FLEETWOODS - Mr.Blue & more

Beim Lesen in dem Buch „Liberty Records 1955 – 1971“ von Michael Kelly
bin ich im Kapitel 12 über 1964 (Seite 218) auf folgenden Text gestoßen:
„Gretchen remembers another unusual song. Barbara wrote and cut one
that was kind of a surfing parody called “Surfer´s Playmate”. She sang it, and Bob asked Gary and me to do a backup that was totally un-Fleedwoods! So we got just as wild as we could be, just, just screaming on parts of it; it was fun to do, so I put that on our thirteenth album, ´Buried Treasure.´
Dieses Lied und selbst der Titel waren mir bis dahin unbekannt und meines Wissens befindet er sich auf keiner der vielen V.A. LPs oder CDs, die es nach 1983 auf den Sammlermarkt gebracht haben.
Unter dem „Sammel Aspekt“ stellt es damit für mich einen absoluten Höhepunkt dar.
Im Internet fand ich dann einen Link zu dem Lied und die LP konnte ich mir in Berlin besorgen.
Das Foto stammt von der Plattenhüllenrückseite (Das Coverfoto entspricht dem Foto der Runaround EP; die Billy bereits am 18.1.2017 hier im Forum Seite 5 hochgeladen hat). Foto Kredit geht an Garrett – Howard, Inc. für das Coverfoto, leider gibt es keine Angabe zu dem Foto, das ich hier hochlade.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0t5fGGOZQM
Auf den Fotos der Fleetwoods befindet sich Gretchen immer rechts von Gary. Sie hat auch den Text zu der LP geschrieben und endet mit dem Wunsch auf typisch amerikanische Art und Weise!!:
"And I say to you, thank you so much for unearthing our buried treasure.
Wouldn´t it be something if it turned out to be gold!"

Hallo,

etwas Discografie in

USA

DOLTON
02 59….No. 1…. FLEETWOODS..Come Softly To Me/I Care So Much
04 59….3…. THE FLEETWOODS..Graduation's Here/Oh Lord Let It Be

LIBERTY
04 59….F-55188…. FLEETWOODS..Come Softly To Me/I Care So Much
04 59….S-77188…. FLEETWOODS..Come Softly To Me/I Care So Much

DOLTON
05 59….S-22-3…. THE FLEETWOODS..Graduation's Here/Oh Lord Let It Be
08 59….5…. THE FLEETWOODS..Mr. Blue/You Mean Everything To Me
01 60….15…. THE FLEETWOODS..Outside My Window/Magic Star
04 60….22…. THE FLEETWOODS..Runaround/Truly Do
08 60….27…. THE FLEETWOODS..The Last One To Know/Dormilona
11 60….30…. THE FLEETWOODS..Confidential/I Love You So
03 61….37…. THE FLEETWOODS..Bazoom (I Need Your Lovin')/Little White Cloud That Cried
03 61….40…. THE FLEETWOODS..Tragedy/Little Miss Sad One
08 61….45…. THE FLEETWOODS..(He's) The Great Impostor/Poor Little Girl
02 62….49…. THE FLEETWOODS..Billy Old Buddy/Trouble
03 62….54…. THE FLEETWOODS..Jimmy Beware/Bazoom (I Need Your Lovin')

EP
00 60….BEP-502…. THE FLEETWOODS..
A1: Runaround
A2: Mr. Blue
B1: Outside My Window
B2: Come Softly To Me

LIBERTY All Time Hit Series
03 62….54515…. FLEETWOODS..Come Softly To Me/Mr. Blue
03 62….54516…. FLEETWOODS..Runaround/Confidential
03 62….54517…. FLEETWOODS..(He's) The Great Imposter/Tragedy

DOLTON
07 62….62…. THE FLEETWOODS..Lovers By Night, Strangers By Day/They Tell Me It's Summer
03 63….74…. THE FLEETWOODS..You Should Have Been There/Sure Is Lonesome Downtown
05 63….75…. THE FLEETWOODS..Goodnight My Love/Jimmy Beware
11 63….86…. THE FLEETWOODS..What'll I Do/Baby Bye-O
04 64….93…. THE FLEETWOODS..Ruby Red, Baby Blue/Lonesome Town
07 64….97…. THE FLEETWOODS..Ska Light, Ska Bright (Jamaica Ska)/Ten Times Blue
08 64….98…. THE FLEETWOODS..Mr. Sandman/This Is My Prayer (Non L'ete Per Armati)
01 65….No.302…. THE FLEETWOODS..Before And After (Losing You)/Lonely Is As Lonely Does
07 65….No.307…. THE FLEETWOODS..Come Softly To Me/I'm Not Jimmy
09 65….No.310…. THE FLEETWOODS..Rainbow/Just As I Need You
01 66….No.315…. THE FLEETWOODS..For Lovin' Me/This Is Where I See Her

LIBERTY
00 62….----…. THE FLEETWOODS..They Tell Me It's Summer/Lovers By Night, Strangers By Day

In unseren Landen:

LONDON
00 59….DL 20 239….THE FLEETWOODS..Come Softly To Me/I Care So Much

TOP RANK
11 59….75 027….THE FLEETWOODS..Mr. Blue/You Mean Everything To Me

LONDON
00 61….DL 20 409….THE FLEETWOODS..Tragedy/Little Miss Sad One
00 61….DL 20 470….THE FLEETWOODS..(He's) The Great Imposter/Poor Little Girl
07 72….DL 20 944….THE FLEETWOODS..Come Softly To Me/DALE AND GRACE.. I'm Leaving It Up To You

UNITED ARTISTS (Hitcomeback)
00 73….UA 35 980….THE FLEETWOODS..Mr. Blue/Tragedy

Gruß
Heino

Als Ergänzung zu Heino’s Disco in #39 mit Matrix-Nummern etc.:
DOLPHIN
02 59....No. 1....FLEETWOODS..Come Softly To Me (DO-45-500)/I Care So Much (DO-45-501) (Delta-Nr.: 26904/05[/(u]) ([u]dann LIBERTY 55188)
LIBERTY
04 59....F-55188....FLEETWOODS..Come Softly To Me (DO-45-500)/I Care So Much (DO-45-501) (Delta-Nr.: 26904/05) (DOLPHIN 1)
LIBERTY - STEREO
04 59....S-77188....THE FLEETWOODS..Come Softly To Me (45-SLB-5000)/I Care So Much (45-SLB-5001)
DOLTON
05 59....No. 3....THE FLEETWOODS..Graduation's Here (DO-600)/Oh Lord Let It Be (DO-601) (Delta-Nr.: 28867/68)
DOLTON - STEREO
05 59....S-22-3....THE FLEETWOODS..Graduation's Here (SDO-2000)/Oh Lord Let It Be (SDO-2001)
DOLTON
06 59....No. 5....THE FLEETWOODS..Mr. Blue (45-DO-606)/You Mean Everything To Me (45-DO-607) (Delta-Nr.: 30910/11 danach: 32178/79)
01 60....No. 15....THE FLEETWOODS..Outside My Window (45 DO 628)/Magic Star (45 DO 629) (Delta-Nr.: 33885/86)
05 60....No. 22....THE FLEETWOODS..Runaround (DO–642)/Truly Do (DO–643) (Delta-Nr.: 35061/88)
09 60....NO. 27....THE FLEETWOODS..Dormilona (DO-653)/The Last One To Know (DO-654)
11 60....No. 30....THE FLEETWOODS With The Frantics..I Love You So (DO-659)/THE FLEETWOODS..Confidential (DO-660) (Delta-Nr.: 37083/-x)
03 61....NO. 40....THE FLEETWOODS..Little Miss Sad One (DO-681)/Tragedy (DO-682) (Delta-Nr.: 38512/-x)
08 61....No. 45....THE FLEETWOODS..(He's) The Great Imposter (DO-691)/Poor Little Girl (DO-692) (Delta-Nr.: 39880/-x)
02 62....NO. 49....THE FLEETWOODS..Billy Old Buddy (DO-699)/Trouble (DO-700)
LIBERTY “ALL TIME HIT” SERIES
03 62....54515....THE FLEETWOODS..Mr. Blue (DO-45-606)/Come Softly To Me (DO-45-500) (DOLTON 5/DOLPHIN 1)
03 62....54516....THE FLEETWOODS..Confidential (DO-45-660)/Runaround (DO-45-642) (DOLTON 30/22)
03 62....54517....THE FLEETWOODS..(He’s) The Great Imposter (DO-691)/Tragedy (DO-682) (DOLTON 45/40)
DOLTON
08 62....No. 62....THE FLEETWOODS..They Tell Me It's Summer (DO-723)/Lovers By Night, Strangers By Day (DO-724) (Delta-Nr.: 44201/-x)
LIBERTY *)
?? 62....62....THE FLEETWOODS..They Tell Me It's Summer (DO-723)/Lovers By Night, Strangers By Day (DO-724)
DOLTON
03 63....NO. 74....THE FLEETWOODS..Sure Is Lonesome Downtown (DO-748)/You Should Have Been There (DO-749)
05 63....No. 75....THE FLEETWOODS..Goodnight My Love (DO-750)/Jimmy Beware (DO-751)
11 63….No. 86….THE FLEETWOODS GARY, BARBARA AND GRETCHEN..What’ll I Do (DO-775)/Baby By-o (DO-776)
04 64….NO. 93….THE FLEETWOODS..Ruby Red, Baby Blue (DO-789)/Lonesome Town (DO-790)
07 64….NO 97….THE FLEETWOODS GARY, BARBARA & GRETCHEN..Ten Times Blues (DO-803)/Ska Light, Ska Bright (Jamaica Ska) (DO-801)
08 64….No. 98….THE FLEETWOODS Gary, Barbara & Gretchen..Mr. Sandman (DO-804)/This Is My Prayer (Non L’ete Per Armati) (DO-805)
01 65….No. 302….THE FLEETWOODS Gary, Barbara & Gretchen..Before and After (Losing You) (DO-812)/Lonely Is As Lonely Does (DO-813)
07 65….No. 307….THE FLEETWOODS Gary, Barbara & Gretchen..Come Softly To Me (DO-822)/I’m Not Jimmy (DO-823)
09 65….No. 310….THE FLEETWOODS Gary, Barbara & Gretchen..Rainbow (DO-828)/Just As I Need You (DO-829)
01 66….315….THE FLEETWOODS Gary, Barbara & Gretchen..For Lovin’ Me (DO-838)/This Is Where I See Her (DO-839)
*)
Das von Bob Reisdorff und Bonnie Guitar im Jahre 1958 in Seattle, Washington, als DOLPHIN gegründete Label (bereits ab der zweiten Single als DOLTON, weil der Name DOLPHIN durch LAURIE bereits geschützt war), wurde um 1962/63 an jene Firma verkauft, die den Vertrieb für DOLTON durchführte, nämlich LIBERTY in Hollywood. Ich könnte mir vorstellen, dass das ein Grund für die Herstellung dieser LIBERTY mit DOLTON-Nummer war und dass man sich dann doch entschloss, den Namen DOLTON für das nunmehrige Sub-Label beizubehalten. Nur ein Gedanke meinerseits, nichts weiter.

Keep Searchin’
Gerd

1959 (Südafrika)