Pete S

So do you mean that the people who identified it have got the wrong track Steve?

MEANWHILE BACK ON THE DANCEFLOOR THE VALENTINES - BREAKAWAY TONY GALLA BAND - IN LOVE (INST) THE FASCINATIONS - CRAZY SIDNEY BARNES - YOU'LL ALWAYS BE IN STYLE MEL BRITT - SHE'LL COME RUNNING BACK RUFUS WOOD - BEFORE 2001 TINA MASON - WHAT LITTLE RITCHIE - JUST ANOTHER HEARTACHE THE RINGLEADERS - ALL OF MY LIFE JEWEL AKENS - A PIECE OF THE PIE THE MIGHTY LOVERS - THE MIGHTY LOVER DANNY OWENS - I CAN'T BE A FOOL FOR YOU OHIO PLAYERS - LOVE SLIPPED THROUGH MY FINGERS BIG DADDY ROGERS - I'M A BIG MAN TONY HESTER - DOWN IN THE DUMPS PATIENCE VALENTINE - IF YOU DON'T COME TSU TORONADOES - A THOUSAND WONDERS EVIE SANDS - PICTURE ME GONE BARBARA DANE - I'M ON MY WAY THE VIBRATIONS - FOLLOW YOUR HEART STEVE FLANAGAN - I'VE ARRIVED THE BLENDERS - YOUR LOVE HAS GOT ME DOWN LYDIA MARCELLE - IT'S NOT LIKE YOU KENNY WELLS - ISN'T IT JUST A SHAME GENE CHANDLER - MR. BIG SHOT THE SONATAS - GOING DOWN THE ROAD THE SAPPHIRES - EVIL ONE SOLID HITBOUND PRODUCTIONS - GENIE (INST) https://www.mixcloud.com/mayfairmenthol/meanwhile-back-on-the-dancefloor/

Hadn't seen this before, hope it may be of interest, every Red Bird issue and demo pictured, but no Ellie Greenwich issue? https://www.the-discographer.dk/vinyl/red-bird-disko.pdf

Have a listen and see if you can make out the voice - Martyn Ellis is definitely on there - I wouldn't have recognised Kev Roberts or Ian Fishwick's voices so it may be one of them. Or not - I don't know, I didn't record it. And to Eddie, by the same token as some of those titles being 'later' - others are positively ancient and well known from other venues, Nancy Ames, Frank Beverly etc

I'm losing my marbles here, there was a post from Kev Roberts which I can't see now, and my reply to him which I also can't see now, where did they go? * oops they are on the actual tape topic, ignore this

Have a listen then Kev, see if you can make out the voices - one is definitely Martyn Ellis - I said the other was 'probably' Richard

I've had at least 5 copies of Chapter Five and I've had two John Andrews demos and one issue. The last demo I sold about 3 years back for £300. It sure is a tough record to find but It's not gone up £700 in that time, surely.

Chris, it may well have been Stella Starr, I just presumed it was Cissie Houston. Whoever sent the original tape wrote the date on it, so I just went by that. I'm not going to question the memory of the person who recorded it. By the time I was 'on the scene' which was about 12 to 18 months after this tape was recorded, most of these were being played at our youth club, so had obviously all been pressed. As someone said, Joe Hicks managed to avoid the bootleggers until 1976, Lou Ragland until 1977. And everyone - as for the 'real' date - it doesn't really matter does it? You're getting some priceless nostalgia, and it's free.

I'd hate to shop where you do!

It is up Jim, in audio / video section

Time for another Casino tape and this one is a very rare one. This tape is from October 1973, the earliest Wigan tape in existence as far as I know, just a month into the Casino's lifespan. The playlist is pretty much as to be expected, mainly comprising records from The Cats, The Torch and places like Va Va's. Much of the tape was cut to pieces where the original taper started recording then changed his mind. Tracks I had to cut off this tape included Terrible Tom, Jr Walker (I Ain't Goin' Nowhere), Morris Chestnut, Freddie Chavez and Lou Ragland (I Travel Alone). Very interesting to see LOU RAGLAND in there though, I had no idea until today that this was spun and then dropped for 3 or 4 years. It's a fabulous tape, usual mono quality, great atmosphere and the clapping during Mike Post Coalition is spine tingling. You'll wish you were there - I did! DJ's are cut from the tape mainly but I can definitely hear Martyn Ellis and probably Richard Searling. JOE HICKS - DON'T IT MAKE YOU FEEL FUNKY SAXIE RUSSELL - PSYCHEDELIC SOUL AUDIO ARTS STRINGS - THERE IS NOTHING ELSE TO SAY STANLEY MITCHELL - GET IT BABY TONY & TYRONE - PLEASE OPERATOR JOHNNY CASWELL - YOU DON'T LOVE ME ANYMORE NANCY AMES - I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT LYNNE RANDELL - STRANGER IN MY ARMS VOLCANOS - THE LAWS OF LOVE LEE ANDREWS - I'VE HAD IT THE SAPPHIRES - THE SLOW FIZZ EDDIE FOSTER - I NEVER KNEW THE ADVENTURERS - EASY BABY FRANK BEVERLEY - IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANTED CISSIE HOUSTON - BRING HIM BACK CUT GLORIA JONES - TAINTED LOVE LEON YOUNG STRINGS - GLAD ALL OVER DETROIT SOUND - JUMPING AT THE GO GO MIKE POST COALITION - AFTERNOON OF THE RHINO GOLDEN WORLD STRINGS (TOTAL ECLIPSE) - SUPERTIME THE JELLY BEANS - YOU DON'T MEAN ME NO GOOD FREDDIE CHAVEZ - THEY'LL NEVER KNOW WHY https://www.mixcloud.com/mayfairmenthol/wigan-casino-earliest-recording-october-1973/

I was just getting this tape ready to put up as a podcast and thought it would make interesting reading if I posted up the track list. This tape is from October 1973, the earliest Wigan tape in existence as far as I know, just a month into the Casino's lifespan. The playlist is pretty much as to be expected, mainly comprising records from The Cats, The Torch and places like Va Va's. Very interesting to see LOU RAGLAND in there though, I had no idea until today that this was spun and then dropped for 3 or 4 years. It's a fabulous tape by the way, look out for it later on, great atmosphere and the clapping during Mike Post Coalition is spinte tingling. DJ's are cut from the tape mainly but I can definitely hear Martyn Ellis and probably Richard Searling JOE HICKS - DON'T IT MAKE YOU FEEL FUNKY SAXIE RUSSELL - PSYCHEDELIC SOUL AUDIO ARTS STRINGS - THERE IS NOTHING ELSE TO SAY EDDIE FOSTER - I NEVER KNEW MIKE POST COALITION - AFTERNOON OF THE RHINO MORRIS CHESTNUT - TOO DARN SOULFUL CUT STANLEY MITCHELL - GET IT BABY TONY & TYRONE - PLEASE OPERATOR JOHNNY CASWELL - YOU DON'T LOVE ME ANYMORE UNKNOWN INSTRUMENTAL (sounds a bit like You Want It You Got It) NANCY AMES - I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT JR WALKER - I AIN'T GOIN' NOWHERE TERRIBLE TOM - WE WERE MADE FOR EACH OTHER LYNNE RANDELL - STRANGER IN MY ARMS EARL JACKSON - SOUL SELF SATISFACTION VOLCANOS - THE LAWS OF LOVE LEE ANDREWS - I'VE HAD IT THE SAPPHIRES - THE SLOW FIZZ EDDIE FOSTER - I NEVER KNEW THE ADVENTURERS - EASY BABY FRANK BEVERLEY - IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANTED CISSIE HOUSTON - BRING HIM BACK GLORIA JONES - TAINTED LOVE LOU RAGLAND - I TRAVEL ALONE PHIL FLOWERS - DISCONTENTED LEON YOUNG STRINGS - GLAD ALL OVER DETROIT SOUND - JUMPING AT THE GO GO MIKE POST COALITION - AFTERNOON OF THE RHINO GOLDEN WORLD STRINGS (TOTAL ECLIPSE) - SUPERTIME THE JELLY BEANS - YOU DON'T MEAN ME NO GOOD FREDDIE CHAVEZ - THEY'LL NEVER KNOW WHY

Just shows though doesn't it, he had two big reissue 45's out, the London issue of Night Owl (b/w Yvonne Baker) must have sold around 15,000 copies and I Walked Away maybe 10,000 copies, but all the royalties went elswhere - and that was from two legitimate UK releases.

Seller is a member on here and used to be on a fair bit, shame he hasn't joined in with the thread

It's actually not a hard boot to get though, people shouldn't really pay more than £10 for it, neither is Lenny Curtis. Eddie Parker is pretty scarce but not worth anything like the price it sells for. Something like Rufus Wood "Before 2001" is a rare one.

I knew, but only because someone told me recently, it's just that I can't remember it being announced on here, if it has been then I apologise for repeating bad news, but it is pretty sad This is from his wife....to Ian Levine Hi Ian, OK now I feel better talking to you about BOBBY...We moved from Hollywood, CA to Las Vegas, NV in 2006 and bought a nice house...He was working on his album, but was always tired, then his son Bobby Jr. was killed in a car accident in Jan.2007 and he and I both became very depressed...he started going to the doctor who started draining his blood every week as they said it was to thick...after draining his blood doctors said he was doing fine, but he was sleeping more and more...then one night he felt so bad I took him to emergency...they started doing a lot of tests one being a bone marrow and they found out he had Leukemia...they only gave him 2 weeks to 2 months to live...I was ready to take him home at 4:00pm September 24, 2009 and he died at 3:50pm...what a shock that was because he never complained of any pain, was just tired...I lost my BEST friend, we knew each other since 1969, but did not marry until Feb. 27, 2001...Ian if you could let people know of Bobby's passing I would really appreciate it as I do not know how to google it...if not that's OK too...Over the Christmas Holidays my cousin who is in a band is going to help me with Bobby's music...so maybe there will be 1 more album...Well one more ting and its a big thing, Ian THANK YOU SOOO MUCH for all you did for him...

That's a great track. I'm a closet Lesley Gore fan. I recently got everything she ever recorded including a few demos. Whittled them down to beat ballads, classic girl group sounds and dancers, got rid of all the schmaltz, ended up with a cracking 38 track compilation.

OK not really much point in everyone saying their copy is not off centre is there just rubs it in

Wait a minute, didn't realise it was on UK MGM. It is rare - I'd have thought £60 maybe.

Continuing with the 10 A Day sales... pete.smith@freeuk.com 01902 326306 DOROTHY PRINCE - SEEK AND YOU'LL FIND - MPAC EX £25 Shouty-voiced Stafford dancer, decent price for this. RIDEOUT - SOMEONE SPECIAL - HOTLICKS RECORDS HLR 1003 EX+ £100 Has some microscopic paper sleeve removal marks otherwise it's as near to mint as you can get, and I don't actually use the grade mint so it's EX+. BILLY PROPHET - PUPPET ON A STRING - MERRIMAC EX £30 One time £100 sound LOU RAWLS - YOU CAN BRING ME ALL YOUR HEARTACHES - CAPITOL EX £10 Classic 60's Soul THE RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS - BRING YOUR LOVE TO ME - MOONGLOW EX £10 Old 100 Club / Stafford spin THE ROYAL PREMIERS - WHO AM I WITHOUT YOUR LOVE - TOY EX £20 SOLD Really nice doo-wop influenced group dancer AL REED - SORRY ABOUT THAT - AXE EX £25 New Orleans R & B style dancer RONNIE & JOYCE - ON THE STAGE OF LOVE - ALPHA EX £20 Minor Wigan play - proper Northern as well FAY SIMMONS - IF THIS IS GOODBYE - TUFFY EX £20 SOLD Fairly primitive early dancer, sparse and echoey, catchy though SYLVIA ST. CLAIR - JUST LOVE ME - BRUNSWICK DEMO VG++ £60 Belting big city soul dancer, this has a few tiny pops but the music overpowers, apart from that, only graded at VG++ because of a few visible marks. Books at £150, got to be worth a punt at £60. PAYPAL WELCOME POSTAGE £1.30 1ST CLASS OR £2.40 FIRST CLASS RECORDED (UK) WILL QUOTE ELSEWHERE

It's just my bad luck Mick, probably the only one in the batch that's offcentre!

I'm not sure it ever was, I think it might just be one of those collectors records. I've never heard it played anywhere.

pete.smith@freeuk.com post extra Here's 10 more excellent original 45's for sale - oops actually it's 11 today THE SKYLINERS - EVERYTHING IS FINE - JUBILEE SOLD EX £10 A truly stunning record which never went big when it so deserved to, probably too many copies and not rare enough, but quality wise, this is up there with the best male vocal group records. THE SONNETTES - I'VE GOTTEN OVER YOU - KO KNOCKOUT EX £20 Another one which used to be around in quantity, though not on this very first press with different label design. Excellent midtempo dancer. ROSCOE SHELTON - WHO WALKS IN (WHEN I WALK OUT) - SOUND STAGE 7 EX £15 One of his more obscure dancers, string laden uptempo tune and a real gower. Deep flip. JEANNIE SCREEN - WHEN THE LOVIN' IS GOOD - JOSIE DEMO EX- £20 Lovely girly dancer, got a few spins late 90's, definitely influenced by "Selfish One" THE SIMS TWINS - A LOSING BATTLE - OMEN EX+ £15 Great Sam & Dave soundalike THE SINGERS - JUST A LITTLE FURTHER / FOR SALE (ONE BROKEN HEART) - ELBAM EX £20 SOLD Nice double sider, gospel influenced dancer on A side and an Impressions soundalike on B side THE SHOWMEN - THE HONEY HOUSE - SWAN EX EX (one mark not affecting play) Uptempo dancer, funny, had this for years and never actually played it, it's got the same piano in it as Audrey Slo! Must have been the regular studio piano LOL THE SUPERLATIVES - LONELY IN A CROWD - WESTBOUND EX £10 Archer stamped TOMORROW'S MEN - WHO'S THAT LADY / IT'S REAL - CONGRESS EX £70 Who's That Lady has the same backing track as El Anthony on La Cindy. It's Real is a kind of midtempo sweet soul number. Seen this at double this price. MARTHY THOMPSON - WHIRLPOOL - SIR BEN EX £60 Was a very big spin at Stafford, blue eyed dancer. IKE & TINA TURNER - I'LL NEVER NEED MORE THAN THIS / THE CASH BOX BLUES - PHILLES EX £10 SOLD The usual kitchen sink production job - how over the top? B side is a pummelling piano instrumental. PAYPAL WELCOME POSTAGE £1.30 1ST CLASS OR £2.40 FIRST CLASS RECORDED (UK) WILL QUOTE ELSEWHERE More tomorrow cheers Pete

Was surprised to see you didn't know the Tom Green, knowing what you know Ian, been a play out record for lots of people for 12 or so years, one of those very obscure late Action 45's on the grey label.

Reissue is styrene with stuck on label - original isn't :-)