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pretty lucky

and if you're lucky, you get one of these with the promo copy.

https://youtu.be/SaCaOub-CEs

I think the first one is probably the Fontella Bass cut "Talking About Freedom". She was married to Lester Bowie and his brother Byron Bowie wrote the song. No Daves in there as far as I can see

The Metros - Since I Found My Baby - RCA promo M- £120 SOLD Beautiful looking and sounding copy. I'd like payment as paypal gift if possible and in that case I'll do free recorded delivery postage in the UK Overseas £8.00 registered to Europe, £9.00 rest of the world PM or email to: mistergodzilla@yahoo.com Feel free to ask questions. Thanks

The Eternals is one of my all time top 20 45s. This pales in comparison.

Don't build your hopes up to high Jim. This Avons on Hull is usually red. It's from the same seller ans he actually describes this as a red label. Link to original listing https://www.ebay.com/...=item3cce0cbc09

Seem to remember Billy Watkins The Ice Man had a bit of the old innuendo in there....

Nonsense. It's a penis. Besides, Eve didn't have a job

With respect Dave that's some pretty twisted logic: You don't think an internationally successful song should have been released by the artist as a single? Wouldn't want to ruin a record's credibility by selling too many copies eh I don't think there's any gospel roots to this song at all either. If anything Oscar Brown Jr was a jazz singer (as well as actor. political activist etc etc). Other than Sing Hallelujah, which is a cracking tune, I can't think of much else he did with a religious theme. I love his song lyrics and the way he tells stories with great wit and visual imagery - think Work Song, Mr Kicks, The Lone Ranger and so on. Surely The Snake is just another one of these albeit a bit more risque and with a not particularly subtle metaphor?

Not like you to drop one Rod. You need to get back to your old crotchety self. Back on topic (almost) maybe you could just loop the hook and slip it it. You're welcome to any of my old cast off puns by the way

Double snap!

Actually the meters records recorded for Josie initially and later Reprise. Maybe you're getting mixed up with Sansu where they were the house band. Parlo was in fact gone a couple of years before they formed. The label only put out a handful of 45s before going under and - ironically - it was Aaron Neville's huge hit "Tell It Like It Is" that sunk it. I recall the story from the John Broven book Rhythm and Blues in New Orleans (although my copy is titled Walkin' to New Orleans). Well worth a read.

Loved it from first hearing mate.

You're forgetting the golden principle of revisionism. Anything played at Wigan that is rubbish by modern standards was typical of the stupid, brutish DJs at the Casino and their ill informed, tasteless audience. Anything played at Wigan that meets current day critical approval was first played at Blackpool Mecca but no-one danced because these records were so far ahead of their time.

This is the one I have. Looks like the series goes something like this Good Vibrations: Sounds of Top 40 Radio 1964 - 1967 Let the Good Times Roll: Early Rock Classics 1952-1958 Teen Beat: Instrumental Rock 1957-1965 Out of Sight, Out of Mind: American Soul 1966-1972 In the Still of the Night: The Doo-Wop Groups 1951-1962 Only in America: East Coast Teen-Rock 1959-1968 'Til My Dreamin' Comes True: West Coast Teen Rock 1958-1964 Eddie Cochran and Gene Vincent: Their Finest Years 1958 and 1956 Let's Have a Party: The Rockabilly Influence 1950-1960 Summer Means Fun: Californian Surf Music 1962-1974 On the Road Again: Rock's New Frontiers 1966-1970 Ooh Poo Pah Doo: Early Sixties Soul 1960-1965 In the Still of the Night: The Doo-Wop Groups 1951-1962

That's Dirty Water of course - interesting typo though!

It's a budget priced album from the 80s I think. Must have been part of a series as I've got an album with a really similar design and it's got some nice garage and folk tracks like Standells, - Dirty Warder, Count 5 - Psychotic Reaction, Outsiders - Time Won't Let me, Steve Miller - Living in the USA, Stone Ponies - Different Drum. Gordon Lightfoot, Joe South etc...

I don't know how many originals there are. Ric said 1000 of the boot I think, but I'm not sure if that was before or after a number of faulty copies (or even more faulty in the circumstances!) were scrapped. Can't believe the level of details we go into about these sort of matters but I guess that's one of the things that always draws me back

I think by purple he means the crappy sounding deep red vinyl ones done by Global. Ric Cooper has previously mentioned a limited run and many of them being trashed, hence that boot being rarer than the original. Not sure how the reference to Natural Four re-doing "I Thought You Were Mine" for ABC after the Boola Boola version was a regional hit relates to any of this though...

Here you go

It's one of the best white Northern records of it's type for sure Peter. Sure as hell beats Jimmy Breedlove's version too - and he is black. It seems then that the singer's colour is less important than the arrangement with regard to what makes Paul Anka's cut a great record.

I think I've posted this before. The phrase "driving Detroit Beat" certainly gives the impression that RCA wanted this to be viewed as a soul record.

There's speculation that the Jaynetts 'Sally Go Round The Roses' is coded lesbian song.