numbering series. The very first Valiant release bore the catalog number 45-111. But that record, "Angel On My Shoulder" by Shelby Flint became too big a hit for the new label to handle so Warner Bros. Records picked it up with a new catalog number, 6001. For Warner distributed singles, the 6000 series (6001–6062) ran from 1960 to 1966, followed by the 700 series (700-739 under Four Star Television, 740-762 as an independent label) from 1966–1967. Some numbers from 6002 to 6013 were shared with Montclare Records, a very short-lived Warner subsidiary, as well as several one-shot labels such as Elloma and Burbank. The first five numbers of the Four Star series (701-705) were reissues of the most popular singles of the 6000 series. Six catalog numbers from the second series were unused: 706, 707, 708, 710, 722, and 746. Albums were also given different numbering sets. The seven albums distributed by Warner Bros. were numbered from W/WS 401–407, the four albums under Four Star/independent were issued VLM 5001–5004 for mono, VLS 25001–25004 for stereo. Warner Bros. reissued the Four Star/independent albums using numbers W (mono)/WS (stereo) 1701–1704 in alignment with the original issues. Valiant Records artists The Association The Addrisi Brothers Barry & the Tamerlanes Perry Botkin, Jr. Charles Boyer J.J. Cale The Cascades The Collectors Danny & The Memories Shelby Flint The Grads Art Guy The Hollyhill Singers Dean Jones The Lost Ones Denny Provisor (Dennis Provisor of The Grass Roots) The Silvertones Singers, Inc. Corey Wells & The Enemys Unrelated labels also called Valiant In 1960, record label owner Joe Banashak started a New Orleans-based Valiant label, but threats of a lawsuit by Warner Bros. prompted Banashak to rename the label Instant Records in 1961. Valiant Records was also the name of an unrelated label headquartered variously in Swarthmore, PA and Bronx, NY, that re-released some albums originally issued on the Somerset Records label, largely for inexpensive supermarket and variety store distribution. References See also List of record labels American independent record labels Folk record labels Rock record labels Record labels based in California Defunct record labels of the United States Record labels established in 1960 Record labels disestablished in 1967 1960 establishments in California 1967 disestablishments in California Warner Records