Roburt

I've got the Ska Kings UK Atlantic LP .. somewhere here (don't think I've come across it in a couple of years though, but it's here somewhere) !!! The UK album is EVEN RARER than the UK 45 (promo or otherwise). BTW, Ken Lazarus was featured vocalist on "Soul Time", the Byron Lee & Dragonaires US 45 issued out of Tamiami Station in Miami. This came out on the BRA label that was owned by a couple of 'Islanders' who had relocated to Miami. BRA had a subsiduary label (PAL) and it was on this label that the Jerry Williams produced tracks by (Ohio connected) female cross-dresser Jerri /Jerry Jones were released. After her earlier spells based in Ohio cities (including Cleveland where she was befriended by Kim Tolliver), Jerri spent the later years in the 60's in Miami before moving to Jamaica to cut reggae tracks in the 70's.

Later on Byron Lee went back to Memphis ...... I think Ken Lazarus had left him by then though.

Their biggie .... a big allnighter play in the mid 60's .....

Tuva side of that 45 ..........

AND OF COURSE . Byron Lee & the Dragonaires were marketed by Atlantic in the US (& UK) as the Ska Kings .... ... of "Jamaican Ska" fame . and this ........Memphis goes reggae .....

Another good track from him ....... .....AND as it says ...... Ken Lazarus is probably best known for his work as a lead singer in Byron Lee's Dragonaires band. In the early 60s the band toured extensively in the Caribbean which made Ken Lazarus a popular singer on the island.

We were all very forgiving back in the mid to late 60's (NOT) .... We used to take the piss out of the older lads who we had started attending allniters with but who had now stopped going (staying back in a hometown pub with their girlfriends) ..... .... whilst also moaning on & on about the 'mini-mod' 15 / 16 year olds who were trying out allniters for the 1st time ad thus spoiling OUR VENUES. Two years down the line and we had joined the crowd staying back in a hometown pub with their girlfriends, whilst the 'mini-mods' had turned into the 'main-players' attending dumps like the Casino.

Yea, people could afford to buy / rent their own place in their early 20's back then and so tended to 'settle down' much earlier. Now, loads of 'kids' sponge off their parents (& live at 'home') till they are in their mid to late 30's ..... so they go out more in their late 20's / 30's than most did 'back in the day'.

My guess is that if they had any sort of logo at all it would have been used on the letterhead of the companies stationary. As Lorraine handled lots of the outfit's admin tasks, she would be the one to ask.

I'm sure Demon could also have put it out on vinyl, with a couple of the LP tracks on limited edition 45 ... ..... BUT what would have been the point ???? This release is meant for music fans in general not OVO NS dinosaurs.

I went to an allnighter at the Wheel last year (1st one I'd been to there for about 41 years) and had a great time. If we can't save the Wheel building then why don't we just shut all the industrial museums, wreck all the old water / wind mills, blow up all the old canal aquaducts and rip up all the preserved railways. After all; they're only for people 'living in the past' (while we're at it, may as well melt down all the old 45's, coz now you can get all the tracks digitally).

I have submitted an objection to the planning application.You have to register 1st, await a confirmation e-mail & then submit your comments. A bit 'long winded' but I still thought it worth the effort.

Harmless seem to have the Jewel Gospel stuff sorted as far as CD release is concerned .... .... so now we need a kindly reissue label to do the same for the Chess Gospel stuff. Apart from the 3 or 4 tracks that have been ig NS scene plays down the years, there are plenty more great tracks just waiting to be discovered by the CD buying public. A fave of mine that deserves to escape on a V.A. CD is the Gospel Six "God Done Got Tired" ....... another dancer that could be of interest to NS feet. The Violinaires ("Children Are You Ready"), Meditation Singers and many more cut fine stuff for both Chess & Jewel. What other (Lesser-known) Chess gospel tracks should be 'out there' for us to buy ???

Rita Doryse was a fixture on the Baltimore soul / jazz club scene from around 1963 through to the early 1970's; so I doubt she would have promo'ed a track written by two guys based in Detroit.

Bugga, I bought a copy of the CD on Amazon earlier today & only just noticed that I have to wait about 3 weeks before I get my copy !!

....... RE: We could have done with that for the booklet Roburt! Ian, You only had to ask & a decent definition copy would have been yours. I 'collect' stuff like that and at present am assisting Emily Gibson of the Black Archives in Miami stage a show about the entertainment scene in Overtown (Colored Town), Miami back in the 1950's / 60's / 70's.

Wow, some great tracks on this 2fer , off to buy a copy on Amazon as soon as I've posted this. Hope it sells well enough for a Vol.2 ...... as there's still many great tracks to fit onto CD .... ........ How about these ......... The Violinaires -- "Doing My Thing" OR "Condition" Brooklyn All Stars -- "We Need God" OR "Storehouse of His Love" Willie Morganfield -- "Are You Satisfied" OR "You Are Blessed" Bronner Brothers -- "Hold On To God's Unchanging Hand" .. PLUS ..... an added task ahead ........... I have the Morning Echoes of Detroit 45 track "How Do You Stand" but this is only 2min 40secs long. The 'singing bits' are great but too much of the 45 version is taken up with talking (rapping). There must be a longer version on tape with more & longer singing sections. Your mission (if you take it) is to find , mix & release that version !!

Stan's home base .......... He specialized in BLACK GOSPEL !!!!!

Is this the cut that was released on the UK R & B label (MRB 5005) as "Someone To Love Me" ....

UK Paramount must qualify: James Phelps, Mark Radice, Stephanie Mills & Samuel E Wright

The Jon Thomas Trio in 1958 consisted of Jon on Hammond plus Gene Walker & Slim Jackson on sax. They were gigging at the Copa Club in Newport, Kentucky when recruited to back-up Brook Benton on tour. After that, the Jon Thomas Group secured a spot in a club in Buffalo and then moved on to play at the Baby Grand Club in Wilmington, Delaware. They had one song called "Heartbreak" which everyone loved and they ended up playing it over and over at the club. While playing at the Baby Grand, Gil Askey, the arranger and trumpet player for the Chris Columbo Band, walked into the club one night and asked Gene Walker if he would like to join the Chris Columbo Quintet. Gene was reluctant to make the move but Jon Thomas knew the Columbo Quintet worked steadily and his band did not have the same prospects once they returned to Cincinnati. Thomas encouraged Walker to go with Columbo and so he joined the group. Thomas then returned to Cincinnati where he used his 'down time' to go into King Studios and cut "Heartbreak (It's Killing Me)". The track was such a hit that the Jon Thomas Group suddenly had more than enough work. Chris Columbo certainly had some good guys in his groups as from around 1960 to 1962, Earl Van Dyke was the Hammond player in his outfit. By the 70's, Jon Thomas was back in Cincinnati & getting gigs wherever he could, usually playing as a solo musician in clubs, bars & restaurants ......... a 1978 spot he had ........

I love Hammond organ led instros & this one (issued out of Philly) is I believe by a guy from Ohio. Jon Thomas was born 1918 in Biloxi, Mississippi but his family moved to Cincinnati in 1921. Jon took up music & was a pianist who turned organ player. He formed his own jazz group in 1955 and was recording in no time (I believe he played on the Little Willie John session during which "Fever" was recorded. Jon himself had 45's out on Note in 1955 and Mercury in 1957. He made a recording himself & took the 45 around to DJs in Cincinnati & Cleveland. This caught the attention of ABC andthey signed him in 1960 -- releasing the single "Heartbreak/ Teasin" (there are vocals on both these) cuts. Another decent ABC 45 followed shortly after. Later on in 1960's, a 45 was issued on Junior (Philly) by a Jon Thomas -- it was an organ instrumental titled "Tizzy". I'm guessing that this has to be by the Ohio based guy, anyone confirm this ? .... A 45 definitely by the guy from Cincinnati ...... ...

Kapps a weird label; loads & loads of MOR stuff - old ladies music, old orchestras, etc .... and then the great soul stuff !!! Who owned & ran the label and just what was their game plan for the label ...... ANYONE KNOW ??

RE: Glenn Hunter would have been impressed ...... Cleggy & Prestatyn (now also sadly gone) will never seem right without Glenn being there. RIP old mate.

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