Independent Record Labels Of Ohio

Karl Records


London, OH

Owner: Clay Eager

Notes: Eager-Wood Productions

 

Clay Eager (Wilbur Carl Eagy) was a frequent performer in the 1950's on WLW's Renfro Valley Barn Dance, the Midwestern Hayride and more. His rockabilly classic "Helen Jo" was written for his wife, Helen Jo Eager. In 1961, Cincinnati radio station WCKY-AM began broadcasting the live WCKY Ohio Jamboree from Madison Lake Park in London, Ohio with Clay Eager as the emcee and featuring both country and bluegrass music. Clay recorded many of his fellow performers on his Karl label as well as other labels. Eager-Wood Productions was Clay Eager and his father-in-law, “Pops” Wood. Pops was in charge of the engineering at the jamboree and in the studio.

Associated Labels: Anna May Johnson | Clay Eager | Coda | Crawford Bros | Karl | Sunny-Lee

NO. ARTIST PRESS MATRIX# SONG TITLES MUSIC VALUE YEAR NOTES
EP-22 Click For Picture Sleeve Clay Eager
KING
447
CE-22-A

CE-22-B
Click For Photo Forgotten Blues
Helen Jo **
Click For Photo Skidrow
Never Ramble
RAB
C&W
500-1000 1956 EP- 4 Songs
222 Click For Picture Sleeve Ray King
and The Kingsmen
KING
560
CE-45-222-A
CE-45-222-B
Click For Photo A Date At Eight
Click For Photo Those Pretty Words
RAB
C&W
500-1000 1958 Springfield, OH
224 Johnnie Green
with The Green Mountain Boys
RITE
1116
1117
Click For Photo Mean All The World To Me
Click For Photo Never Ramble, Never Gamble, Never Roam
C&W
C&W
1956
228 Click For Picture Sleeve Click For Picture Sleeve Larry Edwards
and Dude Ranch Boys
KING
560
CE-45-184-A
CE-45-184-B
Click For Photo Click For Business Card World Of Make Believe
Click For Photo Walkin' Cane
C&W
BOP
1958
3000
Click For Picture Sleeve Click For Picture Sleeve
Jimmy Bobb
and Country Gentlemen
KING
560
CE-45-3000-A
CE-45-3000-B
Click For Photo Gotta Shake A Leg
Click For Photo Country Love Affair
BOP
C&W
100-200 1959 Label # also as 0228
3001 Click For Picture Sleeve Little Dickie Chaffin
and Cheyenne Cowboys
KING
560
45-CE-3001-A
45-CE-3001-B
Click For Photo Think Twice Before You Go
Click For Photo Princess Whitefoot
C&W
RAB
1959 Label # also as 0230
3004 Archie Poe
KING
560
45-1003
45-1004
Click For Photo The Way You're Treating Me
Click For Photo Give Me A Chance On Your Heart
C&W
C&W
3006 Von Stephens
and The String Dusters
KING
560
45-1005
45-1006
Each Time
Click For Photo Huckleberry Junction
C&W
RAB
200-400
3008 Sunnie Lee
KING
560
CE-45-3008-A
CE-45-3008-B
Click For Photo Puppy Love
Click For Photo Be Good To Mommy
BOP
C&W
3009 Bo Ratliff
and Country Kinfolk
KING
560
CE-45-3009-A
CE-45-3009-B
Click For Photo Just A Piece Of Paper
Click For Photo Hey, Hey, Don't Tease Me
C&W
RAB
400-600
3010 Click For Picture Sleeve Bobby Bennett
KING
560
CE-45-3010-A
CE-45-3010-B
Click For Photo 21 Years, My Son
Click For Photo The Day I Left
C&W
C&W
3022 Lacy Kirk
KING
560
CE-45-3022-A
CE-45-3022-B
Click For Photo What Happened To Our Love
Click For Photo This Is Saturday Night
C&W
BOP
100-200 1961
3024 Louie Schertzinger
KING
560
CE-45-3024-A
CE-45-3024-B
Click For Photo My Little Sweetheart
Click For Photo I May Be Wrong
C&W
C&W
3026 Phyllis Ann
KING
560
CE-45-3026-A
CE-45-3026-B
Oh Mama
I Walk the Streets Of Darkness
NA
NA
1961
3333 Charlie Neff
and Consecrated Banjo
KING
560
560-CE-45-3333-A
560-CE-45-3333-B
Click For Photo What A Friend
He Keeps Me Singing
Click For Photo Haven Of Rest
Onward Christian Soldiers
BGR
BGR
A Karl Sacred Series
EP - 4 Songs
4000 George Hinkle
and The Blue Valley Boys
KING
382
45-CE-4000-A
45-CE-4000-B
Click For Photo Deceitful Girls
Click For Photo You Won't Let Me Love You
C&W
BOP
4001 Tammy Charles & Clita Raffel
// Tammy Charles
KING
382
CE-45-4001-A
CE-45-4001-B
Click For Photo Praise God
Click For Photo Chapels Won't Do Me No Good
RAB
BOP
5000 Deacon Morris
KING
560
CE-45-5000-A
CE-45-5000-B
Click For Photo Banjer Pickins
Click For Photo Blue Dawn
IN-BGR
IN-BGR
8000 Art and The Scioto Rhythm Boys
KING
560
CE-45-8000-A
CE-45-8000-B
Click For Photo Doorstep to Your Heart
Click For Photo A String Boogie
C&W
IN-RAB
Art Utley
9000 Clay Eager
with Sunnie Lee
KING
560
CE-45-9000-A
CE-45-9000-B
Click For Photo Down By A Little Stream
Click For Photo TV Boogie (Blues Style)
C&W
BOP
150-250 1958
9002 Ramey Bros.
KING
560
CE-45-9002-A
CE-45-9002-B
Click For Photo I've Got Troubles
Click For Photo My Baby's Gone
BGR
BGR
30-40 1958
 

Acknowledgements: Michel Proost, Matt Baker, Al Turner