Otis Smith

Manus, thank you for your reply, I met my partner, about eight years later. We had a very good supply of mobile discos in the area, all playin' northern, and the DJ'S very upfront, with advanced acetates, the likes of, exciters, evelyn thomas etc, plus a healthy amount of collectors, with original vinyl.

They performed live at Ormskirk civic hall in the 70's.

My playlist for burscough legion, sat 22nd june 2013, first session, 5-5-30 pm. TONY CLARKE-WRONG MAN-M-S DEMO,GERRI TAYLOR-EMPTY ARMS AND BITTER TEARS-CONSTELLATION DEMO,EUGENE JEFFERSON-HIGH PRESSURE BLUES-OPEN,TED TAYLOR-SOMEBODY'S ALWAYS TRYING-OKEH,CROWN FOUR-BIRTH OF A PLAYBOY-LEE JOHN,JACK MONTGOMERY-BABY,BABY,TAKE A CHANCE ON ME-REVUE,FRED JOHNSON-I FEEL THE SOUL-SHI-LUSH DEMO,FOUR SIGHTS-LOVE IS A HURTING GAME-SHY-SOUL,IVORIES-PLEASE STAY-DESPENZA,CLAUDINE CLARK-GOODBYE MAMA-FAYETTE,SUGAR AND SPICES-HAVE FAITH IN ME-SWAN DEMO,TERRI BRYANT-GENI-VERVE DEMO,DEMURES-RAINING TEARDROPS-BRUNSWICK DEMO. second session 9-9-30pm. FUNDAMENTALS-I WOULDN'T BLAME YA-OKEH DEMO,ROSEBUDS-SAY YOU'LL BE MINE-TOWER,LANDY-DR GOOD SOUL-MOON SHOT DEMO,PRECISIONS-DREAM GIRL-DREW,SUPERIORS-CAN'T MAKE IT WITHOUT YOU-MGM,ALDER RAY-MY HEART IS IN DANGER-MINIT DEMO,UNLIMETED FOUR-SOMEBODY HELP, PLEASE-CHANSON,TONY DANIELS-HOW LONELY-SPORT,CLARENCE JACKSON-IF IT DON'T FIT,DON'T FORCE IT-VALTONE,FABULOUS APOLLOS-DETERMINATION-VALTONE,DRAMATICS-ALL BECAUSE OF YOU-SPORT,SOUL CITY-WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE-GOODTIME DEMO,INVITATIONS-WATCH OUT LITTLE GIRL-MGM DEMO. Thank you again, Tony and Lisa, for inviting me to dj, with all the other like minded lovers of our music, looking forward to July, don't give up on all your hard work!, Til next time, yours soulfully, Nigel.A.

He asked me to sell his records for him at a leicester all nighter, top sounds in his box at that time,( from memory), venturas-heart of love, larry allen-can we talk it over etc. Never done for money, but he gave me, lou roberts-you fooled me- issue( complete with his usual descriptive comments) and king george-I'm gonna be somebody-uk rca demo, both priceless to me, as I still have them. Plus, all the memories, and hospitality he gave me, before and after all nighters, but that's another story.

Some great photos of him in the gallery section from jon buck (rsg).

I put a small uk soul list out in 1988/1989 of records I picked up, mid to late 70's', all uk demos, one of which, was 100% pure poison, stamped, not stickered, each record £2, someone got a bargain, since then, I picked the lp up, from a local charity shop £1.

R.Searling, also played an inst, covered up, as Detroit Brass( also a brassy version), it was actually, la bert ellis on A&M.

As I only visited manchester, mid 70's, was it any of these, Tony Just records( also a stand up comedian, with Dave McCadden), oasis market, or Record Collector,near, Victoria station, also, in Blackpool.

Soulful kinda music, everybody is looking for that someone/maybe-warner bros 7179 (1968).

You should have seen, how many copies of hang on-big bird, we left in the states, mind you though, it's never been a big money record, has it?.

I've googled myself, and found out the following, not known to me, l.h and the memphis sounds, all tied in with the stax empire. Actually Charles Axton under LH name, died from liver troubles( alcohol related), unreleased material, on master tapes.Full story, Story of stax.

I don't often sell/trade records, but a few spring to mind, magnetics-I have a girl( traded with, gary rushbrooke and co, first played copy, wigan casino), ace spectrum-don't send nobody else, £5, tony's empress,(guy hennigan, period), and at wigan, bobby 'guitar'woods, after being pressed, £5.

Sorry, mick, only the one copy.

One of my other finds from global, just right for today.

Tony, there was an original metal acetate for john leach-put that woman down, any ideas?

Right, here's my pennyworth, to the best of my knowledge, john beecher(roller coaster records), had the rock and roll pop stuff, ie sun, phillips etc, and roger banks had the related r&b, soul stuff, ie king etc, plus all shelf stock. Unless I'm told differently, ther weren't many major items left, although, styles do change. Mind you though, as has been reported before, there's been some mighty fine records, come out of there. Is Ed Balbier, still alive?.

Soulful kinda music, golden fleece listing, 3257, year 1975.

I had this record(uk), mid seventies, and somehow it went missing, then mid eighties, uncle Wid( Pete Widdison), comes to the rescue, a mint copy, £5. Result, I could never thank him enough. The record, is currently played at our local Burscough British Legion, by myself and Mick Howard, Soulfully yours, Otis.

limitations-all because of you-volt, sam nesbit-chasing those clouds away-amos, natural four-the situation needs no explanation-abc.

Eugene jefferson-pretty girl dresssed in brown/high pressure blues, len jewel-all my ggod loving/the elevator song, ronnie forte-whiskey talkin/nervous breakdown, soul city-who do you think you are/cold hearted blues.

How about Raymond Lefevre-soul coaxing(sorry havn't a copy to send you).

Chalky, is Prince and Princess, little gi gi and vernon harrell, and Phil Terrell, john and the weirdest ?.

Marc, is your friend, wolfgang weisbradt( not sure of spelling of surname).

Derek, can you and fellow sources, help on the d'oro label.

Russell, thanks for reply and picture of lp sleeve, after all these years, it has put the myth to bed, Thanks again, all the best Nigel A.