Mal C

I knew he brought masters with him to Stax, I'd read that somewhere, so I guess all of 'Rare Stamps' tracks, and the subsiquent singles were all 'Groovesville Music', all recorded in Detroit, realeased about 1969 into 1970. Checked a few 45's I have, The Mad Lads - Did My Baby Call, Groovesville Music, Produced by Don Davis, and recorded Muscle Shoals Sound Studios, realeased in 72, so I guess well after he had started at Stax. Do you know Robb what else Don produced at Stax, I assume he produced the Dramatics? I know he produced singles for Carla Thomas, wonder if that work outweighed the tracks he brought with him you think?

Isn't the mastering meant to be better on the Contempo 45 as apposed to the Paula Disc? Remember Richard Searling mentioning this on his show some years back...

Probably Motown for me also, but there are Stax sides that Motown could never reach, Carla's work, Eddie Floyd and Johnnie Taylor and William Bell, what can you say... And for most on here I would guess, the music Don Davis took from Detroit and produced at Stax could not be equaled even by Motown, it's that distinct and so part of the music we love, those Albums and singles underpin everything to us right? As William Bell said, I'd have to be "The Man in the Street" on this one...

The standard these days is very very good on unissued stuff, but the 'The Tomangoes - Loves Got A Hold On Me' is one of the best Ive heard in a good few years... cant wait t get this on 45 well done MD records!

Great listen...

Very Nice on Festival, don't have this one, if you have a spare George... Couple on there seem to have made about £200 more than they normally do, Venturas and Volumes you could get them cheaper today if you started to look. Mel britt is a bit eye watering at that price. But that's the power of the Ovenchip Auction, quality, but at a price!!

R.I.P.Lamont Dozier at true artist, singer, arranger... Here's an early one and a 7ts one from Lamont... love 'Fish Aint Bitin' big favorite of mine, that Kent LP 'Moving On Up' was a big influence in growing my taste in soul music...

A happy Edwin Starr related story. Through 1986 and 1987 I was a a tech college in Solihull studing Graphic Design. All my class mates were from Chelmsley Wood, great bunch of guys, biggest piss takers ever, my best mate at colleage was a massive Prince fan, so abviously music was big. Anyhow we got onto Edwin Starr and he says his brother is in his band here in the UK, he knew he lived in the midlands somewhere, so this was credable. So I asked if he could get a signed Photograph of Edwin, yep his brother can do that, it would be a pleasure for a real fan... This all took a few months, with regular updates; 'Edwin has your photo but needs time to sign', 'Edwin's wife has your photo but she is back in the States visting friends', 'its with his brother the drummer, who has been on holiday, but its on its way from Edwins', 'its in the post from Edwin's to his brother, but his brother expects it any day'. All this went on for two to three months, and I was hook, line and sinker! Eventually it arrives on a Monday morning at college in a really neat cardboard envelope, its a photo copied period hand out print, which looked really good, signed "To Malcolm, my No.1 fan, Edwin Starr" and its my new prized possesion, its framed and it's on the wall !!! So after two years at college on the very last day, everybody huddles round and the deceptions are announced. As it turned out I was not the only one, but they kept mine till last, you guessed it, my mates Brother had never seen a drum kit, he worked for a local supermarket in Chelmsley Wood Still love that photo though, in your bedroom, Johnny Wyatt blaring out, Edwin on my wall, the business. Edwin Starr still the Master!

Probably get shot for posting this, but.... this was released in June 22, feat Omar on vocals, if you're into House, you will want this immediately, not on vinyl as yet, just download via Bandcamp. £3 for a MP3, its self published, says from a forthcoming album, which going by this will be very good. https://maghreban.bandcamp.com/album/waiting I get very excited about new things I hear that knock it out of the park, as we all do... I'm very excited about this absolutely brilliant track... Malcolm

Sorry didn't mean to hijack the thread, the clock 45 is / was on the same auction, so it seemed right to put the two together. I agree, its not as good as Leon Haywood, but really interesting to find out about from those who know the background of this label and artist. Think we all agree on Mr Lucky great 45...

Tony / Tonny, take your pick...

It was a blind auction wasnt it, but he had the tracks, so you did it... got some good records from Lew, at pretty good prices... the trick, let the big sharks fight over the BIG titles, and nip your bids into the nicer but more obscure things...

thats the original, big hit for him.. came out in loads of countries... dunno about Mr Lucky, you mean it sounds like on the intro to that song? indeed it does a bit.. Regarding cover versions, I got sick of them, there are tons of lack lustre Aussie ones, I cannot see the point of paing hundreds for a so so cover version, waste of time... I mentioned Nora Lee - You must believe me / westwood in another post, £450 for that, you must be bonkers!! its a £40 quid record tops.. 50 maybe in M- condition, which you will never find.. probably drop me knickers and go for Mr Lucky if I was pushed...

Nora Lee - You must believe me / westwood @ £450 currently on this website, need we say more...

Hi folks, anybody got any of these 45's they would like to sell? The Plague - The Face Of Time / W&G (Australian Copy) with sleeve if you got one.. Lavender Hill Express - Outside My Window / SonoBeat Records The Thingies - Rainy Sunday Morning / SonoBeat Records Tapestry Garden - She Needs Love / Oil City Records or the 'Paper Cup - She Needs Love' version on a Chel-Five Attack - Dream / Fuzzwart Records The Craig - I Must Be Mad / Fontana (UK or US, prefer uk one though..) Lincoln St. Exit - Mississippi Riverboat Gamblin' Man / Souled Out The Creation - No Silver Bird / The Creation Carmel Covered Popcorn - Suzie Q / VISTONE Records Mushroom Band - Don't Come Down /SYNTAX Records New Directions - SWLABR / Nottingham Disc Banks Bros - Bring It All Back Home /Consolidated Records The Rogues - Comin Home / Rene Records Cheers Malcolm

I was about to ask about another 45 from this auction, so I'll add it here, The Clock Stoppers - Got To Be Mellow / CLOCK. What do folks think, white or black singer? sounds like a beach or psych group to me, something along the lines of the The Outcasts, a band like that.. The Clock Stoppers - Got To Be Mellow.mp3

Sad loss Rest in Peace Michael. Written and produced by the man

he chucked it all in though didn't he, label, the sleeve! a mouse or two, laughing Trax 12's are very hit and miss, Ive one or two that actually jump due to a nobule of stuff in the grooves... more like Jamacian 45's...

stampers wear out Im told, so probably a stamp at the end of that run, always a bit fainter...

when was 'Eddie Daniels - Is He Better Than Me booted on the 'BOOTS' label? That was Richard Searling track at the Casino in the later 7ts wasnt it..?

Cheers Andy, and sorry guys, my memory is crap, but I recognised 'Baby a Go Go' immediatly from that interview. Frank said that sound's like something Smokey would have done... and then they move onto 'Keep on Rolling'...

your right, same interview, they discuss this, but its the 'Keep on Rolling' track that Frank say's he hears Brenda's voice on the record... I think it was stated as by Patrice...

Hi folks, need some replacement oldies, nice clean play and label, copies of these three 45's... The Marvellos - Piece of Silk / WB demo preffered **SORTED** The Apollas - Just Can't Get Enough Of You / Loma Issue preffered The Mar-Kets - Stirrin' Up Some Soul / WB demo preffered... cheers ~Mal

In his interview with Frank Wilson a long time back, Richard Searling asked about this track, and Frank Wilson thought it sounded to him like Partrice Holloway, not Brenda, wonder has this ever been proved?

Not to venture too far from the main subject of this thread, Jimmy Roach as one half of the writers of SPAHOM, was an interesting character, in this Biography by Andrew Hamilton (Below), Andrew outlines how he hooked up with Gary Klein, and if you check discogs you can see the sort of songs Trade Martin was releaseing in 65, the flip 'Son of a millionaire' is Trade Martin's song, but I assume this flip side by writing duo Jimmy Roach and Gary Klein is bought in so to speak... I guess Trade Martin must have liked it and it allowed it on the flip of his Stallion release. Anyhow this biog gives this track a bit of context... https://www.allmusic.com/artist/jimmy-roach-mn0000091378/biography