The Controllers – Cash Box (1976)
“The Controllers, four men in their early twenties hailing from Fairfield. Alabama, began their musical careers singing in church gospel groups. In 1974, after working with the group for several months, Clinton Harris took the vocal quartet under his personal management. When he formed Bessemer Wage with Frederick Knight, the group was signed to […]
Count Talent and The Originals – Michael Bloomfield – Clouds Records (1978)
COUNT TALENT AND THE ORIGINALS – Michael Bloomfield – Clouds 8805 – Producer: Norman Davron – List Price: $7.98 After nearly a decade of exile from the music scene which followed his halcyon days with The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Michael (nee Mike) Bloomfield has returned. The electric guitar and the blooze, as always, […]
T.K. Productions and Tone Distributors – Record World (1975)
T.K. PRODUCTIONS, INC. 495 S.E. 10th Court Hialeah, Fla. 33010 Phone: (305) 888-1685 (Alston, Blue Candle, Cat, Chain, Chimneyville, Contempo, Dash, Drive, Glades, Intl Brothers, T.K. Records) TONE DISTRIBUTORS 495 S.E. 10th Court Hialeah, Fla. 33010 P.O. Box 1447 Hialeah, Fla. 33011 Phone: (305) 888-1685 Henry Stone: President Mario Diaz: Gen. Manager Bob Perry: Sales […]
Cecil Shaw “This I’ve Gotta See” – Bil-Mar Records / T.K. Productions (1973)
Cecil Shaw is still famous in the UK Northern Soul scene, and this 1973 gem shows why. The song is “This I’ve Gotta See.” It was written by Marshall McQueen and Bill Williams Jr. It was produced by Billy Davis Jr. and Marshall McQueen. It was arranged by Marshall, McQueen, and Ed Redman. The […]
T.K. Productions Thanks NATRA – Record World (1974)
T.K. Productions: Glades, Alston, Cat, Chimneyville, Contempo, Blue Candle, Simtone, and Weird World Records
T.K. Productions, The Independent’s Independent – Cash Box (1975)
T.K. Productions: Henry Stone set it up as the umbrella corporation for over 15 of his own labels that are still bought and sold all over the world. In 1975, Stone was building an unprecedented run on the pop charts that still holds records today. This Cash Box advertisement from 1975 thanks, “KC and The […]
Shakin Hits At T.K. Productions – The Miami Herald (August 28, 1976)
Florida Funk: Henry Stone and T.K. Records (1976)
ARTICLE BY – Steve Ditlea “It would be hard to imagine a more unlikely location for a major recording center than Hialeah, Florida. Nestled between Miami and The Everglades, a racetrack its best known cultural attraction, this sleepy tropical town of 100,000 is far removed from the New York-Los Angeles-Nashville axis around which the music […]