One of the biggest puzzles with the B.T. Puppy label is understanding the 1969/70s releases. The late 45rpm's are odd enough but the LP output seems bizarre. Why after only 5 albums in the labels first 4 years, when they were having hits, did they put out 23 albums many in such limited quantities that they are nigh impossible to find and almost guaranteed not to sell? The Badcat Records site surmises that the label was involved in a tax scam similar to that operated by labels such as Tiger Lily, Guinness and Tomorrow. How it works, from what I can understand, is that the record label inflated the cost of recording, pressing and distributing the product and offset this against profits made elsewhere in the business. The B.T. Puppy releases were much earlier than the 1976-1978 period that most of this activity is assumed to have been going on but maybe Bright Tunes were trail-blazers?
So were The Tokens involved in a scam? I would say not, when interviewed by Steve Stanley for the CD notes for Rev-ola's release of "Intercourse", Mitch Margo said: "it was filling a contractual commitment with our distributor, Jubilee.... I wasn't pleased at all about it. There were very few printed and it is indeed a rarity." I assume breaking free of this commitment was behind The Tokens not only emptying their musical vaults but whilst they were having huge hits with the early Dawn records, making time to fly down to Fayetteville to record an album for Wyman Lee Wilkerson, a country-and-western singer/song writer businessman who had always wanted to sing professionally!
As noted in INFO on the B.T. Puppy 45s page, 50 per cent of the label was owned by Jubilee Records and after only two years cracks in the relationship were publicly beginning to show. In July 1967 Billboard reported that Bright Tunes Music and their president, Seymour Barash were suing Jubilee and it's subsidiary Jay-Gee Record Co. seeking additional royalty payments, punitive damages and breach of contract payments totalling well over $200,000 in regards to alleged under accounting of sales for Adam Clayton Powell's Jubilee album "Keep The Faith". I do not know if the court case preceded or the outcome but if true this under accounting of sales/pressings could explain why such great albums as "I Hear Trumpets Blow" and "Back To Back" can, 50 years later, easily be bought second-hand still in their shrink-wrap. Another news item of interest from Billboard, in September 1967 they reported "BT were forming a major offensive against bootlegging operations by New York & Long Island record retailers". The question, is were the shops behind the record pressings or the distributor?
Whatever the reason and despite the musical quality of some of these releases being suspect the late 60s/70s LPs and 45s do hold many treasures that without record biz shenanigans may never have been heard. Actually, see my Wants List in the Credits Page, there are still many releases I'm longing to hear!
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| *1 | The Tokens - I Hear Trumpets Blow BTP/S 1000 BTP 1000 |
Side 1: 1. "I Hear Trumpets Blow" (Margo, Margo, Medress, Siegel), 2. "He's In Town" (Goffin, King), 3. "Don't Cry Sing Along With The Music" (Kornfeld, Duboff), 4. "Saloogy" (Margo, Margo, Medress, Siegel), 5. "Every Breath I Take" (Goffin, King), "Barbara Ann" (Fassert) Side 2: 1. "Swing" (H. Jamiph), 2. "The Three Bells (The Jimmy Brown Song)" (Gilles, Reisfeld), 3. "Speedoo" (Navarro), 4. "The Water Is Over My Head" (Cooper, Levine), 5. "Wake Up Little Suzy" (B & F Bryant), 6. "Sylvie Sleepin'" (J. Amiph) All selections Produced by Big Time Productions. |
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| *2 | The Happenings - The Happenings BTP/S 1001 BTP 1001 |
Side 1: 1. "See You In September" (S. Wayne, S. Edwards), 2. "Tonight I Fell In Love" (Margo, Margo, Medress, Siegel), 3. "Girl On a Swing" (R. Miranda), 4. "If You Love Me, Really Love Me" (M. Monnot-J. Parsons), 5. "What To Do" (Margo, Margo, Medress, Siegel. Kahan), 6. "You're Coming On Strong, Babe" (R. Miranda) Side 2: 1. "Go Away Little Girl" (Goffin-King), 2. "The Same Old Story" (R. Miranda, D. Libert), 3. "Sealed With A Kiss" (G. Geld-P. Udell), 4. "You're In A Bad Way" (Margo, Margo, Medress, Siegel), 5. "Girls On the Go" (Brute Force), 6. "Tea Time" (Margo, Margo, Medress, Siegel) All selections Produced & Arranged By The Tokens for Bright Tunes Productions Except for Side 1: Tracks 1, 2, & 4 and Side 2: Tracks 1, 2 & 3 Arranged By Herb Bernstein |
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| *3 | The Happenings & The Tokens - Back To Back BTP/S 1002 BTP 1002 |
Side 1: (The Tokens) "I Hear Trumpets Blow" (Margo, Margo, Medress, Siegel), "Sylvie Sleepin'" (J. Amiph), "Saloogy" (Margo, Margo, Medress, Siegel), "He's In Town" (Goffin, King), "Laugh" (Margo, Margo, Medress, Siegel), "Swing" (H. Jamiph) Side 2: (The Happenings) "I Got Rhythm" (G. Gershwin-I. Gershwin), "Good Night My Love" (Linzer-Randell), "Impatient Girl" (Mitchell R. Brown), "Lillies By Monet" (Margo, Margo, Medress, Siegel), "He Thinks He's A Hero" (Margo, Margo, Medress, Siegel), "I Believe In Nothing" (Margo, Margo, Medress, Siegel) All selections Produced by Bright Tunes Productions. Side Two Arranged By Herb Bernstein. |
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| The Happenings - Pyscle BTP/S 1003 BTP 1003 |
Side 1: 1. "I Got Rhythm" (G. Gershwin-I. Gershwin), 2. "Why Do Fools Fall In Love" (F. Lymon-M. Levy), 3. "That Cold Feeling" (Brown, Kahan, Margo, Margo, Medress, Siegel), 4. "Down Down Down" (D.Libert-R. Miranda), 5. "Growing Old (Lord I Must Be Growing Old)" (D. Libert-R. Miranda), 6. "I Believe In Nothing" (Margo, Margo, Medress, Siegel) Side 2: 1. "My Mammy" (Donaldson, Lewis, Young), 2. "When I Lock My Door" (Margo, Margo, Medress, Siegel), 3. "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows" (H.Carroll-J. McCarthy), 4. "When The Summer Is Through" (Margo, Margo, Medress, Siegel), 5. "Every Year About This Time" (D. Libert-R. Miranda), 6. "Bye Bye Blackbird" (R. Henderson-M. Dixon) All selections Produced By The Tokens for Bright Tunes Productions Arranged and Conducted By Herb Bernstein |
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| *4 | The Happenings - Golden Hits! BTP/S 1004 |
Side 1: 1. "I Got Rhythm" (G. Gershwin-I. Gershwin), 2. "Sealed With A Kiss" (P. Udell-G. Geld), 3. "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do" (N. Sedaka-H. Greenfield), 4. "Go Away Little Girl" (Goffin-King), 5. "Tea For Two" (Youmans, Caesar), 6. "Randy" (D. Libert, R. Miranda) Side 2: 1. "See You In September (S.Wayne, S. Edwards) 2. "Girl On A Swing" (R. Miranda), 3. "Goodnight My Love" (Linzer-Randell), 4. "My Mammy" (Donaldson, Lewis, Young), 5. "Why Do Fools Fall In Love" (F. Lyman-M. Levy), 6. "Music Music Music" (Weiss-Baum) All selections Produced By The Tokens for Bright Tunes Productions |
06/68 |
| The U.S. Double Quartet (The Tokens & The Kirby Stone Four) - Life Is Groovy BTP/S 1005 |
Side 1: 1. "Life Is Groovy" (S.Fine, R. Affoumado), 2. "Yellow Submarine" (Lennon, McCartney), 3. "Up Up And Away" (Jim Webb), 4. "Mrs. Robinson" (Paul Simon), 5. "When I Lock My Door" (Margo, Margo, Medress & Siegel), 6. "Do Re Mi" (Rodgers & Hammerstein) Side 2: 1. "Walking Along/The Happy Wanderer" (Willis, Weiss) (Moeller, Ridge), 2. "Yummy Yummy Yummy" (Resnick & Levine) 3. "Baubles, Bangles And Beads" (Wright, Forrest), 4. "Take Me Along" (Robert Merrill), 5. "Those Were The Days" (Raskin), 6. Split (Margo, Margo, Medress & Segal & Stone) All selections Produced by The Tokens for Bright Tunes Productions |
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| The Tokens - Tokens Of Gold BTP/S 1006 |
Side 1: 1. "Little Girl Of Mine" (Goldner, Cox), 2. "Speedo" (Novarro), 3. "Get A Job" (Wilson, Brown, Beal, Lewis), 4. "Crazy For You" (Shepherd), 5. "Wake Up Little Suzie" (B & F Bryant), 6. "Tear Drops" (Calhoun, Stanley, Charles, Golden),
Side 2: 1. "Sweet Little Sixteen" (Chuck Berry), 2. "I Got A Woman" (R. Charles), 3. "Please Say You Want Me" (Donald Hayes), 4. "The Closer You Are" (Louis, Robinson), 5. "Let It Ride" (Friedland, Margo, Margo, Medress, Siegel), 6. "One Face In The Crowd" (Friedland, Parson) All selections Produced & Arranged by The Tokens for Bright Tunes Productions |
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| *5 | The Canaries - Flying High with The Canaries BTP/S 1007 |
Side 1: 1. "Baby Don't Surprise Me" (Garcia, Suarez) 2. "And I'll Cry Again" (Garcia), 3. "Little Snow Ball" (Garcia, Suarez), 4. "Mama's Crying" (Garcia, Suarez), 5. "Feeling All Upset" (Garcia, Suarez), 6. "Thursday" (Garcia, Suarez)
Side 2: 1. "You Be" (Margo, Margo, Medress, Siegel), 2. "I Lost You" (Garcia, Suarez), 3. "Don't Stay In The Wrong Way" (Garcia, Suarez), 4. "Only My Friend" (Margo, Margo, Medress, Siegel), 5. "I Fell In Love With An Angel" (Garcia, Suarez), 6. "So I Tell You Goodbye" (Garcia, Suarez) Produced by The Tokens for Bright Tunes Productions |
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| *6 | The Trade Winds - Around The World BTP/S 1008 |
Side 1: 1. "Opa Nina Nai" (Greek), 2. "Ba Manucha" (Israeli), 3. "Chevalier Delatable Ronde" (French), 4. "Cuando Mama Te Tafata" (Italian), 5. "Rumania" (Yiddish)
Sude 2: 1. "Malaguena Salerosa" (Spanish), 2. "Ich Ya Blushka Troika" (Russian), 3. "Ya Hazeer" (Arabic), 4. "Adama" (Israeli), 5. "Signor Abbatti" (German & Italian), 6. "Que Bonita Bandera" (Spanish) Songs Adapted & Arranged by Brander & Sappir Produced by The Tokens for Bright Tunes Productions Inc. |
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| *6 | The Town Criers - From Shore To Shore BTP/S 1009 |
Side 1: 1. "Unicorn" (Silverstein) 2. "Foghorn" (Control), 3. "The Blues" (Control), 4. "Columbus Georgia" (Control), 5. "Sweet Laurie, Fair Laurie" (Control)
Side 2: 1. "If I Had A Hammer" (Seeger-Hays), 2. "Tender Leaves" (Control), 3. "You're Always Welcome At Our House" (Silverstein), 4. "Oh Miss Mary" (Control), 5. "Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream" (McCurdy), Songs Adapted & Arranged by Brander & Sappir Produced by The Tokens for Bright Tunes Productions |
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| *7 | Mixed Soul - By The Cinnamon Angels & The Satans Four BTP/S 1010 |
Side 1: 1. "Dance To The Music" (Rufus Horton), 2. "(I'm Not Gonna Worry Cause) I Know He's Mine" (Horton), 3. "Can I Depend On You" (Horton), 4. "Cute Little Girl In Town" (Horton), 5. "Let's Be Sweethearts" (Horton), 6. "Calypso Girl" (Horton)
Side 2: 1. "I Can't Find The Girl On My Mind Now" (Friedland & Parson), 2. "It's Raining Outside" (Hockaday & Ferguson), 3. "That's When I'll Stop Loving You" (Hockaday & Ferguson), 4. "If I Knew You" (Hockaday & Ferguson), 5. "Say There" (Fergurson), 6. "Brother Where Are You" (Oscar Brown) Produced by The Tokens for Bright Tunes Productions |
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| *8 | The Chiffons - My Secret Love BTP/S 1011 |
Side 1: 1. "Secret Love" (Fain, Webster), 2. "You're The Love Of A Lifetime" (R. Mack), 3. "Soul" (Spencer, Radcliffe), 4. "I Don't Deserve A Boy Like You" (Kolber, Keller), 5. "Strange Strange Feeling" (Margo, Margo, Medress, Siegel)
Side 2: 1. "Now That You're My Baby" (Goffin, Kornfield, Wine), 2. "The First And Last" (Goffin, King), 3. "Remember Me Baby" (Weil, Mann), 4. "It Hurts To Be Sixteen" (Sedaka, Greenfield), 5. "Every Boy And Every Girl" (Greenwich, Barry, J. Hamiph) Produced by The Tokens for Bright Tunes Productions |
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| The Greatest Moments With The Tokens BTP/S 1012 |
Side 1: 1. "He's In Town" (Goffin, King), 2. "The Greatest Moments In A Girl's Life" (Friedland-Kahn), 3. "Snow Queen" (Goffin-King), 4. "Little Girl-Little Girl" (Friedland-Kalina), 5. "Oh Kathy" (Margo, Margo, Medress, Siegel), 6. "Carolina On My Mind" (James Taylor) Side 2: 1. "Breezy" (Margo, Margo, Medress, Siegel), 2. "Happy Now" (Bergen-Weiss), 3. "Nobody But You" (Barry-Greenwich), 4. "Cherry" (Alfred & Arnold Infanzon), 5. "You're My Girl" (Cahn & Styne), 6. "On The Go" (Friedland-Kalina) Produced by The Tokens for Bright Tunes Productions |
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| Lou Gossett - From Me To You BTP/S 1013 |
Side 1: 1. "The River and I" (Gladstone - Mira), 2. "Forbidden Fruit" (Oscar Brown Jr.), 3. "Old Jay Gould" (Lou Gossett), 4. "Tinglin'" (Lou Gossett), 5. "Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most" (Wolf - Landesman) Side 2: 1. "Sunny" (Bobby Hebb), 2. "Searching for the Love World" (Lou Gossett), 3. "That's the Bag I'm In" (Fred Neil), 4. "Fields of War" (Lou Gossett), 5. "Joey, Joey, Joey" (Frank Loesser) Produced By The Tokens |
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| The Tokens - December 5th - BTP/S 1014 |
Side 1: 1. "Swing" (H. Jamiph), 2. "Don't Cry, Sing Along With the Music" (A. Kornfeld, S. Duboff), 3. "I Could See Me Dancin' With You" (Margo, Margo, Medress, Siegel), 4. "Magic Love" (Dave Appel, Shenny Roberts), 5. "Goodbye Maureen (& Bye Bye Roberta)" (A. Kornfeld, S. Duboff) Side 2: 1. "Havin' Fun" (Margo, Margo, Medress, Siegel), 2. "Beach Party" (Margo, Margo, Medress, Siegel), 3. "Dirty Old Beach" (Margo, Margo, Medress, Siegel, Friedland), 4. "Take a Good Hard Look" (Friedland), 5. "Brick Castle" (Bergen, Weiss), 6. "Oh to Get Away" (Margo, Margo, Medress, Siegel) Produced by The Tokens for Bright Tunes Productions |
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| *9 | Brute Force - Extemporaneous BTP/S 1015 |
Side 1: 1. "Overture - Hello", 2. "The World Is Filled With So Much Bullshit", 3. "Fuh King", 4. "Docking", 5. "Sufferin' Surfin'", 6. "The Sirens Cry (The Gun Don't Work Anymore)", 7. "W. A. R". 8. "The Burp Theory", 9. "Five Minutes For Peace" Side 2: 1. "Dwayne Of The Upper Regions", 2. "Hail The Hare (Hair)", 3. "The Hexagon", 4. "Topics", 5. "Nutty Fragrant, Something To See", 6. "Don't Paranoi It, Baby Enjoy It", 7. "Thank You - Hello" All selections Written by Brute Force and Produced By The Tokens. |
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| *10 | Frank Paris - P.H.B. Purple Haze Band BTP/S 1016 |
Side 1: 1. "Free Of You" (Appell & Roberts), 2. "No Salvation" (Appell & Vaccaro), 3. "Gypsy Spirit" (Infanzon & Infanzon), 4. "There Is Only Love" (Appell & ), 5. "You're in A Bad Way" (Margo, Margo, Medress, Siegel), 6. "Big Impression" (Meshel, Chris, Welch: Margo, Margo, Medress, Siegel) Side 2: 1. "It's Just My Mind" (Roberts), 2. "Friendly" (Friedland), 3. "Let Us All Live Together" (Sexton), 4. "To Be" (Roberts & Weiss), 5. "Dream Of Me Jeannie" (Roberts), Produced By The Tokens For Bright Tunes Productions |
09/70 |
| Andrea Carroll & Beverly Warren - Side By Side BTP/S 1017 |
Side 1: Andrea Carroll, 1. "It Hurts To Be Sixteen" (Ronnie Grossman), 2. "The Doo Lang" (Greenfield, Miller ), 3. "Play Me A Sad Song" (Landis), 4. "The Boy I Used To Know" (Goffin, King), 5. "Why Am I So Shy" (Margo, Margo, Medress, Siegel), 6. "This Time Tomorrow" (Rosenblatt, Millrose) Side 2: Beverly Warren, 1. "He's So Fine" (R. Mack), 2. "Let Me Get Close to You" (Goffin-King), 3. "A Few Casual Words" (Friedland, Kalina), 4. "Shu Bee Loo" (Friedland), 5. "Papa Bill Is Home" (Friedland, Kahn), 6. "March (You'll Be Sorry)" (Margo, Margo, Medress, Siegel) Produced By The Tokens For Bright Tunes Productions |
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| *11 | The Canterbury Music Festival - Rain And Shine BTP/S 1018 | Side 1: 1. "First Spring Rain" (Gemelle), 2. "Sunny Days" (Gemelle), 3. "Sharin" (Friedland), 4. "Why Does Everybody Run To Home" (Infanzon-Gemelle), 5. "Girl Of The Skies" (Margo, Margo, Medress, Siegel) Side 2: 1. "Super Duper Trooper" (Infanzon-Infanzon), 2. "You're The Only Good For Me" (Friedland), 3. "Mr. Snail" (Margo, Margo, Medress, Siegel), 4. "Poor Man" (Margo, Margo, Medress, Siegel), 5. "The Son Of A Preacherman" (Hurley-Wilkin), 6. "Angelina" (Gemelle) Produced by The Tokens for Bright Tunes Productions |
09/70 |
| The Del Satins - Out To Lunch BTP/S 1019 |
Side 1: 1. "Sweets For My Sweet" (Doc Pomus-Mort Shuman), 2. "Relief" (Brute Force-Bob Kalina-Douglas Furber), 3. "I'll Do My Crying Tomorrow" (Margo, Margo, Medress, Siegel), 4. "Ski Beat" (Margo, Margo, Medress, Siegel, Friedland), 5. "My Candy Vette" (Margo, Margo, Medress, Siegel), 6. "Out To Lunch" (Milner-Milner) Side 2: 1. "I Can't Find The Girl On My Mind Now" (Brute Force-Charlotte Parsons), 2. "Hang Around" (Stephen Friedland-Robert Kalina), 3. "A Girl Named Arlene" (Margo, Margo, Medress, Siegel), 4. "The Throw Away Song" (Margo, Margo, Medress, Siegel) 5. "Today I'm In Love" (Van McCoy) Produced by The Tokens for Bright Tunes Productions Inc |
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| *12 | The Sundae Train - Sundae Train BTP/S 1022 |
"Sing Sweet Barbara" (Margo, Margo, Medress, Siegel), "Love Affair Of Two Happy People" (Joel Cherry), Pamela (Alfred & Arnold Infanzon) Prod. By Dave Appell & The Tokens For Bright Tunes Productions |
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| *13 | The Penny Sisters - Wishing You Well BTP/S 1023 |
Side 1: 1. "Where Have All The Boys Gone" (Robert Stone, Lesley Miller), 2. "Ding Dong" (Neil Sedaka), 3. "I Need A Boy" (Margo, Margo, Medress, Siegel), "You're Nothing But A Boy" (Margo, Margo, Medress, Siegel, Howard, Hockaday), 5. "I Want To Talk To You" (Tommy Dee) Side 2: 1. "I Think I'm Gonna Call It Love" (Stephen Friedland), 2. In The Back Of Uncle Harry's Limousine" (Stephen Friedland), 3. "A Penny For Your Thoughts" (Robert Stone), 4. "Why Am I So Shy" (Margo, Margo, Medress, Siegel), 5. "Snowflakes (You Are Here)" (Stephen Friedland) Produced by The Tokens for Bright Tunes Productions Inc |
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| *14 | Amrod's Brand - Live On The Playground BTP/S 1024 |
Side 1: 1. "Hard Cider", 2. "Ruin And Vomitus", 3. "I'm On The Playground", 4. "The Vernitions Of The Pugnosed Plethodons", 5. "Pin-Ball Wolf" Side 2: 1. "Crackers And Margarine", 2. "When The Sun Sets In Ol' Louisianee" 3. "Thailand's Matchbox", 4. "Zoroastrianism", 5. "Barbara's Slumber", 6. "Redic Drah" Produced by The Tokens for Bright Tunes Productions |
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| *15 | Billy Wyman - Billy Wyman's Free Country BTP/S 1025 |
Side 1: 1. "I've Got The Habit (Of Loving You)", 2. "Pretty Flowers", 3. The Age Of My Mind", 4. "Bonita", 5. "Black Velvet" Side 2: 1. "Rainy Days", 2. "Three More Miles To Mandy's", 3. In Another Time And Place", 4. "How Much Loving Does It Take", 5. "Lonely Children" All selections Written Wyman Lee Wilkerson. Produced by The Tokens for Bright Tunes Productions |
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| *16 | Bow Street Runners - Bow Street Runners BTP/S 1026 |
Side 1: 1. "Electric Star", 2. "Watch", 3. "American Talking Blues", 4. "Leaving Grit America", 5. "Another Face" Side 2: 1. "Eating From a Plastic Hand", 2. "Rock Fish Blues", 3. "Push It Through", 4. "Spunky Monkey", 5. "Steve's Jam" All selections Produced For Bright Tunes Productions and Written Bow Street Runners. |
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| *17 | Intercourse BTP/S 1027 |
Side 1: 1. "I've Been Waiting For You", 2. "I Could Be", 3. "I Wanna Make Love To You", 4. "Bathroom Wall", 5. "You Loser, You Fool", 6. "Some People Sleep" Side 2: 1. "It's Amazing To Be Alive", 2. "Wonderful Things", 3. "Animal", 4. "If I Were A Carpenter" (Tim Hardin), 5. "I'm A Droplet Of Water", 6. "Buy Some, Try Some, Lie Some" All selections Produced by The Tokens for Bright Tunes Productions and written Margo, Margo, Medress, Siegel unless noted. (Actually the back cover credits The Tokens as writers of all the tracks. |
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| *18 | The Tokens - Very Best of The Tokens BTP/S 1028 |
Side 1: 1. "Animal", 2. "Saloogy", 3. "Wake Up Little Suzie" (B & F Bryant), 4. "Swing" (H.Jamiph), 5. "Oh To Get Away", 6. "He's In Town" (Goffin, King) Side 2: 1. "I Hear Trumpets Blow", 2. "Oh Kathy", 3. "I Got A Woman" (Ray Charles), 4. "If I Were A Carpenter" (Tim Hardin), 5. "Sylvie Sleepin'" (J. Amiph), 6. "Some People Sleep" Produced for Bright Tunes Productions |
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| *19 | New Voices of 1972 - Various Artists BTP/S 1029 |
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| *1 | Billboard chart No. 148, 28th May 1966 The co-writer of "The Water Is Over My Head" should of course read (Al) Kooper. |
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| *2 | Billboard chart No. 61, 17th December 1966 | |
| *3 | Billboard chart No. 134, 7th August 1967 | |
| *4 | Billboard chart No. 157, 10th August 1968 | |
| *5 | Formed as The Idols in their native Canary Islands, Spain, Luzardo Jose Gutierrez, Eduardo Bautista, Raphael Izquierdo Suarez, German Perez and Skunks Hernan recorded for The Tokens in 1964 as The Canaries but the results weren't released until 1969. | |
| *6 | The Tradewinds and The Town Criers are the same group, most likely Gerald Sappier, Edward Brander and assorted Tokens helping out on BVox. The first LP is a strange mix of original folk songs from various countries sung in their native tongue! The Town Criers album is more interesting: "If I Had A Hammer" (credited as written by G. Sappir-E. Brandon) was released as (Capitol 4801) in mono; "Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream" as by Lenny & Dick on (Laurie 3216); the first recording of Greenwich & Barry's "Sweet Laurie, Fair Laurie", credited as 'Control' as is "Columbus, Georgia" but the words & music are by Gerald Sappir & Edward Brander (Edward Brandon), published by Bright Tunes Music Corp: and registered 17th August 1962. Seems fairly clear that all the tracks on the albums were produced by The Tokens while they were at Capitol Records. |
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| *7 | The Satans Four are assumed/accepted as being an alias used by The Tokens for The Del Satins and I'd have no argument with their "I Can't Find The Girl On My Mind" / "Oh Kathy" 45 but I'm not sure about other cuts on this LP. "Say There" is the same cut released on Colpix (long before The Del Satins signed to B.T. Puppy) credited to The Wonders. "It's Raining Outside" is released on Vol. 2 of The Del Satins "Back From Lunch" CD's but I wouldn't mind a vocal expert giving the cuts a listen. |
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| *8 | All tracks available on "Sweet Talkin' Girls - The Best Of The Chiffons (Stateside) CD | |
| *9 | All tracks available on Rev-ola CD. | |
| *10 | Blues singer Frankie Paris was the original vocalist on "Candida" but Hank Medress was not sure his vocal suited the cut so he approached Tony Orlando... Shame the track wasn't included on this LP.
With his arranger hat on, Norman Bergen recalls working the "Candida" session on Before Dawn. The band were Leslie Maynard (Organ), Bob Ealey (Drums) and Johnny Serrano (Guitar). |
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| *11 | Album re-released on a Rev-ola CD | |
| *12 | Sunbury, Pennsylvania band formally known as The Avantis consisting of Joel Cherry, Bill Gheen, John Morgan, Galen Ramsey & Steve Fecker. | |
| *13 | Besides the girls recording as The Three Pennies, aka The English Muffins & aka The Penny Sisters another B. T. Puppy Girl Group that little is known about. | |
| *14 | Paul Amrod website - mentions recording B. T. Puppy album | |
| *15 | ;) The 'Sights & Sounds' section of local Lumberton, North Carolina newspaper, The Robesonian printed an article written by Lee Hamilton, complete with photo, on 7th May 1971 of a young Lumbertonian, singer-composer Wyman Lee Wilkerson whose first album of country-and-western songs, "Billy Wyman's Free Country" could be heard on all local radio stations. Maybe that's why a copy of this album, to my knowledge, has not turned up. We've been looking in the wrong place they are all in Lumberton! (As I hope you have noticed I have turned up a copy which came from...New YorkThe LP is reviewed in some detail including these comments: "Released on the B. T. Puppy label, although the actual recording was accomplished at World Sound Studio in Fayetteville, the collection is appropriate to its title in being a kind of free-wheeling, yet folksy styled musical endeavour with a very definite flavour of his home territory, the farming country of Robeson County". "The Recording quality itself is also top-notch, as one would expect from a B.T. Puppy release (this label also carries such pop hits as "Knock Three Times" and "Candida") - (?!), and the stereophonic separation and balance are spacious yet intimate." |
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| *16 | Album re-released on a Sundazed CD | |
| *17 | "I've Been Waiting For You" aka "Waiting For Something", "Buy Some, Try Some, Lie Some" aka "Commercial", "I'm A Droplet Of Water" aka "Droplets Of Water". All tracks are Warner Brothers period recordings and credited to M, M, M & S. For the later reissuses departing from the 'all for one and one for all' ethos the credit is correctly given as Mitch Margo. The Tim Hardin composed "If I Were A Carpenter" appears on this 'original' "Intercourse" collection but on none of the subsequent CD reissues. I assume this cuts inclusion on the B.T. Puppy album was the cause of Mitch Margo's dissatisfaction with the release. |
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| *18 | All tracks previously released on the B.T. Puppy, Warner Brothers and Buddah record labels. | |
| *19 | No info on this album. |
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| *1 | Intercourse B.T. Puppy 521 |
"Greenfields", "Gray Is Gray", "G54321 Lou Girl On 6" (Brute Force), "In And Out", "Stereo", "You Loser - You Fool", "It's Amazing To Be Alive (Reprise)" | /95 |
| Golden Moments Of Our Past Crystal Ball 1036 |
"Groovy Kind Of Love" (Wine, Bayer Sager), "Summer Morning" (), "Be Mine" (), "Answer Me My Love" (Winkler, Rauch, Sigman), "Pretty Kitty" (Margo, Margo, Medress, Siegel), "Thumbs Down" (Friedland), "Replenish Love" (Joe Stahl), "Joy Ride" (Brute Force), "She Still Remembers Tony" (Friedland, Parsons), "Silly Millimeter" (), "Madelenna" (Friedland, Parsons) | /01 | |
| Tonight I Fell In Love with... Crystal Ball 1038 |
"Did You Ever" (), "It's Raining Outside" (Hockaday & Ferguson), "Did You Ever Go Steady" (Margo, Margo, Medress, Siegel) | /01 | |
| Intercourse Beatball Beat-4 |
Stereo and mono mixes of the tracks | /04 |
| *1 | The first CD reissue came courtsey of Mitch and Phil Margo's reactivation of the BT Puppy label. It remained the bluprint for the subsequent "Intercourse" releases on Oglio 82007 in '01, Rev-ola Rev 37 (UK) '03 and the latest release from South Korea, Beatball Beat-4 '04 which has the bonus of most tracks in Stereo and Mono plus a couple of cuts from Crystal Ball's "Golden Moments Of Our Past" CD. For more info checkout the notes (17) for the original LP. |