Can anyone confirm which is the original US release? Marc? White Whale?

cheers

Lofty

  Lofty said:

Can anyone confirm which is the original US release? Marc? White Whale?

cheers

Lofty

I always believed that Marc was the original label, but I notice that Pat Brady currently has a copy on White Whale listed as such...

  mel brat said:

I always believed that Marc was the original label, but I notice that Pat Brady currently has a copy on White Whale listed as such...

It's miles rarer on WW than it is on Marc, but Marc is most definitely the first label - by about 5-6 years! Sorry, Pat...

  TONY ROUNCE said:

It's miles rarer on WW than it is on Marc, but Marc is most definitely the first label - by about 5-6 years! Sorry, Pat...

You beat me to it Tony, no prizes for this quiz though , it was easy .....

Let's continue this thread on a different tack , how about worthy cover versions of "Harlem Shuffle" ?

I'll start with the Traits version on Garrison also released Down Under on a beautiful Scepter 45

(PS Please nobody mention Mick Jagger ... )

  sunnysoul said:

You beat me to it Tony, no prizes for this quiz though , it was easy .....

Let's continue this thread on a different tack , how about worthy cover versions of "Harlem Shuffle" ?

I'll start with the Traits version on Garrison also released Down Under on a beautiful Scepter 45

(PS Please nobody mention Mick Jagger ... )

Mick Jagger

was the faster later ('66) Bob & Earl version on 45 and if so what label? i have it on that Bob & Earl LP that got issued by various labels in the UK, but it's not on most copies of that. also have it on a Goldmine CD somewhere...

got the Traits the other day, a nice version. also Wayne Cochran on Mercury...

(not sure i've ever heard the Rolling Stones version. heard them butcher High Heel Sneakers and that was bad enough)

And of course the superb, turbo charged version by none other than Jackie Lee on his Mirwood LP !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  bongolia said:

was the faster later ('66) Bob & Earl version on 45 and if so what label? i have it on that Bob & Earl LP that got issued by various labels in the UK, but it's not on most copies of that. also have it on a Goldmine CD somewhere...

Sure the fast version came out as a 45 on Jay Boy. Years ago I did detail the differences between the B & C UK album and the Crestview US one, e.g. one has the vocal of "My little girl" while t'other has the instrumental. I'll try to find my post sometime but it's probably lost in the ether!

Presumably, the White Whale copy was issued on the back of the popularity of the track in Europe and its various releases on Island records (UK, German and Dutch spring to mind).

  pikeys dog said:

Presumably, the White Whale copy was issued on the back of the popularity of the track in Europe and its various releases on Island records (UK, German and Dutch spring to mind).

That makes sense - I always think of White Whale as a late 60's operation, anyone know how long the label was in existence for?

Not sure what label it's on but wasn't there a revised version of Harlem Shuffle, released circa 1968?

  Jerry Hipkiss said:

I always think of White Whale as a late 60's operation, anyone know how long the label was in existence for?

1965-1971 according to the discography I have.

They released about 140 45s and 25 LPs.

  Jerry Hipkiss said:

Sure the fast version came out as a 45 on Jay Boy. Years ago I did detail the differences between the B & C UK album and the Crestview US one, e.g. one has the vocal of "My little girl" while t'other has the instrumental. I'll try to find my post sometime but it's probably lost in the ether!

Yes, the fast version did come out on Jay Boy, credited to "Bob & Earl" though it is so obviously a Jackie Lee solo - Jackie Lee a.k.a Earl Nelson (being one half of Bob & Earl, "Bob" being Bob Relf and I think a 3rd vocalist took the place of one or t'other at some stage, but don't recall who it was)

  KevinKent said:

Yes, the fast version did come out on Jay Boy, credited to "Bob & Earl" though it is so obviously a Jackie Lee solo - Jackie Lee a.k.a Earl Nelson (being one half of Bob & Earl, "Bob" being Bob Relf and I think a 3rd vocalist took the place of one or t'other at some stage, but don't recall who it was)

that was my next question, why it was only a solo version! i'd forgotten he was Jackie Lee, that makes much more sense now. probably skipped past those Jay Boy ones thinking it was just a reissue of the original...

as for the LP, i've seen it on about 4 different UK labels, think mine is the B&C one, although i saw a B&C copy without the track. very confusing

My little lad likes playing records (well putting them on), I let him have a pile of old knackered ones to mess about with, he put on Harlem Shuffle by Bob & Earl on the Trip label (bootleg?) and it sounded different to both the original and the Mirwood one - it did sound similar to the Mirwood one but a different version.

I'm probably imagining it

Don't forget 'Puppet On A String' too ! Music from 'Harlem Shuffle' lyrics from 'I Can't Get Away'

In the 60's French singer Vigon did a great version of this song.

You can see the clip on YouTube.

'Bob Kuban & the In men' did an ok version too on the 'Look out for the cheater' album. Was a faster version bit like the Harlem Shuffle 66 release.

you cant beat a red leb(70ts ref).....

  Pete-S said:

My little lad likes playing records (well putting them on), I let him have a pile of old knackered ones to mess about with, he put on Harlem Shuffle by Bob & Earl on the Trip label (bootleg?) and it sounded different to both the original and the Mirwood one - it did sound similar to the Mirwood one but a different version.

I'm probably imagining it

i think the trip one was a boot

Vigon

You sure Puppet on a string is the same backing track Bogue? Have to drag my copy out now

Value on that BTW please anyone? More than the £5 I paid for it?

  Ian Sims said:

Not sure what label it's on but wasn't there a revised version of Harlem Shuffle, released circa 1968?

  Bogue said:

'Bob Kuban & the In men' did an ok version too on the 'Look out for the cheater' album. Was a faster version bit like the Harlem Shuffle 66 release.

Or 66 maybe..?

OK so its MARC then.

Regarding alternative versions, what about the Tripps on Scepter. Always liked that, particularly solid ending...

cheers to all

Lofty

  F.B. said:

You sure Puppet on a string is the same backing track Bogue? Have to drag my copy out now

Value on that BTW please anyone? More than the £5 I paid for it?

Pretty much the same if i recall F.B. , think i put it up on the Refosoul at one point, will have a look in a mo.

  Ian Sims said:

Or 66 maybe..?

Sorry Simsy i didn't notice that, was 66 Funnily enough i had been listening to it on my ipod just before this thread started.

This strange Band/Artist (?) Heinsight comes to my mind.

Weird Funky-Disco ( ) version from 1975 on Hi Records. Who was it? Any infos?