I need this 45 and or a label scan if anyone has one.
I need this 45 if anyone has one.
Rip records was a small New Orleans label started in 1962 by Rippo Roberts, although some sources say it was started in 1963 I have a distributors sample of the Chess national pressing of this record with the date 7/12/ 62 written on it. I would recommend the Chess 2nd pressing over this original first issue due to it being pressed too quietly. The song sounds infinately better on Chess and you can hear elements that you completely miss on this issue. Released in 1962 "You're the only one" is a very strong mid-tempo soul track with just enough rhythm and guts to make it interesting, the track really starts to pick up a minute into it when Eddie starts to wail and moan and the female backing comes in, very Ray Charles-esque and a great dancer that would work wonders in a mod dj set. "You're With Me" is a really good gospel soul song, again heavy traces of Ray Charles are here.
I need this 45 and or a label scan if anyone has one.
Released in 1963, "Woman" is a typical sounding early sixties New Orleans record, there is no real magic in my opinion here, it's an enjoyable tune but suffers from from Buddy Holly "HeartBeat" catchyness, which maybe is not such a bad thing for somebody else, eddie's piano playing is very nice though, quite doom laden and deep sounding. "Temptation" is a nice enough ballad though with eddie's vocal being the main focus, there's some sweet female backing vocals that come in mid-way through, probably a record deep-soul collectors would get rather sweaty palmed over!
I need this 45 and or a label scan if anyone has one.
A very, very tough 45 to find, and the best of the RIP releases I have yet managed to find, Eddie's role was songwriter and arranger, Bobby Mitchell was a succesful artist from the fifties who is now criminally overlooked, his high school doo wop vocal group 'The Toppers' went onto become big hit makers, they even featured a fresh Clarence (frogman) Henry who stuck with them from 1952 to 1955 when he was fired for getting married and missing a show! Mitchell recorded countless Rock n' Roll classics for Dave Bartholemew at Imperial, initially with the Toppers but towards the end of his spell at Imperial he dropped the Toppers and went on to record as a solo artist, the most succesful being "I'm Gonna Be a Wheel Someday" from 1957. After Imperial he went on to releases a handful of records over at Ron, Ric and Sho-Biz, but none quite do it for me like this RIP effort from 1963, a strong Rn'B dancer with great melody, killer vocal performance and sweet soulful backing, this would go really big on the Northern Soul scene if someone was to pick up on it. "Walking In Circles" is a cool deep soul ballad.
Martin Lawrie www.soulgeneration.co.uk