21 again 63 Posted April 26, 2015 Richard searling played tune through thick and thin on solar radio missed the artisist. Nice tune. Any info? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
greety 234 Posted April 26, 2015 I should email him. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Steve G 6,904 Posted April 26, 2015 richardsearling@solarradio.com Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
constellation161 110 Posted April 26, 2015 (edited) He said you wouldn't believe who recorded it, and didn't say who it was. Edited April 26, 2015 by constellation161 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vynilhound 70 Posted April 27, 2015 He said you wouldn't believe who recorded it, and didn't say who it was. I did ask and the reply was " I can't tell you " !! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
21 again 63 Posted April 27, 2015 Tune in to next weeks show got me thinking. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
John Benson 295 Posted April 27, 2015 You could always listen to the show again and see if he mentions who it was - he puts them up on Mixcloud. https://www.mixcloud.com/spurs1961/ Was it the first hour or the second hour by the way? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
constellation161 110 Posted April 27, 2015 Think Richard said it was a Cameo Parkway artist and recorded in the UK. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jkpnefc 91 Posted April 28, 2015 tried listening but afraid i couldn't listen to a full hour of that mournful dirge Cue the baseball bats but sorry I am a philistine and prefer Northern Soul Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
John Benson 295 Posted April 29, 2015 Think Richard said it was a Cameo Parkway artist and recorded in the UK. Right, I've just had a listen to it on Mixcloud - it's only 10 minutes in anyway. He said it's an unissued Cameo Parkway acetate from 1966 and maybe recorded in the UK but definately a US artist. Firstly, it's not the song done by The Jackson 5 which has the same title, but completely different lyrics. I had to play the song a few times as I couldn't quite put my finger on it, but the singer was very familiar (to me). Eventually it came to me! .... I'm putting my money on it being Jo Armstead So, a quick bit of googling turned up this: THROUGH THICK AND THIN Writer: Josephine Armstead, Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson Publisher: Careers BMG Music Publishing/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Co./Renleigh Music, Inc. http://songwritershalloffame.org/index.php/songs/detailed/C325/P280/ I'll happily stand corrected if anyone else can come up with any other ideas, but it sounds too much like her not to be - plus she was first with Ashford & Simpson around this period, so it all adds up to it being a songwriter's acetate they did to try and sell the song. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Steve G 6,904 Posted April 29, 2015 I think that's a good bit of detective work there John. Can hear Nick Ashford and Valerie on backing vocals. If it's an acetate why wouldn't we believe who it is I wonder? Those three did loads and loads of acetates. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
John Benson 295 Posted April 29, 2015 'If it's an acetate why wouldn't we believe who it is I wonder?' That's the bit I couldn't understand either Steve - I believed it sounded like her enough to search for the title and her name - Ashford and Simpson just came up in the writer credits. I hadn't actually noticed their voices, but again they also have a distinctive sound - so I'll have to go have another listen now to check it out Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Steve G 6,904 Posted May 1, 2015 If I tell you who it is I'll have to kill you Share this post Link to post Share on other sites