Derek Pearson

Derek Pearson & special guest Mister Robert Shades Of Soul 21.00-22.00pm. Bradford Community Based Radio BCB106.6FM What's that old cliche say Time Waits For No Man well it's hard to believe tonight's guest Mister Robert is back for his fifth appearance in the studios at BCB. Blimey it only seems like a few months ago that it was his first time on air ever..... Tuck your seat belt in and await 60 minutes of the good groove. It could go anywhere and often does. Expect the wonderful. Expect the slightly weird. 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 roughly within say 10 miles of the studio and secondly through the wonders of the world wide web www.bcbradio.co.uk Onwards, Derek All Era's. All styles. All over the place. And you know it. Mister Robert's selection: You' Better Know What You're Getting Into - Patti Austin ( Coral , US ) I Found What I Wanted - George Jackson ( Verve , US ) Blind Alley - The Emotions ( Volt , US ) You're Leaving Me - Ollie & The Nightingales ( Stax , US & UK ) Mean It Baby - Carl Hall ( Loma , US ) As Long As The Feeling Is There - The Fantastic Four ( Ric-Tic , US ) Pledging My love - Johnny Ace ( Vocalion , UK ) Little Girl - The Impressions (HMV, UK & ABC , US ) Someone You Use - Candi Staton ( Fame , US ) Hearsay - The Soul Children ( Stax , US & UK ) Endlessly - Mavis Staples ( Stax , US & UK ) Dee Pee's random selection of eight crackly vinyl 45s: Luther Ingram 'Run for your life' Hurdy Gurdy; Presentations 'Call on me' American Music Makers; Little Ben & the Cheers 'Beggar of love' Laredo; Sam Dees 'Easier to say than do' Lo Lo; Jewell & the Rubies 'Kidnapper' La Louisianne; Hollywood Flames 'Dance Senorita' Symbol; Dee Dee Sharp 'Touch my life' TSOP © 1975; Denise Kelly & Fame 'I'd like to get into you' 20th Century © 1978. Bradford BCB Radio 106.6FM - special guest: Mister Robert - audio

He's Big and it's Top. Refosoul Radio Clip now embedded into this thread. Mick Howard - take a bow. onto the next 45 derek x

Refosoul Radio Clip now embedded into the thread. Thank You Mister Dyson. onwards, derek x

Derek Pearson rides off alone into the night.... Shades Of Soul 21.00-22.00pm. Bradford Community Based Radio BCB106.6FM Fasten your seat belts and await 60 minutes of the good groove. It could go anywhere and often does. Expect the weird. Expect the wonderful. You can rely on us. 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 the wonders of the world wide web www.bcbradio.co.uk Dee Pee’s varied selection of old dusty crackly 45s: Donny Hathaway – The Ghetto - Atco; Bobbie Smith – Walk on into my heart -American Arts; B.B. King – The Hurt - ABC-Para; Tony Middleton – You spoiled my reputation -ABC-Para; Lee Jackson – Ad for love -Atlantic; Lee Jones & The Sounds Of Soul – This heart is haunted - Amy; The Masqueraders – I ain’t gonna stop -AGP; Sons Of Robin Stone – Got to get you back – Atco; Clyde Brown – You call me back -Atlantic; Chuck Cissel – Don’t tell me you’re sorry - Arista; Lorraine Johnson – Can I hold you to it - Atlantic; Sam Dees – Signed Miss Heroin -Atlantic; Lee Jones & The Sounds Of Soul - On the other side - Amy; Marva Lee – If you can’t be true -Atco; Don Hollinger – Cruel World - Atco; Incredibles – Crying Heart - Audio Arts; The Larks – For the love of money - Arock; Incredibles - Another dirty deal - Audio Arts; Nate Adams – I’m so glad - Atlantic; Jimmy Richards – I’m not responsible - A&M; Winfield Parker – Brand New Start - Artic; Tommy Hunt – I don’t want to loose you - Atlantic. Bradford BCB Radio 106.6FM - Shades Of Soul - audio

Found these on top of a wardrobe last week..... All records in Excellent condition unless stated PM or email (pearson544@btinternet.com) me to reserve/discuss blah blah blah P&P - UK £1.25p (add 75p Recorded Delivery); Europe £2.00p; Rest £3.00p. Payment by cheque (UK) or Paypal. J. J. Jackson "It seems like I've been here before" (Calla 130) ds promo £12; The Fiesta's "Sometimes storm" (Respect 2509) ©1975 £10; The Manhattans "I betcha (couldn't love me)" (Carnival 552) £8 SOLD The Imaginations "I love you more (than anyone)" (Bacon Fat 101) £12 SOLD The Vontastics "Let me down easy" (Toddlin Town 115) £15 SOLD Charles Spurling "Mr Cool" (King 6077) £15; Fuller Brothers "Moanin' groanin' and crying" (Keymen 110) £10 SOLD Four Tops "Can't seem to get you out of my mind" (UK TMG 710) ©1968 £12; George Freeman "You lied I cried Love died"/"All right now" (Okeh 7333) WDJ £15; Buster Benton "That's the reason" (Melloway 20668-01) £20. Will swop for any magazines on 'Learn to crochet - the easy way'. Prefer ones with pictures. onwards, derek x

Have always meant to chip in with threads like this but I get so easily distracted these days. Every now and then I think of a record and play it and hear myself saying "Cross Over! now that's what I'm talking about". A perfect example of a tune to fully outline what crossover sounds like (to me anyway). Then I forget again. But I did remember a description of many female crossover tunes that I regularly use in the house - A slightly strained vocal over a fractured beat. I'm glad I said that. derek x

Prices reduced. Offers/trades considered. Ta. derek

Just the two up for set sale: Paul Sindab "Can't wait no longer" 2:00 / "You're something else" 2:00 (US Kasika 31341) £45 Matrix: scratched KATZ 31341 Label: clean yellow paper with black text - Excellent Record: super deep shine & gloss; couple very light surface marks; wide run out groove – Excellent. Sheila Ferguson "How did that happen" 2:29 / "Little Red Riding Hood" 2:05 (US Landa 706) £65 Matrix: scratched J-SFE-1 Bell Sound stamp Label: clean black paper with silver text - Excellent Record: nice deep shine & gloss; handful of very light surface marks – Excellent. Lower offers considered if not sold through set sale. Contact by PM or email pearson544@btinternet.com Post & Pack: UK £1.25p (add 75p for Recorded Delivery); Europe £2.00p; Rest £3.00p. Payment by cheque (UK) or Paypal ( pearson544@btinternet.com ) Ta, derek

Yeah but can you imagine what his shoes must've looked like in the morning? Wading around in a toilet for 8 hours must play havoc with the leather. And can you imagine what they must've smelled like? Oh Lord... And what about his socks..... derek

Updated with reductions etc.. Bobby Wade £20. Xeron Petty £10. Brook Benton £15. I thank you, derek

just uploaded the incriminating photographic evidence into my Gallery. time for tea derek x

The Man That Lived In Wigan Toilets Some say he never existed. Some say they'd only seen a fleeting glance of him, swimming off into the distance.... What did he actually do all night? Did anybody ever see him outside the confines of the toilet? Where did he get his hair cut? Several months ago a thread started with a question about this poor chap that was always spotted loitering about the toilets in Wigan. Was he mythical, was he just an all-nighter myth, an urban legend of sorts? I had only ever seen him in the downstairs toilet to the left of the stage. Did his duties require him to patrol all the toilets? I never joined in with the original thread. I kept quiet. I had a guilty secret. I knew somewhere deep within my files, boxes and folders there was photographic evidence of that man - the man they say lived in Wigan toilets. Legal Disclaimer: But let me make this clear, despite what many people may say, I'm not in the habit of going around taking pictures of old blokes in toilets. It was not I that took the photo (honest guv). T'was a friend of mine who shall remain nameless that pressed the shutter on that fateful night. Out of curiosity I once did ask Big Mick why he'd taken that particular shot and his reply made me smile, "Nobody ever took a picture of him". Some viewers may find the image distasteful as it contains elements of toilet debris, filth and evidence of highly unsanitary conditions. Expected and standard conditions of most club toilets then and now eh? derek

Derek Pearson & guest selector Mick Howard Shades Of Soul 21.00-22.00pm. Bradford Community Based Radio BCB106.6FM Tonight's guest across the airwaves of Bradfordland and beyond, is the man from Heywood, Mick Howard, this time accompanied by his delightful wife Karen. I know I say this every time, but one fine day I will try and work out which DJ has done most guest spots on the show over the years. What I do know is that the top spot is between tonight's guest and Mr Brighouse Ritz himself, Craig Butler. Once again, the lid will be lifted and we'll see what delights Mister Howard pulls out from the depths of his box. As usual I'll fill in with some crackly vinyl and sharp, witty banter (sort of). Fasten your seat belts and await 60 minutes of the good groove. It could go anywhere and often does. Expect the weird. Expect the wonderful. 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 roughly 10 miles of the studio and secondly through the wonders of the world wide web www.bcbradio.co.uk I shall endeavour to include a soundclip of the show into this post sometime early next week Onwards, Derek All Era's. All styles. All over the place. And you know it. From out of Mick Howard's box of tricks came these twelve: The Rotations "trying to make you my own" Mala J B Troy "live on" Musicor Little Rose Little "you got the love" Roulette The Festivals "checkin' out " Blue Rock Joe Bataan "special girl" Fania The Intentions "I'm losing your love" Up Tight Gene Redding "I got soul" Bell The Debonaires "stop let's be united" Galaxy Eddie Parker "body chains" Prodigal Spencer Wiggins "I'm at the breaking point" UK Kent Select Natural Impulse "we're gonna make it big" UK Soul Junction Daddy Maxfield "I've always been in love with you" United Artists Dee Pee's random selection of eight crackly vinyl 45s: Lou Johnson "You better let him go" Big Top; Lou Johnson "Magic Potion" Big Top; Billy Butler "Sweet darling" Brunswick; Marvin Smith "Love ain't nothing but pain" Brunswick; Eddie Holman "I'll cry 1,000 tears" Bell; The Voicemasters "You've hurt me baby" Bamboo; Willie & Anthony "I'm tired (of a one way love affair)" Blue Candle; Ike Strong "I owe my life to you" Bama. with guest DJ Mick Howard - Bradford BCB Radio 106.6FM 9-10pm - And on the 8th day the Lord made vinyl

label scans and full length sound clips added as promised. Spend away chaps...... derek

Just Five for sale - scans & sound clips added as standard. All records in Excellent condition unless stated. Bobby Wade "I'm In Love With You" (Way Out 103) £25. reduced down to £20 Super soul from Cleveland, arranged by Mike Terry no less. bobby wade - i'm in love with you - way out Xeron Petty "She's Mess Up My Mind" (Art 507) £15. reduced down to £10 Certainly a strange one indeed. One day I like it - the next day I don't. Xeron Petty - She's Mess Up My Mind - Art Records of New York Timi Yuro "When Something Is Wrong With My Baby" (Frequency 101) £20. SOLD Nice lilting southern sound from Ms Yuro. timi yuro - when something is wrong with my baby - frequency Brook Benton "Where Does A Man Go To Cry" (RCA 8944) WDJ £20. reduced down to £15 Gotta be in the Top 100 Beat Ballads of all time! Old Roger banks spin. Brook Benton - Where Does A Man Go To Cry - RCA Clarence Glover "Keep Your Promises" (Lyndell 797) £35. SOLD Rare quality deep soul on this collectable label out of Brunswick, Georgia. Clarence Glover - Keep Your Promises - Lyndell PM or email (pearson544@btinternet.com) me to reserve. P&P - UK £1.25p (add 75p for Recorded Delivery); Europe £2.00p; Rest £3.00p. Payment by cheque (UK) or Paypal. Ta, derek

Following on from the Bessie Banks Quality 45 thread I suddenly thought blimey a rare issues thread would be pretty interesting. But it surely must've been done to death many times before said self doubt in my ear? Off the very top most bit of my head here's some I can recall within 30 seconds of counting: Bessie Banks Quality Carl Hall Columbia Corey Blake Capitol I know there's tons but I just can't filter them out at the moment...... And I know as other people start adding to the list I'll be going "oh yeah how did I forget that....." And finally one of my top favourite issues you need to hear before senility takes over - Lorraine Johnson "Can I Hold you to it" Atlantic demo's are double sided but the issue has "If you want me to be more of a woman, You've got to be more of a man". Both sides way beyond awesome. Or is it the other way round, songwise, re the demos and issue? derek

I don't think I've ever heard that other 45 "Baby you sure know how to get to me" either on Quality or Contempo. Probably might have done possibly? Always had the double sided white demo but never the blue issue. And yeah the flip "Try to leave me if you can" is rather special indeed. The lightbulb has just gone on! That would make a great thread wouldn't it - Rare Issues which you need - but it must have been done to death surely many times before, hasn't it? Tell you what - 'cos I'm a rebel without a clue - I'll start a thread on rare issues now and wait to get told off hahaha. derek

The trouble with us old schoolers - of which I am one, now I'm past the 50 mark - is that sometimes we value a record at year 2000 prices and overlook the blindingly obvious facts that (a) that was ten years ago and (b) demand forces prices up. Now I know all this, you don't need to tell me..... but just like Pikeys Dog said earlier I always sorta thought BB was a thirty quid touch. And because of what I've stated above - these days, if I'm thinking of shifting off any record of value I do a fair bit of prowling around the internet to try an' gauge its curent price. Now I've got a lovely clean Quality WDJ that I might consider letting go - so you can imagine I was quite shocked/suprised/pleased when I checked Popsike 3-4 months ago to see what sales of BB were fetching - gulp, anywhere from £150 rising up to £250. In Pearson world everything is still 1974 hahaha. derek

Derek Pearson & special guest Andy Dyson Shades Of Soul 21.00-22.00pm. Bradford Community Based Radio BCB106.6FM On checking through my notes I was quite surprised to discover tonight's guest had appeared 3 times on BCB during 2009, yet surprisingly hadn't made it back into the studio at all last year. So an early recall at the beginning of this year was imperative. We welcome Andy Dyson and his box of tricks back into BCB Towers accompanied by an old mate of his, Nick Stevenson. Blimey 3 of us in that small studio chatting away, it was sheer luck we managed to play any records at all........ Fasten your seat belts and await 60 minutes of the good groove. It could go anywhere and often does. Expect the weird. Expect the wonderful. You can rely on us. 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 the wonders of the world wide web www.bcbradio.co.uk Onwards, Derek All Era's. All styles. All over the place. Andy Dyson's choice of eleven tunes: dorothie berrie - woman needs a good man (USA) darondo pulliam -how I got over (Octavia) ramona jones -ease off lover emanuel laskey -just the way emulations -move a little closer billy stewart - I do love you bell brothers -give it up jg lewis -what am I (IX Chains) johnny Gilliam -baby take me back (Modern) gail Anderson -my turn now chuck Henley -standing in the need of love Dee Pee's varied selection of nine old 45s: Charles Spurling "She cried just a minute" King; The Ballad's "I can't see your love" Wee; Sandra Richardson "Stay here with me" Inter/Soul ©1974; Loleatta Holloway "Mother of Shame" Aware ©1973; The Vipers "Little Miss Sweetness" Duchess; Little Ron Johnson "I keep telling you" Hard Times; The Enticers "Calling for your love" Cotillion; Melvin Davis "You made me over" Invictus ©1973; The Masqueraders "Now that I've found you" Hi ©1973. with special guest Andy Dyson - Bradford BCB Radio 106.6FM 9-10pm - sixty minutes of the good groove

I refer back to a thread I started on 18 December 2010 in which I stated that "I'd drafted summat dead interesting about Mister Mancha and was gonna tag on a couple o' sound clips to explain". Coughs. And a month went by. So who exactly was John L. Brown? John L. Brown with the Rayettes "I'm Losing You" (J. Brown, M. Davis, S. Mancha) 2:45 / "Sweet Young Love" (Like-It-Is 690) Produced by Nate Johnson. J. L. Brown "True Love"* 2:55 (J. L. Brown) / "Baby Baby"** 2:45 (J. Hall, J. Brown) (Clifton 501) *Produced by Mr. Sol John L. Brown (think that should have read Mr Soul?) ** Produced by Jeanette Hall & John L. Brown. If John L. Brown wasn't a pseodnym for Steve Mancha well he certainly had a penchant for recording his songs then didn't he? Let me explain: out of the 4 songs recorded by Brown –in discussion here - 3 of them were previously sung by Mancha. Listen to the sound clips and see what you think – aren't Mancha's "I Don't Want To Lose You", "Just Keep On Loving Me" and "I Won't Love And Leave You"; Brown's "I'm Losing You", "True Love" and "Baby Baby" respectively? john l brown with the rayettes - i'm losing you - like it is J.L. Brown - True Love - Clifton 501a J.L. Brown - Baby Baby - Clifton 501b Call me mental but I'd always thought J.L. Brown was infact Steve Mancha under another name. I'll be the first to admit I haven't got that type of acute hearing that can immediately distinguish different voices but even with my ears both singers sounded very similar indeed. On first hearing I straight away recognised the pair of songs Brown cut on Clifton were songs Mancha had laid down previously at Groovesville. I just sorta assumed Brown had re-jigged the title to get round the copyright issue somehow. So in December of last year after playing the Clifton 45 on radio, I thought I'd delve into the record a bit more and see what I could find out. And the more I did. The more the mystery box opened. Within days of hearing me play "True Love" on the radio, fellow Soul Sourcer Premium Stuff contacted me to ask, 'what's the story on this Clifton 45'? He suggested J.L. Brown was indeed Steve Mancha as John L. Brown on Like-It-Is Records was - he reckoned – the same man. To be honest I'd never heard of this Like-It-Is 45 before, but being the wizard at Maths that I am, I soon added two an' two. My first port of call was a trawl through Popsike to see if details of either record were documented. Only one John L. Brown sale was listed from October 2010 at $115. The UK seller described said 45 as: "The A side is to me actually Steve Mancha's "I Don't Want To Lose You" which came out on Groovesville. The flip chorus instrumental is more of a mystery!" Which leads me to wonder if "Sweet Young Love" was maybe a previously unreleased Groovesville instrumental backing track or summat? Similarly Popsike only mentions one sale of the Clifton single in November 2008 which went for £30. A quick input of both the names used by Mister Brown into the search engines of the 2 major song writing websites of BMI and ASCAP turned up nothing at all. A quick flick through Refosoul unearthed this sound clip posted by Diggin Dave on 2 March 2010. Steve Mancha was born Clyde Darnell Wilson on Christmas, 1945 in Walhall, SC. There have been numerous articles written over the years about this great singer/songwriter from South Carolina who travelled north and made Detroit his second home. But of all the ones I've seen there's no mention of, or any connection to, this mysterious John L. Brown. So here's the punchline: If Mancha was indeed J.L. Brown under another name were the latters simply a straight reissue of the earlier Detroit recordings or did Mancha re-record his material again to disguise it slightly. And if Brown wasn't Mancha in a mask just who on earth was he? Your thoughts and opinions welcomed. derek Steve Mancha RIP.

The flip side "I'll be right there" is rather super indeedi. Now Records 2922. Light Green label. derek

yep you're right Rod - it is a version of that magnificent tune by J.B.Love (aka Jimmy Breedlove) on Kapp 603. However whereas his version is a huge, cavernous piece of 1964 New York - hers is just wishy washy milkshake froth which should only be played in launderettes. onwards, derek Oh and his Congress 45 is "No One Else But You". On replaying J.B.'s Kapp 45 in my mind I suddenly likened it to summat Ray Pollard & The Wanderers would (should) have done.......

Derek Pearson & special guest Craig Butler Shades Of Soul 21.00-22.00pm. Bradford Community Based Radio BCB106.6FM Off we trudged back into studio 3 for the first show of the New Year and our special guest tonight is the bearded Mister Butler from Brighouse. Having known Craig since the mid eighties and yes I know we're all getting older together even though we're different ages - it still sorta freaks me out when I see him, as he's got a beard and it's virtually all silver in places. Craig with a silver beard eh? Despite that, he's still got a mighty fine collection (most of which I sold him) and once again he delves into his boxes. And boy can he delve. I did set him a few tasks though...... Fasten your seat belts and await 60 minutes of the good groove. It could go anywhere and often does. Expect the weird. Expect the wonderful. You can rely on us. 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 the wonders of the world wide web www.bcbradio.co.uk Onwards, Derek All Era's. All styles. All over the place. Craig Butler's choice of 12 fine tunes: Val & Nick - Don't You Feel Sorry - Glover Al Gardner - Sweet Baby - Googa-Mooga Irma & The Fascinators - Lost Love - Scepter Connie Questell - Tell Me What To Do - Decca Deana Johnson - The Breaking Point - Wild Deuce Gladys Knight - Queen Of Tears - Vee-Jay The Voice Masters - Two Lovers - Frisco Bobby Hutton - Come See What's Left Of Me - Philips Kenny Sheppard - What Difference Does It Make - Maxx Tobi Lark - Sweep It Out Of The Shed - Topper Roy Hamilton - You Can Count On Me - MGM Harry Starr - Step Into My World - End Dee Pee's varied selection of old 45s: Dramatics "Your love was strange" Volt 4029 ©October 1969; Summits "Sophisticated lady" La Salle 504a; J.J. Barnes "Baby please come back home " Groovesville 1006; Steve Mancha "I don't want to lose you" Groovesville 1002; The Ad Libs "Think of me" Karen; The Holidays "Watch out girl" Golden World 47; Summits "Let's love now" La Salle 504b; Dee Dee Warwick "Suspicious Minds" Atco ©1970; Jack Montgomery "Baby, baby take a chance on me" Revue. Derek Pearson & Craig Butler - Bradford BCB Radio 106.6FM - Saturday 8th January 2011 9-10pm

Back on track and back in business. Enjoy the clip Jesse James - Falling Star - Lawn 248 derek