Anoraks Corner

Here's some more nice albums up for grabs: VARIOUS ARTISTS - SOUL BLACK & BEAUTIFUL VOL.1. - G.W.P. - SOLD VARIOUS ARTISTS - SOUL BLACK & BEAUTIFUL VOL.2. - G.W.P. - SOLD > Rare LP's from '71 - incs. Hesitations, Alice Clark, Debbie Taylor, Pazant Bros etc VARIOUS ARTISTS - GAMBLE RECORDS ALL STARS - GAMBLE - £ 40.00 > Rare - incs. Frankie Beverly, Gail Anderson, Dee Dee Sharp etc - alternate mixes too! WILLIE HUTCH - SOUL PORTRAIT - R.C.A. - SOLD > Incs. LP only track, 'Lucky To Be Loved By You. BOBBY BLAND - TOUCH OF THE BLUES - DUKE - £ 15.00 > includes 'Swet Lips Of Joy' INEZ FOXX - MOCKING BIRD - SYMBOL - £ 40.00 > Rare release before Sue - totally different sleeve - incs. 'I See You My Love' JIMMY HOLIDAY - TURNING POINT - MINIT - SOLD > No deletion cut!! - incs. 'I've Got To Live While I Can' O.V.WRIGHT - ONLY FOR TONIGHT - BACKBEAT - £ 15.00 > Super Soul LP - 1975 ABC release OTIS CLAY - THE BEGINNING - GOTTA FIND A WAY - P.VINE - SOLD > Japanese compilation - incs. unissued stomper, 'I Don't Know What To Do' SPYDER TURNER - STAND BY ME - M.G.M. - £ 25.00 > Classic LP -packed with Northern/Detroit classics! Can give detailed descriptions of sleeves/vinyl on request...but all are in fab condition. Courier service P&P is extra.

UPDATE - the following are now SOLD or on HOLD: METROS - SWEETEST ONE - R.C.A. (seem split) MONITORS - GREETINGS WE'RE THE MONITORS - SOUL SHORTY LONG - THE PRIME OF - TAMLA MOTOWN UK SIDNEY JOE QUAILS - I ENJOY LOVING YOU - DAKAR SPELLBINDERS - THE MAGIC OF - COLUMBIA SPINNERS - THE ORIGINAL SPINNERS - MOTOWN VIBRATIONS - NEW VIBRATIONS - OKEH Garland Green - Jealous Kind Of Fella - Uni VA - Deep Soul LP inc. Sam Dees - P.Vine

...forgot to also include Garland Green - Jealous Kind Of Fella - Uni - £35. All LPs listed are in great condition...some near mint. No more emails about the Sam Dees please...that went very quickly!

Darryl Stewart & Wand Orch. - Name It & Claim It - backing track Posted info: This is the instrumental backing track to Darryl Stewart's monster oldie, 'Name It & Claim it', complete with backing vocals...check out those harmonies! Big thanks to Darryl Stewart himself for supplying the soundfiles, and please also check out his other Wand and Musicor recordings.

Darryl Stewart - Name It & Claim It - alternative vocal take Posted info: Taken from Darryl's own master tapes (big thanks to the man himself!), this is an alternative vocal take.

Just added Darryl's Souful masterpiece, 'Cross My Heart' (Wand 11209) on Refosoul...am now converting the alternate take of NIACI and the backing track...watch this space! All taken from his very own master-tapes...sounds awesome...big thanks to Darryl for sharing!

Darryl Stewart - Cross My Heart - Wand

What a useful site! Hi Benji - the MB's was covered up...can't remember as what...wasn't it a Rob Marriot spin?! The Albanians was GuyH's tune. d.

Got a spare copy of the Japanese only LP compilation featuring the alternative take of Sam Dees 'Lonely for you baby'...the one with the count-in and backing vocals...£55. Also got the following nice LP's: The Total Eclipse - 'Symphony of Soul' on Liberty, featuring the instrumental version of 'Six o'clock' aka 'Supertime - The Golden World Strings'...£40. The Hesitations - 'Soul Superman' - Kapp (black label stocker), featuring all their goodies...lovely condition...£100. ...and this little lot too: CHRIS BARTLEY - SWEETEST THING THIS SIDE OF HEAVEN - VANDO - £ 15.00 CHUCK BRIDGES - & THE LA HAPPENING - VAULT - £ 40.00 CLYDE McPHATTER - SONGS FROM THE BIG CITY - MERCURY - £ 30.00 DANNY WAGNER - KINDRED SOUL OF - IMPERIAL - £ 40.00 INCREDIBLES - HEART AND SOUL - AUDIO ARTS - £ 15.00 JIMMY JAMES & VAGABONDS - COME SOFTLY TO ME - ATLANTIC - £ 25.00 MARGE DODSON - A LOVELY WAY TO LIVE - DECCA - £ 20.00 METROS - SWEETEST ONE - R.C.A. - £ 50.00 METROS - SWEETEST ONE - R.C.A. (seem split) - £ 30.00 MONITORS - GREETINGS WE'RE THE MONITORS - SOUL - £ 30.00 PLATTERS - GOING BACK TO DETROIT - MUSICOR - £ 25.00 PLATTERS - I GET THE SWEETEST FEELING - MUSICOR - £ 25.00 RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS - SOULED OUT - VERVE - £ 15.00 ROOSEVELT GRIER - SOUL CITY - RIC - £ 15.00 SHADES OF BLUE - HAPPINESS IS - IMPACT - £ 30.00 SHORTY LONG - HERE COMES THE JUDGE - SOUL - £ 15.00 SHORTY LONG - THE PRIME OF - TAMLA MOTOWN UK - £ 15.00 SIDNEY JOE QUAILS - I ENJOY LOVING YOU - DAKAR - £ 10.00 SPELLBINDERS - THE MAGIC OF - COLUMBIA - £ 20.00 SPINNERS - THE ORIGINAL SPINNERS - MOTOWN - £ 15.00 VIBRATIONS - NEW VIBRATIONS - OKEH - £ 15.00 Cheers!

Thanks for the memories...still sounds fresh!

Thanks Dave, but the resolution isn't high enough

One for the Latin boogaloo fans: Have a nice copy of the Mosquitos on Spear up for grabs...same as "Pow Wow" on Decca. Not after anything in particular...a one-for-one deal...make me an offer via a PM...cash also considered.

The one with him sat in a chair on the cover. High quality 300dpi only, please. PM, email or simply reply on this thread! Thanks in advance

If you are LaBeat label completing: I have the odd mis-pressed copy of #6701 Orchestra LPT's - 'Together that's the only way', which actually plays the Masqueraders' - 'Be happy for me'. Of use...to anyone?

PM'ed you!

Oops...forgot that the Johnny Daye was different...I even had it pictured in my mind...doh! However, rest assured this Billy Storm is DEFINITELY the same label as Arin Demain etc. I've found WD's of it with the 'Star' designed logo...thought I'd struck gold until the stylus hit the vinyl!

I thought we once did a label listing over on RareSoulForum...will have to look when I get a chance. Off the top of my head there's also the great Lord Jim & The VIP's double-sider, Johnny Daye's semi-known mover and a not so good disc from Billy Storm, all outta the same stable as Jimmy Wonderful and Arin Demain.

That's a fake too...oh! the irony!

Fpr reference: it was a minor GuyH spin mid-Stafford...also a 'tape-swapper's sound' at that point too. Love it...hardly 'uptempo' though, mind?!

Soooooooooooo good, Soulful too....highly recommended. I wrote the following about it in Shades Of Soul back in 2000: Ed Cooper - Just Like The Hero - Nimrod 904 Hey, do you appreciate a quality mid to late sixties Detroit production you do, then my friend this one's for you. How has this one escaped through the net and been overlooked for so long as it's such a classy sound, and will appeal to many fractions of the Northern collecting scene that now exist? A military sounding start with male group harmonies ooo-ooing over a beating snare drum and then a truly wonderful tight brass scale introduces Ed. Now, this guy has a great voice, yes just like dare I say Levi? "Just like the hero, I'm gonna win", right on, "I'll be right by your side, to love you and be your guide, and maybe make you forget the other guys". For sure he's gonna win her love, and proceeds to tell us how and why, whilst a lead guitar picks along and the male chorus give their responses right on time, all together creating it's late 60's classy feel within it's Joe Hunter arrangement. I've only just got my original copy back after letting it go in a trade years ago, and I've taped it for a few friends recently, and all agree it's a very "now" sounding disc. So, get it quick if you can, before this one gets its long overdue break, and the price jumps safely well into three figures.

The Del-Larks on Jet?

There is a REPLY button on the bottom left, below the message. There's a good piece on Ruby over at SoulfulDetroit.com which has a picture of her JLY, if you just wanted to see an original?

I've also been playing some acetates cut a number of years ago (by Jason at Transition), and they still sound sharp. I fell it is a bit of an urban myth that they all deteriorate quickly...take care of them and they are fine. Just think of all the 60's acetates in circulation that still play well, even after DJ abuse! Sure, you probably couldn't use them as mastering laquers now, but the majority of them were not even made to be mastered from...more to simply play to prospective artists, labels, producers etc. It is also worth noting that the prices quoted by the Timmion boys are very reasonable...good luck chaps...the more acetate lathes kept in working order, the better!

There is indeed another track by them on Storm which is an orange label variant...but it is not as good as the track(s) we're interested in. Avoid it.

This particular goodie, "Let the show begin"/"Oo-ma-liddi" actually appeared on three different labels. The Prelude logo is the most common, followed by (in my experience) the black Storm label stock copy, then comes the Storm white label demos. The rarest format seems to be the Candix label demo copy...unless someone has a stock copy wihch would put that at the top of the tree...imo. This Storm label has nothing to do with the Detroit or indeed New York (Latin as in Tony Middleton) labels.