What size was the EP? 10″? Some of the budget labels here tried to squeeze 4 songs per side on a 7″ 45rpm single (super microgroove, and not very good quality).
The quality of these cover versions is much higher than the run-of-the-mill budget labels here in the US. I wouldn’t have minded having a subscription to this label.
You’ve done excellent research, as usual, and I’ve saved your notes on a .txt file to keep in the folder with the mp3s and label/cover scans (so be sure to tell your girlfriend that there IS someone else who cares about these records).
I’m glad you’ve re-thought your criteria for posting. The main thing is to present music that would not be available elsewhere. And trying to be good and fair, and asking people for permission, can often cause unnecessary trouble.
The only drawback has been that there are some people who collect these mp3 files and put them up for sale as uncredited comps on Amazon.com and places like that.
BTW, many music digitizers leave in little things so they can identify their work whenever people re-post their files. And there is now another case where a major label took two tracks from a music blogger, remastered them a little more, and offered them for sale as a download. There have been several previous cases that proved the major labels have been going through music blogs (the ones they have been trying to shut down) to find the best vintage material so they can re-master tracks that they no longer have in the vault.
Your beliefs and attitude are much higher than theirs, so don’t worry too much about the ethics of what you’re posting. You’re doing fine.
Thanks again for the music.
And — I keep forgetting to tell you this — an excellent vintage commercial graphics blog is here:
http://andeverythingelsetoo.blogspot.com/
Lots of 1950s-1960s hi-res commercial art scans (right click to open in another page and then drag it in to your folder), and there are horror comics on his companion blog.
I have an art background also, and there’s a lot of hard-to-get vintage stuff here.
You’ll definitely find a lot of interesting art research material, and he often credits the artist. Have fun.