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Motown printed up many many different 45 sleeves back in the day & many are now sought after. I remember Tall Pimple (Paul T) visiting our house many moons ago & him taking away all the more unusual US Motown 45 sleeves I had (I didn't really value them at the time as WHAT WAS IN THE GROOVES seemed more important) ... seems I made a bad decision.

Can't beat this group's output from the 70's, my fave LP by them is also STREET CORNER SYMPHONY .... used to play this track on my Prestatyn Weekender radio show & folk would always ask who's version it was.

A bit more info here ... THOUGH ... tickets for the show seem to be very expensive. https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/8093136/otis-redding-an-evening-of-respect-apollo-theater-honors

An Otis Redding tribute show to be staged at the Apollo in Harlem in late January ...

Details of her services ............ Memorial Service: Thursday 11th January 2018 -- Christ Missionary Baptist Church 494 S Parkway E Memphis Tennessee ... from 4:00-7:00 Funeral: Saturday 13th January 2018-- 11 am; Liberty Hill High School in Jackson Tennessee .. Visitation 9:00-11:00

Not bad timing for the musical .... COZ ... another big Stax related event this year is ...........

Hope this comes to London eventually ... https://backstagebaltimore.wordpress.com/2017/12/20/press-release-baltimore-center-stage-to-present-the-world-premiere-of-soul-the-stax-musical-may-3-june-10-2018/

Rita started out (in her time associated with Ray Charles) as a Raelette in 68. She told me (@ Prestatyn) that he strung her along about recording her as a solo artist for a fair while (they were touring none stop at the time). He then did the album project on her but put it out without any promotion at all. She had been promised a better effort & so confronted him. This resulted in a big row & so she quit his entourage & left the record company in 69. With the bad blood between the two, I can't see any reason at all why Ray would put any tracks by her out around 4 years later ... so 'the story' of it possibly being a legit 45 doesn't have any legs at all.

One of my faves from her ....

The newspaper article reporting her leg amputation .... https://www.jacksonsun.com/story/news/2017/10/16/denise-lasalle-hospital-recovering-leg-amputation/768628001/

It's all over the net & Facebook that Denise LaSalle has died. Tap to view this Soul Source News/Article in full

Picked up numerous UK 7" copies of this for a few pence each back in 1992. Seemed not too many folk wanted copies back then. Probably still got some spares up in the loft even today.

Bought this 45 as a UK new release way back in June 69 ...

. . A new Motown related project ... https://www.fulwell73.com/motown

Rick @ work ...

Rick with Candi Staton .... AND ... one of their tunes ....

Very bad news from the Muscle Shoals area ... Rick Hall died today in his home in Muscle Shoals. He was 85 years old and passed following a battle with cancer .... Tap to view this Soul Source News/Article in full

Not too many copies of the US Prodigal issue have come to light so far ... so I'd say that version of the 45 is rare. US demo copies are easy to find (& cheap) as they don't feature CAN'T STOP SINGING.

In the mid 70's, American company ABC had local distributors in 44 foreign countries. That opens up the prospect of up to 40 different versions of 45's from the likes of Ruby Andrews, Dramatics, Clarence Carter, 4 Tops, Denise LaSalle, Carl Carlton, Lamont Dozier and more ...

Another UK effort for the UGLY bin ...

Not as bad as they could possibly have been ... UK & Aussie cover versions ....

The Philly radio stn that Steve Schorr worked at (back in the day) ... WDAS ...

Thought some might be interested in watching this ... an interview conducted on Lou in Vegas ... WARNING : it contains some adverts in places ...