Derek Pearson

Picture of the overgrown Kop End terracing at Bradford Park Avenue's old ground taken by me 07.09.18. Also the bricked-in recesses where the turnstiles had previously been installed. Note the five shilling entrance price painted on the wall assumed to be dated from early 1970. Probably from the final ever Football League Division Four match against Scunthorpe United at the old Horton Park Avenue ground on Saturday 4th April 1970 (attendance 2,563). A young Kevin Keegan helped Scunthorpe to a resounding 5-0 win. A few months later the club was voted out of the football league.

Pictures of the old Bradford Park Avenue FC ground taken by me 07.09.18

Shades Of Soul on BCB Radio 106.6FM Saturday 8th September 2018 @ 21.00-22.00pm 60 minutes of the good groove with Derek Pearson. For anybody that missed the show and/or wants to hear it again check the Listen Again podcast @ BCB Radio. https://podcasts.canstream.co.uk/bcb/index.php?date=2018-09-08 Please note these podcasts are only available online for a couple of weeks after broadcast. Ta.

Carved into the rocks high above the moors at Ogden Reservoir (inbetween Bradford and Halifax). Derek

Iconic piece of old Bradford 7 graffiti circa 1970. Long gone I'm afraid. Original photograph not taken by me. Derek Immediately behind and running parallel to this big stone wall was an old single track railway line that serviced some old goods yards. In the middle of the picture you can just see the top of the old metal footbridge which crossed over the railway line. A few hundred yards away to the left of the picture was the old Bradford Park Avenue Football Club ground (still in use at the time), a club I used to support as a young teenager due to living nearby.

Shades Of Soul on BCB Radio 106.6FM Saturday 25th August 2018 @ 21.00-22.00pm 60 minutes of the good groove with Derek Pearson. Listen Again ** https://podcasts.canstream.co.uk/bcb/index.php?date=2018-08-25 ** As far as I know these podcasts are only available to hear for 2 weeks maximum.

MAGIC NIGHT “If You And I Had Never Met” inst/vocal (uk Pye 7N 25698) in original paper company sleeve from 1975. Un played Near Mint condition. Incredibly this is old un-sold store stock - an unbelievable find these days me thinks. £75 all in (inc free P&P within UK). SOLD Please reply by PM. Ta Derek

Better late than never (so they say). Dx Calverley Soul (Saturday 14th July 2018) In No Particular Place: Clarence Carter ‘Looking For A Fox’ (Atlantic) Inverts ‘Time Will Change’ (Broadway) Calvin Leavy ‘That’s Where I Am’ (Soul Beat) Masqueraders ‘I Don’t Want Nobody To Lead Me On’ (Wand) Luther Ingram ‘Run For Your Life’ (Hurdy Gurdy) Yvonne Daniels ‘Spread The Word’ (De-Lite) Junior Parker ‘Wait For Another Day’ (Duke) Vonda Marie ‘I Feel Complete’ (Phil-La-Soul) Marva Lee ‘If You Can’t Be True’ (Atco) Cody Black ‘Going Going Gone’ (Ram-Brock) Stormy ‘I Won’t Stop To Cry’ (Twinight) Penetrations ‘Sweet Sweet Baby’ (Highland) Skip Jackson ‘I’m Onto You Girl’ (Dot-Mar) Scotty Williams ‘Fear’ (Mona-Lee) Little Dooley ‘If Ever I Needed You’ (Ko Ko) Tobi Lark ‘Sweep It Out In The Shed’ (Topper) Johnny Guitar Watson (Jowat) ‘Ain’t Gonna Move’ Fantastics ‘Where There’s A Will’ (Impresario) TSU Toronadoes ‘What Good Am I’ (Atlantic) Willie Mallory ‘You Went Back On What You Said’ (Lanor) Irene & The Scotts ‘I’m Stuck On My Baby’ (Smash) Ivy Joe ‘I Can Feel The Pain’ (VIP) Mighty Marvelows ‘Talkin Bout You Baby’ (ABC) Little Johnny Blair ‘Moma’s Gone’ (House Of The Fox) Just Brothers ‘Carleana’ (Garrison) Jimmy Robins ‘I Just Can’t Please You’ (Jerhart) Little Johnny Hamilton ‘Oh How I Love You’ (Dore)

Here's my current top 5 most wanted - can anybody help me locate any of them please? Fair price paid must be in Excellent condition minimum. Reply via PM with price and condition. Ta Derek BOBBY WILBURN (Gamble) WDJ ‘I’m a lonely man’ L.J. REYNOLDS & THE RELATIONS (Monique) ‘Stop Look over your past’ SANDRA RICHARDSON (Inter/Soul) WDJ ‘Stay with me’ LEE MOSES (Musicor) ‘Bad Girl’ ANN DUQUESNAY (Capitol) ‘You ain’t woman enough’ SORTED NOW THANKS AP

Please reply (either by PM or via the thread) and I'll manually count and update the score. Ta Derek All 3 versions that I know of are good in their own way but for me Luther wins out every time and is the only version I've ever owned on 45.

All in Excellent condition LOVEMASTERS ‘Pushin’ and Pullin’(Jacklyn) £20 SOLD GERALD SIMS ‘You’ll never be sorry’ (W.Bros) WDJ £35 SOLD SHEP ‘I’m sitting in / Fool to fool’(TNT) WDJ? £50 SOLD BOB WILSON ‘Suzy’s serenade’ (Sound Stage 7) WDJ £20 TOP SHELF ‘No second thoughts’ (Lo Lo) £15 THE ULTI-MATIONS ‘Would I do it over’ (Marvlus) £20 SOLD Please PM to reserve. P&P extra. Ta. Derek

Hey up Jordi - thanks for your reply and offer to sell the Gates 45. Ta. But I've got my heart set on re-acquiring his Musicor 45 hopefully sooner rather than later. Derek

See attached photograph - taken by me - of Bob May's shop/store in Detroit circa September 1992. Derek

BCB Radio 106.6FM - Listen Again Shades Of Soul with Derek Pearson Saturday 9-10pm Both Podcasts have been deleted off the BCB website; they are only available to 'listen again' for 2 weeks due to space limitations. Saturday 02nd June 2018 https://podcasts.canstream.co.uk/bcb/index.php?date=2018-06-02 Saturday 16th June 2018 https://podcasts.canstream.co.uk/bcb/index.php?date=2018-06-16

San Francisco TKO's 'Make Up Your Mind' (Kent Anniversary) 1998 Anybody got a copy of said tune they would be willing to let go of? Current price paid depending on condition. PM to discuss, Ta. Derek

Phew Cecil Washington! a record I always wanted but never had the money at the right time. When records were big this was absolutely massive. It's hard to imagine the impact this record had when played at the time. These days it would probably cause barely a ripple. Dx No excuse needed to tag on a YouTube clip eh?

MAGIC NIGHT “If You And I Had Never Met” vocal/instr (uk Pye 7N 25698) ©1975 EX £50 RESERVED DON THOMAS “Come On Train” vocal/instr (uk DJM DJS 670) ©1976 EX- £50 JEFF PERRY “Love Don’t Come No Stronger” (uk Arista 51) ©1976 EX £25 THE FANTASTIC PUZZLES “Come Back” (uk Right On RO 106) ©1976 EX £25 RESERVED THE CROW “Your Autumn Of Tomorrow” (uk Right On RO 101) ©1975 EX £20 THE MOB “I’d Like To See More Of You” (uk Polydor 2001-169) ©1971 large centre hole EX £10 UK P&P First Class Signed For £2.50p (Compensation up to £50) Overseas P&P on request. PM to reserve/discuss etc etc. Ta Derek

Anybody got a copy of either of these two they wanna to sell on? Lee Moses 'Bad Girl' (Musicor); L. J. Reynolds 'Stop Look Over Your Past' (Monique). Originals only (of course) and a minimum VG++ condition. Fair price paid. PM to reply please. Ta Derek

The one incident that immediately springs to mind that still to this day makes me smile in a mad bonkers sort of way. I've always sorted my 45's collection by label alphabetically of course and probably about 15+ years ago (at least?) I stumbled across a record which I'd inadvertantly miss-filed. "So that's where it is" I heard myself say, I wondered where it had gone as I hadn't come across it for a while in my DJ box either. To my shame I'd put James Fountain's classic "Seven Day Lover" not in the P section as you'd expect but tucked it away in the R section. R for red Peachtree. Shortly after I decided to cut back on smoking dat herb type stuff. Dx

There's awesome and way way beyond that is this. Dx

For those that like the background information of those little 7" records we so avidly collect. Stumbled across this blog post https://homeofthehits.blogspot.co.uk purely by chance whilst reading other articles on the web and luckily it co-incided with me just having looked up the Little Flint release "Pain" on Beast Records. Derek Rick “Bam” Powell ‘The Funky Drummer of Cincinnati’ By Randy McNutt Singer-drummer Rick “Bam” Powell has soaked up plenty of soul in his long career in music, most notably while working in two river towns that have contributed heavily to America's roots-rock and soul--Cincinnati and Muscle Shoals, where he worked as a sideman. Add to this the experience of forty years as an active musician, and you'll have the story of one of the few remaining authentic soul-rockers who is still out there singing his songs. "I'm a singing drummer,” Rick Powell says with a laugh, “and there’s no category for me. Guitarists get most of the attention. How many drummers do you see out there singing the songs?” He has a good point, and a minor problem. People don't usually associate vocalists with being drummers. But Powell doesn't mind so long as he's singing. He grew up in Lebanon, Ohio, and began playing drums as a kid. “A guy up the road had all the records, the 45s by the Beach Boys and other groups, and I fell in love with harmony and all those old sounds,” Powell says. That influence can be heard today in the harmony he places on his recordings. By the time he was in high school in the early 1970s, he was playing and singing in a garage band called The Chamberly Kids. Singer Wayne Perry discovered the band, and joined it. Powell ended up in the studio working on a blue-eyed soul record as the drummer and second lead vocalist. On Perry’s independent sessions in suburban Cincinnati, Powell became the drummer and co-lead vocalist with Perry on “Gonna Have a Good Time,” which was released under the name Little Flint. It was a studio band assembled by Perry and his production group. Little Flint recorded only one single, but it gave the young Powell a chance to record with some veteran musicians. The experience was invaluable, and made him long for more..... https://homeofthehits.blogspot.co.uk/

Gonna make a concerted effort to cross these 2 little buggers off mi wants list before I gets too old with all this record collecting malarky. Would like all to be in Excellent nick if possible. SANDRA RICHARDSON 'Stay Here With Me' (Inter-Soul) white label copy (assume it to be a promo copy even though it doesnt mention those magic words anywhere on the label) - will pay up to £70 ish. HARRISON & THE MAJESTIC KIND 'Tearing Me Up Inside' (Twinight) white demo - will pay up to £300 ish. Obviously price paid will depend on condition blah blah blah. Any help in obtaining any of these 45s will be greatly appreciated. PM with leads etc. Ta. Derek x

Glad you and Shelly liked the show Baz. Re the last record - I'd forgotten I was being all mysterious (laughs) - it's Ural Thomas 'Pain is the name of your game'. He first cut the song on Uni in May 1967 (which is a great deep soul ballad in itself check YouTube) then re-recorded it with a younger band and released on Pres Records in August 2015. I've read only 500 copies of the 45 were ever made and have long sold out. I only stumbled across it purely by chance when following a link on Youtube (as you do) back end o' last year. Went straight onto Google to track down a copy and ended up buying one of only 2 copies on sale through the web. Paid about £40 from some bloke in Russia. Woukld you believe I was actually talking to the lad who bought the other remaining copy off the web only last week end. check this for more info https://www.45cat.com/record/prs45805 Derek