Shelia Fregurson Heartbroken M

[Pat Wallace]

Been asked by a mate to check if Shelia Ferguson (Heartbroken Memories) Issue was ever booted. If so how do you tell the difference please. Any help would be great.
Pat

[Guest The Record Box]

No it was not!!

[Guest SteveJohnston]

Hope not! While we are on the subject I've seen more demo copies than issue copies of this class record, is it much harder to find on issue? Or have I not been looking in the right places?

Edited June 8, 2013 by SteveJohnston

[Pat Wallace]

Thanks guys. I had a white demo and sold it so thought this issue looked the real deal. It will go into sales once I get a value on it.
Pat

[Harry Crosby]

Think, AND IN RETURN Hss been booted, but not this one. Fantastic record.

Edited June 9, 2013 by HARRY CROSBY

[Prophonics 2029]

He pumelled my heart into tiny pieces.

[Tony Smith]

100-150

[Wiganer1]

theres a n instrumental version released on UK Cream as well,,paid £140 for my issue.

[bri pinch]

Think, AND IN RETURN Hss been booted, but not this one. Fantastic record.

has it mate, not sure, never seen a boot of it

[Rick Cooper]

theres a n instrumental version released on UK Cream as well,,paid £140 for my issue.

 

Theirs a quite interesting story about the instrumental of Heartbroken Memories, but apologies to avid Soul Source readers if they've heard this before.

 

Some of the tapes of the Swan label were bought at the closing auction by Ed Balbier who moved to Manchester in 1971 and set up Global Records. The tapes were stored in Philadelphia for many years but  were sent over in 1974 by which time I was working at Global. Two tracks were done as Swan look a likes before the Cream label was set up. Most of the tapes were quarter inch mono mixes but some were the half inch four track studio tape. These could be re-mixed and instrumental versions made. However the main problem was that no studios had a machine that could play the 4 track tapes, I think studios were up to 32 track recording by then so asking for a 4 track player was met with much derision.

 

Eventually I found a semi retired sound engineer (ex BBC I think) who had a 4 track player. So I took some of the tape boxes round to his studio in the front room of a semi in a quiet street in Altrincham. The machines looked ancient but were probably state of the art once. One  of the tapes was the Sheila  Ferguson session. This had the studio chat and count in from the producer, Richie Barrett I think. The vocals were on one track so I asked for a mix of the backing tracks. The studio owner was a bit surprised as to why I wanted this doing but of course instrumentals were all the rage at the time.

 

The tracks done were Heartbroken Memories, Are You Satisfied and Eddie Carlton- It Will Be Done.He had a cutting lathe so I had an acetate done of each track.The instrumentals weren't too bad but not up with something like Bari Track so they would be OK for  B sides. Are You Satisfied was never used so it only exists  as an acetate and the mono mixed tape. I've got the acetates of Heartbroken Memories and It Will Be Done but not Are You Satisfied. This probably went to Rollercoaster when they got Global's stock but as it wasn't labeled it may have got lost. It's no great loss but would be a nice addition for those who like quirky one-offs.

 

Rick

[Wiganer1]

GREAT STORY  RICK...SHAME SOME OF THE OTHER SWAN SIDES DIDNT GET A UK RELEASE ....TONY GALLA , SAMMY SEVENS ETC......

[SLAMMINSOUL]

One of The very best! Mello Souls not fit to Lace Shiela's boots imho!

What a voice!

Atb

Clint

[Pat Wallace]

theres a n instrumental version released on UK Cream as well,,paid £140 for my issue.

Thanks Mark

That's it then Ex copy will be in the sales section at £140 tomorrow. Hope your keepin well by the way!

Pat

[Rick Cooper]

GREAT STORY  RICK...SHAME SOME OF THE OTHER SWAN SIDES DIDNT GET A UK RELEASE ....TONY GALLA , SAMMY SEVENS ETC......

I remember the tape for Tony Galla was there but not Sammy Sevens. I had a copy of Tony Galla but I don't think it was played in the 70s, more of a Stafford play .

To sell enough records in the 70s to make it worthwhile  a record had to played everywhere and really popular, anything less didn't sell much. Over the years other Swan titles may have sold as oldies like Our Love Will Grow or new discoveries but I had long left Global by then.

 

Going back to Heartbroken Memories , I had it listed on a demo at £1.50 when I sold off a load of stuff in 1978. (insert sad looking yellow face here).

 

Rick