Roburt

Seeing as the A side song was titled "The Green Weenie" I know Frank Furter was not his real name. The Green Weenie was a sports gimmick co-created by Bob Prince , the legendary broadcaster for the Pittsburgh Pirates Major League Baseball team, and Pirate trainer Danny Whelan. It was most popular during the 1966 baseball season in Pittsburgh, Pa. The 'Green Weenie' was manufactured by Tri-State Plastics, a Pittsburgh plastic thermoforming company and was a green plastic rattle in the shape of a hot dog, which when waved at opposing players, purportedly put a jinx on them. Conversely, when waved at Pirate players it allegedly bestowed good luck. The 45 escaped in October 66, so that just about ties in with the Pittsburgh baseballers inventing the thing. So, some local recording outfit obviously went in the studio to cut this one off release that was licensed by Uptown. I'm not sure this is the guys from Redbone. They were Californian based ever before all the guys teamed up in LA in 69. Anyone have an idea who this group really were (may have included guys out of Redbone but I ain't convinced) ?

We get a bit more R&B on this one ........ Odessa Harris ......... .... this escaped in mid Jan 66 & was tipped by Billboard as a likely Top 10 cut ... her earlier Uptown 45 "Colour of His Love" (#711) had escaped in August 65.

Another Eddie Ray production ..... Tommy Mosley ...... who had been around for a few years by the time this 45 escaped ...

Eddie Ray, who produced quite a few sides for Uptown (& Tower) in LA had earlier worked with the likes of H B Barnum, Mel Carter and Irma Thomas. He had quite a bit of success as a song writer too.

A slower number (but very classy) .... the Selectives & Jimmie Green .......... from October 65 ......... ........ another LA recording I assume ..........

Also released in 65 @ the end of the year (or early in 66) : Lena & the Deltanettes ............... .... this must have been a local LA recording ...........

Larry Hancock & the boys had this 45 out around November 65 .... so that meant the label had released 17/18 (as I assume Randy Taylor's Kim Fowley produced outing escaped at the same time) single's out in it's first 6 months -- not bad -- a rate of 3 a month.

Lots of gudstuf was released on this label run by Tower Records. Most is known as the international release of some Gloria Jones Uptown 45's led to this US label having a high profile in the UK as early as the mid 60's. Lots of fine outings by the likes of Gloria, the Intertains, Cookie Jackson, Roy C, King Floyd, Randy Taylor, etc. A few items cut in NOla studios also escaped on the label including the 45 from K C Russell that helped launch the imprint ..... What lesser known items are favoured by listies here ??

A little song you might know that Larry Hancock wrote .......... bet the Intertains sang it live on their live shows too ....

Going back 2 pictures, Larry Hancock, as well as being a mainstay in S.O.U.L + a solo artist, had started off in the Intertains. He also wrote songs that the likes of the O'Jays recorded ............ .... a talented guy all round; their 45 escaped around November 65 .....

Sidney's version of the song has different writers to the Majors ......... MOST STRANGE !!

It seems that the Major's take on the above song escaped BEFORE the version that everyone calls 'the original' -- Sidney Joe Qualls Dakar version ........

Major's "How Can I Say Goodbye" obviously escaped somewhere in Europe as well .... BUT ... it didn't escape in the US (as he had a current label there at the time -- June 74) ... It seems that it escaped in Belgium twice, once on the above Contempo 45 and also on a reissue label .........

One of the LPs the 'visiting DJ' pulls out is the Stax LP 'Sweet Sweetback's Baddas Song' (which features the EW&F guys backing up Melvin Van Peebles) !!

It seems that one of Europe's largest 45 collections is about to be culled. Radio France are clearing out a whole load of old 45's from their record library ......... https://musicfeeds.com.au/news/one-europes-biggest-record-collectors-selling-off-amazing-catalogue/#KakqUpZXx78LtqFf.01 Lots of their 1.5 million discs will start to go on sale in Paris in mid June. 5000 will be up for auction on the 1st day, bet loads of dealers will be involved. They have no idea how many records make up the collection, they weigh it (4 tons in total) to gauge how many they have. Watch the video on the above web piece to get an inkling of the stuff they have (lots of rare -- cut in France -- jazz things).

Another old friend of Lou's from back in Cleveland: WJMO DJ Ken Hawkins .......... ...... don't think I've seen that picture of the Spinners before (pity it ain't clearer) .....

Two mates of Lou's from the old days; Larry Hancock & Eddie Levert (can't think what group he's in) .........

Another ad for Cheetahs when Ruth was appearing there (October 67) .......... .... Sunday matinee sessions didn't kick off till 4pm by October ...........

A duo from Miami were up there in Feb 70 ............

It seems that by the early 70's, some Motown acts were going on stage backed up by Stax people (the Fabulous Soul Children's Band) ...

No mention on this thread yet for the Ambassadors ........... Had to be 6 or 7 separate SOUL groups that used the name (if we can include Betty Moores lot in the total).

Johnny Otis had some great people work with him down the years (though most weren't jazzy).

And I could've bought a copy for 94c from Randy's Record Shop but I hadn't heard anything by any version of the Ambassadors back in the 60's ..

Kegsy. I'm from Yorkshire too. I NEVER buy !!

Don't sound much like Brrr - Brrr Brrrr -- Billy Stewart to me !!