Roburt

Robb K knows just about everything (that's worth knowing) about the operations of the Motown LA teams writing & production work. If the Motown management didn't want to sign a West Coast act that the LA guys had cut .. OR ... didn't want to use a song they had written; then the LA crowd could release any of this product on their own pet labels.

Already posted an ad for the Xmas 1969 show at the Continental Club ... that featured (then) Stax artist William Bell .. soon to be singing for us in Cleggy .... The Continental had been called the King O' Hearts back in the early to mid 60's. The club had opened in mid April 1960 and it was where Sam & Dave 1st performed together in July 1960. They were resident at the club for about 4 years (until one of their Roulette releases took off& they started touring). .... WELL .... as Eddie Floyd is in London this week promoting his new CD project "Don't Forget About James" with his son Anthony Floyd, thought I would post up another ad for December 69 shows at the Continental. Stax was really in control of the club that month as this ad for 3 different acts (one of them being Eddie Floyd) illustrates ......

Nickie Lee doing some promotional work for his new radio stn not too long after he had joined WRIZ .........

Local DJ Nickie Lee had started out on WAME but when that stn went country ... he switched to WRIZ ... Like other radio DJ's, he made some records ... He's the "And Black Is Beautiful" guy (on Mala). Here he is with a cover of a Prince Buster song that had been No.1 on the Miami radio stn charts in Jan 67 ..

Ruby Andrews hit Miami over Xmas 69 ...

The Barn (see above) still exists, though now the building houses a 'Crab House' restaurant .... https://www.crabhouseseafood.com/locations.html https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Restaurant_Review-g34438-d524065-Reviews-Crab_House-Miami_Florida.html

The Prolifics again -- this time along with some big stars ....

..... to perform .... in late August ..... https://www.beachlandballroom.com/calendar.asp?Page=11

Those nasty record company guys have taken the video of Stevie singing this down ... .... so we have to make do with this 'foreign' version (it beats the Lime IMO)... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKOiFh1QmqI When you think of music from the Motor City, Oslo probably isn't the first place that springs to mind. But fans of Norwegian singer Wenche Myhre must have been dancing in the streets when they first heard this little corker. Issued in 1967, the song proved a hit for the singer in her homeland. By that time, she had also become one of a host of Scandinavian dolls to be taken to the German bosom, scoring a string of hits from 1965 onwards. After relocating to Germany, she entered the 1965 Deutsche Schlager-Festpiele song contest in Baden-Baden as she would get to appear before millions of German tv viewers. Although she finished in 2nd place behind Peggy March, her performance was enough to launch her career.

.. and yet another duet ....

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Well I know if they quote a lower price first & you order it at that point .... then their price increases; they sell it to you at the price they 1st quoted !! When that happens, they always state that they sell it at the best price they can but always honour a lower price if you ordered when that was quoted. I'm sort of hoping that when the price falls after an order, they will sell it to me at the best (lowest) price they have it on at (as they have not yet dispatched my copy of the CD). Otherwise, surely I could just cancel my original order .... and then re-order at the new lower price.

The Prolifics ... who earlier had gone by the name of the Moovers (Deep City).

CHEERS, no doubt I'll get a partial refund from Amazon when the 2fer comes.

Ian, what will the RRP (if there is such a thing anymore) for this 2fer CD (Amazon charged me £11 for it) ??

Trevor Vallis produced soulie type stuff by Casablanca (for Elton John's Rocket label) in 1973 .... ... AND .... Sandy Davis í…½- A.P.B. (All Points Bulletin) a 45 for Pacific Records (a W.Bros distributed label in the US) in 1978. In 1979 he produced Sylvia Love on "Extraterrestrial Lover" & "Instant Love" (RCA). He seems to have (usually) used London area studios for the sessions he ran back then & worked with artists who also used the likes of Ian Levine + Stock, Aitken & (ex NS DJ Pete) Waterman to produce their tracks. By the 80's he had moved onto to dance, pop & rock stuff.

Been on holiday all week so "Everyday Will Be Like A Holiday" is most apt. William has been performing live for over 50 years now & yet I can't wait to see him at Cleggy. Back over 40 years ago, he got to spend a Christmas perfoming in Miami ....

Back 'across the tracks' & Xmas 1969 saw upcoming Cleggy star William Bell entertaining the punters ...

Get some work done our kid !!!

A 'white audience' show on Miami Beach in September 1970. Jesse Lee Ferguson had got tired of his group being the Outer Limits and by this time they had become the Jet Setters. Support act Little Willie has to be southern soul icon Little Willie Johnson who recorded down in Miami shortly after this show was staged (though he wasn't from Florida). What the white audience made of this deep soul & gospel singer I can only guess. Anyone know which set of SOUL SETTERS the act also on this bill would have been ??

Can't wait for it to come out now .... hopefully as I ordered my copy ages ago, I'll get it on Day 1.

Marie Knight followed the Impressions (& was on with them) ....

RE: Most of the RSD release are forgettable or "interesting" at best In your opinion only ..... I know that just about all of the Ace RSD releases are very much sought after & you have to be a lucky punter to actually get a copy of some of them. Of course, you can always buy the track on the alternative CD release (which most folks do). But as we all know, some folk are vinyl only.

Another Philly artist hits Miami ...