Andy Rix

Just stumbled across this when searching for something else Andy

Interesting to note that Gamble-Huff get Producer credit on the USA & Italian Gamble release ... but Billy Jackson on the Sassy release .. Billy told me he fell out with them over the Gamble release because of that, and the 45 got dropped very quickly as a result, which probably accounts for its relative rarity Andy

Another quality CD from Keith and all the guys at Ace .... I'm beyond excited to see that one of my all time favourite Motown tracks is finally getting released .... 'The Things Time Cannot Erase' by Gladys is just stunning ... Ivy Jo Hunter at his best ... Worth buying for this track alone Andy

Yes .. this is Pat's old 'Robbie Lawson' acetate ... counted intro and no strings Andy

He's a nice bloke ... Larry Nestor put me in touch with him a number of years ago and we chatted.. I sent him the tracks over which he appreciated Andy

A few of my treasured bits I got Jimmy Armstrong from Chris Cerf when I visited him in NY, despite knocking a bunch of his most treasured 78s off a shelf and smashing them all he still let me leave with it, Eddie Singleton signed it when I got to L.A. ... the past connecting in a strange way The late Joseph Moore gave me his Tru-Glo-Town 45, never seen another, I assume it never got past the demo press as Gloria Toote licensed it to Verve Records Ady sent me a test press of Little Ann ... seems logical that when she came to Cleethorpes it was only fitting that she should annotate the label Andy

Terrible news indeed ... R.I.P. Joe Andy

Sad news indeed ... He was a genius Andy

Do you have any details on the song title ? if so that can be checked out as a starting point andy

I've been listening constantly ... it is a masterpiece Andy

I'm pretty sure Mick Patrick has a copy of the Cinderellas 45 Andy

Out of Rose Marie McCoy's basement ... I had two vinyl 45s as well but they are long gone Andy

I doubt they are the same person.... As you know the O'Jays started off in Ohio and had a solid career ... I've struggled for years to find info on William Powell but it seems he was a peer of the Pipkin Brothers & Brice Coefield working as a songwriter in L.A. He composed the Cinderellas 45 on Tamara in 1964 and I'm pretty sure, but haven't had time to check, that he had a couple more tunes published by Jobete ... the Pipkins & Brice were also connected to Motown via the West Coast office through Hal Davis & Marc Gordon. Additionally he had songs placed with Gary Paxton so he might be able to shed some light given the Ace connection https://repertoire.bmi.com/writer.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&page=1&fromrow=1&torow=25&querytype=WriterID&keyid=274196&keyname=POWELL+WILLIAM&CAE=39933649&Affiliation=NA If you look at BMI, as you connect from co-composers, I get the impression that they have merged the L.A. William with the O'Jays William ... but I'm happy to be proved wrong as stranger things have happened Andy

Do you have a link for that ? Andy

I'm a bit late coming to the discussion .... There are two alternate versions of 'Believe Me' prior to the version which eventually gained release on Assault Records. The first version, under discussion here, was recorded at Herb Abramson's A-1 Sound Studio located at 234 West 56th in Manhatten. I got this version from Jim, the studio engineer, who did this session alongside 'She Went Away' c/w 'Bad Apple' that eventually became the first Shrine release after Eddie Singleton had relocated to Washington D.C. ... Jim still had his copy of the Shrine 45 signed by Linda. This is what Harry Bass recalled about the events "Yes A-1 studio. Think it was located at 1650 Broadway. Been there many times. As a matter of fact I remember being there for Believe Me and for He Went Away recordings; both written by Eddie, as I recall. Although, Linda may have had a hand in the penning of one of the tunes. 'Believe me... "believe me when I tell you. Believe me... believe me when I say" It has a Moderate tempo etc. 'He Went Away' is a bit slower in tempo. Well I wrote Bad Apple for Linda and it was actually the first Shrine Release. Can't recall just what was on the other side of that record. I think that I went up to A-1 with J.J. Jackson when we had penned a tune called "Just Friends". We put the song down on tape as a demo. But we scrapped that one. Later J.J. would go over to Mercury and the folks over there would release It's Alright (Alright Girl)for J.J. .... I had nothing to do with that ! Now that is one of the most played oldies ever! .... Linda sang like a rare beautiful bird" It is quite different in it's arrangement and the male backing vocals are more prominent .. The second version was a new recording done at Bell Sound on 27 March 1963 and the annotation on the acetate indicates it was scheduled for release on Pawn .. this was a label owned by Eddie. This version is not really that much different to the last version that gained release on Assault. I never did ask Eddie why there was a change of plan concerning its chosen label for release. This is what Harry said "Ok this mix done at Bell .... when you compare this with the earlier version you can also hear that the background vocals jump right in from the beginning ,unlike the original. Echo has been turned up a notch or two and I want to say that the tempo is down a notch. In my opinion this is just a better rendition more relaxed singing. As I recall Linda was nervous the first time in the studio. The cat playing the flute was a studio musian named Zane who worked with Jimmie Tyrell whose label I appeared on with the Toreador's "Nothin But Rock N' Roll" .... I think Jimmie is playing Bass for this recording. Zane was a slightly built white guy with a moustache who always wore a bee bop tam and could play every woodwind instrument known to man. A soft spoken trooper was he. We were quite a family Andy. You can also hear Zane on some of Eric Gales Sr.'s jazz recordings. Those cuts came along in the late 70s and perhaps 80s. Richard Tee was also involved with those cats. Together and/or separately they made much music" I believe Linda died a few years ago but I don't have definitive proof Hope that is of some use andy

With regard to the Metros, Disco-File lists 5 unreleased sides .... My Imagination, Push A Little Harder & Losing You Again ... and then 2 tracks that appear to be still unreleased It's Right Now You Don't Know Me Do You both recorded on 23 Feb 67 Has anybody heard them ? Andy

The Little Anthony version was recorded for United Artists on 3 October 1967. When I spoke to Teddy Randazzo he still had the master but sadly he died before we got anywhere near doing anything. I must confess I was very disappointed when I finally got to hear it. Andy

and many years ago when I was talking to Bobby Allen, the trumpet player for Shrine, and a member of the El Corols he told me Frank Beverley's uncle was also a member which would probably account for the connection Andy

Hi i agree it's not Chris ' Why Don't You Love Me Anymore' was written by Clayton Ivey, Terry Woodford and Barbara Wyrick 'Words Don't Say Enough' was written by Barbara Wyrick and Melissa Adamson the songs are not Jobete published but assigned to Pajill, owned by Terry Woodford and Stone Diamond based in Nashville Wyrick has co-written songs recorded by the Supremes, Candi Staton, Crystal Gayle, James Brown, Ronnie Milsap and many others Andy

This is an awesome tune ... does anybody know who was in the group Andy

The vocal version on the recently released 'Soul Master' CD is much longer than the 45 version ... worth a listen for those many extra seconds ! Andy

Here's one .. The Parlettes ... a.k.a. The Pets (Carnival) .. Vivian 'Tamala' Lewis, Betty Jean Taylor & Linda Hayles When I first played it I thought it sounded like an embryonic version of the Debonairs 'Loving You Takes All Of My Time' in terms of tempo and BVs Not many, if actually any (Keith Hughes will know for sure), of the tapes of NY Jobete recorded songs ever made it to the Hitsville Vaults so we'll only hear them if acetates have survived ... and of course they were Jobete published as opposed to Motown in-house recorded Andy

This is sad news indeed ... Rose was a wonderful woman. Her contribution to the evolution of R&B was immense and the stories she told from those days were fascinating. I'm so pleased that I got to spend time with her on a couple of record buying trips. Her basement was crammed with 45s and she was kind enough to let Rob Thomas and I purchase things from her but she was never keen to let us play through a massive pile of acetates. mostly without labels, that looked as if they dated from the 50s onwards. She had this enormous chest full of lyric & music sheets that she said were her original charts for just about everything she'd written. I didn't get chance to go through it properly but I'm sure it would have included the songs that Elvis recorded as well as those that have been played on the Soul scene .... 'Spellbound' (Tamiko Jones), 'Can't Shake It Lose' (Pat Lewis), 'The Thrill Of Loving You' (Jimmy Radcliffe), I Remember The Feeling' (Barbara Lewis) amongst many others She also co-wrote a song with Dorian Burton called 'Just Not The Marrying Kind' which got extensive plays off acetate credited to Keni Lewis. When I first talked to Rose about it she thought it might be Larry Reynolds on vocal but upon hearing it she said it wasn't him ... sadly she could never recall who the singer was. She will be sadly missed but I am happy that I have some great memories to remember her by R.I.P Rose Andy