Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. speaking at Ohio Northern University Chapel, Ada, Ohio

 

On January 11, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. spoke at Ohio Northern University. At the time of his visit to Ada, Ohio and ONU, Dr. King was an international figure. He was the youngest person to ever win the Nobel Prize and only the 12th American to ever do so. He was at the forefront of the Civil Rights Movement and a key social figure of the turbulent 1960s.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. speaking at Ohio Northern University Chapel, Ada, Ohio

Custom recording by Musicol Records (Columbus, Ohio)
HR1185

Al Waslon Trio (Alda LP)

Al Waslon Trio

The Many Moods Of The Al Waslon Trio

19579
A1 Lazy River  2:13
A2  Cameo  2:46
A3  World On A String  2:57
A4  Sing Me No Sad Songs  2:15
A5  Yes Sir, That's My Baby  2:07
A6  What Is This Thing Called Love  2:15

19580
B1  Satin Doll  2:41
B2  Memories Of You  3:14
B3  Limehouse Blues  3:16
B4  Misty  3:48
B5  Peanuts  2:51
    Recorded At – Musicol

    Bass – Joe Schmalz
    Drums – Ed Knill
    Piano – Al Waslon

Alda ARLP 1001 [HR 1127]

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Sources: 

ebay (with audio clip) (The Beggar's Tomb Records)

discogs

Gene Scarbrough on Brock

Gene Scarbrough

CP-5985 – Please Answer Me
Written-By – Gene Scarbrough, Lloyd Hurt
Pamper Music Co, Inc. BMI

CP-5986 – A Dream Of You
Written-By – Gene Scarbrough 
Pamper Music Co, Inc. BMI


Brock Records
2294 Pontiac St., Columbus, Ohio

Vocal with String Band

1961


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Eugene Jessie Scarbrough also recorded :

1957 — Starday 685  :  Wanted / Lonesome For Someone
1960 — Hark 503 :  Bluest One In Town / Running Away From Love
1964 — Del-Ray 216 : It All Depends On Linda / Think Twice Before You Go

Jim HARRIS & The Sidewinders on Fabar

Jim HARRIS

& The Sidewinders

15563 ~ Three Chartreuse Buzzards Sitting On A Fence
15564 ~ I'm On The Outside Looking In

Fabar Records

1965

A-side is penned by Jim Harris.  B-side is a cover of   a 1964 hit song by Little Anthony and the Imperials, issued on DCP Records (their comeback single, ending a long period of inactivity.)

No info on Jim Harris or on The Sidewinders.   

According to buckeyebeat.com, 

this Columbus label was owned by Bill Strickland with two other non-musicians.   All the Fabar records were recorded at Magnetic.  Fabar did not use a catalog numbering system so all the label 'numbers' are the pressing plant matrix numbers.

Fabar label discography

5 Fortunes on Ransom

5 Fortunes

CP-3967 ~ You Are My Love
CP-3968 ~ Time Out For Love

Ransom Records # 103

Interviewed about the 5 Fortunes, Morris Wade -who also recorded for the label- said : "

They were in the military. They were stationed at Lockbourne Air Force Base in Columbus. We were all friends and socialized some, but I can’t remember their names."

That's all we known about this Columbus black vocal group. A copy of this extremely rare record is currently auctioned at eBay. If you are interested, hurry up : only 3 hours left... Highest bid : $419.00

The three previous releases on the label (including the #100 issued on the misspelled Ranson Records) were pressed by King Records of Cincinnati.

Black entrepeneur Howard Ransom owned the label in Columbus, Ohio. He later relocated to Los Angeles where he operated the Nanc, Lilly and Lulu labels, with James L.Turner.


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How Many Days on Unlimited Sound

How Many Days
featuring Mike Miller vocals

42361 A - Afternoon in Columbus
42361 B - Afternoon in Columbus (instrumental)

Unlimited Sound Recording 501

(Columbus, Ohio)

Produced by Quandours Williams and Albert Scales III.

1983

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Currently auctioned at eBay by Roly Poly. See the auction HERE.

"Phenomenally rare private pressing. recorded in Columbus OH" says Roly Poly. Phenomenally high is the starting bid : 1;700 US$. Phenomenally optimistic is Roly Poly.

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Hull 1056 and Hull 1060 - Early Mus-I-Col

Gospelaires Quartet - Hull 1056
16631/16632, Rite Acct # 1449, 1966
See images for song titles


Flowers Family - Hull 1060
17073 - Wild And Reckless
17074 - Once Again
Rite Acct #1449, 1966

John Hull started the Musicol (Mus-I-Col) recording studio in his home in Columbus, Ohio in 1965 and within a year moved to a permanent studio. Most of his early recordings were pressed by Rite but in 1969 he acquired the equipment to press records. These two previously undocumented releases are on his own Hull label, however, the Flowers Family 45 appears to have been re-released about a year later on Mus-I-Col 1090.

Most or all of the Rite pressings for Mus-I-Col have OM or O/M on the label or dead wax. I believe I've seen it on some other Rite pressings from about the same time as well. Any good explanation of it's purpose or meaning is much appreciated!

Photos courtesy of Phil Tricker and Malcolm Chapman.

Eddie Ray (Prix 7001, 2nd issue)

Prix HSI-7001 (Side A)
26277 – Glad I Found You

Prix HSI-7001 (Side B)
26278 – You Got Me

Harmonic Sounds Production
Prod. By Clem Price, Bill Moss, George D. Beter

This is the second issue of Prix 7001, not listed in this Prix discography. Note the addition of the name of a third producer, Bill Moss (later founder of the Capsoul label). According to the Ohio Soul Discography, the second issue is an alternate mix of the first one.

First issue (Musicol)

Hillside LP 1

Hillside LP 1
Various Artists

side one: [18035]

1. The Possums - She Don't Care
2. The Possums - Stepping Stone
3. The Grim Reapers - Good Lovin'
4. The Grim Reapers - Hang On Sloopy
5. The New Breeds - Girl In Love
6. The Penetrations - Midnight Hour
7. Terry Davidson & Baracudas - Hurray for Hazel

side two: [18036]

1. The Brickwalls - Walkin' the Dog
2. King's English - Mister Your [sic] a Better Man
3. The Gears - Time Won't Let Me
4. The Eggs - Little Red Book
5. The Noblemen - Under My Thumb
6. The Marquis - Little Black Egg
7. The Deadlys - On the Road Again

The Possums - Stepping Stone

The LP's were delivered in a plain white jacket - no liner notes, no pictures and no band info. Just the track listing on the record label, printed with the address and phone number of McKenzie Studio and the phone numbers for each band.

Read he story of this LP told by Doug Tracy here.

Label owner, Larry McKenzie had a musical equipment rental service in Columbus, Ohio. (Printed on the label of a Hillside promotionnal EP : wanted guitars-amps-microphones-speakers- Cash or Trade). He recorded himself a full album (pressed by RCA) titled the Larry McKenzie Restaurant Experience.

Hillside LP II

Elijah & the Ebonies on Loren

Elijah & the Ebonies

Loren L020

27921 - Pure Soul
27922 - Sock It To 'Em Soul Brother

I've seen this record listed as a QCA pressing, but never as a Rite pressing. I don't known which one came first. Both pressings are from 1971. Note the slight difference : group is listed here as THE EBONIES and on the QCA pressing as THE EBONITES. According to the Sir Shambling"s website, Elijah (Hawthorne) & the Ebonies were from the South Carolina. A Loren Records discography can be found here.

The Jim Johnson Trio

The Jim Johnson Trio
With A Bag Full Of Great Ones (LP) 1966
Mus-I-Col HR 1080
18265/18266

Easy listening album on a Columbus, Ohio label founded (as was the studio) in 1966 by John Hull still active today. (See a Columbus Dispatch article published in March 2008.

Mr. John Hull