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The vid is now on YouTube...

55 minutes ago, Nick Soule said:

'95' is Archer's client code at Nashville Matrix, who did the metalwork for the stampers. The record was pressed at Archer on East Davison. 

That's great to know - many thanks. 

4 hours ago, Kenb said:

you may well have already figured this out...but Henry Hines had a few geograhic connections with Greenville.

(Henvick Lynn's) Lynn Productions. 

Tommy Bee's Tomahawk label branch address was also Greenville ( Henry was sales & marketing).

No, I didn't know that - thanks.

Thanks, Robb.

Is yours the yellow label or the gold one?

Major said that Henry Himes had extra copies pressed down South - Henry hailed from down there and it sounds like he had a record store in somewhere like Memphis.

Great stuff!... many thanks, Yank

Major talked about Henry Hines - The Devotions going on tour didn't end well. 

I imagine Henry put out these press releases, as the company was never based in Greenville.

The bottom one will be included in the YouTube vid, which I hope to complete soon.

I'm now editing my interview with Major Reynolds, who founded Tri-Sound (as well as the Amazing and Major labels), and he said that the Devotions' 45 was pressed up in Detroit at a (then) new place on Davison, which must have been Archer. (He couldn't recall the name)

Does anyone have a copy of the 45 with Archer's name-numbers in the deadwax?

Glad you enjoyed this one, Robb. I was going to ask you if you have ever seen/heard of that 'Teadrops' song that Ron mentioned.  

3 hours ago, Robbk said:

I have both the SonBert and Correc-Tone issues, and I've always thought they were exactly the same takes, mixes, and cuts (e.g. version).  Just a slightly-different title shown on the records.

Cheers, Robb - I'm now editing an interview with Ronald Davis, who wrote the song. It should be on YouTube soon.

9 hours ago, Modernsoulsucks said:

I've got the Correc-Tone and had the Sonbert.

I'mm 99.99 % sure same track.

Many thanks! I think the Correc-tone release came first.

I think these two titles are in fact the same recording. Has anyone got both to compare?

7 hours ago, Weingarden said:

I was there and at his house nearby hundreds of times and bought thousands of records from him. Really miss him.

What was your best purchase, Matt?

I bought quite a few as Bob's prices were decent - he had a load of Juanita Williams on Golden World that were just a few dollars each - but I didn't buy anything rare. He used to put the rarer records aside for some UK dealers - I recall him having Larry Wright, but he was saving it for Shifty, who had given him his wants list. I actually sold him some 45s. He had a basic turntable, so you could play any records you didn't know. Bob was a nice guy.

I just came across this snap of me in Bob's place - it was probably taken in the late 1990s.

I'm surprised Bob hasn't got a cigarette in his mouth - the place (on the north side of 8 Mile Road, AKA 102) reeked of smoke.

He had some gems. Anyone else here ever go?

I have just put an interview on YouTube...

Many thanks, Nick - I did see 'Let's Do It' on YouTube (maybe that's yours).  I may just include that in the audio. 

Cheers, Tom.

Do you also have the Thelma 45 by The Magnificent Seven? I wonder if it is the same two recordings.

Does anyone have an MP3 of the Northen label disc?

I would like to include a piece of it in an interview that I'm now editing.

Also, were these two recordings reissued on Thelma? (The Thelma 45 has a different title for the B-side)

Thanks.

Get well wishes to you, David. Hopefully it's not too serious. 

Hi, David - great to hear from you.

Yes, the book idea just evaporated over time... moving so far away from Detroit didn't help, but as you say, the videos give listeners a chance to hear directly from the people involved, and the audio samples and colour images wouldn't be possible in a book. The other plus is that many people now use YouTube, so it does reach a decent audience, some of whom may find the videos just by chance. It's actually me who compiles these slide shows - I just use Debbie's account - and it's been an interesting learning curve getting to know how the (free VSDC) software works. It takes about 40 to 60 hours to make each one, as the interviews have to be seriously edited first so that they follow some kind of chronological order. It's a shame some have poor audio quality - a few are basically non-starters for others to listen to - but I managed to use a bit of Johnnie Mae's. Unfortuntely a lot of my original one with her has her son (Chuck) continually interjecting. 

25 minutes ago, Tlscapital said:

Love the Diet-Rite Cola empty bottle Ting-A-Ling rattling to the music special effect. Top Notch once again.

Glad you enjoy that - it took some time to get it syncronised right using the video editing software. I guess you heard Rudy mention hitting a pop bottle - I wonder who it is doing that on the Dee Edward's' tune.

Great stuff, Dave

Did Willie mention Joe Terrell and the incident with Mike Terry?

5 hours ago, Louise said:

.... Fred told me that he met Roy (Cortez) Butler from Eastpointe MI, through one of his (Fred) former girlfriends, he was a family relative of hers.

... Joe Terrell was quite a notorious local character, he cut those Joy singles on 'The 21ST' (Also credited as '21st Century' before they dropped the Century due to a name clash with another group) of Which Willie Jones was the lead singer. 

Hi, Dave

Roy may have been from Eastpointe, not Inkster, but I'm not sure what Eastpointe would have been like in the 60s - I think it could have been very white. 

As you prob' know, Willie Jones was singing with the Royal Jokers and also recorded a solo 45. I did an interview with him, but he couldn't recall who the two younger singers were with him in The 21st. Did you find out?

My interviews were done over 20 years ago and getting details without much Internet data was an issue, but I think Fred covered the main points. He mentioned that his wife sang for Diamond Jim, but I never got to find out what/if she recorded, as that interview was done at night and she was in bed.

 

 

8 hours ago, TOM CREEDEN said:

  ---  i take it youve got a lot more to add from when you did  SOULFUL DETROIT  way back ?

Maybe nothing really new to add, but it will include interviews with Mike's widow, Gracie, and likely Johnnie Mae Matthews, Louvaine Demps, Dee Edwards and Rudy Robinson, as well as some of the people I've done videos for already, like Melvin Davis - and various record samples. I sometimes wonder if Soulful Detroit will still be around in 10 years - hopefully these videos will stay on YouTube.

Cheers... I'm now compiling a few interviews to tell The Mike Hanks Story.