holloway