Just wondered ....Devotion - Do Do De Dop - Nation Records only released on styrene???

Regards Frank

almost certainly

Wonderful record

Another Butch discovery, and covered as the Magictones 'Lovers Plea'..

Remember the night Steve walls uncovered it at Shotts allnighter, Butch was playing and announced it as Magictones and Steve went and whispered in his ear when the record had finish it was the Devotions, if i remember correctly Steve was collected the label and had bought it blind!

Harry

Yeh Harry! I remember at the time Steve collected Nation, told me he put on the flip after he bought it blind, not really impressed, flipped it over, nipped to the loo and then heard this come belting out! Or have I got the fine details wrong?!

HUGE scottish tune here in the mid/late 80s! (cross reference thread on the Scottish scene!), blew my tits off

Why the query styrene?

Edited October 9, 201014 yr by mark w.

the flip "can you explain it " is a brilliant group soul ballad!!!

cheers

franc

Think I have got some of the details wrong then Franc!

Steve was a big mid tempo / ballads / deep fan like a lot of us Scottish soulies!

Edited October 9, 201014 yr by mark w.

Think I have got some of the details wrong then Franc!

Steve was a big mid tempo / ballads / deep fan like a lot of us Scottish soulies!

Just out of intrest which is rarer issue or demo (probably just the same?)

Yeh Harry! I remember at the time Steve collected Nation, told me he put on the flip after he bought it blind, not really impressed, flipped it over, nipped to the loo and then heard this come belting out! Or have I got the fine details wrong?!

HUGE scottish tune here in the mid/late 80s! (cross reference thread on the Scottish scene!), blew my tits off

Why the query styrene?

Yep, fantastic track!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hm, just wondered cause I had a conversation ages ago @ the 100 club about the track that a batch may or may not be on vinyl??? You know....being drunk talking records.....

Remember the night Steve walls uncovered it at Shotts allnighter, Butch was playing and announced it as Magictones and Steve went and whispered in his ear when the record had finish it was the Devotions, if i remember correctly Steve was collected the label and had bought it blind!

Harry

Yes remember Steve playing this at Shotts and like many others went and spoke to Steve afterwards who confirmed that he had bought it blind based on collecting the label.

Steve really appreciated and managed to then get a copy for $320.

One of my all time favourites.

Mark

Just out of intrest which is rarer issue or demo (probably just the same?)

When I spoke to Butch a couple or three years back he said that, although his discovery, his hands have seen three demo's - and was quite surprised seeing my copy (above post) and said he didn't realise it was issued and had never previously seen one !!

S'far as I'm aware mine is the only 'known' issue..

Remember the night Steve walls uncovered it at Shotts allnighter, Butch was playing and announced it as Magictones and Steve went and whispered in his ear when the record had finish it was the Devotions, if i remember correctly Steve was collected the label and had bought it blind!

Harry

I was told he got it of Soul Bowls general soul sales section for £6

Just out of intrest which is rarer issue or demo (probably just the same?)

I think the issue must be a lot rarer than the demo. I have seen a few demo's but the issue that Fingers has is a first for me.

Yes remember Steve playing this at Shotts and like many others went and spoke to Steve afterwards who confirmed that he had bought it blind based on collecting the label.

Steve really appreciated and managed to then get a copy for $320.

One of my all time favourites.

Mark

Er, Steve got from Soul Bowl for £15. White demo. Bought blind 'cos it was on Nation. Totally freaked out when played it, he knew it was a current sound but couldn't put his finger on it. He played it down the phone to me, it was one of my fav Butch tracks and used to request it all the time. Then I freaked out!

Thrilled to see the northern scene's capacity to generate weird and wondeful rumours is alive and well (though that's got nothing on the one that had me dead - twice!)

Er, Steve got from Soul Bowl for £15. White demo. Bought blind 'cos it was on Nation. Totally freaked out when played it, he knew it was a current sound but couldn't put his finger on it. He played it down the phone to me, it was one of my fav Butch tracks and used to request it all the time. Then I freaked out!

Thrilled to see the northern scene's capacity to generate weird and wondeful rumours is alive and well (though that's got nothing on the one that had me dead - twice!)

You still alive ?

Aye, and a wee bit more with-it than the Dead Man Walking of yesterday!

Fit's happnin' H? Nae seen ye for ages.

btw, yer signature: Rob Marriot's next line was "I 'ad it when you were runnin' round wi' bread an' jam in yer 'and"!

I wonder if Andy remembers that exchange?

Edited October 12, 201014 yr by Alan Walls