Markw

The Gems - I'll Be There

I went to the Ric Tic revue at Hinckley I think in 82 - seems too much of a coincidence though with Lou Ragland added on, but wasn't Al Kent in the line up too along with Edwin and Pat Lewis? I'm presuming it must have been the same line up at the Ritz.

What a fabulous looking 45.

It's all Greek to me..........................

Probably not one for satisfying home listening and agree, defo not a great vocal and certainly not a great soul record, but I don't think anyone would claim it to be. But if you were one of those Dome regulars in the early noughties, as some have already said, this was total Northern - hand claps, packed dancefloor, the flipping lot. Very fond memories of this in the car and at the venue on those Friday nights after a long drive after work from Cardiff to London making those pick-ups on the way in Bristol, Weston and Swindon. Great times, great venue, great sounds. My thanks to Flynny for breaking this record. If you weren't there, then I can understand why you might regard this tune as a piece of crap - but if you were there, you'd get it.

[ ......and to be honest, ian did a bloody superior job of fooling us all with the 4 vandals! good story attached to that...everyone remembers ginger's fracas with levine at stoke about this record but sam sussed it first. i have a photo of a handwritten note that sam placed on the decks at the ritz the same night levine was there.....it read: "THE FIFTH VANDAL MUST GO!". we all thooght it was very funny until ray threatened to take ian outside and give him a good hiding. that more or less, sent ian back into self imposed exile again.

I know the Admirations - Don't Leave Me has been mentioned a couple of times, but that really is a cracking record. I've always like Liz Lands - Don't Shut Me Out too. Lovely number - fabulous production.

I think I'm correct in saying that it came out on British too - Mercury I believe.

Withdraw that - just noticed the thread is not about Nevertheless! D'oh

What about the Crimson release? Reissue? Boot?

Hilarious!

I remember an article some years ago in one of the fanzines or perhaps even Manifesto some years back in which Tim talked about his favourite records. I seem to recall Danny Monday was up there for him but he also talked about an obsession with wanting the Velvet Satins in every format possible - all the original label designs plus all the pressings, boots etc.

If, for example, Butch selects a record to revive like The Flairs, then copies will surface either in the hands of dj's or in sellers boxes or sales lists/ebay, etc. and for the short window of opportunity we can make an educated guess at how many copies there are, or at least which heading they fit under, be it Rarest of the Rare, Super Rare, Difficult, Easy, Common as Muck, etc. The other guide to how rare something is, is to count how many times somebody asks you to sell it to them :-)

Exactly!! Christ, this subject's been done to death soooo many times. It's making feel like reviving the annual "Why does Paul Weller get connected to soul" thread.

Never went to the Casino but surely Butch's Martha Jean Love c/up Old Time Lover and his Just Brothers c/up Go On And Laugh would have done the business?

Nihil illegitamatti carberendum

Some nice tunes listed....except for Kell Osborne "Quicksand"; never understood what that's about. Feel much the same about it as Pete Smith does about Buddy Smith (which I think is superb). Ways, hows about: Jerry Ganey "Just A Fool" (Verve) Liz Lands "Don't Shut Me Out" (Onederful) Ruby & The Romantics "Does He Really Care For Me"

Thanks for clearing that up Paul.

I think it was released on UK Stateside 45 in 1964; but I could be wrong. Any British collectors able to clarify?

"Call me" were the last words I remember, As the spring became December, And I still got no reply; Politely I would ask whoever knew you, What it was that I did to you, But they all knew less than I; If this letter doesn't make it clear, It's been a cold and lonely year, In my empty bed, in my head, I can feel you near................. Oh, I just can't get you out of my mind, Don't you have a heart, I've served my time, Their Motown records were timeless classics, but some of their best stuff was done with ABC-Dunhill.

Can this really be classed as "modern"?

Is this regarded as a "modern" tune?

Sonny Til - Tears and Misery Kenny Carter - I've Got To Find Her So many good tunes on RCA.

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