Doris Troy UNDOCUMENTED Northern Soul 45 demo acetate ONLY KNOWN EXAMPLE LISTEN
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For sale is easily one of the rarest and most important records I've ever had the pleasure of selling: an original 45 rpm acetate of "Mama Soul" Doris Troy singing an unknown/unreleased song called "Forget," by composer and arranger, Maurice Shapiro.
I know this is by her because along with this, I also acquired two other acetates of the same song on 78 rpm acetates with the same label from legendary New York recording studio, Stea Phillips. On one of those, the name Doris Payne is given, which was her first stage name (she was originally born Doris Elaine Higginson) until she settled on a second stage name of Doris Troy. Of the three examples of this I have, this is the only one that runs at 45rpm, the producer, Shapiro, apparently requesting that it be recorded at two different speeds. As there is no reference to this song anywhere, and music identification software Shazam doesn't identify it, there are likely no other known examples of this song anywhere. As the only 45 rpm example of the three acetates I have, it is also likely the only 45 of this song, period. It is on both sides of the acetate (see photos), which is a 10-inch 45rpm acetate and not a seven inch.
My guess is that this recorded somewhere between the time she was discovered by James Brown in 1960 at the Apollo and recording "Just One Look" as a demo for Atlantic in 1962. During this time, she was working as a back-up vocalist for Atlantic alongside other famous singers Cissy Houston and the Warwick sisters. She did record a released single around this time by Maurice Shapiro, "Foolish Decision" and "You Better Mind," on the Shirley label. This is possibly from the same session. In the same collection of this, I also found another version of "Forget" recorded in 1958 by a male singer and male background singers, which has a more doo-wop feel and different arrangement. Shapiro obviously had enough faith in the song to try to record it twice. The other version which I have listed on ebay now is also likely the only example of that version in existence.
This retains a little doo-wop flair, but is transitioning into girl group/northern soul. She is in peak form, and the background vocals are excellent: possibly the Warwick sisters, Cissy Houston or some combination of them, who were playing around that time as the Sweet Inspirations. The vinyl rates VG to VG+... looks the former, plays mostly the latter. I only tested one side, as acetates are fragile and I didn't want the recording on the other side to deteriorate. I also didn't clean it for the same reason. It is, as-found, out in the care digging wild.
If you have the chance, please listen to the earlier 1950s version of this I listed on ebay, either in live listings, or my ended listings, as there is only one day of overlap between that auction and this beginning. It is an interesting contrast in styles. Note: The clip below is only a partial clip of the song.
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Addendum: Please note that the name of the song is "forgive" not "forget" as I've written in the listing. Apologies for the confusion.
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