Soulhawk

I assumed the Profonix were from the Flint( MI ) area - mostly over the similarity of the name to the 'Profonics' studio / label based up there( Cecil Washington etc )

great record - the funky side is explosive & sounds huge on a big system

not sure about that seller isn't that the Las Vegas bootleg guy

https://collectorsfrenzy.com/details/290676458982/ANN_PERRY_______THATS_THE_WAY_HE_IS this copy looks like a later reissue - it has all the hallmarks of being an Archer( Detroit) pressing from around 1980 probably repressed to meet UK demand

well, they're wrong I live in Detroit & have never seen a copy of Circa styrene - the ARP / Bell Sound is pretty rare, only seen that a couple times - I think her other record on Theoda might be slightly more common, kind of a Detroit interpretation of 'British Invasion' sounds I would play it at my local soul-do but my copy is cracked all the way through

the Bell Sound stamped vinyl copy is probably the first - it's also has the ARP stamp in the dead wax ( American Record Pressing, Owosso MI - which burnt down in 1972) the styrene pressing with the 'Circa' distributors badge on the label looks like a West Coast pressing, perhaps simultaneous to the ARP pressing, maybe later. dunno from what I can see online the 70's UK boot reproduces the look of the styrene version but without the Circa badge - then there's a later reissue that looks like it was done by the label owner at Archer in the late 70s / 80s

I spy with my little eye a rare soul label

seems like it was a custom studio / label that released mostly country this thread is pretty silly

very nice stuff I have a Sound Patterns( Detroit) acetate of a completely different 'I Want to Thank You' done by a group( see my avatar) I'd post up the clips but I know mp3s are a no-no on this site hate those 'share' sites though, spam pop-ups galore

you guys are too much

the 'extended mix' is just both versions( English & Spanish) played back to back - might have even been done using 2 copies of the Speed 7" I love the tune, but sold the 12" as soon as I found a copy of the 7" format snob

mid 70's 2nd pressing

it was a local hit in Detroit so all the copies on ebay tend to come from peoples attics & basements with names scribbled on the label as for sandpaper... 'collections' from this era usually consist of a couple foot high stacks of unsleeved 45s

different mixes - different address too Rolyat has a better mix imho - on 'Hard Times' the drums are pushed forward & sound great 'You Gotta Hold On Me' is pretty dull either way

mike curtis is rubbing off on you bob

I have a clean one & it plays with faint noise - pretty poor pressing the Don Hart connection is obvious from the label 'What Kind of Girl is She' had been previously done as 'What Kind of Man is He' by Chris Marshon on Orbit

he smirked when I mentioned the Purple Gang 'She's A He She' 45

ok, the information I got was from a member of Monofide who said 'the Purple Gang' lived 'one street over' or somesuch the East Side has a long standing reputation for being 'rough' - I think there were 3 East Side neighborhoods in the 'Top Ten Worst Neighborhoods in the US'

this record is barely soul-ish at all - it sounds like a mellow Santana

just to quibble: the Purple Gang was an EAST side gang during the prohibition era - they brought in whiskey from Canada & shipped it to Al Capone in Chicago. I think the singing group were also east siders...

be sure to play it back-to-back at AASC with your Lester Tipton that was rubbed in gravel

I still can't figure out the full chorus, "sha la la something something on the dancefloor with you"???

I wouldn't be so certain about this - here in Detroit there's a fellow who is sort of a local fixture - he pedals around town on a funny chromed-out oversized tricycle - anyway, he claims to be ex-Mad Dog & the Pups & he also happens to have a decent Eddie Kendricks-inspired falsetto( which he is more than willing to demonstrate on impromptu accapella renditions of 'Come Into My Love Shop' etc..;)

I think VC told me their management had the rights to the name & recruited a new group? there were many cases like that in Detroit in the 60s - the Falcons jump to mind

aka Black Merda there's a good / contemporaneous version of that on the flip to Gwen Owens - 'I Lost a Good Thing' on Velgo