Derek Pearson

One night last week I bobbed over to see my old mate Craig Butler to try and talk him into buying some records he didn't know he wanted. He was flicking through a DVD that had just arrived from Kev Fev in Norwich. The quality was a touch on the grainy side but we marveled at seeing The New Yorkers perform "Ain't that news" and Tommy Turner of El Bam fame singing away as casual as you like. Then it sorta dawned on me later - and you know how we soul boys love to make lists - what are the main 'must buy' DVD compilations? Did all major US cities at that time host some sort of 'new music for the hip young kids' type TV programmes that went out on cable I believe? Or was it just a handful of specialist music on TV shows that were spread out, dotted about all over the states but because they were broadcast via cable anybody could pick it no matter where you lived. Some names have just sprung into my mind such as "Bandstand" and "It's The Beat"......but don't quote me on that. It really is amazing to see some of the artists we revere performing as teenagers their latest up and coming hit single or so they hoped. And yet despite the countless hours and hours of broadcast the market doesn't seem to be awash with these compilations. Is it because purely and simply only a small percentage of the precious footage has survived over the years? Maybe a lot of footage wasn't deemed important enough in say the seventies and was simply erased or taped over or lost? Didn't a similar thing happen over here in the UK to early episodes of Top Of The Pops that were unbelievably taped over. Didn't Morecambe & Wise shows suffer a similar fate? Come on please reply and tell me more about these shows perhaps from people that collect these DVDs. Derek

Derek Pearson and regular guest Cliff Steele saying it for soul all eras all styles all over the place Saturday 1st February 2014 21.00-22.00pm. Bradford Community Based Radio BCB 106.6FM Over the years I’ve managed to build up quite a large pool of respected DJs & collectors who are more than willing to share their records and passion across the airwaves of Bradford and beyond. Utilising a very loose system of rotation I like to try and get each guest into the studio generally between every say 4 to 6 months. However for the first time ever I’ve used the abundant talents of the same person on consecutive shows (gasp rewrite the rule book...) and when it’s a guest of the stature of the Right Honorable Sir Clifford Steele of Northampton Town I can’t see many people complaining. For the simple reason his work contract up north finishes very shortly and I suddenly had this bright idea - why not ask him to guest as much as time allows. Cliff being Cliff he didn’t need much persuading at all and soon trotted over the windswept Pennines armed every time with boundless enthusiasm and bundles of the rarest soul. Each time en route he stopped to pick up Craig Butler in deepest Brighouse and we three wise men laughed and giggled our way through an hours show. If you would like to hear the show live there’s 2 ways to go about it — if you live within say 10 miles of the BD1 based studio tune your radio to the 106.6 frequency on your FM dial and you should be able to get it. Failing that go through the wonders of the World Wide Web on www.bcbradio.co.uk and hear it streamed live out of your PC. You can also listen to some previous shows (up to 2 months maximum) by accessing the BCB home page www.bcbradio.co.uk then clicking on the Listen Again button (top left corner of the page). Scroll backwards on the calendar to find the relevant dates. Then click on the date and all the specialist shows between 8pm and 4am will be shown. Find my name you can listen again as many times as you wish. Note: The next show on Saturday 15th February features the return of Cliff Steele back into studio 2. Derek Pearson plays of eight as far as I recall: Shirley Wahls ‘Because I love you’ Calla Jean Wells ‘After loving you’ Calla The Pretenders ‘I call it love’ Carnival Brown Sugar ‘Don’t hold back’ Bullet Lonnie Polk ‘I can make you happy’ Mercury Jerry Butler ‘Loneliness’ Mercury Annette Poindexter ‘Wayward dream’ Twinight Lee Moses ‘Bad girl’ Musicor

Phew! Now they are a thing of great beauty. Derek

It's rumoured Santa Claus once said 'So much music so little time' (or summat vaguely similar......) I only wish he'd left me a few more pairs of ears under the Christmas tree. However can you think of any artists and/or labels that haven't had any sort of CD compilation release yet? A few I've often wondered about which are: Chuck Bernard (covering all his Zodiac releases onwards) Lee Moses (His Dynamo & Musicor releases to start with) Fantastic Four (Ric Tic to Motown period) Way Out label (everything) Saru label (Out Of Sights etc) Ovide label (everything) I admit though I haven't done any google leg work investigating any of these above. Derek

Hey up Julian - Hot Lead was a Dewsbury, West Yorkshire based Reggae label from the early 1970's. Most if not all of the recordings were done at King Street Studios in Huddersfield. I found a handful of 45s on this label a few years ago and not found any since. Derek After a number of singles on various Pama labels, Ian Smith set up a tiny UK reggae label (Shades) in 1971, with just two releases. Both singles were by his house band - The Inner Mind, one of the very few white Reggae bands at that time. He soon launched his Hot Lead label out of Dewsbury, West Yorkshire in 1972. Eighteen records were issued between 1972 (HL 1) and 1974 (HL 19); HL 13 was not issued. https://www.45cat.com/label/hot-lead

Hi Steve With a bit o' luck good old Santa might have something in his sack for you this Christmas..... Derek

Derek Pearson and special guest Cliff Steele saying it for soul all eras all styles Saturday 21st December 2013 21.00-22.00pm. Bradford Community Based Radio BCB 106.6FM Once more we carry on regardless saying it for soul by playing a weird and wonderful selection of them old soul 45s. Music other stations can’t play or won’t play. Sadly tonight’s show is unfortunately my last one of the year and so it’s fitting that we welcome back into the BCB studios for only his second time — Mister Cliff Steele -that most well known DJ/Collector and all round good guy from Northampton Town. Cliff is currently one of the residents at the upfront and influential Lifeline all-nighters. I’ve known Cliff a long time and due to him working on a contract up north it didn’t take much to persuade him to venture over the Pennine’s on a thoroughly wind swept and rainy evening. En route he scooped up Craig Butler in Brighouse and we three wise men ventured deep into studio 2. If you would like to hear the show live there’s 2 ways to go about it — if you live within say 10 miles of the BD1 based studio tune your radio to the 106.6 frequency on your FM dial and you should be able to get it. Failing that go through the wonders of the World Wide Web on www.bcbradio.co.uk and hear it streamed live out of your PC. You can also listen to some previous shows (up to 2 months maximum) by accessing the BCB home page www.bcbradio.co.uk then clicking on the Listen Again button (top left corner of the page). Scroll backwards on the calendar to find the relevant dates. Then click on the date and all the specialist shows between 8pm and 4am will be shown. Find my name you can listen again as many times as you wish. My previous show on Saturday 7th December 2013 featured much respected collector/DJ Dave Longbottom. Derek Cliff Steele playlist to follow Derek Pearson playlist asap

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Have attached a pretty neat photo of Mister Clinton working @ United Sound Studios that I acquired from a previous thread about this historic building. Derek

If you want to listen to the show again via the BCB Listen Again facility follow this link https://podcasts.canstream.co.uk/bcb/index.php?id=14927 or simply cut n paste it into your browser. Derek Pearson with special guest Dave Longbottom Saturday 7th December 2013 21.00-22.00pm. Bradford Community Based Radio BCB 106.6FM 60 minutes of the good groove awaits so fasten your safety belts or summat. Once more we continue saying it for soul and carry on regardless by playing a weird and wonderful selection of them old dusty 45s. We welcome into the studios for his first time on BCB Radio that well known collector, DJ and Promoter Dave Longbottom from t’ other side of Keighley. A man of many talents with a good taste in music, he also does a weekly show on Drystone Radio 106.9FM (Thursdays 8-9pm) www.drystoneradio.co.uk My regular schedule on BCB Radio is alternate weeks, so it’s one week on one week off, one week on one week off etc, etc, etc..... My next and final show of the year will be on Saturday 21st December with special super sonic guest Sir Clifford T. Steele the third. If you would like to hear the show live there’s 2 ways to go about it — if you live within say 10 miles of the BD1 based studio tune your radio to the 106.6 frequency on your FM dial and you should be able to get it. Failing that go through the wonders of the World Wide Web on www.bcbradio.co.uk and hear it streamed live out of your PC. You can also listen to some previous shows (up to 2 months maximum) by accessing the BCB home page www.bcbradio.co.uk then clicking on the Listen Again button (top left corner of the page). Scroll backwards on the calendar to find the relevant dates. Then click on the date and all the specialist shows between 8pm and 4am will be shown. On finding my name you have the choice to either listen to it or download it. Derek Playlists as soon as I can

Blimey had forgotten just how wonderfully floaty "Going out of my mind" is and wow quite simply a fabulous piece of soul music. Pretty certain a mate of mine still has a Chris Bartley acetate which he bought and played a bit at the Bradford Queens Hall allnighters early nineties. However an alarm bell is ringing somewhere in the back of my mind as the above title doesn't ring a bell. He offered it to me a few years ago for a rather large amount of folding. However I was told at the time there were a few acetates of it knocking about. Was the word "Sunshine" in the title? Better text him now to clear the foggg.... Derek

Just realised I'd forgot to ask this question when I replied earlier..........it's an age thang. Which DJ is credited to first playing and making "Like my love for you" the popular track we always hoped it would be? Was it covered up? And can anybody remember what as? What time period are we talking about and which club did it become massive at? Derek

Sorry can't add anything constructive apart from a picture of the 2 girls who formed the backbone of the group. Derek PS. Great tune by the way.

Thanks for the reply Bob - sorta knew what the answer would be but that didn't stop me asking it hahaha. Here's a flimsy excuse to hear both songs under discussion. A man that is tired of hearing The Four Tracks is tired of life. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxDWPgPKDB8 Oh Brian why didn’t I see/read your comments first hahaha https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqnflJFzEZk