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Island

Cleveland, Ohio  [source: an original label]

Owned by Frank J. Videmsek.


Original Releases

Number Date & Source V Artists Titles {& References to LP/CD List} Matrix Numbers
IR:1/2 1957/Sept.
C&WJ rev.
The Echo Valley Boys Wash [!!] Machine Boogie {a,h,l,n,q,r}
Ramblin' Man {j}
IR: 2
IR: 1
IR 3 1957/Aug. 26
Bb c&w rev.
Bill Browning Don't Wait Too Late
One Day A Month
H8OW-5976
H8OW-5977
IR4/5 1957/Dec. 2
Bb pop rev.
Bill Browning Hula-Rock [!!] {e,i,j,m,t}
Makes You Feela So Good
HO8W-0187
HO8W-0188
IR6 1958/Jan. 13
Bb pop rev.
Sidney Jo Lewis Boppin' To Grandfather's Clock {q,r,s,t}
Beggars Can't Be Choosers {s}
7 HOW-0502
8 HOW-0503
IR-7 1958/Mar. 17
Bb c&w rev.
Bill Browning Borned With The Blues {j}
Dark Hollow {j}
J8OW-0640
J8OW-0641
IR-11 1960/Apr. 4
Bb c&w rev.
Bill Browning Sinful Woman {b,d,g,j,k,o,p,r}
Just Because You Say Your [!!] Sorry
K8OW-5276
K8OW-5275
EP 7543/4  
 
Hardrock Gunter
Hardrock Gunter
Buddy Durham
Buddy Durham
Bill Browning
Bill Browning
Cook Brothers
Cook Brothers
Rock-A-Bop Baby {s,t}
Birmingham Bounce {l,s,t}
Ida Red Rock
You're Just A Baby
Gonna Be A Fire
Down In The Holler Where Sally Lives
Juke Box Play For Me {c,f,t}
You Gotta Go {t}
J8OH-7544
J8OH-7544
J8OH-7544
J8OH-7544
J8OH-7543
J8OH-7543
J8OH-7543
J8OH-7543

Collector-Oriented Compilation LPs and CDs Containing Tracks

a. Bop BOP- 006 (cd) Saturday Night On Bop Street, Vol. 6
b. Buffalo Bop Bb-CD 55026 (cd) Mean Mean Daddy
c. Buffalo Bop Bb-CD 55094 (cd) Jukebox Rock
d. Chief CCD 1156502 (cd) Ultra Rare Rockabilly's, Vol. 2
e. Chief CCD 1156505 (cd) Ultra Rare Rockabilly's, Vol. 5
f. Chief CCD 1156520 (cd) Ultra Rare Hillbilly Boogie, Vol. 1
g. Club PR PRLP- 006 (lp) Pure Rockabilly, Vol. 6
h. Collector CLS 2307 (lp) Rockin' And Boppin'
i. DOJO DOJL- 5009 (lp) Rock-A-Hula-Bop
j. Esoldun RR 2019 (lp) Bill Browning
k. Flame 016 (lp) Desperate Rock 'N' Roll, Vol. 16
l. Hallmark 305242 (cd) Do The Ooby Dooby
m. Island IR 145105 (cd) Rock-A-Hula Bop
n. Lucky CDLR 811 (cd) Rockabilly Gold, Vol. 11
o. Lucky CDLR 812 (cd) Rockabilly Gold, Vol. 12
p. Mustang MUST 4 (cd) Rockabilly & Hillbilly Bop, Vol. 4: Mad Dog In Town
q. Mustang MUST 6 (cd) Rockabilly & Hillbilly Bop, Vol. 6
r. Roller Coaster 2008 (lp) Roller Coaster Rockers, Vol. 1
s. Roller Coaster RCCD 3013 (cd) Gonna Rock & Roll, Gonna Dance All Night / Hardrock Gunter
t. White Label WLP 8814 (lp) The Island Recordings


Acknowledgments:   CMF Library, Stéphane Chatain, Tom Fallon, Udo Frank, Gerd Miller, Dean Craige Morris, Michel Proost, Rock & Roll Musik Magazin, Rock & Roll Musiz Magazin, Rockabilly Record Guide, Al Turner, Bjorn Witlox

Compilation & presentation © 2008, Terry E. Gordon This page generated on 08/31/2008

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