Pete S

There's a yellow issue

No mate, I just liked her, not the record

Did you qoute the wrong bit of the message??

I beg your pardon, it was indeed 1977, at least that's when their first ALBUM came out.

Oops, forgot, sorry Craig will do it now

Oh yes...

I don't think the Ice label even started up until 1979

Yeah that was a big hit in Jamaica but it came out way after the original - 71 I think

Fair enough :graynone:

Rach I never heard that mentioned or played by any Northern dj's - first time I heard it was at a mod do I somehow found myself at in Hastings...same with Ted Taylor.

Have a listen to this; it's Bitty McLean doing a version of Walk Away From Love but using the original backing track from Alton Ellis's "Rock Steady" and it's absolutely brilliant. I wasn't expecting a lot when I heard about this album (Bitty McLean Down On Bond Street) but when I found out they'd used 100% original 60's backing tracks I bought it and got a really pleasant suprise. It was voted best reggae album of last year. PLEASE, GIVE IT A TRY!

What have you got against pigeons then?

No it's not, I looked there. Can whoever I sent the cd of mp3's to about 2 weeks ago let me know if they've still got please!!!

I had that a couple of times and sold it. It's one of the very first releases on Trojan, the original orange label with the crown logo. The other side is soul as well, that's why I didn't keep it, I was expecting top rocksteady

I did that. All I have to do now is find it.

OK I'll go through the records and tell you what I find...then I'll stick em on a cd which no doubt I'll give away for nothing first lot... phillip james - wide awake in a dream (jerry jackson) tony gregory - baby come on home (solomon burke) jackie opel - try me (forgot..james brown?) ken lazarus - the record (ben e king) bob andy - stay in my lonely arms (the elgins) the gaylads - stop making love (same old song - four tops) gaylads - message to my girl (message to michael)(dionne warwick) price buster - your turn (fa fa fa - otis redding) techniques - you don't care (major lance - you'll want me back) heptones - only 16 (sam cooke) techniques - queen majesty (impressions - minstrel and queen) uniques - gypsy woman (impressions) delroy wilson - get ready (temptations) melodians - I will get along (vibrations - gonna get along without you now) bobby aitken - sweets for my sweet (drifters) unqiues - too proud to beg (temptations) alton ellis - duke of earl (gene chandler) prince buster - human (tommy hunt) silvertones - midnight hour (wilson pickett) soul tops - good things come to those who wait (chuck jackson) dandy - i'm your puppet (purifys) david isaacs - place in the sun (stevie wonder) pat kelly - dark end of the street (james carr) slim smith - everybody needs love (gladys knight) techniques - i wish it would rain (temptations) unques - build my world (marvin & tammi?) joe white - i'm so proud (impressions) lloyd chalmers - come see about me (supremes) alton ellis - la la means i love you (delfonics) pat kelly - if it don't work out (casinos - then you can tell me goodbye) paragons - left with a broken heart (four tops) thats just going through the 45's, I'll have a proper think later

Is that still going??

I'm trying to find the 60's version of Night Owl, I don't know who it's by though, the one I've got is the same song but it's from about 1970 (by The Clarendonians). There's a version of Call On Me by Jimmy Cliff on Fontana, is that it?

I didn't say The Champion was bollocks, I said your assumption that it could be classed as R&B is bollocks, and it is!

Have you got a f*ckin space bar on your keyboard???

I dunno if that makes a difference; I heard Rosemary before I went to Wigan but still loved it

You know I collect reggae/rocksteday whatever, it's really amazing at some of the songs they did oin the 60's and early 70's, for instance this week I've had a female version of Compared To What and a 68 reggae version of Chuck Jackson's Good Things Come To Those Who Wait! Wouldn't have thought either of those was well known enough to cover. Also got Jamaican versions of things like Walking up a one way street, Left with a broken heart, See no evil speak no evil, Get ready, etc. Just thought I'd mention it.

If you cast your mind back 2 weeks to my BRILLIANT whats the best unreleased track ever thread, it was indeed Betty Boo which I nomiated in the first posting. She was definitely one of the Adorables. Got played the same couple of weeks as Hanky Panky by Popcorn Wylie. They hit us with too many newies in too short a space of time.