Roburt

BACK TO THE MAIN TOPIC OF THIS THREAD NOW .... a few of the labels that the outfit who cut YOUR AUTUMN OF TOMORROW had records out on ...

Are there any Lankies on here who know anything about an Oldham (Royton) based discount record company from back in the 1960's. Seems this company, Egmont Records Ltd, had a few deals with US companies and via these the outfit released soul, jazz, blues tracks on 3 different labels back in the 60's -- Egmont, (Egmont) Viking & Mecca ... putting out release by the likes of Sonny Til & the Orioles, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Pearl Bailey and a couple of US jazz guys. No doubt, the Rosetta Tharpe release was inspired by her local Granda TV show appearance (filmed on Chorlton-cum-Hardy railway Stn in 64) .... no idea at all why they'd also license US jazz albums for release or the Sonny Til & the Orioles LP (guess they came from a common US source though). The record company's official address was Broadway, Royton but it seems they were actually based out of an old mill building that was actually down Holden Fold Lane (which runs off Broadway). The building had seen far better days by the 60's and was demolished soon after to make way for new housing. I have no idea if Egmont actually pressed up their own records but guess they would have done so. Again, I don't know if they printed up their labels & album sleeves themselves or used a local printing firm to take on this task. Someone local to the area must know something about this outfit ... for instance, did they ever press / release anything on 7" ?? Linked bits : - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-27256401

I believe this was written & produced by Charles Hatcher ... I do believe they took Edwin's demo version as their blueprint on this (certainly sounds that way to me) .. Another goodie off the CD ...

They also played this one ... by Baltimore's fave old doo wopper ...

A 1966 UK 45 .... was played at clubs like the Wheel right off from being a new release. As was "Cast Your Fate To The Wind" & a bit later, "Groovin With Mr. Bloe".

George's version was a biggie on the MS scene for quite a while back in time.

Happening on WOOK ... Wrong side of this 45 ... but still a goodie ..

The nation's capital ... DC time on the radio ... quite a few goodies on their Aug 69 chart ... none more so than their #19 ...

Hot Sauce (from 71) worked almost exclusively with Irene Productions ... the production house run by Irene & Al Perkins up in Detroit (the team behind Al Hudson & the Soul Partners, One Way, Roundtrip, Oliver, Alicia Myers, Oliver Cheatham, etc) ... so they would have been based in Detroit. The group's Rhonda Washington was Chuck Berry's neice & she was (most likely) originallty from St Louis). Rhonda (Washington) had cut a solo 45 for Sure-Shot in 67 (sister label to Duke). Jumping back in time from that, the St Louis group El Torros cut for Duke (on & off) between 57 & 62. She joined the group in 62 (after their latest Duke 45 had failed to sell) but they didn't do much till 64 when they changed their name to the Mustangs. Under this name, they had their own 45 out on Sure-Shot. The two songs they cut were written by Gladys Battle (Rhonda's mum). They had a 2nd Sure-Shot 45 out in 65 (as the Mighty Mustangs). Rhonda sang lead again (with her mother writing again). The majority of the group's members had been going for years & when this last 45 failed, they quit the biz & took day jobs. Rhonda must then have decided to go on as a solo act.

The physical CD ain't out for a month yet .. but UM already have the (digital) tracks up on their site ... Some great 60's Motown cuts now available for the 1st time anywhere ... LISTEN TO : - When It Starts To Rains It Pours; Your Sweet Love Is All I Need; Why Don't You Try It; I Can't Let You Go; Souly Ghost; Pay Them No Mind; Just A Little Part of Your Life; ETC. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07DXHWZT4/ref=sr_1_1_rd?_encoding=UTF8&amp;child=B07DXJG36X&amp;qid=1530509798&amp;sr=1-1</a>

I love lots of dancers with a jazzy tinge ... but am never sure why some became big on the scene, whilst others never did ... Ones that took off included the Dynatones, Cal Tjader "Soul Sauce", Spooner's Crowd "2 In the Morning", Ramsey Lewis "Wade In The Water", "In Crowd" & others, Soulful Strings "Burning Spear", Markeys "Last Night", Phil Upchurch "You Can't Sit Down" & more. Then you've got tracks such as Paul Humphrey "Cochise", Commodores "Human Zoo", Brass Construction "Movin" and similar jazz funk styled items. There were also the very bluesy cuts that were big 60's plays at places like the Wheel; KoKo Taylor "Wang Dang Doodle", Little Milton "Ain't No Big Deal / Who's Cheatin Who", Jimmy McCracklin "the Walk" & the like.

As an old Wheel goer, I can confirm that the Blendells, Dynatones & Travis Wamack were all massive anthems at the club in the 60's (67-ish onwards for certain). But then, they all got a UK release in the mid 60's, so would have been spun in many UK mod / soul clubs at the time.

Another WJMO chart from Cleveland ... This ones from July 67 and features tracks by Jimmy Conwell, Norma Jenkins, Lou Ragland, the Cruisers, Epitome of Sound, Lou Courtney, Bunny Sigler, Al Kent & more ...

The Crow were NY based and played many gigs at the famous Cheetah's Club @ 53rd & Broadway ... this was in the run-up to their recording session at which "Autumn of Tomorrow" was laid down.

Two HMV related bits ... EMI's big pressing plant in Hayes was badged as being a HMV facility at one time ..

Heading up to Cleveland this time ...

I've posted about this musical show in the past but can't find the old thread ... ... ... .... ..... .... anyway seems things are moving along well ... see DC newspaper story ... https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/theater_dance/choreography-lifts-aint-too-proud-above-other-jukebox-musicals/2018/06/28/0d38abde-7ada-11e8-8df3-007495a78738_story.html?noredirect=on&amp;utm_term=.ae2175abcf99

The long time leader of the Jive Five has left us ... a sad day indeed ... I'm definitely not a HAPPY MAN ... .......... https://www.facebook.com/EUGENE-PITT-THE-JIVE-FIVE-110145094646/timeline/

Another tribute of sorts to Stringers ... from John Cheatdom's book ...

Don't forget Gary Glitter's cover version as well.

Another couple of EMI items ...

Back to 62 again ... his US biggie that had 2 UK cover versions at the time (which prevented the original becoming a decent UK pop chart hit) ...

A truly brilliant soul dancer from start to finish ... one of the best rekkids ever to achieve anthem status on the NS scene.

Papa True Love -- a really brilliant southern soul dancer from a fine gutsy singer. He had tracks included on all 3 volumes of the great EMI 60's compilation album series, 'Bell's Cellar of Soul'.

One of the rarest Oriole American 45's … wonder if there was a box of these in the old manager's house loft …. … if so, the guy that sent them to the dump was a chump ...