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Just about to hit the UK shops ........ 4 LP set -- Loma -- A Soul Music Love Affair Around 64 tracks from this 60's label that WB ran out of LA. Tracks licensed in from all over the US back then. SEE STORY ........ https://lightintheattic.net/releases/2324-loma-a-soul-music-love-affair-volume-one-something-s-burning-1964-68?ct=t(LITA_Newsletter_3_10_163_9_2016)&mc_cid=90a40bc863&mc_eid=1340ffe198 Haven't had time yet to check how these compare to the 1976 set ... This Is Loma (Volumes 1 to 7)

So does "Harlem Shuffle" count as NS .... as many yunguns on here seem to class it more as 'Youth Club Soul'. It's classic soul to me as I spent my yuff dancin to it in Yorks / Lancs mod / soul clubs from mid 65 onwards.

I agree with JOT, even many of the album covers displayed in the F&SC book have no detail at all on the actual records & their contents. Marvin Gaye's (& other) massive sellers do get some data about them included in the book but it's all the others we really need info on ......

A fascinating chapter of her life / career was the long spell she was married to (& managed by) Andy Stroud. He would tour with her (he came to the UK in the 60's & maybe 70's as well). Of course they owned (& he ran) Ninandy Records. Nina 'discovered' the Swordsmen while gigging in Cleveland & they were signed to the couple's label. When Nina landed a deal with RCA, they took on some Ninandy artists, the Swordsmen being the main one. So the group had NS / AS connected releases from 67 (?) thru to 71. Any mention of Ninandy & the Swordsmen (Eddie Anderson & Ray Thompson) in this book ?

A female on lead but it was before the STANG Moments signed with Stang. Possibility then that she was with the guys in 67 & they were backing her up. However, most members of the group came out of earlier outfits so I doubt that they were involved.

Nina drew much criticism from the press down the years. The song "4 Women" that she wrote & performed really got them going at her ....... .... does it get a mention at all in this book ?

Another car crash victim in 1962 ..........

There must be 9 or more books about the complex Miss Simone. Just about all of them deal with her troubled life and strained relationships (both with partners & record companies), but there is no denying her musical genius. This book joins a 'crowded market' where older attempts to document her life are currently selling for just pence on-line & in 2nd hand book shops. I wish it well but will (for the present) stick with the 2 books on her I already own.

I like "I've Got The Need" (though Chuck's version is better), so I'd have to go with the obvious "69 Times".

Cheetah's was a famous discotheque located in Manhattan, New York. The place opened on May 28, 1966 and closed in the 1970s. The club was located on Broadway @ 53rd St. It is said to have been (at that time) the most elaborate of discotheques; where three thousand colored light bulbs dimmed, flickered and popped into an infinity of patterns all reflecting off shiny aluminum surfaces. Cheetahs held two thousand people and offered not only dancing but a library, a movie room, and colour TV. The musical Hair was first performed at Cheetahs before becoming a major production on Broadway. In addition, the Cheetah Club is widely cited as the birthplace of salsa music (the style of pan-Latin music being created in NY back then). On August 26, 1971, the Fania All-Stars headlined the club and drew an overflowing crowd that was later captured on film as 'Our Latin Thing'. Broadway @ 53rd St is just south of Central Pk and very close to where Charles & Beau Huggins based their Hush & Orpheous Productions set up around 2000 when I visited their premises to chat with the guys. If I'd known the site of Cheetahs was just yards away, I'd have gone looking for the building. Today the Broadway Theatre stands here but so do 2 giant skyscraper office blocks, so perhaps the original building has been demolished. Back in 1967, the live residency at the Cheetah Club was held by Ruth McFadden + Karl Holmes & the Commanders. With the 2pm opening time on Sundays, looks like they were holding soul alldayers there as early as 1967 (just when I attended my first soul alldayer -- King Mojo Club: 16th July 67: Drifters (really Invitations I think) ... those were the days my friend, I thought they'd never end... ).

If we start counting bootlegs as well, then I think we are getting onto slippery ground. Surely only official licensed releases should figure.

6 UK versions I think (Coral, MCA SoulBag, MCA, Brunswick, SMP x 2), so I'd guess not as many reissues (here or worldwide) as Bob & Earl. Jackie's "Reet Petite" escaped here at least 4 times (with 2 versions being back in the 50's ! -- Vogue-Coral & then Coral).

But it's still B&E's "Harlem Shuffle" and many an 'ordinary punter' wouldn't notice the difference (though I can, the Jay Boy mix is awful) !!

I'm sure that with a copy of a mint condition version of any 45 as 'the original' to go from, a modern printing plant could reproduce a near identical copy of any old label. Of course, it probably wouldn't be on the exact same kind of paper & certainly wouldn't have any patina (?) so your OVO specialist would probably still be able to tell the difference.

A 1964 piece about Donzella Petty-John, the lead singer (!?!?!) of the Nelodods who cut "Come See About Me" ... (SEE ABOVE) ....... Nella was from Havre De Grace, a very small town which is about half way between Wilmington & Baltimore.

Choker Campbell maintained his old ties back in Ohio, even after he relocated to Detroit & hooked up with Motown. Even when he took gigs up in Idlewild, he found a way to work over in Ohio ... taking the 'Idlewild Review' across to Cleveland ...... I guess the revue headed off to Cleveland the day after it finished the summer season in Idlewild.

Another pitfall of touring back in the day ............ falling ill. If this happened in the south, most hospitals wouldn't treat black artists. Luckily (!?!?!) for Maxine Brown she fell ill in Detroit .........

The Paperboy has been turning heads with his studio & live work for a good number of years now. Both back in his Boston days & even more so since he relocated to NY. He used to get involved with the live soul gigs staged by 60's artists held in Brooklyn .... I'm sure there's many a good tale he can tell about his work with 'soul legends'. He's also a 'really decent kind of chap' & owns a great record collection.

The B&E track was even issued on an Island 45 in Lebanon !!! Just 2 of the B&E cut's Belgium releases (both picture sleeves) ...........

"Harlem Shuffle" by Bob & Earl must figure, as must Fontella Bass's "Rescue Me" .... "Rescue Me" got at least 4 seperate (different) releases with at least 3 of these (Chess 8023, Chess 8090 & Chess 6145009) all being re-promoted & restocked by record shops on a number of occasions. "Harlem Shuffle" was released in at least 7 different incarnations here (Sue, Jay Boy, Island, Contempo, Contempo-Raries, Old Gold, Sue EP). In the above, I'm only counting UK releases. If you add in US, Canadian, European, Lebanese, Caribbean, Indian, Australian, New Zealand, Sth American, Sth African, etc ... then each of these cuts must have 30+ releases on different labels & at different times (60's / 70's / 80's / 90's).

Birmingham based singer C L Blast passed away almost 2 weeks ago ............ Tap to view this Soul Source News/Article in full

An Indian Stateside label (EMI) 78rpm from 1964 (sourced from A & M) ...........

Seems that 6 acts + the band were featured the week the Revue played the Harlem Apollo ..........

Don't have it (or even like it) but you're right, the Frank Foster was a St Ahd Rhythm production ........ he must have been about 40 when he cut it ...........