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Another one where both sides are justified for inclusion, another one in which very little is known about the band!
"Trypt On Love" (actually the b-side) has been a HUGE favorite on the northern soul scene since the 70's, but a search for info about the band yielded nothing. What a great song it is, although it was probably written as a psychedelic exploitation track.
The actual "a" side is a very excellent cover of the Sly & The Family Stone hit.
As usual, if you have any more info, PLEASE let me know!
Sounding very similar to "Quicksand" and "Heat Wave" by Motown Martha but just different enough to be unique, this is another great one from obscure singer Tina Britt (last heard from on this blog months ago with "Who Was That".)
Tina is another artists who, although she recorded more than a few records and was also in with producer Juggy Murray, remains a mysterious enigma.
Much has been written about how the High Numbers (the earliest incarnation of the Who) pilfered this song to become the b side of their debut single ("Zoot Suit").
Anyway, this is a great stomper (almost a garage record but with way better singing and musicianship than most garage records).
A very mysterious record that no one seems to know anything about; produced by the legendary Chicago DJ/ producer Bill 'Bunky" Sheppard, this seems to be the only release from this group.
This is actually the b-side of the record (the "a" side is an OK girl group number called "New Guy", but in my humble opinion this is the winning side)
...but you won't if you keep collecting records, hahahahaha.
Can't find much info about this band, other than that they were from Cleveland, OH but this is such a cool burning track and I just love it.
I have also been waiting to feature this one as it's the appropriate time to show a Gemini label (of which I am one) so here's a shout out to all the fellow Gemini's in the house. Beautiful label, isn't it?
Little Richard cut some great sides in the period after he went lighter on religion and went back to the devil's music (including the great deep soul cut "I Don't Know What You've Got'...which features Hendrix on guitar) but it took Larry Williams as producer to get some of that old fire out of the Georgia Peach once again.
This cut 45 is one of the many great cuts from 1967's "The Explosive Little Richard" which, as my friend Major Sean once said "You can just put it on when you're DJ'ing and walk away." Practically every cut is a great dancer, but Okeh records chose wisely when they issued this one as the single. Super hot stuff.
This song has been butchered by far too many lame bands, but hearing the original again reminds me about how this is one of the all time most killingest jams there is.
Willie Dixon's lyrics are practically a novel, but how many writers can be THAT quick with developing characters?
Ko Ko's vocal performance is top notch to say the least.
Sometimes it's all about crazy determination when it comes to hunting down these 45 RPM gems.
This is a record that's been escaping me for some time. It's so GOOD that it really bugged me that I kept getting outbid by pennies the few times a year that it came up for sale. The last copy was up on ebay in January and the auction ended at the moment I was about to head in to band practice; luckily, I just got web access on my phone so I was able to log into ebay and bid. Alas, outbid by a mere 5 cents.
Imagine my excitement recently when I won this copy, and for a fraction of what it usually goes for (perhaps because the seller listed the still great but less desirable side????). In opening the box, my heart sunk when I saw that there is a massive edge warp that made the record unplayable. I won't get into the saga of jerk-ness that the seller exhibited, but I will say that I was DETERMINED to make this record play.
Previous attempts with low heat in an oven with a record between two pieces of glass resulted in a melted, shrunken 45 (luckily nothing too valuable) so I wasn't gonna do that again. So I spent my day on Sunday thinking about heat sources. A Hair dryer! Worried I was gonna crack it , I fired up the hair dryer and heated the outer edge til it was flexible, then held the edge down TIGHT. I let it cool, threw it on the turntable and while there is still a lift, the beauty PLAYS!
Oh yeah, about the record...
The Bobbettes of course had a huge hit in 1957 with the infectious "Mr. Lee" while they were between 11-15 years old, sprouting out of a NYC glee club. They toiled for years, released more records and toured incessantly. This release finds them pairing two STOMPERS and it should have been massive. Perhaps it was too intense for 1966...
