I have most of the results, all prices in pounds
1) Velvet Hammer- "Happy" - 265
2) Marketts- "Stirrin' Up Some Soul" UK WB promo- 150
3) Theron/ Darrell- "It's Your Love" - 1369
4) Metros- "Since I Found My Baby" German RCA- 279
5) Moses Smith- "Girl Across The Street" Dionn promo- 354
6) Marv Johnson- "Why Do You Want To Let Me Go" Tamla Motown issue- 209
7) Charlie McCoy- "My Baby Is Coming Back Again"- Monument DJ- 420
- to be continued
It appears that Goodway was owned by the Curtis Publishing Co. who decided to expand into records and tapes. Here's the names of some people who were in charge of the company. Not sure who owned Curtis Publishing though.
U.S. albums were definitely shrink wrapped in the 60's. I believe I read somewhere (?) the 1st shrink wrapped album was Ray Charles "Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music". A google search also shows the process started around 1962.
I checked my Ric-Tics and found the same thing. The only stamped ones I have pre 119 are Edwin's 2 Hits-
"Agent.." and "S.O.S. ...". Without seeing your 45's, I would guess they are probably all originals. Discogs does have a section showing which Ric-Tics were bootlegged.
Not 100% sure but,I would almost swear my brother (or sister) bought these as new releases and they were in Hitsville sleeves-
1) Jimmy Ruffin- "What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted"
2) Elgins- "Heaven Must Have Sent You"
3) Shorty Long- "Function At The Junction"
Not 100% sure they are the same people but, there were a Claude and Carl Feaster in the Doo Wop group the Chords. Claude is one of the writers of the Doo Wop Classic "Sh-Boom".
According to Dave Moore's book "The Philly Sound", Bette Renne is Betty Renee Garvin. She was an early member of the Bluebelles but, left the group before they started recording. Two members of the Thrillettes were Sally and Vivian Hicks who were former members of the Femm-eles who recorded for the Kay and Bo-Kay-Lo labels
The 1st article is from Cashbox May 11, 1963. The 2nd article from Feb. 8, 1964 mentions a Bobby Valenti 45. Does anyone know if this was part of the Jobete N.Y. ?