Jaco

Don't know how you refer to previous topics, but this was discussed on 2 April 2007 and onwards. A search of this forum will take you to it.

Great selection, Bob. Must be 30 years since I heard the Sapphires! Love the Roz Ryan track - anything known about her? Interesting tune - "Now and then", how rare is rare, in this case?

Welcome back, Mark. I'll look forward to tuning in and hearing top "tuneage", as they say!

There appears to be a plethera of radio shows playing Northern, Rare Soul etc accessible via the net. Trouble is, I see the shows mentioned in different forums or on other sites and think "I'll remember to tune in" and then forget the details or where I've seen them listed in the first place. Anybody out there prepared to post, as a response, details of the radio shows that they are aware of, which will certainly be useful for me, but may also serve as a directory for others (unless such a directory already exists). Ta much.

Definitely got played at the Mecca - '75ish I would guess. Top tune.

Looks like Dickie, again. What a guy!

Anybody prepared to offer up who first introduced this sublime piece of music to the masses and when?

Macca, can't see it in any singles listing or album tracks for the group. They didn't release stuff on Gordy and "Danger" doesn't show up as a Jobete published song, for example.

It may be unfashionable to say this, but "She's gone" is absolutely timeless. Top drawer stuff

I understand, Steve. It's just one of those connumdrums - maybe the most vaunted track of the recent era, we just want to fill in the details, don't we?

Great stuff, Pete, as always. It's been said before, but you could cry listening to this stuff. It's representative of so much that was so special to us as we were enjoying at the time. No regrets about how life has been for me since then - I wouldn't swap anything for the "real" pleasures that married life, a mortgage and two children bring you - but what would you give to be back at Station Road for one more time, experiencing that buzz, that passion, that feeling that life couldn't get any better than this! Nostalgia - it ain't what it used to be.

The label scan that I've seen doesn't have any info on, so how does Philly become the place of origin? Lord Tim of Todmorden reckons Wilmington, Deleware. Would you bet against him? On the other hand Stuart's explanation seem equally plausible. Questions, questions......

Stuart, this book has featured in two recent threads. What's the score? Is it available? Info, please.

The "New York" Pentagon label is shown as being distributed by Wizz Records which was a New York label. Dave Rimmer's site shows a discography for Honey & the Bees but does not include the Pentagon track. Could this be a different group?

The Philly Pentagon label ( Vince Apollo ) does not appear to be the same label as the Honey & the Bees Pentagon label which looks to be from New York.

All of those already mentioned plus : The Delfonics - "You'll get enough" and Herbert Hunter - "Love has taken over me" Top stuff!

Don't know if it's the same group but there is an album on the Light label - "Walkin' in God's country " by the Swordsmen. It's a gospel album from 1970.

JM's latest shows it at £350. A few have gone through e-bay over the last few years at variable prices, in variable conditions, both issue and demo and the Boola Boola issue, but nothing quite reaching £350.

101 Queenie Lyons - "Drown in my own tears/try me" 102 Earl Gaines - "The door is still open/My pillow stays wet" 103 Marie "Queenie" Lyons - "Your key don't fit no more/Fever" 104 Hal Hardy - "Round about sundown/Tears of joy" 105 Robert Moore - "Jo Ann/Old Grandma" 106 Lord Thunder - "Thunder/Try a little harder" 107 Dave & Vee - "Do you love me/Take me on your magic ride" 108 Soul East - "Funky lady Pt.1/Funky lady Pt.2" 109 The Manhattans - "The picture bacame quite clear/Oh Lord how I wish I could sleep" 110 Toni Williams - "Precious minutes/Tearing down my mind" 111 Earl Gaines - "Good, good lovin'/Meaning of a sad song" 112 Dan Brantley - "Get it together and do what you should/Please accept my love" 113 The Presidents - "Gold walk/I want my baby" 114 Pat Lundy - "Another lovin' feeling/One woman" 115 The Manhattans - "Give him up/It's gonna take a lot to bring me back" 116 Golden Bond - "I know it's all over/Mean, mean world" 117 Earl Gaines - "Don't deceive me/24 hours" 118 Pat Lundy - "Prove it/The onl way mama will walk the line" 119 Dan Brantley - "It must be love/Get it out or leave it alone" 120 The Presidents - "Snoopy/Stinky" 121 Bobby Wade - "Can't you hear me callin'/Four walls and one window" 122 The Manhattans - "If my heart could speak/Loneliness" 123 Marie "Queenie" Lyons - "See and don't see/Daddy's house" 124 Frank Howard & The Continentals - "Do what you wanna do Pt.1/Do what you wanna do Pt.2" 125 Earl Gaines - "You belong to me/From warm to cool to cold" 126 Pat Lundy - "I'm your special fool/Another lovin' feeling" 127 The Presidents - "Which way/Peter Rabbit" 128 Bobby Wade - "Funny how time slips away/Blind over you" 129 The Manhattans - "Fantastic journey/From Atlanta to goodbye" 130 Pat Lundy - "I apologise/Breaking up is hard to do" 131 Earl Gaines - "Thrill on the hill/What in the world can I call my own" 132 The Manhattans - Let them talk/Straight from my heart" 133 Donnie Elbert - " Have I sinned/What can I do" 134 The Presidents Band - "Lovers psalm/Our meeting" 135 Albert Washington - "Ain't it a shame/Somewhere down the line" 136 The Manhattans - "Do you ever/I can' stand for you to leave me" 137 The Manhattans - "Cry if you wanna cry/A million to one" 138 Gloria Edwards - "Enough of a woman/Real love" 139 The Manhattans - "It's the only one/One life to live" 140 Reuben Bell - "Baby love/I hear you knocking (it's too late)" 141 Overnight low - "Rev.Jay/The witch doctor (catches jungle fever)" 142 143 Barbara Burton - "Love's sweet water/Too much for me to bare" 144 The Manhattans - "Back up/Fever" 145 Benny Gordon - "Sugar Mama Pt.1/Sugar Mama Pt.2" 146 The Manhattans - "Rainbow week/Loneliness" 147 Dee Dee Joseph & David - "Devil made me do it/City called Loneliville" 148 Rueben Bell - "Leave my little kitten alone/All the time" 149 150 J Hynes & The Fellows - "Camelot time/Victory strut" 151 Royal Flush - "Mama's baby/You are gone" 152 The Manhattans - "Do you ever/If my heart could speak" Label is from Tennessee and has a connection with Hollywood Records - The Presidents, Earl Gaines and Dan Brantley feature on both labels.

Demo on e-bay reached £125 in May of this year. Issue sold for £54 at the same time.

Excellent as always, Bob. Listening to your show is a definite highlight for me - for those who haven't listened yet,check Bob's show out - real class.

Received today - absolute top quality, many thanks to Richard and all involved. The Darrow Fletcher, Gene Toones, Edward Hamilton and Luther Ingram sequence is just truely awesome.

Almost certainly most of these titles are bogus - they have done the rounds on the internet before now. There are plenty of "real" C & W titles that are amusing, bizarre and often down right silly, my favourite being : "Your the reason our kids are ugly" which I think was done by Loretta Lynn and Conway Twitty.

Got it on Sky+ but wouldn't have a clue as to how to get it to you!

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