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    Yearning For Your Love
  • 2.
    Heaven's Design
  • 3.
    Still The One
  • 4.
    Intimate
  • 5.
    I Need You
  • 6.
    Eboness (LP Version)
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    First Gymnopedie
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    Family Reunion (Album Version)
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    02ByYourSide
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    Sleepin' In
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    Juba Juba
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    ShortyLongFunctionattheJunction
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    SalebomAfricanMusicOK
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    mighty_chicken
  • 15.
    BabaraMasonYesImReady
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    AlGreenLOVELove
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    3rd Movement
  • 18.
    Untitled (How Does It Feel) (Edit)
  • 19.
    Nubian Lady (Metisse Remix)
  • 20.
    Be My Baby (In The Style Of 'The Ronettes')
  • 21.
    Heaven Must Be Like This
  • 22.
    07Butterflies
  • 23.
    The Poor Fisherman (LP Version-1972)
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    Mama Guela (Stuhr Remix)
  • 25.
    A Go Go (Rondo Brothers Remix)
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    Embraceable You (Cordovan Remix)
  • 27.
    Nice Work If You Can Get It (Rondo Brothers Remix)
  • 28.
    Love For All
  • 29.
    The Way You Look Tonight (Stuhr Remix)
  • 30.
    Manzanillo (Rondo Brothers Remix)
  • 31.
    On The Sunny Side Of The Street (Bombay Dub Orchestra Remix)
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    A Night In Tunisia (GW-1 Remix)
  • 33.
    The Prayer Cycle - A Choral Symphony in 9 Movements/Movement VI - Innocence (Voice)
  • 34.
    Still Feat:Melanie Williams
  • 35.
    Driftin' Blues (Cassettes Won't Listen Remix)
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    See Line Woman (J. Viewz Remix)
  • 37.
    Lost Without U
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    Blue Skies (Paul & Price Remix)
  • 39.
    When Did You Leave Heaven? (John Beltran Remix)
  • 40.
    How Long Has This Been Going On? (A Shrift Remix)
  • 41.
    02Dindi
  • 42.
    Try It Out
  • 43.
    The Improvisers (LP Version)
  • 44.
    If I Could Be With You One Hour Tonight (46bliss Remix)
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    MyRecording_SatApr04200912_25_31PM2
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    MyRecording_SatApr04200911_41_33AM2
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    Where Are We Going?
  • 48.
    GregoryAbbottShakeYouDown
  • 49.
    CallingYouJevettaSteeleFinal
  • 50.
    AndIGaveMyLoveToYouSonjaMarie
  • 51.
    AirSimpleThingsJohnWilliams
  • 52.
    Evening Scene
  • 53.
    Theme from "The Untouchables"
  • 54.
    Theme From Mission: Impossible - Sound-A-Like As Made Famous By: Adam Clayton / Larry Mullen
  • 55.
    Closing Titles From "Mutiny On The Bounty"
  • 56.
    06ThemefromShaft
  • 57.
    Avenue
  • 58.
    Three Choruses from Tsar Feodor Ioannovich - Sacred Love
  • 59.
    Love Oh Love
  • 60.
    Bustin' Out (On Funk)
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    Funkytown
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    TonyTerryWhenImWithYou
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    patti_calling
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    OmniDontBeSelfish
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    NkosiSikeliAfricaShosholozaLadysmithBlackMambazo
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    kemp_paid
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    Calling You
  • 68.
    If I Was Your Girlfriend
  • 69.
    Calling You
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    To Know You Is To Love You
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    HowCanIEaseThePain
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    Black Maybe
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    There's Something About You
  • 74.
    Calling You
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    StrawberriesOnTopOfMe
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    Feels So Right
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    Les Fleurs
  • 78.
    Another One Bites The Dust
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    Follow Your Heart
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    QuoteMeonThat..Randolph
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    IdleTimeRandolph
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    Who Knows
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    Oh Girl
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    StealAway
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    Fame (1999 Digital Remaster)
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    GangsterGlamLPVersion
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    leewms_say
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    One Shine
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    Yearning for Your Love [*]
  • 90.
    The Rain
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    Maggot Brain (Alternate Mix)
  • 92.
    Never Stop
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    AlciraYLaTorre
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    Brand New Orleans (Instrumental Jam) (Katrina Chrity Track)
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    Tutu
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    MillionVoicesWyclefJeanAfricanChildrensChoir
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    Eboness1
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    JanHammerMiamiViceTheme2

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At 1:43pm on January 21, 2011, Edie Antoinette said…
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At 12:48pm on May 26, 2010, IndigoSunset Edie2k2 said…
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Edie this is looking Fantastic over here, brought a smile to my face immediately..:)
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At 12:01pm on May 26, 2010, IndigoSunset Edie2k2 said…
At 4:46pm on June 13, 2009, Lydell Jackson said…
Trippin!!!! I'm really Trippin up in here!!!!! You makin' me trip!!!!!!!

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At 11:59am on May 26, 2010, IndigoSunset Edie2k2 said…
At 6:24pm on June 13, 2009, Lydell Jackson said…
Michelle says to tell you that this music is off the frickin' chain!!!!!!!! We are to through!!!! Love Ya for this!!!!

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At 11:59am on May 26, 2010, IndigoSunset Edie2k2 said…
At 9:26pm on June 15, 2009, Lydell Jackson said…
I was up til 3:30am...this mornin' Stugglin...downloadin' a free audio mixer and foolin' around with the trax...I'll upload my test shortly...but I gotta go to bed tonight...Got up and worked on some projects all day and this ole man is toast!!! LOL

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I'm goin to call you tomorrow during the day to talk shop!!! Everythang is Copasthetic!!!

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At 11:57am on May 26, 2010, IndigoSunset Edie2k2 said…
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HAPPY SATURDAY!

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At 11:56am on May 26, 2010, IndigoSunset Edie2k2 said…
At 12:18pm on June 24, 2009, Lydell Jackson said…
I'm so busy it is ridiculous...Thanx for the go-ahead on my page...I need to think about what I want to do there...not sure yet! Thank you E for being you!!!

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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.
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