Sidewalk Records

Sidewalk Records was a

record store chain of the same name, which started out in Sacramento, California

Most of the LPs released on Sidewalk Records were

exploitation movies. These included Thunder Alley, The Wild Racers, Psych-Out, The Trip, Three in the Attic, and Peter Fonda's The Wild Angels

.

Guitarist

Davie Allan and The Arrows made several appearances on Sidewalk, though their main releases were on Tower. Allan and several other studio musicians also recorded many sessions that were released on 45 RPM singles under a wide variety of group names. Several singles were issued under Mike Curb's name. Songwriter Harley Hatcher

was also a frequent contributor to the Sidewalk oeuvre.

Curb signed Burbank based group

Electric Flag featuring Mike Bloomfield and Buddy Miles

.

The single of the Johnny Otis song "So Fine" b/w "Everybody Has His Own Ideas" by Stone Poneys (Sidewalk 937) represents Linda Ronstadt's first known recordings (from 1965); Mike Curb produced the recordings. The single was released in the latter part of 1966. ^[1] Thus, this disk has become one of the rarest Linda Ronstadt collectables, bringing as much as $144 (in a 2007 eBay auction).^[2]

The label released about 20 LPs and several dozen 45 RPM singles. Mike sold the company out for a large amount of money, and was then appointed head of

Eric Burdon and War, Solomon Burke, Lou Rawls, and Sammy Davis Jr. He later formed Curb Records, which still exists today. Curb Records operates out of Nashville

.

In April 2012, Curb Records announced the re-launch of Sidewalk Records with country singer Heidi Newfield as the flagship artist.^[3] Clay Walker also released his 2012 single "Jesse James", from his 2010 curb album She Won't Be Lonely Long, via Sidewalk.

On November 20, 2012 Tyler Dean's single "I Wanna Wake Up With You" Featuring Ashley Gearing was released on iTunes. February 5, 2013 Morgan Frazier's debut single "Yellow Brick Road" was released. On February 12, 2013 Dylan Scott's debut single "Makin' This Boy Go Crazy" was released.

References

^ "Bomp Archives thread". by Domenic Priore. Retrieved 2009-04-15.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "eBay realized prices". on popsike.com. Retrieved 2009-04-15.
^ "Curb Re-Launches Sidewalk Records". All Access. Retrieved 2012-04-12.

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