Roburt

The Buckeye Politicians had their 1st solo 45 out on Scepter in Nov 70. Although this was good, it didn't sell too well & they were dropped by the label. However a few years later they were tipped for UK success (74). They were spotted playing in the US (NY?) by a Brit (Alan Parsons) and he signed them to EMI. They had cut an album & headed to the UK with the master tapes. By all accounts, the master tapes were lost on the journey. A 45 was put out here but again it didn't sell. With the LP cuts having disappeared, they were going nowhere & headed back to the States, In 75 they landed a deal with Utopia & finally had an album out. This was quite rocky in parts but lots of the tracks off it are posted up on youtube, so it obviously has quite a few fans. Further releases followed on, so the group had some longevity.

The Jones Girls mother also had a 45 out in France (also sourced from GM) . . .

Can't help really ... BUT ... can say this ......... the Jones Girl's mother was Mary Fraser (Frazier) Jones (who had a 45 out on UK Ember in 71). . . . Their mother had 45's out in the US on Ara & GM. So they would have been Mary or Mary Frazier's Daughters rather than Jenny's Daughters in true life.

I believe the Staples were actually signed to Epic when D-Town Devotional #206 escaped, so that's probably why it also came out as by the Stapleton Singers.

Mid 60's releases .... some of em shown here . . . https://www.45cat.com/label/dtown-devotional-series #206 is also by the Staples.

Henry Cain had made an impression even earlier in the 60's and had been signed to Vault (distributed by Atlantic at the time) . . .

Don't know if many on here saw it (or remember it even if they did so) BUT there was a documentary on UK TV many years back (10+) that showed the workings on the LA Coroner's Office. This outfit had to investigate suspicious or strange deaths, recover the bodies to the morgue, undertake the autopsy and then clean up the premises where the body had been found (after the actual events had been established). At the tme, Bill worked for the Dept. and he was featured in the documentary working at the scene of a death.

More of them live . . .

Just posted by Shirley Jones on Facebook .. . . . Pray for my strength, I am devastated as my sister Brenda was hit by a car and has made her transition. My dear Brenda I will always love you, kiss Valorie and Mom for me. Heartbroken !!

I guess that the Henry Cain who produced & arranged some of the Bem Sole stuff is the Henry Cain (organ player) who had an album out on Capitol in 68 and who had been working with the likes of H B Barnum before that. He also worked with Lorez Alexandria in 68 (Pzazz Records).

Anyone here got much info on this late 60's LA based label ? They put out a number of great 45's, many of which go for money now. Viola Wills was just about their best known artist & she must have been signed between her stints on Bronco & Supreme (67 to 71). Other artists they cut included Kenny & Larry, Beulah Palmer, Prince Brownell, Victor Green & Willie Hotfoot and the Relations. As usual (when deep soul is involved) Sir Shambling has been there with regards to Beulah Parker's two 45's but again little artist or label bio info seems to be available. None of the acts, apart from Viola, seemed to appear again on vinyl (unless they did so under other names) and the parent music company's BMI registration has long lapsed, so little to be found on-line about the set-up.

Volcanic Eruption is, of course, Lou Ragland & friends. Tuva side of the 45 . . .

Anyone know the track on the Dynamite label from 1970 titled "If I Were A King" .... Joe Bataan ran this Dynamite label (there were quite a few labels that used this name, including other US soul labels). Seems strange that just months later, Joe cut a song under this title himself, though he's credited as the writer of it . . .

Just chatted with Lou and asked him to try playing the Youtube vids. They played OK for him & this was the 1st time he had ever heard either "Hey Soul Man (I Travel Alone) or Lil Rosey (not Big Wheel, Lou says it's the 3rd track he cut at that studio session). So he's a happy man now (but not a Travelin Man). A sample of "Lil Rosey" (Lou's track with his vocals removed and Al Serafini's sax added + a new melody developed by Tom Baker for the song) ..... https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lil-Rosey/dp/B005DXHUC0/ref=sr_1_12?s=dmusic&ie=UTF8&qid=1490716310&sr=1-12&keywords=Al+Serafini Lou listening to "Hey Soul Man" . . .

How did the set go down ?

I have no actual knowledge of it escaping on a 7" rekkid ... HOWEVER ... quite a few countries (France, Brazil, Argentina, etc.) were in the habit of putting out more EP's (4 trackers) then singles and lots of these EP's would include tracks that were LP only in the US / UK. I know Len Barry had at least 3 EP's out in France but to the best of my knowledge these all featured his Decca cuts. Maybe, an EP of his RCA stuff escaped in Brazil.

Neither of the videos plays . . .. is this a situation where they only play in the US but will not play if you're based in the UK (if so, I have 'location hiding' software on my other laptop).

Chuck was already racking up numerous hits as far back as 58 . . . . an ad from that year .. . .

Tommy Hunt & the guys @ 5minutes in . . . Harvey Fuqua @ 16 mins+ ... Jackie Wilson @ 47 mins

After Lou Ragland worked with Tom Baker (no, not Dr. Who) on his "I Travel Alone", Tom took Lou's songs and used them on tracks that were released as by veteran sax man Al Serafini. Lou has never heard the cuts and asked if anyone had the 45 and could forward mp3 copies to him. If anyone has the 45 and can forward sound files to Lou, PM me and I'll pass along his contact details. CHEERS . . .

BBC4 TV should screen this film from 1959 . . . no doubt the scripted bits are useless, but the musical parts should be great.

Here tis . . .

"Michael" ???

The word about those nights certainly got about. At the time, I was contacted by a young guy from Scandanavia who was attending a short course at Oxford University when they were running. He was a soul fan & asked if it would be possible for me to pick him up & take him along to the night being staged whilst he was in the UK. Being a northerner & friendly type, I did as he wished and he had a great time (he even bought a few rekkids).

Before UK pirate ship radio stns (AND many many years before NS), to hear soul + R&B 45's you had to either listen to Radio Luxemburg or AFN (pre 1964). The only time the signals from these stns were any good (here in the UK) was after dark. So many school kids (12 to 15) would listen to their transisters in bed (under their WHITE SHEETS) before they'd go to sleep. In many UK towns, you still needed to listen at night to get decent signals from many pirate stns. The people this outfit have interviewed seem to be the (still living) cream of the crop of early British soul fans. So I'd say, they're doing a decent job as long as they aren't trying to take their report beyond 1970 (which is around when the UK NS scene kicked in) without making reference to the northern clubs & what they played.