Over the years there has been some cracking labels full of soul product so heres a new thread name your 'Top 10s' from just one lable. My choice is 'Verve' a huge catalouge to choose from but i have left out the top classics like 'Howard Guyton', 'Youngblood Smith' etc mainly because i have not got them. This top 10 is out of my own collection i will be interested to see other choices. Sorry no sound files yet im sorting soundcloud out and a few of these are not even on youtube. Waggy

1. BLUES GROOVE - I BELIEVE IN YOU

2. GEORGE JACKSON - I FOUND WHAT I WANTED

3. JOE MOORE - I AINT

4. PENNY CARTER - WE GOTTA TRY HARDER

5. LOUISE MURRAY - THE LOVE I GIVE

6. DEJAH AHRES - REAL JIVE GUY (vocal)

7. BILLY WOODS - I FOUND SATISFACTION

8. TOMMY COLLINS - I WANNA THANK YOU

9. PORGY & THE MONARCHS - LOVE CHAIN

10. JIMMY HUFF - (Lover) NEVER LEAVE ME

Just why that Louise Murray is not tearing the roof off places up and down the country is beyond me...

Can I add Howard Tate- Sweet Love child ?

T

Yes i agree good choice i dont have a copy of that

Just why that Louise Murray is not tearing the roof off places up and down the country is beyond me...

Can I add Howard Tate- Sweet Love child ?

T

It was Tony in the late 90's. Well what I mean is I was playing it

It was Tony in the late 90's. Well what I mean is I was playing it

Were you doing a lot of mileage???

T

Carnival, Volt, Groovesville, Stax, Soul, Brent of the top of my head, too many examples from each, thats why they are favourites of mine

Kev

I also had it on a tape in the car and was doing 45,000 miles a year back then. Does that count?

I also had it on a tape in the car and was doing 45,000 miles a year back then. Does that count?

Well, of course..

So long as the windows were open.

Over the years there has been some cracking labels full of soul product so heres a new thread name your 'Top 10s' from just one lable. My choice is 'Verve' a huge catalouge to choose from but i have left out the top classics like 'Howard Guyton', 'Youngblood Smith' etc mainly because i have not got them. This top 10 is out of my own collection i will be interested to see other choices. Sorry no sound files yet im sorting soundcloud out and a few of these are not even on youtube. Waggy

1. BLUES GROOVE - I BELIEVE IN YOU

2. GEORGE JACKSON - I FOUND WHAT I WANTED

3. JOE MOORE - I AINT

4. PENNY CARTER - WE GOTTA TRY HARDER

5. LOUISE MURRAY - THE LOVE I GIVE

6. DEJAH AHRES - REAL JIVE GUY (vocal)

7. BILLY WOODS - I FOUND SATISFACTION

8. TOMMY COLLINS - I WANNA THANK YOU

9. PORGY & THE MONARCHS - LOVE CHAIN

10. JIMMY HUFF - (Lover) NEVER LEAVE ME

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Must be room in there for Howard Tate, "Half A Man" Great thread though

Kev

Edited December 22, 201212 yr by mike

Must be room in there for Howard Tate, "Half A Man" Great thread though

Kev

Didn't think you were allowed to include re-issues

The Webs- I want you Back

tony

Big Wheel

No point listing any favourites, just pick any 45 from the catalogue.

Regards,

Dave

Over the years there has been some cracking labels full of soul product so heres a new thread name your 'Top 10s' from just one lable. My choice is 'Verve' a huge catalouge to choose from but i have left out the top classics like 'Howard Guyton', 'Youngblood Smith' etc mainly because i have not got them. This top 10 is out of my own collection i will be interested to see other choices. Sorry no sound files yet im sorting soundcloud out and a few of these are not even on youtube. Waggy

1. BLUES GROOVE - I BELIEVE IN YOU

2. GEORGE JACKSON - I FOUND WHAT I WANTED

3. JOE MOORE - I AINT

4. PENNY CARTER - WE GOTTA TRY HARDER

5. LOUISE MURRAY - THE LOVE I GIVE

6. DEJAH AHRES - REAL JIVE GUY (vocal)

7. BILLY WOODS - I FOUND SATISFACTION

8. TOMMY COLLINS - I WANNA THANK YOU

9. PORGY & THE MONARCHS - LOVE CHAIN

10. JIMMY HUFF - (Lover) NEVER LEAVE ME

Blues Groove, superb little choon!

would throw in Penny Carter's other Verve 45 "He Can't Hurt Me No More" as well.

Steve

Big Wheel

No point listing any favourites, just pick any 45 from the catalogue.

Regards,

Dave

with ya on that Dave, even with only seven releases, ya could still pick a classy ten as most are double sided class!

Steve

Here's a top ten of mine from the Twinight label..........

1) Johnny Williams - Maggie

2) Josephine Taylor - I've Made Up My Mind

3) Dynamic Tints - Package Of Love

4) Jimmy Jones - Yesterday's Mistakes

5) Annette Poindexter - Wayward Dream

6) Kaldirons - To Love Someone

7) Renaldo Domino - I'm A Good Man

8) Notations - A New Day

9) Elvin Spencer - Lift This Hurt

10) Nate Evans - Main Squeeze

(hard to keep it at ten, with such a classy label!)

Steve

Didn't think you were allowed to include re-issues

Now then John, enlighten me you cheeky chap, know you are a mind full of info, is there summat I am missing

Best

Kev

A couple more Verve tunes..

Terri Bryant - Geni.

Howard Tate - Baby i love you.

Here's a top ten of mine from the Twinight label..........

1) Johnny Williams - Maggie

2) Josephine Taylor - I've Made Up My Mind

3) Dynamic Tints - Package Of Love

4) Jimmy Jones - Yesterday's Mistakes

5) Annette Poindexter - Wayward Dream

6) Kaldirons - To Love Someone

7) Renaldo Domino - I'm A Good Man

8) Notations - A New Day

9) Elvin Spencer - Lift This Hurt

10) Nate Evans - Main Squeeze

(hard to keep it at ten, with such a classy label!)

Steve

Absolutely Steve

Kev

Here's a top ten of mine from the Twinight label..........

1) Johnny Williams - Maggie

2) Josephine Taylor - I've Made Up My Mind

3) Dynamic Tints - Package Of Love

4) Jimmy Jones - Yesterday's Mistakes

5) Annette Poindexter - Wayward Dream

6) Kaldirons - To Love Someone

7) Renaldo Domino - I'm A Good Man

8) Notations - A New Day

9) Elvin Spencer - Lift This Hurt

10) Nate Evans - Main Squeeze

(hard to keep it at ten, with such a classy label!)

Steve

Awesome Steve and no surprise you picked a label like this.

Carnival label

Manhattans-Follow Your Heart

Lee Williams-I'll Be Gone

Lee Williams-Lost Love

Lee Williams-It's Everything About You

Phil Terrell-I'm Just A Young Boy (Jimmy Saville Fave)

Manhattans-Baby I'm Sorry

Norma Jenkins-Me, Myself And I

Lee Williams-Love Is Breaking Out

Manhattans-I'm The One That Love Forgot

Manhattans-I Betcha

Theres 50 odd on the label, I haven't heard all of em, but most of em and they're all good

Kev

Veep would give us a decent top ten.

Cindy Scott, Star Treks, a few from Little Anthony, Elbie Parker, Rose St John, Timothy Wilson, Barbara Banks etc, etc

Carnival label

Manhattans-Follow Your Heart

Lee Williams-I'll Be Gone

Lee Williams-Lost Love

Lee Williams-It's Everything About You

Phil Terrell-I'm Just A Young Boy (Jimmy Saville Fave)

Manhattans-Baby I'm Sorry

Norma Jenkins-Me, Myself And I

Lee Williams-Love Is Breaking Out

Manhattans-I'm The One That Love Forgot

Manhattans-I Betcha

Theres 50 odd on the label, I haven't heard all of em, but most of em and they're all good

Kev

Good pics Kev, another label that's hard to do a top ten on mate, Manhattans "Betcha" a record from my perennial top ten! The late great George Smith never sounding better for me

steve

Good pics Kev, another label that's hard to do a top ten on mate, Manhattans "Betcha" a record from my perennial top ten! The late great George Smith never sounding better for me

steve

Aye Steve

George Smith, always mention him in all time top vocalists along with Lee Jones from the Masqueraders

Hope you are well mate

Kev

Now then John, enlighten me you cheeky chap, know you are a mind full of info, is there summat I am missing

Best

Kev

it was orignially the flip of You're Looking Good on Utopia so released a couple of years before the Verve release.

Cheers John, knew there was summat i should know, but, its a legit release, so it must count

Kev

I thought this thread was about your personal verve label top 10? anyways, there are lots of okay tracks but I couldn't actually come up with 10 personal "great" tracks (unless I also included MGM). here are the 8 I came up with, in no order.

Shalimars "stop and take a look at yourself"

Terri Bryant "geni"

Chantels "Indian giver"

High Keyes "Let's take a chance"

King Davis Houserockers "We all make mistakes sometimes"

Webs "we belong together"

Ambers "now I'm in trouble"

Wilson Pickett "let me be your boy"

Here's a top ten of mine from the Twinight label..........

1) Johnny Williams - Maggie

2) Josephine Taylor - I've Made Up My Mind

3) Dynamic Tints - Package Of Love

4) Jimmy Jones - Yesterday's Mistakes

5) Annette Poindexter - Wayward Dream

6) Kaldirons - To Love Someone

7) Renaldo Domino - I'm A Good Man

8) Notations - A New Day

9) Elvin Spencer - Lift This Hurt

10) Nate Evans - Main Squeeze

(hard to keep it at ten, with such a classy label!)

Steve

This is what i wanted other peoples top 10s theres some i dont know here so will be hunting the soundclips out brill choice of label

ok sorry, i see in your first post to pick a label also. i'll do that.

I thought this thread was about your personal verve label top 10? anyways, there are lots of okay tracks but I couldn't actually come up with 10 personal "great" tracks (unless I also included MGM). here are the 8 I came up with, in no order.

Shalimars "stop and take a look at yourself"

Terri Bryant "geni"

Chantels "Indian giver"

High Keyes "Let's take a chance"

King Davis Houserockers "We all make mistakes sometimes"

Webs "we belong together"

Ambers "now I'm in trouble"

Wilson Pickett "let me be your boy"

No Boba i must have misled its good people are putting other verve tracks up but i wanted top 10s from other labels a sure gaurantee to see some tunes listed i dont know as well

here is my Stang top 10, in order

1. moments - to you with love (group version on #5033)

2. Young ladies - tired of running around

3. Whatnauts - Try me

4. Moments - gotta find a way

5. George Wilson - Come back to me

6. moments - the next time that i see you

7. whatnauts - what's left to give

8. moments - sexy mama

9. moments - just because he wants to make love

10 moments - i won't do anything

Here's a top ten of mine from the Twinight label..........

1) Johnny Williams - Maggie

2) Josephine Taylor - I've Made Up My Mind

3) Dynamic Tints - Package Of Love

4) Jimmy Jones - Yesterday's Mistakes

5) Annette Poindexter - Wayward Dream

6) Kaldirons - To Love Someone

7) Renaldo Domino - I'm A Good Man

8) Notations - A New Day

9) Elvin Spencer - Lift This Hurt

10) Nate Evans - Main Squeeze

(hard to keep it at ten, with such a classy label!)

Steve

Steve, No Syl Johnson, now that surprises me.

hope the uploads work this time and the sound cloud link

https://soundcloud.com/swaggy1958/tracks

Edited October 22, 201212 yr by swaggy

here is my Stang top 10, in order

1. moments - to you with love (group version on #5033)

2. Young ladies - tired of running around

3. Whatnauts - Try me

4. Moments - gotta find a way

5. George Wilson - Come back to me

6. moments - the next time that i see you

7. whatnauts - what's left to give

8. moments - sexy mama

9. moments - just because he wants to make love

10 moments - i won't do anything

Brilliant never heard of the George Wilson before just Youtubed it amazing bet this is a hard piece to find

Steve, No Syl Johnson, now that surprises me.

John, it surprised me too mate! had 2 in by him but had to take 'em out to make ten.... but today i could put 'em back in! along with a couple more by Notations.... that's what makes the label so good to me

steve

Brilliant never heard of the George Wilson before just Youtubed it amazing bet this is a hard piece to find

it is, but not as hard as the young ladies or BBP

I thought this thread was about your personal verve label top 10? anyways, (I also included MGM) here are the 8 I came up with, in no order.

Shalimars "stop and take a look at yourself"

Terri Bryant "geni"

Chantels "Indian giver"

High Keyes "Let's take a chance"

King Davis Houserockers "We all make mistakes sometimes"

Webs "we belong together"

Ambers "now I'm in trouble"

Wilson Pickett "let me be your boy"

............ RE: King Davis Houserockers "We all make mistakes sometimes"

Bill Risbrook was a member of the King Davis Houserockers (the group were actually managed by King Davis & I believe Richard Thomas / Richard Thompson was their lead singer).

The group (along with a similar group that Billy Nichols was in at the time) played as 'covers bands' on the local New York club circuit -- the two groups even playing on the same bill one night at a local show. As the KDHr's the group enjoyed a 2nd 45 release in 1972.

Billy Nichol had written a song that he had cut himself around 1972/73 but he couldn't get a deal for it's release.

So when his friend Louie Risbrook asked if Billy had a song that the KDHr could cut he suggested "Do It (Till You're Satisfied)".

The membership of the KDHr's had evolved from their days on Verve, three of the group's musicians (guitarist Richard Thompson plus sax player's Bill Risbrook and Carlos Ward) had formed Madison Street Express along with bassist Louis Risbrook (AKA Jamal Rasool). After percussionist Dennis Rowe, drummer Terrell Wood, and vocalist Barbara Joyce Lomas joined them they cut "Do It" and for the release of their new 45 took the group name Brooklyn Trucking Express (their new name almost instantly being shortened to just B.T. Express.)

............ the rest is history (the 45 becoming a massive hit in August 74).

Edited October 19, 201212 yr by Roburt

..... RE: King Davis Houserockers featuring Richard Thomas (AKA Rick Thompson) -- "We all make mistakes sometimes"

The Rick (Richard) Thompson credited version of "We All Make Mistakes" on Columbia .......

Produced by King Davis Productions & released around June / July 69.

The KDHr's Verve 45 escaping around March / April 67.

Edited October 19, 201212 yr by Roburt

Over the years there has been some cracking labels full of soul product so heres a new thread name your 'Top 10s' from just one lable. My choice is 'Verve' a huge catalouge to choose from but i have left out the top classics like 'Howard Guyton', 'Youngblood Smith' etc mainly because i have not got them. This top 10 is out of my own collection i will be interested to see other choices. Sorry no sound files yet im sorting soundcloud out and a few of these are not even on youtube. Waggy

1. BLUES GROOVE - I BELIEVE IN YOU

2. GEORGE JACKSON - I FOUND WHAT I WANTED

3. JOE MOORE - I AINT

4. PENNY CARTER - WE GOTTA TRY HARDER

5. LOUISE MURRAY - THE LOVE I GIVE

6. DEJAH AHRES - REAL JIVE GUY (vocal)

7. BILLY WOODS - I FOUND SATISFACTION

8. TOMMY COLLINS - I WANNA THANK YOU

9. PORGY & THE MONARCHS - LOVE CHAIN

10. JIMMY HUFF - (Lover) NEVER LEAVE ME

Porgy and Monarchs ..... killer .... not heard out yet

Managed to add soundcloud sound files to the 'Verve' jpg pictures if you want a listen, come on chaps more effort get those thinking caps on only 3 other top 10s 'TWINIGHT' 'CARNIVAL' & 'STANG' its a good way of finding hidden gems Waggy

Great to see Billy Woods I Found Satisfaction being mentioned another example of a fantastic underplayed record, another great Verve record..... Four Hi's Pretty Little Face