Platters 81

brill double sider.......

surely an excuse to post some scans of nice british demos

at a top venue ....Nick Marshall.....Isonics on Kammy at TOTW Stafford.....

Calling - unlimited four - chanson 12580 refosoul Here Ya Go

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Nick Marshall's got a early 70ts UA copy for a fiver on Netsounds right now....be quick

this is a wierd CD.......theres only two Esquires tracks on it....(unless the live ones are)....you get two live tracks.....two jazz instumentals.....you also get both sides of the Glen Watts Bunky 45 (super)..and both sides of the Skip and Ernest Bunky 45.(great version of B.butlers "Sweet darling"..)..and the Sheppards "island of love" (Apex/Bunky).....Bunky Sheppard twiddling his thumbs in LA in the 90ts i guess..

...some super Bert productions....

that tuesday night in Tunstall was fabbo........

I dont think this got a single release.."how was i to know"..from the LP..,. Gilbert and the boys on a marvellous Chicago vocal group tune.....

in my all time Top ten.......... ....is the "when i'm ready " the same recording as Mill Evans on Tou -sea.....(presumably leased down South from Chicago...)......

this is a prized possession.....much lusted after in my (limited) circle....i can send an mp3 of the key track "tupperware brigade" to people i like........(i'm on the trail of the david steele/shirley williams election 45 if anyone has it.......)

Top tune from a top vocal group......they did so many good 45s ....the Roker 45 "where have you been/people in a hurry " is also a fav......

when i was at the Torch in 68 i asked the dj whose the bloke with the high voice.....he said it was the Impressions "you been cheating"....its all been uphill since then.....

you just have to persevere Mel......i've been ignored in the past...then you have a piece of the jigsaw that fits and they are all over you......

"Court of Love" 1st track side 2 on the Kent 019 "Pure Soul" lp.........sublime..(it got an Oscar in Adys sleeve notes..)..

Ive got a spare for £45 incl recorded dely UK...pm me if interested.....

isnt there a version of "ive been trying" by the Chants on UK Chipping Norton?

i got mine from Johnny Beggs years ago...i think its pretty elusive.......ive always wondered if Twelve 76 is a biblical reference....the labels in Maine and distributed in Nashville.....wierd...

dunno the date on the Mamies 45.....although it has a pressing plant number stamped in ZTSC 127340/1....nor the circumstances surrounding his death....maybe Don Montgomerie knows......

"Ive been trying" two additional good versions.on 45.....Jerry Butler on Veejay(with the super "giving up on love" on the other side... also... Nu Sound Express on Silver Dollar...on LP Archie Bell +Drells "I cant stop dancing" Atlantic...(some nice covers of Chicago tracks on this)

not forgetting the super Chicago double sider.on Mamies....what a talented guy Karl was.....

i checked mine.......i noticed in the dead wax it has a Jaywalking number crossed out....(JW OO6B)

additions.......Karl recorded as Reggie Lamont on Blue Rock..."How lonely can one man be"/"darling ill get along somehow".....also wrote Jimmy Holland "baby dont leave me" on Blue Rock......also wrote both sides of the Shirley Wahls King 45....."why am i crying"/"thats how long"......he died in the 70ts.....