Three Ounces Of Love - Discography

Following on from the previous post for Hard Cover which featured Elaine Alexander I thought I'd check out her previous material with Three Ounces of Love who were Alexander sisters Anne, Elaine and Regina from Detroit's West Side.

They had a local disco hit in 1976 with Disco Man on IX Chains and were later signed to Motown where they released an album and 2 45s.  They toured as opening act for The Commodores in 1978.

In the 80s they changed their name to Lipstick and signed to Holland, Dozier, Holland's reincarnated Music Merchant label and released 2 45s in 1984-85, unfortunately neither record cuts the mustard. In the 90s they reverted back to 3 Ounces Of Love and covered a couple of First Choice's hits Newsy Neighbors and Double Cross.

Discography

45s
Three Ounces Of Love

197? - Look At Me I'm Loving You / Tumble Weed [Ecology EP 1002]

1976 - Disco Man / Disco Man (Insy) [IX Chains NCS 7017]

1977 - I Found The Feeling / Big Al Downing - Darene [Voltage VR 101]

1978 - Star Love /  I Found The Feeling [Motown  M1349F]

1978 - Give Me Some Feeling / Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavor On The Bedpost Overnight [Motown  M1446F]

1978 - Give Me Some Feeling / Don't Worry 'Bout My Love [Motown  M1446F]

Lipstick

* WARNING the following tracks can seriously damage your ears!  80s drivel!

1984 - Rain Song / Cruise Control [Music Merchant MM 101]

1985 - It's A Tight Fit / It's A Tight Fit Pt. II [MM& 105 85]

3 Ounces Of Love

1991 - Newsy Neighbours / Newsy Neighbours U.S. Remix [Motorcity MOTC 37]

1993 - Double Cross / True Believer [NU & Improved NIR3900-121] #

# Can't find a sound clip but it's a cover of First Choice, True Believer written by Mike & Brenda Sutton

Albums
1978 - Three Ounces Of Love [Motown M7-901R1]

Three Ounces Of Love [1978] - Three Ounces Of Love [Motown M7-901R1]

Their one and only album in its entirety.  Only 3 sides were released on 45 (one of these was only issued in UK). For me there are better tracks on the album that were never issued on 45. e.g. I Only Get This Feeling (modern soul but NOT the Dee Irwin song also done by Chuck Jackson & Bob Meyer), In The Middle Of A Feeling (a nice modern/crossover dancer) and Today Will Soon Be Yesterday (mellow stepper).  They sound to me like a cross between The Supremes (in 70s) and The Emotions on this album.

A1 - Star Love (4:39) (45)

A2 - I Only Get This Feeling (3:25)

A3 - Don't Worry 'Bout My Love (5:08) (UK 45)

A4 - Bet You'll Come Running (4:11)

B1 - I've Got A Right To Be Loved (3:15)

B2 - In The Middle Of The Feeling (4:10)

B3 - Give Me Some Feeling (5:50) (45)

B4 - Today Will Soon Be Yesterday (4:03)

Three Ounces Of Love [1976] - Disco Man [IX Chains NCS 7017]

Modern Soul/Disco

Three Ounces Of Love [1976] - Disco Man (Inst) [IX Chains NCS 7017]

Modern Soul/Disco Instrumental

Three Ounces Of Love [1978] - Star Love [Motown  M1349F]

70s Modern Disco Soul

Three Ounces Of Love [1978] - I Found The Feeling [Motown  M1349F]

Modern Soul from 1978 with a motown throwback feeling.  I am guessing that the group issued it on Voltage first before being picked up by Motown

Three Ounces Of Love [1978] - Give Me Some Feeling [Motown  M1446F]

70s Modern Soul similar to The Emotions.

Three Ounces Of Love [1978] - Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavor On The Bedpost Overnight [Motown  M1446F]

NO ... it can't be?  Is this really a disco version of Lonnie Donegan's 1961 hit?  It's the same writers so I guess it must be!  Who on earth though that this would be a good idea?  In the UK at least they had some sense and released a different flip side.  It was released as A side in South Africa!

Three Ounces Of Love [1978] - Don't Worry 'Bout My Love [Motown  M1446F]

Ballad

The UK label chose to release this ballad from the album instead of 'Chewing Gum'.  They probably knew that idiotic radio DJ's would choose to play 'Chewing Gum' as some inane gimmick and thus saved the nation from this debacle.

3 Ounces Of Love [1991] - Newsy Neighbours [Motorcity MOTC 37]

Oh dear ... a Hi-NRG version of First Choice's Newsy Neighbours produced by Ian Levine in 1991.  The flip side is a U.S. remix ... as if it makes any difference?

Hard Cover ‎[1984] - Do You Care (Like You Say You Do) / I Bet She Does It Like She Dances [Shanty Town ST 7-101-85]

The only release from group and label.  Presumably a Holland, Dozier, Holland project.

Hard Cover ‎[1984] - Do You Care (Like You Say You Do) [Shanty Town ST 7-101-85]

80s Modern Soul featuring Lamont Dozier & Elaine Alexander (a member of Three Ounces Of Love (Motown) /  Lipstick (Music Merchant) with her sisters Anne & Regina) on vocals written by Holland, Dozier, Holland.

Hard Cover ‎[1984] - I Bet She Does It Like She Dances [Shanty Town ST 7-101-85]

80s Modern Soul / Boogie written by Brian & Eddie Holland.

Gerri Hall [1966] - Who Can I Run To [Hot Line 905]

Discogs states that Gerri Hall was a member of the Raelets and this is confirmed by interview below (which also states that she was an Ikette and backup singer for Dr. John) but I am not able to find any confirmation of this.  

She was part of Huey 'Piano' Smith & The Clowns, recorded as Huey & Jerry and had around 5 45s released.

Discography

Huey & Jerry

1958 - Little Chickee Wah Wah / I Think You Jiving Me [Vin 1000]

Gerri Hall

1958 - Let's Make A Little Love / Schoolboy [Verve 10123]

1959 - I Love You / Toy Man [Rex 1006]

Geri Hall

1962 - I'm The One / Hello Mister Dream  [Ace 646]

Gerri Hall

1963 - Mr. Blues / I Cried A Tear [RAI 101 / Atco 45-6260]

1966 - Who Can I Run To / I Lost The Key [Hot Line 905]

Gerri Hall [1966] - Who Can I Run To [Hot Line 905] - drum intro

Northern Soul

There are 2 different mixes of this 45 - one with drum intro with double vocals (matrix 174-1719) and one without drum intro and single vocals (matrix 174-1719-1). Only about 2 seconds of difference but for collector's it makes a lot of difference!  The most recent sale listed on Popsike values it at £1650, others have sold for around £1,200

Apparently this was scheduled for a UK release on Sue WI-4026 in 1967 but never got released.

There is a discussion on this 45 on Soul Source

Gerri Hall [1966] - Who Can I Run To [Hot Line 905] - no drum intro

Northern Soul

Gerri Hall [1966] - I Lost The Key [Hot Line 905] 

Soul ballad
No label scan available

Gerri Hall [1966] - Who Can I Run To [Live on The !!! Beat]

Live footage performing (lip-synching) Who Can I Run To on The!!! Beat posted by ILMJXXx who has loads of footage of vintage artists performing so check out his channel.

Gerri Hall [1966] - You Can Make It If You Try [Live on The !!! Beat]

Gerri Hall [1966] - You Are My Sunshine [Live on The !!! Beat]

Gerri Hall [1963] - I Cried A Tear [RAI 101/Atco 45-6260] 

Deep soul ballad originally recorded by LaVern Baker in 1958.

Gerri Hall [1963] - Mr. Blues (Found A Home With Me) [RAI 101 / Atco 45-6260] 

Popcorn

Gerri Hall [196?] - It's Not As Easy As That [Ace Unreleased]

Taken from a 1998 compilation CD 'The First Take Is The Deepest' on Westside WESA 811.  The CD contains all previously unreleased tracks / versions from Ace of Jackson Mississippi.  It includes another Gerri Hall track 'What I Learned About You' which I am unable to find a sound clip for.

Gerri Hall [1962] - I'm The One [Ace 646]

Flip side is Hello Mr Dream

Huey (Piano) Smith & The Clowns [1958 ] - Don't You Just Know It [Ace 545]

Gerri Hall is on background vocals

Huey Smith & His Clowns [1962] - Pop-Eye [Ace 649]

Gerri Hall is on background vocals

Huey Smith & The Clowns (Feat. Gerri Hall) [1958] - Sea Cruise [Ace 2021]

Unissued until the 1971 LP “Huey ‘Piano’ Smith’s Rock & Roll Revival,” this was the Clowns’ original take with vocals by Huey and Gerri Hall (shown as Geri Hall on the above scan).  For the eventually-released 1959 hit version of “Sea Cruise” by Frankie Ford. The original backing track was used--with some added sound effects--and the duo’s vocal was replaced by that of Ford.

Huey & Jerry [1958] - Little Chickee Wah Wah / I Think You Jiving Me [Vin 1000]

COVID-19 11th May 2020

Summary

Global Figures

	No	%
Cases:	4,194,047
Deaths:	283,992	6.77%
Recovered:	1,499,405	35.75%
Active:	2,410,650	57.48%

Russia cases has already overtaken UK & IT with 221,344

UK now has more cases than Italy.

The 5 countries with most infections are now:

Country	Total Cases	% of Global
US	1,367,963	32.58%
ES	264,663	6.30%
Russia	221,344	5.27%
UK	219,183	5.22%
IT	219,070	5.22%

	New Cases	Change	Deaths	Change	Rec'ry Rate	Death Rate
IT	802	74.05%	165	85.1%	77.49%	22.51%	Inc.
ES	1,880	70.52%	143	57.4%	86.89%	13.11%	Inc.
DE	555	75.41%	20	51.3%	95.02%	4.98%	Inc.
FR	312	53.89%	70	87.5%	68.06%	31.94%	Inc.
UK	3,923	100.69%	268	77.5%	1.07%	98.93%	Red.
US	20,329	80.50%	750	52.7%	76.04%	23.96%	Inc.

Commentary

IT - new cases -281 (74.04%), deaths -29 (85.05%), active cases -1,518 (76.97% of peak)

ES - new cases -786 (70.52%), deaths -106 (57.43%), active cases -1,545 (61.91% of peak)

FR - new cases -267 (53.89%), deaths -10 (87.5%), active cases +63 (98.96 of peak)

DE - new cases -181 (75.41%), deaths -19 (51.28%), active cases -565 (27.32% of peak)

US - new cases -4,925 (80.5%), deaths -672 (52.74%), active cases +1,491 (100% of peak)

Lowest no of new cases since 29 Mar

UK - new cases +27 (100.69%), deaths -78 (77.46%), active cases +3,655 (100% of peak)

Well what can we say today? Boris Johnson relaxes lockdown measures and UK media in a storm about it this morning.  Johnson announces 5 tests that must be met before lockdown can be removed:

1/ Sufficient critical care capacity across UK

2/ Sustained and consistent fall in daily deaths

3/ Rate of infection decreasing (i.e. the R number)

4/ Testing & PPE able to meet demand

5/ Adjustment to measures will not risk a second peak that overwhelms the NHS

So what does this actually mean?

1/ enough beds / ventilators in intensive care

2/ reduction in no of people dying each day

3/ this is the controversial one as it does not necessarily mean the no of new cases it means the r factor below 1 - but how do they calculate this without rigorous contact tracing?

4/ Why is this bundled together?  Surely these should be separate i.e. Testing capacity sufficient and PPE capacity sufficient.

5/ This is just stating the obvious

I find it quite revealing that top of the list is NHS resources! Personally I would rearrange in order of priority as surely the priority should be reducing the no. of new cases and the rest will follow.  Fewer cases, fewer hospital admissions, less need for ITU and less deaths and all this underpinned by more tests and contact tracing and isolation when required.

If sufficient tests were carried out we would a/ know who had the virus, b/ be able to contact trace and test and isolate, c/ know if r is reducing.  This in turn 'should' reduce the no of new cases and deaths and reduce the no. of people requiring hospitalisation and ITU.  In all cases sufficient PPE should reduce the risk of infection of health workers.

1/ Sufficient testing capacity AND tests being conducted

2/ Rate of infection decreasing i.e. new cases reducing AND r reducing

3/ No of daily deaths reducing

4/ Sufficient PPE

5/ Sufficient capacity in ITU

Now let's test the measures:

New cases: 10 May 3,923, weekly average 4,655 monthly average 4,847.

New cases are currently 85% of weekly average and 80% of the monthly average.  Is this sufficient?  Spain has half this no of new cases (1,880) and the rest of EU (IT, FR & DE) all had less than 1,000 new cases. The latest weekly average for EU countries is ES 2,356, IT 1,676, FR 1,485, DE 888, all at least half, or well below half, the UK average cases.  

Deaths: 10 May 268, weekly average 485, monthly average 704

Deaths are 55% of weekly average and 38% monthly average

EU weekly averages ES 337, IT 239, FR212, DE 100

The figures are distorted as I pointed out yesterday from the UK death chart, deaths have been under reported each week at weekends and then increase. I strongly suspect that the no of deaths reported today may be twice the number reported for 10 May e.g. 600+ as this has been the consistent pattern for the last 6 weeks i.e. 2 low days for weekend then a doubling the next day which is probably due to a delay in reporting over the weekend.

I hardly think that govt. can claim that we have this under control (compared to the other major EU countries) and I fear that the latest 'ambiguous' message from PM will mean that people may assume that lockdown is over and cases will increase.  I certainly do not see figures now reducing with more people 'out and about' that's for sure.

What is r?

R is the reproduction factor.  It is termed R Zero or R nought.  At the beginning of the pandemic it was estimated that r was around 2.4 meaning that each infected person may transmit the infection to between 2 or 3 people.  It is now estimated that the figure is 5.7 for COVID-19.  This was alarming as it meant that if no measures were taken the virus would very quickly infect a very large proportion of the population, hence lockdown measures.  The government is reporting that r is between 0.5 and 0.9.  I have no idea how they have calculated this figure?  Perhaps it's calculated on no. of know infections as a percentage of total population? Even a rate of 1 is concerning as that means that every person infected spreads it to one other i.e. doubling.  The aim is to get r under 1 so that the virus spreads to less than 1 person per infected person and eventually dies out.

Latest stats from Worldometers

Latest v previous day - Recovery rate v Death Rate

	Total	Active	Conc.	Recvd.	Deaths	Recvd%	Death%
IT	219,070	83,324	135,746	105,186	30,560	77.49%	22.51%
ES	264,663	61,603	203,060	176,439	26,621	86.89%	13.11%
DE	171,879	19,910	151,969	144,400	7,569	95.02%	4.98%
FR	176,970	94,373	82,597	56,217	26,380	68.06%	31.94%
UK	219,183	186,984	32,199	344	31,855	1.07%	98.93%
US	1,367,638	1,030,515	337,123	256,336	80,787	76.04%	23.96%

Latest v previous day - increase / decrease

Country	New Cases 10 May	New Cases 9 May	New Case Increase	Deaths 10 May	Deaths 9 May	Death Increase
IT	802	1,083	-281	165	194	-29
ES	1,880	2,666	-786	143	249	-106
DE	555	736	-181	20	39	-19
FR	312	579	-267	70	80	-10
UK	3,923	3,896	27	268	346	-78
US	20,329	25,254	-4,925	750	1,422	-672

Latest v previous day - actuals

Day	10-May				09-May
Ctry	New Cases	Total Cases	No. Deaths	Death Rate%	Total Cases	No. Deaths	Death Rate%
IT	802	219,070	30,560	13.9%	218,268	30,395	13.9%
ES	1,880	264,663	26,621	10.1%	262,783	26,478	10.1%
DE	555	171,879	7,569	4.4%	171,324	7,549	4.4%
FR	312	176,970	26,380	14.9%	176,658	26,310	14.9%
UK	3,923	219,183	31,855	14.5%	215,260	31,587	14.7%
US	20,329	1,367,638	80,787	5.9%	1,347,309	80,037	5.9%

Latest v one week ago - actuals

Week	10-May				03-May
Ctry	New Cases	Total Cases	No. Deaths	Death Rate%	Total Cases	No. Deaths	Death Rate%
IT	802	219,070	30,560	13.9%	210,717	28,884	13.7%
ES	1,880	264,663	26,621	10.1%	247,122	24,264	9.8%
DE	555	171,879	7,569	4.4%	165,664	6,866	4.1%
FR	312	176,970	26,380	14.9%	168,693	24,895	14.8%
UK	3,923	219,183	31,855	14.5%	186,599	28,466	15.3%
US	20,329	1,367,638	80,787	5.9%	1,188,122	68,597	5.8%

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	100.4%	100.2%	104.0%	101.8%
ES	100.7%	99.8%	107.1%	102.4%
DE	100.3%	99.9%	103.8%	106.3%
FR	100.2%	100.1%	104.9%	101.0%
UK	101.8%	99.0%	117.5%	95.3%
US	101.5%	99.4%	115.1%	102.3%