The Ventures "The 2,000 Pound Bee" Part1/2 Dolton Promo 67 Seattle 1962
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Description
Record has some light scratches, scuffs. Plays great. Labels have light ring wear.
Many of these Ventures records came from Don Wilson or his mother Josie Wilson back in the 90's. Others were collected over the years.
Online info: Dolton Records was based in Seattle and was originally known as Dolphin Records. It was initially owned by Bob Reisdorff and Bonnie Guitar. "Come Softly to Me" by the Fleetwoods, the first single to be released on that label.
Reisdorf was soon informed that there was another Dolphin Records in circulation (which was a subsidiary of Laurie, so he changed the name to Dolton after the first release, the second release being an instrumental by the Frantics called "Straight Flush" b/w "Young Blues" (Dolton 2). The new label retained the fish symbols on the logo and the fonts associated with the Dolphin name.
The first major hit on the newer Dolton label was the Fleetwood's "Mr. Blue", a number one hit, and the fifth single released by that company. Other major Dolton artists included the Ventures, Vic Dana, and the Frantics. It was acquired in 1963 by Avnet and merged with its Liberty Records parent label in 1966. Liberty had distributed Dolton releases when "Come Softly to Me" became a hit.
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