Davenpete

Another long forgotten one...

Before my time, but one of my all-time favourites (Moses Dillard - maybe only actually heard it a couple of times at nighters myself) and dodgy pop shite (that I also have a soft spot for) - both actually pretty much forgotten though which is what the thread is SUPPOSED to be about. Was going to add Verdelle Smith too, but I thought that was just too offensive : ) Dx

Since 90+% of those who went to nighters (when these were still around) will have munched their way through a few hundred of these over the years is there really any need for being a stuffed shirt about them being posted in what seems to be a rather silly thread anyway? I for one feel very nostalgic for Riker, Evan's and Smith Klein's (sadly I missed R&Bs, G&Cs, Daps and Filon) splendid products and wish they were still around. Dx

Wigan's finest : )

The Undertones - 'My perfect cousin, what I like to do he doesn' Robert Parker - 'You said he was your cousin, but I found out that he wasn' Only slightly similar, but notable for attempting to use equally awful rhymes... : ) Dx

Ted Taylor was originally covered as Cookie Jackson and nobody batted an eyelid. Dx

Just goes to show there are some very wealthy knobs around nowadays. Think I sold my demo for £35 about 30 years ago. Dx

They're fairly obvious but not mentioned - September Jones and Billy Sha Rae. Plus Jesse Johnson's 'Left Out' and 'Outcast' by Eddie & Ernie - practically the same song! Plus of course Rodd Keith's numerous recordings using the same or very similar backing tracks. Another pair that always struck me as having something weirdly in common - even though they're very different tempos, productions etc are the Ad Libs 'Johnny My Boy' and Cody Black's 'Slowly Molding' - imagine the snappy percussion of Cody Black laid over the top of Ad Libs. Dx https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCno9K1C2hk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUJbZX0nelE

Douglas Gibson for me - coz that's the one I have (thanks Pete S!) - like the Gibson and Harrison Brothers ones best because they're more psychotic sounding - though Luther Ingram is probably the best record. Dx

Pete (when he was still a yuppie) & 'girlfriend' circa 1988. Dx

I think people SHOULD be nervous spending this sort of money sight unseen - would cost you a damn sight less than the sale value to do a very convincing copy and as we all know there ARE hooky copies of sought after sounds out there - some of which are very good reproductions. Dx

Me (absolutely fried) with Scouse, Mark and Barry from Swindon in the cafe after the Unicorn (one of Bucky's pics from about 1986), me (absolutely fried) and the boss round a certain scotsman's house about 15 years ago and me recently - not fried but wishing I was (I'm not REALLY that much of a posing twat - or perhaps I am - it's the only shot I have of me nowadays - a lighting photo for a shoot I was doing at a school with a pro-photographer). Dx

Just seen Bob Meyer's version of Dee Irwin's 'I Only Get This Feeling' up for £450. I used to own one myself (that I paid a quid for out of Sid Scarborough's in Hull) - whilst it's scarce-ish it's a really second rate version of a mediocre song... How on earth did it end up with this price tag???? Dx

You can't beat a bit of 'café au lait' Dx

Yes that's the one - a lively trip : ) Not getting out as Pete's not up to nighters at the mo sadly (last time Prestatyn weekender early last year). Up in Cumbria now, started buying the odd tune again. Dx

Believe it only came out on British. Dx

Carl Fortnum.

Defo Audrey Matthews (especially for the dodgy Classiest Rarities CD cover design courtesy of me/Carne Whitney Partners!) - I'm sure everyone knows by now but Black Nasty were Johnnie Mae's kids. Dx

Edwin AND Pete Myles - top trumps both of them. Loved the Unicorn - Jon gave us something special there. Remember Tam's car coming back from Manchester Edwin? Dave Carne. Dx

There's one that is head and shoulders above all others for me (BTW I'm in the market - it's time I bought one) - one of the finest soul records ever made. Dx

Being subjected to Doug Banks always made me f*cking miserable. Dx

Ooops - almost forgot Donald Jenkins:

Can't find it on Youtube, but one jolly tune we used to like was the RnB growler 'Misery' by Henry Stogen on Sylvia/Lamp records. Dx

Artistics all the way. Dx

Don't know if any versions of 'Dead' have been played (keep getting told off by the boss for listening to this).