LOCO TIME OLDIES - FOOLISH TOMORROW VOL. 1

Here's a short & sweet......and when I say sweet I mean very sweet....comp put together by myself and three of the TVD veteranos.....SCAVENJAH, SOLOE & MELLO. With a lineup like that there isn't really any explanation needed about the quality of this CD. Download this bad boy, get in that kick back mode, pop a cold one and get ready to float in the clouds.....flying high has never been so sweet.

An extra big thanks goes out to DJ SCAVENJAH for taking the time to organize, edit, tag and upload the link.

After experiencing this special piece of underworld soul history if you feel the love....give us a little bit of love back in the comment section.

G MAN

Here’s some reconnaissance material:

Johnny Neel and the Shapes of Soul
Born and Raised in Wilmington, Delaware, Johnny Neel cut his first single at the age of twelve, as Johnny Neel and The Shapes Of Soul.

Johnny Neel was born June 11, 1954 and became blind shortly after his birth. His first band was "Johnny Neel and the Shapes of Soul," with whom he cut a single at the age of 12. He later formed a band with his two brothers called "Internal Calm." He attended St. Mark's High School in Wilmington, Delaware.

Johnny is an accomplished songwriter whose tunes have been recorded by the likes of the Allman Brothers, Joe Louis Walker, John Mayall, Irma Thomas, Ann Peebles, Marie Osmond, the Oak Ridge Boys and Travis Tritt.

The Four Mints
The Four Mints (also known simply as the Mints) were a true oddity, a respected white vocal group in the midst of the early rock & roll era, capable of doing convincing R&B. James Wilson (lead), Gene Warr (first tenor), Aubie McSwain (second tenor), and Al Warr (bass) had known each other since childhood and sung together for years, throughout the '40s. Their main influence was gospel music, and they'd sung in churches for most of their lives. They quartet had sung locally around Center, TX, mostly at local events and church functions.

They took on the name the Four Mints and crossed over into popular music and R&B in 1954-1955. They'd always listened to the black R&B vocal groups of the period and proved good -- even inspired -- students: unlike, say, the Crew Cuts, the Four Mints didn't "bleach" out the sounds that they learned to create, but kept them intact even as they made them their own. They were, in many respects, the group equivalent of the phenomenon that Sam Phillips claims to have been searching for, a white man who could sing black music.

Little Joe & The Latinaires
Little Joe & La Familia has been one of the most popular Tex-Mex bands in the music industry. Little Joe has been entertaining for more than 40 years and has been described as the "KING OF THE BROWN SOUND". He has also helped pioneer "Tejano" music, a mix of traditional "norteño", country, blues and rock styles.

Jose Maria DeLeon Hernandez, "Little Joe", was born to Salvador "La Cotorra" Hernandez and Amelia DeLeon Hernandez in a three-wall dirt floor garage in Temple, Texas on a cold stormy night on October 17,1940. He was the 7th child of 13.

When Joe was 13, his cousin, David Coronado, recruited him for guitar, Cino Moreno on drums and Tony Matamoros on saxophone to join his band "David Coronado & The Latinaires".

At age 15 he had his first performance in Cameron, Texas for $5.00 at a high school Sock Hop. He was so excited, he realized that picking guitars beat cotton picking - and he could actually get paid for it!

He made his recording debut in 1958 on Terro Records in Corpus Christi, Texas, as a guitarist on an instrumental single "Safari part 1 and 2" composed by the members of the Latinaires. A year later, Jesse, Joe's young brother who was a bassist, singer and songwriter joined the band. Since David Coronado was leaving, Joe took over the band renaming it "Little Joe & The Latinaires".

Dianne and Carole with the Latin Whatchamacallits
Dianne and Carole with the Latin Whatchamacallits’ Feeling The Pain. One of the very few female-lead New York Latin albums of that era, the LP itself offered no details of who Dianne and Carole were (not even their last names) nor who played on it. Marin is credited for some of the songwriting but even he doesn’t remember working on it or who else may have. Subsequent interviews with other Speed artists yielded no other details either. Given that the LP cover was a close-up of an eyeball (the first three Speed LPs were all fairly abstract in their cover art), we don’t know what they looked like. Regardless, “The Fuzz” off that LP has become its best known single; a slinky Latin soul number with vibrant organ and horns.

Gigi and the Charmaines
Gigi and the Charmaines’ brief and only Billboard chart appearance at #117 in 1961 doesn’t reflect the trio’s great solo work on six different labels, nor does it take into account their work backing Lonnie Mack (the CD includes his Baby What’s Wrong, Oh I Apologize and Say Something Nice To Me) or their singing behind artists that included Little Willie John, James Brown, Bobby Freeman, Conway Twitty, Gary U.S. Bonds and Hawkshaw Hawkins at the King Records’ studio. These acheivements made them Cincinnati’s top girl group. Gigi Griffin, nee Marian Jackson, the Charmaines lead singer, helps to tell the story of the group in Mick Patrick’s informative sleevenotes. How, for instance, they won a recording contract with Fraternity Records on a local televised talent show. The CD includes the group’s debut 1960 Fraternity 45 from late 1960 Rockin’ Old Man backed with If You Were Mine, for which Gigi wrote the lyrics. More 45s, including What Kind Of Girl (Do You Think I Am), which topped a rival version from Erma Franklin in the summer of 1961, followed and they worked on local dance party shows “...just like Bandstand, but local” including the one hosted by Nick Clooney ‘that’s George Clooney’s dad!’ Gigi said.

Sag War Fare
Sag War Fare is a really mysterious vocal harmony group from Orlando in the early ’70s. This song is almost bordering on being a ballad. It’s something you snap your fingers and sway a little bit to. But the vocal is just so amazing. It really carries you through, captivating you from beginning to end.


G Man
1. BESIDE YOU...ANN FLEMMING
2. THANKS FOR YESTERDAY...EDDIE & ERNIE
3. YOU'VE GOT TO HOLD ME...JOHNNY NEEL & THE SHAPES OF SOUL
4. CAN'T GET STRUNG OUT...THE FOUR MINTS

EastSider
5. CRAZY BABY...LITTLE JOE & THE LATINAIRES
6. ONE DOZEN ROSES...THE LOVE COMMITTEE
7. IS THIS THE WAY TO TREAT A GIRL (YOU BET IT IS)...THE HESITATIONS
8. LAMP SIDE 2...WORDS OF WISDOM

ScavenJah
9. DON'T WAIT UNTIL TOMORROW...CICERO BLAKE
10. FEELIN' THE PAIN...DIANNE & CAROLE
11. IF YOU EVER...GIGI & THE CHARMAINES
12. YOU SAY...SPECIAL DELIVERY

Mello
13. DON'T BE SO JIVE...SAG WAR FARE
14. IF I SHOULD LOSE YOU...JAY & THE TECHNIQUES
15. SAD SAD FEELING...THE AUTOGRAPHS
16. THE WIND...THE JESTERS




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POSTED BY G MAN & ScavenJah