Monarch Database: Known Release Information for Monarch-pressed LP's (Revision of 11 Ag 20) Monarch Artist Title Label Cat. # Number Year Month Day Info Chet Baker Sings and Plays with Bud Shank… Pacific Jazz PJ-1202 △ 3268/9-12 1955 c. March Chet Baker The Trumpet Artistry Pacific Jazz PJ-1206 △ 31 1955 November 26 Gerry Mulligan Quartet Paris Concert Pacific Jazz PJ-1210 △ 37/8 1956 LP released 3/3/1956 Gerry Mulligan Quartet Gerry Mulligan Quartet Pacific Jazz PJ-1207 △ 32/41 1956 LP released 12/3/1955 Chico Hamilton Quintet Chico Hamilton Quintet Pacific Jazz PJ-1209 △ 49 1956 LP released January, 1956 Pinky Winters Lonely One Creative/Argo ALP-604 △ 119/147 1956 LP released 8/1956 The Five Keys Best of the Five Keys Aladdin LP-806 △ 189/90 1957 June LP released 12/8/1956 The Five Keys On the Town Score SLP-4003 △ 189/90 1957 June 3 Ahmad Jamal Count 'Em 88 Argo LP-610 △ 221/2 1957 May 20 LP released May 20, 1957 Johnny Cash With his Hot and Blue Guitar Sun SLP-1220 △ 248/9 1957 November 11 Carl Perkins Dance Album Sun SLP-1225 △ 250/1 1957 November Kermit Schaefer Pardon My Blooper, Vol. 2 Jubilee PMB-2 △ 282/3 1957 November Kermit Schaefer Pardon My Blooper, Vol. 4 Jubilee PMB-4 △ 294/-- 1957 November Kermit Schaefer Pardon My Blooper, Vol. 3 Jubilee PMB-3 △ 295/6 1957 November Kermit Schaefer Comedy of Errors Jubilee JGM-2001 △ 300/1 1957 November reissue of LP-2 Chuck Berry After School Session Chess LP-1426 △ 316/7 1957 October LP released May 20, 1957 Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong Ella and Louis Again Verve MGV-4006-2 △ 363/4 1957 October 11 First mention: 10/14/57 Kermit Schaefer Pardon My Blooper, Vol. 6 Jubilee PMB-6 △ 394/5 1957 November Roger Williams Songs of the Fabulous Fifties Kapp KXL-5000 △ 481/82/75/851958 c. February LP came out 02/1957 Little Walter The Best of Little Walter Chess LP-1428 △ 500/1 1958 April Muddy Waters The Best of Muddy Waters Chess LP-1427 △ 502/3 1958 April 14 Bo Diddley Bo Diddley Chess LP-1431 △ 553/? 1958 Jerry Lee Lewis Jerry Lee Lewis Sun SLP-1230 △ 561/2 1958 June mentioned in Billboard 6/30/58 Billy Vaughn Plays the Million Sellers Dot DLP-3119 △ 637/8 1958 September 20 Bo Diddley Bo Diddley Chess LP-1431 △ 553/642 1958 repress Pat Boone Pat's Greatest Hits Dot DLP-3071 △ 656/7 1958 Billy Vaughn Christmas Carols Dot DLP-3148 △ 832/3 1958 November 17 Billy Devroe and the Devilaires An Assortment of Party Naughties, Vol. II Tampa TP-39 △ 893/4 1958 The Everly Brothers Songs Our Daddy Taught Us Cadence CLP-3016 △ 902/3 1958 December 15 Kermit Schaefer Pardon My Blooper, Vol. 7 Jubilee PMB-7 △ 910/1 1958 Johnny Cash Songs that Made Him Famous Sun SLP-1235 △ 920/1 1958 November 24 The Everly Brothers The Everly Brothers Cadence CLP-3003 △ 949/50 1958 LP came out 12/30/57 Duane Eddy Have Twangy Guitar Will Travel Jamie JLP-3000 △ 959/60 1958 December 15 Billy Vaughn Billy Vaughn Plays Dot DLP-3156 △ 985/6 1959 January 26 The Ambassadors Gettogether Jubilee JLP-1088 △ 1030/996 1959 February 9 The Everly Brothers The Everly Brothers Best Cadence CLP-3025 △ 1043/4 1959 February Lawrence Welk Mr. Music Maker Dot DLP-3164 △ 1064/5 1959 Pat Boone Pat's Great Hits Volume 2 Dot DLP-3261 △ 1070/1 1959 Flower Drum Song Soundtrack Crown CST-136 △ 1154/5 1959 March Billy Vaughn Blue Hawaii Dot DLP-25165 △ 1163/4 1959 March 23 Anonymous Children's Stories for a Rainy Day Robin Hood RH-13 △ 1173/4 1959 Anonymous Children's Songbook Robin Hood RH-10 △ 1175/6 1959 Duane Eddy Especially for You Jamie JLP-70-3006 △ 1275/6 1959 The Five Pennies Soundtrack Dot LP-9500 △ 1364/5 1959 June 15 The Five Pennies Soundtrack Dot LP-29500 △ 1378/9 1959 June 15 Bo Diddley Go Bo Diddley Checker LP-1436 △ 1434/5 1959 July 6 Billy Vaughn Golden Hits Dot DLP-25201 △ 1499/1500 1959 October 5 The Flamingos Flamingo Serenade End End-304 △ 1509/10 repress Chuck Berry Is on Top Chess LP-1435 △ 1530/1 1959 November ? repress Howlin' Wolf Moanin' in the Moonlight Chess LP-1434 △ 1532/3 1959 November repress Various Artists Oldies But Goodies in Hi-Fi Original Sound LP-5001 △ 1548/53 1959 September 21 The Characters Smash Flops Pip PLP-1900 △ 1556/7 1960 May Louis Prima and Keely Smith Louis and Keely! Dot DLP-25210 △ 1620/1 1959 September 21 Glenn Miller Memories Crown CLP-156 △ 1626/7? 1959 Ahmad Jamal Jamal at the Penthouse Argo LP-662 △ 1658/9 1959 July Billy Vaughn The Big 100 Dot DLP-30500 △ 1737/../40 1959 Pat Boone White Christmas Dot DLP-25222 △ 1874/5 1959 September 11 Gene Ammons Soulful Saxophone Chess LP-1442 △ 1902/3 1959 November 16 Lawrence Welk Presents Great American Composers Dot DLP-25238 △ 1910/1 1959 Johnny Cash Greatest! Sun SLP-1240 △ 1912/3 1959 November 2 Pat Boone White Christmas Dot DLP-3222 △ 1918/9 1959 September 11 repress? Keely Smith Be My Love Dot DLP-25241 △ 1922/3 1959 repress Various Artists Scandinavian-American Comedy Songs Harmony LP-5 △ 2017/8 1959 Bo Diddley Have Guitar, Will Travel Checker LP-2974 △ 2101/2 1959 December 5 Duane Eddy The Twang's the Thang Jamie JLP-70-3009 △ 2123/4 1960 January ?? Duane Eddy The Twang's the Thang Jamie JLP-70-3009 △ 2150/1 1960 January Jan and Dean Jan & Dean Doré LP-101 △ 2160/1 1960 March 5 John Lee Hooker The Blues Crown CLP-5157 △ 2238/? 1960 Jimmy Witherspoon Jimmy Witherspoon Crown CLP-5156 △ 2239/40 1960 Sig Kowalski and the Magic Strings Polka Party Crown CLP-5155 △ 2241/2 1960 Johnny and the Hurricanes Stormsville Warwick W-2010 △ 2266/7 1960 Huey Piano Smith and the Clowns Having a Good Time Ace LP-1004 △ 2300/1 1960 April 4 Santo and Johnny Santo and Johnny Canadian-American CALP-1001 △ 2319 1960 February 29 repress from April? Santo and Johnny Santo and Johnny Canadian-American SCALP-1001 △ 2319/20 1960 February 29 Billy Vaughn Theme from a Summer Place Dot DLP-3276 △ 2334 1960 The Mills Brothers Great Hits Dot DLP-25157 △ 2346 1960 repress LP came out in late 1958 or 01/59 Julie London Julie…at Home Liberty LST-7152 △ 2367 1960 April 18 Various Artists Spring Into Action! Liberty SS-504 △ 2375 1960 April Sounds of a Thousand Strings Cloud Nine Crown CST-194 △ 2399 1960 Tito Guerrera & his Latin American Orch. Arriba Crown CLP-5164 △ 2448 1960 Elmore James and the Broom Dusters Blues After Hours Crown CLP-5168 △ 2449 1960 Anonymous Children's Cowboy Songs Robin Hood RH-14 △ 2451 1960 The Ramsey Lewis Trio Stretching Out Argo LP-665 △ 2486 1960 June 20 Noel Boggs Quintet Magic Steel Guitar Shasta SH-LP-503 △ 2503 1960 June 27 Lead Belly Lead Belly Memorial, Volume 1 Stinson SLP-17 △ 2509 1960 Billy Vaughn Golden Waltzes Dot DLP-25280 △ 2510 1960 June The Everly Brothers The Fabulous Style of the Everly Brothers Cadence CLP-3040 △ 2561 1960 Ewan MacColl British Industrial Folk Songs Stinson SLP-179 △ 2565 1960 June Duane Eddy Song of Our Heritage Jamie JLP-3011 △ 2573 1960 June 6 Billy Boyd Twangy Guitars Crown CST-196 △ 2582 1960 Jimmy Reed I'm Jimmy Reed Vee Jay VJLP-1004 △ 2592 1960 represss Album released in May, 1958 Dion and the Belmonts Wish Upon a Star Laurie LLP-2006 △ 2595 1960 June 6 Rusty Warren Knockers Up Jubilee JGM-2029 △ 2653 1960 January First Version, month approximate Ricky Nelson More Songs by Ricky Imperial LP-12059 △ 2691 1960 Billy Devroe and the Devilaires Broad-Minded Tampa TP-41 △ 2696 1960 repress Lodi Carr Ladybird Laurie LLP-1007 △ 2727 1960 June based on June date of L80P-5436 and July date of L80W-6468 Johnny Cash Sings Hank Williams Sun SLP-1245 △ 2741 1960 September All Stars Persistent Percussion Kent KST-500 △ 2780 1960 September 12 Coleman Hawkins …and His Orchestra Crown CST-206 △ 2798 1960 Ritchie Valens Ritchie Valens Del-Fi DFLP-1201 △ 2800 1960 repress Nina Simone Nina Simone at Newport Colpix CP-412 △ 2846 1960 The Mellokings The Mellokings Sing Herald HLP-1013 △ 2849 1960 September The 5 Satins Encore, Vol. 2 Ember ELP-401 △ 2850 1960 September 12 Duane Eddy $1,000,000 Worth of Twang Jamie JLP-70-3014 △ 2862 1960 The Mills Brothers Great Hits, Vol. 2 Dot DLP-3308 △ 2866 1960 The Mills Brothers Great Hits, Vol. 2 Dot DLP-25308 △ 2867 1960 Billy Vaughn Melodies in Gold Dot DLP-3064 △ 2872 1960 Chubby Checker Twist With Chubby Checker Parkway P-7001 △ 2877 1960 August 29 Nina Simone Town Hall Colpix SCP-409 △ 2886/3006 1960 April 25 first Monarch pressing? Josh White Josh White Sings the Blues Stinson SLP-14 △ 2907 1960 Fats Domino Let's Play Imperial LP-9065 △ 2919 1960 repress Fats Domino Fats Domino Swings Imperial LP-9062 △ 2920 1960 repress Fats Domino Here Stands Fats Domino Imperial LP-9038 △ 2922 1960 repress Shep Fields The Rippling Rhythm of Shep Fields Dot DLP-25348 △ 2940 1960 Eden Ahbez Eden's Island Del-Fi DFST-1211 △ 2946 1960 October 3 Corbett Monica For Laughs! Dot DLP-3303 △ 2970 1960 Lawrence Welk Last Date Dot DLP-3350 △ 2988 1960 Billy Vaughn Christmas Carols Dot DLP-25148 △ 3000 1960 Pat Boone Star Dust Dot DLP-25118 △ 3002 1960 repress Billy Vaughn The Sundowners Dot DLP-25349 △ 3005 1960 Nina Simone Town Hall Colpix SCP-409 △ 3006/27 1960 repress Bobby Rydell Bobby's Biggest Hits Cameo C-1009 △ 3089 1960 December 5 Justin Wilson The Humorous World of Justin Wilson Ember ELP-801 △ 3101 1960 October 31 Ron Feuer Hammond'Cheese Del-Fi DFST-1215 △ 3126 1961 January George Cates Polynesian Percussion Dot DLP-25355 △ 3131 1961 January 30 Lawrence Welk Calcutta Dot DLP-3359 △ 3155 1961 Charles Mingus Charles Mingus Presents Candid CJM-8005 △ 3161 1961 Ritchie Valens Ritchie Del-Fi DFLP-1206 △ 3182 1961 Little Richard Little Richard Specialty SP-2103 △ 3195 1961 Lightnin' Hopkins Lightnin' in New York Candid CJM-8010 △ 3244 1961 March 27 Billy Vaughn La Paloma Dot DLP-25140