"Turn On Song" / "The Enchanted Sea"

MISC NOTES:  Since 1959 New York's Golden Crest record company had taken an interest in various musicians from the Pacific Northwest, releasing records by: the Wailers, the Mad Plaids, Lord Dent & the Invaders, and Lola Sugia. Then, in early 1964 Golden Crest announced that they would be holding open auditions at Seattle's Olympic Hotel for any musicians interested in earning a recording contract. Among the starry-eyed local talents who arrived that day to perform for the label's field crew were the Counts. Even though the band did not successfully score a deal that day, they did go on to have their debut single ("Turn On Song" / "The Enchanted Sea") released by a start-up company, Sea Crest Records, in the summer. Interestingly, in March 2026 a mysterious artifact surfaced and then made its way into our archives: a vinyl reference disc bearing Golden Crest Recording Service labels and featuring entirely different early renditions of both "Turn On Song"  and "The Enchanted Sea." At this point in time we believe that Golden Crest recorded these songs live during the Counts' audition.

LOCATION: Seattle, WA
RECORDING PERSONNEL:
RECORDING STUDIO: Olympic Hotel
RECORDING ENGINEER: Clark Galehouse?

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

A-SIDE STAMPER CODE: X CRX - 1   [etched]
B-SIDE STAMPER CODE: CRX - 2    [etched]