Pete S Posted March 14, 2014 Posted March 14, 2014 Gene McDaniels - Compared To What sounds nothing like him
pikeys dog Posted March 14, 2014 Posted March 14, 2014 Yep, it is. He had a bit of a change in direction later in his career. Search for Eugene McDaniels on Youtube and you will find loads more stuff from his later career.
Godzilla Posted March 14, 2014 Posted March 14, 2014 Dunno but there's another odd recording of it here, which is from his official site:
Guest MrC Posted March 14, 2014 Posted March 14, 2014 Says it's Les McCann & Eddie Harris at the end of that
boba Posted March 14, 2014 Posted March 14, 2014 mcdaniels wrote "compared to what" but mcann/harris had a hit with the song as vietnam protest song. roberta flack had some play off of it too and it's since evolved into a lame vocal jazz standard. i'm not sure what the northern soul reference point is for mcdaniels but he's known amongst soul/funk LP collectors for his spiritual / political LP "headless heroes of the apocalypse".
Chris Turnbull Posted March 14, 2014 Posted March 14, 2014 At the risk of starting the whole 'Wigan footage' thing again, where does the film above come from (assuming it is Wigan?) - This England outtakes? Looks less grainy than that footage and don't remember seeing it before
Sebastian Posted March 14, 2014 Posted March 14, 2014 i'm not sure what the northern soul reference point is for mcdaniels Mainly "Walk With A Winner" on Liberty:
boba Posted March 14, 2014 Posted March 14, 2014 (edited) ugh, I'm not a big fan of his jazz (bougie nina simone type moves imo) but that is straight up bad. Edited March 14, 2014 by boba
Pete S Posted March 14, 2014 Author Posted March 14, 2014 At the risk of starting the whole 'Wigan footage' thing again, where does the film above come from (assuming it is Wigan?) - This England outtakes? Looks less grainy than that footage and don't remember seeing it before It's Wigan but it's not This England.
Pete S Posted March 14, 2014 Author Posted March 14, 2014 Mainly "Walk With A Winner" on Liberty: There's a version of "There Goes The Forgotten Man" on UK Liberty. I've seen it. Once. It was in the collection of Paul Walker from Penn, Wolverhampton. Nobody else has ever seen a copy apparently and there are no scans of it anywhere. It's listed in all UK Liberty listings and GM discographies though.
Chris Turnbull Posted March 14, 2014 Posted March 14, 2014 Have you seen it before Pete? Any idea where from?
Chris Turnbull Posted March 14, 2014 Posted March 14, 2014 i'm not sure what the northern soul reference point is for mcdaniels but he's known amongst soul/funk LP collectors for his spiritual / political LP "headless heroes of the apocalypse". 'Point of no return' was on early Kent LP 'On the soul side', with his photo on the sleeve I think Poor track though IMO
Pete S Posted March 14, 2014 Author Posted March 14, 2014 Have you seen it before Pete? Any idea where from? Which one Chris?
Chris Turnbull Posted March 14, 2014 Posted March 14, 2014 Which one Chris? The Wigan clip on Gene McDaniels
Pete S Posted March 14, 2014 Author Posted March 14, 2014 The Wigan clip on Gene McDaniels Yeah I've seen it, I think Maslar or Peter knew the name of the program it came from, I've got the clips but not the whole program though.
Roburt Posted March 14, 2014 Posted March 14, 2014 'Point of no return' was on early Kent LP 'On the soul side', with his photo on the sleeve I think Poor track though IMO "Point of No Return" was a massive US 45 pop & soul chart hit for Gene back in 1962 (made the Top 30 of both charts). The track was also released on 45 in numerous countries; UK, NZ, Aussie, Canada, etc. Gene's version was a UK beat / mod club hit and was so popular that Georgie Fame did it in his live act (for years) and also recorded a version that became a massive mod tune ..... 1
Chris Turnbull Posted March 14, 2014 Posted March 14, 2014 "Point of No Return" was a massive US 45 pop & soul chart hit for Gene back in 1962 (made the Top 30 of both charts). The track was also released on 45 in numerous countries; UK, NZ, Aussie, Canada, etc. Gene's version was a UK beat / mod club hit and was so popular that Georgie Fame did it in his live act (for years) and also recorded a version that became a massive mod tune ..... Good info, thanks - like the GF version better, GM too wooden for me
Drewtg Posted March 14, 2014 Posted March 14, 2014 At the risk of starting the whole 'Wigan footage' thing again, where does the film above come from (assuming it is Wigan?) - This England outtakes? Looks less grainy than that footage and don't remember seeing it before They used to have a midweek night for the locals and kids. I think they did some shooting for "This England" and spliced it in with the footage of the actual nighter. Seem to remember some shots not from the nighter in the footage. They could do anything they wanted with Mike Walker up their arse.
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