Timmy Carr

Listen/Download – Timmy and the Persianetts – Timmy Boy MP3

Greetings all.

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The record I bring you today is a fantastic slice of Philly R&B/soul that I picked up wayyyyy back in the day, when I was grabbing everything I could with a Philly pedigree.

And as pedigrees go, this one has a long one.

Timmy and the Persianetts (sic) recorded two 45s for Olympia and Guyden in 1963 and 1964.

Timmy, aka ‘Timmy Carr’ was Timothy Carstaphen, and the Persianetts (later Persianettes) were Vera Carey, Lucille Dunbar and Helen Hutchinson.

Carr went on to record the epic (unreleased when recorded but issued years later) ‘Got No Time’, one of the most brilliant Philly soul tunes ever waxed, and the Persianettes recorded one of my favorite soul 45s, ‘It Happens Every Day’ b/w ‘Call On Me’ for the OR label.

That said, ‘Timmy Boy’ has been lauded previously as one of the finer bits of imitation Phil Spectoriana ever laid down, which it is, but it is also groovy on its own merits.

Featuring a great lead vocal by Carr, and backing by the Persianetts on a tune based on the old folk song ‘Darling Billy’, the record builds, layer upon thundering layer until it ladles out that rich sonic soup with the Gold Star Studios sound.

This isn’t an easy record to find, but when you do (find it, that is) it isn’t terribly expensive.

I hope you dig it, and I’ll see you all on Monday.

Keep the faith

Larry

 

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