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there are two smoke on mo-souls, there's the press with the short/long version and the one with the b-side. which are you looking for?

by "reissue" you mean "bootleg" right? Are you interested in paying the members of the new world, I can put you in contact with them since you are profiting off of them without paying them, is that okay?

it's not the same backing track, they just totally rip it off

Hi. I had an interview scheduled for today but he had to cancel at the last minute so I did an all music show. Playlist follows, you can listen to the show at the bottom of: https://www.sittinginthepark.com/shows.htm Creations - Footsteps - Zodiac O'Jays - The choice - Bell Volumes - Am I losing you - Karen Four tops - Happy (is a bumpy road) - Motown Vise - Baby I love you - Chocolate mama George McCoy - A fool said - McCoy Four Tracks - Charade - Note Rumple-Stilt-Skin - I need you - Great Love Machine - All I meant to do - LTM Olivia Alexander - He's gonna love me the right way - Gatewood Free Youth - You take too much time - TMI Mickey and Sylvia - Because you do it to me baby - All Platinum Bill Lucas - I don't want to ever love again - Dionn Chris Bartley - I found a goodie - Vando Sir Joe and the Maidens - I want my love - Tonjo Jimmy Dockett and the Techniques - My dreams come true - Flo-feel O'Mar - Let's be lovers - Chrome Metallic Funk - Something I won't forget - MVA Standing Room Only - All in a day - Lamar Jackie and Oneida - Turn our rain into sunshine - KC Grooves thanks, Bob

are the real thing the same real thing that did stone cold love affair on 20th century? that is a slammin record.

maybe lending more evidence to the (still totally unsubstantiated to me) rumor people have been saying here that amanda love is amanda humphrey. Why would a dade artist cover such an obscure chicago USA-label record? maybe they are also "kitty" love? weird. I will play all 3 back to back and compare voices.

one of my favorite records of all time

thank you

I think it's an unrelated garage group and the soul harmony singles book and other sources are wrong, especially in light of your evidence of your garage group member names (I thought it was wrong before). I also think the butlers on crs is unrelated despite being from philly, there is a j butler in the writing credits on that which might explain that group's name.

I think it's an unrelated garage group and the soul harmony singles book and other sources are wrong, especially in light of your evidence of your garage group member names (I thought it was wrong before). I also think the butlers on crs is unrelated despite being from philly, there is a j butler in the writing credits on that which might explain that group's name.

aside from the signature, it's EXACTLY THE SAME PRESS as this, right: https://cgi.ebay.com/GOLD-OF-MY-LIFE-CAN-YOU-FEEL-THE-FUNK-45-RPM_W0QQitemZ110416480902QQcmdZViewItemQQptZMusic_on_Vinyl?hash=item19b555ca86&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14#ht_500wt_1099

in the past they got a ton of money for the repress of the rappers 45 on roach, and while the auction just went up I messaged them saying that it was the repress, they never updated their auction

i'm one of the idiots that paid $150 for a boot (from some german seller so it's probably one of those popsike listings), bought the manship boot guide 3 months later, emailed the seller asking if he would take it back, he said NO. I saw the boot on ebay recently go high similarly, at least it made me feel slightly less stupid, it looks real.

i have a stupid question, I always thought the kitty love was a weird chicago licensed in production given that it's a chicago curtis mayfield written / anthor published thing but someone recently pointed out to me that it was just a cover of a chicago record, and now I can't remember who did the original. what is it a cover of? thanks.

one funny piece of info from the interview. Lou Washington went to LA to become an actor: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0913497/ you can see him at 3:10 in this weird al video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Pf9ZTeqVAc&

Hi. Last Sunday I did a very interesting interview with Delroy Bridgeman, a member of many groups to come out of the East Chicago / Gary Indiana soul scene. Delroy first started singing in elementary school in the mid-50s, inspired by the earlier East Chicago group the Dream Kings, the Gary group the Spaniels, and the Harvey group the Dells. In high school in the late 50s, in the tenor section of the choral club, Delroy formed the Senators. The Senators were a mixed-race group that recorded "Scheming" / "Tafu" (along with two unreleased tracks) for the Bristol record label out of Hammond, IN. The record got some local play in Chicago and the group even appeared on the Jim Lounsbury dance show. Although they were not supposed to be performing R&B material in the choral club, their choral club director Mr. Croxton became the group's manager and encouraged the group to enter a talent show in Gary, IN, competing for a recording contract for Vee Jay records. The Senators won the talent show and ended up releasing a record "It doesn't matter" / "Julie" on Vee Jay's Abner subsidiary (they also recorded two more unreleased tracks for Vee Jay). The record received some local play and the group continued to do local shows. The group soon disbanded after the members graduated and entered college. After entering college for a year and then joining the military, Bridgeman moved to Gary, IN in 1964. Bridgeman formed a new group called the Valiants with singers he knew back from his hometown of East Chicago (including Fred Kelly, oldest brother of Rose Kelly, lead singer of the Opals, and Ludie Washington, later a solo singer and one of the founders of Steeltown records). The group released a record, produced by Gordon Keith. The record -- "Tell me tell me whatcha gonna do" / "I shed a tear" -- was licensed to Chicago's Destination records and had a nice uptempo sound that got some local Chicago and Gary play (Indiana45s.com also lists a second 45 by the group on the Steeltown label). The record was not really successful and the group never really performed, breaking up after less than a year. Delroy continued to be involved with music after the Valiants broke up. One of the next recordings Delroy was involved with was a duet released on Steeltown records as Kenneth and Delroy released around 1967 called "I shed a tear". Delroy remembers that Kenneth was a guitarist around Gary but doesn't remember his last name; their intention was to record as a Sam and Dave-styled duo. Unfortunately the record was not very good and did not sell well (Delroy's name is even misspelled on most copies of the record). Delroy continued to be involved with the Gary music scene, even helping with the early Jackson Five recordings, driving the group around to rehearsals and driving them to their Big Boy recording sessions. He even added extra backing vocals to the recording later when the record was being mixed in the studio. The next recording group that Delroy got involved with was a band called the World Column. The World Column was originally a White rock group from Munster, IN (with one vocalist Dave Meyer). The group originally brought in Black gary vocalist Bob Redding who brought in Joe Odum and Delroy Bridgeman into the band as additional vocalists, making the band a mixed-race rock / soul band that played a range of material in mainly white rock clubs in Indiana. The band cut 2 45s, one on Atco (probably before Redding and Delroy joined) and one on Tower records. "So is the Sun" became a Northern Soul classic in England in the 70s. The group ultimately drifted apart as the Black members of the group wanted to focus on more R&B psychedelic music (such as Sly Stone) while the white members of the group wanted make more heavy-metal oriented music in the style of Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath. Bob Redding soon formed a new band called the New World, with both a band and a vocal lineup that included Delroy, Doyle Cole (prevously of the Passions / New Day) and female vocalist Maxine Crayton (who had previously recorded on Steeltown). The New World performed on a similar circuit as the World Column, doing more R&B oriented material. The group signed a contract with Curtom records; however, when Curtom recorded the group, they used the Curtom house musicians and did not use the New World band. Curtom released on Single on the group, "Help the man" / "We're gonna make it" on Polydor records, produced by Rich Tufo in 1972. "We're gonna make it" had an excellent Curtis Mayfield "Move on up" inspired groove, and has become a club classic overseas in the last few years; unfortunately it was released as the b-side of the record and most copies were released as single-sided promos and the other side did not hit. At one point before Maxine Crayton joined the group the group even passed on female member Chaka Kahn (who later joined Rufus after the New World passed). The group stayed together for only a few months after the Polydor record was released. Most of the members left music to focus on their careers. Delroy currently sings in a doowop revival group called "Just Friends", which features John Coleman of the Passions, and a couple of members of the Goldenrods. You can check out the interview at the bottom of my interviews page at: https://www.sittinginthepark.com/interviews.html thanks, Bob

I'm guessing that ben vereen is even less of a new discovery for anyone who has ever watched tv since the the 70s than your average northern soul fan

definite original issue pre-yew there was a nice article about the intrigues in discoveries a few months before the magazine went under. one of the few non-horrible things in that worthless magazine.

interview is online now at: https://www.sittinginthepark.com/interviews.html I did not post a link yet in the media section because I have not had time to write up a full bio of Delroy's long career, hopefully I will do it tomorrow night.

doesn't one of the records credit "larry nettles and the hot ice company" or something like that? if so one of the members might be "larry nettles".

someone said that there are actually two different takes of the majjesttees. I would love for someone to confirm / deny this. It's interesting that there are two label variations? My friend who met angelo bond says angelo bond is the lead singer.

you must have absolutely no Qi left

will try to post to refosoul later today

i have a double of their much much rarer record on m-pac in my trade box...