To bolster this week's release of "Philadelphia International: The 40th Anniversary Box Set", here is an exclusive interview with Kenny Gamble with Ralph Tee, compiler of the box set. Enjoy!
Ian D
To bolster this week's release of "Philadelphia International: The 40th Anniversary Box Set", here is an exclusive interview with Kenny Gamble with Ralph Tee, compiler of the box set. Enjoy!
Ian D
Great interview - essential viewing!!! Stephanie Mills tracks on Phil Intl in the can!!!!
Enjoyed the interview. Have to say I'm rather proud that it took the UK to make it happen.
Thanks for sharing this great interview w/ Kenny Gamble.
I'm also excited about the possibility of those Stephanie Mills tracks finally making it out of the vaults. I remember reading an interview with Stephanie, circa 1976, where she mentions that she was gonna begin working on her 2nd album for Motown with Norman Harris producing. I hope we can get more of those unreleased Jermaine Jackson Philly tracks as well. I loved "Good For The Gander".
Ian, thanks for sharing this great interview. By the way, Jerry Butler's name came up, I have to ask again, if anyone knows if the Spice of Life album will ever be remastered?
As I have said many times, my english is very poor for understand an interview [[I only understand in "acceptable" way reading... :-[[). Many thanks to those people who explains some contents of the interview. Interesting the unissued tracks by Stephanie Mills... I remember here in SDF when a thread was created about a Dennis Edwards unissued album on PIR that G & H declined to publish because that same year, 1977, was launched Teddy P. as solo act with his great first self titled album. Also on the web I have read about PIR unissued stuff by Ron Tyson, Love Committee, Johnny Williams, Silk, Anthony White, Manhattans and possibly [[can be a fake??) also by Darlene Love, Mary Wells and Raquel Welch.
In addition, we have seen here grace to our enormous friend and person Mr. Weldon [[RIP) some picks with unissued tapes from outside productions recorded at Sigma Sound [[Sharon Paige, Philipe Wynne solo, Spinners,...). And searching info on regular producers, arrangers, songwriters biographies we can see how many interesting music was done by those cats on the 70's [[from BB King to Fania All-Stars passing trough The Four Tops) great and diverse music that in many cases, sadly, is not reissue on CD or simply never saw the light [[as one Margie Joseph album produced by Dexter Wansel!).
Cheers to all.
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