Lofty Posted July 31, 2007 Share Posted July 31, 2007 Can anyone confirm which is the original US release? Marc? White Whale? cheers Lofty Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest mel brat Posted July 31, 2007 Share Posted July 31, 2007 Can anyone confirm which is the original US release? Marc? White Whale? cheers Lofty I always believed that Marc was the original label, but I notice that Pat Brady currently has a copy on White Whale listed as such... Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest TONY ROUNCE Posted August 1, 2007 Share Posted August 1, 2007 I always believed that Marc was the original label, but I notice that Pat Brady currently has a copy on White Whale listed as such... It's miles rarer on WW than it is on Marc, but Marc is most definitely the first label - by about 5-6 years! Sorry, Pat... Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Sunnysoul Posted August 1, 2007 Share Posted August 1, 2007 It's miles rarer on WW than it is on Marc, but Marc is most definitely the first label - by about 5-6 years! Sorry, Pat... You beat me to it Tony, no prizes for this quiz though , it was easy ..... Let's continue this thread on a different tack , how about worthy cover versions of "Harlem Shuffle" ? I'll start with the Traits version on Garrison also released Down Under on a beautiful Scepter 45 (PS Please nobody mention Mick Jagger ... ) Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
soulsalmon Posted August 1, 2007 Share Posted August 1, 2007 You beat me to it Tony, no prizes for this quiz though , it was easy ..... Let's continue this thread on a different tack , how about worthy cover versions of "Harlem Shuffle" ? I'll start with the Traits version on Garrison also released Down Under on a beautiful Scepter 45 (PS Please nobody mention Mick Jagger ... )Mick Jagger Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
michael-j Posted August 1, 2007 Share Posted August 1, 2007 was the faster later ('66) Bob & Earl version on 45 and if so what label? i have it on that Bob & Earl LP that got issued by various labels in the UK, but it's not on most copies of that. also have it on a Goldmine CD somewhere... got the Traits the other day, a nice version. also Wayne Cochran on Mercury... (not sure i've ever heard the Rolling Stones version. heard them butcher High Heel Sneakers and that was bad enough) Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Sunnysoul Posted August 1, 2007 Share Posted August 1, 2007 And of course the superb, turbo charged version by none other than Jackie Lee on his Mirwood LP !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Jerry Hipkiss Posted August 1, 2007 Share Posted August 1, 2007 was the faster later ('66) Bob & Earl version on 45 and if so what label? i have it on that Bob & Earl LP that got issued by various labels in the UK, but it's not on most copies of that. also have it on a Goldmine CD somewhere... Sure the fast version came out as a 45 on Jay Boy. Years ago I did detail the differences between the B & C UK album and the Crestview US one, e.g. one has the vocal of "My little girl" while t'other has the instrumental. I'll try to find my post sometime but it's probably lost in the ether! Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
pikeys dog Posted August 1, 2007 Share Posted August 1, 2007 Presumably, the White Whale copy was issued on the back of the popularity of the track in Europe and its various releases on Island records (UK, German and Dutch spring to mind). Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Jerry Hipkiss Posted August 1, 2007 Share Posted August 1, 2007 Presumably, the White Whale copy was issued on the back of the popularity of the track in Europe and its various releases on Island records (UK, German and Dutch spring to mind). That makes sense - I always think of White Whale as a late 60's operation, anyone know how long the label was in existence for? Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Simsy Posted August 1, 2007 Share Posted August 1, 2007 Not sure what label it's on but wasn't there a revised version of Harlem Shuffle, released circa 1968? Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Sebastian Posted August 1, 2007 Share Posted August 1, 2007 I always think of White Whale as a late 60's operation, anyone know how long the label was in existence for? 1965-1971 according to the discography I have. They released about 140 45s and 25 LPs. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Kevinkent Posted August 1, 2007 Share Posted August 1, 2007 Sure the fast version came out as a 45 on Jay Boy. Years ago I did detail the differences between the B & C UK album and the Crestview US one, e.g. one has the vocal of "My little girl" while t'other has the instrumental. I'll try to find my post sometime but it's probably lost in the ether! Yes, the fast version did come out on Jay Boy, credited to "Bob & Earl" though it is so obviously a Jackie Lee solo - Jackie Lee a.k.a Earl Nelson (being one half of Bob & Earl, "Bob" being Bob Relf and I think a 3rd vocalist took the place of one or t'other at some stage, but don't recall who it was) Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
michael-j Posted August 1, 2007 Share Posted August 1, 2007 Yes, the fast version did come out on Jay Boy, credited to "Bob & Earl" though it is so obviously a Jackie Lee solo - Jackie Lee a.k.a Earl Nelson (being one half of Bob & Earl, "Bob" being Bob Relf and I think a 3rd vocalist took the place of one or t'other at some stage, but don't recall who it was) that was my next question, why it was only a solo version! i'd forgotten he was Jackie Lee, that makes much more sense now. probably skipped past those Jay Boy ones thinking it was just a reissue of the original... as for the LP, i've seen it on about 4 different UK labels, think mine is the B&C one, although i saw a B&C copy without the track. very confusing Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Pete S Posted August 1, 2007 Share Posted August 1, 2007 My little lad likes playing records (well putting them on), I let him have a pile of old knackered ones to mess about with, he put on Harlem Shuffle by Bob & Earl on the Trip label (bootleg?) and it sounded different to both the original and the Mirwood one - it did sound similar to the Mirwood one but a different version. I'm probably imagining it Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Bogue Posted August 1, 2007 Share Posted August 1, 2007 Don't forget 'Puppet On A String' too ! Music from 'Harlem Shuffle' lyrics from 'I Can't Get Away' Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Philippe Posted August 1, 2007 Share Posted August 1, 2007 In the 60's French singer Vigon did a great version of this song. You can see the clip on YouTube. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Bogue Posted August 1, 2007 Share Posted August 1, 2007 'Bob Kuban & the In men' did an ok version too on the 'Look out for the cheater' album. Was a faster version bit like the Harlem Shuffle 66 release. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Platters 81 Posted August 1, 2007 Share Posted August 1, 2007 you cant beat a red leb(70ts ref)..... Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Ezzie Brown Posted August 1, 2007 Share Posted August 1, 2007 My little lad likes playing records (well putting them on), I let him have a pile of old knackered ones to mess about with, he put on Harlem Shuffle by Bob & Earl on the Trip label (bootleg?) and it sounded different to both the original and the Mirwood one - it did sound similar to the Mirwood one but a different version. I'm probably imagining it i think the trip one was a boot Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Philippe Posted August 1, 2007 Share Posted August 1, 2007 Vigon Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest ScooterNik Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 You sure Puppet on a string is the same backing track Bogue? Have to drag my copy out now Value on that BTW please anyone? More than the £5 I paid for it? Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Simsy Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 Not sure what label it's on but wasn't there a revised version of Harlem Shuffle, released circa 1968? 'Bob Kuban & the In men' did an ok version too on the 'Look out for the cheater' album. Was a faster version bit like the Harlem Shuffle 66 release. Or 66 maybe..? Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Lofty Posted August 2, 2007 Author Share Posted August 2, 2007 OK so its MARC then. Regarding alternative versions, what about the Tripps on Scepter. Always liked that, particularly solid ending... cheers to all Lofty Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Bogue Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 You sure Puppet on a string is the same backing track Bogue? Have to drag my copy out now Value on that BTW please anyone? More than the £5 I paid for it? Pretty much the same if i recall F.B. , think i put it up on the Refosoul at one point, will have a look in a mo. Or 66 maybe..? Sorry Simsy i didn't notice that, was 66 Funnily enough i had been listening to it on my ipod just before this thread started. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Tolbert Posted August 3, 2007 Share Posted August 3, 2007 This strange Band/Artist (?) Heinsight comes to my mind. Weird Funky-Disco ( ) version from 1975 on Hi Records. Who was it? Any infos? Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
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