Reprinted from the liner notes to the song-poem compilation CD, The American Song-Poem Anthology: Do You Know The Difference Between Big Wood And Brush.

ou could call The American Song-Poem Anthology a best-of collection, though some among you might ask, “the best of — what???” These tracks, many of which date back to the late ’60s, […]

Reprinted from the liner notes to the song-poem compilation album, The Beat Of The Traps (Carnage Press).

Wild music; crazy lyrics. Beautiful music; perfect lyrics. You get all this and more with these kinds of records. Strange sounding cheap early electronic keyboards like the Mellotron; out of control drum machines. Normal-sounding budget session musicians; drunk […]

Endeavor Records, 30064 Annapolis Circle, Inkster MI 48141
motto: “A Good Record Deserves Re-Election”
Singles
Endeavor 1004: The Film City Orchestra (instrumental) — Carmel-By-The-Sea (S. Belcastro-R.A. Carrier) (arr. George Feyer) / Jim Wheeler with The Film City Orchestra — Smiling Blue Eyes (R.A. Carrier) (arr. Bob Durant)

Endeavor EN 4022: Frank Perry with “New Sounds From Nashville & […]

Vic-Tim, Brite Star Promotions, 728 16th Ave. South, Nashville Tenn. 37203; (615) 244-4064

Only by a difficult decision is this label included in the AS/PMA discography, as none of its releases were technically song-poem records. Ultimately, it was Vic-Tim’s victimization at the hands of Brite Star Promotion’s quasi-song-poem scam that led us to include it. […]

Preview Records, 6311 Yucca, Hollywood CA;
then: 6425 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood CA 90028 – Singles –
1002: Rodd Keith — Down The Mississippi-Ippy-Yi (George Poole) / Rodd Keith & The Raindrops — Drifting Driftwood (Viola Pickering)
1003: Rodd Keith & The Raindrops — Miracles Still Happen (John Kelly IV/Rodd Keith) / Song of the Palms (Louis Valente/Rodd Keith)
1004: […]

Tin Pan Alley Publications, 1587 Broadway, New York 19 NY
1955: Tin Pan Alley, Inc., 1650 Broadway, New York 19 NY
then: Tin Pan Alley, Inc., PO Box 405, Radio City Station, NYC 19 NY
then: Tin Pan Alley, Inc. Lake Grove, NY 11755
then: TPA Records, Tin Pan Alley, Inc., Box 7438, Sarasota, FL 34278
motto: “Profiles in Music”

Tin […]