Rich B

They certainly did Pete, but I was thinking of before then. More like 70-74. And then it really started picking up speed, as it were.

No idea, but I have never been anywhere and not heard a Major Lance tune at some point!

Hi Pete, all good thanks, you? I thought it sounded a bit Levine(y) - I'm going to stick with Gerri.

As some big labels had had minor hits in the early 70's by re issuing records due to 'northern' demand (and ABC had a number one with the Tams) followed by the success of the Pye disco demand label, you might have thought that most enterprising record companies would naturally have been looking to exploit their own back catalogue one way or another. Epic had reissued things like TD Valentine, Nancy Ames and a couple of Poppies tracks long before the Columbia Special Project releases There must have been some corporate collaboration there you would think. RCA had repressed Dean Courtney, Lorraine Chandler etc during '74 and early '75. And after Black Music started doing all those 'Strange world of northern soul' articles the commercial potential was there for all to see.

Sounds like a very recent recording - do we know who is responsible?

Major Lance?

I thought he was a genius from Chic and the more obvious productions with soul acts - I had no idea he had done so much with other rock artists. Absolutely top drawer!

As an aside to this, all the copies that Selectadisc sold alongside the run of the mill pressings, were actually originals (as in the blue with different coloured lettering and the stamp that looks like AJP) I got my copy there for the standard 75p. I didn't see a proper pressing until much later, when someone did that black & white demo look a like.

I can't condone the practice now but I loved it back in the day - it meant one of the 'big boys' would sell the original for about £2!

Great tune - can't remember seeing a 12" before.

Not familiar with this on Pride - does anyone have a scan of it?

You know, I think you might be right Pete - apologies for adding confusion.

The Sound Plus would be a legal reissue too wouldn't it? Just earlier - Like Bob Wilson "Suzy's serenade" and Little Richie? I seem to remember there was a black & white boot, on a styrene press? Late 70's?

Sorry, couldn't resist; Not sure if this is applicable. Steve Phyliss had played Keb the Masters "I need your love" Crimson, covered up, and Keb wanted to buy it.Steve says Rich might sell you his. Now I like Keb, but I can't understand him most of the time. He manages to make it known, but the records at home, so I kind of say " No, I think I'll keep it". Gary (Rushbrooke) say's "I'll run you home to get it". So Keb gets his swaps box out; and I stand the ones up I'm interested in thinking "well, if I give him the MAsters and some money...". Settle on either a white demo of Rose Battiste "Hit & run" or a mint undefaced demo of the Malibus. Can't quite decide which though. He comes back, takes a look at these two records and says (Steve P doing the interpreting) I suppose you'll want some cash too, and offers me the two and £25. Well, we're in Gaz' car before you can say "but it only cost me 12p!"...he clearly mistook my hesitation for negotiation skills!

I was mooching around the Wintergardens, disconsolate because I had no money, and looking through boxes anyway, and I came across an original of the Gypsies "It's a womans world" (issue) the first real one I had ever seen. The chap only wanted a couple of quid too. I looked in my pocket and had to tell him "Look, I want it but I only have thirty seven and a half pence". To my absolute shock he replied "Go on then!". Speechless!

May well be the case that the Palmer copy has the same fault (never been lucky enough to have one) but I seem to recall someone at TOTW with one to sell telling me it didn't. If my memory is unreliable I can only apologise. Even those nights at Stafford are 30 years ago now!

Isn' it "Eating beans by the pound" ? and thereby blowing up?

Isn't there a fault in the mastering? I seem to recall that the Palmer copy plays as intended.

Snowboy put together a pretty decent compilation of the Go-Go sound called imaginitively (or not ) "Meet me at the go-go" that's worth a listen. Fopp had loads at a £1 a time..

Mine went back to JA around the Y2k (maybe 2001) - anyone know who has it? Just curious like!

I was chatting to JA just after I had bought one from Manship (£70 about '84/5) and he told me he got 5 Billy Woods at the same time as he picked up several other things in 5 counts. He didn't mention leaving any behind though.

Wasn't James Fountain played/sold for loads well before Gwen Owens was first played? I remember hearing JF at the Pier and hearing JM had paid £175 for it - don't remember G.O. until much later. Though my memory isn't all it used to be...

I heard that Steve Phylis 'cured' Gary Rushbrookes by applying weight to the tone arm and rewinding it through the section that skips - risky but apparently sucessful. At any rate I bought it from Gary and there were no jumps. I'm sure Steve is on here perhaps he can confirm the story?

Nice one Dave! I'd never heard of it before this thread but I think I'm starting to like it!

I love this forum! People on one thread moaning about Gwen Owens, bunch of people moaning about Bob Sinclar on another thread. We are happy campers aren't we?