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The Montclairs - Hey You ! - Who Discovered / Played It First ?


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Guest Johnny Mack

I've always been led to believe this is a mecca spin around 1975?

Definitely a Mecca last hour spin ; That first batch of copies came through John Anderson at Soul Bowl.

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John

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Definitely a Mecca spin my brother had one from the place where rick cooper and Barry tasked and all them worked he got it out of the box on the counter he remembers leaving about another 10 copies this was before it got played, think it was about 50p

Mark

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Guest JIM BARRY

Definitely a Mecca spin my brother had one from the place where rick cooper and Barry tasked and all them worked he got it out of the box on the counter he remembers leaving about another 10 copies this was before it got played, think it was about 50p

Mark

GLOBAL records in manchester mark.

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Arch was started by Nick Charles, a DJ who had a few releases on Stax https://staxrecords.free.fr/charles.htm . He also produced (with Steve Cropper) some of the earlier Arch releases (Lindell Hill, Delrays).

do you know if this label was related?

https://www.collectorsfrenzy.com/details/320764644412/Rare_Garage_45_The_Wolfmen_ARCHWAY_RECORDS_Ones_Who_Love_HEAR

obviously it's a generic name for a st louis label. The lead vocalist on the Wolfmen single is clearly michael mcdonald, even though it's not mentioned in any of his discographies, biographies, etc., there is no way it could not be him if you hear it.

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Nice one Mark , why so precise , you got this on a live tape from his spot ?

Also interesting that Searling was playing this during the infamous Mecca / Wigan wars !!!

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Even if there was a so called war going on, Richard turned up at the Mecca loads of times before going on to DJ at Wigan.

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On 12/08/2012 at 15:04, Steve Plumb said:

One time minor Mecca spin as Chalky says

 

Ian Levine tells the story of taking a couple of copies out of a box of 100 in the US and leaving the rest at the time! I think i remember him saying they thought it was too slow at the time, which makes sense i guess?

Bit of an update as listening to Ian Levine he says it was box of 500(!) he found in St. Louis in 1974 of which he talk two - as noted probably due to the tempo being slow for the time..

At 2hrs 16mins..

 

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On 18/08/2012 at 10:29, The Tempest said:

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Thanks for the contributions , Curtis get's the vote then :thumbup:

 

On 18/08/2012 at 10:29, The Tempest said:

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Thanks for the contributions , Curtis get's the vote then :thumbup:

 

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On 12/08/2012 at 15:15, Ted Massey said:

When Dim Dave from Hednesford sold his collection in 1990 it was on his list, virtually nobody either remembered it or knew it and Tony Parker won it in the auction for £15

I wanted the Montclairs but Tony beat me to it,so I brought the Dynells on Vent of him instead.......

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On 17/11/2017 at 12:12, Reg Scott said:

Bit of an update as listening to Ian Levine he says it was box of 500(!) he found in St. Louis in 1974 of which he talk two - as noted probably due to the tempo being slow for the time..

At 2hrs 16mins..

 

Not sure this can be correct. Mass produced records were usually put into small brown cartons containing 25 records - these are known as 25 count boxes in the trade. Four 25 count boxes were put into a cubic shaped carton to make up a 100 count box for shipping purposes - these were heavy and cumbersome but could be moved easily enough with two hands when unloading a truck or carrying records into a store. Sometimes, records came off the presses in limited runs and were put straight into a deep tray type box containing up to 400 records in two rows, but more often than not, these boxes contained several different titles, usually on the same label, and were destined for a wholesaler. Given the number of Montclairs on Arch in circulation, I doubt this alleged trove of 200-500 records has been uncovered, if indeed it ever existed. Tony Tisovic of St Louis turned up several dozen copies in the estate of the label owner, together with the master tapes that were eventually shipped to Kent Records for a belated release given that it was a Stax owned title. The track got some big spins from the London boys in the 1990’s, especially on Jermyn Street alongside Oxford Knights ‘Just A Lonely One’ and ‘Johnny On The Spot’...

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On 8/12/2012 at 23:17, The Tempest said:

 

 

Nice one Mark , why so precise , you got this on a live tape from his spot ?

 

Also interesting that Searling was playing this during the infamous Mecca / Wigan wars !!!

 

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yes i have it on he played it straight after lee fields take me back

 

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