hello

if somebody could give me the name of the singer and the label of this version, thanks in advance

you can find the link below to listen it

thanks clem

https://oldiesementsoul.eklablog.com/al-mccarther-his-true-love-for-you-alternate-version-a27426747

thanks for your reply

I heard that there is an american site which has per tittle all versions

if somebody knows this site, tell me

Sounds like Al McCarther to me . . . . just an alternate take, just like it says.

Edited January 26, 201213 yr by denbo

yeah it,s defo Al Mccarther alt version, the other label it was on was" two guitars.

yeah it,s defo Al Mccarther alt version, the other label it was on was" two guitars.

That's the ONLY label isn't it?

How do you get it to play? TIA

How do you get it to play? TIA

Click on the yellow play button on the red horizontal bar in the top third of the page.

This version sounds as if it's Al McCarther singing the song 'live' to me - and what a song it is.

If is indeed alt version, go on then where's this from? Can't be on vinyl surely the regular one's never gone below 400 and it's been around for donkeys now ( my daughter keeps asking me to get one and apparently a boot's not good enough for her - gets that from her popps I suppose!).Sounds nice, vocal backing and even more strings etc - but hang on is this 'real'? Updated version? Also vocally sounds similar but not as refined / sweet as the one we know, is it defo him? An older him? Somebody else? Just the Angeline Morrison thing got me thinking...Was none the wiser when I 'google translated' the french!

Edited January 26, 201213 yr by mark w.

you are right Soul16 . I re-listened the 2 versions. for me it is the same singer. But my question is : on which label ? and it was issued a lot later than the 1st one, and in 45RPM or LP ? I contacted a friend who lives in USA and who collect Northern soul and who will search for me . I will let you know.

for Al McCarther His true love for you saw before on ebay in buy it now with label yellow. I thought that there was a re- issue and not another version

you find link you tube below

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiT5KB598aw

The yellow label in your link is a digitised and coloured scan of this original

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uxy7_dme3fc&feature=related

I understand that there are some lookalike white label reissues/fakes around, but they are of the original recording that we all know and love...

I doubt if the alternate version has ever been legally or illegally commited to vinyl.

in listening both tittles, I think that the instrumental sounds at the beginning are not similar. What do you think ?

It's a different recording, that's for sure.

What version came out on the Kent CD, they tend to get the alternative tapes now and again, like Pat Powdrill and Maxine Brown.

What version came out on the Kent CD,

The original 7" version on TWO GUITARS.

Can Ady Croasdell throw any light on it?

Edited January 28, 201213 yr by mark w.

the simplier : if a member of the forum who has a count on youtube to ask this information

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=FiT5KB598aw

Still no clearer on the alternative version then? Other unissued versions maybe implied in this text (and some interesting background info on the session) that I came across in a yahoo group forum by Ted Daryl...

Re: 'His True Love For You' - Al McCarther

Julio wrote:

> Ted, now that you are at hand, could please tell us

> something about the story around Al McCarther's "His

> True Love For You". I fell instantly in love with that

> song since the moment I first listened to it. It

> manages to be intimate and majestic at the same time.

> The strings are beautiful and Al's quiet and very

> emotive way of singing is hypnotic and very sensual.

> Could you tell us something about Al, by the way?

Hi Julio;

First off, I appreciate the fervor in your appreciation

of Al's performance as well as the production

components on "HIS TRUE LOVE FOR YOU." When we finished

this record in '65, I remember feeling much the same way.

Here's the record's history: Chip and I met Al McCarther

through Al Schwartz. Our relationship with Schwartz had

begun in 1962 when he signed us to his Tahoe Records

label as a vocal duo.

McCarther, would you believe, was parking cars at Al

Schwartz's apartment building garage in midtown

Manhattan. Once Al S. had heard him sing, he immediately

called us to set up a meeting so that we could see and

hear him. We were both impressed.

"HIS TRUE LOVE FOR YOU" as a song, had just been

completed a few days earlier and it seemed like a natural

fit. We had several rehearsals at our office with Al who

worked hard to learn the song and overcome his initial

nervousness. When he felt ready, we booked the

preliminary session as a demo adding just a flute to the

5-man rhythm section.

We locked-in a solid vocal performance and Al doubled the

chorus section with a harmony line.

When it came time to add the strings, Denny Randell was

my first choice for arranger. We had met Denny at

Shapiro-Bernstein Music where we had been successfully

pitching songs to Emile La Viola (formerly of Aldon

Music.) Denny had orchestrated a song of mine for a Jean

Thomas recording date that blew me away...especially in

the way he voiced and wrote for the strings.

I called Denny who accepted the project and clearly

delivered a sensitively expert touch with his chart that

elevated the recording to another level.

Chip and I were really proud of everyone's work on this

record and we believed it had the goods. I had a

relationship with Laurie Records going back to a Gloria

Dennis record I had done for them so I played it for Gene

Schwartz (no relation to Al) who wanted it and offered to

release it under a personal imprint/logo which became Two

Guitars Music.

At the time the record was released, we had moved on to

new songs and other projects and, regretfully, had taken

our eye off the ball. So we'll never know what might have

been had it been given the required attention it deserved.

But with thanks to the Northern Soul music community it's

getting it now.

As for Al's personal history, I don't remember much other

than to say that he was a good-looking, quiet-mannered guy

...maybe 5'-9"...African-American and in his late-20s when

we worked with him. And he had a distinctive and very

recognizable voice with a quality that stayed with you.

Ted Daryl