By MEL&THEN SOME (212.159.52.148) on Sunday, June 15, 2003 - 09:55 pm:

Here is a new thread
I am aiming to keep going every so often.

Just little pieces of info regards anything to do with our music.

Sly Stewart
as we all know from his work with the family Stone etc started out before being a big name by making his first introduction to the professional world of soul music
via
The Autumn Record Label.

Where he was
involved in the production on 2 major hits for none other than
Bobby Freeman.

The hits being
S-W-I-M
and C'mon and Swim.

He also made his own recording debut for the company,
Apparantly he was heard to have said that whilst at Autumn Records in those early days
he was happy to say that they were
"the good old days".

Obviously stating years later
that he never foresaw at that time just how big a star he was to become.

The 2 cuts for bobby freeman
were Sly's first contact that he made with the successful side of the recording industry.

The rest as they say is history.

Bobby Freeman
say no more.

Mel/danced to the music)

By Diego (205.188.209.109) on Tuesday, June 17, 2003 - 12:48 am:

My earliest memory of Sly is from his days as a DJ at KSOL radio in San Francisco in the 1960s. I believe he was still in high school, and of course his show was a smash in the afternoon. "I Sly," was his signature greeting during the "dedications" portion of the show. You could tell he was something special right away. Later, I discovered he had a band, and I often caught him on weekends at a place called Litle Bo Peep's, on Third Avenue in the Bay View District. Thanks for triggering the thought.

By MEL&THEN SOME (217.14.178.78) on Tuesday, June 17, 2003 - 07:06 am:

Diego,
thanks for taking time to post
although I am not a 70s fan in general I still like a few of the things he cut.

But being a rare soul fan and especially of 4 beats to the bar uptempo music
I have his stomping
"dance to the music'
which was a huge record over here on the uk all-nighter scene.

There was also an instrumental cut of
dance to the music that was also played called
"Danse A La Musique"
on the Epic Record Label(no.10313)
(flip was called "small fries")

cheers
mel.

By Eli (151.197.185.21) on Tuesday, June 17, 2003 - 07:33 am:

I believe that Sly's show was called Sly Time.

The owner of Autumn records was Tom Donohue a former dj who at one time was with WIBG in Philly.

By KevGo (64.115.26.80) on Tuesday, June 17, 2003 - 12:14 pm:

Mel:
Also Sly produced the Beau Brummels' "Laugh Laugh" and "Just A Little" in 1965 and attempted to produce Grace Slick's early band the Great Society. He also wrote "Advice" which wound up on Billy Preston's 1965(?) album for Capitol "The Wildest Organ In Town" (rumor has it that he sang background vocals on "Advice" as well).
Kevin Goins - KevGo

By MEL&THEN SOME (217.14.178.38) on Tuesday, June 17, 2003 - 12:16 pm:

Cheers Kev.
mel.
whilst your on Kev can you tell me anything about the New York label over on small talk 2.