MARATHONS (VIBRATIONS)

MARATHONS (VIBRATIONS) - PEANUT BUTTER

HOT 100 - 1961

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MARATHONS (VIBRATIONS) ARVEE LP 428

VIBRATIONS RECORDED AS MARATHONS - PEANUT BUTTER

Das waren die ”Ur-Marathons” mit Warren Joyner als Leadsänger:
SABRINA
?? 59....334....THE MARATHONS..The Stranger (SN-M-107)/Don't Know Why (SN-M-108) (dann J.C. 101)
J. C.
?? 59....101-A....THE MARATHONS..Don't Know Why (SN-M-108)/-B….The Stranger (SN-M-107) (SABRINA 334)

Ab 1961 wurde dieser Gruppenname fallweise für die Vibrations verwendet.
Die Vibrations:
Jimmy Johnson, Lead, Richard Owens, erster Tenor, Carl Fisher, zweiter Tenor, Dave Govan, Bariton, und Don Bradley, Bass, aus Los Angeles waren ab 1956 - erst ab der dritten FLASH-Single - mit dieser Besetzung The Jayhawks, The Cleeshays, The Vibes und ab 1960 The Vibrations. Dazwischen veröffentlichten sie auch als Marathons.
Die Singles:
FLASH
09 56....FL-111....THE JAYHAWKS..Love Train/Don't Mind Dyin'
ABC-PARAMOUNT
03 57....45-9810....THE VIBES..Come Back, Baby (AMP 45-825)/Darling (AMP 45-826)
ALADDIN
05 57....45-3379....EARL PALMER'S PARTY ROCKERS with THE JAY-HAWKS..Johnnie's House Party - Part 1 (RR-2900) X/Johnnie's House Party - Part 2 (RR-2901) Q
11 57....45-3393....THE JAY-HAWKS With Earl Palmer and Band..The Creature (From Outer Space) (RR-2902) X/Everyone Should Know (RR-2903) Q (Delta-Nr.: 17032/33)
EASTMAN
09 58....ES 784-O....DANNY TYRELL and THE CLEECHAYS..You're Only Seventeen/-OO....Let's Walk, Let's Talk
10 58....ES 787-O....SONNY KNIGHT & THE CLEESHAYS..Lipstick Kisses/-OO….Eat Your Mush And Hush
04 59....ES 792-O....THE JAYHAWKS..I Wish The World Owed Me A Living/-OO.…Start The Fire
01 60....ES–798–A....THE JAYHAWKS..Betty Brown/—B....New Love
ALLIED
09 58....ARS-10006-A....THE VIBES Vocal Group With Band..What's Her Name/-B....You Are
02 59....ARS-10007 A....Vocal by THE VIBES Let The Old Folks Talk/ B....Misunderstood
BET
?? 60....B-0001-A....THE VIBRATIONS..So Blue/-B….Love-Me Like You Should (dann CHECKER 954)
CHECKER
05 60....954....THE VIBRATIONS..So Blue (10200)/Love Me Like You Should (10201) (BET 0001)
09 60....961....THE VIBRATIONS..Cave Man (10381)/Feel So Bad (10206)
12 60....969....THE VIBRATIONS..The Watusi (U–10507)/Wallflower (U–10508)
03 61....974....THE VIBRATIONS..Continental With Me, Baby (U–10712)/The Junkernoo U–10713)
ARVEE
03 61....A 5027....THE MARATHONS..Peanut Butter (A-5027 x 45 A)/Talkin' Trash (A-5027 x 45 B)
CHESS
04 61....1790....Vibrations Named by Others As MARATHONS..Down In New Orleans (10884)/Peanut Butter (10859–R) (dann ARGO 5389)
ARGO
05 61....5389....Vibrations Named by Others As MARATHONS..Down In New Orleans (10884)/Peanut Butter (10859-R) (CHESS 1790)
CHECKER
06 61....982....THE VIBRATIONS..Stranded In The Jungle (U-10943)/Don't Say Good Bye (U-10941)
07 61....CK–987....THE VIBRATIONS..Stop Right Now (10939)/All My Love Belongs To You (10940)
ARVEE *)
07 61....A 5038....THE MARATHONS..Tight Sweater (A-5038x45-A)/C. Percy Mercy Of Scotland Yard (A-5038x45-B)
CHECKER
09 61....990....THE VIBRATIONS..What Made You Change Your Mind (U–11182)/Let's Pony Again (U–11179)
12 61....1002....THE VIBRATIONS..Over The Rainbow (11318)/Oh Cindy (11316)
03 62....1011....THE VIBRATIONS..The New Hully Gully (U–11415)/Anytime (U–11086)
ARVEE *)
?? 62....A 5048....MARATHONS..Chicken Spaceman (A-5048x45-A)/You Bug Me Baby (A-5048x45-B)
CHECKER
08 62....1022....THE VIBRATIONS..Hamburgers On A Bun/If He Don't
PLAZA *)
09 62....P-507 A....THE MARATHONS Orch. - DAVE AXELROD..Mashed Potatoes One More Time/ B….Little Pancho
CHECKER
02 63....1038....THE VIBRATIONS..Since I Fell For You (U–12144)/May The Best Man Win (U–12016)
ATLANTIC
09 63….45-2204….THE VIBRATIONS..Lonesome Little Lonely Girl (A-7182)/Between Hello And Goodbye (A-7180)
CHECKER
11 63....1061....THE VIBRATIONS..Dancing Danny (12146)/Dancing Danny (Instrumental) (12146B)
*) bei diesen Einspielungen entsprach die Besetzung nicht jener der Vibrations.
Keep Searchin’
Gerd

Die "Ur-Marathons" aus dem Netz:

April 1957

ABC Paramount