Gilly

It would seem that Dan Henderson was the lead singer and with him in the line-up was Sam Peoples and Jack Martinez.What a great group they were.

On comming out of a hotel with Buggie Alison(Cheltenham)and Steve Whittle Gary Rushbrook who share birth dates some local guys just started throwing potatoes at us from accross the road.Buggie with his quick humour said they must of been aiming for his jacket,he paused for a second and said jacket potatoe

If the "fit girl dancing under......." had blond hair she may of been Jane Nichols from Halton,Lancaster.

Thats a very typical comment from Tony,and a Yate type of humour,bet Harrys still trying to work it out(them Wigan bouncers had no sense of humour)i still recall those famous words from Harry"no pushing at the back"i used to think to myself why dont the thick twat open the door and let us in then there wouldnt be any pushing at the back.

We used to call him the Mummy for some reason,i know he used to let you into that space behind him so you could have a blast without being desturbed iff you crossed his palms(bandages)with a pound note(lot of money back then)

Hi Rod,top man and much respect.

ITS BILLY HAMBRICK SHE SAID GOODBYE.

Yes that makes good sense Dave

I also found two of these whilst in Detroit,i also had what you see in the picture but with two lines on it.

Russ,thankyou so much for your reply,will e.mail soon.regards Gilly and Nicola

Are i see the book is written by an old friend Paolo Hewitt,some years ago i helped in the writing of a book along with Paul Weller called Soul Stylists.

Well thank-you very much,nice one.

Sacrificed and then burying a chocolate gateau late one sun/mon at and with a then well known DJ and his first wife.seemed a good idea at the time(well off it) oh they were the days.

Thanks Malc.

Hi Malc,i allways thought Mary Chapman had something to do with the running of this particular event.I remember there was bad floods that weekend and we had trouble getting to it,on arrival they wouldnt let us in,this woman spoke on our behalf and we were allowed in.Didnt fancy a trip back to Derby that night.

Went to a Doncaster Baileys 24 Hr marathon many many moons ago,please correct me if im wrong but i think it may of been Pat Bradys first official dj booking.Records i remember played The Mob,Bernie Williams.

This is dreadfull news,what a lovely guy we have all lost,im gutted,our thoughts are with his family.God bless you my friend you'll always have a place in my life.Gilly and Nicola

To be honest i'd never heard you or Dean play it,Twas the word going about back in the day and as you see on this forum its still the word,personaly i dont give two hoots about the record anymore,but your friendship is important to me so anything ive posted in error i apologize for unreservedly.I hope this doesnt affect what has been a long standing friendship with both yourself and Julia.

I dont think too many people would say its better than S R version but its another alternative that i believe was worthy of a play,You could liken the alt version of the Coasters Crazy Baby song,or even the recent Just Like The Weather that Butch has played,Each to their own i guess.

Did have What Should I Do, Little Ann,acapela,Mick maybe thats what your thinking of and an inst of Saving My Love,Marva Whitney,and numerous other odd ball things.

Time to set the record straight,this particular female version was firstly picked up by myself whilst in Detroit in 1992 I got it from the guy who was the engineer.One track was a single vocal take,next track was because the vocal is weak they mixed two vocals together in an attempt to give the song body.Track three was the backing track(the same as used for the released version S Robinson)The recording was done at Golden World in i think 1965 and the engineer said it was D Ross.This i found hard to understand at the time she was of course contracted to Motown and had already had a couple of hits,but i wasnt going to argue with him.On the odd occasion i DJed i would play it.Some time later i allowed a well known person from Notts (KWS) a tape copy in full,next i know Dean and Kitch are using it in their sets on the understanding it was a KWS discovery.The things people do?Much later i spotted it on a Todmorden CD when they done a deal with Don Davises brother along with a load of other stuff.The name B Mercer makes more sense as the vocalist.

What was the official last night at the Casino was attended by myself,in fact i still have the final ticket both halves still together(collectors item i guess)Then the twats decided to take the piss and put another so called last night on,well i was down at the Tiffs do with Richard and Dave E as was Mr Topcat numpty.Not ripping me off,no way.

Not so much a lisp ive always thought likely a gap between his front teeth,BEWARE BEWARE on MIDAS when the break comes in the middle listen good you may just here it(might try slowing the record down to make it more easy to pick out)

Well said Paul as you know he was my first hero,iff a tad mental(smile)will never forget being in that shop on a saturday morning(off school that day)in New St,Burton on Trent.

Had the lot -3 collected them mainly between about 1978-and early 80ts.Everyone used to laugh and ask me why i was collecting that label,well i proved them all wrong in the end.Of course Adey C then put out 3 Carnival CDS Great stuff.A couple to look out for but not so easy are THE TRENTEENS,not that good but colletable in the States.The Manhattens,THERE GOES A FOOLnot easy to get and early but very nice.What i think is the rare one,well possibly THE PRETENDERS I WANNA BE.(red and white label)who knows.