Ady Croasdell

That's a rap! He should do it over 'Double Cookin''; John Cooper-Clake made a living from this sort of stuff.

No, I stayed at Joe's house for a few days and researched everything the best I could in the 90s. I knew White Chocolate was nothing to do with him. I think I actually added a few later releases to the existing ones at the time.

I'm still chasing some for Cleggy 2012!

Thanks Paul and John it was tougher than expected

I think we did a good discography in opne of the CD booklets without this so if there's a gap there it was never issued as none have been discovered as far as I know since then. I won't have the booklets to hand until Mon or Tues. Ady

Hard one then?

Can anyone send me an MP3 of I Can't Hold Back This Feeling please. I could use a hi res scan too if possible. Ta Ady

If it is it deserves it. Stevie Cato's been playing it out for ages. It's obviously caught on. LP version is different

Maybe

I don't think so George, I was visiting the US every year from 1974 for twenty years and it was never easy. You'd regularly hit stores and all the "Northern" had gone. I made money from Popcorn, Girly, Rock and even blues/doowop to make a living. If it had been easy I'd have gone every other month. Once or twice a year was fine. What happened of course is that Northern kept moving the goalposts so each trip there were new titles or styles of soul to pick up.

Thanks Dave; sorted now

Thanks Joe, most helpful Ady

Cheers chaps, I've had two kind offers but the labels on both were a bit rough. Anyone got a good label? Ady

ALL THAT'S KNOWN ABOUT IT SHOULD BE ON THERE. cHEERS aDY

Needed on Serock. If anyone can PM me or email me at ady.croasdell@btinternet.com with a 300 or bigger dpi scan, there will be credit and CDs as a thank you. Ta Ady

1966 I think, before Willie K as Kenny co-wrote it. It's on the Kent CD "Rare Collectible And Soulful" there's a long story about its discovery.

Dave, it's a different James Wayne to the Wee Willie Wayne guy, he was New Orleans, the Angletone chap is New Jersey. Ady

Nearly closed I still wanna know if its the same chap from Elizabeth NJ who cut a blues on Angletone also about a Letter. Thanks for the dating. It's a good record, I'd not until now

Just out, I took a couple round to her daughter Karime last night and she was thrilled and understandably emotional; it's been thirty years this year since she lost her mum. Her daughter (Ty's grandaughter) Ty plays a mean piano, that family ain't finished yet!

I'm afraid not, the girls were a well established act and Ty never sang with them or the Fran-Cettes

I got to hear the missing Romark eventually and it was godawful, the worst of their records, one side may have been an instrumental (at least one sister played guitar) and not too bad in a tittyshaking way. Ty Karim was never in this pairing or the Fran-Cettes.

Thanks Bob, Guy Hemric (on BMI) and Jerry Styner have written hundreds of songs, mainly early 60s poppy things, usually surf or girl group. Is it what we'd call a girly record rather than soul?

Thanks George, I'm sure I've seen it listed as 1980 so your dating helps a lot. Ady

Is this a New York label, could it be the same guy as was on Angletone?

Hi Bob in particular, that M.M. one went by me, any chance of a scan of the labels? From the tiles it looks more girly than soul but let me know your opinion please. ta Ady