Independent Record Labels Of West Virginia

Alta Records

PO Box 148
Hurricane, WV

Owner: Bill Browning

Notes: Midway Recording Studio
Also see Marbone, Midway

 

NO. ARTIST PRESS MATRIX# SONG TITLES MUSIC VALUE YEAR NOTES
169 Click For Picture Sleeve Bobby Mack
ARP
ARP-1017
ARP-1018
Click For Photo 125 Lbs. Of Woman
Click For Photo Many Life Times In Mine
BOP
C&W
1969
170 Click For Picture Sleeve Wally Hale
and The Country Rhythm Boys
ARP
ARP-1037
ARP-1038
Click For Photo The Sounds Of Loneliness
Click For Photo Just Here Lately
C&W
C&W
1969
171 Click For Picture Sleeve Fran Bowen
ARP
ARP-1057
ARP-1058
Click For Photo The Headache
Click For Photo An Old Hurt Won't Heal
TEEN
C&W
1969
172 Click For Picture Sleeve Wally Hale
NA

Click For Photo Dear Mom
Click For Photo By This Time Next Summer
C&W
C&W
1969 ARP Pressing
173 Click For Picture Sleeve Johnny Gravely
& The Versitones
ARP
ARP-1089
ARP-1090
Click For Photo Daddy Should Know Better
Click For Photo You'll Straighten Up When You're Straightened Out
BOP
C&W
1969
174 Bill Neil
& The Versitones
ARP
ARP-1159
ARP-1160
Click For Photo Walk Away
Click For Photo There's A Teardrop
C&W
C&W
1970
174 The Keys
ARP
ARP-1149
ARP-1150
Click For Photo Lookin' Home
Love's Gonna Get You Everything
GAR
R&R
1970 Chester "Butch" Lester, See BES
175 C.C. Richardson
NA

C.C.'s Blues
Hey Night
BLUES
NA
1970 Clarence Clifford "Peg" Richardson
177 Cliff Allen
ARP
ARP-1737
ARP-1738
Click For Photo Delta 301
Click For Photo I Love You
C&W
C&W
1971
178 Bill Browning
and The Hilanders
ARP
ARP-1733
ARP-1734
Click For Photo He Sent His Only Son
Click For Photo People
SAC
SAC
1971
179 The Hilanders Trio
ARP
ARP-1735
ARP-1736
Click For Photo I Believe In Jesus
Click For Photo I Remember
SAC
SAC
1971
180 Mona And The Mods
ARP
ARP-1789
ARP-1790
Click For Photo The Greenbriar Shay
Click For Photo A Bachelors Frame Of Mind
C&W
C&W
1971
181 Ken Ward
NA

Summer Gold
Molly
C&W
C&W
1971
182 Tim Stacy
ARP
ARP-2017
ARP-2018
Click For Photo Molly
Click For Photo Summer Gold
C&W
C&W
1971
183 West Virginia Gentlemen
ARP
ARP-2019
ARP-2020
Click For Photo West Virginia Coal
Click For Photo Doing Fine
BGR
BGR
1971
184 Nina McKnight
ARP
ARP-2026
ARP-2027
Click For Photo The Headache
Click For Photo Keep Me On The Good Side (Of Your Mind)
C&W
C&W
1971
185 Zella Thacker
ARP
ARP-2065
ARP-2066
Click For Photo You Lost Him
Click For Photo Take Notice
C&W
C&W
Rudy Thacker's Wife
186 Jeannie Johnson
NA

Click For Photo Dark Hollow
Click For Photo Too Big To Cry
C&W
C&W
ARP Pressing
187 Sherri Leigh
ARP
ARP-2115
ARP-2116
Click For Photo Upstairs
Click For Photo Golden Toys
C&W
C&W
189 Sheri Leigh and Ken Ward
ARP
ARP-2259
ARP-2260
Click For Photo Empty Kisses
Click For Photo Let's Get Together Again
C&W
C&W
190 Lee Haynam
and The Accents
ARP
ARP-2409
ARP-2410
Click For Photo Life Is What You Make It
Click For Photo My Broken Heart
C&W
C&W
191 Jeannie Johnson
ARP
ARP-2045
ARP-2046
Click For Photo Gone Astray
Click For Photo Juanita Penelope Jones
C&W
C&W
192 Dixie Lee
ARP
ARP-2403
ARP-2404
Click For Photo Daddy Put The Big Hurt On Mama
Click For Photo Until The Hurt Is Gone
C&W
C&W
193 Ken Ward
ARP
ARP-2411
ARP-2412
Click For Photo Bufords Ballad Of Walking Tall
Click For Photo Underneath Ohio Stars
C&W
C&W
 

Acknowledgements: Steve Foehner, Ralph Tewksbury