Sean Hampsey

Wow... some compilation that with material from Chess, Mercury and 20th Century all on one slab... from the Grandfathers of Group Soul music. I played 'Closer' in the middle of the night at the last Soul Essence and the floor was in raptures! Also heard 'Don't Trick Me Treat Me' at some point during the weekend... another superb dancer. Can't fault these boys on Ballads either, can we. The Love We Had.... Always Together .... Standing Ovation.... I Touched a Dream... are all sublime. Pity about the shortage of ABC material on their though. I would have loved to have seen "Slipped, Tripped, Stumbled & Fell In" (possibly their finest hour) and "My Life Is So Wonderful" the superb uptempo fingersnapper! High quality release though. An essential purchase I'd have thought. Sean

They had 1 album on RSO, 2 on RCA 2 on Handshake... that I'm aware of. Couldn't tell you which one fetches the most money these days.... but it's certainly not the Handshakes. I guess the RSO LP is the hard one! Sean

You're right Steve. "That's How It Is" ... always rated it.

Was touted as the vocal to The Brothers "Are You Ready For This" at the time. The flipside to "Get Ready For This" "Where It's Warm" is a stunning 'crossover type' number, well worth picking up. Worth mentioning that Revelation were the warm up act for The Bee Gees whilst at RSO... and later had a Northern MONSTER with "Feel It" on Handshake (one of the biggest tunes at Clifton Hall) also worth seeking out. So, anybody else got a copy of 'Sweet Talk & Melodies' that credits 'Revelation Movement' as the artist?. Bought it as a new release and it's always intrigued me that I've never seen another. Sean

Come off it Steve. You can't keep up with Fraser (Can you?). Can anybody? Sean

While this thread is up, thought I'd mention that my UK 45 copy credits the artist as REVELATION MOVEMENT Anyone else got/seen one of these? Sean

Bit of a 'Techie' Solution that Steve. Most of these lads have only just got used to CD's haven't they? YouSendIt might just push 'em over the edge! Sean BTW, Who's this 'Crinkly' bloke that's on your Al Green CD?

Me too Chris. Thinking Bank Holiday Monday before I even get into the collection. Still, I think we all prefer it when they land through the post box in phases rather than all at once. Sean

Agree Gasher. Big Guy. Tremendous Taste! Sean

OK. Glad to have been of assistance. Cant imagine how FDsoul got that impression in the first place. Sean

OK And...rew Has he been in touch yet? I pm'd and emailed him, but he's probably having his afternoon nap! Sean

All I know is that he says himself that he's a rotten sh#t... so why should I doubt him! Sean

Please yourself... you Rotten sh#t!

He is on here and I will pm him now to tell him you're asking for him. He's a top guy BTW! Sean

Right Adam, wrongly advertised as 'first time on a 45'. Original 45 is seriously rare. Sean

fl is Flute flg is Flugel Horn! Sean

So what do you reckon.... Donny.... With Beard or Without? Any preference? Sean

No John... it's proper. ZTSC Stamped and everythang!

Agree with you there mate. Sean PS: Best thread in ages! Thanks.

Here you go. Check out the credits on this baby. Produced By Rick Hall Written By George Jackson Recorded At Fame Studios Home of the Muscle Shoals Sound See those credits on any 45... you'd buy it like a shot! Don't know about UK chart placing / release Peter, but it was hammered in '71 for sure! Sean

Five Weeks @ Number 1 and sold 5,000,000 copies. Probably Rick Hall's / Fame's Biggest hit... and it helped pave the way for tons of 'superior' Soul material from Muscle Shoals.... and George Jackson. Sean

Yes... but not just any old George Jackson! Wrote some incredible stuff has George... and still doin' the business! Sean

Guys it was a BIG hit for The Osmonds! George Jackson wrote it for The Jacksons who (alledgedly) turned it down... but the Utah Brothers recorded it and it became a massive hit! Fascinating! Sean

T'was 'The Osmonds'. Sean

Think the promotion of Soul Music in mainstream media is a very good thing. Bring it on! Think the 'mostly' misinformed reporting of 'Northern Soul' (The scene and the music) in mainstream media a bad thing.... purely because the portrayals of the people involved in the 'scene' are usually inaccurate or derogatory. Were someone able to put forward a well written piece on the Music, its global reach and the extraordinary camaraderie within it (without making 'Northern' out to be some bizarre cult) I'd be very much in favour. Sean Hampsey