Henry Stone R.i.p

[Chalky]

Just read that Henry Stone has passed away.  Legendary R&B, Soul, Disco record producer, label owner.  

 

Thank you for the music Henry.  R.I.P.

[Chalky]

Jeff Lemlich's tribute to Henry.

 

https://savagelost.com/remembering-henry-stone-1921-2014#.U-UFUOmlXxg.facebook

[Rich B]

That is sad - Henry has been responsible for so much music and discovering so many acts it defies belief!

[Chalky]

Another pass on via Jeff...

 

[soul45s]

RIP Henry

[Kev Cane]

Sad news indeed Chalky, "Mr Miami" countless fantastic soul records came from his incredible TK umbrella which included Cat, Dade, Kingston, Alston and many many more, we have a lot to thank him for, RIP Henry  

 

Kev

[lorchand]

Chalky,

 

Thanks for the video.  Seems like most of them would qualify for SS Hall of Fame!

 

Lorraine

[Chalky]

Sad news indeed Chalky, "Mr Miami" countless fantastic soul records came from his incredible TK umbrella which included Cat, Dade, Kingston, Alston and many many more, we have a lot to thank him for, RIP Henry  

 

Kev

 

You could have a good night out on Henry Stone's music alone.  His contribution ranks up there with the best IMO.

[Lfcjunkie]

Sad indeed got a fantastic DVD off val shiveley big interview with Henry on stage answering any questions from a small audience including Val...Henry seemed to be real down to earth guy

dave L

[Neil Rushton]

Just read this. Very sad news. He was very good company.

I spent some time with him years ago  ago and he was commenting on the Northern scene and for some reason that escapes me about Simon Soussan's book.

. Henry said that he threw away 100's of acetates from Motown. A lot of them were of unreleased tracks. He said that Motown fed him stuff all the time because as well as being their distributor for Florida he "took a chance" and also supplied other States/areas which he was not supposed to ship into. As a result he sold a lot of Motown records and said he was sent acetates all the time. |

[Chalky]

It's not a long read, about 90 pages I think but Henry put a book out a few years ago about the murky world of record distribution and payola.  It's only available for kindle on amazon, not sure if you can get a had copy elsewhere?

 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Stone-Cold-Truth-Payola-Music-ebook/dp/B00C7FJ8VS