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 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 – 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.
Band Box LP Acetate – Shirley Spacek & Ray Ellen Gillis
Another vanity pressing
Band Box Ethnological Music Series 15351/15352 – Binx Selby – “Music Of Tetuan”
Band Box Valerie Label LP’s
Valerie 7000 – Dave Jackson – “Dave Jackson Singing Folk Music”
Band Box Spicy Label LP’s
Spicy 5001 – Jim Watson & Joel Cowan – “It’s Party Time” (Cover Version 1)
Spicy 5001 – Jim Watson & Joel Cowan – It’s Party Time” (Cover Version 2)
Spicy 5002 – Bob & Sylvia – “Ma and Pa Snort Blaster”
(Need Vinyl Images)
Spicy 5003 – Rachel Jordan – “Laugh it Up with Crack-Up”
Band Box Keyboard Label LP’s
Keyboard 7001 – The South Denver Pentecostal Choir – “Jesus the Light”
(Need Images)
Doggone it! This is one of two Long Plays in the Band Box catalog that we just cannot locate! – The other is Lee Sims on Rustique.
Keyboard 7002 – Reva Gardner – “The Versatile Stylings of Reva Gardner”
Keyboard XCTV 84865 – “Jesus the Light”
Band Box Rustique Label LP’s
Rustique 7000 – Lee Sims – “The Fabulous Lee Sims”
Band Box Custom Toll Gate Label LP
Toll Gate 201 – “Souvenir Recording of Central City’s Honky Tonk Piano Man Recorded at the World Famous Toll-Gate Tavern”
Band Box Blessing Label
Blessing 24597 – “Sings His Own Gospel Songs”
Index:
Band Box Discography Artists A thru K
Band Box Discography Artists L thru Z
- Band Box Artist Bio – The Blue Rhythms
- Band Box Artist Bio – The Boltz Family
- Band Box Artist Bio – Walt Conley
- Band Box Artist Bio – Joel Cowan & Jim Watson
- Band Box Artist Bio – Dick Dedrick
- Band Box Artist Bio – The Ink Spots
- Band Box Artist Bio – Ronnie Kae
- Band Box Artist Bio – The Lidos
- Band Box Artist Bio – Chuck Mills
- Band Box Artist Bio – Monarchs, Mastertones, Wildest Clan
- Band Box Artist Bio – The New Mobile Strugglers
- Band Box Artist Bio – Orlie & The Saints
- Band Box Artist Bio – The Saints
- Band Box Artist Bio – Lee Sims
- Band Box Artist Bio – Penny Starr
- Band Box Artist Bio – Van Trevor
- Band Box Artist Bio – Duncan Tuck
