Agentsmith Posted March 27, 2010 Share Posted March 27, 2010 havin a listen today to dave.l. brown's "northern side of philly soul cd. i noticed that the tyrone ashley track, " i want my baby back" has a striking resemblance to the del-larks, "job opening" in its arrangement. it was recorded slightly after job and surprise, surprise tyrone ashley is the lead vocalist but under his real name, sammy campbell. he also, just so happened to have cut solo on the same label, queen city and, although i forget the title, ive seen THAT for sale on here and on jm's auction. tyrone also worked for levine in the mid-70's around the same time as lj johnson and evelyn thomas and recorded for pye in this country. did he ever come over here then or since and thus, is he still alive?. i'd wager he would be a good draw with his repetoire at prestatyn etc. im probably barkin' so if he's hovis forget the thread but he'd certainly got the voice. rob.h Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Dave Turner Posted March 27, 2010 Share Posted March 27, 2010 (edited) havin a listen today to dave.l. brown's "northern side of philly soul cd. i noticed that the tyrone ashley track, " i want my baby back" has a striking resemblance to the del-larks, "job opening" in its arrangement. it was recorded slightly after job and surprise, surprise tyrone ashley is the lead vocalist but under his real name, sammy campbell. he also, just so happened to have cut solo on the same label, queen city and, although i forget the title, ive seen THAT for sale on here and on jm's auction. tyrone also worked for levine in the mid-70's around the same time as lj johnson and evelyn thomas and recorded for pye in this country. did he ever come over here then or since and thus, is he still alive?. i'd wager he would be a good draw with his repetoire at prestatyn etc. im probably barkin' so if he's hovis forget the thread but he'd certainly got the voice. rob.h Sammy Campbell was at Prestatyn 2008 and apparantly performed "I Want My Baby Back" I wasn't there but read the write up on the Youtube clip Interview--- https://www.therighttrack.org.uk/sammy_campbell.html Edited March 27, 2010 by Dave Turner Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Agentsmith Posted March 27, 2010 Author Share Posted March 27, 2010 Sammy Campbell was at Prestatyn 2008 and apparantly performed "I Want My Baby Back" I wasn't there but read the write up on the Youtube clip b b bbby eck lad,...tha grey cells are wor wor workin well!, slapped wrists, i should've remembered that dddddozy old numpty....think i need a dose of what youre gettin.....ggggladis's soothin' hands. rob.h Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Black Gold of the Sun Posted March 27, 2010 Share Posted March 27, 2010 b b bbby eck lad,...tha grey cells are wor wor workin well!, slapped wrists, i should've remembered that dddddozy old numpty....think i need a dose of what youre gettin.....ggggladis's soothin' hands. rob.h Met him in New York in 2006,lovely guy,saw him and the other surviving Del Lark perform "Job Opening " Then He sang "Happy Birthday" to me accompanied by Al Johnson and Rufus Wonder Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Dave Turner Posted March 27, 2010 Share Posted March 27, 2010 b b bbby eck lad,...tha grey cells are wor wor workin well!, slapped wrists, i should've remembered that dddddozy old numpty....think i need a dose of what youre gettin.....ggggladis's soothin' hands. rob.h That's a bad stutter ya got there It's worse than my fff f ferker Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Agentsmith Posted March 27, 2010 Author Share Posted March 27, 2010 Met him in New York in 2006,lovely guy,saw him and the other surviving Del Lark perform "Job Opening " Then He sang "Happy Birthday" to me accompanied by Al Johnson and Rufus Wonder did rufus do "under the moon"? that would've been something as well!, sounds like a once in a lifetime experience old pal. ill never forget takin alexander patten and his wife round tesco24 at 3 in the morning in prestwich.....b ut he didnt sing to the staff!! rob.h Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Shsdave Posted March 27, 2010 Share Posted March 27, 2010 havin a listen today to dave.l. brown's "northern side of philly soul cd. i noticed that the tyrone ashley track, " i want my baby back" has a striking resemblance to the del-larks, "job opening" in its arrangement. it was recorded slightly after job and surprise, surprise tyrone ashley is the lead vocalist but under his real name, sammy campbell. he also, just so happened to have cut solo on the same label, queen city and, although i forget the title, ive seen THAT for sale on here and on jm's auction. tyrone also worked for levine in the mid-70's around the same time as lj johnson and evelyn thomas and recorded for pye in this country. did he ever come over here then or since and thus, is he still alive?. i'd wager he would be a good draw with his repetoire at prestatyn etc. im probably barkin' so if he's hovis forget the thread but he'd certainly got the voice. rob.h Rob the Sammy Campbell 45 on Queen City was "I never thought (I'd find somebody like you)" great track & yes there's been a couple flew through here at what I thought were reasonable prices. £325 & £225 , didn't the one on manship auction go for about 550? Not saying that should be the price but I find people do normally tend to bump up the price after a manship auction, whether they get sold or not is another matter Del Larks Sammy Campbell & Tyrone Ashley all have a similar sound to these lug oles, love 'em all Hope you're well mate Dave Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Mick Howard Posted March 27, 2010 Share Posted March 27, 2010 Very surprised that no one has actually said on this thread that Sammy Campbell of the Del Larks and Tyrone Ashley are one and the same person. I Want My Baby Back is on Phil-La-Of-Soul and is pure class because of Sammy's/Tyrone's Soulful delivery.... I have an article about Sammy which I'll post later. Mick Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Agentsmith Posted March 28, 2010 Author Share Posted March 28, 2010 Very surprised that no one has actually said on this thread that Sammy Campbell of the Del Larks and Tyrone Ashley are one and the same person. I Want My Baby Back is on Phil-La-Of-Soul and is pure class because of Sammy's/Tyrone's Soulful delivery.... I have an article about Sammy which I'll post later. Mick sorry if my post was misunderstood but thats what i was referring to mick, and you can see the resemblance i want my baby back and job opening as both are similarly structured.......and hi dave, alls well here, hope you're fine......can anyone remember the levine tracks cut on pye records in 76...i remember colin giving me some tomorrow demo's of tyrone's and carol woods, evelyn thomas, doris jones etc and they're probably quite unusual to come across now......just thinkin, wasnt one of tyrone's releases called "running in and out of my life"? rob.h Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Mick Howard Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 Rob As promised, the article about Sammy/Tyrone There is something (although very little) about the Levine thing in it. Del Larks Story.pdf Mick Del Larks Story.pdf Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
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