Every Beat Of My Heart by Otis on early 1960's Song Hits 45.

[fromthesidelines]

You can tell it's a Columbia pressing by the matrix number, Lloyd- the "ZTEP" prefix is a dead giveaway. Thanks!

[lrh1966]

@fromthesidelines

I did notice that when I compared it with other Columbia 45 pressings from the same time. Thank you for confirming it for me...Friends, Lloyd.

[fromthesidelines]

"Song HIts" and "Hit Parader" used to advertise these "sound-alike" records in their magazines (and others) during the '60s [along the lines of "CANDY STRIPE RECORD RIOT/40 Top Hits on 10 Records for only $2.98!"]. They only gave credit to the composers...and no one else. Columbia records pressed the 45's for them...

[lrh1966]

@fromthesidelines

Thank you for the historical info about Columbia pressing these 45's. I figured it had to be one of the major label pressing plants, but not sure which one until you mentioned it here, thank you...Friends, Lloyd.

[lrh1966]

@bewildered35

I will have to take a look, or if you want to send me a link that would be great because I did not know any of these alternate versions done by unknown artists were on mp3 or CD!...friends, Lloyd.

[PJDooWop]

Amazing!!! You actually found a good song on one of these budget releases.. They usually didn't give credit to the artists, and if they did they came up with some bogus name.

You can tell they were rushed through this.. These were usually done in the least amount of takes possible, but it's still quite good. How's the rest of the record?

[lrh1966]

Thank you for checking it out. As for rest of record, the only song that was not playable due to damage was "Tossin' & Turnin"", which was also a good version in it's own right.