KAMA
SUTRA
RECORDS
American. Kama Sutra Productions was
set up by Arthur (Artie) Ripp in 1964; a year later, in company with Art Kass,
George Goldner and Richard Barrett, he formed the Kama Sutra record
label. The company enjoyed success on both sides of the Atlantic with
the Lovin' Spoonful, though the band's first hit, 'Daydream' appeared on
Pye International over here. Early in 1967 Kass started the Buddah
label; soon Buddah was flourishing and Kama Sutra was dormant. The
label was re-energised in 1970, and had some success in the USA courtesy of Rock
'n' Roll revival group Sha Na Na, but it shut down in 1975.
Distribution in Britain was by Pye from 1966-1968, by Polydor from.1969-1973 and
by Pye again for the last years of the label's existence. '60s Pye Kama
Sutras used a KAS-200 numbering; Polydors were numbered in the 618-000s
initially, but this changed to 2013-000 when the company adopted seven-figure
numbers for all its products, in 1970. When Polydor switched from
paper labels to injection-moulded ones,1973, some yellow Kama Sutra ones
appeared. '70s Pye Kama Sutras had catalogue numbers in the KSS-700s;
they also had a completely different label design, which for some reason
featured Adam and Eve. The discography below is very incomplete,
though many of the gaps are due to the fact that the company used those numbers
for singles which were only issued overseas. Thank to Robert Lyons for the
info.
66 | Lovin' Spoonful | Summer In The City | KAMA SUTRA | KAS | 200 |
66 | Lovin' Spoonful | Rain On The Roof | KAMA SUTRA | KAS | 201 |
69 | Trade Winds | Everyday Is Like A Holiday | KAMA SUTRA | KAS | 202 |
66 | Innocence | There'S Got To Be A Word | KAMA SUTRA | KAS | 203 |
67 | Lovin' Spoonful | Nashville Cats | KAMA SUTRA | KAS | 204 |
67 | Sopwith Camel | Hello Hello | KAMA SUTRA | KAS | 205 |
66 | Innocence | Lifetime Of Lovin' You | KAMA SUTRA | KAS | 206 |
67 | Lovin' Spoonful | Darling Be Home Soon | KAMA SUTRA | KAS | 207 |
67 | Lovin' Spoonful | Six O'Clock | KAMA SUTRA | KAS | 208 |
67 | Zalman Yanovsky | As Long As You'Re Here | KAMA SUTRA | KAS | 209 |
67 | Lovin' Spoonful | She Is Still A Mystery | KAMA SUTRA | KAS | 210 |
68 | Lovin' Spoonful | Money | KAMA SUTRA | KAS | 211 |
68 | Lovin' Spoonful | Nevergoing Back | KAMA SUTRA | KAS | 213 |
68 | Lovin' Spoonful | Summer In The City | KAMA SUTRA | KAS | 215 |
66 | Lovin' Spoonful | Did You Ever Have To Make Up Your Mind | KAMA SUTRA | KEP | 300 |
66 | Lovin' Spoonful | The Lovin' Spoonful: Jug Band Music | KAMA SUTRA | KEP | 301 |
66 | Lovin' Spoonful | Summer In The City | KAMA SUTRA | KEP | 302 |
67 | Lovin' Spoonful | Day Blues | KAMA SUTRA | KEP | 303 |
67 | Lovin' Spoonful | Nashville Cats | KAMA SUTRA | KEP | 304 |
67 | Lovin' Spoonful | Lovin' You | KAMA SUTRA | KEP | 305 |
67 | Lovin' Spoonful | Something In The Night | KAMA SUTRA | KEP | 306 |
KAMA SUTRA | KEP | 307 |
66 | Lovin' Spoonful | You Didn't Have To Be So Nice | KAMA SUTRA | 618 | 001 |
66 | Vacels | Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window | KAMA SUTRA | 618 | 002 |
66 | Lovin' Spoonful | Daydream | KAMA SUTRA | 618 | 003 |
66 | Lovin' Spoonful | Did You Ever Have To Make Up Your Mind? | KAMA SUTRA | 618 | 004 |
66 | Lovin' Spoonful | Did You Ever Have To Make Up Your Mind? | KAMA SUTRA | 618 | 005 |
66 | Lovin' Spoonful | Baldheaded Lena | KAMA SUTRA | 618 | 006 |
66 | Lovin' Spoonful | Summer In The City | KAMA SUTRA | 618 | 007 |
66 | Goodtimes | Hard Times | KAMA SUTRA | 618 | 008 |
66 | Tradewinds | Mind Excursion | KAMA SUTRA | 618 | 009 |
66 | Lovin' Spoonful | Rain On The Roof | KAMA SUTRA | 618 | 010 |
66 | Lovin' Spoonful | Rain On The Roof | KAMA SUTRA | 618 | 011 |
66 | Innocence | There's Got To Be A Word | KAMA SUTRA | 618 | 012 |
67 | Lovin' Spoonful | Nashville Cats | KAMA SUTRA | 618 | 013 |
67 | Sopwith "Camel" | Hello Hello | KAMA SUTRA | 618 | 014 |
67 | Lovin' Spoonful | Darling Be Home Soon | KAMA SUTRA | 618 | 015 |
67 | Innocence | Mairzy Doats | KAMA SUTRA | 618 | 016 |
67 | Sopwith "Camel" | Postcard From Jamaica | KAMA SUTRA | 618 | 017 |
67 | Lovin' Spoonful | 6 O'Clock / You'Re A Big Boy Now | KAMA SUTRA | 618 | 018 |
67 | Lovin' Spoonful | She Is Still A Mystery | KAMA SUTRA | 618 | 019 |
67 | Lovin' Spoonful | She Is Still A Mystery | KAMA SUTRA | 618 | 020 |
67 | Sopwith Camel | Saga Of The Lowdown Let Down | KAMA SUTRA | 618 | 021 |
68 | Lovin' Spoonful | Money | KAMA SUTRA | 618 | 022 |
68 | Anders 'N' Poncia | So It Goes | KAMA SUTRA | 618 | 023 |
68 | Frosted Flakes | The Hullaballoon | KAMA SUTRA | 618 | 024 |
68 | Lovin' Spoonful | Never Going Back | KAMA SUTRA | 618 | 025 |
69 | Sebastian John | She'S A Lady | KAMA SUTRA | 618 | 026 |
70 | Outrage | The Letter | KAMA SUTRA | 618 | 027 |
70 | Lovin' Spoonful | Me about you | KAMA SUTRA | 618 | 028 |
70 | Lovin' Spoonful | Summer In The City | KAMA SUTRA | 618 | 029 |
70 | Jaggerz | The Rapper | KAMA SUTRA | 618 | 030 |
69 | Sha-Na-Na | Chantilly Lace | KAMA SUTRA | 2013 | 001 |
69 | Jaggerz | The The Rapper | KAMA SUTRA | 2013 | 002 |
70 | The Road | The Grass Looks Greener On The Other Side | KAMA SUTRA | 2013 | 003 |
70 | Not Traced | KAMA SUTRA | 2013 | 004 | |
70 | Jaggerz | I Call My Baby Cindy | KAMA SUTRA | 2013 | 005 |
70 | Bill Haley And The Comets | Framed / Rock Around The Clock | KAMA SUTRA | 2013 | 006 |
70 | Not Traced | KAMA SUTRA | 2013 | 007 | |
70 | Trade Winds | Mind Excursion | KAMA SUTRA | 2013 | 008 |
70 | Lovin' Spoonful | Darling Be Home Soon | KAMA SUTRA | 2013 | 009 |
70 | Sha Na Na | Little Darlin' | KAMA SUTRA | 2013 | 010 |
70 | Jaggerz | What A Bummer | KAMA SUTRA | 2013 | 011 |
70 | Koffman Moe | Curried Soul | KAMA SUTRA | 2013 | 012 |
71 | Lovin' Spoonful | Summer In The City | KAMA SUTRA | 2013 | 013 |
70 | Brewer & Shipley | One Toke Over The Line | KAMA SUTRA | 2013 | 014 |
70 | Brewer & Shipley | One Toke Over The Line | KAMA SUTRA | 2013 | 015 |
70 | Brewer & Shipley | One Toke Over The Line | KAMA SUTRA | 2013 | 016 |
70 | Ocean | Tear Down The Fences | KAMA SUTRA | 2013 | 017 |
70 | Vincent Gene | The Day The World Turned Blue | KAMA SUTRA | 2013 | 018 |
71 | Joy | Two Different Things | KAMA SUTRA | 2013 | 019 |
71 | Brewer & Shipley | Tarkio Road | KAMA SUTRA | 2013 | 020 |
71 | Brewer & Shipley | People Love Each Other | KAMA SUTRA | 2013 | 021 |
71 | Kasenets-Katz | Quick Joey Small | KAMA SUTRA | 2013 | 022 |
71 | Lovin' Spoonful | Summer In The City | KAMA SUTRA | 2013 | 023 |
71 | Shangri-Las | Leader Of The Pack [Re-Issue] | KAMA SUTRA | 2013 | 024 |
71 | Brewer And Shipley | One Toke Over The Line | KAMA SUTRA | 2013 | 025 |
71 | Sha Na Na | Only One Song | KAMA SUTRA | 2013 | 026 |
71 | Ocean | No Other Woman | KAMA SUTRA | 2013 | 027 |
71 | Lovin' Spoonful | Six O'Clock | KAMA SUTRA | 2013 | 028 |
71 | Harner Billy | What About The Music | KAMA SUTRA | 2013 | 029 |
72 | Ocean | Put Your Hand In The Hand/Deep Enough For Me | KAMA SUTRA | 2013 | 030 |
72 | Flamin' Groovies | Teenage Head | KAMA SUTRA | 2013 | 031 |
72 | Not Traced | KAMA SUTRA | 2013 | 032 | |
72 | Flamin' Groovies | Have You Seen My Baby | KAMA SUTRA | 2013 | 033 |
72 | Not Traced | KAMA SUTRA | 2013 | 034 | |
72 | Ocean | We'Ve Got A Dream | KAMA SUTRA | 2013 | 035 |
72 | Sha Na Na | Top Forty | KAMA SUTRA | 2013 | 036 |
72 | Ocean | We'Ve Got A Dream | KAMA SUTRA | 2013 | 037 |
72 | Exuma | Do Wah Nanny | KAMA SUTRA | 2013 | 038 |
72 | Exuma | Do Wah Nanny | KAMA SUTRA | 2013 | 039 |
72 | Brewer & Shipley | Shake Off The Demon | KAMA SUTRA | 2013 | 040 |
72 | Flamin' Groovies | Gonna Rock Tonite | KAMA SUTRA | 2013 | 041 |
72 | Sha-Na-Na | Rock 'N' Roll Is Here To Stay | KAMA SUTRA | 2013 | 042 |
72 | Tiny Alice | Doctor Jazz | KAMA SUTRA | 2013 | 043 |
72 | Stories | You Told Me | KAMA SUTRA | 2013 | 044 |
72 | Sha Na Na | Sea Cruise | KAMA SUTRA | 2013 | 045 |
72 | Sha Na Na | Sea Cruise | KAMA SUTRA | 2013 | 046 |
72 | Stories | I'm Coming Home | KAMA SUTRA | 2013 | 047 |
72 | Sha Na Na | Bounce In Your Buggy | KAMA SUTRA | 2013 | 048 |
72 | Buzzy Linhart | You Got What It Takes | KAMA SUTRA | 2013 | 049 |
72 | Brewer & Shipley | Natural Child | KAMA SUTRA | 2013 | 050 |
72 | Exuma | Brown Girl | KAMA SUTRA | 2013 | 051 |
72 | Ocean | One More Chance | KAMA SUTRA | 2013 | 052 |
72 | Exuma | Monkberry Moon Delight | KAMA SUTRA | 2013 | 053 |
72 | Not Traced | KAMA SUTRA | 2013 | 054 | |
72 | Not Traced | KAMA SUTRA | 2013 | 055 | |
73 | N.R.B.Q. | Ain'T It Alright | KAMA SUTRA | 2013 | 056 |
73 | Sha Na Na | In The Still Of The Night | KAMA SUTRA | 2013 | 057 |
73 | Buzzy Linhart | If You Gotta Break Another Heart | KAMA SUTRA | 2013 | 058 |
73 | Not Traced | KAMA SUTRA | 2013 | 059 | |
73 | Not Traced | KAMA SUTRA | 2013 | 060 | |
73 | Stories | Darling | KAMA SUTRA | 2013 | 061 |
73 | Impressions | Choice Of Colours | KAMA SUTRA | 2013 | 062 |
73 | Gumhill Road | Back When My Hair Was Short | KAMA SUTRA | 2013 | 063 |
73 | Sha Na Na | Yakety Yak | KAMA SUTRA | 2013 | 064 |
73 | Not Traced | KAMA SUTRA | 2013 | 065 | |
73 | Exuma | Monkberry Moon Delight / Pay Me What You Owe Me | KAMA SUTRA | 2013 | 066 |
73 | Charlie Daniels | Uneasy Rider | KAMA SUTRA | 2013 | 067 |
73 | Stories | Brother Louie | KAMA SUTRA | 2013 | 068 |
73 | Gunhill Road | Back When My Hair Was Short | KAMA SUTRA | 2013 | 069 |
73 | Stories | Brother Louie / Changes Have Begun | KAMA SUTRA | 2013 | 070 |
73 | Stories | Brother Louie | KAMA SUTRA | 2013 | 071 |
73 | Lovin' Spoonful | Daydream | KAMA SUTRA | 2013 | 072 |
73 | Nrbq | Ain'T It Alright | KAMA SUTRA | 2013 | 073 |
73 | Not Traced | KAMA SUTRA | 2013 | 074 | |
73 | Not Traced | KAMA SUTRA | 2013 | 075 | |
73 | Not Traced | KAMA SUTRA | 2013 | 076 | |
74 | Stories | Mammy Blue | KAMA SUTRA | 2013 | 077 |
74 | Stories | Mammy Blue / Words | KAMA SUTRA | 2013 | 078 |
74 | Stories | I'm Coming Home / Mammy Blue | KAMA SUTRA | 2013 | 079 |
74 | Not Traced | KAMA SUTRA | 2013 | 080 | |
74 | NRBQ | Get That Gasoline Blues | KAMA SUTRA | 2013 | 081 |
74 | Not Traced | KAMA SUTRA | 2013 | 082 | |
74 | Ian Lloyd & Stories | If It Feels Good, Do It | KAMA SUTRA | 2013 | 083 |
74 | Not Traced | KAMA SUTRA | 2013 | 084 | |
74 | Not Traced | KAMA SUTRA | 2013 | 085 | |
74 | Not Traced | KAMA SUTRA | 2013 | 086 | |
74 | Stories | Another Love / Love Is In Motion | KAMA SUTRA | 2013 | 087 |
74 | The Charlie Daniels Band | The South's Gonna Do It | KAMA SUTRA | 2013 | 088 |
75 | Sha Na Na* | (Just Like) Romeo And Juliet | KAMA SUTRA | 2013 | 089 |
74 | Sha Na Na | Maybe I´M Old Fashiond | KAMA SUTRA | KSS | 701 |
74 | Ian Lloyd And Stories | Another Love | KAMA SUTRA | KSS | 702 |
75 | Sha Na Na | Hot Sox | KAMA SUTRA | KSS | 703 |
74 | Charlie Daniels Band | The South'S Gonna Do It | KAMA SUTRA | KSS | 704 |
75 | Sha Na Na | Hot Sex | KAMA SUTRA | KSS | 705 |
75 | Charlie Daniels Band | Tomorrow'S Gonna Be Another Day | KAMA SUTRA | KSS | 706 |
76 | Flamin' Groovies | Teenage Head | KAMA SUTRA | KSS | 707 |