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Scarce Copy of End’s “Rock n’ Roll Jamboree,” Chubby Checker, Ventures, More!
Lot 725. Scarce Copy of End’s “Rock n’ Roll Jamboree,” Chubby Checker, Ventures, More! Nine records from the 1950s and early 1960s. End Records was home to some of the top groups of the 1950s doo wop era. Little Anthony and the Imperials, the Dubs, the Chantels and the Flamingos all recorded for the New York label. In 1959, End issued LP-302, a 33 1/3 rpm album featuring 12 songs by these groups (except the Flamingos) and several other artists. It is one of the more difficult anthologies to locate. The record itself appears unplayed and is at least nm. The jacket is vg with tape along the top edge and in one location at the right on the front, and the owner’s name on the back. The Twist is the focus of two of the eight others albums in this collection: “Your Twist Party with Chubby Checker, Parkway P7007, and “Doin’ the Twist at the Peppermint Lounge” by Joey Dee, Roulette R25166. The records are at least nm in lesser jackets that have the owner’s name on front. Checker is featured on two other albums: “Bobby Rydell-Chubby Checker,” Cameo C1013, nm/vg+ record, and “Top 10 Hits Original Artists” from Wyncote, W9007, at least nm, with songs also by Rydell, Dee Dee Sharp, the Orlons and the Dovells. Both jackets have the owner’s name on the back. Johnny Rivers performs at the “Whiskey A-Go-Go,” vg+ to nm, and the Ventures play on “Walk Don’t Run,” at least nm. Owner’s name on both jacket backs. There are two anthologies: “History of Rock: The Fifties, Part 2” from WFIL (two-record set, vg++) and “WINX Presents 16 All-Time Favorites (vg).
Winning Bid $30.
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