45's - The Place - Johnny Brantley's All Stars (Carlton Promo Copy)

Recorded April, 1958 and released on the Carlton and London labels. The Carlton Record Corporation began in October, 1957, in New York, when the late Joe Carlton, a former A&R chief at RCA, set up offices at 157 W. 57th Street. It folded about 1964. The recordings sounded great, most were in stereo, but when the label ended, nobody knows what happened to the master tapes (other than the Anita Bryant tapes, which apparently were sold to Columbia). The legacy of this label is almost entirely in the issued product on vinyl, including many true stereo albums. If you have the stereo albums, consider yourself lucky. They almost never show up on CD that way, with the exception of the first Jack Scott LP, which was dubbed from disc.

During its heyday, the label issued some very interesting and successful popular music, along with a carload of schmaltz and yawners, at least on the album side of the house. The singles side had more doo-wops, rockabilly, and generally interesting offerings. Country star Kenny Rogers made his recording debut on Carlton. Successful acts included Jack Scott, Anita Bryant, Paul Evans, the Chantels, Gary Stites, and others. Carlton also issued a series of "Hear How To..." albums long before DIY became a well-known acronym.

The label started with a single by Tommy Fredericks & His Hi-Notes, "The Prince of Players"/"I'm Not Pretending" [Carlton 450]. A few singles later, Joe Carlton signed an unknown singer out of Texas named Kenny Rogers. His first single, "That Crazy Feeling" [Carlton 454], was attributed to Kenneth Rogers. The song sold some, but not enough to make the charts. In the late 1970s, Kenny Rogers was a household name, and was being interviewed by New York country jock Mike Fitzgerald on WHN about his "first record," which Rogers was referring to as "Just Dropped In" by the First Edition. Unbeknownst to Rogers, Fitzgerald cued up "That Crazy Feeling," and you could hear the shocked Rogers whisper on the air, "where did you get THIS??" A second Carlton single, "For You Alone"/"I've Got A Lot to Learn" [Carlton 468], sold poorly, and Rogers was dropped from the label.

Other artists releasing singles on Carlton during early 1958 included Al & Dick, Johnny Brantley's All Stars, rockabilly singer Dwight Pullen, Charles Margulis (who also had an album), the Double Daters, Fred Norman & the Abnormals, and Buddy Hawkins.

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[sideshowtink]

What a FABULOUS record, Lloyd! I love it! You know me & my instrumentals!!

[Ne14Gr8Music]

@sideshowtink Thank you Tink! Yes indeed, I know you love them just like I do. XOXO 

[lovegermanshepherds]

Excellent share Lloyd

Have a wonderful week-end

Cheyenne