SIXTIES

It should be mentioned that besides the standard R&B sessions being recorded at Tera Shirma, there was also a very large number of bands coming through the studios.

Groups such as Funkadelic, SRC, The MC5, Frigid Pink, Rare Earth, Teagarden and Van Winkle, Bob Babbitt's Scorpion, Mandala, The Human Beings, Heads Over Heels, Mitch Ryder....etc.

The Funkadelic sessions were wild. Like one big musical party. They would set up over the entire studio and George Clinton would direct the whole thing. It was almost like a stage act.

When John Rhys first brought in the SRC, this also seemed to usher in a new way of recording bands. It was the first time I had ever seen roadies hauling in all the equipment and setting everything up. They also, like Funkadelic, took over the entire studio floor space.

The MC5 did the infamous Kick Out The Jams Motherf...ers. When they were doing the vocals even my music business jaded ears perked up and I said.." They said what???!!! "
Here is a band that cooked it's own goose. Because of the language content, JL Hudson Co. refused to carry the MC5 record. The band in a naive fit of anger took out a full page ad in an underground newspaper that simply said...F>>K HUDSONS!!

TSK TSK guys...Hudsons was a major outlet for record sales in those days. To salvage any lost prestige with Hudsons the record company (I believe it was Atlantic) terminated the groups contract. In all fairness, there was a second version where they said Kick Out The Jams Brothers and Sisters instead of MFers. I don't know if that was done before or after the fact though.

Mike Valvano would record House of the Rising Sun with Frigid pink. Poor Mike. He sweat bullets getting anything out of this band that, at that time anyway, did not have a lot of experience. I thought he was crazy to re-do Rising Sun. The thing had just been a hit a few years before with
The Animals. I don't know how he did it, but Mike made a very big record with that song. Strange things do happen from time to time.

At any rate I thought it was important to mention the bands in the Tera Shirma story.

Here is an example of some of the music that came out of Tera Shirma.

Additions/Corrections Welcome

Funkadelic - Album - Free Your Mind - Westbound

Barbara Lewis - Album - The many grooves of ... - Enterprise

Dennis Coffey - Album - Hair and Thangs - Maverick

Spyder Turner - Album - Stand By Me - MGM

Rodriguez - Album -Cold Fact - Impact

Isaac Hayes - Album - Hot Buttered Soul - Stax (also cut at United Sound)

Rare Earth - Album - Get Ready - Rare Earth

Belita Woods - Magic Corner - Moira106

Bob and Fred - I'm On My Way - Big Mack6101

Brooks Brothers - Looking For A Woman - Tay501

Doni Burdick - I Have Faith In You/Bari Track - Sound Pattern6807

Doni Burdick - If You Ever Walk Out../Open The Door To.. - Sound Impression6809

Dynamics - Whenever I 'm Without You/Love To A Guy - Top Ten927

Dynamics - Yes I Love You Baby/Soul Sloopy - Top Ten100

Emanuel Laskey - A Letter From Vietnam/More Love - Westbound 143

Emanuel Laskey - Never My Love - Westbound 151

Fantastic Four - Just The Lonely - RicTic

Freda Payne - Band of Gold - Invictus9075

Joe Mathews - Ain't Nothing You Can Do - KoolKat1001

Johnny Rogers - Make A Change - Amon815

Lonette - Mind Intruder/Stop - MS208

Louis Curry - A Toast To You - MS203

Louis Curry - CaptIvated - MS210

Melvin Davis - Save It/This Love Was Meant To Be - Mala590

Milton Wright & The Tera Shirma Strings - The Gallop - Carla1902

Nabay - Believe it or not - Impact1032

Patti Young - Head and Shoulders - Ernstrat495

Reggie Milner - She's Alright - Ron's2

Sam Ward - Sister Lee - Groove City205

Samson & Delilah - Woman - Red Cap101

The Strides - I Can Get Along/The Stride - MS202

The Monticello's - I Can't Wait Until I See My Baby's Face - Red Cap102

Tobi Legend - Time Will Pass You By - Mala591

Tommy Frontera - Merry Go Round - Palmer5015

Jimmy Soul Clark - Sweet Darlin' - Soulhawk1

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