Luther Vandross early songs in Copyright Registry

[jack020]

I found this here:
https://luthervandrossearlyyears.wor...ight-registry/

Early Luther Vandross Songs In Copyright Registry

27 Aug Early Luther Vandross Songs in copyright registry
1972 I’m Not Satisfied 3-09-1972
1972 Who’s Gonna Make It Easier For Me? 3-27-1972
1972 All In Satan’s Name 11-06-1972
1972 In This Lonely Hour 11-10-1972
1974 Stop Now 1-14-1974
1974 Funky Music [[Is A Part Of Me) 8-26-1974
1974 A Lover’s Change 9-12-1974
1974 This Is For Real 9-12-1974
1974 Jealousy [[Is In Me) 9-16-1974
1974 Emotion Eyes 9-16-1974
1974 I’ll Get Along Fine 10-15-1974
1975 The Second Time Around 3-13-1975
1975 Don’t Take The Time 3-18-1975
1975 It’s Good For The Soul 3-20-1975
1975 I’ve Been Working 8-21-1975
1976 What Can A Miracle Do? [[Don Grolnick) 1-27-1976
1976 At Christmas Time 8-12-1976
1976 May Christmas Bring You Happiness 8-12-1976
1977 Can’t Get Enough Good Lovin’ 2-11-1977
1977 Follow My Love 2-11-1977
1977 Come Back To Love 2-11-1977
1977 If It Takes A Million Years 2-28-1977
1977 Don’t Wanna Be A Fool 3-15-1977
1977 This Close To You 3-15-1977
1977 Ready For Love 3-23-1977
1977 I’m Still In Love 9-06-1977
1977 I’ve Got Your Love 9-06-1977
1977 Super Love 9-06-1977
1977 Try Love, My Love 9-6-1977
1977 You’re Giving Up To Easy 9-6-1977
1977 A Rag To Riches Love Affair 10-18-1977
1977 Come Stay With Me 10-18-1977
1977 Happing Dancing 10-18-1977
1977 Puttin’ It Back 10-25-1977
1977 Talk To Me [[Express Yourself) 12-9-1977
1977 Don’t Let It Make You Feel Bad 12-19-1977
1978 Don’t Let The Music Fade 3-24-1978
1978 Don’t Promise Me Your Love 3-24-1978
1978 Loving You Baby 3-24-1978
1978 Don’t You Think It’s Too Late? 8-8-1978
1978 Reaching For Love 8-8-1978
1978 Amazing Love 9-28-1978
1978 No Trouble Feeling 1-11-1979
1978 Pull Away 1-11-1979
1978 Pick Me Up! 1-11-1979
1979 Last Chance 3-30-1979
1979 To Get Your Love 3-30-1979
1979 That Super Lady 3-30-1979
1979 Bad Boy 5-16-1979
1979 My Body 5-16-1979
1979 Do A Happy Dance; Jump Shout [[Luther & Nat Adderley Jr.) 05-16-1979
1979 Crazy Lady Luck 8-10-1979
1979 You Can’t Take The Boogie Home 8-10-1979
1979 Millionaire 10-22-1979
1979 Up On Boogie Street 10-22-1979
1979 Once You Know How 10-22-1979
1979 Promise Me 10-22-1979
1979 I Don’t Wanna Be Your Lover [[If I Gotta Be Your Fool) 10-22-1979
1979 Lay It On The Line 12-10-1979
1980 Welcome Back 3-15-1980
1980 Don’t Get Funny With My Money 5-14-1980
1980 You’ve Been Away Too Long 6-12-1980
1981 Forever Romance 4-22-1981 [[Luther,Lani Groves,Steve Love)
1981 Keep On Moving 4-22-1981 [[Luther, Lani Groves, Eumir Deadato, Steve Love)
1981 [[I Love The) Party People 4-28-1981

Has anyone ever heard any of the songs from this list that were not released on cd?

[marv2]

Great list. I first heard Luther in 1975 with the album "Luther" and they were a group!

[edafan]

thanks for the list;

I'll check to see if I have them

edafan

[edafan]

i have 17 of them; most were on later albums;l
but a lot of them i don't have; i'll start hunting now

thanks

edafan

[reese]

Are these his compositions or some unreleased recordings? Glancing at the list, I know Aretha recorded THIS IS FOR REAL and Dionne Warwick did WHAT CAN A MIRACLE DO.

[Jerry Oz]

Great list. I first heard Luther in 1975 with the album "Luther" and they were a group!

My uncle came back from vacation in Mississippi with that album. Nobody could believe that we had never heard of him before. I'm a huge fan of Luther Vandross and 'The Second Time Around' was on the album he played for us. I think it was 'Luther'. It showed up later on one of his solo records. I was shocked to find out that he was nominated for Best New Artist even though he'd been doing it for years when his solo album was released.

[marv2]

My uncle came back from vacation in Mississippi with that album. Nobody could believe that we had never heard of him before. I'm a huge fan of Luther Vandross and 'The Second Time Around' was on the album he played for us. I think it was 'Luther'. It showed up later on one of his solo records. I was shocked to find out that he was nominated for Best New Artist even though he'd been doing it for years when his solo album was released.

My brother Robert bought both of the "Luther" albums as they were released in Ohio. the music was so very good that my high school used the song "This is For Real" by Luther as it's theme song for the homecoming assembly in the Fall of 1977.

[Jerry Oz]

That's interesting. I visited central Ohio record stores every payday and sometimes in between but none of my outlets ever had a copy of the Luther [[group) albums. I feel cheated somehow 30 years after the fact...

[marv2]

That's interesting. I visited central Ohio record stores every payday and sometimes in between but none of my outlets ever had a copy of the Luther [[group) albums. I feel cheated somehow 30 years after the fact...

Jerry there use to be some really good ones on High Street in Columbus near OSU in the mid 80s.

[Jerry Oz]

I shopped at Singing Dog Records as soon as I cashed my check every Friday. That was the best record store on campus back then. I also went to Skoolkids and Magnolia Thunderpussy, two other popular campus shops. I think Singing Dog is still open, but since I don't do vinyl, I haven't been there in nearly 25 years.

Man, you just took me back down memory lane! If by 2-7 albums per week, many of them cut-outs and old radio station promos. I still have most.

[jack020]

http://theseconddisc.com/

As The Second Disc enters its fifth year as your go-to destination for classic music news and reviews, we’re excited to share our biggest news yet: a partnership with one of our favorite labels, Real Gone Music, to create Second Disc Records!

They are asking for suggestions for future releases.
I suggested releasing the 2 Luther albums on Cotillion.
Maybe more people from this forum can do the same!

[marv2]

I shopped at Singing Dog Records as soon as I cashed my check every Friday. That was the best record store on campus back then. I also went to Skoolkids and Magnolia Thunderpussy, two other popular campus shops. I think Singing Dog is still open, but since I don't do vinyl, I haven't been there in nearly 25 years.

Man, you just took me back down memory lane! If by 2-7 albums per week, many of them cut-outs and old radio station promos. I still have most.

I think I remember Skoolkids record store most from those days. I did much like you did. I scoured stores from Michigan, Colorado, Ohio, Pennsylvania [[ the smaller towns like Lancaster had the best stores), Princeton, NJ, Philadelphia, NYC, Canada, including Windsor, Toronto and Montreal. Then there were the monthly Record Shows at the Knights of Columbus in Toledo! LOL!

[Jerry Oz]

And don't forget the record chains like Record and Tape Outlet, Peaches, and Sam Goody. I seldom shopped there because the prices were too high and I found hidden gems at the independent stores. I've been digitizing a lot of them in the last couple of years because I can't find them on digital or CD. Groups like Autumn, Kiddo, Ozone, and Skwares got minimal air play in Columbus but they blared out of my cassette deck.

My mom once told me something that made me smile. My father [[who probably wondered about me with my ever expanding collection) was entertaining my uncle and his annoying wife when she [[after having her drinks) asked why anybody needed all of those records. Well, Pops responded to her that she didn't need to know. All that she needed to know was that if I wanted them, then I had them.

And now, 30 years later, I'm still happy that I did. BTW, Mom just asked me if I wanted Dad's records. He's still with us, but he never uses his turntable anymore. You can pretty well guess my answer!

[marv2]

And don't forget the record chains like Record and Tape Outlet, Peaches, and Sam Goody. I seldom shopped there because the prices were too high and I found hidden gems at the independent stores. I've been digitizing a lot of them in the last couple of years because I can't find them on digital or CD. Groups like Autumn, Kiddo, Ozone, and Skwares got minimal air play in Columbus but they blared out of my cassette deck.

My mom once told me something that made me smile. My father [[who probably wondered about me with my ever expanding collection) was entertaining my uncle and his annoying wife when she [[after having her drinks) asked why anybody needed all of those records. Well, Pops responded to her that she didn't need to know. All that she needed to know was that if I wanted them, then I had them.

And now, 30 years later, I'm still happy that I did. BTW, Mom just asked me if I wanted Dad's records. He's still with us, but he never uses his turntable anymore. You can pretty well guess my answer!

Jerry all I know is all that vinyl we collected decades ago and over the decades is worth TONS of money now! LOL!!!

[Jerry Oz]

When I put a couple of them on after 25 years of cassettes and CDs, the fidelity in some of my old records blew my mind. Unfortunately, many of them have aged poorly and a couple hundred of my jackets were ruined when my basement flooded so I consider their value to be sentimental more than anything.

But maybe I should price a few of them... [[Never thought about that.)

[marv2]

When I put a couple of them on after 25 years of cassettes and CDs, the fidelity in some of my old records blew my mind. Unfortunately, many of them have aged poorly and a couple hundred of my jackets were ruined when my basement flooded so I consider their value to be sentimental more than anything.

But maybe I should price a few of them... [[Never thought about that.)

I began the practice of buying the protective plastic jackets in 1979. They've been stored in a cool , desolate place for the last 20 years now.

[marv2]

When I put a couple of them on after 25 years of cassettes and CDs, the fidelity in some of my old records blew my mind. Unfortunately, many of them have aged poorly and a couple hundred of my jackets were ruined when my basement flooded so I consider their value to be sentimental more than anything.

But maybe I should price a few of them... [[Never thought about that.)

I have several worth well over $500! I have about 2500 vinyl albums.

[glencro]

I remember reading that Luther owned the masters to those two Luther albums that were recorded on Cotillion thus preventing them from being released. I've always heard good things about those recordings and have searched high and low in our vinyl stores here in Detroit for them

[Jerry Oz]

You have me beat by a lot. I haven't counted but I think I have about 700 vinyl albums, 400 or so cassettes, and thousands of CDs. I've about 30 gigs of records on my computer.

[edafan]

I just checked I have 320 gigs on my hard drive and a 2nd backup drive I bought this xmas

edafan

[Jerry Oz]

I just checked I have 320 gigs on my hard drive and a 2nd backup drive I bought this xmas

edafan

Whew! Is there anything that you don't like? You have to be a fan of nearly every genre to have that much.

[chalky]

From the "Luther" LP Don't Wanna Be Your Fool has been a massive spin here in the UK for 30 years. Follow My Love is also great, the LP is very good over all though.

Didn't Luther destroy all the Cotillion masters as he didn't like them? Sure I read or heard this somewhere in the dim distant past.

[jack020]

Lets see if the Second Disc can look into this if all Luther fans request the release of those 2 albums.