Gallery 2

Jared Weinstein & Johnny Esposito in Philly
coming out of Treegoob's Records (home of Grand Records)
on Lancaster Avenue, circa 1960

Klaus Danner, rockabilly collector from Germany

Patty, Jimmy McGowan (lead singer of The 4 Fellows) & Jimmy's lady friend

William Guest of The Pips

Marcia Vance

Marcia in the store

Joe McEwen

Harvey Holiday

Mark (Del) Costello, music historian & filmmaker -
creator of amazing "group" concerts

Bobby J & Willie Winfield

Herman “Junior” Denby of The Swallows

Ronnie I and Christine Vitale

Mike Rascio, kept the hobby alive in the late 60's and 70's by
bootlegging group records on their original labels

Corky (my first cat) loved watermelon

Corky's curtain call

Jerry Holichek & Dave Antrell in California

Eddie Rich and The Swallows (Starbound)

The Swallows in the studio

The Swallows with their banker.
- Unfortunately I put their royalties with Bernie Madoff

The Swallows 1982, left to right: Al Smith, David Banks, Rico Brown,
Eddie Rich & Theodore Estep

DING DONG!! OUR WEDDING DAY!! 2-14-90

Patty with her sister Terri

Jerry Greene. . .he was my best man

CELEBRATING OUR WEDDING RECEPTION A FEW MONTHS AFTER
THE CEREMONY. . .WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE IT LASTED
BEFORE THE ACTUAL CELEBRATION!!!

In front of my collection

Val at the counter

Emma Blythe, these days Mrs. Fred Parris

Emma the Oldies Queen

Chuck & I at The Philly Zoo

Willie Shields, Chuck & I

Current store on the left

Original store front

Me . . . working

Look to the right: that's PATTY typing!!

Patty attempting to work at the store (short lived)

Frank Sweeney hiding from me

Chuck and I

Mary Swan with Bill Holdcraft

Armand (popular Philly DJ in the 80's & 90's)

Jerry Blavat, Hy Lit & Armand

George Grant with Claire & Chuck Munshaw

George Grant

Kathy Young (A Thousand Stars) with Mark Costello
at my surprise 50^th birthday party

Val, Mark Costello, Kathy Young

Phil Chaney, pioneer Baltimore record collector
also co-produced the Swallows

Ruth McFadden killing them at UGHA
Photos by Ralph Corwin

Chuck upstairs, 1990

Frank Sweeney, worked at the store from 1981 to 1995

Chuck

View from the back of the store

In the basement

Darlene Love at Border's

Sue Sassaman

with her grand kids

First thing to greet you when coming in the store

Group records

Downstairs

I’m not here today!

Diane Brown & Lewis Lymon

Lewis Lymon & John

Boys night out, including Lee Andrews, Steve Caldwell
Weldon McDougal The 3^rd& Charlie Ingui

Lee Andrews & Charlie Ingui (The Soul Survivors)

Weldon Arthur McDougal The 3^rd, bass of The Philly Larks;
record producer and promo man for Motown
and later Philadelphia International Records.

Allan Thomas and Lewis Lymon

Harvey Holiday

Elaine Wade & Lee Andrews

Jocko with Baby Washington

Justine “Baby” Washington with Larry Cotton

Rollye James

Jimmy Gallagher (lead singer of The Passions), Charles Anderson, & Rollye James

Frank Mancuso, lead of The Imaginations (Music Makers)
and a member of The Cordons (Rowe)!!

The Cordons (Rowe).
3^rd from left is Frank (The Imaginations)

Frank Mancuso (The Imaginations) & Pearl McKinnon (The Kodaks)

Pearl McKinnon, lead singer of The Kodaks

Tony Passalaqua, lead singer of The Fascinators (Capitol)

FLORIDA LEGENDS

Andrea Siegel

Andrea Siegal & Willie Winfield

Chuck & I at a Phillies game

Patty with Earl Lewis

Richard Barrett

Richard Barrett & Gene Dozier

. . . with Steve Caldwell

Steve Caldwell & I

Richard, Chuck & Weldon

The Poster I made for Richard Barrett's funeral.
His musical legacy

Heather. . . she helped with the layout

Shanda & Heather

THE MANY LOOKS OF EUGENE PITT
lead singer of The Jive Five

After visiting with Bob Marley

Eugene Pitt & Christine

Billy Harner

Martha (Reeves) of The Vandellas

The Duke of Earl. . . Gene Chandler

Know why “Duke of Earl” sounded so good?. . .
See below

The Dukays

Charlie Thomas (The Drifters)

Lloyd Price

Jerry Butler

Jerry Butler, Joe Ragusa & Billy Butler backstage at the Kimmel Center in Phila

Jerry Butler & Fred Cash of The Impressions

Kim Weston

John Boukalis (former employee), Harvey Fuqua, Val & Chuck

Patty, Harvey & I

John, Chuck & I

Ben E. King

Harvey Fuqua, Blavat & Ben E. King

Timothy Wilson aka Tiny Tim, lead singer on
"Wedding Bells" (Roulette). Not the “Tulip” moron

The Teenagers featuring Timothy Wilson

The Dells

...getting ready to perform

Verne Allison & Johnny Carter of The Dells

Kenny Gamble

Johnny Carter (The Flamingos & Dells) & Terry Johnson (The Flamingos)

Emma, the Geat & I

Emma & the Geat

Emma & Johnny Maestro

Rollye James & Dave Bupp (lead singer of The Magnificent Men)

Hey Val,

I was chatting on the Northern Soul website. Your name came up and they sent me your e-mail address.
I just wanted to say hey brother!!! I think about you often, and your contribution to the World Of Soul.
You have always been one of my favorite people I ever met. There never was a question about your
love of black (and sometimes white) R&B. You did your job well, by keeping the music of the past alive.
I will be forever grateful for your support over these last 50 years. Glad to see you're still spreading the
good sounds of the world. Hope you're healthy and doing well!!!

Love Ya' Brother

Dave Bupp

Nick Santamaria (lead singer of The Capris) & Sammy Strain
(The Chips, Fantastics, Impacts, Imperials & O'Jays)

Billy Paul

Kenny Vance

Geator, Frankie Avalon and Val

Steve Caldwell

Jack Strong, lead singer of The Contenders, Lytations, 5 Scripts, Zeppers, 5 Shits,
Beatles (Quest) - forget the Capitol group, Kaptions and The Revolvers

Three of The Contenders: Frank Torpey, Jack Strong (lead)
and Louie Tavani on the right

Norman Fox of The Rob Roys

Larry Chance (lead singer of The Earls)

Jack Strong & Tim Hauser (Manhattan Transfer)

Bruce Greenberg & Thom Bell during his heyday

Philly Hit-Makers, late 60's through the late 70's
Left-to-right: Leon Huff, Thom Bell & Kenny Gamble

Thom Bell at his 60^th surprise birthday party in Philly

Kenny Gamble

Russell Thompkins, Jr. (lead singer of The Stylistics)

Thom Bell with his late brother Tony's family - stunning!

with James Ingram (center) and Bobby Eli

Jerry Blavat & Norman Cooper

Jerry Blavat & Little Anthony

Blavat getting an award at Broadcast Pioneers in Philadelphia.
Patty on the right

Patty with the Geat!

Maxine Brown at 30^th Street Station in Philly

One of my best pictures

Maxine in Atlantic City

. . .with Patty's dad, Frank

Daddy's Little Girl

My Desk!

Kenny Gamble in store

Sammy Strain at Ron Greilich's house party

Ron Greilich & Bob Campbell

Billy Jackson of The Revels

Eddie Holman

DONNA FARGO

LEFT TO RIGHT: AL GALLICO (PUBLISHING MOGUL), DONNA FARGO & STAN SILVER
(HUSBAND/ PRODUCER) TAKING EVERY AWARD FOR 1972!!

Little Jimmy Scott

Connie Questell and The Decoys with Sam Carson

What's your problem?

John Jackson (rock 'n roll author)

Berry Gordy in Philadelphia

William “Poogie” Hart, lead singer of The Delfonics

Kenny Gamble, Berry Gordy & William Hart

Smokey Robinson & Larry Cotton

Smokey & Weldon

Claudette Robinson

Eddie Holland (Motown singer, writer & producer extraordinaire)

Brian Holland, The Motown Braintrust! He mixed all the hits of the mid 1960's

Eddie Holland & Kenny Gamble

Al Bell, head of Stax Records (late 1960's til the end in the mid 1970's)

Leon Huff and Al Bell

Chuck Jackson and his wife

The Geat, Jerry Blavat

Lee Garrett, singer, former DJ, songwriter & producer
Worked with Stevie Wonder, co-wrote “I Just Called to Say I Love You”
Weldon McDougal on the right

BUTTER & CYNTHIA'S WEDDING

GUESTS INCLUDE: BARRY ABRAMS, UNKNOWN, ALAN LOTT, JERRY BUTLER, WELDON McDOUGAL,
STEVE SCHULMAN, AL MELNIC, EDDIE WAHOFTIC, JERRY GREENE, BARRY COHEN, KENNY GAMBLE,
MATTY SINGER, ED COTLAR, DEE DEE SHARP, ERNIE SANTONE, HARRY ROSEN, GEORGIE WOODS,
HY LIT, KAE WILLIAMS, LEON HUFF, HAROLD BURNSIDE & BUNNY SIGLER

Joe “Butterball” Tamburro (left) & Jerry Greene (right)

Fred Parris & Andrea Siegel

Fred and Emma Parris at their wedding

Can I help you?

Al Trommers - perhaps the first New York Group Record Collector.

He named the Lost Nite reissue label, then, along with Jerry Greene, Jared Weinstein
and Johnny Esposito purchased “There's a Moon Out Tonight” by The Capris
from Planet Records, reissuing it as their first release, Lost Nite 101 - then they leased it
to Old Town, where it went into the Top 5 nationally.

Robert Stallworth

My personal collection. . .all vocal groups

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