Paul McKay

Here's a scan of the group

Seen it between £30 - £50.

Hmmm .... Is this a sale Steve?

A fabulous piece of male group harmony! My copy came in a Contempo soul pack in about 1970. 100 45s for £10.

I'd grab it mate!

These are the prices I've seen Mark, the A meaning JM auctions: 559A 600 700 408A 664A 600 700

I think it is doubtful they were the same group as the Real Thing were having great success at this time in the UK and Europe.

This was their only UK London release: SOUL SISTERS LONDON 9970 FOOLISH DREAMER / GOOD TIME TONIGHT

Having been in touch with Timmion, Jukka tells me it doesn't come out until Feb 2nd.

That's awful news. Very sorry to hear that. My condolences to Alan's family and friends. R.I.P.

Cheers Tony I'll have a re-read, but really meant this record specifically.

Cheers Sean. Anyone else any info?

"I love you" / "She's so fine" normally turns up on Baylor 101 and there's one listed by JM right now (scan attached). I've checked the web but can find no mention of the label on which mine appears - B&J 101. It has a Bell Sound stamp in the deadwax, but no other info. Anyone know anything about this?

Cheers Steve!

Tis indeed a great tune. Might give this a spin at MonuMENTAL tomorrow night!

Not come across this myself. My copy is labelled and plays correctly. A mispress for sure.

Yes, agreed, the Apollo show was a TOP night!

Pat Brady and Joe Dunlop last listed this at £150 since when JM has auctioned it twice and got 211 and 306 most recently. whilst PB got 160 on auction. So at least £150 as Dave says.

Any chance of a soundclip Christian?

Definitely on Jamie: REVELS JAMIE 1318 DJ TRUE LOVE / EVERYBODY CAN DO THE NEW DOG BUT ME Last one I saw listed was by Steve Jeffries.

Hmmm would have thought it wasn't the H Andrews as surely the country style fiddle might have stood out and be retained in the old grey matter!

Great track Dave! Put me down for one too if it happens. Cheers

I've got a UK issue in Ex with clean labels for £40 if anyone's interested please drop me a PM.

Here's some more courtesy Here (https://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Club/4041/Autographs.htm) Another group who underwent a number of name changes was Los Angeles based The Autographs. They started life in the early 60's as a 5 strong (2 male / 3 female) "street corner" group by the name of The Impersonators. Through one of the girls they managed to gain an audition with Hal Davis.Hal was working at the time for Motown in their west coast set up --he was to have a much higher profile at the company in the 70's after it relocated to L.A., when he worked with Marvin Gaye,Diana Ross,etc. He used the group to sing backing vocals on tracks he was cutting for Motown. It was with Hal that the group enjoyed their first release, he changed their name to the Autographs and signed them to a deal with Joker Records.The first single the label released on the group was "Love's Gonna Do You In" / "On A Hot Summer Day" inst. -- Joker 714 and this was produced by Chester Pipkin. Another of their releases on the label was "Do the Duck" and this was later to find favour on the U.K. northern soul scene. The group then hooked up with Larry Williams who at the time was producing acts in L.A. for Okeh. They again started off doing backing vocals, this time on Okeh sessions early in 1967 & these included Little Richard's "I Don't Want To Discuss It" and "A Little Bit Of Something" plus Larry Williams & Johnny Watson's "A Quitter Never Wins". It was only natural that as a reward for their efforts Larry should cut some tracks on the group for Okeh. The only record to result from their efforts was released in September 67, "I Can Do It / I'm Gonna Show You How To Love Me" -- Okeh 7293 --the B being the better dance side ! The group then disappeared off the recording scene for a couple of years, this coinciding with the decline and death of the Okeh label. It was closed down early in 1970 after having enjoyed little if no chart success after mid 68 and only managing to release a handful of records in it's final year - Azie Mortimer's "You Can't Take It Away" Okeh 7336 being one of it's last issue's in March 70. I presume the group was locked into a contract with the failing label during this period as when they did reappear it was with a new name. In December 69 / January 70 under the name The Visitors the group had the first of two releases on Ray Charles' Tangerine Record Label. This was "My Love Is Ready And Waiting / What About Me" (TRC 1003), both sides being written by the group in conjunction with Len Jewel Smith with Len Jewel also handling production duties and James Carmichael arranging. The A side is a great deep soul track featuring strong lead vocals whilst the B is a "100 m.p.h." dancer. By this time the groups line up had changed to an all male outfit and they were supported by their own backing band. The record received no promotion and as a result didn't sell well. A second single followed in August 1970, "Anytime Is The Right Time / Never The Less" (TRC 1010) and again the songs featured were self written with Len Jewel. L.J. again also acted as producer on the session, incidently the A & B side matrix numbers aren't consecutive, being 473 & 476 so that almost certainly means there are at least 2 unissued tracks by the group from this session. Both sides of this single are also highly recommended however again it received no promotion so once more it made no impression on the Soul Charts. The group managed to make a living by playing live shows in and around L.A., they built up their own dedicated audience and as a result managed to survive. By the way there is no connection between this group and the Chicago based group The Visitors who recorded for Dakar / Bashie around this same time.

I think they are different groups. I have a listing somewhere with both group's records released in the same month on Dakar and Tangerine. Also in the Soul Harmony Singles book the groups are listed separately.