Red Leaf Records Explained

Founded:1965
Status:Inactive since 1969
Founder:Duff Roman
Danny Mostoway
Art Snider
David Pears
Stan Klees
Genre:various
Country:Canada
Location:Toronto, Ontario

Red Leaf Records was founded in January 1965 by independent Canadian record producers Duff Roman and Danny Mostoway (Roman Records), Art Snider and David Pears (Chateau, Canatal, ACT), and Stan Klees (Tamarac, Bigland),.[1] Believing that radio stations, record dealers and consumers had become confused by the profusion of small labels whose releases were few and far between and scantily promoted and advertised, Red Leaf's founders retired their own labels to join forces in a national super-independent Each unit operated independently of each other, but capitalized on the identity of a larger, cohesive organization.[2] The next year (1966) the label won the Juno Gold Leaf award for "Canadian Content Company".[3]

Beginning in early 1965, Red Leaf released records by a wide array of artists, including rock and pop acts like The Paupers[4] David Clayton Thomas and Bobby Vann from Toronto, The Characters from Ottawa, and The British Modbeats from St. Catharines. Other releases featured soul singers Shirley Matthews and Jay Jackson, girl groups like The Allan Sisters and The Charmaines, the country duo The Rainvilles, novelty records by The Teenyboppers and radio jock Dave Mickey, and even a Christmas 45. The label released two LPs and about three dozen singles before dissolving in the late 1960s.[5]

Discography

Albums

NUMBERARTISTTITLE
RED 1001Little Caesar & The ConsulsLittle Caesar & The Consuls
RED 1002The British ModbeatsMod Is...

Singles

NUMBERARTISTA SIDEB SIDE
DG-65001David Clayton Thomas"Walk That Walk""Hey Hey Hey"
DG-65002The Paupers"Never Send You Flowers""Sooner Than Soon"
DG-65003The Paupers"If I Told My Baby""Like You Like Me"
DG-65004Bobby Vann"Somebody New""My Carolyn"
TTM 610The Butterfingers"Baby Ruth""Too Early in the Morn"
TTM 611Shirley Matthews"Stop The Clock""If I Had To Do It All Again"
TTM 612 [6] Little Casear & The Consuls"(My Girl) Sloopy""Poison Ivy"
TTM 613Little Casear & The Consuls"You Really Got A Hold On Me""It's So Easy"
TTM 614Jay Jackson"Darlin' Don't You Go""Anytime"
TTM 615Greg Hamon"Keep on Telling Me""Shendah"
TTM 616 Little Caesar & The Consuls"You Talk Too Much""Hey Girl!"
TTM 617Jimmy Dybold"A Bit of Love""Breaking My Little Heart Girl"
TTM 618Little Caesar & The Consuls"A Thousand Miles Away""Just Like Romeo and Juliet"
TTM 619Jack Hardin & The Silhouettes"I'm Not Running After You (Anymore)""I Will Never Turn My Back On You"
TTM 620The British Modbeats"Whatcha Gonna Do About It""The Price of Love"
TTM 621Jimmy Dybold"Do You Remember?""Only For A While"
TTM 622The Teenyboppers"Dear Mr. D.J.""Dear Mr. D.J."
TTM 623Greg Hamon"Here, There and Everywhere""Yorkville Blues"
TTM 624The Characters"Tell Me""There's Always Time For Love"
TTM 625The British Modbeats"Love's Just A Broken Heart""You're My World"
TTM 626The Scoundrelz"Heartbreak Hotel""Poor John"
TTM 627Linda Layne"Hang On To Me Now Baby""I Would Bring Sunshine"
TTM 628COC North Pole"Jingle Bells""Silent Night"
TTM 629???
TTM 630Mel West & The Meteors"Marilyn""The Seventh Saint"
TTM 631The Characters"Daddy Rollin' Stone""I'm Gonna Win You Back"
TTM 632The British Modbeats"Somebody Help Me""Ain't Nobody Home But Me"
TTM 633The Magic Cycle"Let's Run Away""Halfway to Heaven"
TTM 634The Rainvilles"I Got What I Wanted""It's All Your Fault"
TTM 635Nobody"Follow Me""To A Lovely Lady"
TTM 636The British Modbeats"Try To Understand""Sorrow"
TTM 637The Magic Cycle"Give Me The Right""It Was You"

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Morgan . Kit . January 30, 1965 . Can. Indies Merge; Bow 'Co-Op' Label . Billboard . 16; 19 . August 28, 2014 .
  2. Book: Edwardson, Ryan . 2009 . Canuck Rock: A History of Canadian Popular Music . University of Toronto Press . 140–142 . 9780802099891 . August 28, 2014 .
  3. News: April 27, 1974 . Previous Juno-Gold Leaf Winners from 1964 to '72. Billboard . 46 . August 28, 2014 .
  4. Web site: Garage Hangover | the site for '60s garage bands since 2004 . 2022-02-13 . 2016-09-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160920022623/http://www.garagehangover.com/?q=taxonomy%2Fterm%2F1303 . dead .
  5. Web site: Red Leaf - Music label - RYM/Sonemic. Rateyourmusic.com. 21 October 2021.
  6. Book: Wright, Gary R. . 2012 . Troubles and Trials . Trafford Publishing . 80 . 9781426970962 .