Jerry Hipkiss

Don't worry, it's fooled plenty over the years, including me, I finally worked out that mine isn't kosher....Sebastian's info is correct, the bootleggers copied the runout markings as best they could from an original BUT made several mistakes...

First toured here as the Fantastic Temptations in 1967 thanks to a rogue promoter... https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=mTM_9JTeoMIC&pg=PA310&lpg=PA310&dq=fantastics+velours+history&source=bl&ots=EKTYqVgeL_&sig=qQkb0gVGqYGP7U_oh8i1U6utprI&hl=en&sa=X&ei=DzQDU76lLaSQ7AaZgIGwCQ&ved=0CDIQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=fantastics%20velours%20history&f=false

Said it before but I'll say it again - Bobby Reed's "Baby don't leave me" is one of the finest stompers ever played - Rose Battiste's "This heart is lonely" is essential as well...Ady, any theories yet how that version (to my ears what sounds like the finished product) ended up on the master tape?

Interestingly, the yellow Beacon UK issue is Frankford/Wayne stamped, and the matrix reads STR-101A (I take it that's Showtime?)...I guess the red and white swirl issue is the same, but how many of the other variants used the US master plates?

A quick flip through bought some smiles, and painful memories of pyramid building at Reading all-dayer, but also made you realise how the beer and partying overtook the music on that scene...IMHO of course...

Come to Daddy...:-) thanks to Wilxy, a nice W/D now in the box from last nights Soul Shuffle! Happy bunny!

Definite Yate and Wigan spin late 70's, favourite of mine at the time...can't remember it being covered up though, and Flynny doesn't show it on his comprehensive listing?

Plenty of stuff if you dig a little...try this for starters... https://www.thepiratearchive.net/london-stations/

NS World - I'm middle aged, it's Saturday night, I'm off out listening to loud music and having fun. Real world - I'm middle aged, it's Saturday night, I'm at home moaning about the telly...

As I thought, the 6-73 gives you the repress date...so who was behind it?

I'll say in public what I said to you over the holidays David, when that was spinning round on my deck, someone could get a major result with that tune!

Certainly the Young Rascals formed out of the Starliters, but I never realised until a couple of years ago that they were multi-racial which caused some problems :-)...interesting article here...https://www.toppermost.co.uk/joey-dee-starliters/

Yes, the names of Jimmy Johnson and Roger Hawkins jumped out at me as well, yet the article says that the recordings were done in Chicago? Can't see the MS boys schlepping all the way up there!

Some of the later Perception releases had the mastering date scratched in , so maybe someone who has the version with the instr., could supply details of what's in the runout to compare?

The second issue was around in 1973 if I remember correctly...that was the one with the instr. on the B-side

Richard Searlings' old Doni Burdick C/U...the vocal sounds like Herman's Hermits! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1Xq1ZKWhKQ

I always thought they were mainly to get DJ's playing the vocal ahead of the Grapevine release!

And don't forget his involvement with Fat Larry's Band and the WMOT set up in the late 70's/early 80's...

Dennis Lee and Julie ran this one I think, but as you say there had been nights there off and on for years before that Mikey.

Yes, but just look at the good time everyone's having!

Upstairs at Wotton Hall niter often has that heyday feel, loads more sales than a lot of places and I usually come back home with something new!

Gloucestershire - a county with a fine history of Northern Soul - and it continues!What's frightening is that it's almost twenty seven years since that was filmed...don't think I DJ'd at that one, although I did quite a few there, probably off doing a nightclub gig! Dennis Lee, Wilxy with big hair, Sue Reddy, Julie, Rich Gough, even Steve Smith, loads more faces, and what's positive is that a lot of 'em will be at either Soulfusion this Saturday or Gloucester Wotton Hall niter next month!

Just love the review of the opening act!

Yes Rick, good blue-eyed version, I first heard it at the Cats, 1973, think it was Allan S playing it, got myself a demo and it's still in the collection :-) but for soulful content I'll dig out my UK issue of the Impressions!

Don't believe so, it was quite a common tune on import issue - can't recall seeing a demo before though!