Sold Date: February 20, 2018
Start Date: February 13, 2018
Final Price: $1,302.77 (USD)
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Extremely Rare Elyria,OH Garage Band 45… The Shademen On Riot Label… Strange/It’s OK ,Either Way

The rare second record by the Shademen, an Elyria, Ohio garage band…less than 200 pressed and few remain…featuring their new lead singer Greg Young.

“In the fall of 1967 the Shademen added a lead singer, a black Elyria High student named Greg Young. Shortly after, the band went to Audio Recording to cut a couple songs written by Greg and Mike Moore. Greg's addition to the band had signaled a direction towards more soul music. The Shademen had been a top-40 styled band that included soul, always popular in the working class cities in Lorain County, and Greg's addition reinforced that style. The songs were "Strange" and "It's Okay, Either Way". The group had parted ways with the Verann team and released the 45 on their own. They chose the name Riot records, a typical teenage tweak on a controversial topic, the race riots that had inflamed Cleveland and the country over the past year. The record was a custom Pama press and like many of the other Pama customs (see the AR-Pama topic under Labels) this was pressed in very limited (100-200) amounts and only a few copies have ever been found. "Strange" is a solid soul mover, Greg's vocal a bit like the Four Tops' Levi Stubbs. "Okay..." was more mid tempo Detroit soul style, both sides are a band sound without extra instrumentation. The second 45 did get some airplay on WWIZ but was not promoted or sold like the first 45.”  The rest of the story is on the buckeyebeat site.  VG+ condition.  Insurance will be included in shipping costs