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Welcome to Jamroom


By , 2017-06-22

Thank you for installing Jamroom!

Jamroom is an easy to use, and easy to customize CMS that centers around User Profiles . With excellent media support, thousands of sites have been using Jamroom to power their social media needs for over 13 years.

When logged in to your new site, click on the "Tour" tabs available in many of the modules - these small tips and tours will help you quickly get up to speed on how Jamroom works and how it can be customized to suit your needs.

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Thanks again for installing Jamroom - we hope you enjoy using it and hope to see you online!

- The Jamroom Team
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Contest #1


By , 2012-10-22
Contest #1

Name the most artists on Jamie/Guyden-affiliated labels who appeared on American Bandstand or any other Dick Clark TV show. If not on American Bandstand, identify the show.

Extra credit for songs and dates to break a tie and lesser extra credit for earliest date of submission.

Deadline: March 31, 2013

Prize: 5 site downloads

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News Flash


By , 2012-08-27
News Flash

Welcome to jamguy.com Beta. Check out the 200+ artist entries and 100+ songs, along with original vinyl 45s and LPs, our Jamie Record Co. CDs. We are continuously adding new vinyl and artists.

Introductory worldwide free shipping. So check it out and send us feedback. admin@jamguy.com

Take a listen to our new release, the 6-CD, 6-45s, 48-pp book "Cooler Than Ice: Arctic Records and the Rise of Philly Soul."

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About


By , 2012-03-15
About

This is the official website of Jamie/Guyden Dist Co., the home of Jamie and Guyden Records and its affiliated companies, including Arctic, Phil-LA of Soul, Abbott,Caldwell, Dionn, Fabor, Frantic, Junior, LA, Landa, Olympia, Phil-LA of Soul, Phil-o-Mega, Phoenix, Silver Dollar, Surprise, Swamp Dogg, Top & Bottom, Uptown, Vent and Wale. 

Our address is 1414 Pine St., Philadelphia, PA 19102. Phone No. 215-426-4384. Fax: 215-426-4385. email: jamguy@gmail.com

Jamie/Guyden traces its history to the first releases on Guyden Records in 1954. 1955 saw the founding of Universal Record Dist. Corp., perhaps the first distributor started for the new rock 'n roll era.

Jamie and Guyden were at first distributed by Gone and End Records, the labels of one of rock ‘n roll’s earliest legendary entrepreneurs, George Goldner. Goldner’s own labels put out Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers’ "Why Do Fools Fall in Love?" Goldner helped out the fledgling Jamie and Guyden by providing them with productions like the Heartbeats’ "One Million Years" (Guyden 2011) and Johnny ivers’ "There’s a Hole in the Ground"

Universal Record Distributing Corp. was founded in 1955 as a regional distributor for the area of Philadelphia, eastern Pennsyvania, southern New Jersey and Delaware. The labels it distributed regionally included Archie Bleyer’s Cadence Records (the Everly Brothers, Andy Williams, "The First Family" comedy album), A&M (Herb Alpert’s Tijuana Brass, Captain and Tenille, Paul Williams, the Carpenters, Sandpipers, Joe Cocker), Chess, ABC Paramount, MGM and Epic Records, as well as George Goldner’s labels. By the end of the 50s, Jamie/Guyden had had hits that included Duane Eddy's worldwide hits starting with "Rebel Rouser," Mitchell Torok’s "Caribbean," and Donnie Owens’s "Need You."

In the 1960s Jamie/Guyden was as well known for the labels it distributed nationally as for its own output. Most prominent of all was Phil Spector’s Philles Records and its string of hits that included the Crystals’ "Uptown," the Ronettes’ "Be My Baby," Bob E. Soxx and the Blue Jeans’ "Zippity Doo Dah" and Darlene Love’s "He’s Sure the Boy I Want to Marry." Its other distributed labels were Arctic, with Barbara Mason’s "Yes I’m Ready," Dionn with Brenda & the Tabulations’ "Dry Your Eyes," Montel, with Dale and Grace’s "I’m Leaving It All Up to You" and Sundi with Mercy’s "Love (Can Make You Happy)."

The company started its own r&b and soul label, "Phil-LA of Soul," (pronounced Filet of Soul), which had Cliff Nobles’ "The Horse" and the Fantastic Johnny C’s "Boogaloo Down Broadway." Jamie and Guyden tried to ride the wave of the doo-**** revival, which fizzled in the wake of the British invasion. Jamie’s participation in British rock included Crispian St. Peter’s "Pied Piper."

In the mid to late 70s, independent record labels found themselves at a disadvantage against the major distribution companies that grew from the acquisition of the significant independent labels. Jamie/Guyden survived through Universal’s deft switch from distribution to one-stopping, where it handled the product of all the major labels and continued to sell to its solid base if independent record stores. Universal Records and Tapes became the pioneering modern one stop, handling all the major and independent releases from its growing warehouse in downtown Philadelphia. Nearly 20 years later it was still there, ready to put out its original releases on CD, with the label tucked into one corner of one of the United States’s largest and by far its oldest music wholesaler still operating with the same management that it started with in the 1950s.

A longer history of the company and all if its releases are available from our original website at: http://web.archive.org/web/20030603204843/http://www.jamguy.com/scripts/jamguycom/paper/

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Jamguy Site News


By , 2012-03-15
Jamguy Site News

Welcome to jamguy.com. Check out the 200+ artist entries and 1000+ songs, along with original vinyl 45s and LPs, our Jamie Record Co. CDs. We are continuously adding new vinyl and artists.

Introductory worldwide free shipping. So check it out and send us feedback. admin@jamguy.com

Take a listen to our new release, the 6-CD, 6-45s, 48-pp book "Cooler Than Ice: Arctic Records and the Rise of Philly Soul" as well as John Ellison's 2-CD set, "Up From Funki," covering his 50 year solo careeer and lead singing and song-writring contributions to the Soul Brothers Six.

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Jamie's History


By , 2012-03-15
Jamie's History

Jamie/Guyden traces its history to the first releases on Guyden Records in 1954. 1955 saw the founding of Universal Record Dist. Corp., perhaps the first distributor started for the new rock 'n roll era.

Jamie and Guyden were at first distributed by Gone and End Records, the labels of one of rock ‘n roll’s earliest legendary entrepreneurs, George Goldner. Goldner’s own labels put out Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers’ "Why Do Fools Fall in Love?" Goldner helped out the fledgling Jamie and Guyden by providing them with productions like the Heartbeats’ "One Million Years" (Guyden 2011) and Johnny ivers’ "There’s a Hole in the Ground"

Universal Record Distributing Corp. was founded in 1955 as a regional distributor for the area of Philadelphia, eastern Pennsyvania, southern New Jersey and Delaware. The labels it distributed regionally included Archie Bleyer’s Cadence Records (the Everly Brothers, Andy Williams, "The First Family" comedy album), A&M (Herb Alpert’s Tijuana Brass, Captain and Tenille, Paul Williams, the Carpenters, Sandpipers, Joe Cocker), Chess, ABC Paramount, MGM and Epic Records, as well as George Goldner’s labels. By the end of the 50s, Jamie/Guyden had had hits that included Duane Eddy's worldwide hits starting with "Rebel Rouser," Mitchell Torok’s "Caribbean," and Donnie Owens’s "Need You."

In the 1960s Jamie/Guyden was as well known for the labels it distributed nationally as for its own output. Most prominent of all was Phil Spector’s Philles Records and its string of hits that included the Crystals’ "Uptown," the Ronettes’ "Be My Baby," Bob E. Soxx and the Blue Jeans’ "Zippity Doo Dah" and Darlene Love’s "He’s Sure the Boy I Want to Marry." Its other distributed labels were Arctic, with Barbara Mason’s "Yes I’m Ready," Dionn with Brenda & the Tabulations’ "Dry Your Eyes," Montel, with Dale and Grace’s "I’m Leaving It All Up to You" and Sundi with Mercy’s "Love (Can Make You Happy)."

The company started its own r&b and soul label, "Phil-LA of Soul," (pronounced Filet of Soul), which had Cliff Nobles’ "The Horse" and the Fantastic Johnny C’s "Boogaloo Down Broadway." Jamie and Guyden tried to ride the wave of the doo-**** revival, which fizzled in the wake of the British invasion. Jamie’s participation in British rock included Crispian St. Peter’s "Pied Piper."

In the mid to late 70s, independent record labels found themselves at a disadvantage against the major distribution companies that grew from the acquisition of the significant independent labels. Jamie/Guyden survived through Universal’s deft switch from distribution to one-stopping, where it handled the product of all the major labels and continued to sell to its solid base if independent record stores. Universal Records and Tapes became the pioneering modern one stop, handling all the major and independent releases from its growing warehouse in downtown Philadelphia. Nearly 20 years later it was still there, ready to put out its original releases on CD, with the label tucked into one corner of one of the United States’s largest and by far its oldest music wholesaler still operating with the same management that it started with in the 1950s.

A longer history of the company and all if its releases are available from our original website at: http://web.archive.org/web/20030603204843/http://www.jamguy.com/scripts/jamguycom/paper/

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Welcome to Jamroom!


By , 2011-09-02

Thank you for installing Jamroom - the Powerful Social Media Platform! Jamroom is the perfect solution for building an online community of Artists and fans - it is fast, extremely flexible and very powerful.

This message is an example of an Admin Blog message, and can be modified (or deleted) from the Jamroom Admin Control Panel under "Admin Blog" -> "Modify Message".

The Look and Feel of your site is controlled by the [b]System Skin[/b]- this is called "Nova". The template files for the Nova System Skin are in the jamroom/skins/Nova directory.

Thank you again for taking the time to install Jamroom - we look forward to seeing you online!

- The Jamroom Team

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