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I'm pretty sure those are the two Smith names I've ever heard of in my entire life. Thanks for the info, I was agreeing that there was only one guy singing and was just saying that it was listed together in the soul harmony singles book. The Triangle record does say Leonard Jewell Smith on it, by the way.

that would make sense given that there's no vocal group on it, wouldn't it? I will pull it out tonight and check. They are listed together in the soul harmony singles book (and the Triangle record is listed separately even though that is a len jewell smith production so it is the same group), I will check the names myself on the teem record.

It's very hard to tell and you get different perspectives being the US vs. UK depending on what was imported over there. For example, I have never found a demo of butch baker and have always seen it as an issue. That's because all the demos were imported over there. For me, one's a lot rarer, even though for you guys it's the opposite. Probably a similar situation with Cam Cameron depending on which type of stock was found and exported to the UK.

I never bothered to check if it's in the discography, but once I saw a redd foxx 7" EP on loma, like a promotional thing for his LP, with like 4 tracks on it.

I've think the red is rarer but am open to being corrected -- I've just seen the cream a lot more. I have no idea which is first, sorry I don't have any real info. They're both obviously original presses though.

The Teem group is the same group as loma, if I remember correctly, there are common names on the record... but there's also no vocal harmony somehow, strange.

Jimmy Mayes (solo artist and leader of Mill Street Depo) also played drums for Joey Dee and the Starlighters, he was in the group with Jimi Hendrix, he has a bunch of photos of the lineup actually.

Hi. Today on my radio show I did a rare interview with Patti Drew. Patti is from Evanston, IL (just north of Chicago) and was the original lead singer of the Drewvels, who, under the management of Peter Wright, cut 4 singles for Capitol records (including their hit "Tell Him") as well as a single for Wright's Quill label. After the group broke up, Patti continued as a solo artist, cutting a couple of records for Wright's Quill label before recording four albums for Capitol records (which included her hit remake of "Tell Him" as well as her hit "Working on a Groovy Thing"). Drew recorded one more record in the mid-70s -- a tribute to OJ Simpson -- on the Innovation II label (a Warner Brothers subsidiary) before finally leaving the music business. You can listen to my interview at the bottom of my interviews page: https://www.sittinginthepark.com/interviews.html thanks, Bob

what about the festivals on gordy?

it is a hard title to get, especially clean (not that there are many beat up ones around either)

I don't think these were bootlegged at all but Chess reissued many of its titles many different times on many different label versions. what style of chess label (e.g. color, design, etc) is on each one?

bobby davis used to have this awesome cable access show in chicago in the 90s. he would always be sitting at the organ and he would use every video transition effect there was at the cable access studio, like the screen would cut into an ace of spades and his image would go through the ace and then it would spin around and dissolve into another image, etc.

Red Coach and Redd Coach are the same label, both run by Gene Redd Jr.

can anyone post either side (preferrably both) to refosoul?

didn't you just win the issue off of ebay? where it was listed for sale? or are you saying you've never seen it listed anywhere else?

I will post the canada press when I get a chance in a few days. Maybe an undiscovered northern track??? I have no idea what makes a good northern track. I like the ballad side that's NOT on the canada press though.

at least it's only 99 cents. There was that one seller that ran the delanattes on shakiri for $69 for like 2 years straight.

I'll always love you is a ballad actually, I bought a copy on canadian RCA once and it played a DIFFERENT CUT on that side! You probably have the same press. I don't know if it's another track by the group or a totally separate group. This group evolved into mandrill.

once I found a bunch of copies of joe anderson "you and I" and when I played them they all played Nazereth "Love Hurts"... way worse (but more amusing) than a friends of distinction record. That bobby sheen record actually got radio play in chicago and was a local hit.

I STOPPED BIDDING ON YOUR AUCTIONS BECAUSE OF IT!!!! Actually, I'm the type of person that will bid on the person who has like 43% feedback with the hope of getting that deal from other people staying off. Of course I always get screwed. The star system, although almost worthless, gives you some clue as to what's wrong with the seller, for example if there is less yellow on "shipping time" vs. "item description" you know what the problem is. I don't actually fill out the yellow stars though because the feedback page times out for me when I do. I sent a bunch of problem requests to ebay and just got form letters back, their technical support is the worst anywhere.

the new feedback rules only consider the feedback for the last year, so your negative must have fallen past one year

I have a weird version of 'far away places' done by a group called the august tide

I do have that shades of soul. I'm pretty sure I have some more #s on the label you didn't have listed in that article. Another weird one is that I have one of the #s as the same track but crediting two different bands, one of them credits the suspicions and I forget the second band name. I also have at least one pic sleeve on the label by lenny lacour.

I've never seen that label version. Mine is a yellow magic touch label. Is the actual track identical -- like is it the same take as the other versions? Do you have a scan of it? Is it the same # as the regular CODs release -- magic touch was weird and sometimes rereleased things, for example, Harvey Scales "groove on sexy lady" was released twice, a shorter version and a longer version, one on the 7000# series and one on the 8000# series.

Actually the CODs had broken up a while back and larry was in the lost generation in 1970, so stormy did not just replace him in the CODs. They formed a new group in 1974. Larry did not pass away shortly after. Larry was in mystique after the lost generation and was killed in 1978 I think.