The UTC ("Under The Counter") albums are undated, but there are some clues which enable them to be put into the Bourbon choronology. The first six were originally issued in 10" format. There is considerable variation among the covers of these, with the earliest being plain jacket with a tapestry unicorn, and later releases with photographs of Bourbon. Since the 10" format was in vogue for only a brief time in the early 50's, these may be safely dated ca. 1950-1955. Jim Gardner, producer of the UTC albums, recalls (in a 1971 interview with Dick Leitsch) that the first UTC LP was done "in the early fifties, just after Christine Jorgenson made the news [1952]). It comprised re-releases of some of Bourbon's 78's.

After that, according to Gardner, Bourbon vanished and the record sold over 25,000 copies. Gardner put Bourbon's royalties in escrow and took out an ad in Variety trying to locate him. Bourbon called in from Southern California and Gardner brought him to New York to do "three or four" more. These "sold like hotcakes" according to Gardner, who then brought Bourbon back to record "the other five."

On all of the 10" LPs, Bourbon's name is spelled "Ray", and all but the first list the other UTC 10" records for sale. Beginning with UTC 7, (which deals specifically with Bourbon's 1956 "sex-change" publicity stunt) the name is spelled "Rae" on all subsequent releases. There are some minor variations in the covers of UTC 7-10 ("Around The World In 80 Ways" (UTC 8), for instance, has a slightly different pose in the rear cover photograph) but these last four feature photographs of Bourbon that were obviously all taken at the same sitting. At some point, the first six LP's were re-released in 12" format containing additional material and with Bourbon's name spelled "Rae" (with one or two exceptions). While some 12" LP's have blank back covers, most of the later 12" versions (including 7-10) have on the reverse the title and tracks of the other 10 UTC 12" LP's, suggesting that all the 12" versions were released (or at least planned) simultaneously. Additionally, many of the covers of the 10" versions were redone with new photos that were, again, obviously all taken at the same sitting as those on UTC 7-10. Therefore, it seems likely that UTC 1 was released around 1952, and then re-released shortly thereafter with 2-6 released between 1952 and 1955. Then, UTC 7-10 were released simultaneously around 1956, at which time (or shortly after) the earlier albums were re-released in 12" format.

Warren Allen Smith recalls that Ray Bourbon was a regular customer at Variety Recording Studios in New York , which he (Smith) and Fernando Vargas operated from the late 1950's to 1989. Variety was on 46th Street near Broadway in 1961, and later on 42nd St., and it was at this time that Smith recalls Bourbon's patronage, which may have begun even earlier at Audiosonic Studios, the equipment of which Smith and Vargas bought upon its bankruptcy.

Smith remembers: "Bourbon came in with already recorded material, for I do not remember his actually having recording sessions . . . Fernando was asked to edit the tape or make tape copies of the records, then produce a new tape that could be mastered . . .Fernando would have cut a 14-inch acetate disk for side A and another for the LP's Side B. The masters would be like photographic negatives, something from which a thousand copies could be made . . . Bourbon could then have made 100 or 1000 copies of the masters himself, or he could have sold them outright to a company."

This company was MMO (Music Minus One) at 719 10th Ave. in New York, the address given for UTC on the LP jackets themselves. (Later pressings give UTC's address as 43 West 61st St. ) MMO specialized in instructional albums of recordings with one part missing, so that the listener could play along. The albums were available for $3.98 each by mail order in 1960. A flyer from Bourbon's final appearance in 1968 suggests that the UTC albums were still available then. Gardner reissued the LPs to earn money for Bourbon's defense in his trial, but Bourbon died before the money could be used in his behalf. This overstock-which may be those bearing the West 61st St. address-was offered for sale in both The Advocate and In Touch magazine in the early 70's.