Three from me..

Night Owl-Bobby Paris cw Bring Him Back-Cissie Houston

Tough Girl-Billy Arnell

Contact-Three Degrees

Go on then tell us all....

sam williams - love slipped through my fingers

legends - deep inside

pointer sisters - send him back

Never Webby mate

Cheers

Richard

loads mate , just liked the smell of them (never played 'em) !

Cheers

Swifty

Rosco & Freinds "Broadway Cissy" which was taken of a copy with a jump in it, Backed with Blanch carter "Halos are for angels" which i still have. Also one I used to own The Malibus "Gee baby" Backed with Judy Harris "You touched me , Which I no longer have and carnt remember what happed to it, it had a strage shinny blue label with a yellow ring round it never seen anoyher like it

Mentioned it before, but I had an EMIDisc LP,

16 tracks for about a fiver.

Oh the Shame.........................

(wish I still had it though)

Tony

Mentioned it before, but I had an EMIDisc LP,

16 tracks for about a fiver.

Oh the Shame.........................

(wish I still had it though)

Tony

Still got one somewhere

Sold a few, they came off Pete Lawson, circa spring 74.

P.S. That should read a sold a lot back in the day, for Pete.

Edited January 22, 201114 yr by davetay

Never Webby mate

Cheers

Richard

ditto

The Del Larks - Job opening

So many I can't remember them all, they cost £5 from Suyndown Records in Wolverhampton, very under the counter; they showed you a list of titles and you chose two, came back the following week and your record was there. I saved up nearly 4 weeks paper round money to buy my first one

reggie garner - hot line / lou pride - i'm comin home in the mornin

then I got

skullsnaps - i'm your pimp / frankie crocker - ton of dynamite

world column - so is the sun / forgot

larry santos - you got me where you want me / king errison - zola

this was in 1975 obviously.

When you got to known Pep and Max, you could buy them out of the shop(s), still a fiver, but it depended what they had in, the worst I bought was probably rosey jones p- have love will travel / the magicians - is it all gone

willie mitchell - champion / jades - i'm where it's at (bought off Swoz at Sammies, terrible recording lol)

willie mitchell - champion / jewels - we got togetherness

pointer sisters - send him back / shane martin - i need you

yum yums - gonna be a big thing / flirtations - stronger than her love (that came from Pete Lawson and his mate, they had a two page A4 list of titles you could choose from in the Wigan record bar)

and so it went on, you have to remember that as kids at school and just leaving school, we couldn't afford originals of big sounds and the only way we were going to hear these things played at our youth club was for one of us to get an emi done.

in 1978, 4 track 10" Pyral discs came in breifly, but the sounds of that time weren't great compared to the previous 2 or 3 years, I still have two of these 10" discs and they contain things like Carol & Gerri, Lou Roberts, Joann Courcey, Tough Girl, Fools Paradise. All cut by Pep.

Was it called 'All-Night or something like that? Had Doug Parkinson on...think Searling had something to do with it

No that's a proper vinyl albeit bootleg LP mate, one side Northern, one side Modern. Side one is absolutely stunning, court davis, john & the weirdest, ty karim, professionals etc. Side 2 is shit.

Ahem....

Ahem....

Now that has definitely come out of The Torch or The Cats era, it's hard to remember when Bok To Bach hadn't been pressed!

Now that has definitely come out of The Torch or The Cats era, it's hard to remember when Bok To Bach hadn't been pressed!

plus the "Bad Sounds" comment dates it to before I was wearing long pants

Hey - five bonus points if you can ID the album behind the acetate LP

Would it be Super Bad??

Nope cheeky.

60s Tamla Motown LP

Now that has definitely come out of The Torch or The Cats era, it's hard to remember when Bok To Bach hadn't been pressed!

or early Mecca era.

Looking at the titles it's from late 72 or early 73.

Edited January 22, 201114 yr by davetay

Hey - five bonus points if you can ID the album behind the acetate LP

Too hard for ya?

No that's a proper vinyl albeit bootleg LP mate, one side Northern, one side Modern. Side one is absolutely stunning, court davis, john & the weirdest, ty karim, professionals etc. Side 2 is shit.

Pete, I have had a few of these over the years and all of them have jumped, is there any that don't?

Too hard for ya?

Didn't see the question til now but I wouldn't have got it anyway

Didn't see the question til now but I wouldn't have got it anyway

Me neither if I didn't already know. I just expect everyone to be sharper than me

Detroit Soul - all of my life- and on the flip- Jeanette Williams - Somethings good got a hold on me-

bargain at the Casino.

So many I can't remember them all, they cost £5 from Suyndown Records in Wolverhampton, very under the counter; they showed you a list of titles and you chose two, came back the following week and your record was there. I saved up nearly 4 weeks paper round money to buy my first one

reggie garner - hot line / lou pride - i'm comin home in the mornin

then I got

skullsnaps - i'm your pimp / frankie crocker - ton of dynamite

world column - so is the sun / forgot

larry santos - you got me where you want me / king errison - zola

this was in 1975 obviously.

When you got to known Pep and Max, you could buy them out of the shop(s), still a fiver, but it depended what they had in, the worst I bought was probably rosey jones p- have love will travel / the magicians - is it all gone

willie mitchell - champion / jades - i'm where it's at (bought off Swoz at Sammies, terrible recording lol)

willie mitchell - champion / jewels - we got togetherness

pointer sisters - send him back / shane martin - i need you

yum yums - gonna be a big thing / flirtations - stronger than her love (that came from Pete Lawson and his mate, they had a two page A4 list of titles you could choose from in the Wigan record bar)

and so it went on, you have to remember that as kids at school and just leaving school, we couldn't afford originals of big sounds and the only way we were going to hear these things played at our youth club was for one of us to get an emi done.

in 1978, 4 track 10" Pyral discs came in breifly, but the sounds of that time weren't great compared to the previous 2 or 3 years, I still have two of these 10" discs and they contain things like Carol & Gerri, Lou Roberts, Joann Courcey, Tough Girl, Fools Paradise. All cut by Pep.

I had a Skull Snaps / Frankie Crocker in 1976 - wasn't yours I ended up with was it Pete

Only other one i had was a Charles Russell (can't remember what was on the other side)

I had Rufus Lumley - Stronger Than Me on an Emi, purchased form cheltenhamsoulnights many many years ago. It had Syng McGowan on the other side if I remember correctly.

had a few, some arrived through devious trade deals... ........stick to me ... salvadors was one i remember..................barbara and brenda was a favourite, played great .............ezzie

here are my two, i'm sure popcorn is different to the 70's grapevine mix any one recognise the hand writing

kev

i got a matt lucas "baby you better go go" in the back bar at wigan on emi disc,. i also boughht yvonne daniels on sterling (original) off the same guy...then sold it for a tenner. like a d*ck not long after..

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Yes Webby......

I've bored people with this before.....but I don't care.

This is my only possession from my previous life!

Bought Feb 1976 at Wigan Casino for £6.

I have the Wille Mitchell Hi EP but I still play this one out.....all the 'clappy' sound I don't like is 'bassed' out...it sounds brilliant!!!

It's on refosoul as 'Willie Mitchell Acetate'....listen and you'll see what I mean....it's got everything...squeaks, change of volume but it's the bizz!!!!

Best

dogstoat

They would have been some of the ones ' commisioned ' by Tony Worot judging by the hand writting

My only one was Butch Baker Working At The Go Go B/W Promatics Sugar Pie Honey. Bought in 73.

Went to deroy recording Studios, in Carnforth, a couple of times with Pete Lawson in about 74/75. To get his EMIs pressed. At least one of the top jocks at the time(possibly Sam) used the same studio, and the owner used to make a recording of his tracks, to let Pete have them. I think they were about £1.25 to press a 4 track EMI, that Pete would then sell for a fiver. Frank Elson had his knives out for both pete and Keith Bradley, also from Ormskirk, and was always threatening them with legal action in Check Out The North.

Paul

used to have some classics, some i bought at the time, some i was given for novelty value

french fries/send him back

reaching for the best/instrumental

adams apples/ blank

astral trip/ the chase is on

also an lp with a few miscuts of astral trip, the chase is on, matt lucas and tears by jr bailey, sold the lp to guy h, is the jr bailey an actual record ?

Was it called 'All-Night or something like that? Had Doug Parkinson on...think Searling had something to do with it

No , it (they?) was made to order....

You chose what you wanted off a list, paid your dosh a week later it arrived int' post.

Only tune I can remember was deffo on it

Easy Baby -Adventurers

Tony

Is there a statute of limitations regarding this!! Tony & I used to go to Kettering usually on a Thursday to get a few special pressing done, I remember Willie Mitchell & the Skullsnaps as one very popular seller, and also being asked lots of questions by some grown ups at the Casino about where they came from!!

They would have been some of the ones ' commisioned ' by Tony Worot judging by the hand writting

here are my two, i'm sure popcorn is different to the 70's grapevine mix any one recognise the hand writing

kev

Yes it is. The version that came out on Grapevine was a different take to that on the original Karen single, easy to tell, when the kids first sing "Rosemary" on the original, there's a guitar riff, then they repeat "Rosemary"; on the Grapevine one, they sing it over the guitar riff as well.

lsn't that true of 'You Don't Mean It' by Towanda Barnes as well?? The A&M version was brilliant but the one on Grapevine was chronic!!

Yes that was the "Gloria Barnes" version off the rare Towanda Barnes LP (Gloria/Towanda are the same person)

The one l had l think had Charles Johnson on it too....Anybody got a tracklist of any type of this?? TA!!

Didn't the cover have a 'Graffiti Effect??

Here you go mate, sorry about the flash on the pics

Thanks,Pete.....Side 2 for me though!

Needless to say you'd have to pay me to listen to side 2, a nightmare of epic proportions.

Remember buying Black Mother Goose - Sam Nesbitt and Thankyou Baby - Soul Brothers Six on Emidisc around 72......wore the sbs down to the aluminium in the end

Is there a statute of limitations regarding this!! Tony & I used to go to Kettering usually on a Thursday to get a few special pressing done, I remember Willie Mitchell & the Skullsnaps as one very popular seller, and also being asked lots of questions by some grown ups at the Casino about where they came from!!

Ive still got I'm Your Pimp with Janette Harper on the other side somewhere ............Was I right about that handwriting ?

I had a one with 4 tracks

Twans I cant see him

Pat Powdrill Do it

Harry Betts jealousy inst cover i think

Cant remember last think it was lorraine silver lost summer love, which i always hated, how much soul does a 13 yo white jewish brit girl have? Answer None.

I had a one with 4 tracks

Twans I cant see him

Pat Powdrill Do it

Harry Betts jealousy inst cover i think

Cant remember last think it was lorraine silver lost summer love, which i always hated, how much soul does a 13 yo white jewish brit girl have? Answer None.

I had one with Lorraine Silver on as well, this was before it was played at Wigan and was only getting played at St Ives, it was meant to be Down In The Dumps by Tony Hester but the chap who did them couldn't get that. Having said that, we got a sort of exclusive as it wasn't really known and it became a big record locally via my emidisc. Just for the record - I still think it's great! (Other tracks on there were Bernie Williams, Rain and Al De Lory)

Just remembered I also had a jeanette harper / anderson brothers, a detroit executives / phyllis brown - i've got something on my mind, which I don't think was ever played anywhere, maybe the Mecca?

I had a one with 4 tracks

Twans I cant see him

Pat Powdrill Do it

Harry Betts jealousy inst cover i think

Cant remember last think it was lorraine silver lost summer love, which i always hated, how much soul does a 13 yo white jewish brit girl have? Answer None.

Had a 10" one with

pat powdrill - do it

lou ragland - i travel alone

yvonne daniels - don't want to get away from your love

can't remember the last but it may have been an inst covered as "The Baltimore Band"

Rosie Jones / Lou Pride was mine hadnt got much left and bought it at the Ritz it was either that for 2 quid or Saphhires orig - Gonna be a big thing demo- Guess which I bought?

Wasn't that The Yum-Yums??

Theres also a Sapphires version Webby.

Sean

Pete, is that Rain, Out of my mind?

Always reminds me of that WC documentary that one.

Pete, is that Rain, Out of my mind?

Always reminds me of that WC documentary that one.

Yes, was a massive record in 76 and early 77, then reissued on that Axe label that Webby mentions.

It's one of those records that people say is pop crap but it used to sound great blasted out loud at Wigan.

Think it is...Featuring Charity Brown..

Not sure why they put that credit to Charity Brown on the reissue, it wasn't on the original.

Got one 45 left: One side The Tempose c/u (Lil Lavair and the Fabulaous Jades I think) - I'll Be So Happy b/w Lesley Gore - Just Casn't Get Enough of you (same as Apollas on Loma), think this is album only but not sure. Got this from Eric Hetherington local respected DJ we used to look up to as a 16 year old.

Just found an album but don't remember track listing - sure it includes Rain tho. Terrible sound quality.

The paper flier is an insert from an album put out locally, I'm thinking 1990s but not too sure. Can remember who but perhaps politeness should rule.

Yeah Pete, it was massive for a while, agree it sounded great in the Casino,, but one of those that had the longevity of a mayfly, soon got fed up with, if you know what i mean, were Rain white? Was plenty of great blue eyed stuff at the same time that stands the test of time, am thinking of lynn Randell & bobby paris to name a few, but they started playing (well some dj's) some crap too didnt they? Just a matter of sorting the wheat from the chaff.

were Rain white?

Yeah Pete, it was massive for a while, agree it sounded great in the Casino,, but one of those that had the longevity of a mayfly, soon got fed up with, if you know what i mean, were Rain white? Was plenty of great blue eyed stuff at the same time that stands the test of time, am thinking of lynn Randell & bobby paris to name a few, but they started playing (well some dj's) some crap too didnt they? Just a matter of sorting the wheat from the chaff.

78 was the year that most of the poorer white records started getting played (Nita Rossi, Blue Chips, Sue Lynne that sort of thing) mainly but not exclusively by Keith Minshull to be honest. I've got a tape of Pep playing Rain in about October 76 and the clapping on it is so loud (also on same tape Matt Lucas, Rosemary, Jay & The Americans Got hung up along the way (played by RS), Yum Yums, Broadway Cissy, Johnny Williams Just a little misunderstanding, Ron Holden, Gentlemen & Their Lady Like Her 12", French Fries, MVP's, Ronnie McNeir, Astral trip - I know all this off by heart having played it so many times after I taped it)

Yeah, bit earlier Rain wasn't it? Not all doom & gloom latter period of the Casino, some prime soul to come out of that period, white included, Construction ala Del Capreez, regards to general soul, reckon even Larry Clinton didnt get spun till 78 onward.

I used to take a cassette, never really a success, wish i could find em now.

Just used to get mine from Manship, a lot of Soul Sam stuff on those, stuff not getting played at Wigan, remember Jimmy Burns on one, long before it got played at the Casino.