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Nickinstoke

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  1. There were three pressings of this record, with different timings on the label - I’m guessing one of these pressings was off-centre
  2. The Stateside copies of “Any day now” were mis-pressed, with Ed Bruce’s version of “The prophet” on the B side. The reissue on Pye International has the Chuck Jackson version
  3. A thing of beauty - I bought one a few years ago, when I realised I’d never get the Oleg 45
  4. From a UK point of view, a pub conversation raised a similar question about the artist with soul releases on the most UK labels. We came up with 19 labels for Donnie Elbert: Parlophone, Sue, CBS, Polydor, New Wave, Deram, London, Avco, Epic, Mojo, Jay Boy, RCA, Bradley’s, DJM, Klik, All Platinum, Echo, Sugar Hill, Outta Sight. If you include the Joe Boy release that is credited to him, you can get to 20. Does anyone beat Donnie?
  5. Nick Marshall brings you an evening of classic soul and Motown. Fully licensed bar with real ale. Talc-friendly dance floor.
  6. Nick Marshall brings you an evening of classic soul and Motown. Fully licensed bar with real ale. Talc-friendly dance floor.
  7. Nick Marshall brings you an evening of classic soul and Motown. Fully licensed bar with real ale. Talc-friendly dance floor.
  8. Returning to the original question, I’d also plump for “Call on me”. Other tracks I remember being played on import in the 60s (Earl van Dyke’s “6x6” and “I can’t help myself”, “From the teacher to the preacher”, “Out on the floor”, “Playgirl’s love”, “You ought to be in Heaven”, “Soul a gogo” among them) were all released a few years later than “Call on me”.
  9. There’s a much earlier UK cover of “Call on me”, by Jimmy Lloyd, released on Phillips in 1963. That’s 2 years before the Vocalion release of Bobby Bland’s LP, so perhaps the Duke 45 was getting heard somewhere in the UK in ‘62/63.
  10. Apologies if this has been done to death, but one of my favourite bits of trivia is that Spooky was lead singer of the Dutch band “Swinging Soul Machine”, hence the title of their instrumental, “Spooky’s day off”
  11. Nick Marshall brings you an evening of classic soul and Motown. Fully licensed bar with real ale. Talc-friendly dance floor.
  12. Nick Marshall brings you an evening of classic soul and Motown. Fully licensed bar with real ale. Talc-friendly dance floor.
  13. This was the second issue (or third, if you count the”Your Chess Requests” EP). “The entertainer” was one of the holy grails when I started collecting soul records in 1968, and this reissue reflects that demand.
  14. ‘62, Stateside 64 Pye International
  15. There was a whole lot of reissues in 1968, aimed at the emerging soul scene. Fascinations, Edwin Starr, Jamo Thomas, Gene Chandler, Bob Kuban and several TMGs, leading people to sell the originals cheaply.
  16. Velvelettes on TMG 595 was early ‘67
  17. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001bkr3 This was an interesting listen. Michael Lizzmore makes a brief appearance
  18. Nick Marshall brings you an evening of classic soul and Motown. Fully licensed bar with real ale. Talc-friendly dance floor.
  19. Very sad news. Steve was a lovely fellow
  20. Nick Marshall brings you an evening of classic soul and Motown. Fully licensed bar with real ale. Talc-friendly dance floor.
  21. Their original version of Benny Mahan’s “She knows how” might be considered as Northern
  22. Nice article in today’s Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/aug/09/lamont-dozier-foreman-motown-hit-factory?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
  23. Nick was a well-known collector in the Stoke area, I often used to see him late 70s / early 80s. He’d call round my flat with a pile of great records I’d never heard, and I always put a few on my wants list. I remember first hearing the Dynells from Nick, and buying it from Soul Bowl for £1.50 soon after. Those were the days! He moved to Merseyside soon after, and I lost touch, sadly
  24. Nick Marshall brings you an evening of classic soul and Motown. Fully licensed bar with real ale. Talc-friendly dance floor.
  25. Nick Marshall brings you an evening of classic soul and Motown. Fully licensed bar with real ale. Talc-friendly dance floor.

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