King Errison - The King Arrives - Charly Records Review of this reissue from Percussionist King Errison for Charly Records

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Canyon exploded onto the LA scene in 69, burned brightly for some months & then imploded. Some of their business practices weren't too great (they certainly ripped off Rudy Love -- but at least we were able to EVENTUALLY get Rudy's Canyon album; though it was only released in the UK on Manhattan and badged up as being by Tyrone Davis).

The Vinyl Word: Rudy Love and the Manhattan project

https://thevinylword.blogspot.com/2019/03/rudy-love-and-manhattan-project.html

21 hours ago, Roburt said:

Canyon exploded onto the LA scene in 69, burned brightly for some months & then imploded. Some of their business practices weren't too great (they certainly ripped off Rudy Love -- but at least we were able to EVENTUALLY get Rudy's Canyon album; though it was only released in the UK on Manhattan and badged up as being by Tyrone Davis).

The Vinyl Word: Rudy Love and the Manhattan project

https://thevinylword.blogspot.com/2019/03/rudy-love-and-manhattan-project.html

All very odd John ,Wally Roker did release some great records though ,Doris Duke ,Swamp Dogg ,Rudy etc

1 hour ago, Eddie Hubbard said:

All very odd John ,Wally Roker did release some great records though ,Doris Duke ,Swamp Dogg ,Rudy etc

I'm sure they overstretched themselves financially -- distributing a load of other labels whilst still trying to establish themselves ... THINK their A&R shortcomings were coz they saw the Whispers (on Soul Clock) as their biggest act -- hence them taking some of Rudy Love's songs and cutting them on the group whilst shelving Rudy's original versions.

The same team had some time earlier signed up Tyrone Davis and cut him on tracks that were leased to ABC. But he too wasn't impressed by the way they treated him, so he left LA and signed with Dakar back in Chicago. The rest of that story is now well known, with Tyrone going on to enjoy many hits. So the only output from his time in LA (with Wally Roker) was one ABC 45 and (later on) the original LA cut version of ""Can I Change my Mind"" getting a release.

Edited 10 hours ago10 hr by Roburt