Ady Croasdell

Nice move Pete, I've just gone the route of donating for the record he gave me for nowt; so we're all happy and the silly sod's generosity has come back to help at a time of need.

Excellent Jaco, a great read and a few memories jogged.

That's not a premium line number is it? Only joking Simon; Merry Xmas mate.

Fascinating Rick, what were the unissued Showstoppers like and did they ever come out? Ady

Found the other thread. No wonder I missed it, 1977, I was pogoing!

Thanks for the sources everybody, it's a great track and a good beat for the main rooms I'd have thought. I've not seen t'other thread, what label and year is it. Does anyone else prefer 'Payback's A Drag' to 'There Can Be A Better Way' like me, or am I missing something?

Thanks, see you Tuesday maybe?

Is it listenable anywhere?

Yes

Flattery and the possibility of a new punter will get you everywhere I've got a feeling there's another by her and I'm thinking a UA type label. My club's lovely too

Don't think so Chalkie all the Dave Hamilton stuff that was known about was on a reel he put together for various UK visitors. Who Are You Trying To Fool was not on there and was on a separate largely unmarked reel that I only found because I went through all the tapes. Nobody knew it when it was found.

I was there then but didn't find any Perfections. Got a lot of other big stuff though.

Has anyone asked them yet?

There's one and he lives in L A

Ta Dave, that did it. Ady

Or remember his company's name, having a senior moment here.

Bob Foster who i got the original Johnny Maestro that got played from. Top bloke and a fellow JITTER.

I wouldn't have thought he'd be banned as he's never been on here; stranger things have happened though.

2 banned? Who's the second. Answer cryptically of course.

The discovering of a record varies in importance hugely. in some cases it would be inevitable that the record would be played and appreciated so the discoverer should just get a nod of approval. In other cases it may be an unusual sound that takes a hell of a lot of breaking as its style of soul hasn't really been played before, in that case the DJ that picked it and stuck with it deserves a lot of kudos. Similarly if the record collector/DJ had to risk his health in a rough neighbourhood to acquire a super-rare record that might otherwise have eventually got destroyed then he has done a major service to the music and the fans. Or it might have taken great diplomatic skills to persuade the owner to part with the discs so that they became available to the general soul public. Lots of scenarios (I'm sure there are many others) and the DJ's dealer's or collector's back slapping should vary according to the job done. But obviously the overwhelming amount of kudos goes to the artists, writers, producers, arrangers and label owners.

And her great 'My baby Needs me' on Modern. Also there's Lorraines Chandler's 'You Only Live Twice' and Milton Bennett's 'What's One More Lie' vocal and inst that are very closely related. Particularly Lorraine's when you realise she also did the original of 'Mend The Torn Pieces' and 'I Can't Change', her YOLT was probably the blueprint for YDSAW, there was a big Detroit / Philly / GWP NYC link with the Pied Piper recordings.

Randy Cozens champiuoned this early 80s dunno if he was the first, possibly.

Sounds likely I didn't think we had discovered it but why would the geezer drop the price from $100 to $10 it doesn't make any sense. I'll ask Ian for the date of our trip. Actually does anyone know the date St Ives shut it would have been around a year before then,

OK, so the story is: the Bill Moss gospel 45s are 040, 041 and 044, it's a separate series which in a discography had the 1 added erroneously at some stage. 040 came out in 73 and 044 in 74. So the first Westbound release was Emmanuel Laskey 'More Love' in 1969.

Yeah Mick knew his stuff and was always hustling so I'm sure he started some off.