The Blackberries - Somebody Up There - MoWest 5020 (Unissued) - TEST PRESSING

I thought this might be of interest?

I was recently sorting through a handful of test pressings I had bought a few years ago and realised I had a TEST PRESSING of the above MoWest 45. It is listed as unissued?

It is a 'Columbia Record Productions - Santa Maria - TEST PRESSING' with the Artist, Title, Label No and Stereo/Mono written in biro'. There is also what looks like a date hand-written in red biro '7/25' therefore I guess the date it was pressed was 25th July 1972?

It is a Stereo/Mono pressing of the top side, so the official B side (But I Love Him) is not on the other side.

 

Even though it is listed as unissued, does anyone know if demo's were pressed? I tried the Detroit/Motown forum but got no answer?

 

 

Cheers
Steve

Edited March 24, 201411 yr by Steve Plumb

Doesn't ring any bells Steve, would it be the Blackberries who recorded with Pacific Gas & Electric?

That was on Columbia.

 

I seem to think there was an LP by them listed for release on Mowest also, but I don't think it ever came out.

 

Anyway, is is any good? 

Hi John

 

Thanks for the reply

 

Not 100% sure without checking the group members but i think Shirlie Matthews 'may' have been in the group as she wrote it?

 

There was definitely an 8 track LP recorded (incl this track) but that wasn't released, although i think possibly hip-o-select may have put it out on CD a few years back?

 

It is actually a pretty good early 70's funky soul femme mover (for want of a better description!) 

 

Just wondered if white demos ever sneaked out? I haven't seen any but that doesn't mean owt 

 

Cheers

Steve

Edited March 24, 201411 yr by Steve Plumb

Track Artist Title Composer Producer Arranger Rating A The Blackberries Somebody Up There Sherlie Matthews, Dennis Lussier Deke Richards, Sherlie Matthews Deke Richards, James Carmichael Rate B The Blackberries But I Love You More Sherlie Matthews, Frank Wilson Deke Richards, Sherlie Matthews James Carmichael Rate

Notes

Issued as a bonus 7" with the 5 CD set The Complete Motown Singles Vol. 12a: 1972

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Comments

this might help Steve from 45cat.

 

 

ricky.

 

The Blackberries were originally Sherlie Matthews, Venetta Fields and Clydie King ... and later Carlena Williams.

 

Released two 45s on A & M.

  On 24/03/2014 at 17:46, trickbag said:

Track Artist Title Composer Producer Arranger Rating A The Blackberries Somebody Up There Sherlie Matthews, Dennis Lussier Deke Richards, Sherlie Matthews Deke Richards, James Carmichael Rate B The Blackberries But I Love You More Sherlie Matthews, Frank Wilson Deke Richards, Sherlie Matthews James Carmichael Rate

 

Notes

Issued as a bonus 7" with the 5 CD set The Complete Motown Singles Vol. 12a: 1972

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Comments

this might help Steve from 45cat.

 

 

ricky.

 

 

Thanks for that Ricky

I didn't realise it was issued with the 1972 CD box set?

Not sure when the box set came out but i'm presuming the test pressing i have is an original from 1972 and not a TP of the bonus 45?

Thanks again

Steve

  On 24/03/2014 at 22:27, sunnysoul said:

The Blackberries were originally Sherlie Matthews, Venetta Fields and Clydie King ... and later Carlena Williams.

 

Released two 45s on A & M.

Thanks for the info, much appreciated

Cheers

Steve

I'm pretty sure there was no blackberries 45 released on mowest.

 

i have a few mowest unissued test presses, i think a gc cameron and something else i can't remember right now.

  On 24/03/2014 at 23:30, boba said:

I'm pretty sure there was no blackberries 45 released on mowest.

 

i have a few mowest unissued test presses, i think a gc cameron and something else i can't remember right now.

Thanks Bob, I suspected as much 

I just wondered, as there was a test pressing, whether any white demos were made from it?

Cheers

Steve

By "issued" i meant pressed, I'm pretty sure there was no promo with mowest labels, only test presses. Of course crazy stuff appears all the time but it's unlikely.