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they have 6 45s actually, so there are more 'other ones'

It's something known, I think I heard wales wallace last night but might have forgot, I would have to listen again tonight. it was definitely a chicago thing. or was there something else?

i think you shouldn't get a specific record tattooed unless it's been your favorite record for at least 5 years or more. people's tastes change, even once amazing records don't sound that great anymore after many listens. having to ask which one to get is a bad sign.

the package I got from him 2 days ago was from scotland, it was always from england before

Hi. Today on my radio show I interviewed a singer named Tom Williams. Williams is from the west side of Chicago; he started singing as a teenager. Williams formed the Fascinators while he was in high school in the late 50s. The group performed together for years at clubs and record hops before finally getting a record deal with Bombay records in the mid-60s. The group recorded the cut "In other words" (written by Kermit Chandler, guitarist of the Sheppards) after both the Fascinators and the Sheppards auditioned the song and the label owner preferred the Fascinators' version. Although it had an excellent Chicago sound, the record received little promotion or airplay. The group broke up a couple of years later after one of the members was drafted to go to Vietnam and the remaining members drifted apart. During this period, Williams also sang backup on the Dutones' hit "The Bird". A few years later Williams was attending a show at the Regal Theater where a friend approached him and asked him to join his group the Turks. Williams joined and the group started performing in local clubs. The group recorded a track for a local label that was never released. The group went through several lineup changes and began to do shows produced by the Dontells. Willie Weems, guitarist for the Dontells, became a songwriter for the group and his band became the group's backing band. Weems helped the group get a record deal on James Shelton's Daran / DJO label. "You turn me on" was the group's first release; the track had an excellent Chicago sweet soul sound and became a local hit. The Turks got bigger shows as a result of their single, playing the first Black Expo in Chicago in 1969. Daran records released a second Turks single, "The bad brought out the good", but Williams doesn't remember recording the record and thinks it is actually a different group singing. The group broke up in the late 60s. In the early 70s, a new version of the group formed, calling themselves the Four Shades. The group originally worked with Johnny Moore, cutting a demo for the Blue Rock record label and backing Johnny on "Just my way of loving you" as well as backing Blue Rock artist Junior Wells. In 1972 the group decided to produce themselves. Working with arranger David Baldwin, the group cut the record "My world" / "Something special". Baldwin and member Ted Long took the tracks to Paula records on Shreveport, LA. The label released the tracks on their Ronn subsidiary, pushing the "Something special" side as the a-side. The record got play in many cities, although not in Chicago, despite being an excellent early 70s group harmony double sider. The group continued to perform until they disbanded in the mid-70s. Williams worked as a solo artist for several years, working with Leroy Dandridge (aka Singing Sam) of the Dontells. Recently Williams performed with the Kool Gents in a doowop show in New Jersey. You can listen to this interview or any other of my interviews at: https://www.sittinginthepark.com/interviews.html thanks for your interest, Bob

it's actually the intensions with an 's'

it is the same group, there's an article in there's that beat.

so one of these people is probably godoy colbert. Which one? which one is jimmy conwell at least?

the visitors on tangerine has members of the exits

interesting, I don't think my copy says that I will have to dig it out (maybe it does). Jive / Nike / Tiptop were all chuck colbert labels. Formal was I think don talty.

nike was related to tiptop and jive not formal. do you have a copy that says related to formal on the label?

clearly the same person but one said italy and one said france

i have an exits photo that I think has godoy colbert in the photo (wasn't he a member of the exits or am I remembering wrong)?

thank you. In a second I'm going to post a track from Glenda's new Gospel CD, it's a really nice modern R&B track, check it out.

Last Sunday on my radio show I interviewed three members of the west-side Chicago group Coffee. Elaine Sims of Coffee started singing R&B when she was a student at Marshall high school. She sang with a group called the Ediquits who performed at Teens With Talent shows on the west side; her group even performed on a WTTW TV special along with the Constellations, Carnations, Conquistadors, Versalettes, and Baby Miracles. After high school Elaine joined a group called the Portraits of Black. The group performed shows for several years and broke up in the early 70s. In order to fill a contract for an engagement the group had for a club in Canada, Elaine sought out singers to form a new group. Via legendary Chicago manager Ruth Moore, Elaine found Gwen Hester (aka Glenda Searcy). Gwen had replaced Cynthia Washington as the lead singer of Silk (who were managed by Ruth Moore). Elaine met Dee Dee Bryant (aka Dee Dee Sutton) while both were working at the same community mental health center. Elaine also met the fourth singer, Betty Caldwell, via Moore. The group practiced together for a month before doing their first engagement for a week at the club in Canada. The group toured for a couple of years, performing at larger events and even prisons. They were initially managed by Ruth Moore. In 1976, via Moore's connection to Clarence Johnson, Coffee recorded their first record on Johnson's Lovelites label. "Your lovin' ain't as good as mine" was a track inspired by the Lovelites' record "My Conscience" (which was also recorded and produced by Clarence Johnson); the record had a nice Chicago sound and received local airplay. The group had more of a breakthrough hit in 1979 with "I wanna be with you", released on Clarence Johnson's MIR label. The record had a disco sound that became the group's first breakthrough hit. Betty Caldwell, who had sung lead on the group's first record, left Coffee right before the second recording to become a solo artist. Clarence Johnson cut an entire album on Coffee but was unable to release it due to losing his connection to the major label he was working with. He gave Elaine permission to the recordings. Elaine gave a copy of the recording to Chicago record executive Eddie Thomas, who was travelling to New York. Eddie was able to place the record with De-Lite records (the same label that Kool and the Gang were on); De-Lite released the group's first album, "Slippin' and dippin", in 1980. The album contained a couple more remakes of Chicago records, including a remake of the Lovelites' "How can I tell my Mom and Dad" (although the lyrics were changed so that the song had a happy ending) and a remake of Ruby Andrews' "Casanova". Casanova became the Coffee's biggest record off the album, even gaining play in Europe. The group planned a tour Europe but turned it down due to contractual issues. In 1982 Coffee went to New York to record their second album, "Second Cup", for De-Lite records. In New York, the group also did backing for Kool and the Gang on their Celebrate album. "Take me back" and "If this world" received national play off their second album, charting nationally on the Billboard R&B charts. De-Lite records soon folded and the group never recorded again. Coffee continued to perform shows and events until the mid-90s. Glenda Searcy has recently released a Gospel CD with a modern, R&B sound. You can check out the interview at: https://www.sittinginthepark.com/interviews.html thanks for your interest, Bob

there are two sellers selling it, though, he's one of the two

I recently heard weldon irvine "morning sunrise" (which is a jay-z sample and apparently also covered by lenny white and twennynine) and I thought it was a nice group soul cut actually.

well like I said, i couldn't believe how every time it came up some other random person bid it up to $150 (a couple of the same people also were bidding but I swear ultimately a different person was winning each time). i still see people successfully selling it here for 150 pounds, not everybody buys off ebay I guess

they stopped listing it at 99cents after a few people (myself included) won it for less than $150. I couldn't believe how long it stayed at that price, literally every time for at least a few dozen times people bid it up higher.

I would pay $25 to collect as a chicago record I don't have (on a soul label), but not more. Someone who actually wants the record for the music would maybe pay more. The Betty label was a division of Palos, Betty was the name of Sunny Sawyer's wife.

as long as we're talking about Jerry Mundo, he actually wrote one of the Creations 45s on Globe and I have another 45 by his band on the Tower (chicago) label.

the illusion on steed were a rock group that had some pretty common lps, I could be wrong but I don't know if they have any collectible 45s. as I said in another thread I know little about rock though.

that seller is john anderson by the way

mike noriega won 3 on ebay in a dutch auction and just had one up in his own auction. lew stanley had one in his last auction, maybe it came from mike. so lew might still have it or mike might have one or two left.