VANGUARD
RECORDS
Independent label: Vanguard was set
up by Seymour and Maynard Solomon in the early 1950s as a Classical Music
label. During the course of that decade it expanded its interests to
include Jazz and Folk; the '60s and '70s saw it embracing Blues, Rock, Disco and
even Electronic music. Vanguard can claim to have issued the first
legitimate Bob Dylan tracks, but it was Joan Baez, Doc Watson and Country Joe
& the Fish who first brought success to the label in the
USA. Baez's records appeared on Fontana over here until 1968; she had
several hits, but only one on Vanguard. The company was never all
that successful in Britain, as far as singles were concerned: in addition to the
Joan Baez hit, Buffy Sainte-Marie had one in 1972, and the Players Association
had three in 1979-80. Seymour Solomon sold the company to the Welk
Record Group, of California, in 1986; he bought the Classical Music division
back in 1990, for sentimental reasons, and started to re-release its albums
under the Vanguard Classics banner. Under the Welks the label
continued to issue material, albeit sporadically. In Britain, the company's
records were handled by Pye in the late 1950s and possibly the early
'60s. The few 7" releases were EPs; they had EPP-14000 numbers and a
blue label. By 1962 the deal with Pye had ended. From this
point Vanguard products were issued on Philips's 'Fontana' label; an arrangement
which continued until 1968, when the Vanguard label reappeared with a new
design. Manufacture and distribution were still by
Philips. These Vanguard singles were initially numbered in a VA-0
series; this changed briefly to 6076-250 in 1970. The label moved to
RCA in1971, from which point singles seem to have been issued in two separate
contemperaneous numerical series, VRS-35000 and VAN-1000. The VRS
series was used by Vanguard in the USA from at least the early '60s; it was
adopted by the British arm late on and for a comparatively short time, which
accounts for some of the gaping holes in the discography. There were
variations in colour between the 'A'-sides and 'B'-sides. In 1975
Pye took over manufacture and distribution; the label design remained basically
the same, but the variation in colour between the sides was
abandoned. During this second Pye period, singles were given VS-5000
catalogue numbers. Thank to Robert Lyons For the info. Distributed By Phillips
and Pye Records.
| 70 |
Country Joe &
Fish |
Up and around the
band |
VANGUARD |
6076 |
250 |
| 70 |
Baez Joan |
Joe hill |
VANGUARD |
6076 |
251 |
| 71 |
Country Joe Mcdonald |
Hold on it's coming |
VANGUARD |
6076 |
252 |
| 71 |
Buffy
Sainte-Marie |
She Used To Wanna Be A
Ballerina |
VANGUARD |
VAN |
1001 |
| 71 |
Baez Joan |
Let It Be |
VANGUARD |
VAN |
1002 |
| 71 |
Dave Loggins |
Good Side Of Tomorrow |
VANGUARD |
VAN |
1003 |
| 72 |
Dave Loggins |
Old Enough To Know |
VANGUARD |
VAN |
1004 |
| 72 |
Perrey
Jean Jacques |
Gossipo
Perpetuo |
VANGUARD |
VAN |
1005 |
| 73 |
Mcdonald Country Joe |
Fantasy |
VANGUARD |
VAN |
1006 |
| 73 |
Baez Joan |
Love Is Just A Four Letter
Word |
VANGUARD |
VAN |
1007 |
| 73 |
Perrey Jean Jacques |
The Minuets Of The Robots |
VANGUARD |
VAN |
1008 |
| 74 |
Morath Max |
Entertainer |
VANGUARD |
VAN |
1009 |
| 71 |
Rooftop
Singers |
Walk right in |
VANGUARD |
VRS |
35017 |
| 71 |
Hanna Aroni |
Bashana Haba'Ah (Anytime Of The Year) |
VANGUARD |
VRS |
35136 |
| 71 |
Baez Joan |
Night they drove
dixie down |
VANGUARD |
VRS |
35138 |
| 72 |
Sainte-Marie Buffy |
I'm gonna be a country girl again |
VANGUARD |
VRS |
35143 |
| 72 |
Chargers |
You gotta be a lady |
VANGUARD |
VRS |
35146 |
| 72 |
Sainte-Marie Buffy |
Mister can't you see |
VANGUARD |
VRS |
35151 |
| 72 |
Clean Living |
In heaven there is no beer |
VANGUARD |
VRS |
35162 |
| 72 |
Loggins Dave |
Think'n of you |
VANGUARD |
VRS |
35167 |
| 72 |
Anderson Al |
We're make love |
VANGUARD |
VRS |
35168 |
| 75 |
Bell Benny |
Shaving cream |
VANGUARD |
VS |
5001 |
| 75 |
Sainte-Marie Buffy |
She used to wanna be a ballerina |
VANGUARD |
VS |
5002 |
| 75 |
Mitchell Grover |
What hurts |
VANGUARD |
VS |
5003 |
| 75 |
Sainte-Marie Buffy |
I'm gonna be a country girl again |
VANGUARD |
VS |
5004 |
| 76 |
Not Traced |
|
VANGUARD |
VS |
5005 |
| 77 |
Players Association |
Disco inferno |
VANGUARD |
VS |
5006 |
| 77 |
White Joe Jnr |
Marco polo |
VANGUARD |
VS |
5007 |
| 77 |
Not Traced |
|
VANGUARD |
VS |
5008 |
| 78 |
Paxton Tony |
Death of steve biko |
VANGUARD |
VS |
5009 |
| 79 |
Mandell Mike |
Peg |
VANGUARD |
VS |
5010 |
| 79 |
Players Association |
Turn the music up |
VANGUARD |
VS |
5011 |
| 79 |
Players Association |
Ride the groove |
VANGUARD |
VS |
5012 |
| 79 |
Ring |
Savage lovers |
VANGUARD |
VS |
5013 |
| 79 |
Poussez |
Never gonna say goodbye |
VANGUARD |
VS |
5014 |
| 79 |
Poussez |
Come on do it |
VANGUARD |
VS |
5015 |
| 80 |
Players Association |
We got the groove |
VANGUARD |
VS |
5016 |
| 80 |
Players Association |
The get down mellow mellow sound |
VANGUARD |
VS |
5017 |
| 80 |
Not Traced |
|
VANGUARD |
VS |
5018 |
| 81 |
Free Expression |
Chill out |
VANGUARD |
VS |
5019 |
| 81 |
Players Association |
Get on up now |
VANGUARD |
VS |
5020 |
| 81 |
Griffith Roni |
Mondo man |
VANGUARD |
VS |
5021 |
| 82 |
Griffith Roni |
Best bart of breaking up |
VANGUARD |
VS |
5022 |
| 82 |
Fonda Rae |
Over like a fat rat |
VANGUARD |
VS |
5023 |
| 81 |
Williams Carol |
You've reached the bottom line |
VANGUARD |
VS |
5024 |
| 83 |
Griffith Roni |
Breaking my heart |
VANGUARD |
VS |
5025 |
