TheBigO

There were 2versions of this out, will look into my file and update soon.

Steve, 'avant garde!!!', yes I may have had a few lapses in the fashion department over the years (although I still stand by my rubber shorts and silver sequin hotpants!) however I shall be found sobbing into my J2O at Soulgate bcause of your harsh comments - you BITCH! lol, see you Saturday

Steve I can belivie it was you that got the Jimmie Delphs track as i was stalking that one like the panther I am!!! Expect a slap o the cheek at Soulgate mate. Oh and Sean's right, the B sde to the mentioned 45 is going to be big one of these days. lol

Mark,I have demo copies of the Plinston flyers - how much are they worth do you think???

Ah Winnie as usual we are as one on this debate. That said how sad is it having a debate on things like this rather than celebrating the music we all adore. For me, and this is only my opinion, its debates like this that are killing the scene, pointless and divisive. Who rally gives a f*** what people wear, I never did in the 'old days' (and god knows there were some very doddgy fashions around late 70/80s) so what does it matter now? Me I love patches and have no problem with them. If you dont then ignore them, its not important in the scheme of things! The internet is a great thing, sadly it also allows pointless drivel like this debate to be aired to a wider audience. Enjoy the music, that a the end of the day is what we are all into - isn't it??

and as you are well aware Martin 'her indoors' has a love for all 3 of the above and can be seen out in such at the venues we escape too! As far as the original topic is concerned for me it doesn't matter ultimately what the format is, its the Soul that is above all the over riding factor - soul by any means necessary - to quote the old Plinston mantra. Vinyl looks and feels better but there are so many great toons that are CD only that to toss them aside so easily is a crime - much like your fashion sense Rbman!!!! Rave on, rave on you mad fools unti your drown in a sea of human protoplasam......till next time campers

Got mine from the mn himself after Taff tipped me off, had no problems dealing with him and as we say round these parts TOOOOOOOOON!

Great toon and Manship has one for auction which means I can watch it slip through my fingers again!!! For those that are interested I have this on file, discography for the label, cant remember where I got it from but think it was a German site I stummbled across some years back??? C-19 Nancy Butts "I Want To Hold Your Hand Baby/ Your Friend Will Take The Man You Love" A-23 Eugene Davis "Who Can You Trust/ Ruby" RB-26 The Might Chevelles "The Mighty Chevelles Are Back With A New Dance-Bus Stop/ Pt. 2" ED-2829 Angela Davis & the Mighty Chevelles "My Love (Is So Strong)/ Same (Inst.)" ED-30/ 1 Angela Davis with the Angelettes and the Black Gold Band "Georgia Bulldog/ Pt. 2" RB-32/ 3 Angela Davis with the Angelettes "Take Me To The Bathtub/ Same (Inst.)" FA-35 Gloria Walker "Talking About My Baby/ The Gallop" (B-side by the Chevelles) FA-36 Gloria Walker & the Chevelles "Please Don't Desert Me Baby/ Need Of You" FA-37 Gloria Walker "You Hit The Spot Baby/ Walking With My New Love" FA-38 Nancy Butts "Go On To Her/ You're Gonna Need Somebody" 1969 FA-39 Nancy Butts "Let Me Be Free/ Please, Please Tell Me" C-46/ 7 James Havior "Jumpin With Popeye/ Holding My Hand" (B-side by Corzette Holly) C-46/ 50 James Havior "Jumpin With Popeye/ Hot Pants" (B-side by J. Star) C-50 J. Star "Hot Pants/ Sweet Sweet Thing" (B-side by J. Star and Cozette) C-53/ 57 The Davis Two Plus One "Momma, I Been A Bad Girl/ Doctor Strangelove" FA-52 J. Star "Hello Baby/ Meat Ball" FA-58 Jean Shannon and Terri-ri "He And She/ He And She (Inst.)" FA-226 Nancy S. "Try My Love/ ???" FA-238 Angela Davis & the Chevelles Band "Love Bumpin'/ Pt. 2" FA-319 Angela Davis & Rueben Fisher "Time Don't Wait For No One/ ???" ED-1510/ 1100 Angela Davis and Father "Black Gold/ Barefoot Boy"

Have a nea mint demo of 'Cross The Bridge' up for offers, only just put in my sales box. PM if your interested mate. GREAT toon

I too have this and its a tip top toon! Rbman, if your reading this, it should be in your box!!!

Top toon! Have seen it go for between £50 and £150 (such is the record collecting scene these days) for a mint one so anyones guess really. Glad I have mine in the box already.

except to me lol

Full story: If you met Dr. Marisa Gatti-Taylor, who lives on the East Side and teaches evening classes in Italian at UWM, you'd think she's smart and personable, with a great sense of humor and a charming laugh. If you heard her sing -- usually operas or Italian songs -- you'd think her immensely talented. But you'd likely never mistake her for a Motor City soul diva. So, it might come as a surprise to her students and to vintage soul fans alike that Gatti-Taylor, who was born in San Marino, a tiny country surrounded by Italy, but raised in Detroit, recorded a pair of tunes at Detroit's Sound Studio in 1966 with many of the musicians that made Motown famous. "I started singing professionally at age 15 with various combos and orchestras, so the singing was nothing new in itself," says Gatti-Taylor. "I cut the record in 1966, at age 20. It was exciting to be part of the composing process; I even came up with a line for the fast side of the 45 rpm, 'Love's What You Want.' (The flip side was "You're Gone Now.") "Interestingly, the backup singers are either Martha and the Vandellas or The Supremes, according to experts who have contacted me. I did not meet the backup singers, as the recording was produced in separate sessions." The rollicking, vibes-laden "Love's What You Want" re-surfaced in June when it was released on "Detroit Dynamite: 21 Northern Soul Wonders From the Wheel City" on Maple Street Records, credited to Mauritia Gatey. And, Gatti-Taylor says, the song is experiencing a renaissance in Britain's legendary Northern Soul scene and in the Soul Jazz scene centered in London. But this is not the song's first appearance on wax. The tunes were pressed into vinyl in the 1960s, according to Gatti-Taylor. "While it was not officially released, it was played in various venues. It was not uncommon for it to be played in restaurants, bowling alleys and clubs in Greater Detroit. Many jukeboxes contained it. A recent copy of Discoveries Magazine lists the sale of a mint copy of it for $735. Not bad, for a record which was not officially released!" So, what happened to the burgeoning soul career? "The record promotion required a great deal of time," she says. "I had to lip sync it at various sites, including malls, which were a new shopping experience at the time. I was afraid that these commitments would eventually interfere with my academic studies -- I was a very serious student on a full scholarship. "Besides, "Love's What You Want" was not a song I could ever interpret with the various orchestras I sang with, since it captured the unique Motown sound of the Funk Brothers musicians." Instead, Gatti-Taylor performs for and with her students in class and at recitals around the area and works as a translator and teacher of Italian. She even composed a national anthem for San Marino, with her daughter. "The San Marino anthem, which Olivia and I entitled "INNO 2000," is being performed at various functions," she says. "Recently, the Sammarinese community of Grenoble, France, contacted me to obtain permission to perform it at their Christmas Banquet. The signs are encouraging: The Captain of the Montegiardino Castle (San Marino is made up of nine castle communities) has embraced it as a project to promote, since Olivia and I composed the new lyrics in Montegiardino in 2000." But, she hasn't forgotten her Motown-related moment and has been known on occasion to share a tape of the tunes with interested students. And she was happy to see it make a comeback. "My brother-in-law, Adelio Bonanni, a rock 'n' roll expert and a collector, has a contact in Brooklyn, who informed him that my song was cut No. 3 on 'Detroit Dynamite.' It was thrilling and puzzling to see it on a CD, since, as I said, it was not officially released. What intrigued me was trying to figure out how my record found its way to Toronto and to the UK. "What irked me was the fact that my first name is misspelled. So, I wrote to the production company to ask that they correct the spelling of my first name if they ever use my record again." Gatti-Taylor has three daughters in their teens and 20s. What do they think of the songs? "They like the record and think I should release it and pursue a career!"

Bolloxs! Well done that man. Thought the clue may have been too easy. But yes it is she and she had no idea about the fondness for her 45 and I didn't realsie it was recorded with the Funk Brothers in detroit. Oh and they spelt her name wrong

Good point, sadly no vid of her singing with another girl in that 'special' way like the one I've not seen on the net, or my phone, or that cd or.......

Ok, bored looking after 2 ill kids so thought I'd post this here and see who knows who it is. Enjoy Clue: The sh*t hits the label (cryptic and never said it was going to be easy! Now if someone gets this straight away I'm gutted!!!!!) Soul singer by the way DOH!

Ok, digging into the mass of notes and paper clippings etc we find..... The Tollie label was set-up, it seems, to compensate for the fact that Vee Jay were having so many hits and thus so much airplay with the Beatles material that radio stations were getting the arse that they had so many VJ releases in their charts! It seems also, having discovered some badly written notes on the back of a Stafford flyer!, that the label went out of business in the main due to a law suit with capitol and VJ over said Beatles rights. The name Tollie came from proucer Calvin Carters son, it was his name, and the Rokk single was recorded in 1976 and intended to relaunch the label but Carter fell ill and label owner Betty Chiappetta shelved the intended and almost completed Lp (and she still has the said lp masters!) So to answer the question, yes Rokk is a stand-alone, theres an LP out there for some label to swoop on but having never heard the tracks we can only pray that they are of the quality of the few promo 45s of 'patience' that surfaced. Betty intended to release more but as I said fate, as usual, got in the way.

No problem mate I'm still trying to find the notes I have on the label buried in my mountain of crap that I pull out at times like these! As background info on the label itself: It was started in Feb of 1964, a subsidery of Vee Jay records, and lasted for one year, closing May 1965 having issued 2 lps and some 50 singles. (Idon't think the recent Cd label of the same name is connected to the 60s Tollie by the way - but could be wrong) The label was started to feature more Pop material rather than the R&B that Vee Jay was famous for (strange considering the acts featured!). 1st 45 release was the Beatles 'Twist and Shout' (Tollie 9001); taken from the Vee Jay Beatles LP (LP-1062), they also released 'Love Me Do' (Tollie 9008.) As well as releases by the Beatles they also featured Canadian singer Terry Black (Tollie 9026) and the downright WEIRD and strange novelty 'I Want My Baby Back' by Jimmy Cross (Tollie 9039.) The roster also included Billy Joe Royal, The Big 3 (with Mamas and Papas Cass Elliot), Rick & The Keens, The Sensations, Barrett Strong, The Daylighters, Sam Fletcher (and the Jap Lp is worth hunting down that came out in the 90s for a superb alt. version of I'd Think It Over which was a massive Plinston spin for Fingers!)The Anglows, Them Other Brothers, Moses Davis, Gary Sommers, Sugar & the Spices, the Rhythm Kings, Johnnie Walker, Peggy Sams, the Prodigals, the Clinger Sisters, Judy Thomas, the Sunbeams, the BRATTS, Joey Paige, the Ragamuffins, Ray Godfrey, Eddie McDuff, Peanut Montgomery, Eddie Wilson, James Sturr, Jimmy Velvet, Twinkle, the Chips, Scott Douglas, and the Fallen Angels. The label, as I said, was absorbed back into the Vee Jay llabel in May of 1965, but left us with, from a Northern Soul persepective,with some blinding Toons!!! *oh and the 2 Lp issued were: Don & Alleyne Cole and Alberto Cortez - This link may prove useful for label : https://216.239.59.104/searchq=cache:2QDjHsZhrJUJ:www.dermon.com/beatles/Lbl_tollie.htm+tollie+records&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=14&ie=UTF-8 he Whiskey-A-Go-Go/TS-56001 - Live At The Whiskey A-Go-Go - Don And Alleyne Cole [1964]TS-56001 - Live At The Whiskey A-Go-Go - Don And Alleyne Cole [1964]/TS-56001 - Live At The Whiskey A-Go-Go - Don And Alleyne Cole [1964]

Take it you mean label design? Well, as far as I am aware the labels were as follows: 1. LPs were purple with 'Tollie' in yellow and boxed in by a pink box surround; demos were white with both name and box in black. They also used a yellow label with just the Tollie name printed on it and no box surround in black. the reason for this being that Vee Jay, who owned the label, had their printing done all over the States and hence the different label designs. 2. The 50 or so 45s were the same with a number of different looks and printing styles ranging from 'Tollie' in a simple block print, to an arty one to labels that were plain white, black or yellow with a multitude of various colours. Later issues were multi-coloured labels. My notes are a bit messed up right now but I think that there were at least 9 designs (but I would have to try and confirm that whe I find my notes) Hope this helps you out a little

It has to be Tommy Frontera as Dave so righty says, huge in the 80's and a tip top toon that doesn't get heard out much these days (bit like me but thats another long and boring story!!!) Niping out right now but go to soulclub.org and theres the track for you.