60s DETROIT NORTHERN SOUL TOM STORM/ PEPS THAT'S WAY LOVE IS + LOVE U GE GE ORIG

	£		31
	$		41

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60s DETROIT NORTHERN SOUL

ORIGINAL U.S. ISSUE

TOM STORM & THE PEPS

THE DEBUT 45 FROM A VERY COLLECTABLE GROUP

BOOKS AT £100

"I LOVE YOU"

HEAR HERE!!

60's Detroit Soul ! Tom Storm and the Peps - I Love You - YouTube

A. WHETHER IT WAS AS TOM STORM & THE PEPS, THE FABULOUS PEPS, OR SIMPLY THE PEPS, THIS GROUP RANKS AMONG THE VERY BEST TO EMERGE FROM DETROIT IN THE 60s; THE TRIO LINED UP AS THOMAS HESTER (NO RELATION TO TONY), RONNIE ABNER AND JOE HARRIS (WHO LATER BECAME AN ORIGINAL MEMBER OF THE UNDISPUTED TRUTH); HESTER USED THE STAGE NAME OF TOM STORM, IN A MOVE THAT BRITISH MANAGER LARRY PARNES WOULD HAVE BEEN PROUD OF (ALL PARNES' ACTS HAD TOUGH MOCK IDENTITIES, LIKE BILLY FURY, MARTY WILDE, DUFFY POWER, ETC); THE TRIO RELEASED THIS (THEIR FIRST) SINGLE WITH A VERY STRONG NOD IN THE DIRECTION OF BERRY GORDY'S EXPANDING EMPIRE; THE A-SIDE WAS WRITTEN BY DON DAVIS AND MILTON JONES, USING A PUBLISHING COMPANY THAT REEKS OF MID-60s DETROIT SOUL POWER; IT WAS CALLED GROOVEVILLE AND THELMA

b/w

"THAT'S THE WAY LOVE IS"

HEAR HERE!!

Tom Storm & The Peps - That's The Way Love Is - GE GE 96948 ...

B. IF YOU'RE A LABEL COMPLETIST, YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE TOO LONG TO FINISH OFF YOUR GE GE COLLECTION; THERE WERE JUST THREE OF THEM, WITH THE SECOND BEING BY EDDIE HILL, AND THE THIRD ANOTHER OUTING BY TOM STORM & THE PEPS (OR THE FABULOUS PEPS AS THEY WERE NOW BEING BILLED); ALL THREE ARE EXCEPTIONAL NORTHERN SOUL TRACKS, AND NONE MORE SO THAN THIS FABULOUS MID-TEMPO SHUFFLER, WITH SEARING KEYBOARD RIFFS APLENTY; "THAT'S THE WAY LOVE IS" (NOT THE SAME SONG AS DONE BY THE ISLEY BROTHERS) WAS PENNED BY ANOTHER STALWART OF THE DETROIT SCENE - LEE ROGERS; THE PEPS/FABULOUS PEPS LATER RECORDED FOR D-TOWN, WHEELSVILLE, PREMIUM STUFF AND WEE

LISTEN TO BOTH SIDES IN FULL VIA THE YOUTUBE POSTINGS ABOVE

(NOT TAKEN FROM THE SALE COPY)

(US: Ge Ge no number, 1965)

Although no number is given on either label, this single is often listed as 501, to fit in with the other two singles on Ge Ge (502 and 503); or the corresponding ZTSC numbers are used (96947/96948)

Vinyl

Record condition (A-side): Excellent ++ (plays Excellent ++++)
Record condition (B-side): Excellent +++ (plays Excellent ++++)

Label condition (A-side): Excellent ++++ (Extremely light ring-wear)

Label condition (B-side): Excellent ++++ (Extremely light ring-wear)

Deletion hole: No

This record has been played on both sides to verify condition, but there's a full money-back guarantee on all my sales, and I'll refund anyone who isn't totally captivated. Most are sent by 'signed for' delivery.

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