Eddie Hubbard

Jimmy McFarland also cut a good version of Bob Relf’s - Blowing My Mind To Pieces ,wonder what the back story on that was ?

Great info Greg

Wouldn’t be suprised if George or Adam had it earlier ,with their track record of finding sounds

I thought that too ,though didn’t want to say anything in case someone else found it initially .

Yes it’s excellent ,went to the cinema to see it

Did a local disco with a friend in Banbury ,about 1976 ,which ended at midnight .Then drove the 150 miles to Wigan ,got there about 3am ,remember hearing “ Cool Off “ and “ Ton Of Dynamite “ as we put our coats in the cloakroom ..

Was playing this album yesterday,this is a key track isn’t it

Very sad news Marlena cut some great records over a long period of time .This is a current fave .Rest in peace x

Always love a record finding story ,and that was a great one ,well done Dave

Glad you enjoyed it ,the friends mum piece made me laugh 😆

Sammy Lee was actually played by Russ at Wigan in the early years especially

I think this is pretty rare on a stock copy : Nella Dodds - Honey Boy / I Just Gotta Have You - Wand .I bought a stock copy at Wigan for £8 in the late 70’s ,before selling at Keele in the mid 90’s .A few demos out there ,but very few issues .

Yes ,good shout MGM ...

Yes ,heat the oil for about 15 minutes before adding the YP batter ....

I do ,Brown sauce with sausages

No I was 23 and living in a flat .Wigan Casino was about a year away from closing and a lot of records weren’t that expensive.I had a budget of about £20 a week for records .

Yes £12 in 1980

Superb record ,but John Anderson had lots of copies early 80’s .They’ve all disappeared into collections now sadly

From the 60’s ,Patrice Holloway - Love And Desire / Ecstasy - Capitol .Two wonderful sides

From the 70’s JP Robinson - Our Day Is Here / Keep Me Satisfied - Blue Candle

One of my favourite books of recent times is “ Do Not Sell At Any Cost “ by Amanda Petrusich .Its the story of Amanda following the top blues 78 collectors in their quest to unearth pre war blues records .Its a great read and makes many of us obsessive collectors appear quite normal 😊.

Dennis Edwards on the single ,Melvin Franklin on the different LP version .Its probably c 1968 because Gladys Knight cut it that year .

William Boyd was mentioned on the “ Beneath The Covers “ book review programme last week ,I made a note to read “ Any Human Heart “ also .

Cliff Goldsmith ,Eddie Rey and George Byrd were all bootlegged ,in smaller quantities than most 45’s at the time .The Specials and Oscar Perry would have been originals ,not expensive at the time .Things like Eula Cooper and Ollie Jackson were almost certainly bootlegs .As an indication ,about 1978 I payed £12 for an original Eula Cooper.

I think boxing promoter Barry Hearn was involved also ,probably with Steve Davis’s prompting