By david, glasgow, scotland (62.252.128.4 - 62.252.128.4) on Thursday, November 15, 2001 - 10:07 pm:

i am a keen fan of records with a vietnam theme.

a friend told me today of one he has on gordy by martha reeves. 'i should be proud' released february 1970 apparently has a northern sounding flip side in 'love, guess who'.

anybody know of this?

By John Lester (213.1.165.126 - 213.1.165.126) on Friday, November 16, 2001 - 09:34 pm:

I now the song.....fab song...

Another Detroit song.."Bring The Boys Home" Freda Payne featuring Steve Mancha

By acooolcat (211.72.121.66 - 211.72.121.66) on Saturday, November 17, 2001 - 07:25 am:

I'm A Peace Loving Man (Emanuel Laskey) has a more cryptic reference to the Vietnam war. Great song!
Graham

By Flash (12.89.73.69 - 12.89.73.69) on Sunday, November 18, 2001 - 05:52 am:

Don't forget the classic, War, best known by Edwin Starr. The original version was by the Temptations. I believe it was an album cut on the Cloud Nine album. It was so popular that fans asked that the song be released as a single. This led to the Edwin Starr version which of course was a big hit.

By John Lester (213.122.204.13 - 213.122.204.13) on Sunday, November 18, 2001 - 01:34 pm:

Not "Cloud 9" LP ....but the "Psychedelic Shack" LP

By corvax (24.17.235.97 - 24.17.235.97) on Sunday, November 18, 2001 - 11:53 pm:

and the Edwin Starr follow-up, Stop the War

By acooolcat (211.72.121.66 - 211.72.121.66) on Friday, December 14, 2001 - 02:32 am:

Another Emanuel Laskey one is "A Letter From Vietnam"
What a class act this guy was.

By Mike Theodore (24.4.252.80 - 24.4.252.80) on Thursday, January 03, 2002 - 10:30 pm:

Flip side of Patti Young Record(Head and Shoulders on Ernstrat Records) was called "The Valient Kind" and was a war era song.
Mike Theodore

By Ralph Terrana (209.240.222.130 - 209.240.222.130) on Thursday, January 03, 2002 - 11:52 pm:

Mike,
I just talked to Fred Saxon a couple of days ago about this. He claims he has the acetate to the song.

By Mike Theodore (24.4.252.64 - 24.4.252.64) on Friday, January 04, 2002 - 05:17 pm:

Ralph,
I have the record as well as most of the records of the time we did.

By Ralph Terrana (209.240.222.130 - 209.240.222.130) on Friday, January 04, 2002 - 07:03 pm:

Mike,
But Fred has an acetate! Shows you what a pack rat HE is.

By Steve S. (205.188.197.28 - 205.188.197.28) on Friday, January 04, 2002 - 11:27 pm:

Another war record by Martha Reeves - "Nowhere to Run". I wouldn't have thought this but she was quoted as saying this reflects her feelings about the young soldiers returning home with injuries.

By Carl Dixon (195.153.219.170 - 195.153.219.170) on Thursday, January 10, 2002 - 02:40 pm:

What about 'Forget me Not' by Martha and the Vandellas. Correct me if I am wrong, but the UK Tamla Motown release was edited by removing the spoken bit adjacent to the American Patrol instrumental bit - possibly.

Thanks
Carl Dixon

By John Anorak Lester (213.122.200.123 - 213.122.200.123) on Thursday, January 10, 2002 - 05:04 pm:

TMG 657B had the full version....the re-issue on TMG 762 had the edited version without the "each day I will pray...." bit

By Erik T. (64.228.108.160 - 64.228.108.160) on Friday, January 11, 2002 - 09:52 am:

I have a Monitors album with 'Uncle Sam Wants You' (side 2 track 1 if mem'ry serves, which it often doesn't!)... from 1968 I think? LP-'Greetings-We're The Monitors'.... my fave, Funkadelic's "March On The Witches' Castle" offa the Cosmic Slop lp (Westbound 1973)...

By Erik T. (64.228.108.160 - 64.228.108.160) on Friday, January 11, 2002 - 09:56 am:

Oops, forgot about 'Send Peace & Harmony Home', since I have it on the Stax 68-72 box set I forget which Stax lady sings this ballad... a French t.v. doc on Stax said this was recorded the night Martin Luther King was assassinated, then the delivery of the song sounded so much more profoundly sad.

By Ritchie (62.254.0.6 - 62.254.0.6) on Friday, January 11, 2002 - 10:04 am:

Re the Uncle Sam song - I've always wondered about this one... I know it was first cut by the Valadiers in '61, (before the US involvement in Vietnam) but mustn't it have sounded a little out-of-place in 1966, when the protest movement was just beginning? Any thoughts?

By david, glasgow, scotland (213.122.213.10 - 213.122.213.10) on Friday, January 11, 2002 - 10:52 am:

erik

the monitors album is fantastic.

i must dig out cosmic slop. i think i played it once when it was released and thought it was crazy!

i did go through a period with parliament and bootsy. thought their stuff was awesome. united sound studios too. a p-funk award still hangs on the wall.

btw i wonder if george clinton is on-line.

apparently calvin simon lives in windsor.

By ErikT.O. (64.228.108.133 - 64.228.108.133) on Saturday, January 12, 2002 - 07:11 am:

I thought Calvin Simon was with Original P these days..? (Which of course doesn't preclude his living in Windsor) Original P are worth checking out live if you get a chance. As for George Clinton on line, he had a web page under construction for what seemed like a decade, but there's an excellent fan page run by Gina Hall who is in regular contact with George (helps w/ tour co-ordinating or something like that)- she's at atomicdawg.com I think. I'm glad to see so many well informed folks and Motown insiders here, I probably said that this a.m.... if Harry W is reading this, I love the new JB at the Apollo double cd, but is that really about all the different material recorded over this 10 night stand? How about a full '72 Apollo cd with the Lynn Collins tracks? Sorry to veer off topic again/ Erik

By John L (213.122.194.49 - 213.122.194.49) on Saturday, January 12, 2002 - 10:03 am:

Eric

Tell Harry direct ..his first love is James Brown... add yahoo.com to his full name

He even got me interested!!

By acooolcat (211.78.0.219 - 211.78.0.219) on Saturday, January 12, 2002 - 05:00 pm:

What about - Soldier Go Home - by Don Hart, released on the Cool School label around 1966? I haven't heard this one.
Graham

By MEL&THEN SOME (195.219.7.44 - 195.219.7.44) on Sunday, July 07, 2002 - 01:20 pm:

KING GEORGE-SO LONG JOHNNY-RCA RECORDS.ANOTHER VIETNAM RECORD.WAS A FAIRLY BIG SOUND ONE TIME.A GOOD DANCER,NOW AROUND FOR ABOUT A TENNER.WELL WORTH IT. MEL(ANDTHENSOME)