Just read that Henry Stone has passed away.  Legendary R&B, Soul, Disco record producer, label owner.  

 

Thank you for the music Henry.  R.I.P.

Jeff Lemlich's tribute to Henry.

 

https://savagelost.com/remembering-henry-stone-1921-2014#.U-UFUOmlXxg.facebook

That is sad - Henry has been responsible for so much music and discovering so many acts it defies belief!

Another pass on via Jeff...

 

RIP Henry

Sad news indeed Chalky, "Mr Miami" countless fantastic soul records came from his incredible TK umbrella which included Cat, Dade, Kingston, Alston and many many more, we have a lot to thank him for, RIP Henry  

 

Kev

Chalky,

 

Thanks for the video.  Seems like most of them would qualify for SS Hall of Fame!

 

Lorraine

Sad news indeed Chalky, "Mr Miami" countless fantastic soul records came from his incredible TK umbrella which included Cat, Dade, Kingston, Alston and many many more, we have a lot to thank him for, RIP Henry  

 

Kev

 

You could have a good night out on Henry Stone's music alone.  His contribution ranks up there with the best IMO.

Sad indeed got a fantastic DVD off val shiveley big interview with Henry on stage answering any questions from a small audience including Val...Henry seemed to be real down to earth guy

dave L

Just read this. Very sad news. He was very good company.

I spent some time with him years ago  ago and he was commenting on the Northern scene and for some reason that escapes me about Simon Soussan's book.

. Henry said that he threw away 100's of acetates from Motown. A lot of them were of unreleased tracks. He said that Motown fed him stuff all the time because as well as being their distributor for Florida he "took a chance" and also supplied other States/areas which he was not supposed to ship into. As a result he sold a lot of Motown records and said he was sent acetates all the time. |

It's not a long read, about 90 pages I think but Henry put a book out a few years ago about the murky world of record distribution and payola.  It's only available for kindle on amazon, not sure if you can get a had copy elsewhere?

 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Stone-Cold-Truth-Payola-Music-ebook/dp/B00C7FJ8VS