
Everything posted by The Yank
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Great Val Shively article in the "Smithsonian" magazine.
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!
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Which B.V's?
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-
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Which B.V's?
For more info, there is a thread on SS from April titled "Wilson Pickett- Supremes" in the Look At Your Box section.
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Ruby Feminine Ingenuity
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Ruby Feminine Ingenuity
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Ruby Feminine Ingenuity
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Ruby Feminine Ingenuity
I figured as much- thanks for the info !
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Ruby Feminine Ingenuity
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The Parliaments On Unpredictable
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Listen to me the esquires
You might have a Canadian press- "Get On Up"/ "Listen To Me" did come out on Bunky in Canada according to this survey (#18) -
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Dossie Terry
Both releases (1957 and 1964) are on you tube. They sound the same to me.
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Dossie Terry
Dossie Terry was born in Georgia as Dorsey Terry and had been recording since the mid 40's. "Thunderbird" was 1st released in 1957 and was re-released by King in the 60's
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Magnificent 7
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Reissue or bootleg
Broadway was still using the silver labels in 1966 which was when "World without Sunshine" was released. See survey below # 37 ). There was also a red label "pressing" -
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Billy Ocean red light, Northern soul?
This is described as a "Northern Soul cover" on you tube. What do ya think ? ?
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JMAuction - 09/06/2021 - Results!
The prices are correct. The Drifters was described as being "so close to a Manship mint" and the Sweet Things was in "impossible flawless condition" The bidder was told to "act accordingly". I guess in these times-
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JMAuction - 02/06/2021 - Results!
I thought you were referring to the Record World article. After reading Bob Paladino's info, it might be he misremembered or the proofreader changed his info ( the same info is on the back of the Go Ahead label reissue from 2010.) Here's a Cleveland survey with the 45 at number 30 and the release year as 1967. Also , look at Lou Ragland at #23-
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JMAuction - 02/06/2021 - Results!
There's only a month difference between your article (June 10, 1967) and the WJLB survey (July 10, 1967) so the time seems about right to me.
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JMAuction - 02/06/2021 - Results!
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Al Kent RIP
Discogs also posted his passing. Besides his great singles, as Al Hamilton he wrote many classic tunes- "Hungry For Love", "Real Humdinger", "Headline News" , "Stop Her On Sight", "You're My Mellow" and many 45's for the Fantastic Four. R.I.P. Al !!
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Terri Bryant
Sussex Productions was formed in 1966 according to this article from the November 12th issue of Billboard-
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Terri Bryant
Both of Terri's 45's were released in 1967. "Geni"/ "When I'm In Your Arms" was reviewed by Cashbox in their April 22 issue. "When..." was a Best Bet and "Geni" received a B+ rating. "Straighten Up and Fly Right" was another Best Bet and was reviewed in the October 7, 1967 issue.
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Jimmie Bo Horne
The song was used in season 2 of "Mad Men" -
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Tom & Jerrio
- The Carstairs Repros