Encore

Stereo Tape Corporation (226 Franklin Avenue, Hewlett, New York), which later became Coast Photo Mfg, 2000 Pitkin Ave, Brooklyn NY.

These came out first in 1964, priced at $4.95. These were previously issued in 2 track mono/4 track stereo as Hallmark, their listings are shown following as [HS-], these seem to not follow in any particular sequence compared to Encore/Coast. Another release was Empire, of Roosevelt NY [V-] and Avon [R-]. Some of these were also released as Omega/Alpha tapes as well. As to packaging, Coast, Encore, Empire and some Hallmark all used the same blue edged boxes.

[Listings shown in GREEN are for reference only] Several album names were changed to protect the innocent.

POPULAR SERIES

E 01 GEORGE LIBERACE AT THE BEVERLY HILTON
E 02 AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS [HS 26] [R2101]
E 03 FEATURING THE HI-LO'S
E 04 LATIN HEAT LATIN BEAT, Francis Bay aka PRADOMANIA
E 05 FRANCES BAY SALUTES LES BROWN aka A STUDY IN BROWN
E 06 TED WEEMS [HS14]
E 07 SOFT LIGHTS SOFT SOUNDS, Warren Baker Orch [HS17] [R2094]
E 08 BIG BAND PERCUSSION [HS1] [R2083]
E 09 COOL PIPES [HS29] [V5]
E 10 FEATURING ANDRE PREVIN
E 11 STRINGS AROUND THE WORLD [HS38] [V6] [R2111]
E 12 HAPPY HARMONICA [HS40] [R2113]
E 13 GRAND CANYON SUITE
E 14 DANCE TIME USA, Lloyd Mumm/Starlight Roof Orch. [HS31] [R2105]
E 15 SING ALONG FESTIVAL [HS35] [V9]
E 16 SWINGIN NIGHT PEOPLE
E 17 BEYOND THE REEF [HS11] [R2090]
E 18 MUSIC FROM THE 5 PENNIES
E 19 UNDER PARIS SKIES, Club Lido Orch/Roger Lecussant [HS10] [R2089]
E 20 SONGS OF THE AMERICAN FRONTIER [HS20] [R2114]
E 21 POLKA POLKA [HS23] [R2099]
E 22 SALUTE TO GLENN MILLER [HS8]
E 23 CHAMPAGNE FOR DANCING [HS28]
E 24 GOLDEN HYMNS [HS12] [R2091]
E 25 TOAST TO TOMMY DORSEY [HS9]
E 26 MUSIC OF VICTOR HERBERT, Hollywood Strings [also T8 on Ambassador Records/Synthetic Plastics Co, Newark NJ]N
E 27 SING ALONG, Kirby Stone 4 [HS34] [R2108]
E 28 PERVASIVE PERCUSSION aka TEMPTATION [HS2] [R2084]
E 29 THE SOUND OF SOUND [HS39] [R2112]
E 30 FOUR CORNERS OF THE WORLD [HS21] [R2097]
E 31 BIG BAND SWINGS THE CLASSICS [HS22] [R2098]
E 32 SPARKLE OF STRAUSS WALTZES [HS37] [V7] [R2110]
E 33 SPIRITUALS IN RHYTHM aka Sister Rosetta Tharpe [HS16] [R2093]
E 34 SALUTE TO BENNY GOODMAN [HS13] [R2092]
E 35 SYMPHONY OF THE GOLDEN WEST [HS24] [R2114]
E 36 JOLSON SONG BOOK [HS25] [R2100]
E 37 SWINGING YEARS aka BANDLEADERS [HS4] [R2085][V8]
E 38 STRAUSS WALTZES, Vienna Boys Choir [HS27] [R2102]
E 39 DANCE LATIN WITH CHARLIE FOX
E 40 CHACHACHA WITH ART MOONEY [V4]

BROADWAY SHOW SERIES (aka the Un-Popular Series) Hollywood Radio City Orch and Chorus

201 MY FAIR LADY [V1]
202 CAMELOT
203 MUSIC MAN (403 on Coast label) [R2077]
204 PORGY AND BESS [V3] [R2079]
205 GIGI [HS105] [R2082]
206 SOUND OF MUSIC [HS106] [R2078]
207 THE KING AND I [HS107- Overprinted Broadway Players with Orch/Chorus, originally Sutton] [R2080]
208 FLOWER DRUM SONG [R2081]
209 OKLAHOMA [V2]
210 SOUTH PACIFIC [V10]
211 CAN CAN
212 SHOWBOAT
215 Excerpts from 203/204/211/212 
216 WEST SIDE STORY
 
 
While the Encore catalog had the most listings, a few albums from Avon and Hallmark were not included.
Avon R- Hallmark HS
2086 Victor Herbert Pipe Organ HS 5
2087 Music from the silent Films HS 6
2088 Dixieland Special HS 7
2095 The Ink Spots HS 19
2103 Dancing at the Waldorf HS 17?
2104 African Percussion HS 30
2106 Honky tonk music HS 32
2107 Blue Hawaii HS 33
 
additional Hallmark HS
3 Christmas in Stereo
15 Salute to Lionel Hampton
18 Broadway Show Stoppers
 
The Magic Violins on Ambassador appears to be a different lot, except that T8 is identical to Encore E26
T1 JEROME KERN
T2 LEROY ANDERSON
T3 RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN
T4 SAY IT WITH RHYTHM
T5 CLASSICAL GEMS
T6 LERNER & LOEWE
T7 MOVIE THEMES
T8 VICTOR HERBERT
T9 GEORGE GERSHWIN
T10 BEST OF BROADWAY
T11 STRINGS IN MOTION
T12 BE MY LOVE
T13 [not issued]
T14 SHOWBOAT
T15 MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY