RARE Acetate 5 FIVE ROYALES LP 45 SOUL DOO WOP Hear It

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461

Five Royales Acetate (Late 50's Early 60's)

Condition: Record plays VG (hear samples below)

Up for auction is a rare metal acetate 12" that plays at 45 rpm speed. I am not sure of the origin of this acetate, so it is hard to say if it was a proof for an album or to select singles for 45's. From the tracks on this acetate, it may be from the Apollo sessions era. I have played every track only ONCE, and recorded it (for my personal enjoyment) to avoid wearing the grooves. It seems there are two versions of "Talk About My Woman", the second which has a instrumental intro, is actually the song beginning from the Sax solo in the middle of the version before. The 8 tracks on this acetate are a nice variety of Bluesy numbers to Northern Soul to Doo Wop with some great Sax or Guitar Breaks. There is a small sticker (see picture below) on which is manually written "5 Royales Talk About My Woman" The only identifying marks I could see under magnification are the machine stamped numbers 65 4 1 and also printed is Ransc. I'm not familiar with all the original versions released of these tracks, so they may be unreleased versions or takes from this classic group. The sound samples below are nice and long but are NOT the complete songs, I edited them for time. Enjoy the samples to follow:

Sticker Side:

• Cry Some More (Click HERE to Listen)
• Crazy Crazy Crazy (Click HERE to Listen)
• Help Me Somebody (Click HERE to Listen)
• I Like It Like That (Click HERE to Listen)

Other Side:

• He Who Laughs Last (Click HERE to Listen)
• Talk About My Woman [with vocal intro] (Click HERE to Listen)
• Talk About My Woman [with instrumental intro from Sax Solo] (Click HERE to Listen)
• Good Things (Click HERE to Listen)

The "5" Five Royals are: Lowmal Pauling (vocals, guitar); Johnny Tanner, Jimmy Moore, Obadiah Carter, Eugene Tanner (vocals).

About the Band:
The "5" Royales were a relatively unheralded, but significant, link between early R&B and early soul in their combination of doo wop, jump blues, and gospel styles. Their commercial success was relatively modest — they had seven Top Ten R&B hits in the 1950s, most recorded in the span of little over a year between late 1952 and late 1953. A few of their singles would prove extremely popular in cover versions by other artists, though — James Brown and Aretha Franklin tore it up with "Think," Ray Charles covered "Tell the Truth," and the Shirelles (and later the Mamas & the Papas) had pop success with "Dedicated to the One I Love." Almost all of their material was written by guitarist Lowman Pauling, who influenced Steve Cropper with his biting and bluesy guitar lines, which at their most ferocious almost sound like a precursor to blues-rock. Pauling's guitar is pretty muted on their early sides, though, which sometimes walk the line between gospel and R&B. The gospel elements aren't surprising, given that the Royales were originally known as the Royal Sons Quintet when they formed in Winston-Salem, N.C. In fact, they were still known as the Royal Sons Quintet when they began recording for Apollo in the early '50s, although they had six members. They would change their name to the "5" Royales in 1952, although they would, confusingly, remain a six-man outfit for a while; the quotes around the 5 in their billing were designed to alleviate some of the confusion. The Apollo singles "Baby Don't Do It" and "Help Me Somebody" made number one on the R&B charts in 1953, and they had a few other hits for Apollo before being lured away to King Records in 1954. Although the group would remain on King for the rest of the 1950s, they would only enter the R&B Top Ten two more times, with "Think" and "Tears of Joy" (both in 1957). Their later sides, however, are their best, as Pauling became much more assertive on the guitar, dashing off some piercing and fluid solos. Some of these solos are among the heaviest and wildest in '50s rock, on both relatively well-known cuts like "Think," and virtually unknown numbers like "The Slummer the Slum." Greil Marcus once wrote something to the effect that a young Eric Clapton would have once paid to hold Pauling's coat. They remained primarily a harmony vocal group, though, and if their late-'50s sides are considerably more modernized than their early Apollo hits, they're still a lot closer to doo wop than soul. Even when their records weren't selling, the "5" Royales were a popular touring band. Their constant activity at King Records, in all likelihood, had some influence on the young James Brown, then starting his career on the same label; one of Brown's first big R&B hits was a frenetic cover of "Think." They couldn't sustain themselves without more hits, though. After leaving King and recording some more sides in the early '60s, they finally broke up by 1965.  - By Richie Unterberger (AMG)

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