Swampfire was a subsidiary of Ambassador Records, which was in turn a subsidiary of Synthetic
Plastics Company of Newark, New Jersey. The artists on this label were older pop artists. The Elgarts,
Vaughn Monroe, and Florian Zabach all had big hits in the early 1950s but not much since that time.
All the albums were released in stereo only, since by 1969 the industry had mostly moved to all-stereo
releases.
The swampfire label was yellow-orange with black print, with the multi-color logo at the top. Early labels (far left) had a small "ambassador" above the logo and "S.P.C., Newark, N.J. 07105 Made in U.S.A." around the bottom of the label. Later (near left), the "ambassador" was dropped above the logo, and the print around the bottom changed to "Ambassador Record Corp. Newark, N.J. 07105 Made in U.S.A." |
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Number - Title - Artist - [Release Date] Contents |
Swampfire SF-200 Series: | |
SF-201 - Nashville Country Piano - Les and Larry Elgart [1969] Tenderly/Soulful
Strut/Canadian Sunset/Misty/Last Date//Bewitched/This Guy's In Love With You/Sunrise Serenadee/Old
Piano Roll Blues/Near You
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SF-202 - Nashville Country Brass - Les and Larry Elgart [1969] Galveston/Patricia/Love
Is Blue/Sugar Blues/A Taste Of Honey//Music To Watch Girls By/Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom
White/Let It Be/Windy/Java
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SF-203 - Nashville Country Guitars - Les and Larry Elgart [1969] Gentle On My
Mind/King Of The Road/I Can't Stop Loving You/Your Cheating Heart/Tennessee Waltz//Have I Told You
Lately That I Love You/Only The Lonely/My Heart Cries For You/Green, Green Grass Of Home/Third
Man Theme
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SF-204 - Town and Country '69 - Vaughn Monroe Singers [1969] Spinning Wheel/San
Francisco Is A Lonely Town/A Boy Named Sue/Only The Lonely/True Grit/One Has My Name (The
Other Has My Heart)/Statue Of A Fool/Abraham, Martin, & John/Crystal Blue Persuasion//In The Year
2525/Running Bear/All I Have To Offer You (Is Me)/Yesterday When I Was Young/Young Love/Working
On A Groovy Thing/Quentin's Theme/Romeo & Juliet Theme/Theme From A Summer Place
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SF-205 - Florian Zabach & the Nashville Country Strings - Florian Zabach & the Nashville
Country Strings [1969] By The Time I Get To Phoenix/Music To Watch Girls By/Scarborough
Fair/Going Out Of My Head/Strangers In The Night//Sign Of The Times/Look Of Love/Aquarius/Hey
Jude/Classical Gas/Born Free/Taste Of Honey
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SF-206 - Deck of Cards - Vaughn Monroe [1969] Climb Every Mountain/The
Brotherhood Of Man/Suddenly There's A Valley/He/This Ole House/Deck Of Cards//The House I Live
In/He's Got The Whole World In His Hands/I Believe/Battle Hymn Of The Republic/What The World
Needs Now
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SF-207 - Bridge Over Troubled Water - Les and Larry Elgart Nashville Country Sound
[1970] Walking Through The Country/Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head/Arizona/Bridge Over Troubled
Water/Honey Come Back/Leaving On A Jet Plane//Rag Mama Rag/If I Were A Carpenter/Come And Get
It/Instant Karma/Kentucky Rain/Tequilla
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