John Benson

Nice one Sebastian

I've not seen that one before either

There was a French release for the album John -

Linda Fields & The Funky Boys - Stop ( When You Do What You Do )

RCA Victor ( France ) Catalogue number PL 28320 , released 1977 .

I think it also gained release in Italy and Germany .

Malc Burton

I didn't doubt it Malc - I was just saying that I didn't recall my copy being French

Anyways, I've just 'found' it - it's on UK Spark (Surprise surprise!) - called "Satisfied" SRLP 121 (1976)

Tracks are:

(Side 1)

Baby are you satisfied

Natural high

Climbing the steps of love

Shame, shame, shame

When I get home

We got love

(Side 2)

Hey big brother

Sold my rock 'n' roll (gave it for funky soul)

Show it

Dance with my baby

Solid funk

Singing in all harmony

Yes Mike, that 45 you mentioned is also on there - "Solid funk" Another brief Mecca spin

BTW - I had another listen to "Climbing..." and it's not really stood the test of time!

I daren't listen to the rest of the LP though... not just yet anyway!

Willie Hutch - After love has gone - Motown

Brenton Wood - I'm the one who knows - Liberty

Lost Generation - You only get out of love - Brunswick

Deon Jackson - When your love has gone - Carla

Roscoe Robinson - Why are you afraid - SS7

Just a few on the many I could list - if I had enough time to think about it!

I seem to think they were advance copies which were circulating at the time prior to it's release on a 45.

As you say, it got dropped 'like a hot potato' when it did come out.

You're not on your own either, I always had a liking to it. I also picked up a copy of the LP some time afterwards.

But I don't recall it being French, most likely a UK copy, but I'd have to find it out to be sure?

I believe that was not a printer's error - somebody at Brunswick confused "...Blue Skies" with the slightly earlier (unrelated) Artistics song "Nothing But Heartaches" and set the wrong label copy up at source.

In this instance, the printer would only have been acting off info that had been sent over by the record label i.e. it's not really a 'label variation'...

Brunswick must have sent this information to some other countries also... I've got one with that title - released in Chile

Some bloody awful songs in that lot!

Sean

Not quite "Tell me a lie" is it Sean?

Now that was an album!

Just been listening to it for the past dozen or so times - it's starting to grow on me a bit now!

Actually, it reminds me of a couple of other things, but I can't quite put my finger on them yet

In the meantime, I 'found' this on a Capitol records related site under a feature about Capitol Records history for the date October 16th 2009:

(https://popculturefanboy.blogspot.com/2009/10/october-16-2009-happy-birthday-40-years.html)

40 Years Ago Today In 1969 - Capitol Records registers the purchased masters of Spencer Wiggins' tracks "I'm At The Breaking Point", "Ooh-Be-Ooh-Be-Doo", "Old Friend", and "Love Machine". The first track is listed as unissued, no issue information is listed for the second and third tracks and the last track was issued by Fame Records, a subsidiary of Capitol Records, as a single (Fame 1463) with "Love Me Tonight" on the flip side.

I also 'found' this on another site (https://www.duaneallman.info/duanedisclovemachine.htm)

In an article about Spencer Wiggins, published in the UK magazine 'In The Basement' (Issue no. 27, August-October 2002) the following unissued Fame masters are mentioned:

'Hit And Run', 'Holding On', 'I'm At The Breaking Point', 'Make Me Your's', 'Ooh Be Ooh Be Doo', 'This Love Is Gonna Be True' and 'This Time'.

40+ years eh, it's been a long time coming!

It doesn't really surprise me that it got a release Dave But it's the first time I've been aware of it.

As you say the Original Drifters 45 on Sounds South came out on this label - albeit not the same design, but my copy of that 45 was just plain green, but it would have been quite a few years before the Tams 45, which might just explain it?

Makes you wonder if there was a picture sleeve for the Tams though doesn't it?

Isn't there one on there right now?

Wasn't this also released in the UK on Action?

I think I have one somewhere, must have another listen to it...

Yes, it was originally played from the above mentioned LP, then got a UK 45 release on the strength of the popularity.

I first hear it at the Mecca / Ritz, then at Cleethorpes shortly afterwards.

No other 45 that I know of - unless it was released in another country at the same time as the UK 45 release

I didn't know anything about this problem when I got my copy - back in 198? at Clifton Hall

Good job for me then that it was a UK copy eh

I don't think it was getting plays anywhere then though, it was quite a few years after that that I started to see it on play lists.

JJ Barnes "Forgive me" Groovesville nice and cheap and perfect Crossover.

Lovely version, but for me Darrell Banks version has the edge - from his Volt LP

BRADLEYS DOWNSTAIRS AT THE ENTRANCE OF ST SEPULCHRE GATE, ONLY ONE I CAN REMEMBER UPSTAIRS WAS FOX'S.

BRI PINCH

SUNDAY CHILLOUT@HORSE AND GROOM, 25TH APRIL, EAST LAITH GATE, DONCASTER.

Possibly Fox's Bri - They had two places didn't they? (One of them that just sold musical instruments)

I'm sure it was an upstairs shop, I'll have to ask Dean Roach when I see him as I think he got one or both of these albums also.

Actually I think he comes on here, maybe he'll reply?

I wonder if its the same Axe God who sneaks in to spoil Brenda Jones`s "Big Mistake"[Mercury] . Perhaps he made it it his mission in life to ruin otherwise perfect Soul tunes

That's just what I think Ivor - that guitar just ruins what could be a good tune

Right - back to the King - not too keen of that one either...

Ah yes, the shop next to the entrance to the Arndale, was it Bradleys ? They also had the L.P. with "Hang up your hang ups" on it.

What was the name of the shop in Scarborough where we all got Skull Snaps and Voices of East Harlem L.P's in quantity from ?

That's sounds about right, but it was the one upstairs I was thinking of - didn't they also have one downstairs as well... or was that another shop?

Can't say as I was aware of the Scarborough shop you mentioned - both my VOEH albums were market jobs and the Skull Snaps was from a dealer somewhere - maybe Snaith or around that time, that one cost me about a fiver though!

Correct Joe - it did come out on Pye over here

Maybe someone ought to show them the thread (s) on here with all the scans of the record in it's various forms - that one is definitely a boot

Here's Jimmy

CD single here:

https://cgi.ebay.co.uk/LUTHER-VANDROSS-Are-You-Using-Me-MASTERS-AT-WORK-MIX-CD_W0QQitemZ360239170726QQcmdZViewItemQQptZMusic_CDs?hash=item53dfed84a6

Anybody know how many were pressed / advertising / how much did it contribute to the campaign / who first discovered / brought the album back over here ????

I don't know about who 'discovered' this LP, but back in the late 70's there were quite a few copies of this in a cut out shop in Doncaster - it was around the time Frank Dell's "He broke your game wide open" started getting played.

I remember getting a copy of each album from there. So I'd assume it was just some importer who shipped them over along with other various LPs, not particularly someone brought this particular LP over.

They were 50 pence ish or thereabouts as I recall?

It's worth a ton, just for the flipside.

"Just As Soon As The Feeling Is Over" written by Sam Dees, is one of the greatest Soul records of all time (IMO).

Sean

That was the only reason I bought my copy - which just happened to be a demo!

Awesome tune it is!

Fantastic version by Aretha Franklin too!

Not sure if its available on vinyl though , but it works for me !!

Nige B

Maybe not on a 45, but it's an LP track - lovely version it is too!

No mate - 'Jadan' - Johnny Moore and Jack Daniels productions are a fave team in my book!!

This is the one in question - taken from the bay.