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PhilMH 17th Jul 2022
| | I'm inclined to think that the album originally was planned to be a 1975 release, but Brunswick chose to delay it following Jackie's heart attack; why they then chose to release it in early 1977 is open to speculation. Anyway, I've just been through the sound recordings copyright registrations for 1975, 1976, and 1977, searching on different terms to cater for possible errors in the OCR, and this album does not show up in any of those years (Brunswick did register a handful of other things in that period). |
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RogerFoster 17th Jul 2022
| | You could be correct about that CD compiler having just "guessed" at 1976.
The tracks, of course, were recorded in 1975 just prior to Jackie Wilson becoming comatose at the end of September '75. There were two Brunswick singles issued from the LP, "Don't Burn No Bridges" and "Nobody But You" which 45Cat has released in November '75 and March '77 respectively. It looks like the LP was promoted to coincide with the release of the "Nobody But You" single as the label for that 45 specifically mentions the existence of the LP but whether the LP had come out earlier remains unclear.
I have been looking through my old copies of "Blues & Soul" to see if I can find any clues to confirm a 1976 release but so far have drawn a blank. The nearest I've got to this is the 30th November 1976 edition which has an article about a special fundraising concert, starring The Spinners and Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes, that was held on 3rd October at The Latin Casino in New Jersey that had raised $60,000 for him. |
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leonard ● 17th Jul 2022
| | I totally agree with you Ed and Phil. Until there's other substantial evidence changed date to february 1977 |
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edlongus SUBS 17th Jul 2022
| | It appears the Edsel UK CD release took a guess at the original release date being in 1976 without even knowing a release month?!? I'd be more inclined 2 believe the well-established Record World, Cashbox and Billboard magazines, who ran ads and did reviews of this album around the February-March 1977 timeframe. Keeping in mind that Jackie Wilson was/is a well-known artist, popular enough that these magazines would have taken notice of this album as soon as they received it and advertised it when ad space was purchased. PhilMH seems on-point with a probable February 1977 release. |
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RogerFoster 16th Jul 2022
| | The CD booklet notes in the 1999 UK re-release of this LP on Edsel are quite clear that this was released in 1976, though no month is given.
Alan Robinson's notes in the CD booklet for the Edsel release also comment that the LP was so poorly promoted that some sources have it as never having been released!! |
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PhilMH 25th Mar 2022
| | Re the release date - there's an ad for the album in Record World of 19th February, Cashbox issues of 3rd & 12th March list it in their "Added to R & B playlists" page (though the issue for the 3rd only names the artist, not the title), and Billboard of 12th March has a review, so it looks like early-mid February 1977 is the actual release period. |
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edlongus SUBS 2nd Feb 2022
| | With total respect 2 swbcfc and soultwinz, I attempted 2 upload slightly more focused cover scans and stock copy label scans (that I mislabeled - sorry). Even tho' the single "Don't Burn No Bridges" was released around November, 1975, it was a while before this album got issued. There is a review on Page 116 of the 12 March 1977 issue of Billboard Magazine. |
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Upsetter FC 31st Jan 2022
| | The only mention that comes up is a listing in the new LP/Tape Releases in the Apr. 2, 1977 issue of Billboard. |
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23skidoo 31st Jan 2022
| | Although the label does show (P)1975, is the release date correct? Other sources like Discogs and Wilson's biography at Wikipedia say this album came out in 1976. Maybe there's information available via Billboard, etc. This being Wilson's final album of new material (I believe), it's probably good to confirm. |
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HIDEKI WATANABE 19th Mar 2016
| | A5 : Just As Soon As The Feelings Over (by Sam Dees)
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