The Nu’rons, hailing from Salem, New Jersey released several 45's including the rare northern soul classics "All My Life", "I'm A Loner", and "Disco Hustle". This EP is a collection of the first professional recorded music from The Nu’rons via Philadelphia producer/writer Manny Campbell of Emandolynn Music.

The Nu’rons had a reputation as one of the best soul groups out of the Philly/Jersey soul music scene at the time. The Nu’rons recordings are very rare and obscure releases from Stage Art label in 1971, originally recorded October 27th 1970. Includes the classic singles All My Life / I'm A Loner (remastered from the original Sigma Sounds Studio tapes). Originally recorded October 27th, 1970, the new unreleased mix/master was done by legendary mixing engineer Tom Moulton and mastered by Peter Humphries of Masterworks.

Also includes never released instrumentals/demo’s from the vaults of Philly’s Emandolynn Music.

Produced And Arranged By : Emanuel Campbell/Charles Bowen
Recording Engineer: Joe Tarsia/Sigma Sound
Keyboards: Thom Bell
Drums: Earl Young
Guitar: Bobby Eli
Strings: MFSB/Don Renaldo & The Salsoul Orchestra



The Nu’rons were a family group consisting of two sets of brothers and cousins, the four young men in question being brothers Daryl Howard and Raymond Gibson (Daryl’s mother registered him under his father’s surname of Howard and Raymond under her maiden name of Gibson) together with Otho Bateman and Charles Bateman. They were all born and raised in Salem, New Jersey and from the age of ten and eleven began singing with a fifth member and Gibson brother Rudolph as a group called The Gospel 5. They eventually decided to crossover to secular music and as a group known for their energetic dance routines they came up with the new performing name of ‘The Nu’rons (taken from the word ‘Neuron’ which is a cell that transmits nerve impulses). However Rudolph was soon to leave the group due to physical illness. Also Daryl Howard and Charles Bateman had also been part of a working group known as The Devotions prior to becoming The Nu-Ron’s.

Following hours of practice The Nu’rons eventually felt confident enough to put their own shows together and began to perform at local dances and parties around New Jersey and Philadelphia, often being used as a non-paid warm up act for bigger named artists. They moved between several different managers including Jimmy Bishop (Duo Dynamic Productions) until they came under the tutelage of WDAS radio DJ Georgie Woods (his wife Gilda, being the owner of the Philadelphia Gil, Dion and Top & Bottom record Labels). It was Georgie who introduced them to Manny Campbell who in turn invited them to an audition at his and partner Charles Bowen’s Emandolynn Music studio in Chester P.A. The song The Nu’rons chose to audition with was the self penned “I’m A Loner”, the audition went well, as during late January/early February of 1970 Manny and Charles took The Nu’rons into the Sigma Sound Studio’s with Tom Bell and the TSOP musicians to record “I’m A Loner” and “All My Life” which was released on the Nu-Ron label (H1060) in April of the same year.

During 1975 The Nu’rons entered the Sound Room studio in Upper Darby P. A. to record two more Campbell and Bowen songs, “Disco Hustle” and “Can’t Do Enough Girl”. “Disco Hustle” (Stage-Art 1001) was a new song prevalent to the shift towards the disco boom in Philly. While the b-side “Can’t Do Enough Girl” was a sweet soul ballad previously recorded during a demo session in 1971.