Pen Records, Memphis Tennessee

Pen 110   The Skylighters
Hold on / Look a here (1962)

Pen 112   John Hughey
Wailin' / The slip (1962)

Promotional issue depicted.

Pen 113   Bobby Wood
The day after forever / Everybody's searchin' (1962)

Promotional issue depicted.

Pen 114   Eddie Bond
I guess I've got the blues / As long as I'll forgive (October 1962)

Pen 117   Bill Taylor
Twilight fantasy / Border town (1962)

Promotional and regular commercial issues depicted.

Pen 118   The 5 Johns
50 miles with vigah / Tiptoe (1963)

Promotional and regular commercial issues depicted.
'50 miles with vigah' is a humorous tribute to JFK, hence the band name.

Pen 119   The Ideals
The twilight zone / Gone from me (1963)

Pen 300   Martha Gay
I promise / Red river valley (February 1964)

Promotional issue depicted.

Pen 301   Sherry Jenkins
Short honeymoon / Hey, little soldier (February 1964)

Promotional, Disc Jockey and regular commercial issues depicted.

Pen 351 / XL 902   Tommy Raye [aka Tommy Tucker]
You don't love me / Don't let me be the last to know (1964)

Promotional and regular commercial issues depicted.

Pen 352   Clarence Nelson
You make me feel so good / I Hurt (1964)

Promotional issue depicted.

Pen XYZ   Unknown artist
New river train / Down by the riverside (possibly unreleased)

Invoice for overdub session produced by Stan Kesler for Pen Records, held
at Sam Phillips' Recording Studios in Memphis (SUN Records) on August 29, 1963.

HP-3   Sam the Sham
Ju Ju Hand / Wooly Bully (1968)

Hip-pocket Records re-released hits from various record labels on Philco-Ford's short-lived 4" flexi
disc format in 1968, in this case by 'exclusive arrangement with Pen Records', since 'Wooly Bully' was
recorded at Sam Phillips' Recording Studios in 1965 and released on Pen's sister label XL Records (XL 906)
with 'Ain't gonna move' on the flip, before it became a smash hit on MGM. 'Ju ju hand' came from another coupling.

Back