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Have to say that this is yet another example though of how the Amy Winehouse vocal style has become so pervasive among contemporary female urban / RnB / soul vocalists ... to the point where the vocal style has become a complete cliche ... it's reached the point now where a couple of bars into hearing a tune like this and you just roll your eyes and think "oh no, not again, another Amy imitator". The tune is pleasant enough but completely unremarkable ... like a 3rd rate out-take from Amy's Back To Black LP. Amy was great and a one of a kind but she's been gone almost a decade now and Back to Black was released 14 years ago. Where are all the vocalists trying to forge their own, original style ? Not meaning to be negative, just trying to give some honest, constructive comment here, so please keep posting these new releases Rick , there have been some memorable ones on this thread

No mistaking this as an original .... New Zealand Stateside

Soulful Detroit had a thread many years ago: https://soulfuldetroit.com/archives/3190/2145.html?1045499562 containing the following information about recording dates and location of certain O'Jays releases: STAND IN FOR LOVE Produced by Bobby Massey & Larry Hancock January 27, 1966 at Way Out Studios, Cleveland WORKING ON YOUR CASE / HOLD ON Produced by Bobby Massey & Larry Hancock Arranged by Herb Williams January 4, 1967 at Way Out Studios, Cleveland Of The O'Jays three releases on Imperial previous to Working On Your Case / Hold On: I'll Never Forget You / Pretty Words , No Time For You / A Blowing Wind , Stand In For Love / Friday Night ... No Time For You & Stand In For Love were A sides "arranged" by Herbie Williams (Pied Piper) (while the B sides were HB Barnum productions and therefore almost certainly recorded in Los Angeles) . Of those three, only the first - I'll Never Forget You - displayed the note "Arranged & Produced by Solid Hitbound Productions" but with NO apparent Herbie Williams involvement, obviously because Herbie was not a part of the Solid Hitbound team. There can be no question though that the instrumental backing track to I'll Never Forget You was recorded in Detroit (although questionable whether the O'Jays actually travelled to Detroit to record the vocals). So, did the O'Jays Detroit connection continue after "I'll Never Forget You" ? Well, as for Working On Your Case/Hold On, No Time For You and Stand In for Love, if the Soulful Detroit forum information is correct, those tracks would appear to have their instrumental backing recorded in Cleveland at Way Out studios. The conclusion one might then draw is that any Herbie Willams / Pied Piper / Detroit involvement was perhaps limited only to arrangements and overdubs on those Cleveland recorded backing tracks. And, as the Yank says, Ed Wright the producer on Working On Your Case/Hold On, No Time For You and Stand In for Love was strictly LA based.

Mark, can you put a year on the two photos of lads in suits that you've posted ?

After the 7" vinyl release please ... not the 12" Cheers !

thanks Mike ... just amended my post to include the link.

Thankfully this site is active again (with a new host) after being dormant for years. A great reference for those collectors who insist on having the correct company sleeve for their records. https://45-sleeves.co.uk/index.html

Fantastic new release in the last few days from two legends of soul ...

Giant of a man ... giant of a voice ...

Seem to recall that Dave Godin in his pieces on the Wheel in Blues & Soul from 1969/70 mentions that one of the people he met was "Zan" ...

Are you saying that you supplied the first copy of Earl Jackson "Soul Self Satisfaction" to be played on the scene ? And so it was first played at Up The Junction ?

No info on that release but here is a super rare early 80s interview and video of the man performing his modern soul classic I'll Do Anything for You.

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Is it now accepted that Jerry Cook was in fact a real person, an artist in his own right, not another vocalist operating under a pseudonym ? There may still be some mystery about Jerry Cook because this release on TREK was just sold on Ebay in July of this year. It's a record that until now appears to be previously undocumented ... at least not before on Ebay or Discogs. Interesting that it is also produced by Arthur Wright ... who was the arranger on I Hurt On The Other Side. And a publishing date of 1977, some 10 years after I Hurt On The Other Side ? There is also another release by a "Jerry Cook" out of Springfield Illinois. Is it the same artist ?

Is there any evidence to suggest that the Sylvia Robinson who is stated as apparently being the mother of Keisha Lance Bottoms is in fact the Sylvia Robinson of Mickey & Sylvia / Stang / All Platinum / Sugar Hill fame ... or some other Sylvia Robinson ? The biographies of Keisha and Major make no specific reference to that Sylvia Robinson of Stang /All Platinum fame who was also married for a long time to Joe Robinson - also her business partner in Stang / All Platinum - and who were still married in 1970 when Keisha was born. Nor does the bio of Sylvia of Stang / All Platinum make any mention of a child with Major Lance ... or any child named Keisha.

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Stefan Taylor and the Signatures ? File them alongside the Merton Parkas and the Purple Hearts ...

there was a topic on here some time ago with a link to a guy in Italy who professionally repairs records ...

Were soul people wearing T's and vests to northern gigs as early as Nov '71 ? And carrying Adidas bags ? Thought clothing wise, it was still very much a mod/suede scene in 71 ? Fred Perry polos, button down Ben Sherman, Brutus, Jaytex shirts ?

Members on here might be interested to see the prices of Ska, Rock Steady and Reggae keeping up with rare Soul. The Skatalites, a great piece of ska from 1964, just sold on ebay for $4,306.00 US and was in "EX" condition. The Joya Landis, a nice rootsy tune, sold for $3,802.00 US and was graded "VG-/G+ ... slight storage warp ... light label wear ... writing on labels ... very slight peak distortion -... hazy patches to play surfaces." All on a not very sexy handwritten blank ! ---------------------------------------- Skatalites "Colly Bud (Cally Bud)" Ultra Rare Reggae 45 Pat's Blue Vinyl mp3 09 Jun, 2020 Winning bid: US $4,306.00 [ 48 bids ] Joya Landis "In That Bar" Ultra Rare Reggae 45 Treasure Isle Blank mp3 09 Jun, 2020 Winning bid: US $3,802.00 [ 32 bids ]

Having established who Cajun Heart is ... that he is from the south (USA) and appears to have worked primarily in the southern states, with no real soul or RnB pedigree, it's perhaps a little surprising that somewhere along the line he managed to get a record released in 1970 on Brunswick with credits to Carl Davis, Willie Henderson, Eugene Record on what is essentially a Chicago soul record. Perhaps his manager Lee Magid had the right connections and engineered that one off release with Brunswick. Although it is known that Carl Davis on occasion worked with white pop artists like Dana Valery.

Tommy Hunt "Loving On The Losing Side" and Diana Foster "I'm Gonna Share It With You" are two of the better ones from the 70's ... and, contrary to the previous post, Evelyn Thomas "Weak Spot" is a superb record and most definitely Levine's finest effort. Post 70's, Chuck Jackson "All Over The World", another Levine effort, springs to mind, although the superior mix is not the one that charted ... this is the better mix:

Anyone know if there are plans to release this on 7" vinyl ?

It's really interesting to see that Not Me Baby got airplay in a major centre like New Jersey. It begs a couple of questions: why would a radio station like WAAT play a tune that was ONLY available on an LP, or as a 7" single enclosed only with the LP ? And so, is it another urban (northern soul) myth that the 7 " single of Not Me Baby never got a commercial release outside of the LP ? Sure, time has shown that the seven of Not Me Baby isn't a commonly found record but there have been numerous northern "rarities" over the years that did get some sort of commercial release, albeit limited.