In June 1967, Way Out Records signed a deal with Canadian based Trans-World for that outfit to release their product.

The only one of the Cleveland company's 45s to escape in Canada was the Occcasions "Baby Don't Go" (a Big Jim label release in the US).

Anyone here know if this 45 escaped in Canada on the actual Trans-World label (if so it would have been around TW1672 or 73) or if like the Bunky releases Trans-World put out, it was issued on the US label imprint ??

Many US recordings actually escaped on the Trans-World label itself around that time (Ruby Andrews, Sandpebbles, Parliaments) whilst others were issued up there using their US label name .... 

On 06/06/2016 at 20:34, Roburt said:

In June 1967, Way Out Records signed a deal with Canadian based Trans-World for that outfit to release their product.

The only one of the Cleveland company's 45s to escape in Canada was the Occcasions "Baby Don't Go" (a Big Jim label release in the US).

Anyone here know if this 45 escaped in Canada on the actual Trans-World label (if so it would have been around TW1672 or 73)

Great snippet of info there Roburt - blimey you must spend hours pouring over them old Billboards.

Only just picked up the Occasions 45 on Big Jim recently (for about the fourth or fifth time over the years) so would love to see a Canadian copy what ever label it's on.

On 06/06/2016 at 21:00, Roburt said:

Many US recordings actually escaped on the Trans-World label itself around that time (Ruby Andrews, Sandpebbles, Parliaments) whilst others were issued up there using their US label name .... 

Note: slight miss-spelling of Ruby's surname.

On 06/06/2016 at 20:34, Roburt said:

Anyone here know if this 45 escaped in Canada on the actual Trans-World label (if so it would have been around TW1672 or 73) 

Just checked the 45cat website and there's nothing documented for the Occasions 45 on the Trans-World label (that doesn't mean to say it didn't get a release.)

 https://www.45cat.com/label/transworld

Also re the Canadian Trans-World release of Ruby Andrews "Casonova" - not only did they mess up her name, the song writer credits also suffered the same fate. The Zodiac release credits Middlebrook-Armstead as writers.

Derek

Edited June 30, 20168 yr by Derek Pearson

It's interesting on your copy they managed to finally spell the title correctly ("Casanova" instead of "Casonova") then managed to misspell the artists 

last name and provide the wrong writers credits. Here's a corrected ( and probably later) copy of the single.

 

Those damn silly Canadians. Seems that shortly after the label put out a Moments 45 (1970), they stopped releasing US sourced product. 

 

Edited July 2, 20168 yr by Roburt