Drifters Pour Your Little Heart Out

[slimharpo]

Yeah, I know that!! That's what last couple of posts were about. Why would I be bothered? I collect Northern and Motown not 70's pop-soul.There were a whole slew of Drifters soundalikes out at that time like the Majors MAGNET,True Expression EMI. No doubt to try and emulate the success of the Drifters in the UK Pop Charts with their Bell 45s, and they weren't Northern then and definitely not now. Apart from "You're more than..." Drifters didn't get hits with the later Arista or Epic stuff. Those two on Epic were hard to pick up and "Closely..." and "Looks like Im the clown again" on the plain blue Arista label were equally obscure. Hard to remember now what "Beach" 45s I traded over there cos not my cup of tea but I do remember getting Willie Tee NOLA, Reggie Sadler PANTHER and Arthur Willis [sold it to Butch as unknown] for 20 odd different Drifters 45s. Still got the Willie Tee but should have kept the other two with hindsight.

Ta for pointing my mistake out again. I won't do it again.

ROD

Oooohhh!! Thanks for the 70s pop soul history lesson.

[Geordiejohnson]

any one paying big money for this record is mad...was on lists as recently as Feb this year at £30.

great failed pop record though.....

Geeoooordie

[Modernsoulsucks]

Oooohhh!! Thanks for the 70s pop soul history lesson.

My pleasure, Slim. You scratch my back and I'll......er... um.... reel out some not very interesting facts but you gotta be impressed with that deal.

ROD

[Derek Pearson]

any one paying big money for this record is mad...was on lists as recently as Feb this year at £30. great failed pop record though.....

Geeoooordie

Yeah I know its down to peoples choices how they spend their hard earned an' all that - but £175* for a pretty average UK only 45 - I mean come on!

How about this for a game then - what rock solid 100% US original northern 45s could you buy for that amount? At least 2 x Danny Moores on Alrite or a Doug Banks Argo + a Danny Moore. Probably get a Van Dykes on Mala or maybe both Linda Jones's with a bit of argueing hehehe. Can't think of others at the moment there must be tons.Oh well. derek

(*thats what a copy went for on Ebay recently)

It'll be interesting to see what the next few copies go for on Ebay as there'll surely be lotsa people floating their copies as a result of this recent sale.