kevinsoulman

this is what neil rushton said after speaking to jack ashford see previous thread from 2007 I spoke to Jack Ashford in the seventies when I was importing records - I was after quantity of "There Can Be A Better Way" - The Smith Brothers (the pressing plant was hanging on to them as they had not been paid for and it was all a bit complicated). I asked Jack about the version of "I Love You baby" credited to Lorraine Chandler and he said that it was not a bootleg as he had been commisoned by Simon Soussan to record it for the Black Magic release but that he (Jack) used another singer on it. I was still writing for Black Echoes at the time so included the name of the singer in a piece I did, I can't remember the name, maybe Paula Buclow or someting similair.I thought it was a good scoop and it is the mag f anyone has back copies.Jack was in LA at the time so it would have been recorded there, with the new vocal over the original backing track. I think Jack was told it would be released under correct name of the new vocalist- not as Lorraine Chandler. It sounds nothing like Lorraine Chandler so apart from being fraud what was the point? Incidentally that "My Sugar Baby" - Sherlie Matthews is quite rare - we had 500 45's, all coloured vinyl,from Soussan and he never repressed it, it was typical Simon scam to credit it to Sherlie Matthews.Ian Dewhirst and myself were told he had discovered it in the Mirwood archives and it was Sherlie. That was bullshit,but he did have some kind of deal with Randy Wood for the Mirwood tapes and so the track had some kind of legitimacy, albeit a seventies vocal over a sxities backing track.Typical Simon he comes up with a good idea, makes an OK record and blows it by having to lie about who the artist was. Neil

former threads kev

and the flip what can i do one of the best twofers kev

THANKS FOR THAT KEV YOU WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THEY WOULD REPLY TO LISTENERS EMAILS THOUGH SORRY EX LISTENER KEV W

NO SMOOTH 70'S RUNS ALONGSIDE SMOOTH FM DAVE BROWN'S SHOW USED TO RUN FROM 6-8 EVERY SATURDAY ON FM UNTILL HE ANNOUNCED THE OTHER WEEK IT WAS NO MORE,I CONTACTED SMOOTH AND HAD NO REPLY,CAN KEV ROBERTS SHED ANY LIGHT ON THIS AS HE AND RICHARD DO A REGULAR SHOW FOR THEM? KEV

ONE OF MY LASTING MEMORIES OF THE CASINO , COMING OUT OF M'S LOOKING OVER THE BALCONY ON TO A PACKED FLOOR DANCING TO THIS BRILLIANT TIMES KEV

GET THE SANDALS ON AND LETS GO BABY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2A-ybyTaPs KEV

epic surely eric kev

WHAT IS NORTHERN SOUL KEV

JUST HEARD THIS HAS GONE IF SO I AM DELETING SMOOTH FROM MY RADIO AND COMPUTER IN PROTEST. THERE WAS NO PRIOR WARNING HERE TODAY GONE TOMORROW, HAVE ASKED THEM WHY AND AWAIT THEIR ANSWER KEV

PROBABLY THE US ARMY LOL KEV

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGqBWjMmVps rip kev

ANYONE ELSE CATCH IT ABOUT 8-45ISH RICHARD SEARLING AND ELAINE CONSTANTINE FEATURED FOR A FEW MINUTES KEV

that looks like my clip boring as f---k but i'm no computer whizz was loads of 12" clips so i uploaded it and put it in one of daves previous threads have always loved it to bits kev

looks similar to this one to me it does not look as though the centre has been pushed out either though john states it has been https://www.raresoulman.co.uk/d/200189/FAT_LARRYS_BAND kev

RIP ONE OF THE PHILLY GREATS https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/RB-Legend-Bobby-Martin-Dies-223104461.html KEV

WHERE HAVE THE LAST FIVE YEARS GONE KEV

TONY CUMMINGS' THE SOUND OF PHILADELPHIA, HAVE NOT READ IT FOR YEARS SITS AT THE BEDSIDE MUST GIVE IT ANOTHER LOOK KEV

yellow magic orch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPqBfESmgek kev

SLIGHTLY OFF TOPIC BUT INTERESTING https://solidhitsoul.com/tsutoronados.html KEV

THE SLOWER PACED WILLIE AND THE MAGNIFICENTS FUNKY 8 CORNERS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjig0w31z7Q OR THE FASTER FRANKIE COCKER TON OF DYNAMITE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9lrdQZkzHE KEV JUST BEAT ME PETE

£2.50 is a bit steep i usually charge £1.65 for up to 3 items ,unless the daft b---ers pay before i invoice em kev

AS THEY SAY IT'S WHAT'S IN THE GROOVES THAT COUNT KEV

and one starts without the brass section kev