Eddie Hubbard

Wigan Casino Jan 1975 , Ace Cannon " Sea Cruise " ......Best,Eddie

Dave Godin was one one of the first to cover records , on his first visit to the Wheel , he covered The Ad -Libs - Nothing worse [ Share ] and Tommy Sears - Get out [ Chalet ] amongst others .Best wishes ,Eddie

Always listen to this show , especially look forward to this one .Best wishes ,Eddie

Thanks for that Mike , look forward to it , great record !! Best,Eddie

I've got a white demo , but you're right , they do seem scarce .Best,Eddie

I heard a theory a while back that the follow - up's to some of our faves , that ultimately didn't get released , were sometimes better songs than the released sides so the company [RCA / Motown etc ] had an even better record to follow up with if the first record was a hit , which they weren't of course .I think this is why many of the RCA collectable sides are rare on Black issue , as they were demo'd in quantity and if they didn't get the thumbs up from the radio DJ's or the listening public , then very few stock copies were produced .Best,Eddie

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Remember buying my copy of this album from a record shop in Oxford at the time , think it was at a budget price as well , if you've got this set then you'll probably agree with me that the sleevenotes are amazing and sell the album to the buyer almost as much as the music within the grooves .....Best,Eddie

Really sad news , her " Wounded Woman " set is one of the finest albums of all time , rest in peace Sandra .....Eddie

Fabulous show wasn't it Paul , great mixture of some ultimate Soul sides , plus very informative chat inbetween - well done John !! Best,Eddie

Really hard to pick one track out of an outstanding career and huge catalogue , but I would probably go for " A Lovers Hideaway " [ Hot Line ] or " How do you mend a broken heart " [ Hi ] .Fantastic idea for a thread ...Best,Eddie

I listened in my van today and found it quite an interesting interview .Elton didn't come across anything like the traditional perception we get in the press .Best,Eddie

Brilliant I love this one too , bought it when it first got issued via Rod at Voices , excellent choice , and the flips a deep Soul gem .Best,Eddie

Dundee - a deeper Shade of Soul , at The Queens Hotel .Great fresh music , very friendly , and loads of vodka lol.... highly recommended . Lifeline is always brilliant as well for much the same reasons ...Best wishes ,Eddie

Wow , that was a great story Neil , going through all those copies with " This is just a B side " when I suddenly found one with " Love your hurt runs deep " on .Your face was a picture ....Really look forward to the book mate ,Best,Eddie

Ordered mine yesterday ...can't wait !! Best,Eddie

Cheers Mel , I remember buying Contempo's " Deep Soul volume 2 " comp. from a newspaper shop as well ...records were everywhere ...Best,Eddie

Even in downhome Banbury ,Oxon we had the MGM / Verve '45's on the visiting fairground as prizes .I also remember winning a sealed Mel and Tim " Starting all over again " Stax album for losng at darts , which was easy for me ....Remember the local market had upteen copies of The Magictones on MAHS , and further afield in Leamington Spa , there was loads of copies of Spyder Turner and Kim Weston on MGM . Best,Eddie

Lisa Shaw " I'm OK " Jazzanova featuring Ben Westbeech " I can tell " The Final Decisions " I ain't feelin ' no pain " oldies wise love Ady Pountain's " Crazy Baby " , Butch's inst of The Voicemasters and " Just like the weather " new vocal , plus Tommy and The Derbys , and many more ... Best,Eddie

I love the flip side " Ip slippin ' dippin ' " which is on a 2 sided WD and much cheaper ...The issue is pretty hard to find tho' Lenny ....Best wishes ,Eddie

I voted " awesome " remember getting this on tape via Rob and Chris Marriott during the Stafford era , legendary super rare side then , and still very hard to get now .The flip is brilliant and probably the even better side .Sure it's messy , but then lots of our fave records are , it's Rare Soul ain't it ? Best,Eddie

Thats my favourite version - love it !! Best,Eddie

Pete ,I've got a Black Music mag. from about '74 , with Ian Levine raving over both Baby don't you weep and I'm gonna love you , so wouldn't be suprised if it was Levine first again ....Best,Eddie

That's fine Kev , ironically Skip Jackson is now popular for the flip side as well .Lost count of the amount of times I could've bought Professionals from Wigan for 18 - 20 quid .Remember Rob Marriott paying £40 off Soul Bowl [ how we laughed at the time ... ] Wasn't until Richard started pushing it in the latter days of Wigan that it's stature grew .He always announced it as " This is Steve Mancha " [ probably because the flip is " Did my baby call " ] ....Best,Eddie