Ambassador Album Discography
By David Edwards and Mike Callahan
Last update: June 30, 2023





The Compose series continues under name Ambassador. Ambassador was a subsidiary of Synthetic Plastics Company of Newark, New Jersey. Quite a few of these issues are remakes from the Mercury label.


The Ambassador label was red with black print (far left) from the start (S-98049) in 1968 to S-98075 in 1969. Starting with S-98077 in 1969, the label and logo changed, using the light blue label shown at near left.
Somewhere near S-98100 in 1970, the blue label was modified to add gold logo and lettering as shown at far left. In 1987, a Bill Haley album was issued using a dark blue label with silver print (near left).



We would appreciate any additions or corrections to this discography. Just send them to us via e-mail. Both Sides Now Publications is an information web page. We are not a catalog, nor can we provide the records listed below. We have no association with Ambassador Records or Synthetic Plastics Company. Should you be interested in acquiring albums listed in this discography (which are all out of print), we suggest you see our Frequently Asked Questions page and follow the instructions found there. This story and discography are copyright 2023 by Mike Callahan.



AMBASSADOR ALBUM DISCOGRAPHY

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Number - Title - Artist - [Release Date] Contents



S-98000 Main Series:

S-98049 - Precious Memories - Sunset Strings [1967] Stardust/Smoke Gets In Your Eyes/All The Things You Are/Falling In Love with Love/Hello Young Lovers//The Last Time I Saw Paris/Greensleeves/My Romance/Speak Low/Long Ago And Far Away

S-98050 - Young at Heart - Enoch Light Orchestra and Chorus [1967] No Other Love/Wish You Were Here/Pretend/I Love Paris/Stranger In Paradise//Under Paris Skies/Why Don't You Believe Me?/You'll Never Know/Ebb Tide/Young At Heart

S-98051 - All-Time Hits - David Carroll and His Orchestra [1967] Reissue of Mercury SR-60786. Alley Cat/Telstar/Walk Right In/Desafinado/I Left My Heart In San Francisco//Ramblin' Rose/My Coloring Book/Go Away, Little Girl/Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words)/Eso Beso (That Kiss)

S-98052 - The Herman Herd Recorded Live - Woody Herman and the Herd [1967] Reissue of Philips PHS-600-131. The Good Life/What Kind Of Fool Am I?/Everybody Loves Somebody/Just Squeeze Me (But Don't Tease Me)/Dr. Wong's Bag//Dear John C/Wa-Wa Blues/The Things We Said Today/Bedroom Eyes

S-98053 - The Love Album - Cannonball Adderley [1967] I Cover The Waterfront/A Foggy Day/Two Sleepy People/I'll Never Stop Loving You/(I'm Afraid) The Masquerade Is Over/I've Never Been In Love Before/Falling In Love With Love/Street Of Dreams/Polka Dots And Moonbeams/You Are Too Beautiful

S-98054 - So In Love - Jesse Crawford, organ [1967] Deep Purple/Alice Blue Gown/Laura/More Than You Know/Over The Rainbow//So In Love/Bye Bye Baby/Wonderful One/Swinging Down The Lane/Just One Way To Say I Love You

S-98055 - Cheek to Cheek for Listening and Dancing - Lester Lanin [1967] The Days Of Wine And Roses/Call Me Irresponsible/Cheek To Cheek/Down By The Riverside/The Continental//Alexander's Ragtime Band/Bye Bye Baby/Rico Vacilon/You Can't Sit Down/Last Night

S-98056 - The Buddy Rich Big Band Swingin' - Buddy Rich Big Band [1967] Reissue of Mercury SR-60136. Indiana (Back Home Again In Indiana)/Richcraft/Sweets Tooth/Clap Hands Here Comes Charlie/Yardbird Suite//Cherokee (Indian Love Song)/I Want A Little Girl/From The Sticks/Song Of The Islands

S-98057 - Tender Love Songs - Eddy Howard and His Orchestra [1967] I'm In The Mood For Love/Charmaine/Deep Purple/Everything I Have Is Yours/Don't Get Around Much Anymore/Manhattan Serenade/Coquette/For All We Know/Don't Blame Me/All I Do Is Dream Of You

S-98058 - On the Sunny Side of the Street - Ralph Marterie and His Dance Band [1967] Don't Blame Me/It's A Most Unusual Day/I Can't Give You Anything But Love/Exactly Like You/Where Are You/Medley: Anybody For The Blues; A Lovely Way To Spend An Evening; I Can't Get Enough Of You/Diga Diga Doo/On The Sunny Side Of The Street

S-98059 - You're Just In Love - Richard Hayman and His Orchestra [1967] Parade Of The Wooden Soldiers/Russian Sailors' Dance (Gliere)/A String Of Pearls/Gypsy Dance, From "Carmen" (Bizet)/You're Just In Love//The River Kwai March: From The Motion Picture "The Bridge On The River Kwai"/Colonel Bogey/Dark Eyes: Fantasy/Jersey Bounce/Serenata/Polka, From "The Golden Age" (Shostakovich)

S-98060 - Walk On By - Leroy Van Dyke [1968] The Time Has Just Slipped Away Too Fast/That Great Come An Get It Day/I'm Glad You Didn't Walk On By/I Can't Stop Loving You/Frankie's Man Johnny/Long Tall Texan/The Last Letter/Black Cloud/Auctioneer/Walk On By

S-98061 - The Hits I Played On - Pete Drake [1968] There Goes My Everthing/Green, Green, Grass Of Home/Almost Persuaded/Still/Anymore//Don't Let Me Cross Over/Bird Of Paradise/Tippy Toeing/The End Of The World/Bear With Me A Little Longer

S-98062 - Rousing Ragtime! - Del Wood [1968] The Old Piano Roll Blues/Honeysuckle Rose/Muskrat Ramble/I'm Looking Over A four leaf Clover/Music! Music! Music!/Shine Little Glow- Worm/Five Foot Two, Eyes Of Blue/Cruising Down The River/Medley: Wedding Bells Are Breaking Up That Old Gang Of Mine



S-98063

S-98064 - Six Days on the Road - Dave Dudley [1968] Six Days On The Road/John Henry/Bless Them Machines (Please Help The Working Man)/Alligator Man/Steel Worker Blues//A Farmer's Prayer/Last Day In The Mines/Cowboy Boots/Taxicab Driver/Sixteen Tons



S-98065

S-98066 - Country Hit Maker - George Jones [1968] Big Harlan Taylor/Why Baby Why/Too Much Water/Jambalaya (On the Bayou)/Sparkling Brown Eyes//Tall, Tall Trees/Battle Of Love/If I Don't Love You (Grits And Groceries)/White Lightning/Revenooer Man

S-98067 - The Hit Songs From The Movie Paint Your Wagon - Ray Bloch Singers [1969] I'm On My Way/Wand'rin' Star/Gold Fever/A Million Miles Away Behind The Door/Best Things//There's A Coach Comin' In/I Still See Eliza/The First Thing You Know/I Talk To The Trees/They Call The Wind Maria

S-98068 - Country Music All Around the World - Roy Drusky [1969] Country Music All Over The World/Danny Boy/Blue Canadian Rockies/China Doll/Hawaiian Wedding Song//Auf Wiedersehn Sweetheart/Fraulein/Geisha Girl/Far Away Places/Caribbean

S-98069 - Dixie Darling - Mother Mabel (Maybelle) Carter [1969] Reissue of Smash SRS-67041 and Mountain Dew S-7014. Dixie Darling/Storms Are On The Ocean/Victory Rag/Faded Coat Of Blue/Cumberland Gap/Dixie Darling//The Dying Soldier/John Hardy/Are You Tired Of Me?/Ain't Gonna Work Tomorrow/Flowers Blooming In The Wildwood

S-98070 - Camelot - Richard Torigi, Earl Rogers and Lois Winters [1969] Overture; I Wonder What The King Is Doing Tonight/The Simple Joys Of Maidenhood/Camelot/Follow Me//If Ever I Would Leave You/Before I Gaze At You Again/How To Handle a Woman/I Loved You Once In Silence; Camelot Finale

S-98071 - Ghostly Sounds - Sound Effects [1969] Also issued as Ghostly Sound Effects as shown at right.The Vampire's Castle/Three A.M. Horror/Witches' Brew/Bats Walking Monster With Chains/The Mad Harpist//The Phantom Of The Cathedral/The Graveyard/The Swamp Creature/Wolf Attacks Man/Witches And Goblins/Mean Cat Howling Wolf Mad Dogs



S-98072

S-98073 - The Complete Score from The Graduate - Peter Wood Singers and Orchestra [1969] Sounds Of Silence/The Singleman Party Foxtrot/Mrs. Robinson/Sunporch Cha Cha Cha/April Come She Will/On The Strip/Scarborough Fair-Canticle/The Folks/A Great Effect/The Big Bright Green Pleasure Machine/Whew

S-98074 - Here Comes the Judge - Hack and Sack [1969] Here Comes The Judge//Here Comes The Judge

S-98075 - Harper Valley P.T.A. - Nashville Country Singers [1969] Folsom Prison Blues/D-I-V-O-R-C-E/Dreams Of An Everyday Housewife/Mama Tried/Run Away Little Tears/I Just Came To Get My Baby/The Easy Part's Over/With Pen In Hand/I Still Believe In You



S-98076

Label changes here from red to blue label and logo changes on front covers.

S-98077 - Hits of '69 - Ray Bloch Singers and Orchestra [1969] Love Me Tonight/Worst That Can Happen/This Magic Moment/I Started A Joke/Everday People//Both Sides Now/Moments To Remember/I've Got To Be Me/Abraham Martin And John/Spinning Wheel

S-98078 - Hits of '68 - Ray Bloch Singers and Orchestra [1969] Those Were The Days/This Guy's In Love With You/Hey Jude/Young Girl/Love Is Blue//Green Tambourine/Honey/Delilah/Mrs. Robinson/Little Green Apples

S-98079 - Hits of '67 - Ray Bloch Singers and Orchestra [1969] Happy Together/Alfie/Can't Take My Eyes Off You/Light My Fire/Penny Lane//All You Need Is Love/Something Stupid/Up Up And Away/Georgy Girl/Windy

S-98080 - Hits of '66 - Ray Bloch Singers and Orchestra [1969] California Dreamin'/Sunny/Strangers In The Night/Winchester Cathedral/If I Were A Carpenter//Last Train To Clarksville/See You In September/Monday Monday/Summer In The City/These Boots Were Made For Walking



S-98081

S-98082 - All Time Movie Hits - Ray Bloch Singers and Orchestra [1969] A Man And A Woman/Born Free/Romeo & Juliet (Theme)/Georgy Girl/The Windmills Of Your Mind/More/A Day In The Life Of A Fool/The Shadow Of Your Smile/Somewhere My Love/To Sir With Love

S-98083 - 1776: All the Hits from the Broadway Musical - Unknown Artists [1969] Cool, Cool, Considerate Men/Momma Look Sharp/The Egg/Molasses To Rum/Is Anybody There/Sit Down, John/The Lees Of Old Virginia/But, Mr. Adams/Yours, Yours, Yours/He Plays The Violin

S-98084 - Hair: All the Hits from the Broadway Musical - Ray Bloch Singers [1969] Reissue of Marble Arch MALS-1156. Aquarius/Donna/Frank Mills/Good Morning Starshine/Ain't Got No//Hair/Where Do I Go?/Easy To Be Hard/Air/Let The Sunshine In

S-98085 - Love Can Make You Happy - Ray Bloch Singers [1970] Love Can Make You Happy/Young At Heart/Elusive Butterfly/The Nearness Of You/Everybody Loves Somebody//You Make Me Feel So Young/Love Letters In The Sand/Love Is Here To Stay/Too Young/Love Makes The World Go Round



S-98086

S-98087

S-98088 - Hello Dolly - Ray Bloch Singers [1970] Before The Parade Passes By/It Only Takes A Moment/Just Leave Everything To Me/Dancing/So Long Dearie//Hello Dolly/Put On Your Sunday Clothes/Elegance/Love Is Only Love/Ribbons Down My Back/It Takes A Woman

S-98089 - Bill Haley and the Comets - Bill Haley and the Comets [1970] See You Later, Alligator/ABC Boogie/Panic/I've Got News For Hugh/Don't Mess Around//The Wobble/This is Goodbye, Boodbye/Train Of Sin/Altar Of Love/Helena



S-98090 - Hit Rock N Roll Songs - Rock N Roll All Stars [1970] Rock Around The Clock/The Great Pretender/Why Do Fools Fall In Love/Come Softly To Me/Hound Dog//Earth Angel/Splish Splash/Blueberry Hill/Peggy Sue/Diana

S-98091

S-98092 - Rock n Roll Original Hits Volume 1 - Various Artists [1970] Alone - Sheppard Sisters/Alley Oop - Hollywood Argyles/Tonight I Fell In Love - The Tokens//Rockin' In The Jungle - The Eternals/Florence - The Paragons/The Wind - Jesters/Almost Lost My Mind - Harptones/Cry, Baby, Cry - The Angels/Pretty Little Girl - Monarchs/Dry Your Eyes - The Inspirations

S-98093 - Rock n Roll Original Hits Volume 2 - Various Artists [1970] I Shot Mr. Lee - Bobbettes/You Were Mine - Fireflies/Triangle - Janie Grant/Zoom Zoom Zoom - Collegians/Princess - Frank Gari//Owee Baby - Harptones/Happy Organ - Dave Baby Cortez/See You Later Alligator - Bill Haley/Respectable - Chants/Wile I Dream - Neil Sedaka

S-98094 - Hits of Simon and Garfunkel - The Current Event [1970] Cecilia/Flowers Never Bend With The Rainfall/Cloudy/Mrs. Robinson/Scarborough Fair/Sound Of Silence//Homeward Bound/Bridge Over Troubled Water/The 59th St. Bridge (Feelin' Groovy)/Wednesday Morning 3 A.M./I Am A Rock

S-98095 - Hits of the Beatles - The Current Event [1970] Penny Lane/Fool On The Hill/All My Loving/Yesterday/Maxwell's Silver Hammer//All You Need Is Love/All You Need In Love/Hey Jude/Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da/Michelle/Here Comes The Sun

S-98096 - Come Saturday Morning - Vincent Lopez [1970] By the Time I Get to Phoenix/Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head/Come Saturday Morning/Those Were the Days/Romeo And Juliet//Good Morning Starshine/Little Green Apples/Cecilia/Hey Jude/Jean

S-98097 - My Wife, The Dancer - Naughty Neighborhood Band [1970] My Wife, The Dancer/Silhouette/The Grinder/Without A Sarong/Every Little Movement/The Wig//The Stripper/Take-It- Off Polka/Melody For G String/The Zip Strip/Belly Dance Ballet/Bubble Strip

S-98098 - What is Truth? - The Current Event [1970] Spirit In The Sky/Let It Be/Everything Is Beautiful/Oh Happy Day/What Is Truth?//Blowin' In The Wind/If I Had A Hammer/Joshua/Mary Don't You Weep/Suddenly There's A Valley

S-98099 - The Burt Bacharach Songbook - Sheila Southern [1970] Reissue of Marble Arch MALS-1150. Here I Am/What The World Needs Now/Do You Know The Way To San Jose?/You'll Never Get To Heaven (If You Break My Heart)/I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself/Wives And Lovers//Walk On By/A House Is Not A Home/Alfie/The Look Of Love/Trains And Boats And Planes/This Girl's In Love With You

S-98100 - Theme from Love Story - Vincent Lopez Piano Trio [1971] Theme From Love Story/Theme From Romeo And Juliet/Theme From A Summer Place//Lara's Theme From Dr. Zhivago/More Theme From Mondo Cane/To Love Again Theme From Eddie Duchin Story

S-98101 - Fiddler on the Roof - Sabra Singers and Orchestra [1971] Tradition/Matchmaker, Matchmaker/If I Were A Rich Man/To Life/Miracle Of Miracles//Sunrise, Sunset/Now I Have Everthing/Do You Love Me?/Far From The Home I Love/Amatevka

S-98102 - The Hits of the Rolling Stones - The Current Event [1971] Lady Jane/Ruby Tuesday/Paint It Black/Heart Of Stone/Brown Sugar//Time Is On My Side/Honky Tonk Woman/As Tears Go By/Satisfaction/Get Off My Cloud

S-98103 - Excerpts from the Rock Operas Jesus Christ Superstar/Godspell/Tommy - Sweet Peace [1971] I Don't Know How To Love Him/Hosanna/Superstar/Everything's Alright/Prepare Ye The Way Of The Lord//Day By Day/Be My Side/Pinball Wizard/We're Not Gonna Take It/I'm Free

S-98104 - Desiderata - Charles Martin [1971] Desiderata/Just For Today/The Canticle Of The Sun/To A Friend/Not By Bread Alone//I Am Music/The Builder/The Little Child Shall Lead/12 Rules For Happiness/Last Will And Testiment

S-98105 - Music from the Great Gatsby Era - St. Valentine's Day Mob Orchestra and Chorus [1971] What'll I Do/Alabamy Bound/If You Knew Suzie/Ma! He's Making Eyes At Me/Varsity Drag/Give My Regards To Broadway/Alexander's Ragtime Band/Ida/Ballin' The Jack/How Dry I Am/The Sheik Of Araby/Yes! We Have No Bananas



A-98100 Series:

A-98100 - Rarities - Bill Haley [1987] The Spanish Twist/My Kind Of Woman/Flip Flop And Fly/Let The Good Times Roll-Creole/So Right Tonight/Candy Kisses/Chick Safari/Hawk/Trouble In Mind/Tenor Man//The Cat (Vcappy Bianco, vocal)/Don't Mess Around/Tongue Tied Tony/Stop, Look And Listen/Train Of Sin/Al Compas Del Reloj/El Quelite/Adios Marquita Linda/Viva La Rock N' Roll (Caterina Valente, vocal)/Hot Dog Buddy Buddy





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