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LIFESONG
US Labels and Company Sleeves 1977-1983

Labels

Independent
CBS distribution
CBS distribution
Independent
LS 45000 - 1975
LS 45025 - 1978
to
LS 45023 - 1977
LS 45117 - 1983
ZS8 1756 - 1977
ZS8 1757 - 1977
to
ZS8 1785 - 1978
LSG 1000
to
LSG 1007
Reissues
Lifesong records was started at the tail end of 1975 by record producers/songwriters/performers Terry Cashman and Tommy West. They named the label after an album they released on ABC/Dunhill in 1974.
Lifesong's artist roster included Henry Gross, Crack the Sky, Dean Freidman, Dion and of course Cashman and West.
In 1977 with Dean Freidman's unexpected hit "Ariel" it prompted CBS to pick up Lifesongs distributorship for about a year.
In 1981 (during a 3 month long Baseball players strike) Terry Cashman had a solo "radio-hit" with "Talkin Baseball", which in turn Terry recorded almost 30 different versions of the song, (one for every Major League team). Lifesong ran out of steam and folded by 1983.
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Sleeves
Range
Front
Back
Details
No 1
1977
to
1983

   Curved top  Glued left/right  
Reissues
R 1
LSG 1000
to
LSG 1007
Glossy finish
 Curved top  Inside glued  
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Contact for corrections
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Thanks to John Villanova, New York for scans and info in this section
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Thanks to  Steve Kolanjian, New York for scans in this section
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Thanks to  Alain Dupont, Canada for scans in this section
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