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rendur said:have they..won't they..will they ever re-release (sonny charles) the checkmates ltd" in audio cd???
Captaindave said:I haven't heard much about these guys for a long time.I remember that the Checkmates LTD were the opening act for Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass when they played the Blossom Music Center here in Northeast Ohio back in 1968.Don't recall how they sounded - were they recording on A&M at the time?
Harry said:All I have of Sonny Charles & The Checkmates, Ltd. is their hit "Black Pearl" as it appears on the A&M FORGET ME NOTS promo album. The liner notes of that say that the "Black Pearl" record was release Aoril 2, 1969 and reached #13 on the Billboard charts. The song was credited to P.Spector-T.Wine-I.Levine) and the track was produced by Phil Spector.
Captaindave said:Still thinking about that BYU thing - I suppose Herb turned down quite a bit of money to take that stand as he did - unless he was able to collect from BYU anyway I think Herb was making some pretty good money on those concerts back in the sixties (in terms of the value of money at the time, of course....).Interesting....