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  Soulaholic (soulaholic) 6-Zenith Username: soulaholic Post Number: 467 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 68.43.212.143 |
Hello All Matrix Heads: Here are a few of the goodies I scooped while in Chicago this week. Love the Chi-Town. Lived there for about a dozen years. Great town, great people, great food and Truly Great Music, Muscians & Vocal Artist. Always a pleaseure looking for Chi-Town type of Tunes!! The Tenth Dymentions - The Bushman / My Love For You Is Growing Wild on SAPPHIRE Records This copy is Immaculate: Great Funk Groove from Chicago  Mod Singers and The Joneses  Sons of Slum - B-side The Man very 70's  Great Sound to this choon, very Northern 60's feel  Don't know much about this tune sounds, I love the sax and the break in it!  Solid 70's funky grove - the lables are on the wrong side of the disk on this 45 press!!  Monster version this tune rips it up!!!  Always liked Juggy Nice groove on this tune  This is a tune I have had on the plain browny/gold looking lable (I believe it is the British version), Have looked for years to find the Toucan lable version and never found it, it just kept eluding me, until I looked back in a pile I had already gone through and did not see it the first time. There he was smiling at me. Great early dance tune.  Once again Tom Tom doing hi stuff  60's feeling inst. with a serious groove  A house paaaaarrrttttyyyy 4 sure turn on the red light next!! ;)  Always looking for Philly!!!!  I got this recently and just did not have time to post a pic, very glad to own this little GEM  Well all but the Tom Storm / Peps I picked up in Chi-Town. Also got a few other but thats enuff for now. | ||
Robb_K (robb_k) 6-Zenith Username: robb_k Post Number: 607 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 66.81.192.190 |
The Tom Storm & Peps, and Patti Drew on Quill are '60s records, as far as I know. Isn't that Trans American record from the late '60s? | ||
Soulaholic (soulaholic) 6-Zenith Username: soulaholic Post Number: 471 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 68.43.212.143 |
Hey Robb K: Yes the Patti & Tom are 60's tunes, but the Soul Walk smacks of a 70's sound. Do you know any of the history of any of these groups? | ||
Robb_K (robb_k) 6-Zenith Username: robb_k Post Number: 611 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 66.81.23.62 |
The Emanons were a Philly group, who were around (in one form or another) since the end of the '50s (I believe-or at least the beginning od the '60s). Maybe Weldon or Bobby E. can fill us in on their history and group members. I assume that their lineup changed a lot, and the late '60s-early '70s lineup was different from their early one. I believe Tom Storm of The Peps was lead singer Ronnie Abner. The other group members were listed in a previous SD thread, but I can't remember which title. Joe Harris, of Little Joe & Moroccos was their founder. I believe that Clarence Hearndon was also a member. They were all local Detroiters, as far as I know. After recording for Don Davis at Thelma/GeGe, they recorded for Mike Hanks at D-Town, and later on, Premium Stuff. Of course, I assume you know that Juggy Murray was the owner and president of Sue Records. I don't know anything about his '70s work. Interesting that his cuts on the record above were arranged by Jimmy Roach. All the other records above are from the '70s, and so, out of my areas of interest and knowledge. Are those Insiders the group from New York, that was formerly the Poets? The Transamerica Record was produced by Aki Aleong and recorded in L.A. Sam and The Soul Walkers' leader was Sam McWhorter. Trans American was started in 1965. I'm surprised it was still around in the '70s. I don't know that record, so I ssume it could be from the early '70s. But don't forget that the P and year dating started in 1972, so if it were released in the '70s, it would have had to be in 1970, 1971, or (perhaps)very early 1972. Despite my usual lack of interest in '70s music, those small Chicago indie records are of some interest to me. The Mod Singers on Savern Records is interesting. I don't know who the group members are, nor who Z. Sago is or Stevie-O. But Nicolet Music was Chicago DJ Richard Pegue's. I know it from his Penny and Nickel Records labels (and Janis subsidiary) from the mid '60s. So, perhaps Richard was The Mod Singers' manager or executive producer? I have the Sapphire Record, for the sweet ballad on the other side. I would have guessed it is from 1969 or 1970. I know nothing about the group, as I left Chicago in fall of 1966. I spent some time there in 1967 and 1968, but starting in 1969 or so, I know little about the obscure recordings there. This was produced by Joe Savage, who produced a fair amount of independent label productions in the late 1960s, (and the early 1970s?). I don't know who Vern Ryan was, but I assume he was one of the group members. From their name, I'm guessing they were a self-contained band, with ten members. I'm hoping Don or D.V.D. Mike will no more about the Tenth Dymentions and Mod Singers' records. | ||
Davie Gordon (davie_gordon) 5-Doyen Username: davie_gordon Post Number: 259 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 81.157.156.120 |
The Insiders on People - I don't know who they were but they're the not the Poets / Insiders - they'd already become the Main Ingredient by that time. Ebony Rhythm Funk Campaign were from Chicago - they'd an album on UNI a few years earlier. Z Sago is, I think Zano Sago - I know next to nothing about him other than seeing his name on some pretty obscure Chciago records - he was probably co-owner of the Sagport label. Freddy Scott was a Miami-based band leader who'd back up visiting acts at local clubs - his band did a fair amount of studio session work but I don't have specific details. The Equals on a brown Shout label ? - no idea - maybe a seventies reissue. The UK label was President. I take it you know that Eddy Grant of the Equals is the guy who had some huge hits in the eighties - "Electric Avenue", "Walking In Sunshine" etc. I could never figure out why "Black Skin Blue Eyed Boys" wasn't a smash - a great record. Sam and The Soul Walkers is from 1970 or 1971 - Aki Aleong fascinates me - someday I'll get round to researching his career. He's now an actor - the last time I noticed him was watching an episode of "Babylon 5" in which he played the President of Earth. Mickey and The Mice - Eddie Drennon had a big hit in the early disco era - can't quite remember the title - something like "9-8-7-6 ... Blow Your Whistle" - I'm sure you can imagine what it's like. Sons of Slum were the road band for the Emotions in the early seventies - I don't know if they made it to the "Wattstax" DVD but I'm pretty sure they're on one of the Wattstax albums. I'd like to know who Ruby of Ruby and The Party Gang is - presumably a Philly group - they'd another record on Clarence Lawton's Law-Ton label. Davie | ||
BJL (bjl) 4-Laureate Username: bjl Post Number: 72 Registered: 5-2004 Posted From: 217.205.87.151 |
Zona Sago (real name Allan Williams) was a fairly obscure Chicago drummer, arranger, producer and sometime Calypso singer. Starting in the early '50s, he recorded for Joe Brown's JOB and Abco labels, and as "The Emperor" had one record on Argo (the Chess subsidiary) in 1956. He then moved into production, producing and writing Jody Gayles' fine funk 45 "You Gotta Push" on Thomas in 1970. Sag-Port was one of his labels. |
