Lyn Roman The Penthouse

[Big-c]

HI THERE,

CAN ANYONE HELP ME AND GIVE ME A BIT OF INFO??

I`VE JUST BEEN DIGGING THROUGH MY RECORDS IN THE LOFT, AND FOUND LYN ROMAN "THE PENTHOUSE" ON UK STATESIDE G/WHITE DEMO IN MINT CONDITION....CAN ANYONE TELL ME HOW MUCH IT`S WORTH AND SO ON?....ALL I KNOW IT`S SUPPOSED TO BE LINDA GRINER???.......I WOULD`NT SAY IT`S A GREAT RECORD...IN FACT I MIGHT PUT IT BACK WHERE I FOUND IT! (LOL)

PLEASE FEEL FREE TO LISTEN TO THE SOUND CLIP BORROWED FROM YOUTUBE!

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKeyzNiFvr4

 

THANKS FOR TAKING TIME TO READ THIS,

 

LOOK FORWARD TO ANY REPLY!!

 

REGARDS,

 

BIGC.

[Pete S]

It's definitely Linda Griner.  Can't tell you much else.  I knew about the UK issue but don't remember having it.

[Robbk]

Linda Griner is her real name, and she chose "Lyn Roman" for a stage name.  After  recording with Motown in 1962-63, she had some nice releases on Mercury, Dot and Brunswick from the mid '60s through the mid 1970s.  She was always a bit "show tuney" in her style.  I don't know anything about her UK releases.

Edited August 30, 2014 by RobbK

[Robbk]

Other than her Smokey-produced Motown cuts, I'm most partial to "G.B. Day" on Mercury from 1965.  Here she is lip-sinking to that record on US ABC show, "Shivaree":

 

 

She was from Baltimore originally, I believe, and was "discovered" by Motown staffers when she appeared on a local Baltimore or DC show that included some Motown artists.  This recording was produced in New York by Ed Townshend, and arranged by Artie Butler.  You can hear Cissie Houston and Dee Dee Warwick singing the beautiful background vocals.  Later, for Dot Records, she was produced, both in New York and L.A. by Gerry Granahan, arranged in NY by Artie Butler, and in L.A. by Gene Page.  So, she had really accomplished people with whom to work.  But, she never strayed from her "Show Tune style", and so, couldn't really break through into The Soul or Pop markets.  She varied from it into a more soulful style with Carl Davis at Brunswick in the early '70s, with "Stop! I Don't Need No Sympathy".  But, it was too little, too late.

Edited August 30, 2014 by RobbK

[Jamesh]

Her track 'Knowing when to leave' from her album 'The Greatest of Them All' on DOT is a great tune and cheap as well 

[Triode]

I highly recommend Lynn Roman's (debut I think) Dot album " A girl for all seasons " 

strangely I used to play a track off this L.P. called  "a little bit of sunshine" c/u as Linder Griner not knowing that's who it actually was.............

 

Triode

[Soulfinger]

Other than her Smokey-produced Motown cuts, I'm most partial to "G.B. Day" on Mercury from 1965.  Here she is lip-sinking to that record on US ABC show, "Shivaree":

 

 

She was from Baltimore originally, I believe, and was "discovered" by Motown staffers when she appeared on a local Baltimore or DC show that included some Motown artists.  This recording was produced in New York by Ed Townshend, and arranged by Artie Butler.  You can hear Cissie Houston and Dee Dee Warwick singing the beautiful background vocals.  Later, for Dot Records, she was produced, both in New York and L.A. by Gerry Granahan, arranged in NY by Artie Butler, and in L.A. by Gene Page.  So, she had really accomplished people with whom to work.  But, she never strayed from her "Show Tune style", and so, couldn't really break through into The Soul or Pop markets.  She varied from it into a more soulful style with Carl Davis at Brunswick in the early '70s, with "Stop! I Don't Need No Sympathy".  But, it was too little, too late.

 

Thanks for this info Robb. Very interesting. It's a real shame she didn't do more like "Stop, I don't need no sympathy", I have always thought that it was a great tune, really soulfully sung. I like "Show Tune style" as an insult and will be using it at the earliest opportunity! 

[Robbk]

Thanks for this info Robb. Very interesting. It's a real shame she didn't do more like "Stop, I don't need no sympathy", I have always thought that it was a great tune, really soulfully sung. I like "Show Tune style" as an insult and will be using it at the earliest opportunity! 

I think both G. B. Day and "Stop, I Don't Need No Sympathy", were very Soulful, but they only sold well in a couple of regions.  Her Dot cuts were mainly in the "Show-Tuney Style" in my opinion.

[clevesoulie]

I quite like her version of "Just a Little Lovin' (Early In the Morning)".

 

Best,

 

Mark

[Robbk]

I quite like her version of "Just a Little Lovin' (Early In the Morning)".

 

Best,

 

Mark

So do I-very much.  It's one of the best and most soulful versions of that song.