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The Dapps Featuring Alfred Ellis - "There Was A Time" b/w "The Rabbit Got The Gun" King 1968   Oh no! It's Elmer Fudd's worst nightmare! Man this is a fantastically funky fillet of soul instros! As previously stated in other posts, sometimes I'm unable to upload both sides of a single, so while I'm presenting the whole single for your listening consideration, I'm only able to provide the audio for one of the tunes. This is one of those times. It's really just poor time management on my part, more than anything. The Dapps were a Cincinnati-based band that worked with James Brown briefly in the mid 1960s, putting out singles as James Brown And The Dapps. And this Alfred Ellis featured on this single–well that's Alfred "Pee Wee" Ellis, James Brown's one-time bandleader. Since I have only one side to share this time around, I chose the B-side, because while the A-side is a great jazzy soul tune, "The Rabbit Got The Gun...

    The Fantastics - " I Wanna Be A Millionaire Hobo" b/w "There Goes My Love" RCA Victor 1959 Today we sample some divine doo-wop from the streets of Brooklyn, New York, by way of The Fantastics. The Fantastics were a short-lived group who released three or four 45s between 1959 and 1961. In 1962, the group lost a member and renamed themselves The Keynoters and released one more 45 that same year on Keynote Records before dissolving permanently. Most of the members of the group appear to have faded into obscurity afterwards, with the exception of their first tenor, Sam Strain, who would go on to perform with Little Anthony & The Imperials as well as The O'Jays. This particular 45 is their first, and it's a good one. The A-side has that delightful humor-laced good time rock 'n' roll sound that makes groups like The Coasters and The Cadillacs so timelessly endearing. It has the right amount of that tongue-in-cheek, smart ass repartee that makes...