"Festival Time":Male Vocal,Who?

[Guest johnny hart]

Any further info on this Unofficial release I just picked up on Discogs for £8 on the Slow Fizz label, Ss threads in 2012 attribute it to Russ W or Chris King in the 80s.Obviously Voice over,Stephen Brook Stein, Stephen Fry , James Nesbitt ,Tommy Hunt, even Charlie Hatcher perhaps? Having disposed of my massive Motown L p collection have now turned my O.C.D. collecting to 45sForeign issues ,picture sleeves and similar Motown related oddities(after hearing the wonderful Kevin Roberts giving it as pin on a Solar radio show,I had to have it. Lyrically its extremely silly,and why put Evie Sands "Picture Me Gone"0nthe  backside, .Any Info from my Soul Source chums to shut me up ?, Gracias, Johnny , Malaga ,Espana.

[Soul-slider]

Good question and one that I have often wondered about myself....someone put us out of our misery!!

[60ssoul]

is it not the al kent motown party same backing as festival time ? chris king used to play 

 

[The Yank]

If this is the version that starts off with "If you came out here to party, the sound of Motown is what you're gonna hear...", the Mastercuts CD 

version credits it to Detroit Sound which is a good cover up name. Sorry I couldn't be of more help.

 

[Shinehead]

It is better than the Laura Lee vocal version ,but that would not take much beating   

 

Edited November 19, 2016 by shinehead

[Soul-slider]

So it might be unreleased Al Kent then!

[Soul-slider]

4 hours ago, 60ssoul said:

 

is it not the al kent motown party same backing as festival time ? chris king used to play 

...going by this.

Edited November 19, 2016 by Soul-Slider

[60ssoul]

7 minutes ago, Soul-Slider said:

So it might be unreleased Al Kent then!

Not sure remember Chris king playing this long long time ago prob 25+ years ago. I haves copy of this I had cut many years ago. 

[Guest johnny hart]

Getting Warmer,the Answer to my original ? "Who's the male vocalist" would suggest the Chris King Famous Ric Tic Revue of Jan 21 st 1983 may provide the answer,when top notch vocalists;  J.J. Barnes , Lou Ragland and  Al Kent Hamilton where all on hand for a "Festival Super time", the plot thickens? LOL Johnny .

[Mick Holdsworth]

It was CK who did it - I haven't a clue who the vocalist was, but assumed it was a local singer Chris got in. much like the Tina Lewis a few years later.

When I first heard it I asked him about it, and he said, toungue in cheek, it was Ric Tic 113. So bearing that in mind, I don't think there was any doubt he'd just knocked it up.

I seem to remember this being around a bit before the Ric Tic revue of '83, but the release on Slow Fizz was much later, about '86 or so.

Cheers
Mick