wendy Posted September 24, 2005 Posted September 24, 2005 not knowing much about record labels n what not I was wondering if someone could be so kind as to explain why Mirwood tunes were issued on Jay Boy. Was this a 70s thing?
Guest Matt Male Posted September 24, 2005 Posted September 24, 2005 (edited) not knowing much about record labels n what not I was wondering if someone could be so kind as to explain why Mirwood tunes were issued on Jay Boy. Was this a 70s thing? As i understood it JayBoy legally gained the licence to reissue Mirwood tunes in Britain in the same way that Contempo, Grapevine, Inferno and others did with other US labels in the 70s. I think there might be some problem in that some of the JayBoy 45s are the remastered Simon Soussan recordings and not authentic Mirwood recordings. Although i wouldn't like to stick out my neck and say for sure. As for a 70s thing, there are Jayboy issues from the late 60s. Matt Edited September 24, 2005 by Matt Male
tone5446 Posted September 24, 2005 Posted September 24, 2005 The Jayboy releases are the real deal, nothing to do with Sousann
Guest Posted September 25, 2005 Posted September 25, 2005 The Jayboy releases are the real deal, nothing to do with Sousann As an aside, Contempo (and Contempo-Raries) also released Mirwood recordings, but after the Jay Boy releases.
Guest Posted September 25, 2005 Posted September 25, 2005 I used to have a bizarre version of The Dells' 'There is' on UK Jayboy by The Shadrocks. God knows where they got that from. One for Smithy, perhaps?
Soulsmith Posted September 25, 2005 Posted September 25, 2005 Iain Stewart did really well out of Jay Boy. Popped in to their stores & picked up handfuls of demos, lates 70s. Don't know how he did it, but I think they were just happy to see the back of them. Col.
Mike Posted September 25, 2005 Posted September 25, 2005 Iain Stewart did really well out of Jay Boy. Popped in to their stores & picked up handfuls of demos, lates 70s. Don't know how he did it, but I think they were just happy to see the back of them. Col. speaking of mirwood.... and speaking of jayboy..... one of the best ? https://www.soul-source.co.uk/index.p...cmd=si&img=8393
wendy Posted September 25, 2005 Author Posted September 25, 2005 well, now I know . thanks very much for the help
Jerry Hipkiss Posted September 27, 2005 Posted September 27, 2005 Has to be said that most - if not all - the Mirwood related Jay-boy reissues appear to have been dubbed from disc, not from the master tapes. However, the later Contempo releases were a lot better quality - think thay may have had direct dealings with Randy Wood/Fred Smith. And then in '75 Soussan got hold of those backing tracks............ Hippo.
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