07/07/2012

Drew


DREW
Drew records were a subsidary of Sidra Records. The Precisions were a vocal group formed by Arthur Ashford, Michael Morgan and Dennis Gilmore on the Motor City's west side, a neighbourhood mecca for much of the city's R&B talent as well as the site of its densest aggregation of recording studios.With a few obscure mid-'60s singles on the prolific Detroit soul and R&B label D-Town already to their name, the Precisions would go on to add young college student Billy Prince as a lead vocalist in 1967. This selection, the debut release of the reconfigured group, would be the first of five Precisions records on Drew Records, a label whose discography, as it turns out, only included other Precisions records.

"Such Misery" follows faithfully in that time-honored soul music tradition of rallying cries for the broken-hearted. Nothing new there. "Such Misery" is quite striking, however, for its drastic changes in feeling and tempo, its thudding drums and bass the colossal Yang to the celestial Yin of its vibraphone and graceful harmonies.(officenaps.com) Northern Soul plays in yellow.
Cat. Number Artist A-Side/B-Side Mattrix Date



D 1001 Precisions A Lover's Plea ZTSC 121637 1966
Such Misery ZTSC 121638 1966
D 1002 Precisions Why Girl ZTSC 126028 1967
What I Want ZTSC 126029 1967
D 1003 Precisions If This Is Love (I'd Rather Be Lonely) ZTSC 126413 1967
You'll Soon Be Gone ZTSC 126414 1967
D 1004 Precisions Instant Heartbreak (Just Add Tears) W4KM 0326 1968
Dream Girl W4KM 0327 1968
D 1005 Precisions A Place W4KM 0794 1968
Never let Her Go W4KM 0795 1968
Research: Rod Dearlove

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