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Exactly. I think A&M fans are more conscious of them because the label’s uniform cover design made the catalog numbers prominent for so long.I think that we obsessive types put a lot more stock in catalog numbers than those running the company did. They were just numbers, and in fact, after changes in the company and reorganization of the catalog, many got new numbers for new pricing schemes.
It does look like it was an afterthought. As previously stated, it seems that other artists in the catalog might have been in this series, such as Claudine Longet and Chris Montez if the singles were getting released and got the air time needed for sales. I hear Montez more on radio now than I did back in the day on AM radio.OK, with all five originals here, present and accounted for, here's a quick factoid.
On the back of 4245 Herb, advertised are: 4247 Wes, 4246 Sandpipers, 4248 Baja
On the back of 4246 Sandpipers, ads are: 4245 Herb, 4247 Wes, 4248 Baja
On the back of 4247 Wes, advertised are: 4245 Herb, 4246 Sandpipers, 4248 Baja
On the back of 4248 Baja, advertised are: 4245 Herb, 4246 Sandpipers, 4247 Wes
On the back of 4252 Sergio, advertised are: 4245 Herb, 4246 Sandpipers, 4247 Wes, 4248 Baja
So it might appear the 4242 Sergio was a bit of an afterthought, or delayed for one reason or another. No other Greatest Hits record advertises it, and its the only one with four titles on the back. (True of both green and sienna covers.)
That could be. A Greatest Hits set does not guarantee sales. I remember seeing Captain and Tennille Greatest Hits in the cut out bins less than a year after its release.Since we don't really know, the situation also might have been a hold-up in the artwork, or even just getting Sergio's signature on some paperwork. And maybe Jerry Moss wasn't happy about repackaging all of this old MOR stuff as he was trying to steer things in a rock direction.
I did too but I do not have it anymore. I think that was the A&M album to get to the cutout bins the fastest. The first A&M albums that I ever saw as cutouts was in the late 70's and they were 60's releases.I actually bought Captain & Tennille's Greatest Hits from a cutout bin back in the day.
My first discovery was that the green Brasil '66 wasn't a gatefold
I never encountered cut-outs until I started shopping regularly at Peaches, when they were in our area for about a decade or so. I used to see a few records in there that had been #1 hits the year or two before, selling for $0.99 or $1.99 but, at least in our local Peaches, I rarely saw A&M cutouts.I did too but I do not have it anymore. I think that was the A&M album to get to the cutout bins the fastest. The first A&M albums that I ever saw as cutouts was in the late 70's and they were 60's releases.
The first cutouts I saw from A&M were in early 1971---and they were all CTi albums---SP 3016 through SP 3020 inclusive (BETWIXT & BETWEEN, CALLING OUT LOUD, WHEN IT WAS DONE, COURAGE and TELL IT LIKE IT IS).I did too but I do not have it anymore. I think that was the A&M album to get to the cutout bins the fastest. The first A&M albums that I ever saw as cutouts was in the late 70's and they were 60's releases.
Me too the track list for Greatest hits Volume 2 was my first clue that some of those albums were discontinued seeing the track list for solid brass afterwards further confirmed it and explained why many of the songs were credited to solid brass and looking at solid brass those songs were from unavailable albumsI recall being surprised when reading the track lists for SOLID BRASS and GREATEST HITS VOLUME 2 that several of the Tijuana Brass albums were listed as no longer in print.
Here in eastern Virginia, nearly every department store that had records had cutouts galore. Very few stores did not have them including some record and tape stores. You could always find a huge pile and sometimes you'd see an album in quantity at regular price, then it would disappear and later reappear in the cutouts. A&M albums were never in them until the mid to late 70's and they were few and far between. We had a very large record store called Tracks and that was where I saw Crystal Illusions on Pickwick and then never saw that issue again. They had tons of cutouts. Peaches came later and they also had tons of cutouts but bailed out of the market about 5 or 6 years later. Tracks held on with lots of albums but as CD's and videos got popular, the lp's slowly disappeared. My cutout list for A&M would be less than 10 items.I never encountered cut-outs until I started shopping regularly at Peaches, when they were in our area for about a decade or so. I used to see a few records in there that had been #1 hits the year or two before, selling for $0.99 or $1.99 but, at least in our local Peaches, I rarely saw A&M cutouts.
Our stores here were primarily the Harmony House chain, and the larger national chains really didn't have much of a presence except in the shopping malls--most of ours carried the most popular sellers and not much else. If it wasn't for Peaches opening up stores here, I never would have known about cutouts until much later.Here in eastern Virginia, nearly every department store that had records had cutouts galore. Very few stores did not have them including some record and tape stores.
We had one Korvettes and I loved that store. I hit them up a lot back in the late 70's.Our stores here were primarily the Harmony House chain, and the larger national chains really didn't have much of a presence except in the shopping malls--most of ours carried the most popular sellers and not much else. If it wasn't for Peaches opening up stores here, I never would have known about cutouts until much later.
I do miss Harmony House though, especially when I was buying LPs. I would usually save up a list for half a year and buy during their June "Gran Prix" sale (which lasted 2-3 weeks), which coincided with a local Gran Prix race. I credit them with having a lot of 12-inch singles, and being within biking distance of the house, it was a regular weekly stop to go in and pick up a couple more singles that had been released during the week. Those were the days when 12-inch singles were $2.99 and $3.99.
In my younger years in the late 60s and early 70s, E.J. Korvette was the place to go for records. That's where I got some of those A&M purchases.