Found Him....in Berlin

[Marc Forrest]

as it was a beautiful sunny day today here in berlin my girl and I decided to go strolling along one of the local flea markets...usual stuff, clothes, books, lamps etc... me of course always had my radar on for some table with records. found two little boxes, but nth special in there. almost near the end of the flea market , one of the last tables full of paintings, old concert and movie posters, postcards, lps ...and some 45s. I had already given up finding anything of interest when I started looking thru the box..jazz, german pop hits from the 6ts and 7ts, ...but no soul. the guy behind the table, a black gentleman in his late sixties, asks me what I am looking for, soul, old soul records I say, preferrably from the 6ts...oh he says, interesting, he used to sing soul himself when he was in his twenties..not thinking too much of his statement I trying to be polite ask him if I could know him he says no, we were just a small local group who toured the local gi clubs when I was a soldier he says. in berlin ? I ask him with growing interest , no he says in bavaria and south west germany. what brought him here I ask and he says when he left the army in 68 he decided to stay with his german girlfriend he had met at one of his gigs. she is still his wife he says and in the early eighties they had moved to berlin as he had the opportunity to play at some jazz clubs here as he is not only singing but also is playing jazz saxophone. and gives me his card...JOHN HARRIS... I was trying to hold my breath...I ask him if he used to gig as john harris & the soul sayers...yes he said being a bit surprised I knew this small but to me so impotant fact... ! ... theres a 45 by him I say and he says yeah right, almost had forgotten about that one. not the best record he says and started laughing..I say, well I am looking for this one..and then he says what I was hoping he woud say..well give me a ring tomorrow I think I still have copy somewhere at home... think I will stay awake today and the whole nite in front of the telephone and give him a ring tomorrow 6 am LOL!!!!!!

[Jumpinjoan]

No way? How cool is that!

Edited April 1, 2012 by jumpinjoan

[Phil Shields]

fabulous stuff Marc

[Paddy Ferry]

Thats a proper story.

[arnie j]

oh yes,now thats something to tell folks who would understand,nice one ! i have no idea of the tune itself to be honest but the scenario is superb

jason

[Guest Arcticsoulboy]

Wow! When I started reading your post all I could think was: "It´s JOHN HARRIS!!!" and my second thought was "And I bet Marc finds that 45 as well". If he´s got two you can always send one north...

[Johnmcc]

Did you meet his son, John the second and his daughter, April the first?

[The Tempest]

Nice Prank

[Marc Forrest]

Did you meet his son, John the second and his daughter, April the first?

couldnt resist any longer, so I rang the number..and yes, as it was already 5 past midnight his daughter who answered my call said her name is April the second..

[Guest Arcticsoulboy]

Doh!

[Dave Pinch]

nice one mark.....the reality is i bet there is a copy lying around at a fleamarket somewhere in germany......benji schlamp will probably find it

[Pete S]

Who's John Harris?

[Tony A]

Who's John Harris?

Rolfs brother.

[Barry]

One in a million that Marc - lovely story with a sweeeet ending too ;0)

[Benji]

benji schlamp will probably find it

Nope. Already got it.

[Mrtag]

:lol: Nice One Marc :lol:

[Harry Crosby]

Nice one Marc But seeing as were on Soulsource and we have to be super critical, we were allways told that if the prank was made after mid-day, it was you that became the April Fool

[Mick Sway]

For the uninitiated, nice cross over:

[Marc Forrest]

Nice one Marc But seeing as were on Soulsource and we have to be super critical, we were allways told that if the prank was made after mid-day, it was you that became the April Fool

nah, that is English..I am German...we are allowed to do the prank till midnight

Edited April 2, 2012 by Marc Forrest

[Marc Forrest]

Nope. Already got it.

be carfeul with statements like that benji or you get as many pm´s as I did LOL

[Marc Forrest]

I am glad everybody had enough sense of humour to cope with this little prank...still it really would have been nice, wouldnt it LOL

[Benji]

be carfeul with statements like that benji or you get as many pm´s as I did LOL

Of course I was just joking but was hoping to be flooded with PMs. I didn't so have to assume folks already I talk crap most of the times

Edit: reading your nice made up story reminded me that there are still a few untouched boxes of issues of Tony Middleton on MGM and Mala here in Munich.

Edited April 2, 2012 by Benji

[Barry]

Bugger - ;0)

[Benji]

At least it was an original prank and not some dodgy bootleg prank.

[arnie j]

lol,good one bud,like i said in my earlier post i didnt know the record,and its fookin superb so im glad i got romantic about the scenario,if i hadnt have fell for it i would never had heard the record,so thanks for the prank bud

jason

[Marc Forrest]

lol,good one bud,like i said in my earlier post i didnt know the record,and its fookin superb so im glad i got romantic about the scenario,if i hadnt have fell for it i would never had heard the record,so thanks for the prank bud

jason

its great really...do a search here on soul-source if you like and are interested. theres a lenghty thread about the record incl. the story of how this record came about. that story aint a prank for a change as I tracked down the forme label owner indeed and got it first hand from him ;)