Roburt

Youth club soul in my day was Ikettes - I'm Blue, Drifters - When My Little Girl Is Smiling, Chuck Jackson - Any Day Now, Ben E King - Don't Play That Song, Tams - Untie Me, Dionne Warwick - Don't Make Me Over & the like ... but then .. I moved on from my youth club era in 63 ...

I've got a few bits on HEAVEN SENT and from memory, they're all decent tracks. Probably got their 12" on the label (will have to check). Did the album appear on vinyl or just as a CD ??

Everything seems to be progressing well in relation to Rudy's upcoming UK visit. The film festival announcement is made in the coming week & the promotion for his live show @ the 100 Club will follow soon after ... seems everything will come together OK for a big day on Saturday 29th September ...

A few more (cheating a bit here as some of these scans are of foreign rekkids) ... but still interesting items .. I've included the Moments French 45 as they sing their hit in French on this version.

The best female singer of all time, a true icon has left us ...

Derek, After I moved south (1988 -- 1st to Northampton & then Abingdon), I used to make very regular visits to the various Rec & Tape Exchange shops in London. I'd always head to the cellars where they'd have box after box of old 7" & 12" singles. Lots was absolute junk (from our point of view) but white label 12"ers (luckily many still with the record labels promo info inserted into the sleeve on an A4 sheet. These 12's would be reduced in price till they reached 25p (originally 10p) each. I'd always come away with a big bag full of likely looking items. Get them home & spun em all ... lots would immediately go in the rubbish bin (rap tracks, electro cuts, etc) but many were good street soul items. Kept all those... only trouble is, 12" singles take up so much space & weigh a ton, so even some of the decent ones were eventually relegated to cardboard boxes in the garage ... have to sort thru em some time soon. . . . . ALSO ... re: Bristol music scene ... my daughter moved to the city in 1993 & was soon involved with local funksters. Her then boyfriend ran club nights on an old ship in the harbour (The Dug Out was the nite's name I think). So she got to now lots of the folk on the Bristol black music scene (including Banksy & many more of his ilk). That scene seemed to run on a totally separate path to the NS / MS / mainstream funk scene down there back then.

Seems that everything is happening on Saturday 29th September .... the Raindance Film Festival folk (London) will be making their big announcement on the 22nd August.

A few more of my bits; UK 7" promo remix, US Atlantic acetate, UK CBS Spec Prods 7", Canadian 45's in DJU sleeves, BGP 45 from BBC Gramophone Library.

A few more of my bits; some of my High Energy (the group) 45's, 2 x picture cover foreign 45's, 4 x Italian jukebox promo 45's, 2 x 7" album samplers, a rare Caribbean Hi 45 (put out as Hi was going under in the US).

A few more of my bits; some US jukebox 7" albums, Billy Preston UK A&M promo 45 sleeve, London Rec Studio acetate (UK remix of US track), EW&F party invite 45, BBC Gramophone Library 45 & plastic sleeve (more to follow) ...

No trip up north I'm afraid. There was mention made of a live performance to tie in with the film screening but that would be in London too. BUT the team are over in the UK for a few days at the end of September, so if any enterprising promoter wanted to put him on, they should get in touch asap (no air fares to fund, live backing band for him here, full show being rehearsed as we speak; SUFFERING WRATH, GOOD MORNING LITTLE SCHOOL GIRL and more).

That's because it hasn't been announced publicly yet ... I'm part of the team that has helped organise the event ... it is 99% certain to happen ... Rudy Love, his family & friends are already booked onto UK flights, their film festival screening is organised ... .... . . . . . even the after-show party is just about fully sorted ... ....... so just accept it is happening & wait for the official announcement (& for tickets to go on sale) . I was given permission to post about the show ahead of the official news (by the organisers). I thought people would be pleased to get an advance heads-up. Below is another scene from the film; Rudy on stage with Funkadelic George (Rudy worked a lot with Sly Stone in the mid 70's, but I think Sly was indisposed when the film was being made).

A few of the people featured in the documentary film about Rudy's career ...

Seems that it is true .... Hope he recovers really quickly ...

This one always has an uplifting effect ... coz there's a halo around his head ...

An obvious one ....

Anyone heard anything about the above ?? It is being reported on Facebook and I know the O'Jays had a concert in Atlalta last night ... HOWEVER.. there has recently been one of those stupid EDDIE LEVERT DEAD scam news stories doing the rounds & this just could be an extension of that rubbish.

Rudy gives us the RIGHT FEELING ... but here it's performed by Gwen Owens & Hot ... .... this version was also cut @ Wishbone Studios in Muscle Shoals ...

The song was obviously an in-house number at Scepter / Wand which both Chuck J and Lenny Miles cut in 1961. The Anna King version sounds just like the 2 male versions, so I guess she cut it not long after their versions (also in 61) and used the original as a template for her version. She signed with Ludix Records in 63 and so the song's (part) writer Luther Dixon must have been impressed by her efforts on the song. Baby Washington moved in the same NY music circles as Luther Dixon & the Scepter / Wand artists but was signed with ABC in 61 and then Sue from 62 to 67 ... guess she could have cut it for either label. I've no more idea of it's origins though than these musings ... bet someone on here will know though. Neither of the Scepter / Wand versions escaped in the UK (though both artists had UK 45's on Top Rank that featured Scepter / Wand cuts). Likewise, the Anna King version didn't gain UK release.

Anyone here know the provenance of the DEEP SOUL DISCOVERIES series of CD's ... I assume they're boots (tracks not licensed at least) ... I also think they're out of Italy but could be wrong as copies now seem to be up for sale on the net from folk in many different countries.

Totally different outfits. I am guessing that the 'Florida' Spindles were a blue-eyed (or mixed race) group, the Baltimore outfit (who'd started out as Frankie & the Spinners) were definitely black.

Just had word that almost everything is now in place for a live show @ the 100 Club by Rudy Love & Band. It is scheduled to take place on the night of Saturday September 29th. Rudy, his family & John Alexander are truly thrilled about the prospect of a live gig here in the UK. Especially one @ the 100 Club as the venue has links to the Yardbirds (who back in the day cut a cover version of ""Good Morning, School Girl""). Rudy will perform the song (almost certainly) in his live set on the night ... The show will tie in nicely with the Raindance Film Festival, being staged in London at the time & a celebration after-party will most probably take place after the gig has finished.

Sics pics .... I'm in em all (they're not that old, one around mid 80's, tuvas early to late 90's - APPROX DATES) .... numbering in date order #1/ A singer & a chancer @ Hinckley ... #2/ A singer & a chancer @ Cleggy #5/ Fans pay homage to a soul star (well all but one do) ... #3/ Two singers & two chancers, bet you can't guess which is which ... #4/ An assembled group of singers & one non-singer ... #6/ A motley bunch of soulies gettin ready to PARTTEEE ...

It was this package of soul stars that the above article refers to when it mentions the Glories gig @ the Howard Theatre in DC ... the package played the theatre for 7 days, ending the stay there on Thursday 1st June 67. Guess their week @ the Apollo followed on after these shows.

He was on at my first Sheffield haunt (the Mojo) a couple of times, plus the Esquire of course and even the Wheel (a couple of summer gigs there in the late 60's). I never liked his rock stuff, but I do really like his version of the Impressions "I've Been Trying" (cut @ the Mojo).