Sunnysoul

Looking to get both on 7" vinyl - Real Side. Thanks

Graham Bond might have been a jazz/rhythm and blues purist with a pure heart and pure intentions in terms of his music but it would be naive to think that he made records for any other reason but to sell them ... and sell loads of them ... on the pop charts ... no matter how unrealistic that might have been in his particular case.

Like this?

Nice to see it on Stateside but the very first original US issue on Party Time is very nice too.

which is the more well known of the two takes ?

need to bump and hustle this - anyone have one - surely must be someone ?

Someone must have one ?

Friend has asked me to put this up for her in the Wants section. She wants the 7" vinyl issued on Urban UK , not the 12" . Thanks.

Nice track but for some reason the sound and feel of the music makes me think post 1967 ? ...............

Was the 7" issue of this UK only? No US 7" release?

Is there a vocal to this ?

I just know someone has one out there !

PM d you

Thanks but prefer to have the original US issue.

After a US copy of this Freddie Waters LP. Many thanks.

Was any proper visual footage taken of their whole gig and is it available ?

Do issues exist of this ?

In interviews Len Barry has expressed his bitterness that he never achieved the fame in the US that his talent deserved because of a kind of "reverse racism" . When 1-2-3 was first released, it was as big a smash on black radio stations as it was elsewhere but when it was discovered that he was white they stopped programming his follow up releases and so hampered their chart potential. This was particularly galling for him as he regarded himself very much as a genuine "soul" singer . He was equally bitter with the fact that his record label Decca dictated to him what his follow up releases to 1-2-3 should be. They were trying to steer him towards the white, middle of the road pop market (eg "Somewhere" from West Side Story) whereas he wanted them to put out his gritty soul orientated Motown sounding tunes.

Would love one of these - I know you have one for me !

An incredibly talented singer and songwriter and a 100% soul man, regardless of the colour of his skin. Growing up as a jewish kid in a black neighbourhood in Philadelphia, he's always viewed himself and his life as part of the black experience. He even wrote a book a few years ago titled "Black Like Me"

What Mary Love EP ??????????????????

Bob, did Bunky Shepherd actually have musical ability and contribute to the creative process of records where he was credited as composer ? Or was it a Don Robey / "Deadric Malone" situation where you either gave him songwriting credit or you had no deal ?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hsff_w61MCk