Soul Shrews

He had a fantastic band with him back in the 80s when I used to see him live in London, fairly often His bassist was a guy called Robert Gordon who was amazing. He ( R G) also had his own "go go" band who played the Wag club one memorable midweek night. Cheers Paul

"When You Are Who You Are" "Madison Avenue" "Your Daddy Loves You" "Angel Dust" "Hello Sunday Hello Road" All spring to mind plus those already mentioned His "spoken word" tracks are worthy too, always bitingly accurate and honest but with a wicked humour twist Good to see hes schedualed to make a live appearance @ "Blues Alley" in his hometown Washington DC soon too Nice to see a Gil thread Cheers Paul

The deep bass voice is Chuck Barksdale, baritone voice is Marvin Junior and tenor is Johnny Carter , Drew Track is from the excellant "Freedom Means" LP also on 45 Cheers Paul

Now Roger, ..........that is truly................. BEAUTIFUL !!!! Thanks for that Cheers Paul

Got it thanks Ady Cheers Paul

Would they have recieved royalties if Goldmine hadn't gone broke ? Heard bad things about Goldmine in the States for a number of years from different people connected to the biz. Cheers Paul

Thanks Dave Cheers Paul

Is the flipside on UK "You"re Everything" ? Cheers Paul

Loleatta Holloway "This Mans Arms" with the extra minute or so...............................luverly Cheers Paul

Me an Mrs Shrews too Ken Cheers Paul

Yep they were all still there, Walter and Scotty sounding great. One of the others was recovering from some heart problems so couldn"t move around the stage too much but was still singing. Cheers Paul PS They"re also playing Amsterdam in May, part of a package with Thelma Houston & Evelyn "Campagne" King

Saw The Whispers last year Stateside, they were fantastic !!! Voices still sounding great and a very proffesional show Don't miss this Cheers Paul

Does Frank own the rights then Ian ? Or is it "Jobete" ? Cheers Paul

Thanks Rod Cheers Paul PS I"ll give ya a fiver for yours then ? I mean if its not in vogue.....................you'll be well rid of

Could be way off the mark here, but isn't Terrible Tom a very rare one on stock copy ? And if thats the case 330 squids ain't that much in the scheme of things ? Cheers Paul

Love this and the fantastic deep soul flip too Cheers Paul

Andreas Think theres been a thread on here a couple of years ago so a search may be helpful to you All the original ones I've seen have a "distributed by Roulette records" sticker on the front of the sleeve Cheers Paul

Guess it'll be going back home stateside...........................to a certain DJ of a caucasion (spelling) persuasion.........................................I reckon Cheers Paul

So does the Dutch original issue Stuart. Its actually the US sleeve (the cloggy one anyway) cos it has the American address printed on the inner gatefold. No hat on the Dutch label or picture of Mr Brown either with or without moustache Have seen the picture of him on quite a few US 45s of his and his productions from the 70s Cheers Paul PS Great LP........................................... "Papa don't take no Mess" !!!

Have found this info in the "Soul Harmony Singles" book 'Bring It Home.......' was their 1st release on Volt in March '72 Lead singer was Rhonda Washington Think the white label must be a promo copy can"t believe its ever been bootlegged but ya never know My copy is the brown stock, unfortunatley with the labels flipped Great record I reckon and their other Volt releases are also worth checking out Cheers Paul

Love that bass in "Nija Walk" Cheers Paul

A lot are srereo/mono Dante cos the radio stations were broadcasting in mono at the time. Cheers Paul

A classic and I for one do like this sunnysoul It also got a new lease of life on the rare groove scene in London in the 80s. As for a possible northern classic I wouldn't have thought there"d be much chance today but at its time of release I reckon it may well have gone if some enterprising DJ had picked up on it. Cheers Paul

Or like Billy Paul sang "Theres three sides to every story..........theres the wrong.....theres the right.......and theres the truoooouth" Oops sorry off topic by miles..................... I'm off to feedback or wherever Cheers Paul