Roburt

Donny lads are the most soulful guys on the planet, so you don't need to be sorry for owt. Mind you, in my day, Sheffield & Manc were 2nd homes for Donny soulboys.

"Big Mistake" got a mention (& play) in a post started about 6 weeks ago in 'All About The Soul'.

BUMP .... as we have a new thread (in 'Look At Your Box') about Brenda's "Big Mistake" 45.

A top gospel group played some Miami gigs in 1959....

No straight up soulers on this bill ........ but Tommy Chong (Cheech & Chong) hadn't long quit Bobby Taylor & the Vancouvers .... ... and Brian Auger had run UK mod soul group Steampacket in the mid 60's. Mind you, I bet Smashy & Nicey think "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" is soulful !!

A 45 from an old Motown fave; manufactured by CBS (Ja) Ltd ....

Did they get their suits from Burtons or Hepworths ??

........ aural exciters ........ a lot of women I know like these.

Didn't the Internationals come to the UK around 1968 as the 'International Showstoppers' to pretend to be the Showstoppers (not that they knew that when they left New York). Think they came back for a 2nd tour under their own name, but the mists of time have left my hard-drive (memory) quite fragmented. Anyone know why they changed their name to the Persuaders (name clash with 2nd group; split with label & / or manager) ???

Another Ja Atlantic 45 .......

Where'd that Mockingbird go ??

A jazzy groover was on, ahead of Tower of Power ....

Checked Bob's site & the interview ... guess they weren't from Miami after all ..... and my memory is even more shot than I thought.

I've got their mid 70's Wand 45 somewhere here (no idea where though). I always thought they were Miami based .... didn't KC & some of his mates write their "I Get Lifted" song & help out on backing / production duties on the track ?? (mind you Steve, my memory gets more mis-filed info everyday now; old age, gotta love it). .

RSO, another label that Dynamic Sounds were the Ja licensee for ...

It don't get any better than this ......... .. the best record the Masqueraders ever made (by a country mile ) ....

Another Tamla Motown 45 'Manufactured Under License In The West Indies' .....

If there were no live shows you fancied watching back in 74, you could always go record buying at J & R's .... The shop still has a music department, though now it sells more electronic items (computers, smart phones, music systems, digi cameras, etc). Pleased to see they still have recording artists dropping in to their Manhattan CD store (I saw Dianne Reeves perform live there about 10 years back) ....... https://www.jr.com/category/music/

Invictus hits NY ..........

WMBM DJ Butterball in the studio ...........

RE: Frank is Harold's son Cheers for that Ady. It makes more sense than him being Harold's brother as our phone chat's ended as he was off sailing for a few weeks around the Eastern Med (when we last talked). If he had been Harold's brother, sailing would no doubt have been too physical for him if he was the ripe old age required to be a brother.

Think Charlie Watts got it right a short while ago when he said people would be better listening to old Chuck Berry tracks rather than anything the Stones did.

On the Avi instro version, you would have thought that they could have added a lead instrument (sax, flute, Hammond B3) to relace the vocal track that was removed -- the released verson was a real lazy effort. Mind you, I guess even having a 'new lead' on the instro wouldn't have dragged it's 'soul quotient' up that much.

An Epic 45 put out by Ja's Surrey Records. Hardly any colour bleed into the yellow Epic logo on this one !!!! ...

I wonder how many guys traveled to this gig on their Lambrettas ??