music: "You've Got To Pay The Price" - Al Kent (Ric Tic 127a)

In April 1966, another major talent arrived at Golden World, in the shape of Mike Terry.

His debut was the fantastic "Headline news" which features Mike on his trademark bari sax.

A hugely talented arranger, Mike began his career in '59 with Popcorn Wylie. Joining the Joe Hunter Band in 1960 he began a five year tenure with Motown before signing with Golden World.

During his time at Golden World, he  joined forces with George Clinton and Sidney Barnes to form Geo-Si-Mik Productions.

That partnership lasted only four or five months however as they probably became another victim of the Motown buy-out. 

In 1967, Mike found himself working at various outlets, such as Drew with the Precisions, at Artie Fields with Kris Peterson, and at Pied Piper with a number of artists for Jack Ashford.

In December, he was lured to Chicago by Dave Kapralik of Epic. At Epic's subsidiary, Okeh, Mike worked with the Little Foxes, Sandra Phillips and Johnny Robinson.

Constantly in demand, he would eventually rejoin the revitalised Ric-Tic label, and arrange many superb songs for the Fantastic Four.

Here's an example of Terry's classic work at Golden World.

George Clinton and Sidney Barnes were well acquainted by the time they arrived in Detroit to work for Wingate and Bratton. 

for Raynoma Gordy at Jobete Music, in New York City, in 1962. 

After Jobete, Sidney moved on to Sue Records, then Red Bird Records, as a songwriter and artist. At Red Bird, he recorded some classic songs including "You'll always be in style" and "I hurt on the other side".

George took his group, the Parliaments, to Detroit in '64 and signed with Motown. Being in the shadow of the mighty Temptations, however, nothing came of this venture. 

Clinton and Barnes then teamed at Golden World, joining forces with Mike Terry to form Geo-Si-Mik Productions.

The first mention of Geo-Si-Mik on a Golden World 45, came in July 1966 via Tony Michael's release, "I Love The Life I Live".

One of their best productions was by the Parliaments. It was the classic double-sider  "That Was My Girl" c/w "Heart Trouble". Joe Hunter and Bert Keyes provided the arrangements for those songs.

George and the Parliaments moved on to Revilot in 1967 where they released a number of 45's including the classic "Testify" which reached Pop #20, R&B #3.

Another Geo-Si-Mik song, "I'll Bet You", was covered by a number of artists over the years. It is also credited to being co-written by Ms. Theresa Lindsey.

Theresa was an artist with Wilbur Golden's Correc-tone label  prior to her arrival at Golden World.

She recorded three excellent songs there, including the brilliant "Gotta Find A Way".

"I'll Bet You" is an action packed song. The flip side, "Daddy-O", is much more laid back and is one of the best sides to have been released on Golden World. It was written and produced by Don Davis and Billy Jackson.

Theresa Lindsey

The latter was actually Gene Dozier, a fact confirmed by Bobby Eli on the forum. Gene had started out with Cameo in Philadelphia before moving to Detroit and Motown Records in 1965.

Motown didn't work out however, so he tried his luck at Golden World through Richard Parker, who was A&R Director at that time. 

Another collaboration with Don Davis produced "Let's Get Together" for Pat Lewis.

After a couple of months Gene moved to Sunset Boulevard, in Hollywood, where he signed with the Minit label as Gene Dozier and the Brotherhood. The resultant instrumental,  "Hunk Of Funk", fared reasonably well.

Theresa Lindsey is also Terry Lindsey who had a 45 released in the UK on the President label called "It's Over".

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