Latest Updates - Five Soul Stirrers

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Comment by han enderman:

Down Beat 126 - Release date of original Down Beat release is 1947. The next label type, using an elongated serifed font for the cat.nrs, was introduced by Down Beat already in 1947, as shown by Down Beat 109 (Felix Gross).

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Comment by han enderman:

Down Beat 126 - Images of later label type (#2) added. Cat.nr has dash and is printed in a characteristic elongated font.

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Comment by rhythmdog:

There are at least three different pressings of this 78.

Although the notes say this was recorded in Chicago (which certainly would make sense - the Soul Stirrers were based there) it is Leroy Hurte's recollection that he recorded the group at his facility at 623 E. Vernon Ave., in LA. He didn't specify which songs, just that he recorded all of the artists he released at one point or another, and proceeded to mention in an interview from 1995. Source

Piecing together an actual history from his recollections is difficult. He contradicts himself here and there, and I think because he had been told by historians that he was "first" as an independent record label he wished to push the origins back further than the actual beginning of the label and releases.

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Comment by rhythmdog:

There are at least two pressings. The first looks metallic, like perhaps the paper was metal foil? A nubbled surface. The second has a slightly different design which calls the artist "THE Five Soul Stirrers" and the paper looks less metallic and is brighter orange. There appears to maybe be a third pressing (or else the print on the second press has faded), which has black ink and not green or other color for the lettering.