Heard a record in the R&B room in Middleton...can't remember who played it but it just popped into my head again just now and I really liked it...I think...though not sure...that it's something to do with 'The Company Store' the male vocal has quite a deep voice? tried to search under that with no joy...does anyone know wtf i'm going on about? Or am I just losing it?

Heard a record in the R&B room in Middleton...can't remember who played it but it just popped into my head again just now and I really liked it...I think...though not sure...that it's something to do with 'The Company Store' the male vocal has quite a deep voice? tried to search under that with no joy...does anyone know wtf i'm going on about? Or am I just losing it?

sounds like a johnny cash record

Heard a record in the R&B room in Middleton...can't remember who played it but it just popped into my head again just now and I really liked it...I think...though not sure...that it's something to do with 'The Company Store' the male vocal has quite a deep voice? tried to search under that with no joy...does anyone know wtf i'm going on about? Or am I just losing it?

Not Country Store?

girl in the candy store - reflections?

Not Country Store?

No idea Kev...might be...who's it by? i'll try to find a sound clip...the tune has a beat and then the beat stops...and then the vocal goes...der der der der der der company store? it sounds like There aint no cure for the summertime blues...you know that's sort of how the vocal goes with no backing?!?!

fook knows

No idea Kev...might be...who's it by? i'll try to find a sound clip...the tune has a beat and then the beat stops...and then the vocal goes...der der der der der der company store? it sounds like There aint no cure for the summertime blues...you know that's sort of how the vocal goes with no backing?!?!

fook knows

i wanta be good company - tyrone davis?

Couldn't be a version of the old blues song Sixteen Tons could it?

Here is some of the lyric..

You load sixteen tons, what do you get

Another day older and deeper in debt

Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go

I owe my soul to the company store

Yes Beeks it was Sixteen Tons - Tennesee Ernie Ford

I just saw it on a playlist from 29th Dec

Edited January 8, 200916 yr by Matt Male

Couldn't be a version of the old blues song Sixteen Tons could it?

Here is some of the lyric..

You load sixteen tons, what do you get

Another day older and deeper in debt

Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go

I owe my soul to the company store

Trade Martin?

Couldn't be a version of the old blues song Sixteen Tons could it?

Here is some of the lyric..

You load sixteen tons, what do you get

Another day older and deeper in debt

Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go

I owe my soul to the company store

That sounds about right though can't be certain...it's a really really deep bass voice who sings it...it's not that Tyrone Davis anyway Kev just had a listen

That sounds about right though can't be certain...it's a really really deep bass voice who sings it...it's not that Tyrone Davis anyway Kev just had a listen

Tennesee Ernie Ford - Sixteen Tons

Tennesee Ernie Ford - Sixteen Tons

Pretty sure that's it Matt...just checked the search option and Andy Mohair played it...which i'm sort of remembering he was on the decks at the time now

Tennesee Ernie Ford - Sixteen Tons

that's going back some!!.Recorded before the Casino was built .

that's going back some!!.Recorded before the Casino was built .

Just found a sound clip and it's definately the one...TOP RECORD!!

Now how much?

Just found a sound clip and it's definately the one...TOP RECORD!!

Now how much?

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Don't YOU start Pete...suppose I should have had it drummed into me by Gail by now but old habits die hard...to be fair though...it's my most consistent spelling faux pas

Now how much?

There are piles of them on Gemm Beeks, some for a few dollars. I'm not sure which the original first press is though, there are several numbers.

Classic song - nice version by James and Bobby Purify too, as I vaguely remember.

F*ck me, now I understand why Rod is going off on one on the other thread.

You cannot seriously tell me that this has been played out!

It's the sort of stuff me mam and dad listened to in the 50's.

Pop Hit records like this is the reason many of us got into decent music in the irst place.

Now where's my Copy of "Big Bad John"?????

Tony

It's the sort of stuff me mam and dad listened to in the 50's.

Tony

Tennessee Ernie Ford :

Sixteen tons

Edited January 9, 200916 yr by Philippe

Not my cuppa cha.

F*ck me, now I understand why Rod is going off on one on the other thread.

You cannot seriously tell me that this has been played out!

It's the sort of stuff me mam and dad listened to in the 50's.

Pop Hit records like this is the reason many of us got into decent music in the irst place.

Now where's my Copy of "Big Bad John"?????

Tony

Makes yer value the classics a bit dunnit Still whatever floats yer boat as they say . i wonder if they danced to this when it first came out in the '50's

F*ck me, now I understand why Rod is going off on one on the other thread.

You cannot seriously tell me that this has been played out!

It's the sort of stuff me mam and dad listened to in the 50's.

Pop Hit records like this is the reason many of us got into decent music in the irst place.

Now where's my Copy of "Big Bad John"?????

Tony

Just what I was thinking, I thought this was a joke!

I am flabbergasted!!!!!!!

There was another thread a while ago about "Hit the road Jack" Ray Charles. I'll have to have a word with my mum and see if she wants to double-deck with Kid Mohair.

ROD

F*ck me, now I understand why Rod is going off on one on the other thread.

You cannot seriously tell me that this has been played out!

It's the sort of stuff me mam and dad listened to in the 50's.

Pop Hit records like this is the reason many of us got into decent music in the irst place.

Now where's my Copy of "Big Bad John"?????

Tony

Just what I was thinking

Heard a record in the R&B room in Middleton...can't remember who played it but it just popped into my head again just now and I really liked it...I think...though not sure...that it's something to do with 'The Company Store' the male vocal has quite a deep voice? tried to search under that with no joy...does anyone know wtf i'm going on about? Or am I just losing it?

Hey Beeks

If I'da been in that r'n'b room I'd have wet my pants listening to that. Ida thought me mam had come back to life clutching her Jim Reeves n such.

Kev

Edited January 9, 200916 yr by Kev Moore

He could at least have done the decent thing and played it as a Cover-up.

Tony

Edited January 9, 200916 yr by tonyp

Also reminds me of sitting in the front room as a youngster and playing 78's of Alexander's Rag time Band and High Noon.

.....oh don't forsake me oh my darlin.........'

Kev

Tennessee Ernie Ford :

Sixteen tons

recorded september 1955--------------- Oldest record played out on the scene???????????????

He could at least have done the decent thing and played it as a Cover-up.

Tony

I just checked his Top Ten playlist. He has Steve Mancha & the Adorables "Champion the Wonder Horse" c/u at #3

ROD

Edited January 9, 200916 yr by modernsoulsucks

I just checked his Top Ten playlist. He has Steve Mancha & the Adorables "Champion the Wonder Horse c/u at #3

ROD

What number is The Ponderosa Twins " Ghost Riders in the Sky" -C/U ??

Tony

recorded september 1955--------------- Oldest record played out on the scene???????????????

i went to one venue in bournemouth and heard very similar stuff geting played. one of the tracks sounded very much like 'ol' man river'

each to their own i suppose

Trail of the Lonesome Pine - Stan n Ollie...................tip for 2009.

Come on lads...for once in your long and sometimes arduous lives unscrew those blinkers...yes...you may be able to remember it first time round But I was 18 years too late!! I love all that sort of stuff...love the vocal...I don't know why but I liken it to Sam Cookes 'Chain Gang' Not as good granted...and this record is not up there in my top 100 But I really do like it...and like I have mentioned previously...i'm not the only one...the dancefloor speaks volumes at the end of the day

or the underrated classic by his brother Emile....

What do you wanna make those eyes at me for......

The Shaky version is legendary:lol:

Ha ha, I actually saw Emile Ford at Aspull Labour club around 1986...

Edited January 9, 200916 yr by Reg

Come on lads...for once in your long and sometimes arduous lives unscrew those blinkers...yes...you may be able to remember it first time round But I was 18 years too late!! I love all that sort of stuff...love the vocal...I don't know why but I liken it to Sam Cookes 'Chain Gang' Not as good granted...and this record is not up there in my top 100 But I really do like it...and like I have mentioned previously...i'm not the only one...the dancefloor speaks volumes at the end of the day

More likely the gear doing all the talkin'

It's a POP CHART HIT. FFS

Should never be heard outside of Two Way Family Favourites.

Mind you, i was equally gobsmacked when they played Lou Christie at Wigan. WTF was that all about.

Having said that perhaps you should check it out

PS.

Thank f*ck you also like The Temptations

Tony

The legendary Platters did quite a good rendition of this track on their "Only You" long player.

The song actually tells quite a good tale and has a fairly intriguing and dark comedy element to it.

Is this the first billboard number one ever to be played in a northern venue ?

Edited January 9, 200916 yr by Richard Bergman

I have a copy of this R&B stormer - open to offers over £6000 - pm if interested

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sold..mike...

https://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=fnZspwJsJ2o

I have a copy of this for sale for £3.99 exc p&p

I'm with you on this one Beeks. Looking back at Kid Mohairs set it wouldn't have sounded out of place. It's no different to some stuff I used to hear at Sheridans/R&B niters.

See Kid Mohair played Milton Grayson - It Ain't Necessarily So.... not much difference in tempo and style to 16 tons , you'll like that one as well Beeks ? Maybe...??

I bet that Banny Price Kid Mohair played sounded blurrrdyyyy marvellous

I'll get me coat........... and I might see some of you in the near future in the back room of Middleton

Edited January 9, 200916 yr by Fatius Bumius

sold..mike...

I think you've been done. That's a cowboy boot.

The original and not this later Levine re-working is by Jimmy Dean who is now more famous in the USA for his large sausage.

According to Kid Mohair this record is very similar to the Chandlers in that it is round with a large hole in the middle, which I guess is where Jimmy places his sausage.

ROD

I think you've been done. That's a cowboy boot.

The original and not this later Levine re-working is by Jimmy Dean who is now more famous in the USA for his large sausage.

According to Kid Mohair this record is very similar to the Chandlers in that it is round with a large hole in the middle, which I guess is where Jimmy places his sausage.

ROD

" shucks"...and i hope it,s a skinless too

Come on lads...for once in your long and sometimes arduous lives unscrew those blinkers...yes...you may be able to remember it first time round But I was 18 years too late!! I love all that sort of stuff...love the vocal...I don't know why but I liken it to Sam Cookes 'Chain Gang' Not as good granted...and this record is not up there in my top 100 But I really do like it...and like I have mentioned previously...i'm not the only one...the dancefloor speaks volumes at the end of the day

Spot on beeks, I remember dancing at middleton to this after hearing this version for the first time and i wasn't on gear. It's just a difference of opinions i find suff like this much more listenable/dancable than allot of the stuff played in the northern rooms. I couldn't listen to 30 mins of it but the odd track here and there go down really well. Jimmy Ricks does a great version of 16 tons I think it's an Lp only track you shoul check it out mate.

'16 Tons' is a record that people like John Peel and Jeff Dexter have pinpointed as their first experience of 'Rock ands Roll' before the whole Elvis thing took off. Its impact is also discussed in depth in Pete Frame's 'Restless Generation' book about British rock music in the 50s. It is historically important and a bloody good pop/country record - but it's never an R'n'B sound in a million years despite what the dancefloor might think - you might as well play 'Hole in the Ground' by Bernard Cribbins; another searing critique of the harsh life of the working man...

Edited January 9, 200916 yr by ElGeePee

'16 Tons' is a record that people like John Peel and Jeff Dexter have pinpointed as their first experience of 'Rock ands Roll' before the whole Elvis thing took off. Its impact is also discussed in depth in Pete Frame's 'Restless Generation' book about British rock music in the 50s. It is historically important and a bloody good pop/country record - but it's never an R'n'B sound in a million years despite what the dancefloor might think - you might as well play 'Hole in the Road' by Bernard Cribbins; another searing critique of the harsh life of the working man...

Nothing wrong with slipping them into a set, Obviously as long as you put the record together well with a record that is similar or has a similar kind of beat/vocal etc. It worked at middleton and i've seen it work at other rnb venues.

Never heard 'Hole In The Road' is it anygood?

fukin hell didn't know this was going on ain't been on s\s for a while to busy at work, amazed at the reaction of one record is it really that important, i really dont wanna go down the road of analysing what people play, one of my best mates is a modern DJ, not my thing but brilliant DJ and up most respect for him, thankfully were not all the same the record in question i do pitch it right down its what i think works suppose its about time i had some stick oh ,good on ya beeks lad, see you all at the new midds..........Andy.

If I was a promoter and a DJ plays Tennesse Ford in the R&B room, I'd sack him straight away. Period!

As good as the song is (I like the lyrics about the exploitations of the american miners) it has nothing to do with R&B. Just because the dancefloor responded to it, doesn't mean it was ok to play it.

IMO Tennesse Ford and R&B is like Muriel Day and Soul

Nothing wrong with slipping them into a set, Obviously as long as you put the record together well with a record that is similar or has a similar kind of beat/vocal etc. It worked at middleton and i've seen it work at other rnb venues.

Never heard 'Hole In The Road' is it anygood?

It's a bit lightweight, for gritty realism check out " My Old Man's A Dustman"

Not quite R&B but could sit alongside others with a similar beat and vocal quite comfortably.

Tony

Plenty on Ebay Cheap as well HERE

There's a version by Stevie Wonder on his 'Down To Earth' L.P

There's a version by Stevie Wonder on his 'Down To Earth' L.P

I'll have a listen to that after. tend to stick to "Be calm..." and "Angel baby"

ROD