Strange Stamps On Record Labels

[Steve Edgar]

Kazia's "I Say Please" on Millage...was making a file of it for "Deep n Sweet" thread, and was wonderin bout the stamp I got on the label, it says "Compliments of William Sirlin Mortuary" Often wondered how the hell it ended up with a stamp like that on it? on Ebay at the mo there's a copy of Kazia and guess wot, it got a similer stamp albeit a sticker in this case. So did old Billy Sirlin have a box load of these that he handed out to customers? and if he did...who dug up these copies?

here's a scan of mine, and one off Ebay....

...so wot's the strangest thing ya seen on a label?

steve

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ive had a few with american collage stamps on them.

out of there music libraries.

[Harry Crosby]

Had a few with the "CHIPS" sticker on reading "THIS SIDE IS HOT THANKS A LOT" wonder where that sticker was from, must have been a distributor or something like that

[boba]

Had a few with the "CHIPS" sticker on reading "THIS SIDE IS HOT THANKS A LOT" wonder where that sticker was from, must have been a distributor or something like that

chips is "chips" morman, producer and promoter

[Harry Crosby]

chips is "chips" morman, producer and promoter

thanks for that seemed to have a few on PHIL LA SOUL

[Gasher]

What's the strangest thing ya seen stuck on a label?

one had one from tennessee came in with a BOGEY

stuck to it..wondered if it belonged to Elvis at anytime

might stick it on ebay

gasher the G man

[soulsalmon]

What's the strangest thing ya seen stuck on a label?

one had one from tennessee came in with a BOGEY

stuck to it..wondered if it belonged to Elvis at anytime

might stick it on ebay

gasher the G man

All the copies of the Carstairs Pete Smith gets seem to have a boot print stamped on

[Guest stonedsoul]

found a stack of blues 78's in a garage once, on one of the 78's label was a sticker from a record shop in oakland, wish i would've taken a picture of it, it said something along the lines of records, tvs, radio's and lingerie

[Trev Thomas]

GOT A COPY OF AL KENT FROM THE STATES WITH A LUMP OF BUBBLE GUM STUCK ON THE B SIDE.....ALSO BOUGHT A RECORD OFF A WELL KNOWN U.K. DEALER A FEW YEARS AGO......WHEN I OPENED IT A WRAP OF WHIZ FELL OUT OF THE COVER !!!!!

[Eddie Hubbard]

Had a few with the "CHIPS" sticker on reading "THIS SIDE IS HOT THANKS A LOT" wonder where that sticker was from, must have been a distributor or something like that

Chips was a record distributor from Philly , Weldon McDougal 111 used to work for them .A lot of their stickers can be found on Philly '45's .They also distributed Motown records .I used to have a Frankie Beverly on Fairmount with this sticker on .Hope this helps ,Best ,Eddie

[boba]

Chips was a record distributor from Philly , Weldon McDougal 111 used to work for them .A lot of their stickers can be found on Philly '45's .They also distributed Motown records .I used to have a Frankie Beverly on Fairmount with this sticker on .Hope this helps ,Best ,Eddie

in hindsight, I think your description of the sticker is correct and mine was wrong.

[Alan Pollard]

...so wot's the strangest thing ya seen on a label?

steve

[Steve G]

"Property of The Playboy Club, Mayfair, London W1"

[Harry Crosby]

BBC RADIO1 JIMMY SAVILLE, thats the strangest one ive seen, believe it came from a sale at the bbc

[Guest Ste Brazil]

GOT A COPY OF AL KENT FROM THE STATES WITH A LUMP OF BUBBLE GUM STUCK ON THE B SIDE.....ALSO BOUGHT A RECORD OFF A WELL KNOWN U.K. DEALER A FEW YEARS AGO......WHEN I OPENED IT A WRAP OF WHIZ FELL OUT OF THE COVER !!!!!

Great service, this could catch on and boost sales!

Ste

[Guest mel brat]

...so wot's the strangest thing ya seen on a label?

steve

Edited May 30, 2008 by mel brat

[Guest]

...so wot's the strangest thing ya seen on a label?

steve

Apparently, when Colin Curtis initially tracked down a copy of Joe Hicks, it too had a lump of chewing gum stuck to it! (My mate later ended up buying the same copy!) Does that count?!

Chew'n

[Guest mel brat]

Chew'n

...maybe it was Joe Hicks' very own gum! You'd have to have it DNA tested presumably (a 'Bubblegum Breakthrough' if ever there was one!), but what a "collector's item" to put into Manship's auction! Bids?

Edited May 30, 2008 by mel brat