1 of 1- aflem
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Anyone Remember These?
What they didn't tell you was that they were all remakes and not the original artists. But if you were a kid and didn't know that, you thought you were getting a real bargain.
- Jim Elder
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Re: Anyone Remember These?
YES! I was one of those kids when I was nine in 1955 and did not know that and thought I was getting a bargain when I bought several TOPS label records. As much as I love TOP FORTY songs, I have come to terms that the record industry is not very honest.
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I'm having a hard time believing that the artists received ANY kind of commensurate royalties on the FBN (Fly By Night) operations, but as implied by previous comments, the record producers make gazillions.
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Re: Anyone Remember These?
I did a search to see if I could find out more about these records, and found a couple of sites with some interesting info about them.
http://leescomicrack.blogspot.com/2016/08/the-sounds-of-charlton-record-riot.html
http://45-sleeves.co.uk/USA/hitparader/hitp-us.htm
- StereoTom
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There is a Facebook group dedicated to these, called Brand "X" Records, if anyone is interested in digging deeper into knockoff recordings.
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lou reed began in tin pan alley, and recorded several such generic singles, i think for tops, or another similar brand. dunno if lou's were knockoffs as much as original but similar sounding tunes. he used assumed names, and i believe the records are collectible, at least among reed fans, though generic recordings flooded the market in the early9mid sixties, so there must still be plenty of copies out there.