Derek Pearson

Still after (and still determined to get) a copy of Harrison & The Majestic Kind "Tearing Me Up Inside" on Twinight 143 from 1970-ish. Have already got the earlier Coin 45 of said release. Any help/leads most appreciated. Ta. Derek

On Romeo Taylor (RTM-1) the yellow label states From the movie “Night Of The Devil” which should help to date the release? And for a bit more information Discogs lists 5 releases on the label https://www.discogs.com/label/724670-Me-O-Records whereas 45cat mentions 6 https://www.45cat.com/label/meo Whether all these 45's mentioned are linked to the label under discussion who knows? Derek

Gotta a near mint copy of said 1973 UK released rare groove classic rarity for sale if anybodies interested? £80 all in including Special Delivery anywhere in t' world.. PM to discuss/reserve etc etc. Payment via Paypal prefered. Ta Derek

Sod that looking for records in the usual places (record stores/record fairs etc etc) think how many great records are sat gathering dust dust in people's knaqckered/dud boxes? I go weak at the kness thinking'bout it. I vaguely remember Carl Fortnum telling me once many many years ago about a rare 45 (mucho knackered) that he'd glued to his bedhead or something? Years later they started playing the flip side so he carefully pulled it off wherever he'd stuck it onto and either started playing it himself or sold it on. Dx

I once left a copy sat on a shelf in some shop in Memphis sometime in the mid 90's. Probably the rarest 45 I've ever left behind. Oh well. Dx

Knew I had this old YouTube clip saved somewhere - I just didn't know where!? I admit it's not the best film quality but it's the only one you're gonna get to see. After hours and hours of watching YouTube clips over the years it's sadly the only clip I've ever seen of Vernon in action. True he does get a bit of a wobble on a few times but no matter how many times I've seen it - after all these years - I still find it breath taking to watch. He's featured in the opening scene wearing his trademark cap sleeved teeshirt but it's around the 60 second mark the film really catches him in full flow. Now you know why Vernon was so famous for his spins at Wigan. Derek RIP Kyle @ 45 seconds.

Sheet music Dx

All this talk about what did or didn't go on before, during and after soul nights in Wigan didn't anybody else note the irony of a well known brand of pharmaceutical regularly consumed in their hundreds throughout the seventies @ Wigan promoted in big letters on page 15 of said Local Life magazine? You'll be telling me next young people used to have tee shirts with the name of their favourite refreshment printed on...... Derek

I made the fatal mistake in starting to read this thread from the beginning....bang went all my other plans and stuff that I had to do. Read the first couple o' pages slowly but managed to lure myself away. Phew! Probably sometime mid 1990's whilst driving up the coast north of Miami I stumbled upon a small one room record store in the middle of nowhere. On entering the shop I spied a couple of very large cardboard boxes of 45's under a table on the floor. And whilst I didn't spend all day there (being the obsessive I am) I'm sure I spent the best part of an afternoon on mi knees wading through all the records from top to bottom. My memory reckons I didn't find a single thing - but in virtually my last couple o' handfuls - a lovely Revilot white demo appeared in front of my eyes. Wow Darrell Banks "Open the door to your heart" thank you very much. I paid for it and left the shop. I reckon that the only reason that record was still there was because previous people had missed it or had found it but then misplaced it. Oh well. Derek I still have the said record.

PERCY MILEM Call On Me / Crying Baby, Baby, Baby (uk Stateside SS 566) rare original UK green & white demonstration copy with company sleeve released December 1966. In Excellent condition £125 includes Special Delivery FREE within the UK. RESERVED PENDING PAYMENT Tough crunching uptempo northern RnB not as well known as it should be. Copies on us Goldwax are fairly easy to pick up, UK issues aren’t as common but do turn up every now and then. However the UK demo in this case is much, much rarer (check Popsike only half a dozen or so copies are listed as being sold within the last 5-6 years). Sadly it appears Percy only ever had two original 45’s released under his own name, both on Goldwax and this was his debut. He was previously in the Memphis based group The Lyrics. Label: clean lime green paper with large white A on top side; original 4 prong centre fully intact; serated anti slip ridges; small 1cm diameter sticker residue (which I would imagine could be removed with a bit of care) – Excellent Record: lovely deep shine and gloss; very very light surface marks - Excellent Please PM to reserve. Payment via Paypal. Ta. Derek

This did make me me laugh Dave - not only do we discuss first, second presses etc etc of various records on here we now include books hahaha. Once a record collector always a record collector eh? It's all in the detail. Derek Trust you're well Dave long time no see eh? Last time was at the bar @ Guy's Birthday Bash in Nottingham (can't remember the date though).

Still after a BOBBY WILBURN "I'm A Lonely Man" on Gamble in Excellent nick if anybody wants to sell on a copy? Please reply via a PM. Ta. Derek

I'll buy your Grannies used undies Tim. Dx

Just two nice little beauties up for sale. BOTH NOW REDUCED (might even keep reducing them till both sell; perhaps maybe!?) THE CHARADES “Key To My Happiness” (MGM K13540) rare and very nice looking black issue. Full shiny gloss both sides, several lengthy very light surface marks VG++ Best Offer above/around £550 gets it. SOLD SOLD SOLD HOLLY MAXWELL “Don’t Say You Love Me Until You Do” (Star 101) WDJ in Excellent nick (one very light scuff on intro not affecting play). Never seen a WDJ of this 45 before only yellow issue copies. £150 RESERVED PENDING PAYMENT Both records include FREE P&P for anywhere in the world. Both records will be sent well packed via Special Delivery within the UK or International Tracked & Signed elsewhere. To protect both myself and you the buyer please do not send payment via Family & Friends or Gift I will absorb any Paypal fees. PM to reserve. Ta Derek

Well (and this ain't a competition....) I've a bookcase full of books I've never read. And would you believe I've never ever read a single book from start to finish - not even 'Chicago Soul'. I've looked at a lot of magazines with pictures though. Dx

Shades Of Soul on BCB Radio 106.6FM Saturday 06th October 2018 @ 21.00-22.00pm 60 minutes of the good groove with Derek Pearson. Listen live online https://www.bcbradio.co.uk/player/index.html Brief playlist to follow. Ta. Derek

When people sell things they've no knowledge on and when buyers do exactly the same. He sold this little beauty for £120. What's worse is that a quick search on Ebay throws up a copy on Aliza that sold for a fiver. Me thinks said 45 was previously owned by a well known DJ from the West Midlands area....... However a quick look through the sellers feedback reveals no feedback left for any of his sales of 'mega rare unreleased demo acetate/dubplate pressings'. Buyers remorse? The seller describes it as: WOW!!! AMAZING!! How rare is this?!?! It is a mega rare unreleased demo acetate/dubplate pressing. But - & this is what makes it even more special & unusual is that on one side it is - By Eddie Parker & Sunlovers “You'll never make the grade” & Rainbows “Help me if you can”. How cool is that?!?! When will this kind of gem come on the market again? Probably never! Must be one of a kind especially with these particular songs together surely! Amazing rare piece to own!! 2 different artists with 2 different songs. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MEGA-RARE-UNRELEASED-DEMO-ACETATE-EDDIE-PARKER-SUNLOVERS-RAINBOWS/223142503139?hash=item33f45462e3:g:R7sAAOSwUb5bmS0K

Out of respect to a mate who sadly died recently here's a picture he took early part o' last year. A brilliant observation - very witty, slightly cruel but probably very true. 'Record Collecting - It's The Future' (he said). Rest Easy JW - looking for records without ya will never be the same. Dx

When ever we used to go out to northern do’s (at least 10-15 years ago) as soon as my best mate started whinging (names withheld to protect the guilty) I always used to trot out the same well worn line “We have to accept the northern scene as it is not what we want it to be”. When I was younger we thought nothing of driving 4 hours there, 4 hours back to a soul club in Plymouth on a Tuesday night. Those days are long gone. These days mi bladder stops me from going over the 50 mile distance. When I was younger going to an all-nighter was a near god damn religious experience; if I didn’t go home with another ten 'must haves' on mi wants list it was considered a poor night. Gaz Kellett used to say his wants list was so long he had to get a taxi to the end of it. These days I could fit mi wants list on the back of a stamp. Somedays I wonder where all the good times went? But they haven’t gone anywhere we just see them differently - providing I’ve got mi glasses wi mi. Going out to northern clubs since you were 17 eh? You can’t have the same excitement can you? It’s like making love to the same woman for 40 years. Derek

Please say thank you to your youngest daughter for that link to The Guardian article - very interesting reading indeed. It appears the other 3 poems - along with the Kate Bush one as featured in my photo - are all situated somewhere in between Haworth and Thornton which are only 5 miles or so apart. For the last 5 years or so every year me and the dog take a sponsored 5 mile walk (amusingly called 'Bark In The Park') around the Temple Newsam Estate in Leeds to raise money for St Gemma's Hospice. To capture the occasion and for a nominal fee they have a photographer on hand at the finishing line ready to take pictures of your favourite hound. Derek

Yes the Billy - of Billy & Betty on Sagport - is indeed Billy Miller and the Betty is his wife. Billy & Betty also recorded as The Soulful Twins on Sable re-releasing their "I Need Some Kind Of Something" flipped with the rather awesome "I Can't Let You Go". Derek