Valiant Records was also the name of a record label which was renamed Instant Records

Instant Records

Instant Records was a record label based in New Orleans, Louisiana which was founded in 1961 by Joe Banashak and Irving Smith. It was originally called Valiant Records until another Valiant Records threatened to sue and forced the label's renaming to Instant Records. The most successful artist on...

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Valiant Records was an independent record company co-owned by Four Star Television

Four Star Television

Four Star Television, also called Four Star International, was an American television production company. Founded in 1952 as Four Star Productions by prominent Hollywood actors Dick Powell, David Niven, Ida Lupino, and Charles Boyer, the company produced many well-known shows of the early days of...

 which was sold in 1967

1967 in music

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 to Warner Bros. Records

Warner Bros. Records

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Valiant Records was never fully independent, for most of its existence, its distributor was ABC Records

ABC Records

ABC Records was an American record label, founded in New York City in 1955 as ABC-Paramount Records. It originated as the main popular music label operated the Am-Par Record Corporation, the music subsidiary of the American Broadcasting Company . ABC-Paramount Records' first president was Samuel H....

 before Warners took it over distribution in 1965 and then acquired the label in 1967.

Formed in 1960

1960 in music

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 by songwriter Barry DeVorzon, Valiant charted with its first release, Shelby Flint's "Angel On My Shoulder." Flint scored again six years later with a soft vocal version of "Cast Your Fate To The Wind." DeVorzon's own group, Barry & The Tamerlanes, hit in 1963 with "I Wonder What She's Doin' Tonight." In 1966 DeVorzon rescued folk-rockers The Association from obscurity at Jubilee Records, and they debuted on Valiant (which had just ended a very brief distribution stint with Four Star Television, the distributor of such shows as Burke's Law

Burke's Law

Burke's Law is a detective series that ran on ABC from 1963 to 1965 and was revived on CBS in the 1990s. The show starred Gene Barry as Amos Burke, millionaire captain of Los Angeles police homicide division, who was chauffeured around to solve crimes in his Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud...

and Honey West

Honey West (TV series)

Honey West is an American crime drama television series that aired on ABC during the 1965-1966 television season. The series stars Anne Francis as female private detective Honey West and John Ericson as her partner Sam Bolt....

) with a non-charting version of "One Too Many Mornings." The next handful of records - "Along Comes Mary," "Cherish," "Pandora's Golden Heebie Jeebies" and "No Fair At All" - helped establish The Association as one of the premier Sunshine Pop

Sunshine pop

Sunshine pop is a subgenre of pop music originating in the United States, mainly the state of California, in the mid-1960s. Sunshine pop, by nature, is cheerful and upbeat music which is characterised by warm sounds, prominent vocal harmonies, as well as sophisticated productions...

 acts of the '60s.

In 1967

1967 in music

The summer of 1967 is "The Summer of Love" in San Francisco. It also became an important year for psychedelic rock, with releases from The Beatles The summer of 1967 is "The Summer of Love" in San Francisco. It also became an important year for psychedelic rock, with releases from The Beatles The...

, after a little over 110 singles and 11 albums (seven under Warner Bros. and four under Four Star/independent distribution), the label itself ceased to exist and was folded into Warner Bros. Records. Its output remains desirable to collectors, with the early years featuring a string of obscure but worthwhile white pop titles, and the later years an intriguing mix of slick Southern California psych and pop.

Collectors should note that Valiant singles sported two separate numbering series. For singles, the 6000 series (6001-6062) ran from 1960–1966, then the 700 series (701-762) followed in the year 1966-1967. Some numbers from 6002-6013 were shared with a Montclare Records, a very short-lived Warner subsidiary, as well as several one-shot labels such as Elloma and Burbank. The first 10 numbers of the 700 series were reserved for reissues of the most popular singles of the 6000 series. It appears the following numbers were never released: 706, 707, 708, 710, 722, and 746. Albums were also given different numbering sets. The seven Valiant albums distributed by Warner Bros. were numbered from W/WS 401-407, the four albums under Four Star/independent were issued VLM 5001-5004 for mono, VLS 25001-25004 for stereo. Warner Bros. reissued the Four Star/independent albums using numbers W (mono)/WS (stereo) 1701-1704 in alignment with the original issues.

Valiant also re-released some albums originally on the Somerset Records label.

Label variations

• 1960-1966 (Warner Bros. distribution) -- Purple or red label with silver print (singles were pressed only with the purple labels)
• 1966-1967 (Four Star/independent distribution) -- Red label with black logo (album labels also include a white knight head). Some records show a black bar at the bottom of the label, covering the Four Star disclaimer.

Valiant Records artists

• The Association
  The Association
  The Association is a pop music band from California in the folk rock or soft rock genre. During the 1960s, they had numerous hits at or near the top of the Billboard charts and were the lead-off band at 1967's Monterey Pop Festival...
  
  
• Barry & the Tamerlanes
  Barry & the Tamerlanes
  Barry & the Tamerlanes was a doo wop trio from California. Their 1963 single for Valiant Records, "I Wonder What She's Doing Tonight", hit #23 on the US Black Singles chart and #21 on the Billboard Hot 100. "Barry" was Barry De Vorzon, who went on to considerable success as a film music composer;...
  
  
• Perry Botkin, Jr.
  Perry Botkin, Jr.
  Perry Botkin, Jr. is an American composer, producer, arranger, and musician. He had a successful career in music for over forty years. As an arranger, he worked with Bobby Darin, Harry Nilsson, The Lettermen, Ed Ames, and Harpers Bizarre, among others...
  
  
• Charles Boyer
  Charles Boyer
  Charles Boyer was a French actor who appeared in more than 80 films between 1920 and 1976. After receiving an education in drama, Boyer started on the stage, but he found success in movies during the 1930s. His memorable performances were among the era's most highly praised romantic dramas,...
  
  
• The Cascades
  The Cascades
  The Cascades were an American vocal group best known for their single "Rhythm of the Rain", recorded in 1962 and an international hit the following year.-Career:...
  
  
• The Collectors
• Shelby Flint
  Shelby Flint
  Shelby Flint is a singer who had two top-100 hits, "Angel on My Shoulder" in 1961 and "Cast Your Fate to the Wind" in 1966....
  
  
• The Addrisi Brothers
• Corey Wells & The Enemys
• J.J. Cale
  J.J. Cale
  JJ Cale , born John Weldon Cale on December 5, 1938, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, is a Grammy Award-winning American singer-songwriter and musician. Cale is one of the originators of the Tulsa Sound, a loose genre drawing on blues, rockabilly, country, and jazz influences. Cale's personal style has...
  
  
• Denny Provisor (Dennis Provisor of The Grass Roots)
• Dean Jones
  Dean Jones (actor)
  Dean Carroll Jones is an American actor. Jones is best known for his light-hearted leading roles in several Walt Disney movies between 1965 and 1977, most notably The Love Bug.-Early years:...
  
  
• The Silvertones
  The Silvertones
  The Silvertones were a Jamaican reggae harmony group formed in 1964, best known for their recordings for Lee "Scratch" Perry in the early 1970s.-History:...
  
  
• Singers, Inc.
• The Lost Ones (band)