MITCH RYDER&DETROIT WHEELS-RIDIN'-OZ45EP1967SOUL6 SONGS
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MITCH RYDER and THE DETROIT WHEELS - " RIDIN' "
7" 45 EP ORIGINAL AUSTRALIAN PRESSING 1967
IN ORIGINAL FOLDBACK PICTURE COVER & ORIG. PLASTIC INNER SLEEVE
2 NAMES ARE MIS-SPELT ON BACK COVER (DETAILS BELOW)
"A NEW VOICE RECORDING" - BACK COVER
LINER NOTES BY HOWARD COOK
TRACK LISTING :
Side One:
1. JENNY TAKE A RIDE - ENOTRIS JOHNSON / RICHARD TENNINAN* (aka LITTLE RICHARD) / BOB CREWE
* SPELLING ON RECORD LABEL "TENNINAN" - MIS-SPELT "TENNIAN" ON BACK OF THIS PIC. COVER
2. DEVIL WITH A BLUE DRESS ON - WILLIAM "MICKEY" STEVENSON / FREDERICK EARL (SHORTY) LONG
& GOOD GOLLY MISS MOLLY - JOHN MARASCALCO / ROBERT L. "BUMPS" BLACKWELL
Side Two:
1. SOCK IT TO ME BABY - BOB CREWE / LAWRENCE BROWN
2. TOO MANY FISH IN THE SEA - NORMAN WHITFIELD / EDDIE HOLLAND
& THREE LITTLE FISHES - SAXIE DOWELL
A VERY DIFFERENT TRACK LISTING TO UK RELEASE (SE 1039, 1966) - ONLY THE FIRST TRACK APPEARS ON BOTH. SAME PHOTO ON COVER
THIS APPEARS TO BE AN AUSTRALIA ONLY RELEASE
PRODUCED BY BOB CREWE
LABEL STATESIDE - "MADE AND DISTRIBUTED IN AUSTRALIA BY E.M.I. (AUSTRALIA) LIMITED. SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES"CATALOGUE # OSE 1005
RECORD IS IN NEAR MINT CONDITION
LABELS - SIDE 1 HAS A FEW MINOR SPINDLE MARKS, OTHERWISE NEAR MINT
- SIDE 2 NEAR MINT
FOLD BACK PICTURE COVER / SLEEVE IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - OPENING TIGHT; VERY MINOR CNR. / EDGE WEAR; FEW VERY MINOR CREASES; BARELY VISIBLE, PARTIAL RING IMPRESSION ON FRONT; FEW VERY MINOR FOXING SPOTS; FEW MINOR MARKS ON BACK (RIGHT MARGIN); MINOR RINGWEAR ON BACK
SUPERB 1960'S / AUSTRALIAN PRESSING / BLUES / PSYCHEDELIC / SOUL / GARAGE / MITCH RYDER / DETROIT WHEELS / JIMMY McCARTY / "LITTLE" JOHN BADENJEK / EARL ELLIOTT / JOE KUBERT / BOB CREWE / LITTLE RICHARD / SHORTY LONG / 'BUMPS' BLACKWELL / NORMAN WHITFIELD / EDDIE HOLLAND / SAXIE DOWELL / MISPRINTED COVER / STATESIDE / EMI / NEW VOICE RECORDS / 45 EP / COLLECTABLE IN EXTREMELY NICE SHAPE AFTER 44 YEARS
DETROIT WHEELS :
The Detroit Wheels were an American rock group from Detroit, Michigan. They served as Mitch Ryder's backup band from 1964-1967, and played on all his most successful records. Their original members were :
Jim McCarty (MIS-SPELT "McCARTNEY" ON BACK OF THIS COVER) (lead guitar)
Joseph Kubert (rhythm guitar)
Earl Elliot (bass)
Johnny "Bee" Badanjek (drums)
SAME LINE-UP ON THIS EP (STATED IN LINER NOTES ON BACK COVER)
" "Devil With the Blue Dress On" (1964) .... was the first recording issued on Motown's Soul label, a subsidiary designed for more blues-based artists such as (Shorty) Long. While this song never charted nationally, the song was covered and made a hit in 1966 by Mitch Ryder and The Detroit Wheels.
" Bumps" Blackwell produced and co-wrote hits for Little Richard including: "Long Tall Sally"; "Good Golly Miss Molly"; "Ready Teddy"; and "Rip It Up" (Last 3 with John Marascalco). They all quickly became rock and roll standards, and have subsequently been covered by hundreds of artists including Elvis Presley, The Beatles (& Mitch Ryder and The Detroit Wheels) .... "
" Norman Jesse Whitfield (May 12, 1940 – September 16, 2008) was an American songwriter and producer, best known for his work with Berry Gordy's Motown label during the 1960s.
He has been credited as one of the creators of the Motown Sound and as an instrumental figure in the development of the late-60s sub-genre of psychedelic soul. "
Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels scorched up the charts 1965-1967. Their brand of rock-pop craziness could yank you out of your seat and throw you into a frenzy. They specialized in revved-up re-tellings of old rocker songs.
Their signature song and biggest hit was the wild and crazy “Devil With A Blue Dress On”.
Billy Levise Jr. (Mitch Ryder) was born in Hamtramck, Michigan in 1945. The Motown influence was all over him. His version of soul, however, was pepped up a few notches influenced the other Detroit raucous rock sounds of Ted Nugent, Iggy Pop, and MC5.
Billy started by fronting a black quartet called The Peps. It was an intriguing and adventurous combination for the early 60s, but he eventually had to quit due to harassment. He then formed a group with future Wheelers-- Jim McCarty, John Badanjek, Joe Kubert and Earl Elliot. Their name was Billy Lee & The Rivieras. Their strong live act caught on with such force locally that they were hired to open for The Dave Clark Five in 1965.
Bob Crewe (producer of rock superstars The Four Seasons) was in the audience and immediately signed them, moving the band to New York City.
Crewe wanted a name change for the group. “Mitch Ryder” was found leafing through the Manhattan phone book, and soon “Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels” were set into motion. Their first try was “I Need Help” and it did. The song hadn’t quite captured their essence.
But “Jenny Take A Ride” took off in late 1965. This also cemented a formula that they would use frequently: hooking two different songs together and cementing them into a frenzied medley, with Ryder wailing over the frenzy. “Jenny Take A Ride” combined Little Richard’s “Jenny, Jenny” with Chuck Willis’s “C. C. Rider.” The song peaked at #10 in the winter of 1966.
Their beat was the perfect fit for discotheques in the mid-60s. The debut album “Take A Ride” captured the fun with other danceable numbers, “Shake A Tail-Feather" and “Sticks and Stones”. Their rockin’ remake of “Little Latin Lupe Lu” followed and landed at #17 in the Spring. Mitch and the Wheels toured extensively and appeared in the appropriate television shows (Hullaballoo, Where the Action Is, American Bandstand). He was the rock maniac with soul. The competitive summer of 1966 kept Mitch from any serious charting with “Breakout” and the slower “Takin’ All I Can Get”. But then late in ’66, they hit big-time with their signature song, the smokin’ combo-tune “Devil With A Blue Dress On/Good Golly Miss Molly”. It epitomized the soul yell of Ryder over the speed music of the Wheels. The song was pure energy. It made it all the way up to #4. The follow-up song was big too. The fun “Sock it To Me, Baby” went to #6 in the Winter of ’67. The fact that the term was a huge catch phrase from “Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In” didn’t hurt. Though there was a bit of a controversy, as some radio stations would not play a song with such suggestive lyrics. Mitch and the Wheels revved it up one more time for medley “Too Many Fish in the Sea/Three Little Fishes”. This was to be the last real Mitch Ryder and The Detroit Wheels” hit. It peaked at #24 mid 1967. Their next 45, “Joy”/ “I’d Rather Go to Jail” was a miss. Three other singles failed to score. This marked the end of the Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels heyday.WHY NOT INVEST IN COLLECTABLES ?
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