Roburt

I suppose I should have known that there would be values for many of these albums posted up here .......... .... BUT ........ are these values a 'bit over the top' or the 'going rate' ?? https://www.raresoulman.co.uk/search/Label/soul%2Bsupply/all/1

This has been posted up on Soulful Detroit and I thought a few on here might also be interested in seeing it ..... ..... not all soul related by any means but still worth watching ...... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-z0GSwQ6NsM

These pages give some info on the Soul Supply releases ....... ... BUT .... it doesn't seem to fully cover their 80's releases .... https://rateyourmusic.com/label/goldmine_soul_supply/va/ ..................... AND .... https://rateyourmusic.com/list/smithy57/goldmine_soul_supply__the_premier_northern_soul_reissue_label/

I think this uns a bit different. Pat Boone & the likes were rushing their cover versions out as soon as possible after the original version had started to sell to blacks, This 45 features cover versions of tracks that were almost 20 years old. I hardly think that they are trying to 'steal sales' from the original versions when this was released.

Not chart related but in B&S mag back in the day .......... ... the Contempo Soul Source Section, where you could purchase the records on offer each edition. In B&S #82 (April 72) they put on offer a self selection soul pack -- 10 US 45's for £1 (what a rip off even though P&P was included !!). The selection on offer at that time included :- Markeys "Knock On Wood"; Staple Singers "The Ghetto"; Judy Clay "It Ain't Long Enough"; Margie Joseph "One More Chance"; Darrell Banks "I'm The One Who Loves You"; Jimmy Hughes "Chains Of Love"; Johnny Taylor & Carla Thjomas "Just Keep On Lovin Me"; Billy Harner "She's Almost You"; Dells "Always Together"; Blinky "I Wouldn't Change The Man He Is" PLUS other 45's from Chuck Jackson, Shorty Long, Inez Foxx, Howard Tate, 4 Tops, Impressions, David Ruffin, Ramsey Lewis and more. You'd have been hard pushed to have picked a good quid's worth out of those ?!?!?! Still, if you couldn't find 10 you wanted, you could order them individually at 20p each.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khVHkorwDI0

I know quite a few boot 45's fetch decent money these days (sometimes coz the buyer is confused about what he's actually getting but other times coz of true demand), but do any of the old 80's boot LP's fetch above £5 or so ?? I still have quite a few 1980's Soul Supply albums that if I recall correctly I bought direct from the shop in Mansfield (40 White Hart St) in the mid 80's. I believe they cost me £5 for 6 LP's as the shop seemed to have 100's of copies of each one just sitting in the racks. Mainly contained 1960's indie label things that had been big Wigan tracks but a couple featured some or all 1970's recordings that had also been big on the scene. I don't think any of the LP's have been out of their sleeves in over 20 years but guess they don't fetch enough to make it worthwhile moving em on.

Yes Ady, I also got the scam 'Urgent Help.........Howard Earnshaw' e-mail.

This track was included on the 'Ashes to Ashes' Soulscape CD featuring many of Charles' tracks. Other good outings from Charles can be found on Charly's 'Sound Stage 7 Story' 2ferCD & the cheap 'Southern Soul - Warm & Tender Love' CD. Also just noticed (DOOH !!) that I have "Glad To Be Home" which along with "Ashes To Ashes" (& 6 other solo Charles Smith cuts) was included on the Charly V.A. LP 'Sound Stage 7 -- Testiyin' back in 1987. Don't recall ever reading much at all about 'Quad City Sound studios' in Muscle Shoals. Which other soul tracks were cut there ?

I don't know about the 45 being obscure & odd ......... BUT ...... you certainly are !! So the record has found an appropriate home

There was some Epic soul stuff put out at the end of the 60's .....

Info on a show staged at the famous Manhattan Casino in St Petersbugh (Florida) on July 26th 1957. This venue was refurbished & reopened a couple of years ago ................

A big show at the Howard Theatre in DC in 1958 ................

Four newspaper clippings on Noble Watts that span 41 years ...... ...... they date from 1948, 1964, 1979 & 1989 .... ...3 are from Florida, 1 (the 79 one) is from NY

Two more of Noble's tracks .......... His early hit ............ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQg1xGMu8hY ............ AND ........ one he made with June Bateman ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiMvLNqdfog

I put a similar RCA 45 ad up as post #58.

Noble Watts on a big R&B tour ...............

I like these efforts from June & Noble as well ............. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Go-Away-Mr-Blues/dp/B00951OVXM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1378633204&s=dmusic&sr=1-1 https://www.amazon.co.uk/What-Ya-Gonna-Do/dp/B00AN5JB70/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1378633096&s=dmusic&sr=1-2

Jumping back in time a bit with this post ...BUT .... thought some might be interested to see an actual Nigerian EMI 45 .....

Don't think Dave Godin had owt to do with this ad ................

His 1968 Brunswick cuts ..... .......I really like "F.L.A", guess it's him 'singing' ..... ... he wrote the tune (though at times it seems to drift into "Downtown" ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szawqj63AFs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQ7TkkyDlO4

Playing live in 1994 .......... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9u2ackO8Xk

One of his later cuts .......... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VseBKnmvNgk

Info on his work with June Bateman ......... https://koti.mbnet.fi/wdd/junebateman.htm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAQbJMa-mQ4

Noble "Thin Man" Watts was born in DeLand, Florida in 1926, Noble Watts started out playing piano, then progressed to the violin and trumpet before discovering the tenor sax in his teens. His mother encouraged his efforts to learn to play the different musical instruments and she bought him each new one in the hope of keeping him from indulging his desire to get into boxing. In 1942, he enrolled at Florida A&M University, At the University he joined the establishment's renowned marching band with a pair of future jazz legends, Cannonball Adderley and his brother Nat Adderley. At Florida A & M he turned his raw talent into prowess on the sax, learnt to read music and became a well-trained highly proficient musician. He was hired straight from college by the Griffin Brothers and then played with fellow saxman Paul 'Hucklebuck' Williams both live and on the TV show 'Showtime At The Apollo'. He first went into the recording studio with Williams to play on sessions backing up top black singers of the time. He continued to build his musical reputation in New York playing with the house band at Sugar Ray Robinson's club ('Sugar Rays') on 7th Ave (between 123rd & 124th St) in Harlem as a member of Lionel Hampton's orchestra. He also toured extensively on R&R package tours with the likes of Fats Domino, Buddy Holly, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis and others. His booming tenor sax style influenced the likes of King Curtis and Clarence Clemons. He commenced his solo record career in 1954 with a coupling put out on DeLuxe ("Mashing Potatoes / Pig Ears and Rice"). He continued to record behind others before resurrecting his solo career in 1957 with a number of singles on Baton Records. He enjoyed his biggest hit with "Hard Times (the Slop)" in 1957. Another single, "Jookin" found lots of fans both in the music industry and elsewhere. With the success of his records plus his great live show performances, he soon became one of the hottest tenor saxmen on the 1950s R&B scene. This was the era of honking tenor sax, when sax players led the transformation of R&B into rock 'n' roll. Saxmen like Big Jay McNeely and Noble Watts were early R&R superstars, Watts was acknowledged as one of the greatest exponents of that honking tenor style. Sugar Ray Robinson took over as his manager and installed him as the band leader at his club. But he failed to maintain his high musical profile despite teaming up with vocalists such as June Bateman, his days as a musical leader appeared to be over. During the 1960's, even though he had 45's out on Sir, Cub, Enjoy, Peanut, Jell, Arrawak, Clamike & Brunswick most were released without the buying public taking too much notice. His profile dipped even further in the 1970's and he eventually returned to the area of his birth. However, his career was resurrected in the late 80's with the help of Bob Greenlee (producer / musician). Greenlee, a fan of the 'Thin Man' from way back found him playing lounge music in Central Florida and was determined to resurrect his career. Greenlee got Watts to join the Midnight Creepers and released albums by them on King Snake Records (Sanford, Florida). With Greenlee's help, Watts was once again endorsed as a musical innovator. In 1979 he had a retrospective LP out on UK Flyright Records and in 1987 another UK album release on Bedrock Records. This was followed in 1993 back in the US by an album on Ichiban's Wild Dog label. Noble performed less frequently in later years, though he did headline a concert staged in DeLand to celebrate his 75th birthday. His nickname really fit the bill but as he always exuded a regal bearing his given name was just as appropriate. He was noted for being a a real gentleman and a consummate musician. Watts spent the last few months of his life in a nursing home coping with emphysema and pneumonia. He passed away back in 2004 in DeLand, Florida aged 78. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLCYuuFpQ6s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbfCh6Esl1k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nf8KONi05w8