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Any info on this pair who did the 2 sided classic...?

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It has been suggested that Carol is 'Carole Bayer Sager' who was married to Burt Bacharach.

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So who's Gerri? Anybody know? Gerri Diamond perhaps?

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There was a thread on SS a few years back (2015) - basically the backing band was identified as the D-Men who later became

the Fifth Estate. Carol and Gerri were remembered as "a couple of girls from the neighborhood". 

 

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This is the unreleased version of "How Can I Ever Find A Way" from the Fifth Estate CD. Someone just made it look like it was a Red Bird promo.

It is slightly different from the released version- definitely not the same from 0:09- 0:15 when you compare the 2 versions side by side. 

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To the best of my knowledge and reading as much as possible about this record........no one knows who they are....one of my favourite double sided tunes....fantastic,, and I doubt anyone can say for definite who these ladies are....kind regards and have a great weekend......Rob

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I spent a few hours one day trying to find some info, not a sniff.

Carole Bayer Sager can be contacted easy enough via her website and Gerri sounds nothing like Gerri Diamond to these ears, she can also be contacted easy enough too.

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There is a recording by Carol & Sherry on MGM (K13308).  Carole Bayer Sager & Sherry N. Harway.

I've messaged Carole, see if she replies.

 

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11 hours ago, the yank said:

This is the unreleased version of "How Can I Ever Find A Way" from the Fifth Estate CD. Someone just made it look like it was a Red Bird promo.

It is a  slightly different from the released version- definitely not the same from 0:09- 0:15 when you compare the 2 versions side by side. 

There's far more instrumentation on the MGM version too - I think the Fifth Estate was a work in progress, more of a basic recording, albeit 99% finished.

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I always felt the inclusion of the track on the CD was just a mistake, as Fifth estate were an all male group. Maybe the tape was found along with the other Wadlams / Askew compositions / recordings and it was just presumed to be them. Just my impression. and I may be wrong.

Cheers
Mick

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Fascinating thread, love this record, would love to know more!

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