Tag Archives: Columbia

Solve the mystery behind Paul Revere & The Raiders’ Christmas album

June 23, 2010 | princep | 0

If one Paul Revere & The Raiders album reaches cult-classic status, it has to be 1967’s Christmas disc, “A Christmas Present…& Past.” ►

Sound Advice: Goldmine reader finds third known copy of rare Dylan LP

April 9, 2010 | Zach Sorscher@fwmedia.com | 0

I have a copy of the Bob Dylan album Blood On The Tracks with five different song recordings on it. Do you know something about this record? The “Goldmine Record Album Price Guide” indicates this should be a test pressing. But mine isn’t a test pressing; it has the regular Columbia label.
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Sound Advice: Stereo not always worth more than mono

April 9, 2010 | Zach Sorscher@fwmedia.com | 0

I understand that for awhile (I don’t know the dates), labels would release albums in both mono and stereo, and was wondering if, everything else being equal, would an album in stereo be worth more than the mono version? I’m particularly interested in titles on the Columbia label.
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The Yardbirds: The Eric Clapton Years Part 4

April 14, 2009 | Goldmine Staff | 0

The year’s-end release of Five Live Yardbirds coincided with The Yardbirds’ most prestigious outing yet — a place on the bill for The Beatles’ Christmas concerts at the Hammersmith Odeon. Backstage, The Yardbirds came face to face with their immediate future, in the form of a quietly spoken young Mancunian named Graham Gouldman, who had written a song he thought they might like. ►

Bob Dylan gets religion in the “gospel years” part 4

March 3, 2009 | Goldmine Staff | 0

As the Slow Train Coming tour rolled on Dylan’s audience was furious, and reviewers were savage. Dylan remained undaunted, however, and the unrecorded songs featured in his live show became the core of his next album, Saved. ►

Price Guide: Bob Dylan, 1974-1983

March 3, 2009 | Goldmine Staff | 0

A price guide to Bob Dylan 45s and albums from 1974 to 1983, plus the most valuable Dylan vinyl releases, excerpted from the "Goldmine Standard Catalog of American Records, 1950 to 1975, 6th Edition," by Tim Neely. ►