Derek Pearson

Foot bridge over the River Aire in Myrtle Park, Bingley, West Yorkshire. Taken (not by me) sometime April 2016 during the floods. Wish I'd have gone to see that - blimey I didn't realise the river had flooded that high. The fact that the water level is washing over the foot bridge gives you an indication of just how flooded the river was. Derek

If I wouldn't have become so infatuated with all things vinyl in my late teens I could have become more interested in photography and possibly taken similar photos to those uploaded by many on this thread. But I didn't - so I'm reduced to sending in photos taken by other people. In my early teens I used to go fishing here, there and everywhere from first thing in the morning to last thing at night. I even used to walk 3-4 miles carrying all my tackle to local reservoirs, fish all day then walk the 3-4 miles back home. But I never ever caught anything like these. Derek UK record chub from River Lea 9lb 5oz UK record Barbel 21lb UK record Pike 46lbs 13oz UK record Mirror Carp named TwoTone 67lbs A 60lb Carp called Big Girl

Thanks to the 4 people that contacted me to buy this record and to make it fair I put the names in my sock (don't wear a hat) and a winner was chosen. I'll contact each person very shortly. How to make a short story long: Only picked it up on Monday and wanted a quick turn-a-round to pay towards a forthcoming Dentist's bill. Wasn't so sure of its current value so a bit o' research on Popsike revealed that even though - not that many UK copies have sold in the last few years - prices have differed wildly. A double check in the sales section on here highlighted 2 copies offered for sale at £100 recently (whether they sold at that price I don't know?) Most people myself included want as much money as possible when selling any of our records but as the shadow of my dentist loomed ever closer I gambled on slightly under selling it for a quick sale. Job done. Derek x Think I'll ring my dentist and tell him to replace it with a crown instead.....

Anybody want a pretty elusive UK copy of RON KEITH’s rather sublime ‘Gotta Go By What You Tell Me’ (A&M 7217) which must’ve died a very quick death in 1975 sadly tucked away on the flip side of his instantly forgettable ‘Party Music. Excellent condition £80 SOLD P&P extra. Paypal is good. PM to discuss. Ta Derek YouTube clip added purely for reference (not taken from copy on sale):

Paid £5.10p train return from Bradford to Wigan in April 1980. Scan of train ticket added below. And anybody that hints at me being an obsessive/hoarder/collector will get a strongly worded letter from my solicitor whose on 24 hour call out. Remember those times well coming from Bradford. Only jumped the trains a couple o' times but soon quickly learned the pitfalls of travelling out an about on public transport going to all-nighters in them days. It was constantly fraught with difficulties and I didn't need any more extra grief from being without ticket (smile). I went wise, sensible and slightly mature and paid the man my ticket in full every time. Ince train station used to be like a synchronised dance class in action, I've never seen as many people spin 'round at the same time when the boys in blue stepped out of the shadows en masse (laughs)..... I routinely watched this frantic dance once a month through the train window but safe in the knowledge my ticket was tucked away in my pocket it never stopped me getting searched at Wigan Wallgate station. Bastards even used to pull apart mi orange which I carried to eat on the way back home....... Derek x

I originally picked up this 45 for the dancer by the Marvelettes on the other side and hardly gave poor old Kim any air time at all. Fast forward several years (maybe a decade even) later - imagine my great surprise and delight when I re-discovered this 45 (unfortunately miss-filed in a box of miscellaneous UK bits n bobs) and played this side. Wow bloody wow. Never heard it played out anywhere. Dx

Pretty sure good old Frank must've paid for that session/release out of his own pocket eh?!........ Seem to think I already had the Lee Harvey 45 then picked up the Frank Foster 45 dirt cheap in a sales box or via an American list circa mid/late 1980's. Was pretty excited until I played it. Recall hearing this played somewhere (late 70's at WC or where ever?) then a few weeks later - much to my great surprise - picking up a blue plastic UK 7" copy in VG+ nick somewhere up Manningham Lane near the football ground in Bradford on one of my regular dinnertime junk shop trawls. Flogged it for a fiver at WC a week later.

Lee Harvey released this decent mid tempo semi known in 1964. The song was written by M Alexander who owned the label. Dx A few months later Frank Foster & The L.A. Untouchables released their version of the song also on Kris - if you can listen to longer than a minute of this song you're a better man than I.........phew that man can't sing.

Barbara Brown originally did the song “Pity The Fool” in July 1972 on MGM Sounds Of Memphis. It's good but not nearly as good as Carl Sims. Dx

Carl Sims opened his singing career with his blistering debut 45 straight outta Memphis, Tennessee in May 1974 and it's still in my all time top ten after all these years. Dx

Hearing the fabulous "My Love Is So Strong" reminded me of this truly outstanding deep (bordering on blues) 45 by the same chap. Geater Davis “I'm gonna change” (Luna) the local label release from 1972 before Seventy Seven picked it up a year later. Now that's hardcore. With a voice that can cut wood. Geater Davis: His career began in Texas but he was always on the move looking for a better chance, keeping his career alive and the ‘big break’ so many artists look for. Just weeks after moving to Dallas he suffered a heart attack and shortly afterwards died, aged just 38, on the day he was supposed to record a new session.

Memphis label circa 1974. Dx

All 4 records now sold - thanks for the interest. Derek THE TOM - EMMANUEL AND RON EXPERIENCE Why (The Knower) / When You Lose Your Groove (Golden Three) Excellent £110 DARROW FLETCHER My Young Misery (Groovy) rare WDJ Excellent Plus £65 THE CHANNELS You Can Count On Me (Groove) WDJ released April 1965 Excellent £30 THE CHANNELS I’ve Got My Eyes On You (Groove) WDJ released October 1964 Excellent £30

Hi Jonathan - it's time for that old good news, bad news routine. Good news first: see attached scan. I'm sure you've already figured out the bad news - it's not for sale. Sorry. Yes it is single sided with just a plain white label - the credits were simply hand written on in blue ballpoint pen. Those golden words loved by many collectors - Promotion / Demonstration copy - are nowhere to be seen as it goes under the name Advance Pressing.

I gratefully thank Robert for his fascinating and very interesting comments on the music side of things which made a lot of sense and filled in many gaps in my knowledge. Nice one. Ta. Here’s another ‘last release’ 45 that should’ve been on my list – not northern as such but on a well known label famous for its northern output. Out of PhiladelphiaPA on Arctic 160 The Royal Five “Ain’t No Big Thing (But It’s Growing)” released in 1971. A superb group harmony effort not that well known, not that expensive either but not that easy to find. Sadly it slipped out un-noticed as the label folded all around it. The flip side “Peace Of Mind” was originally done by The Magnificent Men on Capitol 5608. The group also recorded “Say It To My Face” on Tyler Records Inc T 200. Some previously un-released 1960’s recordings for P&L Records in Philadelphia “Nobody Else / Don’t Stop” finally saw the light of day sometime around the mid 2000’s. co-written by Garnet Mimms anybody know if he ever released the song himself? Derek

As is well documented Billy Woods “Let me make you happy” on Sussex SUX 213 only came out as an insanely rare promo only 45 in January 1971 but the label released over 100 singles and survived well into the summer of 1975.

Nabay ‘Believe It Or Not / Believe It Or Not’ (instrumental) on Impact 1032 released in 1967 was the last 45 issued by the label. credits soulfuldetroit.com - Nabay (Nabay Restum) was Lebanese and raised in the south side of Dearborn, Michigan. Most of the time he sang under the name Nicki Robbins but friends called him Nabay. A.N.B Productions stands for Ali (Ali Bushamie), Nabay, (Bob) Babbitt. They funded "Believe It or Not" and recorded it in the Tera Shirma studios on Livernois. Then they took it to Harry Balk who "flipped" over it and immediately signed Nabay to his Impact label. Dennis Coffey arranged and played on the song. And even though Nabay's not listed in the credits, the writers were Ali, Nabay, and Babbitt.

Good call - as soon as you mentioned it I immediately remembered it from my original list way back when. What happened was sometime along the way I lost my original 'last release on the label' idea/list when I blew up/corrupted/damaged my PC and then years later revived the idea/list forgetting some and discovering loads more via the massive wealth of info on the internet. And you're right the Brilliant Korners was the last known release on Modern in 1969 and the only one that featured this green/yellow design. This change of design sadly didn't help the group either. Unable to confirm/deny whether any stock copies exist. Derek

Roy Hughes ‘When I’m Back In ‘64’ www.yorkpress.co.uk/video/33243/read By the early Seventies, Roy was DJ at Hypnotique in Lady Peckitts Yard in central York. It was, he recalls, a small, smoky venue with a capacity of only about 200 people - though sometimes double that number would squeeze in. It was hot and smelly and basic, he says, with a small dance floor, a disco in the corner and a small raised stage for the live bands. There was mildew under the carpet - but when Hypnotique was packed and heaving, the atmosphere was awesome. Live bands appeared on Thursdays - including, one memorable Thursday, Robert Knight. Knight had a couple of records in the charts at the time Roy recalls, and had been at the Top Of The Pops studio the night before to record. He was playing Hypnotique the following night, when TOTP was screened. The whole audience, Knight included, watched him perform on TOTP - and then he mounted the stage and started playing live. (DP: prob late 1973 - early 1974 ish). And as par for the course time moves on and clubs under go name changes - so Hypnotique became The Revolution which hosted regular punk/new wave nights (Joy Division played there on 22nd December 1978 supported by Cabaret Voltaire). By 1979 it was called Casanovas And it was still called by that name in 1988