Derek Pearson

Just 3 original 45s up for grabs this time. All the vinyl is in Excellent condition, there is some slight brown spot ageing on the labels check the scans. As Refosoul is still under construction I've included YouTube clips just to remind you how damn good these 3 records are. BESSIE BANKS “Don’t You Worry Baby The Best Is Yet To Come” mono/stereo (US Quality) WDJ Excellent £200. Always been brilliant. Always been chased by collectors. Competition between DJs has helped push the price upwards steadily over the last decade or so. HOLLYWOOD FLAMES “Dance Senorita” (US Symbol) Excellent £125. SOLD One of the harder ones on this label that doesn’t often turn up. After years in the shadows it seems to have gained alot of new admirers recently which has pushed its price up considerably. Don’t let the song title put you off – underneath it’s a rather fine solid piece of quality mid pace group harmony. MELVIN ELLING “Lonely Eyes” (US Stretch) Excellent £100. SOLD Super duper mid pace item that’s still under the radar, not known by the masses yet and still awaiting lots more potential dance floor exposure by them DJ’s.. History lesson part 1: The label was owned by Willie Lee McCovey, a famous American Major League Baseball Player of the time, whose nickname was Stretch, hence the label name and dinky looking little logo design. He played most of his career at the San Francisco Giants so I would assume that's where this label was based. PM or email me on pearson544@btinternet.com to reserve/discuss blah blah blah..... Not entertaining offers on any of these 3 records initially. Might do later on if they don’t sell. Payment by cheque (UK) or Paypal on pearson544@btinternet.com Same deal as before - if you do me the favour by sending the ££ through Paypal as a gift, I will cover the P&P costs and mail you the record by Special Delivery (UK only) Can’t say fairer than that as we say up north. derek x

I remember listing my original copy on Ebay sometime in May of last year. Straight away I started to receive messages from interested buyers asking me if my copy was original as there were reissues floating about. Just like most people have already said on here I had absolutely no idea it had been reissued (coughs) and for what reason and where was the demand coming from? After a quick search through google here's what Piccadilly Records in Manchester was saying: EUGENE JEFFERSON "A PRETTY GIRL DRESSED IN BROWN" / "HIGH PRESSURE BLUES" 7" £ 5.99 Limited dinked reissue with replica US label artwork. 500 copies only. "A Pretty Girl Dressed In Brown" is a killer northern soul / rhythm & blues crossover tune with a great vocal and hot band - perfect for the dancefloor. "High Pressure Blues" reverts to straight-up rhythm & blues and rocks it good. My File Notes from that time say "the repro's use silver text on the label whilst originals have a nice warm gold touch. This is probably due to them using a copy of a label scan rather than copying straight from the original 45 label. An original has stamped matrixes UK4M 0135 (on "Pretty Girl" side), UK4M 0136 (on "High" side) and lightly scratched numbers LO-033 / LO-034. On both sides this stamp has been lightly scratched out but is still readable. I'd be surprised if the repro's have anything stamped in the run outs - they're more likely to just have scratched numbers. See attached label scans of my old original copy And finally there was always a suggestion that this record sounded very similar in parts to Darrell Banks "Open the door to your heart" - could never hear it myself. onwards, derek In the end up my orig copy sold for about £90 on Ebay.

Couldn't stop myself chipping in even though it doesn't answer any of Keith's original posting. When I was a nipper and still wearing shorts at all-nighters in the late seventies I regularly used to hear about a Darrell Banks black London issue that somebody had or had once seen. Grown men used to gasp just at the thought of it. Over the years with no copy ever surfacing I put its mythology down to a combination of over enthusiasm and white powder confusion. Then sometime in the 1990's this long term mystery was solved. The copy people were talking about wasn't infact a UK London black issue, it was a South African London black issue that looked very similar to the UK released black London issues of the day. I've got a sneaking feeling I might have even been sent a label scan of it which I duly posted up in a copy of 'Shades Of Soul' at the time. Does this story ring any bells with anyone? derek x And I don't think it was some sort of label mock up like the Volumes on UK Pama one which I fell for Roy Wright style...

Did I Benji? (sound of confused, embarrassed laughter in background.....) Wonder if I had 2 copies then? Sold one to you and kept one? Mmmm? The mysteries of life eh? onwards, derek x

Up for grabs here is a couple of 45s I haven't offered before and a handfull of leftovers from previous sales attempts. All in Excellent condition unless stated. James Fountain "Seven Day Lover" (US Peachtree) Excellent £425 SOLD If you've ever wanted a copy of this stone cold classic this is the one to buy. I know where it's been, I know its history and its provenance. I actually found this copy as old un-used store stock in the states some 20 odd years ago and to be perfectly honest I thought I'd sold it about 10 years ago when I was trying to raise some cash just prior to another one of my house moving cycles. Obviously I didn't move it on and somehow it must've got mixed up with a load of other stuff and over the last decade or so has sunk deeper and deeper into those scratty cardboard boxes on the floor marked "one day I'll have a look through these and see what some of these 45s sound like...." So you can imagine my total surprise on lifting a lid off one of these boxes recently and there blinking in the daylight was good old JF looking up at me. And I'm pretty sure the whole darn street heard me shout Yes Go On...... Probably only played it out whilst DJing less than a dozen times as well. And yes it's got all the correct run out markings to confirm its originality. Otis Clay "You Hurt Me For The Last Time" 3:36 / "Baby Jane" 2:20 (UK Red Atlantic 584282) large centre hole released in 1969. Date stamped 11 July 1969. Slight label damage BJ side. Excellent £75. Earnest Nelson "I'll Make It Someday" (US Runaway) obscure Hollywood dancer VG+ £25. Patience Valentine "Our Love( A Special Blending)" 2:45 (US M.J.R. Records) Excellent £20 SOLD Simply superb mid seventies deep soul. As good as it gets. John Edwards "The Look On Your Face / It's Those Little Things That Count" (US Bell) styrene WDJ Excellent £200 Jimmy Barnes "If By Any Chance / Maybe Never" (US Sue) Excellent £125 SOLD The Electrifying Cashmeres "What Does It Take (To Win Your Love)" (US Sound Stage Seven) styrene Radio Station Copy Ex £50. The Drapers "Your love has gone away" / "You got to look up" (US Gee) WDJ Near Mint £75. Fred Hughes "Don't let me down" (US Vee Jay) WDJ pretty damn rare on a white demo me thinks. Near Mint £35. Bobby Wade "I'm In Love With You" (US Way Out) Excellent £20. Super soul from Cleveland, arranged by Mike Terry no less. Brook Benton "Where Does A Man Go To Cry" (RCA 8944) WDJ £10. Gotta be in the Top 100 Beat Ballads of all time! Old Roger banks spin. Forgot to mention writing on label so reduced it down from £15 to a tenner. Paul Sindab "Can't wait no longer" (US Kasika) Excellent £40 Offers may be considered on certain records. PM or email (pearson544@btinternet.com) me for more details/to reserve/to discuss etc. Payment by cheque (UK) or Paypal as a gift would be nice. On any record over a hundred quid I'll do the same deal as before - if you do me a favour by sending the ££ to me through Paypal as a gift, I will cover the P&P costs and mail you the record by Special Delivery (UK only) UK postage (with recorded delivery) for any other record is £2. Ta very muchly. Spend away with freedom and abandonment. derek x

Derek Pearson riding solo Sat 25th June 2011 Shades Of Soul 21.00-22.00pm. Bradford Community Based Radio BCB106.6FM With his trusty box of old records by his side Pearson weaves a rich tapestry of sound of differing colours, strands and textures. Eclectic is the word. I say it could go anywhere and often does. Expect the weird. Expect the wonderful. Now that is the truth. And as usual if you're interested in hearing the show live there's 2 ways to go about it - first try the good old 106.6 frequency on your FM dial if you live within say 10 miles of the studio and secondly through the wonders of the world wide web on www.bcbradio.co.uk Dee Pee's varied selection of old 45s: More details to follow asap

Derek Pearson covers all 4 corners of the world in an hour Shades Of Soul 21.00-22.00pm. Bradford Community Based Radio BCB106.6FM With his trusty box of old records by his side Pearson weaves a rich tapestry of sound of differing colours, strands and textures. Eclectic is the word. I say it could go anywhere and often does. This show went off the radar.... Expect the weird. Expect the wonderful. Now that is the truth. And as usual if you're interested in hearing the show live there's 2 ways to go about it - first try the good old 106.6 frequency on your FM dial if you live within say 10 miles of the studio and secondly through the wonders of the world wide web on www.bcbradio.co.uk Dee Pee's varied selection of old 45s: Tempests -What you gonna do -Smash Benny Spellman - Fortune teller - Minit Paul Humphrey - Cool Aid - Lizard Derek Martin - Sly girl - Tuba The New Yorkers - Ain't that news - Tac Ful Patience Valentine - Waking up to a dream - Thrush Green Brothers - Sweet loving woman - Tortoise International Millie Jackson - Breakaway - UK Polydor Syl Johnson - Try me - Zachron The Chiffons - Nobody knows what's going on in my mind but me - Laurie The Falcons - You've got the power - UK JoeBoy Hollywood Flames - Dance Senorita - Symbol Jimmy Castor - Just you girl - Smash George Smith - I've had it - Turntable Gay Jamison - Stay another day - Turntable Barbara Lewis - Hello Stranger - UK Atlantic Jeff Dale - Don't forget about me - Atco Patience Valentine - Our love a special blending - MJR Chuck Cissel - Don't tell me you're sorry - Arista Hiroshima - Never ever - Arista Wicked Lester - Gay with an E - Club Tikka onwards, derek x

When the right honourable mister angus oldfield from barnsley guested with me on BCB Radio* recently he opened his selection by playing this rather wonderful tune off his copy of the French EP. He also said that the single version was different to the one on the MGM album. Pretty sure he told me more but if he did I can't remember. Sorry. Is it simply that on the 45's it was a much louder recording thus making it sound much more punchy and dynamic compared to the quieter sounding LP mix? derek Saturday 28th May 2011 Bradford BCB Radio 106.6 on the good old FM dial.

Here's a rather nice French Vogue copy of Shirley's rather fine "Because I love you" complete with a pretty funky sleeve. It's quite a while since I last played this 45 so I stuck it on the old Technics before uploading these scans. Don't know whether the sun's gone to mi head or not but it sounded slightly different to the Calla 45 as I remember it? A touch slower and a much louder recording. Will dig the Calla 45 out to compare.... derek x

It must have been back end of last year when I was reading Mark Bicknell's thread 'Are there any Scientists Of Soul Kashe white demos?'. Meant to reply and even got around to scanning a couple of items to include, but time moved on and it quietly slipped off my to do list. Saw these 2 scans lurking about yesterday and decided to make my move. Complete that circle Pearson. Finish that task. Did a quick search through the Forums to discover it was November 2010 when Mark started the thread. But the thread had been locked. No probs - start my own. Danny White "King For A Day" / "Never Like This" (Kashe 443) Alright it's not a white demo but it is date stamped - November 15 1969 - which is interesting and slots the label into a time frame. The really interesting bit though is the original hand typed promotional letter that accompanied said record. I already had the Danny White 45 as I collected the label but one day whilst trawling Ebay many years ago (possibly 10?) I spotted this Danny White record listed. But what really caught my eye in the sellers blurb were the words 'with promotional letter included' ........Mmm sounds interesting me thinks. I duly bid and won the record for $5 or summat. Turns out I was the only bidder. I only bid on it to get my my hands on this letter. I love collecting these bits of record company ephemera, they help to fill in gaps in the history of the music we collect. onwards, derek x Oh and to answer Mark Bicknell's original question: No, I've never seen or had a Scientists Of Soul white demo. Would very much like one though. I've had a WDJ of Richard Russell though. Oh and these were the Kashe 45s listed in my old files: Scientists Of Soul Kashe 442 Danny White Kashe 443 Richard Russell Kashe 444

And last one from me - The Turn-A-Rounds super top double sider on French Liberty complete with picture sleeve. Got released on Minit in the states, and for those that don't know it, one side's a crunching northern dancer that needs more plays and the other's a great beat ballad type thing. derek x time to walk mi dog on t' moors whilst the sun is still shining.....

Does Barbara Acklin's immortal "Just Ain't No Love" win the prize of being the record that has been released in more countries than any other hahaha. Mexican I think. derek

In the sixties JJ Jackson had a 4 track EP of Calla recordings released on French Vogue. Saw this on Ebay many years ago (at least 10) and won it for next to nothing. Seem to think I was the only bidder. It was a pair of 7" single sided French Vogue white label acetates, each of the acetates had 2 songs from his EP on one side, the other side was blank. They arrived in the original waxy paper sleeve held together by the obligatory rusty staple. Nice. derek x

How about this little beauty derek x

Haven't read through the whole thread properly yet so I'm well behind on it and more than likely duplicating details posted previously. From your tape listing the following are the proper group names and song titles, I've tagged on (what I think from memory are) the labels. embers-the first time (JCP) charmers-if youre looking for trouble (red label?) vito and salutations-id best be going (Sandbag same as Epitome Of Sound)) margie hendrix-one room paradise (Mercury?) bill horton-i wanna know (Kayden?) inverts-time will change (Broadway) later made popular again by Big Bad Bob Hinsley in mid 90s jimmy richards-i wont be responsible (A&M) And if you ever wanted a record to hold up as a prime example of just how different the sound, style and tempo of music being played by Guy during this period was (compared to say what had been played throughout the seventies and early eighties) look no further than this record.... Never in a million years would you realistically describe it as traditional northern soul, the tempo is far too slow, it's barely above walking pace, I mean come on it's not the sort of sound to create a stampede onto the dance floor is it? But what I imagine elevated this song onto Guy's playlist at the time was the superb lived in vocals and the dramatic, brooding sparse arrangement. Quite simply it's just a superb piece of sixties soul music. As soon as I could I scurried around and hunted down a copy shortly after hearing Guy play it. It takes an awful lot of confidence and a fair bit o' testicles for a DJ to play a tune like this at an all-nighter. Nice one Guy. I tip my hat to you. That's why so many people hold him high up in their esteem. Jimmy Richards - I Won't Be Responsible - A And M

Saturday 28th May 2011 Shades Of Soul 21:00-22:00pm Derek Pearson & special guest Angus Oldfield from Barnsley Bradford Community Based Radio BCB106.6FM Back for his third visit into the studios at Bradford's BCB Radio we welcome back tonight's guest Angus Oldfield from Barnsley. And once again - just like he has done on previous visits - he's dug deep into his collection to pull out a varied selection of tunes which range from good to brilliant, cheap to expensive and common to rare. Expect the weird. Expect the wonderful. And that's just me... And as usual if you're interested in hearing the show live there's two ways to go about it - first try the good old 106.6FM frequency on your radio if you live within say 10 miles of the studio and secondly through t' wonders of the world wide web www.bcbradio.co.uk Onwards, Derek Access All Era's. Twelve Tunes from Mister Angus: Spyder Turner - I'm alive with a loving feeling - French EP Sharon Scott - I'd like to know - RCA The Trends- Not too old to cry - ABC Gino Washington - I'll be around - Mala Willie Small - How high can you fly - green label Roy Roberts - I know what to do - Tina Nancy Butts - I want to hold your hand - Flaming Arrow Bonnie Blanchard - You're the only one - yellow label John Stanberry - I can't believe - Stanlos Sandra Wright - Midnight affair - Truth Sharon McMahan - Get out of my life - Columbia TSU Toronadoes - I still love you - Ovide Dee Pee's bundle of eight: Johnny Sayles - Don't turn your back on me - Marvlus; Willie Hightower - Because I love you - Capitol; Reginald Day - Lost love - Midas; The Dynamics - You make me feel good - RCA; Willie Hobbs - Til I get it right - Sound Stage 7; Esther Williams - You gotta let me show you - Friends & Co; Marie Franklin - You ain't changed - Maverick; Lee Moses - Bad girl - Musicor.

Lots of interest - some offers to trade - but no straight hard cash. So to stimulate the interest I've knocked £50 off John Edwards and good old Jimmy gets trimmed by £25. So now: JOHN EDWARDS is £200. JIMMY BARNES is £125. Yet another Pearson Fair Deal (smile). derek

emailed you earlier this aft Mike. Ta, derek

hey up Craig - just to be clear - do ya mean both of the songs done by Johnny Lincoln on Teri De were also recorded by Jimmy Norman? Also to save time here's a YouTube link to Jewel & The Rubies "Kidnapper on La Louisianne, which apparently came out in 1963 and never dented the American Top 40 charts. Yeah my ears reckon somebody was being a bit liberal cutting and pasting back in 1963. What do you think? https://youtu.be/ER9DVvYH5sw derek x

Well done Tommy. Tell you what though it sounds very similar to Jewell & The Rubies "Kidnapper" (La Louisianne) local then (ABC) national. To my ears the Teri De intro is a straight lift. Thought I'd plunder Refosoul to back up my observation and was suprised not to find any clips of Jewell's song. If I get chance tommorrow - and I remember - I'll post up a clip of "Kidnapper" for your comparison. Love the lyrics as it name drops stars of the day all the way through the song - Perry Mason and The FBI to name but two. derek x

Just the three this time: JOHN EDWARDS "The Look On Your Face / It's Those Little Things That Count" (Bell) styrene WDJ Excellent £250. £200 SOLD John Edwards - The Look On Your Face - Bell Promo John Edwards - Its Those Little Things That Count - Bell Promo JIMMY BARNES "If By Any Chance / Maybe Never" (Sue 771) Excellent £150. £125 SOLD Jimmy Barnes - If By Any Chance - Sue 771 MADELINE JONES "Dial L For Lonely" (Samar 115) Excellent £50. SOLD Offers may be considered. PM or email (pearson544@btinternet.com) me to reserve/discuss etc. Payment by cheque (UK) or Paypal. I'll do the same deal as before - if you do me a favour by sending the ££ through Paypal as a gift, I will cover the P&P costs and mail you the record by Special Delivery (UK only) This only applies to the John Edwards and Jimmy Barnes 45s. Postage for poor old Madeline is £2 UK Recorded. I thank you, Spend away chaps... derek x

Saturday 21st May 2011 Derek Pearson with special guest Phil Dick Bradford BCB Radio106.6FM 21:00-22:00pm + playlists In October of last year we welcomed local promoter and record label owner Phil Dick into the BCB studios for his first appearance on air. In tonight's show he's back with a new selection in his box to play from and talks about the new release on his Soul Intention record label and the forthcoming Bradford allnighter..... Expect the weird. Expect the wonderful. And that's just the guests... And as usual if you're interested in hearing the show live there's 2 ways to go about it - first try the good old 106.6FM frequency on your radio if you live within say 10 miles of the studio and secondly through t' wonders of the world wide web www.bcbradio.co.uk Onwards, Derek x All Era's. All styles. All over the place. And you know it. Phil Dick's choice of tunes: Bobby James - I Really Love You - Karol The Classics - Looking For A Love (Of My Own) - Wide World The (Orig.) Traits - Someday Soon - Contact Jerry Washington - Baby, Don't Leave Me - Excello Otis Williams - I Got To Have You - Emkay Billy Woods - Let Me Make You Happy - Sussex The Counts - Peaches Baby - Shrine Lola Sands - To Whom It May Concern - Bison Jacki Bond - Why Can't I Love Him - UK Strike Chuck Brooks - You Can't Be In Two Places At The Same Time - GSF Bobby Long & The Dealers - I Gotta Have Love Too - Old Town J.T. Rhythm - All I Want Is You - Palmer Dee Pee's play of eight or so: Sensations - lonely girl - Way Out Sensations - I won't be hurt - Way Out T.S.U. Toronados - only inside - Ovide Chuck Jackson - any other way - Wand John Edwards - the look on your face - Bell Dee Dee Warwick - suspicious minds - Atco Eugene Gaspard - holding on - Rosemont Sensations - Gotta find myself another girl - Way Out

Here's some more ideas for you to flesh out Benji (though I suspect you've already thought about them). What about making a database complete with full details, label scans & picture sleeves of Euro Only releases. Also and here comes the big one... What about making a datebase of all known soul 45s released in Europe split into each different country? Over the last 20-30 years I reckon probably 95% of all US and UK soul 45s have been documented and listed somewhere. As far as I know nobodies ever done or started doing soul 45s released in Europe. Maybe they have. I've got a boxful of 45s with picture sleeves trawled over the years from numerous visits to Spain and Italy. And I sure many other collectors on here have likewise. Suspect none of them are Euro only and most got a 45 release in either the UK and/or US. But that's not the point. With all the knowledge on this forum, just look how quick that initial handfull of yours Benji - in your original post - soon swelled onto an A4 sheet. I do realise as well Benji that to complete this European soul 45 database you'll probably have to give up your job, stop all family life, never sleep, work 22 hours a day at it and live till you're 110. But apart from that..... You can do it Benji. I have full faith in you. Go on lad. onwards, derek x