Gene-r

Here's a couple for you: THE METROS: I'll Never Forget You (LP track - cover of O'Jays) DEE DEE SHARP: Comin' Home Baby (LP track - cover of Mel Torme) STEVIE WONDER: Angel Baby (LP track - cover of Darrell Banks? Who came first?) More later. Gene

Sold my first collection in the mid-90s to get a deposit for a mortgage - good investment, as I still have the flat (and it's increased in value by £110,000!), but depressing to think what bargains I let go and for how much! Here's a few tear-jerking examples: THE ISONICS: Sugar (Kammy) £5 NEW YORKERS: Don't Want To Be Your Fool (Tac-Ful) £50 GREATER EXPERIENCE: Don't Forget To Remember (Colony 13) £200 TY KARIM: Lighten Up Baby (Car-A-Mel) £250 JOANIE SOMMERS: Don't Pity Me (WB demo) £100 (swapped for Bobby Kline in 1985!) CAJUN HART: Got To Find A Way (UK WB demo) £160 TONY WILLIAMS: How Come (UK Philips) £30 BIG FRANK & THE ESSENCES: I Won't Let Her See Me Cry (Blue Rock) £100 JOHN BOWIE: You're Gonna Miss A Good Thing (Merben DEMO) £80 WADE FLEMONS: That Other Place (Vee Jay) £25 Whoever reaped the benefits then must be some of the happiest people on the scene!! Gene

How much you are paying me for details, Sahib?

Hi YouYou, Absolutely spot on!!! Got to (I think) 38 in May 1968! Gene

It's a label relaunch - someone like Phil Dick I think had a bit to do with the label. TRIVIA QUESTION: What was the only record on Soul City to hit the UK Top 40, doing so in 1968??

Karen, At the time, Max used to publish a regular sales list, in parallel with running the Howard Mallett Soul Club. The Inverts was one of the unknowns on his sales list at the time. Can also remember gems like "Charade" by the 4 Tracks on Note for £10 (look at the 3-figure sum it commands now)!!! Gene

Too right Mikey!!! It's like pissing yourself in a dark suit; you get a lovely, warm feeling, but no one else notices!!! I bet I'd be recognised if I was the first person to play a Cheeky Girls record on the scene though!! :-) (oops.......just given away the secret to my latest cover up, "Touch My Bum" by The Blue Sharks!!!). Gene

Well Mikey, here's the story: I bought this as an unknown from Max Rees in June 1986, for the princely sum of £6. A good opportunity to play it was my guest spot at the 100 Club in November that year, which I did. As I played it, one of the top DJs at the time (no names mentioned) rushed to the deck and said "this is f***ing brilliant!! What the hell is it?". Didn't need to ask really; looking at the turntable was enough! He liked it that much, he asked me to play it again as the last record of my spot. The next thing I know, his mate (again, no name mentioned) has got hold of a copy, and is plugging it at Stafford!! No thanks to the unsung hero who first played it and gave it attention!!! Now I'm not one to brag about anything, but I do believe in "credit where it's due"!! Pricewise these days, I haven't a clue...........but it's in JM's Rarest of the Rare page on his website, along with another nice Broadway 45, "Slave Girl" by Johnny Burton (this is on JM's current list at £200). Gene

Yes Mikey, it's definitely "Time Will Change" by the Inverts - one of my self-proclaimed discoveries, the credit of which was nicked by a top DJ (no name mentioned) as stated by me in a previous thread!! :-) Gene

Don't worry - I'll be providing my services at the warm-up next week - all colds and illnesses have been postponed for the time being!!! Look forward to seeing you there. Gene

Dayo, According to two sources I have come across, "Okeh" is Chocktaw (an American Indian tribe/language) for "Indeed". Yes Okeh-y!!! Gene

Anyone got an idea of what a nice copy of "I Surrender" by Eddie Holman on UK Action commands these days? Thanks! Gene

Rotherham, Know it!! That record was a spoof doo-wop record issued in the '70s, and credited to The Beatles!! The same outfit released a similar spoof doo-wop record by the Five Shits on the Lost Cause label (a spoof of Lost Nite, but had a picture of a dog pooing from the top of the lamp post!!). On the subject of incongruous labels (and bodily functions), what about the Poo Pan label? What was going through their heads?? Wonder if they were having the same type of laugh as the creators of "Captain Pugwash" did all those years ago!! Gene

"did anyone keep a track on the joe king 45 price as in highest compared to current - sure (sort of) that seen it recently round the 50 quid mark, which pretty surei s a lot of difference than say what it was a year or so ago, anyone the "past prices"

Make you right - thanks Christian!!! Gene

Blimey - that must mean the releases were fairly stretched out over a few years!!

I can remember a night in Leicester Square during the first 4 months of 1983 at The Cass Club (long gone). The Cass Club was used 6 days a week as a gay club, and the standard of cleanliness inside the club was zilch!!! Dirt and dust everywhere; no wonder it was pulled down shortly after!! Getting to the point, the bar was run by gay men (actually Frankie Goes To Hollywood/Freddie Mercury stereotypes!), and one night a friend of mine went to the gents for a pee (no other reason, honest). He came out creasing up, as he had apparently caught two of the bar staff....erm how can I say this......comparing sizes!!! As a tongue in cheek thing, I can remember one of the DJs, Brian Murray, dedicating "Keeps On Burning" to some folk, for reasons I'd rather not disclose - hey, use your imagination!! Gene

As far as I know Johnny, the Fairmount label started out in 1963. The label which Billy posted is typical of the label design used on the first batch of releases, at least up until early-1964, when the standard design changed to the blue/white stripe pattern. During this time (end of 1963 to the start of 1964), there was a cross-over period, when some Fairmount 45s were issued with both designs, one that comes to mind being "Fell In Love" by Oscar Wright. I guess that would date Damon Fox around late '63/early '64. Hope this helps. Also hope to see some of you at the NCSC warm-up in Manchester on the 31st July, where I shall join Nick Hackett and John Weston behind the decks!!! Gene

Anyone know if that's the same Philip James who was part of Jamaican ska/soul duo the Blues Busters and sadly died in the early '90s?

It's a good record - just too short at 1 mins 54 secs!

Dickie Rock was/is an Irish artist who represented Ireland in the 1966 Eurovision Song Contest with "Come Back To Me" - I don't know where the song finished up in the contest though. Most of his records in the UK were released on Piccadilly between 1964 and 1967, though I have to confess not knowing his version of "Waterfall" - not a patch on Jimmy Cliff, I'd bet!! Gene

Would have been better to call it "The Soul Of Colonel Sanders"!! KFC

The Holy Grail? I'm disappointed - I was expecting a review of a Monty Python film!! Gene

"Lovin' Time" - it's OK as an early '60s female vocal (1962 to be spot-on), but for some reason (probably my warped sense of humour) I keep thinking of monkeys swinging from trees when I hear the organ backing!! Gene

Ne'r heard o them Mac! Mebee a wee tattie scone......... Gene