Was thinking of putting The M.V.P.'s: Turning My Heartbeat Up on Ebay for £15 - £20 'cos I saw that it had been on Mr Manship's website for that price for the same condition M-

Would this still be an accurate-ish figure or has the credit crunch hit vinyl prices too...

KTF

To quote Steve Cato from his thread in ABS, this is where the MVP's fits:

"There are some that you have heard/liked and danced to in the past but you aint too fussed if you never hear them again... They are now as welcome as second attack of vd or thrush... They just got so much hammer and now you realise they aint as good as you thought, you have heard many since to replace them..."

Interestly, what is with the Wigan bashing with this tune. it was a Colin Curtis spin at the Mecca first.

In Blues and Soul number 167, August 1975. Dave Godin did a whole feature on Colin inlcuding a list of ans decription of each tune (i am reading it now!)

The full list in the article is:

Lou Edwards - Talkin ' 'bout poor folks

The MVP's - Turnin my heartbeat up

Main Squeeze - Let it all come

Segments of Time - Memories

Jo Armstead - I got the vibes

Patsy Gallant - Get that ball

Jesse Fisher - Your not lovin a beginnner

Kenny Smith - Lord what's happening to your people

And quote re the MVP's, "right now though, I think only the Highlnd Room is playing it"

As for it being a white pop record, circa 15 to 20% of all Northern tunes played out in the heyday were by white(pop?) artists....

I loved dancing to it then and still listen to it now, to each thier own!

Edited July 29, 200817 yr by jim g

I like it and "Ten Miles High". I agree they're not soul records. I came to the scene late and didn't have to put up with them being hammered.

Both still huge on the scooter scene. But then, so are many things that make me want to throw up.

Found this.

Not sure if it's the same group being referred too but could well be.

https://uk.gamespot.com/pages/unions/read_a...;union_id=11620

who were the mvps??? i cannot find any info on them,

Both still huge on the scooter scene. But then, so are many things that make me want to throw up.

Haha you're not wrong

Found this.

Not sure if it's the same group being referred too but could well be.

https://uk.gamespot.com/pages/unions/read_a...;union_id=11620

Well street cred' revived,bet he feels insulted his dad being called blue eyed rocker good find,how long you been looking

Edited July 29, 200817 yr by ken

Found this.

Not sure if it's the same group being referred too but could well be.

https://uk.gamespot.com/pages/unions/read_a...;union_id=11620

That's the son of the lead singer!!!! That's put a stick in the spoke of all those on here who thought they were a white group!!!!

Edited July 29, 200817 yr by Soul-Slider

Well street cred' revived,bet he feels insulted being called blue eyed rocker good find,how long you been looking

Just a few mins Ken.

Couldn't believe it.

Just a few mins Ken.

Couldn't believe it.

I've started a new thread just in case a lot of those who dismissed this as a 'white pop' record have stopped reading this thread.

Just a few mins Ken.

Couldn't believe it.

Top man indeed, i,m in the whats not to believe camp you only have to listen to the Bside some ears need cleaning round here.

That's the son of the lead singer!!!! That's put a stick in the spoke of all those on here who thought they were a white group!!!!

Ok so now they're a black pop group........hasn't changed the fact it's a pop record, Horace Ott in charge or not.

Did not everyone make a "pop" record.. whether its Kylie Minogue The Rolling Stones or The Fabulous Peps... they all made the recording for one reason... to hope it's a chart success and bring them in wads of cash. I seriously doubt a lot of our heroes recorded stuff to find out only 20 copies where pressed anyway

Interestingly enough - the MVP's were not a white pop group after all - 

 

 

On 19/08/2018 at 13:02, wholebeing said:

Interestingly enough - the MVP's were not a white pop group after all - 

 

 

I never thought they were a white group!  But does it really make a lot of difference? 

 

It's the USA culture of the 1950's and 1960's, black and white, that made the sound that developed into what we call Soul music!

 

Africa has millions of black people, but no great soul music came out of there!

Edited August 20, 20187 yr by Guest

On 28/07/2008 at 20:36, de-to said:

who were the mvps??? i cannot find any info on them,