The Story - Inspirations - No One Else Can Take Your Place Thanks to Kev Roberts the story behind The Inspirations on Breakthrough, one of Northern Soul's rarest records.

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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.

 

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. 

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

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

 

Great story Chalky. Well done.

Great read, thanks for posting

Top Job again Chalky great read top info from Kev Roberts once again too

Great piece.

Great article Chalky ,I guess they never got round to recording a flip side for the first take on Breakthrough.

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.

 

Lovely to read the trivia like this. Thank you. Priceless.

A wonderful read.

This record still makes the hair on the back of my gregory stand on end.

ATB

Jim.

Brilliant article, thank you for posting Chalky. 

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.

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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.

Nice work Chalky

Dave

Great stuff chalky

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. !!

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

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. 

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   

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

Fascinating reading.  Not issued much on CD either, with the old Goldmine CDs including it - but not widely on wider mass-market compilations.

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?