I have this oddball record, it's 

 

HERMAN GRIFFIN / TRUE LOVE / IT'S YOU - COLUMBIA

 

now the ones I see on places like JM's site are on a Columbia demo, nothing unusual there, but this one is on a solid centre, 33RPM, yellow label Columbia, on styrene.

 

It's definitely a US press.  Wonder why a) it's on a 33 and b) why it omits the Jobete publishing off the label?

 

This is the only trace of it I could find

 

Not seen that before Pete.  

 

Looks interesting.

 

Difficult to tell from the video but the print, label design etc looks later style to me. The record initially was very early 60s.

 

Have you messaged Chris who posted the YouTube vid?

 

Cheers

 

Richard

Edited February 12, 201411 yr by Premium Stuff

Not seen that before Pete.  

 

Looks interesting.

 

Difficult to tell from the video but the print, label design etc looks later style to me. The record initially was very early 60s.

 

Have you messaged Chris who posted the YouTube vid?

 

Cheers

 

Richard

 

Nah, thought someone on here might know.

I'll take a photo of it and post it up, it might be a promo for the album or AN album because it mentions an LP catalogue number.

Wait a sec.

Edited February 12, 201411 yr by Pete S

Interesting.

 

Has got the same matrix prefix ("ZLP") as this earlier series that ran from 1949-1950, marketed as "7" LPs":

 

https://www.45cat.com/45_list_view_record.php?li=902

 

I've got a King Coleman 45 on Columbia with a cat# (41927) that is fairly close to the Herman Griffin (41951) that also has got a solid centre, but it revolves at 45rpm as usual and has got the ordninary red label.

Here it is:

 

What does the stamp in the run out say, can see a bit of it?

What does the stamp in the run out say, can see a bit of it?

 

Matrix stamp is same as the smaller number under the catalogue number mate

I like the cheeky way the first 3 end's or starts in the spindle hole.I

 

Its more Reet Petite than Dream Girl.

Edited February 12, 201411 yr by Prophonics 2029

It's a legitimate Columbia Juke Box record, released in late 1960, probably a couple of months after the regular Columbia 45 issue, which, in turn, was leased and released a few months after the original Tamla release.  I found my copy in 1961 or 1962, so, we know they are legitimate.

I like the cheeky way the first 3 end's or starts in the spindle hole.I

 

Its more Reet Petite than Dream Girl.

 

That's pretty cool - now you mention it 

Columbia made a series of 7" 33rpm records, all of them seem to be alternate releases of standard 45s.  They used two different label designs and apparently used a variety of artists. As Robb said, the reason was for jukeboxes. This was Columbias third and last time making 33rpm singles. They originally came out with them in 1949 as a counter to RCA's 45rpm single with a large hole. In 1959-63? they made a line of stereo 33rpm 7" records, then these. There are some Aretha Frankin 45s on the stereo series.

 

https://collectorsfrenzy.com/details/370953479134/Polka__7_in_33_13_RPM_Single__Frankie_Yankovic__His_Yanks_On_Columbia_42010

 

https://collectorsfrenzy.com/details/261360181120/Rare_Rockabilly_Ronnie_Dawson_45_33_13_Do_Do_Do_Columbia_1961