Chalky

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.

I assumed it was a Dave Raistrick find and sold to (or a spare) Gary Rushbrooke who played it as Bob Relf

same here with safari

The Carolina scene has many dodgy releases, look at the body of work for Ripete, chess reissues all sorts. I’d have my doubts about quite a few of those releases being total legit and above board. Just like many other “dodgy” reissue labels that claim to be legit Its Chuck Cockerham as far as I am concerned, just another take, sounds just like him in most parts too.

Its a boot, it is Chuck Cockerham, another mix/take

Good luck on Radio City, extremely rare, only know of one.

One in Rare Soul Sales on Facebook this morning

Two shows for you to catch up on, Phil Shields with a superb selection last week and two hours from last night.

The MAM release is also very rare There are a few different takes a out on acetate and the couple of releases.

I like what I heard so I bought one 😉

Surprised there are some left given only 25 with the 45s

The last three weeks of The Sound Of Soul ™

Hi Tena. good luck with what you are trying to do. Do you have the master tapes or the rights to the recordings?

Cliff Steele one of the first onto The Roland Johnson, who I got my copy from. have the Devonns on pre order

I will check when I get home, they are the tough ones I think.

The scene lost two of its characters today. Legendary 6ts figures Roger Stewart and Jim Eddleston have passed away. Sad day for the scene. R.I.P.

We’re they northern etc, who was the person who died?

Was something over Facebook about it and having the records stolen

One or two issues are pretty hard to come by

Factionalism has always been there on the scene. Right back to the Wheel as the scene split from the mods to northern I have seen quotes that are disparaging from one group to another.