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At 2:41pm on October 10, 2010, Edie Antoinette said…
I dreamed about you all last night. I walked into this room and your Mom was laying face up on a mat on the floor with a little TV next to it. Sararetha gave me a HUGE bowl of soup for your mom, but you were laying on the floor on another mat with your football jersey on in between us. I took the bowl but it was full of soup and sloshing back and forth. Some spilled on you and you frowned and said..."handle it single-handed!!" So I put my hand in the middle of the bowl and lowered it to your Mom. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!
At 12:03pm on October 5, 2010, Edie Antoinette said…
Excellent Bandit Records Post!
At 12:18pm on October 3, 2010, Edie Antoinette said…
I knew you would be on it when Tone sent us Eccentric Soul! Right ON!!!! *clapping*
At 2:40pm on September 30, 2010, Edie Antoinette said…
I like your new changes and photos. And you know I love Willie Hutch.
At 7:34am on September 21, 2010, Tone said…


Morning Brother Sole
At 4:54pm on September 20, 2010, Tone said…
Loving the Page Sole. Great job
At 1:39pm on September 20, 2010, Edie Antoinette said…
And come up with something you...DID! Tone is the man!
At 12:57pm on September 20, 2010, Edie Antoinette said…
That profile pic is solid FIRE! Beautiful!
I love the update too...Just Superb!!!!
At 8:44am on September 20, 2010, Tone said…
Good Morning Brother Sole, I pray You are having a Blessed day...
At 10:51pm on September 19, 2010, Calihoney said…
Thank you,the more I work my way around,the more I appreciate the greatness of you and Edie!!!

At 1:24am on September 19, 2010, Calihoney said…
Hello Sole~night...

At 10:55pm on September 18, 2010, Tone said…
Left you a Present on my Site you should get an email soon.. enjoy
At 6:39pm on September 18, 2010, Tone said…
I'm in the process of uploading a bunch Of Blue Magic and Heatwave on my site..
Now that you know how to unwrap, let me know what you are hunting for my brother..
At 9:16am on September 18, 2010, Tone said…
It plays on the side for me and i'm on your page right now. Mystery of Ning.....lmao
At 9:15am on September 18, 2010, Tone said…
The Links for the Miracles are all up, You can download them virus free to your PC. did you get in i sent you and invitation check your email
At 8:50am on September 18, 2010, Tone said…
Sole, Ms. Edie isn't around and i need her help here, I posted a song to my player but it doesn't play? yet it's on the side as just recently uploaded and it plays, Can you see if it plays for you? a George Michael song.
Thanks
At 8:47am on September 18, 2010, Tone said…
Sole, I have not stopped laughing... Dude that is outrageous... And Thanks fo rthe compliment on my babies... I posted all the Miracles LP's for you on the blog roll there.
At 8:34am on September 18, 2010, Tone said…
OMG Sole you are crazy i made a big mess here you owe for a new monitor.. i just spit my coffee all over it... That is Absolutely Hilarious... Your Da Best!!!!
At 8:13am on September 18, 2010, Tone said…

At 8:13am on September 18, 2010, Tone said…


The Guys (The MIracles) Receiving Their Star on the Walk of Fame In LA, and Stevie saying a few words about them.

Introspection

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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