The first Imperial label was dark blue with silver printing. Imperial was above the center hole. These
labels were used on the 10-inch records before 1956. The second label, which started with the 9000
series started in 1956, was maroon with silver printing, with "IMPERIAL" in block letters above the center
hole. This label was used from LP-9001 at least through LP-9041. The third label was black, with colored
rays fanning out of the center hole to the top quadrant of the label. "IMPERIAL" is in white letters, with
blue, green, yellow and red stars below the logo. This label was used from the mid 9040s through at
least LP-9267. The albums in this part of the discography pre-dated stereo releases.
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IMPERIAL ALBUM DISCOGRAPHY
Number - Title - Artist [Release Date] Contents
LP-9001 - Scotch Pipings - Glencoe Highlanders [7/56] Issued in mono only. Green Hills
O' Tyrol/Millbank Cottage/Atholl And Breadalbane Gathering/74th Farewell To Edinburgh/Blowers Of
Edinburgh/Highland Schottische/Circassian Circle/Petronella/Miss
Mac Cleod's Reel/Strip The Willow/Campbell's Are Coming/Highland Fling
LP-9002 - Moment Of Truth (Music of the Bullring) - Manual S. Acuna Orchestra [1956]
Issued in mono only. Madre Del Corderro/Fado Blanquita/Alma Andaluza/Alegrias/Espana Cani/Manton
De Manila/Garrotin/Currito De La Cruz/Cielo Andaluz/Malaguena/Bulerias/Gitanerias
LP-9003 - Slim Whitman Favorites - Slim Whitman [1956] Originally issued in mono
only. Reissued in 1966 in electronic stereo as LP-12100. Love Song Of The Waterwheel/Bandera
Waltz/Beautiful Dreamer/Rose Marie/Talk To The Waves/Indian Love Call/China Doll/Amateur In
Love/Keep It A Secret/How Can I Tell/Secret Love/Cattle Call
LP-9004 - Rock And Rollin' - Fats Domino [1956] (3-57, #17) Originally issued in mono
only. Reissued in 1968 in electronic stereo as LP-12387. The Fat Man/Tired Of Crying/Goin' Home/You
Said You Love Me/Going To The River/Please Don't Leave Me//Rose Mary/All By Myself/Ain't It A
Shame/Poor Me/Boo Weevil/Don't Blame It On Me
LP-9005 - Hawaiian Favorites - Danny "Kalauana" Stewart [1956] Issued in mono only.
Na Lei O Hawaii/Lovely Hula Hands/Hawaiian War Chant/Little Brown Gal/Fair Hawaii/Sweet
Leilani/Hawaiian Song Of Love/Ka Ulua/Beautiful Kahana/Ula No Weo/Hame Pila/Aloha Oe
LP-9006 - Jazz U.S.A. - Sonny Criss [1956] Issued in mono only. Willow Weep For
Me/These Foolish Things/Blue Friday/Sunday/More Than You Know/Easy Livin'/Alabamy
Bound/Something's Gotta Give/West Coast Blues/Criss Cross/Ham's Blues/Sweet Georgia Brown
LP-9007 - Afro U.S.A. - Anayogu Ukonu and Afro-Calypsonians [1956] Originally issued
in mono only. Reissued in 1958 in rechanneled stereo as LP-12003. Bo Bo Wor Foro Satide/Ada
Lee/War Dance/I'm Serious/Afro-Maringa/Mhuru-Gi-Nanya (I Love You)/Where Is My
Mama/Sapara/Agnese/Okorobia/Oboli/Elenwua
LP-9008 - Mexican Folk Dances - Manual S. Acuna [1956] Issued in mono only. Jarabe
Tapatio/Zandunga/Chiapanecas/Espuelas/Mas Bonito Pie/Mananitas/Cielito Lindo/Tanchera/Mexican
Schottis/Corrido/Jarand Yucateco/Fantasia Michoacana
LP-9009 - Rock And Rollin' With Fats - Fats Domino [1956] (11-56, #18) Originally
issued in mono only. Reissued in 1968 in electronic stereo as LP-12388. My Blue Heaven/Swanee
River Hop/Second Line Jump/Goodbye/Careless/I Love Her//I'm In Love Again/When My Dreamboat
Comes Home/Are You Going My Way/If You Need Me/My Heart Is In Your Hands/Fats' Frenzy
LP-9010 - "Wild" Bill Davis On Broadway - "Wild" Bill Davis [1956] Issued in mono only.
Autumn Leaves/Invitation/Cubano Chant/My Funny Valentine/Perdido/Take The "A" Train/I Miss You
So/I Remember April/I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart
LP-9011 - Mambo! - Raymond Usera Orchestra [1956] Issued in mono only. Caribbean
Mambo/Gold Coast Mambo/Highlight Mambo/Park Avenue Mambo/Hay Que Tener/Mambiando El
Mambo/Riff A La Iznaga/Ricoland
LP-9012 - Marimba Music - Mario Hurtago Orchestra [1956] Issued in mono only. Adelita
Linda/Rumbarimba/Solamente Una Vez/Paquita/Tu Promesa/Altos Tren/Porque Enganar/Que Quieres
Mas De Mi
LP-9013 - Irish Folk Dances - James O'Flynn Orchestra [1956] Issued in mono only.
Medley: Irish Washerwoman-Connaught Man-Father O'Flynn/Stack Of Barley/Medley: Wind That
Shakes The Barley-Rakes O'Mallow-Fairy Reel/Medley: Miss MacCleod's Reel-Peas Upon A Teacher-
White Cockade/Medley: O'Donnell Abu-James O'Flynn/Medley: Rickett's Hornpipe-Fischer's Hornpipe-
Duranges Hornpipe/Medley: Paddy Whack-Rory O'Moore-Larry O'Gaff/Medley: Garry Owen-Paddy
O'Rafferty-Spring O'Shellalagh
LP-9014 - Music At Midnight - Roy Harrison Orchestra [1956] Issued in mono only. All
Alone/Dusk/Lover/Kiss Me Again/Autumn Leaves/Night And Day/Time On My Hands/Say It With
Music/Yankee Doodle Dandy/La Paloma/When Day Is Done/Maila Waltz
LP-9015 - "Wild" Bill Davis In Hollywood - "Wild" Bill Davis [1956] Issued in mono only.
Supposin'/Jealousy/High And The Mighty/Tenderly/Let's Fall In Love/At Dawn With Davis/Mr.
Wonderful/All The Things You Are/Inter-Modulation/Love Is Here To Stay
LP-9016 - Care Free Mood - Roy Harrison Orchestra [1956] Issued in mono only. Until
Tomorrow/Temptation/Chesapeake Bay/I'm Getting Sentimental Over You/Negra/Deep
Purple/Fascinating Rhythm/John Peel/You And The Night And The Music/I Want To Be Happy/Linger
Awhile/Waiting For The Robert E. Lee
LP-9017 - Music In A Tender Mood - Roy Harrison Orchestra [1956] Issued in mono
only. Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen/Londonderry Air/Two Little Girls In Blue/Goodnight
Ladies/Carolina Moon/Camptown Races/Destiny Waltz/Brazil/Cock O' The North/I'm In The Mood For
Love/I Kiss Your Hand Madame/Well Blow Me Down/Arche De Triomphe
LP-9018 - Music For Lovers - Roy Harrison Orchestra [1956] Issued in mono only. Saint
Louis Blues/Siesta/String Operation/Oh What A Beautiful Morning/I'll See You Again/Liza/Mood
Indigo/The Man I Love/Black And Tan Fantasy/Hora Staccato/Mexican Hat Dance/Emperor
Waltz/Neapolitan Love Song
LP-9019 - Music For Romantic Moments - Reginald G. Marshall Orchestra [1956] Issued
in mono only. Adios Muchachos/When Day Is Done/I'll See You Again/Time On My Hands/Dream
Waltz/Phil The Fluter's Ball/Summertime/Sweethearts/Linger Awhile
LP-9020 - Go Man: It's Sonny Criss & Modern Jazz - Sonny Criss [1956] Issued in mono
only. Summertime/Memories Of You/Wailin' With Joe/How Deep Is The Ocean/Blues For Rose/Man I
Love/Until The Real Thing Comes Along/Blue Prelude/After You've Gone/Come Rain Or Come
Shine/How High The Moon/If I Had You
LP-9021 - Tribute To James Dean - Leonard Rosenman [1956] Issued in mono only.
Theme From "East Of Eden"/Cal's Dance/Nocturne/Vindication Of Cal/Giant/There's Never Been
Anyone Else But You/Theme From "Rebel Without A Cause"/Jim's Ride To The Planetarium/End Of
The World/Knife Fight/Death Of Plato
LP-9022 - Ernie Freeman Plays Irving Berlin - Ernie Freeman [1956] Issued in mono
only. Alexander's Ragtime Band/How Deep Is The Ocean/Heat Wave/Say It Isn't So/Always/Blue
Skies/Reaching For The Moon/I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm/All Alone/Song Is Ended/Now It
Can Told
LP-9023 - Square Dances - Bill Mooney & Cactus Twisters [1956] Issued in mono only.
My Gal Sal/Beer Barrel Polka/Spinning Wheel/Little Brown Jug/"H"/En El Rancho Grande/You
Are My Sunshine/I Like Mountain Music/There Is A Tavern In The Town/Pistol Packin' Mama/Blues
Eyes/There's A New Moon Over My Shoulder
LP-9024 - Sonny Criss Plays Cole Porter - Sonny Criss [1956] Issued in mono only.
What Is This Thing Called Love/Night And Day/Love For Sale/Just One Of Those Things/Anything
Goes/I Get A Kick Out Of You/Easy To Love/It's All Right With Me/I Love You/In The Still Of The Night
LP-9025 - The Piano Styling of Frankie Ortega - Frankie Ortega [1956] Originally issued
in mono only. Reissued in 1958 in rechanneled stereo as LP-12011. I Feel A Song Coming On/Sunny
Side Of The Street/Thank You For A Lovely Evening/Where Are You/Exactly Like You/Cuban Love
Song/You're A Sweetheart/I'm In The Mood For Love/I'm Shootin' High/Lovely Lady
LP-9026 - Slim Whitman Sings Country Hits - Slim Whitman [1956] Originally issued in
mono only. Reissued in 1966 in electronic stereo as LP-12104. By The Waters Of The Minnetonka/All
That I'm Asking Is Sympathy/Dear Mary/I'll Take You Home Again Kathleen/Serenade/When I Grow
Too Old To Dream/Tumbling Tumbleweeds/Curtain Of Tears/I'm Casting A Lasso Towards The
Sky/Haunted Hungry Heart/Roll On Silvery Moon/We Stood At The Altar
LP-9027 - Jazz Of Two Cities - Warne Marsh Quintet [1957] Originally issued in mono
only. Reissued in 1958 in rechanneled stereo as LP-12013. Quintessence/Smog Eyes/Lover Man/Ear
Conditioning/Dixie's Dilemma/Jazz Of Two Cities/I Never Knew/These Are The Things I Love
LP-9028 - This Is Fats Domino - Fats Domino [1957] (2-57, #19) Originally issued in
mono only. Reissued in 1968 in electronic stereo as LP-12389. Blueberry Hill/Honey Chile/What's The
Reason I'm Not Pleasing You/Blue Monday/So Long/La La//Troubles Of My Own/You Done Me
Wrong/Reeling And Rocking/The Fat Man's Hop/Poor Poor Me/Trust In Me
LP-9029 - Mademoiselle From Paree! - The Music of Bill McGuffie [1957] Issued in
mono only. Mademoiselle From Paris/Clopin Clopant/La Siene/Marie/Le Fiacre/Symphony/C'Est Si
Bon/Louise/Bonn/April In Paris/La Mer/There Was A Time
LP-9030 - Jivin' 'O' Round - Ernie Freeman [2/57] Issued in mono only. Jivin'
Around/Return To Me/Rockin' Around/Lost Dreams/Spring Fever/Walking The Beat/Rainy Beat/Rainy
Day/Funny Face/Touch Of The Blues/Flyin' High/Bluesy Me
LP-9031 - Vibraphone Fantasy In Jazz - Bob Harrington Quartet [1957] Issued in mono
only. Mountain Dew/Ticklish Situation/Patio Pavanne/I've Never Been In Love Before/Let's Have Some
Ribs/Gone Nuclear Fishin'/How Long Has This Been Goin' On/Three Fourths/Little
Circumference/Indecision
LP-9032-W - Men In War (Soundtrack) - Elmer Bernstein [1957] Issued in mono only.
Sounds Of War: Battle-First March/Men In War Theme: Men In War-Flowers For Kilian/Run For Cover:
Waiting-Running/Forest Of Mines/Morning After Battle/End Of The Road/Impassioned
Argument/Montana & The Colonel: Theme-Up The Hill/The Last March/Quiet Before Attack/Salute To
Heroes
LP-9033 - Vacation In The Philipines - Amador Bagasao Orchestra [1957] Issued in
mono only. Esperanza/Mazurka/Carinosa/La Jota/Aetana/Polka Sala/Chotis/Bao
LP-9034 - Vacation In Italy - Dominick Saragusa Orchestra [1957] Issued in mono only.
Sicilianella/Tesoro Mio/La Danza/Sicilian Tarantella/Quadriglia Napoletana/Vinca Vieni
Amor Mio/Tarantella Napoletana/Saltarello Romano
LP-9035 - Vacation In Mexico - Manual S. Acuna [1957] Issued in mono only. Buscando
Olvido/Tarde O Temprano/Te Quiero Con La Vida/Apasionado De Ti/Mula Bronca/Alma Llanera/Youte
Juro Por Dios/Mi Pueblo Natal/Arrallanes/Mexico Lindo/Barzon/Que Te Ha Dado Esa Mujer
LP-9036 - Vacation In Holland - Erik Lundquist [1957] Issued in mono only. Vandra
Polka/Balen I Karlstad/Spinning Waltz/Tip Top Hambo/Schottis/Gamal Reinlender/To- Tur/Sudmalinas
LP-9037 - Vacation In Scotland - Glencoe Highlanders [1957] Issued in mono only. Loh
Katrine/Dovecote Park/Highland Laddie/Glendaurel Highlanders/Lord Blantyre/Jock Wilson's Ball/Sandy
Duff/Bonnie Dundee
LP-9038 - Here Stands Fats Domino - Fats Domino [1957] Originally issued in mono
only. Reissued in 1968 in electronic stereo as LP-12390. Detroit City Blues/Hide Away Blues/She's My
Baby/New Baby/Little Bee/Every Night About This Time//I'm Walkin'/I'm In The Mood For
Love/Cheatin'/You Can Pack Your Suitcase/Hey! Fat Man/I'll Be Gone
LP-9039 - George Liberace Goes Teenage - George Liberace [1957] Issued in mono
only. I'm Walkin'/Ain't That A Shame/I Hear You Knocking/I'm In Love Again/Going To The River/Going
Home/Teenagers Holiday/Lost Dreams/Spring Fever/3 X 7 = 21/I Didn't Want To Do It/Blue Monday
LP-9040 - This Is Fats - Fats Domino [8/57] Originally issued in mono only. Reissued in
1968 in electronic stereo as LP-12391. The Rooster Song/My Happiness/As Time Goes By/Hey La
Bas/Love Me/Don't You Hear Me Calling You//It's You I Love/Valley Of Tears/Where Did You Stay/Baby
Please
LP-9041 - Beau James: The Life and Times of Jimmy Walker (Soundtrack) - Joseph
Lilley [1957] Issued in mono only. Manhattan (Main Title)/Campaign Route/Manhattan Night Club
Scene/Greenwich Village After Hours/Someone To Watch Over Me/December In Central Park/When
We're Alone/His Honor The Mayor Of N.Y./Sidewalks Of New York/Tammany Parade March/Manhattan
(End Title)
LP-9042 - Fuzzy Pink Nightgown (Soundtrack) - Billy May [1957] Issued in mono only.
Introduction/Coming Next Week/Kidnapping Scene/Travelogue/Beach House/Malibu Beach
Mambo/Dandy/Fuzzy Pink Nightgown/Patio/Laurel's Theme/No Hard Feelings/End Title
LP-9043 - London Jazz - Dizzy Reece Quintet [1957] Issued in mono only. O
Moon/Butch/Bang!/This Is Always/Chorous/Basie Line/Out Of Nowhere/Scrapple From The Apple
LP-9044 - African Night Life - Anayogu Ukonu [1957] Issued in mono only. Everybody
Goes For Calypso/Ghana Ayeiko/Drive Her Home/Abiana/I Got My Fingers Crossed/Anywhere You
Go/Obiutom/Donkey City/Talking Drums/Chusie Baby/Mambo Africana/Mulenga
LP-9045 - Stairway To Heaven - Rex Koury [1957] Issued in mono only. Stairway To
The Stars/Over The Rainbow/Shooting Star/Silver Moon/Stars Are The Window Of Heaven/You Are My
Lucky Star/A Little Bit Of Heaven/Stardust/Angel's Serenade/Waltzing On A Cloud/My Blue Heaven
LP-9046 - Little Giant Of Jazz - Tubby Hayes Quartet [1957] Issued in mono only.
Dance Of Aerophragytes/There's No You/Imagination/Peace Pipe/There'll Never Be Another You/Opus
De Funk/Straight Life/Ode To Ernie/Foolin' Myself/No I Woody'n/Message To The Messengers
LP-9047 - Bill McGuffie - Bill McGuffie [1957] Issued in mono only. You Are My Lucky
Star/How High The Moon/I'll Close My Eyes/All I Do Is Dream Of You/You Can't Have Everything/The
Very Thought Of You/Confidentially/I Wanna Be Loved By You/Should I/I'll Never Smile Again/All Of
Me/Good Night Sweetheart
LP-9048 - Ricky - Ricky Nelson [1957] (11-57, #1) Originally issued in mono only.
Reissued in 1968 in electronic stereo as LP-12392. Honeycomb/Boppin' The Blues/Be-Bop Baby/Have I
Told You Lately That I Love You/Teenage Doll/If You Can't Rock Me//Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin'
On/Baby I'm Sorry/Am I Blue/I'm Confessin'/Your True Love/True Love
LP-9049 - The Ozzie And Harriet Show - Ozzie & Harriet Nelson [1958] Issued in mono
only. Goody Goody/Sugar Time/I Still Get A Thrill/In The Middle Of An Island/Blue Skies/Catch A
Falling Star/Mandy/I Never Knew/I'll Never Say "Never Again" Again/All Of Me/Baby Keep Callin' Me/If
You Believe It
LP-9050 - Ricky Nelson - Ricky Nelson [1958] (7-58, #7) Originally issued in mono only.
Reissued in 1968 in electronic stereo as LP-12393. Shirley Lee/Someday/There's Good Rockin'
Tonight/I'm Feelin' Sorry/Down The Line/Unchained Melody//I'm In Love Again/Don't Leave Me This
Way/By Babe/I'll Walk Alone/There Goes My Baby/Poor Little Fool
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