Lester Tipton - The Story

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Excellent reading

Really enjoyed reading that. Thanks very much

Keith .. as ever a fully researched and informative piece .. 

thank you

Andy

 

scans of the acetate Dave Raistrick found

17 years old ,  quite remarkable 

That's a fantastic,  fascinating read. Thank you.

Jim.

Great images Andy, a good addition to the story! One thing I've often thought about is the origin of the La Beat name - very akin to L BEATty, I wonder if Lou's second name began with A?

great stuff

very interesting and excellent read a tragic ending for lester ,and feel very privileged to own possibly the finest original la beat copy on the planet.

Thanks for a great story, very interesting and tragic.

Regarding the scans of the acetate. I originally bought this off Dave Raistrick when he found it, around 1980/81. I think he put it up for auction and I won it at £25. I'm sure it was that figure as I also won the Eddie Parker "Love you baby" White Demo for £25. No one had seen a white demo before and I had to have it. People thought I was crazy paying that when the issue could be had for £1.50! The Lester Tipton acetate was a very good price I thought as the La Beat single was about £40 at the time. I've got the sales list somewhere that I put it on a couple of years later. I thought I sold it to George Sharp but it must of been you Andy. 

Cheers Dave K

Fantastic article. Thanks for pulling it all together. 

1 hour ago, Davek said:

Thanks for a great story, very interesting and tragic.

Regarding the scans of the acetate. I originally bought this off Dave Raistrick when he found it, around 1980/81. I think he put it up for auction and I won it at £25. I'm sure it was that figure as I also won the Eddie Parker "Love you baby" White Demo for £25. No one had seen a white demo before and I had to have it. People thought I was crazy paying that when the issue could be had for £1.50! The Lester Tipton acetate was a very good price I thought as the La Beat single was about £40 at the time. I've got the sales list somewhere that I put it on a couple of years later. I thought I sold it to George Sharp but it must of been you Andy. 

Cheers Dave K

Hi ... I got it from Nigel Parker

Andy

brilliant, thanks for the insight..

GREAT READ MANY THANKS KIETH FOR POSTING 

I posted that promo picture at the top of Lester that came from a good friend and legend of a record finder Steve Cooper ….a very knowledgeable and well traveled in the States record collector ….he met and acquired some other good info from folks like Miles Grayson, Hadley Murrell, Len Jewell……

9 hours ago, Funky 4 Corners said:

Great images Andy, a good addition to the story! One thing I've often thought about is the origin of the La Beat name - very akin to L BEATty, I wonder if Lou's second name began with A?

 According to the liner notes of the Grapevine CD "Lou Beatty's Detroit Soul", Lou's middle name was Roy.

Excellent article ,thanks to all who contributed 

 

Brilliant read. Thanks for sharing,

Nice article Keith.  Lester, himself has been often overlooked, other than his rare record getting notoriety.  I didn't like either side of his one LaBeat release.  He was a much better singer than he showed on his two released cuts.  Too bad his life was cut off so early.  Too bad he didn't get a chance with a record company to give him a true chance and the right material.  Unfortunately, we at Airwave couldn't get the financing to do a project on him, because we had other things going on, and by that time, he had really given up on trying to forge a singing career.

 

Wonder who that "well known record entrepreneur" was, who stole the records of Tom Depierro - was it ever revealed ?  

27 minutes ago, Marc Forrest said:

Wonder who that "well known record entrepreneur" was, who stole the records of Tom Depierro - was it ever revealed ?  

Soussan

A fantastic insight.

On 15/12/2023 at 20:45, Chalky said:

Soussan

Too right Karl, only name anyone would think of👍

What a great insight, enjoyed reading this very much, a continuous learning curve is this scene of ours, especially about the artists whose names adorn the music ( and records ) we love.

Not all, but some of the info was posted on Discogs 8 years ago. This is much more informative, thanks