https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Sat, 09 May 2026 00:10:17 +0000 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 19:00:27 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=6666 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum//images/Top-40-Music-on-CD-Forum-Logo.png https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6666&PID=36633&title=precious-and-few-climax#36633 Author: The Hits Man
Subject: 6666
Posted: 07 February 2013 at 7:00pm

According to the entry on the Both Sides now site,
"Precious and Few" was reissued as Rocky Road 30055" when
it became a hit single. First pressings in late 1971
were on the Carousel label.

Apparently, In late 1971 or early 1972, the label was
issued a cease and desist notice for the Carousel name,
so owner Marc Gordon abruptly switched the name to Rocky
Road.

The company folded in 1975, just two years after Al
Wilson's "Show And Tell" was a hit on the label.

The reason the reissue 45 wound up on Arista is because
Rocky Road was distributed by Bell, and that company
morphed into Arista when Clive Davis took the company, as
we know.

Edited by The Hits Man]]> Thu, 07 Feb 2013 19:00:27 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6666&PID=36633&title=precious-and-few-climax#36633 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6666&PID=36578&title=precious-and-few-climax#36578 Author: eriejwg
Subject: 6666
Posted: 02 February 2013 at 9:48am

At one time, I owned a Rock Road test pressing for "Life
And Breath", the follow-up to "Precious And Few." I'd
imagine there are pressings for "Precious And Few" on Rocky
Road.

I just did a Google image search and only the Carousel
label came up.]]> Sat, 02 Feb 2013 09:48:26 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6666&PID=36578&title=precious-and-few-climax#36578 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6666&PID=36575&title=precious-and-few-climax#36575 Author: Paul Haney
Subject: 6666
Posted: 02 February 2013 at 6:32am

edtop40 wrote: in my billboard book of top 40 hits, it says that the climax song 'precious and few' was first released on carousel 30055, which i have but also states it was released as rocky road 30055.....i have never seen the rocky road 45 release.....can anyone confirm that they've seen or have a copy of the rocky road 30055 vinyl 45?.....

Ed, we've since taken that trivia note out of the books. I'd also be curious if anyone has ever seen a copy on Rocky Road. FWIW, Tim Neely does list it in his price guides.]]> Sat, 02 Feb 2013 06:32:16 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6666&PID=36575&title=precious-and-few-climax#36575 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6666&PID=36568&title=precious-and-few-climax#36568 Author: edtop40
Subject: 6666
Posted: 01 February 2013 at 6:47pm

in my billboard book of top 40 hits, it says that the
climax song 'precious and few' was first released on
carousel 30055, which i have but also states it was
released as rocky road 30055.....i have never seen the
rocky road 45 release.....can anyone confirm that they've
seen or have a copy of the rocky road 30055 vinyl 45?.....]]> Fri, 01 Feb 2013 18:47:24 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6666&PID=36568&title=precious-and-few-climax#36568 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6666&PID=33099&title=precious-and-few-climax#33099 Author: KentT
Subject: 6666
Posted: 04 March 2012 at 7:52pm

And so does my own copy, pre-Arista. ]]> Sun, 04 Mar 2012 19:52:34 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6666&PID=33099&title=precious-and-few-climax#33099 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6666&PID=33020&title=precious-and-few-climax#33020 Author: PaulEschen
Subject: 6666
Posted: 26 February 2012 at 7:23am

My Flashback mono 45 (FLB 69) has an inner ring number of Bell-9987-1-1.]]> Sun, 26 Feb 2012 07:23:29 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6666&PID=33020&title=precious-and-few-climax#33020 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6666&PID=33019&title=precious-and-few-climax#33019 Author: TomDiehl1
Subject: 6666
Posted: 26 February 2012 at 12:28am

KentT wrote: The Stereo Flashback was likely a bit later pressing than my mono one. Might have used an original Promo Stereo side stamper. Thanks for letting us know about this version. It might be the last one before the masters changed hands. Dominion Music now owns the master to this classic.

My promo copy is mono/mono. I would be interested to know if a mono/stereo promo exists.]]> Sun, 26 Feb 2012 00:28:58 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6666&PID=33019&title=precious-and-few-climax#33019 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6666&PID=33018&title=precious-and-few-climax#33018 Author: Roscoe
Subject: 6666
Posted: 25 February 2012 at 9:57pm

KentT wrote: The Stereo Flashback was likely a bit later pressing than my mono one. Might have used an original Promo Stereo side stamper. Thanks for letting us know about this version. It might be the last one before the masters changed hands. Dominion Music now owns the master to this classic.

Do you happen to know the matrix number of the mono
Flashback 45? I was browsing gemm.com and there are couple
of different Flashback 45s listed (assuming that one is the
mono version and the other is stereo).]]> Sat, 25 Feb 2012 21:57:16 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6666&PID=33018&title=precious-and-few-climax#33018 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6666&PID=33017&title=precious-and-few-climax#33017 Author: KentT
Subject: 6666
Posted: 25 February 2012 at 8:59pm

The Stereo Flashback was likely a bit later pressing than my mono one. Might have used an original Promo Stereo side stamper. Thanks for letting us know about this version. It might be the last one before the masters changed hands. Dominion Music now owns the master to this classic. ]]> Sat, 25 Feb 2012 20:59:12 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6666&PID=33017&title=precious-and-few-climax#33017 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6666&PID=33014&title=precious-and-few-climax#33014 Author: The Hits Man
Subject: 6666
Posted: 25 February 2012 at 3:05pm

KentT wrote: And there is an early reissue 45 of this track on Flashback. It uses the old mono Carousel stamper.

I had a later Flashback 45 of it and it was in stereo.]]> Sat, 25 Feb 2012 15:05:07 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6666&PID=33014&title=precious-and-few-climax#33014