The track that opens Disc One of Mixology-SAM Records Extended Play, is one of SAM Records’ biggest hits, Vicki D’s This Beat Is Mine.īesides running Old Town, Hy Weiss also headed the promotional department of Stax Records in the late 60's/early 70's. Thirteen tracks from the SAM Records’ back-catalogue feature on Mixology-SAM Records Extended Play, which I’ll pick the highlights of. Old Town lived on 'till the mid 1970's and their last releases were by Arthur Prysock. Old Town started out as a Rhythm and Blues label, but over the years they released material in most of the popular genres, everything from Gospel, Jazz and Doo Wop - to Pop, Rock and Soul.Īll their artists were from around the New York City area with its suburbs and the Old Town acts were frequently played in North-Eastern radio shows. The 'Weiss guys' realized that they could use the Paper company's stationary for their correspondence, which would save them money as well as give them a certain credibility with their associates when they would see 'their' posh address. Sam was at the time working for a company called the Old Town Paper Corporation on Madison Avenue. But the guys didn't throw in the towel in 1954 they were back when they started Old Town Records. Things sadly didn't work out and the company was folded.
In the late 1940's the Weiss brothers started their first own recording company, called Parody. Hy brought in his brother Sam as he was talented in negotiating and Sam managed to get them the East coast distribution deal for these West coast labels, through their distribution company - Win Records. Hy, who was the older of the two brothers, first got into the record business and became a salesman for popular Rhythm and Blues labels like Apollo, Exclusive, Jubilee and Modern. The Weiss brothers were born in Romania in the 1920's, but the family moved to Bronx in New York City when the boys were just a few years old. 76-05 51st Avenue Elmhurst, N.Y 11373 Sam Weiss started his own SAM Records in Long Island City, New York in 1976.īut Sam was no newcomer in the music business he had actually been in the record industry since the mid 50's together with his brother Hy Weiss. The world will miss another Disco pioneer and we thank him for all the wonderful music and memories he has given us over the years! This page is dedicated to you SAM WEISS! SAM Records (1977-1983) Sam Records, Inc. Most known he probably became for his Disco releases through his SAM Records. From Doo-Wop in the early 50's to Hip-Hop & Rap in the 90's, he covered it all. Sam had a life-long love and relation to the record business. Sam Wiess SeptemMaIn loving memory of Sam Wiess, who passed away by natural causes in Maat an age of 81.
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