Amsterdam Russ

So, anyone with any insights at all about the Isaac Hayes/Steve Cropper/Don Nix 'rip-off' of "Find My Way", or who Art Posey is/was? And what about Johnny Melfi - still alive or not? No-one..?

Yes, I've been wondering that, too. Had a trawl through Google, but the trail was cold. Anyone know? (And see you tomorrow night, Paul!)

Amazing what you can find on a 78! https://youtu.be/7NDEr4ZI8Wc In this case, an unreleased recording from The Ramblers, a group* that would evolve into the Fabulous Playboys and The Falcons. * Background on the group(s) known as The Falcons & The Ramblers: https://www.uncamarvy.com/Falcons/falcons.html

I was sharing some new-found information with Paul (Soul Shrews) about this track and he suggested it might be worth adding it to this old thread so, as he worded it, we could put the mystery to bed. First off, as a reminder for those who can't be bothered to start from the beginning, this is the track in question - an unidentified version of "Find my way". https://youtu.be/cumvDC3hiEw Not so long ago, someone by the name of Willem Berry posted up to the YouTube video the following information: Wow, interesting stuff, and whoever the poster is, they seem to be very close to the musical action! This then is the same Art Posey who recorded "No more heartaches for me" on the Scope label out of Detroit. And here's Art and Honey... Listening to that track, and Art and Honey's "Let's make love now" on Motown, and it seems a pretty safe bet that the mystery "Find my way" vocalist is indeed Mr Art Posey. Mystery solved? I certainly think so...

Have to agree completely. The swallows, swifts and martins arrived here all right, but they're not here in the same numbers as last year. If they're not here then it's because food is in short supply. Happily though, it looks like we're on track for a bit of summer now, and that might buck up the natural Eco-system and get it back on track. At the same time, it's not stopped the slugs getting at the fresh green shoots of everything we're trying to grow in our mini greenhouse and patio space!

They're not, to quote the thread title, "songs copied by 60s bands to make their names"?

Anna & Chains featured on the Beatles No1 EP, which, as stated, reached number 24 in the charts. Looking back, I can't see any rider that says cover versions have to be on singles only. Nor do I see any rules that state the original versions have to be 'soul'. Have another read of the thread title and opening post. I think perhaps you're being a little too anal.

A quick flick through the NME top 30 singles charts has been quite enlightening, and lots of fun. (Am I the only one who gets real pleasure from going through reference books?) With my limited knowledge, I'm sure to have overlooked loads, but here's 15 that made the top 30 from 1963 to just early April of the following year. I've given what I think is the highest position, but as it's a manual compilation, I'm probably wrong on lots of them. 1963 Kenny Lynch - Up on the roof - 16 Julie Grant - Up on the roof - 20 The Beatles - Twist & Shout - 4 Brian Poole /Tremeloes - Twist & Shout - 5 Brian Poole /Tremeloes - Do you love me - 1 Dave Clark Five - Do you love me - 25 The Hollies - Searchin' - 10 The Beatles - Anna / Chains - 24 Bern Elliot & the Fenmen - Money - 16 1964 The Hollies - Stay - 8 The Searchers - Needles & pins - 4 The Swinging Blue Jeans - Hippy hippy shake - 2 Cilla Black - Anyone who had a heart - 1 The Hollies - Just one look - 3 The Swinging Blue Jeans - Good golly miss Molly - 11 Of course, this is only from the top end of the charts. The real number of cover versions from this time must actually be quite staggering. Anyone know if there's a reference book/site?

The thread is called "List of all the songs copied by 60s bands to make their names". Shall we start with The Beatles? As far as chart action is concerned, define 'major impact'. In my view anything on 45 that made the top 40 back then had 'major impact'. As for albums, shall we start with The Beatles?

From a British perspective, you may as well just print the NME singles and album charts from the early 60s onwards! There must be 1,000s of cover versions from that period.

The more expensive stuff - obviously

I mean on YouTube... As well as leaving a comment on YouTube, you can click the 'Like' button. There's only one 'Like' for the clip, and that was me a few minutes ago. Go on, show her even more love. You know you want to...

You could have 'Liked' the clip as well...

As the topic of conversation turned to man's best friend a little earlier, I thought the dog lovers might like this shot, which was taken on the beach at St Andrews. The dog in the photo was having an absolutely marvellous time of it, running in and out of the sea like a mad thing and leaping over oncoming waves. Don't think I've ever seen a hound so happy as this one. It most definitely was a salty sea dog!

Finishing it and publishing it are different matters, of course, but what a book it would be!!

When I'm buying from Pete or anyone else from the UK, my rule of thumb is 'signed for' on purchases of around £30 and over, and postal russian roulette on anything under. Have to say though that when I first moved to the Netherlands in late 2007, the service from the UK was dreadful. I've never had as many lost packages as I did for the first couple of years. Happily, the service improved considerably and I've not had a package sent 1st class go missing for ages. Oops, perhaps I shouldn't have said that!

Plenty over here, and we're only a degree or two warmer.

Should anyone be in the slightest bit interested and have 43 minutes & 19 seconds to spare, I've put together a new compilation of current favourite tunes and shared it on Mixcloud. There's some 50s/60s R&B, an unusual Mexican release, a classic Gospel tune from 1954 taken from a 78, an interesting B side or two, a great R&B release from this year, some Northern Soul, of course, and an album-only crossover track that I found on a Warner Bros in-house demo disc. There are also a couple of vintage radio ads mixed in. Watch out for the 1960s 007 commercial! https://www.mixcloud.com/HarveySoulFinger/rb-northern-soul-lucky-bag-2/ Enjoy!

Completely agree with you, Pete. The seller had a couple of others that also had pencil-annotated sleeves, indicating that they all came from the same source. I'd want to know all about that source before I even considered bidding on this one or the others, and to be honest I was somewhat surprised that the seller didn't offer anything in the way of provenance for any of the discs. Without that, there is only doubt. I'd not be so bothered about the lack of a label if the provenance was solid - I've got a number of acetates without labels. It only means that the lacquer disc is of a type/brand that came label-less when purchased, and someone couldn't be bothered to stick one on when it had been cut (and wrote on the sleeve instead). Who knows, maybe bidders had communicated with the seller before hand, and had the authenticity confirmed. Considering the final price of this one, I'd really be very surprised if they hadn't!

Fully understand what you're saying, Pete. My train of thought is based on this being legit. Of course, without provenance...

The fact that it's four seconds shorter suggests to me that it wasn't cut at the time the take was done. Instead (and presuming its legitimacy), it would have been cut - still pre-release, mind you - as a file copy. I think the pencil scribbles on the sleeve support this.

Weet je dat, of was het Google vertalen? / Did you know that, or was it Google talking?

It's the 'Sh' that links the groups I listed, but I see where you're going with 'Sandells'. Then we're just one letter away from 'Standells'. Carry on playing the letter substitution game and it shouldn't be long before we arrive at 'Martha Reeves and the Vandellas'!

Here's a nice little mid-tempo track on an acetate I've had for a while. Finally got around to adding to YouTube recently. Anyone able to ID it? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzQo4NBz3d0

Always a pleasure to behold! No Great Crested Grebes here, but I do have a fine goose.