Andy Rix

My recollection, supported by contemperaneous documentation (when I find it) would indicate that Ginger had this covered up as The Gems - You keep putting the burning on Andy

This was a Soul Sam exclusive for a long time ... can't recall if it was 77 or 78 but I have loads of cassettes from that time and will have captured one of it's first plays so with a bit of detective work I could pin point the date Andy

As I recall this was indeed first played at Cleethorpes, as described by Mr Manship, and was covered-up as 'Tried to find him' credited to Ruth Brown ... When it was released in the UK as a 7" single, and please give me some dispensation for my age, i think the UK release album had been long deleted. At the time I worked in a Record Shop and the release, i'm sure, was announced in the trade mag 'Music Week' ... now my memory tells me that there was some sort of contractual problem, or argument, with the group that made a straight release of the track problematic and therefore Capitol decided to just record a new version in order to 'cash in' on the demand Now there is a slight possibility that i might still have the press clipping from Music Week .. I'll look through my stuff Regards Andy

this is my fave Andy

"Is it the flip to GIVE ME THE LOVE? or is it a different record?" Same 45, GMTL is the flip A nice Pam Sawyer / Lori Burton tune Andy

Roger K - You'll Be Alone - Birth 102 played a bit in the late 70's c/u as The Velours Andy

Ady If my memory serves me correctly the Motown band track that was used was "Do The See Saw" by The Contours, written by Sylvester Potts & Billy Gordon, recorded 20 Nov 1963. Apparently scheduled for an LP 'Dance with The Contours' I'll have a recording somewhere around here Andy

There was a thread about this a few years ago and this question was asked I called Teddy Vann to try and find the answer but he couldn't remember her name or any details Andy

They are the same take but one does last longer than the other ... I'm 99% sure it's the Southern Artist release that has a 1 second, or so, longer fade than the Bell release Andy

Excellent stuff Rob Fascinating regards Andy

This used to be a tough one ... not so sure if it's still as hard to find Andy

This probably doesn't quite qualify as issues are harder but in this format it's unusual Andy

I think Joe Moore might be one I didn't even know it existed until he showed it to me .... guess it never got past promo stage as it was issued on Verve Andy

Many happy memories for me .. I loved the ballroom It was my first ever all nighter in 1975 ... had just turned 13 .. it changed my life Andy

Thanks Chalky .... James Chavis, who owned Chavis & Candi Records, was based in Wilmingtom Silas Phifer did record for him as lead on the Mellow Fellows, the embryonic Mello Souls, on Candi James last saw Silas in the late 70's, as Chalky has said Silas ended up in a nursing home, and has since died. When I last spoke to Mr Chavis Jnr he said his dad, James, was also in a home and despite being 92 still had his memory fully intact On the occasions I spoke to James he was not interested enough to go into any great detail about his time in the music industry. Not exactly rude but you had to prepare yourself to call him back Marc Gordon was just the same As I recall the Empires (Candi), Mellow Fellows (Candi) & Matadors (Chavis) had strong family links, brothers/cousins etc, and group members would move from one to another as required Andy

I've spoken about the Mello Souls before ... Chalky is the one with the sense to keep track of threads going back over the years so if required he can post anyting of interest The track was mastered at Virtue ... the publishing was Mary Hill Music .. named after the wife of Frank Virtue. Mary died a few years ago in a bizarre accident when clearing snow from her front porch after heavy snow fall .. the porch collapsed and she was crushed. Anyway..... . I would think any acetate, given what I know, could only be a Virtue one given they were done at the mastering / recording stage The flip side is called 'i've got my pride' Silas Phifer has been dead for a few years now. The co-writer George Wilson is nowhere to be found. He did compose some tracks published by Jamie/Guyden but they have had no contact for years Will anybody ever find the remaining stock ... I don't think so .. enough have tried to locate those involved and have all fallen short Unless there is divine intervention it will remain one of the rarest of the rare Andy

I have two Dollettes 45s on ABC ... the review above was written by me for Shades of Soul in the early 80s Small Talk ( doesn't bother me) ( Edward Thomas, Bob Mcree, Cliff Thomas) & Free From The Chains Of Love (Thomas - Thomas) ABC 10625 and the aforementioned ... Believe It or Not / I'm A Lonely Girl I've only seen issues and all have the same pressing fault As mentioned there is the Gloria Edwards version Andy

There are three known vocal versions ... all unreleased The Sherrys .. as played by Butch .. i don't think anybody knows who it really is. This was the demo version Shirley Turner .. the one I used to call Cindy Scott .. she recorded this on her 18th birthday in 1965 and said the 'Sherrys' version is the one she listened to to learn the words Peggy Byres - a later recording, probably from 68, and sounding the closest to the 'Bird Walking' track .. Kenny Burrell own this the only other thing Shirley ever did was play tambourine on 'Eddie's My Name' The irony is that Shirley knew Cindy Scott as they were at the same school Andy

This should be a scan of the acetate Andy

As Dave says Pat had the original acetate at Stafford and called it Robbie Lawson ... the acetate has a blank label with the title 'Mister Misery' written on by hand. The only difference I can tell is that the acetate has a countdown intro and has no strings ... when it was issued, as Padded Cell, Larry Nestor added strings The lead singer on the record is a guy called Marv Jonesi. I sent him a CD of the tracks a few years ago when Larry put us in touch. I still have the original acetate somewhere. Andy

I didn't think you were being funny at all . It was a totally valid observation and a good question to ask. the fact that I adore Switch Around' just shows it's different strokes for different folks. I guess the important thing is they both got played and people had the chance to decide for themselves I'm really pleased Kae Williams is still out there and giving people enjoyment Andy

Not quite .. I did rate it but I didn't like it as much as the other stuff I was playing so it was down the pecking order. A lot of people did like it so it was sensible to listen to the opinion of others who often had better taste than I did. I think i was pretty narrow minded but not completely oblivious Andy

In response to Jumping Joan Why would you play a track you thought was average? ... I think it' was about what I wanted to do at the time which was to play uptempo rare soul. So when compared to stuff like .. Marrying Kind .. Switch Around .. World Of Happiness ... Crying Time... The Hurting Is Over ... and so on, this didn't seem that exciting to me. Rob always loved the track so encouraged me to give it a push.. I liked it but didn't love it Would you play a 'known' track you thought was average? .. probably not .. Andy

"So you have the acetate and gave a few carvers to your mates, fair play !!!!" Not exactly ..there is no 'rea' acetate ... just the original master tape from which my acetate was cut via a CD. It was Rob Thomas who subsequently gave CDs to others to do with as they wished. I was never that enthusiastic about the track. I thought it was average. Rob simply loved it Andy

As has been said it is Kae Williams - There was a time - unissued I covered it up as Herman Lewis - Our Love is Dying I'm not exactly sure when I first played it but seem to think it might have been at a Cleethorpes Weekender .... I'm fairly certain it was when I first played Moses Smith - Try My Love, which I c/u as Bobby Sheen ... I had them cut on the same acetate Maybe somebody will know when that was but I packed up in in 2003, I think, so it would have been a couple of years prior to that Andy