Robbk

I remember it getting a little play on WVON. I certainly wasn't a "hit". I saw many boxes of it at United Record Distributors (owned by The Leaner Bros, (as was One-Derful/Mar-V-Lus/M-Pac Records) as late as the beginning of the 1970s.

GC's ParIliaments started in 1958. So, clearly, no court would award the name rights to the LATER West Virginia group. If Clinton lost the rights to The name "The Parliaments" to Revilot Records (LeBaron Taylor?), then, he must have sold them off, or somehow broken his contract. What happened, exactly?

I know that according to some Detroiters from back in the day, Don Mancha had the nickname "Don Juan" Mancha because he was good with the ladies (had a LOT of girlfriends). I also knew that Clyde Wilson took the stage name and pen name of "Steve Mancha". It's also interesting that while with Harvey Fuqua'sand Gwen Gordy Fuqua's Harvey/Tri Phi Records, as a recording artist (The Two Friends-HPC 1001) and as a writer, and also while at Motown, he used his own name of Clyde Wilson. I never heard the story of why he picked "Steve Mancha". How and why did Don Mancha give his surname to Wilson? If I'm not mistaken, "Mancha" wasn't Don Mancha's actual birth family name-it was also a career stage/pen name.

I find Issac's story very disconcerting, if true, as I am pretty sure that George Clinton's group, started in early 1958, were using that name first. When did the West Virginia group start?

They were re-issues from the early '60s (1962-63?). For a while they listed "Golden Oldies Series" on the records, but also had a fair amount on normal current labels with only the different colour (gold, rather than blue).

Here's a link to both APT sides:

Here's a link to "Lonely Island": Here's the label scan:

George Clinton's Parliaments recorded two 45s during the late Doo Wop era. One was "Poor Willie" on APT Records from 1958. The second was on a small New York label, Flipp Records (100) "Lonely Island"/"You Make Me Wanna Cry", and was a Doo Wop ballad, recorded and released in 1959.

Cabell was in WEST Virginia (US Midwest). Virginia is in USA-South. They are VERY different in population and culture (more different than the differences between Yorkshire and East Anglia-I'd wager.

Thelma Brown recorded 3 cuts in September 1963: "Cookie Boy", "Dance Yeah Dance", and "Dear Parents". She was recorded by Harvey Fuqua and Gwen Gordy. They were all cut at Hitsville. These were among Harvey and Gwen's first Motown productions just after their Harvey/Tri-Phi labels were amalgamated into Motown Records. "Dear Parents" vocal was recorded at Detroit's Grand Ballroom, and background tracks were added at Hitsville (according to the "Don't Forget The Motor City" listings).

Yes, it's the same Chicago group. Barbara Acklin was singing on it. I think Monk Higgins produced it.

Someone googled Anita Knorl, and found out she was from Washington, D. C. and had attended the same high school as Marvin Gaye. Perhaps she was a relative or friend of Marvin's, and that is what got her the opportunity to record at Hitsville (a tryout?). She recorded "Don't Be Too Long" at Hitsville in November, 1962, with Berry Gordy producing. Apparently, she also recorded "If Wishes Came True" then. That 2nd listing isn't listed on "Don't Forget The Motor City".

I've never Heard the Thelma Brown and Anita Knori (who was she???), nor "Lover Boy" by Carolyn Crawford. Can we hear snippets of these (Ady)?

I never had much money. Otherwise I'd have bought tonnes of records like Anderson, and I'd have become a dealer. I bought most of my records (when they were issued, or within a year or so, except for the '40s and very early '50s records I bought) mainly from the bargain bins, 10 cent sales at Woolworth's, thrift stores and junk stores (45s for 5, 10, 20 and 25 cents, LPs for 25, 50 cents and sometimes, $1 (if I really wanted them badly)). Yet, I still left hundreds at those prices, simply because I didn't have another 10 cents.

I bought hundreds of duplicates by accident. But I was able to swap most of them for other records I wanted.

Yes. Don Juan Mancha produced all 4 cuts at the same session, probably at United Sound. The artist was Marvin Jones. What a voice he had. It was a shame that he didn't record more and have a strong singing career.

Could I hear them, too? I might be able to hear some identifiable session players on them, or make a reasonable guess as to whether or not they were recorded before or after 1011 or 1017.

I'm bumping this up, so we can get some feedback on the Johnny Adams "Dynamics" release.

I find it interesting that Canadian folk singer, Gordon Lightfoot would write a song that is so amenable to being fitted to the mid '60s Detroit sound. It sounds so unlike any other of his tunes. I like the Richie Havens version very much. I never played it, originally, just because it was by Havens. I could imagine Dennis Coffey listening to Havens' version and thinking "We could do something very nice with that song!" And so, now it's a classic Detroit Soul cut.

I'd guess that it was recorded at United Sound. But the lineup of musicians on it could easily have been recording on a given night at Wingate's studio. The two rooms sound a little different, but Wingate's sounds a little "emptier". I believe that comes from it having been a larger room. United Sound had a more compact room, so the sound was a little more full. But I hear the same group of current Motown, ex-Motown and off-Motown session players that played on many Golden World and Solid Hitbound sessions.

You can throw it in, but I believe that "Dearly Beloved" was recorded before Terra Shirma existed. Wasn't it started in spring 1967?

Mancha also recorded at Correc-Tone. It could have been any of those 3 studios. They used the same musicians in any of them.

So, was this Contact Records with the Memphis address then the same Contact Records that was located in Chicago a couple years before?

Apparently they had no knowledge that Barry Despenza operated a yellow-coloured Contact Records spewing out Soul records in Chicago around the same time.

I've never seen that address related to any Detroit record label. Furthermore, I know of no connection of Johnny Adams to Detroit (other than the fact that Motown distributed Chisa Records (but they were located in LA). I wouldn't be surprised if it were a boot. Gone records closed their doors in 1965. Dynamics Records started in 1968. Why would the master from a George Goldner label (whose rights were sold to giant Roulette Records (and all still owned by them in 1968)) end up being released on a miniscule Detroit label? This makes no sense at all. This looks like a red herring to hide the origin of the bootleg. I've seen "When I'm Gone" by Brenda Holloway pressed on Ric Tic Records. That doesn't make it legitimate. What music publishing company is listed for the songs? I'll bet it's not Labney Music.