Nella Dodds - Come Back Baby

[Sunnysoul]

Demo 

 

Issue black lettering

Issue red lettering

Later  issue.

 

Of the original issues above , were they released simultaneously but different pressing plants? Or was one released before the other ?

Also can anyone pinpoint the exact year  the later gold / swirl design was issued ?  And was it done on the back of demand from the northern scene ?

 

[Roburt]

Ady's probably your man for the full info on this 45 & it's various incarnations.

Seems strange there are so many as the 45 did very little at the time. It didn't even EVER get a mention in Billboard magazine, not even being listed there as a new release never mind getting a review. The cut did make an impression in Baltimore (the nearest big city to her home town of Havre de Grace). There it charted (low) on radio station WWIN's chart in early Aug 65.

It was also a song she didn't perform much (if at all) live. She cut her 1st tracks when only 14 years old (1964) but was still performing as a 17 year old in 67 ... in the early years of her career, she only did live shows on weekends (coz of school) & her mother would chaperone her on all her gigs  .... she would perform her later Wand cuts much more than "Come Back Baby".

Edited August 2, 2016 by Roburt

[Guest trickbag]

187 - Nella Dodds - Come Back Baby / Dream Boy - 1965

Label Discographies  Wand

 

Soulful Kinda Music

only one release.

ricky.

[Ljblanken]

love all of her singles. even like her version of "come see about me" better than Motown version. think her voice sounds more vulnerable and emotive.    

[Roburt]

14 hours ago, ljblanken said:

love all of her singles. even like her version of "come see about me" better than Motown version. think her voice sounds more vulnerable and emotive.    

Well Donzella was only 14 when she was taken up to Philly (Virtue Studios I believe ?) & it was her 1st time in a recording studio, so she would have felt vulnerable no doubt. Havre de Grace (her home town) is about half way between Baltimore & Philly, hence her cutting in Philly but mainly doing live shows in northern Maryland & Balto (by coincidence Michael Portillo called in on the town on his 'Great American Railway Journeys' prog shown this week on BBC2)..

Bet Dave Moore knows more about her studio sessions (may even be info on them in his Philly Soul book).