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not just that...but how did 'I Miss My Baby' get to 'Bari Track'? I'm sure there is a thread on here on somewhere, but can't find it.
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I must have been mistaken. i could have sworn your post said Schwaid and then a discos link to Samar. i’ll put more water with my whiskey.
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I'm not one for having my photo taken at events, but Sue was an exception from time to time. I'm sad, and send my condolences to her family & friends.
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@Kegsy you said "Oddly enough the co owner of Samar records was called Bob Schwaid who also has some interesting musical connections. https://www.discogs.com/artist/743878-Bob-Schwaid @Kenb - 1. I'm unconvinced Bob Schwaid was the (or a) owner of Samar. ( i don't know who put it up on Discogs, but i am happy to be told differently). Schwaid was personal manager (The Independents, co-owner of WWAM Management), a music publisher ( MCA-Rollers with Reggie Lavong), record plugger, retailer and distie, and concert promoter ( @ Monmouth Arts Center NJ (now Count Basie Theater)...Jackie Wilson, Tommy James and the Shondells etc), record producer (Warner Brothers: he took Jackie Lomax of The Undertakers from Wallasey UK and did 'Home Is In My Head') and prexy of Thruppence ltd. Nowhere have i seen Bob as a Label owner. @Kegsy you said "The thing is the Icemen's Samar stuff was done with Johnny Brantley, George Kerr (Tra San) wasn't involved until Ole 9, the other ole 9 release tells us nothing" @Kenb-2. I'm told by a contact in the US that both Tri-San Productions (not Tri-San Records Label) and Marti Records were co-owned by Fred 'Rockin Robin' Robinson. So i assume George Kerr was the other co-owner. Fred Robinson was a serial 'moonlighter'.( e.g.Roc-Ker records) @Kenb- 3. Have you considered Lenny Lewis as being the son of Stan Lewis, Su-Ma, Paula, etc), and not Lenny Lewis Don't give up...follow the crumbs 🧐
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Hi Kegsy yes i have the book. and i did check it when the topic first arose. there are 2 mentions. a few lines on each. one in relation to 'doin the crackerjack'(Marti 403)-the group 'Changes' 1974. and one in relation to group 'Dudes & Dolls' as producer (Marti 401) released at Blue Seas Inc. (not in the book...but i think Blue Seas had something to do with Burt Bacharac/Hal David). BTW: unsurprising Marty is Martin. One other thing i can tell you; Marty had two other sides i've not seen mentioned anywhere ( that i can remember anyway). 1961: 'We Were Just Friends' & 'Sarah'. I guess to be released...but never was? always assumed 'Sarah' was something of a nod to Sarah Cantine (daughter?)
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@Kegsy -wrote The people involved with the Samar recordings are like a, small selection, who’s who of the very best writers/producers/arrangers that ever entered a recording studio and some went on to be huge names in the music business. Poindexters, Richard Tee, Eddie Singleton, Bert Decoteaux, Bert Keyes, Clyde Otis. Now we all know the amount of recordings made by those guys is colossal, but how about the lesser known names. kenb reply - Clyde Otis owned Argon and Eden Music. Argon Productions signed an independent production pact with Samar Records. 1966.
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abridged part of an article i wrote/posted in SS: Black Panthers, The Lumpen, and Marvin Gaye As an inmate, Ike White was heading a committee which booked outside entertainment to play at San Quentin prison. In 1971 he helped organise “Soul [Consciousness] Day” (which became renamed as Malcolm X Day at San Quentin”). Curtis Mayfield, Muhammad Ali, War, Jimmy Witherspoon and Eric Burden were invited[1] [2]. It was a day-long event organised by the prisoners’ organisation, with the help of the newly formed San Quentin Prison Chapter of the Black Panther Party (BPP). There is a further account that Curtis Mayfield was actually the headliner. What the prison authorities were unaware of was the supporting band was none other than The Lumpen and their band the Freedom Messengers[3].
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hi, 'can i change my mind' Dakar NFS promo, if anyone has one for sale, please? thanks Ken
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is it that Lenny Lewis...( as opposed to Lennie Lewis) i'm not so sure?
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always loved this...gonna play it now. RIP. If you play this on a pair of headphones, and take out the right ear plug, you can just here the instrumental in the left ear plug.
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Springers on Ves-Thad 423, not Vest.
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I think you can discount 'mar' of Flomar being anything to do with Marty Cantine. I think the 'mar' may have been Jo Armstead (involvement) arm-reversed to mar...but a bit of a wild ass guess on my part. However, Jo, Ed Silvers, Ashord & Simpson and Florence were the only stakeholders
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Hi kegsy what (who)are you trying find? i can probably help if it’s The Tangiers who played with the Jetsons band...who went on to the Tan Geers and the Tangeers best ken
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i was reading 'setting the record straight' - Page 71: there is ticket picture and it reads "Northern Soul back to stay from......10 September, Studs Disco", Deansgate, Manchester ( opposite Kendals)" I'd always had a bier keller in my mind opposite Kendals? I've no recollection of Studs - anyone else?
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very interesting, thanks TLS/Amsterdam Russ + other folks. mine has been 'in & out' of it's sleeve a dozen times to follow this post
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It was. He also loved the film 'a taste of honey' which has in it a dance scene of Dora Bryan and her man-friend on the Ritz ballroom. Morrisey went on to gig at the Ritz. When the Temple of Convenience was just 'the bogs', you would get over-spill after closing at Rafters which was where Colin DJ'ed for a while ( and which was the former Takis, which was owned by the same brothers/family as TW), so maybe as someone said, Colin did take the Ritz ballroom back to his garden. P.S my recollection of the sound system (77/78) was that it was awful, but my mind has mushed since then...didn't go later,
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on reflection, it seems best let individuals do their own thing.
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might be the wrong forum...( if so Mike can you pls move it) @Mike but should we?-could we? do more as a Soul Source community. As a collective effort. I'm not brilliant with facebook ( not even on it), or twitter, etc, so can't administer a giving site, but would certainly 'give' if one was set up. Especially if it was a Soul Source thing. I guess the 'care' folks ( NHS, etc, ) would be good recipients. If a 99yr old chap can raise over £8 million, perhaps a few quid ( or maybe a few more, if already giving) from members might be nice. ?? best Kenb
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I seem to remember CIS in M/CR being a good un
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when i was doing my Northern Connections #22 ( just published this week on here), i also came across Eleanor. She released 'Tonite' under the name Those Guys a trio ( with the Basement Boys)-1991.
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Northern Soul Connections #22 - Baltimore Site note - The most recent Northern Soul Connection of 2020, we are now at #22 in this long running series from Ken B aka Soul Source member @Kenb and this time around the focus is on Baltimore. Northern Connections #22 not just birthplace of the U.S. national anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner" Baltimore and its close surroundings was a hotbed for music that became popular for our genre of Soul. The rosta of artists, songwriters, producers, labels, studios, recordings, and music business men and women is a long one and includes the likes of A&D Booking, Soul House, Horizon House & Knights of Maryland Klu Klux Klan, Bay Sound, Recordings Inc, Collection & The Civics, as well as not so many non-music entities such as and Some familiar-some lesser known. Rod H. Armstrong and Ernie W. Donaldson had started out by attending parties together, and quickly turned that love into a business when they threw a Christmas Gala party in 1970. The second party they put on netted them $1000 which they invested in promoting teenage dances at The Famous Ballroom, in the 1700 Block of N. Charles St. They were both in their mid-thirties, and both worked at The Prudential Life Insurance Company of America, each earning $12K to $1 SK p.a. In 1971 they took a chance and formed A & D Booking Agency. In 1972 they signed Elanor Mills, The Titans, and The Soft-Tones (managed by Roe-Don Management Company, as too were Chang or & Co) and put Ira Glover on a 10 week tour of Canada leaving July 23rd. In 1973 they brought First Class together, and by 1975 they were grossing .... You can check out Kens other quality 21 Northern Connections all available via his 'activity' profile page, the link follows below... More articles from KenB -
