maybe this will get a good response, but heard some track by her with a beat sounding like a Motown song well i thought it be only 1 song maybe she had as you don't hear of any more. To my suprise i was able to locate on the net another song SOS (heartaches in distress) another nice tune she made now i think she seems great to listen to.

Spot on observation Tony.

I'm probably in the tiny minority, from what I've read here, but I've always rated "SOS (Heart In Distress)" faaaaar higher than "the wimpish "Heartaches Away My Boy".

I've always considered "Heartaches" as a dull as dish water, poor quality 'cash in' follow up to the much 'harder edged' and Soulful "SOS" (which I love to bits).

The message behind "SOS" is powerful (and actually quite clever) whereas the 'supposedly' more optimistic lyric on "Heartaches Away My Boy" (such a crappy title) is a real contradiction in terms, totally lost in bloody misery, winding up with a timid, ineffectual, cheap and nasty and depressing result.

It's a record I've always considered a heinous crime, ashtray fodder... and just plain bloody awful (to my ears).

Sorry... maybe I need to get some sleep!

Sean

Well WHAT do you expect from messrs Ricky Cordell & Co who bought us later delights such as SIMPLE SIMON SAYS.....Enough to get Denis going.....

I think I bought my copy of "SOS" (now long gone!) from our local Graduate records shop C.1972. But how come they never had the Charades, Alice Clark, Dottie Cambridge, Clara Ward etc.!!!??? GRRRRRRR!!!!

P.S. Just have to say that The Ambers (on Verve) is one of my ABSOLUTE FAVOURITE RECORDS OF ALL TIME !

Probably 'cos there were TONS of "S.O.S."'s! They had thousands of that one title believe me.

If you think about it, the fact that they got her on a TV show with such a neo-Motown catchy song meant that they probably drastically over-pressed "S.O.S." hence the reason that Bostocks ended up with most of 'em.

They had appreciably less copies of the Charades, Alice Clark, Dottie Cambridge, Clara Ward etc, 'cos they were all £1, whilst Christine Cooper was a mere 25p.

Bradford Market Economics LOL........

Ian D

Ian D

Probably 'cos there were TONS of "S.O.S."'s! They had thousands of that one title believe me.

If you think about it, the fact that they got her on a TV show with such a neo-Motown catchy song meant that they probably drastically over-pressed "S.O.S." hence the reason that Bostocks ended up with most of 'em.

They had appreciably less copies of the Charades, Alice Clark, Dottie Cambridge, Clara Ward etc, 'cos they were all £1, whilst Christine Cooper was a mere 25p.

Bradford Market Economics LOL........

Ian D

Ian D

When our rutund friend first aired " Rat Race " at Central Drive , I went purposely on the following Monday to see if Bostocks had copies ........

Of course they did ; I bought 20 of them , and took them to sell the following week ........

When he found I was selling them , the language he delivered my way was appalling , and I had to quicky duck to avoid the teddy .........

Malc Burton

Edited April 8, 200817 yr by Malc Burton

When our rutund friend first aired " Rat Race " at Central Drive , I went purposely on the following Monday to see if Bostocks had copies ........

Of course they did ; I bought 20 of them , and took them to sell the following week ........

When he found I was selling them , the language he delivered my way was appalling , and I had to quicky duck to avoid the teddy .........

Malc Burton

LOL! I bet you did!

I think there was a steady stream of us @ Bostocks that week! It went from a one-off to a thousand-off in about a week LOL....

20 copies at a fiver apiece could cover your whole weekend in those days!

Ian D

LOL! I bet you did!

I think there was a steady stream of us @ Bostocks that week! It went from a one-off to a thousand-off in about a week LOL....

20 copies at a fiver apiece could cover your whole weekend in those days!

Ian D

It did - and the following one ..........

I can still see the Rotund One's face - bright red , all that was needed was steam coming out of his ears ........

When did Bostocks close down ?

Malc Burton

Edited April 8, 200817 yr by Malc Burton