Derek Pearson

Thanks for all the replies chaps. To be honest I don't know where the idea that it's a South African release came from but the more I delved the more convinced I became that it was. The Australian Coral releases from 1968 looked like this So I went back into the 45cat website and had a look through the 'labels by country' section. Unfortunately there was nothing listed for Coral 45s in South Africa. Un-detered I had a browse around the various labels documented for that area and curiosity drew me to this one Design and typeset the same, no country of origin mentioned. I jumped to conclusions straight away so game set and match it was all over. And yes whilst this record gained a UK release via MCA Here's a pretty neat UK Decca single that sold on Ebay recently. Turns out these Decca American Series 45s were export only releases. What a wonderful tool the internet is. Derek

Traded some records with a mate yesterday and by chance picked up this Little Richard Coral 45 'cos it looked interesting and I'd never seen this label design on a Coral release before. Added some scans but the combination of a maroon label with silver print can be tricky to scan clearly. A 1968 release pressed on heavy vinyl with a 4 prong centre. But nothing printed on the label to indicate which country it's from. I sorta guessed somewhere like South Africa maybe perhaps? And Nat Tarnopol of Shrine fame gets a name check for production..... Checked out the usual places like Ebay, Discogs, 45cat and ran it through Google several times using different combinations of words, numbers etc but nothings showed up to convince me of anything. Oh I did find out it was released in Italy on Coral but that 45 had a white label and a large centre hole. "Try some of mine" 2:37 written by Don Covay and released in 1968 just after Okeh records had finished his contract so he was still in his 'I'm a soul man' phase. Issued in the states on Brunswick and in the UK on MCA. And what a belting little record it is - best description is think strident horn driven southern mid tempo dancer - a big name artist on a big name label - and to my eternal shame I'd never heard of it before........ derek To be complete I've tagged on a YouTube clip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-eltJoi0zI

Derek Pearson with special guest Mick Howard Shades Of Soul 21.00-22.00pm. Bradford Community Based Radio BCB 106.6FM For tonight’s guest we welcome the man from Heywood - Mick Howard - with his trusty box of old vinyl 45s by his side. Hard to believe it was way back in January 2012 since he was last on BCB radio. Time certainly does fly an' all that. Once again, he lifts the lid off his record box and we’ll see and hear what delights he's pulled out from the depths of his collection. As usual I’ll fill in with some crackly vinyl and tons of witty banter (sort of). Fasten your seat belts and await 60 minutes of the good groove. It could go anywhere and often does. Expect the weird. Expect the wonderful. And as usual if you’re interested in hearing the show live there’s 2 ways to go about it — first try the good old 106.6FM frequency on your radio if you live within roughly 10 miles of the studio and secondly through the wonders of the world wide web please visit the BCB website https://bcbradio.wordpress.com/ My new updated schedule here on BCB Radio 106.6FM is alternate weeks - so it’s one week on, one week off, one week on etc etc etc. To hear the previous show on 3 August 2013 featuring Andy Dyson as special guest: https://podcasts.canstream.co.uk/bcb/index.php?date=2013-08-03 onwards, Derek All Era's All Styles All over the place. And from under Mick Howard’s hat came these twelve: Jive Five "You're a puzzle" John Harris "Hangin' in" Ernie + Ed "Indication" Jimmy Gilford "Nobody loves me like my baby" Ray Barretto "Together" Los Sonidos De F.M "Tema de los adolescentes" Etoy Bogart "This maybe the last time" Soul Stirrers "Don't you worry" James Marsh "Searching for my baby" Nancy Butts "I want to hold your hand" Mixed Emotions "Am I imposing" Sweet Geraldine "Brainstorm" Dee Pee’s random selection of crackly vinyl 45s:

Out of all the early 70's UK Tamla Motown comps here's one that doesn't often turn up. The Motown Sound Volume One (STML 11217) released November 1972 I think. Most Motown comps are chok full of hit after hit but as soon as I saw this after reading the liner notes I thought it's the most un Motown like compilation I've ever seen. It's though the credit control department went on holiday for a bit and somebody knocked out the album when they were gone. I mean look at track 6 side B - "Cheating is telling on you" by The Lollipops, Duke Browner gets a mention but why was this included? If this album was released when I guess it to be it was filled with tracks from a few years earlier 1969-1970. Interesting but slightly puzzling release. Derek

Vintage blue nylon record bag Don't think I've ever seen one of these before. Are they from the UK. What era? Anybody else had one similar? Now before you all think "aah it's just some bag that you're granny would use that's been cobbled together to hold some records" - said bag has a hard fibre moulded insert that's shaped to strengthen and stiffen the walls. Insert has a neat little black stitched trim so the makers spent some money on it. Found it in Shipley full of classical albums. Sadly it's missing one of its Cheney lock clasps. Internally it's about 2 inch wide so it'll carry about 20 albums. Pretty neat I think. derek

It was here where I first lashed out a tenner on a record - Garnet Mimms "Looking for you" on British. That purchase changed the boy into a man. Derek

Blimey - glad you mentioned this as I distinctly recall seeing the mirror and thought at the time "that's out of order" but Human Rights Lawyer's hadn't been invented then. Have mentioned it to a few people over the years and just got complete blank looks. At that time though it was commonplace to see several people coming out of one cubicle at once. It was probably rare then for somebody to actually go into a cubicle to use the toilet....... Don't think the mirror lasted long though. Derek

I remember a few of us once in a transit van on our way to the Carousel broke down on the M62 right next to the little house on the prairie. As we were stood about on the hard shoulder I thought bolloxs to this and decided to walk to the next exit (Saddleworth Moor junction 22) as you do. Think it was around midnight-ish and the motorway was quiet and near deserted. Only walked a few hundred yards when I heard a car approaching from behind so I stuck my thumb out ( as you did in them days)and the driver just clamped all on (I can vividly recall the car weaving about as it braked hard with smoke coming off its tyres). Another lad from our van saw what was happening and set off running up the road to catch up with me. We jumped in the car and told the driver where we were going and he dropped us off outside Manchester Town Hall. Nice One. When we got in the taxi and told him where we wanted to go - the driver turned round and with a sharp intake of breath said summat like "what you going there for?" then promptly dropped us off a hundred yards or so from the club as he didn't want to pull up outside. Stuff you did when you were younger eh? Derek

thanks for the positive comments chaps - have just updated the thread by adding playlists and a link to the listen again Podcast on the BCB Radio 106.6FM website. Nice one. Derek

To HEAR AGAIN follow this link https://podcasts.canstream.co.uk/bcb/index.php?date=2013-08-03 Derek Pearson & special guest Andy Dyson Shades Of Soul 21.00-22.00pm. Bradford Community Based Radio BCB106.6FM It’s with my great pleasure to welcome back into the BCB studio one of the countries foremost rare soul DJs, top collector and venue promoter Doncaster’s very own Andy Dyson. Neither of us could believe it when we realised the last time he was in the studio was way back in January 2011 — over two and a half years ago. Time flies an’ all that.... So fasten your seat belts and await 60 minutes of the good groove. It could go anywhere and often does. Expect the weird. Expect the wonderful. You can rely on us. And as usual if you’re interested in hearing the show live there’s 2 ways to go about it — first try the good old 106.6FM frequency on your radio if you live within say 10 miles of the studio and secondly through the wonders of the world wide web www.bcbradio.co.uk Onwards, Derek All Era’s. All styles. All over the place. Andy Dyson’s choice of twelve: Sam Dees “Soul Sister” (Lo Lo) The Passions “Without a warning” (Tower) Teddy & The Finger Poppers “Soul Groove Pt 1” (Artic) Jimmy Lewis “What can I do” (Era) Rozetta Johnson “Mine was real” (Clintone) The Metroes “The Dampness of your Kiss” (123) Minnie Jones “Coming right back to you” ( ) Jimmy Preacher Robins “ “ (Convoy) The Commands “A way to love“ (Dynamics) Johnny Robinson “Girl is rated X” ? ? Dee Pee’s selection of eight: Flame & the Love Lights “That’s the way I want our love” (Jaber) The Summits “Sophisticated Lady” (La Salle) Jacqueline Jones “Frown on my face” (Loadstone) Sissie Houston “Don’t come running to me” (Kapp) Betty LaVette “Only your love can save me” (Calla) The Satisfactions “Turn back the tears” (Lionel) Five Keys feat Rudy West “Stop what you’re doing” (Landmark) Gwen Owens “Make him mine” (Laureen)

What a great little tune Delia Renee had out in 1981 "You're gonna want me back". Pretty sure it got spins on the fledgling modern scene at some stage - seem to think my copy came via Ian Clark. Derek Delia Renee “You’re gonna want me back” / inst (Airwave 94963) released 1981. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqLPxsLm1qU Looks like Ms Renee has her own channel on YouTube — interesting video of her musical history. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31YHs3YCmy0

Derek Pearson saying it for soul all eras all styles all over the place Saturday 20th July 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. 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 the106.6 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. My new regular schedule on BCB Radio is now alternate weeks, so it’s one week on one week off, one week on one week off etc etc. Future guests in the near future will include Mick Howard, Andy Dyson and Mister Robert. Derek playlists to follow asap.

Anybody interested in purchasing this little beautie? Label and vinyl in above Excellent condition. Will Hatcher "You haven't seen nothin' yet" (Wheelsville 001) pretty rare original light blue 1st issue £80 P&P extra: UK signed for £2; Europe £3.50p; Rest of World £5. PM to reserve/discuss etc. Payment through Paypal. On this sunny day I thank you. Derek https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cutoIZS3SBo

Great double sider indeed. And for years I was chasing another release by them on the same label with a similar title. You've no idea how many times I've scribbled the details down on scraps of paper at 4 in the morning only to lose it somewhere in the house. The (orig) Traits "Someday Soon" / "Need Love" (Contact 501) derek https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KN1qlZAm8kU