Chalky

Agree with you there Billy....

An article Mike Markesich wrote and was posted on RSF sometime ago. Sure I've seen a photo of them too "Detroit Soul on Music Town" from Mike Markesich Well, first off, the Detroit Soul were from New Britain, Connecticut. And they were all high school kids! The group used some members of their high school marching band on the recording of "All Of My Life". That single was released around September 1967 and was a Top Ten record on the Hartford, CT radio scene. Here in the New Haven, CT area (which is right on the CT shoreline, it made it up to #31 on the weekly Top 60 radio chart. One of the members died in Vietnam...I don't think it was the lead singer, Sal Lenares- -he was in an earlier group called the Soobes, who might have recorded a track on the CT various artist Soul sound LP's on the Fling-O label. I have never seen the LP, so I can't say for certain. Anyway, getting back to the group, I used to work with a guy who went to school with the members of Detroit Soul, and he said they could pull off soul as well as chart hits of the day. Their second single, "Does Your Mind Go Wild" came out around May 1968, and was nowhere near as popular as "AOML". Sal was out of the group by that time, I think Bill Durso, lead guitarist is giving his all on lead vocal. I like this disc too, wish they could've employed a black female chorus to coo the title instead of some local white girls.

Need decent quality MP3's of these two if anyone can oblige Jimmy Church - Right On Time - Southern Artists Falcons - Love Look In Her Eyes - Big Wheel Cheers

would agree with your value Hippo, maybe touch more but like you have seen for more, anything between £70 and a ton.

I'm not certain but sure I've got Johnny Maestro on a Stafford live tape, Ady playing it. Will try and dig it out. Know it was a 100 Club monster around that time, maybe bit after Stafford had closed??? C'mon Ady put us out of our misery

BTW great record and bags of soul in it IMO But then again if soul was a must in a record then there wouldn't be a deal left to play on the scene

Henry Atkinson discovered/found it. Offered it Ginger who turned it down, Tim bought it. Mick H next then Ginger got a copy for himself. Butch, JTrouble and few others now. No doubt a few more yet

Can't recommend the Jesse Boone & Astros highly enough, great record. I've been spinning it awhile now. Charlie Rich another, I used to spin this late 80's early 90's after being put onto it by Paul Donnelly

Nope not at all....simply go to the forum, register, you are asked for an intro about yourself and then you are let loose

Few I'm looking forward to hearing if at all possible..... Spidells - Pushed Out Of The Picture Little Charles - It's A Heartache Lee Bates both of 'em.. Limelights - Don't Leave Me Baby M&M & The Peanuts - The Phillie.....great cheapie (just picked a nice clean copy up even cheaper ) Matt Brown - Sweet Thing and to finish off a real slowie...... Faye Crawford - What Have I Done Wrong

Dunno what was paid but it was for the third "known" copy at the time. Like most rare records you take your chances, especially with recent discoveries.

Little John, heard it on and off over the years but not with any regularity. Carl Fortnum plays it out these days. Trent Sisters heard the odd time but not for a good few years. Probably totally forgotten or even unknown to the magority these days.

I have this version somewhere on tape......think the wailing woman though is Johnny Maestro

quick surf of the net and found this....... Formed in 1962 by Winston Hewitt and brothers Sydney and Derrick Crooks, the Pioneers were one of Jamaica's finest harmony groups. Hewitt had been replaced by Glen Adams by the time the group began recording for Leslie Kong's Beverley label in 1965, and following a move to Caltone Records in 1967, the group was essentially down to just Sydney Crooks and a newly recruited Jackie Robinson. Crooks and Robinson, as the Pioneers, scored a big hit with "Long Shot" (produced by Joe Gibbs), a song about a famous Jamaican racehorse. Adding singer George Agard to become a trio again, the group returned to working with Kong, recording "Nana" as the Slickers before scoring big with "Samfi Man" and a sequel to their horse saga, "Long Shot (Kick De Bucket)," again as the Pioneers. The latter track became a huge hit in England, prompting the Pioneers to take up residence there in 1970. Changing their style to reflect a more direct pop approach, the Pioneers had their last big hit with a cover of Jimmy Cliff's "Let Your Yeah Be Yeah." The group never officially broke up and continued to perform occasional and sporadic live shows.

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If you wanna be even fussier....who the f**** Chanky

ey up mate, maybe I'll leave it to his imagination

I've got it listed twice.....Hope 12052 with Loneliness Is A Pleasure on the flip and 551 with Peggy Did. If I remember rightly the Loneliness is a pleasure release could be a different colour label, red maybe. Definately know LIAP came out three times all with different flips, Dear Santa, Just In The Nick Of Time and TWIW.

Played out over the years, Driveller I think and Andy Dyson definately played it, still does occasionally. The flip has seen some turntable action too.

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Don't forget the different version of I Just Can't Win by the Intentions on Moneytown.

some releases...... ALBUMS * 1973 - extension of a man i love the lord / he heard my cry * someday we'll all be free * flying easy * valdez in the country * i love you more than you'll ever know * come little children * love, love, love * slums, the * magdalena * i know it's you * lord help me * 1972 - roberta flack & donny hathawayi (who have nothing) * you've got a friend * baby i love you * be real black for me * you've lost that loving feeling * for all we know * where is the love * when love has grown * come ye disconsolate * mood * 1971 - donny hathawaygiving up * a song for you * little girl * he ain't heavy, he's my brother * magnificent sanctuary band * she is my lady * i believe in music * take a love song * put your hand in the hand * be there * this christmas * 1970 - everything is everythingvoices inside (everything is everything) * je vous aime * i believe to my soul * misty * sugar lee * tryin' times * thank you master (for my soul) * ghetto, the * to be young, gifted and black * a dream SINGLES * 1980 - back together again (with Roberta Flack) * 1980 - you are my heaven (with Roberta Flack) * 1978 - you were meant for me * 1978 - the closer i get to you (with Roberta Flack) * 1974 - come back charleston blue * 1974 - come little children * 1973 - love, love, love * 1972 - i thank you * 1972 - where is the love (with Roberta Flack) * 1972 - i love you more than you'll ever know * 1972 - giving up * 1972 - little ghetto boy * 1971 - you've lost that lovin' feelin' (with Roberta Flack) * 1971 - you've got a friend (with Roberta Flack) * 1970 - the ghetto

Quick search and found a biog...... Donny Hathaway was one of the brightest new voices in soul music at the dawn of the '70s, possessed of a smooth, gospel-inflected romantic croon that was also at home on fiery protest material. Hathaway achieved his greatest commercial success as Roberta Flack's duet partner of choice, but sadly he's equally remembered for the tragic circumstances of his death -- an apparent suicide at age 33. Hathaway was born October 1, 1945, in Chicago, but moved to St. Louis when he was very young, and began singing in church with his grandmother at the scant age of three. He began playing piano at a young age, and by high school, he was impressive enough to win a full-ride fine arts scholarship to Howard University to study music in 1964. While in college, he performed with a cocktail jazz outfit called the Ric Powell Trio, and wound up leaving school after three years to pursue job opportunities he was already being offered in the record industry. Hathaway first worked behind the scenes as a producer, arranger, songwriter, and session pianist/keyboardist. He supported the likes of Aretha Franklin, Jerry Butler, and the Staple Singers, among many others, and joined the Mayfield Singers, a studio backing group that supported Curtis Mayfield's Impressions. Hathaway soon became a house producer at Mayfield's Curtom label, and in 1969 cut his first single, a duet with June Conquest called "I Thank You Baby." From there he signed with Atco as a solo artist, and released his debut single, the inner-city lament "The Ghetto, Pt. 1," toward the end of the year. While it failed to reach the Top 20 on the R&B charts, "The Ghetto" still ranks as a classic soul message track, and has been sampled by numerous hip-hop artists. "The Ghetto" set the stage for Hathaway's acclaimed debut LP, Everything Is Everything, which was released in early 1970. In 1971, he released his eponymous second album and recorded a duet with former Howard classmate Roberta Flack, covering James Taylor's "You've Got a Friend." It was a significant hit, reaching the Top Ten on the R&B charts, and sparked a full album of duets, Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway, which was released in 1972. The soft, romantic ballad "Where Is the Love?" topped the R&B charts, went Top Five on the pop side, and won a Grammy, and the accompanying album went gold. Also in 1972, Hathaway branched out into soundtrack work, recording the theme song for the TV series Maude and scoring the film Come Back Charleston Blue. However, in the midst of his blossoming success, he was also battling severe bouts of depression, which occasionally required him to be hospitalized. His mood swings also affected his partnership with Flack, which began to crumble in 1973. Hathaway released one more album that year, the ambitious Extension of a Man, and then retreated from the spotlight; over the next few years, he performed only in small clubs. In 1977, Hathaway patched things up with Flack and temporarily left the hospital to record another duet, "The Closer I Get to You," for her Blue Lights in the Basement album. The song was a smash, becoming the pair's second R&B number one in 1978, and also climbing to number two on the pop charts. Sessions for a second album of duets were underway when, on January 13, 1979, Hathaway was found dead on the sidewalk below the 15th-floor window of his room in New York's Essex House. The glass had been neatly removed from the window, and there were no signs of struggle, leading investigators to rule Hathaway's death a suicide; his friends were mystified, considering that his career had just started to pick up again, and Flack was devastated. Roberta Flack Featuring Donny Hathaway was released in 1980, and both of the completed duets -- "Back Together Again" and "You Are My Heaven" -- became posthumous hits. In 1990, Hathaway's daughter Lalah launched a solo career. ~ Steve Huey

Unfortunately I didn't hear your set Trev but from the bits I heard from some of the others there was some cracking stuff played, especially Cliff and Frazer Dunn. Fraser played a superb unissued track by the Carstairs but I forgot what it was c'mon Frazer, help me out if you're reading