Classics That Were Sleepers With You

[Davebanks]

You know how it is ...some tracks grab you by the throat at first hearing, others take a few plays to worm their way into your brain.

 

Then again there are a few tracks that all your mates love but leave you just cold........then years later the penny drops for you and you love it.

 

Me? well I've just discovered Gwen Owens wanted and needed .  I know I know how sad of me because it is great detroit northern; a classic.

 

 

But in the 70's when first played on the northern scene this record just left me cold I dont quite know why. Then 6 months ago I found a copy (boot unfortunately) in the loft and have been playing it ever since. 

 

So what records have been sleepers in your house? Not the ones you still dislike but those that have converted you after a few years. And I don't mean that obscure 60's group sound your mate reckons is a monster but everyone else thinks is pants, but those classic tracks.

 

 

Dave Banks

[Soulstu]

Funny that, Dave - I've gone the opposite way! When I first heard Gwen Owens it absolutely blew my head off.

Fast forward to today and I wonder what all the fuss was about - don't get me wrong I don't dislike it but, you know, its...okay.

 

For me it's Frank Dell - He Broke Your Game Wide Open on Valise - had it in my box in the late 70s and didn't take much notice of it - a bit slow for me at the time maybe? In fact I lost it in the great Chesterfield Art College Northern Theft of '82 and wasn't that upset. However, today....tuuuune! It's the biggest turnaround of any record I've ever owned. Wish I had it now 

[AlanB]

Biggest sleeper for me is Rudy Love - Suffering Wrath.  Bought it around 30+ years ago, but relegated it to the loft as too funky, tried it again about 10 years ago and felt the same.  Then heard it off Kent CD around a year ago and liked it, then realised: I've got that.

 

One that steadily grew on me, from not liking to being one of my favourites is Fred Hughes - Baby Boy.