George G

I just came across this, although it's probably stale by now. Anyways, I did talk a few times with Andy Apperson, who was the owner of Prism records (he's long dead, as is Talty). He didn't remember much about the Paulette & Cupids 45 other than the Prism issue was actually a second pressing (the Adanti was first) and that they were from Chicago and Talty's doing. At some time, exactly when I never did get straight, Apperson met Talty. Together they were involved with 45s on the Sound Spectrum label, which was owned by someone else (typical of Talty's MO). Appseron mentioned Matt Johnson and Willie Mabon as having something to do with SS. SS used a variation of the prism beam logo that Apperson had designed for Prism. Not sure why, but Apperson decided to release the P&C 45 on his label. Pepi was from Dayton, real name Pam Voiles. She recorded two 45s on Prism. The first one, with the Bradley song, was recorded in Chicago. The second one was probably cut in Dayton. It's definitely a different session. Not long after the Pepi and P&C 45s, Apperson sold his interest in Prism to Floyd Whited in Dayton sometime in early-mid 1965. (Whited had started Prism but merged the label name with Apperson's Hilltop label in 1964). However, the Talty connection continued as several Ohio bands that had ties to Apperson's huge network of bands and band management recorded with Talty in Chicago for the Night Owl label, another one of the labels that Talty produced for but did not own. Janjo publishing was Talty's (named after his wife and/or kids). Spangle was Apperson's publishing (he bought that from Whited). There's a hell of a lot more to Apperson, Prism, Night Owl, etc, but it's rock and garage bands, not soul. All this stuff I mentioned was from Andy's recollections, so I don't dare say it's the absolute truth.

I believe this record is a scam. Compare the picture to the one in the closed auction, and consider the seller has 0 feedback and just registered https://cgi.ebay.com/Four-Tracks-Like-My-Lo...1QQcmdZViewItem Closed auction https://cgi.ebay.com/FOUR-TRACKS-Mega-Rare-...1QQcmdZViewItem I know I'm not very active here so my word could be suspect as well. I have no personal interest in this. I am pretty sure the same seller (under a different name) tried (and failed) to scam me about 3 months ago. Just review the evidence and decide for yourself.

A Columbus, Ohio R&B band that included three white and one black member. The group name was officially the Nutrons, Le Bleu Monde was just a pseudonym used for the record. They released several more records as the Nutrons on Federal, Fabar, and El-Dee. Seen it for sale many times under $20 here in the US, on Evil-Bay and sales lists.