This name always fascinated me, The Soul Cop, anyway I found this article on him but in it, it says one of his records made Number 8 on the UK charts, I know I am often forgetful but does anyone remember this, or did they just make it up?

https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1798&dat=19760910&id=loI0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=c44EAAAAIBAJ&pg=6809,1924340

This name always fascinated me, The Soul Cop, anyway I found this article on him but in it, it says one of his records made Number 8 on the UK charts, I know I am often forgetful but does anyone remember this, or did they just make it up?

https://news.google.c...pg=6809,1924340

https://www.45cat.com/record/10001us

Love his 'Tribute to girls' - big thankyou to Chris Anderton for putting me onto that track!!

https://www.45cat.com/record/10001us

So did he have a record in the UK top 10, I can't tell from those two scans of a US release

So did he have a record in the UK top 10, I can't tell from those two scans of a US release

Have looked but cant see anything yet will look later

Have looked but cant see anything yet will look later

I'm only pulling your leg

I'm only pulling your leg

Yeah but its bugging me now lol

'Unsatisfied Man' for me, tremendous slab of funky soul, with the emphasis on the SOUL......needs playing too.

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'Unsatisfied Man' for me, tremendous slab of funky soul, with the emphasis on the SOUL......needs playing too.

Best Russ

'Dissastified man' is a corker played by Keb at early funk events. "too many nights' is also a lovely if not dancey tune.

Kinnell can anyone answer the original question?

What was the UK label? Or was it imported in large numbers, if so, in several 1000's to sell enough copies to reach No 8 in the national chart surely?

I suspect it was No 8 in the 'UK Oliver Christian Appreciation Society's - The Soul Cop top 10 chart' for 1976.

The only tenuous thing I found, was that it was produced by Frank Guida who produced Gary U.S. Bonds' "A Quarter to Three" a U.S. No 1 & U.K. No 7

but that was 1961. Still it wouldn't be the first artist to honestly believed they had had great chart success in the UK chart, but hadn't!

Kinnell can anyone answer the original question?

No I cant sorry, but hoped the 'Dissatisfied Man' post would be of interest .

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Slightly off topic, so apologies, but any excuse to post a cracking tune that deserves some needle time..........when I lived in VA, I went to the same dealer, at the same Flea Market nearly every weekend for 3 years, there was never anything there at all & I mean nothing, to be honest it became a routine, mainly cos my family wont get at of bed untill noon on a weekend, so it was summat to do & vey local.

The very last Sunday before we flew home to the UK for good, as usual I woke early & thought I would continue my routine with the FM, but then I thought sh*t, its a waste of time I wont bother, better things to do, packing etc........,a little later, bored thought, bugger it why not ?, ................found 3 copies of Oliver Christian DM & paid less than 5 bucks for the lot.....same guy, same FM, same stock as always, but for those 3 records..........unbeleivable...........traded 2, kept one & if memory serves me right the one I kept is a slightly different font to the regular issues, they also all have a stamp saying 'free', does anyone else have this with the 'stamp' ?. Typically, the copy I kept developed a one or 2 rev tick, very slight, but annoying all the same.

Anyway, sorry to go off topic & go on a bit, but thought it might be of interest.

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Edited October 29, 201113 yr by Russ Vickers

Kinnell can anyone answer the original question?

"one of his records made Number 8 on the UK charts"

Pete having spent a while trying unsuccessfully to verify this claim I do believe it to be wholly bogus. The bounder!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"one of his records made Number 8 on the UK charts"

Pete having spent a while trying unsuccessfully to verify this claim I do believe it to be wholly bogus. The bounder!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Waddya ya think of DM in the clip ?.

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Waddya ya think of DM in the clip ?.

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If you had asked an hour ago Russ I would have said not impressed, but played it a few times and it's growing on me. I suppose that's what music's all about. Could see myself dancing to it.

Nice one mate, glad you gave it a chance.....thank you.

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Nice one mate, glad you gave it a chance.....thank you.

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I am nothing if not open to new sounds mate.

Frank Guida i assume was the the same guy that produced the northern record Just Ask Me by Lenis Guess. Think the piece about Oliver Christian having a pop hit in Britain is untrue.

Yep, JAM was a FG release, Legrand was also one of FG labels.....the store & studio in Norfolk VA were near to Howard Biggs Shiptown studio/store set up was on Gramby Street, think it was GS, minds a bit messed up this afternoon.......all that talent on the same street !!!.

When FG store closed in the early 8ts, I have it on good authority that the stock was given away on the street, what didnt go on the street was taken to the local thrift store & there was lots of it. I was told there were multiple boxes of Oliver Christian......the person I knew got a few boxes, I asked if he still had them, but they were thrown out when he moved years ago.

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Love Oliver Christian - fab record! Does need playing more for sure!