{"id":6494,"date":"2016-08-11T13:27:44","date_gmt":"2016-08-11T18:27:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=6494"},"modified":"2016-08-11T13:27:44","modified_gmt":"2016-08-11T18:27:44","slug":"al-thomas-i-had-a-good-thing-but-i-blew-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=6494","title":{"rendered":"Al Thomas – I Had a Good Thing (But I Blew It)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Al Thomas solo, and with the Sweet Delights<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Listen\/Download – Al Thomas – I Had a Good Thing (But I Blew It) MP3<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Listen\/Download – Al Thomas Ork – Cornbread and Molasses MP3<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Greetings all.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The end of the week is here, so I will beseech you once again to tune in to the Funky16Corners Radio Show<\/strong>. You can subscribe to the show as podcast in iTunes (maybe review and rate it while you’re there?), listen on your mobile device via the TuneIn app, check it out on Mixcloud, or grab an MP3 right here at the blog.<\/p>\n

We\u2019re going to close out the week with a groovy Philly 45 that I\u2019ve had in my crates for years but only just recently made a discovery about.<\/p>\n

I picked up the Al Thomas Ork<\/strong> 45 \u2018Cornbread and Molasses\u2019 after hearing it in a mix back in the day. I was already buying up any Philly soul and funk I could get my hands on, especially anything on the Virtue label.<\/p>\n

My assumption at the time was that Al Thomas<\/strong> was the same cat as \u2018Big Al T\u2019<\/strong> who did the two-sided instrumental funk 45 of \u201925 Miles\u2019 b\/w \u2018Do the Slide\u2019 which I already had.<\/p>\n

So \u2013 as is often the case \u2013 I didn\u2019t really dig into the flipside, the vocal version of the song \u2018I Had a Good Thing (But I Blew It)\u2019 until years later.<\/p>\n

When I did, with my aptitude and taste for sweet soul more highly developed, it really made a mark. It has that groovy, slightly funky, late 60s (1968) vibe that you heard a lot coming out of Philadelphia, Chicago and Detroit.<\/p>\n

So I started digging around, looking for information on the participants and I discovered some interesting things.<\/p>\n

First off, \u2018Al Thomas\u2019 was in fact Albert Thomas Byrd<\/strong>. Secondly, Al Thomas was the sole male member of the Sweet Delights<\/strong>, who made an excellent 45 for Atco \u2018Baby Be Mine\u2019 that same year<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As it turns out, \u2018I Had a Good Thing (But I Blew It)\u2019 is in fact the Sweet Delights. It should have been their second 45, but someone decided that they\u2019d be better off marketing it as a solo single by Thomas\/Byrd.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, neither 45 seems to have made a dent either inside or outside of Philadelphia, though the funky, instrumental side of the Sweet Delights ATCO 45, \u2018Paul\u2019s Midnight Ride\u2019, credited to the Delights Orchestra<\/strong> got some regional airplay in the Midwest and the South.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s an excellent 45, and I hope you dig it.<\/p>\n

See you all on Monday.<\/p>\n

Keep the faith<\/strong><\/p>\n

Larry<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

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