Anyone Know This?

[Northern Soul Uk]

Hi fellow soulsters

Does anyone know anything about a tune that I picked up at a car boot today?

The track is by 'Lou Roberts & The Marks - Ten to one b/w Don't count on me.

It is on a yellow 'Special products Division' label and states 'Special disc Jockey Record'.

The matrix number is 'K-SP-104'

It's not too bad to say I bought it on spec, quite blue eyed soul'y. It just looked nice

Anyone any info at all please?

Thank you

[Trev Thomas]

yeah, its a boot, worth about a fiver

[Northern Soul Uk]

Ok ta, 50p well spent then LOL. So what would an original be worth then?

[Soul-slider]

Massive oldie that was a big tune back 'in the day'. The hook was sung to loudly "Betcha Gonna Break My Heart"....I love it!

Lou Roberts & The Marks also did 'You Fooled Me' which is great and a lot of people prefer!

Manship has 'Ten To One' @ £100 and 'You Fooled Me' @ £75.

Like I said both massive oldies.

This brings me onto the 'blue eyed' poser...? I often wondered if he/they were a blue eyed group. Anyone got any info or a photo?

[Dean Rudland]

Lou Roberts was a white trucker looking guy from - I think - The Muscle Shoals area, where he was discovered by Stan Kessler.

He recorded for the Memphis based XL / Sounds Of Memphis operation who leased his tracks to MGM. He recorded a whole LP in LA with arrangements by Gene Page produced by Dan Greer, but it was never released and the masters have gone missing. Two singles were released from the sessions, both sides of the first one are featured on these comps on Kent,

https://www.acerecords.co.uk/content.php?page_id=59&release=7655

https://www.acerecords.co.uk/content.php?page_id=59&release=7822

[Garethx]

Kent's series of CDs on the Memphis production company XL/Sounds of Memphis, for whom Roberts recorded and had his sides leased to MGM, features fairly comprehensive sleevenotes about him. Apparently he looked quite a bit like Elvis.

The earlier records certainly have a kind of southern pop charm about them and the later Sounds of Memphis release "Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Love" was also massive in its day, covered up by Searling at the Casino as Willie Hutch! That was also booted on the yellow Special Products label.

[Rich B]

Flipside of "Everything you always wanted to know" is pretty good too...

best,

RB

[Pete S]

I like Ten To One and You Fooled me. Can't stand "Everything you always wanted to know", think it's one of the worst records ever played at Wigan.

Strangely, I have black issues copies of both ten To One and You Fooled me for sale at the moment. 60 and 40 respectively. 100 and 75 is optimistic.

[Dean]

I like Ten To One and You Fooled me. Can't stand "Everything you always wanted to know", think it's one of the worst records ever played at Wigan.

Strangely, I have black issues copies of both ten To One and You Fooled me for sale at the moment. 60 and 40 respectively. 100 and 75 is optimistic.

I bow to your knowledge pete but always thought the issue of Ten to One was a bit hard to get and worth more than 60, perhaps I'm getting it mixed up. Dean