Just heard Tony Blackburn play Mel Britt "She'll come running back" on Radio 2's - Sound of the 60's (On Phil's' collectors spot). 

Never thoughts I'd hear that!!!!!

I hope the show has an OVO only policy.

He played Eddie Parker - I'm gone in the first hour, sure I heard him say he has an original but was playing it off a cd

Yes Tony Blackburn is very knowledgeable about Music and he is a great fan of NS and all Soul in general so it's no surprise that he fits those tracks in his radio sets

ML

42 minutes ago, garswood said:

He played Eddie Parker - I'm gone in the first hour, sure I heard him say he has an original but was playing it off a cd

I wondered what the £6k record was that they mentioned they'd played in the last hour. Who is the 'Phil' bringing these in and playing them (I only caught 15 mins of the show). 

3 minutes ago, Hooker1951 said:

Yes Tony Blackburn is very knowledgeable about Music and he is a great fan of NS and all Soul in general so it's no surprise that he fits those tracks in his radio sets

ML

Yeah - Mr Lenny Gamble!!!

The guy played Gwen Owens -wanted and needed a couple of weeks ago, couldn't believe it.

seems to be a serious collector.

Edited August 19, 20177 yr by mark tobin
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10 minutes ago, mark tobin said:

The guy played Gwen Owens -wanted and needed a couple of weeks ago, couldn't believe it.

seems to be a serious collector.

250.000 plus records he has

he has played Lillie Bryant and other rarities too.

Edited August 19, 20177 yr by chalky

32 minutes ago, Paul Capon said:

I wondered what the £6k record was that they mentioned they'd played in the last hour. Who is the 'Phil' bringing these in and playing them (I only caught 15 mins of the show). 

phil `the collector` stern rings a bell

Its a bit early at 6am on saturday for me, gonna do the catch up show now

the full playlist is here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b090ffx6#play

I have asked a mate of mine who the collector chap is 

Edited August 19, 20177 yr by jim g

found this about him...https://www.longlivevinyl.net/phil-collector-swern-interview/

4 hours ago, staceys dad said:

found this about him...https://www.longlivevinyl.net/phil-collector-swern-interview/

Wow...fascinating...thank you for posting....Rob

would be interesting to know if mr swern is a soul collector, or has just amassed so many records that these rarities he has were picked up in bulk from radio stations etc.

2 hours ago, Lionelonthevinyl said:

Wow...fascinating...thank you for posting....Rob

would be interesting to know if mr swern is a soul collector, or has just amassed so many records that these rarities he has were picked up in bulk from radio stations etc.

He must have a liking for soul as quite a bit is programmed into the shows he produces, even going back to SOTS with Brian Matthew.  I think he is just a lover of music though rather than anyone one genre.

Hiya, over the years especially on radio 2, Phil ' the collector ' swern gets credited for info on tracks played. Brian Mathews (rip) always gave him a mention at the end of his shows, he provides info on different genres of music. Don't remember Brian Mathews mentioning his name early to mid 90's but certainly some obscure for radio 2 tracks played back then, I remember hearing Beverly Ann Gibson plus plenty of other stuff and this was well before the soul fan requests started. Cheers

Great read,  many thanks for posting 

Hmmm, yes I heard it this morning too...

There was a nice little pre-amble from Phil 'the collector' Swern, as soon as he mentioned the FIP label, I turned the radio up, ready for an unexpected treat, only to hear that the Mel Britt track was a re-recording of some some description, with an extended fade and looped vocals. The beat sounded digitised and 'Northerned up'. Not heard that version before and I don't particularly want to hear it again. 

Sounds of the Sixties was better when Jimmy Tarbuck presented it in my humble opinion. He really seemed to know his stuff, he played lots of obscure American recordings too. In those days he was playing real records and not some mp3 or Wav file that hasn't been checked for authenticity. 

Sorry for being a bit grumpy, but I've had few pints  

 

 

Edited August 19, 20177 yr by Soul16
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2 hours ago, Soul16 said:

Hmmm, yes I heard it this morning too...

There was a nice little pre-amble from Phil 'the collector' Swern, as soon as he mentioned the FIP label, I turned the radio up, ready for an unexpected treat, only to hear that the Mel Britt track was a re-recording of some some description, with an extended fade and looped vocals. The beat sounded digitised and 'Northerned up'. Not heard that version before and I don't particularly want to hear it again. 

Sounds of the Sixties was better when Jimmy Tarbuck presented it in my humble opinion. He really seemed to know his stuff, he played lots of obscure American recordings too. In those days he was playing real records and not some mp3 or Wav file that hasn't been checked for authenticity. 

Sorry for being a bit grumpy, but I've had few pints  

 

 

Jimmy Tarbuck?  How many pints have you had?

9 hours ago, Soul16 said:

Hmmm, yes I heard it this morning too...

There was a nice little pre-amble from Phil 'the collector' Swern, as soon as he mentioned the FIP label, I turned the radio up, ready for an unexpected treat, only to hear that the Mel Britt track was a re-recording of some some description, with an extended fade and looped vocals. The beat sounded digitised and 'Northerned up'. Not heard that version before and I don't particularly want to hear it again. 

Sounds of the Sixties was better when Jimmy Tarbuck presented it in my humble opinion. He really seemed to know his stuff, he played lots of obscure American recordings too. In those days he was playing real records and not some mp3 or Wav file that hasn't been checked for authenticity. 

Sorry for being a bit grumpy, but I've had few pints  

 

 

It could have been the Ian Levine Strange World of Northern Soul take. You Tube it.

7 hours ago, Steve S 60 said:

Jimmy Tarbuck?  How many pints have you had?

Not that many thankfully! Jimmy presented the show in the 1980's. 

 

Edited August 20, 20177 yr by Soul16

24 minutes ago, Steve Foran said:

It could have been the Ian Levine Strange World of Northern Soul take. You Tube it.

Yep, that's the one. Atrocious in my opinion.

21 minutes ago, Soul16 said:

Not that many thankfully! Jimmy presented the show in the 1980's. 

 

Don't think he was a regular was he?  The show used someone different every week mid to late 80s.  Brian Matthew took over in 1990 from Simon Dee who'd been presenting for a year or so?  Keith Fordyce was the original present, 1983-85.

Edited August 20, 20177 yr by chalky

22 minutes ago, chalky said:

Don't think he was a regular was he?  The show used someone different every week mid to late 80s.  Brian Matthew took over in 1990 from Simon Dee who'd been presenting for a year or so?  Keith Fordyce was the original present, 1983-85.

You are probably right there, maybe I just recall JT because the music he played seemed to include plenty of obscure American danceable records that appealed to my ears. I do remember that he seemed to be very knowledgeable (may have been scripted by someone else of course) about the records he played. 

I used to listen to SOTS at work on a regular basis and when Brian Matthew took over, the show definitely went a lot more 'middle of the road' in terms of music policy.

Tony Blackburn is OK, but I reckon they should have handed the show over to Dale Winton  (really)

Assuming Phil "The collector" Swern has the original records, he must have hoovered up everything, back in the day. I only catch snatches of the show but did anybody hear him play the very rare Jethro Toe (Tull) record the other week?

Lisa Tarbuck used to play some northern soul when she presented on radio 2 a couple of years back.

4 minutes ago, tobytyke said:

Lisa Tarbuck used to play some northern soul when she presented on radio 2 a couple of years back.

She still does, early Saturday evenings.

I could be wrong and will happily be corrected if I am but;

Isn't Mel Britt a recording from 1970?

Edited August 20, 20177 yr by Pete Eccles

I think you could be right Pete ! 

Phil Swern hasn't had the job that long? im sure there was some one before him a few years ago

22 hours ago, tobytyke said:

Lisa Tarbuck used to play some northern soul when she presented on radio 2 a couple of years back.

I love her choice of music on her Saturday show very funny lady 

 

 

1 hour ago, Ted Massey said:

Phil Swern hasn't had the job that long? im sure there was some one before him a few years ago

10 years.  He does Pick Of The Pops and Pop Madter for Ken Bruce.