GENE EVANS 1st. LABEL ?

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GENE EVENS - I WANT TO BE LOVED /  LONESOME BOY .

WHICH WAS THE FIRST LABEL, GENEVA  OR  SOULWORLD?

ANY INFO APPRECIATED.

[Roburt]

Well Geneva was his own label, whereas Soul World was owned / run by Johnny Worlds. Johnny Worlds also ran the Worlds label (Dave Love, Flamingos). He also worked with Jimmy 'Handyman' Jones in 76 (Jen-Jillus Recs) and was associated with Masterpiece Recs in the 80's.

This Geneva Records isn't the same as the Geneva Records (of NY & Detroit) that was run by Ernest Kelly .... AND ... this Soul World label wasn't the same as the labels run out of LA and Chicago (they were different companies).

Gene Evans was on Golden Beam in 71, a mainly gospel label. He cut his tracks in New York (@ O.D.O. studios for David Osbia). 

I'd say the Geneva 45 came first .... 

Edited August 27, 2016 by Roburt

[Roburt]

I know we have some listies who used to frequent Studio 54 in NY back in the day.

Studio 54 was at 254 West 54th St in Manhattan.

O.D.O. studios was also at 254 West 54th St ... wonder if any of them noticed the studio when they went to the club ... if it was still there ...  (it must have been on an upper floor / or in the basement, so it could operate while CBS were still using the bit of the building that became Studio 54).  O.D.O. studio was definitely up and running in 1971.

.... the O.D.O. studio was also still operating when the old CBS TV studios were converted into Studio 54 in 1977. The owner of O.D.O. studios died in November 77 (Vincent Oddo) so I'm not to sure how much longer the studio kept going after that.

Edited August 27, 2016 by Roburt