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thanks, I emailed you the picture and will mail it to you soon. Any connection between Devotion and the Devonnes on Colossus? Your name is not on the Devonnes 45 but it has the same publishing ("legacy")? I can post a devonnes pic if it would help. Thanks.

also, in the book "soul harmony singles" the lineup of the superbs are rhetta young, bertha addison, and madge quince. Is that correct? None of these include a rhonda franklin or phillis harris -- are these 3 names wrong? My favorite tracks by the group are Love's Unpredictable and So glad you're home (great vietnam track). Thanks.

Hi Paul. I have this pic of the superbs, can send you a high res version or mail you a print if you need it.

Hi Paul. I'm a fan of a lot of your records. I was wondering -- what is your first production and what are some of your early productions. You produced a record by a girl group called the Teardrops on the Gossip label. Is this one of your first productions? Do you remember anything about the group, the members, etc.? Is there any connection to the Superbs? I really like the records you did by the Eight Miles High and the Ultimate Truth. Do you remember anything about these groups, the membership, etc.? Do you know if these groups had any connection to any other groups? Thanks a lot.

thinking about it he did cut some gospel 45s but he was mainly a DJ and most of his records are DJ spoken word things. Either way, it's definitely not him.

absolutely not. Lucky Cordell is not a singer and is from Chicago, not LA. Lucky Cordell's kids were singers, though, they recorded as Pat and Pam.

the final decisions version is called "the pusher" by the way

it's a known psychedelic funk record, by "prophet and his desciples". There is another version of this same song done by the final decisions, it came out on both bumpshop and love. The final decisions version is more psychedelic.

thanks, I have seen that, thanks for refreshing my memory. I was thinking it was somehow the green and white version of the label but orange and white which made no sense. Thanks.

I have not seen an orange yew, are you sure you are not thinking of the orange bullet label? I'm interested in seeing an orange yew if there is one.

who needs a lower price when you can get the fun of an auction?

you're missing the original US label, it came out on Bullet before Yew

you don't have to sit up to 3am, use a sniping service.

Hi. Today on my radio show I did a very interesting interview with singers and musicians representing a bunch of different groups from the 43rd and Forrestville area (now known as Bronzeville) on the South Side of Chicago. While still in grade school in the late 60s, Anthony Thomas and Wilson Drummer sang together in a group called the Chandelles. Inspired by a local group called the Symbols of Love, the group started singing together when they were only 9 and 10 years old, performing at local talent shows. A few years later, Thomas started Forrestville High school entered high school a year ahead of Drummer. Drummer stated singing with some other members in school, initially as the Dynamic Five. Two of the members left and were replaced by two other singers; the group changed their name to the Intentions. The Intentions performed together for a year and a half before finally recording. The group was discovered by their future manager when they were just singing on a porch. Their manager took them to a north side studio called Les Tucker Studios to record; they were backed by the Pharoahs on the tracks. The Intentions' record, "Dig it (Shovel)" / "Blowing with the wind" was released on the local Tiki label (which was probably run by members of the Pharoahs). "Dig it" was a temptations-inspired, socially conscious group funk track. "Blowing in the wind" had a nice ballad sound. The record received a little radio play. The group performed in local clubs and broke up by the end of high school. Drummer entered Forrestville High a year after Thomas. Drummer began to sing with other people in high school, eventually forming a new group. The group practiced for an entire year before starting to perform at local clubs; the group had a flashy, highly choreographed show. The group came up with the name the Si-berians and soon recorded a record. "This is the ending of our love" / "Crying really won't help the hurt" was released on the Ricardo label and was one of the best sweet soul two-siders to come out of Chicago. After releasing the record, the group went back to the studio to re-work the bass part, releasing a slightly different mix of the 45. Capitol records was interested in signing the group but their manager wanted to retain control of the recordings. The Si-berians stayed together for a couple of years after finishing high school, performing at local clubs. By the mid-70s, vocal groups were going out of style and self-contained bands such as War and Earth, Wind, and Fire were becoming fashionable. Several members of the Intentions and Si-berians began to learn how to play instruments, playing in a church gospel group in Aurora. Thomas, Drummer, and original Intentions member Reginald Cotton left the Aurora group and began playing together again in Chicago, forming the New Testament Band after their gospel experience. The three members found some younger musicians from their neighborhood: Andre Cunningham, Kenneth Williams, and Reginald Crawford, forming the original nucleus of the New Testament Band. The New Testament band played lots of local shows, building up a reputation in Chicago. The group continued to add more members, including lead vocalist Roscoe Elzy (previously of the group Hell's Family, who cut a single "Big Brother is Watching" on RCA). The group played larger venues, gaining a reputation for upstaging the larger local and national acts that they opened up for. Because the group was more focused on performing than recording, they ended up releasing only one single -- "Say yes" / "Get testamized" -- in 1981. The single was recorded at Sky Hero studios and initially released on the Sky Hero label before the group re-released the single on their own Tablet label. The single got local radio play but unfortunately was released at the same time two other songs called "Say yes" (by the Whispers and Lakeside) were on the charts. The song was also released only on 45, which also hurt the sales and play of the single as 12" singles had replaced 45s as the preferred single format. The group continued to perform together in Chicago through the mid-80s, until some of the band members left to pursue their careers. After the New Testament Band broke up, the singing members of the group formed a new group called Faces. Faces released one single -- "Diamond eyes" on the SOC label out of Chicago. The single, which was also only released on 45, remained obscure and did not really receive radio play. In the mid-90s the New Testament Band reunited and played several shows in Chicago. Anthony Thomas became a leading vocalist on the house music scene in Chicago, singing both credited and as a ghost vocalist on many classic Chicago house records (including Joe Smooth's cut "The Promised Land"). Other members have also played in other bands since. You can check out the interview at my interviews page at: https://www.sittinginthepark.com/interviews.html thanks, Bob

i'm gonna bid 10099

no it warmed up the last two days, it was 57 degrees yesterday

it's on the Bingo LP on Janus, one of the greatest LPs of all time.

if anyone here who knows me wants to meet up with me you can pm me, also bring records to trade...

I wouldn't take any information that that guy writes in the blog as somehow being more authoritative than anyone in this thread, I think he's paraphrasing stuff already said in this thread.

i wouldn't describe this as a "wind up", this person is clearly totally insane

just random info for you: frankie karl was actually a member of Marbaya (in addition to being frankie kah'rl, a member of the chevrons / seventh avenue aviators, tripps, dreams, etc.)

also, fantastic four is not a very rare record but it doesn't come up for sale that often. the hesitations is more common.

west coast distributors very rare and expensive. hesitations not that rare and expensive, about the same value as the fantastic four maybe

I meant mike hanks, I get him and dave hamilton confused, the vows worked with Mike Hanks on backing on a lot of his Chicago sessions. thanks for clarifying this.

you can definitely mess up a record if you use the wrong material to clean it, specifically linty material will leave gunk in the grooves. if you want to see a really bad example, take a cotton swab and try to clean a worthless record with it, the cotton will bind to the grooves leaving white stuff in it. i use lint-free microfiber cloths, the kind they sell to clean your car with, I don't know where to get it in the UK but in auto parts places in the US you can buy a whole bag of them for pretty cheap.