Label Scan
Number - Release Date - Artist - Songs
Before starting to issue commercial stereo singles, Liberty got their feet in the water by releasing some
stereo promos, either mono/stereo A-sides, or two-sided promos with the stereo B-side, also. These
stereo promos, which were on the black Liberty label (top left), usually had mono promo counterparts on
the beige Liberty promo label (see right), and mono commercial counterparts on the black Liberty label.
Liberty discontinued using the beige promo label at the end of 1969, with all subsequent promos on the
black label.
Liberty was not diligent about marking their stereo singles "STEREO" on the label. Most had no indication of stereo except the "-S" at the end of the master number (bottom left). Some pressing plants did indicate stereo on the label of the commercial stereo singles, but this was mostly near the end of 1970.
Liberty discontinued releasing singles after February, 1971, so we have included the additional two months at the end of the 1968-70 period.
56101-S - 3/69 - Tony Scotti - Devil Or Angel (S)/Devil Or Angel (M) [see note 1]
56130-S - 8/69 - Jerry Wallace - Swiss Cottage Place/With Acting
56134-S - 10/69 - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Some Of Shelly's Blues/Yukon Railroad [see note 1]
56139-S - 10/69 - Ben Peters - For My Woman's Love (S)/For My Woman's Love (M) [see notes 1, 2]
56143-S - 11/69 - Willie Nelson - I Hope So/Right Or Wrong [see note 1]
56146-S - 12/69 - Blue Magic - One, Two, Three/Can I Say I Love You [see note 1]
56149-S - 12/69 - Bobby Vee - Electric Trains And You/In And Out Of Love [see note 1]
56150-S - 12/69 - Vic Dana - If I Never Knew Your Name/Sad Day Song [see note 1]
56156 - 2/70 - Dana Valery - Get In Line Girl/Clinging Vine [see note 3]
56159-S - 3/70 - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Rave On/The Cure
56162-S - 3/70 - Eternity's Children - Alone Again/From You Unto Us [see note 4]
56165 - 5/70 - Ross Bagdasarian - I Treasure Thee (S)/I Treasure Thee (M)
56165 - 4/70 - Ross Bagdasarian - I Treasure Thee/Lie–Lie [see note 5]
56166 - 4/70 - Showmen - It Will Stand/Fate Planned It This Way [see note 5]
56169 - 5/70 - Ventures - The Mercenary (S)/The Mercenary (M)
56172 - 5/70 - Candymen - Happy Tonight/Papers [see note 5]
56178 - 5/70 - Bobby Vee - A Woman In My Life (S)/A Woman In My Life (M)
56183 - 7/70 - Sugarloaf - Green-Eyed Lady (2:58-M)/Green-Eyed Lady (2:58-S)
56195 - 9/70 - December's Children - You're My Girl (I Don't Want To Discuss It)/Dirty City [see note 5]
56198 - 9/70 - Jimmy McCracklin - Believe Me/I Never Thought
56200 - 9/70 - Dennis Yost & The Classics IV - Where Did All The Good Times Go (M/S) [see note 6]
56204 - 10/70 - Hues Corporation - Goodfootin'/We're Keeping Our Business Together [see note 5]
56215-S - 12/70 - Sweet Marie - Remember Mary (M/S)
Stereo commercial singles (not marked "Stereo"):
56150 - 12/69 - Vic Dana - If I Never Knew Your Name/Sad Day Song [see note 7]
56152 - 2/70 - Dee Clark - 24 Hours Of Lonliness/Where Did All The Good Times Go [see note 5]
56153 - 2/70 - Ventures - Swan Lake/Expo Seven-O [see note 5]
56154 - 2/70 - Henry Shedd - Groove Into It/Let It Be [see note 8]
56155-S - 2/70 - Jerry Wallace - Even The Bad Times Are Good/For All We Know [see note 5]
56163 - 4/70 - Vic Dana - Red Red Wine/Another Dream Shot Down [see note 9]
56164 - 5/70 - Frankie Karl - Don't Sleep Too Long/Put A Little Love In Your Heart
56170 - 5/70 - Canned Heat - Sugar Bee (M)/Shake It And Break It (S)
56177 - 5/70 - Ike & Tina Turner & The Ikettes - I Want To Take You Higher/Contact High
56178 - 5/70 - Bobby Vee - A Woman In My Life/No Obligations
56182-S - 6/70 - Dennis Yost & The Classics IV - God Knows I Loved Her/We Miss You
56183 - 7/70 - Sugarloaf - Green-Eyed Lady/West Of Tomorrow [see note 10]
56184 - 7/70 - Albert Collins - Do What You Want To Do/Coon 'N Collards
56185 - 7/70 - Vikki Carr - Singing My Song/Make It Rain
56186 - 7/70 - Bobby Womack - I'm Gonna Forget About You/Don't Look Back
56187 - 7/70 - Jackie DeShannon - It's So Nice/Mediterranean Sky
56188 - 7/70 - Buddy Rich - Keep The Customer Satisfied (Part 1)/(Part 2)
56189 - 8/70 - Ventures - Storefront Lawyers/Kern County Line [see note 11] 56190 - 8/70 - Fantasy - Stoned Cowboy/Understand [see note 12]
56191 - 8/70 - Thomas & Richard Frost - Open Up Your Heart/Where Did Yesterday Go
56194 - 9/70 - Ike Turner - Love Is A Game/Takin' Back My Name
56197 - 9/70 - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Mr. Bojangles/Uncle Charlie Interview #2-Spanish Fandango [see note 13]
56205 - 10/70 - Groundhogs - Soldier/Ship On The Ocean
56206 - 10/70 - Bobby Womack - Something/Everybody's Talkin'
56207 - 10/70 - Ike & Tina Turner - Workin' Together/The Way You Love Me
56208 - 10/70 - Bobby Vee - Sweet Sweetheart/Rock And Roll Music And You
56209 - 11/70 - Dana Valery - Put Your Hand In The Hand/Point Of No Return
56212 - 12/70 - Kentucky Express - Memphis Tennessee/Girl From The Country
56214-S - 12/70 - Freddy Robinson - Carmalita/Stone Stallion
56216 - 1/71 - Ike & Tina Turner - Proud Mary/Funkier Than A Mosquita's Tweeter [see note 14]
56217 - 1/71 - Canned Heat - Wooly Bully/My Time Ain't Long [see note 15]
56218 - 2/71 - Sugarloaf - Tongue In Cheek/Woman [see note 16]
Liberty Notes:
1. Mono promos on the beige label are also confirmed to exist.
2. Mono/stereo promo is on the beige label.
3. A stereo promo exists, but we have not seen a commercial copy.
4. Both mono and stereo promo copies exist on the black label, but we have not seen a commercial copy. Most promos do not have the "-S" after the record number.
5. Both mono and stereo promos exist on the black label, but we have not seen a commercial copy.
6. The commercial copy is mono.
7. Both mono and stereo commercial singles exist. Stereo can be identified by the "LB-2792-S" master number on the A-side. True stereo is doubtful, however, for "If I Never Knew Your Name."
8. Liberty 56154 has the stereo master numbers on the label. At least for two copies I've heard there is no particular separation on "Groove Into It." I haven't heard "Let It Be."
A true stereo version of "It Will Stand" does exist, but we are not sure if it originated here.
9. Some copies of "Red Red Wine" are numbered 56163-S and are marked "STEREO."
10. Some copies of "Green-Eyed Lady" have the full 5:58 version and some the 3:33 edit. Some 3:33 copies, numbered 56183-S, are marked "STEREO."
11. Both mono and stereo promos exist. Some commercial copies are numbered 56189-S and are marked "STEREO".
12. Some copies are numbered 56190-S and are marked "STEREO."
13. Side 1 runs 5:15 and has "Uncle Charlie And His Dog Teddy" as a prologue to the song "Mr. Bojangles." Some copies have the flip side as noted, others have the song "Mr. Bojangles" (3:35) without Uncle Teddy as the flip. Some copies of each are numbered 56197-S and are marked "STEREO."
14. Some copies are numbered 56216-S and marked "STEREO"; some copies are numbered 56216 and not marked stereo, but still play stereo.
15. Some copies are marked "STEREO" and others are not, but all play stereo.
16. Some copies are on the black label numbered 56218-s; others are on a white label numbered 56218. All are marked "COMPATIBLE STEREO".
Imperial released a number of stereo singles, but rarely marked them as such. Promo copies were stereo for quite a few singles in 1969, but the commercial counterparts seemed to be mono. It wasn't until January, 1970, that Imperial got serious about stereo singles. Unfortunately, about April stopped issuing records, and released only one more single, in August, before stopping operations.
66369 - 3/69 - Mike Rubini - Jade Bird (Green Lady)/Ballade Of Polly Maggoo [see note 1]
66385 - 5/69 - Jackie DeShannon - Put A Little Love In Your Heart/Always Together [see note 2] 66387 - 6/69 - Elysian Field - Strange Changes/24 Hours Of Loneliness [see notes 1, 3]
66399 - 7/69 - Sunshine Company - The Only Thing That Mattered (After All)/Bolero [see notes 1, 3]
66404 - 8/69 - We The People - Moonstep/Earthrise [see notes 1, 4]
66407-S - 8/69 - Buddy Cagle - The Guitar Player (The Ballad Of James Burton)/Mud Is To Jump In [see note 5]
66409 - 9/69 - U.K. Baby - Heartbreaker/Michael Blues [see notes 1, 4]
66424-S - Dennis Yost & The Classics IV - Midnight/The Comic [see note 6]
66430-S - 11/69 - Jackie DeShannon - Do You Know How Christmas Trees Are Grown/Christmas [see notes 1, 7]
66432 - 1/70 - Travis Bell - Welfare Cadillac (M)/Welfare Cadillac (S) [see note 8]
66434 - 1/70 - Jimmie & Vella Cameron - We Sing/Why [see notes 1, 9] 66435 - 1/70 - Bobby Blue - You'll Want Diamonds/Sincere Replies [see notes 1, 9]
66437 - 1/70 - Penny DeHaven - I Feel Fine (M/S)
66438 - 1/70 - Jackie DeShannon - Brighton Hill (M/S)
66439 - 3/70 - Dennis Yost & The Classics IV - The Funniest Thing (M/S)
66451 - 4/70 - Thomas & Richard Frost - The Fairy Tale Affair/Hello Stranger [see notes 1, 7]
66452 - 4/70 - Jackie DeShannon - Medley: You Keep Me Hangin' On-Hurts So Bad (M/S)
Stereo commercial singles (Not marked stereo, but have stereo master number [see note 10]):
66436 - 1/70 - Bobby & I - On Rose Walk/Be Young, Be Foolish, Be Happy
66437 - 1/70 - Penny DeHaven - I Feel Fine/Stop And Go
66438 - 1/70 - Jackie DeShannon - Brighton Hill/You Can Come To Me
66439 - 3/70 - Dennis Yost & The Classics IV - The Funniest Thing/Nobody Loves You But Me
66441 - 3/70 - Slim Whitman - Tomorrow Never Comes/Come Take My Hand
66442 - 3/70 - Johnny Carver - Harvey Harrington IV/Sybil's Rights
66443 - 3/70 - Sam Russell - If You Don't Know Where You're Goin' (Then Don't Take Nobody With You)/Escape From Sad Times
66444 - 3/70 - Black Rabbit - Free/For A Little Of Her Sunshine
66447 - 4/70 - Billy Mize - If This Was The Last Song/I Learned To Walk
66448 - 4/70 - Johnny Rivers - Into The Mystic/Jesus Is A Soul Man [see note 11]
66449-S - 4/70 - Roger Sovine - The Star/That Was Once Upon A Time
66452 - 4/70 - Jackie DeShannon - Medley: You Keep Me Hangin' On-Hurts So Bad/What Was Your Day Like
66453 - 8/70 - Johnny Rivers & Friends - Fire And Rain/Apple Tree [see note 12]
Imperial Notes:
1. May be promo only; we have not seen a commercial copy.
2. Released as a beige-label stereo promo, but commercial copy is mono.
3. Released as a black-label stereo promo and a beige-label mono promo.
4. Released as a black-label stereo promo and both a black-label mono promo and a beige-label mono promo.
5. Released as a black-label stereo promo but commercial copy is mono.
6. Released as a black-label stereo promo and a black-label mono promo, but commercial copy is mono.
7. Released as a black-label stereo promo and a black-label mono promo.
8. Commercial copy is mono.
9. Disc is not marked stereo but uses stereo master numbers on both sides.
10. Promos are also stereo to our knowledge. We will only list mono/stereo promos separately in the promo section for these singles.
11. Some copies show the catalog number as 66448-S. Stereo promo is on beige label.
12. Some copies have the catalog number as 66453-S and are marked stereo.
Minit was formed in New Orleans in the late 1950s, but was sold to Liberty in late 1963.
S 32077 - 9/69 - Ike & Tina Turner - I Wanna Jump/Treating Us (Women) Funky
S 32078 - 9/69 - Mighty Gospel Giants - I Can't Stop Serving The Lord/What Have I Done Wrong
S 32087 - 1/70 - Ike & Tina Turner & The Ikettes - Honky Tonk Women/Come Together
S-32094 - /70 - Lorenzo's Soul Treatment - Keep An Eye/Seems Like Yesterday [see note 1]
Promotional stereo singles:
S-32069 - 7/69 - Lea Roberts - Prove It (M/S) [see note 2]
32071-S - 7/69 - Bobby Womack - It's Gonna Rain/Thank You [see note 2]
32088 - 1/70 - Odd Squad - Just To See Your Face/Soul Power
S 32092 - 2/70 - Jimmy McCracklin - Stick To My Kind/I Just Live By The Rules
S-32094 - 3/70 - Lorenzo's Soul Treatment - Keep An Eye/Seems Like Yesterday
S-32095 - 3/70 - Lea Roberts - Love On My Mind/Stay With Me
32096 S - 4/70 - Hermon Hitson - She's A Bad Girl/Show Some Sign
32097 - 4/70 - Jimmy Holiday - A Man Ain't Nothin' Without A Women (M/S)
Minit Notes:
1. Some copies are numbered 32094-S.
2. Commercial copy is mono.
Soul City singles were never marked stereo or gave any indication on the label of stereo. There may be others, and the ones below may also have been issued in mono.
SCR-780 - 12/69 - 5th Dimension - Blowing Away/Skinny Man
World Pacific started in 1952 as a jazz label. They used the names "World Pacific". "Pacific Jazz," and "World Pacific Jazz," although basically it was the same label. The company was sold to Liberty Records in 1964.
They released few stereo singles commercially between 1968 and 1970, but they did issue several promotional stereo singles.
Promotional stereo singles:
77900 - 10/68 - Allen Reuss - Zorba (M/S) [see note 1]
77906 - 12/68 - Peter Sarstedt - I Am A Cathedral/Blagged! [see note 2]
77916-S - 5/69 - Cy Coleman - Playboy's Theme (M/S)
77934 - 2/70 - Geraldine Stevens - You Ain't Goin' Nowhere/Love Is Gonna Get You [see note 3]
77936 - 4/70 - Cannery Row - Oh Suzannah (M/S) [see note 4]
Commercial stereo single:
77937 - 4/70 - Fortunes - That Same Old Feeling/Lifetime Of Love [see note 5]
World Pacific Jazz:
Promotional stereo single:
88152-S - 10/69 - Freddy Robinson - The Coming Atlantis/Before Six [see note 6]
Commercial stereo singles:
88155 - 6/70 - Freddy Robinson - Black Fox/The Oogum Boogum Song [see note 7]
88156 - 6/70 - Bud Shank - Let It Be/Something [see note 8]
World Pacific Notes:
1. May be promo only; we have not seen a commercial copy. Also, although some sources list this as a mono/stereo promo, it may actually be a stereo promo on both sides.
2. Both mono and stereo promos exist. May be promo only.
3. Stereo master number on label, but not overtly marked "stereo".
4. May be promo only.
5. Promo copies are marked stereo; commercial copies have the stereo master number on the label, but are not marked stereo. Some commercial copies have the catalog number 77937 S.
6. Commercial copy is mono.
7. Some commercial copies have stereo master numbers on the label, others don't. The single seems to be mono.
8. May be promo only; stereo master numbers on label, but not overtly marked "stereo."
