| Edwin
Starr Futuretones
(members Edwin Hatcher, John Berry, Parnell
Burks, Richard Isom and Roosevelt Harris with musicians
Russel Evans (guitar), Pinhead (trumpet), Julias
Robertson (bass), Brownie (drummer) and Gus Hawkins
(sax))
Reserve 121 - Please Come
Back / Skitter Skatter* - 1957 *originally recorded in
1956 by The Metrotones on Reserve 116.
Tress 2 - I Know / Roll On - 1957 (shortly after this
release Edwin Hatcher was drafted into the armed forces)
Bill Doggett Combo from 1963 ~ 1965
(Edwin Starr member -- unsure of what recordings he was
on during this period)
Edwin Starr (born Charles Edwin Hatcher
on 21-January-1942 in Nashville, Tennessee. Raised in
Cleveland, Ohio. Died 2-April-2003 at his home in
Chilwell near Nottingham, England. Cause: heart attack)
Ric-Tic 103 - Agent Double-O-Soul / (Instrumental) -
1965 (red label)
Ric-Tic 103 - Agent OO-Soul (Agent Double-O-Soul) /
(INSTRUMENTAL) - 1965 (yellow label)
Ric-Tic 107 - Back Street* / (Instrumental) - 1965
Ric-Tic 109 - Stop Her On Sight (S.O.S.) / I Have Faith
In You -
Ric-Tic 109-X - Scott's On Swingers (S.O.S.) / Scott's On
Swingers (S.O.S) - 1966 (this was a white label promo
release for Detroit disc jockey Scott Regan of WKNR-AM.
The red label copies are all English bootlegs)
The Holidays (members
Eddie Anderson, Steve Mancha and J.J. Barnes, Edwin
Starr's vocal overdubbed on recording - not actual
member)
Golden World 36 - I'll Love You Forever / Makin' Up Time
- 1966 (produced by Don Davis)
Edwin Starr
Ric-Tic 114 - Headline News / Harlem – 1966
Ric-Tic 118 - It's My Turn Now / Girls Are Getting
Prettier – 1967
Ric-Tic 120 - You're My Mellow / My Kind Of Woman –
1967
Gordy 7066 - Gonna Keep On Tryin' Til I Win Your Love / I
Want My Baby Back - 1967
Gordy 7071 - I Am The Man For You Baby / My Weakness Is
You – 1968
Gordy 7078 - Way Over There / If My Heart Could Tell The
Story - 1968
Gordy 7083 - Twenty-Five Miles / Love Is The Destination
- 1969 (also issued on red vinyl)
Gordy 7087 - I'm Still A Struggling Man / Pretty Little
Angel - 1969
Edwin Starr & Blinky (Sandra
"Blinky" Williams)
Gordy 7090 - Oh How Happy* / Ooh Baby Baby - 1969
*written by Edwin Starr while in the service in Germany.
Was a number 12 pop hit for Edwin Starr discovered group
Shades Of Blue in June of 1966 on IMPACT 1007.
Edwin
Starr
Gordy 7097 -
Time / Running Back And Forth – 1970
Gordy 7101 - War / He Who Picks A Rose – 1970
Gordy 7104 - Stop The War Now / Gonna Keep On Tryin' Til I Win Your
Love – 1970
Gordy 7107 - Funky Music Sho Nuff Turns Me On / Cloud Nine - 1971
Soul
35096 - Take Me Clear From Here / Ball Of Confusion (That's What The
World Is Today) - 1972
Soul 35100 - Who Is The Leader Of The People / Don't Tell Me I'm Crazy
- 1972 (Promo Copies Issued In Blue Vinyl)
Soul 35103 - There You Go (Vocal) / There You Go (Instrumental)
– 1973
Soul 35112 - Ain't It Hell Up In Harlem / Don't It Feel Good To Be
Free - 1974 (Release Transferred To Motown 1284)
Motown 1276 - You've Got My Soul On Fire / Love (The Lonely People's
Prayer) - 1973
Motown 1284 - Ain't It Hell Up In Harlem / Don't It Feel Good To Be
Free - 1973 (Originally Scheduled For Release On Soul 35112)
Motown 1300 - Big Papa / Like We Used To Do – 1974
Motown 1326 - Who's Right Or Wrong / Lonely Rainy Days In San Diego
– 1974
Granite 522 - Pain / I'll Never Forget You – 1975
Granite 528 - Stay With Me / Party – 1975
Granite 532 - Abyssinia Jones / Beginning – 1975
20th Century 2338 - I Just Wanna Do My Thing / Mr. Davenport And Mr.
James – 1977
20th Century Tcd-62 - I Just Wanna Do My Thing / Mr. Davenport And Mr.
James - 1977 (12" Release)
20th Century 2389 - I'm So Into You / Don't Waste Your Time – 1978
20th Century 2396 - Contact / Don't Waste Your Time – 1978
20th Century Tcd-0024 -
Contact (7:21) / Don't Waste Your Time (4:01) - 1978 (12"
Release)
20th Century Tcd-069 - Contact (Intro
- 1:36) (Song - 7:21) / Working
Song (Intro - 2:22)
(Song - 7:38) - 1978 (12" Release) (Some
Promo Copies Issued In Pink Vinyl)
Edwin Starr / Gene Chandler
Casablanca
874 117-1 - Contact (7:17) / Get Down (8:14) -
1978 (12"
Release) *Flip By Gene Chandler.
20th Century Tcd-073 - Contact (
7:21
) / Get Down (
8:14
) - 1979 (12" Release) *Flip By Gene
Chandler.
Edwin Starr
20th Century Tcd-074 - Contact / ? - 1979 (12" Release)
20th Century 2408 - H.A.P.P.Y. Radio / My Friend – 1979
20th Century Tcd-076 - H.A.P.P.Y. Radio (Extendended
Disco Version) (
6:45
) / My Friend (
3:56
) - 1979 (12" Release)
20th Century Tcd-077 - H.A.P.P.Y. Radio (Vocal)
(
6:45
) / H. A. P. P. Y. Radio (Instrumental) (6:45) -
1979 (12" Promo Issue Only)
20th Century 2420 - It's Called The Rock / Patiently – 1979
20th Century Tcd-093 - It's Called The Rock (7:24) /
Patiently (4:34) -
1979 (12" Release)
20th Century 2423 - It's Called The Rock / H.A.P.P.Y. Radio – 1979
20th Century Tcd-095 - It's Called The Rock (7:24) / H.A.P.P.Y. Radio (6:45) -
1979 (12" Release) 20th Century 2441 - It's Called The Rock /
H.A.P.P.Y. Radio – 1980
20th Century 2445 - Stronger Than You Think I Am / (Instrumental) –
1980
20th Century 2450 - Tell-A-Star / Boop Boop Song – 1980
20th Century Tcd-107 - Tell A Star / Tell A Star -
1980 (12" Promo Issue)
20th Century Tcd-107 -
Tell-A-Star (5:20) / Boop Boop Song (6:05) - 1980
(12" Release)
20th Century 2455 - Get Up-Whirlpool / Better And Better – 1980
20th Century 2462 - Get Up...Whirlpool / ? – 1980
20th Century Tcd-109 - Get Up...Whirlpool (8:20) / Bigger
And Better (3:10) - 1980 (12" Release)
20th Century 2477 - Twenty-Five Miles / Never Turn My Back On You –
1980
20th Century Tcd-119 - Twenty-Five Miles / Never Turn My Back On
You - 1980 (12" Release)
20th Century Tcd-120 - Twenty-Five Miles (5:12) / (Instrumental)
- 1980 (12" Promo Issue)
20th Century 2496 - Real Live #10 / Sweat – 1981
20th Century Tcd-128 - Real Live #10 (Stereo) / Real Live #10 (Mono) -
1981 (12" Promo Issue)
Montage 1216 - Tired Of It / ? – 1982
Montage 7908 - Tired Of It /
Double Or Nothing - 1982 (12" Release)
A.S.K. Sh-29116 - Hit Me With Your Love (2-4-6-8-10) (5:23) /
Over And Over (5:11) -
1982 (12" Release)
A.S.K. L111155 - You
Hit The Nail On The Head (Rick Gianatos Mix) (
5:31
) / Sweetest Thing (
2:56
) - ? (12" Release)
Casablanca
Timepieces 424 677-7 -
Contact / H. A. P. P. Y. Radio - 1984
Hippodrome 12-Hippo-1 -
Missiles We Don't Want To Die / ? - 1985 (12"
Release)
Motown Zt41966 - Twenty-Five
Miles (Remix '89) / (Single Version '89) /// (Instrumental) / (Dub
'89) - 1989 (12" Release)
Collectables
Col
043297 - Contact / H. A. P. P. Y. Radio - ?
Edwin Starr / The Soul Patrol
Ripete 454005 - Release
This Love / Shake, Rattle And Roll* - ? *Flip By The
Soul Patrol.
Edwin Starr / Ashan Putli
Jazz Funk Jf004 - I Wanna
Do My Thing / Space Talk* - ? (12" Release) *Flip
By Ashan Putli.
Edwin Starr
J. S. 6003 - Mind Games
Medley : ? - ?
LPs
Soul Master - Gordy 931 -
1968
Tracks: Agent Double O Soul/I Am The Man For You
Baby/(S.O.S.) Stop Her On Sight/Oh How Happy/Way Over
There/My Weakness Is You///Headline News/Soul Master/I
Want My Baby Back/Love Is My Destination/I Am Your
Man/Time Is Passin' By
25 Miles - Gordy 940 -
1969
Tracks: Twenty Five Miles/I'm Still A Struggling
Man/Bayard Lovin' Man/He Who Picks a Rose/Soul City (Open
Your Arms To Me)/You Beat Me To The Punch///Gonna Keep On
Tryin' Till I Win Your Love/Pretty Little Angel/If My
Heart Could Tell The Story/Who Cares If You're Happy Or
Not (I Do)/24 Hours (To Find My Baby)/Mighty Good Lovin'
Just We Two - Gordy 945 -
1969 (Edwin Starr & Blinky)
Tracks: You've Made Me So Very Happy/I'm So Thankful/Oh
How Happy/Let It Be Me/I'm Glad You Belong To Me/I'll
Understand///We'll Find A Way/Sweet Joy Of Life/Can't We
Be Strangers Again/I See A Rainbow/Ooo Baby Baby
War & Peace - Gordy
948 - 1970
Tracks:War/Running Back And Forth/Adios Senorita/All
Around The World/I Can't Escape Your Memory/At Last (I
Found A Love)///I Just Wanted To Cry/Raindrops Keep
Falling On My Head/Time/California Soul/I Can/t Replace
My Old Love/She Should Have Been Home
Involved - Gordy G956L -
1971
Tracks: Ball Of Confusion (That's What The World Is
Today)/Funky Music Sho Nuff Turns Me On/Stop The War
Now/Cloud Nine/Stand/My Sweet Lord
Hell Up In Harlem - Motown
M802V1 - 1974
Tracks: Ain't It Hell Up In Harlem/Easin' In/Big
Papa/Love Never Dies (Helen's Love Theme/Don't It Feel
Good To Be Free///Runnin'/Jennifer's Love Theme/Airport
Chase/Mama Should Be Here Too/Like We Used To Do/ Ain't
It Hell Up In Harlem (Instrumental)
Free To Be Myself -
Granite 1005 - 1975
Tracks: Stay With Me/Abyssinia Jones/Toys/Drunk
Annie/Rainbow///Another Song For You/Best Of My
Past/Beginning/Pain/Party
Afternoon Sunshine - GTO
GTLP019 - 1976 (Possibly UK Only as it was a UK
Recording)
Tracks: Overture-Afternoon Sunshine/Pretty Girl/Ruby
Begonia/Eavesdropper/I Just Wanna Do My Thing///Mr
Davenport And Mr James/Not Having You/Accident/Everybody
Needs Love/Edge Of Sanity
Clean - 20th Century T559
- 1978
Tracks: I'm So Into You/Jealous/Contact///Storm Clouds On
The Way/Don't Waste Your Time/Music Brings Out The Beast
In Me/Working Song
Happy Radio - 20th Century
T591 - 1979
Tracks: H.A.P.P.Y. Radio/Rip Me Off/It's Called The
Rock///I'd Rather Fight Than Switch/Drown My Heart/My Friend/Patinetly.
Stronger Than You Think I
AM - 20th Century T615 - 1980
Tracks: Never Turn My Back On
You/Tell-A-Star/Sweet/Upside Of Down/Bigger And
Better///Stronger Than You Think I Am/Get Up
Whirlpool/Boop Boop Song.
Superstar Series - Motown
M5-103V1 - 1980
Tracks: Twenty Five Miles/Running Back And Forth/Big
Papa/There You Go/War///Funky Music Sho Nuff Turns Me
On/I'm Still A Struggling Man/Time/Take Me Clear From
Here/Ain't It Hell Up In Harlem
War & Peace - Motown
M5-170V1 - 1981
Tracks:War/Running Back And Forth/Adios Senorita/All
Around The World/I Can't Escape Your Memory/At Last (I
Found A Love)///I Just Wanted To Cry/Raindrops Keep
Falling On My Head/Time/California Soul/I Can/t Replace
My Old Love/She Should Have Been Home
For Sale - Avatar AVAL1 -
1983 (Possibly UK Only as it was a UK Recording)
Tracks: I Wanna Take You/Sweetest Thing/Crazy About
You/Hit Me With Your Love///You Hit The Nail On The
Head/Treat Her Right/Shy/Over And Over
Discography by Bosko
Asanovic with additions from Dave Rimmer
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