Which is the BEST/PREFERRED version, with the girls on backing or without ?

Also how many label variants are there of each version & which are the hardest to find ?.

Best Russ

I prefer the version without the backing singers

is it the Golden Triangle 45 / Lp one that's better, more sparse, No backing, the Sound of Soul 45, with girlie backing is a different recording all together imo, i mean the backing really changes the overall track.

mal.C

I had the golden tri a few years back, without the girls, much better version IMHO.

With girls for me

  On 09/09/2011 at 16:44, Tony Smith said:

With girls for me

Same for me. The girlie backing just gives it that extra dimension.

- Kev

I've got the Golden Triangle version. But probably prefer the girly backing one.

Hi Russ

I prefer the sparse version

I have the Golden Triangle release and also the Sound of Soul one on a demo with the girlie backing

Is the Sound of Soul version without the backing vocals exactly the same at the Golden Triangle version?

Fantastic Northern whichever version!!

Cheers

Richard

  On 09/09/2011 at 18:32, Premium Stuff said:

Hi Russ

I prefer the sparse version

I have the Golden Triangle release and also the Sound of Soul one on a demo with the girlie backing

Is the Sound of Soul version without the backing vocals exactly the same at the Golden Triangle version?

Fantastic Northern whichever version!!

Cheers

Richard

I'm not sure mate as I have never knowingly heard the GT version. I thought the Golden Triangle version was an early 7ts re issue ?. Do the two SOS versions, girly & non girly exist in both local & Cameo Parkway distributed releases ?. Which SOS release is the hardest - anyone know ?. You see these on ebay every month, yet they still go for reasonable money - weird. Out of interest when Butch reactivated this some years ago which version was he playing, anyone confirm, I think it was the girly one, but memories shot to bits.

Best Russ

Edited September 9, 201113 yr by Russ Vickers

Happy to do you a soundfile mate if you want to hear the GT version

Just PM your email address or I can post on the thread here over the weekend if you prefer

Cheers

Richard

I think I'm getting mixed up with Little Tommy on SOS with the ebay thingy BTW....a sound file would be great Richard if you could post one up pse, thx.

Russ

  On 09/09/2011 at 19:43, Russ Vickers said:

I think I'm getting mixed up with Little Tommy on SOS with the ebay thingy BTW....a sound file would be great Richard if you could post one up pse, thx.

Russ

No worries mate but just realised can't post on here due to no Refosoul at moment

Will PM ya

Cheers

Richard

There are two different numbers for this.......SS - 217671 (No girls) 2.28 mins long, plain label design & few credits or print on label & SS - 5002 A (With & without girls & at least two label variations), plus the weird thing is on this label design it has 2.17 as the play time...........???.

Anyone have the full story pse.

Best Russ

Edited September 9, 201113 yr by Russ Vickers

  On 09/09/2011 at 16:44, Tony Smith said:

With girls for me

And me!

  On 09/09/2011 at 18:51, Russ Vickers said:

I'm not sure mate as I have never knowingly heard the GT version. I thought the Golden Triangle version was an early 7ts re issue ?. Do the two SOS versions, girly & non girly exist in both local & Cameo Parkway distributed releases ?. Which SOS release is the hardest - anyone know ?. You see these on ebay every month, yet they still go for reasonable money - weird. Out of interest when Butch reactivated this some years ago which version was he playing, anyone confirm, I think it was the girly one, but memories shot to bits.

Best Russ

I thought the SOS Cameo Parkway distributed and girlie backing the rarest? Golden Triangle the commonest of the three.

  On 09/09/2011 at 19:51, Premium Stuff said:

No worries mate but just realised can't post on here due to no Refosoul at moment

Will PM ya

Cheers

Richard

Thank you

Russ

oh and I prefer it without the girlie backing, spoils it altogether for me.

  On 09/09/2011 at 19:56, chalky said:

I thought the SOS Cameo Parkway distributed the rarest, Golden Triangle the commonest of the three.

Not all were distributed by CP Chalky, there was a local issue too & several different vaiations of credits etc on the label & two different play times & numbers ???

Russ

  On 09/09/2011 at 20:00, Russ Vickers said:

Not all were distributed by CP Chalky, there was a local issue too & several different vaiations of credits etc on the label & two different play times & numbers ???

Russ

SOS with girl backing, Cameo Parkway dist.

SOS no girlie backing. local issue.

Golden Triangle.

Anymore?

There are two or three other topics on this somewhere but search not playing the game here at the minute.

Two SOS scans, CP and local. Local one was sold on here....

Double post soz.

Edited September 9, 201113 yr by Russ Vickers

treble post.

Edited September 9, 201113 yr by Russ Vickers

  On 09/09/2011 at 20:04, chalky said:

SOS with girl backing, Cameo Parkway dist.

Also exists without girly backing according to the scan on the Youtube clip ?

SOS no girlie backing. local issue.

Golden Triangle.

Anymore?

There are two or three other topics on this somewhere but search not playing the game here at the minute.

Anymore anyone ?

Russ

Edited September 9, 201113 yr by Russ Vickers

There are CP dist releases with different wordings & formats.....look at the scans on Popsike & Youtube mate.

Russ

Scans ok here mate????

Youtube? I wouldn't believe most of the scans on them videos anyway, I watched half a dozen last night and all had wrong scans, they are lazy and simply use the first scan they get half the time without checking Someone will confirm if CP was issued without girlie backing, I didn't think it was, I thought CP added the girlie backing?

Surely it's accepted the Golden Triangle version is the last version coinciding with the Angela Davis LP, which also includes the Tyrone Thomas re-recording of "Baby, Can't You See". As stated before I prefer the CP distributed version avec girls, for me it just adds the X factor to the song, which just sounds a bit bland without them.

Thats how I saw it Tony, GT the last issued.

  On 09/09/2011 at 20:44, chalky said:

Thats how I saw it Tony, GT the last issued.

Yes - agreed

Cheers

Richard

Agreed.

Russ

Just to add the Tyrone Thomas re-recording is crap, and I support Richard regarding the other matter.

  On 09/09/2011 at 20:40, Tony Smith said:

... which also includes the Tyrone Thomas re-recording of "Baby, Can't You See". ...

re-recording? They sound identical to my ears. although sound quality of the LP is rather low.

  On 09/09/2011 at 20:00, chalky said:

oh and I prefer it without the girlie backing, spoils it altogether for me.

And me!

  On 09/09/2011 at 21:45, Benji said:

re-recording? They sound identical to my ears. although sound quality of the LP is rather low.

Slower isn't it?

I love em both, with or without the girls its still a cracking piece of soul.

  On 09/09/2011 at 21:45, Benji said:

re-recording? They sound identical to my ears. although sound quality of the LP is rather low.

Sound different to me as well Benji...the guitar work is different as is the percussion.

  On 10/09/2011 at 14:39, Steve Lane said:

And me!

Me to!

Definately without the girls for me, cant stand that female wailing backing!!

I'll balance it up...grew up with the girlie backed one, so if push comes to shove I will go for that take...although they're both great.

  On 09/09/2011 at 14:35, julesp1905 said:

I prefer the version without the backing singers

dj copy with female backing is awesome.

In my humble opion the girlie backing ruins the track, it reminds me of Clive Dunn's Grandad we love you!! anyone know why they did it in the first place as there is hardly loads of copies of either version?

  On 14/09/2011 at 17:17, vynilhound said:

In my humble opion the girlie backing ruins the track, it reminds me of Clive Dunn's Grandad we love you!! anyone know why they did it in the first place as there is hardly loads of copies of either version?

got to agree the backing singers sound like a bunch of kids shrieking away, terrible, spoil a good record.

Without for me as well.

  On 09/09/2011 at 21:45, Benji said:

re-recording? They sound identical to my ears. although sound quality of the LP is rather low.

no they are defo different recordings, the words are actually different in parts of the record on the album to the SOS 45 version

defo prefer the recording without the girlie backing, very week and seems like an add on even though it was released first

Edited September 15, 201113 yr by Bearsy

  On 15/09/2011 at 08:24, Bearsy said:

no they are defo different recordings, the words are actually different in parts of the record on the album to the SOS 45 version

ah, i see. never noticed that before. thanks for clearing that up!

  On 15/09/2011 at 08:24, Bearsy said:

defo prefer the recording without the girlie backing, very week and seems like an add on even though it was released first

IMO it sounds rather month (sorry couldn't resist)

  On 15/09/2011 at 08:54, Benji said:

ah, i see. never noticed that before. thanks for clearing that up!

IMO it sounds rather month (sorry couldn't resist)

  On 15/09/2011 at 08:24, Bearsy said:

no they are defo different recordings, the words are actually different in parts of the record on the album to the SOS 45 version

defo prefer the recording without the girlie backing, very week and seems like an add on even though it was released first

which was released first, girlie backing one? I thought it was without first, then picked up/distributed by Parkway and girlie backing added. Later released on Golden Triangle.

  On 17/09/2011 at 13:43, chalky said:

which was released first, girlie backing one? I thought it was without first, then picked up/distributed by Parkway and girlie backing added. Later released on Golden Triangle.

Without girls I thought....

Russ

Girls !!!