Eddie Hubbard

Deena Johnson - I’m A Sad Girl - Simpson Black Stock Copy .I think this is rare ,I found a copy in Vancouver 1980 .Sadly it was warped ,though played ok .I sold it to Keith Minshull at The Casino not long after my return .

Thanks for joining up the dots a bit Chalky

Cheers John ,thought it was mate

I think the lad on the right is either Barry ? a friend of Neil Rushton or Dave Krynski ?

There is a tape of Searling playing it at Wigan ,though he has no memory of owning it .Records were handed to DJs to play though ,so maybe it was one of those .I remember Mick Smith handing Richard a copy of “ Because of my heart “ on Rouser at an oldies nighter at Wigan ,quite a while before it went big .John Vincent reviewed Tommy Ridgley in Rod Dearlove’s “ Midnight Express “ fanzine about 81- 84 ?

Many thanks for putting some names and adding stories to the photo Torch56 .Yes ,you’re correct about Stockport ,I know and knew a huge amount of Soul fans from that area .Cheers Eddie

I’ve had this photo from The Cats on my pc for a while ,not sure who the source was or who the people are ,great photo though .

Found this copy of William Bell a while back ,with the card sleeve adorned with sounds from The Cats .

Bought Ruby Andrew’s blind off Soul Bowl for about £6 ,late 70’s after reading Dave Godin’s rave review in Black Music .Didn’t hear it out for quite a while …

I would love to know how the Maurci label obtained the backing tracks from the Detroit based Topper label .

I think I have that “ throat clearing “ version on a CD ,possibly Gold Soul ? I think it must be an unissued out take .

Ed was a genius ,besides being Chief Technical Director at Golden World ,Chief Engineer at United Sound , he engineered numerous Detroit Soul Classics and invented The Wolfbox a direct box which transformed recorded music not only in Detroit ,but at Abbey Road and Blue Note . I was honoured to spend time in his company at his home in Detroit ,taken there by Rob Moss ,he told us great stories of the Detroit music scene ,and demonstrated mixing techniques on his state of the art home equipment ,priceless !! It was also fantastic to listen to a talk with Ed ,Dennis Coffey and Paul Riser in The Snake Pit at Motown ,a mind blowing day .May Ed rest in peace ,the world is a much poorer place today .

Very sad news ,Jon was very influential promoting wise via RSG post Wigan ,and a real gentleman.Rest in peace Jon ,hope you are reunited with Sue now x

The beautiful entrance hallway to The Brill Building ,Taken by me in 2014 .

Very sad news ,I was too young for The Torch ,but his late Wigan and Stafford sets were superb .A proper character who loved the music and had great taste , thank you for influencing our All night soundtrack Keith ,Rest in peace x

I remember Arthur playing what was probably the 2nd copy of Mike Jemison “ You’ll never get my love “ in that room upstairs .It was great while it lasted ...

Finally out on BRC Japan ....

Betty Boo was an unissued track that John Anderson got from either Popcorn Wylie or Ollie McLaughlin in the 70’s along with many other previously unissued master tapes .Again Richard Searling was the first to play them ,at Wigan Casino .

Little Ann - What Should I Do was a long standing cover up for Richard Searling as Rose Valentine “ When He’s Not Around “ .There is one US test pressing credited to Ann Bridgeforth ,which Richard still has .Its real identity was unknown until Gilly and Tats were at Dave Hamilton’s studio in the 90’s and he played it on a reel to reel tape for them along with a bunch of other tracks .Gilly managed to hook Dave Hamilton up with Ady and Ace Records and the rest is history .

Thanks for the heads up ,recently got Amazon Prime

Hi Gary ,a friend on Facebook has asked me about the Deep Soul Classics 1- 23 On P - Vine ,and if any of the versions of songs differ from the released versions ? I was wondering if you had any info ?Wasnt sure if you are on Facebook . Hope you are keeping well ,Regards Eddie

I think Richard played it a few times at a Wigan Anniversary,5 or 6th not sure ?

Kenny Burrell ,Tim Brown ,a DJ from Notts ,name escapes me ...