Connecticut

Label scans from the collections of Erik Lindgren and Jason Litchfield, with additions from Kevin Andrews, Chris Bishop, Matthew Kaminskis, Mark Taylor and Tom Zagryn.

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Apple Corps (Old Saybrook, CT)
Don't Leave Me / You'll Never Know
Subtown (ST-601/602)
February 1969

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Beau Phenom (New Haven, CT)
Peyote Peyote Lowding / Call Off Life
Co-Op (520)
1969

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Drums Joey Bellomo (Enfield, CT)
Runabout / Steamer
Glo Records (5222)
1963

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The Bends / Smokey split 45 (Bristol, CT)
If It's All The Same To You / The Four Seasons Of Love
Rebel (HF-103 • 18061/62)
October 1966

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Blue Beats (Danbury, CT)
Super-Man / I Can't Get Close
Beowoolf (BW1061)
1965

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Blue Beats
Extra Girl / She's The One
Columbia (4-43790 • ZSP 115459/60)
September 1966
Picture sleeve

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Blue Beats
Born In Chicago / I Can't Get Close (To Her At All)
Columbia (4-44098 • ZSP 118305/06)
April 1967

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Blue Echoes (Bristol-Cheshire, CT)
Tiger Talk / Blue Bell Bounce
Bristol (B-101 • 10837/38) / Lawn (L-225)
1963
Also bootlegged on the Itzy label (#11) in 1966.

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Blue Echoes
Rosanne / How Do I Tell Her
B.E.P. (B-103 • 13551/52)
November 1964

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Blue Echoes
Respectable / Young Blood
BEP (B-104)
1965

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Blue Mist (Devon/Milford, CT)
Twice Before The Ministry / I Can't Find A Place
no label (CO-2773)
April 1969
Vinyl pressing with handwritten blank labels.

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Boss Blues (Redding-Ridgefield, CT)
So, Go / Before The Dawn
Direction (45-101 • ZTSP 123081/82)
December 1966

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Bram Rigg Set (North Haven - Wallingford, CT)
I Can Only Give You Everything / Take The Time Be Yourself
Kayden (KD-406 • K 111/112)
February 1967
Both white label promo copies and orange label stock copies exist.

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Bridge (West Haven, CT)
Life Of A Day / A Beautiful Day
Co-Op (519 • CO-12169)
February 1969

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Bridge
Love Is There / Gotta Get Back
Kirzo (1) May 1970
Roulette (7081) July 1970

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Cadaver (New Haven, CT)
Haven't Got The Time / If You've Got The Time
Kaleidoscope (KM-101/102)
June 1968
Picture sleeve

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Children Of The Night (Old Saybrook, CT)
World Of Tears / Don't Cry Little Girl
Bella (45-101)
February 1967

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Chosen Few (New Haven, CT)
Why Can't I Love Her / La La La La La
Co-Op (510 • U4KM-1487/88)
May 1967

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Chosen Few
Hey Joe / Head's Up
Can USA (504)
September 1967

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Cirkyt (Vernon, CT)
Six Page Letter / That's The Way Life Is
Jody (6703/6704)
1967
Picture sleeve. Features singer Tom Dae from the High Tensions and Tom Dae Turned On.

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The Collage (Norwich, CT)
Best Friend / Girl Don't Tell Me
Coliseum Record Productions (201,468/69)
October 1967

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Connecticut Vibrations (Milford, CT)
It's Love / Go-Go
Carolyn (CR-100)
1965

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Creations (Milford, CT)
Crash / Chickie Darlin
Top Hat (TH 1003 • Rite 1151 • 12699/700)
August 1964
Picture sleeve

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Creations
Don't Be Mean / Forty One Willis
Top Hat (TH 1004 • Rite 1151 • 13891/92)
February 1965
Picture sleeve

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D-Men (Stamford, CT)
Don't You Know / No Hope For Me
Veep (V 1206 • ZTSP 95456/57)
November 1964

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D-Men
Just Don't Care / Mousin' Around
Veep (V 1209 • ZTSP 95462/63)
March 1965

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D-Men
So Little Time / Every Minute Of Every Day
Kapp (K-691 • K-9366/67)
May 1965

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Tom Dae Turned On (Vernon, CT)
I Shall Walk / It Could Be So Nice
Hitt (7002)
June 1970
Picture sleeve. Singer for the High Tensions and The Cirkyt.

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Daedalus (New Britain, CT)
Raga For A Mountain Man / Empty Streets
Audio Specialties Recording Studio (CO-2534)
© October 1968

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Davey & The Dolphins (—, CT)
She Likes Older Boys / The Spider
20th Century Fox (529 • R4KM-7903/04)
June 1964

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East Coast Journeymen (Derby, CT)
Down, Down, Down / Dressed In Rags
Roulette (R-4715 • 19041/42)
November 1966

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Eastern Alliance (New Haven, CT)
Love Fades Away / Please Don't Say You're Sorry
Wriga (124-12 • TK4M-5025/26)
October 1966
Some copies include custom printed sleeve with the group name and the song titles typeset in red ink.

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El-Rich Trio And Combo (East Hartford, CT)
House Of Blue Lights / This I Swear
Elco (SK-1 • T4KM-7947)
1966

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El-Rich Trio And Combo
Honest I Do / Not Without Your Love
Elco (SK-2 • TK4M-1417/18)
1966

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Emeralds (North Haven, CT)
I Long For You / Better Man Than I
Music Box
1966
Unreleased 10-inch acetate

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Fifth Estate (Stamford, CT)
Love Is All A Game / Like I Love You
Red Bird (RB 10-064 • GG 1200/01)
May 1966

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Fifth Estate
That's Love / Do Drop Inn
Jubilee (JB 5617 • JB-12772/73)
February 1968
Recorded previously as the D-Men

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Five Cards Stud (Yale University - New Haven, CT)
Everybody Needs Somebody / Be-Bop-A-Lula
Red Bird (082)
August 1966
Recorded previously as The Stains

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Fonograf Four (Cheshire & New Britain, CT)
Don't Throw Stones / You're Not Foolin' Me
Recettsic (RR 69 • UK4M-0865/0686)
October 1967

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The Gass Co. (University Of Connecticut - Storrs, CT)
Come On Up / First I Look At The Purse
Pro (P 400-62/63 • U5KM-1637/38)
1967

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Gretschmen (Los Angeles, CA via Hartford, CT)
Mondo Mod / Hip-Huggers
Timely (101)
April 1967

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Gypsies (Manchester, CT)
Do It Do It / There Was A Time
Greenwood (297 • 14801/802)
June 1965

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Hangmen Of Fairfield County (Fairfield, CT)
Stacey / I Don't Want You Around
High Castle (HC-401)
1966

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Tommy Dae's High Tensions (Rockville, CT)
Tampico Rage / Lost Horizon
Hitt (PB-591/592)
© April 1963
Instrumentals

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High Tensions
Looking For A Summertime Girl / You've Got It Made
Hitt (6601/6602)
May 1966
Singer Tom Dae of The Cirkyt and Tom Dae Turned On

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High Tensions
Poor Man / No Use Hangin' Around
Hitt (6604/6605)
1966

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The Insane (Southington, CT)
I Can't Prove It / Someone Like You
Allen Associates (201,347/48)
July 1967

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"In"-Vaders (New Britain, CT)
By The Sea / That Girl
Music Town (MTR-109/110 • 45-114)
December 1966

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Java Men (Stratford, CT)
Just Being With You / Don't Lead Me On
Plaza (1001/1002 • 4-25-67)
April 1967

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Johnny & The Reflections (Old Saybrook, CT)
Don't Cry Little Girl / Mine
Bella (45-102 • 111-333)
July 1968

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Karen And The Starliners (Plainfield, CT)
I Can Count The Times / Storm In My Heart
Planet (No. 62 • T4KM-5044/45)
© October 1966

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King Bees (Canterbury School - New Milford, CT)
Karen / Long Tall Sally
no label (134607)
1965

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Last Five (West Hartford, CT)
Kicking You / Weatherman
Wand (1122)
April 1966

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Little Boy Blues (Wallingford, CT)
You Gave Me Life / [blank]
Bell Sound Studios
November 1966
Unreleased acetate

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Lively Ones (Waterbury, CT)
(Now I Recall) Lovin' You / Little Star
Nancy (NR1/NR2 • ZTSP 122364/65)
March 1966

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Lively Ones
The Common Man / Speak To Me Of Love
Nancy (NR3/NR4 • CO 1716)
May 1966
Label states pressing plant matrix CO 1696 but deadwax etching is CO 1716.

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Long Island Sounds (Branford / East Haven, CT)
Tiger / Lucky Guy
Wonder (165 • W 1003/1004)
March 1965

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Long Island Sounds
Don't Cry Linda / (Ballad Of) Marvin Crump
Wonder (166 • W 1005/1006)
October 1965

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Loose Ends (Nichols, CT)
Hey Sweet Baby / I Love You Baby
Meadow Brook (MB-0069 • 25069/70)
October 1969

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The Madcaps (Uncasville, CT)
Long Way To Go / Searchin
Unca (SK4M 1960/61)
1965

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Madhatters (Stamford, CT)
Just Won't Leave / Mister You're A Better Man Than I
Mask (Y-100)
April 1966

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Madhatters
I'm A Man / Just Won't Leave / Mister You're A Better Man Than I
Jaysina Enterprises, Inc.
Feb. 25, 1966
10" acetate with the 45 tracks plus "I'm A Man"

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The Madisons (Willimantic, CT)
Travelin' Light / Steve's Theme
Avenue Record Co. (17503/04 • RITE 331)
1966

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Mark IV (New Canaan, CT)
Hollow Woman / Better Than That
Columbia (4-43911 • JZSP 116487/88)
November 1966

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Me & The Rest (Waterbury, CT)
Mark Time / Dark Clouds
Brass City (CO 2027)
November 1966

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Melotones / Greenwoods (Recollect Augustinian Seminary - Norfolk, CT)
Rhythm Of The Rain (Melotones) / Vibrations (Melotones) / Don't Cry Suzanne (Greenwoods) // 900 Miles (Greenwoods) / Gotta Travel On (Greenwoods) / Shout (Melotones)
no label (S-200,500/501)
1965
Picture sleeve

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The Moderns (Rockville, CT)
Mama Says / Because I'm Cryin'
1966
Unreleased acetate

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The Mojos (Fairfield / Southport, CT)
Love Does Its Harm / I Like It
Mojo (ZTSP 106725/26)
January 1966
Picture sleeve

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Joe Mondo & His Combo (Bridgeport, CT)
Doin' The Thing / Last Summer Love
EPI (1003)
1963

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NGC-4594 (University Of Connecticut - Storrs, CT)
Going Home / Skipping Through The Night
Smash (2104)
July 1967

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New Fugitives (Meriden, CT)
That's Queer / She's My Baby
Glo (5241)
October 1966

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No Way (Fitchville-Norwich, CT)
Decisions, Decisions / A Look She Couldn't Hide
A-Hom (235 • CO 3492)
© December 1970

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No Way
I Can't Stop Loving You (Until You Stop Loving Me) / A Kiss
A-Hom (236 • CO 3493)
© December 1970

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North Atlantic Invasion Force [N.A.I.F.] (New Haven, CT)
Blue And Green Gown / Fire, Wind And Rain
Congressional (999 • C-1767/68)
February 1967

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North Atlantic Invasion Force
Sweet Bird Of Love / Elephant In My Tambourine
Majestic (998/999 • 1051)
September 1967

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North Atlantic Invasion Force
Black On White / The Orange Patch
Mr. G (G 808)
February 1968

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North Atlantic Invasion Force
The Rainmaker / Elephant In My Tambourine
Mr. G (G-819)
August 1968

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North Atlantic Invasion Force
In The U.S.A. / My Tambourine
Majestic (No. 1001)
1968
"In The U.S.A." is a lyrical re-write of "Black On White" - same music track

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North Atlantic Invasion Force
Loves No Game / Loves No Game
Staff (S-1006)
1969
Lyrical re-write of "Black On White" - same music track

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#1 [Number One] (Hartford, CT)
The Collector / Cracks In The Sidewalk
Kapp (824)
April 1967

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Original Sinners (Yale University - New Haven, CT)
You'll Never Know (What Love Is All About) / (Anytime You Need Me) I'll Be Home
Discotech (DTR-1001)
March 1966

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The Out Of Order (Putnam, CT)
Lonely Sentry / It’s Alright
Lauren (CO 2930)
© August 1969

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Pentagons (Montville, CT)
The Walk / blank
Audiodisc
1966
Unreleased one-sided acetate

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Pentagons
Summer's Over / About The Girl I Love
Audio Dynamics (AM-153 • AD-1016671/72)
October 1967

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Phoenix Pyre (North Grosvenor Dale, CT)
One Life Span / Fanny Brawn
C.A.V.U. (23665/66)
January 1969

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Ravens (New Fairfield / Ridgebury, CT)
Working For The Man / Sleepless Nights
Haven (RF-197 • SK4M 1869/70)
September 1965

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Ravens
My Man / What You Want
Bell Sound Studios
June 1967
Unreleased acetate

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Realms (Trumbull, CT)
Baby Let's Wait / All I Want
Melody (ME 105/106)
1967

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Revolution (Manchester, CT)
Wake Me, Shake Me / Baby I Love You
Boss City (BC-150 • 24213/14)
May 1969

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Road Runners (Wallingford, CT)
Listen To Me / Right Now / Luv / You're Thinking Of Me
Syncron Rec Studio
1966
Unreleased acetate

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Rogues (Bristol, CT)
It's The Same All Over The World / Oh, No
Peyton (P-1001 • 2081)
January 1966

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Rogues (Manchester, CT)
No Lies / Night Time
Boss City (BC-160 • 91167)
November 1969

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Rogues
Tobacco Road / Heavy
Boss City (BC-166 • 0180)
January 1970

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Saturday Knights (Meriden / New Britain / Southington, CT)
Dum Diddly Dum / It's So Good To Be Loved
Jet (101)
December 1965

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Savages (New Milford, CT)
Born In Chicago / One By One
Chrikern (C-1003/1004 • 11-67)
November 1967

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Shags (New Haven, CT)
Wait And See / It Hurts Me Bad
Nutta (NU 101 • ZTSP 104665/66)
April 1965

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Shags
By My Side / 'Cause Of You
Sammy (SA-101/102 • ZTSP 105900/901)
August 1965

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Shags
Hey, Little Girl / Don't Press Your Luck
Taurus (CR-1881 • ZTSP 122468/69)
May 1966

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Shags
I Call Your Name / Hide Away
Laurie (LR-3353 • TK4M-1655/56)
August 1966

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Shags
As Long As I Have You / Tell Me
Kayden (KD-407 • K 113/114)
April 1967

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Shags
Breathe In My Ear / Easy Street
Kayden (KD-408 • K 115/116)
June 1967

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Shandels (New Britain, CT)
Stop Your Cryin' / Redskin
Music Town (MTR 105/106 • 45-113)
December 1966

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Sleepy Hollow (Bridgeport / Trumbull, CT)
Way Back When / The Dark Of Nite
no label (7-BD-238)
August 1967

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Soul Experience (New Haven, CT)
We Don't Need No Music / Organ Man
Ron-Cris (RC-1023 • CO 3287)
1970

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Squires (Bristol, CT)
Going All The Way / Go Ahead
Atco (45-6442 • 66C-10701/02)
September 1966

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Stains (Yale University - New Haven, CT)
Did You Ever Have To Make Up Your Mind / Now And Then
Lotus (45-1000 • L 101/102)
May 1966

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Sticks & Stones (Fairfield, CT)
Try / Live To Be Free
Coral (62524)
June 1967

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Sunny And The Four Shades (New London, CT)
Broken Hearted Surfer / Beetle Boogie
Glo (5228)
1963-64

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Tremblers (Danbury, CT)
The Girl I'd Like To Meet / Windstorm
Soundcraft
Unreleased acetate

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Triangle (Manchester, CT)
Why / Reputations
Fun (U4KM-1106/07)
1967

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The Twigs (Montville / Uncasville, CT)
What's With You / Something
December 1966
Unreleased acetate

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Tyme (Winsted, CT)
Cry For The Trees / Land Of 1,000 Dances
Audiodisc
1967
Unreleased acetate

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[Unknown Group Name] (New Haven, CT)
That's OK With Me / A Heart Of Stone
Ron-Cris Studios
No info written on the labels; song titles are hypothesized

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Uranus And The Five Moons (Wesleyan University - Middletown, CT)
Your Groove / Mimi Von Lark
Gotcha (CO 2048)
1967

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Tony Valletta Trio (Waterbury, CT area)
Garbage Man / Hedgehopper
Fantasy Records (CO 2403)
1968/69

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Wanderers (West Hartford, CT)
What's Right? / Consolidated Character
CAGG (U4KS-0692/93)
1967

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Wild Cherry (Huntington, CT)
She Won't Care / You Ain't Got Nobody
Staehle-Tudor (SR-105)
December 1970

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Words Eternal (Hartford, CT)
Crosstown Bus / Follow Me
WE (no number)
1969

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Words Eternal
Help Me Find A Way / Nowhere Man
WE (25173/74)
October 1969

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Wrongh Black Bag (Cheshire, CT)
Wake Me Shake Me / I Don't Know Why
Mainstream (689)
May 1968

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Yesterday's Children (Cheshire / Prospect, CT)
To Be Or Not To Be / Baby, I Want You
Parrot (45-PAR-314 • CL 7611/12)
January 1967

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Yesterday's Children
To Be Or Not To Be / Love And Things / Baby, I Want You / Dance All Night
Disc AZ (EP 1101)
1967
French issue with picture sleeve and two extra tracks

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Young Alley Cats (Hartford, CT)
Since She's Been Gone / Cat Tracks
Robin (RR 100/101 • CO 1669)
April 1966

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Your Mother (Pomfret School - Pomfret, CT)
Cryptic Subterfuge / Hello
Your Mother Enterprises (09371)
March 1968

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