In 1959, Syd Nathan formed a budget subsidiary label called Audio Lab and during a three year
period released a lot of material that had never appeared in album form, including rare albums by
Bullmoose Jackson, Annie Laurie, April Stevens, Sticks McGhee and John Lee Hooker, Lattie Moore,
Will Penny, the Light Crust Doughboys, and H-Bomb Ferguson.
The Audio Label label is blue with silver printing. "AUDIO LAB" in silver curving around the label above
the center hole. On the left side of the label is 33 1/3 and on the other side is HI-FI. At the bottom of the
label is "PRODUCT OF KING RECORDS".
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AUDIO LAB ALBUM DISCOGRAPHY
Number - Title - Artist [Release Date] Contents
AL-1501 - Music For A Quiet Evening - Shura [1959]
AL-1502 - Dixieland Parade - Pee Wee Erwin and Preacher Rollo [1959]
AL-1503 - Sing and Dance Along With Johnny Long - Johnny Long Orchestra [1959]
We'll Build a Bungalow/Calico Ball/In the Evening By the Moonlight/The Bee-I-Ee-I- Ee/Keep Your Skirts
Down Mary Ann/Just Friends//Silver Dollar/Anytime is Sweetheart Time/Dixie/Hello/Nobody's
Sweetheart/Just Like That
AL-1504 - Songs Of Faith - Various Artists [1959] There's A Leak In This Old Building -
Brother Claude Ely/The Arm Of God - Jimmie Osborne/I've Got A Longing To You - Trace Family
Trio/Wings Of Faith - Tommy Magness/Gathering Buds - Cope Brothers/Since His Sweet Love Has
Rescued Me - Shannon Grayson & His Golden Valley Boys//I Need The Prayers - Clyde Moody/When
The Hand Of God Comes Down - Mac O'Dell/I Cried Holy - Harlan County Four/Mother Left Me Her
Bible - Esco Hankins/When We See Him Face To Face - Blue Valley Boys/He's Passing This Way -
Wade Mainer
AL-1505 - The Fabulous Benny Carter Band - Benny Carter Band [1959]
AL-1506 - Honky Tonk Time - Eddie Smith and Murray Arnold [1959] Honky Tonk
Time/Red Wing/Snow Deer/Exhibition Special/The Preacher And The Bear/When You And I Were
Young Maggie/Smoking/Red Suspender Blues/Sweet Bunch Of Daisies/Hot Shot Rag/Over the
Waves/Jumping Jennie/Silver Star Stomp
AL-1507 - Songs of the Trail - Denver Darling [1959] Old Shep/Tennessee Central
#9/Silver Stars/I'm Gonna Sue Sioux City Sue/Ding Dong Polka/Cool Water/Roly Poly/Think Of Home/I
Still Say Your Name In My Prayers/I'm Gonna Leave This Old Town
others
AL-1508 - Hank Penny Sings - Hank Penny [1959] Bloodshot Eyes/I Was Satisfied/Tell
Me About Georgia/Time Will Tell/Flamin' Mamie/We Met Too Late//Wham Bam! Thank You
Ma'am/Hillbilly Be-Bop/One Heart, One Love, One Life/Steel Guitar Polka/Remington Ride/I'm Gonna
Have My Picture Book
AL-1509 - Dixieland All Stars - Tommy Reynolds and Band [1959] Reissue of King
395-510. Sweet Lips/Satchel Mouth Swing/Gulf Coast Blues/Potato Head/Arkansas Blues/Happy
Feet/Monday Date/Mecca Flat Blues/Squeeze Me/Hotter Than That/Waitin' For My Baby/Cornet Chop
Suey
AL-1510 - It Hurts To Be In Love - Annie Laurie [1959] It Hurts to Be In Love/Hand in
Hand/Nobody's Gonna Hurt You/We Found Love/You're the Only One For Me//Out Of My Mind/Please
Honey Don't Go/I'm a Slave to You/Not Wanted/Love Is a Funny Thing
AL-1511 - Avenue Of Prayer - Bailes Brothers [1959] There's a Difference Between
Religion and Salvation/Roman's Ten and Nine/Somebody's Praying For You/Jesus Is the One/Jesus'
Blood/An Empty Mansion/Daniel Prayed/Building on the Sand/Goodbye Hallelujah I'm Gone/That's What
We Need/Avenue of Prayer/Ashamed to Own the Blessed Savior
AL-1512 - Two Shades Of Blue - Jack Dupree and Jimmy Rushing [12/58] The Way I
Feel - Jimmy Rushing/In the Moonlight - Jimmy Rushing/She's Mine, She's Yours - Jimmy Rushing/Go
Get Some More You Fool - Jimmy Rushing/Somebody's Spoiling These Women - Jimmy
Rushing//Walking the Blues - Champion Jack DuPree/Harelip Blues - Champion Jack DuPree/Overhead
Blues - Champion Jack DuPree/Silent Partner - Champion Jack DuPree/Everybody'' Blues - Champion
Jack DuPree
AL-1513 - Musical Madness - Homer And Jethro [1959] Boll Weevil/Blue Tail Fly/I Feel
That Old Age Creeping On/Bill Bailey Won't You Please Come Home/It Bruised Her Somewhat/Goodbye
Old Booze//Rye Whiskey/Cieltto Lindo/Groundhog/Poor Little Liza, Poor Girl/All Night Long/Three Night
Experience
AL-1514 - Guitar/Vibes - Bill Jennings [1959] It's Easy to Remember/Ja- Da/Plus 8
others
AL-1515 - Songs Of The Hills - Various Artists [1959] The Death of Little Kathy Fiscus -
Jimmie Osborne/Good Night Cincinnati, Good Morning Tennessee - Shorty Long/Shenandoah Waltz -
Clyde Moody/Honey, Won't You Please Come Home - Luke McDaniel/Thy Burdens Are Greater Than
Mine - Redd Stewart/My Lonely Heart - Jimmy Martin and Bob Osborne//The Death of Hank Williams -
Jack Cardwell/God Gave Me You - Ann Jones/Big Blue Diamonds - Red Perkins/If God Can Forgive
You, So Can I - Charlie Gore/The Lights Are Growing Dim - Harvie June Van/Money, Marbles and Chalk
- Pop Eckler
AL-1516 - Jazz On The Rocks - Cecil Young Quartet [1959] Race
Horse/Imagination/Plus 6 others
AL-1517 - Traditional Christmas Songs - Various Artists [1959]
AL-1518 - A Time For Prayer - Various Artists [1959] Jesus Will Save Your Soul -
Tommy Magness/John Three Sixteen - Horton County Four/Little David Play Your Harp - Brother Claude
Ely/I Feel Like Traveling On - Clyde Moody/Paradise - Kitty Mann/I'm on the Battlefield for My Lord -
Musical Millers Quartet/I'm Gonna Walk On - Sherman Grayson/My Mother's Dying Message - Trace
Family Trio/Be on Time - Mac Odell/Walking For the Lord - J.E. Mainer/I'll Have a New Life - Cope
Brothers/Savior of the Old Rugged Cross - Gurney Thomas
AL-1519 - A Day In The Country - Various Artists [1959] Cherokee Waltz/Strange
Love/Plus 10 others; Artists: Mac Odell, Red Perkins, Bob Newman, Clyde Moody, Elko Hankins, Jimmy
Vernon, Jack Cardwell, Jimmie Osborne, Harve June Van, Jimmy Martin & Bob Osborne, Leon Jackson
& Jimmy Bryant, Mattie Martha & Minnie
AL-1520 - Highway Of Blues - John Lee Hooker and Sticks McGee [1959] Nightmare
Blues - John Lee Hooker/Moaning Blues - John Lee Hooker/Don't Go Baby - John Lee Hooker/Thinking
Blues - John Lee Hooker/Late Last Night - John Lee Hooker/Devil's Jump - John Lee Hooker//Whiskey,
Women and Loaded Dice - Sticks McGhee/Sad, Bad, Glad - Sticks McGhee/Head Happy with Wine -
Sticks McGhee/Dealin' From the Bottom - Sticks McGhee/Get Your Mind Out of the Gutter - Sticks
McGhee/Jungle Juice - Sticks McGhee
AL-1521 - Ann Jones And Her American Sweethearts - Ann Jones [1959] God Gave Me
You/I've Had It/Plus 10 others
AL-1522 - Shura In Grand Piano Moods - Shura [1959]
AL-1523 - Songs Of Faith Volume 2 - Various Artists [1959]
AL-1524 - Bull Moose Jackson Sings His All-Time Hits - Bull Moose Jackson [1959] I
Love You Yes I Do/I Can't Go On Without You/Cherokee Boogie/My Little Baby/I Want a Bow-Legged
Woman/Have You No Mercy//All My Love Belongs To You/Little Girl Don't Cry/Why Don't You Haul Off
and Love Me/Sometimes I Wonder/Sneaky Pete/I Never Loved Anyone But You
AL-1525 - The Light Crust Doughboys - Light Crust Doughboys [1959] Guitar Jump/The
New Sow Song/Starlight Waltz/Pappy's Banjo Boogie/Honolulu Lou/I Cried And Cried And
Cried//Fisherman's Polka/No Suh/Oklahoma Waltz/Billy Goat Rag/Ezra's Waltz/It's A Dirty Shame
AL-1526 - The Country Gentleman - Charlie Gore [1959] Over You/Mabel Mabel/Each
Time I Pray/Railroaded/If God Can Forgive You So Can I/Heaven Sent You To Me/This Orchid Means
Goodbye/It's A Long Walk Back To Town/Who's Been Dragging Your Little Red Wagon/Gonna Take
Another Walk Downtown/Stumbling Block
AL-1527 - Jimmy Osborne Singing Songs He Wrote - Jimmy Osborne [1959] Nag, Nag,
Nag/Mama Don't Agree/I Hate to Be Jealous/This Evil Life Don't Pay/It's Just a Habit With You/God Has
Taken My Flower/Give Back My Ring and Picture/The Moon is Weeping Over You/The Death of Little
Kathy Fiscus/How Many Hearts Can Yoou Break/You Get the Roses, I Get the Thorns/We Can't Take It
With Us To Our Grave
AL-1528 - Redd Stewart Sings Favorite Old Time Tunes - Redd Stewart [1959] Gotta
Get Back to Dixie/Alone/Plus 10 Others
AL-1529 - Clyde Moody,The Genial Gentleman Of Country Songs - Clyde Moody [1959]
Shenandoah Waltz/Ivy/Plus 10 others
AL-1530 - Great Swing Bands Of The Forties - Various Artists [1959]
AL-1531 - Andy Iona And His Islanders/Eddie Martin And His Serenaders - Andy Iona and
Eddie Martin [1959]
AL-1532 - Old Time Vaudeville Nite - Caroll and Gorman and Willie Shore [1959]
AL-1533 - A Bouquet Of Songs For Mama - Eddie Berger [1959]
AL-1534 - Torrid Tunes - April Stevens and Marge Phelan [1959] Hot Tamale - April
Stevens/Treat Me Nice - April Stevens/C'est Si Bon - April Stevens/Soft Warm Lips - April Stevens/You
Said You'd Do It - April Stevens//Don't Try to Take It With You When You Go - Marge Phelan/The Hussy
Song - Marge Phelan/I Want a Man - Marge Phelan/The Goodbye Song - Marge Phelan/How Could Red
Riding Hood - April Stevens
AL-1535 - Latin Dance Party - Sacabas, Don Ipplito, and Linda Lopez [1959]
AL-1536 - The Kentucky Colonel - Bob Newman [1959] Turtle Dovin'/Lonesome Truck
Driver's Blues/Sweet Orchard Vine/Hangover Boogie/Sweet Music/Tonight's The Night//Rover Rover/It
Hurts Me/Haulin' Freight/Phftt! You Were Gone/I'm Gonna Give You A Dose Of Your Own
Medicine/Sand Boogie
AL-1537 - Country Music In A Turner Style - Zeb Turner [1959] Chew Tobacco Rag/I'm
In Love With Someone Else/Huckleberry Boogie/You're Gonna Be Lonesome Downhearted And
Blue/Tennessee Boogie/A Drunkard's Confession//Back Back Back To Baltimore/I'm Glad That It's
Over/Travelin' Boogie/Beside Your Picture Frame/Boogie Woogie Lou/How Can I
AL-1538 - Big Band Modern - Gerald Wilson [1959]
AL-1539 - A Whole Lot Of Blowin' - Various Artists [1959] I Told You So - Joe
Holiday/Down Boy - Willis Jackson/Plus others
AL-1540 - Dance Music With A Swing Beat - Joe Thomas and Al Sears [1960]
AL-1541 - Favorite Songs Of Every Year - Billy Mayson [1960]
AL-1542 - Slim Willet - Slim Willet [1959] Tell Me How/Don't Let the Stars Get In Your
Eyes/Mata Hari/My Love Song To You/Love Me Baby/When Lovers Go By/Let Me Know/Don't Laugh at
Me Now/Red Rose/Starlight Waltz/Lonely Tide/If Winter Comes
AL-1543 - Polkas - Various Artists [1959]
AL-1544 - Hymns For Country Folks - Mac Odell [1961] The Kiss of Betrayal/Let's
Pray/Set Your Dial on Heaven/Heaven Bound Gospel Train/The Stone Was Rolled Away/A Crown He
Wore/Are You Practising His Love/I'd Rather Have God/Life's Elevator/Wolves in Sheep's Clothing
AL-1545 - Presents For Kiddies - Various Artists [1960]
AL-1546 - Swing Billies - Various Artists [1960] Remington Ride/Texahoma Boogie/Plus
10 others
AL-1547 - Esco Hankins Country Style - Esco Hankins [1961] Rising Sun/Branded
Wherever I Go/Plus 8 others
AL-1548 - Songs For Salvation - Parker Family [1960]
AL-1549 - Mr. B - Billy Eckstine and Maxine Sullivan [1960] I'm the Caring Kind/Blowing
the Blues Away/Plus 8 others
AL-1550 - Gay 90's Review - Joe Howard and Nancy Donovan [1960]
AL-1551 - The Whole Town's Dancing - Ernie Berger [1961] It Had to Be
You/Serenade/Plus 10 others
AL-1552 - 4 Star Hits - Frank Simon [1960] Just Out of Reach/Release Me/Plus 10
others
AL-1553 - Miller Brothers - Miller Brothers [1960]
AL-1554 - A Variety Of Christmas Songs - Ernie Berger [1959]
AL-1555 - Best Of Lattie Moore - Lattie Moore [1960] Don't Trade the Old for a
New/Foolish Castles/Plus 8 others
AL-1556 - Hit And Run -Ann Jones & Her Western Sweethearts [1961] Hit And
Run/Goodbye And Good Luck/As Long As There's A Tomorrow/You Keep Leavin' Me (I'm Comin'
Back)/To Know You Is To Love You/Blue Jean Baby/Pieces Of My Heart//Let Me Love You/Jack
Rabbit/How Can I Win You/Love That Man/Never Again/I Gotta Walk/Another Woman Haunts My Life
AL-1557 - A Variety Of Country Sacred Songs - Various Artists [1961]
AL-1558 - Mr. New Orleans Himself - Wingy Manone [1960] Isle of Capri/Route 66/Plus
10 others
AL-1559 - New Star On The Horizon - Pete Pike [1960] I Can See an Angel/At My
Side/Plus 10 others
AL-1560 - Dance Date - Opie Cates [1961] Cherokee/Madame X/Plus 8 others
AL-1561 - New Singing Star - Rocky Billy Ford [1960] Beer Drinking Blues/A Little
Less/Plus 10 others
AL-1562 - Fine Country Singing - Frankie Miller [1962]
AL-1563 - Sing For You - Various Artists [1960] Groovy Boy - Webb Pierce/I Saw Your
Face in the Moon - Webb Pierce/Hawaiian Echoes - Webb Pierce/I've Loved You Forever It Seems -
Webb Pierce/I Gotta Go Get My Baby - Marvin Rainwater/Daddy's Glad You Came Home - Marvin
Rainwater//Korea's Mountain Northland - Marvin Rainwater/Tainted Gold - Marvin Rainwater/Ace in the
Hole - Stewart Hamblen/Bluebonnets ( In Her Golden Hair) - Stewart Hamblen/My Old Hound Dog -
Stewart Hamblen/Our Anniversary - Stewart Hamblen
AL-1564 - Polite Jazz - Nick Esposito [1960] On the Sunny Side of the
Street/Ramona/Plus 10 others
AL-1565 - Songs Everybody Knows - Cecil Surratt and Smitty Smith [1961] Old Joe
Clark/Darlin' Oh Darlin'/Wreck of the Old 97/Last Mile of the Way/Counting the Days/Never Grow
Old/Chicken Reel/Sippin' Cider/All Because of Calvary/Sittin' In/Boil Them Cabbage Down/Lost
Indian/Read the Bible Every Day/Waltz You Saved For Me/I'm Never to Marry
AL-1566 - Swing Billies Volume 2 - Various Artists [1962] Swing Billy/A-La-
Mode/Mountain Mambo/Three Miles South of Cash/Hi-De-Ho boogie/In My Arms/Hot Strings/You've
Been Cheating Baby/I Love to Yodel/Hop-Scotch/Mocking Bird Yodel
AL-1567 - A Little Rock And Roll For Everybody - Various Artists [1960] Mary Little Mary
- H-Bomb Ferguson/I'm So Lonely - H-Bomb Ferguson/The Mess Around - H- Bomb Ferguson/I'm
Crying Boo-Boo Hoo - H-Bomb Ferguson/Lady Queen - H-Bomb Ferguson/Midnight Ramblin' Tonite -
H-Bomb Ferguson//Whatcha Bet - Escos/Golden Rule of Love - Escos/We Dance - Escos/(Do the)
Wiggle - Mascots/Lonely Rain - Mascots/That's the Way I Feel - Mascots
AL-1568 - Instrumentals - Moon Mullican [1962]
AL-1569 - Banjo Country Style - Various Artists [1962] Raggin The Banjo - Marvin
Montgomery/Rocky Roads - Leon Jackson & Johnny Bryant/Buddy's Stomp- Cecil Surrat & Smitty
Smith/Swanee River-Old Black Joe-My Old Kentucky Home - Marvin Montgomery/Buttahatchee- Johnny
Bryant & Leon Jackson//Ring Ring De Banjo - Marvin Montgomery/White Oak Mountain Breakdown -
Leon Jackson & Johnny Bryant/Blue Bells Of Scotland-Sweet & Low - Marvin Montgomery/Slippin Banjo-
Bill Duncan/Hear Dem Bells - Marvin Montgomery
AL-1570 - Emil Coleman Invites You To Dance - Emil Coleman Orchestra [1962]
Cumparsita/Jalousie/Choclo/Cucuracha/Maria Elena/Peanut Vendor/Lady in Red/Carioca/Mama
Inez/GreenEyes
AL-1571 - Cha Cha Cha - Freddy Calo [1962] Reissue of King 636 less 2 songs.
Ramona/Around the World in 80 Days/Pega Palo/Flores Negras/In a Little Spanish Town/Cuban Love
Song/Se Acaso Voce Chegasse/Carinoso/Arrivederci Roma/Historia Del Amor/others
AL-1572 - Dancing On Sunset Strip - Dick Stabile Orchestra [1962] Reissue of King 623
less 2 songs. We'll Be Together Again/For You/Do I Love You/My Fate Is in Your Hands/Broadway
Beat/Oh Baby/Ballet Bleu/Without a Song/Man With a Horn/I Lead a Charmed Life
AL-1573 - Country Side - Lattie Moore [1962] Here I Am Drunk Again/Mine Again/I Gotta
Go Home (And Catch Up On My Sleep)/Cajun Doll/A Brand New Case Of Love//Driving Nails/Out Of
Control/If The Good Lord's Willing And The Creek Don't Rise/Sundown And Sorrow/Don't Trade The Old
For The New
AL-1574 - Songs Of Salvation Volume 2 - Parker Family [1962]
Thanks to John Crosby, Jeff Porterfield, and Bernd Kratochwil.
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