Mal C

Hi folks, all 4 RIKER records releases below, these are the issues. These are all mint, Ive played them, once, maybe twice... These are already starting to appear on several Record dealers sites for £75 / £100 which to my mind is well over the mark. I'm happy to let these go for £30 each, or if you want all 4 I'll do em at £110, you pay post. A - 'COZ I'M READY LENNY & THE ILLUSTRATORS I’ll bring your tea up on a tray, we’ll go uptown on Saturday... It’s the one you've waiting for! The soul drenched beat ballad that almost melted the internet. B - I'M THE MARRYIN' KIND TOMMY & THE ELTS A storming Chicago style dancer with crazy Latin horns. The perfect tempo for 1973. What would Wigan would have made of this one? A - COMING TO GETCHA! BETTY J. WILLIAMS Can you handle my loving? Can you handle me tonight...? Betty sure means business on this Detroit inspired banger that’s already packing dance floors B - WHY’D IT TAKE SO LONG? NEON-LITES Why’d it take so long, till the night that we met? Suddenly, it’s 65 and clip-clopping group harmony heartbreaker would surely have got the Wheel in a spin… A - (YOU MADE ME) A BETTER MAN THE MIGHTY INTANGIBLES With tight group harmonies, storming percussion, and that trademark Riker burping bari sax, it’s another Chicago-inspired dancer from the aptly named Mighty Intangibles B - STANDIN’ RIGHT HERE LILLIE MAE MORETON You’re the one, we’re the couple… Lillie Mae might be the youngest singer on the Riker roster, but her voice is seasoned and soulful on this infectious little groover. A - (WE WERE) LOVERS BEFORE LARRY VAYE Right away you had me on the hook, caught up in your silhouette… Larry’s liquid baritone sails over lush orchestration and a rolling mid-tempo big-city beat. It all adds up to one irresistible mid-sixties banger. B - THE LOVE THAT YOU GIVE TO ME DAWSON ROAD Can’t put a number on it, ’cos it’s way bigger than infinity… A massive brass-led intro calls you to the dancefloor before Dawson Road serve up delicious harmonies on this sunny mid-tempo mover. Best Malc

There are a few of those Astor test presses on bette swan about. Festival group tests are the most common in my experience, Atlantic, Ampar, Coral, Festival, Parlophone, Columbia, 20 Century, etc But no EMI Tamla Motown! Not one… That said TM was put out on Ledon, London, HMV, W&G, before EMI got them on Stateside and then TM.

Here is what a proper EMI Australia Test Press should look like, both of these are the Columbia Label. 'The Groove' were an Aussie group, I think from Melbourne, I also have identical label test presses for The Virgil Brothers - Temptation 'Bout To Get Me, who were again a Melbourne act.

That pic of the Stateside issue is fake. There is however as you say a White Label of Bob Kuban's "The Cheater", and it's a bootleg. Ive never seen a 45 test press of the Velvelettes "Needle in A Haystack", do you have a scan?

Thats a very good point, that didnt occur to me.. Ive asked tons of Aussie dealers and collectors for years about this, not one has ever! seen a TM EMI test press, so I'd have to assume what your suggested is correct. nice one

Thats an intersting point, as I can find no trace of sixties (TMO Series) Australian 'EMI / Motown' Test Presses either. I have EMI Tests for other labels, Columbia etc... but never seen or heard of an EMI TM Australian test, somebody must have em!!

Pm'd you Paul

Very sad news, he was a midlands ledged...!

Chalky's 'Gut' and a certain member who may become senile before he stops posting... Love it...

Australian 'Festival' Atlantic Test press

Hi folks , timeline question on Charles Davis who was part of the Dukays / Artistics, and went onto record as Nolan Chance. Did he use that name only after he left Okeh, or did his Constellation records fall between VJ and Okeh?

Nice track that it, he has a great voice doesn’t he

Hi folks, real mix of wants, I can get some of thois lot else where, but thoiught Id see what folks on here have... George Wydell - Funny Feeling / Tangerine (Replacement copy, must be a looker play and label) J.R. Bailey - Just Me'n You / MAM LP Carolyn Crawford - If You Move, You Lose / PIR Johnny Adams- It's You Baby, It's You / Soul 4 Real Johnny Adams - You're A Bad Habit Baby / SSS International Julie Driscoll - I Know You Love Me Not / Parlophone Demo Lynn White - I Don't Know Why / LDL 12 inch Goldie Feat feat. Jhelisa - Inner City Life (re-jazz Version) Any good Julie Driscoll / Brian Auger stuff, LP's UK 45, must be demos, like my demos :-) Bill - Space Lady / DNR (Replacement copy, must be a looker play and label) Connie Stevens - I Don't Know / Bell Recording, acetate only, i dont know, but if it got a vinyl release, I want one... ANY good Aussie released Soul, Northern, R&B, Jazz, Surf / Garage 45's or LP's.. Factory test demos always wanted... Inner City - Whatcha Gonna Do With My Lovin' (Def Mix) 12 inch Charles B Featuring Adonis - Lack Of Love / Desire 12 inch Cheers Malc

This turned up on YT 3 weeks back. Few other acetates on there the poster says are unreleased. No idea who David Solar is, anybody heard of him? Pat Caldwell aka Rockie Brown (Penntown), was as far as I can tell, primarily a writer, her name turns up in a few Philly productions, and there is a song called 'Go Away', which is by Pat Caldwell, and sounds exactly like 'Rockie Brown' to my ears, was included on 'Philly Soul, Vol. 2: More Phil Gaber & Impact Sound Productions 1962-1974' Chap who posted this up, states there are a few other recordings out there use this backing track, we have two, anybody know the others? Good stuff

Thats a great post and picture Rick, just noticed there is no 'You Baby' on there, seems they didnt do that one...

Think it's Malcolm Hayes on Filmways Stateside, an ok version IMO, Emma Reade wins that one hand's down. Have attached a BBC disc interview from 1966, with Keith and Billie, really good stuff. They both do 'When you move you loose' which is great, Billie sound's really good on that, and Billie also sang, amongst lots of others, 'Whatcha Gonna Do' a Chuck Willis song, on Columbia... real thumper that one... Billie Davis & Keith Powell BBC Session January 1966.mp3 Isnt the big Buckinghams one, or Northern flavored one 'Don't You Care' / USA records ? I have a NZ one, need a replacement Oz one, if anybody has a nice copy?

I have the McArthur 45, never made the connection.

Cheers Dave, I have that CD, I'll play those to compare... so, and you can see this coming, who the hell was Willie Harvey? laughing

oh, and this... Shelley Fabares - Lost Summer Love, the Original version of Lorraine Silver, came out on Aussie Philips in 1965, BUT was scheduled for release on PYE Here, but never came out. She is married to Mike Farrell of M*A*S*H fame. Was Elvis's first leading lady in 'Girl Happy', Originally released on Vee-Jay Records in the States.

Load of good titles here, you should recognise most of the track titles, got loads more, but cant work out if they are UK written...if Ive got stuff wrong, dont hang me out to dry, all offered with sharing great music in mind... Mike Stevens & The Shevelles – The Go Go Train / PYE The Beatstalkers - Ain't No Soul (Left In These 'Ole Shoes) / CBS (awful record!) Tonny Rich - See-Saw / Astor down under Jimmy Lloyd - Call On Me / Fontana John Andrews - It's Just Love / Parlophone Lee Tomlin - Sweet Sweet Lovin / CBS Five And A Penny - You Don't Know Where Your Interest Lies King Size Taylor - Somebody's Always Trying Marilyn Powell - Please Go Away / Fontana Jon Ford - You've Got Me Where You Want Me / Philips Lulu - Leave a Little Love / Decca Emma Rede - I Gotta Be With You / Columbia Second City Sound - A Touch of Velvet, A String of Brass / Major Minor Ronnie Jones & The Night-Timers - I Need Your Loving / Decca Andee Silver - Baby I Need Your Loving / Decca Beverley Jones - Wait 'Til My Bobby Gets Home / HMV Hamilton and The Hamilton Movement - Really Sayin Something / Polydor Susan Holliday - Any Day Now / Pye / Aussie Columbia, one of the Landsdown releses this one, great cover of Chuck... Elkie Brooks - Nothin Left To Do But Cry / Decca Keith & Billie - Taste Sour Don't It / Picadilly The Hipster Image - Can't Let Her Go / Fontana The Poor Souls - When My Baby Cries / Decca Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames - Sweet Thing / Columbia LP The Action - In My Lonely Room / Parlophone Steve Aldo - Can I Get Witness / Decca anybody know much about the OAK label? they had a few great groups on the label, I think, Bo Street Runners was on OAK, deffo worth checking out. Five Of Diamonds - Good Morning Blues / OAK Blues By Five - Boom Boom / Decca also Jack Hammer, he wrote and did so much great music, but did he do a few covers in there? maybe hidden on an LP... Petula Clark - Heart, now this was Released 1965 in UK on PYE and in Oz, asnd as I collect Oz stuff, hense scan, anyhow to my ears is a influence for Holly Saint James on ABC, as you can see carries 'Hatch' so obviously Tony Hatch in the writing credits,, anyhow take a listen, tell us what you reckon? and finally, maybe some of your experts can answer this, Virginia Vee - No, No No... french only written and sang, love this track, but Ive never worked out where it's from...

Just looking through records and played this one, great track, but I have nothing else on vinyl or MP3 of Willie Jones, anybody know who Willie Jones was, did he cut other records, or is this a made up name?

I agree that's the one, It's a great track, I really like DeRobert & Half Truths, only issue I have with them, is they NEVER play or tour in the UK, somebody should get em over here...

Sunrise this morning over La Cinta, near Albox in Northern provincia de Almería

My lad has just got to the Top of Mount Fuji great picture of the sunrise .

Anybody heard the new DeRobert & the Half-Truths track ‘ I Would Die’ ? It’s an uncanny resemblance to an old northern stomper, can’t place it, it’s on bandcamp, but not much else where Anybody help ? https://derobertandthehalftruths.bandcamp.com/album/nothing-to-prove-b-w-i-would-die