The Fabulous Flames – Do You Remember / I Need You Dear 

White Label Promo - Mega Rare

VG+

Rare and Excellent R&B / Doo Wop from the ashes of The Famous Flames.

Line Up: Louis Madison, J.W. Archer, Willie "Snake" Johnson, Bill Hollings

During the initial breakup of The Famous Flames (which featured James Brown), in 1957, the original group members Bobby Byrd, Sylvester Keels, NaFloyd Scott, Nash Knox, and Johnny Terry left the group due to the group's managers Clint Brantley and Ben Bart giving James Brown top billing and Brown was having trouble keeping The Famous Flames together. 

Several members came and went over the next several months, including Willie Johnson, Big Bill Hollings, J.W.Archer, Louis Madison and others. One of the bigger bust-ups occurred in the spring of 1959. Hollings, Madison and Archer, who had sung on 'Try Me', had a big confusion out in Oakland, California  following a show at the Oakland auditorium at which they opened for Jackie Wilson, Ray Charles, and Hank Ballard & the Midnighters...and James Brown left 'em all out there. 

The then-Flames claimed that Brown refused to pay them, while Brown claimed it was because of alcohol and drug use on the road. It led to one of the many confusing backwaters of Famous Flames discography. Of the marooned ex-Flames, Madison was the busier, forming a group called The Fabulous Flames who released three singles for Bay-Tone in 1961. This is one of those singles, and it's promo! We have the other two listed as well.

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Grading Policy: Mint   Never happens, doesn't exist in our eyes. NM    Nearly perfect, with perhaps one or two very faint marks on the grooves only seen under bright light VG+   A few light scratches or marks on the grooves that don't affect play, some may refer to this as EX VG    Still plays well and has good luster, but has more than a few surface scratches / hairlines / scuffs that don't typically affect play VG-  Plays fine, but looks a bit dull and has a significant amount of light surface scratches that don't affect play
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