Don't Laugh - Just Played This And It Sounded Brilliant

[Pete S]

This hasn't been played at a venue since 1978 as far as I know, and I can't remember the last time I played it - 10 years ago. So I just played it and it sounded f*cking brilliant.

TEDDY VANN - THEME FROM COLOREDMAN - CAPITOL

absolutely pounding instrumental. Revive it, now!

p.s. I am not mad

p.p.s. the more I listen to it, the more I start to feel I made a mistake

Edited September 16, 2008 by Pete S

[Denbo]

This hasn't been played at a venue since 1978 as far as I know, and I can't remember the last time I played it - 10 years ago. So I just played it and it sounded f*cking brilliant.

TEDDY VANN - THEME FROM COLOREDMAN - CAPITOL

absolutely pounding instrumental. Revive it, now!

p.s. I am not mad

Let's hear it then.

Tried Soul Girl and of course Soul Club has now mysteriously gone???

Didn't try Manship though.

[MarkWhiteley]

This hasn't been played at a venue since 1978 as far as I know, and I can't remember the last time I played it - 10 years ago. So I just played it and it sounded f*cking brilliant.

TEDDY VANN - THEME FROM COLOREDMAN - CAPITOL

absolutely pounding instrumental. Revive it, now!

p.s. I am not mad

'As a Hatter' you are!

M.

Edited September 16, 2008 by MarkWhiteley

[Pete S]

Let's hear it then.

Tried Soul Girl and of course Soul Club has now mysteriously gone???

Didn't try Manship though.

I can guarantee you will hate it Dennis, but give me 5 mins and I'll post it.

It just won't make sense to a lot of people.

[Guest Bogue]

This hasn't been played at a venue since 1978 as far as I know, and I can't remember the last time I played it - 10 years ago. So I just played it and it sounded f*cking brilliant.

TEDDY VANN - THEME FROM COLOREDMAN - CAPITOL

absolutely pounding instrumental. Revive it, now!

p.s. I am not mad

I'm not laughing ! I had that old Capitol Soul Casino compilation LP on the deck up here the other night & thought similar.

How the bloody hell did anyone dance to it though ?

[Pete S]

I'm afraid refosoul isn't working for me at the moment and I can't upload it, I'll keep trying, I know you're all desperate to hear this again

[Pete S]

I'm not laughing ! I had that old Capitol Soul Casino compilation LP on the deck up here the other night & thought similar.

How the bloody hell did anyone dance to it though ?

Not sure I ever did - used to talk a lot around that time and not dance

[Gasher]

ALWAYS LOVE THIS

IM MUST BE SAD TOO

HAD IT ON A COMPILATION LP CANT REMEMBER WTF IT WAS CALLED NOE

YOUTH CLUB SOUL..CANT BEAT THE MAMORIES..OR WAS THAT MEMORIES?

GASHER

[Pete S]

Will do it this way then soon as refosoul is working again I'll remove this and do it properly, hope that is ok?

teddy_vann.mp3

[Denbo]

Will do it this way then soon as refosoul is working again I'll remove this and do it properly, hope that is ok?

teddy_vann.mp3

I don't hate it Pete. I'm not going to rush out and buy a copy though. :o) In fact, where in 1978 was this last played? Wigan?

[Simsy]

I'm not laughing ! I had that old Capitol Soul Casino compilation LP on the deck up here the other night & thought similar.

How the bloody hell did anyone dance to it though ?

Not laughing either, stormer as stated.

Have a black UK looking dooby.. sure it's a pressing.. Think there's a vocal intro version with the bloke going on about Ramsey Lewis glasses and IQ's & such, or is that the b side of the original? Label? Too many questions?

[Pete S]

I don't hate it Pete. I'm not going to rush out and buy a copy though. :o) In fact, where in 1978 was this last played? Wigan?

It was quite a short lived record really because at the time, Capitol in the UK had someone who was quite on the ball and they issued this just as it peaked. Alan Rhodes was the first Wigan dj to play it, then Russ and Richard both played it, then it was over. This was at the time Wigan was going through a sh*t stage to be honest, but hearing it just now, it sounded very powerful.

[Pete S]

Not laughing either, stormer as stated.

Have a black UK looking dooby.. sure it's a pressing.. Think there's a vocal intro version with the bloke going on about Ramsey Lewis glasses and IQ's & such, or is that the b side of the original? Label? Too many questions?

Official UK release that is mate, from 1978. It must have been theme from a radio or tv series, and the original US copy has the monolgue on the other side too

[Pete S]

ALWAYS LOVE THIS

IM MUST BE SAD TOO

HAD IT ON A COMPILATION LP CANT REMEMBER WTF IT WAS CALLED NOE

YOUTH CLUB SOUL..CANT BEAT THE MAMORIES..OR WAS THAT MEMORIES?

GASHER

As Bogue said above, it was on a truly excellent compilation called Capitol Soul Casino, which also invluded Sam Williams, Nancy Wilson, Alexander Patten, the only bum number being Theme From Police Story.

[ChrisOD1964]

what was colored man was it a tv show or something?

chris

[Wiganer1]

As Bogue said above, it was on a truly excellent compilation called Capitol Soul Casino, which also invluded Sam Williams, Nancy Wilson, Alexander Patten, the only bum number being Theme From Police Story.

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i like police story too..

[Harry Crosby]

ALWAYS LOVE THIS

IM MUST BE SAD TOO

HAD IT ON A COMPILATION LP CANT REMEMBER WTF IT WAS CALLED NOE

YOUTH CLUB SOUL..CANT BEAT THE MAMORIES..OR WAS THAT MEMORIES?

GASHER

How sads this gash, i liked the flip honestly though it was a great tune in its day

[Guest Bogue]

Not laughing either, stormer as stated.

Have a black UK looking dooby.. sure it's a pressing.. Think there's a vocal intro version with the bloke going on about Ramsey Lewis glasses and IQ's & such, or is that the b side of the original? Label? Too many questions?

Never heard it with the intro Ian.....stick it up if you can

That trumpet break always makes me feel like 'gettin' off my horse 'n' drinkin' ma milk'

[Harry Crosby]

As Bogue said above, it was on a truly excellent compilation called Capitol Soul Casino, which also invluded Sam Williams, Nancy Wilson, Alexander Patten, the only bum number being Theme From Police Story.

If i remember rightly pete, we all bought this lp, because it was the only way at the time to get BOBBY PARIS-I WALKED AWAY before it was released on british capitol

[Simsy]

what was colored man was it a tv show or something?

chris

He was supposed to be the black superman I think. Unsure about TV show, just a novelty 45 I tought.

Never heard it with the intro Ian.....stick it up if you can

That trumpet break always makes me feel like 'gettin' off my horse 'n' drinkin' ma milk'

The hell I will ... No seriously, I'll have a word with Smudge, I think he's got the vocal one. Goes on a bit though, as in 90% of the record is chat, then the all too familiar intro kicks in at the end.

[trog]

Official UK release that is mate, from 1978. It must have been theme from a radio or tv series, and the original US copy has the monolgue on the other side too

I love this sort of thing... how much pete?

[Harry Crosby]

I have the lp, fab its just a big story

[Pete S]

I love this sort of thing... how much pete?

That actual one I recorded, I was going to sell it on next weeks list for 30 quid due to it being vg++. It's usually 50 odd.

[Simsy]

That actual one I recorded, I was going to sell it on next weeks list for 30 quid due to it being vg++. It's usually 50 odd.

US orig obv? UK 1978 issue three and fourpence?

[Mach]

dont laugh ..but i just played "joe 90" and it was absolutly sh*te..

[Wiganer1]

That actual one I recorded, I was going to sell it on next weeks list for 30 quid due to it being vg++. It's usually 50 odd.

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is that issue or demo pete?

ive got a gorgeous issue of TV...

last time i played it was at dudley zoo and there was this amazing guy stomping to it.......

[Guest inspirations001]

i remember nev wherry playing the b side at cleethorpes,every one listened and then when music started everyone rushed to the dance floor,and for what, about 15 seconds and then thats it!

[Guest Matt Male]

I don't hate it Pete. I'm not going to rush out and buy a copy though. :o) In fact, where in 1978 was this last played? Wigan?

Alderman Smith School youth club disco 1979/80 was the last time i heard it.

[Simon T]

He was supposed to be the black superman I think. Unsure about TV show, just a novelty 45 I tought.

I can't find the tape to check, but I seem to remember he was Norman Walterbrooks who worked in the post office.

[Pete S]

I can't find the tape to check, but I seem to remember he was Norman Walterbrooks who worked in the post office.

I think what they actually say is "normal Walter Brooks".

If anyone is honestly interested I'll record it

[Pete S]

sorry but refosoul still timing out on me...here is the introdution to The Adventures Of Coloredman. In all honesty...when he says "Coloredman" and the music kicks in straight away, it sounds brilliant

tedd_vann_2.mp3

[Prophonics 2029]

Funny wont play with Firefox but fine with Safari, had the LP and remember going mad to this and all the fluff from the carpet collected around the side of the room, I got a right bollokin for wearing out the carpet.

Never knew it was a Si Fi program? or should I say spoof Si Fi.

Edited September 16, 2008 by Prophonics 2029

[Koolkat]

This hasn't been played at a venue since 1978 as far as I know, and I can't remember the last time I played it - 10 years ago. So I just played it and it sounded f*cking brilliant.

TEDDY VANN - THEME FROM COLOREDMAN - CAPITOL

absolutely pounding instrumental. Revive it, now!

p.s. I am not mad

p.p.s. the more I listen to it, the more I start to feel I made a mistake

Ive always love this. But I wouldnt have dared said so on here!!!!!!............Fair play to ya buddy. I havent listened to it for about 3 years.......But instantly had goose pimples all up the arms.

[Baz Atkinson]

INCREDIBLE TOOK ME RIGHT BACK F--K ME !!!!!

BAZ A

[Pete S]

Ive always love this. But I wouldnt have dared said so on here!!!!!!............Fair play to ya buddy.

Sometimes a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do mate, I was prepared for ridicule but it hasn't come - yet

[Maark]

Funny wont play with Firefox but fine with Safari, had the LP and remember going mad to this and all the fluff from the carpet collected around the side of the room, I got a right bollokin for wearing out the carpet.

Never knew it was a Si Fi program? or should I say spoof Si Fi.

I have the same trouble with Firefox and have to revert to Safari.......

Like the tune!

Edited September 17, 2008 by Maark

[Guest]

Sometimes a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do mate, I was prepared for ridicule but it hasn't come - yet

They've all bottled it,its crap you want your ears sortin'

[Pete S]

I have the same trouble with Firefox and have to revert to Safari.......

Like the tune!

I had a lot of problems with firefox and audio files, I use the new google browser mainly now

[Pete S]

They've all bottled it,its crap you want your ears sortin'

I know you don't mean that

[jocko]

I can't listen to it so will continue on the moral high ground for now of not having to say it sounds okay! , But what I am laughing at is the title, in todays PC world surely they could never call something like this, and have to sort of agree, it just sounds a real naff thing!

I was watching some of those telly clips of NS stuff over weekend and they had a few of the big instrumentals on them and you find yourself tapping your feet along as they do bring back memorys, one was Steve Karmen, which I know isn't a complete instrumental, but it got me going I must admit. My other half who is used to me spouting about not enough soul in Northern just looked at me like I had lost the plot!

Out in public of course I would shake my head and say No No No if they were ever played!

[Souljazera]

steve karmen yes teddy vann no ..although wasnt the production by quincy jones??? or did i dream that up...

ps my dad liked it and he was an old person..he liked bobby paris too so i of course instantly took a dislike to them as a matter of principle..however he did show excellent taste by liking IAN DRURY'S ...HIT ME WITH YOUR RHYTHM STICK....

[Guest JoeMoran]

Jeepers that brings back memories......Back in the eighties when i was a green teenager and having made my first tentative steps into the Mod world of Dublin i bought a copy of a tape that some lads fresh back from an exotic 'northern soul night' in england had compiled and this was one of the tunes on it. had loads of that stompy sound on it and was definitely a major influence on adoption and development of my taste.

sounds crap today tho'

[Ste Henderson]

It was played at Wigan at the same time as "Black Power" James Coit on Phoof another one thats not strictly PC, one that was brilliant in its day for the dancers not so sure now ! 100mph stuff

Got a sound file somewhere but cant find it.

Steve

[Barry]

steve karmen yes teddy vann no ..although wasnt the production by quincy jones??? or did i dream that up...

ps my dad liked it and he was an old person..he liked bobby paris too so i of course instantly took a dislike to them as a matter of principle..however he did show excellent taste by liking IAN DRURY'S ...HIT ME WITH YOUR RHYTHM STICK....

Oooh closet Blockhead - well in lad.

Love TV - sits in my memory banks alongside Derek & Ray, Doris Troy, Paula Parfitt, Michael McDonald, The Ad Libs, Paula Durante, Paul Anka, The Righteous Bros, Peggy March etc etc - a schoolboy with a hidden cache of tracks that the other kids neither knew or understood.

Just been reading that Teddy was co-writer on Vandross' 'Power Of Love' album too.

Edited September 21, 2008 by Barry

[Barry]

Teddy Vann

[soulAdequateNP]

Never knew it was a Si Fi program? or should I say spoof Si Fi.

I don't think it actually was - tv.com and imdb.com have no trace of a "colo(u)red man" series or film, tho' it could have been a pilot project that didn't get picked up

[Pete S]

I don't think it actually was - tv.com and imdb.com have no trace of a "colo(u)red man" series or film, tho' it could have been a pilot project that didn't get picked up

Radio show?

[shute]

theme from the colourman was Tim Ashibendes theme tune, so he told me once many moons ago

[De-to]

a scan of the t vann lp cover,

[De-to]

a snippet i found on the net, ,

A totally great little album -- a comedy set that packs the same righteous punch of blacksploitation work from years later! The album's a set of skits penned by Teddy Vann, arranged by Horace Ott, and narrated by James Earl Jones -- all the humorous tale of a black superhero, Coloredman, with a variety of different routines acted out by some additional cast members. There's two short instrumental tracks -- both titled "Colored Man Theme Music" -- which are pretty great, and there's a bit of additional music that's sometimes in the background on the spoken numbers that include "The Story Of Coloredman", "The Adventure Of The Stolen Afternoon", "The Coloredman Interview", and "Coloredman Vs Fruitman".