Help wanted!

I have just remembered one of the best (in my opinion) Northern tunes ever, and I was wondering how hard it is to get hold of?

Marke (Chris) Jackson - I'll never forget you'

I know it was released on 'Jamie' records, but did it ever get copied or pressed up on any other label?

I can't imagine being able to afford, let alone find an original copy, so a booty will do fine if there were any, and it's one of those that I have never had a copy of in the 30 odd years of collecting

WHAT A STUNNING TRACK

Thank you.

  On 15/11/2009 at 19:47, steveluigi said:

Help wanted!

I have just remembered one of the best (in my opinion) Northern tunes ever, and I was wondering how hard it is to get hold of?

Marke (Chris) Jackson - I'll never forget you'

I know it was released on 'Jamie' records, but did it ever get copied or pressed up on any other label?

I can't imagine being able to afford, let alone find an original copy, so a booty will do fine if there were any, and it's one of those that I have never had a copy of in the 30 odd years of collecting

WHAT A STUNNING TRACK

Thank you.

There's a Jamie 2nd issue on Manship's for £20.... but a 1st issue is not much more, or shouldn't be....

was booted / reissued on a red jamie label, however an original cream label jamie shouldnt be too hard to locate about 50 quid tops

tother side is pretty good also...since youve been my girl

Came out on UK Soul City as Chris jackson.

Worth £20 but people sell it for £50.

Grating falsetto

heres the 2nd issue

SOLD AN ORIGINAL W/D A FEW MONTHS BACK ON EBAY, MADE 22 QUID SO YOU SHOULD GET AN ORIG QUITE CHEAPLY STEVE.

BEST, BRI.

Edited November 15, 200915 yr by bri pinch

  On 15/11/2009 at 20:48, Pete S said:

Came out on UK Soul City as Chris jackson.

Worth £20 but people sell it for £50.

Grating falsetto

Yeah, this always got the back of my neck going as well, Pete. Grating indeed, that old ' each to their own taste' thing again!

Interesting career, Chris Marke Jackson.

He lived in the UK for a while, during the Soul City (label & shop) years and recorded a coupe of things for Dave Godin's ill fated 444 label (you may have seen the recent Manship auction for an unreleased acetate) but after a bust up with one of the Soul City guys he was shown the door.

Having been affected by his 'Northern Soul Scene' success, he returned to the US and went on to have a massive writing hit for the Tymes... with "You Little Trustmaker".

Sean

  On 15/11/2009 at 20:01, vaultofsouler said:

There's a Jamie 2nd issue on Manship's for £20.... but a 1st issue is not much more, or shouldn't be....

Or should be in my opinion! Both sides are great, proper old school Northern Soul, they don't come much better than this!!!

  On 15/11/2009 at 23:40, SolidSoul said:

Or should be in my opinion! Both sides are great, proper old school Northern Soul, they don't come much better than this!!!

I know what you're getting at ....

I was just trying to "impress" on Steve to go for the 1st issue, price wise, even though pointing him to the 2nd one ....

  On 15/11/2009 at 20:48, Pete S said:

Came out on UK Soul City as Chris jackson.

Worth £20 but people sell it for £50.

Grating falsetto

Both sides are great ! Classic Northern Soul!

Edited November 16, 200915 yr by Perception

  On 15/11/2009 at 22:44, Sean Hampsey said:

Interesting career, Chris Marke Jackson.

Having been affected by his 'Northern Soul Scene' success, he returned to the US and went on to have a massive writing hit for the Tymes... with "You Little Trustmaker".

Sean

Eh?

I always thought that was Billy Jackson? Of Franky Beverly, Yvonne Baker etc fame. In fact I'm pretty sure it is. You sure that was Chris Jackon Sean?

  On 16/11/2009 at 14:09, Dave Moore said:

Eh?

I always thought that was Billy Jackson? Of Franky Beverly, Yvonne Baker etc fame. In fact I'm pretty sure it is. You sure that was Chris Jackon Sean?

dave! "You Little Trustmaker" was indeed penned by Chris Jackson! as was the much better "Someway Somehow I'm Keeping You"! they was both produced by Billy Jackson thu!

steve

  On 15/11/2009 at 23:40, SolidSoul said:

they don't come much better than this!!!

I could name you a thousand better records than that!*

* and I'll tell you why

because Chris/Marke jackson can't sing that's why...

Edited November 16, 200915 yr by Pete S

  On 16/11/2009 at 15:15, Soul-Integrity said:

dave! "You Little Trustmaker" was indeed penned by Chris Jackson! as was the much better "Someway Somehow I'm Keeping You"! they was both produced by Billy Jackson thu!

steve

Excellent! I never knew that. I always presumed Billy did the Monty. Nice one.

  On 16/11/2009 at 14:09, Dave Moore said:

Eh?

I always thought that was Billy Jackson? Of Franky Beverly, Yvonne Baker etc fame. In fact I'm pretty sure it is. You sure that was Chris Jackon Sean?

  On 16/11/2009 at 17:15, Pete S said:

because Chris/Marke jackson can't sing that's why...

Total BOLLOCKS!!!

Edited November 18, 200915 yr by Perception

  On 18/11/2009 at 13:08, SolidSoul said:

Total BOLLOCKS!!!

  On 18/11/2009 at 13:45, Pete S said:

One of the records that got me into this mess.Used to play this at dinnertime school discos,along with Jerry Butler,Joe Simon,Freda Payne.

Suprised you don't like it Pete .

  On 16/11/2009 at 00:27, SolidSoul said:

Both sides are great ! Classic Northern Soul!

Play this regularly at home when the mood takes, brilliant tune this. Deserves to be revived big time, as the tempo and style is just right for today.

  On 16/11/2009 at 00:27, SolidSoul said:

Both sides are great ! Classic Northern Soul!

The UK Soul City release has a different flip to the US Jamie "Forever Ill Stay With You"

One of the unreleased 444 releases is "Since Theres No Doubt" which has the same backing track as Total Eclipse on Right On " You Took Our Heart..." ..if my fading memory serves me correctly.

DF

I find it hard to understand how anyone who's into Northern, could NOT like this track. I think it is very close to epitome of the Northern Soul sound. I'd love to hear an instumental of it, has the backing been used in anything else?

The best

Edited November 26, 200915 yr by steveluigi

  On 15/11/2009 at 21:01, diddy morgan said:

heres the 2nd issue

Here's the original

  On 26/11/2009 at 22:50, soulsider said:

Here's the original

and isn't it beautiful?

  On 26/11/2009 at 21:30, steveluigi said:

I find it hard to understand how anyone who's into Northern, could NOT like this track. I think it is very close to epitome of the Northern Soul sound. I'd love to hear an instumental of it, has the backing been used in anything else?

The best

Easy, some people dom't like squeaky voiced falsetto singers, simple as that!

You love it, that's fine, I can't find anything in that takes it above very average and if I never heard it again it wouldn't upset me.

It's called personal choice and we're all allowed one.