featuring;
THE 1910 FRUITGUM CO., THE MUSIC EXPLOSION, THE OHIO EXPRESS
Lt. Garcia's Magic Music Box, The Teri Nelson Group, 1989 Musical Marching Zoo,
J.C.W. Rat Finks, St. Louis Invisible Marching Band
errors on labels:
A4: missing A at beginning of song title
A6: should be "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling"
A8: credits Kris Resnick as Chris Resnick
B3: credits writer Elliot Chiprut as if two last names -- and misspells Elliot
B4: credits Joey Levine as Joe Levine
Some notes/observations about the groups and photos:
--The St. Louis Invisible Marching Band is cheekily shown as a blank white square in the group photos, but the stamps show the pictures of the group listed as the Teri Nelson Group as being the in St. Louis. (Teri Nelson signed as a solo singer, but revoked her contract after being marketed as part of a group.) To me it looks like they're wearing wigs/makeup to change their appearance but I wouldn't swear to it, but I don't recognize who they are.
--J.C.W. Ratfinks was a name concocted for singles, and I have no clue who the people in the line up actually are as I can't place any of their faces, though they look familiar. EDIT: Amending this, an August 3 1968 Billboard article could point to "Wayne" being Wayne Brewster, announced as a signed writer who appears to have written a few singles for Roulette.
--Jim, Steve and Paul in the Musical Marching Zoo could possibly be Jim Calvert, Steve Feldman and Paul Naumann.
--Appears cover designer Acy Lehman got to be in the stamps listed as "D. ZIN. R."
The lineups and pictures for the 1910 Fruitgum Co, Ohio Express, Lt. Garcia's Magic Music Box and the Music Explosion all appear to be correct and the original group lineups.
Added alternate front cover. Also added missing back cover, gatefold, label images and even the "stamps" with photos of the artists that was included in original packaging. The front cover differs from image # 512420 in that the blurb promoting "Down Tennessee" appears to be a printed item on cover, while the new entry has a donut sticker (hole in the middle) on it. Oddly, both albums alter the title from "Down In Tennessee" and the album back omits listing the song entirely!? By the way, the single bubbled under for 3 weeks achieving a peak position of #124 on Billboard chart. Image # 512420 also has an advisory notice under the Buddah logo regarding playing on mono systems. I'm not sure which is the earlier version, can anyone help?