Goldsoul

Tommy Bush- I don;t like it?

Russ W

I then found one a couple of days after looking through your box but never actually played therefore I should be just mildly flayed.......

Who was responsible for "My Heart's Symphony" and "Good Little You" both by Joey Dee though?

They should be skinned, sprayed with salt and then surgically disected and disemboweled, fed to carniverous wolves and then the bones should be set alight. After that you can piss on their graves LOL.......

Nearest I got to out and out Pop was Barnaby Bye, Felix Caveliere and Benny Troy.......

Ian D

Gary Lewis - Richard 1974, Joey Dee....the geezer with long hair from Nottingham way.

PS The latter officially owns up to 'Put Your Heart In It' too!

I stared at Keith's Daylight Saving Time and am now officially declared Dead!

Sam just beat him to C.Coulter though . Not Northern but a great record imo

Whoever discovered these?

HOLLY ST.JAMES, LARRY TRIDER, BILLY ARNELL and JOEY DELORENZO.

The firing squad is ready.....who wants to pull the trigger

Couple more to be claimed? - Epitome of Sound and Morris Chestnut.

Morris Chestnut - Ian Levine I think.

Epitome of Sound- Both Russ and I received acetates from Simon S a few months before the first original finally surfaced.

And one I totally forgot.....I had the first Casualeers from SS unless anyone claims they played it before Wigan.

With the odd sneaky Northerner pre-Wigan sourcing Carl Douglas, Frankie and the Classicals, Brothers Grimm from Morris's on Tottenham Ct Rd plus the confectioners in Bethnal Green with all the MGM demos(qty on Kim Weston and Johnny Nash) before stupidly leaving several copies of Jethro Toe(Tull).....the re-sales certainly helped my box improve! Spring of '73......

John. Ian Levine first played Frankie Beverly. Wigan opened Sept 23rd(Autumn!).

Ian.... Who else could discover such blinding tunes as Dean Courtney and Paul Anka. Look no further than 'Baby Boy' himself.. or Simone as Pattie Brooks calls him!

As a separate talking point... The 3 main discoverer's of the scene's heritage sides: Ian Levine, John Anderson, Simon Soussan.

Who found "Skiing In The Snow" - The Invitations?

It was always incredibly rare - only around 2 (or maybe 3 copies) when it was huge and it never really turned up, so whoever found that first copy really found a beauty. I also heard a story about someone finding the 3rd copy which

got destroyed in a car crash on the way to the Torch. Does

anyone know this story

Ian D

Good one. Here's a few more 'who discovered's'

Pre-73/ Fidels, Sandi Sheldon, Shalimars, Danny White- Cracked.

Golden Era/ R. Dean Taylor-Ghost, Yum Yums, Tomangoes.

Post 81/ Tommy Ridgley, Karmello Brooks.

Kev's useless trivia No.927...... Soul Sam first played Rubin's-You've Been Away at the Top Rank, Hanley early 1974.

No.928....Long before Top of the World All Nighters I played Joanne Courcey on Twirl in 74 at the same venue's Monday Soul nights.

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Who played CANT LOOSE MY HEAD 1st? was it Ian L:ph34r:

Discovered by Steve and Chris Frost from Leics, it was sold to Ian Levine in 1974.

It wouldn't have been the first one, I had 5 out of there for about $5-10 but I can't remember if they were the first, sold 'em to Sam and Ginger and others at St Ives, Got half a dozen New York In The Darks from there too.

Ady- Unless you found it before 77 this had to be the first one. By the time MK swooped, no one in the UK had ever heard of it.

I remember a few weeks later racing to Brooks Records, Plainfield, NJ to try and find more. George Clinton used this store a lot in the 60's to drop stock to the owner.

Kev

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well $100 was a lotta money back then

The weird thing was I found the most in demand single that week Eddie Garrigan(Fontana)! I rarely gave the 'played out' Del Larks a second thought.

I paid $1 for it!

so how much did the del larks demo set u back?

Heaps of other stuff from Dave Raistrick from early 80's (when I was a regular customer, Limitations, Four Sights, Soul Communicaters, Lee Bates "Why Don't You Write", Isonics and many, many more.

Steve Cooper (Bedford) for Tina Roberts.

Pete Lawson for promoting loads of semi-known sounds

Tommo from Leicester for pushing Detroit sounds

I had Tina Roberts in 1979 selling it to Butch in '81, around the same time I sold him the Atlantic's on Marquee and Debonairs(Soul Click). I also had the Empires on Chavis around 1978 too!

I also turned down the first ever Tamala Lewis in 1977 from George's Golden Oldies,Clifton,New Jersey citing '$100' was way too much. I generally bought Velvet Satins, Steinways and similar off him for $5-10 each, so there was no way I was having any 100 bucks mularky. Martin Koppell bought it instead.

The very same guy took me to a store in Newark where I got the first Del Larks Demo(sold to Dave Raistrick)

Two days later I met George Blackwell's widow and purchased all the vinyl and tapes she had.

Upon my return to the UK in '79, the whole country had gone Joe 90,Green Onions and Muriel Day mad, so my Soul packs were littered with George Blackwell's Mr Loser,

Exayveons,Herbs etc! Happy days....

Blimey Dave....you are right. I played your discovery and still can't stand it today!

Sorry Kev, I'd forgotten you weren't around in those days were you.

I was busy selling all my discoveries to Butch and others,

while I tried my hand producing Dance records

Tis true, I got lost in the 80's.

James Barnett/ Soul Bros Six- Thank You Baby/ Superiors

Tony Jebb/Ian Levine

How would Kent be able to release it if they did not know who it's by? Is this a Hey Little Way Out Girl on Grapevine kind of a release?

If you talk to Dave Rivers, he'll tell you that The Coasters "Crazy Baby" was his discovery....plus plenty more. A well respected member of the NS brotherhood for decades so its gotta be kosher[/im

Covered as Freddie Jones.

More Ian Levine discoveries; Esther Philips- Catch Me Im Falling, Melvin Carter- Midnight Brew, Mel Britt, LittleRichie.

Russ - Mike Post Coalition

Richard; Volcanos- Laws of Love

Pep- The Velours, Little Joe Roman, Danny Monday

Me: 4 Seasons-I'm Gonna Change, Yvonne Daniels, Lou Roberts, Eddie Regan via Derek Allen.

Soul Sam: Rubin, Jimmy Mack.

Why not by The Moments the original group?

Rob Moss found the first Moments on Hogg , still got the letter from him saying" guess what I've found It's not The Fabulous Impacts "...Rob also discovered the first Kell Osbourne " Quicksand " , taped 3/4 of it on the end of a tape " what do you think of this - think it would go ? " .Remember taking the tape to Stafford and playing it to Butch and Dave Thorley , think Dave bought it in the end ? Think Rob had one of the first Wayne Anthony's " Blow me a kiss " [ Waylana ] Sold it to Guy who played the flip " Go Go Wedding " instead ...Thought of covering up the top side as Carolyn Crawford as Wayne sounded a little female with his young vocals ...Best,Eddie

Didn't Kent release it as 'the fabulous impacts'?

Here's one from me.....Simon Soussan shouting to me through the toilet window at Ray Avery's in Glendale,California....Baby boy..look for WILLEEEE HUTCH 'the duck' on Dun-hill....do you know what I am saying baby boy!

I had no idea....but he gave me his copy anyway!

A first play at Wigan was ceremonously blown away by the Javells(thanks Dave Mac)

I could have sworn my Vernon Greene on Minit and Obrey Wilson on Columbia would have scored points, only losing losing out to my DJ colleague Richard Searling playing Gary Lewis on a Liberty Demo!

From Kev.....

More importantly who discovered these.......

Esperanto- Grand Piano Company/ Theme from the Fantastic Plastic Machine- Harry Betts/ Stop- Bobby Diamond/ Keeps on Burning- Burning Bush/ Name It You Got It- Mickey Moonshine/ Nine Times Out of Ten- Muriel Day

Seeing as Ian D exposed me as 'The Flasher' please own up if you discovered the above!

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Nope not guilty Kev, but that doesn't mean I didn't come up with some clunkers myself. "Danse A La Music" - The French Fries springs to mind....

A true horror indeed......now who discovered The Ellusions(I cleaned out Lamon in 1981 of any copies they had, foolishly selling them for £8 each-way too honest!

Or how about...Bobby Goldsboro-Too Many People, Kiki Dee-On A Magic Carpet Ride and Lord Thunder?

back in the day dave withers ,rod shard and dave mcaddon discovered possibly the biggest haul of uk demos ever in a recording studio very close to granada tv which was used for overstock i tumbled it on the 2nd day and still pulled a haul out of it richard searling had been in the building and never knew the haul was there the real winner was radio city dj billy butler who took 5 minutes and bought the lot (the real winner david bowie demos ect) richard walked away with one or 2 gems including chapter five and started hammering it in frustration i think but that made it big but he knew of it before posted by steve siz sale (by the way i discovered joey heatherton "when you call me baby" in a junk shop in brussels on black french brunswick and sue lynne dont pity me in the underground market at derek ords stall !!)

Steve.....amazingly Joey's brother is one of my closest friends. She lives in Beverly Hills(as you do) and was married to Lance Rentzel(remember his Columbia 45?) I remember hearing the Instrumental to it from writer Johnny Madara in the late 70's.

None of which takes anything away from the discoverer of Johanna Heatherton's classic. Arise Sir Siz!

Dave/Ian , yes was at the Gables I was was with Rob that night

Cheers

Swifty

Linda Jones(Ian Levine)

More importantly who discovered these.......

Esperanto- Grand Piano Company/ Theme from the Fantastic Plastic Machine- Harry Betts/ Stop- Bobby Diamond/ Keeps on Burning- Burning Bush/ Name It You Got It- Mickey Moonshine/ Nine Times Out of Ten- Muriel Day

Seeing as Ian D exposed me as 'The Flasher' please own up if you discovered the above!

l always thought that it was Searling....

Colin all the way