Chalky Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 View full article 1 2 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Popular Post Mike Posted February 11, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted February 11, 2017 yet another great addition to the soul 'features' section by @chalky publishing stuff like this makes it all worthwhile 4 2 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 (edited) Great article. Good to get some hard facts and Neil Rushton's involment in getting it played on the Nothern scene. Good photo of Charles Pennywell. You mention that The Sunlovers "My Poor Heart" came out on Mutt and Jeff in June 1967. It also came out on Breakthrough. Do you know which is the first label? I have had both, and the Mutt & Jeff record seems older. Edited February 11, 2017 by Guest Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Chalky Posted February 11, 2017 Author Share Posted February 11, 2017 23 minutes ago, solidsoul said: Great article. Good to get some hard facts and Neil Rushton's involment in getting it played on the Nothern scene. Good photo of Charles Pennywell. You mention that The Sunlovers "My Poor Heart" came out on Mutt and Jeff in June 1967. It also came out on Breakthrough. Do you know which is the first label? I have had both, and the Mutt & Jeff record seems older. Breakthrough as far as I am aware, both same year though. Different flips too. 2 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
stokesoulboy Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 Pretty sure it was Greg Tormo who told me Johnny Hendley was in a mental institution, and in quite a bad way. Great reading chalky! Ozz 1 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Ivor Jones Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 Great work Chalky as always…... I got in a conversation with Neil Rushton a couple of years back and this subject cropped up. He's got a great story all about this record and trying to deal with [ I think ], Joey Jefferson. See if you can get Neil to relay the story on here…. If I had the original 45 of this, I think I'd be too scared to play it out anyway, these things are so rare now arent they ? I really like the second version anyway ! Which is nice…. Thanks for posting Chalky Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Greety Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 Great story Chalky. Well done. 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Jamesh Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 Great read, thanks for posting 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Steve Thomas Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 Top Job again Chalky great read top info from Kev Roberts once again too Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
KevH Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 Great piece. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Eddie Hubbard Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 Great article Chalky ,I guess they never got round to recording a flip side for the first take on Breakthrough. 1 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Davetay Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 11 hours ago, Eddie Hubbard said: Great article Chalky ,I guess they never got round to recording a flip side for the first take on Breakthrough. One could say they never got around to finishing the top side, with it being such a short record, lol. 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Carl Dixon Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 Lovely to read the trivia like this. Thank you. Priceless. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Jim Elliott Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 A wonderful read. This record still makes the hair on the back of my gregory stand on end. ATB Jim. 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Bruv Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 Brilliant article, thank you for posting Chalky. 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Gibby Gibby Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 Every time Ted DJs never miss a chance to dance to pure master piece its just quality through expert harmonies production and arrangement its outstanding in every way thanks to everyone and Neil you all deserve the credit and appreciation of us all. 2 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Mike Posted May 29, 2018 Share Posted May 29, 2018 a featured Soul Source article add 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Still Diggin Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 Really good read, but some what bitter sweet in a way. One night in the early 80's at clifton hall in Rotheram there was a guy who had a small batch of records for sale, all northern classics, but records that even back then you hardly ever had a sniff at. From memory he had the Jades, Little Joe Roman, Lynn Vanardo, one of the Amy- bell 45's Bernard Williams or Morris Chestnut and yes That Inspirations first Version along with a couple of other things. I Took the Lynn Vanardo. All though I did not ask myself, i'm sure someone else asked about the Inspirations 45 and it was not an arm and a leg. Now had I took that one instead of the Vanardo 45 and kept hold of it, then maybe I could get my dodgy knee fixed with out the pathetic wait with the NHS!. Some great memories from the past, not too sure about that one. 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Louise Posted June 2, 2018 Share Posted June 2, 2018 Nice work Chalky Dave 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Dave Pinch Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 Great stuff chalky 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Ritchieandrew Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 Just to correct the details of the deal I made with Neil Rushton for the Inspirations. Its stated that I paid £120 for it, well in 1975 that was a fortune & I never ever had that amount of money then. The deal was for an issue copy of Joe Matthews - Aint nothing you can do - Kool Kat, plus every penny I had on me that day in The Ritz which was a lot less than £120. I then traded it with Colin Curtis at the Mecca 2 weeks later. The only other copy I knew of at the time was the one Dave Taylor had. I'm nor sure how many have ever beeh found, but I suspect that it is still a very Rare Record. Thanks for the article though...............a great read. !! 2 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
clevesoulie Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 Great article! We hear so much about Detroit and Chicago acts...I'm glad we get to hear about an L.A. act for a change! Best, Mark Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Gilly Posted November 7, 2022 Share Posted November 7, 2022 Brilliant article mate, I was lucky enough to obtain the 3rd (I think) copy to turn up, bought from Arthur Fenn and Dave Raistrick for £80...sold years later to Tim Brown for £800. 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Ted Massey Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 a great article Chalky. I bought Jim Wensioras in 1988 for 250 and still have it. It's got Ian Gilibrand scratched in the runouts, there's a picture somewhere with RS, Ian and one other posing with it at a venue back in the day 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Iancsloft Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 Dave Skeen and Kev Barrett found a copy on Breakthrough in Kansas from a shop I told them about in the 2000s think it was :$60 it was sold to Tim Brown later that year by Skeeny 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Thinksmart Posted May 22, 2023 Share Posted May 22, 2023 Fascinating reading. Not issued much on CD either, with the old Goldmine CDs including it - but not widely on wider mass-market compilations. 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Agentsmith Posted June 8, 2023 Share Posted June 8, 2023 I remember Neil telling me about his meeting with Joey Jefferson, when he came back from the states, at his shop in Lichfield St, Walsall...i think Joey packed a gun...and was a bit wary of Neil on account of not knowing who he was? Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
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