Roburt

And as I understand matters, if a song is designated as copyright control, the royalties (for the record release & radio plays) goes into a central kitty that eventually gets doled out to impoverished British ex-recording artists (down on their luck). So for all the US recorded UK released soul tracks that were MCPS copyright control, not one penny in royalties has ever found its way to any of those US recording artists. MAY BE WRONG HERE but don't believe I am. That's why US artists need to be signed to a decent label (Ace / Kent, etc) or be represented by Paul Mooney or his like over here.

Not a remix but a new version of an old 1979 G&H penned Jones Girls Philly Int track ......... Shirley Jones (ex of the Jones Girls) & Lacee "I'm At Your Mercy" ....... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N33QwYbFgJ8 ......... AND .. the original version .......... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukFLWAMrr2w Must say, I'm missing the trademark 'Jones Girls harmony singing' on the new version though Lacee can certainly sing well too.

... AND ....... another nice Moulton mix ............. (one that you shouldn't let go to your head) .......... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qdxRCMxADk

. AND ...... as if by (PHILLY) magic ...... . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ci9Z0tXWwDI

Some others who got awards this year .......

Don't know about the tune but the lyrical theme goes all the way back to Dr. Kitch (Lord Kitchener) ........ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLJsoaY2NA8 .... AND . I always liked Laren Aitken's Nu Beat take on "La La La Means I Love You".

Bet he (& Bear Family) has no idea where John Harris is today though (or knows how to contact him anymore).

Ian Dewhirst, Ady ..... OR .. Paul Mooney. In foreign territories (such as Germany or the UK for Americans), I think they have to be signed up to a local rep. AT LEAST, American song writers, to get their UK royalties, have to be signed up to the likes of Paul Mooney to be sure to get their cash (I know coz my mate Lou Ragland is signed up with Paul).

Songwriters royalties are always due the writers. Usually all the money goes to the label owner & then he has to pass a % on. That's if Harris & Cook have registered the song with BMI / ASCAP / GEMA or the like ... AND ... that organisation knows their current contact details ....... AND that someone at Kerston / Bear Family wants to try to track them down to pass money along.

You don't need to tell me, tell Bearsy !!!

The group were USAF guys based in Germany in the 1960's. They played together in GI Clubs on military bases in the area for a short while & then moved on with their careers / lives. Their song was written by Cook / Harris, so that will be John Harris himself & another guy in the group by the name of Cook. Apart from that little or nothing is known about this short lived group made up of guys in the military that were posted to a base in Germany at around the same time (probably Ramstein airbase near K-Town aka Kaiserslautern). So ALL you have to do is chase down as US guy called John Harris (or one called Cook) who could be living anywhere in the US (or world) and who was (over 40 years ago) in the USAF. TASK SHOULD BE DEAD EASY ... BUT ... I'll leave you to get on with it yourself

Jamguy is Frank Lipsius, the son of the original Jamie / Guyden guy who also distributed numerous other labels (Arctic for instance). He will be in the UK (again) in a few weeks with John Ellison. He's available for radio / magazine interviews (he's promoting his big Arctic Records CD/ vinyl package still) whilst here. Anyone interested can make contact with him via me if they like. Whatever info is still around (from his father's old files or from his Philly contacts) on Moses Smith he will be able to pass along I'm sure.

Yep, its the same guy.

A gospel trio (Brenda, Carl & Shirley) who cut in 1976 .......... B. C. & S. with "Sunshine" ............. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnkmaaIo76E

A female outing from the same year ........... ... Beverly Glenn ... "Lord, Help Me Make It Thru The Night" ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIKXk1yVG3I

Savoy was a major player in the gospel field thru the 1950's, 1960's and into the 1970's. The label put out loads of great tracks during that period, anyone out there got any particular faves or recommendations. I'll start of with this 1973 cut ...... The Metro-Tones Inc ......... "Get Together" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzZQcw6HPvA

Kim, check this site for full info ............. https://www.baltimoresounds.com/ Updated version of the book (2nd edition) out now I believe.

YEP got that one. That was the easiest to obtain as I was a Mighty Dodo back in the day.

Got all the Spark demos now Kegsy, chasing the Casino Classics label 45's these days !!! Will swop any Soul City 45 for one on CC's

I gave my original copy of the 45 away many moons ago (never liked this version much). Obviously should have held onto it & sold it via Manship.

Another good version of a soul standard from the group ........ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IU7Oma5oZg0

A great picture just posted up on Facebook ....... The picture below is from the late 1960's -- Left to Right is Marvin Holmes, Harvey Scales, Rico, Jay Peyton, Gaylord Burch (with the Uptights and then Tower of Power + Larry Graham & Central Station) A cut by the group ........... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z01Ouvz_aZQ

Just received a copy (at last) of Manifesto mag # 141 (August 2013), so it seems that Mike has got his act back together. All the usual articles + 'Richard's Run Out Groove' and 'Edwin Starr -- 10 Years On'.

AND skating to music on indoor rinks doesn't just go back to the 60's in the US .......... here's an ad from 1950 for an arena on Baltimore's main black entertainment street; Pennsylvania Avenue ..... ... (it's from a black newspaper, so guess the only standard print block pics they had back then featured whites) ...