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ngdawg · 04-26-2008, 06:38 PM

Way, way back, my uncle gave me some albums marked "For Demo Play Only" or something to that effect-a friend of his worked at a NY radio station and they were cleaning out their samples. Among the stack was an untitled album from some group called Three Dog Night. Excellent album. Another was from a group called Rotary Connection-a cross between Sly and the Family Stone and 5th Dimension. (I can hear all the 20-somethings saying WHO?????). One of the female singers in the group was a young girl named Minnie Ripperton, hitting notes like you wouldn't believe. She later had a short successful solo career before cancer took her.(and her daughter, Maya, was a regular on SNL).

I also heard Bruce Springsteen on a bootleg locally made album in 1973 and thought he was the quintessential NJ rocker.

04-26-2008, 06:38 PM	#59 (permalink)
ngdawg peekaboo Location: on the back, bitch	Way, way back, my uncle gave me some albums marked "For Demo Play Only" or something to that effect-a friend of his worked at a NY radio station and they were cleaning out their samples. Among the stack was an untitled album from some group called Three Dog Night. Excellent album. Another was from a group called Rotary Connection-a cross between Sly and the Family Stone and 5th Dimension. (I can hear all the 20-somethings saying WHO?????). One of the female singers in the group was a young girl named Minnie Ripperton, hitting notes like you wouldn't believe. She later had a short successful solo career before cancer took her.(and her daughter, Maya, was a regular on SNL). I also heard Bruce Springsteen on a bootleg locally made album in 1973 and thought he was the quintessential NJ rocker.