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The sight of Berry Gordy at Golden World on consecutive weekends, set tongues wagging that he was showing an interest in the studio. It was rumoured that he was feeling uneasy about the quality that was flowing from West Davison and had approached Ed Wingate with an offer. This may not be exactly true, however, as Gordy had to outbid a Bob d'Orleans consortium to wrestle the studio from Wingate and Bratton. This suggests that the studio had been on the open-market. In September 1966 Gordy landed the prize by way of a reputed $1 million bid. Whether that was the figure or not will probably remain conjecture. As well as owning the studio, Motown now owned Myto Publishing and the contracts of Edwin Starr and JJ Barnes. It is astonishing to think that Wingate and Bratton were only based there for eighteen months. Bob d'Orleans, who helped establish and run the studio, was out of a job and began to work with Sidra. Mike McLean, Motown's Chief Engineer, gave an opinion of Bob's work in an open letter to the Soulful Detroit forum....... .................. Future product was now released exclusively on the Ric-Tic label. All other labels ceased to exist. A couple of Edwin Starr's 45's were released through to February, possibly suggesting that this was part of the deal. The Ric-Tic label changed from it's simple red and black design to a more complex blue and gold pattern. Myto Publishing no longer appeared on Ric-Tic discs and was replaced by Ric-Tic publishing, Wingate Publishing and in a couple of instances Illinois Publishing. Remarkably the style of music being released would change too, with the old abrasive up-tempo style being replaced by a mellower, sound. Headquarters were now based in Ed's home on Edison where a basement studio was used for rehearsals and demos. Recordings were now scheduled at United Sound Systems on Second Avenue and Magic City Studios on Grand River. Ric-Tic ran for another eighteen months with a fraction of the manpower. Administrators : JoAnne Bratton Producers : Ed Wingate-Al Kent-Hermon Weems-Willie Garrett Arrangers : Mike Terry

This is a pop record, isn't it ? Like Rose Coloured Glass "Can't Find The Time" ...

Description is in the ebay listing : BRAND NEW CANADIAN REISSUE - FIRST TIME EVER ON VINYL FOR THE INSTRUMENTAL CONDITION: MINT -

Any chance of naming said DJ ?

Yes , but like "What Does It Take" , how many cover versions of a well known Motown hit can one handle .? And there are other better versions too , the Isley Brothers version off their This Old Heart of Mine LP is just phenomenal.

As this predates the This Is Wigan doco, and in the absence of any firm evidence of any footage of the Wheel which some have said does exist, this would have to be the first film footage in existence of a northern soul event?

Hi Simon Just paid 45 GBP to your paypal account. Many thanks. Cheers George Address to send is: Mr GEORGE COUMBIS c/- ECONOMOS (LEGAL) PO BOX Q285, QVB POST OFFICE SYDNEY NSW 1230 AUSTRALIA

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Using popsike as a guide (and with the reservations many of you have about that) , the price at which this just sold for on ebay is easily the highest yet .... and it was only in VG condition https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/300978891174?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649

Is this film intended to be released in major cinemas in the UK , and then in the US ? Or will it all depend on initial box office sales in the UK which will then determine if it becomes a "hit" or whether it will just go straight to video after a short time and then end up being a minor "arthouse" film ?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1May52b1RQ

Chris Farlowe's rather nice version of this Garnett Mimms classic ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hOrbTGK_lE

The bootlegs also have red lettering.

Were Epitome of Sound originals issued in styrene ?

Always thought this was the best of all their great records ... so that's saying something . And Klinger and Feldman wrote "I'm On My Way" for Dean Parrish by the way .

JERRY BUTLER - STOP STEPPIN' ON MY DREAMS - MERCURY SAMPLER M- Shame this sampler EP doesn't have the full length cut ....

Looking for an original please. Thanks.

I agree , god help the soul / RnB / mod scene if this the present and future ....

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Will you be recording any original material ?

Over the years have spoken to a number of people who were regulars at the Wheel and who saw many of the greatest live acts in their prime and more than a few have said that the Vibrations were unbelievable. Being a long time collector of original footage of the greats soul acts, I was unaware of any original footage in existence of the Vibrations from the golden era then just recently came across this clip from the US TV show Hollywood A Go Go in 1965 . This is amazing footage of the classic line up of the Vibrations - just wait til you get to about 3 mins 40 secs into the clip and then the boys really let loose !!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XxFIzhGx0w

Could you point us towards where we can find more info on the Promises? Have always enjoyed their version of " This Love Is Real " but always assumed that they were black. And there were some liner notes I believe on a Brunswick compilation CD many years ago that implied that an LP on the Promises was released on BRC ?