Tag: Springboard

  • Art Farmer, The Many Faces of Art Farmer, Scepter Records, 1964

    Art Farmer, The Many Faces of Art Farmer, Scepter Records, 1964

    My copy (as you can see from the images) is an UpFront records reissue from the 70s, retitled as just Art Farmer. UpFront was a sublabel of Springboard International out of New Jersey, which reissued lots of compilation jazz and blues records from artists originally released on other labels (some are advertised on the rear…

  • Sonny Boy Williamson & The Animals, The Night Time is the Right Time, 1976 on Springboard.

    Sonny Boy Williamson & The Animals, The Night Time is the Right Time, 1976 on Springboard.

    Sonny Boy Williamson & The Animals, The Night Time is the Right Time, 1976 on Springboard. Live recordings from Club a’Gogo in Newcastle UK, from 1963. First released in 1972 in France on BYG, also issued as Newcastle-on-Tyne, December 1963 by Charly Records. (There are two different blues musicians named Sonny Boy Williams- this is…

  • Jimmy Reed, The Best of Jimmy Reed, 1968 on UpFront Records.

    Jimmy Reed, The Best of Jimmy Reed, 1968 on UpFront Records.

    Jimmy Reed, The Best of Jimmy Reed, 1968 on UpFront Records. UpFront was one of the sublabels of Springboard International out of New Jersey (and later California) a discount label that often acquired catalogs of other labels Reed was a big influence on early rock’n’roll and recorded with Vee-Jay