Tru-Sound Label Discography:
15000 Series:
The Tru-Sound label may be yellow with black print, black with silver print, or purple with silver print. The significance of the colors is not known. Above the center hole is “TRU-SOUND” in a series of overlapping circles, with “THE TRUE SOUND of HIGH FIDILITY” above it.
I have Tru-Sound 15011 on the Status label. The standard Tru-Sound cover was used but a Status sticker was applied to the front of the cover. The record itself has a Status label that was orange with black printing, “STATUS” above the center hole with a large “S” above. It’s not known how many of the Tru-Sound 15000 series were issued on the Status label, TRU 15001 - Trouble In Mind: King Curtis Sings the Blues - King Curtis [1961] Trouble In Mind/Jivin’ Time/Nobody Wants You When You’re Down Na Out/Bad Bad Whiskey/I Have To Worry/Woke Up This Morning//But That’s Alright/Ain’t Nobody’s Business/Don’t Deceive Me/Deep Fry
TRU 15002 - Misirlou - Jimmy Neeley Trio [1962] Gettin' a Taste/Witchcraft/Misirlou/Time After Time/My One and Only Love/Oh (The Chase)/Lament of the Lonely/Gone with the Wind/Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
TRU 15003 - Hot Sauce - Latin Jazz Quintet [1962] Summertime/’Round Midnight/Out of This World/Blue Moon/April Afternoon/Ain’t Dat Right/Polly’s Delight
TRU 15004 - Let It Roll - Ernestine Allen [1962] Baubles, Bangles and Beads/Miss Allen's Blues/I Want a Little Boy/Love for Sale/Lullaby of Broadway/Mean o' Evil/The Man I Love/Tea for Two/Let It Roll
TRU 15005 - These Dues - Clea Bradford with Clark Terry and Oliver Nelson [1962] This Love of Mine/This Can’t Be Love/Skylark/They Can’t Take That Away From Me/If You But Knew/Somebody Loves Me/Willow Weep For Me/I’ll Never Stop Loving You/I Cried For You
TRU 15006 - Old Gold - King Curtis with Combo [1961] Fever/Honky Tonk/So Rare/Tippin’ In/You Came a Long Way From St. Louis/Tuxedo Junction/Hucklebuck/Lean Baby/Harlem Nocturne/Night Train/Soft
TRU 15007 - It's Party Time with Jesse Powell - Jesse Powell [1962] From the Soul/Jumpin’ Salty/Malaguena/Hot Stuff/Trees/Bibbie’s Twist//When You’re Smiling/Texas Twister/Tonight/Blues on the Rocks/Feelin’ No Pain/Cool TRU 15008 - It's Party Time with King Curtis - King Curtis [1962] Free For All/Easy Like/Hot Saxes/I’ll Wait For You/The Party Time Twist//Low Down/Keep Movin’/(Let’s Do) the Hully Gully Twist/Slow Motion/Firefly/Something Frantic
TRU 15009 - Doin' The Dixie Twist - King Curtis [1962] Sweet Georgia Brown/Alexander’s Ragtime Band/Shanty in Old Shantytown/St. Louis Blues/Royal Garden Blues/When the Saints Go Marchin In/Basin Street Blues/Muskrat Ramble/Lazy River/St. James Infirmary
TRU 15010 - That's The Blues Man - Eddie "Bluesman" Kirkland [1962] Down on My Knees/Don’t Take My Heart/Daddy Please Don’t Cry/Have Mercy on Me/Saturday Night Stomp/I’m Gonna Forget You//I Tried/Man of Stone/I’m Goin’ to Keep Loving You/Train Done Gone/Something’s Gone Wrong In My Life/Baby You Know It’s True
TRU 15011 – Rock & Roll Buddy Lucas Down Home Turn Around - Buddy Lucas [1962] Hocus Pocus (Abbra- Cadabbra-Sham)/The Rattle/Papa Dee Dee/Moonglow/Fallout//Down Home Turn Around/April Showers/Long Boy/Crash Party/Show Down
Page 1 TRU 15012 - The Chant – Juan Amalbert and theLatin Jazz Quintet [1963] Jackie's Mambo/Dorian/Yesterdays Child/Star Eyes/G.T.'s Theme/There's No You/The Chant/Invitation
TRU 15013 – Hey! Hey! Hey! - Rhoda Scott Trio [1963] I Want the Whole World to Know/Ebb Tide/Splanky/Endlessly/Sha-Buzz/Fly Me to the Moon/Stand by Me/If This Isn’t Love
TRU 15014 - Live! at The Key Club - Rhoda Scott Trio [1963] Hey-Hey-Hey/Sha-Bozz/Work Song/I-Yi-Yi- Yi/Watermelon Man/Midnight Sun/Little Darlin'/Danny
60000 Gospel Series:
TRU 60001 – Baptized! - Clefs of Calvary [1963] Save me/God’s Love/Goin’ Down to the River/Wait a Little Longer/Troubles of This World/Oh Lord Remember Me/Stranger in Any Land/While the Bloods Running Warm/God Knows the Reason Why/Jesus Is a Friend of Mine/Father Forgive
TRU 60002 - Peace In The Valley - Gate City Singers [1963] Deliverance Will Come/I’ll Fly Away/Beams of Heaven/Every Now and Then/I Thank You Jesus/No Time to Lose/Something Within Me/Out on the Ocean/I’m Here in Jesus name
TRU 60003 - We've Come This Far by Faith - Capitol City Stars [1963] Another Day / We've Come This Far by Faith /There'll Be Rest For the Weary / It's Gonna Rain / Lord, Guide My Hand / It's Alright / Friends Talk About Me / Jesus I Love To Call Your Name / Gonna Walk Right Out / I Love the Lord / I'm So Glad / My God Called Me This Morning
TRU 60004 - Come Out of The Wilderness - Back Home Choir of the Greater Harvest Baptist Church [1963] He's So Mighty/I Trust Him/Ride on King Jesus/Without God I Can Do Nothing/He Knows How We Can Bear/Climbing High Mountains/Come Out of the Wilderness/Yes I Found Him/Jesus/Jordan River
TRU 60005 - Saved - Pentecostal Choir [1964] Save Me If You Will/In the Shelter of the Rock/Prayer Wheel Turning/God's Creation/It's Wonderful to Know the Lord/How Glad Am I
TRU 60006 - Time Is Winding Up - Psalms of Grace [1964] Till the Day Is Done/There's Not a Friend Like Him/Jesus Loves Me/Move Up a Little Higher/I've Been in the Storm/I'll Overcome/He Will Provide/I Know You're Going to Miss Me/He's Alright/The Time Is Winding Up
TRU 60007 - God's Light - Clefs of Calvary [1964] Miracle Temple/You Don't Know What I've Been Through/Judgement/Standing Where Jesus Is/Walk with Me/It's Religion/Don't Drive Me Away/On the Battlefield/Let Run on Me/God's Light
80000 Latin American Series:
TRU 80001 - Sabrina! - Alfredito Valdes [1962] Charanga en New York/Negra de Sociedad/Sabrina/Manana te Lievo Nina/Dejate Querer/Almendra/Miu, Miu/Mi Novla Me Botl/Pachanga Flamenca/Quimbombo Que Resbala
TRU 80002 - Recuerdos - Andres Hernandez Sextet Caribe and Awilda Cardona & Mario de Jesus [1962] Pica Mi Gallo/Avisa Me/Oye Mima/Sin Tu Amor/Mulata Resala/Recuerdo de Ipacarai/De Ponce a Gayama/Polla/te Adorare/A casar La Paloma
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