Anoraks Corner

A mention also for Ricky Ricks - 'Chained and bound'. A 'tape swappers' fave from the 8Ts set at an uptempo R'n'B pace...the deeeeeeeep vocal is obviously Jimmy Ricks under an aka! Only drawback for me is the annoying guitar picking away throughout...but others love it! Still cheap too!

That copy more than likely came from me, as I flogged most of them to friends in and around London! I told them to just buy it if they didn't know it, as it was good/rare/will have its day! Can't remember it being played at the Dome regularly...maybe once or twice.

Yes, a plain looking matt black label with silver writing. I ever had one copy myself...quite a tough disc.

Don't panic, the blue label copy isn't thaaaaaaat bad at all! The recordings aren't a million miles apart and to the untrained ear the only obvious difference you notice is the girly Oooo's and aaaah's in the sax break-down parts. Mind you, if you've paid $400 for the blue your doctor may notel a rise in your blood pressure!

Quality disc...I will be interested to read of current valuations too! I think the first time I became aware of it was when Pete French used to play it at the Wheelwrights club back in the early 8Ts...may have been his ender? At that point it was listed/rated as a £6 disc, but awkward to get...the price did not reflect its rarity! I recall seeing it rise during that decade...£15...£30...and £75 by the mid 9Ts, and still not too easy to get. I was lucky enough to find a small clutch of unplayed copies around 2001 and sold them easily and quickly (at three figures a piece) mostly to friends. I have since seen it listed and seemingly sell at £300+, though to be honest I have not heard it played out since those Wheelwrights nights...does it get major nighter spins? Are there any label variations/demos...I've only ever seen stock copies. Kinda reminds me of Johnny Rogers 'Make a change' in places!

This is such a classy track I wonder what market they were aiming at for it, as it is kinda cross-over Soul/Pop/Jazz/Lounge!

Does this mean the £-notes have to be without tears or WOL?! (Hi both from Tokyo...still here! )

There is an original UK 7" acetate of it...found in the company files...so it was possibly considered for an at-the-time 7" release.

I had a test pressing of the album complete with engineer notes etc...no finished sleeve kinda thing. Yes, 'Country road' is on there, but the rest was average at best with no other track being Northern-able and possibly only one or two for the Funk fans...imo.

Can recommend this not so obvious one by Ruth McFadden to those liking shuffling brass-stab-ladden R'n'B fem vocal tracks! (Have a spare demo for £30 on my site.) The Tornados version of 'Little Sally Walker' isn't the easiest number to get either...and another mid-8T's minor spin for GuyH.

A minor spin for GuyH back in the day...haunting harmonies!

Nod of respect from here too...a superb slab of 'mid-60's pop/soul beat ballad' (copyright Pete!).

You'll probably want one of these as well...but alas no spares of this or the Roy Redmond...yet.

I think there is a thread in the vaults which tells the tale of how this was sold/given to Dave Evison to play at the Casino...he slipped it in his Oldies sets and broke it even though technically it was a 'newie', so to speak! Or did I dream that?! Has always been one of my all time faves as well...my first copy came from Soul Symbol...purple one for £20. I was delighted as this was the first chance I had to get it since I asked RussW to sell it to me whilst playing it at the final Casino nighter...unfortunately he had already promised it to someone else (The pain was eased as I then asked him to sell me his Patti & Emblems IGLYALLT which he did...off the deck...£12.) I hung on to that same copy for many, many years, but let it go eventually, replacing it with a demo...which I also later moved on. In fact I only recently got one back...found it over here in a Rock & Roll collection...for the equivilent of 30 of your English Pounds!

I absolutely love this track...and fortunately own Japanese Warners WD and stock copies of this one too!

Cheeky...I blame the sales team That 12" white label that Ken mentioned...there were only x50 pressed to promote the double LP

Can offer up a picture of Roy and that is about it...along with the stock and WD labels for his 'That old time feeling'. If nothing else it should excite rigilbert!?!

Here she is singing it in Japanese: >>> PRESS HERE <<<

This was actually released on a Charly LP of Joe's Dial material and 12" back in the 80's...both looooooooong deleted.

Meanwhile over in Tokyo the following emerged on 7"...Linda Jones - Hypnotized, Roy Redmond - That old time feeling, JJ.Jackson - But it's alright and Shoo Nuff...all on rather nice Japanese Warner Bros/7 Arts...WDs and stock copies!

Agree...much better than the Captions

...and what a jolly looking label design for this number

Hello London, Tokyo calling! No 7" release of YGYK over here either, but five other 45s by them did slip out on Japanese Stateside/Bell....plus a couple of 7" EPs and LPs, of course!

Great track...what was it covered up as?

I'm sure I saw this on a US 7" MGM promo the other week...was it indeed on both labels?