Tag Archives: Dore Records

MAKE MINE MONDO! 2.

Make Mine Mondo! 2. Label: Ace. Release Date: 28th November 2024 Format: CD. Usually, record  labels spend a considerable part of their budget promoting their latest releases. However, that isn’t always the case. Many independent labels, both big and small have a rather chaotic approach to promoting an  album.  Some smaller independent labels have no budget …

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MAKE MINE MONDO!

Make Mine Mondo! Label: Ace Records. Nowadays, with a record number of albums being released and each and every week, independent and major labels spend a considerable part of their budget promoting their latest releases. However, it wasn’t always that way, and Lew Bedell the owner of Doré Records was reluctant to spend money promoting a …

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DORE L.A. SOUL SIDES 2.

DORE  L.A. SOUL SIDES 2. In the mid-fifties, many small record companies sprung up across America. Especially, in cities like New York and Los Angeles, which are two of America’s musical cities. One of these new labels was Era Records, which was founded in 1955 by two cousins, Lew Bedell and Herb Newman. The two …

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THE SUPERBS-THE BEST OF THE SUPERBS.

THE SUPERBS-THE BEST OF THE SUPERBS. Just over fifty years ago, in March 1964, The Superbs released their debut single, The Story Book Of Love. Things were happening quickly for The Superbs. They’d just signed to Lew Bedell’s Dore Records a month earlier, in February 1964. Lew thought that The Superbs had potential. So, he …

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DORE L.A. SOUL SIDES.

DORE L.A. SOUL SIDES. It was in 1955 that cousins  Lew Bedell and Herb Newman decided to found their first record label, Era Records. The two cousins came from very different backgrounds. Lew Bedell had been a comedian, but his career was at a crossroads. So he was on the lookout for a new career. …

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