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John
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Ray,

How many of these tracks were you involved with other than the Mike & Ray classic?

New 2013 CD issued on Ace Records from the master tapes

http://acerecords.co.uk/pied-piper-presents-a-new-concept-in-detroit-soul

Pied Piper Presents A New Concept In Detroit Soul

  • This CD heralds the biggest unearthing of Detroit and Northern Soul masters for decades. It is as important and thrilling as the Scepter, Wand and Musicor cache, the Dave Hamilton tapes or the unissued RCA treasure of the 80s and 90s. On this volume alone there are previously unheard gems from the Cavaliers, September Jones, Lorraine Chandler, Nancy Wilcox and Willie Kendrick alongside original Giant label releases that were issued in 1966 on Tony Hester, the Sandpipers and Mike & Ray. The first Pied Piper productions for indie labels like Mikki Farrow on Karate and Sam E Soul on Ruby are also included. The original, substantially faster, version of Lorraine Chandler s Northern Soul classic I Can t Hold On is a fresh and exciting take on a record that has been played solidly for nearly forty years. Her alternate vocal to Mend The Torn Pieces is quite a shock. Tony Hestor s first single, before he teamed up with his writing partner Popcorn Wylie, is a masterpiece of lilting, anguished soul that has grown in stature in recent years. The Sandpipers atmospheric Lonely Too Long and Mike & Ray s If You Only Knew on the label also fetch big money, as does the Karate-only release by Mikki Farrow of Could It Be . The reason Pied Piper has been so esteemed over the years is the large amount of Northern Soul classics played in the 70s heyday of the scene. What makes this CD so exciting are the new tracks by established Northern stars like the haunting I Hear Music by Lorraine Chandler and Willie Kendrick s unique style applied to the Metros number Time Changes Things . The Cavaliers We Go Together is a very classy mid tempo take and has excited the North s top DJs and is certain to be a monster sound in 2013. But the most exciting discovery for many will be the original version of Rose Batiste s I Miss My Baby which Pied Piper recorded over a year before the Revilot release with the original lyrics This Heart Is Lonely . Finally, September Jones gives us four of her eight Pied Piper sides that resulted in one solitary 45 release, which was licensed to Kapp. Compilation and sleeve note by Ady Croasdell.

    Track Listing

    1. I Can t Hold On (Original Version) - Lorraine Chandler
    2. Stuttering Sam - September Jones
    3. Gamblers Blues - Nancy Wilcox
    4. This Heart Is Lonely - Rose Batiste
    5. She Won t Come Back - The Hesitations
    6. Just Can t Leave You - Tony Hester
    7. We Go Together - The Cavaliers
    8. That's When I Need You - Freddy Butler
    9. Give Me All Of Your Love - September Jones
    10. That s What Love Is - The Pied Piper Players
    11. Time Changes Things - Willie Kendrick
    12. I Fell In Love (Can t Help It) - Freddy Butler
    13. Could It Be - Mikki Farrow
    14. I Hear Music - Lorraine Chandler
    15. I m Coming Home - September Jones
    16. Mend The Torn Pieces Of My Heart (Original Version) - Lorraine Chandler
    17. He ll Be Leaving You - The Pied Piper Players
    18. Chink A Chank Baby - September Jones
    19. I m Not Built That Way - The Hesitations
    20. In The End - Nancy Wilcox
    21. If Only You Knew - Mike & Ray
    22. Lonely Too Long - The Sandpipers
    23. Tears Keep Falling - Sam E Solo
    24. Tell Me Your Mine - Lorraine Chandler



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RAY MONETTE
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HELLO JOHN,

ADY CONTACTED ME A WHILE BACK AND ASKED IF I WOULD FILL IN A FEW THINGS ABOUT THOSE DAYS.

I GUESS HE MAY USE SOME OF IT IN THE LINER NOTES.

I CO-WROTE "I CANT HOLD ON", AND "TIME CHANGES THINGS" WITH JACK AND LORRAINE.

OTHER THAN THAT,I PLAYED GUITAR ON ALL THE SONGS.

THE POSTER IS TOO COOL! WE PLAYED A FEW SHOWS LIKE THAT,AND ALSO DID THE TV SHOW "SWINGIN TIME",WITH ROBIN SEYMOUR. AND ...OF COURSE,I WAS THE GUITAR PLAYER IN THE PIED PIPER BAND.

RAY



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John
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Hi Ray.

You were one busy man for sure lol.  

This is one cd I really am looking forward to hearing when it arrives.



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Martin G.
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"Give Me All Your Love" by September Jones, which was released in France in 2006, was co-written by Jack Ashford, Ermastine Lewis and Ray Monette.

Was Mike of Mike & Ray the same person who later recordrd for Motown under the name of Michael Edward Campbell?



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Ralph Terrana
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The same. He would later evolve into the actor, Michael Champion, and do rather well for himself.



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Martin G. (aka 144man)
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Thanks for info, Ralph.



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Anonymous
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Hell of a life.



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