fun! I have another Alvin's Harmonica knock off too, Only it's on the Gilmar record label there so fun! they had up to eight songs per 45 rpm record and 6 song per 45 like this one.
The songs here were popular in 1959. Searching around the 'net, I found out there was a Promenade label started by Peter Pan Records, the maker of children's records. These sound-alikes were usually sold in 5&10 stores, drug stores, grocers, etc. at about half the price of the major label records.
Gotta say it...but does anyone remember the "Sessions Singers" who did a lot of "covers" for the likes of Ronco Records (12" albums)? I accidentally got suckered into some of those as a kid, and when I realized I didn't get the ORIGINAL artist, I was PISSED!!!
To those who posted comments below mine about 'training records', well, look who's getting faked out here! The Virtues ('Guitar Boogie Shuffle'), Alvin & The Chipmunks (Alvin's Harmonica) Hey! when you consider that the Chipmunks were actually a trick involving a variable-speed tape recorder. this has to be a fake of a fake. And Henry Mancini ('Theme From Peter Gunn')is the last to get faked out on this set. When I get myself a turntable. I plan to use a Mancini album for my TRAINING RECORD!
Haha! Just bogutha ton of records today and somehow accidentally slipped a 'promenade' record in by accident. Mine has 'Breathless by billie case, Jo-Ann by the promineers, The Stroll by the promineers, Don't by jimmie alres, Kisses Sweeter than Wine by johnny logan, and great balls of fire by THE Billie Case. :) Imagine this: It looks like its never been played :D
Another Record Company that used to do this was "OSCAR RECORDS out of Burbank, CA - do you know if they were related. My grandparents used to buy these extended play 45's @ Coronet Stores in southern California (a dime store) some of them only had one side and listed "NO ARTIST" at all.
fun! I have another Alvin's Harmonica knock off too, Only it's on the Gilmar record label there so fun! they had up to eight songs per 45 rpm record and 6 song per 45 like this one.
mlebagley 8 months ago
The songs here were popular in 1959. Searching around the 'net, I found out there was a Promenade label started by Peter Pan Records, the maker of children's records. These sound-alikes were usually sold in 5&10 stores, drug stores, grocers, etc. at about half the price of the major label records.
pgh45rpms 2 years ago
alvin's harmonica skipped :(
TheodoretheChipmunk5 2 years ago
Gotta say it...but does anyone remember the "Sessions Singers" who did a lot of "covers" for the likes of Ronco Records (12" albums)? I accidentally got suckered into some of those as a kid, and when I realized I didn't get the ORIGINAL artist, I was PISSED!!!
wdharveyoicu 2 years ago
realswellguy 3 years ago
I had an aunt who used to be a schoolteacher.
When she retired she brought me a stack of
'flexi-disk' records, with all kinds of old
'edumacational stuff' on them. These were my
TRAINING RECORDS when I was learning how to
use a record player.
psychoweird 4 years ago
Sounds like Falc' found himself a gem...but
seeeeeriously, you hardly ever find the old
knock-off records at flea markets in anything
other than worn-out condition. I sometimes
suspect parents bought these, knowing they
were cheap, to let their children use to
TEACH THEMSELVES HOW TO USE RECORD PLAYERS.
Just as kids had training pants and training
wheels on their bikes, these may have been
their TRAINING RECORDS! HAA-AAAA!
mikethemuzz 4 years ago
Haha! Just bogutha ton of records today and somehow accidentally slipped a 'promenade' record in by accident. Mine has 'Breathless by billie case, Jo-Ann by the promineers, The Stroll by the promineers, Don't by jimmie alres, Kisses Sweeter than Wine by johnny logan, and great balls of fire by THE Billie Case. :) Imagine this: It looks like its never been played :D
Falcons66 4 years ago
Circa 1960, Promenade stopped
listing the alleged artists
under their songtitles and
only produced a few more
knock-off records before
they folded.
blastingrod 4 years ago
Another Record Company that used to do this was "OSCAR RECORDS out of Burbank, CA - do you know if they were related. My grandparents used to buy these extended play 45's @ Coronet Stores in southern California (a dime store) some of them only had one side and listed "NO ARTIST" at all.
Vitamorm 4 years ago
Sorry, never heard of those. I'll look around.
1LoFi45 4 years ago
Did you mean it was skipping on every other
record PLAYER? Hey, just saw your tags...
greatest-hits-of-no-name-bands HaHHHAAHaHa!!!
blastingrod 4 years ago
The turntable was skipping every other record. So, he replaced the tomearm.
RickenbackerBeatles 3 years ago
Side two of the knockoff record...I am familiar with
every song on both sides of the disc. Incidentally,
imitation Alvin is a real hoot!
blastingrod 4 years ago
Thanks. I had to do something with it. It was skipping on every other record.
1LoFi45 4 years ago