Ady Croasdell

That's an interesting label, different from the green one you normally see. It's like the Phillips Sisters and 0105 instead of 105, same Monday Is Too Late flip presumably?

They were going to use an Ace owned Northern original but because of budget restrictions didn't, though we'd substantially reduced the market price. I didn't know it was for charity. However I'd be a bit wary of texting for charity, I did it on the way to Cleggy and had 3 follow up calls from 'em while I was trying to run the weekender.

Ted Carrol licensed the Cressa Watson named version from Major Bill in the 80s and that's who Bill must have put on the tape box or alternatively remembered it as being by (or Ted got 'em mixed up!) it wasn't a big deal to either of them, just a nice odd soul song to stick on an LP. It's assumed more importance since it's become popular.

Mine's a Martha Starr vinyl release Russ, I think Cressa Watson was an unreleased master tape that Ace put out on a weird LP in the 80s and it may well be the same as the Martha. Ward Burton is the same song but a much different backing and not actually a Major Bill recording as far as I remember. I've heard the Martha/Cressa version with added girl b vox from tape and it sounded great but I don't have a copy. Ady

If it's a midtempo thing not a ballad could someone direct me to a sound clip of it please? ta Ady

Presumably all Herman Griffin's work, Is yours any good, I don't see it listed apart from as a 1980 release which would be odd but feasible. A scan would be nice. ta Ady

Come on peeps, you've got it in a pile somewhere!

It's the flip of Iron Out The Rough Spots Any chance of a run of the mill scan of it please? PM would be good or ady.croasdell@btinternet.com would be better. Ta Ady

It was in a big wooden trunk of US promos mainly from the mid to late 60s that Cas who worked at Warners brought down to Dave's Harlequin record shop in the basement by Berwick Street market in Soho. There must have been a few hundred great soul promos, lots of Brunswick in particular. Probably stuff the US companies were trying to get out on UK Atlantic back then. Dave was and is a top bloke who discovered quite a few sounds.

It was Dave Burton, not me who found it in his trunk of treasure. He kindly let me have it for £2 when he could have got at least a fiver as I was a penniless student (probably 1972 then) and he was a great bloke. I reckon Bunky had 'em made up as personal promos, one step up from the stickers the DJs used to put on the labels. I flogged it to John Vincent in the late 70s because it had been booted and I was skint and thought I'd pick one up on my travels; that's one of the drawbacks of being an optimist. Still I've dined out on the story of getting one over on John Anderson for a few decades now. Ady

I think U B or Houston Outlaws were rumoured to be from Toledo. Ady

Don't know them, we have them listed too but no tapes or ever heard of them. Their Gonna Spread The News was unissued until we put it out on a couple of CDs and is a brilliant 70s dancer; it's on the Westbound Detroit Northern Soul CD. Doesn't look like either of those titles though. Ady

Yep, we just got clearance for vinyl too

That's excluding the first batch which are on SKM Ady 7 new ones at the end of July!

TOWN 111 Little Ann/O C Tolbert What Should I Do/I'm Shooting High Jun-1998 TOWN 112 Little Ann Who Are You Trying To Fool/I Got To Have Jun-1999 TOWN 113 Millie Jackson/The Mayberry Movement Don't Send Nobody Else/Two Wrongs Don't Make A Right (Vinyl) May-2002 TOWN 114 Larry Davis/Danny Monday I've Been Hurt So Many Times/Baby Without You (Vinyl) May-2002 TOWN 115 John Edwards/Bill Brandon Tin Man/The Streets Got My Lady (Vinyl) May-2002 TOWN 116 Tobi Lark/O C Tolbert Challenge My Love/You Got Me Turned Around (Vinyl) May-2002 TOWN 117 Carla Thomas I'll Never Stop Loving You/I Play For Keeps May-2002 TOWN 118 Dorothy Williams/Albert Washington The Well's Gone Dry/I'm The Man (Vinyl) Jun-2003 TOWN 119 Melba Moore/Dean Parrish The Magic Touch/Bricks, Broken Bottles And Sticks (Vinyl) Jun-2003 TOWN 120 Dottie And Millie/Tobi Lark Talkin' About My Baby/Happiness Is Here (Vinyl) Jun-2003 TOWN 121 Little Ann What Should I Do/Who Are You Trying To Fool (Vinyl) Jun-2003 TOWN 122 The Themes/The Pentagons Do Yourself A Favour/Gonna Wait For You (Vinyl) Jun-2003 TOWN 123 Bobby Garrett/Curtis Lee I Can't Get Away/Is She In Your Town? (Vinyl) Jun-2003 TOWN 124 Millie Jackson/Garland Green House For Sale/Come Through Me (Vinyl) Mar-2007 TOWN 125 Unique Blend/Houston Outlaws Yes I'm In Love/Ain't No Telling (Vinyl) Mar-2007 TOWN 126 Bobby Wisdom/Morris Chestnut Handwriting On The Wall/Too Darn Soulful (Vinyl) Mar-2007 TOWN 127 The Imaginations/The Diplomats Strange Neighborhood/Cards On The Table (Vinyl) Aug-2007 TOWN 128 The Primers/Minnie Jones How Does It Grab You/Shadow Of Memory (Vinyl) Aug-2007 TOWN 129 Sugar & Spices/Brilliant Korners Have Faith In Me/Three Lonely Guys (Vinyl) Aug-2007 TOWN 130 Millie Jackson If That Don't Turn You On / You Can't Stand The Thought (Vinyl) Jun-2008 TOWN 131 Toni & The Showmen / Bobby Angelle Try My Love / Too Much For You (Vinyl) Jun-2008 TOWN 132 The Charmaines / Frank Dell I Idolize You / He Broke Your Game Wide Open (Vinyl) Jun-2008 TOWN 133 Mr Dynamite / Hank Jacobs Sh'Mon / Elijah Rockin' With Soul (Vinyl) Jun-2008 TOWN 134 Various Sweep It Out In The Shed/ Nothing In This World (Vinyl) Jul-2009 TOWN 135 Various Tell Me Baby / I'll Never Stop Loving You (Vinyl) Sep-2009 TOWN 136 Various Wear Your Natural, Baby / You Really Made It Good To Me Mar-2010 TOWN 137 Various Is This The Way To Treat A Girl / Come Out Of The Sandbox Mar-2010 TOWN 138 Various A Man Of My Word / Make Up Your Mind Mar-2010 TOWN 139 Rudy Love / Percy Milem Suffering Wrath / Call On Me (VINYL) Jan-2011 TOWN 140 The Antellects / The Ravins Love Slave / Your Love Is What I Want (VINYL) Jan-2011 CITY 001 Tobi Lark/Little Ann True True Love/Sweep It Out In The Shed Mar-2007 CITY 002 The Pretenders/John Edwards A Broken Heart Cries/How Can I Go On Without You Mar-2007 CITY 003 The Other Brothers/Bettye Swann Nobody But Me/The Dance Is Over Mar-2007 CITY 004 Charlie Rich/Jeanette Jones Don't Tear Me Down/Cut Loose Aug-2007 CITY 005 Danny Cobus/Chico & Buddy The Two Of Us/You Won't Miss The Water (Vinyl) Aug-2007 CITY 006 The Tandels/The Fashionettes Is It Love Baby?/Losin' Control Aug-2007 CITY 007 Luther Ingram / Chet "Poison" Ivey Oh Baby Don't You Weep / Mata Hari (Vinyl) Jun-2008 CITY 008 Otis Redding / Barbara & The Browns Loving By The Pound / I'm Gonna Start A War (Vinyl) Jun-2008 CITY 009 Various Gone With The Wind Is My Love/ Gone With The Wind Is My Love (Instrumental) (Vinyl) Jul-2009 CITY 010 Various Lean Lanky Daddy/ Who Are You Trying To Fool (Vinyl) Jul-2009 CITY 011 Little Willie John Country Girl aka Home At Last / I Need Someone (Vinyl) Sep-2009 CITY 012 Spencer Wiggins Let's Talk It Over / Love Attack (Vinyl) Sep-2009 CITY 013 Various Changes / We Can Do It Mar-2010 CITY 014 Various What'cha Gonna Do / Until The End Of Time Mar-2010 CITY 015 Various A Man Is A Mean Thing / I've Got A Feeling For You Baby Mar-2010 CITY 016 Jesse Davis Hang On In There Girl / Hang On In There Girl Mar-2010 CITY 017 Spencer Wiggins I'm At The / Make Me Yours (VINYL) Jan-2011 CITY 018 Willie Bollinger / Willie Walker I Won't Have To Cry No More / Run Around (VINYL) Jan-2011 CITY 019 Larry Banks / Bobby Penn Ooh It Hurts Me / Without Your Love (VINYL) Jan-2011

Abadando was a US Mafia character; my apologies

The Abadando's, or whatever the Wheel's owners were called, could 'ave 'em for using their logos!

Those cloth badges are da woist; properly made blazer badges were OK but this looks like a poor kid's boy scouts shirt with his orienteering and 2 lengths breaststroke badges stuck on.

Hi Imogen, i deal a lot with Ray as he wrote for Spring/Event and GWP, the CDs Kent have done on those labels invariably contain some of his work. We just put out Ann Bailey's version of Sweeping Your Dirt Under My Rug on the Manhattan Soul CD. The quickest way to look at his song titles is to go to BMI.com and interrogate their repertoire search engine at the bottom right of the page Ady

Hi Mick, I can help with one of those queries. The Pied Piper RCA recordings were recorded at RCA's Chicago studios and United Sound. Many of the acts, including the Cavaliers, Metros and Dynamics, were put up in a hotel there for a week and Larry Banks would rehearse them all before going into the studios. RCA spent a lot of money on the projects and chose Chicago because they owned the studios. I'm pretty sure we listed several of the musicians on the Rare Collectible and Soulful Kent CDs we did of the issued and unissued RCA sides. There are session sheets for most of the recordings. Ady

I thought Cleethorpes was your holidays!

I think the full quote might be about old blues and soul fans so it was their perspective not remotely mine and they reckoned it was all sub! Ady

Mark, you're praise is all the more appreciated because it is so hard won. Mwah x

Dekka, we're working on the super-injunction!

Tabs, did Winston get you back to the station OK? He gives lots of lifts but we've never known one be to a bloke before!