Tempos On Riley's

[Premium Stuff]

Hi everyone

The Tempos released 'Lonely One' on Riley's 8782 backed with the instrumental version entitled 'Lonely Night'.

Some listings then show the instrumental being released again as the flip to 'Oh Play That Song'/'Lonely Night' on Riley's 8783.

Does anyone have any info on the 8783 release please, label scans, or a soundfile of 'Oh Play That Song'?

Thanks in advance.

Cheers

Richard

[bri pinch]

hi richard, the flip to i'll never forget, diamond jim 8792 called disc jockey paradise....also plays the instrumental to lonely one

[Chalky]

hi richard, the flip to i'll never forget, diamond jim 8792 called disc jockey paradise....also plays the instrumental to lonely one

The Tempos on that one are actually the Steptones. Sounds like Diamond Jim simply used what was available and hot at the time.

[Premium Stuff]

hi richard, the flip to i'll never forget, diamond jim 8792 called disc jockey paradise....also plays the instrumental to lonely one

Cheers Bri - yes, well spotted. The instrumental is also on the flip to the Steptones version of "Lonely One" on Diamond Jim 8794 entitled "Steppin' High"

The Tempos on that one are actually the Steptones. Sounds like Diamond Jim simply used what was available and hot at the time.

Thanks Chalky - makes sense. Do you know what the source is for this info please?

Cheers

Richard

Edited November 26, 2011 by Premium Stuff

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On 16/11/2011 at 21:36, Premium Stuff said:

Hi everyone

 

The Tempos released 'Lonely One' on Riley's 8782 backed with the instrumental version entitled 'Lonely Night'.

 

Some listings then show the instrumental being released again as the flip to 'Oh Play That Song'/'Lonely Night' on Riley's 8783.

 

Does anyone have any info on the 8783 release please, label scans, or a soundfile of 'Oh Play That Song'?

 

Thanks in advance.

 

Cheers

 

Richard

I've seen 8783 listed, too. Has anyone ever seen a copy of this Riley's 45?

 

 8784 was released on Diamond Jim (The Terrifics)

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Here's a clip from an interview I did with Fab and Jay back in 2002. They were with The Tempos.

They say it it wasn't their group that recorded the song...

 

 

...but it could have been another group. 

[Robbk]

I've seen 8783 and 8784 listed, but never seen scans of them, nor seen physical copies of them, even in big Detroit Soul collectors' collections.  So, they must have been dead rare, and only pressed up in extremely small numbers.  I wonder if 8784 even got to the pressing stage. I 'm not sure if I've seen a scan of 8783, or not.  So, I think that may have been pressed up.  I'm SURE I've never seen anything on 8784 (other than its listing).