Cat. No. VV 1250: VARIOUS ARTISTS ~ BOP STOP ROCK. GOLDBAND RECORDS GLC-107.
USED VINYL RECORD. PART OF A COLLECTION NOW UP FOR SALE.
GOLDBAND RECORDS BASED IN LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA WAS FOUNDED IN 1946 BY EDDIE SHULER AND WAS BEST KNOWN FOR ITS CAJUN, R&B AND ROCKABILLY RECORDINGS FROM THE 1950s AND 1960s. SHULER FORMED GOLDBAND ORIGINALLY TO RECORD HIS OWN GROUP THE ALL-STAR REVELIERS. IN 1948, HE BEGAN RELEASING RECORDS BY ACCORDINIST IRY LE JEUNE, ON TWO SUBSIDIARY LABELS, FOLK STAR AND TNT
IN THE EARLY 1950s SHULER ESTABLISHED THE GOLDBAND COMPLEX - INCLUDING RECORDING STUDIO, RECORD STORE AND TV STORE - IN LAKE CHARLES AND BEGAN RECORDING ALL GENRES OF MUSIC, INCLUDING R&B, BLUES, COUNTRY, ROCK AND ROLL, SWAMP POP, ZYDECO AND CAJUN. GOLDBAND WAS THE FIRST TO RECORD DOLLY PARTON (THEN 13 YEARS OLD) WITH "PUPPY LOVE".
REISSUE LABEL CHARLY RECORDS WAS FORMED IN FRANCE IN 1974 AND RELOCATED TO THE UK IN 1975 WAS ONE OF THE FIRST REISSUE LABELS TO TAKE AN INTEREST IN THE GOLDBAND LABEL AND OVER THE YEARS HAS REISSUED MUCH, IF NOT ALL, OF THE GOLDBAND CATALOGUE.
THIS SELECTION WAS RELEASED BY CHARLY RECORDS IN 1984. THE SLEEVE IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH ONLY VERY, VERY MINOR SIGNS OF WEAR. THE RECORD IS GRADED AS NEAR MINT.
TRACK LISTING: Side 1 - Al Ferrier and His Boppin Billies - What Is That Thing Called Love / Honey Baby / My Baby Done Gone Away / No No Baby / Why Doubt My Love / Bill and Carroll and the Netche Valley Boys - Shadow On My Heart. Side 2 - Bill and Carroll and The Netche Valley Boys - Boo Hoo / Bluff City Rock / Hold Me Baby / Al Ferrier and His Boppin' Billies - My Baby Done Gone Away (2) / Ray Vict and His Bop Rockers - We Gonna Bop Stop Rock / Popeye Broussard and Amos Como's Tune Toppers - Hole In The Wall / Al Ferrier and His Boppin Billies - Too Late Now.
12" VINYL RECORD
