Band Box Long Plays

The following is a complete listing of all known Band Box LP’s with year of release or month and year when known. The dates are best estimates. This list is in the process of undergoing a edit based on comprehensive information supplied by Colorado’s George “Doc” Krieger – Chief Researcher for the Colorado Music Hall of Fame. He has provided extensive edits and additions to the total Band Box discography. My thanks to him and his continued efforts. Please visit the Colorado Music Hall of Fame web site! The earliest Band Box releases were probably from the year 1958.

Band Box Long Plays

(Band Box catalog 1001 is duplicated by the Barron & Trevor releases)

Band Box 1001 – Leigh Barron – “Leigh Barron at the Piano”

Band Box 1001 – Van Trevor – “Come On Over to Our Side”

Band Box 1002 – The Ink Spots – “Yesterday & Today”

Band Box 1003 Acetate – Argust “Hank” Jarman – “Hank Jarman” – 1965

The images below were provided by former Colorado resident and musician Alia Rodriques who now resides in Tustin, California where she located the test pressing long plays by Jarman. To date, these are the only copies of this LP to surface. Note that the tracks are arranged differently on the two sets of test pressings.

This second test pressing was intended as a birthday present in 1967 for Jarman’s mother.

Band Box 1004 – The Blue Rhythms – “The Blue Rhythms at the Koko Club”

Band Box 1005 – George Mosse – “Two Sides of George Moss”

Band Box 1006 – Ronny Kae – “Swinging Drums”

Band Box 1007 – The Boltz Family Five – “Hawaiian Masterpieces”

Band Box 1008 – Buster Jenkins – “Buster Jenkins Presents The Rocky Mountain Jamboree”

Band Box 1009 – Dick Kinard – “The Most Organ”

BAND BOX LP 1009 - KINARD DICK (1)

BAND BOX LP 1009 - KINARD DICK (3)

Band Box 1010 – Herman Dinges & His Polka Band – “Beettoppers”
(This LP had a blank backside)

Band Box 1011 – Ernie Kemm – “Hello Denver”
(This was the only 10″ LP that we know of released by Band Box and apparently did not have a jacket)

Band Box 1012 – The Shook Parker Gospel Singers

Band Box 1013 – The Calvary Choristers – “The Calvary Choristers”

Band Box 1014 – Gale Day & the Jim Turnbo Trio – “Gale Day Sings With The Jim Turnbo Trio”

Band Box 1014 – The Preps – “Big Band Swing”
Catalog number is redundant with the Gale Day release

Band Box 1015 – Ronny Whyte – “The Songs and Piano of Ronny Whyte”

Band Box 1016 – The New Mobile Singers – “New Horizons”

Band Box 1017 – The Alpine Polkadots – “A Tribute to Paul Wiengardt”

Band Box 1018 – Dick Dedrick – “Animal Tales ‘n Tunes”

Band Box LP – Duncan Tuck (Unreleased)

NOTE: On June 21st, 2016 – Duncan responded to my query regarding the these Band Box tracks:

“As far as I know, the songs you have listed were just on studio tape and never pressed…wish I had the tape. I re-recorded “Together When Alone”, “Trees” (shortened the name from “Where People Do Live By Trees”), and “October” when I did my first album Viking Recording Studio in Denver about 1972-73. Ralph ‘N Clyde in Grand Junction recorded two of my songs on one of their albums, “Cold and Dusty Morning” and “Marjorie Brown”.”

Tracks: Dianne’s Song – Where People Do Live by Trees – Distance Cannot Escape the Sound – A New Feeling – All Around Me – Together When Alone – Flamenco Child – Leavin’ On a Jet Plane – The Poet – Sunshine – I Think It’s Going to Rain Today – Tomorrow – Octover

Band Box LP – Acetate – William L. Ginsburg D.D.S. “This and That”

(Ginsburg was a Denver area dentist and the uncle of my wife )

BAND BOX LP 01 - GINSBURG WILLIAM DDIS A FINAL

Band Box LP – Bob Lind Acetate

This LP was never released by Band Box and many of the tracks found their way onto a Verve-Folkways LP release much to Bob’s surprise and apparently not with his approval. This acetate recording is on display at the Colorado Music Hall of Fame.