Looking Back - Billboard, Jet & Ebony At Google Books

Page 16 - Barbara McNair - "You're gonna love my baby" gets reviewed and new releases from the Perigents (Maltese) & 7^th Avenue Aviators (Congress) are listed

Page 43 - Full page Ad for 'E' Records - Contessas & Don Ray Sampson

Page 52 - Ad from One-Der-Ful Records

Billboard - 24 Jun 1967 - Page 38

La Salle Records formed in Detroit .. releases planned from the Antiques & Lynn Terry

Billboard - 4 Dec 1965 - Page 3

Feature on Congress acquiring masters for Halos, Patti & Emblems, Ritchie Adams & 7^th Avenue Aviators

Billboard - 2 Oct 1965 - Page 10

Page 10 - Lou Beatty takes ownership of Carrie records

Page 10 - Kent/Modern ad featuring the Ikettes

Page 24 - Willie Hutch - "The Duck" featured in ad & Lulu Reed

Billboard - 15 Jan 1966 - Page 61

Carrie becomes La Beat

Billboard - 11 Nov 1967 - Page 54

Paul Robinson takes the Geminis & Kenny Carter into the RCA studios and Larry Banks takes the Hesitations

Billboard - 9 Jul 1966 - Page 16

The Charmaines 'Eternally' gets a review & Pookie Hudson (Jamie) is released

Billboard - 12 Dec 1964 - Page 18

Harold Melvin 'Get Out' featured in ad as a new release

Billboard - 1 Jul 1967 - Page 40

Solid Hitbound ad for J.J. Barnes and Parliaments

Billboard - 20 May 1972 - Page 50

Pic of Kenny Smith doing a deal with GAR for Goldspot

Billboard - 12 Dec 1964 - Page 28

The Enjoyables release 'Push A Little Harder' on Capitol

Billboard - 24 Jul 1965 - Page 12

Barbara Mills set to release 'Queen of Fools'

Billboard - 3 Sep 1966 - Page 6

Jet Set Records signs a deal with Bell and plans to release a Sam & Bill 45

Billboard - 12 Aug 1967 - Page 21

Beverly Ann 'He's Coming Home' set for release

Billboard - 2 Mar 1968 - Page 2

Followed by an ad for 'You've Got Your Mind ....'

Billboard - 8 May 1965 - Page 37

Velvet Satins 'Nothing Can Compare...' is released (listed by other side)

Edited March 25, 2012 by Andy Rix

Pete S · March 26, 2012

Well done Andy.

Funnily enough, I am doing the same thing as you, I actually made a post about it last week asking how to cut specific items out. As I am using a Mac, I found a truly brilliant program was already built in, it's called Grab. For windows, you have to click 'print screen' then open up 'paint' and paste in the image you saved using print screen, and then you can cut out the piece that you need.

Ady Croasdell · March 26, 2012

Spot on chaps and very handy for us who have to cobble together 5000 words on a geezer Google's never heard of.

Amsterdam Russ · March 26, 2012

Have been dipping in and out of various resources in Google Books for a couple of years now and it always amazes me what turns up. I also like the fact that you can create and build your own 'library' of articles, etc, which is great for developing an archive of material relative to your own areas of interest.

boba · March 26, 2012

John Smith (not sure if he's a well known person or not, but he doesn't post here) who is into ohio soul went through billboard and posted tons of stuff about that.

The other day an artist asked me to post all the pics of references to his group in billboard onto his facebook. it took me hours because, if you want it to be at the minimum readable zoom, it takes 3 different screenshots to get one billboard page captured, then you have to cut out the article from each of the screenshots and piece them all together. very annoying.

Md Records · March 26, 2012

I have quite a few "Ebony's" and "Jet's" some great, great pieces in them - my favourite being in one of the Ebony issues, a piece on the 50 most eligible young ladies, and lo and behold there's a picture of Andrea Janeen Henry from Cincinatti clutching a record, stood near a jukebox!!

Des

March 26, 2012

I've got a nice bunch of mid-sixties Billboard magazines I was considering selling. I went through them fairly quickly and took photos of various adverts (not including charts/release info) and still came out with almost 100 pics from a dozen or so issues - including that incredible Big Wheel full page advert Amdy mentioned!

I haven't listed them on here yet as I have no idea how much to list them for or what to charge for the postage! Invaluable info in every issue!

boba · March 26, 2012

I've got a nice bunch of mid-sixties Billboard magazines I was considering selling. I went through them fairly quickly and took photos of various adverts (not including charts/release info) and still came out with almost 100 pics from a dozen or so issues - including that incredible Big Wheel full page advert Amdy mentioned!

I haven't listed them on here yet as I have no idea how much to list them for or what to charge for the postage! Invaluable info in every issue!

you waited too long, the value was in its exclusivity, now that it's online most of the potential buyers won't want them.

ebony and jet are also on google btw.

cashbox is still not there. i think record world also isn't there.

Amsterdam Russ · March 26, 2012

you waited too long, the value was in its exclusivity, now that it's online most of the potential buyers won't want them.

But that's the difference between having an original release on 45 and a digital version of it!

I've happily bought single page ads from Billboard and Record World and will continue to do so if I find ones that are of interest. Just because Billboard is available online doesn't devalue the desirability certain aspects of the original publications.

On the other hand, I've also taken screen grabs of news items and have no desire to buy a whole issue or just a page for only couple of column inches or the briefest of mentions of a specific artist or label.

Roburt · March 26, 2012

I've been lifting stuff from Billboard, Jet & Ebony (+ various US newspapers) for 3 years now.

Some of it I have loaded to my Myspace page, but a lot more I have posted up on Soul Talk.

Not been on here for too long, but have been posted similar stuff here since I joined.

boba · March 26, 2012

But that's the difference between having an original release on 45 and a digital version of it!

But that depends on whether the users of the magazine need or want a physical copy. I've even bought an ad from cashbox that some seller tore out and sold separately. But most people who bought billboard before bought it for the information, not the physical item. It's not the same situation as 45s. Obviously some people still might want to collect individual issues (e.g. if there is something important in them) but overall the demand is significantly lower.

Amsterdam Russ · March 26, 2012

But that depends on whether the users of the magazine need or want a physical copy. I've even bought an ad from cashbox that some seller tore out and sold separately. But most people who bought billboard before bought it for the information, not the physical item. It's not the same situation as 45s. Obviously some people still might want to collect individual issues (e.g. if there is something important in them) but overall the demand is significantly lower.

No matter how many variables you throw in, one is an original item and the other is a digital copy.

Roburt · March 26, 2012

RE: one is an original item and the other is a digital copy.

....... I HAVE TO AGREE WITH YOU .....

..... the original will be on poor quality paper that is 50+ yrs old, creased & maybe torn & only available in one size.

the digital copy can be printed out to any scale, on any type of paper or card & can be 'manipulated' to amend any errors that were in the original.

SO THESE DAYS ........ give me the digital version every time !!!

George G · March 26, 2012

Billboard - 20 May 1972 - Page 50
Pic of Kenny Smith doing a deal with GAR for Goldspot

Having looked over old BB mags for 30+ years, I've discovered that you can't believe everything you read in them. Probably just transcription errors but this is one.....Smith did not own Slambeat music, that was Mills' house publishing since 1965 when he started the GAR label in Missouri.

boba · March 26, 2012

No matter how many variables you throw in, one is an original item and the other is a digital copy.

actually if you get the original printed billboard magazine it is also a copy...

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