Sebastian

This past thursday, one of the national swedish TV channels aired a documentary about latin soul and salsa in New York City. Parts of it were quite damn good in my opinion, and especially the first 20 or so minutes which consisted of recent Joe Bataan interviews/footage/performances shot in New York (singing "Subway Joe", "Ordinary Guy" etc.). The entire programme can be seen on the following link: https://www.svt.se/svt/road/Classic/shared/...sp?&d=83146 If you want to stream the file in VLC player (or similar), use this link: mms://qstream-wm.qbrick.com/00928/auto30/080221papas.wmv Some of the talk is in swedish, but the interviews are in english. I'd recommend those of you who are into this kind of stuff to check it out, epecially the parts that covers Joe Bataan/Johnny Pacheco/Fania and run from: 03:50-10:40 12:40-16:15 (awesome!) 18:45-22:10 (perhaps even better!)

Hello! I've listed a bunch of 45s on eBay. There are label/sleeve scans and soundclips to all records. Check them out at: https://search.ebay.com/_W0QQfrppZ75QQfsooZ...QsassZpushkings ___SOUL / FUNK / NEW BREED R&B 45s___________________________ ALLISONS on Tip ("Money") AL MATTHEWS on CBS BOBBY WOMACK on UA ("Across 110th Street") CHERYL GRAY on HMV Australia CLYDE McPHATTER on Mercury DOROTHY BERRY on Dot Denmark ("You Better Watch Out") FONTELLA BASS on Checker ("I Can't Rest") FRANKIE VALLI on Rare Earth ("The Night") HOLLYWOOD PERSUADERS on Original Sound IMPRESSIONS on Karusell Sweden JERRY SHARELL on Main Line JOHN LEE HOOKER on Calumet JOHNNY GREEN on Tou-Sea JOHNNY NASH on Warner Bros. ("Moment Of Weakness") KNIGHT BROS. on Mercury LINDA CARR on Bell MARSHALL HOOKS & CO. on Blue Horizon MARTHA & VANDELLAS on Tamla Motown Holland ("Jimmy Mack") RONETTES on London Denmark ("Be My Baby") RONNIE LOVE on Dot ("Chills And Fever") THREE PLAYMATES on Savoy VALENTINOS on SAR ("Darling, Come Back Home") VINCE HOWARD on Big R ("The Wayward Wind") WAYNE CARSON THOMPSON on MGM WITCHES & THE WARLOCK on Sew City Thanks for looking! Take care. /Sebastian

Here's a start: Bareback 523 - R. B. Greaves - Who's Watching The Baby / Gods Watch It All Bareback 524 - Bareback 525 - Limmie & Family Cooking - Little Bit Of Soap / I Can Do It In My Sleep Bareback 526 - Beverly Crosby - You Can Be My Lover / Thomas Promises Bareback 527 - R. B. Greaves - Rock & Roll / Home To Home Bareback 528 - Cal Brandon - 24-Hour Love Man / I Kept On Smilin' Bareback 529 - Bareback 530 - Inner City Jam Band - Inner City Jam (Mambonique) / ? Bareback 531 - Wil Collins & Willpower - Anything I Can Do / Oh So Good Bareback 532 - Sophisticated Ladies - Check It Out (part 1) / Good Man Bareback 533 - Walter Foster - The Peanut Man / ? Bareback 534 - Steve Cauthen - Local Hoedown / I Feel Like Thanking Everyone Bareback 535 - Inner City Jam Band - What I Did For Love / Hurt Bareback 536 - Bareback 537 - Bareback 538 - Sweet Cream - I Don't Know What I'd Do / Disco Dance & Party

Soul or not - nice wall of 45s though... And isn't that a Koko label 45 at the top of one of those piles!

Superb! Will be nice to know the definitive answer to this one.

Dave Pinch and Boba, I completely agree with you.

Isn't that the version on White Cliffs? The name of the artist escapes me at the moment, but it's on some fairly obscure New Orleans label.

I don't have a copy of the Atteru 45 at the moment, but I have seen 3 different label variations of it. The one posted above (which looks kind of "Atlantic"), and then I've seen a styrene pressing (which looked very "west coast") and then one white demo copy which looks very much like a Vee Jay / Constellation / etc. 45 (if that makes sense) which also has got the words "Distributed by Joda Records, NY" written on it. Check it out: (I'll see if I can come up with a scan of the styrene 45 as well)

Only about 3 hours left on these auctions now. Thanks for looking! :-)

As far as I know the gold label reissue was pressed from the same stampers, but not necessarily at the same pressing plant.

Have to say that I prefer the look of the multi-coloured (and in my experience very rare) Atlas issue!

I doubt that. I would like to see another 45 from 1978 which has got that kind of computerized type-setting on the label, a beveled edge and transparent vinyl (when held in front of bright lighting). It looks MUCH more like the Glenda McLeod second issue on HGEI (from 1984/1985 or so). Unless I see 100% proof I will consider the gold label issue to be an 80s or 90s pressing. In any case it's a second issue. If legally done (which it obviously is) or not makes no difference, it's still not the original release.

The label looks exactly like the one on the "gold label with dark brown/black lettering" (but much paler!) which was pressed from the same stampers as the original 60s release, hence having superb sound quality and often being refered to as a legit 2nd issue. It might very well BE legit, but it's still a second issue and should be of marginal interest to anyone who collects first issue 45s in my opinion. The pale green one might be a bootleg made from the "gold label" reissue? Here's the gold label reissue, it would really surprise me if it is from the 70s:

No, that is incorrect. It was never issued at the time of release, and not during the 70s, but it did turn up on an official US Tamla 7" in 1995 and was given away for free at some kind of Motown conference or promotion event. Allegedly most copies were left behind by the atendees and the fact that is was pressed in limited quantities (somewhere around 300-500 probably) means that it is sadly quite hard to find these days. It has got catalogue number 42286-0288-7 and came with a nice looking picture sleeve. It has later turned up on a "Chris Kings Anniversary" 45 (which I have heard is legitimate) and also as a bootleg which turned up a couple of years ago. Check out the scans below. ORIGINAL CHRIS KINGS ANNIVERSARY BOOTLEG

No, he was from New Orleans and many of his 45s are on New Orleans/Louisiana labels. Atlas was a New York label. Check out the Danny White CD on Kent for the full story. I have a very strong feeling that the original label for "Keep My Woman Home" was ATTERU and not ATLAS, but the liner notes to that CD tells a different story so perhaps Jeff Hannusch or Tony Rounce knows something that I don't. The sound quality on the Atteru release is much clearer than either the Atlas, Sue UK or Unity issues.

There is about 2 days left on these auctions.

Hello! I've listed a bunch of 45s on eBay. There are label/sleeve scans and soundclips to all records. Check them out at: https://search.ebay.com/_W0QQfrppZ75QQfsooZ...QsassZpushkings ___SOUL / FUNK / NEW BREED R&B 45s___________________________ ARTHUR ALEXANDER on Dot BARBARA LEWIS on UK London BEN E. KING on UK Atlantic BOBBETTES on Atlantic CHARLIE RICH on UK Philips DONNIE ELBERT on UK Sue FREDDY KING on Federal GEORGE JACKSON / LOUIE PALMER on Bootheel JR. WALKER & ALL STARS on Soul KEN JONES on Almont LITTLE ANTHONY GUARDINE on Savoy LONNIE RUSS & PAT HUNT on 4J OTIS CLAY on UK President RUBY & THE ROMANTICS on UK London WALTER JACKSON on UK Brunswick DEMO! Thanks for looking! Take care. /Sebastian

Only about 4-5 hours left on these auctions now. Thanks for looking! :-)

Cal Brandon's "24 Hour Love Man" b/w "I Kept On Smilin" got a release on Bareback (as well as on Hitman) and I think both sides on that 45 are good.

This 45 definitely exists. I have it in my collection. Here is a label scan of the "If I Say Goodbye" side:

About 2 days left on these auctions now.

There's a link to an MP3 of this great track in the following thread which I posted a couple of days back: /index.p...=0&p=692051 The LP in the above thread is by the way still for sale.

I agree, both versions are great, but Dan Penn's version is the one for me. Have a listen:

Hello! I've listed a bunch of 45s on eBay. There are label/sleeve scans and soundclips to all records. Check them out at: https://search.ebay.com/_W0QQfrppZ75QQfsooZ...QsassZpushkings ___SOUL / FUNK / NEW BREED R&B 45s___________________________ ARTHUR CONLEY on Fame BARBARA ACKLIN on Brunswick ("Am I The Same Girl") BARBARA LYNN on Atlantic BENNY GORDON on Allendale BETTY HARRIS on SSS ("There's A Break In The Road") BOBBY KEYS on Ring O' ("Gimmie The Key") BYRDIE GREEN on Hallmark CONTOURS on Tamla Motown ("Baby Hit And Run") DAVID RUFFIN & EDDIE KENDRICKS on RCA ERROL DIXON on Direct ("The Hoop") FIR-YA & GEORGE PERKINS on Royal Shield FRANK BEVERLY & BUTLERS on Gamble INNER SPACE on Sweet Fortune INNOCENT BYSTANDERS on Atco ("Frantic Escape") IRMA THOMAS on Minit ("I Done Got Over It") JACK HAMMER on Youngblood ("Swim") JACKIE EDWARDS on Island ("I Feel So Bad) JIVE FIVE on United Artists JOHNNY TOLBERT on Atlantic LEE DORSEY on Ace LITTLE RICHARD on Peacock LONETTE McKEE on Sussex MAURICE LONG on Cyclone ("I Don't Love You Anymore") REUBEN & CHAINS on Peacock WYATT (BIG BOY) SHEPHERD on United Artists (early MOTOWN!) Thanks for looking! Take care. /Sebastian

Love this one! I included it in my most recent MP3-mix in case anyone wants to hear what it sounds like. The mix can be found in this thread: /index.php?showtopic=65429