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pretty much every lineup of the adlibs were mostly men.

The sensations are from Cleveland, not Chicago. Actually they were originally from Albion, MI but I guess were based in Ohio at the time of the recording. The eight minutes have 6 guys and 2 girls in the group. They were kids though which is why they might sound like girls.

People used to be able to fly overseas to the US and just pick up expensive records for nothing. Now you need deep contacts and would be lucky to find a beat up common motown record somewhere.

re: availability, it's a pretty easy record to get

thanks everyone for this incredible information

I give up, here's the link https://www.discogs.com/artist/Horace+Ott#Credits_Writing-Arrangement=&t=Credits_Writing-Arrangement&q=&p=1&per=500 the production link is sort of interesting too, a few mid 70s jazz and funk LPs.

OK, here is the list of "writing or arranger" from discogs, which is generally light on soul 45s, so he probably did way more. I have to split this post into parts because the messageboard won't let me post everything in one post. Hold on... trying to format this...

right when he started i actually did get a few things from him, delivered, i guess before he went totally off his meds

If i get spammed for anything on facebook I report it, ignore it, and move on.

i got a couple things from him. it seems best to leave delusional people as is and play along. he will either learn his lesson if he's reasonable or at all intelligent or the stuff will sit there forever and there will be nothing you can do.

Thanks everyone for the help so far. It would be great if the Bio had a timeline. Maybe if the guy went into the interview with a general overview of the work he did he could come up with a more detailed picture of where he was and what he was doing and who he was working for at the time. Arrangement is generally work-for-hire btw. Unless he was part producer or had writing credits, he wouldn't get royalties on YMCA. Any particularly interesting arrangments people can think of or arrangements for small labels?

I think he will accept what he feels is a reasonable offer (which might be a crazy price or might not, depending on what he googles). I think he's pretty new to the world of record pricing.

Yeah, I know his name is on a lot of RCA / Verve stuff. But was he employed by them, freelancing (his name is on mercury stuff too), etc.? What are some of his earliest arrangements? Did he do production work? Thanks.

Someone I know is going to be doing a Horace Ott interview very soon and asked me for help in details of Horace Ott's arrangements (and any other part of his music career). I know his name on a lot of random new york produced records, but don't have a general overview of the what / whens of his career. Like how did he start in music? When did he go to new york? Was he working for specific labels at specific times? Are there specific records that are interesting to ask about? Also, any specific, interesting questions about his career / work would be appreciated. thanks, Bob

I plan to be the first moderator to be banned from soul source.

yes, "jim" porter was used, sorry. i think savern was solely run by zono sago

well "James" not "Jimmy", I've never seen him referred to as Jimmy at least. "Tersa" was also a combination of their names. Soul Harmony Singles lists the Sagport record as 1968 and the ABC record as 1969.

that would be awesome to see or hear. thanks in advance.

Thank you for posting this great information about your father.

the roleaks are credited backing del thompson on hope 555

in the US your mailbox has to be marked with a last name and / or business name. the mail carrier won't (or isn't supposed to) deliver any mail with other people's names unless it says "or current resident" like it does on some junk mail.

Nice clip (and crazy suit) from the mid-70s psychedelic show Ebony Affair:

Yes, just saying that he clearly didn't understand what creates the value in the record collecting world given that he assumed his fake copies would be worth the same or that his fake copies would be indistinguishable from the originals.

I think that it's not fair to expect an artist from back in the day to understand the strange world of record valuation and collecting now. Moreover they are probably bitter that they are the real people who made the music yet random record dealers are making lots of money. That said, Jamal Davis and other artists and producers who do stuff like this aren't entirely innocent of any wrongdoing, as they are trying to exploit people and get money. It's just that they have no clue about the area they're trying to hustle in so they can't effectively exploit people.

Goo gone is made to remove adhesives. It looks like it stains the label but it evaporates after a few hours. It is more effective but sometimes harder to use than lighter fluid, which gums up rather than evaporating. Goo gone is also more noxious imo. When you remove a sticker there generally will be a sticker removal area that is darker. It doesn't relate to the solvent used. It relates to the fact that the whole rest of the label was exposed to wear / fading, etc. while the one area was protected by the sticker. Under the sticker is the more true original color of the label. There's no way to prevent this from happening by using a different solvent. Either way, a sticker removal stain looks way better than the sticker imo (assuming you didn't tear the label or anything like that) and if anything should increase the value, not decrease it.