tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65709385713438077782024-03-13T05:34:44.927+00:002Step Vinyl SoulDedicated to the love of sweet soul music on a cool misty night in the arms of the woman you love.Mickey Noldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17930425100960496393noreply@blogger.comBlogger126125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6570938571343807778.post-13316205570727861972023-04-18T19:10:00.000+01:002023-04-18T19:10:01.709+01:00audio about to be removed<p><span style="font-size: x-large;">After being with HIPCAST audio uploader for 17 years, they have decided to close down, so thanks to all my visitors over the years.</span></p>Mickey Noldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17930425100960496393noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6570938571343807778.post-38763300793546017702015-04-22T15:04:00.005+01:002019-07-22T23:43:31.289+01:00George Clinton 2015<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>G</b></span></span>eorge Clinton was back to Birmingham this April at the O2 Arena, Bristol Street with a complete show that includes members of his groups Parliament and Funkadelic plus some new vocalists and family members. George has now shaved off his colourful dreads removed his nappies and long beard in favor of the suit & tie look. I must say the band sounded fab and the two lead guitarists were very rock-ified as you would expect.<br />
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Playing bass guitar for George on this tour was <b>Lige Curry</b>. In the USA shows it had been Bootsy Collins, but Lige was very much up-to the job and he provided a steady back rhythm.<br />
Upon his graduation from John Marshall High School in 1975 Lige studied his craft and in 1978 was asked to join Parliament / Funkadelic as a back- up singer, having to wait his turn Lige studied under former Parliament / Funkadelic bassist Bootsy Collins and Billy (Bass) Nelson as well as current bassist Rodney (Skeets) Curtis and Cordell (Boogie) Mosson. Opportunity knocked that same year when Skeets Curtis left to take a job with the famous Maceo Parker and Boogie Mosson moved over to guitar the door was open for the Lige Curry Adventure to begin!<br />
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Two wonderful guitarists with the show were <b>Ricardo Rouse</b> and <b>Blackbyrd McKnight</b>. Ricardo reminded me when he wore glasses of<b> Bo Diddley</b>. Ricky has played on over 60 platinum albums and toured with a virtual Who’s Who of artists. To list them all would take up a least a whole page but artists like <b>Stevie Wonder, Bobby Womack, Bohannon, The Dramatics, Chaka Kahn, Tupac, Dre and Snoop</b> only scratch the surface. <b>Blackbyd</b> he was the musical director of George Clinton and Parliament/Funkadelic from 1980 to 2008. Other than working with P-Funk artists such as <b>George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, and Bernie Worrell</b>, Blackbyrd has also worked with <b>Miles Davis</b> and many jazz groups.<br />
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Horns on this tour were very tight and bright, provided by funk veterans; <b> Bennie Cowan </b>(trumpet) and <b>Greg Thomas</b> (alto sax). Bennie was born in Baltimore in 1956, and has performed with P-Funk for a “very long” time. His other bands are “too many to list.” He is recognizable on stage as the “big, black guy.” Saxophonist <b>Greg Thomas</b> is also a Producer, Arranger, Vocalist, Songwriter, Composer and Conductor. Currently Greg is performing and recording with George Clinton and the P‐Funk All‐Stars whom he has been with for many years. He also performs with <b>Raphael Saadiq</b>. He has also performed with other great artist such as <b>Bootsy Collins, Maceo Parker, Fred Wesley, Stanley Clark, Dr. Dre, The Gap Band, Cameo, Snoop Dogg, Stephanie Mills, Mtume, The Spinners, Lou Rawls, Patra, Peter Wolf, Crystal Waters, Chuck Brown and the Soul Searchers, Evelyn King, Too Short, Ike Turner, Al Green, Howard Hewitt, Glen Jones, Phil Perry</b> and various other artist.<br />
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The feminine funk vocal touches were provided by <b>Tonysha Nelson </b>(c) <b>Patravia Lewis</b> (r) . Tonysha and Patavian are a team that have their own singular vocal delivery and a beautiful harmonic approach together. They also exhibit the beauty and all the visual and audible aspects to represent wholly their product with the greatest of confidence and undeniable talent. Do not miss the amazing sound that is <b>Kandy Apple Redd</b>!!<br />
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<b>Thurteen</b> (c) and <b>Robert 'P-Nut' Johnson (r)</b>. Johnson born in Baltimore in 1947, P-Nut started on the road with Bootsy’s Rubber Band and in the studio with P-Funk in 1976. When Bootsy stopped touring in 1979, P-Nut segued to P-Funk. Prior to joining Bootsy’s Rubber Band and P-Funk, P-Nut played with local bands in the Baltimore area<br />
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Drumming was provided by <b>Benzal Cowan</b>. Held by Bootsy Collins as a baby, the Baltimore native got his first taste of drumming at the age of 2, and has been gigging as professional musician since the age of 15. As the son of the legendary trumpet player <b>Bennie “The General” Cowan,</b> Benzel was bred into funk music so there was no doubt that he was destined for greatness. He studied early with the likes of Dave Weckl, Steve Smith, Pat Patrillo and Horacio Hernandez, which has made him the versatile drummer he is today.<br />
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As with all the Clinton shows an on stage appearance of the acrobat<b> </b>and cartoon character;<b> Sir Nose </b>is a must ... and the crowd were not to be disappointed. He danced with George and a member of the public and at one point was climbing the speaker stack kicking his legs in the air. The first Nose was Larry Hecksall but his later replacement <b>Carlos McMurray</b> lifted the crowd well.<br />
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<b>Michael 'Clip' Payne</b>; bass vocals and announcements. First credited on Parliament’s 1979 release Gloryhallastoopid with “Choir Chours”, he has appeared on over 20 Parliament-Funkadelic collective recordings primarily as a vocalist and keyboardist. Payne, who is sometimes called “The Man in the Box”, typically acts as an on-stage commentator during Parliament-Funkadelic’s live performances. Payne’s first professional work was the recording of Edwin Starr’s “Twenty-Five Miles” with producer Norman Whitfield.<br />
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On the technical side all very professional, no feebacks, missing musicians from the mix, and as you can imagine the sound was very loud and in your chest, mixed by a<b> Soundcraft Vi6 </b>mixing desk that doesn't come cheep at around £24,000 per unit. The last time I saw a Funkadelic show was in the late 70's and I had to leave early because the noise was overpowering, and sadly because of that I then missed the Mothership landing on stage, this was at the Birmingham Odeon. As a final treat I got to meet George and Steve Boyd, many thanks go out to Bill Randle & Pat Lewis for the invites - much love. [all photos taken by myself - click for larger image]</div>
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Teddie Morrow first made his mark with the self-composed ‘What’s Your Sign' on the tiny Monterey based Seibu label, issued in 1976 and now a cult classic. Whilst this recording featured his pure falsetto, Teddie ‘s recordings over the years demonstrate to great effect the impressive versatility and ingenuity of the man’s many vocal styles, ranging from Philly sweet soul, impassioned gospel, the Motown sound, rasping southern soul, and a bluesy Chicago style baritone. When you listen to Teddie’s performances, you can imagine him equally at home at Detroit’s Motown, Memphis’s Stax, or Chicago’s Brunswick recording studios.</div>
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Teddie has even released a gospel album, ‘Your Grace And Mercy” on which he sounds very much like gospel giant Rance Allen, with whom Teddie has indeed collaborated. In addition to being a dynamic vocalist and performer, Teddie composes and arranges much of his own material, and plays keyboards and drums on his recordings.</div>
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Most recently, Teddie has been issuing a stream of releases on the renowned Tera Shirma label, run by Motown alumni Ralph and Russ Terrana. Teddie has been collaborating with the Terrana twins for more than a decade, and the Tera Shirma releases can be readily accessed on <span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: blue;"><a href="http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/teddiemorrow2">CDBaby</a></span></span>.<br />
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Teddie’s last release on Tera Shirma, “She’s Using You” showcased his smooth baritone, on a vocal / arrangement combination harking back to the golden days of the Chicago sound and Brunswick, when they were turning out classics such as Tyrone Davis’s “Be Honest With Me” and “In The Mood”. ‘She’s Using You” distinguished by an exceptional guitar break by Tom Ayres, has been very well received and continues to build Teddie’s profile and gain airplay, not only in the U.S.A, but around the world.</div>
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Teddie’s new release will by “By The Time I Get To Phoenix”, the number known to soul fans all over the world as a classic by Isaac Hayes on the huge 1969 album, “Hot Buttered Soul”. Interestingly, engineer Russ Terrana remixed the Hot Buttered Soul album at Ralph’s Tera Shirma studio in Detroit. Some 44 years later, Ralph and Russ have produced and mixed the very same tune on Teddie Morrow at their Tera Shirma studio in Monterey. Whilst Isaac’s recording was taken at a very slow pace over 18 minutes, Teddie’s version features his vocal over a very nice grove with a nagging insistent guitar pushing along the rhythm track.</div>
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Teddie is a dynamic and highly experienced performer, having appeared with such stellar soul acts as The Whispers, Tower Of Power, and Jeffrey Osborne. Most recently Teddie opened for headliner Gladys Knight at her major Arizona Wild Horse Pass concert.</div>
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For more information on Teddie Morrow, Ralph and Russ Terrana, and Tera Shirma Sound Studios, or if you would like to feature Teddie Morrow or the history of the Terrana brothers and Tera Shirma Sound Studios on a show, please contact</div>
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Ralph is also moderator of the renowned website: <a href="http://www.soulfuldetroit.com/">www.soulfuldetroit.com</a><br />
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TERA SHIRMA SOUND STUDIOS<br />
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A whole new generation of music fans has been introduced to the legendary Tera Shirma recording studio, as it is this facility where Sixto Rodriguez recorded his “Cold Facts” album, and which is the subject of the hugely successful global award winning documentary “Searching For Sugar Man”. The story of Tera Shirma itself is highly intriguing, as its history and principal players are interwoven across the decades with numerous artists who entered their doors, and the recordings which came forth to great success and are celebrated to this day. <br />
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Ralph and his twin brother Russ have been the driving force behind Tera Shirma from the outset, when the brothers were musicians in Detroit based group The Sunliners, who went on to become famous blue eyed soul group Rare Earth out of the Motown stable. <br />
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Ralph decided to move into the recording studio business, and ended up acquiring the studio facility in Detroit and named it Tera Shirma. Russ helped out in the engineering / mixing department, but was hired out of there by Motown’s founder Berry Gordy, who has an unmatched track record of spotting talent. At Motown, Russ went on to record or mix a total of 89 gold singles and 37 platinum albums, a success rate without parallel to this very day.<br />
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As for Tera Shirma itself, given the outstanding blend of advanced recording technology, acoustics and recording and mixing expertise, the studios were used by numerous record labels for their acts to record in. When Detroit’s Holland Dozier Holland set up Invictus / Hot Wax after leaving Motown, they used the studios to record Band Of Gold by Freda Payne, as well as many others by acts including Chairmen of The Board, Honeycone, Eighth Day and Laura Lee. Ollie Mclaughlin also used the studios for his Karla recordings on artists including Bettye Lavette.<br />
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A brief list of just some of the recordings at Tera Shirma:<br />
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Funkadelic - Album - Free Your Mind - Westbound<br />
Barbara Lewis - Album - The many grooves of ... - Enterprise<br />
Dennis Coffey - Album - Hair and Thangs - Maverick<br />
Spyder Turner - Album - Stand By Me - MGM<br />
Rodriguez - Album -Cold Fact - Impact<br />
Isaac Hayes - Album - Hot Buttered Soul - Stax (also cut at United Sound)<br />
Rare Earth - Album - Get Ready - Rare Earth<br />
Belita Woods - Magic Corner - Moira106<br />
Bob and Fred - I'm On My Way - Big Mack6101<br />
Brooks Brothers - Looking For A Woman - Tay501<br />
Doni Burdick - I Have Faith In You/Bari Track - Sound Pattern6807<br />
Doni Burdick - If You Ever Walk Out.. /Open The Door To.. - Sound Impression6809<br />
Dynamics - Whenever I 'm Without You/Love To A Guy - Top Ten927<br />
Dynamics - Yes I Love You Baby/Soul Sloopy - Top Ten100<br />
Fantastic Four - I Love You Madly - RicTic144<br />
Freda Payne - Band of Gold - Invictus9075<br />
Joe Mathews - Ain't Nothing You Can Do - KoolKat1001<br />
Johnny Rogers - Make A Change - Amon815<br />
Lonette - Mind Intruder/Stop - MS208<br />
Louis Curry - A Toast To You - MS203<br />
Louis Curry - CaptIvated - MS210<br />
Melvin Davis - Save It/This Love Was Meant To Be - Mala590<br />
Milton Wright & The Tera Shirma Strings - The Gallop - Carla1902<br />
Nabay - Believe it or not - Impact1032<br />
Patti Young - Head and Shoulders - Ernstrat495<br />
Reggie Milner - She's Alright - Ron's2<br />
Sam Ward - Sister Lee - Groove City205<br />
Samson & Delilah - Woman - Red Cap101<br />
The Strides - I Can Get Along/The Stride - MS202<br />
The Monticello's - I Can't Wait Until I See My Baby's Face - Red Cap102<br />
Tobi Legend - Time Will Pass You By - Mala591<br />
Tommy Frontera - Merry Go Round - Palmer5015<br />
Tony Hestor - Sweet Darlin' - Soulhawk1<br />
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Tera Shirma continues to this day to release quality recordings, matching the expertise and wisdom of Ralph and Russ Terrana with gifted artists such as Teddie Morrow.<br />
For more information on Teddie Morrow, Ralph and Russ Terrana, and Tera Shirma Sound Studios, or if you would like to feature Teddie Morrow or the history of the Terrana brothers and Tera Shirma Sound Studios on a show, please contact<br />
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Ralph.terrana @yahoo.com<br />
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Ralph is also moderator of the renowned website www.soulfuldetroit.com</div>
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Mickey Noldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17930425100960496393noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6570938571343807778.post-19974134340974049572012-11-19T16:05:00.001+00:002019-12-26T10:31:29.510+00:00Curtis Mayfield Tribute - Peace!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>T</b></span></span>oday were going on a trip down memory lane. The radio show below was broadcast in six thirty minute segments over six weeks in the early 1990's on my Basement Soul show on PCRL, here in Birmingham. Bill Randle came to me with the idea of doing a tribute to Curtis Mayfield's large body of work.<br />
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Mayfield had recently been paralyzed by a freak stage accident at a charity show he was doing in New York and the world was in shock. So Bill wrote his piece we cranked-up the reel-to-reel recorder and started splicing the tapes, that's how it was done in those days, no digital editing suites, if you cut the tape in the wrong place you had to record it again.<br />
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Anyway the years have gone by and the tapes were getting older and dustier so I decided to transfer the analogue tapes to digital, this was in 2009 and Steve Williams expressed some interest in running the recording on his UK Vibe jazz site, but sadly nothing came of that. The years went by and <b>Bill Randle</b> who has now started his own radio show on <b>Bridge FM</b> in Stourbridge, said; "Wouldn't it be great to put a link to his new web Blog for the recording", also the time is right and with war breaking out again in the Middle East it's time again for that message: "We Gotta Have Peace". So here it is in Full... enjoy<br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Track listing</span></b>: <br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;"><b>Impressions</b> </span>- Gypsy Woman<br />
I'm The One Who Loves You<br />
It's Alright<br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">Major Lance</span></b> - The Monkey Time<br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Gene Chandler</span></b> - Nothing Can Stop Me<br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Walter Jackson</span></b> - It's All Over<br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">Impressions</span></b> - Talking 'bout My Baby<br />
Keep On Pushing<br />
You Must Believe me<br />
Amen<br />
People Get Ready<br />
The Woman's Got Soul<br />
You've Been Cheatin'<br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">5 Stairsteps</span></b> - Little Young Lover<br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">Impressions</span></b> - I Can't Satisfy<br />
<b>Fascinations</b> - Girls Are Out To Get You<br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">Impressions</span></b> - We're A Winner<br />
This Is My Country<br />
Choice Of Colours<br />
The Girl I Find Stays On My Mind<br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;">Curtis Mayfield</span></b> - If There Is A Hell Down Below, Were All Gonna Go<br />
Love On Up<br />
We've Only Just Begun (live)<br />
Underground<br />
We've Gotta have Peace<br />
Little Child Running Wild<br />
Pusher man<br />
Freddie's Dead<br />
Back In The World<br />
To Be Invisible<br />
On And On<br />
Aretha Franklin - Giving Him Something He Can Feel<br />
Curtis Mayfield - When Seasons Change<br />
Soul Music<br />
Unknown<br />
How Do You Like To Be Loved?<br />
Your So Good For Me<br />
<b>with <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;">Linda Clifford</span> </b>- Between You Baby & Me<br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;">Curtis Mayfield</span></b> - Never Stopped Loving Me<br />
Toot Toot<br />
Hey Baby<br />
Baby It's You<br />
You've Just Got To Be Real<br />
I'm So ProudMickey Noldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17930425100960496393noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6570938571343807778.post-22183910928645353152012-11-03T17:19:00.000+00:002019-09-19T23:06:07.053+01:00Willie Hutch<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>Willie Hutch - Season For Love - RCA LSP - 4296 (1970)</b><br />
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<i>Season For Love/</i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime; font-style: italic;"><b>The Twelfth Of Never</b></span><i>/Trying To Understand A Woman/ When A Boy Falls In Love/ The Shortest Distance/</i><b style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;"> Hurt So Bad</span></b><i>/ Walking On My Love/ Wichita Lineman/ </i><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">Let's Try It Over Again</span></i></b><i>/ The magic Of Love</i><br />
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<b> Produced by: John Florez</b><br />
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<b>Willie Hutch - <i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">When A Boy Falls In Love</span></i></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;"> </span><br />
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<span style="color: yellow;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">P</span></b></span>rior to this album Willie Hutch had ween working as a songwriter/producer for <b>The Fifth Dimension</b>. His manager in 1970 was <b>J.W. Alexander</b> who had also managed Sam Cooke in the early 1960's and also wrote the sleeve notes for this album. He compares Willie to <b>Sam Cooke</b> & <b>Nat King Cole</b>.<br />
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His second album for RCA, <i><b>Season For Love</b></i> also contains a popular Modern soul classic <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;"><i>Let's Try It Over</i></span></b>, that also came out as a single. Gaining value on the vinyl market at the moment is today's spin: <b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">When A Boy Falls In Love</span></i></b>. A little ditty that is now picking up a few plays even though it as a long introduction (but it's worth the wait).<br />
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Also the stepper fans will enjoy his version of <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">The Twelfth Of never </span>and more joy can be found the the song <i>Hurt So Bad</i><br />
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Willie is also much loved for his big Northern soul rarity (£700) tune on the Trudel label when he sang with<b> Phonetics </b>with<b> </b><i style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">Just A Boys Dream</span></i><b style="color: #444444;">. </b>After today's featured album came out he wrote <i><b>I'll Be There</b></i> for Hal David a Motown producer and it was a hit for the <b>Jackson Five</b>, so impressed was <b>Berry Gordy</b> he asked him to join the Motown writing staff in 1971. Many nice albums/soundtracks about ten in all were released there, but no great success came for him as a singer. Later he joined Norman Whitfield on his label for two final LP's. Just before he died in 2005 he did a wonderful DVD for Expansions Records UK, where he performs at a Togetherness soul event it also contains a nice interview.<br />
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Mickey Noldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17930425100960496393noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6570938571343807778.post-69364802165643639232012-10-29T11:44:00.001+00:002019-09-13T14:31:28.822+01:00Van McCoy<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>Rare 25 minute interview with Van McCoy</b><br />
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</b> <b>Van McCoy - <i>Dancin</i>' - SSS Int. SSS-33 1976</b><br />
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<b>Produced by Van McCoy</b><br />
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<span style="color: yellow;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">V</span></b></span>an McCoy the gentleman that gave <b>David Ruffin</b> a R&B number one with <i>'Walk Away From Love'</i>, Gladys Knight one of her first hits with '<i>Giving Up</i>', later also hit for <b>Donny Hathaway, </b>he talks here about the supprise success with the Hugo & Luigi production of<i> 'The Hustle' </i>to New York DJ Al Gee in a rare Forces Radio broadcast from 1975. <br />
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Chris Bartley -'Ain't Got No Love' </b><br />
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Van McCoy as an artist had early singles with Scepter label, Rockin' in 1960, he had his early pre-northern soul success with his<i> <span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: yellow;">'<b>Sweet & Easy</b></span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;"><b style="background-color: black;">'</b></span></span> on Share records, in 1968 that later got release on a SSS Int (Shelby Singleton) Lp Dancin' (1976) that contained some unreleased intrumentals along with the <b>Chris Bartley</b> track <i>'<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">Ain't Got No Love</span></b></i>' that was also popular with the northern fraternity. Sadly McCoy died at an early age of 39 from a heart attack in 1979. He will fondly be remembered though for his pritty soul productions with people like <b>The Spellbinders</b>, T<b>he Stylistic</b>s, <b>Brenda & The Tabulutions</b> & <b>Peaches & Herb</b>. The interview is taken from Rap & Rhythm, a double LP of interviews from Forces DJ<b> Al Gee</b> that are current for sale on my web site along with the above LP on request<br />
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<b>Van McCoy Discography:</b><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">I Wancha Back / That's How Much You Mean To Me - <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">Rockin</span>'</b> 100 - <b>1961</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Never Trust A Friend/ Mr DJ - <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">Rockin</span></b>' 101 - <b>1961</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Baby Don't Tease me/ Girls Are Sentimental - <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">Rockin</span>'</b> 1012 - <b>1962</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">It Ain't Nobody/ Love Can Mess Up Your Mind - </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">Rockway</span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> R711 - </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><b>1963</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Butterfly/ Keep Loving Me - </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Columbia</span></b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> 4-43415</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">I Will Wait For You/ The House That Love Built - <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Columbia</span></b> 4-43694 - <b>1966</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">I'll Make My Father Proud/ Where There's A Heartache -<b> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;">CGC</span> </b>115<b> - 1967</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Follow Your Heart/ Lonely -</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><b style="background-color: black;"> Liberty</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> F55457 -</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><b> 1968</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Nice & Easy/ If I Could Make You Mine - <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;">Share</span></b> SR 102 -<b>1968</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">I Started A Joke/ Tony's Theme -<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;"> Epic </span></b>5-10470</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">I'm In Love With You Baby / ? -<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;"> <b>Buddah</b></span> BDA 297 - <b>1972</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Soul Improvisations Pt 1/ Part 2 -<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;"> Buddah</span></b> BDA - <b>1974</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Killing Me Softly/ Love Is The Answer - <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Avco</span></b> 4639 - <b>1974</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Boogie Down/A Rainy Night In Georgia -<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"> Avco</span></b> 4648 - <b>1974</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">The Hustle/ Hey Girl Come & Get It - <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><b>Avco</b></span> - AV 4653 - <b>1975</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Change With The Times/ Good Night Baby/Love Child <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Avco</span></b> 4660 - <b>1975</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Night Walk/ Love Child - <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange; font-weight: bold;">Avco/H&L </span>4667<b> - 1975</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Party/ The Disco Kid - <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange; font-weight: bold;">Avco/H&L </span>4670 - <b>1975</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">The Shuffle/The's The Joint - </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><b style="color: orange;">Avc/H&L </b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">4677</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><b style="color: orange;"> </b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">- </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><b>1976</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Soul Cha Cha/African Symphony - <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Avco/H&L</span></b> 4682 - <b>1977</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">My Favorite Fantasy/ Your So Right For Me <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;">MCA </span></b>- <b>1978</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Two Points/ Trying To Make The Best Of It <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;">MCA</span></b> - <b>1978</b></span>Mickey Noldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17930425100960496393noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6570938571343807778.post-2201150926609370192012-03-19T14:04:00.000+00:002019-09-13T14:30:30.322+01:00Avery Stafford<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE8_afDR2Rz5GDALYweNSYRj7RdtYV2Btey9qyLAbV1V2dL-CGiTXkt6r3trjND6qb3JepfsdXbeuDjQQSX6OKYMzrRIQZgzfAoULGGfspzliqnX59gjR-_ZGPkPWEvL2Lsw-AOnSTneuV/s1600/folder.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE8_afDR2Rz5GDALYweNSYRj7RdtYV2Btey9qyLAbV1V2dL-CGiTXkt6r3trjND6qb3JepfsdXbeuDjQQSX6OKYMzrRIQZgzfAoULGGfspzliqnX59gjR-_ZGPkPWEvL2Lsw-AOnSTneuV/s320/folder.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><iframe frameborder="0" height="40" scrolling="no" src="https://www.hipcast.com/playweb?audioid=P028aca67cda8eedec20da0b1e786b032bFh8S1REY2V3&buffer=5&fc=FFFFFF&pc=CCFF33&kc=FFCC33&bc=FFFFFF&brand=1&player=ap21" width="246"></iframe> <br />
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</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;"><b><i>My Friend</i> </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>Love Like I Do/<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;"><b>My Friend</b></span>/Bounce/Heartbeat In The Night/The One For me/If You Had To Love You//I'm Yours/ Everyday/Cool Winds/Come To You/You Blessed Me</i> - ASM 64522 [2012]</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">T</span></b></span>he new album from LA born Avery Stafford is part Gospel part R&B. He began singing Gospel in his youth & later became a Youth Minister at Port Orchard Church Of Christ. This new album contains tracks produced by the Gospel favorite <b>Jon Gibson</b>. As of 2012 Avery has released six albums, the latest is an independent release that is also to be promoted in the UK.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I must admit I haven't heard his earlier albums, but having reviewed this one I will now be looking for them! Today's featured track, '<i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">My Friend'</span></b></i> is a standard four beats to the bar dancer with the old style saxophone bridge (by Prince's<b> Eddie M</b>), sax breaks much loved by UK Northern Soul fans in the past. Others tracks use the odd rock guitar but with a light smuthering (this may affend some soulies I know.) But all-n-all the music production is to a high class. Other stand out tracks are '<i>Love You Like I Do</i>' & '<i>You Blessed Me</i>'.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The album will be released on April 8th and available from Amazon, iTunes etc.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">UK booking agent: Mark Hix (+44) 208 830 6268 </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Avery Stafford Discography:</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Singles:</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">How Sweet it is/Get My Praise On/Listen To Our Hearts/Family (ASM cd single)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>albums</b>:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So Good Inside (1987)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Lift Up Your Voice (1995)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Come Bless Da Lord (1996)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Bridges (1999)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Undignified (2004)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">End Of Five - ASM (April 8, 2012)</div>Mickey Noldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17930425100960496393noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6570938571343807778.post-62361293906386580592011-12-19T18:01:00.000+00:002019-09-13T14:32:06.409+01:00Lee Dorsey<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHYJLErFSpQUJGdCiOeRzypQp5tRktgd5q4ka2UTG19OsGZi-YIAdtU7AR_ZC8G_6g654m76jZpMYM_RXMHgi2ygdTmLzvJolFs9ngVfh9XiPeZHXpEtMA64xFWcHlrW4EUE_Q4datiDqb/s1600/yeswecan.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHYJLErFSpQUJGdCiOeRzypQp5tRktgd5q4ka2UTG19OsGZi-YIAdtU7AR_ZC8G_6g654m76jZpMYM_RXMHgi2ygdTmLzvJolFs9ngVfh9XiPeZHXpEtMA64xFWcHlrW4EUE_Q4datiDqb/s320/yeswecan.JPG" width="318" /></a><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;"><i>Yes We Can/Occapella</i> -<b> Polydor</b> 2066 063 [1970]</span><br />
<span style="color: yellow;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">G</span></b></span>reat social aware double sided two-stepper, although on UK issue only, the US issue has different 'B' side. The flip <i>Occapella</i> though did come out in 1971 on US Spring. Both songs written by the great <b>Allan Tousaint</b>, produced by Allan and Marshall E. Sehorn for the US Sansu label. It's probably why the album goes for about £90 now and the fact that the 2007 <b>President</b> <b>Obama</b> campaign used the version sung by the <b>Pointer Sisters</b> to help it move along.<br />
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</tbody></table>I brought this polydor copy new from Jimmy at the <b>Diskery</b> when it was housed in Hurst Street, Birmingham in 1970. Jimmy still works there today along the more recent staff member Liam. Using my lunch hour from studying at Matthew Boulton Technical Collage, my friends and myself would make the 20 minute walk either way and that left us 20 minutes to, find some new tunes, eat our lunch and perhaps photograph some pretty girls. Most of my collage pals never got past the Wrens Nest (local pub) though that was en route - those were the days! Some later lunch breaks we went to watch the <b>Radio One</b> Club Road show at the <b>Top Rank</b> in Digbeth, it was free to get in but the music was awful. Good though to hear a decent sound system in them days (BBC).<br />
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At this time I was already a fan of the New Orleans sound in the form of <b>Willie Te</b>e, <b>Dixie Cups</b> and <b>Aaron Neville</b>. It was on one of these trips I found the <b>Earl Van Dyke</b> album that I recently sold for £150, I remember Jim had about 10 copies on the shelf at the time! In those days the Diskery kept the singles in company order on the shelves and I can vividly remember rows of blue Stateside singles, black Chess singles and orange Tamla-Motown sleeves! I always wanted to look through them, but behind the counter was for old and trusted customers only! (I'm now a trusted customer but they have all gone now!!!!)</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>The modern day diskery</b></td></tr>
</tbody></table>I already owned about six UK Bell singles by<b> Lee Dorsey</b>; <i>My Old Car, Working In A Coalmine, Confusion, Get Out Of My Life Woman, Holly Cow </i>and<i> Ride Your Pony</i>. His best sixties song though (in my opinion) eluded me for a long time, was <i>Go-Go Girl</i> although I had it on a reel-to-reel recording in 1967 from the radio. On the same tape I remember I had a song by <b>Barbara 'Handoff'</b> that later turned out to Barbara Randolph (I'd never heard the name before LOL) </div><br />
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</tbody></table>Lee Dorsey was born in Louisiana, Memphis in 1926 and died there 60 years later in 1986. An ex-boxer (nicknamed "Kid Chocolate") turned singer, Dorsey first recorded for Joe Banashak's Instant label. One song, "Lottie Mo", became a regional hit and led to a contract with Fury. The infectious "Ya Ya" (1961) was a number 1 US R&B and pop Top 10 single. A year later a version by Petula Clark, retitled "Ya Ya Twist", made the US Top 10 and reached the UK Top 20. Dorsey's next release "Do-Re-Mi" (regularly performed by Georgie Fame and Dusty Springfield) was also a hit, although this time reaching no higher than 27 in the Billboard pop chart, and subsequent releases on Fury Records were less successful. His career stalled temporarily when Fury collapsed, but Dorsey re-emerged in 1965 with the classic "Ride Your Pony" on the Amy label. Written by Allen Toussaint and produced by Marshall Sehorn, this combination created a series of impeccable singles that blended crisp arrangements with the singer's easy delivery.<br />
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</tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;">In 1966 he reached the peak of his success by gaining four Top 40 hits in the UK, including two Top 10 singles with "Working In The Coalmine", featuring a wonderful bass riff, and "Holy Cow", with a mix that enhances Dorsey's melancholic vocals. Both songs reached the US R&B and pop charts. The sweetly doom-laden "Get Out Of My Life, Woman" was another excellent song that deserved a better commercial fate. "Everything I Do Gohn Be Funky (From Now On)" became Dorsey's last substantial hit in 1969, although the title track to his "concept" album, "Yes We Can", did reach the US R&B Top 50. Dorsey continued to record for Polydor Records and ABC Records and remained a popular figure, so much so that he guested on the 1976 debut album by Southside Johnny And The Asbury Dukes and supported the Clash on their 1980 tour of North America. Sadly, he died of emphysema in December 1986 and deserves to be remembered for the outstanding examples of melodic soul he recorded. (bio: music.us)</div><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Lee Dorsey USA Discography</span></b> (excluding 2nd issues)<br />
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</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;">Valiant</span> 1001 - Lottie Mo/Lover Of Love – 1958</div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;">Rex</span> </span></span>1005 - Rock/Lonely Evening – 1959<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">Ace</span> 640 - Rock/Lonely Evening – 1961<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;">ABC-Paramount</span> 10192 - Lottie Mo/Lover Of Love – 1961<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Fury</span> 1053 - Ya Ya/Give Me You – 1961<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Fury</span> 1056 - Do-Re-Mi/People Gonna Talk – 1961<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Fury</span> 1061 - Eenie Meenie Mini Mo/Behind The 8-Ball – 1962<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Fury</span> 1066 - You Are My Sunshine/Give Me Your Love – 1962<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Fury</span> 1074 - Hoodlum Joe / When I Met My Baby – 1963<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Smash</span> 1842 - Hello Good Looking/Someday – 1963<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Constellation</span> 115 - Organ Grinder's Swing – 1964<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Constellation</span> 135 - You're Breaking Me Up – 1964<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">Amy </span>927 - Ride Your Pony/The Kitty Cat Song – 1965<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">Amy</span> 939 - Can You Hear Me/Work, Work, Work – 1965<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">Amy</span> 945 - Get Out Of My Life, Woman/So Long – 1965<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">Amy</span> 952 - Confusion/The Neighbors' Daughter – 1966<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">Amy</span> 958 - Working In The Coal Mine/Mexico – 1966<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">Amy</span> 965 - Holy Cow/Operation Heartache – 1966<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">Amy</span> 974 - Gotta Find A Job/Rain, Rain, Rain, Go Away – 1967<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">Amy</span> 987 - My Old Car/Why Wait Until Tomorrow – 1967<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">Amy</span> 994 - Can't Get Away/Vista Vista – 1967<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">Amy</span> 998 - Go-Go Girl/I Can Hear You Callin' – 1967<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">Sansu</span> 474 - Love Lot's Of Lovin'/Take Care Of Our Love – 1967<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">Sansu</span> 1012 - Hey Babe/Say It Again – 1967<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">Sansu</span> 1017 - Soul Mining/Draining – 1967<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">Amy</span> 11,010 - I Can't Get Away/Cynthia – 1968<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">Amy</span> 11,020 - Wonder Woman/A Little Dab A Do Ya – 1968<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">Amy</span> 11,031 - Four Corners (Part 1)/Four Corners (Part 2) – 1968<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">Amy</span> 11,048 - I'm Gonna Sit Right Down/Little Ba-By – 1968<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">Amy</span> 11,052 - What Now My Love/A Lover Was Born – 1969<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">Amy</span> 11,055 - Everything I Do Gonh Be Funky.. – 1969<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">Amy</span> 11,057 - Give It Up/Candy Man – 1969<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Bell</span> 908 - I Can Hear You Callin/What You Want – 1970<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Polydor</span> 14038 - Yes We Can (Part 1)/O Me O, My O – 1970<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;">Spring </span>114 - Occapella/Tears, Tears And More Tears – 1971<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Polydor </span>14055 - Sneaking Sally Through The Alley – 1971<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Polydor</span> 14106 - Freedom For The Stallion/If She Won't – 1971<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Polydor</span> 14147 - When Can I Come Home/Gator Tail – 1972<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Polydor</span> 14181 - On Your Way Down/Freedom For The Stallion – 1973<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;">ABC</span> 12326 - Night People/Can I Be The One – 1978<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;">ABC</span> 12361 - God Must Have Blessed America/Say It Again – 1978<br />
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<b>Albums: (US And EU)</b><br />
Ya Ya - <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Fury</span> - 1961<br />
The Best Of Lee Dorsey - <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Sue</span> ILP 924 - 1965<br />
The New Lee Dorsey - <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;">Stateside</span> - 1966<br />
Ride Your Pony/Get Out Of My Life - <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">Amy Stateside</span> - 1967<br />
Yes I Can - <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Polydor</span> 2489 006 - 1970<br />
Night People - <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;">ABC</span> - 1978<br />
Can You Hear Me - (Germany) - 1982<br />
All Ways Funky - <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">Charly</span> - 1982<br />
Goh Be Funky - <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">Charly</span> - 1986<br />
Am I That Easy To Forget - <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">Charly</span> - 1987<br />
Do-Re-Mi - <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;">P-Vine</span> (japan) 1987Mickey Noldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17930425100960496393noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6570938571343807778.post-3319815816779980662011-11-13T08:58:00.000+00:002018-12-17T15:50:32.135+00:00Charles Mingus Film<iframe frameborder="0" height="410px" src="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1198687204/charles-mingus-documentary-mingus-on-mingus/widget/video.html" width="480px"></iframe> <span style="color: yellow;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b> </b></span></span><br />
<span style="color: yellow;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>A</b></span></span> film about the Jazz legend Charlie Mingus (who died in 1979) who was one of the early jazz artists to contribute to the black American freedom campaign led by Dr. Martin Luther King amongst others by releasing music with a black awareness themes.<br />
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</tbody></table>This documentary on the life of Charles Mingus is directed by his grandson Kevin Ellington Mingus entitled "Mingus on Mingus" (formerly known as "A True Jazz Legend"). They are at the beginning of the production phase and conducting interviews of people that knew and played with Charles Mingus. <br />
Now very happy to announce the launch recently their fund-raising campaign through Kickstarter platform.<br />
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Thay have a big challenge ahead of them and they would like to count on your help. A successful campaign means we can move forward with the project and capture moments that we might otherwise loose. The making of the documentary will be a long road but having the resources to begin our journey is all we can hope for.<br />
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We know it will not be possible without your help. We would like your support in reaching out to the jazz community by featuring information about our project in your blog and linking or embedding our small trailer for our fundraising campaign. Our goal is to reach $45,000 in 40 days!! Please watch the video and help by donating some cash!! - MickeyMickey Noldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17930425100960496393noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6570938571343807778.post-78077011593560358192011-09-30T17:17:00.000+01:002019-09-19T22:54:54.054+01:00O.V. Wright<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTqwzguiQ72D-xpJHt8peFzitfQ6Roq2smlcSE-MGvXDOpPBB8Q73bpvvZpgGmIZYRUxvPaqPP8631t3LKqYOSPQ31_B5iCMF9Iz4dkLddav3GnVNpgl4dLWHVSI-v5y_wZmcaalGfbadv/s1600/the+bottom+line.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTqwzguiQ72D-xpJHt8peFzitfQ6Roq2smlcSE-MGvXDOpPBB8Q73bpvvZpgGmIZYRUxvPaqPP8631t3LKqYOSPQ31_B5iCMF9Iz4dkLddav3GnVNpgl4dLWHVSI-v5y_wZmcaalGfbadv/s320/the+bottom+line.jpg" width="320"></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</b> <b>O.V. Wright</b> -<i>The Bottom Line</i> - <b>Hi </b>HLP 6008 (1978)<br />
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</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrF5kAvcUR8KYo4EWCywqkkV4Z3bmSN_hNyg4dlR1iwyjrbPQih08E2G6gGf9gtCeOmmVNkfkR4oTs0wijbFVnq5GHTZBy4znNuWLRjGTqgQrqaESXeRvzeJn2x5jxT6IisIMRD9dpHv8A/s1600/bottom+line.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" kca="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrF5kAvcUR8KYo4EWCywqkkV4Z3bmSN_hNyg4dlR1iwyjrbPQih08E2G6gGf9gtCeOmmVNkfkR4oTs0wijbFVnq5GHTZBy4znNuWLRjGTqgQrqaESXeRvzeJn2x5jxT6IisIMRD9dpHv8A/s200/bottom+line.JPG" width="198"></a><i>T</i><i>h</i><i>e Bottom Line/I Don't Do Windows/That's The Way I Feel About Cha/ Your Good Thing Is About To End/<span style="color: lime;"><b>Let's Straighten It Out</b></span>/ I Don't Know Why/No easy Way To say Goodbye/A Little More Time/Since You Left These Arms Of Mine/A Long Road</i></div><br />
<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Produced By: <b>Willie Mitchell</b></div><br />
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</tbody></table><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;">I've always admired his work right from the first Goldwax single <i><b>'There Goes My Used To be"</b></i> 'b' side in 1964. It goes without saying that about ten of this Back Beat sides are must-have Northern soul singles<b><i>;" I Can't believe", "Poor Boy"</i></b> and even as late as 1970 with <i><b>'Love The Way You Love'</b></i> are all stunning tunes.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;">Back to today's album though the other stand out track here is the Bobby Womack song <b><i>"That's 'The Way I Feel About Cha"</i></b> given the OV treatment. The other tracks are of the very finest Southern soul. OV incidentally stands for Overton Vertis, he was born in Leno, Tennessee on 18th. October, 1939 he later started singing Gospel with the <b>Harmony Echoes </b>and<b> Sunset Travelers</b> who recorded for Don Robey's Peacock label in Texas. As well as being a singer he wrote songs and was a multi instrumentalist in his own right.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">After his first hit with Goldwax label Don Robey reminded him he was with Peacock/Back Beat records because of his previous Gospel work, that's how he came/forced to be on Back Beat! ABC bought out Peacock in the early 70's and OV moved to Hi Records in 1975 having already recorded <b>Nickel And A Nail</b>/<b>The Memphis </b>Album with <b>Willie Mitchell</b> at Hi Records b/w 1971-1973 for Back Beat anyway. <b>Collectables</b>: His 60's LP's are all mega-rare I've never seen a copy of <b>Memory Blues</b> album it may not exsist? ABC re-issued some of them in early 70's. Uk Sue single & Ep £60+, Action single hard.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</tbody></table><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Sadly he died at the young age of 41 after a heart attack in Mobile, Alabama, 9th. November 1980. A memorial site has been set up at: <a href="http://www.ovwright.org/">http://www.ovwright.org/</a></div></div><br />
<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">All his Back Beat sides including the Goldwax single were released in a 3 CD box set in Japan in 2008.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div>1965 If It's Only For Tonight (Back Beat) £75<br />
<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">1967 8 Men And 4 Women (Back Beat) £150 uk £350</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">1968 Memory Blues (Back Beat) </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">1968 Nucleus Of Soul (Back Beat) £75</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">1971 A Nickel And A Nail And Ace Of Spades (Back Beat) £200</div>1973 Memphis Unlimited (Back Beat)<br />
1977 Into Something I Can't Shake Loose (Hi Records)<br />
1977 The Wright Stuff (Hi Records)<br />
1978 The Bottom Line (Hi Records)<br />
<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">1978 Pleading With My Love (Hi Records)</div>1979 0.V. Wright Live (Hi Records) Victor Japan<br />
1979 We're Still Together (Hi Records)Mickey Noldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17930425100960496393noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6570938571343807778.post-41223628900011888752011-09-22T20:17:00.037+01:002022-02-14T19:58:15.920+00:00Jesse James<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfyYSUS_yzT1hHbNz1AVIyYEsX0ufanQsThfnxE3shVY5Jt_INtyPX2sou00TNfzEb6pj-N7yvfEHMWKJO12NbHNQLCV59wpG9rJ_Y1o8lSxPvR7GjTzVCTdo8Bwl9MiV2FkaYN3fZrQ24/s1600/JesseJames.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" height="315" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5655266723106292786" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfyYSUS_yzT1hHbNz1AVIyYEsX0ufanQsThfnxE3shVY5Jt_INtyPX2sou00TNfzEb6pj-N7yvfEHMWKJO12NbHNQLCV59wpG9rJ_Y1o8lSxPvR7GjTzVCTdo8Bwl9MiV2FkaYN3fZrQ24/s320/JesseJames.JPG" width="320" /></a><br />
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Jesse James - <i><span style="color: #33cc00;">I've Been There Before</span></i> - <b>Gunsmoke</b> GUN006 [1990}<br />
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<span style="color: yellow;"><b><span style="font-size: 180%;">T</span></b></span>his is was a single that I heard played on the <b>Southport Weekender</b> Radio in 1990. Thanks to friend, Carl Ingram who came back from there with about 20 hours of radio that he recorded on his Hi-Fi VHS video recorder from his chalet.<br />
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I wrote to the label Gunsmoke Records in Red Oak GA, and they kindly sent copies for use as radio competition prizes on PCRL radio UK. Later Jessie made me a Station ID jingle and sent more Gunsmoke releases which I promptly played. My first James single was one I obtained in a 1971 Blues & Soul magazine 'Soul Pack' They supplied about ten USA singles for couple of UK shillings - great way to build up your collection.<br />
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</tbody></table>It was a bit of a bargain and Jesse's <b><i>'Believe in Me Baby'</i></b> was enclosed, pity it wasn't his Shirley label track 'cus that's now worth £800+, still must not complain as the track enclosed was quite nice. The Shirley single <i><b><span style="color: yellow;">" Are You Gonna Leave Me/Someone To Love Me</span></b></i>" is by far the rarest and most popular Northern track in the style of early Impressions sound (I'm The One Who Loves You.) Incidentally his first Shirley single <i>'I Will</i> go,' had <b>Sly Stone</b> on guitar making his first recording session!<br />
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</tbody></table>Looking back (1990) was the album that contained the 1975, <i><b><span style="color: yellow;">If You Want A Love Affair</span></b></i> that we played on my Basement Soul show. It took off and is now a £60 20th Century 45 track.<br />
In March 2011 Jesse James came over to the UK and did a soul weekender at <b>Prestatyn</b>. Four previously unreleased sides came out on the <b>Soul Junction</b> label just before his tour (see discog section.) This was his first return I think since 1986 when he did the famous <b>Voices from The Shadows</b> magazine interview with Rod Dearlove.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">1968 Self titled Album</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>Jesse James, affectionately known as J.J. to friends and close associates, has a unique soulful sound. Born in Louisiana, Jesse’s singing ability was recognizable at an early age when he began singing, clapping, and praising God along side his Mother in church.<br />
While still a toddler, his family relocated to California. After literally singing his way through school he accepted his first professional singing engagement at The Makesmo, a popular Richmond Night Club. That is where Jesse’s singing style and flavor earned him constant bookings and respect as a professional recording artist, composer and entertainer.<br />
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Working with the late great Hosea Wilson, who was the National Promotion Director for 20th Century Records, Jesse enjoyed success with his first major release <i>“Believe In Me Baby”</i>. Jesse quickly became a hot ticket and made believers out of a lot of critics. The hit “I Can Do Bad by Myself” launched a new chapter in Jesse’s career.<br />
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</tbody></table>In 1988, Jesse signed with Barbara Thomas; President of ATL based Gunsmoke Records and release four CDs. The first CD “I Can Do Bad By Myself,” sold over one million copies that included great hits such as ZZ Hill’s “Cheatin’ In the Next Room” as well as “I Can Do Bad By Myself Remix”. The versatility of his CD included a collection of past recordings which was a huge seller overseas. Jesse’s third album at Gunsmoke Records dealt with socio-economic issues with songs like “What Happened to the Dream,” “Something to Believe In” and “We’re Gonna Make It”.<br />
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The forth CD entitled “It Just Don’t Feel the Same” really showcases Jesse’s versatility with soulful gospel and R&B sounds. It’s no surprise that Jesse would pay tribute to his roots I the gospel song “The First Day of My Life”. For Blues lovers he features Millie Jackson on the remix of, “It Just Don’t Feel The Same” and “I’m Not Gonna Go Down”.<br />
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Jesse James is back blazing the trails with his latest CD release, “It Ain’t So Bad After All”. This CD is by far the best yet. Jesse continues to reinvent himself with his continuous drive and determination, proving that he does have staying power.<br />
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Bio from Jesse's own site: <a href="http://www.gunsmokejessejames.com/">http://www.gunsmokejessejames.com/</a><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: 130%;">Jessie James Discography:</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: 130%;">Singles/12"</span></b><br />
<span>(+ <b>Royal Aces</b>) I Will Go/Cha Cha Minnie - <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Shirley</span></b> 103 <b>1960</b></span><br />
<span>Baby Please Come Home/I Got A Little Girl -<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"> Shirley </span></b>106 </span><br />
<span>A Love Like The Wind/Baby Please Come Home -<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"> Shirley</span></b> 109</span><br />
<span>A Sad Sad Situation/My Future - <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Shirley</span></b> 110</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">I Wanna Full Time Love/I Gotta Little Girl -<b><span style="color: #ff6600;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Shirley</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"> </span>112 <b>1965</b></span></span><br />
<span>Are You Gonna Leave Me/Someone To Love Me - <span style="color: #ffcc00;"><b><span style="color: #ff9900;">Shirley</span> </b></span>119 <b>1965</b><br />
(+ <b>Dynamic Four</b>) I Call On You/Bring My Back Back - <b><span style="color: red;">Hit</span></b> 6119 <b>1966</b><br />
(+ <b>Dynamic Four</b>) Believe In Me Baby/Part 2 - <b><span style="color: red;">Hit </span></b>6120 <b>1966</b><br />
Time After Time/Bring My Baby Back -<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> Hit</span></b> 6122 <b>1966</b></span><br />
<span>Believe In Me Baby/Part 2 - <b><span style="color: #663333;">20th Century</span></b> 45 6684 <b>1967</b><br />
Thank You Darling/Bring My Baby Back - <b><span style="color: #663333;">20th Cent</span></b> 45 6700 <b>1968</b><br />
Green Power/If You're Lonely - <b><span style="color: #663333;">20th Century</span></b> 45 6704 <b>1968</b><br />
Ain't Much Of A Home/Don't Fight It - <b><span style="color: yellow;">Uni </span></b>55171 <b>1969</b><br />
Don't Nobody Want To Get Married/Pt 2 - <b><span style="color: #006600;">Roulette</span></b> 195066 (France) <b>1970</b><br />
Don't Nobody Want To Get Married/Pt 2 - <b><span style="color: #cc33cc;">Zea</span></b> 50 000 <b>1971</b> * also UK Mojo 2092 016<br />
At Last/I Know I'll Never Find Another - <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;">Zea</span><span style="color: #cc33cc;"> </span></b>30 002 <b>1971</b><br />
I Need You Baby/Home At Last - <b><span style="color: #993399;">Zea</span></b> 50 003 <b>1970</b></span><br />
<span><b></b></span><span>I Know I'll Never Find Another Like You/At Last - <b><span style="color: #33ff33;">Zay</span></b> 30 002 <b>1971</b></span><br />
<span><b></b></span><span>I Need Your Love So Bad/I Know I'll Never Find Another - <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;">Zay</span></b> 30 003 <b>1971</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">No Matter Where You Go/You Ought To Be Here With Me - </span><span class="Apple-style-span"><b><span style="color: #741b47;">20th Century</span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span"> TC2118 </span><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>1974</b></span></span><br />
<span>If You Wan't A Love Affair/I Never Meant To Love Her - <b><span style="color: #a64d79;">20th Century</span></b> TC2201 <b>1975</b><br />
The Same Thing Happens/Part 2 - <b><span style="color: #660000;">Happy Fox</span></b> HF 514 <b>1977</b></span><br />
<span>I Got The Feeling/Let me Show You - <b><span style="color: red;">Moonlite Hope</span></b> 5701 <b>1983</b></span><br />
<span>At last/I Can Feel Your Love Vibes - <b><span style="color: #ff6600;">Midtown</span></b> 008 <b>1984</b></span><br />
<span>She's A Winner/Part 2 - <span style="color: #ff6600;"><b>Midtown </b></span>009 <b>1984</b><br />
I Can Do Bad By My Self /Dub/Inst - <b><span style="color: #ffff66;">TTED </span></b>TDE 3026 [12") <b>1987</b><br />
I Can Do Bad By My Self/Inst - <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">TTED</span></b> TDE 7 3031 <b>1987</b></span><br />
<span>I'm Gonna Be Rich And Famous/Don't Get Amnesia On me Baby - <b><span style="color: yellow;">TTED</span></b> 7 3031 <b>1988</b><br />
I'm Gonna Be Rich And Famous/Love The One Your With <b><span style="color: yellow;">TTED</span></b> TDE 3031 [12"] <b>1988</b><br />
Love On The Side/Another Man's Woman - <b><span style="color: #3366ff;">Gunsmoke</span></b> 001 <b>1989</b><br />
I Can Do Bad By Myself(remix)/Inst - </span><span><span style="color: #3333ff;"><b>Gunsmoke </b></span><span class="Apple-style-span"> 002 1<b>989</b></span><b><br />
</b>It Ain't raining On Nobody's House But Mine/Ins <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3366ff;">Gunsmoke</span></b> 005 <b>1990</b></span><br />
<span><b></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span">I've been There Before/Inst - </span><b><span style="color: #3366ff;">Gunsmoke</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span"> GUN 006 </span><b>1990</b><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">I Feel Your Love Changing/It's Time For A Change - </span><span class="Apple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;">Soul Junction</span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span"> <b>SJ 508</b> </span><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>2010</b></span></span><br />
<span>I Gave You Love With An A Plus/Are You Gonna Leave - <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;">Soul Junction</span></b> <b>SJ 511</b> <b>2011</b></span><div><span>The Girl In Clinton Park/Just As Long As We're In Love <b>- <span style="color: #04ff00;">Soul Junction</span> SJ 543 2021</b></span></div><div><span>If A Man Ever Loved A Woman/ Don't Want Divided Love<b> - <span style="color: #04ff00;">Soul Junction</span> SJ 544 2021</b></span></div><div><span>Father We Have Been Having Trouble Down Here/LP mix<b> - <span style="color: #04ff00;">Soul Junction </span>SJ 546 2022<br /></b></span>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Albums:</span></b><br />
Jesse James - <b><span style="color: #663333;">20th Century Fox</span></b> S 3197 <b>1968</b><br />
<b></b>Same Thing Happens - (VA Soundtrack 'Black Fist') - <b><span style="color: red;">Happy Fox</span></b> <b>1977</b><br />
It Takes One To Know One - <b><span style="color: #ff6600;">T.T.E.D</span></b> 3026 <b>1988</b><br />
<b></b>I Can Do Bad By Myself - <span style="color: #3333ff;"><b>Gunsmoke</b></span> SMO 001 <b>1990</b><br />
Looking Back - <b><span style="color: #3333ff;">Gunsmoke</span></b> SMO 002 <b>1990</b><br />
Operator Please Put Me Through - <b><span style="color: #3366ff;">Gunsmoke </span></b>SMO 003 <b>2005</b><br />
I Just Don't Feel the Same - <b><span style="color: #3333ff;">Gunsmoke</span></b> SMO 2548 <b>200?</b><br />
It's Not So Bad After All - <b><span style="color: #3333ff;">Gunsmoke</span></b> SMO 627 <b>2006</b><br />
Versatility - <b><span style="color: #3333ff;">Gunsmoke </span></b>GMO 1218 <b>2007</b><br />
<b></b>Get In Touch With Me - <b><span style="color: #3333ff;">Gunsmoke</span></b> 792058.2 <b>2009 </b><br />
Do Not Disturb<b> - <span style="color: blue;">Gunsmoke</span> 2012</b><div>Let Me Show You - <b><span style="color: lime;">Soul Junction</span></b> SJCD 85005<b> 2012</b><br />
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</b> <b>Discography kindly checked and added to by Dave Allen.</b><br />
<b>(There are quite a few other artistes with the same name, hopefully </b><b>non have been included here. If you know to any missing songs </b><b>please let me know.</b></div></div>Mickey Noldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17930425100960496393noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6570938571343807778.post-24223402960195620632011-07-27T16:45:00.023+01:002019-09-13T14:33:52.684+01:00Don Mancha Tribute<br />
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<b>Don Mancha Tribute </b>(Died 9/6/2011) <b>PCRL Radio program</b></div><div align="justify"><br />
<span style="color: yellow;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Y</span></b></span>et another unknown giant of soul music departs from us in 2011. During the late 80's and through the 90's the UK rare soul soul scene started playing more medium pace Detroit productions and the prices rocketed again. Stafford, the 100 Club and Bretby were championing these small label productions.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Don was Martha's secret admirer!</span></i></b></td></tr>
</tbody></table>Don Mancha was one of those producers whose work got more recognition. Don came with Bill Randle to my 'Studio 37' in 1997 with a cassette of unreleased recordings that he had not signed with anybody. He asked if I could master them for a CD that he hoped to put out in the UK.<br />
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As you can imagine the sound quality was very poor because the master was on a cassette, but I did my best and it came out over here that same year. I was amazed at his funk tracks sounding much like George Clinton's work, most tunes he hadn't even a name for the artists as they were just shelved back in the day.<br />
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Don also recorded a 90 minute program for PCRL radio with Bill Randle that we featured on my Sunday Basement Soul show in serial form over three weeks. Today I've re masted it to digital and up-loaded it for all to hear. I had forgotten what a foundation brick he was for the soul music industry.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Billy Hambic opens interview</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Most of his best recordings were re-launched by the rare Northern soul scene and now command high prices with more collectors than copies. So many small Detroit labels seemed to have not pressed many copies of the records they so finely made.<br />
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Take a listen/look at the track listing and you'll see what I mean! If time is short just just check Andrew Hamilton's bio below. I can't find a photograph of Don to include here so while Bill checks his cupboards at home. <b><i>Newsflash</i></b> - Now loaded the only photo we can find of Don - Thanks Bill<br />
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<b>Tracks featured in interview:</b><br />
Billy Hanbric - I Found True Love -<span class="Apple-style-span"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><b>Drum</b></span></span> - 1965<br />
Falcons & The Ohio Untouchables - I Found A Love - <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;"><b>Lupine</b></span> 1962<br />
Wilson Pickett - For Better For Worse - <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Atlantic</span></b> - 1964<br />
Wilson Pickett - Baby Call On Me - <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span">Double L</span></b> </span>- 1963<br />
Barrett Strong - Misery - <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Motown</span></b> - 1961<br />
Emaunual Lasky - Peace Loving man - <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">Thelma</span></b> - 1961<br />
Martha Starr - I'm Lonely - <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">Thelma</span></b><br />
Billy Kennedy - A Groovy Generation - <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">Thelma</span></b><br />
Jack Montgomery - Dearly Beloved -<b><span class="Apple-style-span"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">Scepter</span></span></b><br />
Jack Montgomery - Don't Turn Your Back On Me -<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"> <span class="Apple-style-span"><b>Barracuda</b></span></span><br />
Just Brothers - Carlena -<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;"> <b><span class="Apple-style-span">Garrison</span></b></span><br />
Honey Bees - Let's Get Back Together - <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;">Garrison</span></b><br />
Bettye Lavette - I Feel Good All Over - <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Calla</span></b> - 1965<br />
Darrow Fletcher - What Good Am I - <span class="Apple-style-span"><b>J<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">acklyn</span></b></span> - 1967<br />
Ike & Tina Turner - Nut Bush City Limits - <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">UA</span></b> -1973<br />
Bettye Lavette - Living My Life On A Shoestring (un-issued)<br />
Freddie Gorman - Take me Back - <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Ric Tic</span></b> - 1965<br />
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He moved to California in 1962 and worked with Ike Turner but kept his ties in Detroit where he produced and wrote for Emmanuel Laskey and hit licks at Correctone and Thelma Records, collaborating with Ivy Hunter, Clay McMurray, Freddie Gorman, and others. A move to Chicago on South Cottage Grove proved fruitful as he began writing for locals like child prodigy Darrow Fletcher.<br />
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</tbody></table>Back in Detroit, he discovered Jack Montgomery (previously known as Marvin Tyrone Jones) and wrote and produced "Dearly Beloved" (also issued as "My Dear Beloved"), a song that did nothing upon its release on Scepter Records but is sought after now by soul music aficionados, and "Don't Turn Your Back on Me," for Montgomery, who was renamed after the motion picture star. The latter was Montgomery's debut and Mancha issued it on his fledgling Barracuda label. Mancha gave Marvin Jones his stage name and was also instrumental in Clyde Wilson becoming Steve Mancha. Don Davis was trying to come up with a new name for the singer but hit a bump at Steve; looking at Don Juan, Davis asked, "mind if I call him Steve Mancha, using your last name?" "Sure," said D. Mancha, "soulful as this guy sings he can use any name he wants."<br />
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</tbody></table>Always on the move, Mancha took his writing, arranging, and producing skills to Memphis and New York. He worked with Chaka Khan and Sherrie Payne before she became a member of the Supremes. Mancha assisted Motown's ex-Artist and Repertoire Director William "Mickey" Stevenson on Richard Pryor's Adios Amigo flick and worked on a Disney exercise video starring Mickey Mouse.<br />
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He worked as Edwin Starr's road manager for awhile and collaborated with Starr on some songs with extraterrestrial titles: "Flying Saucers Over Georgia," "Earth Man," and "Late Great Planet Earth." He produced a television pilot MCed by Starr entitled Back Beat City in the '80s that was blown away by the emergence of MTV. Based in his hometown, Detroit, Mancha's working on two televisions shows, an album, and a movie. Which may seem like a lot, but it's mere child's play for "Straight Ahead and Straight Up" music hanger-on Don Mancha.</div>Mickey Noldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17930425100960496393noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6570938571343807778.post-46605997820014765872011-04-15T21:00:00.043+01:002019-09-13T14:34:28.725+01:00Doris Troy<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqTanfInNQfQ9sI0npM5XI40A0VNInImDCtym3QslLECEpWjk44rYmXFVvqRTe3DsIkBTMsnlskJZhIPsBWCyLNslshpbX7wUKsXraubJ20ZcqysYlthTKyGPcOA0HHOSacdwDaLZA7yga/s1600/DSCF1923.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595903103535174082" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqTanfInNQfQ9sI0npM5XI40A0VNInImDCtym3QslLECEpWjk44rYmXFVvqRTe3DsIkBTMsnlskJZhIPsBWCyLNslshpbX7wUKsXraubJ20ZcqysYlthTKyGPcOA0HHOSacdwDaLZA7yga/s320/DSCF1923.jpg" style="height: 318px; width: 320px;" /></a></div><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Doris Troy</span> - <span style="font-style: italic;">Stretchin' Out</span> - People pleo 12 (1974)<br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">Stretchin' out/All I Have Is Written In Your Eyes/Don't Let me Be Lonely Tonight/Jesus Is All The World To Me/Reconsider Our Love/In My Fathers House/Black Star/Way Back Home/Don't Tell Your Mama/Tell Me/Listen To The Music </span><br />
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Produced by: <span style="font-weight: bold;">Dandy Livingstone/Doris Troy</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: yellow;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">I</span></span></span>'ve had this album for some years and had missed this track because the space between tracks 2-3 is missing, So having listened to part of track 2 and not liked it I then skipped past it! The album is quite scarce due to it only coming out in the UK. It was Chris Anderton's sales list that drew my attention to it - thanks Chris! Chris was a regular guest on my Breakfast show. He now has his own called "Dab Of Soul" on <a href="http://www.thisisthecat.com/">http://www.thisisthecat.com/</a> on Mondays 9-11 pm.<br />
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I first Met Doris at the Opposite Lock jazz club here in Birmingham in the very early 1970's. She was a larger than life character who enjoyed her food as much as her music. We did an interview with her after her set in the club's restaurant for Radio Nold/BBC at the time. She told us how she had been the cleaning lady at the Apollo Theater in Harlem during the mid 60's and not thinking much of the talent on Amature Nite she decided should could do better.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><object height="261" width="320"><param name="movie" value="https://www.dailymotion.com/swf/video/x2cjd7?width=320&theme=eggplant&foreground=%23CFCFCF&highlight=%23834596&background=%23000000"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="https://www.dailymotion.com/swf/video/x2cjd7?width=320&theme=eggplant&foreground=%23CFCFCF&highlight=%23834596&background=%23000000" width="320" height="261" wmode="transparent" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed></object> </div><a href="http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2cjd7_doris-troy-just-one-look_music" target="_blank">Doris Troy - 'Just One Look'</a> <i>by <a href="http://www.dailymotion.com/mickeynold" target="_blank">mickeynold</a></i>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">1971 Doris Troy</span> interview with <b>Les Ross</b>
<span style="font-weight: bold;">1974 Doris Troy</span> interview (Opposite Lock Club)
<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Doris Troy Discography</span> (re-issues excluded):</span> <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Atlantic</span></b> 2188 - Just One Look/Bossa Nova Blues (1963) 2206 - Tomorrow's Another Day/What'ya Gonna Do About It(1963) 2222 - One More Chance/Please Little Angel (1964) 2269 - Hurry/He Don't Belong To Me (1965) <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><b>Cameo</b></span> 392 - I'll Do Anything (He Wants Me To Do)/Heartaches (1965) <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Capitol</span></b> 2043 - Face Up To The Truth/He's Qualified (1967) <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;">Apple</span></b> 1820 - Ain't That Cute/Vaya Con Dios (1970) <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;"><b>Apple</b></span> 1824 - Get Back/Jacob's Ladder (1970) <span style="color: blue; font-weight: bold;">Phillips</span> 6003 343 Rock Of Ages/Steal Away To Jesus (1971?) <span style="color: purple; font-weight: bold;">Mojo</span> 2092 011 But I Loved Him/[I'll Do Anything 3rd re-issue!](1971?) <span style="color: purple; font-weight: bold;">Mojo</span> 2092 062 Baby I Love You/To My Fathers House (1973?) <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;"><b>People</b></span> Peo112 - Stretchin' Out/Don't Tell Your Mama (1974) <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>Midland Int</b></span>.</span> Mb-10806 - Lyin' Eyes/Give God Glory (1976) <b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">Midland Int</span>.</span></b> Mb-11082 - Can't Hold On / Another Look(1977) <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><b>Midsong</b></span> 11083 - Can't Hold On/Another Look (1977)12" <span style="font-weight: bold;">LP's</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">ATLANTIC </span>8088 - JUST ONE LOOK (1964) <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">ATCO</span> 33 159 - APOLLO SATURDAY NITE (VA Live)(1964) <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;">APPLE </span>3371 - DORIS TROY (1970) <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">MOJO</span> 2956 001 - THE RAINBOW TESTAMENT (Live)(1971) <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">PEOPLE</span> PLEO12 - STRETCHIN' OUT (1974)Mickey Noldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17930425100960496393noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6570938571343807778.post-35425820547462524092011-02-14T12:23:00.011+00:002019-09-13T14:34:55.226+01:00Ella Fitzgerald<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbsIian66BoVjV6RlXHMxoio1ON5UN5IRzlFgPtvcn5Tof_G7PSMmT1-Vc1KLH8GfcYLT96O0QkpEHQbg3PFZEA13pq7WamENY83nPSFXPc8ZuGs77aOEtFMev_a8Zgwa8lbq-VQMlbqY7/s1600/ella.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573519933067531282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbsIian66BoVjV6RlXHMxoio1ON5UN5IRzlFgPtvcn5Tof_G7PSMmT1-Vc1KLH8GfcYLT96O0QkpEHQbg3PFZEA13pq7WamENY83nPSFXPc8ZuGs77aOEtFMev_a8Zgwa8lbq-VQMlbqY7/s320/ella.JPG" style="cursor: hand; height: 320px; width: 320px;"></a><br />
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<i>The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game</i> (1973)<br />
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<i><span style="color: yellow;">Get Ready</span>/<span style="color: yellow;">The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game</span>/Yellow Man/I'll Never Fall In Love Again/<span style="color: yellow;">I Got To Get You Into My Life</span>/I Wonder Why/Ooh Baby Baby/Savoy Truffle/Open Your Window/Knock On Wood<br />
</i>Produced by: <b>Richard Perry</b><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>T</b></span></span>he Ella Fitzgerald Soul set was recorded by the renounded soul producer <b>Richard Perry</b> at the Olympic Sound Studio's during the last week in May of 1969. The album came out as <b><i>Get Ready</i></b> (shown) and a single was released, a cover version of the Temptations song also as a 45 on Reprise records in that same year.<br />
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Four years later in 1973 a reissue of most of that material plus a bonus track the <i><b><span style="color: yellow;">Hunter Gets Captured By The Game</span></b></i> came out, presumably from that same session. This album came out in Canada as 'Ella' with an alternative cover. The <span style="color: #ffff66;"><i>Get ready</i></span> track is a stunning arrangement that I brought as a new release! Other high lights on this album are Cliff Bennet's <b><span style="color: yellow;">Got To Get You Into My Life</span></b> and Smokey Roberson's <b><i>Ooh Baby Baby</i></b>.<br />
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Today's featured track the <i><span style="color: yellow;">Hunter..</span></i> was originally done by the <b>Marvelettes </b>but sounds nothing like the Motown version. It has a lovely crossover arrangement; blues guitar fills, flute bridge and superb stings touch by John Cameron & Michael Vickers. Ian Shaw (Brummie collector) tells me the unreleased<b> Blinky</b> version is getting a play somewhere! that version surfaced in 2002. I gave Ella a few radio plays in years gone by but as far as I know it has never had a run on the Northern scene - shame!Mickey Noldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17930425100960496393noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6570938571343807778.post-38839219964456115472011-02-03T01:09:00.012+00:002019-09-13T14:35:23.835+01:00Steve Mancha Tribute 1945-2011<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGnXmXFK2z1vpaHAMVPj1FV6rRm76kY4GfekQFPIzCNXO3bQIuYgkTxzhrOjG6V_KWIxYF399oajJFljPFp6V4JzEPRLgulnUj60MBOquMV9mmEnVkagpDj2FIIyFWX-cIoIQuhESHMERV/s1600/mancha.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569272609917272162" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGnXmXFK2z1vpaHAMVPj1FV6rRm76kY4GfekQFPIzCNXO3bQIuYgkTxzhrOjG6V_KWIxYF399oajJFljPFp6V4JzEPRLgulnUj60MBOquMV9mmEnVkagpDj2FIIyFWX-cIoIQuhESHMERV/s320/mancha.jpg" style="cursor: hand; height: 320px; width: 263px;"></a><br />
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<b>Tribute</b> (Full interview with music with Bill Randal)<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>S</b></span></span>adly 2011 has taken Clyde Wilson another great soul singer from us. Known by Northern soul fans as Steve Mancha. Clyde also sang lead with <b>100 Proof Aged In Soul</b> and <b>The</b> <b>8th Day</b>. Bill Randle recorded an interview with Clyde but sadly it was damaged by an airport security scanner on his trip back to the UK.<br />
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The tape lay on the shelf for a while, but because Bill thought it was too poor he made a special effort to record a decent tribute to him. We managed to put this recording together and include some of the better sound clips and it was then broadcast to the Birmingham area. Today it goes out as a tribute to his memory - we now share it with the world.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 130%;">Steve Mancha 60's Discography:</span><span style="font-size: 180%;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>The Jaywalkers</b> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-size: 78%;"><b>Two Friends</b> </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 78%;"><span style="color: #ff6600;"><b>HPC</b></span> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 78%;">100 - Just Too Much To Hope For / Family Reunion - <b>1959 </b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br />
<span style="font-size: 78%;"></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>Laurence Faulkon & The Stars</b> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #66ffff; font-size: 78%;"><b>MRC</b> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 78%;">1202 - I'll Marry You / I Dream - <b>1962 </b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br />
<span style="font-size: 78%;"></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>Laurence Faulkon & The Sounds</b> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc33cc; font-size: 78%;"><b>Mah's</b> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 78%;">000.7 - My Girl And My Friend / Why Should We Hide Our Love - <b>1962 </b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ff9900; font-size: 12px;"><b>Wheelsville</b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 78%;">102 - Did My Baby Call / Whirlpool - <b>1965</b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #33ff33; font-size: 12px;"><b>Groovesville</b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 78%;">1001 - You're Still In My Heart / She's So Good – <b>1965</b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 78%;">1002 - I Don't Want To Lose You / Need To Be Needed – <b>1966</b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 78%;">1004 - Friday Night / Monday Through Thursday - <b>1966 </b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 78%;">1005 - Don't Make Me A Storyteller / I Won't Love And Leave You – <b>1967</b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 78%;">1007 - Just Keep On Loving Me / Sweet Baby Don't Ever Be Untrue –<b> 1967</b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br />
<span style="font-size: 78%;"></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>The Holidays</b> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 78%;"><b><span style="color: yellow;">Golden World</span> </b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 78%;">36 - I'll Love You Forever / Makin' Up Time - <b>1966 </b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-size: 12px;"><b>Groove City</b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 78%;">204 - A Love Like Yours / Hate Yourself In The Morning – <b>1969</b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 78%;">206 - Easy Living / I've Lost You - 1<b>969</b> (New Holidays)</span> </div>Mickey Noldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17930425100960496393noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6570938571343807778.post-61983770714800969482011-01-29T16:09:00.010+00:002019-09-13T14:06:51.461+01:00Marvelettes (Gladys Horton 1945-2011)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD1f1lcxDWIepAZzN46erUfuxVjOD4b1XwD7FEx80u6rxFIJIHhcDwmKFd3STw7gHZX9R3sHbTEIedFiEZXuQBYwhel2FTEIZ_r8HTwDSiXe2BfKeyJxcV_r_5GV-8W2dBZztLV0RSAh7W/s1600/gladys.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567650756025969730" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD1f1lcxDWIepAZzN46erUfuxVjOD4b1XwD7FEx80u6rxFIJIHhcDwmKFd3STw7gHZX9R3sHbTEIedFiEZXuQBYwhel2FTEIZ_r8HTwDSiXe2BfKeyJxcV_r_5GV-8W2dBZztLV0RSAh7W/s320/gladys.JPG" style="cursor: hand; height: 315px; width: 320px;" /></a><br />
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Gladys Horton interview April 1992<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>I</b></span></span> sadly received the news today that <b>Gladys Horton</b> from Motown's Marvelettes died after a number of strokes on Wednesday 26th January 2010.<br />
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That same year she was trying to find a UK publisher for the book she had written about her life with Motown, she wanted to call it a<b><i> Letter to the Postman</i></b> and was to feature many letters to her co-artistes at the label that she had composed for them. Bill had recently visited the Motown museum in Detroit and she tells him what she thought about that as well!<br />
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This is the first time I have put this recording on the net. It has been restored today by myself from the Reel-Reel tape that we edited on 18 years ago and digitally improved. A book, shown above came out in 2004 with another name!..... was it the same book?</div>
Mickey Noldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17930425100960496393noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6570938571343807778.post-230928642626552132011-01-17T19:44:00.011+00:002019-09-13T14:36:44.075+01:00Lloyd Price<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqYdip9ujjq6jrdnESzTd6_LhZZ7Du0opy0TyNMNQJbVlkCBN6WdgI-CyHcdWBAKAATZGGjEJhFNvLWeBQZyM-Wa6MEtqayiE1Hay_TceH-gphPTY8pObePxu_mgrcUTCQHD9pXwOq4Dzm/s1600/lloyd+price.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563251236111386146" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqYdip9ujjq6jrdnESzTd6_LhZZ7Du0opy0TyNMNQJbVlkCBN6WdgI-CyHcdWBAKAATZGGjEJhFNvLWeBQZyM-Wa6MEtqayiE1Hay_TceH-gphPTY8pObePxu_mgrcUTCQHD9pXwOq4Dzm/s320/lloyd+price.JPG" style="cursor: hand; height: 320px; width: 320px;" /></a><br />
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<b><i>Lloyd Price - <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #33ff33;">What Did You Do With My Love</span> - LPG 111 (1976)</i></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>T</b></span></span>oday's 2-Stepper is <i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #33ff33;">What Did you Do With My Love</span></b></i>, it was the last of Lloyd Price's run of chart singles reaching only No. 99 on the R&B charts of 1976. The run had started in 1952 with his first No.1 with<b><i> Lawdy Miss Clawdy</i></b> (the name now belongs to his web site), but in the 50's alone he released 30 singles on various labels<br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563251374036429330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZO0smy7fSpzIAKBnkS1MXBZPTy_IrnlYhGBCu4MBopAJ5mnfo6aaVsA5AZo7wC78fcmyY1ex0X3us304cjawVYa7aE0eaQeNbYk8LyMj7OAPq2ePOoYgXOAVRrwpg7m8OHfs1OXJRKH2y/s200/folder.jpg" style="cursor: hand; float: right; height: 200px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 200px;" />Born in 1933 he spent most of his time in Memphis, he is known as <b>Mr. Personality</b> after his 2nd no.1 hit eight years later in 1959. He had been drafted in Korea during those years. In 1962 he formed the <b>Double L</b> label with <b>Harold Logan</b> who was later murdered in 1969.He had earlier worked with him and <b>Bill Boskent</b> at KRC records. Price then founded the Turntable label and opened a club in NY with the same name.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Price was inducted to the <b><i>Rock and Roll Hall of Fame</i></b> in 1998 & on his 77th birthday in 2010 he was also inducted into the <b><i>Louisiana Music Hall Of Fame</i></b>. <b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #33ff33;">What Did You Do With My Love</span></i></b> was found on his 1976 album <i><b>'Music....Music</b></i>' that also contains a little Modern Soul gem <i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;"><b>You Brought It On Yourself</b></span></i>, thanks to Dave Allen for putting me on to that one!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div>Price currently manages Icon Food Brands, which makes a line of primarily Southern-style foods, including Lawdy Miss Clawdy food products, ranging from canned greens to sweet potato cookies, and a line of Lloyd Price foods, such as Lloyd Price's Soulful 'n' Smooth Grits and Lloyd Price's Energy-2-Eat Bar (with the brand slogan "Good taste ... Great Personality"), plus Lawdy Miss Clawdy clothing and collectibles.<br />
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Lloyd Price Avenue in Kenner, Louisiana, was named for the singer and the city celebrates an annual Lloyd Price Day.Mickey Noldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17930425100960496393noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6570938571343807778.post-58046454139978922882010-12-13T17:21:00.025+00:002019-09-19T21:47:32.673+01:00Step By Step<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU2wf9J5Uwx_ZEFrhBKt57P4wwdaXUkpEGY2mg5KxNYbVxU2z2HsE2b4QamCavN9nYTG_CjTPxyH8CNkGUO7n6-UC1sIbri7b0vnrjMLyEDb728venjrnhzz059ALdYNFPpqe95G30Hyoz/s1600/1006373.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550219772117146482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU2wf9J5Uwx_ZEFrhBKt57P4wwdaXUkpEGY2mg5KxNYbVxU2z2HsE2b4QamCavN9nYTG_CjTPxyH8CNkGUO7n6-UC1sIbri7b0vnrjMLyEDb728venjrnhzz059ALdYNFPpqe95G30Hyoz/s320/1006373.jpg" style="cursor: hand; height: 320px; width: 320px;" /></a> <br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span">Step By Step - I Always Wanted To Be In The Band -<b> Brunswick</b> BL 754211 (1976)</span> <br />
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<i>Cash Money, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;"><b>So Very Near You</b></span>, I'm Glad, Don't Leave Me, We Won This Time, <span class="Apple-style-span"><b><span style="color: yellow;">Cool Days</span> </b></span></i><i><span style="color: yellow;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>Are Out Of Style</b></span>, <span class="Apple-style-span"><b>I Always Wanted To Be In The Band</b></span></span>, People, I Am A Lonely Man, I Ain't Never <span class="Apple-style-span">Gonna Let You Go</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span">T</span></b></span></span>he first time I heard this played I thought It was <b>Johnny 'Guitar' Watson</b> singing! but no.... I found the LP some years back at Adey Pearces shop I think it was in Gloucester Docks. It's very up-tempo and really not fitting into the 'so called' pocket of the Northern/Modern fraternity! Still I brought the album 'cus it was good. I later found that if I played;<b><span class="Apple-style-span"> '<i><span class="Apple-style-span">So Very </span></i></span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span"><i><span class="Apple-style-span">Near You</span></i></span></b>' at -4 b.p.m, <i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;"><b>Cool Days are Out Of Style</b></span></i> at -4 and <i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;"><b>I Ain't Never Gonna Let You Go</b></span></i> at the giant -6 that would fit the bill, albeit the vocals sounded more mature if you know what I mean and I got away with it (I think.)</div>
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Anyway we can play them at now the proper speed, as the album has 'taken of' because of it's 'up-beat' funky style. In some areas of the Northern scene they're experimenting with this style as I speak. A track that's popular now is the album title song, <i><span class="Apple-style-span"><b><span style="font-size: 0px;"><span style="color: yellow; font-size: 0px;">I Always Wanted To Be In The Band</span></span></b></span></i>, it also came out in Spain on a 7' 45!!</div>
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The album was recorded in Chicago at Brunswick and produced by <b>Willy Bridges</b> & <b>Benny Clark</b>. Step By Step were straight from the Brewery State, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. Because of the incentive pressed upon them by Mr. & Mrs. Gee and Mr. McDaniel they gave 100% of their talents while performing. The title song describes their ambition and willingness to battle any obstacles that they may come across in playing their music. Any degree of compliments to their singing and musical ability can only be an understatement. A photo of the young Johnny Gee is shown with <b>Jackie Wilson, </b>Brunswick's main money maker.<br />
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The 12 piece band consisted of Jerome Gee (vocals), Dewitt Gee (Bass), Ronald Purfoy (guitar), Raymond Jones (guitar), Chester Lebron (trum), Jeffrey McClendon (a-sax), Michael Brown (Drums), Deleayne Henderson (drums), Greg McDonald (bass + voc), Greg Emerson (bass + voc) and Johnny Gee (bass + voc.)<br />
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Little Johnny Gee had recorded some singles from the age of 12 and still has albums out now. The Step By Step reissue album came out in Japan on CD in 2004. Some reviews on Amazon say the sound is not very good on the CD. Values: The early single '<b><i>She's Gone</i></b>' sold for $450 in 2005. LP goes for £100-£120 on eBay in 2010 & 2 copies for sale in France at time of press £145-£245. My vinyl copy I think will soon be just a memory!<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>Lil' Johnny Gee</b> - My Love/Salt N Pepper - <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Cuca</span></b> (1972</span><span class="Apple-style-span">)</span></span></div>
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I Always Wanted To Be In The Band - <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Brunswick</span></b>(Jap reissue) 2004<br />
I Always Wanted To Be In The Band/Cash Money - <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;">Safiro</span></b> 45 (Spain '76?)<br />
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<div align="justify"><span style="color: yellow;"><b><span style="font-size: 180%;">T</span></b></span>he first time I heard this song, was when I it was given it as a track, on the anniversary CD from Stafford Rangers <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">FC</span> soul night summer 2010. Produced my Myriam <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Makeba</span> & George Butcher in 1971. To those who don't know its a tribute to Malcolm X, who incidentally was born on the same day as me and who's Mother had the same maiden name as me, (<b>no</b> not Nold) how spooky is that. It turns out that John Farrell from Worcester had contributed this track to the CD. It's got a perfect old type 60's Northern soul tempo! John helps run soul nites in Worcester, see bottom of this page for the one I visit.<br />
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</tbody></table>John tells me he had discovered it as an MP3 on the net. But before I spoke to John I did a bit of research and have made the following assumptions. In 1995 a Civil Rights series of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">LP's</span> got released in Germany (<b>Black & Proud Vol.1 & 2</b>). <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Bongi</span> & Nelson is on Volume One as "Miriam & MBongi <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Makeba</span> ". This release had been doing the rounds on the Internet as MP3 download. </div><br />
<div align="justify"></div><div align="justify">It turns out that Miriam's Daughter (<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Bongi</span>) wrote the song with pianist Nelson <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Lumumba</span> Lee (Miriam's Grandson) and was also released by Miriam <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">Makeba</span> three years later as a French single in 1974. That version has less production and came from a live show that year in France (now it's also out again on a double live CD).<br />
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A similar thing happened about the same time in the UK, with a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">Tamla</span>-Motown single with a wrong 'b' side that now fetches around £300 with Motown collectors. That's what UK collector Dave Allen tells me, who quietly keeps a stash of these in his achieve! So if your a Civil Rights collector please make me an offer for today's rarity please!<br />
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<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">Bongi</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">Makeba</span> died in 1985 aged 35 and her Mother, who received many awards after Nelson Mandela release in 1990, died in 2008. </div>Mickey Noldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17930425100960496393noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6570938571343807778.post-17768732474132488282010-08-27T11:21:00.024+01:002019-09-19T22:35:56.313+01:00Janice Edwards - Time For Me<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLwg-Jdt3uzc_IqwI-ME2zB6qHvjS-xG_p1gj8HBkpLdmVI2_Bs7oFjFpxAgZqlShvGNvbVW8N3CsZTh-7VqeiVK8_ohcQ4wrAXSu1YS7I39VI75zdd3UdTjyv2mS528oQeOi1HRV-wiZb/s1600/janice+edwards.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545437805710389522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLwg-Jdt3uzc_IqwI-ME2zB6qHvjS-xG_p1gj8HBkpLdmVI2_Bs7oFjFpxAgZqlShvGNvbVW8N3CsZTh-7VqeiVK8_ohcQ4wrAXSu1YS7I39VI75zdd3UdTjyv2mS528oQeOi1HRV-wiZb/s320/janice+edwards.JPG" style="cursor: hand; height: 315px; width: 320px;"></a><br />
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<i><b>Janice Edwards</b> - Time For Me</i><br />
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<i><b>Janice Edwards</b> - Same - <b>Respond International</b> RES 70827</i> (1991)<br />
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<i><span style="color: #33ff33;">Time For Me</span>, Miss You, First Time First Love, Time For Love, Givers Gain Takers Lose, Once You've Held A Lover, Still In Love, Ever Give Us Away, Love Is A Risk, Hard Times</i><br />
<span style="color: yellow;"><b><span style="font-size: 180%;">A</span></b></span>s far as I know this album was released on vinyl only with no cover in California in 1991. The label is green with silver print, that you have to hold at an angle to read, so it doesn't scan very well. I wrote to the company in 1992 but sadly got no response. Some Independence companies will give you great support as a DJ if you write to them, sending you free copies their product for competition prizes etc.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAmUK-At7iE1f0deM7Ovh-o19dIloBJgeX0l2DiLIoK62Q5NHojuuCw3iEHRNyog3IFTQYDFaSAP0EQIJWNak65av3lskfIW8QO4MzrVYKRj8qT51DQ2vyvN_szCBJuHr_0WzFUZJqz3No/s1600/janice+edwards.gif"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510055263184040978" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAmUK-At7iE1f0deM7Ovh-o19dIloBJgeX0l2DiLIoK62Q5NHojuuCw3iEHRNyog3IFTQYDFaSAP0EQIJWNak65av3lskfIW8QO4MzrVYKRj8qT51DQ2vyvN_szCBJuHr_0WzFUZJqz3No/s200/janice+edwards.gif" style="cursor: hand; float: right; height: 200px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 135px;"></a>This album though was always a favorite of mine. Getting lots of plays on my radio show for nearly 10 years! The strongest track is the ballad <i>Eyes Give Us Away</i>. It's a mainly ballad album with the other nice song being <i>Time For Love</i>, I'm not sure why it wasn't a success, perhaps promotion who knows. The only single released from the album was <i>Still In Love</i> with <i>Once You Hold A Lover</i> on the flip side. <i><span style="color: #33ff33;">Time For Love</span></i> is a nice Stepper with an unusual intro/bridge that's quite catchy listen and see what you think. </div><br />
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<div align="justify">So it appears that this was he debut LP and it looks like perhaps just a few hundred were pressed up to feel for market reaction. One of the tracks came out on a UK label <b>About Time</b> on a compilation album Soul'd Together Vol. 2. I remember talking to the owner and recommending it to him at the time along with a few other indie 12's from 1991<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKp1R4OAtNFTcdZBYDko0Q3YSaqjYGzqQkixHhJwvhDYVMhKZ5PO4QCnXwLz8ALAORxFK9b4MThTMEJt_Wi8hQn454u2nClCkdBhe_3itRk8cF4ldSu2_Z601n544YucSfl-xwJlA2VMcA/s1600/body+snatchers.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510057095033134626" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKp1R4OAtNFTcdZBYDko0Q3YSaqjYGzqQkixHhJwvhDYVMhKZ5PO4QCnXwLz8ALAORxFK9b4MThTMEJt_Wi8hQn454u2nClCkdBhe_3itRk8cF4ldSu2_Z601n544YucSfl-xwJlA2VMcA/s200/body+snatchers.jpg" style="cursor: hand; float: left; height: 200px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 200px;"></a>Janice has a lovely rawness to her voice sounding a little like <b>Macy Gray</b>. I found a her <i>'Live At Bourbon Street'</i> quite hard to find, I think this was her last release in 2001. She was a late a member of <b>George Clinton's</b> <b>Parlet</b> funk group in 1979 on <i>Invasion Of The Bootysnatchers</i> under the name <b>Janice Evans</b>, the nice track on that lp is <i><span style="color: #33ff33;">'Don't Ever Stop.'</span></i> Evans sings the second verse - Listen..</div><br />
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She performs live at the gay & lesbian bar Bourbon Street in San Diago on Thursdays! I can only find one copy of the debut album for sale today and that is about £75. Her recent unsigned recordings are on her MySpace site: <a href="http://www.myspace.com/janicemarieedwards">www.myspace.com/janicemarieedwards</a><br />
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<b>Janice Edwards Discography:</b><br />
As a Group Member:<br />
Parlet - Invasion Of The Bootysnatchers - Casablanca - (1979)<br />
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<b>Solo:</b><br />
Still In Love/Once You Find A Lover - Respond Int 827 (1991)<br />
Janice Edwards - Janice Edwards (LP) Respond Int 70827 (1991)<br />
Soul'd Together (Vol. 2) UK Various Artists LP (2002)<br />
Janice Edwards Live at Bourbon Street (CD) (2001)</div>Mickey Noldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17930425100960496393noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6570938571343807778.post-7715643285372257432010-08-11T21:44:00.016+01:002019-09-13T14:38:38.501+01:00Fela Kuti - Roforofo Fight<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEn3qsOuULV7siQwaq-cBNSYWkVMr_MGtUQlkbgFqSk8lOxKXM4zaLu4dktotPe731ZI3SUt5ap9gNrsLW6XuXIiTzqOZ_Vt17zvlhuXtk1avrKVq8gkUDIPdXBhoaVB0AnmPfn8N_cr5t/s1600/kuti+single.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504260096009445314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEn3qsOuULV7siQwaq-cBNSYWkVMr_MGtUQlkbgFqSk8lOxKXM4zaLu4dktotPe731ZI3SUt5ap9gNrsLW6XuXIiTzqOZ_Vt17zvlhuXtk1avrKVq8gkUDIPdXBhoaVB0AnmPfn8N_cr5t/s320/kuti+single.JPG" style="cursor: hand; height: 320px; width: 320px;"></a><br />
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<i>Fela Kuti - <b><span style="color: #33cc00;">Roforofo Fight</span></b> - Editions Makossa Int. EM2717 (1975)</i><br />
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The highlight of this two-day Modern Soul weekender where the 40 dj's gave time to raise cash for MacMillan Cancer Support for me was hearing <b><span style="color: #33cc00;"><i>'Roforofo Fight'</i></span></b> for the first time spun by the always wacky Gavin Page, he even had the cheek to drop <i>'the Snake'</i> in amongst the purists in the same set. Mind you the World Cup had been serious competition earlier in the evening with a TV turned on near the dance floor!</div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><br />
<div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6DaPp6MmHIMVghwreIye1ZUC-8qB-rJVG8zOoExrdJ7UHMwvI_qGnRFfejfnACbPqAkImiyFf1zSCoWmpuSNjW1rReu6cmLmzdaYLpvaHwqf5U24rMDSvXybJm1CwiwXqa2QyG027utkI/s1600/nigerain+lp.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504956836171823490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6DaPp6MmHIMVghwreIye1ZUC-8qB-rJVG8zOoExrdJ7UHMwvI_qGnRFfejfnACbPqAkImiyFf1zSCoWmpuSNjW1rReu6cmLmzdaYLpvaHwqf5U24rMDSvXybJm1CwiwXqa2QyG027utkI/s200/nigerain+lp.JPG" style="cursor: hand; float: right; height: 200px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 198px;"></a>I just remember though being knocked out by it, I've never heard a trumpet, tenor & baritone saxophone played in tight formation like this before, it was just amazing, the loudness on the dance floor drumming at your chest - <i><b>wow</b></i>.<br />
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The version that time was the LP mix that lasts for 16 minutes but Gavin just gave us a few bars from a 12" single. My mate Ian (bless him,) who was also quite impressed went over to ask the dj, to find out what it was and the rest is history. It seams that <i><span style="color: #33cc00;"><b>Roforofo Fight</b></span></i> was an album only track on it's first release in Nigeria in 1972, from the album of the same title with a gatefold sleeve but later came out as a single in the US in 1975, even the sleeve is an explosion of colour. The 12" versions I think are all boot-leg releases as far as I can make out and from the 1990's & beyond.<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR5y53NhiMjuiMuPaj0Y5_7RAB69ABT2JsVtarhpjpSFJntpUq1Q22C7FTfOuO9QQoJ0xzJapX0VzDWdmH1IB88NLJXTwizvn9ebbWQfSij3fOVizJThTAT96ktK6QTjrfbp0obiHEyWGd/s1600/franch+sleeve.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504262301474731714" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR5y53NhiMjuiMuPaj0Y5_7RAB69ABT2JsVtarhpjpSFJntpUq1Q22C7FTfOuO9QQoJ0xzJapX0VzDWdmH1IB88NLJXTwizvn9ebbWQfSij3fOVizJThTAT96ktK6QTjrfbp0obiHEyWGd/s200/franch+sleeve.JPG" style="cursor: hand; float: left; height: 199px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 200px;"></a>Fela Kuti - Basic Facts:</b></span></div>Fela Kuti was born on October 15, 1938 in Abeokuta, Nigeria, to parents who were political activists. His mother was a feminist and anti-colonialist, and his father was active in the Nigerian teachers' union. Fela Kuti died in 1997 of AIDS.<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>Fela Kuti's Early Musical Career:</b></span><br />
In 1958, Fela Kuti moved to London, where he began studying music. He soon formed a group called Koola Lobitos, which was later renamed Nigeria 70. They played a kind of music which Fela named "Afrobeat", which was American jazz, pop and funk blended with West African highlife music.<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>Fela Kuti's Sound:</b></span><br />
Fela Kuti was a gifted multi-instrumentalist, playing, among other things, saxophone, keyboards, trumpet, drums and guitar. He was also a talented singer and a highly energetic live performer. His lengthy songs (most were over 10 minutes long) were backed up by a consistent groove of drums and bass, a style which heavily influenced the genre of hip-hop.<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>Fela Kuti's Personal Life:</b></span><br />
In 1961, Fela Kuti married Remilekun Taylor. They had three children, Femi, Yeni and Sola. Femi Kuti went on to become a well-known Afrobeat musician in his own right. Later in his life, Fela would become a strong believer in polygamy, and married dozens of women.<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>Fela Kuti's Political Activism:</b></span><br />
Fela Kuti was a major activist for Pan-Africanism and anti-colonialism, and because of his socialist beliefs, had many run-ins with the authorities of several African countries. His struggles made him a veritable icon of the Black Power movement. Fela Kuti attempted to run for Nigerian President several times, but was never allowed to.<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>Fela Kuti's Death:</b></span><br />
Fela Kuti died of complications from AIDS in 1997 in Lagos, Nigeria. His illness was, and is, kept very private by his family members, so no further verifiable information is known about his experience with that disease. [Bio facts from about.com/ Photo's: Top 7' single, DVD cover, Nigerian LP, Single sleeve.]<br />
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<b>Fela Kuti discography:</b><a href="http://biochem.chem.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~endo/EAFela.html">http://biochem.chem.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~endo/EAFela.html</a>Mickey Noldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17930425100960496393noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6570938571343807778.post-85193369990559907342010-04-05T13:21:00.026+01:002019-09-13T14:38:59.944+01:00Flavor<div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLqSW8r6euIopdLSjSxtO5bLx8KxyLiNkBGIzmIFj369_9VQS_uJ9EZSyGi_rVQy5JZE-_lsW9VBW3fEl6JdvtV0GuwTUz1iZh_MoWwfibMdzPX96iZxv4T9cBBGh-1OF_JnRMee3QrD6I/s1600/flovor.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456633303059823394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLqSW8r6euIopdLSjSxtO5bLx8KxyLiNkBGIzmIFj369_9VQS_uJ9EZSyGi_rVQy5JZE-_lsW9VBW3fEl6JdvtV0GuwTUz1iZh_MoWwfibMdzPX96iZxv4T9cBBGh-1OF_JnRMee3QrD6I/s320/flovor.JPG" style="cursor: hand; height: 320px; width: 318px;"></a><br />
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<i>Flavor - <span style="color: #ffff33;">Don't Freeze Up</span> - Bunky US/Ju-par US/Motown UK EU (1976)</i><br />
<span style="color: yellow;"><span style="font-size: 180%;">I</span></span> got married in 1974 and for the next 10 years I missed a lot of good soul music that came out due to family commitments, etc, and even now in 2010 I'm still coming across nice little things that passed me by.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUahuoQ238mm2z27NUSZYCR74cDg4hymp19RI2ZAwTCwwdMAgou5RAxMh0gflETySsY881BRTDx35cn0tg9ra3jeDLVDG-4Rwa_qovhQgcJHWSW326ruDpWRex44yuWglSK6MKTwKGYtwF/s1600/lp+cover.gif"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456636891138332098" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUahuoQ238mm2z27NUSZYCR74cDg4hymp19RI2ZAwTCwwdMAgou5RAxMh0gflETySsY881BRTDx35cn0tg9ra3jeDLVDG-4Rwa_qovhQgcJHWSW326ruDpWRex44yuWglSK6MKTwKGYtwF/s200/lp+cover.gif" style="cursor: hand; float: right; height: 180px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 177px;"></a>They are like new releases to me when I find them. I ask a friend; "do you know such a track like this one" and they say "Oh yeah" (and then yawn!!), but finding these things is a whole new experience for me and for the reader also, I hope!<br />
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This track is very easy to obtain and is classed as a Modern soul tune and came out all over. Firstly on <b>Bunky</b> in 1976 and a few months later in 1977 when Motown pressed it up the <b>Ju-par</b> label. This copy is a German pressing with a picture sleeve and a early blue 'M' logo that I found last week for just few dollars. The other nice track on the first Ju-Par album (shown) is <i><span style="color: #33cc00;">One Way Ticket</span></i>.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjASOJjI7irODf8Xj_YTpPTN_ZGOh4BC1E3WokDSdHq_xN5B66Okz8gVv7-Hzx11KRM4RrQdtNbVRdAjYA_Bd-crSdji7QxzZzcynvV7QCLlNdo4SmPdIJVCVXmn0iwV9ByGEBB5nmd2uxh/s1600/jupar+single.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456640747926451522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjASOJjI7irODf8Xj_YTpPTN_ZGOh4BC1E3WokDSdHq_xN5B66Okz8gVv7-Hzx11KRM4RrQdtNbVRdAjYA_Bd-crSdji7QxzZzcynvV7QCLlNdo4SmPdIJVCVXmn0iwV9ByGEBB5nmd2uxh/s200/jupar+single.JPG" style="cursor: hand; float: left; height: 200px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 200px;"></a>Flavor was Stanton Scott Sheppard (Stan), Chauncey Matthews, and Fred Brown Jr. Sheppard's the son of producer/writer/singer/record label owner Bill "Bunky" Sheppard. The groups first and only release as Flavor <i><span style="color: yellow;">"Don't Freeze Up,"</span></i> written by Sheppard and Roderick Rancifer .<br />
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When it started making a little noise, Bunky cut a deal with Ju-par Records in Detroit, which was being distributed by Motown Records, to give it some clout. Ju-par reissued the dancer February 1977 and followed with an album entitled In Good Taste three months later. No other track from the album was ever issued. Then, for reasons unknown, the group changed their name to Livin' Proof. (A possible reason is that after albums by the Ju-par Orchestra, Sly, Slick & Wicked, and Flavor, Motown ended its association with Ju-par's owner and snatched the rights to the name Flavor along with the three albums it distributed.)<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv3Unx9DdqcBpJlhu9NCEl_riFLd1wIHIonW5QW5ZB39Cgkg8AdnF25PAHY4WMmzqsVO-kMWJreC1-EHDKAk6GVz91TsuhVWk9IJ9-X5f_ghFe7oYK37VuH1eHA6gntIWJQ3n_PmF7CsIJ/s1600/livin'+proof.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456659867188781906" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv3Unx9DdqcBpJlhu9NCEl_riFLd1wIHIonW5QW5ZB39Cgkg8AdnF25PAHY4WMmzqsVO-kMWJreC1-EHDKAk6GVz91TsuhVWk9IJ9-X5f_ghFe7oYK37VuH1eHA6gntIWJQ3n_PmF7CsIJ/s200/livin'+proof.JPG" style="cursor: hand; float: right; height: 200px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 198px;"></a>Still on Ju-par, but not distributed by Motown, the same lineup released a Vernon Bullock tune and production entitled <i><span style="color: #33cc00;">"You and I"</span></i> in December 1977. The self-titled Livin' Proof came out in 1978, shadowed by a final single "Move Your Body," composed by Bullock and Sheppard. But Ju-par ran into all kind of problems and dissolved, causing Livin' Proof to dissipate like Flavor before it.<br />
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None of their product really caught on, despite a print media blitz, and the end was inevitable. Sheppard hooked up with the Rice Twins (Steve and Sterling) to form Triple S in 1979 and two years later began his longest group association as a member of Skool Boyz who recorded for Destiny, Crossroads, and Columbia Records. - Andrew Hamilton<br />
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<div align="justify"><b></b></div><div align="justify"><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">Flavor/Livin' Proof Discography:</span></b></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"><br />
<div align="justify"><b>Flavor</b></div><div align="justify">Don't Freeze Up <b><span style="color: #ff9900;">Bunky</span></b> (1976) <b><span style="color: #3333ff;">Ju-Par/Motown</span></b> (1977)</div><div align="justify">In Good Taste <b><span style="color: #3366ff;">Ju-par</span></b> LP (1977)</div><div align="justify"><b></b></div><div align="justify"><b></b></div><div align="justify"><b></b></div><div align="justify"><b>Livin' Proof</b></div><div align="justify">You And I (Part 1)/Part 2 <b><span style="color: #3366ff;">Ju-Par</span></b> 532 (1978)</div><div align="justify">Move Your Body/Disco Boogie<b><span style="color: #3366ff;"> Ju-Par</span></b> 534 (1978)<br />
<div align="justify">Livin' Proof <b><span style="color: #3366ff;">Ju-Par</span></b> LP (1978)</div></div></div></div>Mickey Noldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17930425100960496393noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6570938571343807778.post-82024382885178930082010-03-06T14:13:00.008+00:002019-09-13T14:39:38.660+01:00Ron Banks (Dramatics) PCRL Tribute<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhddRZTWwq1SS4QXhFzSqQlMaqYfGWEuXMun5JrzxYc9YRfjZGcZJ-Xdsp0Bbcb9QleYe1SWeClGxTvJtNbj_1g4j3RtH0ZpNhTpL6t5tku1d9a9ZbCvbAEtxwjX9IqQ4S2udJ6sVwxHKg1/s1600-h/banks.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" height="150" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446291354821592034" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhddRZTWwq1SS4QXhFzSqQlMaqYfGWEuXMun5JrzxYc9YRfjZGcZJ-Xdsp0Bbcb9QleYe1SWeClGxTvJtNbj_1g4j3RtH0ZpNhTpL6t5tku1d9a9ZbCvbAEtxwjX9IqQ4S2udJ6sVwxHKg1/s200/banks.jpg" style="height: 240px; width: 320px;" width="200"></a><br />
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<div><span style="color: yellow;"><b><span style="font-size: 180%;">L</span></b></span>isten to full 65 mins radio show from 1994. Please leave comments on interview. Interviewed in Detroit by Bill Randle for PCRL radio here in Birmingham, contains all the classics even "Inky Dinky!"</div><div></div><br />
<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpbRF6rw9muy7UkhZhsxwI2v8coU9VNnGoc_8EJhs7yj5TaSfIGzCxSagr1wvrtY_gT4TlgEtdA0BE0ltpxUwkR7h_8F7B9evJfOTfGyPVO_GwqEjy0W-tgQyeGhhu2mzIZvLbnC_GMDd-/s1600-h/inky+dinky.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446297008304520226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpbRF6rw9muy7UkhZhsxwI2v8coU9VNnGoc_8EJhs7yj5TaSfIGzCxSagr1wvrtY_gT4TlgEtdA0BE0ltpxUwkR7h_8F7B9evJfOTfGyPVO_GwqEjy0W-tgQyeGhhu2mzIZvLbnC_GMDd-/s200/inky+dinky.JPG" style="cursor: hand; float: right; height: 197px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 200px;"></a>The Dramatics (formerly The Dynamics) were a American soul music vocal group, formed in Detroit, Michigan in 1967. First record was on a local Detroit label <b>Wingate,</b> "<i>Inky Dinky Wang Dang Do/Bingo",</i> followed after <b>Motown</b> brought out the label by a hit release this time on another local label, <b>Sport</b> records, that is very popular with Northern Soul collectors. The group are best known however for their 1970s hit songs, <i>"In the Rain"</i> and "<i>Whatcha See is Whatcha Get</i>" - both of which were #1 R&B and Top 10 Pop hits. Their first million selling disc "Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get" was awarded gold disc status by the R.I.A.A. in December 1971.</div><div><br />
Their members at this time were Ron Banks (who died of a heart attack on March 4, 2010 at age 58), William "Wee Gee" Howard (who died of a heart attack on February 22, 2000 at age 49), Elbert Wilkins (who died of a heart attack on December 13, 1992 at age 45), Willie Ford, Larry Demps and keyboardist James Mack Brown (who died on November 28, 2008 at age 58). Shortly after the success of their first album, Howard and Wilkins left the group.</div><div><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdPPrgnZ5ISyJ3UFFbjPPd0fQHJntLxVnLz1K3RRhZHDgvyS9lNFq1DR74SuPUIordUeSb9Qmxnn8EvUf8_7EbhTk8BBmA2S-glOdu3FsM5buvDUpffl9vdE9d0fLWGN5T7DtYqS48udSU/s1600-h/sport.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446297189404642946" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdPPrgnZ5ISyJ3UFFbjPPd0fQHJntLxVnLz1K3RRhZHDgvyS9lNFq1DR74SuPUIordUeSb9Qmxnn8EvUf8_7EbhTk8BBmA2S-glOdu3FsM5buvDUpffl9vdE9d0fLWGN5T7DtYqS48udSU/s200/sport.jpg" style="cursor: hand; float: left; height: 198px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 200px;"></a>They were replaced by L.J. Reynolds and Leonard "Lenny" Mayes. Through the 1970s, the group appeared on Soul Train and continued to have hits, including the #1 R&B hit, "In the Rain", "Toast to the Fool", "Me and Mrs. Jones" (originally by Billy Paul), "I'm Going By The Stars In Your Eyes" and "Be My Girl." In the meantime, Howard and Wilkins formed a Dramatics splinter group, and came up with a minor R&B hit, "No Rebate on Love." To distinguish themselves from this group, the core group temporarily dubbed themselves 'Ron Banks and The Dramatics'. Howard eventually returned to the group for two albums, Somewhere in Time: A Dramatic Reunion and Positive State Of Mind, before departing again.<br />
The Dramatics also were guests on the Snoop Doggy Dogg song, "Doggy Dogg World". The song appeared on Snoop's 1993 debut album, Doggystyle.</div><div><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK_0VSScr5KYQbKcp0XORGMxo9w5PsDsEO9MxiFwmo8AtSK5qkHVZeKkqdvl0TQBjRgaw2KP20uGjxK7WYe9uvwHWXhj7CuYoZrsPV2nFn7QZ9uhZPQSNrzrMs-cDjqxUAPmHQRgcWN7tF/s1600-h/volt.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446300790725404530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK_0VSScr5KYQbKcp0XORGMxo9w5PsDsEO9MxiFwmo8AtSK5qkHVZeKkqdvl0TQBjRgaw2KP20uGjxK7WYe9uvwHWXhj7CuYoZrsPV2nFn7QZ9uhZPQSNrzrMs-cDjqxUAPmHQRgcWN7tF/s200/volt.JPG" style="cursor: hand; float: right; height: 200px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 200px;"></a>The group continues to tour and presently consists of Banks, Reynolds, Ford, Winzell Kelly and Michael Brock, who replaced Mayes (who died of lung cancer on November 8, 2004 at age 53).<br />
The Dramatics were also mentioned in the novel The Algiers Motel Incident by John Hersey (ISBN 0-8018-5777-5). They were staying at the Algiers Motel, following a performance at Detroit's Fox Theatre, during an alleged murder by members of the Detroit Police Department, which was one of the incidents which sparked the Detroit Riots of 1967.<br />
The Dramatics "Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get" appeared in the 2005 documentary Sunday Driver, as well as the movies, Wattstax and Darktown Strutters, and the 2007 Petey Greene biopic, Talk To Me.</div><div><br />
Lead singer Ron Banks died at his Prest Street home in northwest Detroit on Thursday morning, March 4, 2010. Banks was born in on May 10, 1951, reportedly in the (then) all-white western suburb of Redford, Michigan. (citation needed - this is unlikely) It is believed that Banks died of a heart attack. wikipedia</div></div></div></div></div>Mickey Noldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17930425100960496393noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6570938571343807778.post-84587397356804117482009-09-11T12:00:00.027+01:002019-09-19T22:41:11.437+01:00Joe Hinton aka Jay Lewis<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijNWdJO9aw-q6aUBQu3-pWtlg_FFoq8EjyFNlaX_rJvy3UxnT1rD-h8RObLb15WVB-h81_DVDZLoSXacZyyPhritQvdpN7C9yHNnlzg8h5MkUIZWrSOw_0cCgARGj2yIr_qOYQsKnMmhXP/s1600-h/hanna.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380164271653073858" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijNWdJO9aw-q6aUBQu3-pWtlg_FFoq8EjyFNlaX_rJvy3UxnT1rD-h8RObLb15WVB-h81_DVDZLoSXacZyyPhritQvdpN7C9yHNnlzg8h5MkUIZWrSOw_0cCgARGj2yIr_qOYQsKnMmhXP/s320/hanna.JPG" style="cursor: hand; height: 320px; width: 320px;"></a><br />
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Joe Hinton - <i><span style="color: #33cc00;">Hanna's Love</span></i> - Hotlanta HLDJ 306 (1974)<br />
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<div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLDhwtsPmyG9Z-amXWmH5XfqH7_IItV4zMtQxg5L7OBFYb5OyMTjmLh5N-qCqchfpixQA77YLa0v48FvgUSD87YkBr9mWnd8KuSEsu-cTpncQ3Jwa3VS-OAhLehJ1xoWnBWpASTVSe3_io/s1600-h/soul+craft.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381281487978202914" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLDhwtsPmyG9Z-amXWmH5XfqH7_IItV4zMtQxg5L7OBFYb5OyMTjmLh5N-qCqchfpixQA77YLa0v48FvgUSD87YkBr9mWnd8KuSEsu-cTpncQ3Jwa3VS-OAhLehJ1xoWnBWpASTVSe3_io/s200/soul+craft.JPG" style="cursor: hand; float: left; height: 200px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 200px;"></a><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>J</b></span></span>ay Lewis aka Joe Hinton was the co-writer of over a 100 songs, the biggest success being '<i>Gotta Hold On To This Feeling'</i> for <b>Jr. Walker</b> in 1970. Popular Soul Craft single for <b>David Will</b>, "<i><span style="color: yellow;">Loneliness"</span></i> was also one of his compositions. He also released one Motown single of his own, "Let's All Save The Children" and wrote with many of the house writers. He later composed one of my favorite steppers <a href="http://mickeynold.blogspot.com/search/label/Johnny%20Bristol"><i><span style="color: #33cc00;">'Hold On To Love'</span></i> </a>(see the blog) for Johnny Bristol's 1981 Hansa album. Taking the name Jay Lewis probably because Joe Hinton was already a star of Peacock's Texas Backbeat label with the hit <i>"Funny", </i>but he died in 1968 letting Lewis to resort back to his own name.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJGt5v09_Vd9eXk6QuB0D0NostTlEMojn0mGXfsncJjNqXO8tyiJu7HTWZg-RccTPRZPTnR8O93_57ZhCI52smEkK2jLygm9p1qojrKSzAyqj-S2uqRivE7_AizDOcwr3dXt3rCTDhv7ZG/s1600-h/joe+hinton.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380165707862341714" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJGt5v09_Vd9eXk6QuB0D0NostTlEMojn0mGXfsncJjNqXO8tyiJu7HTWZg-RccTPRZPTnR8O93_57ZhCI52smEkK2jLygm9p1qojrKSzAyqj-S2uqRivE7_AizDOcwr3dXt3rCTDhv7ZG/s400/joe+hinton.JPG" style="cursor: hand; float: right; height: 153px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 153px;"></a>His earliest work according to BMI was two 1963 Capitol singles. The only photograph I can find of him was on a picture sleeve single to a Hotlanta/GRC 1973 issue of <i><span style="color: #33cc00;">'Take My Hand In Your</span> <span style="color: #33cc00;">Hand'</span></i>. This single <i><span style="color: #33cc00;">'Hanna's Love'</span></i> starts out as sounding like a Civil Rights song that has been watered down so as not to offend. His voice here sounds very much like Willie Hutch. Hinton co-wrote this with Marlin McNichols. It was recorded at the Sound Pit in Atlanta G.A. and engineered by Milan Bogdan. Hanna was a theme with the label they also recorded The Mighty Hanabal who had been with Loma. The Black Hannibal if you know your history drove his army and elephants over the French Alps to defeat the Romans Empire.<br />
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<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-wnLt_Zww90/SqouweXiCiI/AAAAAAAADL8/PbdmpZbMJR8/s1600-h/joe+hinton.JPG"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvZqKORJoa8LNead9oxbAfgAF02hXisIssrGDeiZYhN5HUZ94zqJMKmI8f5WzeW6dBn6Htqzn9AiSphsS5gfVpdvpQsJox_qv0lhfbepp4KSTHN5QAntCiU2dyzF0-Fs7rJug2GLyKOzvR/s1600-h/soul.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380182957749843090" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvZqKORJoa8LNead9oxbAfgAF02hXisIssrGDeiZYhN5HUZ94zqJMKmI8f5WzeW6dBn6Htqzn9AiSphsS5gfVpdvpQsJox_qv0lhfbepp4KSTHN5QAntCiU2dyzF0-Fs7rJug2GLyKOzvR/s200/soul.JPG" style="cursor: hand; float: left; height: 200px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 200px;"></a>The Sound Pit studio was owned by Michael Thevis who was later convicted of crimes relating to his porn empire! Most of the Hotlanta recordings have been confiscated by the US government as they were allegedly funded by the porn business. For many years Jimmy Ginn & his son have been fighting a legal battle to gain rights to these songs after initially buying the tapes at an auction. Ace UK have put out three Hotlanta compilation CD's thus far having licenced them from G-M-G (Ginn Music Group).<br />
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</div><div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxeAbrH9gzGFbuzkWxe6yaR4GXNT0lm5OAuj0k7XbmpfvK_1zZkVyfV8TXRXZglTkpJ0pRg0aOVekQEuqGXTPL3wmBme3s3xvqnuHVe8BABEuc2jn9wPJ_LADVwEtVGhyphenhyphenGEGqrM1-RDVOd/s1600/lit+joe+hinton.JPG"></a></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxeAbrH9gzGFbuzkWxe6yaR4GXNT0lm5OAuj0k7XbmpfvK_1zZkVyfV8TXRXZglTkpJ0pRg0aOVekQEuqGXTPL3wmBme3s3xvqnuHVe8BABEuc2jn9wPJ_LADVwEtVGhyphenhyphenGEGqrM1-RDVOd/s1600/lit+joe+hinton.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459614568710491410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxeAbrH9gzGFbuzkWxe6yaR4GXNT0lm5OAuj0k7XbmpfvK_1zZkVyfV8TXRXZglTkpJ0pRg0aOVekQEuqGXTPL3wmBme3s3xvqnuHVe8BABEuc2jn9wPJ_LADVwEtVGhyphenhyphenGEGqrM1-RDVOd/s200/lit+joe+hinton.JPG" style="cursor: hand; float: right; height: 200px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 200px;"></a>13/4/10 Thanks to <b>Greg Burgess</b> for his email I've since found the popular Northern <b>Arvee</b> track by <b>Little Joe Hinton</b> is one and the same persons. Email: <i><span style="color: #999999;">A few additional facts for you on Jay Lewis/Joe Hinton. His wife was the renown record producer, DJ & singer Zilla Mays (Hinton). She is the Zilla on the duet on ABC.<br />
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I'm speculating a tad but the vocal similarities are such that I think the Little Joe Hinton on Arvee from c 1960/62 is Jay Lewis. These was cut in LA I think where Roy 'Willie' Mays, Zilla's brother and well known trumpet player was working. Not quite confirmed though so maybe this post will help.</span></i></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="color: white;">Jay Lewis/Joe Hinton Discography:</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 85%;"><b><span style="color: white;">Little Joe Hinton</span> (BMI 14151532) </b></span></div><br />
<div align="justify"><span style="font-size: 85%;">Let's Start A Romance/Your Kind Of Love <b><span style="color: #339999;">Arvee</span></b> A 5029 (1962)</span></div><div align="justify"><br />
</div><div align="justify"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><b><span style="color: white;">Jay Lewis</span> (BMI 18000144)</b></span></div><br />
<div align="justify"><span style="font-size: 85%;">Love Her/Had it not been for love <b><span style="color: red;">Capitol</span></b> 4957 (1963)<br />
Tell Us What Went Wrong/Should I Come Back <b><span style="color: red;">Capitol</span></b> 5095<br />
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<b><span style="color: white;">Zilla & Jay</span></b><br />
Old Butter Milk Sky/Into each Life Some Rain Must Fall <b><span style="color: #33cc00;">ABC </span></b>10558 (1964)<br />
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<b><span style="color: white;">Betty & Jay</span></b><br />
Love Is To Blame/Part 2 <b><span style="color: #3333ff;">DRA</span></b> 310 (1965)<br />
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<b><span style="color: white;">Jay Lewis</span></b><br />
Love Is Real/Darling Let Me Know <b><span style="color: #3366ff;">DRA</span></b> 313 (1966)<br />
Oh/That's Enough <b><span style="color: yellow;">Venture</span></b> 618 (1968)<br />
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<b><span style="color: white;">Joe Hinton</span></b> (BMI 14151532)<br />
Let's All Save The Children/You Are Blue <b><span style="color: #cc33cc;">Soul </span></b>35080 (1970)<br />
Take My Hand In Your Hand/(Edited) <b><span style="color: #66ff99;"><span style="color: #33ffff;">Hotlanta</span> </span></b>HL 102 (1973)</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-size: 85%;">Hanna's Love/Shouldn't I Be Give The Wright To Be Wrong <b><span style="color: #33ffff;">Hotlanta </span></b>HL 306 ('74)</span></div><div align="justify"></div>Where Do We Go From Here!/We've Got Each Other <b><span style="color: #66ffff;">Hotlanta</span></b> HL 308 ('74)<br />
<div align="justify"><span style="font-size: 85%;"></span></div>Mickey Noldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17930425100960496393noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6570938571343807778.post-51329635664221140542009-09-08T13:50:00.018+01:002019-09-13T14:40:39.430+01:00Maurice Long<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8OZayilRmle7Lqn8XopOLhLxQmxjtLz_edWeTTYW2d_PMCPCIY6wwSh92CKq2qn-zZj6UHuiOJ_7EF2wj7PPbMfKEfGuA2GoC1rheESnjEXlNzX4GNRKn81hIFZpLfyAhpX7T5k70x0ic/s1600-h/long-small.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379167731762211634" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8OZayilRmle7Lqn8XopOLhLxQmxjtLz_edWeTTYW2d_PMCPCIY6wwSh92CKq2qn-zZj6UHuiOJ_7EF2wj7PPbMfKEfGuA2GoC1rheESnjEXlNzX4GNRKn81hIFZpLfyAhpX7T5k70x0ic/s320/long-small.JPG" style="cursor: hand; height: 318px; width: 320px;"></a><br />
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Maurice Long - <i><span style="color: yellow;">I Don't Love You Anymore</span></i><br />
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Maurice Long - Sanctified - Paramount PAS 6069 (1973)<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDu-wTkM7iKEntFg13GBBUfDMYAanmjo6uDnaPeLbbC_UvA6MyXe1c4TgLetuysEd4HQcmZ-47Fa3RtCYydqAnePujmm6gmnHWJU8EJsGz-EZ0kqroW8e-_z83XK7A3bqzKQo_vS52rocL/s1600-h/maurice+long.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379082705074595202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDu-wTkM7iKEntFg13GBBUfDMYAanmjo6uDnaPeLbbC_UvA6MyXe1c4TgLetuysEd4HQcmZ-47Fa3RtCYydqAnePujmm6gmnHWJU8EJsGz-EZ0kqroW8e-_z83XK7A3bqzKQo_vS52rocL/s200/maurice+long.JPG" style="cursor: hand; float: right; height: 200px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 196px;"></a>One Stand Here<i>; Change Is Gonna Come; No Man Is An Island; That Day; I'm Movin' On; A Lover's Question;<span style="color: #333333;"> </span></i>I've Been Loving To Too Long;<i> Waiting For You Baby; <span style="color: yellow;">I Don't Love You Anymore</span>; Oh, What A Feelin'; Count Your Blessings</i><br />
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Produced by <b>Robert Mersey</b><br />
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<span style="color: yellow;"><b><span style="font-size: 180%;">N</span></b></span>ow this is an album that slipped into obscurity as soon a it came out in 1973. Brian Goucher first played me <i><span style="color: yellow;">'I Don't Love You Anymore'</span></i> on my radio show in the mid-90's from his Cyclone single and told the listeners that there was also an album on Paramount with this track on it. Well the years went by and I never found a copy of the album.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2EMX8jKKEX-vubJL-KIA8e38RTmY0h3tBIhG3xeKTvl0c9iICMrK2i0X7p3pdiXfuZzePdRokLcyGnLla0GVnAWgRedWHP1Gx73Mn5SvdPg-_mQqpL6rZUNO90K3Tz1r00ooSz5fCMzGW/s1600-h/rear.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379081667108875570" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2EMX8jKKEX-vubJL-KIA8e38RTmY0h3tBIhG3xeKTvl0c9iICMrK2i0X7p3pdiXfuZzePdRokLcyGnLla0GVnAWgRedWHP1Gx73Mn5SvdPg-_mQqpL6rZUNO90K3Tz1r00ooSz5fCMzGW/s200/rear.JPG" style="cursor: hand; float: left; height: 200px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 165px;"></a>I do prefer to buy tracks on albums rather than on a single. I've found that the sound quality is more often better on albums, especially 60's tracks. Singles didn't go stereo until the late 60's in the US and the early 70's in the UK. Anyway just recently I was looking on the Internet for a copy of this album and could not find one at a reasonable price and I mentioned it to my Friend Ian Shaw, "you can borrow mine" said Ian!!!<br />
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So that brings us to this point in time and the sharing of a nice quality cut from his pristine copy. You can also catch vintage video footage of Brian spinning this track at my other site: <a href="http://www.pcrlfm.co.uk/">http://www.pcrlfm.co.uk/</a> and other guest DJ on the Basement Soul show over the 90's. The album was arranged and produced by Robert Mersey who had worked on; Aretha Franklin's Columbia tracks, My Fair Lady (in 1963), and later with Barbara Streisand.<br />
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The album is a mixture of R&B classics and some songs with gospel feel. <i><span style="color: yellow;">'I Don't Love You Anymore'</span></i> is written by <b>Warren Sams</b>, as is, <i>'That Day'</i> & <i>'Moving On',</i> he went on to write for the group <b>Water & Power</b> on Fanasy in the mid-70's. The photography was provided by <b>Frank Bez</b>. I think the release may have been cancelled because I've only ever seen demo copies as seen here. Long went on to be a backing singer on <b>Sylvester</b>'s 1981 album. If anybody knows more about Maurice Long please leave you comments below I'm sure people are interested in what happened to this truly great singer.<br />
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<b>Maurice Long Discography:</b><br />
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<span style="font-size: 85%;">I Don't Love You Anymore/A Lover's Question - <span style="color: red;"><b>Cyclone </b></span>75000 (1969)</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 85%;">A Change Is Gonna Come/No Man Is An Island - <b><span style="color: red;">Cyclone</span></b> 75008 (1969)</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 85%;">Sanctified - <b><span style="color: #009900;">Paramount </span></b>PAS 6069 (1973) Promo Album</span></div>Mickey Noldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17930425100960496393noreply@blogger.com2