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Chicago record question

funky16cornersfunky16corners 7,175 Posts
edited April 2009 in Strut Central
I just picked up a nice 45, 'When You Say You're Mine' by Victor Johnson on the Love label. I'm assuming it's a Chicago side since it was arranged by Richard Evans and written by Ken Chaney (pianist with Young-Holt).Anyone here have any idea about the date, any other records on the label?Any help would be appreciated.F16

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  • pickwick33pickwick33 8,946 Posts
    I'm guessing 1972-73 (sorry for being vague).

    There is a review of this single in an issue of Blues Unlimited (a now-defunct UK magazine) from that era.

    Is the other side titled something like "After Dark In The Ghetto"?
  • funky16cornersfunky16corners 7,175 Posts
    I'm guessing 1972-73 (sorry for being vague).

    There is a review of this single in an issue of Blues Unlimited (a now-defunct UK magazine) from that era.

    Is the other side titled something like "After Dark In The Ghetto"?

    That's the one, and 'After Dark..' is definitely on the bluesy side. The A-side is kind of a jazzy soul vocal.
  • pickwick33pickwick33 8,946 Posts
    I'm guessing 1972-73 (sorry for being vague).

    There is a review of this single in an issue of Blues Unlimited (a now-defunct UK magazine) from that era.

    Is the other side titled something like "After Dark In The Ghetto"?

    That's the one, and 'After Dark..' is definitely on the bluesy side. The A-side is kind of a jazzy soul vocal.

    Yeah, I've heard that single...both sides, IIRC, are definitely on the Arthur Prysock soul-jazz tip. "After Dark" was actually the A-side...according to a PR guy I know who was living in Chicago back then, it was something of a local hit.
  • funky16cornersfunky16corners 7,175 Posts
    I'm guessing 1972-73 (sorry for being vague).

    There is a review of this single in an issue of Blues Unlimited (a now-defunct UK magazine) from that era.

    Is the other side titled something like "After Dark In The Ghetto"?

    That's the one, and 'After Dark..' is definitely on the bluesy side. The A-side is kind of a jazzy soul vocal.

    Yeah, I've heard that single...both sides, IIRC, are definitely on the Arthur Prysock soul-jazz tip. "After Dark" was actually the A-side...according to a PR guy I know who was living in Chicago back then, it was something of a local hit.

    I was wondering if Johnson was hooked up with a bigger label and it somehow fell through, explaining the involvement of Evans (I've never seen his name on an indie single before).
  • chrischris 287 Posts
    I'm guessing 1972-73 (sorry for being vague).

    There is a review of this single in an issue of Blues Unlimited (a now-defunct UK magazine) from that era.

    Is the other side titled something like "After Dark In The Ghetto"?

    That's the one, and 'After Dark..' is definitely on the bluesy side. The A-side is kind of a jazzy soul vocal.

    Yeah, I've heard that single...both sides, IIRC, are definitely on the Arthur Prysock soul-jazz tip. "After Dark" was actually the A-side...according to a PR guy I know who was living in Chicago back then, it was something of a local hit.

    I was wondering if Johnson was hooked up with a bigger label and it somehow fell through, explaining the involvement of Evans (I've never seen his name on an indie single before).

    richard evans produced a handful of other local independent releases around that time such as the sounds of black 45 on lakeside, joyce williams "the first thing i do in the morning", t.l. barrett "like a ship" lp, etc.
  • HorseleechHorseleech 3,830 Posts
    He was on some of the earliest Sun Ra releases, which were pretty independent (not 45s, though).
  • willie_fugalwillie_fugal 1,862 Posts
    pickwick - some serious

    well done sir.
  • funky16cornersfunky16corners 7,175 Posts
    I'm guessing 1972-73 (sorry for being vague).

    There is a review of this single in an issue of Blues Unlimited (a now-defunct UK magazine) from that era.

    Is the other side titled something like "After Dark In The Ghetto"?

    That's the one, and 'After Dark..' is definitely on the bluesy side. The A-side is kind of a jazzy soul vocal.

    Yeah, I've heard that single...both sides, IIRC, are definitely on the Arthur Prysock soul-jazz tip. "After Dark" was actually the A-side...according to a PR guy I know who was living in Chicago back then, it was something of a local hit.

    I was wondering if Johnson was hooked up with a bigger label and it somehow fell through, explaining the involvement of Evans (I've never seen his name on an indie single before).

    richard evans produced a handful of other local independent releases around that time such as the sounds of black 45 on lakeside, joyce williams "the first thing i do in the morning", t.l. barrett "like a ship" lp, etc.

    I'm going to have to look for those.
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