Ronnie Forte

[soulsalmon]

Has whiskey talking ever been booted on a look alike tarx label ?

[grant]

Has whiskey talking ever been booted on a look alike tarx label ?

Only ever seen that one-sided white label boot from the 70's mate

[Guest]

Nope, only on the white BAN bootleg, and only the original Tarx has Nervous on the flip. the only way of obtaining that track.

[pikeys dog]

Not aware of one, although if it has been recently you can tell the original by the grainy appearance of the recycled vinyl it was pressed on!

Mine doesn't appear 'Grainy'.

[kevinsoulman]

BAN LABEL WHITE BOOT IS THE ONLY ONE I HAVE SEEN

KEV

[Col Wolfe]

and only the original Tarx has Nervous on the flip. the only way of obtaining that track.

which is the best side anyway!

[The Tempest]

A record that will forever remind me of Glenrothes YMCA , happy day's indeed , cost me a fiver at the time too

Edited April 16, 2012 by 123-motown

[Roburt]

What's the story behind the Tarx label ??

Obviously New York based & almost certainly they cut their tracks in that city, but who owned it & who was the in-house producer, when did it operate (mid to late 60's ?), etc. ??

Benny Johnson (from Baltimore) also had a 45 out on the label (in 1966 I believe) & this was cut with his usual hometown backing band (the Soul Serenaders), so just maybe this was laid down outside New York (but I doubt it was recorded back in Baltimore).

[Guest]

What's the story behind the Tarx label ??

Obviously New York based & almost certainly they cut their tracks in that city, but who owned it & who was the in-house producer, when did it operate (mid to late 60's ?), etc. ??

Benny Johnson (from Baltimore) also had a 45 out on the label (in 1966 I believe) & this was cut with his usual hometown backing band (the Soul Serenaders), so just maybe this was laid down outside New York (but I doubt it was recorded back in Baltimore).

Found this info:

Tra X Records was part of Ben Smith's stable of New York labels, including :- Tarx, TraX, TriX & X-tra.

Ben Smith had been, with Big Al Sears, a sax player in Andy Kirk's Clouds Of Joy and then lead of the Ben Smith Quartet. Aside from Teenage Records (co-owned with Bill Gordon), he owned the X-Tra label at 1650 Broadway in New York. It was run out of an office he shared with Al Sears' Sylvia Music Publishing Company. (source : Marv Goldberg)

https://www.uncamarvy.../4belaires.html

[Andy Rix]

[Roburt]

CHEERS. So it seems that Ben Smith was running NY based record labels back in the mid to late 50's & signing acts even then from the DC / Balto area.

He must have stayed in the biz for at least another 10 years & just moved a few buildings along Broadway.