By phillysoulman (152.163.195.203 - 152.163.195.203) on Monday, December 17, 2001 - 09:45 pm:

MY NAME IS BOBBY ELI AND I AM A PRODUCER, SONGWRITER GUITARIST AND ARRANGER FROM PHILLY AND I HAVE BEEN SO FOR AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER.
I AM AN AVID DETROITOPHILE AND IN HAVE BEEN IN THE MUSICAL COMPANY OF MANY TOP-FLIGHT DETROIT MUSICIANS INCLUDING BOB BABBIT, ANDREW SMITH, GEORGE MCGREGOR, EDDIE WILLIS,MIKE TERRY. TIKI FULLWOOD, EDDIE HAZEL JUST TO NAME A FEW.
I HAD RECORDED IN DETROIT SEVERAL TIMES AT TERA SHIRMA AND I HAVE FOND MEMORIES OF BEING THERE.
BABBIT AND SMITH HAVE ALSO INEGRATED WELL WITH OUR PHILL GUYS IN PHILLY ON SOME CLASSIC SESSIONS INCLUDING SALBOMS BY THE SPINNERS, THE OJAYS ELTON JOHN AND MANY MORE.
I HAVE ALSO BEEN A COLLECTOR OF DETROIT MUSIC SINCE I WAS VERY YOUNG.
I THOROUGHLY ENJOY SOULFUL DETROIT AND LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING MORE CHAPTERS.

THANKS, BOBBY ELI PHILADELPHIA

By Ralph Terrana (209.240.222.130 - 209.240.222.130) on Monday, December 17, 2001 - 10:21 pm:

Bobby,
You evoke so may good memories with your words.
Ralph

By david, glasgow, scotland (62.252.128.4 - 62.252.128.4) on Monday, December 17, 2001 - 10:45 pm:

mike terry is one of the unsung heroes of sixties detroit.

i met george mcgregor in september and we had a great afternoon reminiscing about golden world et al.

we have a pic of babbit in tera shirma.

stay tuned.

By acooolcat (211.72.121.66 - 211.72.121.66) on Tuesday, December 18, 2001 - 07:45 am:

Hi Bob, and a warm welcome.
I think Mike Terry also went down to Philly to do some sessions - can you remember him being in town?
Who were you working for when you came up to Detroit? And was this in the 1960s or 70s?
Graham

By phillysoulman (64.12.102.159 - 64.12.102.159) on Tuesday, December 18, 2001 - 06:04 pm:

GRAHAM,

THE SESSIONS WERE FOR MIKE TERRY.
HE WAS DOING AN INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM OF MOTOWN COVERS FOR COLUMBIA. I HAVE NEVER SEEN A COPY OF IT HAVE YOU?
HE IN FACT DID COME DOWN TO PHILLY BUT I FORGET WITH WHOM.
AN EX WIFE OF HIS , MIKI FARROW RESIDES IN PHILLY.

BOBBY ELI

By Davie Gordon (213.251.162.249 - 213.251.162.249) on Thursday, December 20, 2001 - 06:21 pm:

Hi Bobby,

I think I've got a lead on that instrumental album. I had no luck checking my listings of
Columbia albums so I tried Columbia subsidiaries
and came across this one on Okeh.

DETROIT CITY LIMITS "Ninety Eight Cents Plus Tax"
(Okeh OKS14128) released in early '68.

There was a single extracted from the album
"Ninety Eight Cents Plus Tax" / "Honey Chile".
The a-side, the title track of the album would appear to be an original, the B-side is obviously
a version of the Martha and the Vandellas hit.

Does this ring any bells ?

I've never seen the album and have as yet been unable to trace a complete track listing but it
looks as if this is the album you worked on with Mike Terry as Mike has a few credits on Okeh.

Davie Gordon

By phillysoulman (64.12.102.51 - 64.12.102.51) on Thursday, December 20, 2001 - 08:34 pm:

I DONT THINK THATS THE ONE. IT WAS ON COLUMBIA PROPER.
I THINK THEY RELEASED AINT NOTHING LIKE THE REAL THING AS A SINGLE.I USED TO HAVE A REVIEW OF IT THAT APPEARED IN BILLBOARD BUT I CANT SEEM TO FIND IT BUT I WILL KEEP ON SEARCHING.


BOBBY ELI