Chalky

Again Artisan isn't a pressing plant, it was a studio and a mastering company. Once mastered some other company did the pressing. Is Michel Soussan related to Simon? Those with he Artisan mastering stamp are originals.

58 miles between the two towns Robb, not too far really. About the same again to Detroit isn't it? I agree with what you say, no local action or support and company simply moved on. As the company moved on so did Jackey.

No it isn't. I have already said above it is for the studio & mastering company Artisan Sound Recorders, not the pressing plant.

@Rick Cooper There was tracks left in the can at Revilot. Just a few months later though he was recording for Grandland and not so long after his own label Jaber.

It is almost certain it made the stores. One comment here from someone who bought it in reply to a youtube clip...

Debbie Taylor at the Wilton... William Bell at Cleethorpes

Fantastic show. There is some videos on my youtube page. watch it through..worth the wait for when the full band kicks in although the video doesn't do it justice.

I agree with what you say about resources but a hit would take care of itself, an order from distributors, an order to the the pressing plant for another press and then shipping (I know it isn't quite as simple as that though). I doubt they would go to the trouble for a small label trying to compete with Motown to record and press a record only to dump it because of a hit with the previous release. Surely you would do all you could to try and ride that hit with the next release? I still t think it is the lack of interest locally with both Djs and the buying public. As Frankie says late 1967 it would have been somewhat dated and maybe too slow given the changing times.

I don't buy into the theory of putting resources into the Parliaments and practically scrapping a release? I would imagine the label would have simply deferred the release until The Parliaments was on the slide. With the money coming in from a hit would have meant more money to focus on the next release? A hit would practically look after itself with money for the next pressing run and distribution. Also you would think with a hit on their books they would have momentum and would want to carry on with the success of the previous release. I know they were pressed at same time or not far apart but that probably made sense from a business point of view and also demand for the pressing plants would probably have been high at that time. Jackey Beavers was a different sound altogether from the Parliaments and probably didn't register locally with the Djs and with the stores so no more money would have been put in to it and the company moved on to the next release.

Remember it well and not the first time Snake has been given a hard time by an artist. Chuck Jackson really gave it to him during rehearsals at Yarmouth.

Two this year alone on ebay, Feb £1050 and march £550. I would imagine most who have this and were selling would use other methods rather than discogs?

The guy who threw it in as a freebie had a couple maybe more. He didn’t make the same mistake twice though. $25 I think the photo sold for, with the free 45 😳

Anything mate, much appreciated.

Absolutely fabulous show. Only dowside was Snake refusing to do an encore so they sung whilst the band were packing their stuff away. Snake went really down in my estimation after that.

Clara Hardy is uncredited acetate which Butch now owns. Lou Pride is as Mick says Grey Imprint as far as I am aware, unless he had another Lou Pride cu.

Smelt. Been on FB last couple of days.

Gary is active on Facebook, mind you not seen his name for a wee while.

Nice one pal, appreciated. Not sure I travelled to the Leith nighter?

It’s late 83 and later as Guy and Keb weren’t doing Stafford prior to then. Guy’s first set August of that year.

Just cataloguing some Echoes came across full page ad for Tommy Hunt live on December 26th (Sunday) allayer, 12 till 12 Also same ad Christmas Eve The Releases Thing and New Years Eve Sweet Sensation. Both nights 7.30 till 2am.

I think it is the Observer but can't remember 100%, definitely a Sunday magazine article. I scanned the article, the scans above are those I did. I was given the whole magazine to scan them but had to give it back. I didn't make note of the dates or the paper unfortunately.

The airplay was one station 90 miles from Detroit? The exposure was brief. I guess it had other minor plays on other local stations but I would also imagine the amount of records released locally not to mention nationally at the time was huge and maybe it just got lost amongst them all? Promotion or lack of it was probably a factor too?

May have been eBay that was said, not discogs although someone has done the entry for the RSD release on discogs

someone did and stuck it on discogs straight away for £75 apparently....I can't see one for sale though