San Remo Golden Strings

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Hi Reachoutuk
" Shades Down" has no Direct connection to the Detroit Emeralds.
The Ric Tic instrsumentals are session players, and used as B sides to the A vocal.....but often credited to the vocal. i.e the A side group are not involved directly with the B.
e.g. " You've got to pay the price" was for years credited to Al Kent because Al was the vocal artist on tbe A side.
Actually the guitarist is Dennid Coffee with sesion men who would be used on San Remo tracks.
" Shades Down " is Ric Tic session men.....Detroit Emeralds are the vocal to the A
Similarly Agent double O Soul and Back Street B sides are session men .....Maybe credited to Edwin Starr .
Record Labels often put an instrumental on a B side. Why Ric Tic didn't use a Detroit Emeralds track is a mystery. And why they didn't issue Shades Down as a SRGS track...who knows?But these things happened a lot.
LAs Mirwood label did similar things.