Andy Rix

I'll take that as a real compliment ... be good to hear the tune and then an educated guess can be made ... or a look at the archive files and tape cards might help Andy

Does it still have the fault or have they sourced a better master tape ? andy

Robb K ... sent you a pm days ago Check your in=box Andy

Might be Motherfox on Shabang andy

It does exist .. vocally it's classic Marvin but the arrangement is bizarre and totally ruins it ... you would be totally underwhelmed Andy

I'd really like to read the letter but it's too small ! Any chance of a proper scan ? Andy

Stone Blue was the recording studio in Cincinatti, where Herman lived, owned by Donald Litwin ... if memory serves me right Andy

There isn't a 'Motown' recorded version of 'You Won't Say Nothing' listed in the tape library .... So the Tamala version is the only one Andy

What I have learnt is that she was Vivian 'Tamala' Lewis and had a son with George called Tracy .... She is deceased ... She was a member of the Parlettes a.k.a the Par-Lets Andy

I've ordered a copy ..... Has had great reviews ..... Amazon £24 Andy

The original version features Johnny Hendley on lead .... It has been discussed before but I don't have time to find the thread ... Version 2 is Charles Diamond a.k.a. Charles Perry Andy

I think it was Tony Rounce who found it Andy

The Temptations - Last one out is broken hearted Andy

Yes.... Sidney Hall, a former Shrine artist, was in the Flamingo's when that track was recorded Andy

The only person who has ever met him from the UK is Gilly. He died many years ago and Ive never seen a picture. I have contact with his son but based on my experience you won't get much of a response if you contacted him andy

That is true and it's sitting on my shelf Andy

There's always a back story to tracks such as this .. so I'll share what I know In the 80's a Motown collector associate of mine purchased a number of acetates and tapes that had been retrieved from the Woodward building in Detroit. The tracks on the tapes were by various artists and were what we called 'safety copies' .. meaning you could listen to them but weren't able to move them on as they had 'bleeps' superimposed on the tracks at regular intervals throughout the songs. Our understanding is that these were tapes that writers or producers could take home to listen to and had therefore left the 'security' of the tape library and studio. One of the songs on these multi-artist tapes was ' I Can't Stop This Feeling'. The tape was damaged on the intro but recovered in time before the main vocal started. A number of the long-time Motown collectors listened to it and the conclusion was that it must be a demo, probably by the writer or a random singer, as opposed to any known Motown artist. My friend, at a later date, gave a copy to Ian Levine. who was very excited by it. He 'repaired' the damage by doing a piano studio overdub and proclaimed that it was a Contours recording and he knew because he had worked with them and knew their voices up close and personal, so in his mind there was no doubt. That is a difficult position to disagree with but none of us are deaf and not one of us had ever reached the same conclusion. So ... my view is a simple one. It almost certainly is not the Contours or any other obvious recording artist from that era. We have, as far as I can recall (need to check) ever identified the songwriter(s) ... but is is more than likely that the writer is the singer ... it could be James Dean or William Weatherspoon ... the songs is in their style.. but in reality who knows And in answer to the original question ..... No it isn't available on vinyl or any official CD release Regards Andy Rix

The Gwen Owens - One or the other - is actually Lela Martin - You can't have your cake - Melatone Tina Roberts was a few years later and C/U as the Honey Bees - He's just gotta be my baby ....... care of Mr Raistrick

This is cool ... can't wait for LaBrenda's 'In Twenty Words Or Less' ... it's been a favourite of mine for years ... I wonder if they ever meant to use this for a contest ... 'In Twenty Word Or Less Write I Love You Because .....' ... fantastic stuff Andy

With reference to the Inspirations - 'No One Else Can Take Your Place' on Breakthrough .... I had protracted, and ultimately fruitless, discussions about this with Joey Jefferson. He maintained that the Breakthrough one-sided press was done to quickly test the market with a 'proper' release scheduled for Mutt & Jeff with 'You'll Never Make The Grade' on the flip ..... He maintained he got as far as pressing white promo copies but then cancelled the release. He claimed he still had copies and it was one of those I was after. Despite on the ground assistance from Jerry Williams no deal ever happened and I never got to see the 45. I was never really convinced that he was being honest ..... I think he was just messing with my head. If the 45 did exist on Mutt & Jeff I figured we would have known about it through Neil Rushton's dealings with him. But then stranger things have happened ....... Andy

He did .... I phoned to reserve it for him cos he wasn't going to be free when the phone lines opened Andy

I think Ted could be correct .... A gold Professionals Andy .....but maybe it's Len Barry 'I'll Always Need You' C/W another of the LP dance tracks on a Brunswick 7" ... Not likely tho

We could go on forever .... And I think we should cos the guessing is interesting It could be anything ...... As I said in an earlier post Bernie Williams on Del-Val is theoretically possible as is Don Gardner 'Cheating Kind' on Tru-Glo-Town ..... It was a TGT recording that Gloria Toote leased to Joe Van Leer for release on Sedgrick .... She could have pressed it on TGT prior to that deal ...... Not dissimilar to the Joe Moore I have on TGT that was released on Verve that Joe gave me ... Only one I've even seen My point is it could be anything really from the 'Classic' era Let's carry on guessing ... It's fun Andy