Pete S

I've never heard of it myself, just wondered how they manage to get 48 tracks on one disc and 49 on the other!! And what a bizarre selection too. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Northern-Soul-Girls-Rock/dp/B004PKZOI4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1306870639&sr=8-1 oh hang on, is it mp3 only maybe

Kinnell, find me some reggae and I'll pay for your new clutch!

Good point that.

Why ruin a nice shirt with those dreadful patches?

No but the point I'm making is that it would be like putting Stateside and Parlophone in the same topic, both owned by EMI but separate entities, Pye and Pye International were both owned distributed by Pye but have nothing to do with one another apart from the name.

23 posts and you're telling me what I should or shouldn't be doing, nice one. It was pretty obvious from listening that it was a work in progress demo.

Thats exactly what the problem was Dave - he rang me to say so.

I sold a record - Maurice Long on Cyclone WD - to someone, it was mint and played mint. The buyer rang me to say that it sticks right near the end so was going to send it back, I said ok, but I've got another copy, same condition, and he says ok then, we'll swap them over. He just rang to say that the new copy sticks in exactly the same place as the other one. Sio I played him the original copy I sent him, and it played straight through, no sticking at all. Can anyone offer an explanation as to why the same record sticks on his deck on two different copies?

You need to separate Pye from Pye International, two totally different labels. Pye released product by UK artists, Pye International released product by non-UK artists licensed in.

Been saying this for 20 years but "Lonely Girl" is surely the best 'cheapie' Northern record out there - utterly brilliant and if a record can SOUND like it's worth thousands of dollars, it's this.

I never said it was the dj copy, I said it was a demo, i.e. a song demo.

Cheers Mike, but is ref-o working, when I went just now I don't think it was? (It is working, my mistake)

Cheating, that's Leslie Dawson not Les has anyone heard a Paul Anka version of this by the way?

Now after the memory loss I had with the John Bowie unissued version (thought I was posting it up for the first time but I posted it 5 years ago!) can anyone remember me, or anyone else, posting up an unissued version of Lee Andrews - I've Had It? Because if not, I'll post it.

Why do you think that? I know he used to call himself Auntie Thuds. Surely way too aggressive to be a woman?

Sounds worth about 8 quid to my ears! Don't like it. It's like a spiritual, too sparse by a mile and the intro is horrible. It's still better than any crossover record though.

Fantastic - never understood why people knock r&b, it's the roots of everything we profess to love!

1954? Don't know where John has been playing it or on what 'scene' but that must surely be the oldest record? We'll soon be back in the 40's. Not knocking it though, anything's better than modern soul.

Just out of interest, That version on the YouTube clip isn't the original single, it's from an album called Twiggy & Her Boyfriends, released in the 70's to cash in on her role in The Boyfriend. There's no theramin on the original, it's in mono and it's miles better.

This topic is rubbish, you're just all listing any white singers who've had a Northern biggie, a lot of these singers are excellent anyway like Helen Shapiro, Petula Clark, Charlie Rich etc, the question was THE STRANGEST ARTIST so it's going to be someone like Harold Wilson or Roger Moore, i.e. not a recognised singer, not a decent artist like Tom Jones.

Maybe nobody goes bowling nowadays?

No but I had a shit record off this guy, complained and got a very rude reply, then I saw he had literally hundreds of similar complaints, see below https://toolhaus.org/cgi-bin/negs?User=thuds&Dirn=Received+by&ref=home

Doesn't bother me mate, I honestly thought that applied to legit released stuff that coluld be downloaded off itunes etc, didn't think it meant unissued stuff

Simsy is right, I did have it 5 years ago and posted it up then, I apologise for not being able to remember sh*t any more!

Don't know the source Darren. There's another John Bowie acetate "Help me pretty baby", very uptempo, not great though. Also a different demo of the above track, off acetate, much better. Here's the full blurb... Rock, Mod & Soul! The Kayden & Merben label existed for a few short years in the Philadelphia area, and released some excellent northern soul, mod instrumentals and 60s garage! The unreleased acetates by John Bowie is worth the price alone, not only this but you get northern soul by Bill Horton, the long version of Vivian Carol's rare Merben 45, mod instrumentals by Jimmy Roma and the Matt Sound, and garage pounders by Bram Rigg Set and the Shags and New Jersey's own J.D. Rogues! A tiny label, but one with some really great sounds -- a great slice of the late 60s Philly scene, and a pretty darn soulful one at that! The label started as Kayden in Philly, then moved across the river to New Jersey and switched to Merben -- but had a really unified sound throughout their short run, so much so that even the few pop recordings here come across with a pretty soulful feel! Most numbers are upbeat, and move in a Northern-ish soul mode -- and the male singers here are especially great, almost a bit more deep soul than usual for the Philly scene, especially some of the groups. CD features 24 cuts from both labels, including some unreleased material. Tracks: 1. John Bowie - You're Gonna Miss A Good Thing, Baby 2. John Bowie - At The End Of The Day 3. John Bowie - Help Me Pretty Baby* (Merben Acetate) 4. Bill Horton - I Wanna Know 5. Leverett Sisters - Stop, Think It Over 6. Leverett Sisters - A Place For Me 7. Vivian Carol - Oh Yeah Yeah Yeah*(Long Version) 8. Jimmy Roma - Paint It Black 9. Cody Michaels - Seven Days Fifty Two Weeks 10. Cody Michaels - Open The Door Richard 11. John Bowie - You're Gonna Miss A Good Thing*(Demo Version) 12. John Bowie - Help Me Pretty Baby*(Demo Version) 13. Matt Sound - Ask Any Girl 14. Matt Sound - What Am I Gonna Do* 15. Matt Sound - She Loves Me For Myself*(Vocal Version) 16. Sharon Marshall - Where Did You Leave Your Heart 17. Natural Facts - Shake Me Wake Me* 18. J.D. Rogues - Why Did God Make Girls 19. Bats - How Could You Have Known 20. Bram Rigg Set - I Can Only Give You Everything 21. Bram Rigg Set - Take The Time Be Yourself 22. Shags - Breathe In My Ear 23. Shags - Tell Me 24. Shags - As Long As I Have You *previously unreleased material