'Taste's Sour Don't It'

[Soul-slider]

Now that 'Big Man' records have released the Jimmy Radcliffe original and previously unreleased 'Taste's Sour Don't It' with the flip being the Barbara Jean English version (also unreleased in the 1960's) it got me thinking, how on earth did British pair Keith Powell & Billie Davis hear it? 

It's not a bad version, even in all it's Britishness.

 

 

 

Edited March 16, 2023 by Soul-slider

[Benji]

1 hour ago, Soul-slider said:

how on earth did British pair Keith Powell & Billie Davis hear it? 

Maybe via publisher's acetate? I understand that was a common way for them to promote their songs.

[Chalky]

Jimmy worked and recorded here (You Can’ Lose Something for instance). Maybe he offered it to them?

[Mark Bicknell]

Jimmy wrote the song in 1965, as Chalky said he did perform here that year on 'READY STEADY GO' and 'THANK YOU LUCKY STARS' performing 'Long After Tonight Is All Over'  confirmed as I have heard the guide track which Jimmy sang over (No footage exists at far as we know) the UK release on Picadilly was released in 1966 so it's very possible Jimmy did a deal for the song when he was in the UK.

Edited March 16, 2023 by Mark Bicknell