Having just missed out on a Smoky and the Fabulous Blades Jerk,Baby Jerk DEMO

I am reminded that I am not the only one still chasing & collecting Instrumentals.

Recently bought the Purple / Silver copy below.

I Still love Instrumentals & collect them when I can.

I HAVE MENTIONED IT BEFORE ALWAYS THOUGHT THERE WAS A VOCAL LURKING SOMEWHERE FOR THIS,

IN FACT VEEP 1296 WAS LOOKING INTO IT BUT NEVER CAME BACK TO US.

KEV

I had an LP around 73.....I have no idea what it was called or anything about it (must be all those additives I was taking ) except that it had a brilliant instrumental of Tears of a Clown, almost note for note the backing track.

Knew I still had it. Is this the one?

Paul

Edited April 14, 201213 yr by Paul r

Knew I still had it. Is this the one?

Paul

The very disk! Hello pretty....remember me?

Anyone know the story behind these......?

Ian D

No one? Did these just appear out of the blue or something....? Were they some 'lost' sessions or an elaborate bootleg?

Ian D

J M'S USA GUIDE LISTS IT @ £10 NO MENTION OF A BOOT

THEN I CHECK HIS BOOTLEG GUIDE AND IT IS IN THERE AT £6

STRANGE

KEV

No one? Did these just appear out of the blue or something....? Were they some 'lost' sessions or an elaborate bootleg?

Ian D

Unissued Motown I thought, Circles sounds like its been spliced together, the edits are fairly obvious tho I never noticed them when this got plays ay Bradford years back

Mmmm. Nothing 100% definitive then. What a weird release......

Ian D

According to the Youtube clip Circles is the backing track to this

According to the Youtube clip Circles is the backing track to this

Blimey, what a co-incidence. I posted that Brenda Holloway track up here last week as I'd never heard it before and never even realised the connection. How weird.....

Ian D

Blimey, what a co-incidence. I posted that Brenda Holloway track up here last week as I'd never heard it before and never even realised the connection. How weird.....

Ian D

How good is that!!!...........with more than a touch of Earl Wright don`t you think Ian?

Lad teens - White rice (flip of keep on rollin') seemed to go down a treat when I played it out a couple of weeks ago

Lad teens - White rice (flip of keep on rollin') seemed to go down a treat when I played it out a couple of weeks ago

sure did Mark

The BLUE Label is the ODD One out here.

Deadwax is different & Label Credit Layout is Different.

The BLUE Label is the ODD One out here.

Deadwax is different & Label Credit Layout is Different.

Interesting. The blue label version was the one that got mass imported here in the early 70's. I've never seen a copy on the multi-coloured Share label............

Ian D

The Blue Label was the first that I originally bought it on.

That was very early 70's around The Torch era.

Should still have it somewhere, However.

Just bought another copy (Arrived Yesterday) to compare the details.

Loads of instrumentals played in UK mod / soul clubs in mid 60's ......

Willie Mitchell -- "Oh Baby You Turn Me On"; Rex Garvin & Mi Cravers -- "Sock It To Em JB"; Markeys -- "Philly Dog"; Willie Mitchell -- "Everthing is Gonna be Alright"; Alvin Cash & Crawlers -- "Alvins Boogaloo"; Little Mac & Boss Sound -- "Midnight Hour"; Alvin Cash & C -- "Philly Freeze"; Bobby Moore & Rh Aces -- "Hey Mr DJ" + loads of Booker T & MG's cuts and other things I can't recall at present.

Had "Two In the Morning" way back then (on a cheap Pye label compilation LP) but don't recall it being played out in clubs back then.

The Blue Label was the first that I originally bought it on.

That was very early 70's around The Torch era.

Should still have it somewhere, However.

Just bought another copy (Arrived Yesterday) to compare the details.

I'm pretty sure I got mine in the first Soul collection I bought in 1971 which means that it must have been generally available locally from at least a year before. I've never seen anything other other than the blue one and the white promo. The other ones are new to me....

Ian D

I've always had a soft spot for this.......

Milton Wright & The Terra Shirma Strings "The Gallop"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBt9o4nxLwA

Ian D

The only other record that I can compare it to is this one.

The Deadwax appears to be by the same hand as the 102 Press (DEMO, Yellow, Multi-Coloured)

Guessing that the Blue Copy of the 102 Press is from a different time period / pressing plant.

Probably a later pressing for the UK demand and they saved money by printing in one colour. I would think the blue pressing would be a couple of years later than the original release. I would also think that they'd have done around 2K copies and probably shifted 'em all to the UK. I think that multi-coloured original is pretty rare in the grand scheme of this record.......

Ian D

Again have seen different Label Variations for this.

There must have been at least two, possibly three different pressing plants involved with each significant release.

East Coast, West Coast etc.

I've always had a soft spot for this.......

Milton Wright & The Terra Shirma Strings "The Gallop"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBt9o4nxLwA

Ian D

One of the very best!...........vocal is shite!!......I gave mine to a mate for his 40th..........what a plonker

No one? Did these just appear out of the blue or something....? Were they some 'lost' sessions or an elaborate bootleg?

Ian D

West Coast Motown band tracks for sure.... one has already been identified as a Brenda song .. I don't yet know what the other is but I'll try and identify it

I'm going to suggest these originally came from Jerry Long who had a knack for recycling such things

Andy

This was my copy auctioned by J.M., found it at Expansions in Manchester, many years ago...

Well I don't know much really - I do know JM auctioned one a few years back, suggesting that was one of only two ever made - The label and handwriting were the same: the only difference was the "Orchestra" on mine was shortened to "Orch" on JM's.

If you have one without the "Sydney Barnes" credit, then that's another one. I take it it has "Hold On" / "Soul Generation" on the flip?

I think I got mine in advance of it's proposed release - ie at the time I thought it would be released on Destiny, and there was no hint that it was to be scrapped as a release.

Cheers

Mick

Edited May 18, 201212 yr by Awake 502

I've always had a soft spot for this.......

Milton Wright & The Terra Shirma Strings "The Gallop"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBt9o4nxLwA

Ian D

no wonder! its a terrific inst....

I love Hammond organ led instros & this one (issued out of Philly) is I believe by a guy from Ohio.

Jon Thomas was born 1918 in Biloxi, Mississippi but his family moved to Cincinnati in 1921.

Jon took up music & was a pianist who turned organ player. He formed his own jazz group in 1955 and was recording in no time (I believe he played on the Little Willie John session during which "Fever" was recorded. Jon himself had 45's out on Note in 1955 and Mercury in 1957. He made a recording himself & took the 45 around to DJs in Cincinnati & Cleveland. This caught the attention of ABC andthey signed him in 1960 -- releasing the single "Heartbreak/ Teasin" (there are vocals on both these) cuts. Another decent ABC 45 followed shortly after.

Later on in 1960's, a 45 was issued on Junior (Philly) by a Jon Thomas -- it was an organ instrumental titled "Tizzy".

I'm guessing that this has to be by the Ohio based guy, anyone confirm this ?

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A 45 definitely by the guy from Cincinnati ......

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The Jon Thomas Trio in 1958 consisted of Jon on Hammond plus Gene Walker & Slim Jackson on sax. They were gigging at the Copa Club in Newport, Kentucky when recruited to back-up Brook Benton on tour. After that, the Jon Thomas Group secured a spot in a club in Buffalo and then moved on to play at the Baby Grand Club in Wilmington, Delaware.

They had one song called "Heartbreak" which everyone loved and they ended up playing it over and over at the club. While playing at the Baby Grand, Gil Askey, the arranger and trumpet player for the Chris Columbo Band, walked into the club one night and asked Gene Walker if he would like to join the Chris Columbo Quintet. Gene was reluctant to make the move but Jon Thomas knew the Columbo Quintet worked steadily and his band did not have the same prospects once they returned to Cincinnati. Thomas encouraged Walker to go with Columbo and so he joined the group. Thomas then returned to Cincinnati where he used his 'down time' to go into King Studios and cut "Heartbreak (It's Killing Me)". The track was such a hit that the Jon Thomas Group suddenly had more than enough work.

Chris Columbo certainly had some good guys in his groups as from around 1960 to 1962, Earl Van Dyke was the Hammond player in his outfit.

By the 70's, Jon Thomas was back in Cincinnati & getting gigs wherever he could, usually playing as a solo musician in clubs, bars & restaurants ......... a 1978 spot he had ........

Lots of worldwide releases for this one...and here are the two US releases:

Lots of worldwide releases for this one...and here are the two US releases:

Never even heard of The Honor Society - amazing.

The Blue Label was the first that I originally bought it on.

That was very early 70's around The Torch era.

Should still have it somewhere, However.

Just bought another copy (Arrived Yesterday) to compare the details.

The blue label was the one that Simon Soussan 'discovered' on his first trip to the States - I know because I was with him in Leeds (( in Chris Tipping's flat - he funded him to go) when he opened his suitcase filled with the stuff he found!

Happy days

Julian