The Yank

Great promo only sampler album. The cover concept is thought to have been conceived by Weldon McDougal.

"Hang On In There" is the flip side of "I Wanna Know..." on U.S. Gamble #2508. I can't find anything about the 45 being on U.S. Philly Int'l.

From the "Songs In The Key Of Life" album

Here's my Top in no particular order off the top of my head (which could change) 1) Harold Melvin/ Blue Notes- "Bad Luck" 2) " "- "The Love I Lost" 3) Harold Melvin/ Blue Notes with Sharon Paige- "Hope That We Can Be Together Soon" 4) Johnny Williams- "Slow Motion" 5) O'Jays- "Love Train" 6) O'Jays- "Time To Get Down" 7) People's Choice- "Do It Any Way You Wanna" ( on P.I. subsidiary TSOP) 8) Teddy Pendergrass- "I Don"t Love You Anymore" 9) Teddy Pendergrass- "Love TKO" 10) Jean Carn- "Free Love" Jones Girls- "You Gonna Make Me Love Somebody Else"

Here's another one from James that sounds like it could have been from the 60's

Nice Crossover sound that gets overlooked.

Most of my top picks have been listed- this one definitely would have been in my top 5 though

All vocoder all the time on this song from 1977.

The Italian group Kano used the vocoder extensively on this song.

The Brother Johnson used some vocoder near the middle of the song on this...

A 45 of "Your Song" in ex condition sold for $41 about a month ago.

Think I'd go for a Melvin Davis "Find A Quiet Place (And Be Lonely)" or Lenny Curtis "Nothing Can Help You Now". Then again I could pick Yvonne Vernee "Just Like You Did Me" or .........

The song was written by Joe McCoy in 1941 for Lil Green and covered by Peggy Lee, Julie London, Mark Murphy etc.

Not 100% sure but it sure sounds like there's a vocoder on "Tell Me Something Good" by Rufus from their 1974 album "Rags To Rufus".

Little Herman sounds like Little Helen (at least to me) on "Gotta Keep On Walking" and "One Out Of A Hundred". The lead singer of Spiral Starecase has a voice that could be either male or female on "More Today Than Yesterday".

There's an article in the January 8, 1966 issue of Record World on page 3- "Tamla/ Motown Sets Major Expansion for 1966". In the article it mentions Motown "establishing new artists such as Tammi Terrell, The Monitors and Frank Wilson". It makes you wonder if "DILY(IID)" was still being considered for release then.

The first time I heard "Forget It" by the Sandpebbles (later C & the Shells) I thought the lead singer was a man.

There were two recent sales according to Collector's Frenzy- 1) In 2015, one in vg/ vg+ with light scuffs that went for $4673 USD. 2) In 2016, one that appeared to be in vg/vg+ but had "terrible hiss" after the first 10/15 seconds went for $863 USD.

I've heard Lester was known for dancing in local clubs and on tv (not sure about the car part of the story though). Major Lance got his break as a featured dancer on Jim Lounsbury's "Time For Teens" and then got a deal with Mercury Records. I think the Major was well aware of the Northern Soul scene though.

Joe Pesci also made this album for Brunswick ---

Nancy Ames was a regular on the American version of "That Was The Week That Was" from 1964-1965.

Toni Basil was a featured dancer on another American television show "Shindig".

Lada Edmund Jr. was a featured dancer on the tv show "Hullabaloo" before cutting "The Larue".

The Exits were Jimmy("Cigarette Ashes") Conwell, Godoy Colbert, Esko Wallace, Lous (Louis? ) Hendricks and Charles Colbert .