Pete S

Not sure why they put that credit to Charity Brown on the reissue, it wasn't on the original.

Yes, was a massive record in 76 and early 77, then reissued on that Axe label that Webby mentions. It's one of those records that people say is pop crap but it used to sound great blasted out loud at Wigan.

Had a 10" one with pat powdrill - do it lou ragland - i travel alone yvonne daniels - don't want to get away from your love can't remember the last but it may have been an inst covered as "The Baltimore Band"

I had one with Lorraine Silver on as well, this was before it was played at Wigan and was only getting played at St Ives, it was meant to be Down In The Dumps by Tony Hester but the chap who did them couldn't get that. Having said that, we got a sort of exclusive as it wasn't really known and it became a big record locally via my emidisc. Just for the record - I still think it's great! (Other tracks on there were Bernie Williams, Rain and Al De Lory) Just remembered I also had a jeanette harper / anderson brothers, a detroit executives / phyllis brown - i've got something on my mind, which I don't think was ever played anywhere, maybe the Mecca?

I think that's one of the all time great records, but I don't think it's crossover, personally...it's way too strong, it's Northern to me

Needless to say you'd have to pay me to listen to side 2, a nightmare of epic proportions.

Here you go mate, sorry about the flash on the pics

Yes that was the "Gloria Barnes" version off the rare Towanda Barnes LP (Gloria/Towanda are the same person)

Yes it is. The version that came out on Grapevine was a different take to that on the original Karen single, easy to tell, when the kids first sing "Rosemary" on the original, there's a guitar riff, then they repeat "Rosemary"; on the Grapevine one, they sing it over the guitar riff as well.

Didn't see the question til now but I wouldn't have got it anyway

Now that has definitely come out of The Torch or The Cats era, it's hard to remember when Bok To Bach hadn't been pressed!

No that's a proper vinyl albeit bootleg LP mate, one side Northern, one side Modern. Side one is absolutely stunning, court davis, john & the weirdest, ty karim, professionals etc. Side 2 is shit.

So many I can't remember them all, they cost £5 from Suyndown Records in Wolverhampton, very under the counter; they showed you a list of titles and you chose two, came back the following week and your record was there. I saved up nearly 4 weeks paper round money to buy my first one reggie garner - hot line / lou pride - i'm comin home in the mornin then I got skullsnaps - i'm your pimp / frankie crocker - ton of dynamite world column - so is the sun / forgot larry santos - you got me where you want me / king errison - zola this was in 1975 obviously. When you got to known Pep and Max, you could buy them out of the shop(s), still a fiver, but it depended what they had in, the worst I bought was probably rosey jones p- have love will travel / the magicians - is it all gone willie mitchell - champion / jades - i'm where it's at (bought off Swoz at Sammies, terrible recording lol) willie mitchell - champion / jewels - we got togetherness pointer sisters - send him back / shane martin - i need you yum yums - gonna be a big thing / flirtations - stronger than her love (that came from Pete Lawson and his mate, they had a two page A4 list of titles you could choose from in the Wigan record bar) and so it went on, you have to remember that as kids at school and just leaving school, we couldn't afford originals of big sounds and the only way we were going to hear these things played at our youth club was for one of us to get an emi done. in 1978, 4 track 10" Pyral discs came in breifly, but the sounds of that time weren't great compared to the previous 2 or 3 years, I still have two of these 10" discs and they contain things like Carol & Gerri, Lou Roberts, Joann Courcey, Tough Girl, Fools Paradise. All cut by Pep.

Thanks! Second one is pretty good, some belting ska instrumentals on that one.

That's fine, that's all I asked in the first place.

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Fucks sake I only asked a simple, logical question. If thats too much trouble to answer then I'll leave you to your 'fun'.

Wasn't being facetious, it's just that there's a well known book of this title which deals with all kinds of music so thought maybe put 'soul' in the header if it's just soul. I have another book, 1000 Singles you should here before you die, it's a crushing disappointment, starts off well in the 50's but by the mid 60's it's selecting really well known tracks, I was hoping to discover new music but I had actually got over 900 of the 1000 selections. But are there 1000 soul albums that need to be heard?

Do they have to be soul LP's?

Surel;y everyone must know this Nancy Sinatra classic? If not, what about Robbie Williams "Millenium", it uses a gigantic sample from this track.

99.9% certain that I've seen yellow stock copies. p.s. I was right

Yes, "I'm never alone" kind of fast popcorn type thing with lots of strings, a bit too fast; B side "I'm in your corner" similar but much grittier vocals. It's on a gold and black stock copy, sounds around 1962/3?

Really? I'd never have known that. I've got 2 singles by Bessie Watson I think.

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Done right at the end of 1976 if I remember correctly. Great track. Surprised that "Drop A Dime on D9" was never reissued but then again, I never heard it played at any venue, ever, despite it being in Dave McCadden's unnoficial Wigan top 50 in January 77.