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i was in Brighton a few years back when either the Euro's or World Cup was on....

Whilst chasing down some California research i came across a 'trail of breadcrumbs' on Lebam. Roburt's original 2017 post provided a good first pass so i thought i'd share the new stuff. https://www.soul-source.co.uk/forums/topic/379012-lebam-records-music/ You may not have noticed, but Lebam is Mabel spelled backwards. Mabel Leona Hobson Betz was a theatrical agent, A&R manager, Officer of Associated Songwriter Club of the Air ( along with Charls M. Brandt, Brandt records and studio), she was a publisher, owner of Lebam & State Calla records. Operating from Sacrimento, (State Capital of California, so State Calla). Sacrimento music addresses for Mabel were 849 Fourth St, 2033 Burnett Way and in Los angeles 2661 Clyde Ave.The latter address is also attributed to Frank J. Wedlaw. His relationship with Mabel is thought (by me) to be wife or maybe 2nd wife...but there's no certainty on this except for a 1997 property dispute filing in Oregon that lists Frank J. & Mabel Wedlaw. Remembering that most of the work goes back to the 40's & 50's, Mabel's copyrights are full of lyric and music pseudo's and only the artist names remain true. I've not been able to attribute Lawana, but guess (LAW is from WedLAW and maybe LawANA is from ANdy Belvin).

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i have a couple on my wall ( framed signed pics)...Neil Thompson. i think he's up in Preston somewhere.

one of the best in the Country is just up the road from Stalybridge, Ashton Ukranian ( more guide bridge than Ashton) If you haven't been i suggest you do, it's every month and been running for 7/8 years now.

yup, agree. they are the same singer, or at least the same audio across the two you tube clips. Even with the Lelan Rogers connection there seems something odd (to me at least) about what seems to be a New York artist on Calla arriving at House of the Fox, with Memphis writers on both sides. But i guess Calla licenced off the B-side, and hey ho...no conspiracy theory here.

i'm not saying it's wrong, but i find it hard to believe Charles Hodges & Little Johnny Blair are the same person. Possibly, because i don't know the full story, or where that 'fact' came from. If someone could enlighten me, i'd be grateful.

you can read about Stage IV at Northern Connections #40 just published on here.

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Black music couldn't get air play. ( this bit has been talked about on here before). As Jerry Wexler expressed, Black music came to England to be "sweetened" before White Amercia would listen to it. Motown wasn't considered White at first, and Black music was seggregated to the ghetto. A & R men didn't take their Black artists to radio stations until they had a Top 20 or bubbler. FM radio stations helped...BUT if you can't get airplay it's tough to market to anybody, let alone soul music/black R & B/ call it whjat you will

that is very spooky. i've been researching this, and nearly have it tied up for a post soon.

wow indeed. thanks for that.

thanks for that. so i guess if you want 10 acetates you cut 10 acetates individually.

Here's a thing also... are Acetates run off all at once? Or could you produce Acetates ( presumably from stampers, mothers, blah, blah blah) at any time after the initial 'run'. So in effect could you run a 60's Acetate ( from the stampers, etc) in 1990 for more Acetates?

talking 60's & 70's here: what's the thinking about just how many acetates would be made per individual recording. is it hit-and-miss i.e. make 5 for quality purposes, or is it make 20 and send them out to radio stations see what happens? does anyone know ( have a count of) the most acetates per individual recording?

Gary (one of the Walker brothers...) also did a version. Gene Thompson & The Counts did have a 1966 spot at The Satellite Club, at South Gallatin St, (Jackson, Miss) owned primarily by James W. Norton. I think it was non-alcholic club and certainly had some run-in on licensing at some point. It's predicatable that John Vicent (Ace) also from Jackson, Miss, had some sort of relationship with Gene Thompson. John more-or-less had the 8th Floor of his Vincent building (previously Millsaps) dedicated to his enterprises...ACE pubbery, Record Pak, Vin Records, Hazel pubbery( his wife), and so on.

Looking for this ( other than those on Discogs) presently. If someone has one to shift VG will do ( i'm not a DJ).

I’ve got some stuff from when I was researching John Vincent of ACE…but not much on Gene’s identity etc. I remember a 1966 “gig ad” . I’ll dig it out

most people i've spoken to about film The Salt Path said that the book(s) were much better. I've not read the book(s), but did see the film recently and was pretty bored. The film leaves a lot 'unsaid'. For instance (and this doesn't give the plot away, because there is no real plot) why did the male lead lose his farm? what was the investment that went wrong? who was the lady (and her house/farm) where they spent months?, etc. I think it's a BBC film or asscoiated with them, so i wished i'd waited until it comes via TV, rather than make special trip to the cinema. https://www.google.com/search?gs_ssp=eJzj4tVP1zc0zC7MqDLKTqowYPTiLclIVShOzClRKEgsyQAAkq0J3g&q=the+salt+path&rlz=1C1CHBF_enGB1120GB1120&oq=the+salt+path&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqDQgCEC4Y1AIYsQMYgAQyBwgAEAAYjwIyDQgBEC4Y1AIYsQMYgAQyDQgCEC4Y1AIYsQMYgAQyBwgDEAAYgAQyBwgEEAAYgAQyBwgFEAAYgAQyBwgGEAAYgAQyBwgHEAAYgAQyBwgIEAAYgAQyBwgJEAAYgATSAQg4ODI5ajBqN6gCALACAA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

I assumed we had, but I don't think we ever answered The OP's question from June 2009...who were Quickest Way Out. Willard Hines, Musical Director & Pianist. Bill King Bunni Bailey Patty Webb Howard Smith ( replaced by Craig Jones , think 1976) Willard Hines was a 1965 grad from Kentucky State Uni and moved to Detroit. He was vocal coach for The Jones Girls, Enchantments and Dramatics between 1968-1971. In the PIC, Willard is starting at the left.

your decision and anyone else making such a decision will have to reflect on what their collection might be worth, and then factor in their own financial circumstances. if you had a £30k, £50K, £100k, upward collection then that would be a slightly different thought process than say if a collection was worth £15K -£20K, and then you would need to factor in what that money means to you.

can we see it? assume you know the 'other one' Professor and the Efficiency Experts on Stanson

Our fear of losing far, far outweighs our ability to win. Or at the very least “ give it a good go”.

having watched England under Tuchel recently, and yesterday the U21's against Germany, i have to say how dreary it was. As has been said many times by others, we have a fantastic and exciting Premier league and below this level too, and yet our National teams are somewhat woeful at times, and it's like watching 'walking football'. Yes i get that non-Englanders play in teams in the Premier League, and that these make a difference, and yes our England team ( presently) might not be a full strength, but playing the way we are at the moment doesn't bode well for the World Cup.