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al benson was the label owner, not bob lee. bob (the jerhart guy) produced stuff for the label near the end of the life of the label.

if it was licensed in to mica from detroit it could have been licensed overseas also. it sounds like a chicago record and not a detroit production though but i'm not sure.

i never knew ray and dave were from detroit (I don't know anything about them), do you have more info? Jimmy Dobbins name is on the record as a writer also, I think, and he had a record on a chicago label also. Who were ray and dave?

it has the same label design and number though. it kinda looks like a foreign boot where they stole the detroit grant label design and just pressed the ray and dave on it. what is on the other side of the record?

the little girl side also came out on amy, this is the same texas group as on amy and modern. their other pet 45 is an expensive funk 45, this is probably as rare but worth much less, maybe $100? It's not really known though.

i doubt this is what he was referring to but there is the 80s motown lookalike repress with the barstool cover, but it has the thing on the back saying 'originally pressed ...' as an aside, i still find it infinitely funny that there is a record consistently referred to by collectors as the 'supremes stool cover'

here are some issues: 1. It won't list the condition of the record when browsing, I have to click to display it and then click another tab to see the condition 2. the main page has an auction menu with sub-items for all items, ending this week, new, etc. that's cool as it would save me a click. however, no matter what you pick, it doesn't actually take you to the auctions, it takes you to the help page for the auctions 3. The new music player is confusing. It used to open up in a new window, I guess the player is now embedded in the top left corner of the screen. But that's confusing when you're scrolled all the way down, it took a while to figure out what was happening and even after doing that, now I have to scroll back up to the top of the screen to do anything. when you click on another link the player pauses for a second as the other page loads. it was better as a separate window 4. i still would like a list view of the records as opposed to the larger view. i like to see as many as possible on a page and don't care for the photos (and they don't add much when most have the "coming soon" image). It's similar to how in windows I hate how it defaults to the icon view and I always change it to detail view, I need more information, not more visuals 5. i can't browse the 'rarest of the rare' by label (although i do like that i can see 72 items per page on that now). i actually can't tell what it's sorting it by now actually when it initially opens up, although it looks sorted when I click "next" I think.

kenny rogers / betty lavette

continental showstoppers is 1970 i think. you can figure out the jackie beavers vs. karen striblin given that they came out on the same label and one has an earlier catalog number. i'm not sure when the camaros came out.

i imagine harold melvin has to be the original, it charted here in the US on billboard R&B, an LP track by another artist is likely a cover.

for what it's worth, the other acetate ended up being an unreleased spinners track, it sounded like the spinners and andy rix confirmed it for me. it was too early to be the originals anyways.

awesome, I will check this out later when I'm off work and give more feedback if I see anything else. it looks great by the way.

the "browse by" no longer has the "descending" option which I used a lot (for example, browse by price descending), now I have to click on a ton of nexts and move backwards. John, can this feature be added? Also, I preferred the list view, I'm not a very visual person and it makes it harder for me to scan through and see everything (and now I can only see 36 items at a time). Any way I can still see a list? Especially with all the images saying "IMAGE COMING SOON" it just takes up space now.

also the same group as magic touch on roulette, both them and the female group on black falcon charted in 1973, probably the roulette group changed their name because of it

it's not a "fake", it's a REISSUE. Lana was a reissue label that reissued hits like that dobie gray record, they also reissued things like johnnie and joe 'over the mountain across the sea', etc. The fact that it's an old reissue label doesn't make it not a reissue label.

they also were abstract reality on sport

soupy sales bobby darin

i hate announcing the interviews because they tend to cancel, but i did say in my show it would be the green berets. the other group names they recorded as including the big northern one can stay a mystery until then...

i got a very cool interviewed lined up next week with a group that recorded under several different names, including one very heavy northern record...

i'm not sure, i didn't talk over the same track each time i don't think, which time are you asking about? thanks for listening. two chicago tracks which i had in my box but didn't have time for (but people keep asking "why didn't you play") were the pacesetters on mica and the creations "remember me" on globe.

you outbid me on it on the last copy (or maybe copy before last) that was on ebay

Hi. Yesterday on my radio show I interviewed a member of the south side Chicago group the Auditions. The Auditions were all from the Ida B Wells and adjacent Darrow Homes. The group formed in 1968 when their mentor, Lonnie Hampton, a member of another Ida Wells group the Topics and a manager of local groups, put the four original members together and mentored them. A few months after forming, the group auditioned for the Regal theater talent show. Still without a name, the group called themselves "The Auditions" based on their experience. The group won the talent show and were approached by Leonard Chess about signing to Chess records. Under the advice of Lonnie Hampton, the group avoided signing a contract with any label. On the strength of their talent show performance, the Auditions began to perform in local nightclubs. Hampton released the group's first single, "Returning home from Vietnam" / "Get set, be ready" on the tiny Get Set label in 1969. The record was not distributed and did not receive any radio play; the group just gave away the single to friends. Around 1970, the Auditions broke up as some of the members attended school and pursued other interests. In 1972, Alexander returned from school to return to singing. He reformed the Auditions with three of the original members and two new members (one of whom was the lead singer of the Topics). The group began to do shows again and in 1973, Alexander produced an entirely new version of "Returning home from Vietnam" / "Get set, be ready" on the Freckles record label. Around the time, Alexander and label co-owner Darnell Glover started doing a radio program on WXRT and played the track. Other local radio stations also picked up the record. Soon after recording, the new lineup of the Auditions changed their name to Oneness. The group worked frequently in Chicago and in the midwest. In the late 70s, the group recorded for the AMG label out of Cincinnatti. AMG was a pay-to-produce record label where artists auditioned for the label and then paid for the production and release of their records; many artists and groups from Ohio and the midwest recorded on the label. Although both sides of the Oneness single were completed (both being excellent tracks), the single never made it to release and was never pressed as a record; I played the single during the interview. The group stayed together, doing local shows throughout the 80s. In the 80s, Oneness recorded for Jim Stroud and Brad Bobo of the Notations but the material was never released. Alexander got involved with gospel music in the 80s. He currently produces a youth choir and his daughter sings gospel music. You can check out the interview on my interviews page at: https://www.sittinginthepark.com/interviews.html I also did a music show after the interview. You can listen to the music show at the bottom of: https://www.sittinginthepark.com/shows.htm playlist follows. Thanks again for your interest. Wendy Andrews - My man is gone - DV Ideals - You lost and I won - Satellite Barbara Lewis - Spend a little time - Atlantic Patti Labelle and the Bluebells - I need your love - Atlantic Carol Chandler - Time hasn't changed you - Steel City Green Berets - (Lord) Send me somebody - Uni Crescent Legacy - I'm gonna miss you - Brou-larch Questions - ? - Gold and Soul Michael Washington - Cupid's corner - Crookshank Ralfi Pagan - Didn't want to have to do it - Fania Zeal - Don'tcha know - Potential Zinga - I'm not strong enough - Zing thanks, Bob

i've never seen this pink one before, i think it must be rarer

i will try to post a scan of the PJE single when I get a chance.

it got released as a stone gold single (I have the single) as well as on the LP. There are 3 deceptions 45s, 2 peace justice and equality 45s on stone gold, and the two LPs. I'm pretty sure it's not exactly the same group but it is the same main guy / lead singer, Dante met with him a few years back I think. The brooks single used to be like a $20 thing you could get from craig moorer, etc., but it seems to have gone up a lot recently, it was on ebay for maybe $150-$200 for not even mint copies recently.