chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez Posted June 1, 2009 Report Share Posted June 1, 2009 HERE IS CROWN RECORDS HEADQUARTERS...TODAY! OMG! DO U THINK ITS TRULY ABANDONDED, OR ARE COOL CROWN-RELATED ARTIFACTS PRESENT INDSIDE?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted June 1, 2009 Report Share Posted June 1, 2009 Interesting. Where is it, exactly? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez Posted June 3, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2009 in da GHETTTTT-TO! (los angeles, normandie Ave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted June 3, 2009 Report Share Posted June 3, 2009 in da GHETTTTT-TO! (los angeles, normandie Ave Ah, right - I know roughly where that is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papsrus Posted June 3, 2009 Report Share Posted June 3, 2009 Any chance of organizing an expedition? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted June 3, 2009 Report Share Posted June 3, 2009 so this is the HQ of the British crown? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardbopjazz Posted June 3, 2009 Report Share Posted June 3, 2009 Crown Records? Why isn't this ringing a bell with me? Who was on their label? Anything to do with this one? Crown Records today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasing the Korean Posted June 4, 2009 Report Share Posted June 4, 2009 Crown Records? Why isn't this ringing a bell with me? Who was on their label? Crown Records today Crown was a budget label that released some ghastly records, but have these amazing gems spread across their catalog, including the greatest album ever made - "Jazz Heat, Bongo Beat" by the Latin Jazz All-Stars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gould Posted June 4, 2009 Report Share Posted June 4, 2009 Crown Records? Why isn't this ringing a bell with me? Who was on their label? Crown Records today Crown was a budget label that released some ghastly records, but have these amazing gems spread across their catalog, including the greatest album ever made - "Jazz Heat, Bongo Beat" by the Latin Jazz All-Stars. Care to explain your designation? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasing the Korean Posted June 5, 2009 Report Share Posted June 5, 2009 Care to explain your designation? Sure. Budget labels, in general, tended to release substandard recordings pressed on substandard vinyl and packaged in substandard cover art. Occasionally, by the law of averages, they would accidentally release a good or great record. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez Posted June 5, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2009 its more complicated than that. these guys were field recordists who, with ike turner, crusied the south recording blues musicans....they went from that to having the biggest selling-out-record-label in record-company-history. its a great story. wish i knew it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez Posted June 5, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2009 YOU GUYS I WANNA GO SO BAD: I CANT BELIEVE IVE NEVER SEEN IT. NEXT TIME I EVER GET TO LA WHICH IS I HAVE ABOUSTELY NO CLUE WHEN, BUT WHENEVER IT IS, I AM SO GOING. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gould Posted June 5, 2009 Report Share Posted June 5, 2009 Care to explain your designation? Sure. Budget labels, in general, tended to release substandard recordings pressed on substandard vinyl and packaged in substandard cover art. Occasionally, by the law of averages, they would accidentally release a good or great record. By designation I meant this part of your post: ... including the greatest album ever made - "Jazz Heat, Bongo Beat" by the Latin Jazz All-Stars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat5 Posted June 6, 2009 Report Share Posted June 6, 2009 In the early 1960s I lived in Van Nuys, Ca. and bought about 10 Crown albums from Ralph's Market for 88 cents each. They were all good jazz music! Most were re-issues of other west coast labels. They were very weak on information but a hell of a bargain for a young teen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez Posted June 6, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2009 thats an awesome story! were they shrink/bag-wrapped? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted June 7, 2009 Report Share Posted June 7, 2009 (edited) thats an awesome story! were they shrink/bag-wrapped? Might have been one of these... Edited June 7, 2009 by clifford_thornton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted June 7, 2009 Report Share Posted June 7, 2009 Maybe not though - never heard of any Crown pressings giving extended pleasure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat5 Posted June 7, 2009 Report Share Posted June 7, 2009 Shrink wrapping is a bad idea for records. Too tight - It warps them. Esp. if exposed to heat/sunlight. They were plastic film sealed and had an 88 cent round sticker. They lasted quite well. I played the hell out of them. Some were mono, some were stereo. I did not have a fancy light "tonearm". They also were played on mechanical trip end of play record players that often would wear the grooves near the end of play. I used to service these things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ayers Posted June 7, 2009 Report Share Posted June 7, 2009 (edited) http://www.bsnpubs.com/modern/crown.html Edited June 7, 2009 by David Ayers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Posted June 7, 2009 Report Share Posted June 7, 2009 in da GHETTTTT-TO! (los angeles, normandie Ave Normandie and what? Not all of normandie is in da GHETTTTT-TO! you know -- you can get to Whilshire Blvd., off the I10 Normandie exit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjzee Posted June 7, 2009 Report Share Posted June 7, 2009 http://www.bsnpubs.com/modern/crown. Link didn't work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ayers Posted June 7, 2009 Report Share Posted June 7, 2009 http://www.bsnpubs.com/modern/crown. Link didn't work. Corrected! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMP Posted June 7, 2009 Report Share Posted June 7, 2009 Those budget labels had their moments. The first reissue of Charlie Parker's "Dial" material (I think, correct me if I'm remembering this wrong) was around 1960, on something called "Baronet." (Hard to believe these Parker recordings were out of print just a few years after his death, but lots of material that we now take for granted in the CD era had disappeared by then.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez Posted June 7, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2009 no, my cousin in LA told me its def. not on the good part of Normandie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceH Posted June 7, 2009 Report Share Posted June 7, 2009 Those budget labels had their moments. The first reissue of Charlie Parker's "Dial" material (I think, correct me if I'm remembering this wrong) was around 1960, on something called "Baronet." (Hard to believe these Parker recordings were out of print just a few years after his death, but lots of material that we now take for granted in the CD era had disappeared by then.) Back in the mid-80's I first acquired the the complete Parker/Dial sessions, on vinyl, from a British label called "Spotlight." I still love those Spotlight-Dial LP's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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