Neil Rushton
08-23-2011, 08:43 AM
By arrangement with Robert Bateman, a UK re-issue of the classic Detroit 60's gem "If It's All The Same To You Babe" - Luther Ingram b.w "Exus Luther" - Luther Ingram Orchestra is available on seven inch 45. The label is a lookalike [[with current credits) of he original release on Robert's H.I.B logo. It's been remastered and sounds great.
As well as a regular release on black vinyl, a 150 run, all individually numbered, has been done on multi-cololured vinyl. Anyone interested in purchasing a copy on either format please PM me, or e-mail me on - neilrushton2@btinternet.com.
Robert's memories of the making and selling one of the all time great Northern Soul classics are fascinating -
"We recorded it at Golden World and the musicans were The Funk Brothers moonlighting from Motown. Popcorn Wylie worked with me on that session. I then took the tapes to New York and pulled a favour to get to use the Mercury Studios where I overdubbed two violonists to get the so called orchestra. That was a technique I learnt from my own time at Motown. I then manufactured the records on H.I.B and put my address in Detroit on the labels. I stood for Ingram, B for Bateman and H was the initial of my girfiriend of the time. Luther was very popular in St. Louis and we immediately got radio plays there.
I sold maybe 5,000 copies and the distributor in St. Louis wanted more copies and I got a bit wary about the costs. He said not to worry, he would get someone to call me who could help. A few days later Jerry Wexler from Atlantic was on the phone and said they wanted to distribute the record and could we cut a deal? He gave me an advance so I was real happy as I had made money selling the copies I had sold, and then got paid again from Atlantic. The copies they later manufactured had an Atco credit on them. Why did I make a record with such a fast beat?I just wanted to come out with something like The Four Tops were doing!"
Thanks to Al Abrams for helping arrange the release with Robert.
As well as a regular release on black vinyl, a 150 run, all individually numbered, has been done on multi-cololured vinyl. Anyone interested in purchasing a copy on either format please PM me, or e-mail me on - neilrushton2@btinternet.com.
Robert's memories of the making and selling one of the all time great Northern Soul classics are fascinating -
"We recorded it at Golden World and the musicans were The Funk Brothers moonlighting from Motown. Popcorn Wylie worked with me on that session. I then took the tapes to New York and pulled a favour to get to use the Mercury Studios where I overdubbed two violonists to get the so called orchestra. That was a technique I learnt from my own time at Motown. I then manufactured the records on H.I.B and put my address in Detroit on the labels. I stood for Ingram, B for Bateman and H was the initial of my girfiriend of the time. Luther was very popular in St. Louis and we immediately got radio plays there.
I sold maybe 5,000 copies and the distributor in St. Louis wanted more copies and I got a bit wary about the costs. He said not to worry, he would get someone to call me who could help. A few days later Jerry Wexler from Atlantic was on the phone and said they wanted to distribute the record and could we cut a deal? He gave me an advance so I was real happy as I had made money selling the copies I had sold, and then got paid again from Atlantic. The copies they later manufactured had an Atco credit on them. Why did I make a record with such a fast beat?I just wanted to come out with something like The Four Tops were doing!"
Thanks to Al Abrams for helping arrange the release with Robert.