Love the label or hate it there was good and bad there,you can have 2good and 2bad(mind you think there was

only about 20 anyway..............

Best- Breakout-Mitch Ryder

This Man-Wally Cox

Worst-What Love Brings-Kenny Bernard(Shocking!!)

Human Jungle-The Fugitives

Best:

Let Me Give You My Lovin' - Maxine Brown

Worst:

Back To Bach - The Sounds Of Lancashire

Best:

Let Me Give You My Lovin' - Maxine Brown

Worst:

Back To Bach - The Sounds Of Lancashire

Or Jezebells (sp?) Tainted Love

Yes l remember it ....unfortunately...........

Wasn't there two labels Pye then Pye lnternational who were distributors

Think if they were American ( And started with a 1 ) they were good

and British (And stated with a 2) they were rubbish....Am l right??

Well it may be considered cheesy but I think the arrangement on Wayne Gibson's version of Under My Thumb is fantastic. Mind you I wouldn't cross the road for a copy of Leon Young Strings...

Maxine Brown

Wally Cox

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Chuck Wood - Seven Days Too Long

Ila Vann - Cant help lovin dat man of mine ...............shooopy da doop doop wayhayay shoooby do pop pop pop pop pop oh yeah . bleeding awful .

That Winstanly bloke has got a lot to answer for

on dd label,frankie/classicals,what shall i do and the velvets,i got to find me somebody,both great imo,

i vaguely remember a c**p version of just like romeo and juliet by er the shananettes,?????

Funnily enough I bought The Wally Cox "This Man" 45 off Ebay the other day on a Wand promo but had to laugh at how genuinley naive the seller was in his description and which just goes to prove there are still plenty of bargains out there to be had.

Wally Cox the comedian. Genre - Celebrity

Wally Cox This Man Click here

Edited April 1, 200916 yr by craig W

Best for me "AL WILSON - HELP ME"....................

Worst........To many to mention..................

another big tune in the day that was also on dd,the casualeers,dance dance dance,

Jimmy Breedlove

jack montgomery - dearly beloved

Is that the best or the worst ? and is it Can't Help Loving you??

UK DD is ace i like it lots so there don't like the Roulette copy it sounds well different well the refo-clip is crap!!. gonna have to find mine cause not in refo-soul

Edited April 1, 200916 yr by ken

Don't believe ya!!!!!

"Would you believe it" anyway

and don't forget the LP's (were there 1 or 2 of them?)

Funnily enough I bought The Wally Cox "This Man" 45 off Ebay the other day on a Wand promo but had to laugh at how genuinley naive the seller was in his description and which just goes to prove there are still plenty of bargains out there to be had.

Wally Cox the comedian. Genre - Celebrity

Wally Cox This Man Click here

LUCKY BOY!

Being an old Wiganite Kenny Barnards What Love Brings is an excellent northern soul anthem IMHO

But on the other hand the Casuleers Dance Dance Dance should never have been released

Don't believe ya!!!!!

https://www.lifeandsoulpromotions.co.uk/solidsoul.html

LUCKY BOY!

Being an old Wiganite Kenny Barnards What Love Brings is an excellent northern soul anthem IMHO

But on the other hand the Casuleers Dance Dance Dance should never have been released

C'mon

LET me baby

TAKE you dancin'

SHOW you baby

GOODTIME

Quality

BEST:

Frankie & The Classicals - What Shall I Do

WORST:

The Fugutives - Human Jungle

WORST:

The Fugutives - Human Jungle

WORST:

The Fugutives - Human Jungle

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now come on boys and girls

take away those silly tarzan noises at the beginning it aint a bad tune i dont think

also looks nice on a rouletter demo

its so Hot a human jungle!!

wasnt this a mecca tune b4 wigan?

Other sides better

Love the label or hate it there was good and bad there,you can have 2good and 2bad(mind you think there was

only about 20 anyway..............

Best- Breakout-Mitch Ryder

This Man-Wally Cox

Worst-What Love Brings-Kenny Bernard(Shocking!!)

Human Jungle-The Fugitives

If you ask me - Jerry Williams, being the best

The worst has got to be - sliced tomatos - the sound of lancastershire

jack montgomery - dearly beloved

Didn't even know that this came out on Pye DD?

Thats because it never did.

Didn't even know that this came out on Pye DD?

My favorite is The Fuzz - Im so Glad - Great little dancer

Anyone got a release sheet or promo sheet of this - I will pay!

A lot of the roulette stuff was released or licensed through Pye wasnt it?

Anyone got a list of all the releases?

Like to see how many I've got compared to the total

BTW there doesnt seem to be much demand for most of them on ebay

WORST:

The Fugutives - Human Jungle

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now come on boys and girls

take away those silly tarzan noises at the beginning it aint a bad tune i dont think

also looks nice on a rouletter demo

its so Hot a human jungle!!

wasnt this a mecca tune b4 wigan?

Yes indeed the human jungle very bad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thats because it never did.

i have put the link up once but obviously people are not using it to look

yes it did come out on disco demand

https://www.lifeandsoulpromotions.co.uk/solidsoul.html

i have put the link up once but obviously people are not using it to look

yes it did come out on disco demand

https://www.lifeandsoulpromotions.co.uk/solidsoul.html

Album only on Disco Demand.

Presumably everyone on here was talking about 45rpm releases.

Here's the 45s. Click for a slightly larger version.

But wasn't tere a Sold Soul Sensations album that Levine

had alot to do with as well.............and that had some right cracking choons on it a la Masquaraders,Maxine Brown,Love Bugs etc

and l think it was on Disco Demand... Or l could be talking rubbish!!!

Sure it was on Disco Demand, the best northern compilation ever in my opinion.......

Correct

Album only on Disco Demand.

Presumably everyone on here was talking about 45rpm releases.

But wasn't tere a Sold Soul Sensations album that Levine

had alot to do with as well.............and that had some right cracking choons on it a la Masquaraders,Maxine Brown,Love Bugs etc

and l think it was on Disco Demand... Or l could be talking rubbish!!!

See post 39

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See post 39

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or post 25

it's even got Jack Montgomery - Dearly Beloved on it (believe it or not)

mike

Edited April 5, 200916 yr by mikecook

or post 25

it's even got Jack Montgomery - Dearly Beloved on it (believe it or not)

mike

Yes mike, and it does not state vinyl 45s only in this thread

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Yes mike, and it does not state vinyl 45s only in this thread

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Touche' my friend....................

Sure it was on Disco Demand, the best northern compilation ever in my opinion.......

heres the track listing,

charts - living the nightlife*

billy thompson - black eyed girl

masqueraders - do you love me baby*

maxine brown - let me give you my lovin

shirley & jessie - you can't fight love

luv bugs - mama's gonna whip ya

anglos - since you've been gone

shirelles - march

curtis blandon - in the long run*

patti jo - make me believe in you

darryl stewart - name it and claim it*

sandy waddy - everything is everything

candy and the kisses - out on the streets again

mel wynn & the rhythm aces - stop sign

jack montgomery - do you believe it

Sure it was on Disco Demand, the best northern compilation ever in my opinion.......

Disco Demands Solid Soul Sensations (Sanctuary Records)

Following the release recently of "Reaching For The Best - The Northern Soul Of Blackpool Mecca, a compilation by legendary Northern Soul DJ Ian Levine, Sanctuary Records now delve into the vaults for a reissue of what is claimed to be the first Northern Soul LP (vinyl record for younger readers). Put together by Ian Levine and Pye Records A&R man Dav Mculeer in March 1975 for the specially formed Disco Demand label, Solid Soul Sensations sourced all it's selections from New York's Sceptor Records and it's subsidiary Wand, run by Florence Greenberg.

The sixteen tracks on the original are now bolstered by a further ten tracks from the same source. So what is amongst the tracks on the original collection. The Masqueraders are a group highly regarded by soul connoisseurs, mainly for their ballads, but "Do You Love Me Baby" gallops along at a furious pace with cool harmonies behind the lead singers tortured vocals. The Luv Bugs "Mama's Gonna Whip You" has shades of the Jackson Five with an obviously very young lead singer. Curtis Blandon's mid paced "In The Long Run" produced by chicago legend Gene Chandler is still very popular on the northern scene today. And speaking of Chicago, the soul supremo that was Curtis Mayfield wrote and produced Patti Jo's "Make Me Believe In You" a record completely different from the traditional 'Northern Soul' sound with it's tricky rhythm and haunting strings and proves that northern soul sometimes refers to any record that is played at a northern soul venue and is accepted by the crowd rather than fitting any stylistic template.

Shirley & Jessie represent New Orleans with "You Can't Fight Love" featuring the pounding beat indigenous to that city. The two best tracks come from the wonderful Maxine Brown with "Let Me Give You My Lovin" from the original album and "Wonder What My Baby's Doing Tonight" the first of the bonus tracks being first class examples of the crossover between pop and soul.

The original sleevenotes by Ian Levine are included along with additional information on the artists because at the time of the original release very little, if anything was known about them.

Derek McCann

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heres the track listing,

charts - living the nightlife*

billy thompson - black eyed girl

masqueraders - do you love me baby*

maxine brown - let me give you my lovin

shirley & jessie - you can't fight love

luv bugs - mama's gonna whip ya

anglos - since you've been gone

shirelles - march

curtis blandon - in the long run*

patti jo - make me believe in you

darryl stewart - name it and claim it*

sandy waddy - everything is everything

candy and the kisses - out on the streets again

mel wynn & the rhythm aces - stop sign

jack montgomery - do you believe it

Bonus tracks

Wonder what my baby's doing tonight - Maxine brown

I don't want to lose you - mel wynn

You cant keep a good woman down - gentlemen four

Lets get back together - the honey bees

Woman love thief - stemmons express

This man - wally cox

Marching - the camp

All the way from heaven - the chancellors

Dearly beloved - jack Montgomery

https://www.lifeandsoulpromotions.co.uk/solidsoul.html

"Dearly Beloved" never come out on Pye Disco Demand surely, album or otherwise? The 'other side', "Do You Believe It" WAS on the Pye album compiled by Ian Levine though. I think you're all confusing it with the CD re-issues.

Also, that LP was far from being the "first Northern Soul album" issued in the UK if you include the three compilations on JOY (a Jay Boy subsidiary) which included many Mirwood sides, or the 'Soul Bible' album on PROBE (Jackie Lee, Marvelows etc.)

Edited April 5, 200916 yr by mel brat

My favorite is The Fuzz - Im so Glad - Great little dancer

Anyone got a release sheet or promo sheet of this - I will pay!

A lot of the roulette stuff was released or licensed through Pye wasnt it?

If you like The Fuzz, you will love the LP with the slow intro (US CALLA/UK MOJO) class,

"Dearly Beloved" never come out on Pye Disco Demand surely, album or otherwise? The 'other side', "Do You Believe It" WAS on the Pye album compiled by Ian Levine though. I think you're all confusing it with the CD re-issues.

Also, that LP was far from being the "first Northern Soul album" issued in the UK if you include the three compilations on JOY (a Jay Boy subsidiary) which included many Mirwood sides, or the 'Soul Bible' album on PROBE (Jackie Lee, Marvelows etc.)

the thread started by asking about 'Disco Demand'. there was nothing to suggest it was 'only 45's'. albums have been added in the thread. I didnt know there were 'rules' to what you were and were not allowed to add - i thought it was tracks released on Disco Demand

regardless of whether it be 45, album or CD - Jack Montgomery Dearly Beloved is on a disco demand

i have put the link up three times now but it seems people are still not clicking on it - perhaps this will make it easier:

Disco Demand's Solid Soul Sensations: 26 Northern Soul Sounds

Wow nearly thirty years since I bought the original release. At that time it was pretty groundbreaking, and even now it stands the test. Many of the tracks have gone onwards and upwards and some have fallen by the wayside. However as a compilation it still all stands together and now with 10 bonus tracks as well.

Still sounding good is Patti Jo's make me believe in you which back then was completely different and along the newer funk route. Whereas Curtis Blandon was an out and out footstomper. Maxine Brown always sound good and the Masqueraders has always been big. Candy and the Kisses and the Shirlles remain top and Jack Montgomery was and is one of the best.

For me this time there's more focus on the extras led by the georgeous and compelling Maxine Brown. Mel Wynn I don't want to lose you has a nice feel. Gentlemen Four has been a stormer over the last decade or so . The Honey Bees is an absolute gem, Stemmons whilst popular is on eto pass over in my view. Wally Cox was as I recall on another Disco Demand album at the time of more popular material. The Camp marching is an obscure vocal to a known instrumental.

The Chancellors all the way from heaven is sublime and the best track on the album, great lead and exquisite strings. Marvin Jones (Jack Montgomery) Dearly Beloved is masterful Detroit and loved by everybody. Closing with a twee Earnestine Eady.