If any of you get the chance there is a 'live' track from Wigan from August 1978 of another 70's tune I'd like to identify.

Bizzare as it may sound it was spun by Keith Minshull in between Family Affair "Love Hustle" (Cue Steve G) and Teddy Vann "Colored Man" (cue Steve G again) followed closely by Tony Blackburn "It's Only Love"

Quite where Mr Minshull plucked the courage to spin the 70s tune amongst all the other great Soul records in his spot I don't know

Here's the link, all help appreciated

https://homepage.ntlworld.com/steve.carter27/Wig.wma

Cheers

Steve

Can't identify the tune but Minshull should have been banned there and then for playing it

p.s. did he really play It's Only Love??

Can't identify the tune but Minshull should have been banned there and then for playing it 

p.s. did he really play It's Only Love??

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Ah mate, cmon this can't be as bad as Larry Houston or the Carstairs... can it?

And yes he does play "It's Only Love" although he announces it as Tony & The Majority and someone shouts out "TONY BLACKBURN"

He also plays Brian Hyland, Judith Durham, Tim Tam and Paul Newman

The good old days eh

Cheers

Steve

Can't identify the tune but Minshull should have been banned there and then for playing it 

p.s. did he really play It's Only Love??

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Forgotten how good KM's playlists were at that time. Presumably he played the wrong side on a Tina Charles record Steve.

Steve, have you got a tape of RW on the same night, just for comparison

Steve

Although the first one to play Judith Durham was actually Richard S...

Although the first one to play Judith Durham was actually Richard S...

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He'd deny it now though.

He'd deny it now though.

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Yeah I'm sure he would, I actually bought it off Minshull when it was covered as Nita Rossi and got another copy TODAY just so I could get a scan of the label for my website

Still need a scan of John Drevar though!

Cheers

Steve

Forgotten how good  KM's playlists were at that time. Presumably he played the wrong side on a Tina Charles record Steve.

Steve, have you got a tape of RW on the same night, just for comparison

Steve

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No, but here is Dickies

Frank Dell, Yvonne Vernee, Rufus Lunley,Wakefield Sun, Holly St James, Ben Zine, Carol & Jerri, Sying McGowan, Vickie Baines, Paul Anka (WWGT), Patti Emblems (LTYD), Jay Traynor, Construction, Repartra (IWTFY) and Delaney Bramlett twice

Cheers

Steve

Edited May 17, 200520 yr by SteveCee

Ah mate, cmon this can't be as bad as Larry Houston or the Carstairs... can it?

And yes he does play "It's Only Love" although he announces it as Tony & The Majority and someone shouts out "TONY BLACKBURN" 

He also plays Brian Hyland, Judith Durham, Tim Tam and Paul Newman

The good old days eh

Cheers

Steve

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allan rhodes thought it may be a martha reeves lp track

i asked keith minshull and he hadnt a clue...

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allan rhodes thought it may be a martha reeves lp track

i asked keith minshull and he hadnt a clue...

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Ah but did you try asking him "Keith in your spot from August 1978 you actually played a Soul record"..... he might have got it then because rumour has it that he didn't have that many

Seriously did u play him the track or just mention it to him?

Cheers

Steve

nah,no idea,I used to be particularly impressed by his use of the mictophone........... ''the sound of'' '' the sound of'' ''the sound of'' thats all he used to bloody say.

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allan rhodes thought it may be a martha reeves lp track

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Mark, just did a quick check on Marthas non Motown Lps on Arista and Fantasy and unless the chorus isn't "Truth or Lie" then none of the tracks seem to fit - Here's the tracklisting for the Arista and Fantasy one, I've heard the LP Martha on MCA and it's not on there.

MARTHA REEVES - REST OF MY LIFE - ARISTA 76

HIGHER AND HIGHER, THE REST OF MY LIFE, SECOND CHANCE, THIS TIME I'LL BE SWEETER, LOVE BLIND, THANK YOU, NOW THAT WE FOUND LOVE, LOVE STRONG ENOUGH TO MOVE MOUNTAINS, YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELIN'

MARTHA REEVES - WE MEET AGAIN - FANTASY 78

TRACKS FREE AGAIN, YOU'RE LIKE SUNSHINE, I FEEL A MAGIC, ONE LINE FROM EVERY LOVE SONG, LOVE DON'T COME NO STRONGER, WHAT ARE YOU DOING THE REST OF YOUR LIFE, DEDICATED TO BE YOUR WOMAN, SPECIAL TO ME

I know it's a bad recording but maybe we need to identify who it sounds like and go from there

Cheers

Steve

...just did a quick check on Marthas non Motown Lps on Arista and Fantasy MARTHA REEVES - REST OF MY LIFE  - ARISTA 76......HIGHER AND HIGHER,

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this is a strange coincidence, because about the time this was written, I went into a Secondhand Shop, local to me, and found the above track, on '45, and Elvis' 'Let yourself go'