Jewel/Paula...

Jewel/Paula was an independent record company out of Shreveport, Louisiana. Jewel dates back to the 1964 as a blues and gospel label, while Paula was established in 1965 for country, rock and roll, and other types of music. They started issuing "compatible stereo" singles in October, 1968, but stopped in April, 1970. They resumed issuing stereo singles in 1971.

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Label Scan	Number - Release Date - Artist - Songs
	JEWEL Jewel had two concurrent series going in 1968-1970. The blues series, which was in the 700s-800s during this time, did not have any stereo singles we could find. The "Devotional Series" of gospel music issued three stereo singles. Commercial singles had a blue label, with promos on a white label. To our knowledge, the promos and their corresponding commercial singles were the same as far as mono/stereo.
	Jewel 100 "Devotional Series": 143 - 11/69 - Clarence Fountain - This Little Light Of Mine/Last Mile Of The Way 144 - 1/70 - Brother Herbert Sims & The Dynamic Sons Of The South - Somebody's Gonna Miss Me/Lord I'm Your Child 145 - 2/70 - Willie Morganfield - Serving The Lord/I Surrender Jewel Notes: 1. Dates assigned to the Devotional Series singles are approximate.
	PAULA During the 1968-70 era, Paula had two series that ran concurrently: the original series, which by that time was in the 300s, and a new 1200 series. Most of the stereo singles were in the 1200 series, which started in 1968 with a Mickey Gilley record. The stereo in the 300 series was limited, apparently, to three singles by the Ronnie Kole Trio. Commercial singles had a pink label, with promos on a white label. The promos and their corresponding commercial singles were the same as far as mono/stereo, to our knowledge. Some of the singles listed below may have been promo only.
	Stereo singles (1200 Series): 1203 - 10/68 - Tony Douglas & The Shrimpers - Did I Say Something Wrong/In The Time It Takes To Leave 1204 - 11/68 - Nat Stuckey - She Thinks I Still Care/Two Together 1208 - 4/69 - Mickey Gilley - She's Still Got A Hold On You/There's No One Like You 1209 - 1/69 - Kenny Hart - One More Time Around/Forever And Ever And A Day 1210 - 1/69 - Tillman Franks Singers - Sweet Lovin'/Tell Me Darlin' Would You Care 1211 - 12/68 - Gene Wyatt - My Story Of Love/Evangeline 1212 - 4/69 - Tony Douglas & The Shrimpers - That's What I Get/Family Bouquet 1213 - 3/69 - Shrimpers - Black Mountain Rag/Shrimpsey 1214 - 5/69 - Cheryl Poole - Walk Among The People/(I'll Always Be) Daddy's Little Girl 1215 - 8/69 - Mickey Gilley - It's Just A Matter Of Making Up My Mind/Watching The Way 1217 - 9/69 - Nat Stuckey - Pop A Top/Love Of The Common People 1219 - 1/70 - Cheryl Poole - Everybody's Gonna Hurt/You Haven't Read The Book 1220 - 2/70 - Tony Douglas - His And Hers/Your Goodbye Stereo singles (300 series): 316 - 11/68 - Ronnie Kole Trio - San Antonio Rose/Impossible Dream 323 - 6/69 - Ronnie Kole Trio - Happy Is Love/Aquarius 330 - 4/70 - Ronnie Kole Trio - God Bless Bu-Butz/R.K.'s Boogie
	RONN Ronn was one of the Jewel/Paula labels, releasing well over 100 singles from October, 1966 to the 1990s. We found no stereo singles between 1968 and 1970. Judging from the label at left, however, they probably needed to hire a better copy proofreader at their label printer's office.

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