Carla Records


Compiled by LG Nilsson, Seabear Studios, Stockholm, Sweden

First commercial silver & red label design
Carla 2531A label scan
White promotional label design
Carla 2529ADJ label scan
Second commercial label design
Carla 1903A label scan
Carla was one of four labels owned by Ollie McLaughlin. The other three were Karen, Moira and Ruth. Label named as his daughter
LABEL NUM S ARTIST TITLE DATE
Carla 2526 A Deon Jackson Love Makes The World Go Round Jan-66
First issue on the Carla label. 2500 series distributed by Atco Records. Also released on Carla 803K 2526-A. Instrumental version released on Karen 1540-B.
Carla 2526 B Deon Jackson You Said You Loved Me Jan-66
Carla 803K 2526 A Deon Jackson Love Makes The World Go Round Jan-66
Also released on Carla 2526-A. Instrumental version released on Karen 1540-B.
Carla 803K 2526 B Deon Jackson Hello Stranger (Instrumental) Jan-66
Also released by Riley Hampton on Carla 101-A, Capitols on Karen 1524-B, Sharon McMann on Karen 803K 1525-A and Quickest Way Out on Karen 717-B.
Carla 2527 A Deon Jackson Love Takes A Long Time Growing Apr-66
Carla 2527 B Deon Jackson Hush Little Baby Apr-66
Carla 803K 2527 A Gambrells You Better Move 1966
Carla 803K 2527 B Gambrells Pain In My Heart 1966
Gambrells was released as Carla 803K-2527. "Pain In My Heart" also released on Carla 201-B.
Carla 2528 A Barbara Paul Don't Let The Party End 1966
Carla 2528 B Barbara Paul Loving You Baby 1966
Carla 2529 A Excels Gonna Make You Mine, Girl 1966
Carla 2529 B Excels Good Bye Poor Boy 1966
Carla 2530 A Deon Jackson I Can't Do Without You 1966
Carla 2530 B Deon Jackson That's What You Do To Me 1966
Carla 2531 A Four Pro's Just Another Girl 1966
Carla 2531 B Four Pro's There Must Be A Reason 1966
Carla 2532 A Four Pro's Everybody's Got Some Soul 1966
Carla 2532 B Four Pro's You Can't Keep A Good Man Down 1966
Carla 2533 A Deon Jackson Hard To Get Thing Called Love 1966
Carla 2533 B Deon Jackson When Your Love Has Gone 1966
Carla 2534 A Excels I Wanna Be Free 1966
Carla 2534 B Excels Too Much Too Soon 1966
Carla 2535 A Jimmy Delphs I've Been Fooled Before 1967
Carla 2535 B Jimmy Delphs Almost 1967
Also released on Karen 1538-B and by Betty Lavette on Karen 1540-A.
Carla 2536 A Excels California On My Mind 1967
Carla 2536 B Excels The Arrival of Mary 1967
Carla 2537 A Deon Jackson Ooh Baby Nov-67
Carla 2537 B Deon Jackson All On A Sunny Day Nov-67
Carla 2537 A Kelly Michaels I Need Him Nov-67
Carla 2537 B Kelly Michaels Foggy Days Nov-67
Two different records issued on same number.
Carla 2538 A Four Brothers Let It All Reach Out Dec-67
Last isssue on the 2500-series.
Carla 2538 B Four Brothers Cool Jerk Dec-67
Carla 1900 A Deon Jackson I Need A Love Like Yours 1968
First isssue on the 1900-series. Distributed by Atco Records.
Carla 1900 B Deon Jackson I Can't Go On 1968
Carla 1901 A Excels Little Innocent Girl 1968
Carla 1901 B Excels Some Kind Of Fun 1968
Carla 1902 A Milton Wright & The Terra Shirma Strings The Gallop (Instrumental) 1968
Carla 1902 B Milton Wright & The Terra Shirma Strings Like A Rolling Stone (Instrumental) 1968
Carla 1903 A Deon Jackson You Gotta Love 1968
Carla 1903 B Deon Jackson You'll Wake Up Wiser Baby 1968
Carla 1904 A Jimmy Delphs Dancing A Hole In The World 1968
Carla 1904 B Jimmy Delphs Dancing A Hole In The World (Instrumental) 1968
Only a few copies exist of this rare record.
Carla 101 A Riley Hampton Hello Stranger 1969
Also released by Deon Jackson on Carla 803K 2526-B, Capitols on Karen 1524-B, Sharon McMann on Karen 803K 1525-A and Quickest Way Out on Karen 717-B.
Carla 101 B Riley Hampton My Tune 1969
Carla 103 A Excels It Isn't So 1970
Carla 103 B Excels Run Girl Run 1970
Carla 201 A Gambrells I Want To Be Yours ?
Carla 201 B Gambrells Pain In My Heart ?
"Pain In My Heart" also released on Carla 803K-2527-B.
Carla 715 A Richard (Popcorn) Wylie Move Over Baby (Here Comes Henry) 1973
Also released on Karen 714-A by Bill Slayback.
Carla 715 B Richard (Popcorn) Wylie Move Over Baby (Instrumental) 1973
Also released on Karen 714-B by Bill Slayback.
Carla 718 A Compacts Why Can't It Be 1974
Last isssue on the Carla label. The 700 series was shared between Karen and Carla.
Carla 718 B Compacts That's How My World Began 1974
Rare Carla release
Carla 1904A label scan
Another white promotional label design
Carla 1902ADJ label scan
Last yellow & black label design
Carla 715A label scan