Want a Nice original please PM me with price if you have one for sale

Thanks a lot

John

Want a Nice original please PM me with price if you have one for sale

Thanks a lot

John

Should be easy enough to pick up mate. Try the funk board. I prefer it to Angela davies!

Want a Nice original please PM me with price if you have one for sale

Thanks a lot

John

Friend of mine has a copy or two of this I believe.He's on holiday until the weekend so if you have no luck give us a shout and will get him to contact you.

ATB

Dave

Sounds very much like Angela Davies... almost like the same session! Would agree this could be the better track

Sounds very much like Angela Davies... almost like the same session! Would agree this could be the better track

come up quite often on the bay these you should be able to get one relatively easy

i always thought that you hit the spot was too short and wondered if anything exists that is longer as it seems to get started then fade out just as its at its peak, which is a shame. an additional 30-40 seconds (or a greedy minute) would make this track incredible.

Sounds very much like Angela Davies... almost like the same session! Would agree this could be the better track

Not the same session as such but over exactly the same backing track: first released as "The Gallop" by The Chevelles which actually spent time in the Pop Top 100 in 1968 as well as being a big R&B hit. Wildly different mixes on the three tracks though. The Gallop is extremely treble heavy, while the Gloria Walker cut could also benefit from the bass being bought up in the mix. I used to think the Angela Davis was an inferior record until I heard it in a big hall with a decent sound system. That's where it comes into its own despite the Gloria Walker song and vocal being technically more proficient.

As everyone else has said the Gloria Walker 45 should be relatively easy to pick up as for years it was practically impossible to sell to soul collectors who were of the opinion that it was 'too funky'. There are a couple of label/pressing variations with the most desirable being the Atlantic-distributed white demo on vinyl. I'd value that variant at around £40-50.

Wayne Dearmen selling one in sales section on here at the moment

Not the same session as such but over exactly the same backing track: first released as "The Gallop" by The Chevelles which actually spent time in the Pop Top 100 in 1968 as well as being a big R&B hit. Wildly different mixes on the three tracks though. The Gallop is extremely treble heavy, while the Gloria Walker cut could also benefit from the bass being bought up in the mix. I used to think the Angela Davis was an inferior record until I heard it in a big hall with a decent sound system. That's where it comes into its own despite the Gloria Walker song and vocal being technically more proficient.

As everyone else has said the Gloria Walker 45 should be relatively easy to pick up as for years it was practically impossible to sell to soul collectors who were of the opinion that it was 'too funky'. There are a couple of label/pressing variations with the most desirable being the Atlantic-distributed white demo on vinyl. I'd value that variant at around £40-50.

I know "The Gallop" is the same tune, Gareth, but I'm pretty sure it's a totally different recording of the track.

Whether we agree on that or not I'm sure that you WILL agree with me that Gloria's best record is "Please Don't Desert Me Baby", also on Flaming Arrow...

I know "The Gallop" is the same tune, Gareth, but I'm pretty sure it's a totally different recording of the track.

Whether we agree on that or not I'm sure that you WILL agree with me that Gloria's best record is "Please Don't Desert Me Baby", also on Flaming Arrow...

You're right Tony. The point I was clumsily trying to make is that the Gloria Walker and Angela Davis records share the same backing track, based on the earlier recording by The Chevelles.

the Gloria Walker and Angela Davis records share the same backing track, based on the earlier recording by The Chevelles.

The backing tracks to "You Hit The Spot" and "My Love Is So Strong" are entirely different recordings, albeit based on the same "formula".

The tempo of the Gloria Walker tune speeds up throughout the course of the track and that is not the case with Angela Davis.

Edited July 15, 201015 yr by Sebastian

The backing tracks to "You Hit The Spot" and "My Love Is So Strong" are entirely different recordings, albeit based on the same "formula".

The tempo of the Gloria Walker tune speeds up throughout the course of the track and that is not the case with Angela Davis.

Sebastian is correct and I was (very) wrong. after listening to all three records again I must backtrack 100% on my original statement. There are indeed clear and important musical differences in all three tracks which I'm speculating were played by the same core group of musicians a few years apart. In their own way all three great records.