Al Cecere owned the record labels Audition Recording and Nu Sound Ltd., of Rochester, New York. Cecere changed the label’s name to Nu Sound Ltd. with release #6111 by the Wee Four.
Al sent tapes of the bands he recorded to the Circa company in Los Angeles which pressed the records at the Allied plant and shipped them to Rochester.
Any help completing this discography, or info on Al Cecere’s productions or Riposo Studios would be appreciated.
Discography:
Audition
6102 – The Vaqueros – Desert Wind / Echo (both by Weld-Heath-Corona)
6103 – Dick Jans Duo – I Am (Edwards, Shuman) / Venus (the Frankie Avalon hit) – June 64
6104 – The Vitrones – Linda (Cheshire, Couto, Downing) / London Fog (licensed to Barry, #3326X in Canada)
1605 (typo for 6105) – America’s Children – Do-Maka / No Need For Blame
6106 – America’s Children – Star / Swinging Christmas (1965)
6107 – The Heard – Laugh with the Wind (Jeff Wheat and Brad Wheat) / Stop It Baby (Karim Copli) (mentioned in Billboard, May 7, 1966)
6108 – Bobby Mac Trio – Sherleen / Maria
6109 – The Humans – Take a Taxi / Warning (both by Bill Kuhns, Jr.)
6110 – The Rogues – Train Kept a-Rollin’ / You Better Look Now (Jim Perotti*, Bob Radell*, Mike Spriggs)
Nu Sound Ltd.
6111 – The Wee Four – Weird (James Obi, T. Pilittere) / Give Me a Try
6112 – Terry Pilittere – It’s Not That Way / You Wouldn’t Believe Me
6113 – Pete Morticelli – Lost / If You See Me
* correct spellings of these two Rogues names are Jim Pierotti and Bob Radel.
Most originals on Audition and “Weird” by the Wee Four 45 published by Cecere Music, BMI.
The Heard have an unreleased song, “Leave Well Alone” on a Capitol Custom acetate.
The Montereys “Bye Bye” / “Sheryl-ane” also recorded at Riposo Studios.
Thank you to Davie Gordon for his help with this discography.
Audition
6108
Bobby Mac Trio
Sherleen
Maria
Missing Audition. Found here. http://www.globaldogproductions.info/a/audition.html
hello 🙂
i’m trying to find out if the ‘audition’ and ‘nu sound’ 45’s originally came out in brown or whit paper sleeves or in red and blue vertical striped distributor sleeves ?
any help would be very appreciated.
thank you,
marty
I believe my copy of Warning that I bought at Albion’s W.T. Grant store in the spring of ’66 was in a brown sleeve. Haven’t found a garage sale copy in over 10 years, but the last one I did find was/is mint. Probably acquired more than a dozen in the 70s-90s.
6102 – The Vaqueros – Desert Wind / Echo (both by Weld-Heath-Corona) was released in the red and blue vertical striped distributor sleeves.