Folks know this label for released by The Happenings and The Tokens and that's about it. Part of the problem
is that the rest of the B.T. Puppy catalog is extremely rare and if even if you could find most of the releases
shown below, you're going to pay and arm and a leg for them. There's even debate as to whether numerous
entries on the B.T. Puppy discography actually exist. Yes, LPs like The Purple Haze Band and Bill Wyman's
Free Country show up on various lists, but as far as I can tell, nobody has ever produced a copy.
I'm a little reluctant to include the B.T. Puppy label (the initials stood for The Token's publishing company -
Bright Tunes) since there were some significant differences from the operating norms of the other tax scam
labels listed here. For one thing, the company was active nearly a decade before these other outfits. B.T.
Puppy also differed from the other labels in that it started out as a legitimate enterprise enjoying several
major sellers with LP and 45s by The happenings, The Tokens, and some other artists. While it's hard to
identify a specific date when the label moved from legitimacy to tax scam front, B.T. Puppy releases start
to become eclectic and highly scarce with the release of 1969's "Life Is Groovy" by the United States Double
Quintet. That's where I've elected to start my list.
UPDATES:
- June 30, 2026: Added photo of The Town Criers "From Shore To Shore"
- June 30, 2026: Added photo of "The Greatest Moments of the Tokens"
- June 30, 2026: Added photo of "Bill Wyman's Free Country"
| LP cover | Artist | LP Title | Label | Catalog | Year | Genre |
Genre |
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United States Double Quintet (aka Tokens and The Kirby Stone Four) | Life I s Groovy | B.T. Puppy | BTPS-1006 | 1969 | pop |
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Tokens, The | Tokens of Gold | B.T. Puppy | BTPS-1006 | 1969 | pop |
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The Canaries | Flying High with The Canaries | B.T. Puppy | BTPS 1007 | 1970 |
pop |
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Trade Winds, The | Around the World | B.T. Puppy | BTPS-1008 | 1970 | pop |
 |
Town Criers, The | From Shore To Shore | B.T. Puppy | BTPS-1009 | 1970 | pop |
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Satins 4 and Cinnamon Angels, The | Mixed Soul | B.T. Puppy | BTPS-1010 | 1970 | s | soul |
 |
Chiffons, The | My Secret Life | B.T. Puppy | BTPS-1011 | 1970 | soul |
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Tokens, The | The Greatest Moments of the Tokens | B.T. Puppy | BTPS-1012 | 1970 | pop |
 |
Gossett, Lou | From Me To You | B.T. Puppy | BTPS-1013 | 1971 | pop |
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Tokens, The | December 5th | B.T. Puppy | BTPS-1014 | 1971 | pop |
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Brute Force | Extemporaeneous | B.T. Puppy | BTPS-1015 | 1971 | pop |
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Purple Haze Band | Frank Paris ... P.H.B. | B.T. Puppy | BTPS-1017 | 1971 | rock |
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Andrea Carroll / Beverly Warren | A Side / B Side | B.T. Puppy | BTPS-1017 | 1971 | pop |
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Canterbury Music Festival | Rain & Shine | B.T. Puppy | BTPS-1018 | 1969 |
pop |
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Del Satins, The | Out To Lunch | B.T. Puppy | BTPS-1019 | 1972 | soul |
 |
unknown | unknown | B.T. Puppy | BTPS-1020 | 1972 | unknown | unknown |
|
unknown | unknown | B.T. Puppy | BTPS-1021 | 1972 | unknown | unknown |
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Sundae Train, The | Sundae Train | B.T. Puppy | BTPS-1022 | 1972 | pop |
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Penny Sisters | Wishing You Well | B.T. Puppy | BTPS-1023 | 1972 | unknown |
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Amrod's Brand | Live On the Playground | B.T. Puppy | BTPS-1024 | 1972 | unknown |
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Wyman, Bill | Bill Wyman's Free Country | B.T. Puppy | BTPS-1025 | 1972 | blues |
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Bow Street Runners, The | Bow Street Runners | B.T. Puppy | BTPS-1026 | 1972 | psych |
 |
Tokens, The | Intercourse | B.T. Puppy | BTPS-1027 | 1972 | pop | pop |
|
Tokens, The | The Very Best of the Tokens | B.T. Puppy | BTPS-1028 | 1972 | pop | pop |
|
various artists | New Voices of 1972 | B.T. Puppy | BTPS-1029 | 1972 | pop |
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