Just going through some stuff and re-played "I See Your Name" Voc & Inst - Chris Bartley on UK Right On! RO 105. I think it's a promo as it has a giant A on the vocal side.

However I can't seem to turn up much on it and there seem to be very few listings for such a great record. So was it ever officially issued? I certainly haven't seen many copies.........

Thanks in advance.

Also a couple of other UK things I could do with prices on if poss......

"My Man" - Barry St John Decca F13529

"Here I Am, In Love Again" - The Brothers Two Action ACT4513

Ian D

Just going through some stuff and re-played "I See Your Name" Voc & Inst - Chris Bartley on UK Right On! RO 105. I think it's a promo as it has a giant A on the vocal side.

However I can't seem to turn up much on it and there seem to be very few listings for such a great record. So was it ever officially issued? I certainly haven't seen many copies.........

Thanks in advance.

Also a couple of other UK things I could do with prices on if poss......

"My Man" - Barry St John Decca F13529

"Here I Am, In Love Again" - The Brothers Two Action ACT4513

Ian D

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hi ian

came out on EXTRA which i think was canadian only but maybe wrong

brothers two can be found for a tenner...on US Crimson for slighty more - nice old tune..

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hi ian

came out on EXTRA which i think was canadian only but maybe wrong

brothers two can be found for a tenner...on US Crimson for slighty more - nice old tune..

Cheers Mark. I saw that one in the price guides but what's the value of the UK copy out of interest?

Ian D

Cheers Mark. I saw that one in the price guides but what's the value of the UK copy out of interest?

Ian D

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chris bartly - very cheap on UK....decent little dancer tho did it do much in the 70s?

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chris bartly - very cheap on UK....decent little dancer tho did it do much in the 70s?

Nowt at all in my memory. I seem to remember it being around just before I went to the states in '76 and then never heard much more about it..........

Ian D

I have one on South African Buddah which would tie up with the Right on release being a Pye subsiduary.

Picked it up within the last 2 months with a South african copy of the Classics IV Stormy!

Certainly was a regular issue, Ian.

I have all the UK Right On releases bought as new issues over the counter (also a full set of UK Demo's).

Another great Dave Godin label (as I'm sure you know).

Sean

Interesting, whats the story behind the Canadian based Righ On label then that had Dolly Gilmore for example ? Subsidary of the Godin owned UK label ?

Marc

Interesting, whats the story behind the Canadian based Righ On label then that had Dolly Gilmore for example ? Subsidary of the Godin owned UK label ?

Marc

No - even Dave didn't know about the origins of those. He always said it was a straight rip off!

I have most (if not all) of the Canadian ones as well.

Pretty much the same design / layout and colour scheme.

Sean

No - even Dave didn't know about the origins of those. He always said it was a straight rip off!

I have most (if not all) of the Canadian ones as well.

Pretty much the same design / layout and colour scheme.

Sean

Yes, absolutely the same look and feel except for the bigger hole of course. But how come then Dolly Gimore and Sammy Gaha do command such a high price tag then if the origin is dubious ? Or was Dave Godin "only" on about the deisgn and name of teh Candian based label to be a rip off of his UK label ?

Marc

Yes, absolutely the same look and feel except for the bigger hole of course. But how come then Dolly Gimore and Sammy Gaha do command such a high price tag then if the origin is dubious ? Or was Dave Godin "only" on about the deisgn and name of teh Candian based label to be a rip off of his UK label ?

Marc

I think Right On was actually first and foremost a USA label owned by Bill Downs, who was at one time Van McCoy's partner - he was the "do" in Vando and Mr McCoy was the "Van".

Bill did lots of business with Dave Godin and from what Bill told me in the 70's allowed Dave to use the name for the UK label.

Bill managed Chris Bartley and the Ad Libs and at Inferno we licenced from him "New York In The Dark" - The Ad Libs, "You Don't Mean Me No Good" - The Jellybeans and "Come Back" - The Fantstic Puzzles . I also bought out the rights to "Your Autumn of Tomorrow" - The Crow from a deal put together by Bill, and of course like "Come Back" this this had previously come out here on Right On. The company who owned The Crow were not interested in a licence deal, they would only do deal to sell outright the master recording which I was/am chuffed about.

Funnily enough I was sorting through old boxes of tapes at the weekend and found the original tape Bill sent us of The Fantastic Puzzles, complete with all the Right On credits, fantasic collectors item, as the credits were done in USA sort of confirms that Right On was originally a US label?

All the Best,

Neil

www.soulvation.biz

I think Right On was actually first and foremost a USA label owned by Bill Downs, who was at one time Van McCoy's partner - he was the "do" in Vando and Mr McCoy was the "Van".

Bill did lots of business with Dave Godin and from what Bill told me in the 70's allowed Dave to use the name for the UK label.

Bill managed Chris Bartley and the Ad Libs and at Inferno we licenced from him "New York In The Dark" - The Ad Libs, "You Don't Mean Me No Good" - The Jellybeans and "Come Back" - The Fantstic Puzzles . I also bought out the rights to "Your Autumn of Tomorrow" - The Crow from a deal put together by Bill, and of course like "Come Back" this this had previously come out here on Right On. The company who owned The Crow were not interested in a licence deal, they would only do deal to sell outright the master recording which I was/am chuffed about.

Funnily enough I was sorting through old boxes of tapes at the weekend and found the original tape Bill sent us of The Fantastic Puzzles, complete with all the Right On credits, fantasic collectors item, as the credits were done in USA sort of confirms that Right On was originally a US label?

All the Best,

Neil

www.soulvation.biz

Mmmmmmmmm thanks Neil, understand that Bill Downs licensed a few of the tracks to Dave Godin - but where's the logic in the fact that none of the tracks that appeared on the UK Right On logo appeared on the 'US' Right On variant... or indeed vice versa!

I always understood that the 'US' Right On's were (as I seem to recall) of Canadian origin and not US.

What's more, Dave categorically denied having cribbed the 'US' logo (Can you imagine Dave ever copying anything???) that it was the other way around... and that he did not know who was behind it.

All very confusing.

So did Bill Downs own the US/Canadian operation... and which is the original logo?

My money is on Dave's being first. After all, the logo itself was half of Dave's own slogan/strapline...

Keep The Faith... Right On Now!

Anyone confirm one way or t'other?

Sean

i always believed daves story about not knowing about canadas right on label, they never asked permission etc but the more you think about it its strange, i mean the u.k releases rozza&wine, canada releases the same on 12"....coincidence? nah!

And presumably this was a whole different U.S. Right-On label to the Total Eclipses label?

Ian D

And presumably this was a whole different U.S. Right-On label to the Total Eclipses label?

Ian D

Yes I believe so...