RARE ORIGINAL "DOC" RECORDS 102 45 RECORD BY PARIS,,,,,,"SLEEPLESS NIGHTS/WISHING WELL" VERY TOUGH FIND HERE,,,,,,,, THIS IS A SUPER RARE COPY HERE....THE LABELS ARE SIGNED,,, ON WISIHING WELL SIDE IS SIGNED TO DAVID PARIS FROM THE PARIS WHOOSIE AND THEN READS UNDER SPINDLE HOLE "THIS IS THE 1st COPY GIVEN TO ANYONE" ON THE SLEEPLESS SIDE IT IS SIGNED "recorded at radio recorders hollywood singing in the background the vows lewis siters, b holloway, frank wilson ,,,so you got a bit of northern soul history on this record

I didn't know just how much of a Motown influence there was on this record.

Edited June 10, 201212 yr by Prophonics 2029

Does anybody have a YouTube account that enables them to send messages ... I haven't and can't figure out how to do it !!!

Al Capps is still active so somebody could message him, maybe via his Judy Hughes video, and ask him to come join us .. we can then unravel the mystery about Doc Records

Andy

Does anybody have a YouTube account that enables them to send messages ... I haven't and can't figure out how to do it !!!

Al Capps is still active so somebody could message him, maybe via his Judy Hughes video, and ask him to come join us .. we can then unravel the mystery about Doc Records

Andy

they took away the "send message" button from the user's personal page. You still can send them messages by going to your messages and composing a new message and putting the user's youtube ID as the recipient.

Does anybody have a YouTube account that enables them to send messages ... I haven't and can't figure out how to do it !!!

Al Capps is still active so somebody could message him, maybe via his Judy Hughes video, and ask him to come join us .. we can then unravel the mystery about Doc Records

Andy

I have mate, lets see if he replies.

ATB

The Smash OOML is 1967.

then it should be on the typical mid 60`s label design.................it is not its on the one used from 69 onwards like kelly garrett etc ( with the mercury logo next to smash)..in fact they follow each other as releases.. the other tempest releases ( on the lp) are quite a bit earlier.. ....might have to do a bit more digging

I went to soulful kinda but only skirted the surface of the smash stuff Dave.

ive dated it to jan 69 ish lol.ok maybe even dec 68 ....theres a 5 figure digit number on all the mercury/philips fontana smash brand of labels below the main catalogue number that ties all these labels together. a handy thing to know if you need to date stuff. i could delve further but i`ll leave that to the anoraks

Edited June 8, 201212 yr by dave pinch

A Mercury 45 that was released very late in Dec 68 was Aquarian Age "I Can't Grow Flowers" Mercury 72881.

There's a good label scan of this 45 up on the net & the number on the 45 is 1-42844.

Does that help at all ?

yes tempests is 42790 so that means tempests is dec 68 ..nov at the very earliest..18 months after the lp and the last of the other smash 45s

anyway gettin sidetracked a little an goin off topic a bit. but its handy info if u dont know

Edited June 8, 201212 yr by dave pinch

The release of "out of my life" on the MARCO label is a totally different, and much later recording than the version released as a 45 on SMASH in 1968.

SMASH 2194 - Out Of My Life / The Way To A Man's Heart

My smash is just a one sided wlp?.

The SMASH release exists as issue as well. The flipside has got a different vocalist, it's not Hazel Martin, so unlikely to have been meant to be released as a solo 45 by him.

Is it up any good Sebastian. I know of a few singles by other singer but never listened to them.

I've listened to Hazel Martin and Paris I would say they are not one and the same, similar voices but that is all IMO.

Might be an idea to change the topic title to reflect the topic subject?

Thanks Mr C will think about it, 3 and 4 years on from Mr tears, Paris 2 the tempest I would expect some change in the voice if he was quiet young.

It is all speculation on my part after hearing Mr tears and thinking the voice was an old friend any way and Frank did tell me it wasn't Hazel but my stubborn heart wont let it go. Lol

Edited June 10, 201212 yr by Prophonics 2029

Is it up any good Sebastian. I know of a few singles by other singer but never listened to them.

Not sure if I understand the question completely, but the soundclip in the auction below features portions of both sides:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/150820421280

The flipside vocal is by Otis Adams.

Both sides are good.

I'm sure on a CD release of The Someday LP there are two extra tracks by another singer Sebastian.

Thanks for posting me that link.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pUAoBANMD8&feature=related

Edited June 11, 201212 yr by Prophonics 2029

On 22/05/2008 at 10:01, Garethx said:

Is there any substance to the rumour that Mr. Paris was a Japanese American? Fascinating to see apparent confirmation of the involvement of what looks like the entire staff and roster of Motown's West Coast office, though. You can see how the very polished production came about.

 

Doc is an interesting label. I'm only aware of this 45 and the Sandy Wynns classic. Are there any more releases? The Pennsylvania address would seem to be a diversionary tactic to put people on the wrong scent when looking for moonlighting Motown staff.

 

On 08/06/2012 at 10:13, Robbk said:

 

 

Possibly. But why then wouldn't such action be much more widespread with tiny labels?

Sorry this thread is so old and it may now have been solved (please direct me)

Rob (as usual) is spot on about the dentistry thing too....fantastic....Helen Blumberg (did she own the label ?)

246 A.2d 407 (Pa. 1968), Revere Press, Inc. v. Blumberg - Pennsylvania - Case Law - VLEX 625853891.pdf