"The 2,000 Pound Bee, Pt. I" / "The 2,000 Pound Bee Pt. II"

ARTIST: VENTURES, The

LABEL: Dolton Records

SERIAL#: 67

DATE: 1962 - 11

MISC NOTES:

3PA & 4RA.) Monarch Records pressing #s: ^45340 / ^45340 - X (Nov. - Dec., 1962)

November release date is guesstimate based on when record sales reached Billboard.

12/62: "The 2,000 Pound Bee Pt. II" charted on Billboard's Top 100.

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FORMAT: disc
SIZE:7"
SPEED:45 rpm
DISC NOTES:*

Known Label Designs:
3PA). A - B promotional label. Beige/tan label background. 3rd design three fish fish logo centered over spindle hole. AUDITION to upper left of spindle hole. RECORD to upper right of spindle hole. Blue logo, numerals and lettering. A Division of LIberty Records Inc. Los Angles, Calif. on four lines left center of spindle hole. Disc # right center of spindle hole: No. 67. Address: 6920 SUNSET BLVD * LOS ANGELES 28 * CALIFORNIA * USA center arced along bottom edge of label.

3PB.) A - B promo label. Beige/tan label background. 3rd three fish logo centered over spindle hole. Blue logo, numerals and lettering. NOT FOR SALE below right of spindle hole. A Division Of Liberty Records Sales Corp. Los Angeles, Calif. on four lines left center of spindle hole. Disc # left center of spindle hole: No.67. Address: 6920 SUNSET BLVD * LOS ANGELES 28 * CALIFORNIA * USA center arced along bottom edge of label.

3PC.) A - B promotional label. Beige/tan background. . 3nd three fish logo centered above spindle hole. 'Black logo, numerals and lettering. No audition/promo wording. Horizontal lines above and below information printed to center left and center right of spindle hole. disc # right center of spindle hole: No, 67.*

4RA.) A - B retail label. Dark blue background. 4th multi-colored three fish logo left center of spindle hole. Each song title on two lines.. Black numerals and lettering except A DIVISION OF LIBERTY, etc. arced across lower center edge of label in white. Disc # center right of spindle hole. NO. 67.

4RB.) A - B retail disc. Dark blue background. 4th multi-colored three fish logo left center of spindle hole. Each song title on one line.*

A-SIDE MATRIX:
3PA.) DO - 733
3PB.) DO - 733
3PC.)
4RA.) DO - 733
4RB.)
A-SIDE STAMPER CODE:
3PA.) 45 DO - 733 (circled 1) (etched)
3PB.) DO 733 1 (stamped)
3PC.)
4RA.) 45 DO - 733 (circled 1) (etched)
4RB.)
A-SIDE COMPOSER: Mel Taylor
A-SIDE PUBLISHER: Dobo Pub. Co. (BMI)

B-SIDE MATRIX:
3PA.) DO - 734
3PB.) DO - 734
3PC.)
3RA.) 45 DO - 734 (etched wax); DO - 734 (label)
B-SIDE STAMPER CODE:
3PA.) 45 DO - 734 (circled 1) (etched)
3PB.) DO 734 1 (stamped)
3PC.)
3RA.) 45 DO - 734 (circled 1) (etched)
4RB.)
B-SIDE COMPOSER: Mel Taylor
B-SIDE PUBLISHER: Dobo Pub. Co. (BMI)