Derek Pearson

eh Joan how spooky we were virtually writing the same reply at the same time....... derek

It also got a release on UK red Atlantic but I'm told it was deleted after a week making it a pretty rare item though not that particularly valuable. Anybody seen/got a UK one, presume if they had they'd have already mentioned it. cheers, derek

Confession time - I've got literally hundreds of 45s in boxs marked 'To sort', records that I didn't honestly know what to do with. Hopeful buys from junk shops and car boots. Mad buys at venues from mates telling you "they're the next big thing" (yeah right). Crap sixties dancers, ballads that go no where, average records in VG nick, shit 70s with squeaky vocals. They probably should be worth £3-10 but where could I sell them? I don't want to drag them 'round venues and end up selling 3 for a tenner. Yes I suppose I could make a list and post them up here, that would save a lot of ballache. But I don't wanna waste people's time by sticking up dozens of things that aren't very good in my opinion. (Wish my judgement was good enough to stop me buying them in the first place laughs..). Its not worth dumping them in the local record store, you'd only get 10p each if you were lucky. Besides I'm too tight to do that hehe. And that's where the fun of Ebay come in I guess to a man like me that doesn't gamble. Will it sell won't it? Will it make a reasonable amount? Here's an example: I tried to flog ex condition copies of King Floyd and The Hearts Of Stone both on VIP about 12 months ago through Ebay, starting at $5 but got no bids. I trailed them around venues but nobody sniffed. So I stuck them on Ebay over Christmas starting at $2 and I know what the arguments are. Some would say the time and effort of scanning them, putting them up, selling them, all that emailing and finally posting them off aint worth the measily quid you might get back. I quietly overlook the fees (Ebay 35 cents per record plus 4% Paypal fees) which dents profits hehe. But that's where the gamble lies yes I'd like to get $6 for them but if they go for $2 I have to think oh well at least they've gone. If you add on say $2 postage my Paypal account swells (steady) by $4 for every record I sell. Fortunately I have a long lunch hour and work close to a post office so I can make time to pack them up. I might have paid a couple of dollars for the records years and years ago so I'm only getting back what I paid for them. I go back to time and effort again - what would I rather be doing? Pottering about selling records or watching shite TV like Big Brother. Alright no contest! The argument could be why don't I use my time efficiently selling more expensive items? The crazy thing about Ebay is I recently shifted 3 Midas records at $3, $3.25 & $5.50 a piece making the whopping total of $11.75 whereas 2 of the same records had earlier sold for $11.49 & $9.99 each totalling $21.48 - figure that out? Manships rates the 3 records I sold at £60 (coughs). Maybe I sell them too cheap? Start at $2 and some might think they're too cheap (but is that possible? I'd like to buy every record for a dollar!) I regularly see records that I've sold at $3 not selling at the starting bid of anywhere from $5-9. I'd rather under price and sell. To me selling these records is just one big game, I'm glad to get shut of them to be honest and clear some space. When I had a lot of time off over Christmas I could put all these things on the web. Has it paid off? Well I shifted 18 records for $83 and by the time I added on $27 on for postage $110 went into my paypal account. Richard Branson better watch out eh! £50 phew! I can use this to buy other records either to keep or resell. I pay for the postage out of my pocket so I don't miss the odd couple of quid here and there. Its all good fun I say and hopefully I'll just keep ticking away untill I empty these damn boxes. derek

If anybodies interested in Barbara Jean & the Lyrics "Why weren't you there / Any two can play it" on Big Hit 107 contact me offlist please (D.Pearson@bradford.ac.uk). Both sides vinyl Ex condition, labels Ex £225 ono. P&P extra. Top side is the same as Thelma Lindsey on Magic City. onwards, derek can send scans if needed

Been that busy I aint had chance to post up details earlier sorry - right on the line as usual (topical Tottenham gag there hehehe).... Bradford's community radio BCB Radio 96.7FM Saturday 8 January 8-10pm. 2 hour northern session - it can be heard via the internet on www.bcb.yorks.com obviously you'll need realplayer and all that stuff. So if you're stopping in and you remember try listen in. Played 46 records off chunky black vinyl and a few promo CDs, all styles,all era's, all over the place. Name checked loads of friends as well hehehe. derek I'll burn 80 minutes onto a CD so Mike Hughes can stream it up if he doesnt get chance to stream it direct. I'll post up my playlist asap. .

Can anybody send me (D.Pearson@bradford.ac.uk) or post up soundfiles of both sides of their AMG release please. Don't know the release myself. I believe its the same group who recorded for Crash, Date and Glow Hill. Thanks, derek Always liked their "Just beginning to love you" apart from that horrible intro 'you're just a dirty dog' what were they thinking?!

If anybody fancies any of these 3 little beauties all in Ex condition email me off list please (D.Pearson@bradford.ac.uk). Donald Height "I choose you" (Dakar WDJ) same flip £70 (are there any issues of this - whats the flip like?); Four Below Zero "My babys got ESP" (P&P) £125; Bobby Wilburn "I'm a lonely man" (Gamble WDJ) same flip £75. P&P extra. cheers, derek

Only ever seen double sided WDJ's of this - anybody got a red issue and whats the flip like? Believe the Del Royals only had 2 releases on Mercury. Great vocals indeed from Willie Johnson I suspect (he's the featured singer named on the credits).

it's an acetate that a friend of mine bought off Pat Brady about 12 years ago, he's still got it and won't sell it. Think he paid about 100 quid for it! Pete - it sounds alot like the Del Royals version on Mercury (see scan) which came out Oct 1969. Havent got time to compare the two maybe its an unreleased different mix of the DR's? cheers, derek

For sale: all M/Ex Keni Lewis "Aint gonna make it easy" (De Vel) £35; Herman George "What have I got" (Bet) £65; Tommy Turner "Lady" (El Bam) £25. P&P extra. Off list replies please to D>Pearson@bradford.ac.uk cheers, derek

played it briefly earlier and you're dead right on your opinion Marc. Surely not £250? Its a dirgy ballad type thing. Oh well.... derek just thought - mines a double sided WDJ "We are together" - does the issue copy have something of note on the flip?

Here's a scan of the front cover aswell. Think it was me that played it as a guest on Searling's radio show a few years ago. I said then I thought it was Joyce Bond only because thats who Pete Smith thought it was and it seemed very likely. derek

Here's a scan of the French Vogue EP which I bought from Pete Smith a couple of years ago for £120 (I think?). Always fancied but never had a UK original of the song which was a favourite of mine from the late Wigan days. So when I saw it on Pete's lists I was curious to hear the duet version, something a little different I thought. He played it down the phone and the deal was done. There's a hand written date on the label which reads 5-1-67. derek On a poignant note whilst DJing at the Notts Union (Fri 5 Nov) Derek Allen came up to the decks for a chat and he commented on the Jackie Edwards EP which I'd pulled out for consideration. Actually played it and name checked him for it. Mister Allen was a gentle soul indeed.

Because blank CDs are so cheap nowadays and copying CDs has never been easier here's Dee Pee in a benevolent mood. I've done an 80 minute CD featuring 29 records for sale. Bear in mind you get the full length not a 1 minute snippet. To get a copy all you have to do is email me (off list to D.Pearson@bradford.ac.uk) with your address, I don't mind if its UK or worldwide. Prices range from £8 to £50 and names include Reggie Garner, Chuck Armstrong, Buck Ram Platters, Lou Ragland, Eddie Horan, Manhattans, Bobby McClure, Masqueraders, Dynamic Tints, Mindreaders, Irene Scott, Village Choir, Eddie Holman, Billy Davis, Dorothy Berry, Jackie Washington, Oscar Mack, Don Hollinger, Joe Haywood, Arthur Conley, Willie Charles Gray, Twentie Grans, Jimmy Mack, Jewel & Rubies, Ollie & Nightingales etc. Styles range from northern/60s/70s/southern/crossover/ ballads/semi knowns - all decent soul stuff in my opinion. My sales CD are for free but if anybody wants to send me a CD or tape in return of their recent plays/purchases/radio shows/sales etc that would be nice. onwards, derek

Said I'd help the company promote their first new 45 release so here goes: Manchester's VoxPop record store has established what promises to be a fantastic new legit re-issue label 'VoxPop45', the first release is the incredible blues funk masterpiece ''Alcohol' penned by the (until now) mysterious Detroit based recording artist Robert Jay, Voxpops Tim Giles interviewed Robert to find out the story behind this obscure gem....On 29th May 1934 Robert Jay, born Robert Brown Jr was born in Lower Peach Tree, Alabama. At the age of 13, after saving up $60 from his paper round he got the bus and headed for Detroit. It was some 26 years later that Robert recorded and pressed 300 copies of a tough, blues influenced funk track with the title "Alcohol"......................... For the full interview see www.soulgeneration.co.uk/robertjay.htm Contact Voxpop if you wanna buy the record www.voxpop45.com Also, the Voxpop45s show on Unity Radio is broadcast live over the Internet every Monday 6-8pm. Check out https://www.unityradio.co.uk or if you can¹t tune in at the time, you can listen to each show when it suits you in the audio section on the Voxpop45s website. cheers, derek

If anybodies interested I've a M copy of Celeste Hardy on Reynolds for sale/trade. Labels on proper sides. Off list replies please. Can bring to Fleetwood if required. cheers, derek

If anybodies interested I've a M copy of Celeste Hardy on Reynolds for sale/trade. Labels on proper sides. Off list replies please. Can bring to Fleetwood if required. cheers, derek

It could be a bit like Eddie Stobbart spotting As daft as it sounds I used to shout out "there's an Eddie wagon" every time I used to see one during our night time travels on the M62. So much that a mate of mine (Big Mick) bought me a model of one. However when Dave came round my house he went mental. Being a big union man he told me Eddie Stobart had built his empire by transporting goods through the picket lines during all the miners strike. Ooops! Its abit like those 'orrible sherry decanters you got as a present from your mum that you keep in a cupboard and only get out when you know she's coming round. I have to put the Eddie wagon away when Dave comes a calling hehehe. derek

Need to raise some £££ to pay for a new bathroom suite and its time for poor old Roosevelt Matthews to hit the road. Backed by Billy Ball & the Upsetters he sings "You got me diggin' you" and "Tighten up". King 6173 is the label and its a lovely yellow demo. Vinyl is Ex so is the label. Can post up a scan if needs be. I know its big ticket item (estimates seem to vary around the £500-700 mark) so I'm more than willing to consider cash and/or trades of well known quality northern originals to keep myself or to resell. Don't want to trade for unknowns/semi knowns at the moment. Contact me off list if interested and we'll see if we can work something out. thanks, derek

A few months ago I spotted a bloke wearing an olive green short sleeved tee shirt with a logo saying soul. Mmm I thought pretty neat though a bit corny perhaps. Then over the course of the next few weeks I saw a few more including several at northern venues. So I stopped a lad in the street who was wearing one and asked him where he purchased it. Asda he replied. Being the snob I am my heart sunk. I shop at the super size Eastlands Asda next to the new Man City ground so the next time I was there I shot round the 'George at Asda' section. They'd all gone. However on Monday night after I'd got my weekly shop I noticed some new 'soul' logo tee shirts. See attached clip highlighting the best bits. Alright they were probably made by 12 year old girls in Thailand but they were only £4 each and great for work. Being the big hitter I am I bought 2 of course. derek

I've got the Buddy Connor 45, infact played on the radio in Milan last weekend with Mark Bicknell. What nobodies mentioned yet is that its double sided with the same song on both sides. So we lose out on hearing those wonderful vocals of mister C on possibly another song. Perhaps there are copies of "WYA" around that have another song on the flip. Whats the flip on the WFB version? derek

At the invitation of Stefano Oggiano and Michele Boeri, Derek Pearson and Mark Bicknell are DJing at the Third Anniversary of the Breakout Soul Club at Bloom, via Curiel 39, Mezzago, Milan on Saturday 16 October. Resident DJs are Dodo, Leonardo Carloni & Stefano Oggiano. Time 10pm – 4am admission 6 euros. Check the website www.lapellenera.com Prior to this Mark & Derek will be guest DJs on Stefano & Michele’s Breakout Soul Show on Radio Popolare in Milan from 6.30-7.30pm Italian time. For those feeling adventurous you can listen to it live via the website www.radiopopolare.it - are we an hour infront or behind I can’t remember. should be fun. derek

And another month has rolled by – eeh it’ll soon be Christmas an all that bollocks. well its time for another 2 hour northern session on t'radio. This Sat 16 October between 8-10pm I'll be on Bradford's community radio BCB 96.7FM. It only has a reception area of about 10-15 miles, however it can be heard via the internet on www.bcb.yorks.com obviously you'll need realplayer and all that business. So if you're stopping in and you remember try listen in. Played nearly 45 records on chunky black vinyl , Alot of sixties ballady type things and quite a few early 70s things, very little out an out northern this time. Name checked loads of friends as well hehehe. derek With abit of luck Mike will stream it up again. Playlist sat 16 oct 2004 truetones ‘he’s got the nerve’ soulsville; candy & kisses ‘out in the streets’ scepter; enticers ‘calling for your love’ cotillion; variations ‘shot of love’ amy; jesse boone ‘I got to love you’ soul o potion; jimmy hicks ‘tell her I love you’ big deal; buddy connor ‘when your alone’ breakthrough; ike noble ‘its bad’ alley; gene redding ‘I need your loving’ bell; four wonders ‘just looking for my love’ solid foundation; cecil shaw ‘this I gotta see’ bilmar; vivilore jordan ‘put my loving on you’ sound gems; soulfull illusion ‘to get your love’ mercury; jerry butler ‘loneliness’ mercury; barbara acklin ‘just aint no love’ brunswick; lee harvey ‘my assurance’ kris; melvin elling ‘lonely eyes’ stretch; teddy greene ‘cry’ capitol; magnificent 7 ‘never will i’ dial; enchanters ‘ I should be loving you’ delta; jimmy richard ‘I’m not responsible’ a&m; theola kilgore ‘I cant stand it’ mercury; jaibi ‘what good am I’ kapp; gwen owens ‘make him mine’ laureen; helene smith ‘some kind of woman’ phil la soul; patience valentine ‘special blending’ mjr; ollie nightingale ‘I don’t know why’ memphis; third demetion ‘if my heart was an open book’ bumpshop; profiles ‘I still love you’ bamboo; marshall & chilites ‘price of love’ dakar; johnny guitar watson ‘wait a minute’ highland; jay wiggins ‘tears of a lover’ solid; roy wright ‘hook line & sinker’ mica; danny woods ’90 days in a county jail’ smash; lee jones ‘on the other side’ amy; otis leavill ‘cant stop loving you’ brunswick; love foundation ‘let one hurt do’ spot; chuck jackson ‘whats with this loneliness’ uk kent; janice sadler ‘my babys coming home’ delite; keni lewis ‘aint gonna make it easy’ delvel; leon haywood ‘fair warning’ 20th cent LP; sidney joe qualls ‘run to me’ dakar LP; art gentry ‘this is my chance’ uk kent 12”; loleatta holloway ‘I cant help myself’ aware LP; james brown ‘people wake up’ polydor; denise lasalle ‘here I am again’ westbound.

Never heard of the Helpp version before - what nobodies mentioned yet is the rather awesome ballad flip "Try something new". Have got a 4 track 12" on Gold Soul which features the 2 previously mentioned songs by EB plus 2 others..... derek Have also heard that the Garpax version is supposedly slightly different from the later 77 outing.