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rage OL V sue Curvura ~ ooitirfafty D*rc?xi*b*< 24 v i9ri ;!NV>rES OF THE WEEK..." I EBON The recent opening of I the new Stax Records I office in Memphis. Ten- I VVp nesseet under the direc- I ^ '* tion of DAVID PORTER. BOLL newly appointed Vice President ,of the growing Fantasy family of labels, marked another milestone ,, in the records of musical wftrtf'i history. jjjLf T S It ail came about under \ JL -JFj \ the scrutinizing eyes and scratching pens of a spe- \H| cially invited contingent of \/J B the press plus other I y \ j J***, mont, following a press tuiuci CIV- CT WltJLl tUliipiCliC I r" mr media coverage at the new iJf r\ Stax Records Mid-town ^Towers Build= . ***'4 ^JRgd ing on-Union Avenue in I - Memphis. ?? ZJ / # The reactivation of Stax . '/ Records also brought f ' about the replacing of the I missing sound of real soul I / music that's been so sore- I S ly missed...the Memphis I ^ ^BS" sound, that Stax Records 1 \\ was recognized the, world over for. And with" the official reactivation of Stax Records came the reiuvi- .. . . ... A , . ,A * ties came out to wish the nated spirits of a commu- r .. , . King of Gospel Music, mty, a city, and a state, ~? , T ^ .? i .. . . Reverend James CI evethrough their various re- , , , ,u ? .. .... . land a happy birthday presentatives that shared , , .. f ., Al. , . celebration. Among those the spotlight of the occa- . ., . . D , .At_ . in tribute to Reverend sion with encouraging re- 01 . ..... T . j T .i_ x Cleveland included, D.J. marks, awards, etc. that D .. D , , , Rogers, Martha Reeves, was witnessed by hun- ^ ^ , , . , Councilman David Cun?f.W^. Al_magic momen , j. James Cleveland that in the opinion Qf this 0 ?J D j n . . \ Singers, and Rodena Pres?writer, -Was -almost too . m, ^ , , . . . , ton. Ji-Tu Cumbuka pro- r long m coming...howeve, ., , , . ~ ,, ' vided a short, moving praise God and all the . . , , ^ . rul ??statement and the MJL_ in- for the dais was Albert Popwell. Cletus Anderson, owner of VIP Record Stores; currently hosting VIP Celebrity Disco Night at the Kahuna's Bearded Clam Disco in Redondo ?Hp ^5^ Beaclv-CaUfornia. Natalie>? / ^ . W Cole has already appeared /* J and ABC Recording ArL-vm ^ tists, The Floaters, were '.k on hand to add to the growing number of cele?\yMjHBf* brities that are dropping by to entertain. Good luck Cletus. _ DrTRoland S. Jefferson, W screenwriter for the film i * Disco 9000, is back in the l T fU~ ,~T movie making business. ? ? ?f 1 -?4 . ^ This time it's a film called 7 "Perfume" which was1 n.^n. i.J X/IW1A0 HLAIUVIWU W I IVtCll OilU AO UC111 LI" duced by Dr. J. Rose volved in making it possi- Brumfield, former Miss ble...STAX IS BACK. Black California has one of Not only is Stax back; the five leading female" the label is alive with old roies. Looks like Dr. Jefand new talent. The super ferson may have to make talented Soul Children psychiatry a side line proand the amazing talents of a new group known as Circle of Fire, featuring' I DONALD 0*CONNER are I the first two groups sign- I ed to the reactivated label I J under the guidance of fl 'jk DAVID If you recall, the first H big hit penned by DAVID PORTER, was Sam and Dave' s recording of '' Hold years later with the same talented song writer and producer at the helm of a H^RHpPi^ reactivated label, it's rather ironic that the fl thoughts of this writer I should flash back to that jjeu ticuior sung mat more or less says it all for the future of Stax Records under the umbrella of Fantasy Records, new trio from RCA Records, ^^BSWaT Odessy, breezed intp An- w^P** jj geltown for the first time to meet the press and greet many West Coast fans. Currently the ji group is riding high on the M charts with "Native New I Yorker". Seems this may *!*??. be the best thing that has pBH^BBBIHBBi happened to the Big Apple in quite some tin^e. If the city could do as well as EXCJLUSIVE the record, who knows, Nu Yawk could make a J J *0C heavy comeback. Many stars and celebri MBSM5? Y IYGS, Lm] warrtn lani?r YWOOD TRAMMPS fession. Seems like some gether to sing profession- a people have all of the good ally we kept that name luck. because it was a name we Maria Gibbs (Florence never forgot, and we the maid on the Jeffer- didn't think anybody else sons) and famed musi- would either. We knew cian, Horace Tapscott re- that our name sounded \ turned to Los Angeles kind of odd, and at first with a bounty of gifts, people laughed at it. reautotfuag^r~ wat^~TUfa- stiU a-matter of from their participation in fact, tKe lirsl time~ we the United Negro College were presented at the Fund Telethon recently Apollo Theater,"we came held in Waco, Texas, and out with dungarees in that's Hollywood... hobo fashion. The people MAKP Mivr iutTcin T/vmnH <t iiiffi*?nl? ^ ? * ? at?4 m i? aii i u iflUOIVi *v/w?iivi iv UiillLUlV t'\J ClLLCpi t The Trammps - have us like that. So we decided been together for three to fool the public by years. Most of the mem- dressingsharp, and we bers were originally from found it took them by a group known as the surprise." > Volcanos, who erupted The Trammps love to with the tune, "Storm dazzle audiences with Warning" in 1965 on the their-flashy costumea, but independent Philadelphia it's more than just their based label, Artie Re- dressing that's given cords. The merging to- them such wide popular gether of the various acceptance around the members of the Trammps world, was typical of the many "Our sound can be street corner harmony attributed to the style of groups that could be the Coasters. Their sound heard throughout the city was based around their in the late 1950's, through lead singer and bass singthe mid '60's. er." "It's very true of many There's no problem iof your successful groups dentifying with "Where today," says Young. The Happy People Go", "Most of the guys were the album that takes its raised up on street corn- name from the smash ers, doing all kinds of single within, crazy things and getting "Trammps III" is their chased away by "the man', latest Atlantic album and hearing 'All you'll ever be it should establish them as is a bunch of tramps..." superstars in the wide "So when we erot to- world of music. flHwVirv" gss? 1 ^ ' ? ' N* 4 IBB | I ?? ** ki Mff ai H ^ n m - pgft . Py : * * V qggf _ VH Offi'O?|tl*ffi'iv Vt [Si'/'^ii^y yy* ^LK'^y^T r yi fct- -< , f>fr >' Tt?^Slt*l!lil-ltl2^.^J T^^^^F!*HpMii^PHIHHHSaflE3SS5Dv~*^>fl STARTS TODAY AT HANES MALL CINEMA )-1:40-4:15-7:00-9:30 I t " ^^Miiiiwimnrnwwn , i n i I ( BLACK 1 Jr 875 * Corner Of T1 DISCO by- SV tOPEN 7 DAYS A &-Z* . ^ Open I Mon. - Tues. - V ^ ^a 9:00 ? 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