Originally Posted by
Philles/Motown Gary
Red Jones' "Steeerikes Back"! God, 144man, isn't that thing awful! Mrs. Bertha Gordy, Sr., [[bless her heart) gave me a copy of that album the day I had cocktails with her during my October 1971 tour of Motown. Actually, she offered me whatever I wanted out of a huge pile of new Motown album releases. Being the Motown fan that I am, I had already purchased most of them on my own. I graciously accepted "Steeerikes Back", however, as well as a few other rare titles from the Rare Earth label. What I saw and went ape over was an actual copy of the silver-covered "Sterling Ball" album [[which was the live-performance version of the studio album "In Loving Memory") at which the Motown artists sang in honor of Lucy Wakefield [[Berry Gordy, Jr.'s, sister who had died from cancer in 1965). Unfortunately, for me, Mrs. Gordy said, "Oh, my, no, I can't let you take that!" [[Oh, well, you can't blame a guy for trying! Right?)
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