Thursday 20 January 2011

BALLADS - THE GIFT OF LOVE (Venture/MGM 1969) Jap mastering cardboard sleeve + 9 bonus




Venture label formed in late 1967 by MGM as an outlet for their soul acts. The label was run by former Motown A&R director William "Mickey" Stevenson with help from many other Motown exiles - the company was based in Los Angeles.
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The Ballads - after their Venture output failed to sell MGM dropped them from their roster - the group returned home and continued to issue the occasional single on the local Boola-Boola label where started their career.
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Ballads are:John Palmer, Rico Thompson, Nate Ramerson & Leslie Palmer

Sorry guys I couldn't find more information for this group...the album is a mega rarity & it's quite interesting...
I hope you will enjoy it as much as I did!!!
Here

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Paros said.. thanks for this.. well happy about the extra tracks..

hooch said...

Lovely LP - Many thanks!