...What's Up Front That Counts & Why Not Start All Over Again




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^^Do you know anything about this band?

MickyDolenz said:

^^Do you know anything about this band?

Not a whole lot.
They were talented musicians but kind of a second-tier act on Westbound.
Early on they functioned as a backing band for a number of acts that came through Detroit.

Under their original name of "The Fabulous Counts"...



...Jan, Jan




...And a "fabulous" cover by Grant Green.







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theAudience said:

MickyDolenz said:

^^Do you know anything about this band?

Not a whole lot.
They were talented musicians but kind of a second-tier act on Westbound.
Early on they functioned as a backing band for a number of acts that came through Detroit.

Thanks.

As Neal said, they are from Detroit and they started off as an instrumental group called The Fabulous Counts in 1968, backing many Soul artists coming through the city. Their first single was "Jan Jan," released on Moira Records .. a 45 that's tough to find these days. Another killer 45 was "Get down People." Their debut album "Jan Jan" was released in '69 on Cotillion Records. The original pressing goes for at least $200 on Ebay, sometimes more. Then they signed to Westbound Records, releasing "What's up front that Counts," arguably their best album. They once again switched labels to Aware Records and released two more albums, "Love sign" (which LL Cool J sampled) and "Funk Pump." After that, they were pretty much done .. but the group's founder Leroy Emmanuel reunited the group a couple of years ago. They played their first reunion show at the popular "Funk Party" in Detroit last year. Today's line-up includes, besides Leroy, Demo Cates on sax and Mose Davis on keys (both original members of the Fabulous Counts) and Jimmy Jackson on drums and Jimmy Brown on sax (both members of the 1970s Counts.)

MrSoulpower said:

As Neal said, they are from Detroit and they started off as an instrumental group called The Fabulous Counts in 1968, backing many Soul artists coming through the city. Their first single was "Jan Jan," released on Moira Records .. a 45 that's tough to find these days. Another killer 45 was "Get down People." Their debut album "Jan Jan" was released in '69 on Cotillion Records. The original pressing goes for at least $200 on Ebay, sometimes more. Then they signed to Westbound Records, releasing "What's up front that Counts," arguably their best album. They once again switched labels to Aware Records and released two more albums, "Love sign" (which LL Cool J sampled) and "Funk Pump." After that, they were pretty much done .. but the group's founder Leroy Emmanuel reunited the group a couple of years ago. They played their first reunion show at the popular "Funk Party" in Detroit last year. Today's line-up includes, besides Leroy, Demo Cates on sax and Mose Davis on keys (both original members of the Fabulous Counts) and Jimmy Jackson on drums and Jimmy Brown on sax (both members of the 1970s Counts.)

What's up professor...

Good info.

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theAudience said:

MrSoulpower said:

As Neal said, they are from Detroit and they started off as an instrumental group called The Fabulous Counts in 1968, backing many Soul artists coming through the city. Their first single was "Jan Jan," released on Moira Records .. a 45 that's tough to find these days. Another killer 45 was "Get down People." Their debut album "Jan Jan" was released in '69 on Cotillion Records. The original pressing goes for at least $200 on Ebay, sometimes more. Then they signed to Westbound Records, releasing "What's up front that Counts," arguably their best album. They once again switched labels to Aware Records and released two more albums, "Love sign" (which LL Cool J sampled) and "Funk Pump." After that, they were pretty much done .. but the group's founder Leroy Emmanuel reunited the group a couple of years ago. They played their first reunion show at the popular "Funk Party" in Detroit last year. Today's line-up includes, besides Leroy, Demo Cates on sax and Mose Davis on keys (both original members of the Fabulous Counts) and Jimmy Jackson on drums and Jimmy Brown on sax (both members of the 1970s Counts.)

What's up professor...

Good info.

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You know it!

MrSoulpower said:

As Neal said, they are from Detroit and they started off as an instrumental group called The Fabulous Counts in 1968, backing many Soul artists coming through the city. Their first single was "Jan Jan," released on Moira Records .. a 45 that's tough to find these days. Another killer 45 was "Get down People." Their debut album "Jan Jan" was released in '69 on Cotillion Records. The original pressing goes for at least $200 on Ebay, sometimes more. Then they signed to Westbound Records, releasing "What's up front that Counts," arguably their best album. They once again switched labels to Aware Records and released two more albums, "Love sign" (which LL Cool J sampled) and "Funk Pump." After that, they were pretty much done .. but the group's founder Leroy Emmanuel reunited the group a couple of years ago. They played their first reunion show at the popular "Funk Party" in Detroit last year. Today's line-up includes, besides Leroy, Demo Cates on sax and Mose Davis on keys (both original members of the Fabulous Counts) and Jimmy Jackson on drums and Jimmy Brown on sax (both members of the 1970s Counts.)

Cool info. Thank you.