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Grace Jones "Well Well Well"

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Dub Riddim - The Kings of Dub

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Jah Stitch

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Bob Marley & The Wailers - The Birth Of A Legend

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Reggae Dancehall Lounge

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ROOTS REGGAE

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From Mento to Dub-The Origins of Ska and Reggae

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The Heptones

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Reggae141 - Positive Roots Reggae Radio

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HELP....

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MAN IN THE HILLS

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LUCKY DUB...Sunsplash '91

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Comment by Edie Antoinette on January 2, 2009 at 6:50pm
I put the Sunsplash over here as a discussion, with credit to JAZZ.
Comment by gmack on January 2, 2009 at 6:14pm
your's truly
Comment by Edie Antoinette on January 2, 2009 at 5:39pm
gmack!!!!! My gmack!!!!! Welcome!!!!
Comment by Edie Antoinette on January 2, 2009 at 5:26pm
Welcome GreenEyz!!!
Comment by Edie Antoinette on January 2, 2009 at 5:22pm
A Warm Island Breeze WELCOME To You All~e

Bert!!! I am so happy to see you!!!!! Whew!!! Great minds think alike my dear..I hope things do start rocking here. Lately it has been..*smiling BIG* My heart is jumping for joy to see you!!! Welcome!! ..and thanks for those kind words my friend.

Sylvia..thank you for joing dear..and thanks for the kudos on my page. I really appreciate that. Welcome!

James E. You know I am loving to see you here. Thanks for joining..I'm going to look into that Burning Spear CD..thanks for the heads up!!

K.C. You make my heart smile. WELCOME!!!

William, you're most welcome. Welcome.

Thank you and Welcome Jazz.
Comment by Bert on January 2, 2009 at 4:38pm
Edie, Edie, Edie.....you are everywhere, and with quality. I just started to put together a "Roots Rock Reggae" group on iseecolor, but may just defer from that if things start rockin over here! Hope all is well, and Happy New Year!
Comment by Sylvia Fedrick on January 2, 2009 at 4:11pm
Hi Edie, thx for the invite. Your page is beautiful!!
Comment by Saint on January 2, 2009 at 3:52pm

Has anyone heard Burning Spear's new CD?...supposed to be Old School.. Thanks for the invite Edie....Peace, Saint
Comment by Jazz on January 2, 2009 at 1:48pm
From Marley (tree lil birds...lol) Peter Tosh, Bunny Wailer & their Crew to 3RD World; Lucky Dube & the other reggae Kings n Queens ( I Tree) I have enjoyed this music for quite some time. Come join me & let me in on ur favs. Whoa Whoa Whoa Yea...Just A Reggae Ambassador
 

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Entr'acte

  1. play Norman Brown — Night Drive
  2. play Norman Brown — Feeling
  3. play Norman Brown — Still
  4. play Miles Davis — miles 1
  5. play miles 2
  6. play miles 3
  7. play miles 4
  8. play miles 5
  9. play Marvin Gaye — I Met A Little Girl
  10. play Santana — 01 Singing Winds, Crying Beasts
  11. play Santana — 02 Black Magic Woman-Gypsy Queen
  12. play Mongo — 02. Afro Blue



The history of the Butlers/Raw Soul is dense, but for all of us music nerds, that's normal. It is not totally clear what year the Butlers actually formed but they released their first single in 1963 on Liberty Records. That single was "She Tried To Kiss Me" and another single followed on Guyden entitled "Lovable Girl." After the Guyden single the Butlers took a break not recording another record until the single "Laugh, Laugh, Laugh" was released on the Phila label in 1966. The group also backed Charles Earland and Jean Wells on one Phila single ("I Know She Loves Me"). 


As you might be noticing, the Butlers were doing a fair amount of recording but not achieving much success. The group's recordings sold regionally but never had the promotion to make an impact on the national scene. After the single with Phila, the Butlers moved to the Fairmount label (part of the Cameo-Parkway family) and released a handful of singles, some being reissued singles of the past. The Butlers were with Fairmount for 1966-67 and then moved to Sassy Records. Sassy released the group's greatest single (in my opinion) "Love (Your Pain Goes Deep)" b/w "If That's What You Wanted." A copy of that 45 sold for just under $500 last summer on eBay. Even though that isn't that much in the world of record collecting--it's still a hefty sum. The Butlers released another single on Sassy ("She's Gone" b/w "Love Is Good") that appears to be even 
harder to come by then the "Love (Your Pain Goes Deep)" single.

 

The true history become a bit blurred here as the AMG biography states that the Butlers last record was released on C.R.S. in 1974 (". However, between 1971 and that single, Frankie Beverly formed a group called Raw Soul and released a number of singles. Some of the songs recorded by Beverly during this period are "While I'm Alone," "Open Up Your Heart," (both on the Gregor label) and "Color Blind." "Color Blind" was released by the Eldorado label and rerecorded by Maze. Beverly's big break came when Marvin Gaye asked Raw Soul to back him on a tour. Gaye helped Beverly/Raw Soul get a contract at Capitol. Beverly decided to take the group in a different direction, a name change occurred, and Maze was created. 

The above isn't the most complete history of Beverly but hopefully someone will know a way to get in touch with the man or his management because a comprehensive pre-Maze history needs to be done on Frankie Beverly (his real name is Howard, by the way). Below you'll find every Frankie Beverly (pre-Maze) song available to me right now ("Color Blind" will be up soon). 

If you have a song that is not included below, shoot it over to funkinsoulman (at) yahoo.com and it will go up in the next Frankie Beverly post (later this week--highlighting Maze). Also, if you have any more information please share your knowledge. The Butlers material has been comp-ed sporadically (usually imports) but the entire Maze catalog has been reissued and is available. 

Enjoy.  "She Kissed Me" (Fairmount, 1966 or 1967) 
 
 "I Want To Feel I'm Wanted" (not sure which label or year) "Laugh, Laugh, Laugh" (Phila, 1966) "Because Of My Heart" (Fairmount, 1966 or 1967)
   
 "Love (Your Pain Goes Deep)" (Sassy, 1967)
   
 "If That's What You Wanted" (Sassy, 1967)
 



Frankie Beverly is one of those cats that has lasting power. He started in the music business doing a tour with doo wop group the Silhouettes and then formed his own group called the Blenders. The Blenders never recorded a single, Beverly wouldn't appear on wax until forming the Butlers a few years later. Along with Beverly, the Butlers included Jack "Sonny" Nicholson, Joe Collins, John Fitch, and Talmadge Conway.

Beverly would later enjoy great success fronting Maze and Conway would become a
well-known penning Double Exposure's
"Ten Percent" and the Intruders' "Memories Are Here To Stay." 
 While Maze is a phenomenal group, Beverly's work before that group will always stand out as his best (imo).

The Butlers produced tunes that most Northern Soul fans would kill for and Raw Soul gave the funksters something to pursue. If, by chance, you know of a way to get in touch with Frankie Beverly or his management, please drop me an e-mail. It would be absolutely great to do an interview with him about his pre-Maze work. He's still playing out, most recently doing a New Year's Eve show in Atlanta.
:: Funkinsoulman ::

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