Has anybody got any information as to what year this little beauty got released?

There's nothing on the 45 itself and didn't want to guess at a release date?

TIA

Dave

Has anybody got any information as to what year this little beauty got released?

There's nothing on the 45 itself and didn't want to guess at a release date?

TIA

Dave

Hi Dave

 

1980 release methinks. Lovely record - right up my street. Show Me was the b side. The flip is One Down You To Go - a killer ballad.

 

Peter

 

Edited October 24, 201311 yr by Peter99

Hi Peter

It's a year I'm after for defo as it's key to a couple of questions/answers I want to explore/solve.

Do you know that it's defo 1980 release as I can't find anything that pins down the date, I had thoughts it could be as late as 1984/85, but again no definite info just bits and pieces like a jigsaw.

Dave

Hi Peter

It's a year I'm after for defo as it's key to a couple of questions/answers I want to explore/solve.

Do you know that it's defo 1980 release as I can't find anything that pins down the date, I had thoughts it could be as late as 1984/85, but again no definite info just bits and pieces like a jigsaw.

Dave

Pretty sure it's 1980 mate.

 

Peter

Al Johnson produced magic!

Dave L

Peter

If it was 1980 begs the question as to how the A side "One down and you to go" got a Budweiser release, as I believed these releases were for newcomer winners of singing competitions?

If this is the case then there's a 3 year gap between them, I wonder if they blagged it because the initial release on Kayo flopped? Might also account for the change in name to Jade.

Dave

Have a look at the Al Johnson article in Voices, it had a discog of his work and might have some more info 

Can't understand how this tune failed commercially. Great record. What's it fetchin'?

John

Hope you well mate

Thanks for that will try and dig them out to see if its mentioned.

Dave

John

Hope you well mate

Thanks for that will try and dig them out to see if its mentioned.

Dave

 

I am and hope to see you and Tina in a few weeks.  And guess what.....  Peggy Gaines 711 w/d with an "X" popped through my letterbox this morning, well pleased.

it was a tiny independent release. other groups had small independent releases before their budweiser showdown releases -- for example prasz, as well as a couple of others. Given that it's not out of the question that they would reuse a recording from a few years before. I don't know if this is actually what happened or not, just saying it's possible.

Amazing record, both sides.

tune

https://youtu.be/PctLKcvYLGk

 

dexter wansel

it was a tiny independent release. other groups had small independent releases before their budweiser showdown releases -- for example prasz, as well as a couple of others. Given that it's not out of the question that they would reuse a recording from a few years before. I don't know if this is actually what happened or not, just saying it's possible.

Boba

Thanks for that, as you say its possible, but being a "trainspotter" just wanted to tie down a release date to move things on from a definite start date.

Cheers

Dave

It`s  1980 ,i updated it on discogs a while back,i can`t remember where i got info  now,the old grey matter isn`t what it used to be lol  .

certainly sounds 1980/81....would have been very dated by 83/84.....heres my copy with the info blacked out due to the name change

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c40knIm1QaQ

What a choon

certainly sounds 1980/81....would have been very dated by 83/84.....heres my copy with the info blacked out due to the name change

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c40knIm1QaQ

Looks very similar to mine too!

 

Andy

The 2 copies I got back in the early 90s were intact with no strike outs, while some that came through some dealer outlets had names and addresses struck out, nudge nudge wink wink.

It may well be that after the release by Jade in 1983 spare copies with blacked out info were used or handed out????. Just a thought no defo info on that tangent!

arranged by Al Johnson who just died, RIP

Another sad loss to our music and a very underrated artiste like so many. We only seem to really appreciate them when they are gone!

RIP Al

Dave Halsall

Has anyone got the discog from "Voices " to put up, What a Talent ??

Regards

Barry