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Now would I wind you up Ian No it's definitely not a wind up and definitely UK.

lastly the tracklisting for you..... 11077. Motown Memories. Vol.2 ============================= 01 - Barret Strong - Money (That's What I Want) 02 - Marvelettes - Beechwood 4-5789 03 - Shorty Long - Devil With The Blue Dress On 04 - Kim Weston - It Should Have Been Me 05 - Eddie Holland - Take A Chance On Me 06 - Barbara McNair - You're Gonna Love My Baby 07 - R Dean Taylor - There's A Ghost In My House 08 - Carolyn Crawford - My Smile Is Just A Frown (Turned Upside Down) 09 - Stevie Wonder - Fingertips 10 - Mary Wells - When I'm Gone 11 - Martha & Vandellas - Darling I Hum Our Song 12 - Miracles - I'll Try Something New 13 - Supremes - Standing At The Crossroads Of Love 14 - Choker Campbell - Come See About Me 15 - Brenda Holloway - I'll Always Love You 16 - Monitors - Greetings (This Is Uncle Sam)

scan of back and front

one for sale here Ian https://www.vinylnet.co.uk/details.asp/id/1...s-Volume-2.html

From the website "Don't Forget The Motor City"....... There's A Ghost In My House (Brian Holland-Lamont Dozier-Edward Holland Jr-R. Dean Taylor) publ. Jobete R. Dean Taylor; rec 26-Oct-66 ; produced by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier 30-Mar-67; 45 (M): V.I.P. 25042 A Oct-68; LP (M): Tamla Motown TML11077 Motown Memories Vol. 2 [ UK ] 09-Jul-01; CD (S): Spectrum 544 515 2 Essential Collection [ UK ] 25-May-07; CD (M): Hip O Select B0008993-02 The Complete Motown Singles Vol. 7 1967

More Johnny Bragg... https://www.answers.com/topic/johnny-bragg

From the New York Times....Johnny Bragg Obituary https://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/03/arts/music/03bragg.html Johnny Bragg, 79, a Prisonaires Singer, Dies By PHIL SWEETLAND Published: September 3, 2004 ASHVILLE, Sept. 2 - Johnny Bragg, the leader of the Prisonaires, a singing group of Tennessee State Penitentiary inmates whose R & B music helped start Sam Phillips's Sun Records and influenced Elvis Presley, died here on Wednesday. He was 79. The cause was cancer, his daughter, Misti Bragg, told The Associated Press. The Prisonaires quintet became standard-bearers for Gov. Frank Clement's controversial prison-reform program, which emphasized rehabilitation. In the summer of 1953, under heavy guard, the singers traveled from their Nashville prison to Memphis to record at Mr. Phillips's fledgling Sun Records. The session yielded the mournful hit "Just Walkin' in the Rain," of which Mr. Bragg was the co-writer, and a feature story in a local newspaper. "It was the song that put Sun Records on the map, and very likely the item that captured the attention of Elvis Presley as he read about the studio, the label, and painstaking Sam Phillips," the biographer Peter Guralnick wrote in "Last Train to Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley." That same summer, Presley made his first demonstration recordings at Sun. In 1961 he visited Mr. Bragg in prison. "The Prisonaires were pioneers in that they were among the first R & B vocal groups to record and have hit records released in the South," Michael Gray of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum said on Thursday. Mr. Bragg, born John Henry Bragg, was convicted of rape in 1943. He always denied the charges, and Governor Clement commuted his sentence in 1959. He soon returned to prison on a parole violation and spent time in and out of incarceration until 1977. Besides his daughter, Mr. Bragg's survivors include two grandchildren. His wife, Gail Green Bragg, died in 1977. ************************************************************ And from the associated press when he died....... From the Associated Press this evening: NASHVILLE, Tenn. Johnny Bragg, a singer-songwriter who co-wrote the song "Just Walkin' in the Rain" as a state prison inmate, has died in Nashville. He was 79 when he died of cancer around 12:30 a.m. on September 1 at the Imperial Manor Convalescent Center in Madison, Tennessee. Johnny's daughter, Misti, said he was 79. Bragg was the lead singer for the Prisonaires, a vocal group he formed while in the Tennessee State Penitentiary in the 1950s. Written by Bragg and another inmate, Robert Riley, "Just Walkin' in the Rain" was a pop hit for Johnnie Ray in 1956. Bragg was pardoned in 1959, but he landed back in prison a couple more times before leaving for good in 1977. Bragg served time on various charges including rape and shoplifting. Funeral arrangements have not yet been made, but will be handled by Smith Brothers (615-726-1476).

Kell Osborne after leaving the music business mid 90's went driving buses and more lately a chauffeur.

How many time have you mean pissed this week Barry or have you just not sobered up

Here's an article I posted some time ago that Alan Senior wrote in echoes way back when about the life of Syng McGowan....

Plenty on Kent, especially the anniversary 45's. Melba Moore Magic Touch, Milton Bennett - One More Lie, Gigi And Charmaines etc.

Unissued? Was origianlly issued as a 45 on Hale.

Turned up? How many, led to believe just a small handful of copies???? I've got it on tape from '87, 100 Club...Ian Clark I think the DJ. Irrespective of when it was first played, it still sells or sold for a 4 figure sum. If I was going to play an original and Biffo played the grapevine press I don't think I'd be happy. There's plenty of records that have been about years that want putting back on the shelf. Don't hear Bobby Rich nowhere near as much as say Joseph Webster, Hamilton Movement blah blah blah........Bobby Rich was simply used for the sake of the arguement/debate.

Dunno about skipped but told the story that Martin Koppell hit Lou Beatty's, the basement full of thousands of Labeat records and others, many submerged in water, many with labels missing completely.

It does happen Sean...... I was at a venue some years ago near Kettering, the Ritz place, forget the town, Mick H waiting to Dj and the one on before him was playing Bobby Rich (I Think) Girl Somewhere off Grapevine issue. Mick had got the Bobby Rich in his play box, pulled out ready to play actually when on came the grapevine copy. He wasn't too pleased, rightly so IMHO. So the top DJ's booked for the records they spend 100's and 1000's of pounds on have to shrug their shoulders and dig a little deeper in their box whilst Biffo plays a set of Grapevine 2000 records? Why book the top DJ's in the first place??? Hope you're well btw mate?

They turned up in the west coast find John Manship was involved with didn't they? Numbers in the tens not 100's.

I agree, If some DJ was waiting to do his set with original copies of say Percy Stone, Eddie Billups etc and someone on before playing the Grapevine re-issues he got for his birthday I've a feeling the DJ waiting wouldn't be too chuffed. As said I don't have a problem with the unissued material but to me Djing with recent re-issues of rarer original issues I don't particularly agree with.

now why would anyone want to promote an all-nighter when there is nothing to clash with

You could probably pick up a showtime or heritage copy for the price of a grapevine copy. JM has an orange Beacon copy for £6 on his site

Does it matter if names are known of those who hung the banner? Someone also said won't say anything for legal reasons? Is it any different really to voicing your opinions on an internet forum in this day and age????? There's been far worse said on here about some DJ's and venues, including Sam.

$26 postage

you can't afford to alienate the dance floor these days either Ian, same rules apply, if you clear the floor for your set you still don't get invited back. Like you say it's all about getting the balance right. But to get the balance right you don't have to hammer £1000 record after £1000 record. Many dancers I doubt would care about the cost as long as it's danceable. Many times I've seen a poor reaction to an expensive record yet a 20 quidder has packed the floor. The need to hear expensive record after expensive record is usually created by the promoter, but if promoters started to get away from this, the big money dj syndrome as a I said earlier, in favour of DJ's who do play a set of imaginative dancers, with the right balance between cheap, expensive and known and lesser known records then the scene will be a lot healthier.

He's not telling He hasn't been upfront about everything has he, that's the difference. He's been economical with the facts/figures whatever you want to say, not dishonest.He's not the first and won't be the last, and yes I'd probably be the same except I'd wait a bit longer than couple of weeks to list again.

Why do people keep saying Brad is a totally honest bloke as though they have to keep defending him? No one has said he's dishonest have they? Besides if he was totally honest he would have said on his first auction that he had two copies, this doesn't mean he is being dishonest or setting out to cheat someone. He's a record dealer dealing in what can be an expensive market, he wants to make as much as he can so he isn't going to tell everything, doesn't mean to say he's dishonest and again no one saying otherwise.

not true Ian, there's 100's if not 1000's of vinyl records that are affordable, by that I mean under 50 quid with many around the £25 mark. The trouble with this scene is rarity is the be all and end all for too many, if it's expensive it's good, if it's cheap its, well not good enough. Maybe if promoters got away from the big money DJ syndrome and booked those that use some imagination and played records that don't have to cost a fortune but do not suffer quality wise then the scene maybe a better place for it.