Rhino Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 (edited) curtis - how can i tell herjust ask me - bobby thurstonanything i can do - collins and conever had a love so good - charles johnson james walsh band - coz its you girlujima - im not ready Edited July 16, 2015 by rhino Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Johnlloyd Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 How aboutHosanna - HipitJackey Beavers - Trying to get back to you John Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Gene-R Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 (edited) Were the two Tom Sanders bits on Portra ("I'll Get To That" and "Doing Bad" - Robert & Tom Sanders) played as new releases, or picked up a couple of years later? Similarly, what about "No Stranger To Love" by Glenda McLeod? I know this has always been rare on original, but would it still have been picked up as a new release at the time? Does anyone know who was the first to spin it? I believe Stuart Cosgrove found the first handful, but was he actually the first DJ to play it? Edited July 16, 2015 by Gene-R Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Rhino Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 As a spin-off from the Greg Perry thread, how many big Northern records, as opposed to Modern that later became Northern, were played when recently released and still available. Big ones only please. I think Jackie Moore 'Both Ends Against The Middle' was but Archie Bell 'Here I Go Again' was probably deleted by the time it was played (could well be wrong there), same with Alfie Davison.just a thought ady any chance of kent releasing a cd from this era? Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Peter99 Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 curtis - how can i tell herjust ask me - bobby thurstonanything i can do - collins and conever had a love so good - charles johnson james walsh band - coz its you girlujima - im not ready Some of those were always a bit pricy and not easily available to all and sundry mate. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Rhino Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 Some of those were always a bit pricy and not easily available to all and sundry mate.would class ujima and collins and co as pricey and could never of been able to afford them back then. Curtis was hard to pick up but wasn't dear only paid £30 for it Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Garethx Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 O'Jays "Put Our Heads Together" mentioned yet? Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Jerry Hipkiss Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 Big Boris "Devils Drive" was played at the Torch as a new release... Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Davemac3 Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 Are you ready for this - Brothers Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Koolkat Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 Love machine. Miracles. 1975. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Popular Post Neil Rushton Posted July 17, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted July 17, 2015 (edited) Flaming Emeralds "Have Some Everybody" was played on the Northern scene before it got distributed in the USA.John Anderson had got Ist pressings from Fee (Woody Wilson?) and gave Richard Searling a copy to play to build up demand before release. Richard spun it at a Manchester Ritz All-Dayer and I had a look at it whle it was playing and made a mental note of what it was.That was on a Sunday and the next Saturday afternoon I was at a Detroit distributors, at the start of a record buying trip all over the USA. The guy only stocked had new releases - no 1960's - and wanted to go home as I kept saying no thanks to everything he played...Finally, he said before closing for the day and sending me on my way, he would open up a box of stock of a brand new record that had arrived that morning to ship the following week. He pulled out "Have Some Everybody" and got exasperated when I said "I'll take them" before he even played it, saying I could not possibly know the record as he had not even heard it, and he had the first stock from the label to any distributor.I don't know if hew believed me when I explained how I knew it, but stopped being exasperated when I paid for all the 500 copies he had.Talk about being in the right place at the right time!.Twenty minutes found some Skullsnaps and Garland Green LP's at a store in shopping mall ..and then on to Bob Mays which is another story.. Edited July 17, 2015 by Neil Rushton 4 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Eddie Hubbard Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 Faming Emeralds "Have Some Everybody" was played on the Northern scene before it got distributed in the USA.John Anderson had got Ist pressings from Fee (Woody Wilson) and gave Richard Searling a copy to play to build up demand before release. Richard spun it at a Manchester Ritz All-Dayer and I had a look at it whle it was playing and made a mental note of what it was.That was on a Sunday and the next Saturday afternoon I was at a Detroit distributors, at the start of a record buying trip all over the USA. The guy only stocked had new releases - no 1960's - and wanted to go home as I kept saying no thanks to everything he played...Finally, he said before closing for the day and sending me on my way, he would open up a box of stock of a brand new record that had arrived that morning to ship the following week. He pulled out "Have Some Everybody" and got exasperated when I said "I'll take them" before he even played it, saying I could not possibly know the record as he had not even heard it, and he had the first stock from the label to any distributor.I don't know if hew believed me when I explained how I knew it, but stopped being exasperated when I paid for all the 500 copies he had.Talk about being in the right place at the right time!.Twenty minutes found some Skullsnaps and Garland Green LP's at a store in shopping mall ..and then on to Bob Mays which is another story.. I love stories like this.... 2 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Swifty Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 I love stories like this.... Me too ! what's the Bob Mays story Neil ? Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Neil Rushton Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 Bob Mays involves Bob, Ollie McLaughlin, booze and thousands of Ric-Tic singles we liberated from Detroit. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Neil Rushton Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 I remember Lily Fields "Love Has So Meanings" and Danny Reed "What Makes Her A Woman" being advertised as new releases by New York distributors in Billboard which you could get in the UK every week pretty easily, and sending off for 25 copies a time and they would arrive pretty quickly. Cannot remember for the life of me how we made payments in those days. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Swifty Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 I remember Lily Fields "Love Has So Meanings" and Danny Reed "What Makes Her A Woman" being advertised as new releases by New York distributors in Billboard which you could get in the UK every week pretty easily, and sending off for 25 copies a time and they would arrive pretty quickly. Cannot remember for the life of me how we made payments in those days. I remember buying those and Boogie Man Orch off Rick Todd and Dick Jervis from Grimsby , they used to play them to me down the phone when I was at work lol ! then I would see them at the Gables Country Club , one week I couldn't go and in the next weeks advert in the local paper , at the bottom it said something like " Swifty , don't forget you owe £3.00 for some Records . Were there any of the harder Ric-Tic records mate ? I just can't imagine the excitement of getting stuff in those days Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Steve L Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 I love stories like this.... Me too…. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Peter99 Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 (edited) I remember buying those and Boogie Man Orch off Rick Todd and Dick Jervis from Grimsby , they used to play them to me down the phone when I was at work lol ! then I would see them at the Gables Country Club , one week I couldn't go and in the next weeks advert in the local paper , at the bottom it said something like " Swifty , don't forget you owe £3.00 for some Records . Were there any of the harder Ric-Tic records mate ? I just can't imagine the excitement of getting stuff in those days The Gables Country Club!We had some big punch ups in there Swifty! One night everyone joined forces and it was Away United versus the Skeggy lot. I think our mutual friend Kev might have had a hand in kicking that one off. Edit - mm, I ought to add that this wasn't a northern do - it was a disco Edited July 17, 2015 by Peter99 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Seano Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 Another I remember hearing at Wigan - George Benson, On Broadway. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Swifty Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 The Gables Country Club!We had some big punch ups in there Swifty! One night everyone joined forces and it was Away United versus the Skeggy lot. I think our mutual friend Kev might have had a hand in kicking that one off. Edit - mm, I ought to add that this wasn't a northern do - it was a discoRemember it well Pierre , I tried to put the statue thing outside through the front doors and missed and it went through the window on the left lol !yeah , we all stuck together Mabo and louth but I thought it was the Grimsby lot ?Happy Days mate , hope you're well Bud Swifty Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Tfk Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 (edited) Moments - I got the need (LP ) , Eddie Holman - This could be a night ....,Originals - Down to love town .......good shouts there Eddie on both your postings .....now you've got me thinking which came first with " I got the need" ???? I seem to recall both the Chuck J and Moments versions being played similar times and both from off the LPs first - then CJ was released as a UK 45 ' but can't remember if the CJ version got a release in the states or Europe on a 45 ? not forgetting the Spooky and Sue version on European Decca records 45 ... Mmmm tfk Edited July 18, 2015 by tfk Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Neil Rushton Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 The Bottle - Gil Scott-Heron/ Brian Jackson (Strata-East) was played as soon as The Winter In America album was released.Game Players - Dooley SilverspoonIt's Better To Have (And Don't Need) - Don Covay Mick Holdsworth mentioned Jeff Perry "Love Don't Come No Stronger" getting instant plays. We actually gave away UK Arista demos of this as brand new release to first x number in at Manchester Ritz All-Dayer the Sunday before it was officially released on the Monday. Same with demos of Debbie Taylor "Just Don't Pay". Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Dave Thorley Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 A few moreEWF - Happy Feelin (LP & 45) Columbia, released in UK almost simultaneously on CBSEFW - Biyo (LP & 45) Columbia, released in UK almost simultaneously on CBSMandrill - Never die (LP & 45)Cleveland Eaton - Bama boogie woogiePhilly Devotions - I was a lonely man - ColumbiaCandi Staton - Young hearts run free - Warner BrosFrankie Sanders - Take another look - JuanaJ. Blackfoot - Where is love - SoundtownArchie Bell - Soul city walking - TSOPHarold Melvin - The love I lost - PIRFat Larry - Center city - WMOTTower Of Power - You ought to be having fun - ColumbiaCloud One - Atmosphere strutt - P&PSilvetti - Spring rain - SalsoulDooley Silverspoon - Game players - Seville Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Eddie Hubbard Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 good shouts there Eddie on both your postings .....now you've got me thinking which came first with " I got the need" ???? I seem to recall both the Chuck J and Moments versions being played similar times and both from off the LPs first - then CJ was released as a UK 45 ' but can't remember if the CJ version got a release in the states or Europe on a 45 ? not forgetting the Spooky and Sue version on European Decca records 45 ... Mmmm tfk I heard The Moments first ,off the Sharp LP ,I know Colin played it at The Mecca too.Not sure if it ever made a 45? Richard was also playing "Somehow you make me feel " and "Time will tell " off The Eddie Holman LP .This could be a night was played off the 12" and LP to begin with ,with the great long intro..... Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Eddie Hubbard Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 A few moreEWF - Happy Feelin (LP & 45) Columbia, released in UK almost simultaneously on CBSEFW - Biyo (LP & 45) Columbia, released in UK almost simultaneously on CBSMandrill - Never die (LP & 45)Cleveland Eaton - Bama boogie woogiePhilly Devotions - I was a lonely man - ColumbiaCandi Staton - Young hearts run free - Warner BrosFrankie Sanders - Take another look - JuanaJ. Blackfoot - Where is love - SoundtownArchie Bell - Soul city walking - TSOPHarold Melvin - The love I lost - PIRFat Larry - Center city - WMOTTower Of Power - You ought to be having fun - ColumbiaCloud One - Atmosphere strutt - P&PSilvetti - Spring rain - SalsoulDooley Silverspoon - Game players - Seville I first heard "" Game Players "when Richard spun it off the LP during the early session at Wigan. J Blackfoot was Stafford, eh Dave.... 2 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Epic Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 The Bottle - Gil Scott-Heron/ Brian Jackson (Strata-East) was played as soon as The Winter In America album was released.Game Players - Dooley SilverspoonIt's Better To Have (And Don't Need) - Don Covay Mick Holdsworth mentioned Jeff Perry "Love Don't Come No Stronger" getting instant plays. We actually gave away UK Arista demos of this as brand new release to first x number in at Manchester Ritz All-Dayer the Sunday before it was officially released on the Monday. Same with demos of Debbie Taylor "Just Don't Pay"."It's Better To Have (And Don't Need) was the other way around as it was played in all the high street discos in 1974 & was picked up on the Northern scene some years later. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Soulwolf Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 The weekly lists from Soulbowl highlighted new releases, a couple I can remember from around 1975:Lee Andrews and the Hearts Can't Do Without You.Barnaby Bye Can't Live this WayBoogie Man Orchestra Lady Lady LadyGeorge Benson SupershipThe Miracles Love Machine Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Benji Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 You should have gone to Amsterdam or Berlin instead. It came out in Netherlands and Germany same time as US. For whatever reason UK issue was 3 years later. Probably when there was enough demand from the underground Soul scene. * NL issue was 1976, same as UK. US/Germany 1973Have to correct my post regarding the german release.. Even though it says (c) 1973 on the label and the respective Discogs entry says 1973 too it came out in 1976 according to the cat. number. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Tomangoes Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 To be fair a lot of the tunes listed aren't "Northern" ie Tavares, Peter Brown, DC Larue etc. The attendees of Station Rd would have been chucking themselves off the balcony if Russ had played "Do You Wanna Get Funky With Me" !! That would depend on the definition of 'Northern'. As a 14/15 year old going to the Cleggy Wintergarden nighters in 76/77, it was all Northern to me! New stuff like 'CATHEDRALS' was played along side Old stuff like 'I'll Forgive and Forget' etc...........Too young for the politics and only interested in staying on the floor. In short they were all 'newies to me, and about 75% of all the other punters. Even 'black soul music' filled the floor....happy innocent days indeed.Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na ........Na Na Black Soul..........Ed Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Northern Soul Uk Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 Gil Scott Heron - The Bottle? Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Davenpete Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 Bobby Womack - Gypsy Woman - remember RS playing it at Morecambe and announcing it wasn't due for release in the States for another 3 weeks.Dx 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
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