MILLIE JACKSON Hurts so good/Love doctor (Spring Records 1973)
Seventh single for Millie, and sixth for Spring Records, this A side Hurt so good is taken from the Cleopatra Jones soundtrack, and it's a great but vicious (so, so funky !) ballad. Millie knows how to make understand what she's thinking about... and it's gooood!
The album It Hurts so good has just been reissued some months ago with bonus, so let have a trip on dustygroove or elsewhere to buy it.
THE DYNAMIC 7 Squeeze mepart 1 & 2 (Monument 680018. French ed. 1967 ? 68 ?)
Again a rarity. No infos on this great funkgroovers in 2 parts, except these lines :
"A division of Nashville’s Monument label, Sound Stage 7 was managed by the late John Richbourg, who was also a popular disc jockey on WLAC, the Nashville radio station that brought Rhythm and Blues to the masses during the ‘50s. If he thought they had potential, Richbourg would often pick up masters from smaller labels and independent producers. This locally-recorded, horn-fed jam was just such a recording and the fact that it’s still pretty easy to pick up is evidence that it sold in good numbers. Originally in two parts, this is the uncut mix. " (from Superfly Soul: Return Of The Hustlers /Subtitle : Super-Bad Ghetto Funk From Across The Tracks ) (Various Artists, double CD Cat. No.: METRDCD527)
BONNIE & CLYDE ( I Get A Feeling / I Want A Boyfriend (Girlfriend) – 1963 In-Sound 405 /Stateside FSS 606)
No large info on this cool 45's on Stateside, except that I buyed it some 10 years ago at a friend, because of its great soul vocals. More, the title "I get a feeling" and its sentence "I get a feeling when we are dancing" is an hymne to the soul spirit.
The female vocal arriving in a second time is incredible... and I stayed so long asking myself whose it was. Yeaaah thanks to Internet and Soulfulkindamusic, I have now the answer and what an answer it is.
This single issued on the Stateside label of EMI in 1963 was from the original US "In sound" label apparently and the identity of his singers is given (in some way) by the credits : Robert D. Jackson.
Bonnie & Clyde are in fact : Brenda Holloway & Robert Jackson (Brother Of Gloria Jones). So it's one of the singles Brenda released before 1964... before signing to Motown. cqfd
Pretty rare you said ? yes it is. And it's so good.
4 tracks from Rocky Roberts and the Airedales (LP) (DURIUM MS A 77155 , 1966 ITA)
(Got a thing going single picture cover) Listen to Got a thing going
4 tracks from Rocky Roberts and the Airedales : A sabato sera (LP) (DURIUM MS A 77163, 1967 ITA)
(Stasera mi butto single picture cover)
Strange kind of person, this Rocky. First time I've heard of him was on the French Disco revue 60's mag (the specimen). I told myself : "Waouh ! it looks and sounds cool'". But I soon realised it was hard to get an ear on his stuff. Rocky Roberts and his airedales is the kind of band who made a big part of its career in Italia, and that's the reason why we saw him often in Paris at that time. He made a lot of records, all collectors now, but not all the stuff are must have.. I had the chance to put my hands on some of them, (Thanks Claude) so I decided to share the best of this good northern soul stuff here. Enjoy right now !
This US R&B band arrived in Italia following the incredible success of their T-Bird single (a cover) which became the jingle of the Bandiera gialla radio broadcast. Rocky Roberts became a casual of this and he soon assumed good shows on TV and on records proposing a famous italian Rn'blues style with "Stasera mi butto" and "Sono tremendo". The other famous men of the Airedales were Doug Fowkles (the founder), and Wess Johnson, the bassist, who remplaced Rocky on vocals first, presenting songs in italian in a second period. (from italian Musicamemoria site.)
The superb complete discographic page about Rocky Roberts & The Airedales (1st release by Doug Fowlkes & the Airedales on VIS Radio Records (ITA) in 1960/1st release by Doug Fowlkes & the Airedales with "Rocker" Roberts on Barclay Records in 1962.), is on : Wang dang dula.
Listen to Can't ask no more :
Listen to Buzz buzz buzz :
Listen to Just because of you :
Download the full patch (best 8 tracks from the two albums) : Come see about me 2:44 Tell me 2:53 Too much 1:41 Buzz buzz buzz 2:17 Stasera mi butto 2:05 Got a thing going 2:17 Just because of you 1:55 Can't ask no more 2:16
JAY and The TECHNIQUES Here we go again B side of Keep the ball rollin'(Philips 320268 BF) Belgium 1967.
This copy is the Belgian pressing, showing just a piece of vinyl placed in a thin folded paper. No back cover. The A side is an entertaining soul variety track, but with no real impact, while the B side is a real good northern soul winner, ok for the dancing. Good rhythm, good voice, even if at the limit; cool chorus, and a groovy organ. Sometime as a french guy I'm telling myself Laurent Bauer from the late Bogeymen should have cover this one.
Some biographical lines bout Jay (always touring) on theRick Levy site.
