Everything posted by John Reed
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Top 100 Soul LP's Articles
I uploaded a pdf of John Lias' 100 LP article on to SS a few years ago. John Lias Top 100 LP's - Voices 14 (1990)[1]-1.pdf
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Sam Dees - Trouble Child - Atlantic 45-2991
Hi All, Does anyone have a copy of Sam Dees - Trouble Child - Atlantic 45-2991 to sell, one of the flips to So Tied Up. Looking for a minimum grade of EX+ Please provide selling price only, no "offers" as you may be disappointed, with my response. Regards, John
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David Sea "Angel"
I think its a similar story with Carl Sims Seventeen Days of Loving ten a penny on Edge, but probably £200-300 on the local Labro release.
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David Sea "Angel"
The credits for both recordings are the same except for the addition of Ted Jarrett as Executive Producer on the T-Jaye release
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Life tell me why
If its mono on both sides its the boot. The real demo's are Mono/Stereo.
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Yum Yums on ebay
It doesn't matter what they say about No Returns, under the Distant Seller rules, by law they have to accept returns.
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jay player love is the answer...7 or 12
That's for the 90s reissue, isnt it?
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Is John Anderson still selling on ebay ?
Was skye49, but has disappeared. He's got a new Discogs account with the same name.
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Razzy - I Hate Hate
Which is also different to the Aquarian & MGM releases
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Ann Hodge - Your Own Free Will
Nope, don't think so Mal. Would make a great Kent Select release
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EMS Appreciation Society
The promos of Arnold Blair have not for sale on them. People have posted up pictures of issues on facebook
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Anyone not buying from the USA?
Why are you putting blame on the banker boys? The weakness in sterling is mainly due to fears over Britain's medium to long economic standing in the wake of the Brexit vote.
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Eccentric Soul: Sitting In The Park - CD Review by John Reed
A review of Eccentric Soul: Sitting In The Park - Various Artists In Eccentric Soul: Sitting In The Park, The Numero Group pays homage to the life and work of the late Chicagoan Bob Abrahamian. Abrahamian was devoted in the celebration of “Chicagoland” and made it his obsession to discover and document Chicago Area Soul recordings from 1960 – 1980. He showcased these discoveries on his weekly radio show on WHPK which championed obscure Sweet and Group Soul, putting a spotlight onto many local artists whose output would have otherwise remained forgotten. In addition to the music, his shows included many interviews of artists, giving the listener some insight into their backgrounds and that of their recordings. These interviews can still be found on-line at http://sittinginthepark.com/interviews.html Preview tracks The CD begins with the first of two female lead tracks on the compilation. Cindy & The Playmates – A Portrait of God’s Love; A great choppy mid-tempo number with a nice string and piano break midway through. The other is The Krash Band – So I Can I Make This Change; with lead vocals Evelyn Holder it’s a lovely mid 70’s swayer. Cliff Curry – Let Lover Come In; is the first outing on CD for this 1973 demo. It’s sparse, with instrumentation coming from just a piano, guitar and some form of percussion and I really like it. The Northern styled dancer Life of Tears by Walter And The Admirations is one of the more well know tracks included here. Other tracks that have also seen some action on the desk are Shades Of Brown – How Could You Love Him and The Producers - Give Me One More Chance, both great examples of mid-tempo crossover soul. Onto a funkier vein is Master Plan Inc – Try It (You’ll Like It), with its breakbeat intro this song keeps on the right side of funk (which I don’t have a problem with), without losing any soulfulness. The rest of the tracks are generally more down tempo with the likes of The Enchanters - A Fool Like Me, which has a great talkie intro before moving into sweet soul heaven. Ahead Of Our Time – It Ain’t Fair is a falsetto lead group soul with tight backing and personally I think it’s comparable to the best stuff the Delfonics or Stylistics were doing at that time. The other tracks included all have their merit and I don’t think there’s a duff track on the whole CD. The final track is Otis Brown and the Delights – Southside Chicago; a lovely laid back toe tapper which was used as the “Sitting In The Park” theme and was included in every instalment. There are times during the play-back where the sound quality of some tracks seems muffled (Oneness – Hard To Know, is one of them) and I’m unsure if it’s the mastering or the quality of the original source that is used. Saying that, I’m not an audiophile so it didn’t detract from my enjoyment of the CD. The accompanying booklet gives an insight into Abrahamian’s life, the evolution of his show and the demons he battled. It’s packed with pictures and detailed information on each track and includes a snippet of each of the artist interviews. It’s a fitting epitaph to a man whose enthusiasm, passion and knowledge were unsurpassed. His death, not only hit hard the world of record collecting and many music forums he frequented, but Soul Music lost one of its best assets, R.I.P. Bob. Eccentric Soul: Sitting In The Park - Various Artists - Numero Group Track Listing 1.Cindy & The Playmates - "A Portrait Of Gods Love" 2.Shades Of Brown - "How Could You Love Him" 3.The Mist - "The Girl In The Window" 4.Puzzle People - "Reach For The Truth" 5.Enchanters - "A Fool Like Me" 6.Oneness - "Hard To Know You" 7.Procedures - "Give Me One More Chance" 8.Master Plan Inc - "Try It" 9.Chocolate Sunday - "Second Story Man" 10.The Krash Band - "So I Can Make This Change" 11.Ahead Of Our Time - "It Ain't Fair" (part 1) 12.Cliff Curry - "Let Love Come In" 13.Walter & The Admerations - "Life Of Tears" 14.The Auditions - "Returning Home Frome Vietnam" 15.Dontells - "Moaning & Crying" 16.Otis Brown & The Delights - "Southside Chicago"
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[SOLD] Sandra Wright - Midnight Affair
All the various permutations on the Truth issue are the 1st press. The differences are either pressing plants or whether it's vinyl or styrene.
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News: I Hate Country Music, But Not Country Songs
The tracklisting of the first one looks quite good Sam Baker - Slow Down Baby Sam Baker - He'll Be Sorry Sam Baker - You'd Better Check What You Got The Mighty Men - No Way Out The Mighty Men - I Had a Dream The Mighty Men - You Too Much The Mighty Men - Somethin' Else The Mighty Men - Don't Stop Now Rudy Greene - Oh Baby Earl Gaines - Let Me Down Easy Earl Gaines - Show Me Something Dee Brown - Bad Habit Dee Brown - Heap of People Eddie James - Reap What You Sow Gene Allison - Walking in the Park Bobby Lindsey - Sugar Booger Baby Levert Allison - Can You Handle It Levert Allison - The Shape I'm In Levert Allison - You Made a World Rodge Martin - When She Touches Me Rodge Martin - Close My Eyes Luvenia Lewis - Let Me Be the One Luvenia Lewis - Not Strong Enough Dottie Clark - Since I Fell for You Roscoe Shelton - Yesterday's Mistake
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OLLIE NIGHTINGALE i'm in love
Nope, don't think so. When I was young I bought the single thinking it was the same, but didn't think about it not having a Womack credit
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Bobby Moore & Rhythm aces?
It is on the Japanese P Vine LP Searchin' For My Love which had 5 previously unreleased tracks and was released in 1985. Don't look at discogs as the tracklisting is wrong.
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Classics uncovered: last releases on the label
There was a thread a while back talking about an issue of Connie Lavern, with people confirming its existence although I can't find it at present. What's funny about Jean Plum was it was her first release for HI and a year before the Cream buyout, so maybe there were troubles with promotion Stateside although there must have been some sort of push in the UK or were they just fulfilling some form of contractual obligation.
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Most expensive "common" records
There were stories floating around of pallet loads of either Bobby Reed or John Edwards Bell releases and was told people were walking over them to get to rarer records
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George & Greer - You Didn't Know It But You Had Me/Good Times - Goldwax
Hi, I'm looking for a copy of George & Greer - You Didn't Know It But You Had Me/Good Times - Goldwax 313 Must be EX+/VG++ or better. Cheers, John
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Which Classic Venue Did You Attend?
I'm unsure what this pole is for. I'm nearly 50 and I'm only old enough to have frequented the tail end of Stafford and the 100 club, so what about the views of those younger? As the 100 Club is still going it doesn't make sense to include it in the list. Also, a lot has gone on since these clubs have closed and there are already many look back threads including polls for the best historic venue.
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rip off postage charges
If you've used a second hand mailer, how can you charge someone for it. If its a brand new mailer you've had to buy, then you can pass on that cost.
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Teako records discography?
Filipe Gonzalez & His Gran Sonora – Naturaleza / Fue Por Tu – (release number is 61675 or 69). This has the same label design, engineered by Ed Cody and produced by Eddie O' Kelley
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rip off postage charges
How did you pay for them, if it was paypal, put in a claim for over charging of postage. See if reporting the seller to Discogs does anything?