According to this article from Cashbox, (Jan. 29,1966), Eddie Regan's master was sold to DCP. I'm sure there is an interesting story about it ending up on ABC>
I don't think there is any connection but, if you want to dig deeper, you can type in Bob Abrahamian or Sitting In The Park on Soul Sources Search. This should bring up his radio shows. I know he did an interview with Lee McKinney of the Magnetics- Lee might have given some info on the label.
In Bob Pruter's book "Chicago Soul", he calls Avin "a local label". So- I would go with Chicago.
And, there could be a connection with Avin and the Celtex label as both use Celtex Music for their releases. If that is true, Billy Lasley would be behind those labels and O-Pex and Expo.
I think that is an interesting theory but I don't know why a group would name itself after an event that occurred five + years in the future. The clothing is definitely early 70's and the autographed photo is dated " '73" so I'm not sure how that would work. But, thanks for your interest in the topic.
I checked 2 of Curtis's live albums from that era ("Curtis Live" and "Curtis In Chicago- Recorded Live") and the band doesn't appear to be the same one.
Thanks Chalky - much appreciated !!
I would almost swear the pictures were from the early 70's just going by the clothing of the band members.
There wasn't much black participation in Steve Dahl's Disco demolition so I doubt if there is any connection between the group and the event.
But... I do appreciate all the research you did - THANKS ! !
Update- As I was handing back the pics to my friend, he said "I never noticed this- this picture is autographed" At the bottom right of the picture of the guitarist, it reads "Stephen Stone '73".
A friend of mine recently found these pics- He said he couldn't find anything on the group, I drew a complete blank .
Does anyone know anything about them?
That makes complete sense since Herb was known as the DJ Bert Bell "The Ding Dong Daddy of Soul" on KSOL. Here's one of their surveys with Kim at # 30 -
Ozz and the Spurlings were Ruby Jones, Irene Robertson and Jess "Ozz" Osborne and were not part of
the Frank Jones Sextet. The Magicians were a regular vocal group - members were Toussaint Street, Neil Stallings, Larry Holmes and Clement Briellard.
At some point,(and I don't know exactly when) Cameo/ Parkway started distributing the Villa label' The article appeared in the Oct. 22, 1966 issue of Billboard. If you look at the label of the 45, you can tell C/P was involved -