Roburt

A bit of a side issue now ......... .... I know Bucky Buchman of Redisco & the Bomar label was close friends with the guys that ran the Pittsburgh based One-Stops ..... So could his Bomar label have any links at all with the Pittsburgh based Bo-Mar label that put out Johnny Gilliam's 45 in 1965 (Bucky perhaps taking the label name from the Pittsburgh outfit) .....

By 1968, London Records were also giving a big push to 7" LP's ....

In 1964, Kapp even had a go at selling their 7" LP's to the public via normal record stores ....

Seeburg & Rockola (Jukebox makers) marketed these mini LP's direct to their customers from the early 60's ...

But other outfits had bought into the concept quite a bit sooner. The likes of ABC, Chess, Duke, RCA, Kapp & others had tie-ups with manufacturers who made 7" LP's for them.

They were going all out to promote their 7" LP's to the business in 1968 .....

A few of the titles that they put out (they tended to be MOR things) ....

They got into the Mini LP business in the mid 60's and had quite a few titles available by 1968. Unlike many other companies that collaborated with big record labels, Redisco started their own label (Bomar) and released their 7" LP's under their own logo rather than under the original label's name.

There have been a couple of threads on here where US 7" jukebox mini LP's (7" size) have been mentioned recently. Coz of that I decided to look more into the activities of a few companies who put these out; one of these being Baltimore based One-Stop outfit Redisco. Redisco were certainly operating as a successful One Stop as far back as 1958 .....

.............. Champ 1225 Oliver Cheatham 'Celebrate' I already posted (most if not all of) that list as Post # 80 of this thread. The above 12" is actually a 1980's UK release on the Champion label (which has the release No. of CHAMP 12-25), so it has no connection at all to the US Champ label ...... https://www.discogs.c.../release/191308 I also noted in Post # 89 that the Minors "Lonely Boy" 45 (Champ 2004) dates from when the label was based in Johnson City (not Nashville). Champ was based in Johnson City in the early 50’s but may well have moved back there in the 60’s or for part of the 70’s. So the fact that the 2000 series have ‘higher numbers’ than other 45’s on the label may not necessarily make them later releases. As the Minors track has much more of a 60's feel to it, I guess it can't have been put out in the early 50's when Champ was 1st based in Johnson City. ....…AND … in post # 88, I made mention of the Three Saints & the Prince of Darkness 45 that has a cover of a James Brown song on its B side — however I believe they were a garage band rather than a soul outfit.

I like the Loose Change take on "Rising Cost .." ..... BTW, think Ady's on about Darrow's "No Limit".

Seems Grey & Hanks songs were very popular in the late 70's .... another version of "Rising Cost Of Love" .......

Seems that Darrow & Jean must have got the same tape of Grey / Hanks songs for consideration. She cut their song "Rising Cost of Love" & it was released in 78; Darrow also cut it & his version was released as a Atlantic / Crossover 45 in 79. Darrow cut one of their songs as early as 1970, whereas Jean cut 5 of their songs that went on her 1978 LP. Wonder which of the two of em cut "No Limit" & "Rising Cost Of Love" first; guess we'll never really know.

Breakwater - No Limit Arista promo 12” (in 1978) & 79 release as a 45 track (also 78 on their LP). Their LP has been reissued on both vinyl & CD. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6jI7_9iCVc

Anyone know the full story behind this song ?? It's currently back in vogue due to Ady / Kent releasing Darrow Fletcher's previously unissued take of it on 45 / CD. However, it has long been a soul scene fave via the 1978 released versions by Breakwater & Jean Terrell. The song was written by stalwarts Zane Grey & Len Roy Hanks (multi-hit composers & sometime recording act Grey & Hanks). No doubt they cut the 'original' version but I haven't checked to see if their's was just a demo version to 'sell the song on' or if they cut a 'finished version' themselves for actual release purposes. ANYWAY, here's the long time UK MS scene play from Jean Terrell ........ ..... Jean Terrell — No Limit A&M 45 & LP track in 1978

Another show the Royalettes were on ..............

That was only about 95% certain !!

... and a show the Royalettes were on at the Howard Theatre in DC ...

Well Bob you opened up the thread for my google-scans by saying ... I'm sure Roburt will screencap every single soul related thing .... I'll fetch it back on topic then with a couple of Royalettes related items .... ... a show the group were on in Baltimore ....

I'm sure he wasn't trying to say that he DISCOVERED the track ..... ... just that he FOUND the 'not known by many' track to be on this box CD set.

And some bits from Cleveland ........ In 1963, business partners Leo Frank and Jules Berger opened Leo's Casino in the lounge of the old Quad Hall Hotel at 7500 Euclid Avenue. The club could host 700 people and regularly booked the top jazz and R&B acts of its era. The Supremes, Marvin Gaye, John Coltrane, the Miracles, Ray Charles and the Temptations all performed at Leo's Casino, as did comedians Richard Pryor and Flip Wilson. Otis Redding played his final concert there on December 9, 1967, dying in a plane crash in Wisconsin the following afternoon. Co-owner Leo Frank opened his first club - Leo's - in 1952 at East 49th Street and Central Avenue. Leo's attracted the nation's leading jazz and R&B acts, but burned down in 1962, leading to the opening of Leo's Casino the following year. The new club was one of the most racially integrated nightlife spots in Cleveland. In July 1966 The Supremes played to a packed house of blacks and whites at Leo's not long after the Hough Riots broke out mere blocks away from the club. Eventually, bigger venues offering bigger paydays began to lure the top performers away from the venue. Continued population decline and disinvestment in Cleveland's east side after the Hough Riots further hurt the club's fortunes. Leo's Casino closed in 1972 and was later torn down.

North of the border now .........

Pittsburgh, July 1969 ........

Back to Maryland now; Harford County to be exact (up by the state's borders with Pennsylvania & Delaware) ....

Miami ........... May 1962 .... Clyde Killen's Knightbeat Club .... BTW, you were right Bob, many of the newspapers that you can now access on-line via google went up just over 4 years ago.