BUDDAH
RECORDS
Buddah was formed in 1967 by Art Kass as
an offshoot of Kama Sutra Records. Record executive Neil Bogart was
brought in, as were producers Jeff Katz and Jerry Kasenetz; the result was the
birth of Bubblegum Pop, via the Ohio Express, the Lemon Pipers, the 1910
Fruitgum Company, etc. Product from this era was issued on Polydor Records in
Britain, the Buddah label as such only making its appearance in
1968. Buddah continued to prosper in the next decade: 1970 saw the arrival
of singer / songwriter Melanie; and Gladys Knight and the Pips were signed from
Motown in 1973 and became the label's most successful group. In
Britain Buddah appeared First on the scene was a black label, which for some
reason featured a picture of Shiva rather than the Buddha. Early Polydor Buddahs
were numbered in the 201-000s; this was changed to a 2011-000 series in 1970
when that company adopted seven-figure catalogue numbers for all its
products. The discography below covers the years 1968-70, and has
lots of gaps; some of them are down to the fact that the numbers were used for
releases overseas. Recordings from
1967/1968 were issued on Pye International in Britain until the Buddah label
made its appearance in 1968. Thanks to Robert Lyons for the
info. Manufactured By Polydor Records And Distributed By Pye International
Records.
67
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BUDDAH
201
001
67
Bongi & Judy Bongi & Judy
Running Out
??
BUDDAH
201
002
67
Baskerville Hounds
Last Night On The Bad Porch
BUDDAH
201
003
67
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BUDDAH
201
004
67
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BUDDAH
201
005
67
Lemon Pipers
Green Tambourine
BUDDAH
201
006
68
1910 Fruitgum
Co
Simon
Says
BUDDAH
201
007
68
The Chicago Prohibition
1931
The Ballad Of Bonnie And
Clyde
BUDDAH
201
008
68
The Lemon
Pipers
Rice Is Nice
BUDDAH
201
009
68
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BUDDAH
201
010
68
1910 Fruitgum
Co
May I Take A Giant
Step
BUDDAH
201
011
68
Ohio
Express
Yummy, Yummy,
Yummy
BUDDAH
201
012
68
The Lemon
Pipers
Jelly Jungle (Of Orange
Marmalade)
BUDDAH
201
013
68
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BUDDAH
201
014
68
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BUDDAH
201
015
68
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BUDDAH
201
016
68
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BUDDAH
201
017
68
1910 Fruitgum
Co
1,2,3 Red Light
BUDDAH
201
018
68
Ohio Express
Down At Lulu'S
BUDDAH
201
019
68
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BUDDAH
201
020
68
The
Impressions
Fool For You
BUDDAH
201
021
68
Kasenetz-Katz Singing Orchestral Circus
Quick Joey Small (Run Joe
Run)
BUDDAH
201
022
68
Ohio
Express
Chewy Chewy
BUDDAH
201
023
68
Shadows Of
Night
Shake
BUDDAH
201
024
68
1910 Fruitgum
Co
Goody Goody Gumdrops
BUDDAH
201
025
68
Five Stairsteps And
Cubie
Stay Close To
Me
BUDDAH
201
026
68
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BUDDAH
201
027
68
Melanie
Bobo'S Party
BUDDAH
201
028
68
Brooklyn
Bridge
The Worst That Could
Happen
BUDDAH
201
029
68
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BUDDAH
201
030
68
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BUDDAH
201
031
69
Rock & Roll Card
Co
Bubble Gum
Music
BUDDAH
201
032
69
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BUDDAH
201
033
69
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BUDDAH
201
034
69
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BUDDAH
201
035
69
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BUDDAH
201
036
69
1910 Fruitgum
Co
Indian Giver
BUDDAH
201
037
69
Ohio Express
Sweeter Than
Sugar
BUDDAH
201
038
69
Eire Apparent
Rock 'N' Roll
Band
BUDDAH
201
039
69
Smoke Ring
No Not Much
BUDDAH
201
040
69
Kasenetz-Katz
Embrassee
BUDDAH
201
041
69
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BUDDAH
201
042
69
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BUDDAH
201
043
69
Ohio Express
Mercy
BUDDAH
201
044
69
Checker
Chubby
Back In The U S S
R
BUDDAH
201
045
69
Major Lance
Stay Away From
Me
BUDDAH
201
046
69
Chubby
Checker
Back In The
U.S.S.R
BUDDAH
201
047
69
Hawkins Edwin
Singers
Oh Happy Day
BUDDAH
201
048
69
1910 Fruitgum
Co.
Special
Delivery
BUDDAH
201
049
69
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BUDDAH
201
050
69
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BUDDAH
201
051
69
The Countdown
Five
Shaka Shaka Na
Na
BUDDAH
201
052
69
Ohio Express
Peanuts
BUDDAH
201
053
69
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BUDDAH
201
054
69
Elephants
Memory
Crossroads Of The Stepping
Stones
BUDDAH
201
055
69
Holly Maxwell
Suffer
BUDDAH
201
056
69
Christie Lou
Im Gonna Make You
Mine
BUDDAH
201
057
69
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BUDDAH
201
058
69
Hawkins Edwin
Ain'T It Like
Him
BUDDAH
201
059
69
1910 Fruitgum
Co.
The Train
BUDDAH
201
060
69
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BUDDAH
201
061
69
Impressions
Choice Of
Colours
BUDDAH
201
062
69
Melanie
Tuning My
Guitar
BUDDAH
201
063
69
Motherlode
When I Die
BUDDAH
201
064
69
Ohio Express
Sausalito
BUDDAH
201
065
69
Melanie
Beautiful
People
BUDDAH
201
066
69
Elephants
Memory
Jungle Gym At The
Zoo
BUDDAH
201
067
69
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BUDDAH
201
068
69
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BUDDAH
201
069
69
Five Stairsteps &
Cubie
We Must Be In
Love
BUDDAH
201
070
69
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BUDDAH
201
071
69
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BUDDAH
201
072
69
Christie Lou
She Sould Me
Magic
BUDDAH
201
073
69
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BUDDAH
201
074
69
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BUDDAH
201
075
70
The Tokens
She Lets Her Hair
Down
BUDDAH
201
076
70
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BUDDAH
201
077
70
Ohio Express
Cowboy Convention
BUDDAH
201
078
70
1910 Fruitgum
Co.
When We Get
Married
BUDDAH
201
079
70
Hawkins Edwin
Singers
I Believe
BUDDAH
201
080
70
Christie Lou
Love Is Over
BUDDAH
201
081
70
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BUDDAH
201
082
70
Five
Stairsteps
O-O-H Child
BUDDAH
201
083