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the beaver group is the carolinas group

The back of the wax poetics 45 reissue has a writeup based on interviews with the mizells (there was also a previous writeup in wax poetics in a mizell interview but it left off details). The mizells don't remember anything about the group except that they went to Stang and Stang switched up the lineup. It says this in the back of the 45 reissue, which is later and contradicts the previous wax poetics article saying the group had nothing to do with the stang group. Talking to them probably won't give you more info. Greene gives more details -- he met the group at Edgewood right after they recorded the single, they went to Stang, recorded the first moments singles not on the outside and I'm so lost, then Stang switched up the lineup. One of the Hog group members remained in the Stang group for a couple more singles. There is a picture of the Hog group with Mark on Mark's webpage.

the label was run by the mizell brothers and freddie perren. there are details about how the label formed on the wax poetics 45 reissue. you can hear the story of the moments on hog in my mark greene interview. they later evolved into the leaders on volt.

the steve wonder still gets constant radio play in the us, which would explain all the covers. did it not hit the UK?

thanks for all the info

Hi. Today on my radio show I interviewed Frank Donaldson, drummer for Rasputin's stash. Frank was originally from Evanston, IL, playing in many local R&B and rock bands throughout high school. Frank got his first big break when he joined a west-suburban band called the Boston Tea Party, who were booked to play a tour backing Archie Bell and the Drells. The band toured the midwest with the Drells, even performing with Archie on television a few times. You can watch them perform tighten up here, which is one of the best music clips I've ever seen (Frank is the drummer in the clip): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C77NCvCTIkw On returning to Chicago, Frank started attending college. While performing with one of his bands on the south west side, Frank attended a show by the band the Fantastic Epics and was impressed with the performance. Frank soon sat in playing drums on a show with the Epics and was asked to join the band to replace their existing drummer. The Fantastic Epics already had released several records before Frank joined, including their local hit "Fun and Funk" as well as the excellent uptempo soul harmony track "Let's get together." The Fantastic Epics played at both White clubs in the suburbs and clubs on the South Side of Chicago. The band soon joined with members of another local band, called Purple Haze, to form Rasputin's Stash. Rasputin's Stash planned to record an album with a psychedelic Funk-Rock feel, attempting to cross over to White record buyers in a way similar to Sly Stone. The band went to Criteria studios in Florida to record, setting up a meeting with Jerry Wexler to attempt to get signed to Atlantic records. Wexler was impressed with the material and the band signed to the label. Atlantic released the entire LP, as already recorded and produced by the band, on their Cotillion records subsidiary, in 1971. Atlantic released one single off the album -- Your love is certified / What's on your mind, but the album received little promotion and got little airplay. The band returned to Chicago, continuing to play, and even went on a tour of the pacific northwest. After a couple of years, the band signed to Curtom records, releasing an entire album on Curtom's Gemigo subsidiary. The album had a much tighter sound than the first LP, with a more consistent Funk groove and less of a rock-influence. Despite having many excellent tracks, the album didn't receive proper promotion and didn't get sales -- it was not distributed through Warner Brothers like other Curtom records and no singles were released from the LP. Several tracks from the LP received play on WBMX records in Chicago, however, potential buyers could not buy the album as it was not widely available in stores due to distribution problems. The band shortened their name to r-Stash and recorded many more tracks at Curtom studios. However, Curtom only released two more singles on the group after they left the label. In the late 70s, Donaldson joined the Ramsey Lewis Trio, touring with the band until the early 90s. In 1983, Donaldson also recorded with Rasputin Stash members under the name Crystal Winds, releasing an entire LP and a single on Chicago's Cashear label. In the 90s Donaldson joined Corky Siegel's Chamber Blues Show, playing Tabla and other percussion. Donaldson continues to perform regularly and teach at Columbia college. He will be releasing a new CD of music soon. You can listen to my interview on my interviews page at: https://www.sittinginthepark.com/interviews.html thanks, Bob

did you see a tearra went through cheap recently, like $800 https://cgi.ebay.com/Tearra-Ooh-Let-This-Fe...3|39:1|240:1318

I actually find it very difficult to notice any warps that are only slight by holding the record at the edge, i tend to see them when they don't exist, especially if reflected off the light. I mainly see them by playing and seeing if the needle moves up or down.

you can write very slight warp NAP. I've noticed many sellers won't even note such warps, probably because they don't see them themselves.

the linda jones / whatnauts track is a cover, it was originally done by the o'jays

it might be the same one given the same seller

it's not the white carolinas group on UA, it's a different group.

it is hard to find, I've seen it sell for around $50 a few times, but I didn't want to respond speculating on a value since I haven't seen it for sale in a while, maybe the value has changed.

i think the label is wrong on the jean and donella, you had me confused for a second at least. great record though.

Not golden world, but that reminds me that I have a really cool sleeve stamp on a gigi and the upnilons 45 on lummtone, like it has the artist name and a drawing as part of the stamp (sort of like a poor mans pic sleeve), I will try to post it.

it's a great track, but it always reminds me of what you see is what you get, i think it's copying the vibe some

this doesn't sound like steve mancha to me. this is actually worst version to my ears. The best version being the mad lads (they were just too good), then steve mancha, than this version.

thanks for clearing that up. it still looks like the blue label was not actually pressed in the bahamas though, just based on how the label looks, it looks like other TK stuff of the time.

i must have been asleep because i didn't see it then. did the collectors or fantastic soul locks show up?

thanks everyone for all the info. is the red label press a caribbean press while the blue label is from florida?

female voice for me: gladys knight, barbara lynn, patti hamilton i'm not sure about the male one, levi stubbs is up there though.

https://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...em=310130043729 it says bahamas but it looks like a florida press and it's got florida publishing (miscredited of course), etc.

I would say maybe a $25. This one might be a little harder than the #797 title with the alternate version of baby all the time on it.

i have a clean copy in the pic sleeve, I would trade it for a heavy trade if someone has a good trade.

how much commission do you get?