By Chancellor of Soul (63.78.189.114) on Wednesday, February 19, 2003 - 03:52 pm:

On the subject of Philly, here's my favorite
Gamble label cuts:

1)United Pt 1&2- The Music Makers
2)Spring Fever 1&2- The Music Makers
3)Love Is Like A Baseball Game b/w Friends No
More- The Intruders
4)Cowboys To Girls - The Intruders
5)United - The Intruders (also on the Excel label)
6)Slow Drag- The Intruders
7)Don't Rush Me - The Baby Dolls
8)Ain't No Reason For Girls To Be Lonely -Bobby
Marchan
9)O-Wow- The Panic Button
10)Up And Down The Ladder- The Intruders
11) A Love That's Real b/w Baby I'm So Lonely-
The Intruders
12)Angel With A Devil Smile- The Intruders
13)I'm Girl Scoutin'- The Intruders
14)Girls Girls Girls -The Intruders
15)I Need You So - The Cruisers
16)Win, Place Or Show ( She's A Winner)- The
Intruders
17)Love's Pain So Deep- Frankie Beverly & The
Butlers

What your favorite Gamble cuts SDer's ??

Peace,
Mike Boone
(Chancellor of Soul)

By MEL&THEN SOME (195.219.7.57) on Wednesday, February 19, 2003 - 03:57 pm:

Apart from up and down the ladder,
(you better )check yourself by the Intruders and alsoDee Dee Sharp and What kind of lady.
mel.

By KevGo (64.115.26.80) on Wednesday, February 19, 2003 - 03:59 pm:

Damn, Mike! Couldn't you include this on the PIR list!
Oh, well...."Cowboys To Girls" & "Together" by the Intruders.

Kevin Goins - KevGo

By Chancellor of Soul (63.78.189.114) on Wednesday, February 19, 2003 - 04:01 pm:

Sorry Kev, lol

By Scratcher (65.134.147.135) on Wednesday, February 19, 2003 - 07:05 pm:

Chancellor, your listing of Intruders' cuts among your other Gamble Records' favorites reminded me of how inadequate the greatest or best of CDs featuring them are. There really isn't a good comprehensive CD of Intruders' recordings on the market.

By Soulpuss (24.102.217.36) on Wednesday, February 19, 2003 - 07:22 pm:

Butlers - She's gone
Intruders - I bet he don't love you

By dvdmike (12.84.102.4) on Wednesday, February 19, 2003 - 08:29 pm:

Most of the Intruders stuff
Dee Dee Sharp - "What Kind Of Lady"
Billy Paul - "Bluesette"

By Soulpuss (24.102.217.36) on Thursday, February 20, 2003 - 12:21 am:

Futures - Love is here

By Mark Speck (64.158.96.81) on Thursday, February 20, 2003 - 12:47 am:

Flip over "Love, Your Pain Grows Deep" and dig on "If That's What You Wanted"--great Northern soul!

Best,

Mark

By MEL&THEN SOME (195.219.7.50) on Thursday, February 20, 2003 - 01:02 am:

Hey Mark,
not the Frank Beverley number?
mel.

By MEL&THEN SOME (195.219.7.50) on Thursday, February 20, 2003 - 01:04 am:

GOTCHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By MEL&THEN SOME (195.219.7.50) on Thursday, February 20, 2003 - 01:10 am:

Mark,
I'LL take one on the Sassy Label or Gamble I am not fussy.
I was a bit slow of the mark there as it is 6.ooam here.
Ah well,
great ,great record,seen for around the 200 mark on Gamble these days and a ton on Sassy.
My eyes are just about focusing,
later.
mel.

By Eli (151.197.38.107) on Thursday, February 20, 2003 - 01:25 am:

I once produced a song on The Intruders called "Save Your Love For Me"
As far as I know it was never issued in the US.
If anyone knows of it outside of the U.S. please let me know.
It is an Eli/Barrett composition.

By skip (209.69.165.10) on Thursday, February 20, 2003 - 09:42 am:

My favorite was Pray for me by The Intruders. Skip

By Mark Speck (65.56.218.171) on Friday, February 21, 2003 - 12:38 am:

Hey Mel, what do you think of the Boss Man record on Gamble, "You're Taking Too Long"?

Best,

Mark

By MEL&THEN SOME (195.219.7.69) on Friday, February 21, 2003 - 12:45 am:

Mark,
Cant say I know it off hand,
any more details mate.
mel.

By MEL&THEN SOME (195.219.7.31) on Friday, February 21, 2003 - 10:16 am:

Mark,
do you mean
Boss Man on Gamble(no.222?I think)
called
You're taking too long or the flip
When I hads money.

If so, I am looking for it on tape,I know that one above but has been a while since I last played it.
If I can dig it out,I will play it and let you know.
mel.

By Davie Gordon (193.122.21.42) on Friday, February 21, 2003 - 02:53 pm:

Bobby,

Can you give me a year for that Intruders track ?

Offhand I can't think of anything released in the
UK that didn't get a US release - in fact until
about '73 hardly anything by the group managed to get a UK release, "United", "Slow Drag", "Cowboys
To Girls" .. that was about it until Columbia took
over distribution of Gamble.


Davie

By Mark Speck (65.56.4.85) on Saturday, February 22, 2003 - 03:00 am:

Don't worry about looking for it, Mel. I have the record, just wondered what you thought of it.

Best,

Mark

By Ritchie (62.254.0.8) on Saturday, February 22, 2003 - 05:39 am:

Any info on this early Gamble oddity...?

"Do You" - The Knights & Arthur

By The Gambler. (195.219.7.71) on Saturday, February 22, 2003 - 09:21 am:

The Knights and Arthur-doyou/so sweet so fine-Gamble(202)a long time since I heard that one Ritchie.
I think it got a couple of spins somewhere along the soul scene,briefly.
They also cut a Ballad on the Landa Label and another semi/northern track on the Roulette Label.
The rambler from Gamble(r).

By Mark Speck (65.56.219.164) on Saturday, February 22, 2003 - 09:39 pm:

Are the Knights and Arthur the same guys as Prince Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table that did "Walkin' Uptown" for ABC-Paramount?

Best,

Mark

By recordboyusa (67.34.73.196) on Saturday, February 22, 2003 - 11:26 pm:

The good ones have already been chosen!

"What Kind Of Lady" is one of my favorite records, period. A masterpiece!

I'm also quite partial to "You're Taking Too Long" by the Boss Man -- what a fantastic intro!

The Intruders had so many good ones, but my favorite is a slow dancing/smooching song: "I like to be close to the one I love, so I slow drag"! They also had a bizarro lyric in "give her a transplant, take my heart and put it in her body"...

Jeff Lemlich
http://www.limestonerecords.com

By Greg C. (209.71.79.180) on Sunday, March 02, 2003 - 10:43 pm:

Stay With Me by The Futures.

That song will remain with me till the day I die! To make a long story short I recall a very painful breakup in the wintertime and playing that 45 over and over, while looking out at the snowfall after I put someone out.

Funny how some songs become time capsules...

By Randy Russi (169.139.180.100) on Monday, March 03, 2003 - 02:14 pm:

What Kind Of Lady by Dee Dee Sharp
The Bottle Or Me by Dee Dee Sharp

NOTE: The LP GAMBLE ALL STARS had an extended
version of What Kind Of Lady, which was much
better than the actual 45 release.

By Eli (151.197.39.147) on Monday, March 03, 2003 - 04:41 pm:

The Knights and Arthur wa a pseudonym for clothier Ben Krass who originally financed Gamble and was a favor record for Ben who dabbled at singing.