George Scott [1971] - Find Someone To Love [Maple M-6008] - Full Album ... Plus

Mentioned in the last post (Vivian Copeland Discography) was the only recording from George Scott, his album "Find Someone To Love" released on Maple.  

The album was produced by Johnny Brantley and the majority of the songs were written by Eddie & James Lewis (who were twin brothers) and Marion Framer.  Nearly all Maple releases involved Johnny Brantley so I wonder if he had a stake in the label.  The main acts on the label included Jimi Hendrix & Lonnie Youngblood, The Chosen Few, Gloria Barnes and Lee Moses.  All other Maple releases were between 1970-73 yet Discogs states the date of release as 1966 which I would question as the prev Cat. No. 6007 and 6006 are 1971.

To explain the background to these recordings there's a good read at EarlyHendrix as many of the backing tracks were recorded by Jimi Hendrix and Lonnie Youngblood with various Johnny Brantley produced releases with different vocals/lyrics dubbed over the backing tracks.  A lot of info on this album was gleaned from InDangerousRhythms.

George Scott - Family Tree

Northern Soul tune originally recorded by the composer Jimmy Norman on Mercury in 1967

Jimmy Norman [1967] - Family Tree [Mercury 72658]

Jimmy Norman's original version.  Note Johnny Brantley as producer.

George Scott - Let The Past Be The Past

You'll probably recognise this tune as Linda jones "Give My Love A Try". Written by the Poindexter Brothers and Ray Lewis, the latter released it on Fairmount in Sep 1966, a year before Linda Jones's version on Loma in Dec 1967.

Ray Lewis [1966] - Give My Love A Try [Fairmount F-1013]

Co-writer Ray Lewis' original version. (Johnny Brantley producer)

Linda Jones [1967] - Give My Love A Try [Loma 2085]

Gloria Jones version - the best known version produced by legendary George Kerr and arrange by Richard Tee.  Somehow? Ray Lewis' composer credit replaced by Charles Harper.

George Scott - My Neighborhood

Later covered by Ohio Players on their 1972 album First Impressions

The Ohio Players [1972] - My Neigbors [Trip TRL 8029]

George Scott - This Aching Heart

'Gotta Gotta' music - 60s R&B/Funk reminds me a bit of Papa's Got A  A Brand New Bag groove.

George Scott - Oh Baby (I Love You)

Cover of Fred Hughes - Oo Wee, Baby I Love You

Fred Hughes [1965] - Oo Wee Baby, I Love You [Vee Jay VJ 684]

George Scott - Find Someone To Love

Assuming that this album was released around 1971 and not 1966 then this would be a cover version of Ohio Player 1969 track.

The Ohio Players [1969] - Find Someone To Love [Capitol 2523]

An early 45 from The Ohio Players, once again produced by Johnny Brantley for Vidalia Productions which lists many of the artists on this post i.e. Jimmy Norman, Ohio Players, Ray Lewis, Hermon Hitson, Jimi Hendrix, Lonnie Youngblood and The Icemen as well as Lee Moses, The Adventurers.  So it would seem that all these artist were linked by Brantley.

George Scott - Why Is It Taking So Long

Nate Adams [1967] - Why Is It Taking So Long [Atlantic 45-2466]

Low sound quality

Again, assuming that the album was released 1971 then this would be a cover of a song written by Lewis, Lewis, Farmer and produced by Johnny Brantley recorded by Nate Adams.

Hermon Hitson [2005] - Why Is It taking So Long [Soul-Tay-Shus CD STS 6352]

Previously unreleased until it appeared on Soul-Tay-Shus compilation CD.

George Scott - Sweetthang

It is alleged that Jimi Hendrix is playing guitar on this track with Lonnie Youngblood on horns.  It is believed that the backing track was recorded in 1966 and George Scott dubbed the vocals later.

Lenny Howard [1966] - Keep The Faith, Baby [Real George 501]

Uses Sweet Thang backing track. A Vidalia production (Johnny Brantley).

Jimi Hendrix & Lonnie Youngblood [1971] - Wipe The Sweat [Maple M-6004]

An instrumental version of Sweet Thang retitled Wipe The Sweat.  Another Vidalia production, although it is suggested on EarlyHendrix that Hendrix may not be playing on all these tracks.

Part of an interview with Lonnie Youngblood
“And then these companies started to put the shit out and didn’t even put my name on it. They would say it was Jimi Hendrix singing, without my name on it - so many lies, man. The stuff that came out on that album called Two Great Experiences Together! - what happened with that, one company took that and tried to doctor it up to make it have more Hendrix activity. See Hendrix is more or less just backing me up. The companies wanted to say they had a little more activity by Hendrix, so they found some Hendrix wannabees and they put them on the tracks. And what they really did was they messed the tracks up with the overdubs."

Billy LaMont [1968] - Sweet Thang [20th Century Fox 45-6707]

A 30 second low quality clip of Billy LaMont's version.

Jimi Hendrix [1974] - Sweet Thang [Trip TRL 9523]

I 'believe' that the first release of this track was on The Genius Of Jimi Hendrix' on Trip in 1974.  It was recorded at Abtone Recording Studios, NY in 1966. Vocals may be Jimi Hendrix and/or Lonnie Youngblood.  Another Jonny Brantley production.

George Scott - I'm A Fool For You

Also known as 'It's Gonna Take A Lot To Bring Me Back' or just 'It's Gonna Take A Lot'.  It has the same backing track but different lyrics.

The Manhattans [1967] - It's Gonna Take A Lot  To Bring Me Back [De-Luxe 45-115]

There seems to be several connections to songs composed by Poindexters and Lewis, Farmer, Lewis as this is the same song with different composer credits.

The Icemen [1967] - It's Gonna Take A Lot [Ole-9 1007]

James Marshall Hendrix (aka Jimi Hendrix) played on The Icemen's first release My Girl (She's A Fox).  The Icemen were James Sokes & Gino Armstrong from New Jersey. They released 4 /5 45s and 3 of them featured at least one side with a Poindexter song.

Jimi Hendrix (Gloria Barnes) [1974] - Gonna Take A Lot [Trip TRL 9523]

This one is on a 1974 Jimi Hendrix compilation The Genius Of Jimi Hendrix on Trip believed to have been recorded in 1966 at Abtone Recording Studios New York. Some believe the singer to be Rosa Lee Brooks as Hendrix played on her 1965 release My Diary/Utee on Revis 1013.  However, Rosa Lee Brooks was from LA and claims to have had a relationship with Hendrix during his stay there but the album was recorded in NY.  Others claim it may be Gloria (Towanda) Barnes who recorded with the Ohio Players which seems more likely as she had connections with Johnny Brantley and the Lewis twins Eddie & James and Marion Farmer who wrote songs on her Maple album Uptown and also Ohio Players recorded for Trip.
It is claimed by Robert Poindexter that this is a male falsetto voice not female and recalls the vocalist was nicknamed 'Peanut' but can't recall his real name.

George Scott - Nobody Can Save Me

The Chosen Few [1971] - Nobody Can Save Me [Maple LP 6000]

COVID-19 4th May 2020

Summary

Very positive day as all countries had less new cases and deaths than previous day (2 May).

	New Cases	Change	Deaths	Change	Rec'ry Rate	Death Rate
IT	1,389	73.11%	174	36.7%	73.87%	26.13%	Inc.
ES	1,533	59.23%	164	59.4%	85.47%	14.53%	Inc.
DE	697	78.31%	54	71.1%	95.01%	4.99%	Inc.
FR	297	28.29%	135	81.8%	67.10%	32.90%	Red.
UK	4,339	90.28%	315	50.7%	1.19%	98.81%	Red.
US	27,348	91.94%	1,154	68.2%	72.21%	27.79%	Inc.

Commentary

IT - new cases reduce by 511 (73.11%), deaths reduce by 300 (36.71%), active cases reduce by 525 and are now 7.46% below peak of 108,257.

ES - new cases reduce by 1,055 (59.23%), deaths reduce by 112 (59.42%), active cases reduce by 934 and are now 26.78% below peak of 100,106.

FR - new cases reduce by 753 (28.29%), deaths reduce by 30 (81.82%), active cases reduce by 60 and are now 2.47% below peak of 95,365

DE - new cases reduce by 193 (78.31%), deaths reduce by 22 (71.05%), active cases reduce by 957 and are now 61.3% below pek of 72,865.

US - new cases reduce by 2,396 (91.94%), deaths reduce by 537 (68.24%), active cases increase by 21,249 to 941,261.

UK - new cases reduce by 467 (90.28%), deaths reduce by 306 (50.72%), active cases increase.

UK Testing

OK it was a Sunday ... but the number of tests reduced significantly from 120,000 30 Apr to:

Data as of 5pm 2 May

No. Tests:               76,496

No. People Tested: 56,397 

Total Tests:               1,206,405

Total People Tested:    882,343

That's 2 consecutive days that they have dropped.  I find it 'interesting' that over 120,000 were declared for 30 Mar (to exceed the government target) yet the 2 following days they are well below the 120,000. The point wasn't to hit target to tick the box and then go backwards! 

Whilst were are discussing government figures, they have been displaying graphs claiming that the UK is over the peak.  These graphs depict hospital admissions only, which of course is a good sign, but new cases have been increasing consistently by between 3,500 and 6,200 and average 4,893 per day since 1 Apr and are likely to increase as testing increases.

  

This is almost triple ES new cases (and even more for DE, IT & FR) as can be seen from the tables on this page. Deaths have only been below 500 per day on 3 occasions since 1 Apr and have averaged 789 per day.  Personally, I believe that until we see new cases and deaths reduce significantly and consistently, then, and only then can it be claimed that we are over the peak.  

The key stats that are missing, that I have been reiterating consistently, is the no. of recovered cases from which we could see if the no. of active cases is increasing or reducing.  Simply subtracting deaths from total cases is not good enough as we don't know how many of the active cases have recovered and are therefor no longer active.  All other EU countries have active cases below their peak clearly indicating that active cases are reducing: DE -61.3%, ES -27%,  IT -7.5% and FR -2.5%.  These figures can't be calculated for UK as they are not reporting recovered cases - which makes me wonder why?  Could it be that the no. of recovered cases is relatively low so they don't wish to publish them?

Latest stats from Worldometers

Latest v previous day - Recovery rate v Death Rate

	Total	Active	Conc.	Recvd.	Deaths	Recvd%	Death%
IT	210,717	100,179	110,538	81,654	28,884	73.87%	26.13%
ES	247,122	73,300	173,822	148,558	25,264	85.47%	14.53%
DE	165,664	28,198	137,466	130,600	6,866	95.01%	4.99%
FR	168,693	93,014	75,679	50,784	24,895	67.10%	32.90%
UK	186,599	157,809	28,790	344	28,446	1.19%	98.81%
US	1,188,122	941,261	246,861	178,263	68,598	72.21%	27.79%

Latest v previous day - increase / decrease

Country	New Cases 3 May	New Cases 2 May	New Case Increase	Deaths 3 May	Deaths 2 May	Death Increase
IT	1,389	1,900	-511	174	474	-300
ES	1,533	2,588	-1,055	164	276	-112
DE	697	890	-193	54	76	-22
FR	297	1,050	-753	135	165	-30
UK	4,339	4,806	-467	315	621	-306
US	27,348	29,744	-2,396	1,154	1,691	-537

Latest v previous day - actuals

Daily	03-May				02-May
Ctry	New Cases	Total Cases	No. Deaths	Death Rate%	Total Cases	No. Deaths	Death Rate%
IT	1,389	210,717	28,884	13.7%	209,328	28,710	13.7%
ES	1,533	247,122	25,264	10.2%	245,567	25,100	10.2%
DE	697	165,664	6,866	4.1%	164,967	6,812	4.1%
FR	297	168,693	24,895	14.8%	168,396	24,760	14.7%
UK	4,339	186,599	28,446	15.2%	182,260	28,131	15.4%
US	27,348	1,188,122	68,598	5.8%	1,160,754	67,444	5.8%

Latest v one week ago - actuals

Weekly	03-May				26-Apr
Ctry	New Cases	Total Cases	No. Deaths	Death Rate%	Total Cases	No. Deaths	Death Rate%
IT	1,389	210,717	28,884	13.7%	197,675	26,644	13.5%
ES	1,533	247,122	25,264	10.2%	226,629	23,190	10.2%
DE	697	165,664	6,866	4.1%	157,770	5,976	3.8%
FR	297	168,693	24,895	14.8%	162,100	22,856	14.1%
UK	4,339	186,599	28,446	15.2%	152,840	24,055	15.7%
US	27,348	1,188,122	68,598	5.8%	987,160	55,412	5.6%

Latest v one week ago - percentage rate increase

	Daily		Weekly
Country	Total Cases Increase Factor	Death Rate  Increase Factor	Total Cases Increase Factor	Death Rate  Increase Factor
IT	100.7%	99.9%	106.6%	101.7%
ES	100.6%	100.0%	109.0%	99.9%
DE	100.4%	100.4%	105.0%	109.4%
FR	100.2%	100.4%	104.1%	104.7%
UK	102.4%	98.8%	122.1%	96.9%
US	102.4%	99.4%	120.4%	102.9%