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1. 12 Discs – Part 9 – Merry Christmas from the Happy Chipmunks

   Welcome to Part 9.  And now, for something a little bit ripped off different. ;)    LP Title: Merry Christmas from the Happy Chipmunks  Category: Christmas/Childrens  Label: Holiday Records division of Audio Fidelity  Catalogue Number: HDY 1950  Released: 1982  Side 1:  The Twelve Days of Christmas  It's Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas  Sleigh Ride  Little Drummer Boy  I saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus  Side 2:  Silver Bells  Winter...

2. 12 Discs – Part 5 – Christmas Music Box Favourites from Paul Eakins’ Gay 90′s Village

   Part five of my "12 Discs of Christmas" series comes from Sikeston, Missouri (via New York City) ;) LP Title: Christmas Music Box Favourites Label: Audio Fidelity Category: Christmas Catalogue Numbers: AFLP 1982 (mono) and AFSD 5982 (stereo) Production credits not known, Supervision by Sidney Frey Side 1 Jingle Bells O Come All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fidelis) The First Noel Silent Night The Jolly Coppersmith O Come...

3. Hawaii – Johnny Pineapple

   Today, I'm posting the first of my International releases:     LP: Hawaii  performed by Johnny Pineapple and his Islanders  Label: Audio Fidelity  Category: International Catalogue Number: AFSD 5850 (Also released in mono as AFLP 1850) Recording credits: unknown.  Supervised by Sidney Frey Released: 1959 Side 1: Naka Pueo My Little Grass Shack in Kealakekua Hawaii Kila Kila Lovely Hula Hands Little Brown Gal Hawaiian War Chant Side 2 Sweet Leilani Beyond the Reef Kui...

4. Audio Fidelity’s First Component Series Test Record

   for the history of Audio Fidelity in Australia go here. Record Label: Audio Fidelity Categories: Audiophile, Test Record Catalogue Number: FCS 50,000 Cover Art: Not known, possibly illustrated by Irving Sloane Copyrighted: 1959 Side 1 - The Tests: Metronome, 1Khz Sine Wave Test Tone, 25 Seconds of Silence, High Frequency Sine Wave Test Tones, Low Frequency Sine Wave Test Tones, Sweep...

5. Audio Fidelity

   For three decades (1954-1984) Audio Fidelity was the premier record label for audiophiles, originally under the guidance of Sidney Frey (where most of my rare stuff will come) and from late 1965 until 1984, Herman D. Gimbel. The label is best known today for the companies sound effects records, but it's biggest claim to fame was...

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1. A quick reminder – The Vinyl Vault will be launched this Wednesday

   Just a quick reminder for everyone, that the Vinyl Vault will be (officially) launched on Wednesday afternoon, although it could be uploaded as early as sometime this weekend (due to unforseen circumstances on Wednesday) My intention for this website to be an online disography of records manufactured and distributed in Australia (with a few New Zealand...

2. Changes

   I made a big change to the registration process.  I have taken off the meta tag at right. If you now wish to register online (only to post comments) you must contact me (the address is in the contacts page) Also note that you must give me a username that you want to use. If you only want to...

3. EMI Columbia label gallery coming in August

   As it's a bit too late to include this month (due to other commitments, as well as starting to compile the images now), my next labels gallery will be coming in August Just as it says on the label, I will be posting a gallery of Columbia Records labels that EMI used from the 1940's to...

4. Info on charting singles and albums added to blog entries

   Somethin' new has been added. ;) Thanks to the book "The Australian Chart Book: 1970-1992", I am now able to give Australian chart info (when the single or LP entered the charts, the highest position it reached, and the number of weeks it was in) and will appear on future posts I make where I know...

5. Coming in July (it’s tentative at the moment)

   We are getting close to the end of the month, so today I'm posting a (proposed) coming soon, so this may change by the time July comes around next week.   VINTAGE GOON SHOW CLASSICS LP ARTWORK Over the next month (and August) I will be posting the cover art for all eleven "Goon Show Classics" LPs that...

6. The Vinyl Vault – testing for large pages

   I recently decided to do some testing of a few pages in the Vinyl Vault (as a few of these pages are a  little large) I'll be spending the next week doing some page tests on some internet cafes (after I get over my bout of the lurgi) but you can help me too.  I'll shortly give a...

7. 12 Discs coming on Sunday

   Just a reminder that my dozen LPs in the 12 discs of Christmas will start appearing on Sunday morning, every day at the same time (approximately 7:00 am) until the 24th of June. I originally was going to do this in time for Christmas, and later on for the Christmas in July celebrations, but I decided...

8. Major Labels galleries coming in June

   It's that time of the month again... Coming in June, I am posting two major label galleries.  One will be for EMI's Parlophone label which (will be from the 1940's until the mid 1970s) The second gallery will be for CBS records in Australia (and it's ancestor the Australian Record Company) these will be coming soon....

9. What’s coming up for the rest of this half of the year?

   Coming up amongst other things during May and June I have a few things planned. as you can see, I'm planning a labels gallery for 1970's label M7 and it's sucessor, 7 Records (the record label of the Seven Network from 1977 to 1982.) for our friends in the northern hemisphere the other main news will sound...

10. Updates

    Just letting everyone know that I have made an update to the Festival Records Gallery, with two new label designs (including the earliest label). this can be found on this post. Meanwhile, while I have finished my Spike Jones trilogy that was released by RCA in Germany, I have another unusual pressing of Spike's recordings. Eagle eyed fans...