Modern started as a label in 1945, and had many subsidiaries over the years. The story of the label
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MODERN ALBUM DISCOGRAPHY
Number - Title - Artist [Release Date] Contents
Modern 10 Inch LP 2000 Series:
The label on the Modern 10 inch records is black with silver print. "Modern" in script above the center
hole. "LONG PLAY" on the left side of the label and "33 1/3" on the right. At the bottom of the label is
"Microgroove UNBREAKABLE".
MOD. 2001 - Modern Records Volume 1 - Artist Unknown [1950]
MOD. 2002 - Modern Records Volume 2 - Artist Unknown [1950]
MOD. 2003 - Modern Records Volume 3 - Various Artists [1951] The album has no
printing on the back of the cover. Trust in Me - Hadda Brooks/People Have Money are Funny - Herb
Fisher/Sweet Georgia Bop - Vido Musso and Wardell Gray/The Moon Is Risin' - Little Willie
Littlefield//Texas Hop - Pee Wee Crayton/Empty Bedroom Blues - Saunders King/No Rollin' Blues -
Jimmy Witherspoon/Big Legs - Gene Phillips
MOD. 2004 - Modern Records Volume 4 - Artist Unknown
MOD. 2005 - Modern Records Volume 5 - Artist Unknown
MOD. 2006 - Modern Records Volume 6 - Artist Unknown
MOD. 2007 - Modern Records Volume 7 - Artist Unknown
MOD. 2008 - Modern Records Volume 8 - Artist Unknown
MOD. 2009 - Modern Records Volume 9 - Ben Pollack Orchestra
MOD. 2010 - Modern Records Volume 10 - Nappy Lamare and Kid Ory
MOD. 2011 - Modern Records Volume 11 - Artist Unknown
MOD. 2012 - Modern Records Volume 12 - Gene Norman's Just Jazz Concerts
Modern 1200 12 Inch LP Series:
The label on the 12 inch series is black with silver print. "MODERN RECORDS" on two lines above the
center hole with a stylized "M" between the Modern and Records. At the bottom of the label is
"TELESONIC SOUND/ULTRA HIGH FREQUENCY/MADE IN HOLLYWOOD, U.S.A.".
LMP-1201 - Swingin' Suite Red Callender and His Modern Octet - Red Callender [1956]
Reissued as Crown CLP-5025 with a title change. LPMM-1201 in vinyl trail out area. Skyline/Sleigh
Ride/All For You/Outlines/Walking On Air/You're Part of Me//On Again/Greenery/Pastel/October
Blue/Dancers/Bihari
LMP-1202 - Groovin' High - Stan Getz [1956] Reissued as Crown 5002.
LMP-1203 - Singin' Kay Starr and Swingin' Erroll Garner - Kay Starr and Erroll Garner
[1956] Reissued as Crown 5003. MMLP 1203 in vinyl trail out area. Side one Kay Starr Ain't
Misbehavin'/Good For Nothing Joe/Lover/Just You, Just Me/Little Girl//Side two Erroll Garner Them
There Eyes/What Is This Thing Called Love/Tenderly/Someone To Watch Over Me/Blue Lou
LMP-1204 - Way Out Wardell - Wardell Gray [1956] Reissued as Crown 5004. Blue
Lou/Just You Just Me//One O'clock Jump/Tenderly
LMP-1205 - Spring Fever - Don, Dick & Jimmy [1956] Reissued as Crown 5005. MM-
1205 in the vinyl trail off area. Love in Bloom/Too Young/That's What I Like/This Is Heaven/June in
January/Angela Mia//Desiree/The Touch of Your Lips/Symphony/Out in the Cold Again/The Last
Time/It's Easy to Remember
LMP-1206 - Joe Houston Blows All Nite Long - Joe Houston [5/56] Reissued as Crown
5006. LPM 1206 in vinyl trail out area. All Nite Long/Celebrity Club Stomp/Candy Rock/Rockin' With
Joe/Way Out/Crazy Sax//Blow Joe Blow/Sentimental Journey/Rock and Roll Boogie/Riverside
Rock/Earth Quake/Joe's Gone
LMP-1207 - The Swingin'st - Vido Musso [1956] Reissued as Crown 5007. LPM-1207 in
vinyl trail off area. Sing, Sing, Sing/Back Street/Jersey Bounce/Movin' In/Emaline/Rockin' Time//Vido's
Boogie/Sherry Pink/On Stage/Rollin'/Rock House Blues/Russian Lullabye
LMP-1208 - Jazz Surprise - Modern Jazz Stars [1956] Reissued as Crown 5008. MMLP
1208 in the vinyl trail off area. Fall Out/C-Jam Blues/Moonlight/Perdido//Wailin'/High
Time/Cherokee/Scratch/Off Nite
LMP-1209 - Jazz Masquerade - Modern Jazz Stars [1956] Reissued as Crown 5009.
LMP-1210 - Rock 'N' Roll Dance Party - Various Artists [Unissued] Released as RPM
3001. RPM 3001 has "MMLP 1210" in the vinyl trailoff area, indicating that this release was originally to
be Modern 1210. Also reissued as Crown CLP-5001. Dance With Me Henry - Etta James/Ko Ko Mo -
Marvin and Johnny/Don't Be Angry - Cadets/Eddie My Love - Teen Queens/Don't Feel Sorry For Me -
Jimmy Beasley/Cherry Pie - Marvin and Johnny//I Got a Gal - Joe Turner/Church Bells May Ring -
Cadets/All Nite Long - Joe Houston/A Casual Look - Little Clydie/How Soon - Jacks/Heartbreak Hotel -
Cadets
LMP-1210 - Femme Fatale - Hadda Brooks [1956] Reissued as Crown 5010. "LPM
1210" is written in the vinyl trail out area. The Thrill is Gone/Take Me/Please Be Kind/How Do You
Speak to An Angel/My Ideal/Don't You Think I Ought To Know//Dream/There is No Greater Love/My
Romance/Stolen Love/Anytime, Anyplace, Anywhere
LMP-1211 - Hollywood R and R Record Hop - Various Artists [5/56] Reissued as Crown
5011. "MMLP 1211" is written in the vinyl trailoff area. Stranded In the Jungle - Cadets/Oop Shoop -
Shirley Gunter/Why Don't You Write Me - Jacks/Rollin' Stone - Cadets/Blow Joe Blow - Joe
Houston/Teen Age Prayer - Dolly Cooper//Good Rockin' Daddy - Etta James/Tick Tock - Marvin and
Johnny/The Girl In My Dreams - Cliques/I Want You - Cadets/Mary Lou - Young Jessie/Kansas City
Blues - Joe Turner
LMP-1212 - Red Callender Speaks Low - Red Callender [1956] Reissued as Crown
5012.
LMP-1213 - Stars of Rock and Roll - Various Artists [1956] Reissued as Crown 5013.
LMP-1214 - The Fabulous Jimmy Beasley - Jimmy Beasley [1956] Reissued as Crown
5014. "LPM-1214" is written in the vinyl trailoff area. My Happiness/I'm So Blue/She's Good to Me/Little
Coquette/I'm Not Free/No Love For Me//Don't Feel Sorry For Me/Jambalaya/Don't Break This Heart of
Mine/Good Lovin'/Once More/Ella Jane
LMP-1215 - Rockin' and Rollin' - Cadets [1956] Reissued as Crown 5015. "LPM-1215" is
in the vinyl trailoff area. Stranded in the Jungle/I Want You/So Will I/I'll Be Spinning/Fools Rush In/Annie
Met Henry//Heartbreak Hotel/Dancin' Dan/Church Bells May Ring/I Got Loaded/Rollin' Stone/Smack Dab
in the Middle
Modern 7000/800 Series:
Even though this series was released in both monaural and stereo, clearly the emphasis was on the
stereo releases. Today you will rarely find a monaural copy. This series was an early attempt by the
Bihari Brothers to cash in on the demand for stereo with a low priced line of albums. The label on this
series is black with white printing. "MODERN" with a stylized "M" in red, followed by a yellow "O", blue
"D" red "E" green "R" and blue "N'. "HIGH FIDELITY" in yellow on the left side of the label and "LONG
PLAYING 33 1/3" in yellow on the right. At the bottom of the label is "STEREO" again in multiple colors.
MLP-7000/MST-800 - Era of Tommy Dorsey - Members of the Dorsey Orchestra [1960]
On the Sunny Side of the Street/I'll Never Smile Again/Swing Low Sweet Chariot/Boogie
Woogie/Hawaiian War Chant/Somebody's Knocking at My Door/plus 2 more
MLP-7001/MST-801 - Era of Benny Goodman - Members of the Goodman Orchestra
[1960] Sing Sing Sing/When the Saints Go Marching In/Down Hill Special/Loch Lomand/Jersey
Bounce/Carry Me Back/Careless Love/plus 1 more
MLP-7002/MST-802 - Era of Charlie Barnet - Members of the Barnet Orchestra [1960]
MLP-7003/MST-803 - Era of Glenn Miller - Members of the Miller Orchestra [1960]
MLP-7004/MST-804 - Era of Woody Herman - Members of the Herman Orchestra [1960]
MLP-7005/MST-805 - Era of the Big Bands - Various Artists [1960]
MLP-7006/MST-806 - Dixieland - K.C. Bearcats [1960]
MLP-7007/MST-807 - Polka Party Time - Polka Dots [1960]
MLP-7008/MST-808 - Honky Tonk Piano - Studio Artist [1960]
MLP-7009/MST-809 - The Strauss Waltzes - Studio Group [1960]
MLP-7010/MST-810 - Day Dreams - Golden Strings [1960]
MLP-7011/MST-811 - Organ Gems - George Wright [1960]
MLP-7012/MST-812 - Cha Cha Cha - Jose Martinez and his Orchestra [1960]
MLP-7013/MST-813 - Sing A Long with the Blenders - Blenders [1960] Careless
Love/Cindy/I've Been Working On the Railroad/Clementine/You're a Grand Old Flag/She'll Be Comin'
Around the Mountain/Yankee Doodle/On Springfield Mountain/Little Liza Jane/All Through the Night/Oh
Susanna/Reneli/Camptown Races/Billy Boy/Oh No John/What Did Deleware/On Top of Old
Smoky/Down in the Valley
MLP-7014/MST-814 - Rock and Roll Party - Don & Eddie [1960] Shuffle Boogie/Night
Rock/When the Lights Are Low/Jivin' at the Savoy/Stompin' at the Crossroads/Diggin' the Blues//Mambo
Boogie/South Hampton/Bolero Boogie/Duck Walk/Oop Shank/Drifting
MLP-7015/MST-815 - Heart of Spain - Studio Group [1960]
MLP-7016/MST-816 - More Sing Along with the Blenders - Blenders [1960] There'll Be a
Hot Time Tonight/I Want a Girl/She Wore a Yellow Ribbon/East Side West Side/The Bowery/My Wild
Irish Rose/Deep River/There Is a Tavern in the Town/Blue Tail Fly/Shine on Harvest Moon/I've Been
Working on the Railroad/On Top of Old Smokey/Little Annie Rooney/Bill Bailey/Daisy Bell/Oh Dem
Golden Slippers/America the Beautiful/For He's a Jolly Good Fellow/Shortnin' Bread/There's Where My
Money Goes/After the Ball/Goodnight Ladies/On the Banks of the Wabash/In the Eve By the
Moonlight/Sweet Rosie O'Grady/The Old Grey Mare
MLP-70017/MST-817 - Percussion - Percussion All Stars [1960]
MLP-7018/MST-818 - Hawaiian Holiday - Kane Kai [1960]
MLP-7019/MST-819 - The Era of Hank Williams - Luke Williams & Rangers [1960]
MLP-7020/MST-820 - Tradewinds To Hawaii - Studio Group [1960]
MLP-7021/MST-821 - Dynamic Percussion - Percussion All Stars [1960]
MLP-7022/MST-822 - Mambo Cha Cha Cha - Luis Mendosa and his Orchestra [1960]
MLP-7023/MST-823 - The Fabulous Ink Spots - Ink Spots [1960] If I Didn't Care/I Love
You Truly/To Me/Frankie and Johnnie/Shine On Harvest Mood//It's a Sin to Tell a Lie/Sorrento/When
You Were Sweet Sixteen/When the Saint's Go Marching In/Ida
Modern 100/1000 Series:
Label on this series is gray with black printing. "MODERN" with a stylized "M" above the center hole.
"HIGH FIDELITY" on the left side of the label and "LONG PLAYING 33 1/3" on the right.
MM-1000/MMST-100 - Little Richard Sings His Greatest Hits Recorded Live - Little
Richard [1966] Introduction/Tutti Frutti/Keep a Knockin'/Saturday Night Rock/Jenny Jenny/Bamba
Lama Bama Loo/Long Tall Sally/Ready Teddy/Slippin' and Slidin'/True Fine Mama//Bonnie
Marone/Lucille/Bring It Back Home to Me/Do You Feel It/Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On
MM-1001
MM-1002/MST-102 - Soul Hits - Ikettes [1966]
MM-1003/MST-103 - The Wild and Frantic Little Richard - Little Richard [1966] Baby
What You Want Me To Do/Do the Jerk/Directly From My Heart/I'm Back/Holy Mackeral//Good Golly Miss
Molly/Send Me Some Lovin'/Groovy Little Suzy/Baby Don't You Want a Man Like Me/Miss Ann
Modern 1000 Series:
1001 - Tender Emotions - Otto Cesana [1964]
1002 - Otto Cesana - Otto Cesana [1965]
1003 - Backgrounds For Romance - Otto Cesana [1966]
RELATED RECORDS:
ACE (UK)
CH-22 - Ike Turner and His Kings of Rhythm - Ike Turner [1980] UK pressing. Troubles
Heartaches/You're Driving Me Insane/Whole Heap of Mama/If You Feel Froggish/Gypsy Blues/The
Dream/Early Times//I Miss You So/You Got Me Way Down here/I Ain't Drunk/The Road I
Travel/Goodbye Baby (Going on Down the Line)/Suffocate/The World is Yours
CH-59 - Get Out of the Car - Richard Berry [1982] UK pressing. Mad About You/Angel
of My Life/Yama Yama Pretty Mama/Next Time/Rockin' Man/Oh! Oh! Get Out of the Car//Crazy
Lover/I'm Still in Love With You/Jelly Roll/Big John/One Little Prayer/The Big Break
BEST (US)
CLP-5021 - Jumpin' with the Jacks - Jacks [1959?] Issued in monaural only. Reissue of
Crown 5021 by American International Industries Inc., Phila. Pa. Cover is identical to the Crown issue
with a sticker on the cover over the Crown logo, which says "BEST BY A I I HIGH FIDELITY" The Best
label is black with silver printing with "BEST" above the center hole. "CLP 5021" and "LRP 3006" are
written in the vinyl trailoff area. Why Don't You Write Me/Oo Wee Baby/Let's Make Up/Dream a Little
Longer/This Empty Heart/So Wrong//Wiggle Waggie Woo/You Belong To Me/Sugar Baby/Why Did I Fall
In Love/Do You Wanna' Rock/My Clumsy Heart
KENT UK)
Kent KLP-2025 - Marvin and Johnny - Marvin and Johnny [1984] Cherry Pie/Ain't That
Right/Tell Me Darlin'/Sometimes I Wonder/Sweet Potato//Tick Tock/Mercy Miss Percy/Dear One/Will
You Love Me/I Wanna
SOUFFLE (US)
SO-2018 - 12 Original Artists Hits, Vol. 2 - Various Artists [197?] Budget reissue label
located in Beverly Hills. This is notable for the true stereo original version of "Rock Me Baby." Rock Me
Baby - B.B. King (S)/Daddy Daddy - Richard Berry (E)/Cherry Pie - Marvin & Johnny (E)/My Desire -
Jesse Belvin (E)/Lovey Dovey - Jacks (E)/S.K. Blues - Saunders King (E)//Crazy Feeling - Etta James
(E)/Kansas City Blues - Joe Turner (E)/Billy Boy - Teen Queens (E)/Rollin' Stone - Cadets (E)/T-99 -
Jimmy Nelson (E)/Ain't Nobody's Business - Jimmy Witherspoon (E)
Thanks to Peter Grendysa.
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