The Yank

The Earthquakes were a Detroit group who recorded for Fortune in the late 50's/ early 60's. Group members (according to Discogs) were Butler Abney Sr., Butler Abney Jr. and last but not least Armand Abney.

I agree- according to the Don't Forget The Motor City website, "Jamie" was recorded on October 20, 1961. And according to the liner notes of "The Satintones Sing", the group's last Motown session was Ocotober 18, 1961.

I believe the J Jay Jones was first - most likely from 1963, maybe even 1962. The Butlers was listed as a Best Bet in the May 23, 1964 issues of Cashbox.

The KTF phrase really caught on in the U.S. after Adam Clayton Powell started using it-

The reissue has "Eccentric Soul is a registered trademark of the Numero Group, Chicago, IL." on the bottom of the label.

According to discogs, a single sided promo does exist for Penny #109- "I'm Not Ready To Settle Down" by the Cheers. They don't show the flip side label or mention it but, Motown used the same language on their single sided promos so it could be legit.

I would say you have some kind of "pressing" that was probably made in the U.K.- if it was a U.S. promo, it would have said "... to improve the MOLDING of your pressing".

About 6 or 7 years ago,I was on e-bay and I noticed a lot of 100 45's that had a 7 day listing- all 45's were listed. About 90% of it was from the 70's, there were a few promos and I did spot one 45 I really wanted. With one minute left I place my bid of $200 and kept my fingers crossed. When the auction ended, I won the lot for $20- no one else bid on it. What was the 45 I wanted - Herb Ward- "Strange Change". To this day, I still don't know how I won that auction !

Both are probably originals- Wand usually used the black writing on promos and red for issues. But... I've seen a lot of Wand issues with black writing.

It looks like the album got released last Thursday if anyone is interested .

Let's hope people get their info from Manship's web site who currently has the 45 up for auction and says this is a different group of Dramatics.

Chubby Checker- "You Just Don't Know" U.K. Cameo/ Parkway - 892 Cavaliers- "Popcorn Baby" - Ailes - 911 Barbara Lewis - "I Remember The Feeling" Atlantic U.K. - 357 Marvin Gaye- "Let's Get It On" Tamla/ Motown U.K. demo- 135 Billy Prophet - "What Can I Do" - Sue DJ -1315 Eddie Foster- "I Never Knew" - IN - 1165 Larry Santos- "You Got Me Where You Want Me" Evolution DJ-1017 Big Jim/ Signs Of Change- "Stone Born Country Boy" - Tri-Spade -150 Mark IV - "Signs Of A Dying Love" OTB - 1338 Diane Renay- "Can't Help Lovin...." - D-Man - 404 Joey DeLorenzo- "Wake Up To The Sunshine Girl" - Mi-Val- 2804 LIz Verdi- "Think It Over" Columbia DJ - 563 Nella Dodds- "Come See About Me" Pye UK DJ- 136 Arthur Alexander- "I Need You Baby" Monument DJ - 228 45's are U.S. pressings unless noted- all prices in U.K. Pounds

Hi ! I'll be able to post results for you .

Here's one from e-bay -

Or ..... It could be that someone decided that since Ted and Austin were both on Laurie around the same time, they had to be the same person ??

Currently at 131 pounds on a well known auction site with 2 days to go .

Thanks for posting the article. The 1st time I went to Val's shop I felt like I was on a job interview- he asked me at least 20 questions before I could even look around the store. He let me look in the front of the store and as we talked he let me go to a room behind the counter and look at the perfectly filed 45's. He may be a little tough to deal with at first but once he gets to know you, he's a different person. He told me stories of people who came in waving cash and buying a few 45's and then later finding 1000's of dollars of rare Doo Wop 45's were missing from his store. So I can understand his attitude to new customers. But all in all, a great place to shop!

Not sure about the Andantes theory- listen to them backing Amos Milburn about a year later. There's a huge difference between the backing vocalists on "Let Me Be Your Boy" and this group-

For more info, there is a thread on SS from April titled "Wilson Pickett- Supremes" in the Look At Your Box section.

Pretty sure that Larry Johnson and Little Larry Johnson are not the same person-

Here's a pic of Bob when he went to KBLA _

Is this the same Sarah James ?

I figured as much- thanks for the info !

I take it this label was part of the Vended/ Vendo music setup ?

I think you're right- the same writer credit appears on these 2 singles-