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Hi Tony. Welcome to the site, thanks so much for posting. Who were all the vocalists of the Cheques? Thanks in advance.

good luck on drive, it's massive there were a few brownstone labels, don't get the different ones confused.

Hi. On Sunday on my radio show I interviewed Edith Andrews, member of the Chicago group the Lovemasters. Edith was from the South Side of Chicago and began singing and playing instruments in kindergarden and singing in Catholic school throughout grammar school. In grammar school and high school Edith started singing in doowop groups in the schoolyard, including a group called the "Modern Misses" with future Voices / Cindy and the Playmates member Dale Myrick. The Modern Misses sang modern harmony and performed in sets with Dale's father's Jazz Combo. After high school Edith started working at the First National Bank in Downtown Chicago. The bank actually had its own choir that Edith began singing with. Out of the choir, Edith formed an R&B group called the Tonettes with three White singers. The group sang together for a few years and even almost signed to Chess records but backed out of the deal because their parents didn't agree with the terms. Near the end of her tenure with the Tonettes, Edith took an ad out in the Chicago Defender looking for singers to form a new vocal group. Only male singers responded, and ultimately 3 men and Edith came together to form the Lovemasters. After performing together at local clubs on weekends for a few years, the group signed to John Haygood (Darrow Fletcher's Stepfather)'s Jacklyn record label and released their first single, "Pushin' and Pullin'". The record capitalized on the Push and Pull dance, which was popular in Chicago. The first Push and Pull record was released by Rufus Thomas and several Chicago artists and groups released Push and Pull records. Unfortunately, Jodi Gales' Push and Pull record had stronger DJ backing and promotion and received much more radio play, knocking out the Lovemasters' single. However, the flipside of "Pushin' and Pullin'", "Love train", also got some radio play. The Lovemasters released a followup record on Haygood's Genna record label under the name of their lead singer Ron Murray, titled "What if they gave a war." The single received a little bit of radio play. Murray left the group to go solo and released a followup record on the Genna label, backed by a few members of the Lovemasters. The Lovemasters replaced Murray with one of the original group members and continued to perform in clubs. They signed to Curtom records in the late 70s but never recorded and soon disbanded. Andrews continued to be involved with music, playing keyboards in several bands throughout the late 70s and 80s. You can check out the interview at the bottom of my interviews page at: https://www.sittingin...interviews.html thanks, Bob

Thanks for clarifying Steve.

i like how the seller has to buy the $1.25 apiece mailing envelopes from glyde

So who's singing backup? Just the rest of the band members? Also, the clippings showed some Thai or other vocalists, were they just part of the show?

I don't know of a Cheques record on Volt or a Big Stone record. Can Steve or someone else fill in the details and list group and band membership of Salt and Pepper and the Cheques? The clippings are awesome, it would also be great to credit everybody in detail. I will email him if he doesn't reply here but I thought I would post publicly first. Thanks.

can you ask him what the lineup of the cheques on heatwave was? Who were the vocalists on the salt and pepper 45? I'm trying to find out for the soul harmony singles book. Thanks a lot.

cool, thanks for the clarification!

I don't think it's a red herring, I think the record was pressed there and I guess it's possible someone got a copy via the ad (though unlikely).

thanks for posting this. the one thing left off the story is what's the alexandria, LA connection with the label and publishing?

you made me laugh

not only is this very rare but when it does show up it's always trashed

i got it from a discoveries auction like 10 years ago, i think i saw it on ebay once before but I'm not 100% sure, it may not have been on ebay before.

it was hot for a second and then cooled off

i've had this for a long time, only seen it for sale once or twice

I can't find all 3 volt singles with the flipsides though

Hi. Today I did an all-music show. I also tried to do a new segment, that hopefully will be a regular part of my music shows -- because I try not to play the same songs every week I play mainly obscure records (because I've already played all the more common ones). I decided to every week go back and play a "classic" Chicago Dusty record -- not necessarily a record from Chicago, but a record that got played in Chicago -- that doesn't get played on the other Chicago Dusties stations. Today I played the Satisfactions "One Light Two Lights". Hopefully it will become a regular feature of my show. You can check out my show at the bottom of my shows page at https://www.sittinginthepark.com/shows.htm . Playlist follows. Thanks for your interest. Kavettes - You broke your promise - Okeh Johnson Sisters - I found my place - Broadway Clara Hardy - You're too jealous - Jack Pot Fashions - I set a trap for you - Amy Foxes - Mighty good sign - Fencoe Lad Teens - Keep on rollin' - Cadillac Mints - I got style - Lira Bunny Foote Watson - Donkey and the Goat (a new dance) - Big Hawk Jimmy (Soul) Clarke - (Come on and be) My sweet Darlin - Soul Hawk Lyrics - Thoughts of a summer day - JWJ Satisfactions - One light two lights - Lionel Spellbinders - For you - Columbia Brigsound Oddysey - Pretty is you - MAW Premiers - Lonely Weatherman - Scepter Realistics - Putting it down to the way I feel about you girl - WB (UK) NBT - Am I the only one - Natural Key Tomorrow's Edition - When you got love - Gang Infatuations - Who is to blame - Poormans McFunks - Searchin' everywhere - Raw Life's Story - Are you for real - Strength Mark V - Time (waits for no one) - Fine-tuned thanks, Bob

actually I only tried it on styrene once and it melted the styrene, i never actually tried it on vinyl...

all I have to say is that besides sandpaper, also don't use paint thinner on a record (try it on a cheap record and see what happens)

red vivid is much rarer than white

I think there's some new automatic thing actually, I've been getting automatic reminders from many auctions who never do it before, like one from craig moorer 2 days after the auction ended when I'm waiting for THEM to send me a combined invoice for some stuff from their website. Either ebay is now doing it automatically or they have some new option to send reminders that they turn on by default or ask sellers to turn on by default.

I think maybe so maybe no was unnecessary, it adds nothing to the original and just references it for people who haven't heard it. I actually thought at least the temptations cover was an original interpretation of the song (but still wasn't good). Everything I've heard past the first single just wasn't good. I'm just hating because I don't like the music and because I think it's catering to a group of people who don't know or care about the original music but who supposedly do, and he seems to be the same in his attitude. If you listen to my radio show, I gave a lot of props to the first single (both sides actually). It's all about the music, I didn't just see his image and decide to hate. Also I specifically have a thing against overdubs in music, I think people should be using backing vocalists and I think he sort of pulls it off on his first record (which would be even better if he got some other dudes to add extra voices) but it makes his other weak records even weaker. I think people who make music now and rely solely on overdubs reveal a lack of understanding of old soul music and how important vocal harmony was. There is something very important in the timbral contrast of the different voices that gets lost when you just overdub your own voice. Also, I have only heard the singles he put out and have not heard the whole album. His image doesn't help as it adds to the idea that he's catering to a bunch of people that don't know or care about old soul music except about the idea of it.

The prophets on Delphi is NOT the stephanye group, it is the same group as the Georgia Prophets who also did "I got the fever", etc. Didn't the Pallbearers include Dann penn or was that a different pallbearers?

i think he's talking about weed, again, not selling me on the record. i did tell everyone about the record and even got a bunch of older collectors in east chicago calling me up asking me to record "just ain't gonna work out" when I played it, I was hyping it up like crazy. Those guys aren't looking to see hipsters at a party in a video. now I'm hating