Corby Records
LOCATION: Corvallis, OR. / San Gabriel, CA / Arcadia, CA.
OWNER(s): Steve Waltner, Dennis Hardesty and Doug Cox
TIMESPAN: 1962-1972
miSC NOTES: Corby Records was founded by Steve Waltner, Dennis Hardesty and Doug Cox while while Waltner was in the U.S. Air Force and stationed near Corvallis, OR. Waltner later rejoined Hardesty and Cox in Los Angeles where the trio founded Corby Productions and began producing and promoting recordings by numerous artists from California (and perhaps elsewhere).
Those non-Northwest artists and discs are noted directly below, while the Northwest-associated artists and their recordings are detailed in the database further below that. Note: by disc #220 -- the firm was recast as Corby Enterprises, Inc. (at 146 W. Live Oak, Arcadia. CA 91006).
NON-NORTHWEST ARTISTS:
- 206: Kim Fowley "The Trip" / "Big Sur, Bear Mountain, Ciros, Flipside Protest Song" [1965]
- 209: Ralph Geddes "Give Me Peace" / "Somethin' New" [1965]
- 211: Deuces Wild "Keep On" / "Keep On Sing-A-Long" [ 1966]
- 212: Carol Hughes "Let's Get Together Again" / "Don't Turn Your Back" [1966]
- 215: Solid City "Fat Mama" / "Chinese Checkers" [1967]
- 216: The Giant Crab "Listen Girl" / "Soft Summer Breezes" [1967]
- 217: The Giant Crab "Day By Day (It Happens)" / "Kind Of Funny" [1967]
- 218: The Morning Sun "Someday" / "Hold fast Your Dreams" [1967]
- 220: Midnight Snack "Mr. Time" / "Jenny Adair" [1967]
- 221: The Giant Crab "The Answer Is No" / "It Started With A Kiss" [1968]
- 222: J.C. Horton "Why Why Why" / "Overly Lonely" [1968]
- 224: Lenny Roybal "Funny (How Time Slips Away)" / "Little Daisy" [1968]
- 225: Alice "Saturday Meeting" / "As The Sun Sets To Dawn" [1969]
- 229: Ronnie McFarlin "The Promise Land" / "Mean World" [1970]
- 230: Bedpost Oracle "Break Of Dawn" / "Love Isn't Dead" [1970]
- 1002: Alex Carrrillo Just For You... [1971]
- [????] The Sound Arrangement Live At The Reuben E. Lee [1972]
MISC NOTES: Considered by some to be one of the rarest NW 45s.
LOCATION: Salem, OR.
RECORDING PERSONNEL: Larry Harding (guitar); John Marineau (Guitars); ???? (drums);
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SIZE: 7"
SPEED: 45rpm
DISC NOTES: "A Corby Production"
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RECORDING PERSONNEL: Side A: With THE HYDE SISTERS
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SIZE: 7"
SPEED: 45 rpm
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A-SIDE MATRIX: CR - 201
A-SIDE STAMPER CODE: M - 201 -1A CR - 201A - RE
A-SIDE COMPOSER: Bill Ballance - S. Waltner
A-SIDE PUBLISHER: Kavelin Music (BMI)
B-SIDE MATRIX: CR - 201
B-SIDE STAMPER CODE: M 201 B
B-SIDE COMPOSER: S. Waltner
B-SIDE PUBLISHER: Kavelin Music (BMI)
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A-SIDE COMPOSER:S. Waltner - Hardesty - D. Cox
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B-SIDE COMPOSER:S. Waltner
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A - B: Inst. Combo - The Bushmen
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B-SIDE COMPOSER:D. Cox
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Northwest Release.
National Release : GNP Crescendo GNP - 351
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A-SIDE COMPOSER:Ike Turner
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B-SIDE COMPOSER:Rick Bolz
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"I Need Love" later reissued on Corby #210.
Known Label Designs:
1.) A - B reail label. Red background Black logo/name, numerals and lettering.
"I Need Love" Album Reissues:
1985. Side One, Track #3 on compilation lp Riot City. (Satan Records SR 1003)
1986. Side One, Track #5 on compilation lp Highs In The Mid Sixties Vol. 14; The Northwest Part Two: Out Of The Slime (Archive International Production AIP 10020)
1999. Disc !, track #27 on compilation cd album You Gotta Have Moxie Vol. 2 (AIP/Moxie Records AIP 1062)
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1.) CR - 207A
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1.) CR - 207 - A (etched)
A-SIDE COMPOSER: S. Waltner
A-SIDE PUBLISHER: Zulu Music (BMI)
B-SIDE MATRIX:
1.) CR - 207b
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1.) CR - 207 B 1A (etched)
B-SIDE COMPOSER: C. Sean Foster
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Side A - Inst. Combo - "Alan Storm and The Esquires"
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A-SIDE COMPOSER:S. Waltner - A. Kait
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"I Need Love" previously issued on Corby #207
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Known Label Designs:
1.) A - B retail label. Yellow background. Black accent lines, numerals and lettering. *
""I Need Love"Album Reissues:
1985. Side One, Track #3 pm compilation lp Riot City. (Satan Records SR 1003)
1986. Side One, Track #5 on compilation lp Highs In The Mid Sixties Vol.14; The Northwest Part Two: Out Of The Slime
1999. Disc 1, track #27 on compilation cd album You Gotta Have Moxie Vol. 2 (AIP/Moxie Records AIPCD 1062
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A-SIDE COMPOSER: J. Michael
A-SIDE PUBLISHER: Copyright Control
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