Nickinstoke

Twine, Swim, Madison, Slauson and a bit more left-field, the Stran. I always thought I’d love to see someone doing the Matador

How about the Lasalles “La la la la la”?

I’ve just heard the sad news that Bob Morris died yesterday. Bob, from Stoke-on-Trent, was a legendary collector and supplier of sounds going all the way back to the early days of our scene. Bob hadn’t been out and about for a number of years, following a stroke, but back in the day, when he turned up at a venue with a box of records, you knew you’d find some great tunes that you’d never seen before. I’ll post details of Bob’s funeral when I know

I have the UK Sue 45 - it doesn’t have the intro in the first video

Thanks - I didn’t know about the book, I’ll have to check it out

I didn’t know that. Just checked the track listing of “All Platinum Gold”, and it looks as though the Hank Ballard track also didn’t appear anywhere else.

Thanks, Tricky, I noticed that. It seems unusual to turn up on a compilation without any other release, but stranger things have happened

Any info on Timothy Wilson’s track “Wedding ring”? I have it on the All Platinum Gold various artists LP, but can’t find any trace of it being released anywhere else on vinyl.

Back to the Dells - you can hear them singing backing on Andre Williams’ Checker single “Cadillac Jack/Mrs Mother USA”, and they also supposedly provided percussion backing on Betty Everett’s “Getting mighty crowded” by stamping their feet

You can hear the Chi-Lites doing backings on some of Barbara Acklin’s records

I think I once read that the backing vocals on Martha & the Vandellas “My baby loves me” were by the FourTops and the Andantes.