Pete S

Can't Find Anything About A Boot On Sound Patterns!! Original done on sound patterns with " I have faith in you " On The Flip!!

I have it on Sound Impression with If You Walk Out Of My Life on the other side.

I was always a bit dubious about Open The Door / I Have Faith on Sound Patterns.

No, because I haven't got any friends.

https://www.mixcloud.com/mayfairmenthol/my-45s-early-reggae-mix-69-style/

you can play this one online but can't download it, downloadable podcasts are now subcription only due to lack of funding (email me if you need info) hope you enjoy this one

DERRICK MORGAN - HOLD YOU JACK - ISLAND

ERNEST WILSON - UNDYING LOVE - COXSONE

THE PARAGONS - LEFT WITH A BROKEN HEART - DUKE

TONY SCOTT - I KNOW A PLACE - BLANK

ROY SHIRLEY - DANCE THE REGGAE - J.J.

THE PARAGONS - COME ON AND DANCE - MATADOR

THE CLANCY SET - WESTERN ORGAN - PAMA

I.ROY & THE JUMPERS - HOT BOMB - GREEN DOOR

LARRY MARSHALL - MONEY GIRL - NU BEAT

THE MELODIANS - RING OF GOLD - GAS

PAT KELLY - I AM COMING HOME - GAS

THE BOYS - SMASHVILLE - DUKE

ALTON ELLIS - GIVE ME YOUR LOVE - NU BEAT

AUDREY - LOVE ME TONIGHT - DOWN TOWN

LIZZY ON THE BEACH VERSION - ACKEE

JOHNNY ORGAN - DON JUAN - CAMEL

THE KINGSTONIANS - SUFFERER - BIG SHOT

CLIFTON SMITH - I'M GONNA MAKE IT - TENNORS BLANK

THE TENNORS - V ROCKET - BULLET

DERRICK HARRIOTT - BEEN SO LONG - BIG SHOT

LLOYD & RANDOLPH - IT AIN'T - BLANK

DERRICK MORGAN - ME NAH GIVE UP - PYRAMID

ERIC MONTY MORRIS - SAY WHAT YOU'RE SAYING - PAMA

THE UPSETTERS - MY MOB - CAMEL

BOB MELODY - THE BREAK - DUKE

LAUREL AITKEN - LANDLORDS AND TENANTS - NU BEAT

THE TARTANS - LONELY HEARTACHES - CRAB

THE UNIQUES - MY CONVERSATION - ISLAND

I might well live to regret this, but it's a one-time only posting and I really can't let go some of the comments i've seen posted on here about a certain script I wrote for the film that was Souled Out, but for various reasons was renamed Soulboy. Now that the film's safely out for all to see, I feel the time's right to admit how much I've been taken aback by the level of uninformed ill-feeling this thread was awash with from almost the first moment it appeared. While there were plenty of voices of reason, too often they seemed in danger of being SHOUTED DOWN by a chorus that felt almost orchestrated, pumped up and raging to a point that would've been almost comic if it hadn't been so intense. And as for the seemingly self-appointed Official Keeper Of The Flame and his alleged attempts to strangle the script apparently because he ordained it as being short of his own glittering standards... well, sadly there's nothing I can do to address that; I'm not a trained therapist.

The points then -

Souled Out, (as was), always had Northern Soul as an integral part of it. The music element was absolutely never simply "tacked on" as some kind of selling point. Originally commissioned back in 1999 for a youth theatre group in Bishop Auckland, I developed the script from that stageplay to deal with the more "adult" issues I felt would more accurately reflect the story, the times, and my overall ambitions for the piece. True, Russ Winstanley's book was the starting point for me, but funnily enough I did actually then do my research, seeking out and talking to more than a few people who'd been to Wigan back in the day, scouring my own memories of growing up in the 1970's, trying to recall what it felt like to be young not just in that decade but at any time. The character of Kim Weston did feature in earlier versions of the script, but copyright and licensing problems meant that particular thread of the story had to be discontinued. Because licensing deals still had to be struck, specific song titles didn't appear in earlier versions of the script other than as general guides / suggestions to indicate mood, tempo etc.

I'm puzzled too by claims that earlier drafts of the script had been read, but once these things are written I guess they are certainly there for people to pick up and pass around. It's in the nature of the development process that changes - some of them pretty major - will occur, and that was most certainly true in this case. From the claims and comments on here, though, it's clear that if anything had been read at all then it's certainly been very early drafts, and I'm not going to waste anyone's time discussing that.

Neither I, the director or the producer are what could easily be called "Hampstead Luvvies". We didn't sit around at a dinner party and over the vol-au-vents cook this whole project up just to cash-in on anyone's memories, didn't set out to deliberately wind up some of the more prickly types out there, (although God knows, we seem to have done a hell of a job on that level). As a writer I was captivated by a time - the mid-1970's - that I genuinely thought had not been altogether best served by various productions, and a place, The Casino, which was a centre, (yes, I know - not the only one), of a working class / youth phenomenon that arguably has never been equalled before or since. All the people connected to the making of this film - and they are among the most creative and talented folk I've ever come across - worked tirelessly to ensure due respect was not only paid to the storyline and the characters, (as you'd expect), but also to the detail of the scene as it was and the legacy it's left behind. With the available time and budget, I don't believe we could've done more.

Soulboy's a film. A work of dramatic fiction. No marketing ploy yet devised could force anyone against their will into buying a ticket. If you did decide to go see it then hated it, that's your prerogative and I wouldn't argue your right to criticise; if on the other hand you went along and actually liked what you saw, then great: that's all we set out to do.

Sorry if this turned into an essay but as I said at the top, it's unlikely that I'll be repeating the exercise. I won't be drawn into any mud-slinging matches, and I don't want to give credence to uninformed insults driven by personal agendas. All I wanted, now that the film's out and been seen by enough people to have formed their own opinion on it, was to clear up a few points that have too long been left to go unchallenged. Whether or not it works...

Oh, and the film's doing very nicely, thanks, with way more people liking it than not and the DVD out early in the new year. Now, that wasn't so bad, was it?

Jeff Williams.

Jeff, that was very interesting and as you rightly state, not ALL of us where against the film, however I wish you'd have come on and said all this a couple of months ago, then maybe we could have avoided all the punch ups, slanging matches and verbal insults. Though on second thoughts, that's my favourite aspect of the site so never mind

Good of you to come on and clear it up though. I heard a rumour that the DVD was going to be out before the end of the year, obviously wrong.

That's an awesome list Pete. Might be time for some concentrated research. Thanks a lot.

John

If you want any of those let me know and I'll upload them to somewhere you can download them from at your leisure.

I was buying records from a very early age so my parents knew I alsways spent my pocket money on them, they nearly died when I told them I'd paid £1.50 for The Fidels "Try a little harder" on Jayboy. That was probably extortionate back in 1974 but I loved it so much. In 1975 I paid £5 for an emidisc of I'm coming home in the morning b/w hot line, and the parents really did think I'd lost my mind, that was over 3 weeks paper round money!

I have some at home Pete, don't have 143 mind and I've heard a few over the years...not heard War though.

Also got some Shrine acapellas, Prophets doing One Gold Piece one of them.

I'd print a list of them except I don't know how to - they are all in a folder, you can see the names and titles but if you copy, it copies the file not the text (I've asked about this before)

hang on see if this works

Motown Acapellas

Billy Preston & Streeta - With You I'm Born Again (Acapella).mp3 5 Mb

Charlene - I've Never Been To Me (Acapella).mp3 6 Mb

Dennis Edwards & Seidah Garret - Don't Look Any Further (Acapella).mp3 5 Mb

Diana Ross & Lionel Richie - Endless Love (Acapella).mp3 7 Mb

Diana Ross & The Supremes - I'll Try Something New (Acapella).mp3 4 Mb

Diana Ross & The Supremes - I'm Gonna Make You Love Me (Acapella).mp3 5 Mb

Diana Ross & The Supremes - Reflections (Acapella).mp3 4 Mb

Diana Ross & The Supremes - Someday We'll Be Together (Acapella).mp3 5 Mb

Diana Ross - Ain't No Mountain High Enough (Acapella).mp3 8 Mb

Diana Ross - I'm Coming Out (Acapella).mp3 8 Mb

Diana Ross - It's My Turn (Acapella).mp3 6 Mb

Diana Ross - Love Child (Acapella).mp3 4 Mb

Diana Ross - Love Hangover (Acapella).mp3 6 Mb

Diana Ross - Reach Out And Touch (Somebody's Hand) (Acapella).mp3 4 Mb

Diana Ross - Upside Down (Acapella).mp3 6 Mb

Eddie Kendricks - Keep On Truckin' (Acapella).mp3 5 Mb

Edwin Starr - Twenty Five Miles (Acapella).mp3 5 Mb

Edwin Starr - War (Acapella).mp3 5 Mb

Gladys Knight & The Pips - I Heard It Through The Grapevine (Acapella).mp3 4 Mb

Gladys Knight & The Pips - If I Were Your Woman (Acapella).mp3 5 Mb

Gladys Knight & The Pips - Neither One Of Us (Wants To Be The First To Say Goodbye) (Acapella).mp3 6 Mb

Jimmy Ruffin - What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted (Acapella).mp3 4 Mb

Jr. Walker & The All Stars - Shotgun (Acapella).mp3 3 Mb

Jr. Walker & The All Stars - What Does It Take (To Win Your Love) (Acapella).mp3 2 Mb

Martha & The Vandellas - (Love Is Like A) Heat Wave (Acapella).mp3 4 Mb

Martha & The Vandellas - Come And Get These Memories (Acapella).mp3 4 Mb

Martha & The Vandellas - Dancing In The Street (Acapella).mp3 4 Mb

Martha & The Vandellas - Jimmy Mack (Acapella).mp3 4 Mb

Martha & The Vandellas - Nowhere To Run (Acapella).mp3 4 Mb

Martha & The Vandellas - Quicksand (Acapella).mp3 4 Mb

Marvin Gaye & Kim Weston - It Takes Two (Acapella).mp3 4 Mb

Marvin Gaye & Ms. Wells - What's The Matter With You Baby (Acapella).mp3 3 Mb

Marvin Gaye & Tammy Terrell - Ain't No Mountain High Enough (Acapella).mp3 3 Mb

Marvin Gaye & Tammy Terrell - Your Precious Love (Acapella).mp3 4 Mb

Marvin Gaye - Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing (Acapella).mp3 3 Mb

Marvin Gaye - Ain't That Peculiar (Acapella).mp3 4 Mb

Marvin Gaye - Can I Get A Witness (Acapella).mp3 4 Mb

Marvin Gaye - Got To Give It Up (Acapella).mp3 6 Mb

Marvin Gaye - Hitch Hike (Acapella).mp3 4 Mb

Marvin Gaye - How Sweet It Is To Be Loved By You (Acapella).mp3 4 Mb

Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine (Acapella).mp3 4 Mb

Marvin Gaye - I'll Be Doggonne (Acapella).mp3 4 Mb

Marvin Gaye - If I Could Build My Whole World Around You (Acapella).mp3 4 Mb

Marvin Gaye - If This World Were Mine (Acapella).mp3 4 Mb

Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On (Acapella).mp3 7 Mb

Marvin Gaye - Pride And Joy (Acapella).mp3 3 Mb

Marvin Gaye - Stubborn Kind Of Fellow (Acapella).mp3 4 Mb

Marvin Gaye - Too Busy Thinking About My Baby (Acapella).mp3 5 Mb

Marvin Gaye - What's Going On (Acapella).mp3 6 Mb

Marvin Gaye - You're A Wonderful One (Acapella).mp3 4 Mb

Mary Wells - My Guy (Acapella).mp3 4 Mb

Mary Wells - Two Lovers (Acapella).mp3 4 Mb

Michael Jackson - Ben (Acapella).mp3 4 Mb

Michael Jackson - Rockin' Robin (Acapella).mp3 3 Mb

Micheal Jackson - Got To Be There (Acapella).mp3 4 Mb

Motown Acapellas.m3u 0 Mb

Motown Acapellas.nfo 0 Mb

Motown Acapellas.sfv 0 Mb

Rare Earth - I Just Want To Celebrate (Acapella).mp3 5 Mb

Rick James - Give It To Me Baby (Acapella).mp3 6 Mb

Rick James - Super Freak (Acapella).mp3 5 Mb

Shorty Long - Function At The Junction (Acapella).mp3 4 Mb

Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Baby Don't Cry (Acapella).mp3 5 Mb

Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Going To A Go-Go (Acapella).mp3 4 Mb

Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - I Second That Emotion (Acapella).mp3 4 Mb

Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Jingle Bells (Acapella).mp3 4 Mb

Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Mickey's Monkey (Acapella).mp3 4 Mb

Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Ooo Baby Baby (Acapella).mp3 4 Mb

Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - The Tears Of A Clown (Acapella).mp3 4 Mb

Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - The Tracks Of My Tears (Acapella).mp3 4 Mb

Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - You've Really Got A Hold On Me (Acapella).mp3 4 Mb

Smokey Robinson - Being With You (Acapella).mp3 6 Mb

Smokey Robinson - Cruisin' (Acapella).mp3 6 Mb

Smokey Robinson - Just To See Her (Acapella).mp3 6 Mb

Smokey Robinson - More Love (Acapella).mp3 4 Mb

Stevie Wonder - For Once In My Life (Acapella).mp3 4 Mb

Stevie Wonder - My Cherie Amour (Acapella).mp3 4 Mb

Stevie Wonder - Someday At Christmas (Acapella).mp3 4 Mb

Stevie Wonder - Uptight (Everything's Alright) (Acapella).mp3 4 Mb

The Commodores - Brick House (Acapella).mp3 5 Mb

The Commodores - Easy (Acapella).mp3 7 Mb

The Commodores - Sail On (Acapella).mp3 8 Mb

The Commodores - Three Times A Lady (Acapella).mp3 10 Mb

The Contours - Do You Love Me (Acapella).mp3 5 Mb

The Dazz Band - Let It Whip (Acapella).mp3 7 Mb

The Elgins - Heaven Must Have Sent You (Acapella).mp3 3 Mb

The Four Tops - Ask The Lonely (Acapella).mp3 4 Mb

The Four Tops - Baby I Need Your Lovin' (Acapella).mp3 4 Mb

The Four Tops - Bernadette (Acapella).mp3 4 Mb

The Four Tops - Honey Bunch (Acapella).mp3 4 Mb

The Four Tops - I'll Be There (Acapella).mp3 4 Mb

The Four Tops - It's The Same Old Song (Acapella).mp3 4 Mb

The Four Tops - Standing In The Shadows Of Love (Acapella).mp3 4 Mb

The Four Tops - Still Water (Love) (Acapella).mp3 5 Mb

The Four Tops - Wake Me (When It's Over) (Acapella).mp3 4 Mb

The Four Tops - Walk Away Renee (Acapella).mp3 4 Mb

The Isley Brothers - Take Me In Your Arm (Rock Me A Little While) (Acapella).mp3 4 Mb

The Isley Brothers - This Old Heart Of Mine (Acapella).mp3 4 Mb

The Jackson 5 - ABC (Acapella).mp3 4 Mb

The Jackson 5 - Dancing Machine (Acapella).mp3 2 Mb

The Jackson 5 - I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus (Acapella).mp3 4 Mb

The Jackson 5 - I Want You Back (Acapella).mp3 4 Mb

The Jackson 5 - I'll Be There (Acapella).mp3 5 Mb

The Jackson 5 - Mama's Pearl (Acapella).mp3 4 Mb

The Jackson 5 - Never Can Say Goodbye (Acapella).mp3 4 Mb

The Jackson 5 - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (Acapella).mp3 4 Mb

The Jackson 5 - The Love You Save (Acapella).mp3 5 Mb

The Marvelettes - Don't Mess With Bill (Acapella).mp3 4 Mb

The Marvelettes - Please Mr.Postman (Acapella).mp3 4 Mb

The Marvelettes - Too Many Fish In The Sea (Acapella).mp3 4 Mb

The Miracles - Love Machine (Acapella).mp3 4 Mb

The Miracles - Shop Around (Acapella).mp3 4 Mb

The Originals - I'm For Real (Acapella).mp3 4 Mb

The Spinners - It's A Shame (Acapella).mp3 5 Mb

The Supremes - Baby Love (Acapella).mp3 4 Mb

The Supremes - Back In My Arms Again (Acapella).mp3 4 Mb

The Supremes - Come See About Me (Acapella).mp3 4 Mb

The Supremes - I Hear A Symphony (Acapella).mp3 4 Mb

The Supremes - My Favorite Things (Acapella).mp3 4 Mb

The Supremes - My World Is Empty Without You (Acapella).mp3 3 Mb

The Supremes - Stoned Love (Acapella).mp3 5 Mb

The Supremes - Stop! In The Name Of Love (Acapella).mp3 4 Mb

The Supremes - The Happening (Acapella).mp3 4 Mb

The Supremes - Where Did Our Love Go (Acapella).mp3 4 Mb

The Supremes - White Christmas (Acapella).mp3 6 Mb

The Supremes - You Can't Hurry Love (Acapella).mp3 4 Mb

The Supremes - You Keep Me Hangin' On (Acapella).mp3 4 Mb

The Tempations - (I Know) I'm Losing You (Acapella).mp3 3 Mb

The Tempations - Ain't Too Proud To Beg (Acapella).mp3 4 Mb

The Tempations - Ball Of Confusiion (That's What The World Is Today) (Acapella).mp3 5 Mb

The Tempations - Cloud Nine (Acapella).mp3 4 Mb

The Tempations - Get Ready (Acapella).mp3 3 Mb

The Tempations - I Can't Get Next To You (Acapella).mp3 4 Mb

The Tempations - I Wish It Would Rain (Acapella).mp3 4 Mb

The Tempations - Just My Imagination (Acapella).mp3 5 Mb

The Tempations - My Girl (Acapella).mp3 4 Mb

The Tempations - Papa Was A Rollin' Stone (Acapella).mp3 6 Mb

The Tempations - Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer (Acapella).mp3 5 Mb

The Tempations - Silent Night (Acapella).mp3 4 Mb

The Tempations - The Way You Do The Things You Do (Acapella).mp3 4 Mb

The Tempations - Why You Wanna Make Me Blue (Acapella).mp3 4 Mb

Thelma Houston - Don't Leave Me This Way (Acapella).mp3 8 Mb

Undisputed Truth - Smiling Faces Somtimes (Acapella).mp3 4 Mb

didn't Motown lay the backing and the vocals down at different times/separately after so many years? So I would guess other acapella's out there, certainly heard Temptations from a straight up Motown Source. There is a few on the Motown podcasts Motown did for their 50th.

I've got at least 40 Motown acapellas Chalky, might be more like 60. You should hear "War" by Edwin Starr....you can actually hear him inhale and prepare to belt out the first chant of "War", it really is an amazing recording.

*** I just checked - I've got 143 Motown acapellas.

Oh if I only I were able to sell stuff like this

This thought's been at the back of my mind for 26 years since seeing Ion's copy. Have you noticed the similarity (probably better to say spitting image) of the typeface on the Sandy Golden to the boots of things like The Magnificents on Dee Gee, Christy Allen on Diamond, Lee David on Ruby etc?

Not implying anything untoward, but in view of Pete's assumption of Sandy Golden's records coming from either the late '70s or early '80s, do you thnk the boots I mentioned would have been done at the same US pressing plant / label printing plant?

I know the boots you mean, but Lee David isn't one, it's black with silver lettering and nothing like the others; the others including The Mob on Daybreak, Sandra Phillips on Broadway, the two you mention, The first Superlatives boot on Uptite. I always wondered where these came fromk, I know now that they were from the usual L.A. source. Sandy Golden is also from L.A. She was a member of The Sweets who's record Satisfy Me baby was also booted by the same people, in fact they managed to get an unissued instrumental version of it off the mastertapes and left off There's Something About My Baby - which has the same backing track as Sandy Golden. There's a few links there Gene. Well spotted.

Of all the tunes that were played at Wigan what percentage were pop..................l'll go for 30%

Maybe 5% if you take it over the entire life of the Casino. In 1978, yes about 30%. But overall - nowhere near that.

hi pete you will get a clip around your lug holes, i have got all the equipment right , but cant sus it out and no one has sent a idiot guide, so there. dave

OK I'll imagine what it sounds like and let you know ok.

Santa has been given a list and this is on it

ANSELL COLLINS - NUCLEAR WEAPON

Anyone help???

Teresa.

PM or email me on..... nongfu@btinternet.com

Nuclear Weapon is another version of Double Barrel - is that definitely the one you want, or is it Secret Weapon (instrumental of Cartch The Beat)

Racking my brains to remember who first played it and when... remember early 80s plays but who ? Keb ?

It's on that Wigan Anniversary 1980 tape I posted up, played by Gary Rushbrooke

That's fantastic just sounds like it has no backing so just the vocals, I can't work out how it can be used for karaoke when you have them singing it surely it should be just the backing track Hummmm

They must have put the a capaellas on as a bonus I suppose. I did a podcast last night of the best of these Motown instrumentals and a capellas, so to those of you who joined the podcast group, get downloading!

Sold one on here on behalf of someone from the States a few years ago - £1800 I think it was

HI ALL.. I WAS UP THE LOFT YESTERDAY LOOKING THROUGH OLD DUSTY'S FROM YONKS BACK(20YRS) EASY, I FOUND A FEW REGGAE LP'S AND 45s , CONDITION POOR TO VG, IN AMONG THEM WERE 6 SUPERB RECORDS THAT I HAD TOTALLY FORGOT ABOUT, OVER TIME.

IT WAS LIKE A CAR BOOT UP THERE , BOWIE FLOYD ZAPPER LED ZEP & THE DREADFUL GREAT, ABOUT 300 LPs 5 TIGHTEN UP VOL3 WITHOUT POSTER??

THIS RECORD IS CLASS REGGAE THAT YOU ALL MIGHT HAVE (OR SHOULD HAVE) THE DIP LABEL IS A COMPLETEST LABEL AS THERE ARE MANY CLASSICS FROM THE MID 7ts,

THE OFFICIAL A SIDE DL 5061, IS A SIMPLE STEADY ROCK RHYTHM WITH QUITE SUPERB VOCALS "LOVING GIRL" CARL BERT'S (NOT HIS PROPER NAME) VOCAL IS AS GOOD AS PAT KELLY SWEET & SMOOTH GOOD TO WELD TO! YES SIR.

THE B SIDE IS DtheDRUGS RECORD OF THE WEEK, AND COULD BECOME IN DEMAND WITH THE IN CROWD, It's A MID TEMPO GROUP HARMONY BEAT BALLARD, IT IS QUITE POSSIBLE THAT THIS TUNE HAS NOT BEEN REVIVED YET! IF SO IT HAS GOT MY SEAL ON IT.

THERE IS DEMAND FOR CARL BERT'S WORK ALONG WITH ARR & PROD. C BUSHAY..FOR THERE 12" SIDES.

.IF YOU ALL NO IT CAN YOU GIVE ME YOUR FEEDBACK PLEASE ON 2 CLASSIC SIDES,

DtheDRUG SAYS BUY IT NOW DAVE

How am I supposed to give you my opinion when there's no sound clip?

Wonder if Soussan had one in the old days.Only real release i know of on the labeI but Take away the pain stain boot was on Masterpiece!

Really? It was on Sagitarius...never seen another label.

I've posted up a tremendous quality clip of the track that you asked about...I'd recommend this to anyone with even the slightest liking of soul music - the voice of an angel

https://www.soul-source.co.uk/more/soul-library/72701-four-tops-ask-the-lonely-a-capella-motown/

Mate of mine has the Pheonix 45 too.

It's f*cking awful Chalky, both sides!

By the way, I think both Sandy Golden records asre from the late 70's or even early 80's - both have a very 80's sounding synthesiser in the background.

I know where's there's a copy of this - I was hoping to have it for sale but doesn't look as if that's going to happen now. Oddly enough, I have her only other 45 here at the moment. There's a name and phone number on the label, why not ring it, might be her old manager as well as producer or something.

John,

Its on, FOUR TOPS STORY 1964-72.TMSP 1124.

Atb.Kev.

Don't think it is. Ask The Lonely is, but not the acapella version.

I've got all the Motown acapellas, can't remember if that's there or not, I'll have a look for you. They are from a series of karaoke discs - honestly.

It's a blatant bootleg of Big Joe Turner which came out around 1993-94. £5

was with Kev Draper last night he has the sp on him apparentley lives in london and is still involved in the business. i think Kev said he was of Asian decent

Sorry Ted but never has a statement been so innacurate!

Firstly, he is dead.

Secondly he was white.

His name was Derek Knight and he was managed by Gordon Mills of Tom Jones/ Engelbert Humperdink management fame.

And, I shit you not, he was scheduled to be the first UK artist signed to Motown but his management advised against this.

How do you know I'm not making all this up? Well Mick Smith was selling a copy of Our Love Is Getting Stronger two weeks back, and Jason Knight's daughter got in touch with him and told him all about her Dad, and the letter she has from Motown.