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Also, if you just want to know the group members, it is Eddie Dunn (deceased), Ralph (I forget his last name, he's a pastor in Michigan now, but it's in my interview), Emmett Gardner Jr. (same guy as on Maxwell), Jerrone Johnson (later of Channel 3). If you want to prove their race, all you have to do is listen to two of the group members talk about themselves at: www.sittinginthepark.com/interviews.html Like is your friend going to listen to them and think that they are white people or that they are lying about being in the trends?

That is not true (I'm not doubting he told you that, just its accuracy), his wife was in the trends for a while, not the ivories. You can listen to both the trends and the ivories interviews on my website. Jerrone of the trends (and later Channel 3) actually had a Trends photo with Tommy's wife in it, but I don't have a scan of that one. What's funny is that even though Tommy wrote the Ivories 45s, the Ivories seemed to think that Tommy Dorsey was just a mailman from the neighborhood and not connected to the Trends... but that couldn't be true because the trends and ivories went to the same high school and it would just be too coincidental. I have two ivories photos and two trends photos and they are all black in all photos. I will post a trends photo when I get home.

I have a photo of the trends, what do you need it for? The main lineup did include 4 people, but they also had a guitarist (Tommy Dorsey) and his wife sang on a few 45s. Thanks.

If he's just dumping an mp3 playlist it doesn't take a lot of time to list everything

the connie tanzell record is much harder to find than the other two, there was one on ebay very recently but I hadn't seen one for sale in a long time before that.

there was an international recording co in chicago, by the way, it was that weird IRC label that put out mostly rock / polka stuff

I have seen other test pressings and acetates that have listed Toddlin Town, it's not that surprising that it said m-pac on that one (essentially the same label owners). I still haven't managed to catch up with the guy my friend talked to to ask what the deal is with the 'four temples' though, I will follow up when I do.

it is extremely common to find a collection of 45s in the US in somewhere like a thrift store (or more commonly a garage sale) in this type of case. Usually it means the records are clean at least. Sometimes there are crumpled pic sleeves punched through the thing though.

That's fine, thanks.

thanks again for the feedback. You guys should listen to the Reginald Torian interview from last week if you haven't, just because it's very interesting. Thanks.

Hi. On my radio show I just did an interview with the Chicago group the Rotations. The Rotations were a self-contained band / group from the Princeton Park homes on the South Side of Chicago. They were one of the main groups attending Harlan High School in the mid-60s, and were classmates with such groups as the Five Stairsteps, Specials, Sequins, etc. After several near-misses with different record labels (including Motown), the Rotations ended up releasing their only single, Special Category b/w Old Love for Gerald Sims' Gerim label in the late 60s. The group broke up in the early 70s, but several of the members continued to be involved with music throughout the 70s. Member Miles Gregory later wrote the hit "Love Don't Live Here Anymore" for Rose Royce. You can listen at the bottom of my interview page at: https://www.sittinginthepark.com/interviews.html Thanks for your interest. Thanks, Bob

wow, you are awesome, thanks.

audio of 'oh baby': obaby.mp3 audio of 'heavy soul': heavysoul.mp3

to each his own I like it better than the edward st. ann actually.

a few people pm'ed me about this, I will post audio clips later today... Thanks.

I just listened and you're correct, but the writing credits are different and the song is very slightly different at the chorus. I think maybe the cherries / edward st. ann is an answer record? Thanks.

you could also offer me a good group soul record (northern or sweet soul) in trade. Thanks.

I dug out my copy. I really don't know how to grade LPs (I am good at grading 45s) so I'll call this VG- / VG-. Cover has some wear (more noticable on the back cover) and there is a seam split at the bottom. Vinyl is very shiny, covered with very light surface scuffs / scratches, nothing deep or feelable at all. I played it and it played with light crackle but I've never cleaned this so it would probably play better with cleaning. Label is the original blue label, not a 70s or 80s reissue, but there is a red sticker on one side. Here are photos. I would give it up right away for 100 pounds but make me an offer for less if you want. I also have a cleaner copy of Billy Hawks "the new genius of the blues" if anyone is interested in that (I know it is probably less in demand). Thanks.

there definitely is a blue 60s label. This label on this billy stewart is 70s though, it is orange and blue, there is a horse head on it, and it says GRT on the bottom. I specifically just want to see the billy stewart 1905 # from the 60s to show this guy so he won't gouge me on this 70s reissue! Thanks.

Does anyone have a scan of either side of this record? I would like to find this Chicago group to interview them but I don't own the record. The info on it might give me some clues to finding them. Thanks in advance.

is it? The record I'm talking about has writing credits by edward st. ann and r. hines. I will listen to the valentinos to see if it's the same when I get a chance. Thanks.

wow, thanks a lot for the info, I really appreciate it. The 'tell it like it tis' side is definitely stereo on mine, though, maybe they remixed it for the '70s GRT issue (which this one is). You can't possibly post a scan so I can show it to this guy, can you? Thanks.

what is the value of this LP?

I figured it out, it was the cherries on della. I didn't think of it right away because it has a different title. Sorry for the spam... I still need help on my billy stewart question though.

Someone I know has a strange billy stewart record to sell. It is Chess 1905 - "tell it like it tis / sweet seniorita". It is listed in chess discographies as "tell it like it is / sweet senorita" but what I wrote is how it is spelled on this 45. This 45 is a 70s issue, it's the orange and blue GRT press. The guy selling it says that the record was actually never issued in 1964 as listed in discographies (although it must have been scheduled given the #) and that this is the only press of the record that came out in the 70s when GRT was looking for material to reissue. Does anyone know if this is true? I listened to it and sort of believe him because "tell it like it tis" has a stereo mix which wouldn't have been done on the real 1964 release, and I don't know why they would remix it for a reissue. The guy wants $50 for it, which seems like a lot even if it was a 1964 record and not a 70s random chess title as it's just sort of random. I don't know if I should buy it. If it came up on ebay I'm sure it would just go for a few bucks. Does anyone know how rare this record actually is, know if it is possibly worth that, or know if it did come out in any form originally in 1964? Web searches don't reveal much info. it also isn't even listed as out of stock at recordsbymail.com, I would have thought that they would have had some random 70s chess title at some point. Thanks.