Wednesday 20 January 2010

KAY BANK ACETATES16 (No KB Number)

Nathan Hale Mother Singers
??
A - My Tender Songs Would Be Flying
      Let All My Life Be Music
B - (No Info)
KAY BANK ACETATE
Minneapolis, MN




Tuesday 19 January 2010

KAY BANK ACETATES 15 (No KB Number)

Robert McColsky
DOL = 2 Nov 52
A - One Morning In Maine Pt 1  (No Publ.)
B - One Morning In Maine Pt 2  (No Publ.)
KAY BANK ACETATE
Minneapolis, MN





Monday 18 January 2010

KAY BANK ACETATES 14 (No KB Number)

Newman Foundation Choir
??
A - Ave Verum
     O Sacred Head
BStabat Mater
     Christ The Lord Is Risen Today
KAY BANK ACETATE
Minneapolis, MN










Sunday 17 January 2010

KAY BANK ACETATES 13 (No KB Number)

Southwest High School Choir Of Minneapolis
??
A - Cherubim Song  (No Publ.)
B - Sleep Holy Baby  (No Publ.)
KAY BANK ACETATE
Minneapolis, MN





Saturday 16 January 2010

KAY BANK ACETATES 12 (No KB Number)

Woodlake Mothersingers
??
A - A Mighty Fortress Is Our God  (No Publ.)
B - Minnesota Polka  (No Publ.)
      Wait For The Wagon  (No Publ.)
KAY BANK ACETATE
Minneapolis, MN





Friday 15 January 2010

KAY BANK ACETATES 11 (No KB Number)

Woodlake Mothersingers
??
- By The Bend Of The River  (No Publ.)
B - Red River Valley  (No Publ.)
KAY BANK ACETATE
Minneapolis, MN





Thursday 14 January 2010

KAY BANK ACETATES 10 (No KB Number)

(No Artist Listed)
??
A - The Wild Birthday Cake. Side 1  (No Publ.)
B - The Wild Birthday Cake. Side 2  (No Publ.)
KAY BANK ACETATE
Minneapolis, MN




Wednesday 13 January 2010

KAY BANK ACETATES 9 (No KB Number)

Mrs. Glenn Olmstead
??
A – Poem Of Love.  (No Publ.)
B – (No Info)
KAYBANK ACETATE

Minneapolis, MN



Tuesday 12 January 2010

KAY BANK ACETATES 8 (No KB Number)

ST. PAUL CATHOLIC SEMINARY CHOIR - Father Francis Missia (Dir)
50
A - Jesu Dulcis Memoria  (No Publ.)
B - Gesu Babmino   (No Publ.)
KAY BANK ACETATE
Minneapolis, MN





Monday 11 January 2010

KAY BANK ACETATES 7 (No KB Number)

NAZARETH HALL CHOIR - Rev. Richard J Schuler (Dir)
50
A - Gloria  (No Publ.)
B - In Monte Oliveti  (No Publ.)
     Tristis Est Anima Mea  (No Publ.)
KAY BANK ACETATE
Minneapolis, MN





Sunday 10 January 2010

KAY BANK ACETATES 6 (No KB Number)

NAZARETH HALL CHOIR - Rev. Richard J Schuler (Dir)
50
A - Christus Factus Est  (No Publ.)
     Praeparate Corda Nostra  (No Publ.)
B - Tantum Ergo  (No Publ.)
     Sicut Ovis Haec Dies  (No Publ.)
KAY BANK ACETATE
Minneapolis, MN





Saturday 9 January 2010

KAY BANK ACETATES 5 (No KB Number)

NAZARETH HALL CHOIR - Rev. Richard J Schuler (Dir)
50
A - Kyrie  (No Publ.)
     O Bone Jesu  (No Publ.)
B - Ave Maria  (No Publ.)
     Te Sa Eculorum Principem  (No Publ.)
KAY BANK ACETATE
Minneapolis, MN







Friday 8 January 2010

KAY BANK ACETATES 4 (No KB Number)

NAZARETH HALL CHOIR - Rev. Richard J Schuler (Dir)
50
A - Sanctus  (No Publ.)
     Audi Benigne  (No Publ.)
B - Kyri  (No Publ.)
     Benedictus  (No Publ.)
KAY BANK ACETATE
Minneapolis, MN




Thursday 7 January 2010

KAY BANK ACETATES 3 (No KB Number)

NAZARETH HALL CHOIR - Rev. Richard J Schuler (Dir)
50
A - Benedictus Dominus  (No Publ.)
B - Agnus Dei  (No Publ.)
KAY BANK ACETATE (3)
Minneapolis, MN





Wednesday 6 January 2010

KAY BANK ACETATES 2 (No KB Number)

NAZARETH HALL CHOIR - Rev. Richard J Schuler (Dir)
50
A - Sanctus
     Audi Benigne  (No Publ.)
B - Kyrie  (No Publ.)
     Benedictus  (No Publ.)
KAY BANK ACETATE
Minneapolis, MN























Monsignor Richard J. Schuler passed away on Friday, April 20, 2007. Over the years, Monsignor Schuler preserved the traditional dignity and sacrality of the Roman Rite, inspiring a model expansive liturgical music program as a renowned master of Sacred Music. Msgr. Schuler did more perhaps than any other priest in this country to preserve the sacred musical heritage of the Catholic Church after Vatican II.

Tuesday 5 January 2010

KAY BANK ACETATES 1 (No KB Number)

NAZARETH HALL CHOIR - Rev. Richard J Schuler (Dir)
50
A - Tu Es Petrus  (No Publ.)
     Ecce Sacerdos Magnus   (No Publ.)
B - Popule Meus
     Tibi Soli Peccavi
KAY BANK ACETATE
Minneapolis, MN


Monsignor Richard J. Schuler (1920 – 2007) passed away on Friday April 20, 2007. Over the years, Monsignor Schuler preserve the traditional dignity and sacrality of the Roman Rite. Inspiring Fr. C. Frank Phillips, C.R., to develop an expansive liturgical music program at St. John Cantius, Msgr. Schuler provided Cantius a model, as he was a renowned master of Sacred Music. Monsignor Schuler also did more perhaps than any other priest in this country to preserve the sacred musical heritage of the Catholic Church after Vatican II.
Monsignor Richard Joseph Schuler was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, December 30, 1920. His parents, Otto H. Schuler and Wilhelmine M. Hauk, were American-born children of immigrants from Tirol in Austria and the Black Forest of southern Germany. He was baptized in the Ascension Church and attended the parochial school, DeLaSalle High School and the College of Saint Thomas before entering the Saint Paul Seminary.
He was ordained a priest on August 18, 1945, by Archbishop Murray at the Saint Paul Cathedral, and he celebrated his first solemn Mass the following day at the Ascension Church. He was assigned to Nazareth Hall Preparatory Seminary to teach Latin and music. He earned the M.A. degree from the Eastman School of Music of the University of Rochester, N. Y., in 1950, and in 1954 he spent a year of study of renaissance music manuscripts at the Vatican Library on a Fulbright scholarship from the United States government.





Monday 4 January 2010

Kay Bank Acetates (Various)

Various Kay Bank Acetates. No Details other than what's written on the labels.






Friday 1 January 2010

Introduction

Apart from Starday and Rite, no other custom pressing company fascinates me as much as the famed Kay Bank Studios custom pressing division. Even the musically poor records issued by Kay Bank seem to have a certain charm. But, like most things regarding custom pressed records, the information I have about the facility is scant to say the least.

According to Wikipedia (which isn’t the safest source to take info from), the Kay Bank studios were originally located at 2541 Nicollett Ave, Minneapolis, MN and was run by Amos & Daniel Heilicher (Amos owned the Soma Label). Yet Minniwiki (the Minnesota Music Encyclopedia) it was owned by John Michaelson. To make it worse, my notes states that Kay Bank Custom Pressing Division was run by Vern Banks! An Article about Billy Peterson in the Encyclopedia of Jazz Musicians states the Studio owner was Bruce Swedien!

But finally I tracked down what might be the truth. Originally the address housed the Garrick Theatre which engineering legend Bruce Swedien (who engineered sessions for Nat King Cole, Barbra Streisand and the recently deceased Michael Jackson). It was Bruce who converted the old theatre into a studio in 1955. In 1957 it was purchased by Vernon C Bank and the studio was renamed after his wife, who’s name was Kay. One of Vernon’s partners was Amos Heilicher who owned Soma Records and was one of the largest record distributors in the US. For $495, you got three hours in the studio, a 1000 copies of the record and 50 promo packages delivered to radio stations in the midwest. (But Soma were known to have pressed less records that a 1000 according to customer demand). Kay Bank evolved into Universal Audio (UA Recording) in 1968, Micside in 1970 then Cookhouse Studios in 1971.

Originally, each Kay Bank pressing would have KB and the same number with a A & B designation on the label and in the run off (Capitol, who in 1960 also used the KB prefix, had consecutive numbers). Later in the mid 60’s they dropped the KB and used the last digit of the year (ie 7-6600 would be 1967.)

Kay Bank managed to custom press some serious rockabilly records, stomping rockers, echo laden instrumentals and later on through the 60’s, some very impressive garage music!

Many people have documented the Minnesota Music scene - notably Tom Tourville and the fantastic Lost & Found magazines. But I’ve yet to see a complete or even a partial Kay Bank custom pressings listing. So here’s the best one we could come up with. Any additions, corrections and the like can be sent to me at       malcychapman@mac.com.

A huge thanks to Derik O, who has added many additions to the listing and, probably more importantly, sent me almost all of the label images for this site. Both Pascal and I tip our hats in your general direction.

Also thanks to Terry Gordon, Neil Scott, Barney Koumis, Max Myndblown, Udo Frank, Some Local Loser, Bill Smoker.

Regards,

Malcolm Chapman, Derik O and Pascal Perrault
1 Jan 2010

27 Jan 1968. Billboard magazine.