Chalky

I've got some from mid 80's. Was Clarkie at 100 Club 1996?

Played what out? Why not add the track your talking about to either the topic title or post? Can't see anything on iPhone or play it.

Why? its terrible IMO.

I don't know why anyone thought it to be a genuine and honest question. Anyone could see it was simply posted to stir the sh*t! It worked too, the answers he got or some of them were at the very least mischief making.

personally can see or rather hear why this remained unissued Its not very good. The vocals are dreadful, especially at the beginning (all IMO of course). I'll put it in refosoul when I get the chance.

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I would have thought Russ was breaching your copyright? Why not leave it to the lawyers? He obviously doesn't give a sh*t and nothing is getting done on here?

one of the best 45's ever recorded!!

both sides great, similar in style. Only know of the two copies, over this side of the pond anyway. Love the "it didn't sell well" (or summat like) in the sleeve notes of the Kent cd

cheap as chips too Dave, doesn't get any better does it tommy tate - school of life -

like Steve says I can't think of a bad record from the guy... tommy tate - are you from heaven -

tommy tate - i'm taking on pain - scans courtesy of popsike

soul and then some..... big maybelle - let me go - scan courtesy of Benji's site

Been a week since I last contributed.... three superb northern tracks.... James Bounty - Action Speaks Louder Than Words - Compass Citations - To Win The Race Keep The Faith - Ballad Jean Wells - With My Love And What You've Got - Calla mid tempo dancer Neil Brown - If By Chance - Chart Sound and slowing it down a touch more the immortal Brothers of Soul with Hurry Don't Linger - Boo Sorry if any of these been previously mentioned by me or anyone else

it is according to the notes with the clip... https://www.instrumentalwomen.com/page22.html

looks like it was specially staged for a Televison show, here's the info with the clip.....fookin awesome clip too all the info >>>HERE<<< too Insightful — May 12, 2009 — Given the fact that Motown had not been conducting Live sessions with the vocalists and instrumentalists recording at the same time since at least 1963, this session was clearly staged for the CBS News cameras that were doing a brief piece called The Motown Sound. Pictured in the studio are songwriters Lamont Dozier (Standing on the steps at the back of the studio), Brian Holland (The guy who cuts in on the band), Ivy Jo Hunter (Does the countdown), Russ Terrana (The engineer standing up), James Jamerson on Bass, Earl Van Dyke on piano, Bobbye Hall on congas, and from left to right on guitars Robert White, Joe Messina and Eddie Willis. The arranger, wearing headphones and conducting the band, is William Witherspoon. To the best of my knowledge this incredibly rare piece of film is the only one of two pieces of footage ever shot at a session inside the studio known as the Snakepit. Thanks to their fine-tuned choreography — and even finer harmonies — the Temptations became the definitive male vocal group of the 1960s; one of Motown's most elastic acts, they tackled both lush pop and politically charged funk with equal flair, and weathered a steady stream of changes in personnel and consumer tastes with rare dignity and grace. The Temptations' initial five-man lineup formed in Detroit in 1961 as a merger of two local vocal groups, the Primes and the Distants. Baritone Otis Williams, Elbridge (aka El, or Al) Bryant, and bass vocalist Melvin Franklin were longtime veterans of the Detroit music scene when they joined together in the Distants, who in 1959 recorded the single "Come On" for the local Northern label. Around the same time, the Primes, a trio comprised of tenor Eddie Kendricks, Paul Williams (no relation to Otis), and Kell Osborne, relocated to the Motor City from their native Alabama; they quickly found success locally, and their manager even put together a girl group counterpart dubbed the Primettes. (Later, three of the Primettes — Diana Ross, Mary Wilson and Florence Ballard — formed the Supremes).

One of the greatest soul singers EVER!!! Dave Thorley has been in touch with and seen Tommy recently in hospital or care home after his stroke. Bit of a bio from wikipedia... Tommy Tate (b. September 29, 1944, in Homestead, FL USA) is a singer, drummer, and songwriter Florida born, Mississippi raised Tommy Tate has been called "America's best kept secret" and "The greatest singer you've never heard". An almost cult like figure in Deep and Southern Soul circles, Tate started drumming and singing in small clubs in the Jackson, MS area. Tate's break came when he joined the state's most popular band at the time, Tim Whitsett and The Imperial Show Band, an all White band that played Universities in the Southeastern United States and with several records released on major labels under their belt. After Tate joined up, the band successfully toured the United States and Canada. In the 1960s, many records were pirated overseas unbeknownst to the artist. This was the case with several of Tim Whitsett's records. "Northern Soul" circles in Northern Britain specialized in discovering and playing rare soul records. Whitsett's records are now high priced collectables, and of course some feature Tate, including "The Whole World Is The Same" (Musicor 1340), and the group's only cover released on record "Stand By Me" (Big Ten 1003). Tate also recorded singles for Verve as "Tommy Yates" and for Atco as "Andy Chapman". Tate thought the latter was intended to be a demo and was unaware of the release. In 1970, after the breakup of the band, Whitsett and Tate signed on as songwriters at Stax Records, and Tate roomed with legendary songsmith Mack Rice who suggested Tate as new lead singer of The NightingalesOllie Hoskins had left the group. The company issued two singles on the Tate led Nightingales. as Also during this, Tate was one of only two artists signed to Koko Records, which was distributed by Stax. Although he made the top 30 on the R&B charts with "School of Life" (Koko 2112), he became "the forgotten man" when label mate Luther Ingram scored big with "If Loving You Is Wrong (I Don't Wanna Be Right)". Tate's signing with Koko would prove to be disastrous as label head Johnny Baylor would have a virtual stranglehold on Tate's career for years to come. Tate; however, did find a lot of success in the 1980s as one of the most productive songwriters for the Jackson based Malaco Records. Even legends Johnnie Taylor and Tate hero Bobby "Blue" Bland would copy Tate's phrasing and style on his songs including Taylor's "Everything's Out in the Open" and Bland's "Midnight Run" and "Get Your Money Where You Spend Your Time". Luther Ingram, Otis Clay, and Malaco Records' Little Milton have each recorded several Tommy Tate compositions. He had two CDs issued exclusively in Japan in 1992 and 1996. These were preceded by the Tim Whitsett produced Love Me Now on Whitsett's Urgent! Records in 1990, Tate's only American album release. The set included songs from the pens of Carson Whitsett (four, including one co-written with former Stax artist Frederick Knight), "Sir" Mack Rice, and a cover of William Bell's "I Forgot to Be Your Lover", and received steady air play in the South. In 2005, Grapevine released a CD entitled Troubled Waters: Deep Soul from the Deep South. Two of the disc's highlights were Tim Whitsett's "Get It Over Anyway" and the Tate and Carson Whitsett collaboration "Hold On" (later recorded by James Carr) both performed by Tommy Tate. After being initially released in Japan, Soulscape Records put out worldwide Hold On: The Jackson Sessions Rare and Unreleased which featured Tate in his prime, mostly backed by The Imperial Show Band. Tate, having suffered a stroke, is no longer active.

jets - i was born with it -

It was Mossy I think who started the Fania label of the week. We will use the label another week but things were already sorted for this week

Three rooms with running water.

some superb info in this weeks label of the week. If you can't learn something here something wrong. Keep the scans and sound files coming

for information on the full player in the info panel bottom right "embed" another box will open highlight and copy and paste the relevant bit of text....

Richard, on the full player bottom right under the balck screen, says embed, click on this and copy and paste the link. Family Plann - Come On Lets Do The Breakdown -