Chalky

It hasn’t no. I will post the links later today when I upload this weeks show. No live guests I’m afraid, listeners “My Life In Ten Records”

Some more lockdown listening for you if you are struggling. I've been converting some tape swaps from BITD and are now on my mixcloud page, more being added as I get time. All the Stafford Story podcasts on there as well as dozens of 'Live" venue recordings and other good stuff.

or Len Jewell

Educated guess Polo being first but I would imagine there was very little time between either regardless which came first. Anyone know the run out details of the Hot Line release?

Depends how you look at it, Omega are creaming it in from both sides, up to 54.6% in commission from selling and buying fees depending how it is bought how I see it. That is some mark up.

Think there is a bit if a lag everywhere. I had one from Sweden last week which took about 10 days. Hardly buying anything at the minute mind.

I ordered an Lp on Monday and it is moving through the UPS system, now at Chicago airport UPS facility. Hopefully it will get out of the country

Just a reminder that whilst you are in lockdown and if you want something to listen to then there are 66 podcasts and much more over on my web site https://www.soulunderground.co.uk DJ by DJ covering the 80s Stafford era.

I think he stopped videoing at events cause he was getting flack on YouTube from tossers with nowt better to do.

Heard it quite a few times over the years

Richard Searling, Dave Withers who sold it to Guy I believe. More recent years Tim Brown.

Have you ever looked for a Bryan Adams in a charity shop? If yes WHY? 🤪 Just in case you are still looking there are 726 for sale on discogs.

The 7 was everywhere, as Drew said in our local shops.

Considering it reached 33 on our charts I would say considerably more than 10,000

Got mine a couple of weeks ago, maybe three

yeah, year or two out 😄

So its not Charles Johnson we know from the 70s biggie? Charles wasn't his fist name.

I have no proof and haven't read Tim's comments before. I just compared the vocals of those on the credits to Charles. Robert Banks definitely a contender in my opinion.

Charles O. Johnson, don't think it was the Charles we know from the 70s biggie?

Might be wrong but it is Willie’s belief that it was never issued? But as Dave said you didn’t see the issuevat one point just the demo.

It's actually Will Collins. A biog written by Dave Welding @Louise Will Collin’s A Man That Can Do Anything. Willie C. Collins was originally from North Carolina. He only chooses to use the initial of his middle name for the simple fact he’s doesn’t like it. Willie’s first recording came about as part of a New York based group, ‘The Combinations’. The Combinations were a male vocal group whose line up included Willie and three other guys all from British Honduras Hubert Usher, Lenny Bailey and a guy only remembered as Gerald. Under the auspices of David Braithwaite and Ernest Kelley they recorded a solitary 45 release “(Too Long) I’ve Been Waiting/Please Don’t Leave Me” (Soul “O” Sonic), this being the earlier New York based version of Ernest Kellley’s label. Ernest Kelly was very instrumental in Willie Collins early career, it was he who encouraged Willie to persue a solo career with Willie recording his first solo outing on Ernest’s Geneva label again the earlier New York variant, of Ernest’s label which he would later reactivate in Detroit during the 1970’s). The much covered Ernest Kelley penned song “I Want Some Satisfaction” (later recorded by Mike Jemison and Betty Bibbs) b/w with the Billy Nichols and Willie Bridges penned deep soul ballad “Two Lives” (Willie Bridges being a old Army bubby of Kelley’s). Willie would work on and off over many years with Billy Nichols during the 1070’s fronting Billy’s group B.W. & The Next Edition who recorded two 45’s for Carl Davis’s, Daker Label. Other 70’s recordings under the abbreviated name of Will Collins would follow for the Panic and Mercury labels before Will’s most revered solo release his 1977 Bareback Records recording the uplifting 70’s dance track “Anything I Can Do” which appears to have never been issued. Will when questioned remembers the song but could not shed any light as to what happened to the songs after he recorded them. Therefore you can imagine his surprise when he was informed of the release of “Anything You Can Do” on the Italian Derby label! Will was once again reunited with Billy Nichols as his producer on his 1986 project the “Where You Gonna Be Tonight” album which he cut for Capitol Records. Words By: David Welding With Acknowledgements to: Will Collins and the late Ernest Kelley.

It might well be but Joe Boy have access to Blue Cat catalogue, think it was they who issued AdLibs on RSD.

Robert Banks is who I think he is....

Have you compared CB with a Robert Banks vocal?

It got reissued, might have been for record store day? The scan of the issue above is the reissue.