Derek Pearson

Unable to upload sound clip into Refosoul but purely by chance I was wandering around my Settings box and found this in my 'manage your attachments' section. I'd previously gone on and on about this record complete with sound clip and label scan way back on 20 June 2006 with a thread titled Mystery Track. Here's the link - And on re-reading that full thread it answered one or two questions I'd raised on the thread I posted an hour or so earlier. Big Sigh. Snow arrives. Memory Goes. derek Refosoul is still down so as soon as I can I'll upload the track and link it directly into this thread. Ta.

Jesse James "Falling Star" 2:30 / "I Got Corns" 2:27 (Lawn 248) Before I start this thread - first have a good look at the label scan, and then answer this simple question "If you were wading through a pile of records and you saw this record would you stop and think 'Ooh dearie me that does look interesting, very interesting indeed". If you didn't, what does that say about you? Pretty certain I found this single at least 10 years ago somewhere on one of my travels up and down the back roads of America. I mention that because since then I've bobbed it on a compilation CD I did for myself in 2005 which I've copied dozens of times for various friends. Anyway I always kept an eye out for it hoping to quietly locate some more copies to sell on. But my eyes never did see another one. I recall Mal C. raving over it at the time and as far back as 2006 he posted a thread in the Wants section requesting a copy to purchase. Did anything come of that Mal? Oh and by the way - hey up Mal long time no speak/email/communicate. Sorry 'bout that. Seem to think he also posted a thread about this record only recently (like within 6 months or so) but couldn't find a link to it. Surely I thought Jesse James on Lawn it can't be that hard to locate can it.....? Yep, you know where this is going don't you..... So I trawled both price guides* and neither mentioned it; scanned dozens and dozens of online sales lists and drew a blank; Google searched it probably 3-4 times a year, every year and that didn't turn up any positive leads either. No, I tell a lie, I got my bleeding inbox jammed up with links by the hundred for a bloody record done by Cher. So I tries my old reliable favourite Captain Ebay - err no. Surely rock solid Popsike will flag some details up - err nope again. Undeterred I went through my old magazine files and pulled out an old Lawn label listing. Aah, then like the proverbial worm on a hook it all started to twist and turn. There was no mention of a Mister Jesse James on that release number or indeed anywhere in the labels catalogue. Instead Lawn 248 which dates from 1964 was assigned to a group called Dick & The Deamonds. And the 2 songs on their release bore the same titles as the ones recorded by Jesse James. No big deal, it's straight forward then, it's just a simple label mispress, happens all the time. So I was curious to hear the versions done by Dick and his gang. A quick check on both Amazon and Napster revealed 4 songs from this group and I tell you what by golly his go at "Falling Star" sounds exactly like our man Jesse's. So the puzzle is this - is my copy sung by Dick & The Deamonds but simply miss-labelled with Jesse James' name? If so then why credit Jesse James' as writer on both sides? Obvious answer I suppose is maybe he actually did write them? I needed to see a Lawn 248 copy of this Dick & the Deamonds single. A quick check of it would close that mystery. But once again Mister Pearson spent another interesting but in the end fruitless search of Google, Ebay, Popsike and anywhere else I could think of. And that was another couple of hours burnt off my life sat on the computer when I should have been doing jobs a lot higher up the list. So let's finally get down to the record itself - is it worth your time reading this thread? Well think Philadelphia 1964. Think slow, real slow. A lone voice pure and controlled tells the story. A sparse backing of occasional trumpet bursts, piano fills and solitary notes from that triangular instrument. He's just another lonely heart in the city. Words like atmospheric and moody, hollow and empty but rich and textured spring to mind. It's good; actually it's very, very good if you like that sort of sound. I don't think I'd go so far and call it brilliant, though some might argue to differ, but it certainly falls in that category marked most interesting. Welcome to the weird but wonderful world of record collecting. But would we be discussing it if it wasn't so damn obscure? You tell me. Derek * 2003-2004 editions

Due to the snow causing all sorts of problems round here - the station decided the easiest and safest thing to do was to re-run Saturday 6th November show tonight instead. So if everything goes to plan - the bizarre twist is that you can hear the show here first before it's aired.... Dee Pee left to his own vices and voices Shades Of Soul 21.00-22.00pm. Bradford Community Based Radio BCB106.6FM 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. That you can depend on. 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. derek pearson - Sat 4th December 2010 - Bradford BCB Radio 106.6FM Dee Pee's varied vinyl selection of old 45s:: Lou Rawls "Dead End Street" Capitol EP version; Donald Jenkins "I've settled down" Cortland; Nancy Wilson "Where does that leave me" Capitol; Betty Lavette "Let me down easy" Calla; Joe-L "I'm not gonna be worried" Clissac; J.L. Brown "My true love" Clifton; Johnny Barnes "Real nice" Cap City; Cody Black "I'm sorry" Capitol; Sandra Wright "Gotta see my baby" Coral; Patrice Holloway "Stay with your own kind" Capitol; Leon Haywood "Consider the source" Capitol; Ronn Matlock "You got the best of me" Cotillion ©1979; The Pretenders "Just be yourself" Carnival; Jeannie Reynolds "Hit and run" Casablanca ©1976; Gloria Scott "What am I gonna do" Casablanca ©1974; Jean Wells "What have I got to loose" Calla; Bettye Swann "Closed for the season" Capitol © 24 Oct 68; Gwen McCrae "Lead me on" Columbia; C.P. Love "Never been in love before" Chimneyville; The Impressions "Sooner or later" Curtom ©1975 The Dells "It's all up to you" Cadet.

The Volumes "Gotta Give Her Love" originally came out on the American Arts label sometime in late 1964. And what a truly great record it is. Supposedly a year or so later this yellow vinyl release surfaced on the Pittsburgh based Astra label which I'm lead to believe was a long, long way from being legitimate. This Steel City imprint just laughed in the face of licensing, royalties and all that boring stuff so the story goes allegedley. I'd long heard of this yellow vinyl 45 through countless nights of record gossiping with fellow obsessives. But I'd never seen one. But when I did - I couldn't help but marvel in its glow. In the darkness of winter months it's like a blast of sunshine. derek In all my years I've seen loads of the American Arts release but few if any of the Astra ones. It wouldn't suprise me one bit if these re-issues (coughs - alright bootlegs - there I've said it) are indeed much rarer than the legit ones.

Anybody out there got any memories of an old record store on Earl Grey Street in Edinburgh called Waverley's?