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Don't believe it did escape on 45, though the UK (on odd occasions) put a different track on the B side of his 45's -- "Problem Solver" being one such cut).

Yes, Southern region electric units .......... ... think Steve loved 2Bil's the most.

Pity the Sam Moore & Edwin Starr clip ain't up on youtube as Jools chatted with them both before they broke into song. Edwin said he first got to meet Sam (& Dave) at a big gig they undertook in Cleveland (@ the Cleveland Arena I think he said). That must have been around Spring 1966 after S&D had enjoyed their 1st big hit. Edwin said that Cleveland had a great entertainment scene back then with all the top soul acts playing venues in the city. I'll have to post up my article on Edwin's Cleveland years on here.

Just happen to have 6/7 old editions of Blackbeat handy (they were up in the loft next to the Xmas tree & decorations). Scanned em all (as you do) & found reviews of this O T Sykes 45 in BB #16 (July 82). Clarkie reviewed it (he also made mention of Greg Perry's "It Takes Heart" & Charles Sherrell's "Things You Do For Love"). Sam also reviewed it..

Don't know if I'll be able to make this gig (though I would love to be there) ..... Someone who gets to chat with Spyder should ask him what he remembers about this tour ...........

I know lots on here love the music of the Shirelles and of ex group member Shirley Alston's later recordings. .... came across these recent-ish bits on here when surfing the net ..... ... good to see her looking so well just a few months back (she's over 70 years of age -- see photo below) ... https://www.nytimes.com/1995/11/05/nyregion/in-brief-a-shirelle-from-passaic-high-to-the-rock-hall-of-fame.html https://www.examiner.com/article/the-shirelles-shirley-alston-reeves-to-perform-stamford The Shirelles song that is just about her fave old tune is a 1961 Scepter 45 B side..... ...... the Shirelles "Ž— What A Sweet Thing That Was / A Thing Of The Past

I'm sure, that as a young gentleman, Kegsy, and the rest of his mates from Bradford, were very cool indeed.

Just watched an hour long prog on BBC2 ............ Jools Holland selecting his fave guests from his long 'LATER' TV series. His heart really is in the right place ........... his selections included ...... Mary J Blige, Alicia Keys, Solomon Burke, Edwin Starr, Sam Moore, Herbie Hancock, Billy Preston + the likes of Rusty Springboard & a Brit guy singing Stevie Wonder's "Place In The Sun". Can't find Sam & Da .. Edwin singing "Drown In My Own Tears" as a duet but Jools & Billy dueting on "Thats the Way God Planned it" is up there ......

Yep, their 'Madam Butterfly album was just fff*kin great ...... soul at its very best .......... ... https://www.discogs.com/Tavares-Madam-Butterfly/release/1116007 ..... like it so much, I still have 2 copies of the LP. When they were on at Prestatyn, I wrote their bio and sent it off to the guys for their approval ahead of time ..... .... I called them a soul group who had some disco hits ...... couldn't have worded it better .... ... they were my 'best mates' when they turned up in Wales as that's just how they saw themselves. I asked them to perform a couple of their Chubby & the Turnpikes numbers & they were well up for it. ... but they were using their usual UK backing musicians & those musicians' leader had other ideas. He didn't bother sending back to his home base to get the music for any of those songs sent up to the venue. The group weren't to be thwarted though & they performed bits of a couple of songs (+ Strangers in Dark Corners) acapella style. They really enjoyed the reaction they got from the weekender audience & wanted to return for another gig that they wanted to record for a 'live' release.

The unreleased Motown mp3 tracks aren't now available till Monday (17th) ........... .. but if you click on UK Amazon then, you'll be able to listen to snippets of every track (& buy the ones you like).

Rod the Mod's 1st gig at the Wheel .................

Bradford .... big drug scene ........ whatcha expect, after all Kegsy was from where ????

I started a thread about him just over a month ago (in Look At Your Box)

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Probably late 60's Canadian woman cut in a Canadian studio (Toronto, Montreal, ?). Back then, Canadian radio had to play loads (a high %) of Canadian made tracks by law; that policy stimulated local releases a lot. She sounds white to me too.

Patti & the Bluebelles final Atlantic 45 ("Suffer / Trustin In You" -- 1970) was a really fine Chicago-soul coupling ... .... if only Atlantic had promoted the thing, maybe they wouldn't have morphed into LaBelle. (the 2nd of those cuts currently being up on the 'Soul Source Record Club' thread).

Yep, the Co-op Ballroom was the venue known as the Attic. It started (under that name) as a soul club and went on to become a skinhead haunt.

The Spinning Disc, Leeds ......... .. when did Jimmy Saville stop being the manager of this venue (pre-Spinning Disc days I believe) .....

Thanks for that. Which are the guduns ?

Don't remember these getting released at the time (though by September 1967 I was 100% into soul) .... Did they come out & are they collectable ??

Can't remember going to Wakefield Tiffanys but I did go to the proposed Prince Buster gig hosted at Wakefield Locarno on Friday 19th May, 1967. Prince Buster played a 17 date British tour through April into May 1967 (venues including Reading College of Technology, the Ritz Ballroom Swansea, as well as gigs in Birmingham, Nottingham, Oldham, Stockport, Stafford + the Brixton ‘Ram Jam’ Club and a ‘Ready Steady Go’ slot). He was due to perform at Wakefield Locarno that Friday but failed to turn up. We went along (well I had to as I was working in Wakefield at the time -- for WRCC Highway's Design Dept. Had been working at the M1 site office on Denby Dale Rd, Durkar till end of March 67) but was pissed off when he never turned up. Waited till the end just in case, left so late we had to hitch home to Dony. A show I did really enjoy back then was the Four Tops (+ Madeline Bell as a support act) at Sheffield City Hall on Thursday 2nd February 67.

Doc Bagby (along with Bob Crewe) was a major player from 1962 thru to the mid 60's for Perri Records. Perri Records released both singles and albums in the pop, rock & roll, soul, jazz and classical fields. Their first singles featured Doc Bagby, Byrdie Green and George Smith. Richard Osias was the president of the label. Doc also worked on cuts for the likes of Don Gardner (“Dog Eat Dog” on Tifton) & the Nite Riders (Sue). Was the Perri label that was part of the ALA Enterprises set-up (of 663 5th Ave, NY) in early 1967 the same label as that above ??

Missed those gigs at Castleford's Tin Chicken Club as by 1968 (when they were staged), I was no longer visiting Yorkshire based niters but was a regular at the Wheel. All the groups on live (see post # 94) were fakes ......... the Isley Brothers (from Detroit it said, even though even the real Isley's were from New York -- this lot were Sam, Erv & Tom aka the Diplomats also from NY), the Impressions (from New York it said even though Curtis & the lads were from Chicago -- this lot were the Topics I believe), the Drifters (from Memphis ??? -- really the Invitations) and the Fantastics (just renamed by Pete Stringfellow from the Fabulous Temptations). Most of the groups that were fetched over as 'fakes' were NY based outfits as it was cheaper / easier to fly them over here from the Big Apple.

Dog Bagby on a US 45 ........... Is the VIM 45 version (issued about 7 years later) the same cut or a re-recording ?