By Davie Gordon (193.122.21.26) on Tuesday, October 15, 2002 - 09:34 am:

Here's what info. I have on the Spindles

ABC 10802 THE SPINDLES (04/66)
TO MAKE YOU MINE (Robert Dobyne,Charles Jones)
AND THE BAND PLAYED ON
(Dennis Lambert,Larry Kusik,Eddie Lambert)
prod. Dennis Lambert

[there's an earlier version of "To Make You Mine"
on Kama Sutra 207 (2/66) by Robert Dobyne who'd been the original lead singer of the Artistics.
Robert's version was produced by his co-writer
Charles Jones)

ABC 10850 THE SPINDLES (08/66)
TEN SHADES OF BLUE (Dennis Lambert, Lou Courtney)
NO ONE LOVES YOU THE WAY I DO ( )
prod. Dennis Lambert

If anyone has the second 45 would you please
fill in the missing writer credit

The group were from Florida according to Jeff
Lemlich's "Savage Lost" history of Florida music.

By mike B (195.92.67.67) on Thursday, October 17, 2002 - 02:51 pm:

the credit is N Wilson

hope this helps!

By mike B (195.92.67.67) on Thursday, October 17, 2002 - 02:55 pm:

Oops should have been W Wilson - I need glasses!

By Davie Gordon (193.122.21.26) on Friday, October 18, 2002 - 09:07 am:

Mike - thanks for the missing writer credit.

By recordboyusa (67.34.73.196) on Saturday, October 19, 2002 - 10:35 pm:

The information I've been given is the group was from Jacksonville, Florida, and somehow got involved with Don Costa Productions. As such, they recorded for ABC-Paramount with producer Dennis Lambert, who also worked with The Reflections on the label. Lambert later teamed with Brian Potter on the Four Tops' "Keeper Of The Castle" LP and Dusty Springfield's "Cameo" (both on the ABC-distributed Dunhill label). They (Lambert/Potter) later operated the Haven label (Gene Redding, Evie Sands, etc.) and had lots of hits later at Capitol -- from "Rhinestone Cowboy" to Natalie Cole.

BTW, Robert Dobyne's original "To Make You Mine" is a very different arrangement than that used by the Spindles. It was the flip of "Can't Get Along Without You", which Maxine Brown later recorded.

Jeff Lemlich
http://www.limestonerecords.com