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If is indeed alt version, go on then where's this from? Can't be on vinyl surely the regular one's never gone below 400 and it's been around for donkeys now ( my daughter keeps asking me to get one and apparently a boot's not good enough for her - gets that from her popps I suppose!).Sounds nice, vocal backing and even more strings etc - but hang on is this 'real'? Updated version? Also vocally sounds similar but not as refined / sweet as the one we know, is it defo him? An older him? Somebody else? Just the Angeline Morrison thing got me thinking...Was none the wiser when I 'google translated' the french!

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you are right Soul16 . I re-listened the 2 versions. for me it is the same singer. But my question is : on which label ? and it was issued a lot later than the 1st one, and in 45RPM or LP ? I contacted a friend who lives in USA and who collect Northern soul and who will search for me . I will let you know.


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Still no clearer on the alternative version then? Other unissued versions maybe implied in this text (and some interesting background info on the session) that I came across in a yahoo group forum by Ted Daryl...

Re: 'His True Love For You' - Al McCarther

Julio wrote:

> Ted, now that you are at hand, could please tell us

> something about the story around Al McCarther's "His

> True Love For You". I fell instantly in love with that

> song since the moment I first listened to it. It

> manages to be intimate and majestic at the same time.

> The strings are beautiful and Al's quiet and very

> emotive way of singing is hypnotic and very sensual.

> Could you tell us something about Al, by the way?

Hi Julio;

First off, I appreciate the fervor in your appreciation

of Al's performance as well as the production

components on "HIS TRUE LOVE FOR YOU." When we finished

this record in '65, I remember feeling much the same way.

Here's the record's history: Chip and I met Al McCarther

through Al Schwartz. Our relationship with Schwartz had

begun in 1962 when he signed us to his Tahoe Records

label as a vocal duo.

McCarther, would you believe, was parking cars at Al

Schwartz's apartment building garage in midtown

Manhattan. Once Al S. had heard him sing, he immediately

called us to set up a meeting so that we could see and

hear him. We were both impressed.

"HIS TRUE LOVE FOR YOU" as a song, had just been

completed a few days earlier and it seemed like a natural

fit. We had several rehearsals at our office with Al who

worked hard to learn the song and overcome his initial

nervousness. When he felt ready, we booked the

preliminary session as a demo adding just a flute to the

5-man rhythm section.

We locked-in a solid vocal performance and Al doubled the

chorus section with a harmony line.

When it came time to add the strings, Denny Randell was

my first choice for arranger. We had met Denny at

Shapiro-Bernstein Music where we had been successfully

pitching songs to Emile La Viola (formerly of Aldon

Music.) Denny had orchestrated a song of mine for a Jean

Thomas recording date that blew me away...especially in

the way he voiced and wrote for the strings.

I called Denny who accepted the project and clearly

delivered a sensitively expert touch with his chart that

elevated the recording to another level.

Chip and I were really proud of everyone's work on this

record and we believed it had the goods. I had a

relationship with Laurie Records going back to a Gloria

Dennis record I had done for them so I played it for Gene

Schwartz (no relation to Al) who wanted it and offered to

release it under a personal imprint/logo which became Two

Guitars Music.

At the time the record was released, we had moved on to

new songs and other projects and, regretfully, had taken

our eye off the ball. So we'll never know what might have

been had it been given the required attention it deserved.

But with thanks to the Northern Soul music community it's

getting it now.

As for Al's personal history, I don't remember much other

than to say that he was a good-looking, quiet-mannered guy

...maybe 5'-9"...African-American and in his late-20s when

we worked with him. And he had a distinctive and very

recognizable voice with a quality that stayed with you.

Ted Daryl

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