Normally I would put this into comedy sale of the day but it was too good not to highlight.
There's a record for sale on Ebay by Solomon King. He was a popular late 60's singer from manchester of Jewish extraction.
Our seller thinks he is Solomon Burke, the American soul giant, who got booted off his label Atlantic and had to come to the UK to get a song written for him by Tom Jones' manager
THIS IS ONE OF THE RAREST PIECES OF JAMES SOLOMON McDONALD'S VAST OUTPUT. IN 1968 HE FELL OUT OF FAVOUR AT ALANTIC RECORDS IN THE U.S. AND TRIED ANOTHER LABEL.HE LANDED UP IN THE U.K. WITH THIS RELEASE..SIDE ONE WRITTEN BY LES REED AND BARRY MASON,AND SIDE TWO BY GORDON MILLS.BRITISH MUSICIANS BEHIND HIM,THIS WAS PROBABLY RECORDED AT EMI'S ABBEY ROAD STUDIOS...AFTER ALL THAT,HE NEVER HAD A HIT SINGLE HERE DESPITE SELLING 17 MILLION ALBUMS WORLDWIDE IN HIS CAREER.HE DIED ABOARD AN AIRCRAFT ON 10TH OCTOBER 2010.
Normally I would put this into comedy sale of the day but it was too good not to highlight.
There's a record for sale on Ebay by Solomon King. He was a popular late 60's singer from manchester of Jewish extraction.
Our seller thinks he is Solomon Burke, the American soul giant, who got booted off his label Atlantic and had to come to the UK to get a song written for him by Tom Jones' manager
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SOLOMON-BURKE-WHEN-WE-WERE-YOUNG-45RPM-SINGLE-COLUMBIA-DB8402-/310753328339?pt=UK_Records&hash=item485a577cd3
THIS IS ONE OF THE RAREST PIECES OF JAMES SOLOMON McDONALD'S VAST OUTPUT. IN 1968 HE FELL OUT OF FAVOUR AT ALANTIC RECORDS IN THE U.S. AND TRIED ANOTHER LABEL.HE LANDED UP IN THE U.K. WITH THIS RELEASE..SIDE ONE WRITTEN BY LES REED AND BARRY MASON,AND SIDE TWO BY GORDON MILLS.BRITISH MUSICIANS BEHIND HIM,THIS WAS PROBABLY RECORDED AT EMI'S ABBEY ROAD STUDIOS...AFTER ALL THAT,HE NEVER HAD A HIT SINGLE HERE DESPITE SELLING 17 MILLION ALBUMS WORLDWIDE IN HIS CAREER.HE DIED ABOARD AN AIRCRAFT ON 10TH OCTOBER 2010.