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Post by jpkansas on Mar 27, 2011 15:17:55 GMT -5
1955: Frustrated over Ike Turner's inability to find a label to record the follow up to his hit, Jackie Brenston's "Rocket 88," Sam Phillips decides to form his own independent label in Memphis, known as Sun Records. Within a matter of days, Sun will release its first single, Johnny London's "Drivin' Slow" b/w "Flat Tire" (Sun 175). oldies.about.com/od/oldieshistory/a/march27.htm |
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Post by H2IZCOOL on Mar 27, 2011 22:13:59 GMT -5
I wonder why the first Sun release would be #175.
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Post by gremashlo on Mar 28, 2011 9:51:30 GMT -5
I wonder why the first Sun release would be #175. A lot of new record companies issued slightly "off" catalog numbers so that they would look 'established' to distributors and radio stations. Also, it may have been a specific recording number that Sam Phillips decided to use. Apple Records started with the catalog numbers for Parlophone when the Beatles began releasing singles on that label. |
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Post by beatles4ever on Mar 28, 2011 14:49:38 GMT -5
All You Need is Cash,a Beatles parody film developed from a skit by Eric Idle on BBC2's "Rutland Weekend Television",introduces the Rutles to the world when it is shown for the first time on the BBC. 
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