Premium Stuff Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 Hi everyone How many versions of the classic Curtis Mayfield song I've been Trying are there please? Impressions Mayfield Singers Fabulous Peps Four Gents Jerry Butler etc. ... Cheers Richard Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
boba Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 Hi everyone How many versions of the classic Curtis Mayfield song I've been Trying are there please? Impressions Mayfield Singers Fabulous Peps Four Gents Jerry Butler etc. ... Cheers Richard barkays Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Phil Shields Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 clarence reid Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest TONY ROUNCE Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 Hi everyone How many versions of the classic Curtis Mayfield song I've been Trying are there please? Impressions Mayfield Singers Fabulous Peps Four Gents Jerry Butler etc. ... Cheers Richard Nu Sound Express on Silver Dollar is one of my favourites.... The Heptones 1972 reggae cut on Jamaican Gayfeet is nice, too... Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
boba Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 Nu Sound Express on Silver Dollar is one of my favourites.... The Heptones 1972 reggae cut on Jamaican Gayfeet is nice, too... I think paul kyser was saying the nu sound express was the same group as some other group, anyone remember? Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Steve Edgar Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 Also Notations on Twinight. Stunning version arranged by Floyd Morris:thumbsup: On the other side of "Just You And Me" One of the most underated and distinctive groups imo steve Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Premium Stuff Posted July 23, 2010 Author Share Posted July 23, 2010 Can we post them all up do you reckon? Cheers Richard Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest SCOOBY Posted July 24, 2010 Share Posted July 24, 2010 archie bell temptones pat kelly les fleur de lys mel brown blues busters phil collins .......you did ask zoot money reggie sadler revue........i like this one Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Sean Hampsey Posted July 24, 2010 Share Posted July 24, 2010 Am sure there was a thread a couple of years ago on this same question. May have been started by Blake Helliwell, if my memory serves me correctly. Sean Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
manus Posted July 24, 2010 Share Posted July 24, 2010 Neal Sharpe and Velma Jewel Cheers Manus Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Premium Stuff Posted July 24, 2010 Author Share Posted July 24, 2010 Am sure there was a thread a couple of years ago on this same question. May have been started by Blake Helliwell, if my memory serves me correctly. Sean Cheers Sean Found this Richard Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Premium Stuff Posted July 24, 2010 Author Share Posted July 24, 2010 (edited) OK - here's a list of all the versions listed above and in the previous thread that Sean spotted Can we fill in all the labels too please? Cheers Richard Barkays Archie Bell & Drells LP "I cant stop dancing" (Atlantic) Blues Busters Mel Brown Phil Collins Jerry Butler (Vee-Jay) Fabulous Peps (Wee 3) Four Gents (HBR) Heptones (Jamaican Gayfeet) 1972 Reggae Impressions (ABC) Pat Kelly Major Lance (Okeh) Les Fleur de Lys Mayfield Singers Zoot Money Notations (Twinight) Nu Sound Express (Silver Dollar) Clarence Reid Reggie Sadler Revue (De-Lite) Neal Sharpe and Velma Jewel (Joint Venture) Temptones Edited July 24, 2010 by Premium Stuff Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest SCOOBY Posted July 24, 2010 Share Posted July 24, 2010 (edited) C Reid....Dancin with nobody but you babe.......Water music...LP...(think also on cd) Zoot Money....Repertoire..LP Mayfield singers Charley..cd Temptones....Bear...LP mine were all LP tracks will seek rest ASAP Edited July 24, 2010 by SCOOBY Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest TONY ROUNCE Posted July 24, 2010 Share Posted July 24, 2010 (edited) OK - here's a list of all the versions listed above and in the previous thread that Sean spotted Can we fill in all the labels too please? Cheers Richard Barkays Archie Bell & Drells LP "I cant stop dancing" (Atlantic) Blues Busters (Kentone) Mel Brown (what, her from theSpice Girls? surely not!!!!) Phil Collins - Jerry Butler (Vee-Jay) Fabulous Peps (Wee 3) Four Gents (HBR) Heptones (Jamaican Gayfeet) 1972 Reggae Impressions (ABC) Pat Kelly Major Lance (Okeh) Les Fleur de Lys (Polydor) Mayfield Singers (Mayfield) Zoot Money (Columbia LP) Notations (Twinight) Nu Sound Express (Silver Dollar) Clarence Reid (Alston) Reggie Sadler Revue (De-Lite) Neal Sharpe and Velma Jewel (Joint Venture) Temptones (Demo recording first issued on Bear family CD) Filled a few more in for you, inclding adding and correcting Scooby's for the original releases rather than CD issues... Edited July 24, 2010 by TONY ROUNCE Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Premium Stuff Posted July 24, 2010 Author Share Posted July 24, 2010 Filled a few more in for you, inclding adding and correcting Scooby's for the original releases rather than CD issues... Nice one Tony Cheers Richard Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Geoff Posted July 26, 2010 Share Posted July 26, 2010 Interesting to read how many have recorded this song. I first heard it at the Flamingo, an evening there during the week when they simply played records, no live act, either the DJ announced it was the b side of People Get Ready or I went and asked (so nothing changes, still do it now). I thought it was brilliant and went and bought it the next day in my lunch hour at Imhofs in New Oxford Street. It would have been late 65 or early 66, probably the former as it was before I started going out with Lesley. It's always been a favourite of mine, but not sure if I've ever heard it played out in a club since then. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest TONY ROUNCE Posted July 26, 2010 Share Posted July 26, 2010 Thought of another one over the weekend that had slipped my mind, but that I came across again while researching something for the upcoming FAME projects: The Hour Glass - I've Been Trying (Liberty 56091) This of course is the group that morphed into the Allman Brothers. It's a decent blue-eyed version. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Cover-up Posted July 27, 2010 Share Posted July 27, 2010 I've got a Swedish cover version, I'll need to dig it out. Sure some of the Scandinavians on here will know what it is... Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Cover-up Posted July 28, 2010 Share Posted July 28, 2010 I've got a Swedish cover version, I'll need to dig it out. Sure some of the Scandinavians on here will know what it is... Actually, it's Finnish: PETRI & PETTERSON BRASS "Tietaa En Saa" (I've Been Trying) (Scandia) Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Premium Stuff Posted August 8, 2010 Author Share Posted August 8, 2010 Updated Any more for anymore? Plus, can anyone fill in the missing details please? Cheers Richard Barkays Archie Bell & Drells LP "I cant stop dancing" (Atlantic) Blues Busters (Kentone) Mel Brown (what, her from theSpice Girls? surely not!!!!) Phil Collins Jerry Butler (Vee-Jay) Fabulous Peps (Wee 3) Four Gents (HBR) Heptones (Jamaican Gayfeet) 1972 Reggae The Hour Glass - I've Been Trying (Liberty) Impressions (ABC) Pat Kelly Major Lance (Okeh) Les Fleur de Lys (Polydor) Mayfield Singers (Mayfield) Zoot Money (Columbia LP) Notations (Twinight) Nu Sound Express (Silver Dollar) Petri & Petterson Brass "Tietaa En Saa" - I've Been Trying (Scandia) From Finland! Clarence Reid (Alston) Reggie Sadler Revue (De-Lite) Neal Sharpe and Velma Jewel (Joint Venture) Temptones (Demo recording first issued on Bear family CD) Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
galaxy Posted August 9, 2010 Share Posted August 9, 2010 I think paul kyser was saying the nu sound express was the same group as some other group, anyone remember? Rhyze. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
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