Several members of The Legends were members of the original Notations
who were formed in 1969 and consisted Cliff Curry, Curtis McCormick,
Carl McPhan, Brian Taylor & Lee Dees. They recorded
'Trying My Best To Find Her'
/
'Gonna Get Ready'
on TAD #205 the same year.
After this record Clifford Curry left taking the group name. Two groups
emerged, a new Notations formed of Curry, LaSalle Mathews, Jimmy
Stroud & Bobby Thomas, and The Ledgends consisting of Curtis
McCormick, Carl McPhan, Lee Dees from the previous Notations along
with Lamar Greer and Lenny O'Dell.
The Ledgends released three 45s all in 1970. I did a post on the goup some
time ago
here.
This song was written by two members Carl McPhan
and Curtis McCormick. It was also recorded by The Lovelites the same
year on their album
'With Love From The Lovelites'.
The Ledgends were a Chicago group which included Carl McPhan and Curtis McCormick (who were co-writers on Gotta Let You Go and Something To Remember You By) and Lamar Greer, Carsie Lee Dees and Lenny O'Dell. They released 3 45s all in 1970. Their first 45 was issued twice on Locket and Commonwealth United.
Their sides were produced by established producers Johnny Cameron and Clarence Johnson.
Carl McPhan stated the following in a YouTube comment "Thank you for your comment I totally agree it's sad to know at that time there were powers that literally kept true talent from being exposed! There are three other "The Legends " records like this called "something to remember you by" Gotta let you go" and " Fear Not" also here on you tube on Red Balloon Records I don't know where Locket Record version came from. Thank you and enjoy."
This is contrary to the opinion on SoulSource which claims that the Locket issue was the original local release which was then distributed nationally on Commonwealth United. If Locket was the first local release surely he would remember? This was the only release on the label.
Discography
1970 - Gotta Let Go / Fear Not [Commonwealth United C-3014]
1970 - Gotta Let Go / Fear Not [Locket L 756]
1970 - Something To Remember You By / Gotta Let Go [Red Balloon RB-01]
1970 - A Fool For You / Fear Not [Red Balloon RB-03]
As you can see they only actually recorded 4 sides Gotta Let Go, Fear Not, Something To Remember You By and A Fool For You.
Owing to different (simpler) label design to RB-01 above, some thought that this may be a bootleg (see SoulSource discussion) but general consensus is that it's legit.
It has never sold on Discogs and I can only find one on Popsike which sold for £218 in Nov 2007 so guess it must be pretty rare.
No label scan available.
The Ledgends [1970] - Fear Not [Red Balloon RB-03]
