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[Guest mark shepherd]

if you had to put this into a category, what would it be

in places it has 60s / x-over / 70s feels to it,( to these ears)

what year was it ?

thanks, shep

lets not go down the disecting genres route

[Sebastian]

Crossover.

[sepia]

cant find a date for it anywhere.

i thot deffo xover.

it only lasts 2.30mins,normaly means 60s.

id think late 60s ????

[Guest Ste Brazil]

cant find a date for it anywhere.

i thot deffo xover.

it only lasts 2.30mins,normaly means 60s.

id think late 60s ????

I'd think early / mid 70's!

Ste.

[Paul McKay]

Dan ought to be able to clear up the date as he tracked down a band member and got the record's story.

[Simsy]

1970. Therefore '70's' ...

Edited August 3, 2007 by Ian Sims

[Guest Dan]

ah... i can't remember

i think 72? i wrote an article about finding the band for soul up north, so if howard is on here, or anyone has a back issue (from four or five years ago) it's in there? houston band, three black guys and two white guys.

i managed to get a demo copy (as well as a few issues which i sold for george brown) and i think that's the only one in existence? would be interested to know if there are others around.

as to genre, i personally think it's just a midtempo soul record. i first heard it in about 1984/5 - played by ian clark i think, what a brilliant dj he was - before the term crossover had even been dreamed up.

[Pete S]

Crossover.

It can't be crossover - I like it!

[Tony Smith]

ah... i can't remember

i think 72? i wrote an article about finding the band for soul up north, so if howard is on here, or anyone has a back issue (from four or five years ago) it's in there? houston band, three black guys and two white guys.

i managed to get a demo copy (as well as a few issues which i sold for george brown) and i think that's the only one in existence? would be interested to know if there are others around.

as to genre, i personally think it's just a midtempo soul record. i first heard it in about 1984/5 - played by ian clark i think, what a brilliant dj he was - before the term crossover had even been dreamed up.

Think Steve Smith had it first, then made massive at Stafford by natty dresser Dave Thorley under the guise of Mel Britt "Our love.....", Clarky played it after

[Guest the dukester]

if you had to put this into a category, what would it be

in places it has 60s / x-over / 70s feels to it,( to these ears)

what year was it ?

thanks, shep

lets not go down the disecting genres route

MY BOX CATEGORY........ IF YOU SOLD IT TO ME SHEP

[Guest Dan]

Think Steve Smith had it first, then made massive at Stafford by natty dresser Dave Thorley under the guise of Mel Britt "Our love.....", Clarky played it after

cheers tony

the true story (i think) is actually that judy d'albertson found the first copy at something weird like a village fete in gloucestershire or somewhere, gave it to tim ashibende in a bag of records and tim then passed it on to dave thorley who was the first to play it. steve smith may have got it from dave?

re clarky, i was just saying that's who (i think) i heard play it first

[Nickinstoke]

Steve Smith bought it from me, just after Dave Thorley started playing it, while it was still covered as Mel Britt. I got it in a Soul Pack in 1976, so it's got to be earlier than that date

[John Reed]

as to genre, i personally think it's just a midtempo soul record. i first heard it in about 1984/5 - played by ian clark i think, what a brilliant dj he was - before the term crossover had even been dreamed up.

Dan,

Thinking back to to the do's he used to run in London especially in the around the time you mentioned he was playing Xover stuff such as Janice, George Hughley, Kenni Lewis, etc.. 5 years before before Rod Dearlove coined the term in Voices. I suppose like a lot of people who went to these gigs at the time, we picked up a lot of these type of tunes before they shot up in price.

John

[Guest Dan]

Dan,

Thinking back to to the do's he used to run in London especially in the around the time you mentioned he was playing Xover stuff such as Janice, George Hughley, Kenni Lewis, etc.. 5 years before before Rod Dearlove coined the term in Voices. I suppose like a lot of people who went to these gigs at the time, we picked up a lot of these type of tunes before they shot up in price.

John

i'm sure you're right john. i just think ian clark was a wonderful dj, i never left the floor in his 100 club spots. anyone got any old tapes of clarky spots by the way?

[Souljazera]

70's crossover.....i had a few copies of this at one time.....along with eric mercury....