Cajun Hart - Unanswered Questions And

[Guest Dan]

if there was only one thing he had to do, any time of year, say he was out where he'd never been or in a place he was likely to know, to find a way to find this particular bird, how come he had time to stop and watch a tree grow and wonder where the wind blows, the hippie twat?

mind you, that said - it's not cool, or rare, or even soulful, and the soul stasi can bang me up right now - this is the greatest northern soul record of all time to me. well, it is tonight, in my shiraz-induced cups, anyway.

just played it 20 times in a row to my missus, she loves it. yes, she can hardly stay awake...i mean, hide her enthusiasm.

happy, if slightly weird, days

surely, everyone loves cajun hart? or has loved it. what other naff records will always hold a place in your heart?

Edited March 27, 2006 by Dan

[Ted Massey]

Sad Mate i was just thinking how good Cheryl Ann was

[Guest Gavin Page]

"Hey Little Way Out Girl"

[Simsy]

this is the greatest northern soul record of all time to me.

Better than Pyramid?

Still quite fond of Jimmy Fraser - Of hopes & dreams & tombstones.

[Guest Dan]

Better than Pyramid?

Still quite fond of Jimmy Fraser - Of hopes & dreams & tombstones.

ooh good shout ian

i was a bit pissed when i wrote that though.

cajun hart is right up there for me even so

sounds like a show tune but who cares

[Winnie :-)]

if there was only one thing he had to do, any time of year, say he was out where he'd never been or in a place he was likely to know, to find a way to find this particular bird, how come he had time to stop and watch a tree grow and wonder where the wind blows, the hippie twat?

mind you, that said - it's not cool, or rare, or even soulful, and the soul stasi can bang me up right now - this is the greatest northern soul record of all time to me. well, it is tonight, in my shiraz-induced cups, anyway.

just played it 20 times in a row to my missus, she loves it. yes, she can hardly stay awake...i mean, hide her enthusiasm.

happy, if slightly weird, days

surely, everyone loves cajun hart? or has loved it. what other naff records will always hold a place in your heart?

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Trying to think of something that others would find naff is very difficult for me as I have impeccable taste and am never wrong

I still rather like 'The Night'...........bit underplayed though

Winnie:-)

[Winnie :-)]

Better than Pyramid?

Still quite fond of Jimmy Fraser - Of hopes & dreams & tombstones

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Bugg*r, I really like that record......1,2,3,4 Do we need someone to compile a 'naff' 500

(insert your.....It's already been done jokes here)

Winnie:-)

[Pete S]

it's not cool, or rare, or even soulful

It's all those three. And it's dramatic!

Absolutely fantastic record.

[wendy]

I have a soft spot for Louise Lewis Weee ooooo wwwwwweeeeee Let It be - it's so awful, surely one of the worst records ever? Did it ever get played??

[Guest Dan]

It's all those three. And it's dramatic!

Absolutely fantastic record.

actually on reflection pete it is very cool, you're right (but not cool in a rare northern sort of way).

certainly dramatic, you're right - impossible to dance to this without throwing your arms out and striking dramatic northern-style poses imo

as for soulful...i suppose it's quasi soulful

but is it rare? i thought quite common?

[Simsy]

How much for this beauty? Nowt on Popsike ...

[BrianB]

I have a soft spot for Louise Lewis Weee ooooo wwwwwweeeeee Let It be - it's so awful, surely one of the worst records ever? Did it ever get played??

Big at the Casino in 73 and 73. There are other versions by Karl Evans, and some one else and also the instrumental got a lot of plays. For what its worth I love it.

[Paul R]

I have a soft spot for Louise Lewis Weee ooooo wwwwwweeeeee Let It be - it's so awful, surely one of the worst records ever? Did it ever get played??

Oops, I missed the above post some how.

Don't actually like Cajun Hart, but do like Louise Lewis, Vocal & instrumental, and the Karl Evans(Arin Demain) Version (Oo wee Let it Be Me Babe).

All big in their day around mid 1974.

Paul

Edited March 27, 2006 by Paul r

[Guest]

Geoffrey Meteliko did a good version of Got To Find Away too!

[Catriona]

Pete Burton told me off for applying a literal critism of Cajun Heart s lyrics...apparantly it s a metaphor!!!! Or he s a time delayed photographer...or something like that.

My favourite lyrics are from Greg Diamond s Hot Butterfly...even Luther cant make sense of Let me photograph my name for you with feelings I dont want to fade. And a love song of surrender and blue I remember when you took my breath away.When we were very young like butterflies, like a hot butterfly?????????

[Guest]

"Hey Little Way Out Girl"

Busy are you? Aren't you suppose to be working!

Beverley Ann...

[Pete S]

Geoffrey Meteliko did a good version of Got To Find Away too!

I have to disagree, Geoff Metalikos version is an unlistenable turd of a record, shocking in it's atrocity. And it's the original version

[Simsy]

How much for this beauty? Nowt on Popsike ...

Would seem they don't know ...

[Guest]

I have to disagree, Geoff Metalikos version is an unlistenable turd of a record, shocking in it's atrocity. And it's the original version

With you on that Pete

Anyone dislike Cajun Hart listen to Geoffs version, ho ho ho is it a Matt Munroe cover up ?

[Pete S]

Would seem they don't know ...

Real world price £250. Had 3 of these but never had a UK issue. Seen one though. These all jump in the middle by the way, US copy doesn't jump.

[Wiganer1]

With you on that Pete

Anyone dislike Cajun Hart listen to Geoffs version, ho ho ho is it a Matt Munroe cover up ?

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i cant get over why 'Black Power' is derided like it is

hes black (or sounds black),,its a stomper,it was massive and yet nearly everybody hates it

plus ive got a lovely white demo of this that i cant play out....

ill get me coat!!

[Simsy]

Stardust one doesn't jump either (so I've been told). Just thought I'd add that.

[Pete S]

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i cant get over why 'Black Power' is derided like it is

Because it sounds like it's sung and performed by inmates of a mental hospital.

And it's shit.

[Winnie :-)]

Would seem they don't know ...

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"methinks" you may be right

[Simsy]

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"methinks" you may be right

[Gene-r]

if there was only one thing he had to do, any time of year, say he was out where he'd never been or in a place he was likely to know, to find a way to find this particular bird, how come he had time to stop and watch a tree grow and wonder where the wind blows, the hippie twat?

His follow-up release was a cover version of "They're Coming To Take Me Away-Ha-Ha"!

Seriously though, absolutely love it - always have.

[Simsy]

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i cant get over why 'Black Power' is derided like it is

hes black (or sounds black),,

I'd be stunned if he wasn't. Bit of a lib singing "year's ago my people were in chains" etc. Kenny got a copy at Plinston last year for a fiver. I think it's great, full of energy ... but then it's 1985 and I'm outside Jimmy's on my Vespa 100.

[Guest]

Wot about Clarence Jackson / If It Don,t Fit Don,t Force It

HB

[Guest Soultown andy]

Always liked james coit ,when it was big at casino was going out wih a bird with seriously big tits and she loved it ,happy days.

[Guest Bearsoul]

Always liked james coit ,when it was big at casino was going out wih a bird with seriously big tits and she loved it ,happy days.

THE RECORD THAT IS ???

[Guest]

Wot about Clarence Jackson / If It Don,t Fit Don,t Force It

HB

Whats wrong with Clarence???

[Guest Soultown andy]

Of ourse the record,also had a soft spot for sue lynn,dont pity me,but then again have always collected pop records as well as soul .[dont bother chalky]

[Guest]

Whats wrong with Clarence???

Tis one of them aint it you iether love or hate it but don,t hear it

HB

[Sheep]

How much for this beauty? Nowt on Popsike ...

Has anybody got a scan of the orange issue.

SHEEP

[Garethx]

As an aside to all this talk of Cajun Hart, some friends of mine were in a band which had the good fortune to sign to US Warner Brothers in the early 90s. On their first trip to the states to visit the record company, one of the Vice Presidents, Jeffrey Weiss, took them to the floor of the Warners building where they kept file copies of previous releases. He asked them if there was anything they were interested in picking out, thinking that maybe they'd want some Rolling Stones or Neil Young albums. Chancing their arms, they asked for copies of Cajun Hart and Joannie Sommers "Don't Pity Me", and were gobsmacked when he arrived back just a few minutes later armed with small piles of each in pristine Dj and issue format.

WB always treated its artists pretty well, it seems. Don't think the same could always be said for staff or suppliers, mind...

Edited March 27, 2006 by garethx

[Guest Martin Coleman]

I have a soft spot for Louise Lewis Weee ooooo wwwwwweeeeee Let It be - it's so awful, surely one of the worst records ever? Did it ever get played??

Isn't there an answer record to this one? "Wee ooo, I'll Let it be You"? Can't remember who released it though. Anyone?

[Paul R]

Isn't there an answer record to this one? "Wee ooo, I'll Let it be You"? Can't remember who released it though. Anyone?

Yeh, I mentioned it above, Karl Evans "Ooh Wee Let It Be Me"

Paul

[Guest Dirk Tiggler]

this is the greatest northern soul record of all time to me.

It makes me sad & amused when people come on here and make quotes like this (being drunk is no excuse) when they had the opportunity to have it in their top five a few weeks ago but chose not to.So there. Sorry Dan, just a pathetic attempt at taking the piss following me spelling Otis Reddings name wrong - remember? Incidently, I did include it in my top 5 , but true to form, spelt it wrong! Regards Adajava script:emoticon(

[Des Crombie]

I've always loved this record especially the tree growing bit... I could be wrong but I always thought the song was about losing someone and hanging around longing for them to come back, however you start to get bored but are too spaced to get off your arse and go looking for them.

I sometimes get the same feelings when I'm waiting for the wife to come out of a shop. Lucky they didn't have mobile phones back then or we may never have had this song.

Anyway, what's the rarest format? I have a green issue any idea of current value?

Another naff record that springs to mind that I love is "Woman, Love Thief"

[jocko]

Well as one of the fully paid up members of the so called soul police and very very proud of it, would like to say can't believe you like this Dan.... would like to say that but since I also think its an amazing slab of Northern (can't bring my self to add the s word on the end for this), have been known to dance to this a great number of times and spent a good year or two playing this at all my sets around the Globe (well Allanton and Edinburgh) back in the dark ages, wouldn't want to be hypocrite would I!!

Quick where is my Syl Johnson LP's, retrieve my credentials!!

Once I watched a tree grow, made me sleep quicker than the counting sheep alternative!

[Guest Dan]

this is the greatest northern soul record of all time to me.

It makes me sad & amused when people come on here and make quotes like this (being drunk is no excuse) when they had the opportunity to have it in their top five a few weeks ago but chose not to.So there. Sorry Dan, just a pathetic attempt at taking the piss following me spelling Otis Reddings name wrong - remember? Incidently, I did include it in my top 5 , but true to form, spelt it wrong! Regards Ada

bit bizarre this...can't decide whether you're having a pop or, if so, why

i do remember the spelling mistake bollocks.

but

1. it wasn't a post to decide your all time top five northern soul records, it was your all-time top five soul records. the fact that i italicised 'northern' this time round makes the difference clear.

2. i wasn't the one who took the piss out of you for spelling it otis 'reading' - that was rob moss. i had a go at him for having a go at you.

3. in your top five, you actually call it 'gotta fid a way'.

but no offence taken

I also think its an amazing slab of Northern (can't bring my self to add the s word on the end for this),

think that's spot-on jock - it's northern but not soul

[Winnie :-)]

think that's spot-on jock - it's northern but not soul

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In your first post you distinctly said northern "soul"

Bloody soul police, they should spend there time on the real criminals, I've heard the notorious 'e-bay blaggers' are still on the loose

Winnie:-)

[Guest Dan]

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In your first post you distinctly said northern "soul"

Bloody soul police, they should spend there time on the real criminals, I've heard the notorious 'e-bay blaggers' are still on the loose

Winnie:-)

was sort of saying it's northern soul but not soul winnie. but will give you 1/2 a mark for pedantry...a man after my own nit-picking heart

[Guest Dirk Tiggler]

bit bizarre this...can't decide whether you're having a pop or, if so, why

i do remember the spelling mistake bollocks.

but

1. it wasn't a post to decide your all time top five northern soul records, it was your all-time top five soul records. the fact that i italicised 'northern' this time round makes the difference clear.

2. i wasn't the one who took the piss out of you for spelling it otis 'reading' - that was rob moss. i had a go at him for having a go at you.

3. in your top five, you actually call it 'gotta fid a way'.

but no offence taken

Not bizarre & certainly no offence at you intended. I do remember it was Rob Moss who picked up my mistake in a mealy mouthed way & you responding to him - ta. Incidently, I did own up to spelling the title wrong & I probably put a 'e' in the groups name as well! No offence at you whatsoever, it's great to talk & listen to others talk about the brilliant record. Regards Ade

[Pete S]

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Another naff record that springs to mind that I love is "Woman, Love Thief"

Fantastic record...ten times better than Such Misery.

[Guest Soultown andy]

With you on this one pete,how can anyone call, woman love thief,naff its a great tune

[Guest]

With you on that Pete

Anyone dislike Cajun Hart listen to Geoffs version, ho ho ho is it a Matt Munroe cover up ?

i like it anyway.......................

[Guest NASHEE]

Any chance of an mp3 of Geoffs version ?

I love the Cajun Hart to bits...I'd just like to hear the other one.

thanks

Linda

[Pete S]

Any chance of an mp3 of Geoffs version ?

I love the Cajun Hart to bits...I'd just like to hear the other one.

thanks

Linda

You don't want to heart it, trust me!

[Chalky]

Of ourse the record,also had a soft spot for sue lynn,dont pity me,but then again have always collected pop records as well as soul .[dont bother chalky]

aaawwwww

Edited March 28, 2006 by chalky