History Hot Rod Records

Found this at the flea market yesterday --Lets post your record s pertaining to our cars what do you have !!

 

Little GTO by Ronny and the Daytonas

 

showing the old age with the ....jan&dean...beach boys . You catch my drift ? Lets don't go there. (lol)
GREAT PIX MAZOOMA

 

Little duce coupe (Beach Boys)

 

While not exactly an album cover, but I think it'll pass........

 

Cool Album artwork!

 

for me.....the soundtrack from ENDLESS SUMMER is the hot rod cruzin' anthem....still gives me chills when I crank it during a closed cruz.....and the good ol' VENTURES....early albums.....just capture the vibe of early rodding.!!
AND still sound GREAT...!!!!

 

One of my favs from "The Boys" is Do It Again... And all their other hits.. Surfer Girl, In My Room, Lil' Deuce Coupe, etc, etc,....

 

Dig out Rodder's Journal #20 for an article on some of my vinyl-

 

Hot Rod Lincoln by Commander Cody was the first 45 I ever bought... still have it.
Have 45's of Little GTO and Shut Down that I aquired used.
Have nearly every Beach Boy album.
And this Tokens album:

 

Great find....that album can bring over $100.00 on eBay if it is in good condition. I have had over 50 different Hot Rod albums over the years, but my favorite still is CHRISTIAN, great cover and great music. I think that Bill Haley extended play album you found was the first ever Hot Rod cover album.
Robert Williams also did a fantastic double album with some of his atrwork on the covers, try to find one of those for under $75.00 !

 

Here's mine...
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Would you belive my wife spoted it and the lady selling it was asking $ 10.00 and Yvonne asked her if she would take 8.00 and she said yes !!!
I liked it so much I would have given anything to own it !! Your confirmation as to its value only fuels the fire now to find more--Thanks Kevin

 

My two favorites.

Mick

 

any body have any of these records?
post some pictures, I have never seen them.
ads are from Hot Rod, May and July, 1952

Curt R

 

They were available in 45 or 78 RPM. Tom Medley convinced Robert Petersen to form Hot Rod Records, Tom assembled the jazz band (vocals by Scatman Cruthers), co-wrote the 3 songs, Saturday Night Drag Race, Hot Rod Harry, and Hot Rod Cowboy. Records were distributed by Trend Publishing, predecessor to Petersen Publishing. I have all the 78's, a 45 of Saturday Night Drag Race, and a few remaining CD's (we transferred all the songs from vinyl to CD a few years back). I have a 78 of Saturday Night Drag Race, along with a CD of all 3 songs for sale if interested. See classifieds.Needless to say, these are extremely rare, given their age, and limited original number pressed.

 

Anything by Linl Ray invokes hotrodding to me

 

Link Ray^

 

There were three in the set, see if you can find "Surfink", with Big Daddy's cover art, it came with a bonus 45 as well.

 

Pretty sure that is "Link Wray"

 

way cool. Thank you, Stu.
Curt R

 

I will have to go and look for it but I have a copy of a Superstocks album called thunder road that has a painting of a '32 coupe.

 

........You are correct.

 

I've got a copy of "Rocket 88" by Ike Turner.........

"Hot Rod Lincoln" was by Charley Ryan covered by Commander Cody.

 

heres mine

 

Found the promo article in Hot Rod issue, April 1952. Interesting article, in many ways. I wonder if, the 1950's "Flat Out" Five sounded "rockabilly" or "rock and roll"?
Curt R

 

Paul Revere and the Raiders--396 semi hemi chevy ??