TOBI LARK Happiness Is Here NORTHERN SOUL 45 Topper

$

305

This record is an original pressing from the personal collection of legendary Detroit recording engineer, Ed Wolfrum. (see short bio below ***)

TOBI LARK "Happiness Is Here"/"Talkin' About Love" on Topper 1011. "Happiness is Here" looks and plays VG++. "Talkin' About Love" looks and plays VG+.

INCLUDES: Ed Wolfrum, United Sound business card from late 60s.

Tobi Lark grew up in Detroit, singing and touring from the age of 9 with the Emma Washington Gospel Singers. Emma Washington was Tobi's mother, and Emma sheparded her daughter into the music industry. Tobi relocated to Toronto from Detroit around 1967. It is likely that Tobi came down to Detroit from Toronto to cut this record on Topper and "I'll Steal Your Heart" on Palmer. Ed remembers mixing both of these sessions at United, 4-track sessions to Scully mixed-down to Ampex 350.

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ED WOLFRUM

This is one of a set of 13 deep Detroit records currently listed up on ebay from the collection of Dr. Edward J. Wolfrum. An engineer who worked consecutively at Motown, Golden World, United Sound, and Theme Productions in the 60's, and his own Audio Graphic Services studios since the early 70's, Edward Wolfrum is an engineer with deep roots into the Detroit recording scene. Wolfrum worked on such disparate records as Funkadelic's first three LPs, Isaac Hayes's "Hot Buttered Soul," the Tomangoes "I Really Love You," the Association's "Along Came Mary," to a large share of Marvin Gaye's Output. Today Wolfrum performs mostly binaural mannequin head recordings of classical/orchestral music, most notably recent recordings in Detroit of the works of 50s/60s DSO conductor, Paul Paray. Wolfrum worked within the close knit family of recording engineers, producers, label owners, and musicians that existed in a time when immense technical and artistic talent filled the city of Detroit. Wolfrum worked most closely with his good friend Russ Terrana and coworkers at United Sound like Danny Dallas and Les Cooley. Responsible for countless huge orchestral records, echo laden drum breaks, and pounding Detroit Soul workouts, Ed Wolfrum looms large in the magic of the Detroit Sound.

Photo Courtesy of Dr. Edward J. Wolfrum, Audio Graphic Services

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