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CD 5 - Female bottom left is Doris Allen, Male bottom is Big John Hamilton, Male middle left is Willie Hobbs & male middle right is T-Bone Walker CD 16 - On the right is Johnny Copeland
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I've had a couple of records go missing over the years and both times it was the seller who paid via a Paypal claim.
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I suggested that in post #2 It also got reissued c/w Chris Clark as part of Motown’s 45th Anniversary in 2004, the again a couple of years ago in the Motown 7” box set c/w the Originals – Suspicion and lastly last-years Record Store Day release again c/w Chris Clark
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Yes, I'm sure that would be the case.
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I would have thought it was Frank Wilson
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Various Artists - Harmony Of The Soul Vocal Groups 1962-1977 – CDKEND 409 This is the fourth instalment of Kent’s “In Perfect Harmony” Series, which concentrates on the sweeter side of group soul spanning the length and breadth of America, highlighting lesser known artists as well as including higher profile acts like; The Pretenders, Brothers Of Soul, Bobby Moore & The Rhythm Aces and The Mad Lads. The CD contains 24 tracks of which, nine are previously unreleased (including two demo’s from the Stax vaults) and one which first saw the light of day on the Golden State Soul CD (CDKEND 179) in 2000. The CD starts off the proceedings with The Pretenders falsetto offering, a great record. Next up is Vernon Green’s 1973 Doontone outing, which is a nice laid back track and as I’m a sucker for telephone conversations in songs, it gets a thumbs up from me. Following on is Special Delivery’s first release on Mainstream, with Terry Huff’s sumptuous lead supported beautifully by the rest of the ensemble. The Determinations Girl, Girl, Girl (flip of “Bing Bong”) gets an airing on this CD, although to me it’s a bit pedestrian. The unreleased Why Can’t It Be by The Windjammers, starts off with a nice spoken into, but also doesn’t really do much for me. More unreleased material with Whatcha Gonna Do Baby by The Lovers, which is a great Impressions influenced song and I’m indebted to Ace/Kent for bringing these songs to the general public, a winner in my book 01 For The Rest Of My Days - The Pretenders 02 Can You Talk (Is Your Old Man At Home) - Vernon Green & The Medallions 03 I Destroyed Your Love Pt 1 - Special Delivery 04 Girl, Girl, Girl - The Determinations 05 Why Can't It Be - The Windjammers 06 Whatcha Gonna Do Baby - The Lovers . The Smith Brothers release on Shield shows off the greatness of Jack Ashford’s Just Productions. With strong vocals and swirling strings it’s thoroughly enjoyable, it’s a shame they didn’t record more. When Wee Gee and Elbert Wilkins left the Dramatics, they toured for a while using the Dramatics name. They eventually signed to Mainstream and released the dancefloor favourite “No Rebate On Love”. Following legal proceedings they changed their group name to The Dramatic Experience and released their second single “Sho’Nuff Good Feeling” and tucked away on the flip side was “Someday Somewhere”. The official A-Side probably wasn’t as standout as it could have been, compared to similar songs at the time, which meant that the superior flip sadly got lost in the wash. 07 Let Me Take Care Of Your Heart - The Smith Brothers 08 Someday Somewhere - The Dramatic Experience More unreleased material follows, this time from the Webb People and is a pleasant laid back recording, which sounds similar enough to have come from the same session as “Who’s The Biggest Fool”. The Superbs Dore recording of the Rodgers & Hart show-tune “Where Or When” is a bit MOR for my taste and Shady Lady by Choice Of Colors (another unreleased track); to me sounds like it wouldn’t be out of place if it was on the Grease soundtrack. The Imaginations “Strange Neighborhood” on Fraternity is a classic piece of group soul and it’s the flip “I Can't Get Over Losing You” included here and has a very throwback feel. Continuing in that vein is The M-Ms & The Peanuts’ “Without A Word” which shows how the throwback vibe should be done. 09 Let's Make Love (Our Favorite Pastime) - The Webb People 10 Where Or When - The Superbs 11 Shady Lady - Choice Of Colors 12 You Better Believe It - Brothers Of Soul 13 I Can't Get Over Losing You - Imaginations 14 Without A Word - The M-Ms & The Peanuts Onto the first of the Stax demos and this Del-Rios track is the earliest recoding on the CD. It seems the vocals of Louis Williams are an acquired taste and his similarities to Sam Cook are striking, personally I love his voice and this is a really nice addition too. As a demo, it’s sparse with a basic guitar accompaniment, but that doesn’t detract from what is a good song, well sung. Ace/Kent have done wonders bringing Louis Williams work back into the limelight with their Goldwax/MGM Sound Of Memphis projects and this song is a worthy accompaniment to those. The discovery of the “Turn Arounds” unreleased recordings has been a revelation and this is another fantastic song. 15 Won't You Call (Demo) - The Del-Rios 16 I Want You To Know - The Turn Arounds The Steelers “Crying Bitter Tears” has been a favourite of mine for many years and as it’s a Chicago recording there are again Impressions influences. Luckily for vinyl collectors this came out twice (with different flips), so it can be picked up quite inexpensively on Glow Star. The Perfections “Since I Lost My Baby” is a cover of the Motown classic and is another Jack Ashford production. The addition of a spoken into really gives it a different dimension and adds to what is a really nice recording. Jesse Johnsons & Chocolate Fudge’s Thank You Girl was recorded in 1973, but previously unreleased and is a really good example of the genre and I’m glad this recording has finally seen the light of day. 17 Crying Bitter Tears - The Steelers 18 Since I Lost My Baby - The Perfections 19 Thank You Girl (For Being You) - Jesse Johnson & Chocolate Fudge The San Francisco TKOs track was previously released on CDKEND 179. I’m a fan of Bobby Moore’s work at Fame and this ballad is fine addition to that suite of music. Initially when I listened to The Natural Resources Unpolluted, I thought it was and okay, but after listening to it a few more times I now find that I really like it, a real grower. The Fabulous Determinations “Don’t You Make Me Blue” is a good mid 70’s bit of sweet soul and “very” Stylistics to me. Finishing off the CD are The Mad Lads with the second of the Stax demos. This a great acapella offering with the lead vocals supported by strong harmonising and gets me thinking that its structure is very similar to some Gospel recordings of the time. 20 Send My Baby Back - The San Francisco TKOs 21 Is Love For Real - Bobby Moore & The Rhythm Aces 22 Don't Bite The Hand That Feeds You - The Natural Resources Unpolluted 23 Don't You Make Me Blue - The Fabulous Determinations 24 It's My Fault (Demo) - The Mad Lads In summation it’s a very good CD, and sits well amongst the previous releases in the series. This CD also contains enough new material to appeal to both those who do or don’t have the original recordings. As with previous editions, the compilation duties are shared by Ady Croasdell and Tony Rounce and as usual with ACE/Kent releases, the accompanying booklet is full of pictures and liner notes to keep anyone’s “inner chin stroker” satisfied and gives the reader some insight as to why many of these great songs sank without a trace after initial release. John Reed March 2016 Video Trailer Track Listing: 1. Shady Lady - Choice Of Colors - Choice of Colors 2. I Can't Get Over Losing You - Imaginations - The Imaginations 3. Thank You Girl For Being You - Jesse Johnson & Chocolate Fudge - Jesse Johnson & Chocolate Fudge 4. Without A Word - The M&Ms & The Peanut - The M&M's & The Peanuts 5. Don't Bite The Hand That Feeds You - The Natural Resources Unpolluted - The Natural Resources Unpolluted 6. Since I Lost My Baby - The Perfections - The Perfections 7. Send My Baby Back - San Francisco Tkos - The San Francisco Tko's 8. Whatcha Gonna Do - The Lovers - The Lovers 9. For The Rest Of My Days - The Pretenders - The Pretenders 10. Where Or When - The Superbs - The Superbs 11. Why Can't It Be - The Windjammers - The Windjammers 12. I Want You To Know - The Turn Arounds - The Turn Arounds 13. Can You Talk (Is Your Old Man At Home) - Vernon Green & The Medallions - Vernon Green & The Medallions 14. Let's Make Love (Our Favorite Pastime) - Webb People - The Webb People 15. Let Me Take Care Of Your Heart - The Smith Brothers - The Smith Brothers 16. I Destroyed Your Love Parts 1 & 2 - Special Delivery - Special Delivery 17. Don't You Make Me Blue - The Fabulous Determinations - The Fabulous Determinations 18. Someday Somewhere - The Dramatic Experience - The Dramatic Experience 19. Wait For Me - The Brothers Of Soul - The Brothers of Soul 20. Girl Girl Girl - The Determinations - The Determinations 21. Won't You Call (Demo) - The Del Rios - The Del Rios 22. It's My Fault (Demo) - The Mad Lads - The Mad Lads 23. Crying Bitter Tears - The Steelers - The Steelers 24. Is Love For Real - Bobby Moore And The Rhythm Aces - Bobby Moore & The Rhythm Aces More info via http://acerecords.co.uk/harmony-of-the-soul-vocal-groups-1962-1977 -
Just released and just Soul Source reviewed by John Reed- Kents latest Album - Harmony Of The Soul Vocal Groups Tap to view this Soul Source News/Article in full -
The Text on both records are quite different Boot Real one from 1978
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Hope no one minds me posting this up again, was a great read and also for me became a tick off list John Lias Top 100 LP's - Voices 14 (1990)[1].pdf
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should only hit 5 grand then........
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Brazil, has exchange controls, which restricts the flow BRL and foreign currency in and out of the country.
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The only one I know of is a the cheap looking one with Voices Of East Harlem - Cashing In, on the other side
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That wasn't a Stax release, it was released on MGM in most of the world
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Also mentioned in this discography is the Jo Armstead LP and from my previous investigations, it progressed quite a way down the to-be released path compared to the Sandra Wright LP. She had a higher profile than Wright so I would have thought more effort would have made to press/release her product, but that too was unreleased.
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There are some obsessional Stax collectors around and would have thought (if it exists) one of them would have had it and shown it off to the world. Blimey Sean, I suppose if someone were looking to capitalise on the recent interest the early bird catches the worm. I'm of the same view and I'd even throw in my Demon copy as a deal sweetener.
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There were plays in the London clubs as a new release. On the back of the Demon LP, David Johnson states that the Album didn't happen, but if it did slip through the cracks, was it called "Wounded Woman"?
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Janice - Goody Two Shoes / If I Had Known ( Fantasy 770 ) 7" Is not an easy want, it was withdrawn just after release and is very rare. I've been looking for around 25 years and have never come across one. Your requests are for "issues", so none are really easy to come by.
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Doni Budick Candle. Pink/White Soul King Lable
John Reed replied to Nocker's topic in Look At Your Box
There were definitely two different runs of each Soul King release one pink the other red. Both pressings have slightly different layouts as well information such as credits and recorded dates. Don't know which ones came first, but I ordered mine when they were first mentioned circa 1991 and mine are pink. -
I would love to believe that it’s a genuine vintage pressing, but there are a few things don’t stack up for me. With no singles released at the time of the LP, why wait 4 years to release a solitary single. After touring with the Raelets, she left Ray Charles and toured with the Harry James Orchestra and then worked with Mike Post releasing singles on Bell in early 70’s as herself and Rye and Rita Jean. Surely she would have had commitments, would she have done any promotion for her new Tangerine single? The Tangerine releases I have from 1972 onwards (both issues and demos) have the year of release on the label, this one doesn’t. Also from 72 onwards Tangerine demos were quite prolific, but there no demo for this release.
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To my knowledge, there was only one issue of this, which was a Demo in 2002, to help publicize the Timeless CD.
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They're an Israeli band
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Oh, its not that bad, its quite a nice pop record. Nothing to do with soul, though
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There were one or two exceptions; G C Cameron's No Need To Explain/Out Of My Mind, IMO was one of the best Soul vinyl releases of 1992.
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I've always believed the Crescent release to be a reissue. The Federal release is 1966 and Crescent records (later rebranded as Creed) was not formed until 1967. Initially, it does seem odd for the Swanee Quintet who historically recorded on Nashboro, to switch to a King related label for a one-off release and then switch back to the Nashboro subsidiary Crescent. Around this time the Swanee Quintet were on a bit of a low ebb and as they were important to James Brown musically, he included them on his touring revue as a pay-back for the inspiration he got from them as a young man. It's produced by James Brown and the writing credits are James Brown related, so I believe this was his way of him giving them back some dues. The record failed to re-spark interest in the group and Ruben Willingham left the quintet soon after, which is why I think his name is missing from the later Crescent release. Crescent's first LP release in 1967 was Step By Strep by the Swanee Quintet and both sides of the single are included on it.
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It happened to me a few years ago when I paid Chris Anderton for a record. I too had money in my account and had a debit card linked up as well. I felt quite embarrassed as I received the record before the eCheque cleared and its the only time that its happened to me.
