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there wasn't only one orchestra in chicago. joe savage had an orchestra that a lot of people used for example.

weren't three label designs posted in another thread?

this charted nationally in the US. supposedly the same group as the counts / fabulous counts.

nice mix. The URS band are the same group as the tears who had a ton of other 45s on Funkshun.

the sound gems group is actually the chicago group that is on cle-an-thair and is a female group

last freebie I got was Skid Row "18 and life"

thanks as always for listening

I don't know which is first but black is rarer

Hi. Today I did an all-music show on my radio show. You can listen at https://www.sittinginthepark.com/shows.htm. Playlist follows. Thanks for your interest. Dramatics - If you haven't got love - Sport Seminoles - You can lump it - Mid town Neptunes - Girl that's an awful thing to say - Gem Paramounts - I won't share your love - Mercury Globelites - I've got to find me a love - Guyden Vibrations - Remember the rain - Okeh Bill Avery and Love Co - Hey Girl - Big Dee Collectors - Cruel World - Groovey Grooves Donnie, Fonnie, and Lavorn - A woman who'll let you be a man - Trump Billy Butler and Infinity - I don't want to lose you - Memphis Billy Butler and Infinity - Hung up on you - Pride Mercury - How long - Studio of Lafayette Gregory Havrilak - Proud Woman - UA Main Ingredient - I'm leaving this time - RCA Table of Contents - Wrapped around your finger - Lake Lucky Jamal Davis - Love is better (than ever) - Big City Bunny Davis - Six Million Dollar Man - Philomega Gail Miles - Timing - Exit 6 Electra Fyd Revue - Emptiness - N Spectrum - Let's fall in love - Brown Dog Barrons - I'm so lonely - Superdome Manhattans - You'd better believe it - Columbia thanks, Bob

You're right, sorry. The sons of the kingdom were apparently originally from ohio according to my friend who did the reissue. Some of the people who were on the soul messengers LP work at the soul vegetarian restaurant on the south side of chicago at 75th and Indiana. I have both sons of the kingdom israeli singles but don't have the pic sleeve for the hey there one (do have the PS for the other one). I strangely don't have the Chicago single.

you mean no LP with that cut exists, as they have a bunch of LPs. neither of the 2 israeli 45s are on LP but both have pic sleeves.

I don't know much about LPs so me posting in this thread must be annoying to people who are experts and know a zillion 4 figure LPs, but the dynamic five LP on manhattan is expensive in the same sort of price range (despite a 45 from the LP coming out on UA). One of the most expensive LPs I know anyways.

it has to be as you say, the original press before the IRDA deal

this record is surprisingly hard to find, plus everyone here charges more than ebay, so I don't think you necessarily got ripped off by paying more than the ebay rate here.

there's a paragraph in the manship boot guide, will try to scan it for you when i get home from work later.

Hi. Today I interviewed Doug Jones, member of the South Side Chicago group the Divines. Doug first got involved with music playing different instruments in the band, inspired by a band formed by his brother and his cousin Gregory Fowler (mentor to the Five Stairsteps). In high school Doug formed a vocal group with two other males and one female and performed at local talent shows. The group was discovered by local actor and talent scout Jerry Jones (uncle of one of the group members), who named the group "The Divines" and recorded the group on his AOA (Actors of America) label. The a-side of the single "Lovers Island" had a nice throwback doowop sound while the b-side "I gotta make it" had an uptempo sound. Unfortunately the record got little play. Doug and another member of the Divines also sang backup on the Venturas' record on Jerry Jones' Green Light label. The Divines performed at talent shows throughout high school (all members attended Harlan high) and broke up before graduating. While in high school Doug began to learn songwriting. On the way home from night classes at Hyde Park High school, Doug took the Stony Island Bus and passed by the Curtom Offices. Doug took his lyrics to the office to Eddie Thomas who told Doug to come back to meet Curtis Mayfield. Curtis was impressed with Doug's songwriting and Curtom eventually hired Doug as a staff songwriter. Doug developed his songwriting skills by working at Curtom and getting tips from Curtis Mayfield. After a couple of years working for Curtom, Doug worked as a writer for Walter Jackson and then for Jerry Butler's Fountain Records. Around 1970, Doug formed a self contained band / vocal group called Father with ex-members of the Rotations (Roe-o-tation). After practicing together for a while, the group auditioned one day for an A&R rep for Way Out productions (War's production company) who was in town. Way Out productions wanted to sign Father. The group flew out to California and Way Out paid the group an advance just to not perform and audition with anyone else. Although the band recorded some demos with Way Out, they never recorded finished material and couldn't come to terms on a contract. Father left Way Out and shopped their band around to other labels around California (many of whom were interested) but could not come to terms with any record deal. Father broke up and Doug Jones, Joe Cash, and Gregory Miles (who eventually wrote "Love don't live here anymore" for Rose Royce) stayed in California to focus on songwriting and the record industry. Doug got his first job writing in California in Frank Zappa's office. He then began to work as a freelance writer for Jobete (Motown) records. While writing, Doug and Greg Fowler produced an album on a group called Crystal Brandy. Capitol records showed an interest in the album but only wanted to release a single from the LP. Doug found a Canadian record label that agreed to release the entire album but it's not clear whether the company released a single or the entire album. After the experience with the album, Doug went back to songwriting. Doug ended up working with Flautist Bobbi Humphrey, writing a track on her "Fancy Dancer" album. Soon after, Doug began working with Billy Preston, writing several tracks on his 1976 self titled album, working as Billy's co-writer for almost 30 years until Billy died. Doug has since worked on his own projects, working as "Navigator", and working on material for film and licensing old material from his catalog. You can listen to the interview at the bottom of my interviews page at: https://www.sittinginthepark.com/interviews.html thanks, Bob

this is a bootleg of the fascinations on mayfield

thanks for your help, I appreciate it!

hi. can anyone give me the label numbers and flipside info for the following: feminine touch - groove me - fem touch force - this cold cold world - aferton (justin stirland had this in a mix I think) thanks in advance.

his US postage is super fair

this is definitely a chicago record

if manship gets over 200, how is 150 conservative? is manship's auction price the price that everything is worth more than? he gets top dollar.

I hear the distortion is much less on the ortofon. It doesn't sound EQ related though, like actual distortion that isn't something that you can EQ out. Are you sure it's not because of how the needle is riding? Can you EQ out the white label distortion on a PC to get it sounding like the Ortofon? Also, not that important, but that record is vinyl, not styrene, right?

cool post, the video linked to a different guy's lathe that got much poorer results. in your video's comments he says the cd can only be played 3-4 times.

that's just a hop competition, it's not really lowriding in the street. the funnier videos are when they are hopping between front and back wheels, some get really high, and sometimes flip over.