Mark Bicknell

WE ARE THRILLED TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE MISSPRESS LABEL'S REVERSED ERROR HAS NOW BEEN RECTIFIED, THE NEW PRODUCTION RUN IS DUE TO BR SHIPPED TO US ON DECEMBER 13TH WITH AN ETA OF DECEMBER 20TH, SOON AS THE RECORDS ARRIVE ALL PRE ORDERS AND WHOLESALE WILL BE PROCESSED AND SHIPPED. THIS HAS BEEN A VERY WORRYING TIME BUT NOW RESOLVED, JUST LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE FOR THEIR UNDERSTANDING AND PATIENCE REGARDING THIS UNFORTUNATE SITUATION.

WE ARE THRILLED TO ANNOUNCE ANOTHER NEW RELEASE FROM BIG MAN RECORDS BMR 1013 DUE FOR RELEASE EARLY 2023, ONE SONG TWO SUBLIME VERSIONS 'TASTE SOUR DON'T IT' FROM JIMMY RADCLIFFE AND BARBARA JEAN ENGLISH, UNDER LICENCE FROM BLACK PATCH PRODUCTIONS TO BIG MAN RECORDS WITH THE BLESSING AND KIND PERMISSION FROM CHRISTOPHER RADCLIFFE. THE SONG WAS RECORDED AND RELEASED BACK IN 1966 AN OBSCURE 'B' SIDE BY BILLIE (DAVIS) AND KEITH (POWELL) ON UK PICADILLY RECORDS, THE RADCLIFFE/ENGLISH VERSIONS ARE IN ANOTHER LEAGUE COMPARED TO THE UK POP DUOS RENDITION. WRITTEN BY JIMMY RADCLIFFE AND BUDDY SCOTT AROUND 1965 IN NEW YORK THE SONG IS INFECTIOUS WITH AN IDEAL DANCE FLOOR GROOVE BOTH JIMMY AND BARBARA MATCH EACH OTHER BOTH SMASHING THIS DELIGHTFUL TRACK OUT OF THE BALL PARK, THEY BOTH SANG BACKING VOCALS ON EACH OTHERS VERSIONS WHICH MAKES THIS EVEN MORE SPECIAL. IMPOSSIBLE TO CHOOSE WHO DELIVERS THIS SONG THE BEST BOTH ARE EQUAL BIG CITY SOUL PRODUCTIONS. THE RELEASE WILL COME IIN A CUSTOM CARD PICTURE SLEEVE, A6 COLLECTORS CARD, 148 MM x 148MM CARD INSERT LYRIC SHEET IN A POLY OUTER SLEEVE, SLEEVE LINER NOTES BY CHRIS RADCLIFFE JIMMY'S SON, WE ARE SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS RELEASE WITHOUT QUESTION TWO FOR THE PRICE OF ONE. TO RESERVE COPIES PM HERE @Mark Bicknell EMAIL bicknellmark@aol.com OR bigmanrecords1@gmail.com JIMMY RADCLIFFE/BARBARA JEAN ENGLISH - TASTE SOUR DON'T IT - BMR 1013 TWO PREVIOUSLY UNISSUED RECORDINGS. PROMO VIDEO - 'TASTE SOUR DON'T IT' - JIMMY RADCLIFFE QUIK_20221101_192603.mp4 PROMO VIDEO - 'TASTE SOUR DON'T IT' - BARBARA JEAN ENGLISH big-man-records-promo-video.mp4

WE ARE THRILLED TO ANNOUNCE THE NEXT BIG MAN RECORDS NEW RELEASE - BMR 1012 JIMMY RADCLIFFE - 'BIG CITY BLUES B/W 'YOU CAN'T LOSE SOMETHING YOU NEVER HAD' WHICH SOME PEOPLE WILL RECOGNISE FROM DAY'S GONE BY (TWO PREVIOUSLY UNISSUED RECORDINGS) BIG CITY SOUL OF THE HIGHEST ORDER, 'BIG CITY BLUES' IS SUBLIME DOWN TEMPO SOUL TO MATCH THE LIKES OF ROY HAMILTON & RAY POLLARD, HEARTBREAKER OF A TRACK FROM THE ICONIC JIMMY RADCLIFFE, UNDER LICENCE FROM BLACK PATCH PRODUCTIONS TO BIG MAN RECORDS WITH THE BLESSING AND PERMISSION OF CHRISTOPHER RADCLIFFE JIMMY'S SON, TAKEN FROM STUDIO MASTERS, THE RELEASE WILL BE PRESENTED IN A CUSTOM PICTURE SLEEVE, A6 COLLECTORS CARD, 148mm x 148mm SQUARE CARD DOUBLE SIDED LYRIC INSERT, DETAILED SLEEVE LINER NOTES BY CHRISTOPHER RADCLIFFE WITH POLY OUTER SLEEVE. DEMO COPY AND STOCK ISSUE COPIES AVAILABLE, WE ARE TAKING RESERVES NOW WITH PRE ORDERS TO FOLLOW PM HERE @Mark Bicknell EMAIL bicknellmark@aol.com OR bigmanrecords1@gmail.com TO RESERVE. THANKS IN ADVANCE GO OUT TO KEVIN COX, DAVID CARTLIDGE, IAN GREGORY FOR ALL ARTWOK, KAREN BENTHAM FOR HER ADMIN SKILLS, CHRISTOPHER RADCLIFFE BLACK PATCH PROMOTIONS IN MAKING THIS PROJECT HAPPEN. THE RELEASE HAS BEEN SUBMITTED FOR MASTERING AND MANUFACTURING WITH RELEASE DUE DATE OF EARLY 2023. QUIK_20221022_103137.mp4 QUIK_20221022_103302.mp4

WE ARE PLEASED TO CONFIRM THAT BMR 1009 TOPICS/METRICS WILL BE AVAILABLE THE FIRST WEEK IN OCTOBER FOLLOWED BY BMR 1010 THE GAMBRELLS THE FIRST WEEK IN NOVEMBER. BOTH RELEASES COME IN A CUSTOM PICTURE SLEEVE, A6 COLLECTORS CARD, POLY OUTER SLEEVE, TO ORDER PM HERE VIA SOULSOURCE EMAIL bicknellmark@aol.com OR bigmanrecords1@gmail.com THE TOPICS - HEY GIRL (WHERE ARE YOU GOING?) B/W THE METRICS - WISHES BMR 1009 UNDER LICENCE FROM ACE RECORDS LIMITED. THE GAMBRELLS - YOU BETTER MOVE B/W PAIN IN MY HEART BMR 1010 UNDER LICENCE FROM McLAUGHLIN PRODUCTIONS BMR 1011 - SHARON McMAHAN - GOT TO FIND ANOTHER GUY B/W LOVE IS WONDERFULRELEASE DATE TO BE CONFIRMED, COMES WITH PERSONALLY SIGNED A6 COLLECTORS CARD BY SHARON McMAHAN, CUSTOM PICTURE SLEEVE, POLY OUTER SLEEVE THIS RELEASE UNDER LICENCE FROM SHARON McMAHAN

WE ARE THRILLED TO ANNOUNCE ANOTHER NEW RELEASE FROM BIG MAN RECORDS, WITH HER BLESSING AND KIND PERMISSION SHARON McMAHAN - GOT TO FIND ANOTHER GUY (1966) B/W LOVE IS WONDERFUL (1964) BOTH SONGS WRITTIEM BY SHARON McMAHAN OWNED BY McMAHAN PUBLISHING COMPANY. SHARON WROTE SONGS FOR BARBARA LEWIS, DEON JACKSON, GRACIE DARNELL, JOHNNIE MAE MATTHEWS, WAS AT THE CAPITOLS 'COOK JERK' SESSION INVOLVED IN BACKING AND HAND CLAPS, SHARON HAS APPEARED AT THE CLEETHORPES WEEKEND A FEW YEARSAGO TO GREAT ACCLAIM. THIS RELEASE IS THE RESULT OF A LOT OF HARD WORK AND PUTING SOMETHING ON THE TABLE TO GET SHARON TO SIGN THE NOW AGREED DEAL WHICH SHE WILL BENIFIT DIRECTLY FINANCIALLY AS WE DID WITH THE ERIC MERCURY RELEASE, KNOWING THERE ARE NO THIRD PARTIES FOR LICENCING AND ROYALTY DISTRIBUTION SHARON WILL BE REWARDED DIRECTLY FROM SALES, KNOWING THIS GIVES US AS A LABEL A REAL SENSE THAT WE ARE PLAYING BY THE RULES AND PAYING OUR DUES TO A BEAUTIFUL LADY. THE RECORD WILL COME IN A CUSTOM PICTURE SLEEVE, A6 COLLECTORS CARD PERSONALLY SIGNED BY SHARON IN A POLY OUTER SLEEVE, THE RECORD IS IN PRODUCTION WITH A RELEASE DATE TO BE CONFIRMED LATER THIS YEAR. DEMO AND ISSUE OPTIONS WILL BE AVAILABLE, AS WITH ALL RELEASES PREVIEW COPIES WILL BE SENT FREE OF CHARGE TO OUR EXSTENSIVE PROMO LIST TO RADIO SHOWS ETC. DETROIT GOLD AND TWO RARITIES OF THE HIGHEST ORDER ON TGE USA ORIGINAL KAREN RECORDS RELEASE. TO RESERVE A COPY PM HERE EMAIL bicknellmark@aol.com OR bigmanrecords1@gmail.com QUIK_20220715_145756.mp4