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

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

  On 19/11/2011 at 18:15, bri pinch said:

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.

  On 19/11/2011 at 18:15, bri pinch said:

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"

  On 19/11/2011 at 18:50, chalky said:

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, 201113 yr by Premium Stuff

  On 16/11/2011 at 13:36, 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)

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. 

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).

  On 10/01/2025 at 19:39, Robbk said:

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).

Found this online...

8783 I can't say if it exists but seen promos and stockers (like here) of 8784.

  On 11/01/2025 at 02:12, G F said:

Found this online...

  On 11/01/2025 at 02:46, Robbk said:

 

Sorry, I guess I misunderstood, thinking the post meant that it was a Tempos' record on Riley's. I have The Terrifics.  I have seen a Tempos listed as 8783.  And maybe that one was slated, maybe scheduled(or maybe never got that far), but never pressed up.  If it WAS pressed up, it must have been an extremely small pressing and withdrawn, or possibly test pressing only.  But one never knows for sure, because so many master copies and test pressings of projects that were previously unknown, or were listed on paper, but thought to have been cancelled before any pressing, have turned up many years later.

 

 

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  On 11/01/2025 at 02:46, Robbk said:

Sorry, I guess I misunderstood, thinking the post meant that it was a Tempos' record on Riley's. I have The Terrifics.  I have seen a Tempos listed as 8783.  And maybe that one was slated, maybe scheduled(or maybe never got that far), but never pressed up.  If it WAS pressed up, it must have been an extremely small pressing and withdrawn, or possibly test pressing only.  But one never knows for sure, because so many master copies and test pressings of projects that were previously unknown, or were listed on paper, but thought to have been cancelled before any pressing, have turned up many years later.

 

 

There may be a 8783, but Fab and Jay said they never recorded a song like that, so I reckon it doesn't exist - as Tom mentioned earlier.

From what people have said, Diamond Jim was not the librarrian type and no doubt his filing system was far from 100 percent right.