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The Clarion label was a budget subsidiary label of Atlantic using material previously released on Atco and Atlantic. It was run by Ahmet Ertegun, Jerry Wexler and Nesuhi Ertegun and managed by Milt Ross. All of its 21 albums were simultaneously released in June 1965. Plans to release "at least 10 more releases in August... [and more releases] every other month" did not come to fruition. The label lasted barely a year. All albums were issued in both mono (with no prefix) and stereo (with a prefix of "SD-"). As with many budget labels, high quality control on things like true stereo were not a priority. Many of the albums were rechanneled or partly rechanneled. Nevertheless, the Drifters' issue [SD-608] contains a true stereo alternate take of "Lonely Winds" which has not appeared elsewhere. (The 45 version of the song has never appeared in stereo.) (from Discog) |
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| TITLE | THE AMAZING
BEATLES AND OTHER GREAT ENGLISH GROUP SOUNDS |
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| CATALOG NUMBER | 601 |
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| RELEASE DATE | June 1965 / First Press |
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| TRACK LISTING | SIDE 1 | SIDE 2 | |||
| Ain't She Sweet (The Beatles) |
She Loves You (The Swallows) | ||||
| Please Please Me (The Swallows) |
I'm Telling You Now (The Swallows) | ||||
| From Me To You (The Swallows) | Sweet Georgia Brown (The Beatles With Tony Sheridan) |
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| Take Out Some Insurance Baby (The Beatles With Tony Sheridan) |
I Want To Hold Your Hand (The Swallows) | ||||
| Nobody's Child (The Beatles With Tony Sheridan) | I Wanna Be Your Man (The Swallows) | ||||
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The mono and stereo front covers are the same, except for the cropping of the slick. The stereo covers cut off the boy's hands and have "STEREO" and the catalogue number at the top. Mono cover was printed the catalog number at the lower right corner of the flont sleeve. | ||
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| CATALOGUE NUMBER |
1st.
Press (=this record) |
2nd. Press | The
first
run depicts an alternate cover for the Beatles album that
has a British Union Jack
flag. Later custom liners show the correct faceless cover for the Beatles album. |
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Clarion Records' address "1841 Broadway, New York, New York 10023 Printed in U.S.A." was printed at the bottom of the back cover. | ||||
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The Clarion monaural label was three curved bands of red, white and blue with black printing. "Clarion" in white above the center hole. |  |
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The Deutshe
Grammophon company in Germany licensed four Beatles /
Sheridan tracks to Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer and the other four to
Atlantic Records. Atlantic issued its Sheridan / Beatles
tracks on an Atco LP. It later renamed and reissued the LP
(minus two non-Beatles songs) on the Clarion label. Song No.4, side-A has only the title "Take Out Some Insurance Baby" instead of "Take Out Some Insurance On Me, Baby". |
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| LABEL | Blue, white, and orange with black printing label | ||||
| MIX | MONO |
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| PRESS FACTORY |
SLEEVE | Unknown |
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| VINYL |
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| MATRIX No. | SIDE 1 | CLN-12179-A
AT LP-601 M
(hand etching) AudioMatrix logo |
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| SIDE 2 | CLM-12180-A
AT LP-601 M (hand
etching) AudioMatrix logo |
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| VINYL COLOR | BLACK | ||||
| PUBLISHER'S NAME |
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| COVER FORM | Single type. Housed in a cardboard jacket. |
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| PRINTER CREDIT | Printed in U.S.A. | ||||
| COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES | drawing of four faceless men that mimic the Dezo Hoffmann photographs | ||||
| INNER SLEEVE | Plain white inner sleeve |
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| PRODUCER | - |
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COMMENTS
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Atlantic
repackaged its Beatles album, titled "The Amazing Beatles
& Other Great English Group Sounds", the record contains
all of the selections from the "Ain't She Sweet" LP except
for the Swallows renditions of "How Do You Do IT?" and "I'll
Keep You Satisfied". The non charting album appeared on Atlantic's newly formed budget label, Clarion, and everything about the package, from its cheesy front cover to its back liner promoting other Clarion releases. The Clarion label was a budget subsidiary label of Atlantic using material previously released on Atco and Atlantic. All albums were issued in both mono (with no prefix) and stereo (with a prefix of "SD-"). As with many budget labels, high quality control on things like true stereo were not a priority. Many of the albums were rechanneled or partly rechanneled. The front cover has the LP title in white and the song titles in black over a red background at the top. The lower part of the cover is a drawing of four faceless men that mimic the Dezo Hoffmann photographs of the boys in their collarless jackets that appeared on several early Capital picture sleeves. The mono and stereo front covers are the same, except for the cropping of the slick. The stereo covers cut off the boy's hands and have "STEREO" and the catalogue number at the top. The back liner depicts 21 album covers from the Clarion catalogue and is the same for mono and stereo albums. however, there are three variations: The custom back liners have the catalogue number 601 and list the songs on the album. 1) The first run depicts an alternate cover for the Beatles album that has a British Union Jack flag. 2) Later custom liners show the correct faceless cover for the Beatles album 3) After the stock of custom liners was depleted, albums were constructed with generic Clarion back liners with no record number or song titles. The Clarion monaural label was three curved bands of red, white and blue with black printing. "Clarion" in white above the center hole. The Clarion stereo label was green, white, and orange with black printing. . "Clarion" in white above the center hole. |
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| TITLE | THE AMAZING
BEATLES AND OTHER GREAT ENGLISH GROUP SOUNDS |
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| CATALOG NUMBER | SD 601 |
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| RELEASE DATE | June 1965 / First Press |
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| TRACK LISTING | SIDE 1 | SIDE 2 | |||
| Ain't She Sweet (The Beatles) |
She Loves You (The Swallows) | ||||
| Please Please Me (The Swallows) |
I'm Telling You Now (The Swallows) | ||||
| From Me To You (The Swallows) | Sweet Georgia Brown (The Beatles With Tony Sheridan) |
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| Take Out Some Insurance Baby (The Beatles With Tony Sheridan) |
I Want To Hold Your Hand (The Swallows) | ||||
| Nobody's Child (The Beatles With Tony Sheridan) | I Wanna Be Your Man (The Swallows) | ||||
| FRONT -->Click! | BACK -->Click! | SIDE 1 -->Click! | SIDE 2 -->Click! | DISK | |
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FRONT COVER CLOSE UP |
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| Sorry, I don't have it. |
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| The stereo covers cut off the boy's hands and have "STEREO" and the catalogue number at the top. | |||||
| BACK COVER CLOSE UP |
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| CATALOGUE NUMBER |
1st.
Press (=this record) |
2nd. Press | The
first
run depicts an alternate cover for the Beatles album that
has a British Union Jack
flag. Later custom liners show the correct faceless cover for the Beatles album. |
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| BACK COVER CLOSE UP | |||||
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Clarion Records' address "1841 Broadway, New York, New York 10023 Printed in U.S.A." was printed at the bottom of the back cover. | ||||
| LABEL CLOSE UP | |||||
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The Clarion stereo label
was three curved bands of red, white and green with black
printing. "Clarion" in white above the center hole. |
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| LABEL CLOSE UP | |||||
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The Deutshe
Grammophon company in Germany licensed four Beatles /
Sheridan tracks to Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer and the other four to
Atlantic Records. Atlantic issued its Sheridan / Beatles
tracks on an Atco LP. It later renamed and reissued the LP
(minus two non-Beatles songs) on the Clarion label. Song No.4, side-A has only the title "Take Out Some Insurance Baby" instead of "Take Out Some Insurance On Me, Baby". |
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OTHER ITEM
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| LABEL | Green, white, and orange with black printing label | ||||
| MIX | STEREO |
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| PRESS FACTORY |
SLEEVE | Unknown |
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| VINYL |
Unknown | ||||
| MATRIX No. | SIDE 1 | ST-CLN-65653-A
SD601 AT
5-12-65 W1 |
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| SIDE 2 | ST-CLM-65654-A
SD601 AT
5-12-65 W1 |
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| VINYL COLOR | BLACK | ||||
| PUBLISHER'S NAME |
- |
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| COVER FORM | Single type. Housed in a cardboard jacket. |
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| PRINTER CREDIT | Printed in U.S.A. | ||||
| COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES | drawing of four faceless men that mimic the Dezo Hoffmann photographs | ||||
| INNER SLEEVE | Unknown (maybe plain white inner sleeve) |
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| PRODUCER | - |
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COMMENTS
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Atlantic
repackaged its Beatles album, titled "The Amazing Beatles
& Other Great English Group Sounds", the record contains
all of the selections from the "Ain't She Sweet" LP except
for the Swallows renditions of "How Do You Do IT?" and "I'll
Keep You Satisfied". The non charting album appeared on Atlantic's newly formed budget label, Clarion, and everything about the package, from its cheesy front cover to its back liner promoting other Clarion releases. The Clarion label was a budget subsidiary label of Atlantic using material previously released on Atco and Atlantic. All albums were issued in both mono (with no prefix) and stereo (with a prefix of "SD-"). As with many budget labels, high quality control on things like true stereo were not a priority. Many of the albums were rechanneled or partly rechanneled. The front cover has the LP title in white and the song titles in black over a red background at the top. The lower part of the cover is a drawing of four faceless men that mimic the Dezo Hoffmann photographs of the boys in their collarless jackets that appeared on several early Capital picture sleeves. The mono and stereo front covers are the same, except for the cropping of the slick. The stereo covers cut off the boy's hands and have "STEREO" and the catalogue number at the top. The back liner depicts 21 album covers from the Clarion catalogue and is the same for mono and stereo albums. however, there are three variations: The custom back liners have the catalogue number 601 and list the songs on the album. 1) The first run depicts an alternate cover for the Beatles album that has a British Union Jack flag. 2) Later custom liners show the correct faceless cover for the Beatles album 3) After the stock of custom liners was depleted, albums were constructed with generic Clarion back liners with no record number or song titles. The Clarion monaural label was three curved bands of red, white and blue with black printing. "Clarion" in white above the center hole. The Clarion stereo label was green, white, and orange with black printing. . "Clarion" in white above the center hole. |
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| TITLE | THE
ORIGINAL DISCOTHEQUE HITS discotheque IN ASTROSOUND |
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| CATALOG NUMBER | SD 609 |
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| RELEASE DATE | June 1965 / First Press |
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| TRACK LISTING | SIDE 1 | SIDE 2 | |||
| I've Got A Woman (Ray Charles) |
Don't Play That Thing (Ben E. King) |
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| Take Out
Some Insurance Baby (The Beatles With Tony
Sheridan) |
See See Rider (LaVern Baker) |
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| Mashed Potatoes (Carl Holmes & The
Commanders) |
I Want To Hold Your Hand (The Swallows) |
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| Milord
(Bobby Darin) |
Mambo Watusi (Rene Bloch) |
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| Save The Last Dance For Me (The Drifters) |
Land Of 1000 Dances (Chris Kenner) |
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| FRONT -->Click! | BACK -->Click! | SIDE 1 -->Click! | SIDE 2 -->Click! | DISK | |
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FRONT COVER CLOSE UP |
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| Sorry, I don't have it. |
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| The stereo covers cut off the illustration and have "STEREO" and the catalogue number at the top. | |||||
| BACK COVER CLOSE UP |
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Clarion
logomark and catalog number were printed at the upper right
corner of the back cover. |
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The back cover depicts an alternate cover for the Beatles album that has a British Union Jack flag. | ||
| BACK COVER CLOSE UP | |||||
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| Clarion Records' address "1841
Broadway, New York, New York 10023 Printed in U.S.A."
was printed at the bottom of the back cover. Cover Illustration: Ellen D. Bernstein |
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| LABEL CLOSE UP | |||||
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The Clarion stereo label was three curved bands of red, white and green with black printing. "Clarion" in white above the center hole. |  |
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| "STEREO"
indicator was printed at the left side, catalog number was
right side of the label. |
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| SIDE 1 |
SIDE 2 |
Song
No.2, side-A has only the title "Take Out Some Insurance
Baby" instead of "Take Out Some Insurance On Me, Baby". |
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OTHER ITEM
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| LABEL | Green, white, and orange with black printing label | ||||
| MIX | STEREO |
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| PRESS FACTORY |
SLEEVE | Unknown |
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| VINYL |
Unknown | ||||
| MATRIX No. | SIDE 1 | ST-CLN-65669-A SD-609
AT 3- |
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| SIDE 2 | ST-CLM-65670-A SD 609
AT W1 |
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| VINYL COLOR | BLACK | ||||
| PUBLISHER'S NAME |
- |
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| COVER FORM | Single type. Housed in a cardboard jacket. |
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| PRINTER CREDIT | Printed in U.S.A. | ||||
| COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES | Cover Illustration: Ellen D.
Bernstein |
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| INNER SLEEVE | Unknown (maybe plain white inner sleeve) |
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| PRODUCER | - |
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COMMENTS
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Discotheque
In Astrosound is a various artists compilation released in
1964 of rare rock and pop music on the Clarion label, a
budget reissue subsidiary label of Atlantic Records which
used material previously released on Atco and Atlantic. Song No.2, side-A has only the title "Take Out Some Insurance Baby" instead of "Take Out Some Insurance On Me, Baby". The Clarion monaural label was three curved bands of red, white and blue with black printing. "Clarion" in white above the center hole. The Clarion stereo label was green, white, and orange with black printing. . "Clarion" in white above the center hole. |
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