The second of three new release from MD Records comes from
Gambrells who were a female trio from Detroit consisting of
sisters Sharon and Sandra Gambrell and Pat Hunt.
The link to the Jock Mitchell release is Pioneer Recording Studios owned
by Gary Rubin and Alan Sussman where the tracks were recorded.
The Gambrell sisters grew up living on the same block as Berry
Gordy’s family and went to kindergarten with Stevie Wonder. They met
Ollie McLaughlin (who was written about only last week on Deon Jackson
and The Compacts post, but briefly was a producer who owned several
Detroit labels named after his wife and his daughters).
They recorded "Pain In My Heart" on Carla, also recorded, but unreleased, by Jackson and another
single for Carla, but were mainly used as backing singers and felt
overshadowed by the roster on Carla and left. They did backing
sessions for Motown on Temptations and Brenda Holloway recordings
before attending auditions for Pioneer and succeed and released the
two sides presented here by MD "Jive Talk" / "Find A Love".
Original copies on Pioneer now sell for around £500 but you can now
own remastered versions for a fraction of that price.
The girls teamed up with James Cheers and Bobby (Boby) Franklin
(Bobby Franklin's Insanity) to form the New Loves, which did not get
issued until MD picked it up on the masters and released it early
2022.
The Gambrells continued to work with some well known names of the
soul scene, Scotty Bray, Steve Mancha, Jock Mitchell and the Tomangoes
with Geno Washington and Dusty Wilson/Williams and also some of the
stalwarts of song writing and production such as Mike Valvano, Cholly
Bassoline and Marty Coleman. Despite having a few more releases and a
move to Cub records, The Gambrells were never to achieve the level of
fame they deserved.
Discography
The Gambrells
196? - Pain In My Heart / I Want To Be Yours [Carla #201]
1966 - You Better Move / Pain In My Heart [Carla #803K-2527]
1967 - Jive Talk / Find a Love [Pioneer #811P-2109]
1968 - Love Is In The Air / I'm In Love Again For The First
Time [Cub #CUB-9156 SS]
The New Loves Ft The Gambrells
2022 - Paradise Of Love (Audition Take) / My Heart Is Suffering Baby
(Audition Take) [MD #MD-118]
2022 - Jive Talk / Find A Love [MD #MDJW005]
| Rating: | 8.4 |
| Explicit: | N |
| Genre/Style: | Northern Soul |
| Format: | Single |
| Media: | 7" Vinyl |
| Label: | MD Records |
| Cat No: | MDJW005 |
| Date: | 21/06/2022 |
| Key/BPM: | N/A |
| Price: | £15 |
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"Jive Talk" represents well the Detroit Sound of the time. It's good to bring it out of oblivion!!!
ReplyDeleteYves
Glad to see that since we first recorded them at Pioneer Recording Studio, Inc. The are getting to be heard again.
ReplyDeleteThank you for posting the record.
Gary A. Rubin, who actually produced the record, and Milt Olsen was the wonderful arranger.
Gary A. Rubin Pioneer Recording Studio/Pioneer Records Galan248@gmail.com
Thank you,
ReplyDeleteGary A. Rubin Pioneer Recording Studio, Pioneer and Tru-Soul Records
Galan248@gmail.com