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Publication of a letter from Amanda Rupprecht to AllMusic.com on February 1st, 2004, that is STILL ignored! Obviously the Kak-Jews at allmusic are in full practice of their own anti-goyim scenarios against all who are either NOT Jewish or NOT Jew Controlled. Date: Sun, 01 Feb 2004 23:51:56 +00-03 To: feedback@allmusic.com Subject: Cozy label & Artist information Greetings, There’s virtually no information about Cozy Records or Little Bobby Farrell anywhere in your data base. The early label produced some of the advanced-for-its-day music and masters, some of which are still around. Especially those of Bobby Farrell, then "Little" Bobby Farrell and now General Bobby Farrell, Founder & Retired CEO of Vandor Motion Pictures, Phonorecords and Music Publishing Group. Because Cozy, and a lot of other record companies, were over negligent in filing clearances and licenses, there’s a lot missing from the published records. Nothing unusual for the time, everybody wasn’t hung up on every infinite detail like they are today. And the Cliques were a lot more rampant and a lot more vicious. They’d prevent publication of publicity for no reason at all. I note in your information about Red Belcher, there’s no mention of his Cozy releases. And a lot of other Cozy artists are not found in your data base. I sincerely hope this update helps. More Information about Cozy as a label is available online at - http://perso.wanadoo.fr/rockin.paul/COZY.htm With respect to Bobby Farrell, my sources are immaculate, my mother MaryBelle, and Paul Little’s wife Lorraine, were sisters. Paul was Bobby Farrell’s recording and road engineer from day one. He engineered while Buddy Mack produced records or remote radio before Bobby came on the scene, and wrote "Soul Without A Man". He also taught Bobby electronics, with assistance from WMMN’s (Fairmont) Bob Frazier and Francis Luzon, both big influences in Bobby’s life and career. There were many business conferences at Uncle Paul’s & Aunt Lorraine’s table, and many memories discussed at ours while I was growing up, as my parents were active in gospel music. Mother often worked as a "gofer" at Bobby’s local area shows and for at least two summer tours, 1949 and ’50 before she married in 1955. I can’t remember ever not knowing Bobby Farrell and his agent, Buddy Mack. I still have a few copies of some galley proof write ups and publicity mentions that were in Bobby’s scrapbooks. In those days Buddy preferred galley proofs, errors and all, to cutting newspapers as the other side print would show through on most, and the paper was different some how. It wasn’t reverse copy like photostats. Remember those? I guess reprints for booking and publicity were a much bigger problem then than now. I might be able to get some of the pages to scan clean enough to email, but first I’ve got to find the time. :-) A copy of a copy of a copy isn’t the best mat to work from. And I know for a fact some were drafts from other mags and papers. I don’t think there’s anything in them of any value about the label. I wish there were! First: COZY RECORDS John Bava had the West Virginia operation for Cozy, but the label was actually based in Philadelphia. It began sometime in 1940 or ’41 and was operated by Norman Kelly, the husband of Cozy Artist Junie Lou. Some of that early product was 78s and 6" Cylinders. Floyd Cloydt was the main financier for most national releases although he didn’t own any interest in the label at the time. Very little of the music released from Philadelphia was hillbilly, most of it being Popular, at least by production. The Philadelphia studio wasn’t the shoddy sight the Morgantown, WV, operation was, and some of Cozy’s biggest acts were under Norman Kelly’s hand. In those days a lot of the artists did their own sessions, some of them at WMMN and other radio stations, including Pittsburgh’s famed KDKA. There was also an operation in New Orleans and one in St. Louis. The remaining archives say nothing beyond that. Cozy also processed a lot of demos for other artists and labels. While most of John Bava’s Morgantown product was manufactured by Rite in Cincinnati, little if any of the Philadelphia releases were manufactured there. Most Philadelphia products were manufactured by Camden, Brunswick and Columbia and some any where else they could get decent materials, dependable delivery and a reasonable price. Many record numbers were not logged properly as neither record keeping nor license clearances were a very high priority by either John Bava or Norman Kelly. It seemed that both operated on a get-it-done basis with little communication between them. There are known releases without record numbers and record numbers without the songs titles. Two of the most successful acts were Little Bobby Farrell (Elkstrom Radio Network/DuMont Television via WDTV, Channel 1, Pittsburg), and Colleen & Donna Wilson, The Beaver Valley Sweethearts who became the female half of Billy Vaughn’s Pine Toppers of "Mocking Bird Hill" (King Records) fame. They eventually appeared on Chicago’s WLS National Barn Dance as The Wilson Sisters. At the time, 1942, (Bobby was all of six years old) they were both managed by Howard "Buddy" Mack (1900-1972). Colie Williams and the Green Valley Singers were part of Bobby Farrell’s band and backup singers. Partial Discography: |
| Albert Cash | I Want To Win Your Love b/w I’m Always Left Out | Czy 435/436 | |
| Beaver Valley Sweethearts | Old Johnstown b/w Echoes From The Hills | Czy 251/252 | |
| Big Slim, The Lone Cowboy | The Big Rodeo b/w Philadelphia Lawyer | Czy 288/289 | |
| Bill & Ed | I’ve Heard That Story Before b/w When The Sun Sets In West Virginia | Czy 437/438 | |
| Bill & Ed | My West Virginia Rose b/w Will The Curfew Ring For Me | Czy 439/440 | |
| Bill & Ed & The Mountain Music Boys | Let’s Harmonize b/w Never Mind | Czy 445/446 | |
| Bob Mason | Move On, Gal | Czy 256/257 | |
| Bob Mason/Western Swingbillies | Who’s Right, Who’s Wrong b/w Those Three Little Words | Czy 242/243 | |
| Bobby Barton Orchestra | I’ve Got My Baby On The String b/w You Gotta Quit Whistlin’ At My Baby | Czy 459/460 | |
| Bobby Cook | Let’s Live A Little b/w Sick, Sober & Sorry | Czy 305/306 | |
| Bobby Farrell | Red Sails In The Sunset | Czy 0046 | |
| Bobby Farrell | Room Full Of Roses | Czy 0051 | |
| Bobby Farrell | The Rose The Picked For Me | Czy 0235 | |
| Bobby Farrell | Bobby Farrell’s Strings | Czy 8011 LP | |
| Bobby Farrell | West Virginia Is God’s Country | Czy 8015 LP | |
| Bobby Farrell | Bobby Farrell, A Boy In The Forties | FMC 285 LP | |
| Bonnie Baldwin | I’ll Just Yodel & Forget About You b/w I’ll Never No More Be Shackled In A Fool’s Paradise | Czy 294/295 | |
| Bonnie Baldwin & Fred Clark | I Love The Way You Say Goodnight b/w It Doesn’t Cost Us Anything To Dream | Czy 355/356 | |
| Boston Rhodes | Nobody’s Darlin’ b/w Far Side Of Home | Czy 277/278 | |
| Bruce Lambert & Western Wheeler Band | I Can Read Between The Lines b/w Lonely Barroom | Czy C-100 | |
| Buccaneers | Please Go Steady With Me b/w Oo-Poo-Pah-Doo | Czy 550/551 | |
| Buddy Starcher | In Memory Of Halloween b/w The Old Water Wheel | Czy 320/321 | |
| Burgess Family Singers | Just A Little Talk With Jesus b/w I Need No Mansion Here | Czy 535/536 | |
| Charlie Carroll | I’d Walk A Million Miles b/w A Rose To Remember | Czy 451/452 | |
| Charlie Carroll | Deep Water b/w Too Many Tears | Czy 461/462 | |
| Charlie Rand | Cause You’re Stuck On Me b/w I Can Say | Czy 495/496 | |
| Cliff Allen/Ray Anderson | I’m A-Gonna Leave You b/w I’m Lonesome & Blue | Czy 282/283 | |
| Colie Williams | Moon Light And Roses B/W Tomorrow Never Comes | Czy 0030 | |
| Colie Williams | Voices Of Spring b/w Blue Danube Waltz | Czy 0031 | |
| Colie Williams | Stardust b/w Indian Love Call | Czy 0035 | |
| Colie Williams | Dark Eyes b/w Smoke Gets In Your Eyes | Czy 0037 | |
| Colie Williams | One A moment Too Soon b/w Purple Sunset | Czy 0044 | |
| Colie Williams | I Wonder Where Your Are Tonight b/w Soft Morning Rain | Czy 0058 | |
| Colie Williams | Enclosed You’ll Find One Broken Heart b/w You Two Timed Me One Time Too Often | Czy 0066 | |
| Colie Williams | Blue Tango b/w Near You | Czy 0073 | |
| Country Tones | Tippy Tippy Tappin b/w You Think What I Don’t Know Won’t Hurt Me | Czy 572/573 | |
| Daisy Mae & Old Brother Charlie | Our Us Volunteers b/w Our United Nations Flag | Czy 254/255 | |
| Dana Lee Lewis | A Lot Of Lovin b/w Secret Place | Czy 532/533 | |
| Dorse Lewis | Hot Rod Boogie | Czy 398/399 | |
| Dorse Lewis | Mexican Twist b/w Trouble In My Home | Czy 433/434 | |
| Dorse Lewis | The Scared Coal Miner b/w Big Rock In The Coal Miners Way | Czy 509/510 | |
| Echo Valley Rangers | All Because Of You b/w A Teardrop On The Rose That You Gave Me | Czy 441/442 | |
| Echo Valley Rangers | Bye Bye b/w Rag Pickers Polka | Czy 512/513 | |
| Eddy Bailes | Girl With A Picture b/w Pardon My Heart | Czy 429/430 | |
| Eddy Bailes | Big Boat b/w Whatcha Gonna Do | Czy 520/521 | |
| Elmer Jones & Viola Dickerson | Baby I Don’t Mind b/w Lazy Man’s Blues | Czy 580/581 | |
| Fred & Warren/Carolina Mountaineers | Won’t You Think Of Me b/w I Want My Darlin | Czy 453/454 | |
| Gospelaires Quartet | Is Your House Set In Order b/w Invisible Hands | Czy 449/450 | |
| Green Valley Singers | Just Bring It Home To Me b/w Bobby’s Brown Eyes | Czy 0032 | |
| Green Valley Singers | Love Letters b/w Roses In The Snow | Czy 0036 | |
| Green Valley Singers | Can’t Get You Off My Mind b/w Without You | Czy 0039 | |
| Green Valley Singers | Blue Grass Memories b/w Come On Back Home | Czy 0042 | |
| Green Valley Singers | Where Did I Find You b/w One More Time | Czy 0043 | |
| Green Valley Singers | Pistol Packin’ Mama b/w Tired Of Living This A-Way | Czy 0047 | |
| Green Valley Singers | Pour Us All One More b/w Forget I Remembered You | Czy 0052 | |
| Green Valley Singers | Remember Me b/w Night Along The Shore | Czy 0053 | |
| Green Valley Singers | Big Rock Candy Mountain b/w Cowboy Jack | Czy 0060 | |
| Green Valley Singers | Lonely Mound Of Clay b/w Tragic Romance | Czy 0069 | |
| Green Valley Singers | Til We Meet Again b/w Remember I Love You | Czy 0073 | |
| Green Valley Singers | Old Water Wheel b/w Because You’re Mine | Czy 0077 | |
| Green Valley Singers | Rose Garden Waltz b/w Summer Time | Czy 0096 | |
| Hank "Tiny" Frazier | The Hiccough Song | Czy 400/401 | |
| Harrison Booher | Blue Yodel #1 b/w Hobo Bill’s Last Ride | Czy 329/331 | |
| Harrison Booher | Never No Mo Blues b/w I’m Sorry We Met | Czy 330/332 | |
| Harrison Booher | A Drunkard’s Child b/w Mother, Queen Of My Heart | Czy 336/337 | |
| Harrison Booher | Blue Yodel #6 b/w Travelin’ Blues | Czy 338/339 | |
| Honey & Sonny, The Davis Twins | Highways Are Happy Ways | Czy 303/304 | |
| Imogene & Bradley | Good Morning Merry Sunshine | Czy 343/344 | |
| Jay-Bees | Good Times b/w Tossin’ & Turnin | Czy 580/581 | |
| Johnny Bell & Boogie Bill Boggs | Fingers On Fire & Twin Guitar Boogie | Czy 315/316 | |
| Johnnie White/Skeets Mc Donald | The Tattooed Lady | Czy 300 | |
| Junie Lou | Green Christmas b/w Thanksgiving | Czy 463/464 | |
| Keith Anderson | Hot Guitars b/w One Step Beyond | Czy 513/514 | |
| Keith Anderson | Guitar Picker At Heart b/w I Still Care | Czy 530/531 | |
| Keith Anderson | It’s Wrong For Loving You b/w The Lonely Hours | Czy 571/572 | |
| Keith Anderson/Western Gentlemen | I Need A Hit b/w I’m Gonna Talk To My Heart | Czy 550/551 | |
| Lee Bailey & Charlie Poole | Faded Love b/w Sleep Mother Sleep | Czy 425/426 | |
| Linda Dennis & The Valley Playboys | My Love Is Real b/w It’s A Mighty Lonely World | Czy 537/538 | |
| Little Bobby Farrell | Harbor Lights | Czy 0011 | |
| Little Bobby Farrell | You Belong To Me | Czy 0011 | |
| Little Bobby Farrell | Each Night At Nine | Czy 0014 | |
| Little Bobby Farrell | 500 Miles | Czy 0017 | |
| Little Bobby Farrell | Arley Jackson | Czy 0017 | |
| Little Bobby Farrell | Drunk All Over Again | Czy 00240 | |
| Little Bobby Farrell | Soul Without A Man | Czy 00240 | |
| Little Bobby Farrell | Tramp On The Street | Czy 0033 | |
| Little Bobby Farrell | Unloved And Unclaimed | Czy 0033 | |
| Little Bobby Farrell | Born To Lose | Czy 0041 | |
| Little Bobby Farrell | Please Mommy Please | Czy 0055 | |
| Little Bobby Farrell | Send Me Your Address From Heaven | Czy 0055 | |
| Little Bobby Farrell | Come What May | Czy 0063 | |
| Little Bobby Farrell | Serenade Of The Bells | Czy 0063 | |
| Little Bobby Farrell | Monongahela River | Czy 0065 | |
| Little Bobby Farrell | Southern Moon | Czy 0071 | |
| Little Bobby Farrell | Wreck Of The Old ’97 | Czy 0071 | |
| Little Bobby Farrell | Monongahela | Czy 0085 | |
| Little Bobby Farrell | In The Sweet By And By | Czy 368 | |
| Little Bobby Farrell | Over The Mountain Tops | Czy 368 | |
| Little Bobby Farrell | Kneel At The Cross | Czy 370 | |
| Little Bobby Farrell | Old Country Church | Czy 370 | |
| Little Bobby Farrell | Glory Bound Train | Czy 372 | |
| Little Bobby Farrell | Peace Like A River | Czy 372 | |
| Little Bobby Farrell | In The Garden | Czy 374 | |
| Little Bobby Farrell | Sweet Hour Of Prayer | Czy 374 | |
| Little Bobby Farrell | Light Of My Way | Czy 376 | |
| Lowell R. Rogers | Do They Think Of Me In Heaven b/w Message Of Love | Czy 457/458 | |
| Plain Slim & The O’Dell Family | Lonely In Vietnam b/w One Little Teardrop Too Late | Czy 569/570 | |
| R. D. Smith & The Coeds | He Will Let You In b/w I’ve Kept My Pledge | Czy 455/456 | |
| Ray Coleman/Rocky Mountain Boys | I’ve Changed My Mind About You b/w My Cheating Heart Is Broken | Czy 423/424 | |
| Rocky Mountain Boys | Take A Look At My Heart | Czy 135 | |
| Royaltones Showband | Got To Go My Way b/w He Really Loves You | Czy 527/528 | |
| Rudolph O’Dell | The Tragedy Of Pulaski b/w Live For Sweet Jesus | Czy 554/555 | |
| Turnabouts | Crazy Rhythm b/w In A Shanty In Old Shanty Town | Czy 427/428 | |
| Vandergrift Brothers/Country Gentlemen | Sittin’ Here A-Cryin’ b/w She’s Gone | Czy 447/448 | |
| Western Swingbillies | A Heart Once Broken | Czy 149/150 | |
| Wilson Coffman & The Night Riders | Listen, Listen To Your Heart b/w I Still Have Those Memories | Czy 490/491 |
| Below are a few of the known Cozy EPs, four songs on a 45RPM 7" Single. |
| Gospel Four Quartet = I’m Feeling Mighty Fine f/b I’ve Been With Jesus b/w Just A Little Talk With Jesus and 1 Other Title | Czy 539/540-Ep |
| Lou Board = I Love To Sing f/b Sinner’s Prayer and b/w 2 Other Titles | Czy 573/574-Ep |
| Volek Brothers = Brenda Polka f/b Buckeye Oberek b/w Scharler Polka f/b My Darling Polka | Czy 575/576-Ep |
| Elliot Brothers/Bill Crabtree = Too Late f/b You’re Steppin’ On My Heart b/w One More Tomorrow f/b Why, Oh Why | Czy 523/524-Ep |
| Singing Thorn Family = If Jesus Came To Your House f/b I Feel Like Traveling On b/w I’m Redeemed and 1 Other Title | Czy 515/516-Ep |
| Bill & Barbara Angel = The Pearly White City f/b A Miracle Of Love b/w Dear Jesus Abide With Me f/b My Sins Are Gone | Czy 507/508-Ep |
| Calvin & Betty = Inside The Gate b/w I Won’t Turn Back b/w When The Sun Sets Over Jordan and 1 Other Title | Czy 505/506-Ep |
| Calvin & Betty = There Ain’t No Grave f/b Talk About Jesus b/w It Won’t Be Long and 1 Other Title | Czy 503/504-Ep |
| Dale Brooks & Country Caravans = Ambridge Boogie f/b The Sage & The Sand b/w Sleepless Night f/b You’ll Want Me Back | Czy 499/500-Ep |
| Junie Lou & Pine Hog Ranch Hands = You Went Away b/w In A Valley In Virginia And 2 Other Titles | Czy 469/?-Ep |
| Sunshine Boys = How Wonderful To Know f/b My Shepard b/w To Mother With Love f/b I Talked With The Lord | Czy 470/471-Ep |
| Floyd & Polly Jenkins = Workers Polka f/b Sweet Candy Doll b/w Double Trouble f/b Bower Of Beautiful Roses | Czy 472/473-Ep |
| Junie Lou & Pine Hog Ranch Hands = Weaker & Wiser And 3 Other Titles | Czy 474-Ep |
| Frank Crispen = I Shall Understand And 3 Other Titles | Czy 477-Ep |
| Sunshine Boys = On My Way To Glory f/b Precious Love Of My Savior b/w I’d Like To Hear My Name f/b Telegram To Heaven | Czy 462/463-Ep |
| Hal Webb Trio = The Darker The Night f/b He Did Anoint My Eyes b/w The Door Of Your Heart f/b He Just Looked Up | Czy 460-Ep |
| Various Artists = Too Many Tears And 3 Other Tracks | Czy 431/432-Ep |
| Hank The Cowhand = Hopeless Love f/b Texas Rose b/w Would You Care f/b Popcorn Boogie | Czy 27321/27322-Ep |
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Below are known release numbers without known song titles. |
| Bob Mason/Western Swingbillies | Czy 162/163 |
| Bob Mason’s Swingbillies | Czy 307/308 |
| Bob Mooney | Czy 317/318 |
| Bonnie Baldwin | Czy 256/257 |
| Cousin Bob Nicholson | Czy 196/197 |
| Dorse Lewis | Czy 226/227 |
| Floyd Kamerick | Czy 396/397 |
| Hank Stanford | Czy 357/358 |
| Hank The Cowhand | Czy 132/133 |
| Hank The Cowhand | Czy 260/261 |
| Hank The Cowhand | Czy 264/265 |
| Harry Wellman | Czy 147/148 |
| Jack Swanson | Czy 132/133 |
| Jake Taylor | Czy 262/263 |
| Jake Taylor | Czy 268/269 |
| Rag Pickers | Czy 443/444 |
| Red Belcher | Czy 258/259 |
| Stanley O’Dell | Czy 313/314 |
| Tex Eagy | Czy 270/271 |
| Little John & Cherokee Sue | Czy 290/291 |
| Johnny Hall | Czy 292/293 |
| Western Swingbillies | Czy 109/110 |
| Western Swingbillies | Czy 109/171 |
| Western Swingbillies | Czy 130/134 |
| Western Swingbillies | Czy 256/257 |
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This is certainly not all the Cozy releases and some of the Cozy releases were on Blue Sierra label for jukeboxes. There’s one for the books and it was a common practice, one label for radio, another for jukeboxes, and sometimes another for record stores and still another for albums. Second: BOBBY FARRELL There's only a little more published about Buddy Mack and Bobby Farrell. He was born at Fort Grande, West Virginia, at 7:38AM on March 24th, 1936, of Beulah Nay Groves Cunningham and James Howard Cunningham. A direct descendant of the original settlers of Cunningham’s Run. He was not expected to live, until Howard "Buddy" Mack (whose given name is Horovitz Vermillion Maginnis) took him under wing and insured proper medical care. Buddy Mack was scouting for musicians to build a band around Colleen & Donna Wilson, WMMN’s Beaver Valley Sweethearts from Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, when he happened upon the child who was to become a priceless investment. Bobby was an obedient and manageable child, interested in everything he didn’t know. Buddy hired the famed Black Folk Singer Hudie "Leadbelly" Ledbetter to teach Bobby how to play guitar while Colleen and Donna taught him how to sing and control a microphone. It wasn’t long before the toddler could do all three with the best of them. In mid 1943, a publicity disaster nearly ended Bobby’s pop-music career when someone published a photograph of him riding a pony and wearing a cowboy hat. Evidently such conduct and dress was just not appropriate for his growing list of enemies. To counter the situation, Bobby had to learn to ride and become a child version of the Singing Cowboy. He was taught to fast-draw and to shoot. Both at which he excelled. Having these additional show-abilities didn’t hurt when Buddy Mack went searching for sponsors. It was a change in the road but certainly not a block. Buddy Mack caused Bobby to make a lot of innovations that are common practice today, full string sections, male/female backup singers, drums in a country band, electronic instruments across the board when even an electric standard or steel guitar was taboo, record quality and level sound live from the bandstand, first road sound engineer, first road effect lighting, and the list goes on. Buddy Mack made the innovations, but only Cozy had the foresight to release those kinds of recordings. Via Buddy Mack, Bobby was credited with breaking a lot of other rules in those days too, playing Black artists like Nat "King" Cole, Sarah Vaughan, Louis Armstrong, Dorothy Dandridge, Cab Calloway, Duke Ellington and Billy Eckstein (and others) on his program, and helped clear the way for Little Richard, Fats Domino, Solomon Burke and dozens more Black Artists. Neither gets much credit for it, but they did it, Buddy Mack handled the business and Bobby Farrell did the shows. And in an age where that kind of support wasn’t tolerated very well even in the Black community. Once the rehearsal room was finished at Buddy Mack’s, it was a lot easier to make multiple transcriptions. They did all the shake down and try outs for Bobby there and sent the keepers to Philadelphia. What happened after that is anybody’s guess. In those days it seemed like Bobby Farrell was everywhere at once. Most summer vacations were spent on the road, primarily playing the heavy venues of the Atlantic Seaboard, and every major Saturday Night broadcast his schedule would permit. He would play for any session, even on the shortest notice, and worked with dozens of name Artists of the day. A Master Rhythm Guitarist at twelve years, he played both six and twelve string in everything from Dixieland to Blue Grass. During the school year, Thursday evening was demo time and a lot of labels wanted demos of music they’d already recorded! (Figure that one out.) In order to test some releases, they’d print and ship Bobby’s demos. Both because it was cheaper and they were full productions. Even Bobby’s recordings in the evolving field of Blue Grass wasn’t corny or tinny, and often incorporated Pop Class backup singers and violins. Without losing any country/hill flavor the song might offer. He was playing what became the "Nashville Sound" at least ten years prior to its popularity, and crossed popular and country about every other record. Buddy kept the arrangements and sound away from hillbilly whenever the song would permit, so Bobby had a huge following. And got a lot more releases in the process. Of course, Buddy Mack’s money had a great deal to do with it. Phonolog, the Grand Master buyer’s guide of the era (1972) lists some releases and numbers (duplicate numbers were not always flip sides) by Bobby Farrell. Pressed copies were required for listing in Phonolog. (see attachment, you may need a Pagis Viewer) Bobby had a heart attack at Wheeling WV and the interest in his music jumped to the fore as it always does in such cases. The "FMC" is a mastering code of some kind, perhaps reprocessing, editing for album content, or license for foreign release.
Since new count began, 22 April 2008. |
