Guest Baz Posted June 14, 2006 Posted June 14, 2006 Any one got a discography of the Delphi lable I have Oxford Knights and the Prophets both fantastic records, any others on ther worth looking into, think there was 20 or so realesed if i remember John saying when he auctioned a oxford knights a few years ago, Lets be having you then
Sean Hampsey Posted June 14, 2006 Posted June 14, 2006 A Starter for 10 from Georgia Soul (Great Reference Site):- Delphi Label 007 The Prophets - Talk Don't Bother Me / Don't Look Back 008 Roy Smith - Very Strong On You / Happens To the Best of Us 009 The Prophets - Don't You Think It's Time / I Don't Love You No More 011 The Pallbearers - Music With Soul / Love Is A Many Splendored Thing 012 O'Banion & The 4 Features - Mistaken Identity / Something Gotta Be Wrong 014 Roy Smith - Consider Me A Friend / We'll Be Happier When We Are In Albequerque 015 Obanion & the 4 Features - Laugh It Off / Cause It Hurts 016 Oxford Knights - I'm Such A Lonely One / Just Give Us Time The Vistas - Keep On Keeping On / ? Sean
Guest Baz Posted June 14, 2006 Posted June 14, 2006 011 The Pallbearers - Music With Soul / Love Is A Many Splendored Thing What a morbid name for a group Thanks a bunch Sean Any more for any more
Godzilla Posted June 15, 2006 Posted June 15, 2006 What a morbid name for a group Looked the part too! Pallbearers Godz
Guest Baz Posted June 15, 2006 Posted June 15, 2006 Looked the part too! Pallbearers Godz They could at least put some enthusiasm into that picture Any one got a soundfile of them just intruiged now
Guest Posted June 15, 2006 Posted June 15, 2006 They could at least put some enthusiasm into that picture Any one got a soundfile of them just intruiged now I found a Prophets 007 on this label in Florida back in 1976 ever since then I've been intrigued by the label. I have one to add to this list but can't find it at the mo' it's warped and I was gonna straighten it and it's lost amoungst stock somewhere. (It's Northern) But when you consider 30 years on I can't add any more titles to this impressive listing, underlines the RARITY of the label. I figure around 20 releases, cause the one I've mislaid is twenty something. And you think Shrine is rare? Delphi Label 007 The Prophets - Talk Don't Bother Me / Don't Look Back 008 Roy Smith - Very Strong On You / Happens To the Best of Us 009 The Prophets - Don't You Think It's Time / I Don't Love You No More 011 The Pallbearers - Music With Soul / Love Is A Many Splendored Thing 012 O'Banion & The 4 Features - Mistaken Identity / Something Gotta Be Wrong 014 Roy Smith - Consider Me A Friend / We'll Be Happier When We Are In Albequerque 015 Obanion & the 4 Features - Laugh It Off / Cause It Hurts 016 Oxford Knights - I'm Such A Lonely One / Just Give Us Time The Vistas - Keep On Keeping On / ? Can anyone else add anything?
Guest Baz Posted June 15, 2006 Posted June 15, 2006 I found a Prophets 007 on this label in Florida back in 1976 ever since then I've been intrigued by the label. I have one to add to this list but can't find it at the mo' it's warped and I was gonna straighten it and it's lost amoungst stock somewhere. (It's Northern) But when you consider 30 years on I can't add any more titles to this impressive listing, underlines the RARITY of the label. I figure around 20 releases, cause the one I've mislaid is twenty something. And you think Shrine is rare? Delphi Label 007 The Prophets - Talk Don't Bother Me / Don't Look Back 008 Roy Smith - Very Strong On You / Happens To the Best of Us 009 The Prophets - Don't You Think It's Time / I Don't Love You No More 011 The Pallbearers - Music With Soul / Love Is A Many Splendored Thing 012 O'Banion & The 4 Features - Mistaken Identity / Something Gotta Be Wrong 014 Roy Smith - Consider Me A Friend / We'll Be Happier When We Are In Albequerque 015 Obanion & the 4 Features - Laugh It Off / Cause It Hurts 016 Oxford Knights - I'm Such A Lonely One / Just Give Us Time The Vistas - Keep On Keeping On / ? Can anyone else add anything? Thanks John, the lable has intrigued me too now, not long picked up a 007 too, a blinding piece of vinyl, didn't it get a release on another lable too
Garethx Posted June 15, 2006 Posted June 15, 2006 Seem to remember a pretty good version of Tony Williams' "How Come" by Larry Burns on Delphi, but don't know if it's the same label as the one under discussion here.
Guest Dan Posted June 15, 2006 Posted June 15, 2006 Thanks John, the lable has intrigued me too now, not long picked up a 007 too, a blinding piece of vinyl, didn't it get a release on another lable too is it on jubilee baz? can't remember. but talk don't bother me is blinding i agree
Guest Baz Posted June 15, 2006 Posted June 15, 2006 but talk don't bother me is blinding i agree Gone straight into my playlist, equally as good as 'one gold piece' all thought differnt kinds of sound
Guest Trevski Posted June 15, 2006 Posted June 15, 2006 (edited) Pallbearers was an old Wigan tune, can't ever remember seeing it on Delphi, in fact this is the first I've heard of it on that label, usualy found on Fontana, if memory serves, used to have a W/D back in the day. Someone said that Tim Brown has a full set of Delphi releases. Have a Prophets for sale, if anyones interested! Edited June 15, 2006 by Trevski
Wiganer1 Posted June 15, 2006 Posted June 15, 2006 What a morbid name for a group ========= the pallbearers is great wigan oldie.... get ready,,ready for the soul call,,i wanna tell y'all music with soul,,,taking control!!!!! never played ..alot wont like but one of faves of the fluffster!! keep the faith! ps missed a copy on delphi 18 months or so ago...shudda bought it... oh well
Dazz Posted June 18, 2006 Posted June 18, 2006 I found a Prophets 007 on this label in Florida back in 1976 ever since then I've been intrigued by the label. I have one to add to this list but can't find it at the mo' it's warped and I was gonna straighten it and it's lost amoungst stock somewhere. (It's Northern) But when you consider 30 years on I can't add any more titles to this impressive listing, underlines the RARITY of the label. I figure around 20 releases, cause the one I've mislaid is twenty something. And you think Shrine is rare? Delphi Label 007 The Prophets - Talk Don't Bother Me / Don't Look Back 008 Roy Smith - Very Strong On You / Happens To the Best of Us 009 The Prophets - Don't You Think It's Time / I Don't Love You No More 011 The Pallbearers - Music With Soul / Love Is A Many Splendored Thing 012 O'Banion & The 4 Features - Mistaken Identity / Something Gotta Be Wrong 014 Roy Smith - Consider Me A Friend / We'll Be Happier When We Are In Albequerque 015 Obanion & the 4 Features - Laugh It Off / Cause It Hurts 016 Oxford Knights - I'm Such A Lonely One / Just Give Us Time The Vistas - Keep On Keeping On / ? Can anyone else add anything? Hello John I can add a few to this list though not sure all of them are on the label under discussion also a few are I think later presses put out by or for Roy Smith and as such I don't know how legit they are, these are :- Roy Smith Stay tonight with me/Oh pretty woman Delphi 1981 Roy Smith Sweet secrets/Faraway strangers Delphi 2011 and also included with these re-issues is I think Roy Smith I got the fever/My marie Delphi 0015 back to the original numbering system Wain Randell It don't pay/You could change your mind Delphi 0019 and then some confusion, as well as the 015 Obanion I think somebody must have liked the number because I have on the familiar black label Ronnie Blackwood Nothings impossible/A funky night Delphi 0015 Hope this helps Dazz
max_s Posted November 7, 2009 Posted November 7, 2009 The Vistas is Delphi 0012. The flip is a cover version of Willie Tee's 'Thank you John'. 0012 The Vistas - Keep On Keepin' On/Thank You John The Vistas - Keep On Keepin' On - Here's some info from the Heeey Baby Days-Site: The Vistas were an Augusta, GA group that fell under the spell of the ubiquitous Roy Smith, resulting in this ridiculously rare tip of the hat to Willie Tee's THANK YOU JOHN. As it was a Delphi Records release, it was a pressing of significance. For the full story on the strange details of how it got a Delphi 0012 slotted release number, check out Volume 8 of the Heeey Baby Days of Beach Music series Anyone with more info on this one? max
Soul-slider Posted November 7, 2009 Posted November 7, 2009 (edited) Delphi 009 - Prophets 'Don't You Think It's Time/I Don't Love You no More' also came out on Jubilee. Two great sides, main side is a male vocal whilst the brilliant flip is a female lead set just above mid-tempo and may be the pick of the two for some. Not sure if this is the same group who recorded on Detroit's 'Stephanye' or indeed 'Shrine'. I know the lead singer was black (and the female) but the musicians were blue-eyed. They are the same group who recorded for Smash with the Northern oldie 'I Get The Fever'. Edited November 7, 2009 by Soul-Slider
boba Posted November 7, 2009 Posted November 7, 2009 Delphi 009 - Prophets 'Don't You Think It's Time/I Don't Love You no More' also came out on Jubilee. Two great sides, main side is a male vocal whilst the brilliant flip is a female lead set just above mid-tempo and may be the pick of the two for some. Not sure if this is the same group who recorded on Detroit's 'Stephanye' or indeed 'Shrine'. I know the lead singer was black (and the female) but the musicians were blue-eyed. They are the same group who recorded for Smash with the Northern oldie 'I Get The Fever'. The prophets on Delphi is NOT the stephanye group, it is the same group as the Georgia Prophets who also did "I got the fever", etc. Didn't the Pallbearers include Dann penn or was that a different pallbearers?
Godzilla Posted November 7, 2009 Posted November 7, 2009 The prophets on Delphi is NOT the stephanye group, it is the same group as the Georgia Prophets who also did "I got the fever", etc. Didn't the Pallbearers include Dann penn or was that a different pallbearers? Different Pallbearers, Bob. Line up: Jimmy Maples - Bass Rudy Wilkes - Guitar George Croft - Singer Lewis Jones - Singer Steve Allen - Drums Jack Graves - Keyboards 1966 - 1967 Art Benton - Keyboards 1967 - 1971 Music With Soul was written by Roy Smith of Georgia Prophets More info on The Pallbearers HERE
Soul-slider Posted November 7, 2009 Posted November 7, 2009 Georgia Prophets Brilliant pic Godz!! Looks like I was spot on with my assessment of the group, the female must have been the lead singer on the 'I Don't Love You No More' (Delphi 009) side, as I said before it's a great tune!
Godzilla Posted November 7, 2009 Posted November 7, 2009 Brilliant pic Godz!! Looks like I was spot on with my assessment of the group, the female must have been the lead singer on the 'I Don't Love You No More' (Delphi 009) side, as I said before it's a great tune! The singers are Billy and Barbara Scott. Billy still plays with 'Billy Scott and the Party Prophets'. Barbara passed away in March this year.
Agent45 Posted November 7, 2009 Posted November 7, 2009 Good thread. I'll get the discography updates onto the Georgia Soul website ASAP.
Russ Vickers Posted November 8, 2009 Posted November 8, 2009 The singers are Billy and Barbara Scott. Billy still plays with 'Billy Scott and the Party Prophets'. Barbara passed away in March this year. Yes & they are the ame group that recorded on the Together label 'I think I Really Love You' I prefer the later offerings as they tend to feature the girls vocals more. Still doing the 'Beach' circuit I beleive ???? Russ
Reforee Posted November 8, 2009 Posted November 8, 2009 Hello John I can add a few to this list though not sure all of them are on the label under discussion also a few are I think later presses put out by or for Roy Smith and as such I don't know how legit they are, these are :- Roy Smith Stay tonight with me/Oh pretty woman Delphi 1981 Roy Smith Sweet secrets/Faraway strangers Delphi 2011 and also included with these re-issues is I think Roy Smith I got the fever/My marie Delphi 0015 back to the original numbering system Wain Randell It don't pay/You could change your mind Delphi 0019 and then some confusion, as well as the 015 Obanion I think somebody must have liked the number because I have on the familiar black label Ronnie Blackwood Nothings impossible/A funky night Delphi 0015 Hope this helps Dazz
Reforee Posted November 8, 2009 Posted November 8, 2009 Just to add to the post by Dazz Delphi DL-0015. Roy Smith & Serenity " I got the fever"/ "My Marie" This is IMHO a late 70s onwards release as it is a cracking Modern/Northern dancer that is so infectious I cant understand why its has never seen major plays? If its down to rarity then get hunting it is that good. 4 minutes of dancefloor heaven. Dave Halsall TMIB
Russ Vickers Posted November 8, 2009 Posted November 8, 2009 Just to add to the post by Dazz Delphi DL-0015. Roy Smith & Serenity " I got the fever"/ "My Marie" This is IMHO a late 70s onwards release as it is a cracking Modern/Northern dancer that is so infectious I cant understand why its has never seen major plays? If its down to rarity then get hunting it is that good. 4 minutes of dancefloor heaven. Dave Halsall TMIB Any chance of sending a clip Dave pse. Thank you. Russ
Corbett80 Posted November 9, 2009 Posted November 9, 2009 Wain Randell It don't pay/You could change your mind Delphi 0019 Go and have a listen to this on Manships RoftheR
Harry Crosby Posted November 9, 2009 Posted November 9, 2009 Pallbearers was an old Wigan tune, can't ever remember seeing it on Delphi, in fact this is the first I've heard of it on that label, usualy found on Fontana, if memory serves, used to have a W/D back in the day. Someone said that Tim Brown has a full set of Delphi releases. Have a Prophets for sale, if anyones interested! I have the pallbearers on delphi, had it a while now
Ady Croasdell Posted November 10, 2009 Posted November 10, 2009 I've got an unreleased (probably) Roy Smith crossover dancer called 'Stop Sign', it may have been destined for Delphi.
Mike Posted November 10, 2009 Posted November 10, 2009 Any chance of sending a clip Dave pse. Thank you. Russ https://www.soul-source.co.uk/more/labels.php?label=delphi not really my cup of tea memory says was classed as a tailor made/cash in sort of thing
Guest Steve A Posted June 26, 2016 Posted June 26, 2016 Found this forum by accident. I saw several comments in the thread that I'd like to make mention of. For starters..I am Steve Allen, the original drummer on the record by The Pallbearers, Music With Soul. Someone commented they have never seen it on Delphi. Delphi was our original self produced effort. Later, when signed to Mercury records, they put us on the Fontana label and re-released the single. Someone commented that the name was horrid. Yes...we were young, full of ideas and generally stupid. Mercury wanted us to change our name, but we were making pretty good money in the South East US ( mostly college fraternities) and worried that we would lose the following we had created...and we were stupid. Someone mentioned Roy Smith as part of the Prophets. He wrote for us, Billy and Barbara and the Prophets (later The Prophets, later still The Georgia Prophets) himself and many others. Roy was never a member of the Prophets. Delphi was the go to DIY label in our area. I have never understood how that label worked or who owned it. I always assumed it was Roy Smith. Dan Penn also had a band called The Pallbearers. He was actually quite a bit more successful than we were, a popular songwriter. Coming out of New Orleans (where funeral bands were prominent) the band name made sense. For us, not so much ;>) It's nice to know that one of our tunes was popular in the Northern Soul scene, so thanks to you all. Best regards, Steve Allen
Frankie Crocker Posted June 26, 2016 Posted June 26, 2016 (edited) Nice post Steve. I like the Delphi label, as do plenty others. A true local, minor independent but with several good releases. The Prophets have the distinction of releasing one of the most highly regarded Northern records of all time plus a number of more widely available, catchy tunes. Edited June 27, 2016 by FRANKIE CROCKER Typo
Guest Steve A Posted June 27, 2016 Posted June 27, 2016 Thank you Frankie C. We were in friendly competition with The Prophets. In fact Billy and Barbara Scott and Tommy Witcher (All from The Prophets) contributed to our second single on Fontana. The Pallbearers and The Prophets all crowded into Peachtree Recording Studio in Atlanta at 2 in the morning...just making music...good times...
Wiganer1 Posted June 27, 2016 Posted June 27, 2016 I have a pallbearers on Delphi...will sell if anyone wants one
Pk 22dj Posted June 27, 2016 Posted June 27, 2016 On 8 November 2009 at 10:45, reforee said: Just to add to the post by Dazz Delphi DL-0015. Roy Smith & Serenity " I got the fever"/ "My Marie" This is IMHO a late 70s onwards release as it is a cracking Modern/Northern dancer that is so infectious I cant understand why its has never seen major plays? If its down to rarity then get hunting it is that good. 4 minutes of dancefloor heaven. Dave Halsall TMIB I've got a mint copy of it Dave, wonderful record as you say.
Pk 22dj Posted June 27, 2016 Posted June 27, 2016 On 8 November 2009 at 12:37, Russ Vickers said: Any chance of sending a clip Dave pse. Thank you. Russ Rus I think I have it up on You tube just put kiddasouldj in and a few of my tunes come up and Roy's up there. Cheers Paul
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