Warner/Reprise Loss Leaders

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IN 1967 LONG STANDING WARNER BROS EXECUTIVE STAN CORNYN STARTED UP WITHIN THE COMPANY A DIVISION WHICH WAS KNOWN AS CREATIVE SERVICES. HE ORIGINATED A LOT OF ORIGINAL IDEAS AMONG THEM THE CIRCULAR MAGAZINE BUT ALSO THE HIGHLY ORIGINAL "WARNER/REPRISE LOSS LEADERS" COMPILATION LP'S.

ABOUT 25 OF THESE MOSTLY DOUBLE LP'S WAS MADE IN THE PERIOD '67-'71.

THE LP'S WERE ADVERTISED ON THE INNER BAGS OF WARNER/REPRISE RELEASES AT THE TIME AND FOR A MERE $2 ONE COULD MAIL A COUPON TO THEIR BURBANK OFFICE AND YOU WOULD WOULD RECEIVE A CLEVERLY THEMED COMPILED RECORD THAT FOCUSED ON THEIR DIVERSIFIED ARTIST ROSTER, BUT MOSTLY IT WAS AIMED AT EXPOSING THEIR MORE ODDBALL AND ECLECTIC TYPE ARTISTS, AND THERE WERE LOADS OF THOSE SUCH AS VAN DYKE PARKS, THE FUGS, WILD MAN FISCHER, PEARLS BEFORE SWINE ETC. BUT ALSO THE TOP STARS GRATEFUL DEAD, JIMI HENDRIX, NEIL YOUNG, BLACK SABBATH ETC.

AND IT WOULD INCLUDE NOT ONLY TRACKS FROM ALBUMS BUT ALSO RADIO ADS, OBSCURE SINGLES ONLY B-SIDES AND UNRELEASED TRACKS.

THE RECORDS WERE NOT FOR SALE IN RECORD STORES. THEY COULD ONLY BE OBTAINED BY ORDERING DIRECT FROM WARNER BROS AND UNFORTUNATELY THE OFFER WAS ONLY VALID TO U.S. RESIDENTS ONLY AS SOME OF THE ARTISTS WERE LICENSED BY WARNER BROS FOR THE NORTH AMERICAN MARKET ONLY.

THEY WERE REGARDED AS PRETTY HIP FOR THEIR TIME SOME 30-35 YEARS LATER THEY ARE STILL PRETTY HIP.

RECOMENDED READING: "EXPLODING: THE HIGHS, HITS, HYPE, HEROES, AND HUSTLERS OF THE WARNER MUSIC GROUP" BY STAN CORNYN WITH PAUL SCANLON PUBLISHED BY HARPER COLLINS 2002.

THIS IS THE LIST OF WHAT IS CURRENTLY IN STOCK:

Artist:                     Title:                      Label:        Prefix:        $  CTY  Comments:       Grade
Various: Van Dyke           1969 Warner/Reprise         Warner Bros   PRO 331       $75 us   2LP/gfld/pro    m-/m-
Parks/Neil Young/Electric   Songbook                                                       only
Prunes/Sal Valentino etc.
Various: Jimi Hendrix/Van   1969 Warner/Reprise Record  Warner Bros   PRO 336       $75 us   2LP/gfld/pro    m-/m-
Dyke Parks/Mothers of       Show                                                           only
Invention/Hamilton Camp
etc.
Various: Beach Boys/Van     Big Ball                    Warner Bros   PRO 358       $60 us   2LP/gfld/pro    m-/m-
Morrison/Fleetwood                                                                        only
Mac/Kinks etc.
Various: Herbie             Schlagers                   Warner Bros   PRO 359       $35 us   2LP/gfld/pro    vg+/vg+
Hancock/Mike Post                                                                         only
Coalition/Glenn
Yarbrough/Mason Williams
etc.
Various: Jimi Hendrix/Jimmy Looney Tunes And Merrie     Warner Bros   PRO 423       $90 us   3LP box/pro     m-/vg++
Webb/Grateful Dead/Frank    Melodies                                                       only
Zappa etc.
Various: Little Feat/Peter  Non-Dairy Creamer           Warner Bros   PRO 443       $25 us   pro only        vg+/vg+
Green/Curved Air/Zephyr
etc.
Various: Deep Purple/Ronnie Hot Platters                Warner Bros   PRO 474       $60 us   2LP/gfld/pro    m-/m-
Milsap/Beach Boys/Kinks                                                                   only
etc.
Various: Crazy              Together                    Warner Bros   PRO 486       $25 us   pro only        vg+/vg+
Horse/T.Rex/Alice
Cooper/Faces etc.
Various: Jerry              Whole Burbank Catalog       Warner Bros   PRO 512       $60 us   2LP/gfld/pro    m-/m-
Garcia/Arthur                                                                             only
Alexander/Alice
Cooper/William Truckaway
etc.
Various: Faces/Captain      Warner/Reprise Display Case Warner Bros   PRO 516       $60 us   2lp/gfld/pro    m-/m-
Beefheart/Ry Cooder/Jerry   Vol.3                                                          only
Garcia etc.
Various: Fleetwood Mac/ T.  Middle Of the Road          Warner Bros   PRO 525       $50 us   2LP/gfld/pro    vg++/vg++
Rex/Beach Boys/Pentangle                                                                  only
etc.
Various: Tower of Power/Van Burbank                     Warner Bros   PRO 529       $60 us   2LP/gfld/pro    m-/m-
Dyke Parks/John Cale/Meters                                                               only
etc.
Various: Jethro Tull/Alexis Days Of Wine And Vinyl      Warner Bros   PRO 540       $60 us   2LP/gfld/pro    m-/m-
Korner/Roxy Music/Sparks                                                                  only
etc.
Various: Little Feat/Beach  Appetizers                  Warner Bros   PRO 569       $60 us   2LP/gfld/pro    m-/m-
Boys/Faces/Procol Harum                                                                   only
etc.
Various: Mothers/Tim        All Singing-All Talking-All Warner Bros   PRO 573       $60 us   2LP/gfld/pro    m-/m-
Buckley/Jethro Tull/Allman  Rocking                                                        only
Bros etc.
Various: Beach Boys/Robin   Hard Goods                  Warner Bros   PRO 583       $60 us   2LP/gfld/pro    m-/m-
Trower/Deep Purple/Kiss                                                                   only
etc.
Various: Allman             Peaches                     Capricorn     PRO 588       $30 us   2LP/gfld/pro    m-/m-
Brothers/Johnny                                                                           only
Jenkins/Arthur Conley/White
Witch etc.
Various: Ry Cooder/Bonnie   Deep Ear                    Warner Bros   PRO 591       $55 us   2LP/gfld/pro    m-/vg++
Raitt/Van Dyke Parks/Adam                                                                 only
Faith etc.
Various: Ry Cooder/Bonnie   Deep Ear                    Warner Bros   PRO 591       $60 us   2LP/gfld/pro    m-/m-
Raitt/Van Dyke Parks/Adam                                                                 only
Faith etc.
Various: Tower of           Force                       Warner Bros   PRO 596       $60 us   2LP/gfld/pro    m-/m-
Power/Foghat/Jan & Dean/Ron                                                               only
Wood etc.
Various: Travis             Peaches Vol. 2 - Pick Of    Capricorn     PRO 605       $40 us   2LP/gfld/pro    m-/vg++
Wammack/Kitty Wells/Wet     the Crop                                                       only
Willie/Cowboy etc.
Various: Ry Cooder/Van      Limo                        Warner Bros   PRO 691       $35 us   2LP/gfld/pro    vg+/vg+
Morrison/Little Feat/Eddie                                                                only
Hazel etc.