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  1. The Yank
    According to Dave Moore's essential book "The Philly Sound" , the Philly Epsilons provided back up vocals for Arthur Conley's "Sweet Soul Music".
  2. The Yank
    Yes- there were 2 Epsilons. The D.C. group who recorded for Shrine/ Hem were made up of James Duval, Ronald Williams, Greg Thomas and Stan Williams. Otis Redding saw the Philly group and brought them to the attention of Stax. This group's members were McFadden and Whitehead, Ron Lowry and Allen Beatty. Later with the addition of future Blue Note Lloyd Parks, and James Knight, the group became known as Talk Of The Town. Patti Labelle's first group was the Epsilons. She later left and formed the Bluebelles.
  3. The Yank
    Cashbox reviewed the 45 in their January 15, 1966 issue-
  4. The Yank
    Fred Hughes was born in Arkansas and later moved to California. He and his band were seen by Richard Parker who was by that time Vee Jay's West Coast A & R director and signed to the label. This is from Bob Pruter's "Chicago Soul" book.
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  6. The Yank
    Here's an unreleased song from Harry that uses the same backing track as Tony Hester's "Just Can't Leave You" -
  7. The Yank
    It's from the April 28.1956 issue of Cashbox. I'm not sure which one is Cody.
  8. The Yank
    Here's a picture of Cody Black's group he mentioned in his interview-
  9. The Yank
    The single was released in May of 1970-
  10. The Yank
    According to popsike, a copy of the Barons sold for 42 pounds in April of this year. 100 pounds seems to be a median price, although there was a copy that went for 175 pounds.
  11. The Yank
    The info on the video is wrong- the song is actually based on a Valentinos track with the same name-
  12. The Yank
    While I can't confirm that this happened, it is believable. "I Need My Baby" did well for Jackey in Grand Rapids and Battle Creek Michigan as you can see by these surveys, so it is possible he did promotion for the 45. Strangely enough, all of these stations are Pop stations !
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    Besides being a DJ and Program Director at WVON, Lucky was also the executive secretary of the National Association of Television and Radio announcers-
  14. The Yank
    Jim Porter did not own the Perception and Today labels. I don't know if he leased his masters or had a production agreement with them. Both labels were New York based while Porter worked out of Chicago.
  15. The Yank
    When Maxine's 45 came out, Record World and Cashbox rated the flip side ("We Can Work It Out") as a 4 star pick (RW) and as as one of "Picks Of The Week" (CB). Billboard predicted "Let Me Give You..." as having the potential to hit the Top 60 of the Pop charts. The 45 (both sides) never took off but "Let Me Give You..." did just miss the Sweet 16 on this survey during the week of August 16, 1966-
  16. The Yank
    The Earthquakes were a Detroit group who recorded for Fortune in the late 50's/ early 60's. Group members (according to Discogs) were Butler Abney Sr., Butler Abney Jr. and last but not least Armand Abney.
  17. The Yank
    I agree- according to the Don't Forget The Motor City website, "Jamie" was recorded on October 20, 1961. And according to the liner notes of "The Satintones Sing", the group's last Motown session was Ocotober 18, 1961.
  18. The Yank
    I believe the J Jay Jones was first - most likely from 1963, maybe even 1962. The Butlers was listed as a Best Bet in the May 23, 1964 issues of Cashbox.
  19. The Yank
    The KTF phrase really caught on in the U.S. after Adam Clayton Powell started using it-
  20. The Yank
    The reissue has "Eccentric Soul is a registered trademark of the Numero Group, Chicago, IL." on the bottom of the label.
  21. The Yank
    According to discogs, a single sided promo does exist for Penny #109- "I'm Not Ready To Settle Down" by the Cheers. They don't show the flip side label or mention it but, Motown used the same language on their single sided promos so it could be legit.
  22. The Yank
    I would say you have some kind of "pressing" that was probably made in the U.K.- if it was a U.S. promo, it would have said "... to improve the MOLDING of your pressing".
  23. The Yank
    About 6 or 7 years ago,I was on e-bay and I noticed a lot of 100 45's that had a 7 day listing- all 45's were listed. About 90% of it was from the 70's, there were a few promos and I did spot one 45 I really wanted. With one minute left I place my bid of $200 and kept my fingers crossed. When the auction ended, I won the lot for $20- no one else bid on it. What was the 45 I wanted - Herb Ward- "Strange Change". To this day, I still don't know how I won that auction !
  24. The Yank
    Both are probably originals- Wand usually used the black writing on promos and red for issues. But... I've seen a lot of Wand issues with black writing.
  25. The Yank
    It looks like the album got released last Thursday if anyone is interested .


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