Red Leaf Records | |
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Founded | 1965 |
Founder | Duff Roman Danny Mostoway Art Snider David Pears Stan Klees |
Status | Inactive since 1969 |
Genre | various |
Country of origin | Canada |
Location | Toronto, Ontario |
Red Leaf Records was founded in January 1965 by independent Canadian record producers Duff Roman and Danny Mostoway (Roman Records), Art Snider and David Pears (Chateau, Canatal, ACT) and Stan Klees (Tamarac, Bigland),. [1] Believing that radio stations, record dealers and consumers had become confused by the profusion of small labels whose releases were few and far between and scantily promoted and advertised, Red Leaf's founders retired their own labels to join forces in a national super-independent [1] Each unit operated independent of each other, but capitalized on the identity of a larger, cohesive organization. [2] The next year (1966) the label won the Juno Gold Leaf award for "Canadian Content Company". [3]
Beginning in early 1965, Red Leaf released records by a wide array of artists, including rock and pop acts like The Paupers [4] David Clayton Thomas and Bobby Vann from Toronto, The Characters from Ottawa and The British Modbeats from St. Catharines. Other releases featured soul singers Shirley Matthews and Jay Jackson, girl groups like The Allan Sisters and The Charmaines, the country duo The Rainvilles, novelty records by The Teenyboppers and radio jock Dave Mickey, and even a Christmas 45. The label released two LP's and about three dozen singles before dissolving in the late 1960s. [5]
NUMBER | ARTIST | TITLE |
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RED 1001 | Little Caesar & The Consuls | Little Caesar & The Consuls |
RED 1002 | The British Modbeats | Mod Is... |
NUMBER | ARTIST | A SIDE | B SIDE | |
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DG-65001 | David Clayton Thomas | "Walk That Walk" | "Hey Hey Hey" | |
DG-65002 | The Paupers | "Never Send You Flowers" | "Sooner Than Soon" | |
DG-65003 | The Paupers | "If I Told My Baby" | "Like You Like Me" | |
DG-65004 | Bobby Vann | "Somebody New" | "My Carolyn" | |
TTM 610 | The Butterfingers | "Baby Ruth" | "Too Early in the Morn" | |
TTM 611 | Shirley Matthews | "Stop The Clock" | "If I Had To Do It All Again" | |
TTM 612 [6] | Little Casear & The Consuls | "(My Girl) Sloopy" | "Poison Ivy" | |
TTM 613 | Little Casear & The Consuls | "You Really Got A Hold On Me" | "It's So Easy" | |
TTM 614 | Jay Jackson | "Darlin' Don't You Go" | "Anytime" | |
TTM 615 | Greg Hamon | "Keep on Telling Me" | "Shendah" | |
TTM 616 [6] | Little Caesar & The Consuls | "You Talk Too Much" | "Hey Girl!" | |
TTM 617 | Jimmy Dybold | "A Bit of Love" | "Breaking My Little Heart Girl" | |
TTM 618 | Little Caesar & The Consuls | "A Thousand Miles Away" | "Just Like Romeo and Juliet" | |
TTM 619 | Jack Hardin & The Silhouettes | "I'm Not Running After You (Anymore)" | "I Will Never Turn My Back On You" | |
TTM 620 | The British Modbeats | "Whatcha Gonna Do About It" | "The Price of Love" | |
TTM 621 | Jimmy Dybold | "Do You Remember?" | "Only For A While" | |
TTM 622 | The Teenyboppers | "Dear Mr. D.J." | "Dear Mr. D.J." | |
TTM 623 | Greg Hamon | "Here, There and Everywhere" | "Yorkville Blues" | |
TTM 624 | The Characters | "Tell Me" | "There's Always Time For Love" | |
TTM 625 | The British Modbeats | "Love's Just A Broken Heart" | "You're My World" | |
TTM 626 | The Scoundrelz | "Heartbreak Hotel" | "Poor John" | |
TTM 627 | Linda Layne | "Hang On To Me Now Baby" | "I Would Bring Sunshine" | |
TTM 628 | COC North Pole | "Jingle Bells" | "Silent Night" | |
TTM 629 | ? | ? | ? | |
TTM 630 | Mel West & The Meteors | "Marilyn" | "The Seventh Saint" | |
TTM 631 | The Characters | "Daddy Rollin' Stone" | "I'm Gonna Win You Back" | |
TTM 632 | The British Modbeats | "Somebody Help Me" | "Ain't Nobody Home But Me" | |
TTM 633 | The Magic Cycle | "Let's Run Away" | "Halfway to Heaven" | |
TTM 634 | The Rainvilles | "I Got What I Wanted" | "It's All Your Fault" | |
TTM 635 | Nobody | "Follow Me" | "To A Lovely Lady" | |
TTM 636 | The British Modbeats | "Try To Understand" | "Sorrow" | |
TTM 637 | The Magic Cycle | "Give Me The Right" | "It Was You" |
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