Impact Records (California)

For other record labels named Impact Records, see Impact Records (disambiguation)

Impact Records
Parent company Anthony Music
Founder Anthony J. Hilder
Status defunct
Genre Surf music
Country of origin United States
Location Los Angeles, California

Impact Records was a California based record label run by CT Records creator,[1] Tony Hilder in the 1960s. This label released some surf records by The Crestwoods, Dave Myers and The Surftones,[2] The Ramblers and The New Breed[3] and The Revels.[2] The Revels were known for the hits "Comanche" and "Intoxica".[4]

Background

Formed in the 1960s, this Los Angeles-based record label was managed by Tony Hilder.[5] Among other things, Impact Records served as an outlet for masters that Hilder couldn't get released on other labels. A good deal of the material released was from local aspiring artists and bands of the Los Angeles area.[6][7] Dean Zook handled the radio promotion for the Midwest, working from his base in Denver.[8]

The first release on the label was "Church Key" by The Revels. The song was the first release for the label and credited to The Revels with Barbara Adkins.[9] The single was distributed nationally by Liberty Records but was issued under the banner of Impact to keep the identity of the label.[10] The Revels, a local Californian band who had been around since 1957[11] had 4 singles released on the label from 1960 to 1962 which included the single they were best known for "Church Key".[2][12]

Another artist that had a release on the label was Little Ray Jimenez in 1962 with "Shake! Soul! & Shout!" bw with "Soul Stomp!".[13] Also 1962, Rue Barclay had a release on the label. His history in recording went back to the late 1940s.[14] His release was "I've Lost The Road" bw "Please Dear Won't You Stay".[3] The following year Barclay appeared in a low budget film, The Skydivers.[15]

One album that was produced by Hilder and released on the Impact label was called Shake! Shout! & Soul. The recording for the album was done live at Santa Monica's 2nd Annual Surf Fair. It featured Lil Ray, The Original Surfaris, Dave Myers and the Surftones, The New Dimensions, Steve Korey and The Virtue Four.[16][17][18]

Catalogue

References

  1. ↑ All Music Tony Hilder
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 45 Cat Impact (Calif.) - Label Discography
  3. 1 2 3 4 Global Dog Productions 45 Discography for Impact Records
  4. ↑ Rate Your Music The Revels
  5. ↑ Steve Rosen Writer Site The Story Behind the Great Music in a 'Lost' Movie Classic About Los Angeles
  6. ↑ Surfin' guitars: instrumental surf bands of the sixties Robert J. Dalley Page 259, Page 298, Page 299
  7. ↑ The Encyclopedia of Popular Music: Grenfell, Joyce - Koller, Hans Page 287
  8. ↑ Billboard Music Week May 8, 1961 Page 4 Music As Written, Hollywood
  9. ↑ Becoming the Beach Boys, 1961-1963 by James B. Murphy Page 260
  10. ↑ Billboard November 28, 1960 Page 26 Music As Written, Page 28 Music As Written
  11. ↑ Riot on Sunset Strip: Rock'N'Roll's Last Stand in Hollywood By Domenic Priore Page 59
  12. ↑ All Music The Revels Intoxica!!! The Best of the Revels
  13. ↑ iLatinoLA Little Ray Jimenez Valentine Volo
  14. ↑ Praguefrank's Country Music Discographies Saturday, January 29, 2011 Rue Barclay by Dick Grant, Al Turner with acknowledgements to Adam Komorowski, Bill Daniels & Praguefrank
  15. ↑ Southwest Shuffle by By Rich Kienzle Page 216
  16. ↑ Surf Classics Shake! Shout! & Soul!
  17. ↑ Collectors Frenzy Shake! Shout! & Soul! w/lil Ray ULTRA RARE 60s surf music LP (Impact)
  18. ↑ Roots Vinyl Guide RARE! Shake Shout & Soul Lil Ray, Surfaris Surftones etc. LIVE Impact LP#2 VHTF
  19. ↑ Discogs Impact (12)

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 6/3/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.