Thanks. I'll be honest, the only reason I'm looking for these old
records is to hear a few songs by a specific group that I'm a great
fan of, and I remember these old albums having a few of the songs by
the knockoff groups. It's more of a curiosity to listen to them these
many (like 45 years) years later. BuT I still can't find anything
because I don't know what specifically to look for. Most of my
searching is on eBay. Anyplace else I should be looking?
>
>> >rfdjr@aol.com wrote in message
>news:...
>> >> Hi. Way back in the Fifties, my Mom used to come home every week or
>> >> two with an LP of covers of hit songs done by unheard of groups. I'd
>> >> like to try and search for some of these old records but I have no
>> >> idea what they were called back then, as "covers" I think is a fairly
>> >> new term (compared to 50 years ago). Does anyone remember these
>> >> albums? Thanks.
>> >
>> >Look for labels such as HIT or TOPPS. They were usually EP's with 4
>> >popular cover songs that sold for $0.49. You have to remember that
>> >45's in the mid 50's sold for $0.99 and $1.49 for EP's. That was a lot
>> >of money for those days. I remember an ice cream soda selling for
>> >$0.25 then. What would 4 ice cream sodas sell for today!
>> >
>> >Griff at GRIFF's RECORDS
>>
>I've listened to several dozen examples of these bargain records, mostly
>Tops and Hits but others too, and it was a bit painful. I have a lot of
>music going way back and the one thing that I see is that in every period
>there were "good" (subjective I know ;-) artists. These guys and gals were
>not them.....
>
>Still I listened, as you should seeing that you have a hankerin'. Sometime
>revisiting things can be rewarding for reasons other than what we intend.
>Have fun.
>brian
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