Roburt

A piece about the song "Money" and Barrett Strong's contribution to the song .............. Newspaper article from NY Times (shorter version also in today's (London) Times ........ https://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/01/arts/music/for-a-classic-motown-song-about-money-credit-is-what-he-wants.html

I started collecting soul stuff around 1964, only buying 45's initially as they were all I could afford. My 'collection' grew but I still only spent what I could afford (though many times I would go without other stuff). I soon built up a decent collection of UK stuff but when family commitment's kicked in, I had to sell some of my best UK 45's. I 've bought (& sold some) down the years and now have a massive collection though most are cheaper valued 70's / 80's / 90's UK 45's / 12" / LPs (I like all types of black music). My biggest failing is never getting around to cataloguing my collection. So I can never work out if I have sold a particular item or if I still have it. Because of this, when such an item crops up in good condition & at a good price, I have to buy it 'just in case'. Coz of this I now have many (way too many) spare copies of things. Mind you I'm not really an addict, I'm just a collector !! Just because I have to own a particular 'LIKE' on UK demo 45, UK issue, French picture sleeve copy, a Bajan copy & more -- that surely doesn't make me an addict does it?

Some record companies got a bit luckier. They would submit photos (with text) picturing a 'newsworthy' event (in their opinion) and these could get placed in the mag without payment being necessary. No doubt, if a big label (such as say United Artists) placed a full page ad in almost every edition of the mag, this could easily help in influencing the mag's editorial staff to use a submission coz it was 'newsworthy'. The top left part of the following montage of Sharon Redd related bits is one such item. Of course, Sharon would go on to bigger (& better ?) things in the 70's / 80's but the picture documents her start in the recording biz. OF COURSE ...... I doubt this was her first actual experience of a recording studio, as no doubt her dad (King Records Gene Redd) and her brother (Gene Redd Jr -- Old Town, Mercury, Stephanie) had taken her along to some sessions they were in on.

Only a couple of pages in each edition of Billboard were full colour (the front & back pages usually). Some other pages had limited colour (2/3 different colours) but most pages were just black pictures & print. To take extra advantage of the front page being full colour, the mag sold advertisements there (no doubt at an additional charge) that basically were just pictures of a group or artist with text relating to their latest release. No real graphics AND if you didn't see the small extra word tagged onto the blurb, you might even think it wasnt even an advert .............

Glasshoppa know this one ............

Is the book on Mary Well's life ('Mary Wells: The Tumultuous Life of Motown's First Superstar') a good read (well written) ??

A November 67 ad for a Rojac 45 ...............

Straight from the ridiculous to the sublime (artist-wise that is) .............. .... an ABC ad for an Impressions 45 put out back in 67 .......

Country singer Kenny O'Dell has a couple of collectable (non-country) tracks, at least one of which was chased by NS fans .......... .... here's a 1967 ad for one of his releases but I've had to add a couple of bits to it to make it a bit relevant .......

..... RE: Vinyl airline style bags were around in the 1960's but were they carried by Twisted Wheel goers? My memory ain't what it was BUT I don't recall anyone taking Vinyl airline style bags to the Wheel.

With him over here in 4 weeks time, thought this was an appropriate question ........... Is the John Ellison book 'Some Kind Of Wonderful' only available in Kindle format ?? .......... AN EXTRACT ............

And one more to finish the day off ........... ... I'll make it a topical one as certain places (hotels, restaurants - to promote their special Xmas deals have put up Xmas trees already in their lobbies) ... ... so here's Chicago based femme Candy Love ..... .... ... XMAS THIS EARLY: Uh, Boy, That's a No No ........... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlw5ahdY9jI

It's just Mod Madness, deffo Mod Madness ........

Funny I should mention Minaret ..... COZ ......... https://omnivorerecordings.com/south-side-of-soul-street/

Anuda un .............

Thought I'd add a few more record company trade ads from the 60's ............

Ordered a copy of the Soul Bros 45 by the Dynamites & Charles Walker from Amazon. Just over £6 with free P&P. As "Still Can't Get U Out o My Heart" is such a great track this has to be a b.b.b.b.big .. b.b.b.b.b.bargain. ...... AND ....... my purchase came with a £1 promo credit against my next purchase ... CBB ............. ......... (....... can't be bad)

Well you'd think many who attended nighters around 69/70/71 were tw*ts then.

I had a KOKO phase but I moved onto MINARET. SORRY, he said KOKO phrase, not KOKO phase.

Quote from Dave Godin's B&S column in mag #82 (April 72) ........... 'Keep the Faith' is a well known expression that defies precise definition, but over the years gallant little President (of Jay Boy fame) have done just that, and now they have excelled themselves with their 3 volume set "Keep The Faith".

No, he was a maid !!

Wasn't 'Keep the faith' what Dave Godin signed off his B&S column with in every issue of the mag back in the 60's !!!! As he was the 1st national guy to highlight the existence of the NS scene I'd guess its true to say ...... A/ That it was a term used by some of those on the scene (at least back in the late 60's / early 70's). B/ Isn't like KOKO (!?!? .... keep on keepin on ... I guess) a 90's phrase.

Love it mesen, but iys from Yorkshire so there's no way I'd pay the £75 they're askin.

If the label got early feedback from some influential radio DJ's that the 'other side' was the one they were playing, then they would have quickly flipped the 45 and sent out copies with the original B side marked up as the plug side.