Crimson Records was a reissue

Reissue

A reissue is the repeated issue of a published work. In common usage, it refers to an album which has been released at least once before and is released again, sometimes with alterations or additions....

 record label

Record label

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 founded by Jerry Greene in the early 1960s, and was a sister label of Lost Nite Records

Lost Nite Records

Lost Nite Records was a reissue record label that was founded by Jerry Greene and Jared Weinstein in the early 1960s. Disc jockey Jerry Blavat was a partner in label until the late 1960s, at which time he sold back his interest in the company to Greene and Weinstein. Lost Nite, and its sister...

. Disc jockey Jerry Blavat

Jerry Blavat

Jerry Blavat , also known as "The Geator with The Heator", is an American disc jockey who is known for promoting oldies music on the radio in the Philadelphia area. Blavat was born in South Philadelphia to a Jewish father and Italian mother....

 was a co-owner of the label until the late 1960s. The label was known for releasing rare and hard-to-find doo-wop

Doo-wop

The name Doo-wop is given to a style of vocal-based rhythm and blues music that developed in African American communities in the 1940s and achieved mainstream popularity in the 1950s and early 1960s. It emerged from New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, Baltimore, Newark, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and...

 and R&B records. During its existence, Crimson released two LPs and approximately 18 singles. The most popular single released by the label was "Expressway to Your Heart" by The Soul Survivors

The Soul Survivors

The Soul Survivors were a Philadelphia R&B group founded by brothers Richie and Charlie Ingui and New York Native, Kenny Jeremiah, known for their 1967 hit single, "Expressway to Your Heart"; which was the first hit by Philadelphia soul record producers and songwriters, Kenny Gamble and Leon...

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Albums

• LP-501 Jerry Blavat Presents Guess What? by Various Artists (issued December 1966)
• LP-501 When The Whistle Blows Anything Goes by The Soul Survivors
  The Soul Survivors
  The Soul Survivors were a Philadelphia R&B group founded by brothers Richie and Charlie Ingui and New York Native, Kenny Jeremiah, known for their 1967 hit single, "Expressway to Your Heart"; which was the first hit by Philadelphia soul record producers and songwriters, Kenny Gamble and Leon...
  
   (issued November 1967)

Singles

• 1010 "Expressway to Your Heart" by The Soul Survivors
• 1012 "Explosion (In My Soul)" by The Soul Survivors
• 1016 "Impossible Mission (Mission Impossible)" by The Soul Survivors
• "I Need Your Love" by The Masters (with John Oates
  John Oates
  John William Oates is an American rock, R&B and soul guitarist, musician, songwriter and producer best known as half of the rock and soul duo Hall & Oates ....
  
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