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.
Apple Corps (Old Saybrook, CT)
Don't Leave Me / You'll Never Know
Subtown (ST-601/602)
February 1969
Beau Phenom (New Haven, CT)
Peyote Peyote Lowding / Call Off Life
Co-Op (520)
1969
Drums Joey Bellomo (Enfield, CT)
Runabout / Steamer
Glo Records (5222)
1963
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
Blue Beats (Danbury, CT)
Super-Man / I Can't Get Close
Beowoolf (BW1061)
1965
Blue Beats
Extra Girl / She's The One
Columbia (4-43790 • ZSP 115459/60)
September 1966
Picture sleeve
Blue Beats
Born In Chicago / I Can't Get Close (To Her At All)
Columbia (4-44098 • ZSP 118305/06)
April 1967
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.
Blue Echoes
Rosanne / How Do I Tell Her
B.E.P. (B-103 • 13551/52)
November 1964
Blue Echoes
Respectable / Young Blood
BEP (B-104)
1965
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.
Boss Blues (Redding-Ridgefield, CT)
So, Go / Before The Dawn
Direction (45-101 • ZTSP 123081/82)
December 1966
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.
Bridge (West Haven, CT)
Life Of A Day / A Beautiful Day
Co-Op (519 • CO-12169)
February 1969
Bridge
Love Is There / Gotta Get Back
Kirzo (1) May 1970
Roulette (7081) July 1970
Cadaver (New Haven, CT)
Haven't Got The Time / If You've Got The Time
Kaleidoscope (KM-101/102)
June 1968
Picture sleeve
Children Of The Night (Old Saybrook, CT)
World Of Tears / Don't Cry Little Girl
Bella (45-101)
February 1967
Chosen Few (New Haven, CT)
Why Can't I Love Her / La La La La La
Co-Op (510 • U4KM-1487/88)
May 1967
Chosen Few
Hey Joe / Head's Up
Can USA (504)
September 1967
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.
The Collage (Norwich, CT)
Best Friend / Girl Don't Tell Me
Coliseum Record Productions (201,468/69)
October 1967
Connecticut Vibrations (Milford, CT)
It's Love / Go-Go
Carolyn (CR-100)
1965
Creations (Milford, CT)
Crash / Chickie Darlin
Top Hat (TH 1003 • Rite 1151 • 12699/700)
August 1964
Picture sleeve
Creations
Don't Be Mean / Forty One Willis
Top Hat (TH 1004 • Rite 1151 • 13891/92)
February 1965
Picture sleeve
D-Men (Stamford, CT)
Don't You Know / No Hope For Me
Veep (V 1206 • ZTSP 95456/57)
November 1964
D-Men
Just Don't Care / Mousin' Around
Veep (V 1209 • ZTSP 95462/63)
March 1965
D-Men
So Little Time / Every Minute Of Every Day
Kapp (K-691 • K-9366/67)
May 1965
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.
Daedalus (New Britain, CT)
Raga For A Mountain Man / Empty Streets
Audio Specialties Recording Studio (CO-2534)
© October 1968
Davey & The Dolphins (—, CT)
She Likes Older Boys / The Spider
20th Century Fox (529 • R4KM-7903/04)
June 1964
East Coast Journeymen (Derby, CT)
Down, Down, Down / Dressed In Rags
Roulette (R-4715 • 19041/42)
November 1966
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.
El-Rich Trio And Combo (East Hartford, CT)
House Of Blue Lights / This I Swear
Elco (SK-1 • T4KM-7947)
1966
El-Rich Trio And Combo
Honest I Do / Not Without Your Love
Elco (SK-2 • TK4M-1417/18)
1966
Emeralds (North Haven, CT)
I Long For You / Better Man Than I
Music Box
1966
Unreleased 10-inch acetate
Fifth Estate (Stamford, CT)
Love Is All A Game / Like I Love You
Red Bird (RB 10-064 • GG 1200/01)
May 1966
Fifth Estate
That's Love / Do Drop Inn
Jubilee (JB 5617 • JB-12772/73)
February 1968
Recorded previously as the D-Men
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
Fonograf Four (Cheshire & New Britain, CT)
Don't Throw Stones / You're Not Foolin' Me
Recettsic (RR 69 • UK4M-0865/0686)
October 1967
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
Gretschmen (Los Angeles, CA via Hartford, CT)
Mondo Mod / Hip-Huggers
Timely (101)
April 1967
Gypsies (Manchester, CT)
Do It Do It / There Was A Time
Greenwood (297 • 14801/802)
June 1965
Hangmen Of Fairfield County (Fairfield, CT)
Stacey / I Don't Want You Around
High Castle (HC-401)
1966
Tommy Dae's High Tensions (Rockville, CT)
Tampico Rage / Lost Horizon
Hitt (PB-591/592)
© April 1963
Instrumentals
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
High Tensions
Poor Man / No Use Hangin' Around
Hitt (6604/6605)
1966
The Insane (Southington, CT)
I Can't Prove It / Someone Like You
Allen Associates (201,347/48)
July 1967
"In"-Vaders (New Britain, CT)
By The Sea / That Girl
Music Town (MTR-109/110 • 45-114)
December 1966
Java Men (Stratford, CT)
Just Being With You / Don't Lead Me On
Plaza (1001/1002 • 4-25-67)
April 1967
Johnny & The Reflections (Old Saybrook, CT)
Don't Cry Little Girl / Mine
Bella (45-102 • 111-333)
July 1968
Karen And The Starliners (Plainfield, CT)
I Can Count The Times / Storm In My Heart
Planet (No. 62 • T4KM-5044/45)
© October 1966
King Bees (Canterbury School - New Milford, CT)
Karen / Long Tall Sally
no label (134607)
1965
Last Five (West Hartford, CT)
Kicking You / Weatherman
Wand (1122)
April 1966
Little Boy Blues (Wallingford, CT)
You Gave Me Life / [blank]
Bell Sound Studios
November 1966
Unreleased acetate
Lively Ones (Waterbury, CT)
(Now I Recall) Lovin' You / Little Star
Nancy (NR1/NR2 • ZTSP 122364/65)
March 1966
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.
Long Island Sounds (Branford / East Haven, CT)
Tiger / Lucky Guy
Wonder (165 • W 1003/1004)
March 1965
Long Island Sounds
Don't Cry Linda / (Ballad Of) Marvin Crump
Wonder (166 • W 1005/1006)
October 1965
Loose Ends (Nichols, CT)
Hey Sweet Baby / I Love You Baby
Meadow Brook (MB-0069 • 25069/70)
October 1969
The Madcaps (Uncasville, CT)
Long Way To Go / Searchin
Unca (SK4M 1960/61)
1965
Madhatters (Stamford, CT)
Just Won't Leave / Mister You're A Better Man Than I
Mask (Y-100)
April 1966
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"
The Madisons (Willimantic, CT)
Travelin' Light / Steve's Theme
Avenue Record Co. (17503/04 • RITE 331)
1966
Mark IV (New Canaan, CT)
Hollow Woman / Better Than That
Columbia (4-43911 • JZSP 116487/88)
November 1966
Me & The Rest (Waterbury, CT)
Mark Time / Dark Clouds
Brass City (CO 2027)
November 1966
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
The Moderns (Rockville, CT)
Mama Says / Because I'm Cryin'
1966
Unreleased acetate
The Mojos (Fairfield / Southport, CT)
Love Does Its Harm / I Like It
Mojo (ZTSP 106725/26)
January 1966
Picture sleeve
Joe Mondo & His Combo (Bridgeport, CT)
Doin' The Thing / Last Summer Love
EPI (1003)
1963
NGC-4594 (University Of Connecticut - Storrs, CT)
Going Home / Skipping Through The Night
Smash (2104)
July 1967
New Fugitives (Meriden, CT)
That's Queer / She's My Baby
Glo (5241)
October 1966
No Way (Fitchville-Norwich, CT)
Decisions, Decisions / A Look She Couldn't Hide
A-Hom (235 • CO 3492)
© December 1970
No Way
I Can't Stop Loving You (Until You Stop Loving Me) / A Kiss
A-Hom (236 • CO 3493)
© December 1970
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
North Atlantic Invasion Force
Sweet Bird Of Love / Elephant In My Tambourine
Majestic (998/999 • 1051)
September 1967
North Atlantic Invasion Force
Black On White / The Orange Patch
Mr. G (G 808)
February 1968
North Atlantic Invasion Force
The Rainmaker / Elephant In My Tambourine
Mr. G (G-819)
August 1968
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
North Atlantic Invasion Force
Loves No Game / Loves No Game
Staff (S-1006)
1969
Lyrical re-write of "Black On White" - same music track
#1 [Number One] (Hartford, CT)
The Collector / Cracks In The Sidewalk
Kapp (824)
April 1967
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
The Out Of Order (Putnam, CT)
Lonely Sentry / It’s Alright
Lauren (CO 2930)
© August 1969
Pentagons (Montville, CT)
The Walk / blank
Audiodisc
1966
Unreleased one-sided acetate
Pentagons
Summer's Over / About The Girl I Love
Audio Dynamics (AM-153 • AD-1016671/72)
October 1967
Phoenix Pyre (North Grosvenor Dale, CT)
One Life Span / Fanny Brawn
C.A.V.U. (23665/66)
January 1969
Ravens (New Fairfield / Ridgebury, CT)
Working For The Man / Sleepless Nights
Haven (RF-197 • SK4M 1869/70)
September 1965
Ravens
My Man / What You Want
Bell Sound Studios
June 1967
Unreleased acetate
Realms (Trumbull, CT)
Baby Let's Wait / All I Want
Melody (ME 105/106)
1967
Revolution (Manchester, CT)
Wake Me, Shake Me / Baby I Love You
Boss City (BC-150 • 24213/14)
May 1969
Road Runners (Wallingford, CT)
Listen To Me / Right Now / Luv / You're Thinking Of Me
Syncron Rec Studio
1966
Unreleased acetate
Rogues (Bristol, CT)
It's The Same All Over The World / Oh, No
Peyton (P-1001 • 2081)
January 1966
Rogues (Manchester, CT)
No Lies / Night Time
Boss City (BC-160 • 91167)
November 1969
Rogues
Tobacco Road / Heavy
Boss City (BC-166 • 0180)
January 1970
Saturday Knights (Meriden / New Britain / Southington, CT)
Dum Diddly Dum / It's So Good To Be Loved
Jet (101)
December 1965
Savages (New Milford, CT)
Born In Chicago / One By One
Chrikern (C-1003/1004 • 11-67)
November 1967
Shags (New Haven, CT)
Wait And See / It Hurts Me Bad
Nutta (NU 101 • ZTSP 104665/66)
April 1965
Shags
By My Side / 'Cause Of You
Sammy (SA-101/102 • ZTSP 105900/901)
August 1965
Shags
Hey, Little Girl / Don't Press Your Luck
Taurus (CR-1881 • ZTSP 122468/69)
May 1966
Shags
I Call Your Name / Hide Away
Laurie (LR-3353 • TK4M-1655/56)
August 1966
Shags
As Long As I Have You / Tell Me
Kayden (KD-407 • K 113/114)
April 1967
Shags
Breathe In My Ear / Easy Street
Kayden (KD-408 • K 115/116)
June 1967
Shandels (New Britain, CT)
Stop Your Cryin' / Redskin
Music Town (MTR 105/106 • 45-113)
December 1966
Sleepy Hollow (Bridgeport / Trumbull, CT)
Way Back When / The Dark Of Nite
no label (7-BD-238)
August 1967
Soul Experience (New Haven, CT)
We Don't Need No Music / Organ Man
Ron-Cris (RC-1023 • CO 3287)
1970
Squires (Bristol, CT)
Going All The Way / Go Ahead
Atco (45-6442 • 66C-10701/02)
September 1966
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
Sticks & Stones (Fairfield, CT)
Try / Live To Be Free
Coral (62524)
June 1967
Sunny And The Four Shades (New London, CT)
Broken Hearted Surfer / Beetle Boogie
Glo (5228)
1963-64
Tremblers (Danbury, CT)
The Girl I'd Like To Meet / Windstorm
Soundcraft
Unreleased acetate
Triangle (Manchester, CT)
Why / Reputations
Fun (U4KM-1106/07)
1967
The Twigs (Montville / Uncasville, CT)
What's With You / Something
December 1966
Unreleased acetate
Tyme (Winsted, CT)
Cry For The Trees / Land Of 1,000 Dances
Audiodisc
1967
Unreleased acetate
[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
Uranus And The Five Moons (Wesleyan University - Middletown, CT)
Your Groove / Mimi Von Lark
Gotcha (CO 2048)
1967
Tony Valletta Trio (Waterbury, CT area)
Garbage Man / Hedgehopper
Fantasy Records (CO 2403)
1968/69
Wanderers (West Hartford, CT)
What's Right? / Consolidated Character
CAGG (U4KS-0692/93)
1967
Wild Cherry (Huntington, CT)
She Won't Care / You Ain't Got Nobody
Staehle-Tudor (SR-105)
December 1970
Words Eternal (Hartford, CT)
Crosstown Bus / Follow Me
WE (no number)
1969
Words Eternal
Help Me Find A Way / Nowhere Man
WE (25173/74)
October 1969
Wrongh Black Bag (Cheshire, CT)
Wake Me Shake Me / I Don't Know Why
Mainstream (689)
May 1968
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
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
Young Alley Cats (Hartford, CT)
Since She's Been Gone / Cat Tracks
Robin (RR 100/101 • CO 1669)
April 1966
Your Mother (Pomfret School - Pomfret, CT)
Cryptic Subterfuge / Hello
Your Mother Enterprises (09371)
March 1968
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Yup, on Poison Ring. Formerly the Creations.
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