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Member	Item		Review/Comment
RogerFoster 26th Jan 2020		CD Album Tammi Terrell - Come On And See Me	Tammi's original solo version of "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" ... [YouTube Video]
RogerFoster 12th Jan 2020		Vinyl Album The 5th Dimension - Up-Up And Away	This was Radio London's "Album Of The Week" for the week commencing 30th July 1967 which implies it was released either at the end of July or the beginning of August.
RogerFoster 10th Jan 2020		Vinyl Album Nino Tempo And April Stevens - All Strung Out	This was Radio London's "Album Of The Week" for the week commencing 16th April 1967.
RogerFoster 10th Jan 2020		Vinyl Album Various Artists - Stars Charity Fantasia	This was Radio London's "Album Of The Week" for the week commencing 4th September 1966,
RogerFoster 10th Jan 2020		Vinyl Album Sandy Posey - Born A Woman	This was Radio London's "Album Of The Week" for the week commencing 19th Feb 1967.
RogerFoster 10th Jan 2020		Vinyl Album The Tremeloes - Here Come The Tremeloes	This was Radio London's "Album Of The Week" for the week commencing 21st May 1967.
RogerFoster 10th Jan 2020		Vinyl Album Chris Montez - The More I See You	T his was Radio London's "Album Of The Week" for the week commencing 14th August 1966.
RogerFoster 5th Jan 2020		Vinyl Album Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick And Tich - Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky Mick And Tich	This was Radio London's "Album Of The Week" for two weeks commencing 26th June 1966, which implies a release date either at the end of June or in early July '66.
RogerFoster 4th Jan 2020		Vinyl Album Cliff Bennett And The Rebel Rousers - Drivin' You Wild	This was Radio London's "Album Of The Week" on 9th October 1966, which implies a release date in early or mid October 1966.
RogerFoster 3rd Jan 2020		Vinyl Album Dave Berry - One Dozen Berrys	This was Radio London's "Album Of The Week" on the week commencing 27th November 1966, which suggests an issue date in late November or early December 1966.
RogerFoster 3rd Jan 2020		Vinyl Album Marianne Faithfull - North Country Maid	This was Radio London's "Album Of The Week" on 3rd April 1966, so a release date at the end of March or the beginning of April 1966 seems likely.
RogerFoster 2nd Jan 2020		Vinyl Album Cliff Richard And The Shadows - Finders Keepers	This was Radio London's "Album Of The Week" for the week commencing Sunday 25th Dec 1966.
RogerFoster 20th Dec 2019		Vinyl Album The Emotions - If I Only Knew	Added the review that appeared in "B&S 430" for this LP. [YouTube Video]
RogerFoster 20th Nov 2019		CD Album Axelle Red - (Con Sólo Pensarlo)	"Con Amor O No" is a version of the old Motown Song "A Love Like Yours, Don't Come Knocking Every Day". [YouTube Video]
RogerFoster 22nd Oct 2019		Vinyl Album Various Artists - This Is Soul	@dezwarteschijf … From what I recall when I bought this in '69 it retailed at 14/6 (Fourteen Shillings and Six Pence or 72p in the soon to be adopted Decimal money). That was very much at the budget end of the market as standard LPs were retailing at around 25 or 30 shillings. To put it into context this would have cost less than two 45RPM singles, whereas a typical LP would cost the equivalent of three or four singles. Maybe somebody out there has more precise information about what cost what in 68/9. I don't remember the sound on the copy I bought being particularly bad, though I didn't have a very good quality record player that might have made any inadequacies obvious. Maybe your copy had just been played a lot??
RogerFoster 29th Sep 2019		Vinyl Album Sapo - Sapo	Side 1 - Track 3 … "Ritmo Del Corazon" is a (largely) instrumental slab of Latin/Soul ... [YouTube Video]
RogerFoster 26th Aug 2019		Vinyl Album Various Artists - 20 Original Winners Of 1964	I'd hardly call The Reflections "(Just Like) Romeo & Juliet" a semi-hit … it got as high as #6 on Billboard's Hot 100 around the end of 1964!! … :)
RogerFoster 26th Aug 2019		Vinyl Album The Jackson 5 - Greatest Hits	This includes three tracks that weren't on The US Issue on Motown 741 … The Jackson 5's "Little Bitty Pretty One" and two songs that had been released as singles by Michael Jackson … "Got To Be There" and "Rockin' Robin"..
RogerFoster 25th Aug 2019		12" Single The Rock Posse Featuring Fonda Rae - Do You Want My Love (House Mix)	The Smooth R&B Mix … [YouTube Video]
RogerFoster 30th Jun 2019		Vinyl Album The Hippy Boys - Reggae With The Hippy Boys	I've entered details for this release based on the scans etc. in the recently released Trojan CD Box Set "Spirit of '69" which contains this LP in its entirety. In the CD Box Set the track 3 plays "Capo" and track 4 plays "Mad Movie" (both tracks have appeared on numerous other collections). It would be interesting to know if the LP does the same.
RogerFoster 30th Jun 2019		Vinyl Album Various Artists - Jackpot Of Hits	I've entered details for this release based on the scans etc. in the recently released Trojan CD Box Set "Spirit of '69" which contains this LP in its entirety. In the CD Box Set Track 5 "Secret Weapon" is credited to Ansel Collins, rather than The Conquerors.
RogerFoster 30th Jun 2019		Vinyl Album Lloyd Charmers - Reggae Is Tight	I've entered details for this release based on the scans etc. in the recently released Trojan CD Box Set "Spirit of '69" which contains this LP in its entirety.
RogerFoster 29th Jun 2019		Vinyl Album Mary Wells - My Guy	This is really a renamed reissue of her Motown "Greatest Hits" LP, first released in The USA in 1964 and in The UK in 1966,
RogerFoster 29th Jun 2019		Vinyl Album Jr. Walker And The All Stars - A Gasssss	Ssssshouldn't the title on the label have been "A Gasssss", jussssst asssss on the cover and the original USSSSS release? Perhapsssss it was cheaper for the printersssss to ussssse the ssssshort version!!??
RogerFoster 28th Jun 2019		Vinyl Album Jr. Walker And The All Stars - Peace And Understanding Is Hard To Find	I've entered this based on the label scan etc. in the recently released UK CD Box Set "Walk In The Night". Unfortunately some of the writer credits on those scans are very difficult to discern (and the scans for this at Discogs are little better), so I'm looking forward to someone who is able to add proper scans and fill in the gaps.
RogerFoster 28th Jun 2019		Vinyl Album Jr. Walker And The All Stars - Hot Shot	I've entered the details for this based on the label scans etc. contained in the recently released Junior Walker UK CD Box Set "Walk In The Night".
RogerFoster 27th Jun 2019		CD Album Jr. Walker And The All Stars - Walk In The Night	Review This is a rather confusing collection of Junior Walker's 1970s LP releases that might have been more precisely called "A Reissue Of The Six LPs By Junior Walker That Were Released In The '70s In The UK credited to "Junior Walker & The All Stars". I shall elaborate ….. around 1975/6 Motown dropped the "All Stars" part of "Junior Walker & The All Stars" so what doesn't get included in here are Junior Walker's last three US released '70s Motown LPs "Sax Appeal", "Whopper, Bopper, Show Stopper" and "Smooth", which used only his name, but what does get included is his withdrawn US LP "Jr. Walker & The All Stars" that did get a UK release in 1974 and which contained some tracks that turned up eventually on the aforementioned omitted "Junior Walker" LPs. To add to the confusion, the eagle-eyed may notice that the label scans of the final LP, "Hot Shot" show that the tracks were credited simply to Jr. Walker (at least in The USA) even though the cover showed the full name. So what we have here isn't (from a USA point of view) exactly what the collection's title would suggest but (from a UK point of view) probably is!! Anyway, having explained that (I hope) it's on to the music, which covers Junior Walker's output from 1970 to 1975, lots of hits in here such as "Do You See My Love For You Growing", "Walk In The Night", "Take Me Girl I'm Ready", "Way Back Home", his "Northern Soul" biggie "I Ain't Going Nowhere", lots of instrumental versions of hits from other artists (his 1974 UK only LP is remarkably similar to what a lot of "Smooth Jazz" artists were producing in the early 2000s), lots of gruff vocals, some infectious funk workouts, plus guest appearances from Stevie Wonder and Thelma Houston. A large proportion of what is in here I've never previously owned so I for one am happy. There are a couple of curiosities (typos?) in here … "Killing Me Softly With His Song" has become "Killing Me Softy With This Song" and "Until You Come Back Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)" has become "Until You Come Back To Me (That's What I Gonna Do)", unlike on the original UK LP. Interestingly the artwork used for the "Peace & Understanding" LP combines The US labels with The UK cover. There is also a very thorough and extremely interesting essay by Sharon Davis in the booklet that covers the early life of Autry DeWalt (aka Junior Walker), explains how he became known as Junior Walker, and chronicles his career throughout his years at Motown and up to his death in 1995. Great Stuff!! 7 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
RogerFoster 25th Jun 2019		CD Album James And Bobby Purify - I'm Your Puppet	Review This is a nifty collection from James Purify and his cousin Robert Lee Dickey (aka "Bobby Purify) that brings together all of their Bell Recordings in one place. The duo shot to fame at the end of 1966 with their US smash "I'm Your Puppet" (number 6 on Billboard's Hot 100) and had an impressive run of US hits over the next three years. A remake of "I'm Your Puppet", that was so close to the original that it can be difficult to tell them apart, was eventually to get to Number 12 in The UK in 1976. Although none of their '60s singles made it into the UK National Charts they did pick up quite a following in Britain and their three follow-ups to "I'm Your Puppet" got heavy airplay on offshore "Pirate Station" Radio London (check my list on 45Cat of records that made The Big L Top 10 without making the national charts for more details) and their version of The 5 Dutones "Shake A Tail Feather" is a perennial "Northern Soul" and "Party" spin. The 20 page booklet that comes with the CD chronicles the story of the duo and how they fitted in with other popular Soul duos of the day such as Mel & Tim, Eddie & Ernie etc. etc. etc. and also addresses the thorny issue of suggestions that they sounded too similar to Sam & Dave for comfort (seven of the thirty-eight tracks on this collection are Stax songs and that isn't including two Sam Cooke compositions that were also recorded by Stax artists!!). Although it would be easy to dismiss the duo as merely being a more "polished" version of Sam & Dave they were really much more than that; some tracks have a snappy (almost Motown) feel, others veer into "Country/Soul" and "Section C" (Disc 2, Track 13) comments on overcrowded ghettos. Incidentally, in the booklet we learn that "Bobby Purify" on "Section C" wasn't Robert Lee Dickey at all … it was a stand-in who went by the name of "Buddy Grubbs"!! 7 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
RogerFoster 25th Jun 2019		Vinyl Album James And Bobby Purify - The Pure Sound Of The Purifys James & Bobby	This must have been issued in September 1967 as the booklet in the James & Bobby Purify Double CD "I'm Your Puppet - Complete BELL Recordings 1966-1969" that has just been released in The UK quotes a review in Cashbox dated 16th September 1967.
RogerFoster 24th Jun 2019		CD Album Marvin Gaye - You're The Man	Yes PhilMH, as you suspected the spine has 00602577584015, just like the scan you posted on the US release. Maybe this is really just a "local" version of an "international" release. And there are parallels ..... It occurred to me yesterday, as I was entering this, that with US 7" singles it wasn't at all unusual in the '60s for them to have subtly different label designs depending upon which pressing plant was producing the discs, and in some instances they were pressing from different masters!! As an example, with The Complete Motown Singles CD Collections (notably TCMS5) there are instances of different mixes of recordings being released depending on the pressing plant. One such example is with "My Girl Has Gone" by The Miracles and listening to TCMS5 the versions that were on sale in different parts of The USA are clearly different … however on 45Cat Tamla 54123 is just shown as one release.

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