Ady Croasdell

Philly Archives is Dave Brown and not active until the 90s

Hi Robb, these weren’t pressed mid 70s, mid 90s possibly (not sure about the Topics, I don’t know that one ) . The masters all came from the owners Frank Bendinelli who I worked with for Kent. Leroy Lovett also turned up some masters/acetates. As you can see from the scan above there was a Philly group called the Companions. The Kent CD was compiled with Frank’s information, if Chalky doesn’t find his, I’ll check it out tomorrow. Ady

That was their decision to do 20 and there were some I couldn't use for various reasons; a while ago now so can't quite remember. I'd have loved to have gone through their vault!

Sorry should have given more warning

About to finish on EBay; it's a bargain at the moment; selling for the family https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Little-Johnny-Hamilton-The-Git-Down-pts-1-2-Watts-Way-super-rare-funk/143879928063

Sorted. Thanks for looking

Could any kind soul loan me an Ex copy for a week or so; needed for a CD project. Cds or vinyl rewards await. Thanks Ady

Gillys book and the sleevenotes of this cover it. It was one of the proudest moments of her life her cousin told me

I’d love to see some of those if they are for tracks we’re involved in. We have some but not many. Big labels would do it, rarely indies though

Plenty of tape errors in the early days. The best was Terry Callier Look At Me Now; a very different more jazzy vocal was sent. We issued that one knowingly

Yes, no worry about playing it off CD or vinyl Chess UK 7” release. It’s not a jam session, just a faster version Chess sent us in error and we issued in error. I compiled the box set 7s with it on so it’s many fans from the CD ( by then) could play it out

Thanks very much ady

Is there an article about the Corsairs in the Home Of The Blues mag?

Yes. Find 60 year old ones now in their sleeves and they’re good as new

Yes, I’ve played some 200 + times with no noticeable deterioration. If they’re damaged beforehand that’s different

Borrow please Crogger. That’s great. Drop me an email ady.croasdell@btinternet.com and I’ll tell you the deal! Cheers

I need both of these 'I Need Love' on Unity and Esko doing 'On The Outside Looking In'

Actually, sorted, almost instantly. Thanks for looking

Can anyone lend me a VG copy for a project? CDs/vinyl and thanks in return.

I assumed that implied you thought you were there at the beginning. Apologies if you meant something different but that’s how it reads

So you were too young for Kelmarsh, Burton Latimer etc? Not quite the beginning then

All done bar the odd tweak. 22 tracks, all RCA. End of September release so track listing later

Thanks everybody, the Spyder first thing is interesting, I’ll ask Richard. Maybe that’s why he put Kenny on the RCA comp. The writers on Spyder are actually Kenny and Nate Edmonds. On Kennys release just Fred Skau which is Kennys pseudonym. I’ve never noticed a volume drop and I remember Randy loving I Gotta Find Her but not this particularly

If joking's aside it's a daft comment; I assumed it was a joke, the record didn't do much in the USA and no-one would know who spun it where.

Sooooooooooo helpful!